| Chapter 31 Ruby and Mikkos walked along the docks. �Mikkos, you seem to be missing a big point in what happened to night. How was Luke acting when Lucky was underground?� �I didn�t notice.� �You should have because you have seen Luke like seen him before. Scared! He hides it well but that is what he is when dealing with you and Lucky. You see giving Lucky the world but Luke sees it as you destroying the good parts of Lucky. Ruby laughed at this and said, �Yes he does. Luke hides his fears well. The ones of us that know him realize he isn�t as tough as he acts. In fact, he is a lot like you.� �Me?� Mikkos scuffed. �Yes, you.� Ruby said stopping and turning around to face Mikkos. �You and Luke are more alike then you want to admit. The trouble is neither of you realize it.� �Name one thing,� Mikkos challenged. �I�ll name several! For starters you both can�t stand being told what to do, you both hate surprises, and you are the most stubborn men that I have ever known in my life,� Ruby replied. Mikkos didn�t say anything at first because he knew she was right. �Ok, we are a lot a like,� Mikkos said finally. �I would never put Lucky�s life at risk with a hair brain plan as the one he cooked up!� Ruby nodded and said, �I agree but you gave him no choice. Mikkos, see this from Luke�s point of view. How did you feel when Merck told you how to raise your kids?� �I�m not Merck,� Mikkos snapped. �No, your not Merck but you are acting like him. Oh, you are a lot nicer then Merck was but you still do some of the same things. Mikkos, I have told you hundreds of times let your kids be the parents. That means, when trouble you tell Luke all the details. Let him decided what is best for Lucky and Lu. When take that away from Luke, you leave no choice. He will go out and do what he has done. He will make plans on his own leaving you out,� Ruby said. Mikkos stood there thinking about this. He thought he was doing better but now as Ruby put it as she did. He realized that he still had a long way to go. �Do you know where Luke is now?� Mikkos asked finally. �The club. He goes there when he is upset,� Ruby said. �I�ll walk you home and then I�m going to talk to our son,� Mikkos said wrapping his arm around Ruby. Ruby nodded her head and as they walked towards the diner she said, �Do me a favor and talk to him not at him.� �I�ll try,� Mikkos promised as he kissed Ruby on the cheek. ********************************** Mikkos found Luke exactly where Ruby said he would fine him. Luke was sitting at the bar or what was left of the bar holding a half-empty bottle of hard whiskey in his hand. Mikkos walked over to Luke placed beside him two bankbooks. Luke glanced over at Mikkos and asked, �What�s this?� �A peace offering,� Mikkos said picking up one of the over turned bar stools from the floor then sitting down on it. �What is it?� Luke asked not bothering to even pick up the books. �Bank accounts in Lucky and Lu�s names. They now can�t take a dime out of them without your say so. Oh, I�ll be able to put money into the accounts but only you can say what comes out of it,� Mikkos replied. Luke scuffed as he asked, �You give them the world and now your taking it back?� �No, I�m giving you control. If you trust Lucky enough to have complete control over the account then I trust your judgement. They are your kids and you have right to have a voice in their lives,� Mikkos said calmly. Luke eyed Mikkos closely and then asked, �What Ruby do? Threaten to cut of you off?� Mikkos shook his head, as he said, �No, nothing like that She pointed out that I was acting like Merck.� �That�s worse,� Luke comment. He knew how bad Mikkos hated Merck. In fact, Mikkos hated Merck just as much as he hated the man that raised him. �Yeah, but she was right,� Mikkos said. �I was trying to take control and I�m sorry for that. So, how about we try to find a way to live with each other. This fighting is destroying us.� Luke thought about this for a moment. �Ok,� he said finally. �I don�t want much. All I want is when someone is threatening my families life you let in on the details.� Mikkos nodded. �You got a deal.� �Good and speaking of threats. Damion isn�t going to stop you know that don�t you?� �Oh, he will this time,� Mikkos said smiling this cold hard smile. �What does that mean?� Luke asked looking at Mikkos with wonderment. �It is best that I don�t say anything. All you need to know is Damion will soon out of our lives forever,� Mikkos replied. Luke nodded. He saw the old Mikkos slowing coming out. The Mikkos that tried to take over the world. �What about the others?� �I�ll deal with Sam personally but I am open suggestions for Claude and Alice,� Mikkos said smiling. Luke paused for a moment as if he was debating something. �I haven�t said this before mainly because it is just I have but since we are now trying to get along. I guess I should say something. I get this feeling that Alice either threatened Lucky or did something to him. I never put it all together but before she left Lucky was acting a bit off.� Mikkos took this news in and asked, �Do you have an idea what she did?� �No, I don�t. All I know is how he is acting. Something is off but he hasn�t told me anything about it,� Luke said. Mikkos sighed and said, �I wish he would then I would how to act.� �You want to know what to do about Alice and Claude put in away but lets do it without putting through a trail. He doesn�t need to be put a stand and told what is like being trapped underground.� �I agree. If Alice did do something to Lucky we deal with it later once she is prison,� Mikkos said calmly. �I agree,� Luke said. Then Luke and Mikkos sat at the bar talking about what they should do about getting what they want without putting Lucky through a trail. ************************************** After talking to Mikkos for a good hour, Luke headed home. He arrived home late and was sneaking into the bedroom when he spotted two people sleeping in his bed. The first one was Laura but the other person was Lucky. �What�s wrong?� Luke whispered as he walked towards the bed. Laura sat up and said, �He had a nightmare. He doesn�t want to sleep alone.� �I�ll go in his bed,� Luke said as he kissed Laura on the cheek before sneaking out of the room and heading towards Lucky�s room. The trouble was when Luke got to Lucky�s room. He found Foster stretched out on the bed snoring away. Luke groaned and went into the guest bedroom. Where he dropped down over the bed and fell fast asleep. ************************* The next morning, Mrs. Carlson stood near where Luke laid sleeping trying to figure out how to wake him up. She usually avoided Luke when he was a sleep. Mainly because he was such a grump in the morning but this couldn�t be avoided. So, she slowly bent down and gently shook his arm. She jumped back once it was done and stood there waiting to see if Luke would wake up. She tried this several more times with no luck. She was just about to give up when Foster solved her problem his way. The dog leaped on the bed starting to lick Luke�s face. �Skillethead go away,� Luke groaned shoving the dog away. Mrs. Carlson took this chance and quickly spoke up. �Mr. Spencer, Lt. Taggert and ADA Dara Jenson are here to question Lucky. Do you want to sit in on the questioning?� Luke groaned opened one eye and looked at his watch. �Ten. Don� t they have paper work to fill out,� Luke muttered as he rubbed his hand over his face as he started to wake up. He then looked at the maid and said, �I�ll be right down.� �Yes, sir,� Mrs. Carlson said politely smiling at Luke before rushing out of the room. ******************** Moment later Mrs. Carlson walked down the stairs and said, �Mr. Spencer will be right down.� Taggert looked at his watch and groaned. �I hope he doesn�t take all day.� �It is in the middle of the night for a club owner,� Lucky said smiling. �We could start without him or are you trying to cover something up?� Taggert asked. He didn�t know what it was about this case but something was missing. The big question he had for everyone was how did Luke know where to find Lucky? �You know I was the one they buried alive,� Lucky snapped at Taggert. Dara glared at Taggert then turned her attention to Lucky. �We know. He didn�t mean anything by it.� Taggert didn�t comment. He just sat there waiting for Luke to make his appearance. ******************************************** The moment Taggert�s car pulled into the park garage, one of the guards called Mikkos to report it. Mikkos took this opportunity to take care of a few things. The first thing Mikkos did was send Victor to Mercy hospital, where Damion was staying after bumping his head on the steering wheel when the van flipped over the night before. The two cops at Damion�s door didn�t give Victor a second look as he walked past them and into Damion�s room. Victor thought it was funny that everyone thought that the Cassadine family had the local official�s in their back pockets before Anna life but in fact it was the completely opposite. It wasn�t until after Anna left that Mikkos thought have a few cops on the pay roll would come in handy. Damion was a sleep when Victor walked into the room. It wasn�t until Victor was near pouncing on Damion that he realized that someone was in the room with him. Damion has just opened his eyes as Victor stood over him. Damion started to yell for help but Victor hand quickly clamped down hard over Damion�s mouth. �Ssh,� Victor said smiling down at Damion with this cold and demented look on his face. �You wouldn�t want to draw attention to this now would you?� Victor asked. Victor�s hand moved just enough for Damion to choke out. �Do you think you can get away with killing me?� Damion asked Victor. Victor laughed and said, �Damion by the time I�m done with you. You will wish that I killed you.� With that Victor pulled out a needle and jabbed in right into Damion�s neck. Damion didn�t have time to do much of anything. The drug in the needle worked very quickly and as Damion slowly drifted off into a black void. Victor leaned over and whispered. �You�re going to learn what happens to people that cross this family.� **************************** While Victor got the pleasure in dealing with Damion, Mikkos was let into the holding cell area. He walked towards the cell where Sam was being held. He stood there with his arms crossed behind his back looking down with a disapproving look towards the polite lying on the cot before him. �Hello, Sam,� Mikkos said finally. �Mikkos, I have been waiting for you,� Sam stammered as he jumped to his feet. Mikkos held up his hand and Sam quieted down quickly. �I don�t want to hear it Sam. I�m very disappointed in you. I trusted you and this is how you repay that trust. You kidnap my grandson and burying him alive. What do you suggest we do about this?� Sam looked down at his feet for a moment. He knew Mikkos well enough that this calm demeanor was a cover. Inwardly, Mikkos was really out raged ready to kill Sam with a snap of his fingers. This question was more to give Sam time to decide how he wanted to die. Sam looked up at Mikkos finally and said, �I know what have done and I know have to do. I betrayed you. I was wrong and now I will pay the penalty.� �At least you have the courage to realize this,� Mikkos said calmly as he watched Sam go to the table near the wall pick up a pen and write down a few simple words. All Sam wrote was the words, �I�m sorry.� Sam then walked over to the cot pulled off the sheet and tied a loop in one end and the other end around the pipe that ran over head. Sam looked over at Mikkos for a moment before climbing on to the stool that he put into the center of the room. �I have one request?� �What is it?� Mikkos asked calmly. �My mother. She is very ill and she isn�t long with this world. I want to take my crime to my grave alone. Please if you tell her anything about me. Say that I died another way. She shouldn�t suffer for my crime,� Sam begged Mikkos. �I�ll do that but for you but for her. You see your father was a dear friend of mine to bad he had son like you,� Mikkos said coldly. Sam nodded his head at this. He climbed the stool then put the looped ended of the sheet around his neck. He then rocked back and forth knocking the stool out from under him. Mikkos stood there watching as Sam slowly choked to death. It wasn�t until Sam�s body stopped jumping around before Mikkos turned around to leave. Mikkos like Victor walked past the guard on duty without a second look. No mention of Mikkos visit will ever come up in any of the reports regarding Sam�s death. *************************************** Claude got word that his lawyer wanted to talk to him. He was taken to a visitation room where he was handcuffed to the table. It wasn�t until the guard left and he was alone that the door across from him opened up but it wasn�t his lawyer that walked into the room. It was Sonny Corinthos. Claude tried to get up but the cuffs kept him in place. He called out to the officer on duty but no one arrived. Sonny walked to the table and sat down. �You might as well stop yelling. No one is going to hear you,� Sonny said calmly. �You planning on killing me here?� Claude asked gulping a bit at the sight of Sonny. He was a little grateful that it was Sonny that showed up and not Luke. Luke was the one he thought would be around to take care of him. �You�ll live if you do what you�re told,� Sonny said calmly. �Do what?� Claude asked a little releaved to her this. �Confess your guilt. Take what the State as to offer for you,� Sonny replied. �If I don�t?� Claude asked. �You walk out of here on bail or force Lucky sit a trail. You�ll end up like Sam or Damion. I don�t think you�ll want that,� Sonny said coldly. �Sam? Damion? Sam�s live. I just saw him,� Claude said. �Not any more he isn�t,� Sonny said sounding very assure of this fact. �I�ll let you think about this for awhile,� Sonny said as he stood up. He stopped and leaned very closed to Claude, �but remember utter one word about my visit or for Lucky to sit a trial and this deal is off. And you are as good as dead!� Sonny stood up then fixed his coat turned to walk out of the room. The officer came into the room right after that uncuffed Claude and showed him back to his cell. It wasn�t until they got to the cell that Sam�s dead body was found. Claude was shoved into a cell as the guard called out for help. Claude stood there watching as the cops took down Sam�s lifeless body. Claude knew then what Sonny meant about getting to him. If the Cassadine�s wanted, he could easily end up like Sam. Claude figured he had a choice either live with going to prison or dying. Claude chose living. ************************************** Alice was lying on her cot resting when a guard opened her cell down and showed in a very skimpy dressed blue haired hooker. �Your boy friend will bail you out soon,� the woman officer said to the hooker as she closed the door behind her. �Yeah, sure,� the hooker said smacking gum as she talked. The cop didn�t reply. She just turned and walked out of the room. Alice didn�t bother to look who was in the cell with her. She just lay there with her back to the woman. The hooker bent down pulled out a long thin knife from her black boot and quickly pounced on Alice. The hooker shoved the knife right under Alice�s chin. �Don�t say a word. Let me do the talking,� Anna Devane said as she pulled back Alice�s head just enough to look the woman right into the eyes. �I have a message for you from the Cassadines. If you don�t want to end up like Damion or Sam, you�ll plead guilty but if you put Lucky through a trial. You�ll end up regretting that you were ever born. Understand?� Alice swallowed heard and said, �Yes. I got it.� �Good,� Anna said slowly standing up. She paused for a moment took the point of the knife and pointed it right down at Alice. �If you utter a word about this to anyone, you�ll not live past morning.� Alice just nodded her head. She lay there as Anna put the knife back into his hiding place. She then sat down on the bunk and waited for the guard to come back and get her. It wasn�t until after Anna left that Alice began to breathe again. This should have been an easy score but thanks to Damion and his plans. It turned out to be a nightmare. Alice figured that she would rather take her chances with prison then the Cassadines. So, she was planning on doing exactly what Anna suggested and plead guilty. Chapter 32 Back to Trials of Love |