Emily: I'm so sorry, Zander. I'm here to let you go and to say goodbye. But first, I want you to know that I loved you and I'm so grateful that you loved me. Oh, my God.
Zander: You saw me in the park.
Emily: I thought -- I thought you died in the -- in the fire. I mean, they -- they found your body, Zander. Where have you been? Where have you been?
Zander: It's -- it's a long story. All that matters is I'm alive.
Emily: Oh, my God.
Zander: And with any luck, you're going to be the only person that ever knows I'm still alive.
Zander: Elizabeth did hit me with a pipe. She knocked me out cold.
Emily: And when you woke up?
Zander: The room was on fire. I got out just in time. You know, I took it as a sign.
Emily: A body was found in that utility room.
Zander: Yeah. It wasn't me. I mean, I'm not sure about that. I don't -- I didn't stop to look. It might have been there when I left. I just -- I just ran.
Emily: Yeah, why did the coroner think it was you?
Zander: I'm not sure. I don't know. I didn't check on the details. I just -- I saw it as I got a second chance.
Emily: But a dead man was in that utility room. How did he die?
Zander: I don't know. I don't know. It was chaos that night. The amazing thing is, I -- I made it out alive. It's like a miracle or something, you know? I got a second chance.
Emily: Yeah. Well, now you can make a new start.
Zander: That's what I'm thinking.
Emily: Zander, listen, you have to leave town, okay? It's too dangerous here. Someone is bound to see you and call the police.
Zander: No, no -- hey.
Emily: And you need --
Zander: Don't worry. Hey. It's okay. We're leaving town.
Emily: We?
Zander: Yeah, you're coming with me.
Zander: Remember that footbridge to Canada?
Emily: You were going to cross it.
Zander: And you chased me down and you begged me not to go.
Emily: Zander, that was a lifetime ago.
Zander: You told me you loved me.
Emily: I did feel that way and I'm --
Zander: No, the mistake we made was coming back to Port Charles, you know? We should have just gone to Canada. We would have been happy.
Emily: I was in high school, and my family was here, and I --
Zander: I know, and they hated me. I still think that they were relieved when you hurt your back. You know, it gave them an excuse to send you away.
Emily: You wanted me to go.
Zander: Yeah, so you would go get better and you could come back to me. Why didn't that happen, Em? We loved each other, but people pulled at you till they tore us apart.
Emily: No, Zander, I did that. I'm so sorry, but I don't -- I don't feel what you need --
Zander: You know, Emily, people look at me and they see a waste of air; a screw-up, but not you. You've always seen past my surface. You believe in me. You make me better. You know, I -- I mean, I stood by you when you were sick. I listened to you when you were -- when you were sad or when you were scared. I promised to love you for the rest of my life, and you promised back. I don't know -- it's like -- it's like you make me matter. You make me think that good things are going to happen to me, that I have a reason to hope. I mean, even my own dad couldn't love me. But you -- you found a way.
Emily: It wasn't hard at all.
Zander: You know, Emily, no matter what has happened in the past, I'm still the same man that you fell in love with.
Emily: I believe you, Zander.
Zander: No, don't, it's okay. It's okay, it's okay. Don't cry. Everything's going to be okay. We'll just -- we're going to go to Kirbyville. We'll cross the bridge to Canada. We'll be together -- just -- just the two of us.
Enid: Well, maybe if I showed you a picture -- this is my brother Wally. Did you see him the night of the fire?
Mac: No. No, I didn’t.
Lucky: Excuse me, but Commissioner Scorpio needs his rest.
Mac: I hope -- I hope you find your brother.
Lucky: Your case is being handled by the PCPD. If you have any questions, you need to deal with officers at the stationhouse.
Enid: Commissioner Scorpio was very nice. He didn't seem to mind at all.
Lucky: Well, he's recovering from near-fatal burns. Until he is back at his desk, your missing-persons case is not his concern.
Felicia: Excuse me. Excuse me, I'm sorry. What missing-persons case?
Enid: My brother Wally. He worked at the Port Charles hotel. He's been missing since the night of the fire.
Lucky: We've checked all the hospitals and the morgues. He hasn't even shown up, not even as a John Doe.
Felicia: I'm sorry to be intrusive, but was your brother in trouble?
Enid: Not that I know of, why?
Felicia: Someone transferred Mac out of his hospital room and put him in another hospital with no I.D.
Enid: You think it was Wally?
Felicia: I don't know. Wally disappeared the same night Mac was injured. There could be a connection.
Elizabeth: So, did you make the arrangements?
Ric: Yes, Zander’s body will be transferred to a funeral home where he'll have a proper service and a burial.
Elizabeth: Thank you.
Ric: You're welcome.
Elizabeth: I'm sure Emily will go to the funeral, and probably Alexis. Maybe even Carly -- all the people who knew Zander when he first came to town. Before the bitterness killed all the good in him.
Ric: Yeah.
Nurse: D.A. Lansing?
Ric: Hmm?
Nurse: You requested Zander Smith's personal effects?
Ric: Yeah. Thank you. Sweetheart, could you hold that for me?
Elizabeth: Sure, thanks.
Ric: Ahem.
Elizabeth: Zander's life came down to a pocketknife, some coins, and looks like a ring. Hmm.
Enid: That's my brother's ring.
Ric: Wait -- excuse me, ma'am, but you're mistaken.
Enid: Where did you get it?
Ric: No, this was -- this belonged to somebody who died in the Port Charles Hotel fire.
Enid: Look, those are Wally’s initials. It is his ring.
Elizabeth: Well, if the man in the morgue is this woman's brother, then, Ric, where's Zander?
Emily: I will never forget that night on the footbridge, but I --
Zander: We can feel that way again.
Emily: Zander, that was years ago. We can't pretend that time has just stood still since then and --
Zander: I love you, even more than I did then.
Emily: We haven't even been together, Zander --
Zander: It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Because you love me, too. That doesn't change. I mean, you could push it away. You can ignore it, but the love is still there, Emily. I can see it. I can see it in your beautiful eyes.
Emily: You will -- you will always have a piece of my heart.
Zander: I want more than a piece.
Emily: Zander, we shared an amazing connection. We -- we helped each other through so much. We learned about love together.
Zander: We'll have it again. We'll have it again. Trust me, it'll be even better than before.
Emily: No. Okay -- look, things happen. People change. I have changed.
Zander: No, no.
Emily: No, Zander --
Zander: You haven’t. Not your heart.
Emily: Listen -- listen to me, okay? I will always care about you. I will even love you, in a way. But I am in love with Nikolas.
Zander: You'll get over him.
Emily: No, no, I won’t. I'm going to marry him.
Zander: No. No, you're not. You belong with me.
Emily: Zander, try to understand. Try to understand.
Zander: Do you know where Nikolas is right now?
Emily: He's on a business trip.
Zander: No, he never made his flight.
Felicia: Wally died in that fire, not Zander.
Lucky: The body was identified as Zander’s.
Felicia: Zander switched the charts. He could have broken into the records room and switched his chart with Wally’s.
Lucky: Someone was living in Wally’s apartment.
Felicia: Yes, exactly. He took on his entire identity.
Lucky: Until Enid got worried about her brother's disappearance.
Felicia: And then Zander needed a new place to hide, so he had Mac transferred out of General Hospital, put him into Mercy Hospital as a John Doe, took his place at General Hospital at the burn unit.
Lucky: Hmm.
Felicia: I bet he thought he could hide in plain sight and gather information at the same time.
Lucky: And when Zander was about to be discovered, he disappeared.
Felicia: And now he's out there somewhere, doing God knows what.
Emily: What do you mean Nikolas never made his flight? Well, where is he? What, did you -- did you kidnap him? What, did you lock him up somewhere? Did you --
Zander: Come -- come with me and I'll tell you.
Emily: No, you tell me now, Zander!
Zander: You know, you seem to think that you love Nikolas.
Emily: I do.
Zander: Then you'd do anything to save him, and here's your chance.
Emily: Okay. Uh-uh. You're lying. Nikolas' trip wasn't a secret. You found out about it, and you are using it to scare me.
Zander: Have you heard from Nikolas? Doesn't he usually call, check on you every hour or so, because he's so devoted?
Emily: He -- he might be waiting till the morning to call.
Zander: Are you sure?
Emily: Stop it. You tell me the truth.
Zander: Em, the truth is, I just -- I love you.
Emily: Well, then you will let me go.
Zander: And never see you again?
Emily: It is better that way, Zander.
Zander: No, no. No, I will do anything to win you back, even if it means killing Nikolas.
Emily: You don't -- you don't mean that.
Zander: Look, I don't want to hurt anybody, okay? I just want to be with you! Why -- why can't you believe in me? Why can't you trust in me like you used to?
Emily: The Zander I trusted didn't threaten people! He wasn't cold and hard and ruthless!
Zander: I know.
Emily: He was warm and he was considerate, and he wanted me to be happy, Zander.
Zander: I know. I can -- I can be that again, okay? Just give me a chance.
Emily: No way, there's no chance, Zander! There is no chance! Don't you get that?
Zander: When you're with me, you'll remember again that you needed me.
Emily: No, wait -- listen, Zander -- Zander, you have got to hear me. You have got to understand, okay? I am not in love with you, and I never will be again.
Zander: Oh, no, you're wrong. You're wrong.
Emily: Okay -- I will -- I will go with you for one reason only -- to save the man I love. Everywhere I go, Nikolas will be in my heart. Do you really want me to go with you, knowing that I will love Nikolas for the rest of my life?
Zander: Why are you making this so hard?
Emily: Look, I am telling you the truth.
Zander: I just -- I thought we could get back what we had on the way to Canada. Now, I'm not so sure.
Emily: Okay. Leave me here, Zander. Just go by yourself.
Zander: No, no, no, no --
Emily: I won't tell anyone until you've crossed that border.
Zander: That's not the plan!
Emily: Why take me, if you know that I'm not going to go willingly?
Zander: I don't know. That's what I can't figure out. You could cut out the minute that I'm asleep. You could go to the bathroom, you can climb out the window, you can call the cops. I don't want to handcuff you, okay? This isn't a kidnapping.
Emily: No?
Zander: Emily, look, I know you still love me, okay? The way that I love you. I just need to figure out a way to make you see it.
Enid: Wally's gone, isn't he? My brother is dead.
Ric: I've ordered another autopsy on the body. When -- when we identify it, we'll let you know.
Enid: It's Wally. I'm -- I'm sure of it.
Felicia: We're going to get an I.D. as fast as we can.
Ric: Yeah, it's D.A. Lansing. I want an A.P.B. Put out on Zander Smith. Yeah, that's right, he's alive. I want him considered armed and dangerous.
Zander: After we're on the road for a while, you'll -- you'll relax. You know we'll -- you could remember what we had. Remember we -- we laughed, we had fun, you know? I stopped and got you great pixie sticks every time we stopped.
Emily: Zander, it won't be like that now.
Zander: It will. It will, Em. We'll wake up in each other's arms. We'll look at each other every morning. I love you, Emily, and you love me, too.
Emily: Zander, Zander --
Zander: I know it.
Emily: Zander, listen to me. You are living in a dream.
Zander: Emily, look, you -- you don't get this.
Emily: There is nothing to get, Zander. I don't want to go with you!
Zander: No, no, you don't mean that, okay? You're just saying what you're supposed to. What they want. But you need to follow your heart, Em. You need to follow your heart. Just think -- think about how we used to be -- you know -- or don't think at all. Just -- just feel. Please, just feel.
Emily: Zander -- Zander -- Zander, you cannot make me feel --
Zander: Emily, no, listen. I love you, and you love me, too. I'll prove it to you. I want you to make love to me right now.
Pilot: Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated and fasten your seat belts. We're beginning our final descent into Port Charles.