The Docks: Sonny(spins around)Miranda? What are you doing here? Miranda:Baby, are you all right? You look like you're about to jump out of your skin. Sonny(looks to where Deke stood only moments before, but all he can see is the fog)When you came up did you see anyone besides me standing on the docks. Miranda:No. Sonny, this fog is so thick I can barely see you. Why do you ask? Sonny:No reason. You never did say what you're doing here. Miranda:I saw how thick the fog was getting and didn't think you'd be able to make ithome so I came to the mainland and got us a room at the Port Charles Hotel for the night. Sonny:Good thinking.(he stares behind him at the fog, again) Miranda:Baby, are you sure you're all right? Sonny:(smiles)I'm fine. Let's go and get out of this weather.(he takes one last look behind him as they walk off together) V's Studio, Wyndemere: V(as Jax enters)So how did it go in New York? Jax:I showed my friend your paintings and she agreed with me. Yu've got a career ahead of you as a landscape artist. She wants as many paintings as you can come up with. V:You're kidding, Mr. Jacks. She really said that. Jax:and that's not the best of it. She wants to have a showing of your best paintings. V:Are you serious? This is incredible. When does she want to have it? Where? Jax:It would be at her gallery in New York. As for when, that depends on you. How long would it take for you to pick out which paintings you'd want to show in the showing? V:(throws her arms around his neck)Oh, Mr. Jacks, you're wonderful. If something really comes of this. If I become a famous artist. I'll owe it all to you. The Docks: Faison(hands Helena a vial of liquid)Here you go. Helena:That was fast. Faison:I know the formula by heart. Since your family own the hospital, it was a simple matter of going to the pharmacy anbd lifting all the ingredients I needed and mixing them together. Helena:You're sure this will work? Faison:Yes, I tested it on that annoying Larry Ashton, without his knowledge, of course. The symptoms are very subtle. The victim will, at first feel tired. And as they continue to comsume more of the poison and it collects in their bloodstream that feeling becomes more so until they don't have the strength to get out of bed. In the final stages all the victims vital organs shut down. The heart doesn't havae the energy to beat and the lungs no longer have the energy to breath. Helena:Are you sure it's completely untraceable? Faison:That's the beauty of it. Once in the bloodstream it takes on the characteristics of the red and white corpuscles in the bloodstream and is virtually undetectable. Helena:And you're sure the antidote works? Faison:I poisoned Sco-pee-oh to the point of death and gave him the antidote and it worked. Helena:Excellent. Faison:Just remember it's very potent. Don't use more that two drops a day. It's also completely tasteless so you can add it to any liquid of food and the victim will be unable to detect it. Robert and Anna's Quarter's, The Underground Compound: Anna(enters)I just learned something fascinating from Victor. Robert:Something we can use to our advantage? Anna:Definitely. Faison has left the island. It seems Helena has summoned him to Port Charles. Victor doesn't know how long he'll be gone. Robert:Then this could be the chance we've been waiting for. If we can make our way to the surface, we might be able to escape. Anna:Getting up to the surface is the least of our problems. Once there how are we going to get off this island? Robert:We swam from France to Italy, once. Anna:We were both a lot younger then. Not to mention we don't know which direction Caracus is from the island. Robert:You have a point, luv. To be on the safe side we'd better take Victor as a hostage and force him to take us to a seaplane of boat. There must be one hidden somewhere on this island. The Dock of Spoon Island: Stefan:We'd better make this quick. I want to get back to bed before my wife awakes and notices me missing. How'd it go? Dirk:For the first try it went pretty well. I waited outside of Luke's for Sonny to exit. Then I followed him until he noticed there was the sound of footsteps echoing behind him. Then I scared the hell out of him. It's too bad his wife showed up when she did. I was really beginning to get into it. Stefan:Isabella didn't see you, did she? Dirk:No, the fog concealed my presence. Stefan:Good. Under no circumstances must anyone but Michael see you. He has to be convinced he's losing his mind. Dirk:Boy, you really hate him. Just what did he do to you? Stefan:Nothing really. I hold him responsible for the death of Katherine Bell and I feel dutybound to avenge her death because at one time I believed I loved her. I also believe he was involved in the kidnapping of my wife. There's also the fact I feel he's a threat to my position of power. So I'm dealing with Michael as my mother raised me to deal with my enemies. Keep up the pressure on him and make sure no one spots you. PCPD: Sean(answers the phone)Donely, here. Frisco:It's Frisco. I'm in Port Charles. Sean:What are you doing here? I assigned you to keep an eye on the island. Frisco:I followed Faison here. You were right. That cigar Sonny found on the island belonged to Faison. I saw him leave the island and thought I should follow him. Once he arrived in town, he met up with Helena Cassadine on the docks. Sean:Helena? What kind of connection could those two have. Frisco:I have no idea. After the meeting with Helena, he broke into the hospital pharmacy, then he met up with Helena again and I saw him hand her a vial. I have no idea what was in it, though. Sean:There's no chance they saw you? Frisco:No, the fog concealed my presence. Sean:I'm going to take you off the surveillance of the island. I'm going to have Sonny book you into Luke's as their star performer. I need you in Port Charles to help me sort out this Cassadine mess and to help me figure out the connection between Helena and Faison. Luke and Laura's House: Luke(enters)Laura, I'm home. Laura:I was getting worried about you. Luke:It was slow going in that fog out there. By the way, I saw the kid on my way home. Laura:Nikolas? Luke:Yeah. Cassadine accused him, Sonny and me of orchestrating Bobbie's kidnapping. Laura:Is Stefan insane. Nikolas would never do something like that. Why would he do something like that. What would make him suspect Nikolas of something like that. Luke:The kid's a Spencer. That's all the proof Batman needs. Someone bought the warehouse Bobbie was held prisoner in and put it in my name. Obviously, they knew that's all it would take to convince Vlad I was behind the kidnapping. Then Nikolas had the misfortune to rescue Bobbie and of course, the count assumed he was in on the plot with me because he's my son. Laura:Not only do you admit Nikolas is a Spencer, you also say he's your son. That's progress since you first found out about it. Luke:Woman, don't make more of it than it is. Have you talked to him, lately. Laura:No, I was waiting for him to come to me. Luke:Why don't you go and see him, tomorrow and invite him over for dinner. Laura:You mean that? Luke:The kid must feel all alone in the worll. It wouldn't hurt to leet him know he's got family. The Port Charles Hotel: Sonny(begins to toss and turn in his sleep as he has a nightmare. In his dream he's a little boy again and Deke is throwing him in a closet and locking him inside) Deke:This time I'm going to leave you in there until you suffocate. Tell me, Sonnyboy, do you already feel the air running out. If it gets too bad, just remember to press your nose against the crack at the bottom of the door and you might be able to get some air. That's if I don't block it up.(Deke laughs as he walks away) Sonny(awakes gasping for air. He climbs out of bed without waking Miranda. Then he goes over to the window and stares out at the foggy night as he chews on his thumbnail)I couldn't have see Deke, tonight. I know he's dead. They had me identify his body in the morgue and I saw him laying in his coffin. He's dead and he can't ever hurt me again ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com