Episode#288: The REAL Steve Johnson!

-Crystal continues to say to herself she’ll do whatever it takes to get Arianna!

-Stefano walks back to his limo, but after thinking for a moment, he tells his driver to just go back to the DiMera Mansion….he’s going to take a bit of a walk…his driver obeys, and Stefano sets off!

-Helena walks into her hideout….and she is HORRIFIED to find Steve gone! She quickly deduces that he’s escaped, and Helena goes howling mad! She says this won’t happen, she’s going to stop this….its time for Steve Johnson to die!

-Kayla and Stefan look at Steve standing in the doorway, and Kayla looks from Steve to Stefan, and asks what the hell is going on! Steve tells his “Sweetness” that that’s an imposter….for months, Stefan Cassadine has been impersonating him and romancing her! He says that Helena Cassadine is behind this, she did it to get revenge on him for killing EJ on that island back in 2007...Stefan tells Kayla not to believe this guy, it has to be something from the DiMera’s….Kayla looks at both men, trying to figure out which is which….

*Life in Salem Opening*

-Will and Destiny are at the Java Café, and Will tells her how hard it was to give Arianna back once the holidays ended…Destiny comforts him and says she knows, but soon, he’ll have her back for good. Will says he doubts that, the custody battle will just put her in the hands of the Galore’s for good. Destiny tells him he has to be positive, she takes his hand and promises him it will all work out!

-Stefan and Steve continue to argue, as both claim to be the real Steve. Kayla looks at the actual Steve, she looks him in his one eye….as she thinks….and she tells him….she doesn’t know what to think. Steve slowly approaches her, and tells her that she knows in her heart that he’s Steve…he tells her to think of their times together, all they went through…he says remember when he died in 1990...remember when they found each other again in 2006...remember Benjy, remember her giving birth to Stephanie…he pulls Kayla into a deep kiss as Stefan protests, and after a moment she pulls back, and whispers:

Kayla: You’re…you’re Steve….

She turns to Stefan, runs towards him, and rips off his patch to reveal an eye there!

Kayla:And you’re an imposter!

-Stefano walks through Salem Place, and continues to think about how to kill Tony…he passes by Crystal, and he overhears her saying how she really does need an edge over Will because of her criminal past, she just has to find it…she’d do anything to get an edge, to get Arianna back…Stefano stops and then approaches Crystal!

-Stefan scowls at Steve and Kayla, and tells them fine, its true….his mother deployed him to do this, and she’s been giving him all his orders for months now….Kayla says she can’t believe she ever kissed him, went out to dinner with him, and loved him so much…Stefan laughs and says Steve saw it all, and asks if he enjoyed seeing him all over his wife! Steve angrily attacks Stefan!

-Stefano introduces himself to Crystal, and Crystal tells him she’s heard of him a lot….she asks why he’s talking to her of all people, and Stefano explains to her that he overheard what she was saying….and he may be able to help her…if she helps him! Crystal is interested, and Stefano tells her he has heard of her trying to kill Marlena Evans…and he needs her to kill someone: Tony DiMera!

-Steve and Stefan get into a struggle, as Kayla screams and Steve punches Stefan in the nose, and as Stefan falls back, he grabs him and shoves him up against the wall! The two look-a-likes continue to fight, and Kayla yells that she’ll call 911, but someone says that no one is calling anyone! They all turn to see Helena in the doorway, gun in hand!