Voice: Countdown has started. 13 minutes until fail-safe is activated.

Gia: {A man comes up and grabs Nikolas} Nikolas --

Nikolas: Gia, just run.

Gia: Get your hands off of him!

Nikolas: Gia, run.

Gia: Let him go! {The man pushes her}

Nikolas: Gia, go. Just run. Don't ever touch her again. You understand? {Stavros walks in the room}

Gia: Will you stop him? He's hurting Nikolas.

Nikolas: Gia, stop, just --

Gia: Aren't you going to save your son?

~*~

Stavros: Let go of my son and return to your post. Now! {The guard leaves}

Gia: Are you all right? Did he hurt you?

Nikolas: I'm fine. Now what, father?

Stavros: Take Gia and go. {Nikolas walks to the door, then goes back to Stavros}

Nikolas: Come with us.

Stavros: I need to stay.

Nikolas: What's fail-safe and what happens if you don't get out?

Stavros: There are some things that I need to take care of.

Nikolas: But you said --

Stavros: I am so proud of you. You are everything that I prayed for and more.

Nikolas: You say that you want to get to know me. Now, if that is true, this is your --

Stavros: Go quickly. Be well.

Gia: Come on. We have to go. {Nikolas and Gia leave}

~*~

Lucky: Hey, brother. You made it.

Nikolas: {Hugs Lucky} We have so many good times left, man. You think I was going to miss them? Mom. {Hugs Laura}

Laura: Nikolas. You were so brave.

Nikolas: I love you so much, mom. And there is not a thing I wouldn't do for you. You know that. {He goes over to Hug Stefan}

Laura: My two wonderful sons. I love you both so much.

Gia: Where's Luke?

Laura: I asked him to come with me, but he wouldn't. He was determined to try to find Stavros.

Gia: Stavros helped us escape.

Nikolas: He just wanted us to be safe.

~*~

Stefan: We made it, Alexis.

Alexis: What would I do without you?

Stefan: You won't have to find out. You know what? I think this is a new beginning for our family.

Nikolas: That's right, and Helena will never hurt you again.

Alexis: We're free.

Nikolas: That's right. Group hug. Why not, huh?

Taggert: Gia -- I want to talk to you.

Gia: Marcus, I'm so glad you're here.

Taggert: What the hell are you doing here? I gave you specific instructions to stay at the hotel and stay away from the psychos.

Gia: Are you going to yell at me, or are you going to hug me?

Jax: Comm. Scorpio -- a little present for you. You might want to book this one.

Mac: My pleasure. Taggert? You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning.