Chapter 9 Lucky was walking along the garden path thinking about things. Foster was walking along side his young master sniffing at the new things around him. �You know boy, I dad hadn�t of made me promise not to run off because I wouldn�t be here at this very moment,� Lucky said petting Foster on the head. Foster just looked up a Lucky with his mouth hanging open and then the dog took off after a butterfly that happened to cross his line of sight. Lucky smiled at his friend and wished his life was as care free as Foster�s was. Lucky kept on walking down the path until he suddenly over heard two people talking quietly near by. �I am still shocked that nothing came of Lucky�s fit last night,� Stefan said to Alexis as they walked on the other side of the shrub. �Well, Father was the calmer one of the pair,� Alexis admitted. �Calm? He didn�t react at all,� Stefan pointed out to Alexis. �No but then again Lucky did enough reacting for all of us and so did you,� Alexis said. �The boy gets to me,� Stefan admitted. �Stefan, his a boy, who�s father is in prison,� Alexis said. �That is another thing,� Stefan said stopping in the middle of the path. �Are you still taking Luke�s case up?� �Why not? He is our brother and we both know he didn�t do it,� Alexis said giving Stefan a knowing look. �I would killed Stavors but that did us a favor in ending his life but I still don�t like the idea of getting off scott free,� Stefan muttered. �You�re afraid,� Alexis said laughing at Stefan. �I am not afraid of anything,� Stefan said ignoring the look he was getting from her. �Oh, come on! You are afraid that if Luke comes back then Laura will go back to him. I know you better them most people do. I also know if it wasn�t for you. Laura would still be married to Luke,� Alexis pointed out. �Laura and Luke�s divorce has nothing to do with me,� Stefan said and he started walking again. �The hell it didn�t!� Alexis yelled grabbing him by the arm. �Don�t you know if father about what you did. He could kill you! Go Stefan, you leaked it out that Laura and you were loves. You let Helena find out and you let Luke find out!� �So, It was the truth it was time to tell it,� Stefan said not seeing anything wrong with what he had done. �Yeah, right. Then you told Lucky that his father raped his mother. You wanted the boy to hate his father but that turned on you didn�t it? Lucky hates you and Laura because of this. You know I don�t know what happened between Laura and Luke back then but I do know that everyone makes mistakes. We all forgiving sometimes and if Lucky really loves his parents. Then he will understand that they human but you had no right in using that to get Laura back,� Alexis snapped at Stefan. Lucky didn�t stick around to hear what Stefan reply was. He just turned around and ran back to the house with a pure look of rage on his face. Victor on the other hand came out from his hiding place and said, �What do you have to say about that, nephew?� Victor asked Stefan. Stefan turned white and Alexis looked sick. Neither of them knew that Victor was even on the island that day. Stefan wet his parched lips and said, �I did this before I knew who Luke was.� �I don�t think your father so understanding for any reason,� Victor said eyeing Stefan coldly. �Your not going to tell him are you?� Alexis asked fearing what could happen to Stefan. �Depends on what Stefan does from this point on. I want you know that Luke and Lucky are very import to this family and to Mikkos. I will do everything I can to make sure Mikkos gets what he wants. Now, you will make sure that happens as well. Do you understand what I�m saying?� Victor asked Stefan stepping up to Stefan and looking him right in the eye. �I understand,� Stefan said and gulped. �Good then your father will not have to know at least he will not hear it from me but I don�t think Lucky is going to be that understanding,� Victor added and he walked way smiling. �Lucky?� Alexis said puzzled. �If over heard any of this and he tells father. I�m dead,� Stefan said and knew Lucky would do it because the kid hated him with passion. *********************************************** Lucky walked up stares with a scissors in his hands. He walked with an intense look of purpose toward Stefan and his mother�s room. �You bastard,� Lucky muttered to himself as he walked into the bedroom. Lucky opened one of the closets and found his mother�s clothes hanging next to Stefan�s looking like they belonged there together. Lucky took out one of Stefan�s dinner jackets and started to cut. He cut every piece of clothing that Stefan had to rips. Lucky then shredded Stefan�s pillow and the side of the bed he slept on. The last thing Lucky did before he left the room was stab the points of the scissors into the picture of Stefan and Laura on dressing table. Hitting Stefan right between the eyes. �You want play. Let�s play,� Lucky muttered to Stefan�s picture, then he walked out of the room. ******************************************* Laura and Stefan decided to go for ride before lunch. So, they went up stairs to their room to change. When they opened the door they were both shocked at the destruction. �Lucky,� Laura cried. She knew her son did this but she didn't know why. �That�s it,� Stefan said and he didn�t care if his father found out about what he did or not. He was sick of Lucky�s games. So, Stefan turned and went looking for the fourteen-year-old. �Stefan!� Laura called out after him but Stefan was way ahead of her by that time. Stefan stormed down the steps and went for room to room until found Lucky sitting alone working his homework. �Alright, no more games. You hate me that�s fine but how dare you destroy my personal belongings,� Stefan yelled at Lucky as he stormed into the den. Stefan grabbed Lucky by the ear and twisted it. �Get up!� Stefan commanded. �Get off me,� Lucky yelled as the tried to fight his way free. �Stefan,� Laura begged as she walked into the room but Stefan ignored her. He just started toward the door again pulling Lucky right along with him. �Lasha, stay out of this. Lucky made that mess and he is going to clean it up.� �The hell I will,� Lucky snapped as he tried to get free one more time but the fact that Stefan not only had his ear ring and his ear prevented Lucky from doing anything but to walk along with Stefan. They were almost to the stairs when Mikkos voice boomed all around them. �Stefan let him go!� Mikkos commanded. Stefan let go of Lucky�s ear and both of them turned around to face Mikkos. He was standing near the office door with this look of disgust on his face. �Now what is going on?� Mikkos asked. �He started it,� Lucky and Stefan said at the same time pointing to the other one. �My office,� Mikkos said pointing and both of them head toward the office like two spoiled children that just got caught doing something wrong. Laura walked along behind them fighting a smile this smile that suddenly came over her. It wasn�t Lucky that she wanted to laugh at but it was Stefan. He went grown up to a two-year-old in matter of moments. �Alright,� Mikkos said after closing the door and walking towards his desk. �Stefan, what is going on?� Stefan was back to normal. He was not the adult in this matter and explained calmly what Lucky had done to his belongings. Mikkos listened and then looked at Lucky. �Well?� �I�m not going to deny it. I did it and I�m not done yet. I just got started,� Lucky snapped at Stefan. �I�m missing something here. Why are you so mad at Stefan?� Mikkos asked. Stefan turned white and Mikkos noticed it. He looked at his son and asked, �Do you know angry at you?� �Yes,� Stefan said trying hard not to panic. �Ok,� Mikkos said and he looked at Laura and Lucky. �I think the both of you should leave us for a moment but Lucky do not go to far. I will still need to address your attitude.� Lucky glared at Stefan and he got up and left. Laura went after him and closed the door behind him. Mikkos leaned against the desk and looked at his son with a growing look of suspicion. �The last time you looked this pail. I found out that you broke your mother�s favor vase and you tired to blame it on Stavros. Now, tell me what did you do?� Stefan sighed knowing he wasn�t going to be able to hide the truth any longer. So, he confessed. Mikkos listed and said, �I�m not surprised.� �You�re not going to kill me?� Stefan asked. �No, because you�re my son and you acted out of love or that is what you think you are in,� Mikkos said. �We are in love,� Stefan said. Mikkos laughed and said, �No, you want possess her. You want to hold on to the past. You are not in love with her and she not in love with you.� �How do you know?� Stefan demanded of his father. �Because unlike you, I know what love is. I have been there. I loved Catherine. She was my joy and my life. You don�t love Laura enough,� Mikkos said. �How do you know?� Stefan asked. �Because you don�t show it. Do your eyes light up walks in the room? You don�t bend over back wards to make her happy. Victor does everything for Alex because he loves her. Luke went to prison for Laura because he loved her. You wouldn�t. If you did then you would have given up Nikolas. You wouldn�t have done anything to give her her son because you would have known that she loved him. Stefan, that is the love you should have. That is the kind of love that I hope you get but don�t try to take someone else�s,� Mikkos said. Stefan wasn�t listening and Mikkos knew it. Stefan just looked at his father and asked, �You done?� �One more thing. When Luke gets out and he will. I will not stop the two of you from fighting but you will remember that is the heir and you will respect him! Are we clear on this?� Mikkos asked Stefan. �Yes, father,� Stefan said and he got up and walked out of the room. Mikkos shook his head and wished on day Stefan would know that love that he talked about. The love he thinks he has with Laura is cold and empty. It was a love that Mikkos had with Helena and that is why his son thinks he is love. So, Mikkos knew that all of this was his fault for not standing up Helena sooner then he had. Laura and Lucky walked in the room together a little while after Stefan left. Laura looked pail remembering all the things could happen to Lucky or the things that she thought could happen to Lucky. �Laura, I promise that I�m not going to hurt Lucky. So, could you give us a few moments?� Mikkos asked her. �Alright,� Laura asked and she walked out of the room touching Lucky lightly on the shoulder but he shrugged her off. Mikkos waited until Laura was gone then he sat down in a chair and pointed to the one that was on the other side of him. �Take a seat,� Mikkos said. �Do I have to?� Lucky asked. �Stand if you want but this might take awhile,� Mikkos said. Lucky shrugged and sat down in the chair. �Ok, out with it,� Lucky told him. Mikkos handed a picture over to Lucky and asked, �What do you see?� Lucky looked at the picture and shrugged. �I guess it is a picture of your kids.� �It is. Stefan, Alexis and even Stavros is in there. Did you know that Stavros went out of his way to destroy anything Stefan loved?� Mikkos asked. �He deserved it,� Lucky snapped. �I don�t think he did. I think he should have had a nice childhood but things don�t work out that way. Parents screw up and the kids get hurt,� Mikkos said. �Yeah, then the kids screws up and the parents get hurt,� Lucky muttered. �Lucky, if you blame yourself then why hate Stefan?� Mikkos asked. �He helped destroyed them,� Lucky mutter coldly. �No, Luke and Laura destroyed each other. They didn�t mean to but they did it. I didn�t set out to be the worst father in the world but in time that is what I was. I let Helena hurt my son and daughter. I watched as she beat them. I turned my back when cried out to me. I made those choices and I�m the paying for it. Laura choice to leave Nikolas. She also to lie about him. She can�t change it. You can�t change what you did. All you can do is learn from it and try to make up for mistakes,� Mikkos said. �How?� Lucky asked. �Maybe by starting to ease off on Stefan. I know what he did was wrong. He might know it but sooner or later he will. What you do is just be there for you mother when he does. Because loving someone sometimes means just letting live," Mikkos said. �You mean let her love Stefan even if he is using her?� Lucky asked. �She knows it but she ready to admit it. She thinks the same thing he does at this moment. She thinks they love each other. Fighting this will hurt you, your sister and everyone around you. Let them be Lucky. Let them decided when this ends,� Mikkos told Lucky. �You didn�t stand aside when Helena tried to hurt me?� Lucky asked. �No, but that your life on the line but I haven�t told you that you should act one way. I have let you deal with this in your own way. Now, if Stefan crosses the line and tries to hurt your mother or your father. Then I�ll stop him but until he does that. He is only hurting himself,� Mikkos said to Lucky. �I guess your right. It still sucks though,� Lucky said looking at Mikkos with a small tear in his eye. �I know and you don�t have to be Stefan�s friend. You just have to respect his space that is it,� Mikkos said. �I�ll try,� Lucky said. �Good there is more thing,� Mikkos said with a smile on his face as he stood up. Mikkos walked toward the bookcase and picked out a book. He placed it in Lucky�s lap. �What�s this?� Lucky asked holding up the book. �Your punishment. I can�t let you off hook all the way. So, read Tale of Two Cities and give me a book report about it by Friday,� Mikkos said smiling at Lucky. Lucky�s eyes grew cold again and he asked, �Your joking right?� �Afraid not. You see I over looked last night stunt. I�m not over looking this one. From now on, if you act out then you will pay the price. This is the price,� Mikkos said point to the book then he walked out. Lucky realized he had been conned. Mikkos wasn�t the best con but in way he was smart one. Lucky looked at the book for a moment. Thought about throwing it. Then he realized it could have been worse. He could have forced to say he was sorry to Stefan. So, Lucky pulled his legs under him and sat there slowly starting to read the book. �It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.� ***************************************************** Roy and Luke were walking to their cells. Roy had stopped for a moment claiming that something was wrong with his shoe. Luke stopped to wait and the group around them went on. Suddenly they were alone in the hall and this gave Luke a strange feeling. He didn�t know why but he it felt better being in a crowd of people in prison then it did alone. Alone left you open to attacked. �Come on Roy,� Luke said getting antsy about all of this. Roy looked at Luke and said, �Yeah, sure.� Then he attacked. The knife cut Luke in the side but thanks to his reflexes he leaped back before it could do any major damage. �YOU?� Luke said shocked to learn that Roy was the one Damion hired to kill him. �Yeah, sorry. I have no choice,� Roy said and he lunged at Luke again. Luke kicked Roy right in the gut and the man went down but he didn�t let go of the knife. The two men fought over the knife both getting cut several times in the process. Luke felt the blood flow freely down his side and he knew that he running out of time. IF he didn�t stop Roy, then he was good as dead. So, Luke used his height over Roy to his advantage and shoved Roy against the wall. He then grabbed the man�s head and slapped it hard against the wall. Roy managed to cut Luke right on the next missing the main vain by mere inches before blacking out. Roy and Luke hit the floor about the same time. Luke was cut bad and he laid there fighting to stay awake. The guards came looking for the missing men and saw what was left of the fight. �You ok?� the guard asked Luke. �No,� Luke said in a weak voice. He then passed out on the guard. The guard looked at man beside him and said, �Mr. Cassadine isn�t going to like this.� �He dies then we are dead,� the guard said and rushed to get help. The other guard made sure it was very clear to anyone that arrived later that Roy was the one that attacked Luke and Luke only defended himself. The guard didn�t even bother to check to see if Roy was alive or dead. He just let Roy lay there as he worked to stop Luke�s bleeding. **************************************************** Alex was looking over a file talking to the nurse and giving her orders about the patient�s care. Victor walked up and leaned on the desk smiling brightly as he waited for her to get done. When the nurse was gone Alex walked over to him and asked, �What bring you here?� �I thought I escort you home,� Victor said pulling her to him and kissing her on the lips. �Ours or Stefan�s?� Alex asked. �Stefan�s. I just found out that the PCPD let Helena out of jail. They didn�t buy anything that Mikkos gave them. They let her go,� Victor said his voice full of rage. �What happens now?� Alex asked. �We look for her and prepare for her attack. Mikkos has kept Lucky close and I want to keep you even closer,� Victor said pulling her to him. �That could be fun,� Alex said and she let Victor run his lips slowly down her neck. Amy walked up and stood there for a few moments then she cleared her throat and waited for Alex attention. Amy said, �Ah, we got a call from the prison. They are sending a prisoner over that was stabbed.� Victor looked at the nurse and asked, �They say who was stabbed?� �No,� Amy said suddenly realizing that the person that was stabbed could be Luke. �Victor, could that be Luke?� Alex asked. �I don�t know but I will find out,� Victor said and he reached over the desk to use the phone. Alex left with Amy to meet the copter. Chapter 10 Back to A Father's Love |