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Helena looked both ways as she stepped off her yacht. She was off to see the boys, but she couldn’t afford to be followed. Not yet anyway. Her plans were too near completion to be foiled now. But unbeknownst to her, Luke was right behind her, being sure to stay out of sight. He knew that following Helena like this was his only way of finding his son. So staying at a safe distance, he tailed Helena to General Hospital. He frowned. Back to square one. She couldn’t be hiding the boys in the hospital, out in plain view. Too many questions would arise. Plus Barbara Jean would know her nephew anywhere and would bring him home.
"Where is he?" Luke growled to himself, following Helena into the dimly lit hospital.
Climbing the stairs, Helena was still unaware of Luke’s presence. She made her way up to the roof and walked to where another elevator waited for her from behind what looked like a gate. Taking one last look around, she stepped inside, the gate automatically closing behind her. Slowly, she was lowered out of view, unaware that her secret was now revealed.
~*~
Luke stumbled into Jason’s penthouse, excited by his recent discovery; but out of breath from running from the hospital all the way to the penthouse.
"Luke?" Jason got to his feet, just as Carly and Elizabeth, who was wrapped n one of Lucky’s shirts, emerged from their respective bedrooms.
"Luke, what is it? Is it Lucky?" Elizabeth asked, hope and fear evident in her face.
"I found them! I tailed Helena from her yacht to the hospital. She entered this elevator on the roof. It most likely took her into a section of the hospital that no one knows about. That is where she’s keeping the boys. I would have busted in there myself, but I had a feeling that I was going to need back up. So Jas…will you help?"
"Sure," Jason nodded. "I’m in."
"So when do we start?" Elizabeth asked, her eyes lighting up with hope of rescuing Lucky and ending this nightmare once and for all.
"Yes. I’m ready to show Helena a thing or two," Carly crossed her arms, wanting to work off some aggression.
"You two are staying here, where it’s safe and you can’t get hurt. Bobbie and Lucky would never forgive me if anything happened to you."
Carly sighed, agitated. "Need I remind you that it was Liz and I who helped bring Lucky home in the first place?"
"And we can be instrumental this time around too, Luke," Elizabeth nodded.
"They’re right Luke. They can be of some help. Especially Elizabeth," Jason replied.
Looking at the three people in the room, Luke still wanted to say no. That it’d be easier if the girls stayed put. But he knew that would be a bad move. Jason was right. He was going to need all the help he could get.
"Ok, fine. You can come. But do what I say. I don’t want anyone getting hurt, or worse," Luke sighed in defeat. From here on out, things were going to be interesting.