Written by: Tara/Daysfan

Episode#212

-It is New Years Eve in Salem. Kim and Shane are together at the Pub, where Steve and Kayla are. A few tears go down Kayla’s cheek as she asks Kim if she really has to go, and Kim says she feels like her time in Salem is up…for now. And she needs to get physical therapy for her leg problems, and Shane knows people in England who can do it. Steve is silent, sipping on a drink at the bar. Shane walks over to him and pats him on the back, asking if he’s alright. Steve says:

Steve: Yeah…but that guy EJ’s death keeps taunting me…I can’t stop thinking about what happened on the island last month. Sami lashed out at me on Christmas Eve at EJ’s funeral…I can tell I hurt her.

Shane: Well Steve, Samantha obviously saw something in EJ that none of us did, its going to take her some time to get over this.

Steve: I just worry that, adding to the fact I killed a man, I may have driven my niece away from her family even more.

-Jan is walking through the Salem Inn, and she bumps into Sami. Sami asks her what she’s doing at the Salem Inn on New Years Eve, and Jan slowly says she has come to see Lucas. Sami comments she seems awfully down tonight, and Jan says with a growl:

Jan: it’s the anniversary of Shawn’s death. I’m not gonna be happy.

Sami: So why would you be going to see Lucas? You don’t even know him.

Jan: For your information, he’s a friend. I went out with him on a date on Christmas.

Sami: Looks like you’ve found your next Horton boy-toy.

Jan then slaps Sami HARD, and hisses:

Jan: I know you are mourning your super-villian killer boyfriend, but don’t take it out on me.

Jan begins to walk off, but Sami looks up at her with anger in her eyes and then attacks Jan!

-Hope is sitting on the couch with Bo, her leaning into his chest. She is silent, as is he, as she flashes back to New Years of 07 when she found out Shawn had died, and then flashes back to her and Bo looking down at his body in the morgue of the hospital. Bo looks at her, and he kisses her and says he knows its hard to believe…and Hope says it shouldn’t have happened. Bo says with a few tears:

Bo: I know Fancy Face…I know.

Hope. I lost both of my sons on New Years Eves…who will we lose this year?

-Abe is at the Salem Police Station in his office, and one of the officers come in and tell him Stefano DiMera is about to be transported to a medical facility outside of Salem. Abe says good, the drivers just need to be careful. None of Stefano’s known allies are known to be alive to rescue him, but many of his nemesis’s are still alive and in Salem, and Helena could pop back up at any moment. The officer says he will warn them, and Abe nods. He then thinks to himself he has a bad feeling about tonight.

*Life in Salem Opening*

-Shane tells him Sami will come around, he just has to focus on himself, and not let EJ’s death get him down too much. Shane however then asks:

Shane: But before I leave Salem…I want to know…why did you kill EJ?

Steve: He attacked me, my wife, my friends and wouldn’t stop…what was I supposed to do?

Shane: You shot him several times.

Steve: He kept coming at me.

Shane: Steve, I know you. You don’t just kill for no reason.

Steve: I had to get my anger out in some way, ok?! My former lover just came back from the dead and then died AGAIN and I could barely take anymore of it, ok?!

Steve gets up and stomps off as Shane sighs.

-Jan kicks Sami, and tells her she’s pregnant with someone who is related to her! Sami says “Do you think I care? I don’t care about anyone anymore.” and Jan angrily comments “No wonder Lucas dumped you. Hell, no wonder the only man that loved you died.” and Sami is about to attack Jan again, but Lucas comes out of his room and asks what the hell is going on out here. Sami then runs into her own room, shuts the door, and breaks down in tears.

-Bo tells her no one, and looks at the time, and suddenly says he has to go down to the station. Hope says in confusion “NOW?! Of all times NOW?!” and Bo says he has to, there’s some unfinished work he has to do tonight. Hope sighs and frustrated says fine, and he kisses her and says he’ll be back soon. After he leaves, Hope slams her fist down on the table angrily, and looks around since she is alone because Maggie and Julie took the girls thinking she and Bo need to be alone tonight. Hope suddenly gets up, grabs her coat, and leaves!

-A few hours later; 11:50 P.M.

A van is seen driving out of Salem, and two men are driving. The man in the drivers seat is masked, and the other man says with a snort he can’t believe they were the lucky guys who got to transport the infamous comatose Stefano DiMera to some other hospital. The mysterious driver nods, and after a few more minutes while on the highway out of town, the driver pulls over. The other driver asks what he’s doing, and the mysterious driver suddenly grabs the other driver, and throws him out of the van! He then throws him down a hill, and the driver rolls into the woods. The mysterious driver chuckles as he gets back into the van, and turns around…heading back to Salem!

Minutes later, once the van is back in Salem, it parks behind a building. The mysterious driver gets out of the van and opens the back, to see Stefano still alive. He says in an unrecognizable tone “Good…he lives.” and takes out his cell phone, and dials a number and says into it “Hello…I am afraid…Mr.DiMera’s heart gave out tonight…we tried to revive him once we stopped in the middle of the road but it was…too late…”