16
Another scream erupted from Andreas’s mouth as Luke once again slammed his fist into the manservant’s face. Elizabeth stood out of sight, silently watching the interrogation. She felt a bit guilty for not helping the hapless man taking what looked like the beating of a lifetime, but she knew that it was necessary. Lucky and Nikolas’s lives depended on Luke finding out where Helena was holding them.
"Now, I’m going to ask you again. Where did she take Nikolas and Lucky. Maybe then, I’ll let you live," Luke growled.
"I’m dead if I tell," Andreas answered. "I will never betray Madam again."
"Very well," Luke derw back his fist for another punch.
"Enough!" Helena’s voice echoed through the room. "That’s enough Andreas My poor sweet servant. You have learned your lesson on loyalty. Let him go Luke. I’m the one you want to question."
Glaring at Helena, Luke dropped Andreas to the floor and grabbed Helena’s throat, holding her tightly. "Where are they?"
"Thought you were enough to protect your boy from me, didn’t you Luke? Thought that I’d never get close enough to take your precious son away. Well, you were wrong. I not only have Lucky, I own him. He’s mine. He’ll do exactly what I want him to," Helena grinned evilly.
"Your days on earth are numbered Helena. I will get my son back and you will die by my hand," He let her go. "Enjoy your last days Helena," Luke watched her walk out of view, a secretive glare in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, Luke glanced in Elizabeth’s direction. "Come on out Cowgirl. I know you’re there."
Elizabeth frowned and stepped out of the shadows. "How did you know I was there?"
"I saw you board the yacht," Luke shrugged.
Elizabeth giggled and then gasped with surprise as she stepped on a rectangular sheet of paper. Her eyes widened as she looked at it.
"Elizabeth, what do you got there?" Luke asked, approaching the young woman.
"It’s some kind of delivery receipt to General Hospital," Elizabeth frowned. "Why would Helena have something delivered to the hospital?"
"I don’t know Cowgirl. But I do know how to find out," He grabbed her hand and left the yacht.
~*~
Lucky and Nikolas sat in the gray steel room Helena had them locked in. Lucky sat on the bed staring blankly at the wall, while Nikolas was searching high and low for any secret passageways to escape. He looked at his brother, surprised to see the hopelessness in Lucky’s eyes. He once again cursed himself for putting Lucky back into this situation.
"Come on Lucky. Help me. We have to find a way out of here," Nikolas tried to encourage his brother.
"There is no way out Nikolas. Helena doesn’t make the same mistake twice," Lucky sighed, sadly. He was certain that he’d never see Elizabeth or his family again. It wasn’t fair that this was happening to him. He had had so many hopes and dreams. Now they were all ashes.
"Well there hasn’t been two of us before. Now there is. All we have to do is stick together. We can defeat her, Lucky."
"Ah. Such optimism," the mechanical door slid open, allowing Cesar Faison entrance. "your brother used to have that belief. Bust as you can see, I’ve sucked it all out of him."
"Stay away from my brother!" Nikolas growled, standing between Lucky and Faison.
The older man just laughed. "Or what will the powerless Cassadine prince do to me?" Faison laughed even harder at Nikolas’s silence. "Absolutely nothing, I can see. Your brother will be Helena’s weapon and you, your highness, will be her wallet. Plain and simple. Look at the time. I have preparations to complete my part of the plan to make. Good day gentlemen," Faison bowed before leaving the room.
"We have to get out of here," Lucky looked up at his brother, life streaming back into his eyes.
Nikolas smiled, glad to see the fight returning to his brother. For hours Lucky and Nikolas went through different plans to regain their freedom and get rid of Helena once and for all.