470Hi everyone, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Okay, so this was going to be the last chapter, but I've decided to split it into two. It's longer than I was anticipating, and I'm heading out soon. I don't want to leave you on that cliffhanger any longer. I'm having trouble with the history prior to 2003 but Chrissyfan has been a huge help. So, I'm hoping all of this adds up and makes sense. Remember, this is anti-Jasam and I'm destroying them to the core lol, so be warned.
Chapter 62- Patients 1-6
"Well, our guest of honour has finally arrived," Valentin said, locking eyes with Alexis.
Alexis tugged on the restraints rubbing against her wrists and ankles.
The bald man grinned and walked over to Alexis' bed, adjusting his necktie. "Ales-sandro was right-a, you are voiry beautifool-a." He began stroking her hair and Alexis jolted her head back.
"Get away from her!" Sam shouted, fighting her restraints.
"Ah," he said, moving over to Sam.
"Sam! Be quiet…" Alexis said through gritted teeth.
"Tis moost be de daughtoi-a." He reached his hand towards her cheek.
"Don't touch her!" Drew yelled from the bed next to Sam's.
"I swear," Alexis said. "If you lay one finger on my daughter…"
He pulled his hand back.
"Salvatore," Valentin interrupted. "I realize you've never been able to control your hormones, but let's stay on subject, shall we?"
Salvatore groaned but nodded.
"Morgan, you're alive!" Carly said.
"We've missed you, son," Sonny said.
Morgan cleared his throat. "How soon do we do it, boss?"
"Patience, Morgan," Valentin said. "We need to speak to my sister about her meddling first."
"It's not all about Alexis though," Peter said.
"No, but she's been interfering even long before you and I took over the cause," Valentin said.
"What cause?" Sonny asked.
"Took ovoi-a?" Salvatore furrowed his eyebrows, ignoring Sonny. "Aftoi 'Elena and Cesarrr died-a, de cause became mine. You bambini are simply as-sisting me."
"Right…" Valentin rolled his eyes at Peter.
"Are you going to tell us what's going on here?" Elizabeth asked.
Valentin smiled, looking at Alexis again. "Natasha, let me introduce to you to patients 1-6."
"What hell are you talking about!?" Carly shouted.
Jason scrunched his face. "Besides me and Drew, no one else here are twins."
"Yeah, wasn't this a twin experiment?" Drew asked.
"Dr. Cabot," Valentin said. "Would you like to explain?"
Dr. Cabot nodded. "When Mrs. Cassadine originally approached me, I had been studying twins and had come up with my theory of mind mapping. She hired me and requested I experiment on two sets of twins to ensure this would work."
"Enter Alex and Anna, and Ryan and Kevin," Peter said.
"Exactly," Dr. Cabot said. "The experiment consisted of transferring specific memories between the patients and it was a success. Mrs. Cassadine along with Mr. Faison and Mr. Marchesi, had already drawn plans for mind control in the city of Port Charles. It would take years and even decades for this plan to fall into place. Between my memory mapping discovery and Faison's hypnosis skills, we would find the likely candidates to be the patients." He turned to Sonny. "Patient 1 was the easiest to find. The Counterfeit Leader."
Sonny stared at him.
"Ah, yes," Valentin said. "Our stepmother needed a leader. One who could charm the ladies, someone who was already in a position of power, and who could deceive many people into following him and his ways of thinking."
Alexis' mouth dropped slightly.
"Now Patient 1 required minimal mind mapping," Dr. Cabot continued. "He was Mr. Faison's focus. My only duty with him was sedatives to make the hypnosis go more smoothly and to erase any memories that interrupted the cause. Patient 1 would be a crime boss and lead others into submission and into the belief that he holds true wisdom. He would turn many against all other authority. It was quite simple and with the exception of the few times he planned to leave the mob, he has worked right into the plan.
"And Patient 2… The Authoritarian…" He turned to Carly, who spat at him, and he smiled. "Mrs. Corinthos isn't the original Patient 2. The likely candidate would be Patient 1's right hand. Though it would appear that Patient 6 was… Patient 2 would do the dictating."
"Sounds more like Alexis to me!" Carly glared at Alexis.
Alexis rolled her eyes.
"Patient 2 would round everyone up for the cause…" Dr. Cabot continued. "Not only would she offer up her own children but bring in outsiders as well. The more children raised for the cause, the easier the mind control for the future. The original candidate was one by the name of Brenda Barrett."
Carly started laughing. "Are any of you actually believing this nonsense?"
"The mind mapping for Patient 2 was very tricky and unique. It would involve emotions rather than specific memories. All of her passion would be a drive to control everyone and everything around her. Her purpose would be to build a family with Patient 1 and for that family to keep multiplying. Ms. Barrett, whom Patient 1 was involved with when we started, failed the procedure. She didn't have enough of the dictatorship in her to begin with for this to be successful. I was able to erase her memory of the procedures and Mr. Faison convinced her through hypnosis to move on. It was quite difficult when she and Patient 1 reunited, but we eventually did another procedure on both of them and erased their memory of it.
"Enter Mrs. Corinthos." Dr. Cabot smiled. "Who was already controlling and obnoxious by nature. We studied her for a while, and she was already willing to bring her son into the mob life. The procedure started off slowly and was a success until she separated from Patient 1 and was with other men. And when her son was shot into a coma, she kept Morgan from Patient 1 for a year. We had planned to do another procedure on her, but she willingly offered up Morgan again anyway. Eventually we were able to bring Patients 1 and 2 together again and she even offered up her daughter to the cause. Two years ago, I did another procedure on her and it was the strongest one yet. It's as though her domineering attitude has multiplied a hundred-fold."
"Says you!" Carly gritted her teeth. "Jason, do something! Get me out of here!"
"Now," Dr. Cabot continued. "Patients 3, 4, 5, and 6 are interrelated."
Alexis looked over at Sam who was exchanging a look with Elizabeth, and Drew.
"Patient 6, the bondsman, was taken in by Patient 1 shortly after his car accident. It was quite easy at first and there wasn't much we needed to do," Dr. Cabot said. "He was a blank slate looking for belonging. Patient 1, and soon enough Patient 2, were able to get him to follow them. We began watching him with Robin Scorpio. She was no threat. We didn't seem to need to bring her in for a procedure either. Eventually they broke up. At one point he left the crime life to run a bike shop. This was when we started the procedures on him. Mr. Faison managed to convince him, through hypnosis, to return to working for Patient 1 and would do his bidding, as well as for Patient 2, and would do whatever they asked. There was a flaw though…" He turned to Elizabeth. "He wanted more outside of the cause. While Miss Webber expressed no objection to the mob life at first, 6 confided to 1 he wanted to leave to be with Miss Webber because he was in love with her. And she with him."
Elizabeth looked over at Jason. "But we barely knew each other before our one-night stand when we conceived Jake…"
Dr. Cabot smiled again. "I will come to that soon. We erased 1 and 6's conversation from their memories. But every time he would see Miss Webber, it would spark his emotions. That is when I discovered the defect in my mind mapping procedures. When one spends too much time away from the cause or something triggers their emotions or their muscle memories kick in, the mind control will slowly dissipate. That is when we needed Patient 3 and 4. Miss Webber became Patient 3, the Forbidden Love. We needed to keep them apart because we needed the Bondsman to keep on track with the cause and whomever he was with needed to fit with the plan, especially when 3 became pregnant with his child."
"But Jake came later…" Elizabeth said scrunching her face.
"Ah, but you and 6 were together before that. And that was the first time I not only deleted memories but created new ones. Mrs. Cassadine, Mr. Faison, Mr. Marchesi, and I were in conference. While we needed children to be raised for the cause, we saw this one as a threat. That is why Mrs. Cassadine suggested to create a memory of 3 having intercourse with Mr. Smith."
"What?" Elizabeth stared at him.
"Mr. Smith didn't need a procedure done," Dr. Cabot continued. "He was on and off drugs and seemed to think that night happened regardless. And 3 decided to raise the child with Mr. Lansing, so that was taken care of."
"You're saying that Cameron is my son?" Jason asked, then looked at Elizabeth.
Carly groaned. "He's lying!"
The colour drained from Elizabeth's face. "His blue eyes… his hair turned so blonde…"
Jason cleared his throat. "My liver… I was his match…"
"As lovely as this sentiment is," Valentin interrupted. "You will forget this by the end of the day, and we have more to get through."
"Yes," Dr. Cabot said. "So, we needed a Patient 4. A False love who would fit into the plan."
Alexis looked over at Sam, who was avoiding eye contact with everyone and looking sullen.
"The likely candidate, as with 6, would be searching to belong," Dr. Cabot said. "Patient 4 would fight dirty for what she wants. 6 would become everything to her and she would accept never coming first in his life. The cause would consume them. Patient 4 would be Patient 1's sister, Miss Matthews. She seemed the likely prospect being connected to three of the patients already. But she failed the first three procedures. Mrs. Cassadine needed a back-up plan. She'd been in contact with the McCalls since her husband gave his illegitimate granddaughter to them and she kept a close watch on her growing up to ensure she was always treated less than a Cassadine would be."
Tears welled in Alexis' eyes. If Helena were alive, she'd kill her. Sam lowered her gaze.
"But then she had use for her," Dr. Cabot continued. "She planted the bug to her that a rich man named Jasper Jax was searching for the Dead Man's Hand. Mrs. Cassadine's exact words to me were: 'I've lured Natasha's dirty spawn to town, and she will be the new 4. What better way to hurt my poor excuse of a stepdaughter's severed line?'. She played perfectly into Mrs. Cassadine's hand. She tried to con Mr. Jax and then Patient 1 with no success. 1 moved her onto 6, just as we planned, and she fell for him with no procedures necessary."
"You monsters!" Sam shouted.
He grinned. "It wasn't until she started searching for her birth mother that Mrs. Cassadine grew concerned. And even more so when they reunited in the hospital. That was when we planned to start a procedure. Ms. Davis had already interfered with the cause in the past when she kept 1's daughter from him. So, we would remove 4 from the hospital, but when Ms. Davis moved her to another facility…" He glared at her. "We couldn't find her right away."
Alexis gawked at him.
Sam gasped. "So, she actually protected me from this procedure unknowingly?"
He nodded. "And as Mrs. Cassadine predicted, she kept trying to keep you and 6 apart. Later on, we were finally able to do a procedure on you, 3, and 6. It was small at first. We began by inserting memories of 3 and 6 together into your brain but you would believe you were 3 in those memories. And in turn, you replaced 3 in 6's memories of those moments. And, those memories were erased from 3."
"You're sick!" Sam shouted.
"Sam, please… try to be quiet!" Alexis instructed.
"So, you used Sam and her emotions," Elizabeth said. "All to keep me and Jason apart for your gain?"
"It was not an easy task," Dr. Cabot said.
Valentin grinned. "But it's been working."