| Chapter 2: Bobbie Cassadine had figured it was time to go see her brother. She hadn�t seen him since trying to comfort him after Laura and Lu�s death. He shoved her away, but she was trying again. As she walked up the walk to the house, something sent her old street senses into action. Something was wrong but she just could put her finger on it. She moved carefully and walked inside. What she found turned her stomach and shocked her. It wasn�t how the placed looked, but the beaten and bloody figure at the bottom of the steps that caught her attention. Luke was passed out not far away and Bobbie knew by looking who had beaten Lucky. She wanted to kill him but that would have too easy. Bobbie wanted her bother to suffer for what she saw before her. Ignoring Luke, Bobbie rushed to Lucky�s side and checked him out. His pulse was weak and his breathing was shallow. Bobbie pulled out her cell phone called 911. �This is Mrs. Cassadine. I need help at 24 Royal Street." Bobbie said into the cell phone. �Yes, I need ambulance and the cops.� she then hung up. Bobbie looked at Luke and yelled, �You bastard. You know what this does. Why? What were you thinking?� She wanted to kill him but couldn�t. She wanted answers before he died or before she never saw him again. Mac showed up first and stopped in the doorway in shock at what he saw. �Get him out of here or I might kill him,� Bobbie yelled as soon as she saw Mac. �Luke?� Mac said in shock. �Yeah, Luke. My loving brother. When he wakes up tell him to go to hell.� Bobbie yelled turning her attention back to Lucky. The ambulance arrived not long afterwards and she left with him. Mac took care of Luke personally. He wasn�t nice or gentle, but Luke didn�t feel anything. He was out like a light. Mac dumped Luke Spencer in a drunk tank and made the report. He handed it to Dara and said. �Bury him.� before walking away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bobbie stood at the ICU window and watched as Lucky fought for life. Stefan walked up behind her and said, �Barbara? What happened?� �I went to see if they need anything. I found Luke passed out and Lucky beaten and bloody. He did it... He hurt his own son. Why?� Bobbie said as she fell completely apart. Stefan held her as she cried. He wanted to say that he expected it but did he? Luke hurt his own son? Out of everything he accused Luke of doing, hurting someone he loved wasn�t one of them. Stefan walked Bobbie to a chair and sat her down. �You sure it was Luke?� he asked. �I�m sure. He had Lucky�s blood on his hands. You know I remember the beatings he took from our father. I was young but I still saw them. I just can�t understand why he did it. He knows how much that hurts. Not just physically but mentally.� Bobbie said through her tears. �I don�t know what to say without sounding like his enemy. I don�t have any respect for your brother, but I never dreamed he would do this,� Stefan said. �He did, but I don�t know why?� Bobbie said. �Where is Luke now?� Stefan asked. �In jail,� Mac said as he walked up to the group. �Good,� Stefan said. �Don�t, Cassadine. I can take anyone but you gloating right now.� Mac said glaring at Stefan with uncaring eyes. �How is Lucky?� �He has a concussion, a broken jaw, and a few cuts and abrasions. He took most of it in his face.� Bobbie said. �I just got call before coming inside. Luke�s blood alcohol level was almost five times the legal limit. We moved him to Mercy and their medical ward for drunks. He is going to be drying out for a long time to come.� Mac said. �Five times?� Bobbie said shocked that he was even alive. �Five times.� Mac said. �Oh, no.� Bobbie said suddenly see what happen. �What?� Mac asked. �He got so drunk that he lost control. He has only done it a few times and every time he has regretted it. Once when he ended up hurting his best friend, the other was when Laura saw him, and now Lucky.� Bobbie said with this shocked look on her face. �What are you taking about?� Mac asked as she sat in the chair beside the couple. �Luke has my father's tempter and he controls it really well. Except when he is drunk. He does okay; when he still knows what he is doing, but after a certain point, Luke can�t control it and he loose it. Ray, got him drunk just to see that Luke. He ended up in the hospital. Laura wouldn�t walk way and paid for it. I don�t know about Lucky,� Bobbie said. �You mean the rape,� Stefan said. �Yeah, I knew what caused it. He normally does good but with the death of Laura and Lu, Luke just gave up fighting.� Bobbie said. �You mean he raped Laura?� Mac asked surprised to hear it and had trouble picturing it. �Yeah, the night before Ray died. It was Luke that was suppose to do the job. He was drinking heavily when she showed up at the disco. They both said she wouldn�t leave and he just lost control. Laura forgave him and ended up marrying him. She was the one that saved him. I think forgiving Luke. Showed my brother how to love. He put a lot of who he was into Laura. With her gone, he had no idea how to live.� Bobbie said. �You sound like you're not mad at him any more?� Stefan said. �Oh, I�m mad at him, but more at my father. You see, Stefan, If you are beaten your entire life and told you are worthless, you start buying it. I did and became a hooker. Luke did and worked for the mob. We both got better and it took love to change us. I had Tony and Luke had Laura. When BJ died. I slid backwards just a little and found Damian. I think this was Luke�s fall.� Bobbie said. �What are you going to do?� Mac asked. �Help him by not doing anything.� Bobbie said. �What?� Stefan asked confused at her line of thinking. �I am going to let Luke deal with his own problem. I�ll be there for him when he asks but he won't. Not for a long time. Mac, show Luke the pictures of Lucky when he wakes up. I want him to remember it and not forget it.� Bobbie said getting up and walking back to Lucky�s window. She stood there and watched all the machines work around him. Bobbie wanted to help Luke but it was Lucky that she felt pulled to. She figured the only way to help was end the pain with him. Lucky wasn't going to carry this on to his children. It was going to end with him. Chapter 3 Back to Monster Within |