Caleb  #2  Tempted - 7 hrs 20 mins

The town believes Caleb has been killed but Livvie hears Caleb's voice telling her that it will never be over for them, that their souls are bound together. Then Livvie finds his ring in her hand. Jack asks what is wrong, and she tells him nothing she is just tired. Livvie threw the ring Caleb gave her from the top of the hospital roof. Livvie planned a romantic evening with Jack and, while turning down the bed, found the ring that she had thrown from the roof of the hospital on the pillow.  Livvie was affected by Caleb's ring and told Jack the truth. When she tried to show him the ring, it was gone. As Livvie and Jack made love, an angry wind whipped up. Later, Livvie goes to see Eve's baby and hears Caleb's voice saying this should have been their baby. Livvie tells the voice in her head to stop.     

Livvie is in the catacombs yelling out to Caleb. She wants him to show himself. Livvie tells Caleb she will never love him of her own free will. She wants to know where the voice is coming from if he won't show himself. Looking around she sees a music box. She opens it and Caleb's ring is inside. She tells herself she's not imagining things. She heard strange music coming from the box, a beam of light and a gusting wind escape releasing some kind of power. She hears Caleb's voice even clearer and feels his presence, she yells, "No" and slams closed the lid on the box. Jack finishes up packing and lifts the suitcase only to find his superhuman powers have returned as the heavy suitcase goes flying across the room.     

As Livvie roamed the park, she ran into a mysterious stranger who told her that there is an evil man in the area that attacks women. She asked him if this guy had fangs. Livvie told herself that she needed to get a grip on reality. Livvie saw a snake but didn't believe it was real, that is till the snake bit her. Jack tells Alison he is worried about Livvie, that Caleb is haunting her and is still in her head. He is worried that Caleb has taken her again. Jack and Alison searched for Livvie in the catacombs, when they found her bracelet Jack was sure Caleb had taken her. Livvie collapses from the venom, she revives enough to be able to stumble into the hospital. She has flashbacks to Caleb's haunting her. Alison found the box hidden in some rocks and was nearly bitten by the snake which Jack killed and took back with them without retrieving the box. Livvie made it to the hospital and was delirious, babbling about a snake and Caleb chasing her. Lucy called Jack and he and Alison rushed to the hospital. The snake was from Australia and Chris worked on an antidote from the venom. Jack tried to comfort Livvie, begging her to stay with him.  Livvie went into respiratory arrest and Chris fought to save her. As Chris worked on reviving Livvie, she dreamed that Caleb was calling her to the cave and the music box. Livvie dreamed of the box opening and, as the anti-venom was ready to be administered, screamed but then regained consciousness and her vitals returned to normal. Jack told Livvie there was no music box but she insisted.     

At the hospital, a mobile has arrived as a gift for the baby with a very mysterious card. As soon as Livvie was alone, she left her room. Livvie went to see Daniel and was transfixed by the mobile but the infant was not in his crib. Livvie tells an edgy Ian that Caleb must have snatched the baby out of his crib. She insists that the mobile was playing Caleb's hauting music. Kevin arrives with news about Daniel's whereabouts alleviating concerns that Caleb took him. Jack tries to convince Livvie that her visions of Caleb are all in her mind. She insists that Caleb is back. Lucy finds Jack boarding up the entrance to the catacombs. He vows to make sure Livvie never has any thoughts of Caleb again. After the two leave, a strong wind sends the boards falling to the ground, opening the entrance to the cave again.     

Livvie is afraid she is going crazy. Jack tells her they will get their lives back. It will take time. As she hugs Jack, trying to feel "safe" she stares at the candles that seem to be mysteriously "blown" out. Jack tells Livvie to relax. He takes her in his arms and tries to convince her they will be fine. He falls asleep. Livvie looks at the candles that have been lit again by some strange way and eases out of Jacks embrace. Caleb's voice calls to her to come. Jack is "awakened" by  Livvie dressed in red trying to seduce him. Jack begs for her but she can't be found. She is playing a cat and mouse game with him. It appears that Jack is dreaming. Livvie, back in the catacombs, is looking for the box to prove her sanity.     

Livvie stops seducing Jack and tells him she's must go back to her husband, Caleb, and leaves a heart broken Jack. As Livvie opens the box, nothing appears, no smoke, no music and no ring. Convinced she is crazy, she turns and walks out only to be called back by a transparent Caleb, telling her she isn't crazy, he's back! (about an hour into this edit). Livvie thinking she is crazy can't believe Caleb is there. Caleb explains to Livvie that he's not exactly alive but he isn't exactly dead. Livvie wants to know why he is there. Caleb informs her that because she listened to the music box, and was the only one that heard the music, she is the one that brought him back.     

Lucy tells Kevin that evil is in the house. Kevin tells her he did feel the evil but it couldn't harm them for some reason. A knock at the door startles both of them. Lucy, anxious to find out who it is, is stopped by Kevin telling her that he will answer the knock. They open the door. Kevin and Lucy open the door to see Rafe. Inviting him in, Rafe tells them that he "felt" they needed his help against evil. Kevin asks Rafe if he senses evil in the house. Lucy explains to Rafe that it couldn't possibly be Caleb because they killed him. Rafe still feels the evil and hunts around the house for clues to where it is. He sees the broken mirror on the wall and asks what happened. Lucy explains that they conjured up the evil forces and Rafe tells her she has no clue as to what she is doing. Livvie tells Caleb she doesn't want him back. She loves Jack. Caleb laughs it off telling her that she still craves him. Everything they were together. She demands he tell her what he wants. Caleb wants revenge.     

Lucy asks Rafe how she is making things worse. He reminds her that she must be very afraid of what she is doing. It's not as simple as she thinks. Just to prove to her that she doesn't know what she is doing, Rafe asks her to tell him where the evil is. Show him. She hunts around the room but cannot tell him the exact area of the evil forces. Jack chases after Livvie in his dream begging her not to go back to Caleb. Livvie tells Caleb he can't hurt the people she loves. She knows he can feel love because of Michael. Caleb tells her that Michael is no more. She asks him what he is going to do. Caleb responds that he is not going to do anything. That the people she loves are going to destroy themselves. He will plant seeds of doubt in their minds and they will fall apart. And as they grow weaker he will become stronger. Livvie warns Caleb that she will tell everyone of his plan but says he can't allow her to talk.     

Watching the storm approach, Lucy is visibly frightened by what Rafe has told them. Lucy asks him how they can get rid of the evil. He tells her to feel the evil. As they stand silent, they feel the evil presence in the room. Lucy and Kevin ask Rafe how to fight it, but Rafe, still in somewhat of a trance travels the room and ends up in front of the broken mirror. He places his hand on it and chants "You have no power here." The mirror goes back to normal. Rafe told Lucy to focus on the light and love and she'd be safe.     

Jack desperately searches for Livvie. He comes across a path of rose petals and follows it finding a blood soaked nightgown. Thinking that it is Livvie's he screams, fearing she is gone. Livvie tells Caleb he won't win. That she will warn all. Caleb informs Livvie that she will not remember anything that they have discussed and when he comes back she will return to him. Death will not come between them. They will have the life he wants with their child. It is just a matter of time before they are together again. Livvie screams and wakes up both her and Jack. Jack tries to comfort Livvie telling her they both just had bad nightmares. Livvie knows she has had a bad dream but can't remember anything that happened.     

Livvie is staying with Kevin and Lucy, Rafe inadvertently walked in on Livvie and Jack making love. He introduces himself as Lucy's cousin, Rafe and apologizes for interrupting them. Livvie realizes he is the vampire slayer from Transylvania. Livvie was terribly rude to Rafe. Jack told her to relax that Rafe is on their side. Jack and Rafe talked downstairs, Jack wants to know what Rafe sees when he looks at him whether he sees anything evil? Rafe says he doesn't see anything inside of Jack worth slaying. Jack tells Rafe that he and Livvie still have lingering effects from Caleb biting them.     

Ian gets an emergency page to go to GH but when he arrives there they tell him they never paged him. Eve hears a punding at her door and goes outside with a big stick. The door slams behind her and is locked. Rafe introduces himself to Alison as Lucy's cousin. Jack arrives and tells Alison the rest, Rafe is a vampire slayer from Transylvania. Alison is afraid that Rafe's presence means vampires still roam Port Charles though Jack assures her Rafe is "off duty". Jack wants to know how he can help in the fight against evil. Rafe says he wants Jack to stay out of it that evil thrieves on confrontation. They convince Rafe to visit what is left of the monastery. He is concerned at the news that Caleb was actually living in a house of God. Rafe tells them they should concentrate on the good in their lives, not look for trouble. Still, he agrees to go to the monastery and check it out.     

Livvie arrives at Eve and Ian's apartment to find Eve frantically trying to open the door. The baby can be heard crying inside. Livvie offers Eve her cell phone, which Eve uses to call 911. While they are waiting for help to arrive, they watch the baby through the patio door window. Although he has stopped crying, Eve is anxious to get inside. She pleads with Livvie to help her. Livvie covers her hand with her coat, and then breaks the glass. She reaches inside and unlocks the door. Eve comforts the baby as the firemen arrive. As Eve is explaining the situation to them, Livvie hears Caleb's voice saying Daniel should be their baby. Livvie shakes off the feeling, then tells Eve about the nightmares she has been having. She understands Eve's obsession with the thought that something is not right. Eve offers to let Livvie hold the baby. As Livvie cradles him in her arms, she swears she would protect him with her life. Later, as Livvie is leaving the apartment, she once again hears Caleb's music.     

Jack, Rafe, and Alison walk through the darkened ruins of the church. Rafe stands very still then pronounces all evil gone from the place. He can only sense sadness, that something terrible happened there. Jack flashes back to a memory of a fight he had with Caleb in the church basement. He disagrees with Rafe saying he can still feel Caleb's presence. They are about to leave when something falls from the rafters as Alison screams.

Rafe tries to get Livvie away from Caleb but can't. Caleb dreams of Livvie holding Eve's baby. Livvie realizes Caleb has manipulated her and she vows revenge and vows to kill him, he won't let her go. Rafe remembers how Caleb killed him. Caleb gives Livvie a nightmare and trys to make her kill Jake. Caleb  used Livvie in his plot to seek revenge on the residents of PC by breaking up the town's happy couples (Lucy & Kevin, Eve & Ian, Karen & Frank). They join together, and Livvie drives a stake through his heart at the end of this arc.

**The End**

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