Chapter 4: Was it an accident? Lulu looked at her brother with confusion. "What? Nikolas, you told me that she was kidnapped by you? Now you’re saying she’s dead?" "Lulu, you don’t understand, I killed her!" Nikolas ran his fingers through his hair. "What? why Nikolas?" Lulu felt her eyes begin to fill up with tears, her brother changed. He was beginning to scare her. "Lulu? Are you okay?" Nikolas asked, as he saw her crying. "Nikolas, you killed Liz? But why?" "I don’t know Lulu!" Nikolas cried. "I killed her in the sense that I drove her to kill herself." "She killed herself?" "Yeah, all she did was think about Lucky." Nikolas explained. "She loved him Nikolas!" Lulu cried. "Lucky loved her!" "Well, I couldn’t have that happen Lulu, I loved her with all my heart, and I wasn’t going to stand by and watch her marry my dreaded brother!" "How dare you Nikolas, Lucky’s been suffering all because of you!" Lulu couldn’t control herself from stopping her tears anymore. "I saved Elizabeth from her suffering." Nikolas said softly. "Lucky left her there at the docks that night all alone, what would’ve happened if I didn’t save her, Lucky seemed like he didn’t care." Nikolas raised his hands with frustration. "Don’t say that…" Lulu said softly. "Lucky didn’t want to leave her for anything, he had no choice!" "Elizabeth was better off." Nikolas crossed his arms. "What do you mean?" "Lulu I gave her everything." Nikolas started to walk off placing his hands on his waist. "I gave her a label, she was the princess and I was her prince." Nikolas smiled, causing tears to roll down his cheeks. "We loved each other…then I lost it." "What do you mean you lost it?" Lulu asked. "I threw her down the stairs, almost killing her once." Nikolas sighed sadly. "Before that, when we loved each other, we had a baby." "You did?" Lulu asked softly. "Yes, and now that Liz is gone, I don’t know what to do." Nikolas sighed again. "I shouldn’t have abused her, I should’ve tried to understand what she was going through." "So, why did you abuse her Nikolas if you loved her?" "She tried getting off the island once, I got furious and so I took all my anger out on her…" Nikolas confessed. "You see Lulu, she wanted to escape so bad, and now…well she escaped." "Nikolas…I’m sorry…you just should’ve taken it easy." Lulu said quietly. Nikolas looked at Lulu and said, "How am I supposed to tell Alexandria about her mother?" "You have to wait…wait till she’s a little older, say ten." "Yeah…but what about now?" Nikolas asked. "Since I am Alexandria’s aunt, I’ll be happy to take care of her." Lulu smiled. "I think that’s a great idea!" Nikolas cried with happiness. "Thanks Lulu!" he gave her a hug. "Well, since you don’t have a wife anymore…its what I can do." "Great." "You have to find a replacement mother though." Lulu suggested. "Lulu, where can I find another…Elizabeth?" Nikolas said sadly. "You have to get over it, I hope Lucky does the same, but remember don’t inflict violence towards her, let it go." "Lulu, I think you’re right." Nikolas smiled. "I’ll try, but let me warn you, its not going to be easy." "I’ll try to help." "Thanks, you’re a great sister." *+*+* "I remember something…my ring…" Liz showed Emily her wedding ring. Emily took her hand and saw a ring of tiny sapphires around a big diamond in the middle, the band seemed a little scratched up. "Oh my God!" Emily gasped still looking at the ring. "May I see it?" "Yeah, go ahead take it…if it’ll help…" Liz smiled weakly. Emily slowly slipped the ring off Liz’s bruised and dirty hand, and examined it. Trevor came up from behind and looked as well. "Emily? What’s wrong?" "There’s an inscription." Emily explained. "It reads, ‘To Elizabeth Webber my princess now and forever love…" Emily trailed off and looked at Liz. "Oh my God! Liz?" she asked, tears flowing from her eyes. "I thought you were dead." "What are you talking about?" Liz asked. "Who’s Liz?" "You are, Liz you have a great guy back in Port Charles who’s waiting for you." "Lu…Lucky?" Liz asked. "I remember." She smiled. "Come on, we have to get you to Port Charles as soon as possible, I just hope Lucky hasn’t found someone else." "Wait…Alexandria, where’s Alexandria?" Liz asked. "I need to see her…Nikolas will…" "What?" Emily looked at the ring and saw Nikolas’ name scratched up. "You married Nikolas Cassadine?" Emily asked. "He’ll hurt Alexandria!" Liz cried. "He can’t hurt her, she’s my life." "Who’s Alexandria?" "Emily…Alexandria…she’s my daughter, you cannot let anyone know." Liz explained. "She’ll get killed!" "Alexandria, is she Lucky’s daughter?" "No…its Nikolas’ she’s the princess to the Cassadine throne now, that Nikolas…" Liz cried in pain. "That Nikolas?" Emily asked, holding her hand. "Liz?" "Thinks I’m dead." Liz said quietly. Liz clutched onto her stomach and cried in pain. "Are you all right Liz?" Emily asked. "Yeah, I’m just in a little pain that’s all." Liz managed to smile. "No, we have to get you back to Port Charles Liz." "No, Lucky…he needs to live his life his own way." Liz started to cry. "He probably has his own family with his own kids, I have to get over it." "Liz, Lucky hasn’t stopped loving you…I’m sure he hasn’t." Emily assured Liz. "He came to my wedding, he didn’t have anyone with him, no family." "Oh?" Liz wiped her tears. "But what if he’s gotten over the fact that I was killed when he left me…" "No… don’t say that…Now we have to go now." Emily got up, and faced Trevor. "No, I have to go…" Liz got up from the bed. "I can’t go back to Port Charles… too many painful memories." "You have to go back… Lucky needs you." "But I’ve all ready told you… he’s probably over it." Liz looked at her hands. "Well, then…go back and you can start all over again." Emily smiled. "You can start a brand new life there and find another man, who’s kind, considerate, sweet." She looked at Trevor. "Just like Trevor, except not actually him." Liz laughed and started to cry. "You’re right Emily, I mean when I was there on the island, I felt like flying away back to Port Charles and starting my life again, with someone new." "That a girl!" Emily clapped her hands in excitement. "You have to get better, and when Trevor and I get back for you, we’ll take you back, and I can give you a makeover." "A makeover?" Liz looked at herself and smiled. "I guess you’re right." "Good, then we can meet your sister and Derek." "Derek? Who’s he?" Liz asked. "Your sister’s husband." Emily smiled. "She got married not too long ago." "My sister got married?" Liz asked, getting a little emotional. "Yeah, it was a beautiful ceremony, the thing is everyone thinks your dead." Emily lowered her head. "So, everyone thinks I’m dead?" Liz asked. "Yeah, that’s basically it." Emily stated, as she looked at Liz’s facial expression. "I’m sorry." "Hey, that’s all right." Liz sighed. "It wasn’t my fault, it was Nikolas that took me away." Liz became determined. She looked at Emily and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, Emily I’m going to go back, and I’m going to stop shedding my tears over someone who didn’t love me. This is the new and improved Elizabeth Webber you’re looking at, and when I get my hands on Nikolas, he’s not going to know what hit him." *+*+* Lulu looked to see Nikolas out of sight. She walked up the stairs carefully and walked into Alexandria’s room. "Hey there." Lulu smiled. She approached closer to Alexandria’s crib and looked over her. Alexandria looked at Lulu and smiled. ‘She looks so much like Liz’ Lulu thought to herself. Lulu picked Alexandria from her crib and placed her in her arms, rocking her gently. Alexandria laughed and giggled as Lulu lifted her up in the air. "You look like you’re mommy so much." Lulu smiled. "So, how does it feel like to be a princess?" Lulu asked. Alexandria just continued giggling and smiling. Lulu took Alexandria in her arms and whispered, "I’m going to take you out of here." *+*+* Emily and Trevor packed their bags so that they could leave to Port Charles as soon as possible. As they packed their bags, they were interrupted when Gwen came running in. "The girl isn’t doing so well." she explained. "What do you mean? She was fine." "She just passed out in her bed!" Gwen cried. "Oh God, we have to get her out of here as soon as possible." Emily panicked. Trevor came up to her and smiled. "Its all right Emily." Trevor rubbed her shoulders. "You can get Liz over to Port Charles, I can stay here until there’s another flight." "What? Trevor are you sure?" Emily asked. "Yeah, don’t worry, what matters now is that your friend gets the right treatment." He explained. "Trevor’s right honey." Gwen interrupted. "He can wait, you have to get your family back on their feet as well." "Okay." Emily looked over to Trevor "Thank you." She gave him a peck on the lips. "I’ll hurry back." Emily took her bag and ran to Liz’s room. She saw that Liz wasn’t doing so well. "Hey, Liz, we’re going, come on." Emily looked at Liz, still not showing any progress. Joe went to the phone and called for an ambulance. *+*+* Lulu took Alexandria out of the room. She looked around the hall to see if anyone was there. She saw that many of the bedrooms were locked. ‘Good, now I can go.’ Lulu thought to herself. She looked at Alexandria, who was still laughing and giggling. She headed downstairs very quietly. As she got to the last step, she heard footsteps. She stood very still and waited. "Lulu? What are you doing with Alexandria?" Nikolas asked. "Oh, I just wanted to hold her and take her outside." Lulu lied. She really wanted to take Alexandria out of this prison. "Oh, well let me take her now, and you can go eat something." Nikolas suggested. "Are you sure?" Lulu asked, "I mean, I’m not really that hungry." "Oh, it’s no big deal, if your hungry, just fix yourself something to eat." Nikolas said. "I’ll do that." Lulu replied. "Thank you Nikolas." She handed Alexandria to Nikolas and smiled. "She really loves you doesn’t she?" "Yeah, I just wish her mother was here…" Nikolas got quiet. "Hey, Nikolas its okay, you’ll get over it." Lulu smiled. "Yeah, I’ll get over it, but something tells me Elizabeth is still alive." Nikolas crossed his arms. "What? what brought this on?" lulu asked curiously. "We tested the height of the cliff." Nikolas explained. "Its possible she did survive." "Wow, that’s great." Lulu stammered. "Uh, what? is that good or bad?" "No, you see? I’m going to get Elizabeth back, no matter what it takes." He smiled slyly. "What ever it takes, Elizabeth, Alexandria, and I are going to be a family again. *+*+* The ambulance came over to the house to pick up Liz. Emily cried as she saw Liz on the stretcher struggling for her life. Emily held onto Trevor and cried into his shirt. "Trevor, is she going…to be all right?" "I don’t know Emily, but you have to get yourself over there, so that they can transport her over to Port Charles." "Okay, I’ll see you later okay." Emily said quietly, trying to look at her husband’s face. Trevor wiped Emily’s tears away and kissed her on the cheek. "Listen, she’ll be fine." Trevor cupped her face in his hands. "Don’t worry, I’ll be there. The soonest will be tomorrow morning okay?" "Okay." Emily smiled. "I’m so lucky to have a great guy like you." Emily sighed. "Not as lucky as I am to have a great girl like you." Trevor replied back. Emily smiled and kissed Trevor one last time. She caught up with the paramedics and climbed inside the ambulance. *+*+* "Nikolas, you’re scaring me?" Lulu backed away. "I am? Why Lulu? I just want things back the way they were that’s all." Nikolas shrugged. "Not if I have anything to say about it!" said a voice. Nikolas and Lulu turned around to see a very angry looking Luke Spencer armed with a gun aiming at Nikolas. "Dad?" Lulu asked. "What are you doing here?" "Never mind the questions Lulu, get out of here now!" Luke cried. Lulu ran out of the mansion worried of what her father might do to Nikolas. "Okay, Spencer what can I help you with?" Nikolas smiled. "You can help by staying away from Lulu." Luke demanded. "Also, by handing over Elizabeth Webber." Nikolas started to laugh. Luke didn’t think any of this was funny, so he drew closer to Nikolas with the gun. "You know what Cassadine?" Luke smiled. "I don’t know what’s funny, can you try to fill me in on this joke? Because I don’t find any of this funny." "Well, Luke, you should’ve came sooner." Nikolas sneered. "You see Elizabeth was here." Nikolas paced around laughing. "Can you tell me what you did with her? Where is she?" asked Luke still aiming the gun at Nikolas. Nikolas stopped pacing and faced Luke. "Let’s start from the top." Nikolas laughed bitterly. "I kidnapped her from Port Charles from your dreaded son." Nikolas smiled. "Kept her on this island, the same way my father did with Laura." "Stavros isn’t your father." "Let me continue." Nikolas gave Luke a cold stare. "I beat her to a bloody pulp and then I pushed her off the cliff, causing her to get killed." "What? you killed that girl?" Luke asked. "Oh, how dare you!" "Guards!" Nikolas called. "Take this man away, and makes sure if he ever gets back on this island, that he is killed immediately!" The guards took Luke out of the mansion. Luke looked at Lulu and took her as well. Nikolas watched as his sister was taken off the island. There was nothing he could do but watch. *+*+* At the Hospital… Liz was placed on a hospital bed in the ICU. Emily watched as her friend was struggling to hold on. "Mrs. DiGanto." Said a voice. "Hello doctor." Emily said quietly. "How’s my friend?" "I’m sure she’ll be fine, but it would be best if we transfer her right now to Port Charles." The doctor explained. "Yeah, so she’ll be all right, I mean nothing serious?" Emily asked. "Well, we aren’t really sure, that is why we have to transport her, so that we can get an opinion from her regular physician." "Oh, all right, so when do we leave?" "Right now, we can’t stall, if we want her better we have to act fast." "All right, lets go." "Yes, follow me." the doctor motioned for Emily to follow him to the helicopter pad on the roof. Emily nodded and followed him. *+*+* "Lulu, what were you thinking?" Luke asked, as he saw his daughter looking at the floor of the plane. "Nothing, I just wanted to see my brother again." Lulu said quietly. "He’s not your brother!" Luke snapped. "Yes, he is dad!" Lulu cried. "I just wanted to see him…he’s been gone for so long." "I know Lulu, but that doesn’t give you the right to run away!" "Dad, our family is tearing apart!" Lulu cried. "Lucky lost Liz, and now you and mom had a fight and I don’t even know what it’s about." "That’s not important Lulu." Luke said softly. Then something hit him. "Lulu?" Luke asked. "Yeah." Lulu said softly. "What did Nikolas say to you?" Lulu looked at her father in worry, should she tell him that Liz is alive? Should she tell him that Liz and Nikolas have a beautiful daughter? "Uh, I don’t know what you’re talking about dad, Nikolas told me nothing." Lulu stated. "Oh? then what was the conversation about how he wants Elizabeth and him a family again?" Luke raised an eyebrow. "Is there something you need to tell me that proves Elizabeth isn’t dead?"