"-Jeremy, slowly, get out of the way, said Lucky
-Dad, it is not me, it's something behinnd me, answered Jeremy"
Lucky turned around, but didn't see anything suspicious.
"-GET DOWN! Shouted Luke"
Lucky, instinctively, jumped on Elizabeth, as Luke jumped on Jeremy. Lucky saw FJ start to run, jump over Luke and Jeremy, and run in the forest. The heard a gun shot, and Lucky ran after the dog, while Luke stayed with his daughter and his grandson.
Lucky was hearing FJ barking, and he stopped when he saw Lucky. A guy was on his back, FJ in front of him. The guy tried to get up but stopped his movement when he heard FJ growling. Lucky took the shotgun that was lying near the guy, and caressed the dog's head.
"-Follow me man, you are in big trouble, Lucky said, pointing the gun
-I'll do what you want but please call yyour dog back
-No I won't, now come on. Junior, bringg him home will you?"
The dog waggled his tail and let the man get up. He was walking in front and, every time he would look back at what Lucky and the dog were doing, FJ growled again. Lucky could see the heartless hit man was terrified of dogs, but Lucky had to concealed that Foster Junior was quite menacing when he showed his teeth.
"-Look what I found, said Lucky, pointing at the intruder.
-Well, I see Helena was closer than we tthought, answered Luke. Tie him up son."
Lucky tied the man to a lonely tree, the guy's hands behind the trunk, like the Indians did.
"-Jeremy, go get firewood. Little branches, like we showed you, said Luke"
Jeremy looked at his grandfather, confused, when Luke winked at him. Jeremy understood he wanted him to act like he knew what he was doing, and Jeremy went in the forest with FJ on his heels. He came back minutes later, his arms filled with dry branches. He put them at the man's feet, and went back to get some more. Luke was turning around the tree, staring at the man, getting him really nervous. Lucky was holding Elizabeth. The poor girl was scared to death. What if Foster junior wasn't there? They all would've been dead before they could realized what was happening.
"-What are you going to do with me? Asked the hit man
-Have you ever heard of the expression ""Burnt to the stakes"? Asked Luke
-You can't be serious!"
Luke, for all answer, lighted a cigar and let the match consume itself on the ground, only inches from the dry branches. Jeremy put more on the pile, and Luke put his hand on the boy's head, telling him they had enough. Jeremy went and sat on Elizabeth's lap.
"-Now, said Luke, anything you want to say before I light this fire of joy?
-I'll tell you everything you want to knnow
-OK, how did you find us?
-Mrs. Cassadine has a tracking device. She put it on the boy's necklace when he was with her. She waited to let you think she was looking for you, and she told me last week to go and kill the woman and the boy, and let the two men live.
-Oh, did she tell you why?
-I don't ask details. OK, OK, I'll telll you, he said, when Luke lighted another match. She told me she wanted you two alive so you would have to live with the deaths of the other two on your conscience.
-She is so considerate to me. Jeremy, LLuke said to the boy, give me your necklace son.
-But it's a gift from Jarred, the boy annswered
-I'll give it back to you, I promise"
> Luke took the necklace and looked for the device. It was a little piece, as big as a dime, on the back of the jewelry. Luke took it off, and gave the necklace back to Jeremy. The boy kissed it, and went back to Elizabeth.
"-Now, you will take this and keep it on you. I will know if you take it off, and I will hunt you down like a dog. You hear me? I killed people for less than that.
-I hear you
-Lucky, untie the man and let him go
-Dad, you can't be serious!
-What did I just say? Asked Luke. Now,, we are clear on this. I have the same device, and I can track you down too. If, one day, I see it isn't moving anymore, I'll have your head for breakfast"
Lucky untied the man, and looked at him slowly going.
"-Run him away boy, he said to FJ"
The dog started to chase the man, while Luke laughed. Luke told Lucky it wasn't true, he had no way of knowing if the man actually kept the device on him, but at least if he did, Helena would look for him and not them for a while. They packed their stuff, and went home, knowing they had to move and change identities once again. Luke had to go back to Port Charles anyway. Nikolas was with Laura and Lesley Lu, and Luke wasn't too fond of that, but the man knew Helena would never try something while her grandson was living there. Even though he was not the heir of the Cassadine fortune, Stefan was in charge of it, and Helena needed Nikolas on her side.
"-Where do you want to go? Asked Lucky to Elizabeth, after his father left
-That's a good question, she answered. You? She asked Jeremy
-How am I suppose to know? The boy simpply answered, caressing FJ's head
-How about going back to the states? Wee could see a little of Europe, not staying at the same place like we did so far, and like, in a month, go back to the States and California? Suggested Lucky
-I'm in! Said Elizabeth
-Will we be able to bring Foster Junior?? Asked a concerned Jeremy
-Hey, he's a part of the family now, he caught his first hit man, no way are we leaving him behind!
-I'M IN TOO THEN! Said Jeremy, getting his parents to laugh"
They packed their stuff, and got in the truck Luke had left behind for them. Lucky was getting quite good at driving on the "wrong" side of the road, even though Elizabeth could never get used to it. Their first stop was Paris, and Elizabeth fell in love with the town. They went to the Champs Élyzée, the Eiffel Tower, Lucky took Elizabeth shopping in the best boutiques, they ate in expensive restaurants, always bringing something back for poor FJ who was always staying in the motel rooms.
They were on their way up the Country, when Elizabeth decided to change the radio station. She fell upon a song by Michael Bolton that was just starting and she went to change the station again, when Lucky asked her not to, he said he loved this song because it was the way he felt about her. He took her hand and kissed it, before he started singing along.
"You are the candle, love's the flame
A fire that burns through wind and rain
Shine your light on this heart of mine
Till the end of time
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied
With all my soul I've tried in vain
How can mere words my heart explain
This taste of heaven so deep so true
I've found in you
So many reasons in so many ways
My life has just begun
Need you forever, I need you to stay
You are the one, you are the one
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one"
"-Dad, are you what they say?
-What's that?
-A helpless romantic?"
Elizabeth and Lucky laughed at his comment and FJ barked, just like every time the dog heard them laugh wholeheartedly.
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