INTO THE NIGHT
A General Hospital-Highlander-Forever Knight crossover
by James Spencer
Third in the Forever series.

CHAPTER ONE

Robin's loft,
late afternoon.

 Robin sits in a chair by one of the shuttered windows deep in thought.  It has
been over a month since she was brought across by Terry to save her life, and so
far, it hasn't been that difficult to explain why hardly anyone saw her during
the day.  Her new "job" required to "work" into the early morning hours.
 Robin knew however it was only a matter of time before someone figured out that
there is no job.  Mariah has told her not to worry about what might happen.  Her
friends will believe what she says about her job, they have no reason not to.
They'll just concentrate on the day to day and ignore everything else.  She took
another drink from her glass and got up to finish getting dressed.
 Coming out of her bedroom she fixed her dress and walked to the spiral
staircase that led to the practice hall below.
 Downstairs in the hall Brenda was sparring with Liz.  The two women danced and
weaved as they cut and parried at each other.  Finally Brenda moved in to finish
it with a quick circle movement of her blade that sent Liz's sword flying out of
her hands.  Brenda stops when she raises her hands in defeat.
 "I can't believe I fell for that again."  she said as she bent down to pick up
her sword.
 Brenda laughed.  "It's okay.  It took me a few weeks before I stopped falling
for it."
 Robin was watching the scene from the bottom of the stairs.  She smiled a
little when Brenda disarmed Liz like a pro.  While Liz was putting her sword
back in it's case, Robin moved quickly and silently behind Brenda.
 Brenda let out a small shriek when Robin touched her shoulder.  "Robin!  How
many time do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me like that!"
 "Sorry." Robin said giggling.
 Liz looked over at the two women.  "Well I'm going to head out."
 "Why?  It's still early.  Got a date or something?"   Brenda wondered.
 "Yeah.  Lucky and I are going out." she said.
 "You and Lucky, huh?  How serious is this?"  Robin asked.
 Liz just looked at her.  It's been a month since she and Lucky had made love in
her room.  Since then they both decided it was best to slow things down a little
and find out exactly how they feel about each other.  Liz cared for Lucky
deeply, but she wasn't sure it was love.  Not yet.
 "I'm not sure, but we are getting close."  she said to them.
 "Well you have a good time."  Brenda said as Liz walked to the door with her
case.
 When she had left Robin sat down on one of the couches and watched Brenda as
she ran a cloth across the blade of her sword and put it in it's case.  When she
has finished she picked up her water and sat down across from Robin.
 "What do you want to do tonight?"  she asked Robin after taking a sip of water.
 "I thought about going to the club tonight,"  she answered, "what about you?
Got something planned with Jax?"
 "Nope."
 "Why not?"
 "I don't know.  He's just been acting so weird lately and I don't want to be
around him when he's like this."
 "How about you meet me at the club later, we'll get drunk and hit on all the
good looking men."  Robin said with a perfectly straight face.  "Well, you'll
get drunk, I'll get hungry."
 Brenda burst out laughing.  "Where are you going first?"
 Robin's face became serious.  "I thought I might go see Jason."  She saw the
look of concern of Brenda's face.  "Brenda I know what you're going to say."
 "Then why are going to see him."  Brenda got up and started pacing.  "Robin he
dosen't care about about anyone."
 "You know that's not true."
 "Isn't it?"  Brenda started to get angry.  "Jason is incapable of loving anyone
but himself.  He uses people, just like Sonny."
 Robin stood up.  "Brenda....I've never stopped loving him and we both know why
I left him."  Brenda started to speak but Robin stopped her.  "I know that he's
dangerous, and you know that isn't really a concern for me anymore.  I'm already
dead."  Brenda almost smiled.
 She placed her hands on Brenda's shoulders.  "What has happened to me recently
has only proved to me that I've wasted too much time waiting for him to change."
 Brenda pulled Robin close to her.  "I just don't want to see him hurt you."
 "I know, but being without him is hurting me too."  Robin said as Brenda
watched several blood tears fall from her eyes.
 "Okay, but listen to me if anything happens to you... I'm gonna chop his head
off."  Brenda said sternly before breaking into a wide smile.

Jason's penthouse.

 Carly Roberts sits alone with baby Michael.  She was released from custody
several weeks ago, the judge in the case gave her a suspended sentence and
probation as long as she got some psychiatric counseling.  She found out that
Jason paid Tony a little visit and "convinced" him not to press charges against
her.  That fact and Carly's emotional state at the time was all the judge needed
to make his decision.  Now that she was free, she was going to make sure that
Tony Jones pays for what he's done.
 Being locked up in that hospital has also made her realize that she loves
Jason, and no one, especially not that mousy little princess Robin, is going to
take him away and ruin her little family.  All she needed was a way to get her
out of his life.....permanently.

Wyndemere.

 Stefan Cassadine sat at his desk going over the file that Daniel Cohen gave
him.  He finished the last page and closed the file.  He may not be in town at
the moment, but the fact that his newest student and his adopted daughter are
means that Aaron Grey will eventually be back and trouble always has a way of
following him.
 Stefan takes off his glasses and takes a drink from his glass of whiskey.
Putting the glass down he starts to unconsciously rub the tattoo on his inside
left wrist, a Watcher tattoo.
 

CHAPTER TWO

The Outback.

 Nikolas Cassadine walks into the Outback and sees Liz Webber sitting alone at a
table.  She is looking slightly annoyed and he debates wether or not it's a good
idea to walk over to her, finally he decides he probably check on her.  "Liz are
you okay?"
 Liz looks up at him.  "Okay?  Sure I'm fine, except for the fact that I've been
sitting at this table for over an hour waiting for your inconsiderate brother.
Besides that, I'm just swell.  How are you?" she said her voice dripping with
sarcasm.
 "You were supposed to meet Lucky?"
 "What?  Is there an echo in here?"  Nik turns around and starts to leave.
"Nikolas... wait.  I'm sorry.  I don't mean to be rude, it's just I was looking
forward to having some fun tonight."
 "It's okay, Liz."  Nik says sitting down.  "It's not your fault, it's Lucky's"
he says waiting for her to smile.  "Have you had dinner yet?"
 "No."
 "Good."  Nik signals for a waiter and orders from them both.

Nightshade.

 The club is packed as it usually is on a Friday night.  At a table near the bar
sits three young women.  They are laughing and drinking and checking out every
man in the room.  Among them is a tall blond girl named Jenna.  She is a senior
at Port Charles High and the most popular girl in school.
 Derek LaShalle walks to the bar and is instantly noticed by Jenna.  "Yummy.
Stand back girls I think I just found my next meal."  The others laugh as she
gets up.  She checked the hem of her skirt to make sure it hung even over her
flat stomach and stopped mid-thigh then walked over where Derek was standing and
asked the bartender for another drink.
 Jenna smiled at Derek.  "Hi."
 "Good evening."  he answered.
 Jenna was about to speak when Derek excused himself and walked away.  She
returned to her friends who were laughing.  "Don't worry Jen, he's just playing
hard to get."  one said while the other laughed.
 "Laugh all you want I could tell he was interested."  Jenna said elbowing the
girl on her right.
 "Oh Yeah, he was real interested." the third girl said.  "Take a look at how
much."
 The three girls turned to look toward the door and saw Derek greet Emily
Quatermaine with a kiss to her cheek.
 "I can't understand it. What would a gorgeous hunk like that want with a mousy
little brunette like Emily Quatermaine, when he can have this."  Jenna said
running her hands down her body.  "Trust me, she is nooooo competition."

Jason's Penthouse.

 Carly comes downstairs after putting Michael to bed and answers the door.
"Robin."  she says surprised.  The smaller woman walks in without being invited
and Carly closes the door behind her.  "What do you want Robin?"
 Robin turns to her.  "I want to speak to Jason."
 Carly gets a good look at her for the first time.  There was something
different about Robin, about the way she carried herself.  "Jason's not here."
 "Where is he?"
 "He's out of town."  Carly was starting to lose her patience.
 "When will he be back."  Robin's voice was calm and collected.
 "He won't be back until tomorrow.  Why don't you tell me want you want to talk
to him about"
 "It doesn't concern you."  Robin said as she turned her back to Carly and
walked to the door.
 "It doesn't concern me?"  Carly said grabbing Robin's shoulder and turning her
around.  "Who the hell do you think you are?"  Robin just stared at Carly.
"What is it with you?  Do you enjoy torturing him?  That's what happens
everytime you come around here."
 "Like you really care about him."
 "I do care."  Carly said getting angry.  "A hell of a lot more than you.  I'm
not the one who left him because she couldn't accept who he really was. I'm not
the one who said you're not good enough for me."
 "No you're not.  You're just the one who made him fall in love with another
man's child."  Robin said trying to repress her own growing anger.  "A child we
both know you'll snatch out of his arms the moment someone better comes along."
 "You little bitch."  Carly rose her hand to strike Robin only to be suprised
when she caught it in mid-air.  Carly winced in pain as Robin squeezed her wrist
slightly before releasing her.
 Carly rubbed her wrist trying to get the feeling to return.  "What is this?
You want him back now is that it?  Saint Robin says come back and he's supposed
to start running."  Robin says nothing.  "Well you can't have him.  Jason is
with me now, me and Michael.  He doesn't need you anymore."
 Robin looked directly into Carly's eyes.  "Carly you can tell yourself that you
have a little family here all you want.  That doesn't make it true.  Michael is
not Jason's son, he's AJ's, and it's only a matter of time before he finds out.
When he does the Quartermaines will go after Michael and probably get him.  If
that happens Jason will be crushed and I will never forgive you for doing that
to him."
 "You won't forgive me...?"
 "No I won't."  Robin turned to walk out.  "By the way.... I do want Jason back
and I'll get him no matter what you do, because he still loves me."
 Robin walks out leaving a speachless Carly standing in the middle of the room
still clutching her sore wrist.

Jax's penthouse.

 Jax sits alone in the dark room, his face illuminated by the desk lamp.  He had
Jerry send one of his best men to investigate his little problem.  Everything he
has found out about this man has only made him more suspicious and more
determined to find the truth.  Mac and Felecia gave up too easily.  They stuck
to the official sources to find answers.
 Fortunately he doesn't have many qualms about skirting the law.  The man Jerry
sent to Toronto was a professional.  He broke into their house with no problem
and found something very interesting.  The police found his body floating in the
river, they said the cause of death was due to total blood loss.
 He did manage to send Jax what he found before he died.  Jax was staring at the
photograph, it was an old tintype that was used during the 19th century.  It was
a portrait of a couple taking during President Lincoln's inaguration.  It was a
portrait of Aaron Grey and Theresa Ryan.
 

CHAPTER THREE

 The doorbell rings and Brenda comes down stairs to answer it.  She opens the
door to find Jax standing there.  "Jax."  she says a little surprised to see
him.  She invites him in.
 "Brenda... I want to apologize for the way I've been acting the last few
weeks."  he says.
 Brenda looks at him a little puzzled.  "It's okay."
 "No really.  I've been ignoring you lately and I want to make it up to you."
 "How?"
 "By taking you to lunch, that's how.  What do you say?"
 Brenda smiles.  "I say let me get my coat."
 Jax watches Brenda take a trenchcoat out of the closet.  He wonders why she
would want wear such a garment went it's so warm out.  As she puts it on Jax
thought he caught sight of something attached to the inside lining.  Brenda
joins him and they head for the PC Grill to have lunch.

 Liz is sitting on her bed sharpening her sword when the phone rings.  She gets
up to answer it.  "Hello?"
 "Hey Liz."  it's Lucky on the other end.
 "So you're speaking to me today."  she says.
 "Liz.... I'm sorry about last night."
 "I'm listening."
 "I just couldn't get there..... Helena Cassidine had me do this nothing thing
and I couldn't call you."
 "What sort of thing?"
 "That's not important."  Lucky says.  "What is important is that I want to make
it up to you."
 "Go on."
 Lucky chuckles a little.  "You're not going to give an inch are you?"  Liz says
nothing.  "Okay..... Liz will you please forgive me and let me take you
somewhere for lunch."
 Liz starts to giggle.  "Alright, not as much groveling as I would've liked, but
I forgive you.  Come and pick me up."  Liz hears Lucky yell as she hangs up the
phone and smiles.  Walking back to her bed she sits down and thinks of last
night and Nikolas.
 The night started out for Liz on a sour note but has ended pretty well.  Nik is
walking to her door.  "Thanks for tonight Nik, I had a really good time."
 "You're welcome."
 "No I'm serious."  Liz says touching his arm.  "You didn't have to do what you
did just to make me feel better."
 Nik shuffles a little uncomfortably.  "I didn't just want to make you feel
better."  He looks at her and tells about his earlier conversation with Robin.
He was going to tell her how he felt about her, but she stopped him before he
could.  Robin said that she knows they have been getting close the last few
months, but she thought it was time for them to back away from each other for
awhile.
 Liz looks at him while he finishes.  "She said that events recently has made
her realize that she still loves Jason and didn't want to hurt me by making me
think that there was something more between us than there really was."
 "Too late, huh?" she says.
 "Yeah.  Too late."  Nik looks down and Liz sees a sadness in his face.
 Liz reaches out and puts her arms around him and he returns the hug.  They part
and Nik looks at Liz, he brings his hand to her cheek and then leans in to kiss
her on the lips.
 Liz is left somewhat breathless by Nik's kiss.  "uh.... umm..... I'd better get
inside before Gram starts flashing the porchlight or something.  Good night,
Nik"  She opens the door and looks back at him for a second and then goes
inside.
 Liz is sitting on her bed thinking.  She cares about Lucky, a lot, she may even
love him, but there was that kiss with Nik.  If only he hadn't kissed her.

 Jason enters the penthouse and sets down his bag.  He had just returned from
New Jersey.  Someone has been making a move on his intrests there.  Evidence so
far seems to indicate that it's Moreno, but he can't be certain, and until he is
he can't afford to make a move against him.
 Carly comes down stairs and sees Jason and runs to him.  "Jason!"
 Jason returns her embrace.  "How's Michael?"
 Carly looks a little disappointed that he doesn't want to know how she is.
"He's fine.  He's taking a nap right now."
 Jason walks to his desk and checks his answering machine and mail.  "Anything
happen while I was gone?"
 "No, nothing."  Carly lied.  She'll be damned if she tells him about Saint
Robin's visit last night.  "Are you hungry?  I can make you something to eat."
 Jason puts his mail down.  "No thanks.  I'm going to go up and see Michael."
He walks upstairs leaving Carly standing in the living room alone.

 Emily walks into Kelly's and orders a cup of coffee.  At a nearby table Jenna
and her friend Marie are sitting.  Jenna sees her and gets up and walks over to
the counter next to her.
 "Hello Emily."  Jenna says in a sweet voice.
 "Hello Jenna."
 "Are you okay Emily?  You look a little tired.  What's the matter?  Did you
miss your last fix?" she says teasing.
 "I don't drugs anymore Jenna"  Emily says back annoyed.
 "Of course you don't."  Jenna's voice was now sarcastic.  "We all know you're
clean."
 Emily rolls her eyes and decided she has had enough and turns to leave.  "Bite
me, Jenna!"

 Robin is sitting by herself on the couch.  She has just woken up and was
debating wheter or not she should get dressed or just sit around the rest of the
day in her silk robe.  She pours herself another glass of  cow's blood from the
wine bottle on the coffee table.
 Robin stared at the glass in her hand and almost laughed.  She can't believe
how she's gotten used to her condition so quickly.  After a few difficult first
days she settled down and was actually becoming pleased with the changes she was
going through.  Her mind seemed to be much clearer, her thinking uncluttered.
 Her senses too were now acute.  If she wanted to, she could hear a conversation
down the street as if it were taking place next to her.  Then, and then there
was the flying.  For days after she learned how, she would spend hours just
flying over the water.
 There were a few drawbacks though.  Because she wasn't able to go out during
the day anymore her skin was losing what little color she had gotten before she
was killed.  It was becoming paler and more milky as days went by.  Mariah joked
that there was nothing wrong with milky skin, in fact she said some men love it.
 She was a little concerned that some people, mostly Mac, would see her and
think she was sick because of her HIV.  She wanted to tell her friends and her
family that she was no longer infected, that she wasn't going to get AIDS and
die.  But she knew that most people wouldn't understand it and telling anyone,
even her family, could place them in danger.
 Robin laughed a little thinking of how she had to get killed to live forever.
Robin finished her glass and got up.  She headed for the bedroom to get dressed,
discarding the robe as she walked across the floor.

 Helena Cassidine sat in her cabin aboard her yacht.  She placed several
photographs into an envelope and took a pen and adressed it.  The name on the
envelope was Laura Spencer.

CHAPTER FOUR

 Brenda and Jax walked into the PC Grill and took a table.  Jax ordered their
lunch and decided to just go ahead and ask Brenda.  "So have you heard from Grey
or his wife lately?"
 Brenda puts her water down a little annoyed.  "Jax I really wish you'd stop
this thing you have about Aaron and  Terry."
 Jax looked into her brown eyes.  "I can't Brenda.  I don't trust either one of
them and I want you to stay away from them."
 "Why?"
 "Because I think they're dangerous and because I'm asking you too." he says
taking her hand.
 "Jax...." Brenda starts trying to make him understand.  "...Aaron and Terry are
not dangerous and I'm not going to stay away from them.  They're my friends."
 "Friends?  What do you know about them?  Have they told you anything about
themselves, about where they're from, about how they can afford to just travel
around the world on a moments notice?"
 Brenda was getting upset.  "Jax stop it.  I'm not going to listen to this
anymore."  She gets up to leave.  "You need ask yourself what's more important
to you.  Finding out some secret about Terry and Aaron or me."  She puts her
coat on.  "Let me know what you decide."

 The phone rings at the penthouse and Jason answers it.  "Morgan.  Yes....  I
understand.....  No, no inconvenience.... I'll see you then."  He hangs up the
phone and asks for Rinaldo to come in.
 "Jason?"  Rinnaldo asks.
 "Moreno wants to meet me here in Port Charles in a few days."  Jason turns to
face him.  "I want you to beef up security and around Carly and the baby."
 Rinaldo nods.  "Jason.  There is something I think you should know."
 "What is it?"
 "Robin Scorpio came by the other night to see you.  She and Carly got into some
kind of argument.  I just thought I'd tell you."
 "Thanks Rinaldo"  Jason says as Rinaldo leaves.
 Jason sits down at his desking wondering why Carly didn't tell him that Robin
stopped by.

 Brenda opens the door to the loft and puts the key back in her pocket.  "Robin!
Are you up?"
 "Yes I'm up."  Robin answers as she walks out of the bedroom buttoning up her
jeans.
 Brenda goes over to her and picks up the robe off the floor and tossed it to
Robin.  "Going around naked are we?"
 Robin swipes the robe at her and laughs.  She notices the look on Brenda's
face.  "What's wrong?"
 "It's Jax.  He just won't let this thing he has for Aaron and Terry go.  He's
now gone so far as to tell me to stay away from them."
 Robin looks at her friend concerned.  "Do you think he's found something?"
Knowing that if he has it could prove very dangerous, for him.
 "I don't know."  Brenda says running her hand through her hair.  "We can't
ignore the possibility."  She looks at Robin.  "I think I might be a good idea
to call them."

 Theresa Ryan was seated at her computer in the den of her house in Toronto.
The phone rings and she reluctantly gets up to answer it.  "Hello.... Brenda!
How are you?"
 "I'm fine Terry.  I hope I didn't wake you."
 "No you didn't, I was just working."  she said pulling out a chair to sit down
on.  "What's up?"
 Brenda tells her that Jax has continued his investigation into them and may
have found something he thinks is signifigant.  Terry listens and then tells
Brenda about the man who broke into her house while they were in New York.  He
was caught the following night by Michelle, but the man pulled a gun and shot
her and she was forced to kill him.
 Brenda breaks in.  "That may be what Jax meant about you two being dangerous.
Did he take anything?"
 Terry answers.  "I'm not sure.  We've had dozens of boxes and several trunks of
momentos and things taken out of storage and placed in the basement when the
house was finished.  It could take days to see if something is missing."
 "You had better check to be sure, meanwhile I'll see if I can find out what Jax
has found."  Brenda says goodbye to Terry and hangs up the phone.
 
 Stefan is sitting on the couch looking hospital files over when a man walks in
and hands him an envelope.  He takes the envelope and curses to himself when he
sees who it is for and what it contains.
 Stefan goes to his desk and sits down.  He has come to a decision.  He can't
play this game on two fronts anymore and it was a mistake to even try.  The
moment he knew Helena was here he should have sent for her.  His attention has
been divided and that has only helped his mother.  No longer.
 The time has come for Laura Spencer to come home.

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