GH2017.27 Blowing Off Steam

The club: Lu is behind the bar. Jerry and Stefan are at the family table
playing chess despite the distraction. Brooke is not there she is working
out of town at another club. Lucky is smoking a cigar and drinking coffee
with mike. Anya is meeting and greeting, her eyes alert assessing each
person that comes in until she sees a familiar face who is in on her deception.
Anya : Hey Georgie!
Georgie: ( taking in the changed appearance of Staci grins) Hi "Anya" I'm
going to go over to the bar don't worry about me. ( looking around the room)
Brooke is in Rochester tonight.
Anya: We have a DJ tonight . He is hot though if you feel like dancing.
Georgie: It is why I came. ( She walks over to the bar) Lu, give me a
shot of Tequila and keeping them coming til I say when.
Lu: You got it and when you pass out we'll stuff you in the backroom
Georgie: No worries I am planning on sweating it off anyway. ( she takes
off her coat to reveal a glittering dress that has less material than some
scarves. strapless it appears to defy gravity and even it 's short length is
made more revealing by the slits on the side that start about 4 inches
from the top of her hip)
Lu: Jesus, Georgie come around I want to see what you are wearing. (
Georgie comes around the bar and Lu sees the length of bare legs in 3.5 inch
heels) Are you trying to cause a riot?
Georgie: Just making sure I won't be sitting. Can't sit in this thing
anyway. Will you put my coat and purse behind the bar. ( she hands her
things to Lu who hands Georgie her drink and the accessories that go with
drinking shots. As Georgie tosses back the first, Lu pours her another
that is tossed back with equal panache. before she can consume a third, a
man on the prowl invites her to dance. Georgie gives an almost sad smile
to Lu before moving off to the dance floor)
Lucky: She is looking hot. Dances good too.
Lu: Something is wrong. I haven't seen her like this before.
Lucky: You worry too much. Everyone needs to cut loose now and then blow
off the steam.
Lu: I hope that is all it is.

Lucky goes in to the back room to play poker knowing the bar is in good
hands with Lu and Mike. Time passes Georgie continues to toss back shots
and dance with a group of football players from the university. Nik has
entered the club to check on his sister and daughter. He sees Georgie
laughing and drinking with a table of guys; she is sitting on the lap of
one. He walks over to the family table where Stefan and Jerry are playing
chess, oblivious to the noise. Jerry is sitting with his back to the wall
where he can survey the room at a glance. Nik feels unquieted for a moment
as he realizes that Jerry is sitting in Stefan's spot.
NIK: do you see what is going on over there? Georgie is making a spectacle
of herself.. She is drunk and loud...why haven't you acted?
Jerry: ( focused on the board) I'm not her father. She is over 21 and bars
are loud, kid. You don't like what is going on-- you go talk to her.
NIK: Fine. ( he walks over to the table and catches Georgie's attention)
Georgie: Oh Gee not you again. Can't I go anywhere with out tripping over
THE Cassadine?
NIK: I think is was time you went home, Georgie
Georgie: NO mother. I am having a good time and I'll go home when I like
(smiling with an almost evil glint) and with whom I like. ( Nik attempts
to take her arm but she pulls back before she can touch her.) Cassadine,
I've told you before about touching me...that is by invitation only and I
swear if you try to lay your hands on me again; they will be calling you Lefty!
Player: I think you are the one that is bothering the lady...why don't you
go back to your own table, Old man?
NIK: (making a decision) As you wish Georgie. ( he returns to the chess game)
Jerry : What happened?
NIK : she threatened to cut my hand off.
Stefan: What!
Jerry: don't worry about it. If she was going to do it; it would be done.
( smiles almost proudly) Girl can be meaner than a snake when she likes.
But she gives some warning. You know how to deal with a snake don't you
Nik?... you leave it alone, you don't make sudden moves on it and it will
leave on its own accord...when it is ready. Are we clear?
Nik: Crystal, but I think you had better take a look around the room
before you start lecturing me.
Just then there is a rapping noise at Mike's table. It is a pool cue that
has been cut and polished down to a 2.5 foot length. Anya moves
immediately over to Mike and starts nodding at his instructions.
Mike: Girl, things are going to hell here fast ( Staci looks around and
sees the changed posture of Kris and her other bodyguard. Then she looks
around the room seeing the amount of pushing and shoving as well as the
amount of verbal abuse that is being thrown around just jokingly as of now.)
Tell Lu to start closing down the bar get the gate around the glasses so
they don't break. go get Lucky and stay in the back.
Anya: Is there going to be a fight?
Mike: Think so. Better safe than sorry ...Move. ( Staci moves over to Lu
and relays Mike's message before catching Kris's eye and going to the
backroom. She firmly shuts the door behind her leaving Kris standing,
blocking the door from the bar side- a sentinel between her and any danger.
He starts slightly when the door behind him opens and Lucky comes out.
Lucky goes to Mike's table. Both men watch as Lu closes the gate behind the
bar protecting the mirror and the display of liquors. She quickly moves all
breakables from the bar surface looking over in disgust at her brother who
is watching her work and smoking his cigar.)

Taking a brief moment, Georgie rises from the table to go to get another
drink from Lu. One of the guys grabs her arm trying to pull her down on to
his lap. Georgie snaps and swings back on him with a full swing slap.
Guy: You bitch- what is your problem! ( Jerry 's attention has been drawn
and he stands moving toward the dance floor. He sees Georgie's hand back to
strike again and he calls out)
Jerry: Georgie. ( her head swings around wildly seeing Jerry for the first
time. Her eyes are wild and Jerry knows that she is out of control. He
extends an arm to her his palm up. She comes to him as it in a trance as
she nears she ducks under his arm to burrow into him. her arms going
around his waist; hanging on to him like a life preserver in rough seas.)
Time to leave, darling. I think we have both had enough fun for the night.
(putting an arm around her he leads her to the bar where Lu swiftly hands
him Georgie's coat and purse)
Player: where do you think you are going with her? We were having a good
time. ( he tries to stop Jerry from leaving with Georgie)
Nik: ( distracting him) I think they want to leave. I think you should let
them.
Player: Who the hell cares what you think? ( Jerry takes the opportunity to
leave with Georgie)
Nik: It would be prudent to use caution at this juncture.
Player: ( in a mocking prissy voice) Are you threatening me? ( then
returning to his normal tone he starts poking his finger in Nik's chest) If
you think you can kick my ass, just say so old man. All I can say is you and
what army. ( the table behind with the offensive line of PCU's football
team beginning to rise at the raised voice)
Lucky: Sorry punk, the only one allowed to kick his ass-- is me. It's a
brother's privilege, you understand. ( Stefan has begun to put away his
chess pieces packing the fragile pieces beneath the bench seat. He then
moves behind the bar with Lu.)
Lu: Daddy, it is going to get crowded back here!
Stefan: For this you took a college education and a tour of the continent.
Lu: Daddy PLEASE, one bar brawl at a time. And by the way, I don't see
you stopping Lucky or Nik?
Stefan: They are both grown men; they can take care of themselves. ( he
assists in moving breakables to closed cabinets.) Shouldn't you be calling
for assistance from the police?
Lu: Not when it is the owner and his brother that are picking the fight...I
needed to redecorate anyway, Damnit.
Stefan: Language!
Lu : Daddy I swear when this all over we are going to have a chat about how
old I am versus how old you think I am... DUCK ( just then a glass is
thrown from the college boys table as the conversation between the sons of
Laura Weber and the drunken rabble has reached critical mass.)

Nik and Lucky are standing back to back in the middle of the dance floor
taking on the university football team. Mike has remained seated at his
table. His right hand firmly holds the modified pool cue by his side. The
veteran of bar fights from Brooklyn to DeNang; he lets the battle come to
him. The table he is sitting at, unlike the rest of the tables in Lucky's,
is anchored and reinforced. With the wall behind him, any comers will have
to come over the table to get him. Lu and Stefan are behind the bar that
looks curiously empty without a breakable in sight. At the door to the
backroom stands Kris, ready but like Mike waiting for the fight to come to
him. Nik's bodyguards are outside which is just as well... why bring guns
to a fist fight? The club regulars are handling strays that come off the
dance floor. While the barflies that will bet on anything are laying odds.
The customers that are freaked by the Friday night floor show are attempting
to leave...The few that attempt to go out the through the back room are
quickly rerouted by Kris to the front door. Soon only the principals remain.
Barfly1: Well the Spencer kid is good... been winning money on him for
years...Sneakier than he looks ( watches as Lucky trips an opponent who
cracks his head on the floor and is out of the fray)
Barfly2: But the other one, haven't seen him fight before and it is the
football team. ( both lift their glasses as the quarterback slides down the
bar and off the end)
Barfly1: Seems to be holding his own. That was a nice move. and it is just
the offensive line.
Stefan: Fifty bucks on Spencer and Cassadine.
Barfly2: done.
Stefan: It soon will be.
Nik: (calling out) Uncle, we could use a hand here!
Stefan: You are doing fine. Never bite off more than you can consume readily!
Nik: (exhasperated) this is no time for a lesson!
Lucky: quit chatting and start fighting!
Lu: I can't believe you are betting on this fight!
Stefan: Lucky must be a bad influence on me.
Lu: right- blame it on the Spencer. (Ticked Lu uses her cutting board to
bash one of the players that had backed into the bar and was just rising to
go back onto the floor.)
Barfly 2: Hey no fair.
Lu: I am Spencer, you moron. He didn't specify which ones. And if you
don't like the bet- try to get better odds. ( just then Nik's bodyguards
enter the bar with their guns drawn; Lu calls out to them her hand up in a
nonverbal stopping motion ) NO! Nik started this and he will want to
finish it! Just stack them up as they come off the floor. She hands one of
them an instant camera.
BG1: what is this for?
Lu: Take their pictures as you stack them. Those suckers are 86'd as soon
as this over. ( she ducks as another glass hits the wall behind her.) And
the university is going to pay for half of this! ( the bodyguard looks over
at his boss' uncle who nods concurring with his step daughter's assessment.
the body guard shrugs before going behind the bar to get the quarterback
lifting him in a fireman carry. Handing the camera to the second bodyguard
he lays his burden in the coatroom.)
BG1: you heard her. start snapping pictures. We can use this place as the
"sin bin" for the night. Once they are put in they don't come out...Game
misconduct got it?!
BG2: Sure, but why are you using hockey talk? These are football players.
BG1: Brawls always put me in that mood. ( he turns as he hears the thunk of
wood hitting a head. He sees Mike clearing a player off of the table in
front of him with the pool cue that he had just struck him wth ) Looks like
they need the meat wagon.
Kris: (to a combatant who is trying to leave via the backroom) Sir, please
use the front door
Player: Get out of my way. ( Kris drops him with a single punch)
BG1 Nice move!
Kris: My principal is behind that door. NOBODY goes out this way.
BG1: Well, you guard the net and I'll clear the crease.
Kris: You are having too much fun with this.
BG1: I've never seen the boss in a brawl before; this is a whole new side
to him. Maybe I can finally figure the guy out.
Kris: Stick to hockey.

As the fight winds down the groans of players can be heard from the
converted sin bin. Lucky and Nik are still standing. Well they are bent
over trying to catching their breath. There are bruises on their faces and
some blood...Nik has a split lip and Lucky a bloody nose. The hands of both
men are a mess. Around them in an almost perfect circle are broken chairs
and tables. Mike sits at his table as if nothing unusual had happened
sipping coffee from his unbreakable mug. The modified pool cue now resting
on the top of the table. Nik's bodyguards have finished containing the
players and have taken all their pictures. Kris has opened the back door to
talk briefly to the person behind the door before closing it again. Stefan
has his hand out to one of the barflies who is placing money in it. Lu is
on the phone to the football coach she hangs up before addressing the room
at large.)
Lu: Okay bar is closed! Thank you all for coming; it has been an
adventure! ( the regulars that had waited til the final blow start to move
off. ) hey- thanks for your help, seriously! As soon as we reopen first
round is on me. Except for you. ( she points at the second barfly) I
cannot believe you bet against my brothers!
Barfly2: He is Lucky's brother? That is bull. No one said anything! I
wouldn't have bet if I knew that.
Lu: Told you before; you needed to do a little more research before
betting. Lucky said it before the first punch was thrown. Save yourself
some money in the future. Never bet against a Spencer or a Cassadine; they
always know something you don't. ( just then the coach arrives) That was
fast. Did you bring the bus like I told you?
Coach: (blustering) Who did this? I'll press charges!
Lu: Look buddy, they came in here looking for trouble and they found it.
No wonder you had a loosing season. Those wimps couldn't beat those 2 (
pointing to Nik and Lucky) and the only real help my brothers had was from
my father and Mike. ( the coach sees a man in his 60's and another in his
70's) ( comment from Lucky:Right.. make that from Mike.) I'd get a better
front line before next season. And by the way, here is your half of the
bill for the damages. I expect payment within the week or I'll be the one
pressing charges. All those yahoos are 86'd and if they set foot in here
again I'll have them arrested for trespass. ( the coach, feeling that
familiar sensation of a lost battle, gathers his players and leaves with out
further argument.)

After the coach and players leave all that is left in the bar is family and
bodyguards.
Lu: STACI!
Staci: Yes?
Lu: All clear. Bring the First aid kit with you. (Staci comes out of the
back and sees the havoc that hurricanes Webber have wrought; she carries a
tote with her that is larger than the average first aide kit) Thanks. ( Lu
opens the tote and starts removing bandages and disinfectant. ) I didn't
know the Cassadines were going to start brawling in my bar. I wasn't
prepared. ( she pulls a bottle of bourbon from the tote and pours healthy
shots for lucky and Mike) what is your poison? Vodka or Ouzo?