23
Elizabeth sat and watched Lucky as he
slept, her mind churning with thoughts of what he had been through
recently. What exactly did Helena do to
her husband? What did the witch want
with Lucky now?
“Elizabeth?” Zander stood in the
doorway, concern shining in his eyes.
“Oh Zander hi,” she smiled at the sight
of her twin.
“He seems to be sleeping peacefully,”
Zander entered the room and stared down at his brother in law. “He’s probably going to be pretty angry with
me when he wakes up. Helena did a
pretty strong number on him,” Zander involuntarily shuddered as he remembered
Lucky kissing Helena as if she was Elizabeth.
“What do you mean? Zander…what exactly
did Helena want with my husband?” Elizabeth banished the memory of how Helena
had looked at Lucky as if he was her next lover when she had shown up at
Kelly’s. She couldn’t think of such a
thing happening to her Lucky. It was
too horrible to even imagine.
“I…I don’t know if you really want the
answer to that Liz…”
“Zander please. I have to know what I’m up against here.”
Zander sighed deeply. He didn’t want to hurt Elizabeth and he knew
this would. But she was right. She
had to know what state of mind Lucky will be in when he wakes up.
“He…she programmed him to forget his
family and the people he loved. She
programmed him to be…to believe that they were lovers.”
“Oh God,” Elizabeth sunk down into a
nearby chair. “Did she…did she take him
into her room or anything?” She prayed that Helena didn’t get that far, but
knew that she probably did.
Zander swallowed. “By the way
she was acting…I say that she slept with him. I’m sorry Liz…I know how devastating this must be for you.”
“For me? How about Lucky? This
will be devastating for him when they get him deprogrammed. He won’t be able to forgive himself. Damn, he had just gotten over what Faison
had done to him and now this
happens. He’s going to have to go to
therapy all over again,” Elizabeth
stared down at her husband sadly.
“I hate her Zander. I hate
Helena so much. She has destroyed
Lucky’s lkife one too many times. This
is the last straw. If Luke doesn’t kill
her, I will,” she stood up and went into Zander’s outstretched arms. “Please let him be able to heal from this.”
“He will be Liz. He will be,” Zander rubbed her back as she
wept.
~*~
Sarah waited impatiently for Tom to
arrive. She had been back in Port
Charles for six hours now and he had
yet to show up. She sighed, going back
over what had happened at Helena’s compound.
How had Zander managed to
escape, taking Lucky with him? She had
seen Lucky…witnessed his brainwashing.
It was thorough and precise.
Lucky didn’t even remember Lizzie.
Unless it was all an act. But
she didn’t think it was. His eyes…they
were too vacant to be a act.
She looked up as the door slammed
shut. There stood her sister’s rapist,
looking at her as if she were a foreign object.
“What in the sam hell are you doing
here? I thought you were with Helena.”
“I was.
But she thought it’d be more effective if I came and plotted with you,”
Sarah shivered, remembering how Lucky she was that Helena hadn’t killed her for
allowing their captives to escape.
“What did you do? Let Lucky escape?” Tom grinned, knowing that
something else was behind Sarah’s sudden reappearance. By the glare in Sarah’s eyes, he knew he had
hit the nail on the head. “Holy shit
Sarah. You’re lucky she didn’t kill
you. What else did she do? Sending you back here couldn’t have been all
of it.”
Sarah sighed. She really wasn’t in the mood to talk about her failure, but knew
that she would get no peace if she didn’t tell. “I am to forget about getting Nikolas back. I am not even to think about him.”
“Tough lady,” Tom winced. “Hey, if
it means anything…I’m sorry. I
know how much getting Nikolas back meant to you.”
“In any case it’s all Lizzie’s
fault. It was her brother that escaped
and took Lucky with him. I really want
revenge now.”
“Well you know what to do. Help me get to her and this time she won’t
be walking away so easily. Not with us
working together.”
“We need a plan. Lis is under intense security, especially
after what just happened. We need a way
to get around all of that.”
“How did you two get around security for
Lucky and Zander?”
“Helena had her men take care of
that. She made it pretty clear that
we’re on our own f or a while. Luke
Spencer is going to be out for blood this time, so she’s playing her cards
carefully.”
“Wait a minute! How about a relative that’s close to both
you and Elizabeth?” Tom rubbed his chin , deep in thought. “Someone that Elizabeth feels she can talk
to. That she feels safe with.”
“Hmmm…wait a minute! I know!
Grams!”
“Grams?” Tom made a face.
“That’s what we call our…I mean my
grandmother and Elizabeth adores her.
Plus Grams would never turn me away.”
“So what we need is a way to use your
grandmother to get to Elizabeth…”
“Wait
a minute…I think I’ve got the perfect
solution. Let’s set down and go over
the detairs,” She heads into the dining room, her plan to get revenge building upon itself.