Carly: Thanks for getting him settled.

Jax: I'll walk you guys out.

Carly: Are you happy to be home? I'm sorry i couldn't put you in your own bed. You have to be in the hospital bed for now. I opened the window so you can feel the spring air on your face. I don't know, maybe i thought that it would give you an incentive to want to go outside and play. I know that you are in there fighting to come back to me. I know you are. Baby, i need you to do it soon. I need you so much. And your brother needs you. You're his hero. And morgan would be so devastated if he lost you. We need you to come back, michael. We need you to come back, and i know you can do it. I know you can.

Jax: Carly. Mercedes is walking morgan up the front walk.

Patrick: I appreciate your timing on this surgery. You're my excuse to not go to jake's first birthday party with robin.

Nikolas: Glad to be of help.

Patrick: We're going to get you through this, nikolas.

Nikolas: Good, because i'm counting on it.

Anesthesiologist: Breathe deeply, count backward from 10.

Emily: I love you.

Jason: I'd like to be released as soon as you can arrange it, please.

Alexis: If you kill devlin's accomplice, the violence is going to escalate. Then morgan and kristina will be the next in the line of fire.

Diane: That is stooping very,very low.

Alexis: You know that it's not. Think about what i said.

Diane: Did devlin say anything?

Jason: Nothing you need to know.

Diane: Do i need to start preparing a murder defense? Because if i do, an alibi would be helpful. Perhaps someone a little more reliable than mr. Grasshopper.

Jason: Do you agree with alexis?

Diane: Do you participate in a culture of self-perpetuating violence? Absolutely. Are you solely responsible or even peripherally responsible for michael getting shot? Absolutely not -- you weren't even in the room. Alexis thinks she is protecting her child, she is using guilt as a weapon. Now as a mother, that is her right. But you do not have to accept the blame.

Jason: How soon can you get me out?

Diane: 15, 20 Minutes. I'm sorry that i was not here last night to get you released, i was...Otherwise engaged.

Jason: Ok.

Diane: And i would appreciate it very much if you would not tell sonny that i was tardy to respond to your situation.

Jason: I didn't call sonny, i don't even think he knows i am here.

Diane: Well, he'll be very happy to know the man who shot michael is dead. You did have to kill devlin, right? To save maxie jones?

Jason: Yeah.

Diane: Yeah -- well, then you did a very good thing. And again, i am sorry for leaving you in lock up.

Jason: What's one night in lock up compared to what michael's facing?

Claudia: Does your girlfriend the d.A. Have any new information about ian's death?

Jerry: Well, alexis called me and asked me to meet her this afternoon. I was hoping she would extend an invitation for dinner. But it's just as likely she will want to interrogate me.

Claudia: There's not a shred of evidence linking us to michael's shooting.

Jerry: The problem is not the evidence, darling, it's jason morgan.

Claudia: The newspapers said there were two witnesses on the scene, but they didn't mention anything about ian having accomplices.

Jerry: Well maybe, but according to my sources at the pcpd, morgan was with ian when he died. And those two witnesses, the police commissioner's daughter and that oddball spinelli, claim that they saw ian say his final words to his killer.

Claudia: Any idea what he said?

Jerry: They were too far to hear.

Claudia: Well, maybe ian was just too out of it to say anything.

Jerry: Maybe ian told jason that you and i were his accomplices. In which case jason will tell nothing to the police, nor will he tell corinthos. But it's very likely he will kill us both in the most efficient way possible.

Claudia: Well, we'll just have to get to jason before he gets to us.

Jerry: I know his kind. The man is a highly proficient killer, as am i. He's relentless. If he wants you dead, there's no sure way to protect yourself aside from running. And that may be the only way to save your life, darling.

Carly: Did you have fun at the playground?

Morgan: Yes.

Carly: Yeah?

Mercedes: Morgan was curious about the ambulance we saw leaving the house.

Carly: That's how michael got home from the hospital.

Morgan: Can i see michael?

Carly: Yeah, you can, but you know what? First i want to talk to you about something. Do you remember how i told you that michael hurt his head very badly? Well, he needs to heal. So he's in a deep sleep, and we can't wake him up. We're gonna have to wait for him to heal and wake up on his own. Ok? Yeah? Do you want to go upstairs and see your big brother?

Morgan: Yeah.

Carly: Yeah.

Mercedes: Morgan's been so excited about michael coming home. He thought that even if michael had to stay in bed they could play video games.

Jax: Yeah.

Mercedes: Jax, i tried to explain that michael was too sick. But i don't know if he understood me or not.

Jax: Morgan's been through a lot in his life. From splitting his time between carly and sonny, to his mother marrying me. Throughout all of that, michael has been his rock.

Mercedes: He's too young to understand. Morgan thinks if michael's home, he must be all better.

Jax: Well, carly will have to deal with it as best she can.

Carly: You see, michael's sleeping.

Morgan: Can we play when he wakes up?

Carly: Well, you know, um -- michael was hurt, you know, pretty badly. And he's going to need to rest for a while to get better. That's what all these machines are for. They're scary to look at, aren't they? Yeah, they are. But do you know what that one's for? It has vitamins and good stuff that's going to make michael strong. And that one over there is monitoring his heart, it tells us everything that's going on. Michael is going to get stronger and i'm going to take good care of him. And he will wake up, and when he does he's going to play with you -- ok?

Patrick: Nurse mir, scroll down on the scans. More retraction. Prepare the cusa, we're ready to remove the tumor. This is just in time -- another week and it would have killed him.

Elizabeth: We're here.

Lulu: Oh, birthday boy!

Bobbie: Happy birthday. And hey, cam, look at these balloons. So which one is your favorite?

Cam: The blue.

Bobbie: Blue -- can you count them?

Elizabeth: Thanks so much for setting this up. It looks fantastic.

Lulu: Of course, it's the least i could do for the birthday boy jake.

Elizabeth: Can you say hi? Hey, don't touch that cake, not until we eat it. And jake is going to need your help blowing out the candles, ok?

Cam: Ok.

Elizabeth: Ok.

Robin: Hi, guys. Room for one more?

Elizabeth: Oh, thank you so much for coming.

Robin: Of course. How's the birthday boy?

Elizabeth: He's doing great. He's looking forward to having another friend. Here, you want some practice?

Robin: Sure -- hi, how are you? Oh, we're getting so big. Is that a balloon?

Lulu: Spinelli.

Spinelli: The maternal one is celebrating the anniversary of baby jake's birth in the park today. I wanted to bring you a photographic record of the event.

Jason: I don't want you taking pictures of jake or asking questions about him.

Spinelli: Fair lulu expressed similar sentiments, but it just -- it is most --

Jason: Spinelli.

Spinelli: What!

Jason: This is what's best for jake.

Mac: You're free to go. Somehow i know you're the reason maxie almost got killed last night.

Jason: It was my responsibility.

Mac: You have too much sense to put maxie in danger. Spinelli, on the other hand, i don't think has any sense at all.

Spinelli: I would never wish harm to befall maximista.

Mac: I'm warning you, if any harm ever comes to maxie because of you, i will personally break every finger on your hand and make sure that you are never near any computer again, you understand?

Spinelli: Your fearsome and ominous threat is duly noted, commissioner sir.

Mac: Get out.

Jerry: Morgan, i read in the paper you were arrested. I'm glad to see that it wasn't too much of an inconvenience. You called, i came. Where shall we have dinner?

Alexis: Why don't we discuss it in the interrogation room.

Jerry: Are you sure that's really necessary?

Alexis: Tell me about your association with ian devlin.

Carly: Morgan's in the playroom. He saw michael and i think he took it pretty well.

Jax: Are you sure about that?

Carly: He was a little confused, a little afraid by the machines. But i explained it in a way that morgan can understand it.

Jax: It's just that kids his age have a hard time verbalizing --

Carly: He's going to be fine, ok? He's going to be fine -- kids adapt. It's not like michael's in a cast or anything, jax, he looks like he's sleeping. And hopefully soon he's going to wake up. No argument, no comment, nothing?

Jax: No -- i mean we've been through this before, so --

Carly: We have. Michael's home, what's done is done. You can go back to work at the hotel. Obviously i can't help you there, you'll hire someone else or something.

Jax: I love you, carly. And i love michael and morgan. I just really hope this works out the way you want.

Carly: The worse is over. It can only get better from here.

Morgan: Michael, i've got your favorite game. Wake up and play with me.

Nadine: Oh, hey -- how did it go?

Leyla: The tumor was in a difficult spot, but patrick... He expects nikolas to make a full recovery.

Nadine: Thank goodness he decided to have the surgery.

Leyla: You know, you were right to push him just as you did. If he would have waited just one more week, he'd be dead.

Alexis: We were going over ian devlin's bank statements and it turns out that you and he had business in the exact same places -- turkey and italy. You see, i know that when you asked me to handle your currency transfers -- remember?

Jerry: They are centers of commerce, you see. Millions of people do business in such places.

Alexis: And then there was the night on the pier when the two of you were having a conversation.

Jerry: Yes, i was inquiring about nikolas' condition.

Alexis: Clever fabrication at the last minute.

Jerry: You know, your abnormal paranoia is sometimes very charming but i think you're letting your imagination run away with you.

Alexis: I want the truth. Were you in business with devlin? And did you have anything to do with michael's shooting?

Claudia: What do you want?

Jason: I think you know who sent michael's shooter.

Johnny: I was just taking a walk through the park.

Lulu: And you decided to spy on me?

Johnny: I saw there was a birthday party going on, so i came over to see what was happening. You know what -- don't worry about it, it won't happen again.

Elizabeth: Is everything ok?

Lulu: Yeah, everything's fine.

Robin: Wow, look at all these presents. I think that one has cam's name on it, doesn't it? Can you open that?

Elizabeth: Yeah, i thought he deserved a present for being such a big brother.

Robin: Oh, you're so nice.

Bobbie: You lucky duck, this one's for you. Ok. Uh, oh, not yet. Almost.

Cam: Thanks, mommy, you're the best.

Patrick: Wow, cam, that's a cool car, buddy.

Robin: You made it. How did nikolas' surgery go?

Patrick: Very well, he should make a full recovery.

Robin: Oh, that's great news.

Bobbie: That's so great -- thank you for coming to tell us that.

Patrick: It was robin's idea actually. She thought it would be a good idea if i came by and hung out at a kid's birthday party.

Robin: Yes, i did -- and why don't you go check out cam's new car with him.

Patrick: Best offer i've had all day. Elizabeth: Wait, before you do that, let's do the cake. And i need help from someone to blow out the candles. Who's going to help me blow out the candles?

Bobbie: You. You help blow out the candles.

Elizabeth: Remember you promised to help?

[Commotion]

Elizabeth: Ok, there's some not lit there.

Morgan: Michael, wake up. Wake up, michael. Michael wake up, wake up.

>> On the next "General Hospital" --


Nikolas: How do you move on without the woman who made it worthwhile?

Jason: You're covering something. This is your last chance.

Carly: Morgan tried to wake up michael.

Sonny: Get me sole guardianship for michael.