Emily: Okay. Here you go.
Nikolas: Thanks.
Father Coates: Nikolas, it was so kind of you to allow Spencer to play baby Jesus.
Nikolas: Oh, no, that's okay. I had a few concerns there in the beginning, but I think Spencer enjoyed his stage debut.
Father Coates chuckles.
Father Coates: Well, we appreciate your support.
Nikolas: Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Father Coates: Merry Christmas to you.
Nikolas: Okay.
Nikolas: Excuse me. Thank Gd you took him out of that manger. When I saw he wasn't in there I completely panicked.
Emily: Spencer's not with you?
Nikolas: Has anyone seen my son?
Father Coates: Excuse me, everybody, please! Can I have your attention, please? Has anyone here seen Spencer cassadine, our baby Jesus? Did any of you kids try to help by getting him out of the cold? Did you take him inside the church, or to your car? You won't be in trouble, I promise. We just need to find the baby.
Woman: I checked the sanctuary, the chapel, and every other unlocked room in the church and the school. There's no sign of the child.
Mike: Nikolas -- Nikolas? I checked -- I checked the parking lot, and no one's seen anything.
Emily: Okay, well, what about Michael? He promised to keep an eye on Spencer. I mean, maybe -- maybe he took him in his car.
Mike: No, no, no, honey, Sonny and Carly left before this started. There's no way that they would've driven off with Spencer.
Nikolas: Listen, don't -- don't let anyone else leave. The police are on their way.
Siren.
Helena: Spencer's been kidnapped by his former nanny. Her name is Colleen McHenry.
Nikolas: Where the hell have you taken my son?
Siren.
Nikolas: You call your people, you get my son back to this church immediately.
Helena: I warned both of you that Colleen was deranged.
Nikolas: Don't blame this on Colleen.
Helena: Emily was concerned, too, and for good reason, but you were too arrogant to listen.
Nikolas: You did this! You did this, and you've probably been planning it since the day I brought Spencer home! Get him back here, or I swear to god I'll kill you right here.
Helena: Nikolas, calm down.
Nikolas: Shut up! Get him back here!
Helena: Calm down and --
Nikolas: Get him back here!
Helena: Oh.
Mike: Mac -- Mac, thank goodness. Spencer is missing. Somebody took him out of the manger. We can't find him --
Nikolas: Not just "somebody," my grandmother right here.
Helena: Listen to me, I have nothing to do with this.
Nikolas: Arrest her. You do whatever it takes to get her to tell you where my son is.
Emily: You also need to find Colleen McHenry. She's Spencer's nanny --
Nikolas: No, no, no -- Emily, don't you see?
Emily: She was recently fired --
Nikolas: Don't you see? This -- this is about Helena. Spencer's the Cassadine heir -- she took him just like she took me when I was a -- a child. Arrest her. Arrest her!
Mac: Nikolas, relax. You're not doing your son any favors by jumping to conclusions.
Nikolas: Mac, I'm stating the obvious here, and why are we still standing around? You need to get someone to the airport because she's trying to get him out of the country. I know this woman!
Mac: Anyone could've taken Spencer, all right? We're wasting time -- we hurt our chances of getting him back.
Mac: Get statements from everyone here.
Officer: Right.
Mac: Cruz, I need a list of everyone that was in the pageant. And talk to the staff, see if they noticed any strangers, people that didn't belong.
Detective Rodriguez: Father Coates, can you get me that list?
Father Coates: Of course, detective. Mrs. Dembrowski, I need some help with the list.
Mac: Excuse me, Nikolas, you were the first one to notice Spencer was missing.
Nikolas: Yeah. I went to take him out of the manger, he wasn't there.
Mac: Can you tell me the last time you saw him exactly?
Nikolas: No, Commissioner, I didn't check my watch. There's no point in any of this. Okay? There's no reason to question me or anyone else. My grandmother took my son. You know what she's capable of. Why can't you just believe it?
Helena: Perhaps because I'm offering my full cooperation.
Nikolas: And what better way to reverse suspicion. You need to get someone to the airport. I'm telling you, she's trying to get my son out of the country.
Emily: Take it easy, take it easy.
Mac: Helena may very well be responsible, but as an investigator, I can't assume she's the only suspect.
Helena: Well, I suggest that you start your investigation by sending a forensics team to the parapet room in the north tower of Wyndemere.
Nikolas: Oh, God.
Helena: No, that's where Colleen McHenry held me captive.
Emily: You can't expect us to believe that.
Helena: Oh.
Nikolas: No, the -- someone was held captive there in the --
Emily: You knew about this?
Nikolas: I wanted to wait for the forensics report to tell you, but, of course, it isn't finished yet.
Helena: Emily already knows the truth -- Colleen is insane. She's dangerous. And because you ignored all of my warnings -- now she has Spencer.
Colleen: Oh, you've been such a good boy, Spencer. Hmm. Didn't nanny Colleen promise she'd come back for you? Yeah, and here I am. Now no one will ever keep us apart again.
Flight Attendant: Merry Christmas, everyone, and welcome to Flight 459 to Denver.
"Jingle Bells" plays.
Emily: I understand why you don't want to believe that Colleen may have taken Spencer. You don't want trusting her to have been a mistake.
Nikolas: I don't -- I don't think she would hurt him --
Emily: But you're getting in your own way here, Nikolas. What matters is finding Spencer. We have to explore every possibility, okay?
Nikolas: I know, and that includes investigating Helena.
Mac: Nikolas? We just got the forensics report on the parapet room. We got two sets of prints and D.N.A. from Helena and Colleen, but no way to establish who, if anyone, was held prisoner.
Helena: Commissioner, your evidence is standing right in front of you. Colleen held me captive.
Nikolas: Why?
Helena: Because I was on to her. I knew that she was a danger to Spencer, even if you didn't. No, she left me chained up in the parapet.
Mike: Excuse me, excuse me. Then how did you escape?
Helena: A mighty surge of adrenaline, I suppose. I have no interest in dying a miserable and lonely death.
Mike: Then why didn't you tell the police, huh?
Helena: Because my dear Nikolas had already tried to have me carted off to an asylum -- in Arkansas, if you can believe that. Well, I was afraid he would try again.
Mac: Why come forward now?
Helena: My dear commissioner, my great-grandson has been -- he's been kidnapped by a madwoman. Now, if you could rule me out as a suspect, I suggest that you issue an amber alert immediately -- and actually start looking for Spencer and Colleen instead of wasting your time with me!
Mac: Arrest her.
Helena: Oh!
Detective Rodriguez: Helena cassadine, you're under arrest for the kidnapping of Spencer cassadine.
Helena: Fine, but hurry. God knows where Colleen is taking that baby.
Detective Rodriguez: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against --
Nikolas: No. Let her go.
Father Coates: Detective Rodriguez? I'd like to introduce you to our new youth minister, Father Mateo Ruiz.
Detective Rodriguez: Excuse me?
Mateo: You must've known my brother Manuel.
Detective Rodriguez: You hired this guy to work with kids?
Father Coates: It's a long story.
Detective Rodriguez: Yeah.
Mateo: I was here tonight when the baby disappeared, and I realize I'm viewed with suspicion because of my brother's crimes. But I want to cooperate with the investigation, if I might.
Detective Rodriguez: Well, we're in the process of pursuing other suspects at the moment. But you're on the list, so don't leave town.
Mateo: I'm not planning on going anywhere.
Mike: Mac, if there's even the chance that Helena took Spencer, I want her locked up.
Nikolas: No -- she'll only escape. Besides, I do now believe that Colleen McHenry has my son. So I'm not pressing charges against my grandmother.
Mac: Fine, let her go. We'll be in touch. We may have further questions.
Helena: Thank you, Nikolas. It's a sign of honor and nobility for a man to admit his mistakes.
Nikolas: Get out of here, before I change my mind.
Mike: Helena kidnapped Spencer, and you're -- you're letting her walk away? What are you --
Nikolas: Mike, Mike -- Colleen may be as deranged as Helena wants us to believe.
Emily: I don't think that Colleen would ever hurt Spencer. She seemed to genuinely care about him, Mike.
Nikolas: I'm sorry, I agree.
Mike: All right.
Emily: Look, Colleen probably thinks that she can take Spencer, but she's only a nanny, right? Even with severance pay, how long is she going to be able to cover her tracks? The police are going to find her within hours.
Nikolas: Helena's behind this. Colleen may have taken Spencer, but Helena's paying for it. The only way I'll ever find my son is I let her lead me to him.
Helena: I need an immediate update on the search for Colleen McHenry. I must find that despicable little guttersnipe before Nikolas does. It's an ideal opportunity to reclaim my great-grandson. Huh.
Flight Attendant: We've started our final descent into Denver. Please fasten your seat belts and return your tray tables to their original and locked positions.
Colleen: Now, Spencer, I'm not going to be your Nanny Colleen anymore. From now on, you're going to be my little boy, and I'll be your mommy. Okay? Okay, come on.