Eternal flame ch.1

[KristinaMarie]

Hey just wanted to let you know this chapter and few more will deal with a few characters not on GH just to let you know. But they'll make sense. Thanks for reading!

“Where have you been?” Courtney slowly walked into the mansion an hour after she left. There was something about the way she looked that threw Jason completely off. Yet he didn’t say anything at all about it.
“I just convinced Sonny to go home, where were you?”<br>“Would you believe Jakes?”<br>“Jakes? Alone? At this time of night?”<br>“I had to clear my mind.”<br>“Alcohol is not the answer.”<br>“Well somehow it did the trick.” Courtney must’ve been drinking heavy because he could smell the liqour all over her.
“Look we have to talk.”<br>“Tomorrow, we’ll talk tomorrow, right now I want to go to sleep.” Jason nodded as Courtney walked up the steps. “Are you coming?”<br>“Yeah.” Jason got up from the couch and followed Courtney to go to sleep. What would tomorrow hold for them?
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Fallon slowly opened her eyes to the dim dark room. She was sitting on a cold gritty floor. She tried to move but her hand was handcuffed to the bar next to her. She kept trying to break it but it wasn’t budging. Fallon’s breathing began to increase along with her heartbeat. There she was alone in the room, no one but herself. Questions began to fill her mind. Where was she? What was she doing here? Then it all made sense. It had to be Courtney. The last thing she remembered was running away from the house after that horrible night, then everything else became dark. Fallon looked down at her dirty clothes and laughed. Boy Courtney meant business business. Suddenly a big door on the other side of the room opened and all of her theories came true.
“Well hello there Fallon.” Fallon looked up at Courtney walking towards her. “You look like absolute hell.” Courtney squatted down in front of Fallon with a smirk on her face.
“Well it looks like you did as you promised, got me away from your husband.”<br>“Hmm, yeah, I owned up on my guarantee.”<br>“Yup, only problem is once Jason realizes that I’m gone, he’ll come find me.”<br>“Don’t count on it. I mean this is the second oh wait third? I’m not sure anymore, time that you’ve just up and left? Why would he believed you were taken away when you’ve left him so many times? I’m pretty sure I can convince him that you left on your own will.”<br>“Is that so?”<br>“Yeah and if you’re worried about your children, don’t. I’ll love them just like they were my own.” Anger began to boil over within Fallon. Fallon spit in Courtney face just to piss her off as much as she was pissed off inside. “Hmm, classy Cassadine does it again. Such the Princess on the outside world, but nothing but a dirty little sleeper on the inside.” Fallon cut her eyes at the woman standing before her. Who would’ve ever thought dweet kind Courtney could be so ruthless? Even she was wrapping her mind around that one.
“You touch my children and I will make sure you die a very slow painful death.”<br>“Exactly how when you’re chained up here? See you’re never gonna get out of her. I’m gonna let you rot in here. I’m the last human face you’ll ever see.”<br>“How did I get so privileged?” she scoffed.
“Ah, sarcasm. It won’t get you anywhere. Well this is the end of my journey (no pun intended), so tata Cassadine. Tell your husband I said hello when you join him in hell.” Courtney got up from the floor and left out of the room. But she was so wrong, she refused to let Courtney have to upper hand.
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Things had been rather weird with Courtney to Jason. He figured since that night she’d be livid and divorce him but somehow things calmed and went back to normal. She hadn’t mentioned Fallon at all. She went right back to things as usual. She had recently went on a trip to San Francisco for talks of vintage wine to be sold in the hotel she owned and came back more upbeat than what he had ever seen her. Jason watched her as she got ready for bed.
“So how have things been here?”<br>“Good.”<br>“Yeah?”<br>“Things have been ok…..”<br>“But?” Courtney placed her brush down, walked over to the bed and crawled in next to Jason.
“Its nothing really, get some rest.”<br>“Jason you know you can tell me anything you know.” Jason put his head down but Courtney moved it back to face her.
“I don’t think I can talk to you about this.”<br>“Jason you can tell me anything, even if its about Fallon.”<br>“I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable.”<br>“Its ok.” Jason took a deep breath and looked over to Courtney. He had to believe her word that if it didn’t bother her to talk about Fallon then he would.
“No one has heard from her in a while.”<br>“Really?”<br>“Jasenta has been calling her for a while and so have Jase and neither have gotten through. Her cell has just been ringing.”<br>“That’s horrible.”<br>“Yeah I know.”<br>“Well Jason not trying to sound mean whatsoever, but do you think she’s just left town again?” Jason shifted uncomfortably, why did that sound like a reasonable answer. “I mean it wouldn’t be the first time that she’s just jumped up and left town.”<br>“Yeah but she would never leave her children voluntarily like that.”<br>“You never know, she might just be so upset about you not leaving me that she couldn’t take it anymore and just up and left didn’t think about anyone.” Jason didn’t know what to say. Could it be true? Though he knew Fallon quite well and she would never leave her children. But could she have been so scared and threatened by Courtney that she’d just up and leave like that? He wasn’t sure. Didn‘t really sound like Fallon to be intimidated by anyone, especially Courtney. “Don’t let it worry you ok?”<br>“Yeah, yeah.” Courtney kissed Jason and laid back down. Jason took a deep sigh and closed his eyes.
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It felt like forever but it was only really two weeks being chained up to the wall. Fallon’s stomach felt like hell, she hadn’t ate since that night and with the lack of food and water she was feeling delirious. Things weren’t as what they seemed and her headache was uncontrollable. She also hadn’t talked or heard anything in two weeks. The silence was killing her. When she heard the door open she thought it was another one of her hallucinations. The footsteps came towards, this had to be the only her only chance of freedom. It was now or never. Quickly she slumped over as the man came over to her. The man tapped her but there was no response. He began to shake her, still no response.
“Ah, finally.” The man uncuffed Fallon’s arm from the bar and cuffed her two hands together. He sat her back down against the dirty wall and pulled out his phone to call his contact to let them in on the good news. Fallon Cassadine was now dead. But before he could even touch the first digit the chains in between Fallon’s cuff were wrapped around his neck. The mans breath began to slowly drift away. The room was becoming darker and darker by the minute. The man tried to fight back but even in her weak state Fallon refused to let him overpower her. The two struggled for awhile but his breath was now leaving him and soon he feel to the ground. Fallon stood there for a minute shaking. It was nothing she enjoyed doing, she hadn’t killed anyone in years. Quickly Fallon reached in the mans pocket for anything to help her out of the handcuffs. Finally she ran across a gun, good enough. Fallon took the gun in her left hand and raised both hands in the air. She shot a few times at the chain to break them in half. If she didn’t do this right she would shoot her hand off which would’ve been oh I don’t know--scary. But her fears were finally eased when the chain broke apart freeing her hands. Fallon sighed and ran right out of the building. Wherever she was it was far off somewhere far away from any human contact. Fallon felt extremely feeble but she had to get out of there. She finally came across a big truck driving down the dirt road of which she was walking. Thank goodness he was driving slow. She jumped on the back of the truck which she believed was headed to the city. She was a Cassadine, and Cassadine’s never gave up.
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“I’m coming! I’m coming!” Sonny came running down the stairs of his penthouse to the front door. Someone was knocking as hard as the could, apparently whoever it was it had to be something important. If not they’d pay for it. Sonny jerked the door open to the small woman standing on the other side.
“Daniella?”<br>“Mr. Sonny I must speak of you.” Though he English wasn’t correct he knew what she meant. Whatever she had to say must’ve been important for her to knock on his door like that so early in the morning.
“Ok, come in.” Daniella ran past Sonny as he stepped aside for her to enter. “What’s the problem?”<br>“Its Fallon.”<br>“Ok.”<br>“She’s been missing.” Sonny stopped in his tracks and looked at the what in confusion.
“Missing? I thought she was at Evergreen with you?”<br>“No, not at all, she’s been gone for weeks now.”<br>“Weeks? Why have you waited so long ?”<br>“I thought she was with you until I was told by her son that she wasn’t.”<br>“When was the last time you saw her?”<br>“The night she went with you to dinner.” Sonny’s heart stopped.
“WHAT?! That was almost 2 weeks ago! And she’s been gone ever since?”<br>“Yes Mr. Sonny.” She couldn’t have left town again, in fact she promised that she wouldn’t. She promised her children that she would stay. She promised Jason. Fallon never broke any of her promises regardless of who she told it to.
“I need to get in contact with Jason, don’t worry, we’ll find her.”

[KristinaMarie]

Fallon walked the gray streets dazed and weak. She hadn’t eaten in two whole weeks, but she had to know where she was. That was the only way to get back home was to know where she was. Everyone looked at her with confusion. This woman, who was dirty and walking as if she had could not stand. She tried to talk to the strangers, but none understood what she was saying. That was her first indication of where she was. She definitely wasn’t in America. She tried looking for signs to help her with whatever native language was spoke, but she didn’t run across any. Finally Fallon came across a bar with a sign in none other than that of Dutch, the one language that she knew very little of. Fallon walked into the bar to talk to someone she could find. Fallon stood on a chair and began to speak loudly to crowd. Everyone’s attention was on her.
“U doe angels Spriest? Franz? Greek? Spans? Italian? Dustier?” [Do you speak English? French? Greek? Spanish? Italian? German?] Everyone looked at her with confusion, no one spoke any of the 7 languages she knew, what was the point of knowing all the languages if no one knew any of them?
“Mien zoon spriest angels.” [My son speaks English] Fallon wasn’t too sure of what the man said but she knew he said something about speaking English. She jumped off the chair and ran to the bartender who began to speak.
“Ilk regroup net. ”<br>“Min son taller angels” [My son speaks English] he tried again, but it was in another language, Norwegian she believed. She still looked at the man with confusion.
“Mau filch flea ingles.” [My son speaks English] Fallon was a bit relieved. She had known Portuguese even if it had been years since she spoke it.
“Grande, posse poor favor tome-me a eel? [Will you be able to….please take me to him]”<br>“Sims mass eon no sail aqua Para outran quarto horns.” [Yes but I do not leave from here for another four hours]
“At boom, seta eel bam se esparto com voice?” [Is is alright if I stay here and wait?]
“Sims, poor favor sent-se costars, tem puma beside, eon o Audrey. [Yes, please sits down, I’ll get you something to drink and help.]
“Obrigado.” The short older man poured Fallon a glass of milk. Fallon settled down in a big chair next to the bar and sat down. Soon she fell off to sleep right in that very chair. Suddenly she was shaken awake by the bartender and pulled behind the back of the bar. She looked up in confusion. The man motioned for her to be quiet.
“Heb u gezienene deze vrouw?” [Have you seen this woman?]
“Geen heb ik niet.” [No I haven‘t]
“Kijk harder, Zij is een amerikaan en zij is een moordenaar.” [Look more hard This is an American and she is a murderer]
“Ik heb haar niet gezien, maar indien ik ik doe de autoriteiten zal waarschuwen.” The bartender waited for the two men to leave out of his bar before returning his attention to Fallon.
“Temos que recebeê-lo para fora de seu agora.”[ We have to leave now.] Fallon got up from the floor and followed the man out of the back door. Whatever they said he didn’t believe them. They had to be Courtney’s men. She must’ve found out that Fallon had gotten away. The two quickly made it the man’s small house. Fallon didn’t understand why she trusted the man so much but something inside her knew that she could. The two walked into the barely lit home. It was quite cozy.
“Zoon is u huis? Zoon?” [Son you are home? Son?”]
“Ja vader.”[Yes father] The young man walked into the room and joined his father. Fallon stood over to the side so he wouldn’t be scared of the stranger that was now in his home.
“Er is een vrouw hier die nodig je hulp heeft.” [There is a woman here that needs your help]
“Zij is een amerikaan die engels spreekt.” [She is an American that speaks English.]
“Wat ik kan, doe?” [what can I do?]
“Haar praat met, zij in nood van hulp is.” [Talk to her she is in need of help.] The man grabbed his son’s hand and carried him into the room. His son looked upon the obviously weak woman.
“Please sit” he said. His accent was really thick but hearing his English was like music to her ears. The boy looked at the woman up and down while his father stood next to him. “When was the last you bathed? Eaten?”<br>“About a little over two weeks.” The man gasped, how could the woman or anyone for that matter survive without eating for two weeks?
“I’m going to run you a warm bath and fix you a plate, ok?” Fallon nodded as the tears came down her eyes. “Come.” The boy led Fallon to their bathroom. “Everything is going to be ok, you are safe now.”<br>“Thank you.” Fallon remained silent as he grabbed towels and soaps for her bath. After retrieving all the things the boy sat down next to her on the tub.
“What is your name?”<br>“Fallon, what’s yours?”<br>“Jacob.”<br>“And your father?”
“Hans.” Fallon nodded. The water finished filling up in the bathtub and the boy removed himself from next to her. “Please, relax, come out whenever you prefer.”<br>“Thank you.” Fallon’s muscles felt tired and worn out as she slowly eased herself into the warm water. The sensation was almost new. The warmth of the water sent tingles down her spine. Fallon didn’t stay in the water too long about 20 minutes. When Jacob heard the water draining from the tub he tapped on the door slightly.
“Yes?”<br>“I have retrieved fresh clothes for you.” She didn’t see him, she just saw his hand in the door with a pile of clothes.
“Thank you.” Fallon took the clothes from his hand and put them on. Fallon looked at herself once more before leaving out of the bathroom and joined to the two men that seemed to be waiting for her at the table not far from the bathroom.
“How do you feel?”<br>“Fantastic, I can’t thank you enough.”<br>“There is no need to thank us. My father is a believer in helping those in need.”<br>“You’re father is a good man.” Jacob translated what Fallon said to his father. His father replied with a smile and left the table.
“He said you are most welcome. He has just finished preparing you some soup. He went to go get it.” Hans came back in and served Fallon the delicious chicken soup.
“Please tell your father to rest, I can handle myself from here, he has been much help.” Jacob told his father and with a smile and kiss on his son and her forehead he headed to the back of their small home. “He’s had a long day.”<br>“That he always does. If you’ll excuse me, I will prepare a bed for you.”<br>“No, no, no, I can lay on the floor.”<br>“Please, you are a guest in my home, please do not deny my invitation for a bed.”<br>“Ok” she said with a smile. Jacob got up from the table and walked towards the back of the home. Fallon got up from the table also and walked outside. She looked up at the twinkling stars that shone above her. Not since living in France had the stars looked for magnificent.
“Fallon?” Jacob looked around the empty room for their guest but she was nowhere to be seen. “Fallon?”<br>“I’m out here!” Jacob heard her voice from outside and joined her.
“You are outside.” Fallon’s eyes remained up at the stars.
“I miss seeing the stars in their natural form. Away from the city lights.” Jacob looked at the woman as she gazed in wonder. She was quite striking, tall with hair flowing down to the middle of her back, eyes like big rounds of chocolate.
“Where in America are you from?”<br>“Port Charles.” Fallon turned her attention back to the young man. He looked at her with confusion, of course she was sure he had never heard of the small town. “Its in New York, not too far from New York City.”<br>“Wow, I’ve always heard of New York, never been.”<br>“It’s a very nice place, huge, plenty of people and shops.”<br>“I can only imagine. Where you born and raised there?”<br>“I was born in New York, but I moved to France when I was a child. That’s my true home.”<br>“Ah France, the most beautiful place in the world.”<br>“That it is” she said with a smile. “There’s no other place like it.” Silence grew between the two.
“How did you get here?”
“Would you believe me if I told you?”<br>“Anyone who was in your shape when you first arrived is worthy of understanding.”<br>“Would you believe that I was kidnapped?”
“Yes I would believe.” Young Jacob had these beautiful blue eyes that somehow out shined all the stars in the sky. Only if Adonna was years older or her other daughters a few years younger. “How did something like that occur?”<br>“My ex-husbands wife. I recently returned to back to Port Charles from Greece and she thought I was somewhat of a threat and she kidnapped me and sent me to a place where I barely knew the language.” That’s when it all came to her, how did Courtney know she didn’t speak the language. She must’ve put some kind of listening device somewhere in Sonny’s home on the island.
“Wow, it’s a like a story right from the television.” Fallon began to laugh.
“Yeah I guess you could say so.”<br>“So what do you plan to do? Go back to New York?”<br>“Yeah, that’s the plan. I have to be there for my children.”<br>“Children? You?”<br>“Yes, is that hard to believe?”<br>“A bit, yeah.”<br>“How is that?”<br>“I don’t know, some mothers look really tired and wear frumpy clothes.” Fallon began to laugh out loud. This boy himself a poor perception of mothers.
“Well I don’t know about tired but frumpy isn’t my style.”<br>“How many children do you have?”<br>“7.” Jacobs eyes grew wide in shock.
“7? How old are you?”<br>“Let’s just say I have children older than you.”<br>“Wow, it must be America.”<br>“Hmm?”<br>“Keeps you young and vibrant.”<br>“Hmm, well I’ll take that. What about you? Are you in school?”<br>“I will start University soon.”<br>“Wow that’s great.”<br>“It is late, please let me show you to a bed for rest.”<br>“If you insist.” Fallon walked back inside with the young man.
“Please get some rest.”<br>“Ok, you too.”<br>“I will, good night.”<br>“Good night Jacob.” Fallon closed her eyes and slowly tried to go to sleep but it wasn’t working. Every time she closed her eyes she thought of Jason and her children. Her pillowslip became damp with tears as she saw their faces. “I’m coming home baby, I’m coming home.”<br>

[autumnstar]

Such a wonderful story!! I'm glad Falon escaped!! I ca't wait too read more!!

[SeaShelle]

How'd you do that with the languages? I'm impressed! Great beginning to your new fic!

[KristinaMarie]

Thanks! I got some of them off of a website--freetranslation.com. I wish I knew how to speak all of those,lol. All I have down is english, spanish and french.

[trina1of7]

Wow! This first chapter was intense and suspenseful. I really liked Jacob and his father and want to know a little more about him. I just hope that when Courtney’s misdeeds are discovered that she gets what’s coming to her! Big time! Keep up the good work.

And thanks for giving the translation website. I was looking for one of those myself.

Trina

[PatriotsBradyFan]

Psycho Courtney's evil! Can't wait for Fallon's revenge!

[keagan]

im lovign thiss tory

[Josette]

I'm already captivated. I'm sure this will be an interesting tale.