The Worst Kind of Weapon

Chapter 2: Ships Passing in the Night

Sonny halted in the doorway of the back entrance to the coffee shop's lobby. There Kate stood, fashionable as ever in a black suit accessorized by a red handbag and shoes, as if yesterday she hadn't been worried about being sent to county lockup for six months. Kate was at the counter ordering herself a drink and had not yet spotted Sonny. He leaned against the doorway and cleared his throat, which made her spin around in her two inch red heels. She had the expression of a kid getting caught stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. A few days before she had practically built a fort around her and Sonny, declaring that she just could not possibly be connected to him in any way shape or form. He was ruining her reputation, or at least she believed so.

Sonny raised an eyebrow in mystification before speaking. "I thought you were going to stay away from me. Something about….spoiling your reputation?"

Kate shuffled her heels and paid for her coffee, obviously taking her time in responding. Sonny waited patiently. She then walked gradually over to him and exhaled slowly still biding her time. When she finally spoke it was in the form of a quiet whisper.

"Sonny…I'm just…here…To get some coffee. I didn't think you would be in at this time. At least…I hoped not." She paused, looked into his eyes, and saw that he was not going to give her any signal of understanding in his gaze. "I would like to thank you, however, for the help with my legal troubles." Kate referenced her possible jail time with as much ambiguity as she could, and then continued. "I had a friend call in some favors and it's all been taken care of."

Kate took a drink from her coffee indifferently, feigning a casualness regarding the whole situation. Sonny couldn't believe the nerve this woman had. She was so willing to live in lies. It made him feel slightly sad. Before he could reply, Spinelli bounded into the coffee shop already talking before he was fully in the door.

"Mr. Corinthos sir I have to tell you and Jason something very important…where is Jason?" Spinelli belted out all of this, huffing and puffing in between words, and it was obvious that he run the entire way there. Sonny rolled his eyes and actually made an annoyed growl. This kid always had a knack for butting in on things.

"Jason is out right now….Go wait in my office." Sonny did not want to put up with this kind of frustration, but he had to admit that they kid had been useful at times. The panic that was written on his face was genuine enough. He looked at Kate, who seemed to be inching away from Sonny slyly. He grabbed her wrist and she knew she was caught.

"Wait just ten minutes please. I want to hear the rest of this story." Sonny asked of her.

Kate rolled her eyes but nodded that she would indeed wait. Sonny followed Spinelli into his office. A moment passed while Kate glanced around the room looking for a place to sit. Just as she headed into the direction of a small table big enough for two, Trevor Lansing walked in the door. He smiled at her and made his way over to her, kissing her on the cheek lightly before sitting down.

Trevor Lansing was old enough to be her father, but he was still rather handsome. A small amount of graying to his hair and the new wrinkles around his face were the only difference in the man she had loved long ago. Even years later, and not a single regret in leaving him, she couldn't help but feel her stomach do a flip flop inside of her. He had been probably the most influential man in her life…It was hard to forget that.

"Your assistant told me I could find you hear. She's really chatty, that one. You should consider firing her." Trevor smiled his million dollar grin at her and she genuinely laughed. This was bad…She really couldn't risk falling into his world again. However, the man had just literally saved her public humiliation by talking Ric into letting her off with community service. The fine points of good manners had to be upheld.

"I don't know…she's the one who has tolerated my demands the longest. I think I'll keep her a while longer, at least until brunettes go out of fashion." Kate replied.

Trevor reached out his hand and placed it on top of hers, patting it. "You should run for president in '08 Kate. Think of the world if everyone just understood that overalls and socks with sandals just were not flattering on any person, be them democrat, republican, or libertarian. World peace, I declare." Kate pushed a hair behind her ear to distract herself from replying for a moment. All of this flattery…She'd been through it before, it was what bended her to him in the first place. But, those were the days when she was young and dumb, and years of people kissing her ass had made her more immune to idle flattery.

"Trevor…thank you again for helping me…You came at just the right moment really." Kate tried to change the subject. Over Trevor's shoulder, Kate saw Jason heading in the doorway. He looked at Kate, and without any sort of hello, demanded to know if Sonny was in his office or not. Kate nodded, and then turned back to Trevor, who looked shocked.

"Do you know that man?" he asked.

"Yes."

Trevor opened his mouth and closed it again. Whatever he had been planning to say, he stopped himself.

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Sonny considered what Spinelli had just told him. The warning from Zacchara lacked in originality except for the way it was delivered. It was one thing for a crime boss to send a message to him; it was another to do it in the manner Zacchara had chosen. Sonny looked back at the kid sitting across from him. Spinelli was obviously recognized as a man with closer than normal contact to he and Jason. The informants would need to keep a closer eye on him. However, Sonny wasn't yet ready to act publicly concerned about Zacchara's arrival into town.

"Listen, Spinelli, I thank you for the warning. Let me just think this over. You can go now."

But Spinelli didn't budge. Sonny hated it when the kid lingered. He would probably spout some mumbo jumbo that would rattle his brain into annoyance.

"Mr. Corinthos, sir, I want you to realize how serious this guy sounded…This Zacchara man really sounded like he meant business. Oh…and there was a gray haired man that I saw him speaking with, probably another Goon of Fear….I guess I forgot to mention that part." Spinelli continued ranting like this until Jason saved Sonny from the conversation going any further.

"Spinelli, have you finished getting the information on who attacked Elizabeth?" Jason asked, closing the door behind him. Spinelli's face went pale when he remembered what he had been assigned to do…and how he had failed to complete his mission. "We need to go now." Jason added.

"Uhh…The Jackal is on the verge of a major breakthrough and will have the information very soon." Spinelli assured Jason, but his inflection was more of a question than a statement of faith in his own skills.

"Just get your laptop and you can finish it in the car…We need to get on the road. Sonny, I'll keep you posted." Jason grabbed Spinelli's bag and handed it to him. "You've got a car charger for that thing, right? I don't want it to die on the way." Jason opened the door and waited for Spinelli to follow him out.

Spinelli made a weird sort of squeak/laugh and trailed after Jason back out into the lobby. Jason was walking so fast that Spinelli had to try to keep up, and ended up not giving a second glance to the gray haired man sitting with Kate Howard. If he had, he probably would have recognized trouble before it happened.

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A/N: I have finalized my plans regarding where to take this story. I have gathered all the conspiracy theories, spoilers, and rumors I can and have been debating just what direction to go in. The debate is over. Some of the rumors I have collected are just a little too farfetched to actually be true, but damn it, they would be the sweetest plot! In other words, some of this story is exactly what is going to happen on GH, while some of it is what might maybe sorta kinda happen on GH. In conclusion, from here on out this is my story that will be going on the way I want it to, thank you very much. Let's get this party started because I am really excited for it to begin.

OH! Before I forget…I know I said this was going to be Spinelli centered…However, just like in any Soap storyline many characters will have scenes that pertain directly to one another, in this case Spin. So, this is Spin's story but it will have many different points of views that add to it. There are just so many factors to consider, and I like the diversity anyways. Anyways…ONWARD!

Next Chapter: Two characters confront they're very dark pasts, and one secret is revealed.