Chapter Three Three days later, Mikkos and the other Cassadine�s arrived in Port Charles. Victor found a house right next door to the Quartermaine�s. The staff that Victor sent over ahead of them put the house together in record time and everything was set up by the time they arrived. Alex Cassadine walked ahead of Mikkos and Victor with her son Zander beside her. �Not bad,� Alex said as she looked around at the job the staff had done on the house. �To your liking?� Victor asked. He was hoping so anyway. Alex had a way of moving somewhere new and spending a big chunk of money. He was hoping this time would be different. �Oh, it needs a few things here and there but it will do,� Alex, said smiling at the look she got from her husband. �Give it up, Victor. You are not going to change her,� Mikkos laughed as he headed toward the den. �I wouldn�t dream of it,� Victor said kissing his wife before joining his brother. �We�ll check out the rest of the house,� Alex said knowing it was time for the men to talk. She put her arm around Zander and they head off in the other direction. �You talk to Carly?� Mikkos asked as the door closed behind him. �Yes, I just did before we landed. Lucky is fine and he is now in a more private room. Helena has been seen a few times but Stefan has put guards on the boy. So, she hasn�t gotten near him yet. �You check out the guards?� Mikkos asked. �They work for me. Oh, Stefan thinks they work for him but they are our men. They have orders not to let Helena any where near Lucky,� Victor said to his brother as he poured them both a class of port wine. Mikkos sat down in a high back chair. He watched as Victor got their drinks and thought about his next move. �What are you thinking about?� Victor asked has he handed the drink over to his brother and taking the chair beside him. �About having a little gathering,� Mikkos said with a knowing smile on his face. �Who is coming?� Victor asked as he sipped his drink. �Oh, the family and maybe a few of Luke�s family and friends,� Mikkos replied. �When?� Victor asked. �Tomorrow night,� Mikkos said. �I�ll set it up. Anything else you want done?� Victor asked his brother. �No, not right now. I�ll have more for you later after the party but for now. I think we are set for the next stage of the game,� Mikkos said as he sipped his drink. �Fine with me,� Victor said finishing his drink and then he went to catch up with his wife. He had a surprise for her and it really couldn�t wait until later for him to give it to her. ****************************** Victor found his wife in their bedroom supervising the staff as they put way their clothes. �Where�s Zander?� Victor asked. �He saw the horses arrive and went to check them out. How is Mikkos feeling?� Alex asked. �Not plotting taking over the world if that is what you�re asking,� Victor said leaning over and kissing her lightly on the lips. �I was thinking more along the lines of things I can cure. Is he having any headaches?� Alex said slugging Victor in the arm. �No headaches. You treated the tumor nicely,� Victor said as the two of them headed out on the landing to take in the warm spring breeze. �That�s good,� Alex, said as she enjoyed the treatment his hands were giving her neck at this moment. �I had been thinking. Mikkos is well enough to go without a full time doctor. How would you like to go back to work?� Victor asked her. �I thought you didn�t like the idea of me working,� Alex said turning around to face Victor suddenly. �I don�t but I know I can�t keep you to myself forever. So, I called Alan Quartermaine�s office and set up an appointment for you for this afternoon,� Victor said smiling brightly at his wife. �This afternoon? Victor, I�m not ready. I just got off the plane,� She started to yell at him. Victor quieted her with a long passionate kiss. As they parted he lifted up her head and said, �Alex, you can be on your worse day and still get that job. You are one of the best doctors I know. Hell, if it weren�t for you Mikkos would have been dead. You were the one that found out that he had a tumor that caused all his psychotic episodes. You were the one that proved to the WSB that they were behind his plot to take over the world. If it weren�t for that Mikkos and I would still be in prison. We owe you a lot. So, this is my way of paying you back just a bit,� Victor said smiling at his wife. �You don�t owe me anything these past eight years have been the best years of my life. You became a father to my son and a great husband to me. Besides, It didn�t take much to prove anything to the WSB. Mikkos spells had gotten so bad over the years that they knew something was wrong with him,� Alex laughed. �Well, he is back to his normal self again. Oh, he might break the law now and then but he isn�t plotting taking over the world at least,� Victor laughed as he pulled his wife into his arms. �That�s good,� Alex said. �By the way, what is he plotting?� �Oh, a little party with his wife and a few other as guess,� Victor laughed. �His wife?� Alex said looking at Victor as if he lost his mind. �Yeah, the old bat herself and before you get started. NO, he isn�t asking anyone to come here. They will be brought her under false pretences,� Victor admitted. �Any kidnapping?� Alex asked. �Only Helena and Stefan will be forced to come,� Victor said. Alex rolled her eyes. �I�m not hearing this,� she said and she went into the bedroom to start getting ready for her meeting with Alan. �You better be careful. You break the law and the two of you could go right back to prison,� Alex warned him. �Don�t worry. We are not going to break the law besides the WSB will not bother us on anything as trivial as kidnapping our on family. They would me more worried about if we started stock plying strange chemicals,� Victor teased as he sat down in the nearest chair to watch her look for the right out fit to ware. �You better not even think about that,� She warned him. �I wouldn�t dream of it,� Victor said. �Mikkos is more worried about the blood line then anything else right now.� �That is why were are here?� Alex asked. �Yeah, in a way and of course it is time for Mikkos to deal with Helena. He has been putting that off for far to long now,� Victor said. �Well, I�m looking forward in meeting her. The stories you told me Helena is one real piece of work,� Alex said as she picked out a suit and laid it across the bed. �I don�t want you to meet her,� Victor said his eyes growing cold and hard all of a sudden. �Why not? Afraid she might hurt me?� Alex asked. �Alex, list to me and list good. Helena is a killer. She isn�t to be taken lightly. If she sees you as a threat then you are dead. Mikkos isn�t here to be nice to his wife. He is here to bring her down for good,� Victor said getting up to pull Alex close to him. �You mean that don�t you,� Alex said her fear growing just a bit. �Yes, I do. Some times sweet heart there are some people in this world that are better off dead. Helena is one of them,� Victor said. Alex thought about this as she showered and changed for her meeting. She didn�t know how to take this news. She heard some stories how bad Helena was but having her killed. Was she that bad? Alex didn�t know and do about it either. She figured might know after the party. She might know more about all of this then. ******************************************** Alex Devane-Cassadine arrived at General Hospital just about fifteen minutes before her meeting with Alan. She was walking into the front door when a young girl called out to her. �Mother!� Robin yelled as she rushed to catch Alex. Alex stopped and smiled at Robin. �Sorry Robin but I�m not Anna,� Alex said grinning at her niece. Robin was shocked at first but then she slowly pulled herself together. �Mother always said you two looked a lot a like but I really didn�t believe her until now,� Robin said looking at Alex with wide eyes. Mac ran up behind Robin right then and he too was looking at Alex like he had seen a ghost. �Robin is that?� �No, Uncle Mac this is my Aunt Alex, mother�s twin sister,� Robin said. �Wow!� Mac said to stunned to say anything else. �Yeah,� Robin laughed at she turned to her aunt. �What brings you in town?� �A job I hope,� Alex said. �At GH?� Robin said. She knew her aunt was a doctor. He mother said she was very bright doctor. She never dreamed that her aunt would ever come to General Hospital for a job. �If they hirer me. My husband and I just moved here. He as business dealings in town and he is finally thinking about settling down,� Alex said. �I thought your husband died?� Robin said. �I got remarried about a year of your mother�s death,� Alex said holding out her hand to her young niece. �Not bad,� Robin said looking at the size of that rock. �How does Zander like his step father?� �He loves him. Victor was exactly what Zander needed,� Alex said grinning brightly. �I�m glad. I would love to see him. Where do you live?� Robin asked. Alex gave her address but warned the girl not to come over until the end of the week. She wanted to have things put together better first. Robin promised and they let Alex go on her way. Mac looked after Alex and shook his head. �I would have sworn that was Anna,� Mac replied. �Yeah, I know. I thought the same thing myself. I wonder how dad is going to react seeing Aunt Alex in town,� Robin said. �Well, lets find him before he runs into her. Robert is having a hard enough time dealing with Luke in prison seeing his dead wife�s face might send him over the edge,� Mac said and they went into the hospital to find Robert. Robert had stopped by to see Lucky before Robin�s next blood test. They were going to go to have an early supper then before Robert headed off to track down another lead in finding a way to clear Luke of murder. Chapter 4 Back to A Father's love |