Posted by Shani Chloe heard footsteps coming down the hall and stood in front of the table with the now empty water pitcher. After the jingling of some keys, Nikolas opened the door. "Jax is here. Go to the window and you'll see him." Damn it, Nikolas would not move away from that And outside she saw the most beautiful vision she had seen since...well that morning in the Roman Cafe when she ran into.... "Jax!" And some parked car behind him.... Jax's head jerked up at the sound of his name. And just like that night so many years ago at the gazebo, his heart skipped at the sight. He stepped back to get a better view. "Chloe?! Are you...." "There you go." Jax's eyes darkened as Nikolas face reached his view. "She's safe and sound. Now, can we get started?" "You won't be able to tell." Nikolas smiled, knowing exactly what Jax was up to. "So you might as well have a seat, have a glass of port, and help me come up with a plan that will work quickly." Jax's glare turned to ice. "You are much more like Stefan than we all cared to believe." Nikolas cut his eyes, the truth of Jax's words hurting him. Yet he protested "I'm nothing like Stefan...I'm doing this primarily to protect Emily. She's everything to me, and I will do whatever I have to. Helena backed me against a wall..." "You always have options. What would Emily..." "I'm not debating this with you." Nikolas lowered his voice in anger. "Don't worry about my options, worry about your own. You can help me and go about your merry way with Chloe, or you can not...and...not. So...you're right about contacting Helena; we need to come up with a way to make her want to contact you." This was way too inactive for her. She hated it, she was frustrated having nothing to do with her own fate. It was like being with Stefan all over again....she pounded against the door for a second, the sound causing her to pound again... Maybe there *was* something she could do. Trust Another pound.... She could trust that Nikolas not only wouldn't harm her, as she could tell he didn't want to do, she would also trust that he was a decent enough person to not want her completely miserable. ...as she screamed at the top of her lungs. Maybe she could reach him somehow. "He can't hear you!" Came a voice from the other side of the door. Despite the words, that voice encouraged Chloe to continue. She had someone's attention. And she would just keep making more and more noise until Nikolas came. "I'm not going to Port Charles without Chloe." Jax shot the idea down. "So I'll bring her...." "She's not ready to go back there yet." "She still doesn't remember?" Jax didn't answer, not knowing what Stefan told Nikolas about Chloe, and not wanting to give anything away. "But she's with you anyway?" Nikolas actually chuckled. "Uncle never had a chance, did he? So she just fall for you all over again?" "We're not here to discuss my relationship with Chloe. Let's get back to the matter at hand. Let's say that Helena and I make contact. Then what? And what makes you think that after all of this time, she'll drop her plans for you because of me? I have a better idea..." Jax's voice trailed as some man, the man that drove him here, entered from God knows where. He bent, whispering in Nikolas ear. Chloe was screaming and pounding against a door, and the only thing the guard could think of doing to shut her up would be to tie her and gag her. Permission? "You can't do that." Nikolas shook his head. Let her scream. Jax couldn't hear her. He couldn't hear her either. So he wouldn't feel even worse than he already was. Or shouldn't... But he did. "Excuse me." Nikolas grumbled to Jax. "Stay here with him." he ordered the man. Jax watched as Nikolas left the room. And with a smile inside as his prayers were answered, Jax charged, knocking the guard to the ground before he even knew what hit him. Chloe stopped screaming. "Nikolas, please." her voice choked. "Just let me out. Maybe I can help you." Nikolas shook his head. "My plan is working fine." And even if it wasn't, he had a plan and he was going to see it through. Just like Stefan had taught him. "Let me try, Nikolas. Please. I hate it here....Nikolas....Nikolas..." Damn it. And he would let her go as soon as Helena was out of the way. "The faster we get this...." Nikolas voice trailed as he saw his guard lying on the ground. Where was Jax... "Behind you." Jax said quietly, grabbing him in a chokehold. Nikolas struggled..."Don't waste your time fighting me..." Jax loosened his hold as Nikolas resigned himself. "Now, lead me to her." "JAX!" Jax grinned at her, "But my arms are kind of full...thank you." he added as Chloe took the keys from Nikolas' grasp. "Are you..." "I'm okay...I'm fine..." she promised. She wanted to tell him...tell him that she loved him. But not now, not with Nikolas here. She needed to be alone with Jax when she opened her heart to him completely. "All right, let's go..." Jax said to both Chloe and Nikolas. "Look...you have Chloe back, but that doesn't mean that we can't still help each other..." "You've got to be..." "Help each other how?" Chloe asked. "Chloe..." Jax shook his head, but to his dismay, he could tell by the look in her eyes that Chloe was determined to hear what Nikolas had in mind. Why? Shani
on 1/12/2005, 18:29:07
Before the car even fully stopped, Jax opened the
door, getting out and racing up the stairs. He banged on the door impatiently.
doorway. Chloe ran from her post, as Nikolas expected she would have, and bolted to the window.
"If I just contact Helena, she's going to know that something is going on." Jax spoke, his eyes darting through the room as he tried to figure out where exactly was, and how to get tom the room Chloe was being held in. The layout of this estate was complex...
This wasn't working for her. Chloe continued to pace. Jax was somewhere in this place, she watched him walk in the front door. But yet, because Nikolas held all the cards, she was still separated from Jax.
"She's in Port Charles. What if you go back there?"
"Jax can't hear you." Nikolas repeated from outside Chloe's door. "You're wasting your voice, and making yourself more upset than you need to be."
"You are much more like Stefan than we all cared to believe." Jax's voice echoed in Nikolas' head.
But what else could he do? "You can't help me."
Chloe could have it much worse Nikolas told himself. He put her in a comfortable enough room; she would be fine until he let her go.
Once again her trust in a Cassadine had got her nowhere....Chloe looked up as her door handle jiggled. "I would hug you..."
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