Sonny sat in his limo, after picking himself up and dusting off his clothes, "Go to Luke's. I need information." And who better to get it from, than the self-proclaimed expert on the Cassadine family. Before the car had managed to come to a complete stop, he was out the door and in the bar on a single-minded pursuit to find the proprietor. He found Luke in his office enjoying a bottle of bourbon and a cigar pretending to work on the books. Sonny stormed in, not bothering to knock, placed his palms on the desktop, and leaned over to get in his ex-friends face, "You need to tell me all that you know on Mason Capwell and Alexis Davis."

Luke was well on his way to being thoroughly entertained. Previously, before the mini-mobster burst into his office making demands, he had been 'doing' the books. That meant instant boredom no matter how much he drank. Now on the other hand this day was shaping up to be most amusing. He blew a plume of smoke in Sonny's face and watched the man grit his teeth. "I don't need to tell you anything." Luke gestured to a chair with his cigar, "Get outta my face, sit down, and ask nicely, or my lips stay sealed."

Sonny's normally immaculate suit was disheveled with the elbow on one sleeve ripped open. His hair, that was usually carefully slicked back, was wild and sticking up in all directions. "Looks like you've been rode hard and put away wet." Sonny's knuckles turned white when he gripped the arms of the chair, as he forced himself to calm down. It wouldn't do to set Luke off. He would never get the information he wanted if he started screaming. "Just tell me what you know about them. Please." He posed through clenched teeth.

Luke smirked. It looked to him that Natasha had already chewed him up and spit him out, and the man was too stupid to know when to quit. Sonny was still underestimating the woman, and Luke couldn't wait for the explosion. It was about time someone put the little mobster that could in his place. "So you figured out the mystery of the good doctor."

Luke paused to take another drink before starting his story. "Mason and Tash have a relationship that is about as crazy as yours and that psychotic niece of mine. But, the main difference is that they actually really love each other, and they are good together. The only reason that the last separation happened was because Helena and the Cassadine contingent needed to be 'taken care of'. Natasha told me that she never would have left him if he and the children had been safe, but they weren't and she did and I'm not surprised to see them back together. They've raised a couple of really good kids too. Legs jr. has grown up to be a spitfire like her Momma, and really I'm surprised that no one noticed that Zander was hers."

"Look I don't want to hear your opinions on how great they are, or how unobservant everyone is in Port Charles. I want to know about them, and who they really are." Luke couldn't help but smile. Maybe the Cuban wasn't such a dolt after all, but then he opened his mouth and spoke again, "I need to know so I can show her not to threaten me, and to let her know that she can't keep me away from my child."

Luke's mouth fell open in amazement. He was shocked speechless. Did Sonny really think that he could get away with his normal tactics with the princess? Looking at the man in question, he noticed his smug, arrogant look, and realized that, yes, he really did. "You listen to me, and you listen to me real good. I know we aren't friends anymore, and I'm only gonna tell you this because we were once. Natasha does not threaten. If she says she is going to do something, she does it. She doesn't play around, so whatever she said to you that you thought was a threat, actually was a promise. Leave them alone if you know what is good for you."

Sonny wondered if Luke was serious. He must believe what he said if he was shocked speechless. "Its just Alexis, and she was bluffing. No one threatens to systematically destroy my life and gets away with it. Not to mention this guy Cameron or Mason what ever the hell his name is doesn't seem like a big threat to me, so what is the big deal. Just tell me what I want to know."

Luke knew he was looking at a dead man walking. Sonny had pushed Natasha into letting the princess out, and he was to full of himself to understand that he was toying with a nuclear warhead. Well nothing he said to the man would get through, and he wasn't going to waste his breath. "If I were in your shoes, I would pray to the almighty that she lets Vlad play with you like he wanted to a while ago back. No one messes with the princess and gets away with it. She wanted to try and work out an agreement all adult-like. But now, Natasha will probably handle it herself, and if I were you I would be worried. Now get out. I only wanted to watch the fireworks, not have collateral damage."

Sonny was amazed at Luke's solemn demeanor. The man was rarely if ever serious, and he was standing there like he was at a funeral. He also couldn't believe what his ears were telling him. "You have got to be kidding me. You almost sound afraid of a woman. You weren't scared of Helena, but you are scared of Alexis. Come on…"

Luke interrupted him, "I am not scared of the woman I call a friend. I have a healthy respect of what I know the princess is capable of doing. Since I am her friend, and the godfather of her children, I know that she won't let any harm come to me or mine. How do you think I rescued Laura all those times, or dealt with Stavros? Who do you think helped me with Lucky, or made it so I could yank the crazy old bat's chain time and time again? There are so many other things I could mention, but I'm not. I was serious before, so get out and don't come back asking me for anything."

"What do you mean by friend? Alexis despises you. Besides, the woman is a Cassadine, and if I am not mistaken, you hate all things Cassadine."

"No, I only hated a certain part of the Cassadine line. Helena, Stavros, and Mikkos all sucked. Tash, the Vladster, and Princypoo are all right. Nothing like a little play-acting to keep everyone on his or her toes, and like I said before, people are downright unobservant. Now get out before I have to call in my special friend."

This day was turning out to be one of the worst days of his life. Sonny's carefully constructed world was crumbling around him, and he had no idea how to stop it from happening. "No, I'm not leaving until I get some answers, and do you mean to tell me that you have been in league with them the whole time?"

Luke bit back a sigh. The man was just as stubborn as stupid, and that made for a dangerous combination. "I've told you everything that I am gonna tell you, and since you won't leave I guess I'll have to help you out. Jeeves, please show the mini-mobster out please." And for the second time that day, Sonny Corinthos found his person being tossed out of an establishment by a Russian bodyguard.

Sonny found Jason and Carly waiting for him in his penthouse when he arrived home. The looks of pure astonishment on their faces prompted him to look in the mirror behind the bar. His hair was in pure disarray, and his suit was ripped in at least three places. His lip was bleeding, and his palms were scraped. He sighed and poured himself a drink, hoping that the alcohol would bolster his nerve to explain what happened.

Jason was the first to speak. "Do you need me to go and take care of whoever did this to you?"

"Jase, I'm afraid that is going to be a little bit difficult. Seeing that Alexis is directly responsible for all the trouble I've had today, and she has an army of bodyguards at her disposal."

"Alexis did this to you!?! THAT BITCH! I hate her. She's just mad that your chose your rightful family instead of her sorry ass. You need to show her, baby, show her that she can't screw around with us."

"Carly, if you would please not interrupt, I need to talk to Jason about this. Better yet, go upstairs, we need to talk business."

Carly huffed and stomped off up the stairs. The men waited until they heard the door slam before continuing their conversation. "So what happened today Sonny?"

Sonny gave Jason the file that Benny had brought over, and while Jason leafed through it, Sonny told him what had happened. He explained the fight, Samantha, Cameron/Mason, and Zander. He talked through the confrontation at the Grille, and then the later one with Luke at his bar. After Sonny finished his tale, Jason looked up wearing a thoughtful expression.

"This explains a lot of those things I had been wondering about."

"What do you mean?"

"Sometimes Alexis' reactions to things would seem false, and her immediate motherly attachment to Zander when she was suspicious of everybody even her own family. How she would forgive Stefan for all of those awful actions against her. It's like she was the lead actress of a play and PC was her stage."

Sonny was dumbfounded at Jason's observations, and the look on his face showed his confusion. "How in the hell did she manage to fool me? I think I would have noticed something like that."

Jason was used to people underestimating him. They thought the brain damage made him like some human cyborg, and that was fine, it left him able to observe without any notice. He had to be observant in his position in Sonny's organization, as a matter of life and death, so human behavior had become second nature to him. "Sonny she is a Cassadine, so acting is second nature to her as a form of survival, and I think that she was trying to be your friend for awhile that is anyway. She is a master, and I am not surprised that no one else noticed."

Sonny had gotten up during Jason's explanation and was in the midst of wearing a hole in his carpet. "Well she made a major mistake by trying to play Sonny Corinthos. She's going to learn that no one messes with me or mine, and she is not going to keep my daughter away from me. Have a man on the whole family. I want to know everything about them, even down to what they eat for breakfast and when they tie their shoes. Have Benny dig even further into their background; they have to have weaknesses. No one makes a fool of me. No one."

Three days, it had been three days and there was a whole lot of nothing on the Capwell family. Benny couldn't dig up anything, and that was a source of frustration to the both of them. Not to mention that their inquires had brought a lot of unwanted attention to his organization by varying other agencies he need not tangle with. The Russians were the most worrisome, as they told Benny in no uncertain terms to stay out of Ms. Cassadine's business or else. The surveillance on the family had revealed nothing as well. The men Jason had assigned to watch the family had all been sent back one by one to the doorstep of Sonny's penthouse gagged and hogtied. When the bindings were removed, none would speak of what happened and refused to take the assignment again consequences be damned.

When Jason heard of the trouble, he suggested that Sonny leave it alone, and focus on the life he chose with Carly and the boys. What Jason couldn't seem to understand is that this was a serious blow to his pride, and his manhood. He couldn't let a slight like this go, or he would be a laughing stock in business and in Port Charles. That was something that would not happen no matter what.