Chapter 16:

"About two years ago I woke up in Greece. I don't know how long after I fell of the parapet it was. When I woke up I had no clue who I was. I couldn't remember anything. I couldn't feel my legs. When I woke up Helena was there. Despite the fact that she lied to me for the past two years she helped me regain the use of my legs. Which made it easy for me to trust her. For the past two years she told me that my name was Lucas Cassadine-"
"What!" Luke yelled.
"Yes, Lucas Cassadine, Stefan Cassadine's son." Stefan and Laura prayed that Helena did not know the truth.
"She told me that my parents did not care about me, and that they had left me on the island to be raised by her." Lucky paused for a moment.
"I believed her, I had no reason not too. However, in the past few weeks I had begun to have really vivid dreams that could not have been set in Greece, but the people in these dreams were familiar. I decided that I wanted to come to Port Charles, and meet my family. Helena agreed. I think she counted on the fact that I would not regain my memory."
"How did you get your memory back?" Luke asked.
"Well last night when you stopped by to uhh.. visit Helena I left the yacht."
Luke was surprised that he had been on the yacht and did not see Lucky.
"Anyway I walked around and ended up in the park where I saw Elizabeth. I didn't recognize her but she was familiar. Then Nikolas came up to us. Imagine his surprise when I called myself Lucas Cassadine."
Everyone laughs except Stefan.
"Anyway Nikolas took me to see Kevin Collins and he hypnotized me. There by helping me to get my memory back. Since my memory was close to the surface, because of the dreams it wasn't hard to retrieve by hypnosis."
"Nikolas why didn't you say anything?" Laura asked.
"I asked them not too. I didn't know exactly what Helena was planning for me. I thought maybe she might tell me, but all she told me about was the dinner."
"Helena will pay for what happened, but for now let's go home," Luke said. As they were leaving. Luke told Jason that he wanted to guards on his family and Emily and Elizabeth. He also wanted to continue to watch Helena.

Chapter 17:

Lucky went up to his old room and noticed that almost everything was left the way it was. It was late when they arrived home so Lulu was asleep. Lucky wasn't sure if Lulu would even remember him. She was now six years old. Luke and Laura watched their son walk up to bed. They had never dreamed it was possible for Lucky to be alive.
''Laura, our son is home. He doesn't hate me.''
''I know Luke. I can't believe he's alive.''
''Our family is together, again, baby.''
''Together.'' Laura sighed happily. Her family was together again, but for how long. Will Stefan, remain silent. She prays that he will. This secret could tear her family apart.

Wyndemere

''Stefan are you coming up?''
''I'll be right there Barbara.''
It took all of Stefan's control not to tell Lucky that he was his father. He kept his Cassadine cool while he wanted to show his joy at Lucky's return. It hurt him when Lucky was happy he wasn't Lucas Cassadine. He didn't know how much longer he could keep this secret. He couldn't keep watching Luke Spencer be a father to his son. For two years he had secretly mourned Lucky, and fell in love with Bobbie. He knew that if the secret came out that Bobbie may never forgive him for not telling her, but there hadn't seemed to be a point in telling her after Lucky died. Then there was Nikolas's reaction, the boy he had raised as his own. He would not be happy about the secret either. Despite the reasons that were against him not to tell Lucky, his desire to get to know him is out weighing all else.

The next morning Lulu woke up early. She noticed that Lucky's door was opened she looked in and noticed that there was someone sleeping in the bed. Not knowing who it was she goes into her parents room. Luke and Laura woke up as the door opened.
''Mommy?''
''Yes, sweety.''
''Someone is sleeping in Lucky's bed.''
''I know. You know how I told you that Lucky was never coming back?''
''Yes, you said he was in heaven.''
''Well sweety. I was wrong. Lucky came home last night.''
''That's Lucky sleeping?'' Lulu's eyes lit up.
''Yes, why don't you wake him up.''
''Ok.'' Lulu runs out of the room and into Lucky's room. She pauses and looks at Lucky who is still asleep. After deciding that this was really Lucky she was looking at she runs and jumps on to his bed.
''Umph.'' Lucky says waking up.
''Lulu?'' Lucky rubs the rest of the sleepiness form his eyes and pulls her onto his lap.
''I missed you Lucky.''
''I missed you too.'' Lucky smiled. 'She remembered me.'
Luke and Laura watch as Lucky and Lulu were reunited and smiled.

Chapter 18:

Lucky and Lulu were walking up Hardy walkway to visit Liz. Lulu was excited to see Liz. Liz and Laura had become close in the wake of Lucky's disappearance, and she often babysat for Lulu.
Elizabeth opened the door to a smiling Lulu and Lucky. "Hey Lucky and Lulu. What are you two up to?"
"We're on our way to visit Nikolas at Spoon Island, and I was wondering if you would like to join us?" Lucky asked a little nervously.
"I don't know." Liz says hesitantly.
"Hey it's ok. I'll talk to you later." Lucky turns around to walk away.
"Wait Lucky I'll come. I just haven't been since…you know."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, if you can go back so can I."
They left and went to Wyndemere.

Laura Spencer was at home alone. Lucky was out with Lulu and Nikolas. All three of her children were getting along. Another thing to be grateful for. Luke was at the club checking on a delivery that he was expecting. Laura was doing the laundry when she heard a knock at the door.
"Stefan."
"Lasha, can I come in?"
Laura moves out of the way and lets him in.
"What do you want?"
"I want to tell Lucky the truth."
"Absolutely not."
"Lasha, I want to get to know him."
"Stefan, think of everyone it will hurt. Especially Lucky. I just got my son back. I will not lose him."
"Lasha I came by to ask for the right to tell my son the truth. Obviously we do not agree on this matter."
Stefan turned and left leaving Laura confused. She prayed that Stefan would remain silent.

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Stefan watched as he saw his son in the stables with Lulu, Liz, and Nikolas.
Stefan knew that he could not let this secret rest. It hurt him too much to know that his son will always think of him as his father's enemy. It angered him to know that Luke raised his son after taking his brother and father from him. He watched Lucky and Nikolas play with Lulu, and hoped that Lucky would be willing to get to know him like he is willing to get to know Nikolas.
"Lucky. May I speak to you for a moment inside."
"Sure. Nikolas, I'll be right back."
Lucky follows Stefan into the house not sure what this is about.
"What does Stefan want to talk to Lucky about?" Elizabeth asked Nikolas who was grooming Sheba with Lulu.
"I have no idea. I don't remember Stefan ever wanting to talk to Lucky."
"Well I guess we'll find out soon."

Stefan knew that in order to have any type of relationship with Lucky he would have to tell him the truth.
"Lucky I just wanted to tell you that despite our problems in the past. I am happy that my mother brought you back alive." Lucky looked at Stefan doubtfully.
"Thank you. Is that all?"
"There is no easy for me to say this, but I feel you should know."
"Yes?" Not liking where this is going.
"I am your father."

Chapter 19:

"What are you talking about? I don't know what game you're playing, but I am not going to stay around to play it." Lucky turns to leave.
*Why does everyone enjoy playing with my head*
"Lucky it's not a game. I am your father." Lucky looks at Stefan disbelieving.
"That's impossible." Lucky says more to convince himself than Stefan.
"Lucky it's true. Lasha kept your paternity a secret from me. It wasn't until I checked the HLA tests for Lesley Lu that the truth was revealed."
"You're my father?"
"Yes." Stefan tries to move closer to Lucky, but he backs away. "Stay away from me." Tears are forming in Lucky's eyes more lies. "More lies…I thought they were over. Why can't anyone just tell me the truth?"
"Lucky I am telling you the truth."
"Why did you wait so long to tell me?" *Did he not want me? I wasn't good enough for him.*
"We didn't want to hurt you." *And this doesn't hurt me knowing that my whole life is a lie?*
"So why now?"
"I wanted to get to know you?"
"Yeah right." Lucky says bitterly. "You wanted to get to know me. What a crock. How could you know that I was your son and treat me with contempt."
"That's not true."
"Bull sh*t. You used me as a pawn in your sick game with my father. Yes, Luke Spencer is my father." Stefan flinched at this. *This was a mistake, but it's too late now.*
"When did I use you?"
"When didn't you use me? I'll give you an example. How about the game Timoria, for instance. Unlucky, pretty clever name there. I loved how that game landed me in the bog."
"I saved you that night."
"I wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for you!! You treated me with contempt since the first day you met me. To you I wasn't good enough to be Nikolas's brother. I was just a peasant." *Stefan chose Nikolas over me, and he says I am his son.*
"Luke treated Nikolas the same way, if not worse."
"Maybe, but at least he wasn't Nikolas's father."
"He raped your mother!" Lucky flinches, but his eyes go cold.
"And you told Nikolas so that he would tell me."
"That's not what I wanted to happen."
"Yeah right, you wanted to hurt me, with that little fact."
"If you hadn't accused his father he wouldn't have used that fact." **He has every right to believe that I wanted to hurt him. How do I make him see that I don't want to be his enemy any more.**
"You see, you're still defending Nikolas! You should have cared about me. If I was your son. I don't care about blood tests you will NEVER be my father. My father loved me since the day I was born and he never tried to hurt me." This cut Stefan to the quick. Luke would always win in Lucky's mind.
"What do you think he will do when he finds out?"
"I don't know, and right now I don't care." Lucky turns and walks away. Silently thinking **What if he's right? What if Dad will hate me now that I am a Cassadine? I will never be a Cassadine. I just got my family back after two years, and with one sentence Stefan destroyed it.**
Stefan watches him thinking. **What have I done now? Lucky will never want to see me. The pain in his eyes all because of the fact that I am his father was too much. My son hates me, but I won't let that stop me. I will convince him that I want to get to know him, and that Spencer has no rights to him. Now how do I destroy Luke? Even after Lucky found out about the rape he still defended his father. There is much to be done.**

"He's right you know." Stefan's head whipped around when he hears another voice.

Lucky was running towards the launch when he heard Nikolas call to him. He ignored him, and kept running.
"Lucky wait!!" Nikolas was on Sheba and quickly caught up to Lucky and blocked his way.
"Get out of my way!" Nikolas took a close look at Lucky. His eyes were a mixture of sadness and anger.
"Lucky what did my uncle say to you."
"You mean my father." Lucky said bitterly.
"Lucky Stefan is not your father."
"According to him, he is. I can't get over the irony Helena told me for two years that he was my father, and I don't even think she knew the truth."
Lucky laughed with out humor.
"I am sorry."
"Why are you sorry. Just because my father, Stefan, always chose you over me…My mother lied to me since the day I was born. First that I had a brother, and now that my dad….sorry I mean Luke…is not my real father. I am sick of the lies. I thought nothing would feel worse than learning my father raped my mother, but this is worse."
"Lucky…"
"Don't say anything. Watch Lulu for me?"
"Where are you going?"
"To get answers." Nikolas watches Lucky walk off. The hurt that Lucky is going through was caused once again by the lies that surrounded their families. Nikolas feels the desire to protect Lucky from this, but he can't. He doesn't think that Lucky would let him help him.

Chapter 20:

"He's right you know." Stefan spins around to see an angry Bobbie staring at him.
"You will never be his father." **How could he be?** Bobbie thought.
"Barbara let me explain."
"Save it. You have not idea what you have done do you?"
"I needed to tell him."
"Why? So you could destroy him."
Stefan looked at Bobbie as if he had been slapped. **I thought we had gotten past this.**
"That was not my attention."
"Then why did you tell him?"
"Because I wanted to know my son. Is that so wrong?"
Bobbie calms down. She understands what Stefan is saying. She had wanted to know the child she had given up for adoption. She regrets missing the first 24 years of Caroline's life.
"No it's not wrong, but don't expect Lucky to be overjoyed at the news."
"I couldn't live knowing that my son thought and loved Luke as his father."
"Luke is his father, Stefan, Luke is the only father he has ever had. Blood doesn't always change that fact. Caroline has finally excepted me as her mother. That took a long time. In her heart Virginia Benson is her mother."
Stefan thinks about what she said.
"So what do I do?"
"Let it be Lucky's decision. He is the one that has been hurt. Also, don't make this about the Spencer/Cassadine feud, because you will never get him to try with you if you use him to hurt Luke."
Bobbie begins to go upstairs.
"Barbara where are you going?"
"To pack. I am going to the Brownstone to think. I need to know how I feel about this. You lied to me. I thought we were past the lies and secrets."
"Barbara don't go." **I need you**
"I have to."

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Laura was in the dining room setting the table for the first dinner in over two years that her family would be together for. Despite her protests Luke had gone straight for the kitchen for a snack. Some things never change she mused to herself. She was determined to make this a nice meal despite her misgivings about the situation with Stefan. She smiled when the door opened and Lucky appeared. The smile turns to a frown when she sees the look on his face.
"Lucky, where's Lulu?"
"Mom, is it true?" Lucky asks in a quiet voice.
"Is what true?" **Please god don't let him know.**
"Is Stefan Cassadine my father?"
"Lucky…."
"Answer me! I do not want to hear another lie!" Lucky's yelled causing Luke to got to the door and listen.
"It's not that simple."
"Yes or no. Am I Stefan Cassadine's son."
**Please say no Laura.** Luke thinks to himself.
"Yes, Lucky." Laura tries to reach out to him, but he backs away with a wild look in his eyes.
**Why did she have to tell me the truth now. I would have believed that it was a Cassadine lie. I wanted it to be a Cassidine lie.**
"Get away from me! You are nothing but a liar. I am out of here."
"Lucky! Wait!" Laura watches her son leave as tears fall down her face. The kitchen door opens and Luke walks in. He speaks with more calm than he feels.
"Would you care to explain what just happened?"

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Nikolas rode back to the stables where he had left Lulu and Elizabeth. He was in shock. Another lie. This one was worse than any other that he had been told. He couldn't understand Stefan. Stefan always treated Lucky with contempt and disrespect. He had absolutely no concern for Lucky. He didn't seem to be overly upset at Lucky's death.
"Hey Nikky."
"Hey Lulu." Nikolas picks Lulu up.
"Where's Lucky?" Elizabeth asks.
"Hey Leslie Lu why don't you go feed Sheba a carrot ok?"
"Ok." Lulu goes over to where Nikolas had put Sheba back in her stall.
"What happened?"
"Lucky found out something that neither of us knew. I think he is in shock right now."
"What did he find out?" Elizabeth asked not liking this at all.
"He'll tell you. It's not good, well he won't think it's good. I think he'll need you."
"I'll go look for him." Elizabeth leaves.
Nikolas hopes that Elizabeth can help, because he doesn't know who else could.