| Chapter 22 Luke was tending bar one night when the door opened and Mikkos walked in. Luke looked over at Mikkos with suspicious look on his face. Neither said anything at first, Luke just kept on working while Mikkos sat at the bar. �You want something?� Luke asked finally. �You have a good port?� Mikkos asked. Luke raised one eyebrow as he poured Mikkos his drink. Mikkos took a sip of the wine and nodded his head. �Nice,� Mikkos said calmly. �Good,� Luke said and he went back to work. Mikkos just sat there watching him work for a while. It was driving Luke crazy a bit. He didn�t know why it was but it was. Mikkos normally stayed out of his way. He normally wasn�t around unless he seeing one of the kids. So, having Mikkos at his club watching him work was a bit unnerving. Luke got this feeling that the old man wanted something. He just hadn�t gotten around to saying anything yet. Mikkos was on his second drink by the time things died down at the club. Luke leaned close to Mikkos after filling his glass and asked, �Tell me why you are here?� Mikkos smiled at Luke and asked, �Can�t I come in for a drink?� Luke smiled at Mikkos and said, �You haven�t come in this place for years. So, why now, what do you want?� Mikkos smiled back at Luke and said, �I come to ask you a favor.� Luke just stood there looking at Mikkos and waiting for Mikkos to get out what he wanted. Mikkos paused a moment wetting his lips. It was like he was trying to brace himself for something. Finally he said, �I was wondering if I convince you in allowing me to put men on you and Lucky for at least a few weeks.� Luke started to laugh. He remembered the time Mikkos put men on him before. He ended up making total asses out of all of them. They had orders to stay out of sight but it had not taken Luke long in finding them out. That was the only time Mikkos ever tried to put bodyguards on him. Luke knew that Lucky picked his out as easy as he did. Lucky even got a kick of ditching his as much as Luke had. �At least you are asking this time,� Luke finally said after he stopped laughing. �Yeah, well, I wish I didn�t have to ask. I wish you would take my word that it would be safe to have bodyguards,� Mikkos said in frustration. Luke shook his head and walked way to fill an order. He then came back with a drink in his own hand and sipped it. �Do you mind telling me why you see the need in putting men on us?� Luke asked. He hated to tell Mikkos this. It wasn�t the bodyguards that he hated. It was the fact that Mikkos never told him why. He just said this is how it was going to be and that was final. Nothing bothered Luke more then someone telling him how he was going to live his life. Mikkos looked at Luke and said, �Victor got word that there is trouble brewing in the family. I haven�t figured out who yet but one of them is going to make a move against us.� This made Luke smile ever more, �Do you really think this family frights me?� Luke asked Mikkos. Mikkos sighed and said, �Yes, I know. You can take care of yourself. You have proven that to me on numerous occasions. The person I�m worried about the most is Lucky. He is just getting back on his feet. He could be an open target to any of them. I was hoping that if you kept your bodyguards around that you son would do the same thing.� Luke thought about this and said, �Look, if you think there is a danger to Lucky. I�ll take care of it. I�ll make sure nothing happens to him.� Mikkos shook his head and said, �You are the most pig headed person I have ever dealt with in my life.� �Ruby tells me we are two peas in a pod,� Luke said and with that he went back to work. Mikkos paid for his drink and left. He figured there was no use in trying any more with Luke. Luke would do what Luke wanted to do no matter if it was right or not. Mikkos only hoped that Luke would take his warning and put someone on Lucky. ********** Skye had asked Alan out for supper. Alan�s life had gone from bad to worse after the instant with Monica. He had tried several times to talk to her but Jason hadn�t even let him near Monica or Emily. Jason had even put a restraining order against Alan keeping him as far away from all of them as he could get them. Work at the hospital wasn�t any better! He was now working longer hours. Alex had said it was because of budget cuts but he knew better. Carly was making his work life as much of a hell as she could without making it noticeable. So, when Skye asked Alan out for supper that night, he jumped at the chance. He thought it would be nice just to put his troubles behind him and just have fun for a change. Alan and Skye sat at one of the tables at the Grille. Skye looked at Alan with a worried look on her face and asked, �How are you feeling?� Alan smiled at her and said, �I�m fine.� �You are lying,� Skye said as she leaned in a bit. �Tell me what is going on?� Alan looked at her and said, �Nothing you can�t help me with.� �You never know. You have to take a chance first,� Skye said taking a sip of her water. Alan looked at her for a moment then said, �Monica and I had a fight. I went a bit too far. Jason is over reacting at this moment and is keeping me from her and Emily. To add the my troubles, his wife is making my life a living hell at work.� �I�m surprised that Monica allows Jason to run her life,� Skye said acting very interested in what Alan was telling her and in away she was but for different reasons. The more she knew about Monica and how to get to her the easier it would be for her father to get her voting rights from her. �Well, I am too but then again Jason has always been able to worm his way into her heart. She hasn�t seen that he has changed.� Alan said coldly. �What do you mean?� Skye asked. Alan told her what Jason was like before the wreck and how he was afterwards. �Jeckle and Hyde.� �Yeah, that is one way in putting it. To make things worse, Jason is acting more and more like his wife�s family. He thinks that he can run everyone�s life,� Alan said in frustration. �I wish I could help but I don�t know how to. I can�t get Monica to listen to you. I can give a name for a good lawyer to help to see Emily. I can even suggest finding a new place to practice medicine but that is about it,� Skye said finally. Alan laughed at her last suggestion and said, �If I walk away from GH I might as well walk away from medicine.� �Why?� Skye asked seeing how dejected Alan looked at this moment. �I messed up during the time I was addicted to pain pills. I am very lucky just being about to have job,� Alan said sadly. �I see. You messed up and people aren�t willing to forgive you,� Skye said sighing. �You sound like you been there yourself,� Alan said. Skye lifted up her water and said, �I don�t drink this because I like it. I have to. I can�t have anything stronger.� �I guess it runs in the family,� Alan said thinking AJ and troubles with addiction. �Yeah, at least we have that in common,� Skye said smiling. ***************** Lucky and Emily were sitting on the roof of the building enjoying the quiet of the night. �Lucky?� Emily said in a quiet voice as she leaned against Lucky�s chest. �Yeah,� Lucky said looking down at her. �If your mother wasn�t with your father could you see her with anyone else?� Emily asked Lucky. Lucky looked down at her with a shocked expression on his face. �Em! Remember my parents divorced and my mother was planning on marrying Stefan at one time. I didn�t like that idea to well,� Lucky reminded her. Emily nodded her head at this and said, �Sorry, I forgot.� �That�s ok. Why do you ask anyway?� Lucky asked her kissing her lightly on the lips. �Robert had supper with us tonight. I noticed when he is around that mom is happier. I was thinking that maybe�� Emily said her voice drifting off into the night air. Lucky shook his head and said, �Don�t get involved. Let Monica deal with her problems the way she wants to. If you get involved you would just make matters worse.� �How do you know?� Emily asked Lucky. �I know because I was there remember. I used every trick I know to get my mother not talk to Stefan. I ended up doing more harm then good,� Lucky said sadly. �Well, I�m not planning on running away or fighting with my mother. I was just thinking about making sure they spend more time together alone that is all,� Emily said with a smile on her face. Lucky shook his head and muttered something in Russian. �What?� �Nothing,� Lucky said with a grin on his face. He knew Emily well enough that if she wanted to do something nothing was going to change her mind. All he could do is just stand by her and let things fall as they may. ************************** Alice sat on beat up old couch reading the local newspaper when suddenly the doors opened and her two partners walked into the house. �How was work?� Alice asked not bothering to look over her shoulder. �When are we going to dump this act and go after the kid?� the taller of the two men asked as he sat down in the chair. �The boss isn�t ready. Besides, he wants Mikkos to worry about the boy a bit more before making his move,� Alice said calmly as she followed the paper. �Do you have any idea what is going to happen to us if the bosses plans back fire?� the second man said as he walked towards the kitchen to grab a beer. �You worry to much, Sam,� Alice said calmly. Sam stopped and turned to face both of his friends. �You two don�t know the Cassadines like I do. If Mikkos or Victor find out what we are planning then we are as good as dead. So, I wouldn�t act so calm if I were you Alice. You should be on the boy right now but you had to get pushy. You are just lucky Luke didn�t find out what you did. I hear he isn�t the most calmest person on the planet when it comes to his son,� Sam said looking at the woman intently. �He�s right,� the other man said. �I worked for Luke for a long time. He isn�t exactly the most calmest man on the planet when it comes to Lucky.� �You get fired by him every minute of every day,� Alice snapped at Claude. Claude smiled and said, �Yeah, and I have a pay day coming for fires,� Claude said just thinking about the money that Mikkos will pay for them to get Lucky back. �The three of you stop fighting,� Another man called out as he walked into the room. �About time,� Sam snapped looking at their boss. �Where have you been?� Claude asked. �Busy making sure that once the kid vanishes that the Cassadines will be looking in another direction,� the man said as he sat down in the other chair. �What?� Alice asked. �I have been making sure that Mikkos and Victor will be looking into there past for who took Lucky not Luke�s,� Damion Smith said grinning. He spent a lot of time in prison just thinking about this day. He wanted Luke to suffer. Not just for his father�s death but for the crimes he committed against him. Damion knew that the only weakness that Luke had was Lucky. He knew if he got Lucky. Luke would do just about anything to get his son back. Damion was going to make sure that Luke was going to pay a very high price to get his son back or Mikkos is going to pay it! �You better be careful,� Sam said to Damion. �Victor and Mikkos aren�t not dumb.� �They hired you didn�t they?� Damion said smiling. Sam just stood there glaring at Damion. �When are we moving?� Claude asked. �Soon. I need to make sure that everyone is busy before taking the kid. Who is working the club for the next few days?� Damion asked. �Luke. Robert is taking the time off to help Monica with something,� Claude said. �Do you know what?� Damion asked. �I don�t know. All I know is that Robert and Jason are going to be busy helping her out. I also know that Sonny will be running the warehouse with Johnny. I�ll be with Luke,� Claude said. �What will you be doing?� Damion asked Sam. �I�m taking the kid up next week. He is taking a week off before picking up his flying lessens. Other then that, I�m just sitting on my butt,� Sam said to Damion. �Interesting. We might use that if he comes a lone,� Damion said thinking out load. �He doesn�t. Mikkos or someone else in the family comes with him. He never comes to the airport without them. It was part of the flying deal,� Sam said to Damion. �Damn. You would think they would trust you with the little prince?� Damion said. He couldn�t believe that Lucky was worth as he was much as he was. �It isn�t them. It is Spencer. Luke doesn�t like me,� Sam said. �You Alice have something in common,� Damion said glaring at the only woman in the group. �Stick Damion,� Alice snapped. �Touchy," Damion said smiling at the woman. �We wouldn�t be guessing where the kid was going to be if it wasn�t for you,� Damion added glaring at her. �Look, I told you. Lucky healed faster then any of us thought he would. I tried keeping him down the best way I could,� Alice snapped at Damion. �Shoving and bossing him around wasn�t a way of warming up the Spencers. I told you that. You could sugar on the kid. It might have worked better,� Damion said smiling. �But no matter. We will get Lucky.� �When?� Claude asked. �Soon,� Damion said and they sat there working out the details on what they were going to do with Lucky once they got him. Chapter 23 Back to Trials of Love |