Vengeance
Chapter 8

Aweek had passed by and it had been a hellish week at that. Not only had hefinally given up hope on finding Carly alive but now there was trouble brewing.Not for him but for Big Sal. Big Sal's headquarters had been hit hard. Someonehad torched his operation and had gotten his men into a whole lot of trouble.

Someonehad been tipping off the cops about his men going to local hookers. Sure itwasn't a big crime like murder but it was a hassle; a hassle that Big Sal hadthe nerve to blame him for. Big Sal believed that his bad fortune was becausehe was lashing out at him for telling him the truth about Carly, but truth betold he didn't do much lately but drink in hopes to forget the woman who hadbetrayed him…not that it matter how much he drank the woman haunted him in hissleep and while he was awake. There was just simply no way of forgettingCaroline Benson AKA Caroline Spencer.

"Big Sal wants proof the Corinthos organization isn't behind his bad luck" Jason informs Sonny who held a bottle of booze inhis hand as he stood unshaven by the veranda windows

"My word should be enough!" Sonny snaps outannoyed

"You word was enough before..."

"Before what?!" Sonny yells out annoyed thatJason was standing in his HOME telling him his word was somehow not good enoughnow!

"Before word got out you had fallen for Carly"Jason admits since Big Sal was under the impression all his adversity was dueto Sonny's broken heart. "Big Sal wants the Corinthos organization to prove that we aren't behind it by helping him find the true culprit"

"So in other words he wants MY organization to do his work for him! He wants me to waste MY manpower on his problems because he's too stupid to figure out who his true enemy is!" Sonny growls out beforetaking a gulp of the liquor he was clutching in his hands.

"It will avoid a war" Jason points out sinceSonny wasn't in the right frame of mind to go to war right now. His focus wason Carly and not on business.

Slinginghis bottle across the room Sonny shouts out "IF THAT MOTHER FUCKER WANTS A PIECE OF ME, THEN BRING IT THE FUCK ON!"

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Backin Florida Carly grins from afar as she watches Big Sal's personal parkinggarage explode destroying all his very expensive car collection

"Now we're even" Carly whispers out to herselfproudly that she managed to pull everything off without her plans going astray.

Hearingthe sound of a motorcycle park a few feet behind her she turns around andsmiles at her reluctant partner she recruited in time.

Gettingoff his bike he marches towards her as he tells her "NOW we're square! You hear me Carly!? I helped you withyour payback and now you keep your mouth shut about what you know about me!"

"A deal is a deal" Carly nods

"I can't believe you caught me during the heist I pulled on and threaten to rat me out, you know that can get me killed, right?!"he grumbles out

"I guess I was at the wrong place at the right time" Carly smiles since she couldn't believe her luck when she saw thisfool she knew in high school having the balls to steal a drug shipment from alocal biker club.

"Whatever bitch! Just keep your mouth shut!" Hehuffs out before heading back towards his bike.

Turningback around to look at the fire ball that was now Big Sal's car garage Carlylets out a heavy sigh as she wonders what she was going to do now. There reallywasn't much else she could do to Big Sal after having her partner in crime helpher torch Big Sal's headquarters and now his garage. Sure it was amusing to seeBig Sal's men get cuffs slapped on them as they tried to buy tricks from thelocal ho's but she needed to move on and find a way to live her life withoutBig Sal or Sonny Corinthos ever finding out she was alive.

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Walkinginto the penthouse with a pained look across his face Benny announces as Max
cleaned up the broken glass from the booze bottle Sonny had thrown across theroom…

"Big Sal has been hit again boss. This time it was his baby…his car collection at his garage."

"Not my problem Benny" Sonny states as he lockseyes with Jason; giving him a warning look to keep his mouth shut because hedidn't want to hear it! He didn't care if Big Sal was gunning for him! He wouldjust kill the mother fucker and have Florida all to himself!

"But sir..."

"I SAID NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM BENNY!" Sonnyscreams out since Benny should know better than to talk back to him when hemade his decision clear.

"So you want me to tell Big Sal-"

"Tell Big Sal that IF my word isn't enough for him then he better get his shit together before he even thinks to come after me because I'll fucking crush him into dust!" Sonny growls out before walking awayfrom Jason and Benny; heading towards the staircase to get away from them sinceright now he rather deal with the ghost that haunted him then to deal with BigSal's problems.

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Walkinginto an old run down hotel she had been staying at Carly pulls out the chump
change that she had left in her pockets. Payback was a pricey bitch but it wasmoney well spent. She had found money in Brody's old apartment after using thekey she knew he hid under a fake rock outside his apartment and used it to payfor the room and the supplies to touch Big Sal's turf. Now she was pretty muchpenniless; something that wasn't new to her since she grew up being pretty muchpoor.

Walkingover towards the small table that was in her room Carly picks up the pictureframe she brought with her of her, Brody and Caroline. It was the last picturethey took together before Caroline's life was taken away from her.

Astears stream down her cheeks she silently wished she had died along with Brodyduring the crash that way she would be reunited with her best friends. But asmuch as she wished she was with them she couldn't end her life. She didn't knowhow but somehow she was going to make a better life for herself because that'swhat both Caroline and Brody would want for her. They would want her to do thethings they didn't have the change to do because faith took them away too soon.

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Amonth later Carly had managed to hold onto her hotel room by becoming a maid.Today was her day off which she was grateful for because she found herselfoddly feeling sick the last few days and it was hell. Thankful as a maid shewas always close to a toilet so she managed to always run in time to onewhenever her stomach was acting up. Since she was really starting to worryabout her health she was using her day off to go to the free client to getherself checked out. She hoped whatever was upsetting her stomach wasn'tanything serious. She was pretty sure her stomach was rebelling against her dueto stress but as a nurse she knew it was always better to be safe than sorry.

"Well you're right, it's nothing too serious"

"So it's just stress right?" Carly asks the docas he takes a seat by the bed she was now sitting on

"Stress would explain your blood pressure being a little high yes, but you're stomach problems aren't due to stress" heinforms her before going on to state with a smile across his face "Congratulations you're pregnant"

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"He's going way too fast" Johnny comments fromthe docks while looking in his binoculars as Jason stood by him glancing intohis own binoculars.

"He's trying to forget" Jason simply remarks; hewas concern for Sonny but he knew Sonny could handle himself on the water. Ashe watches Sonny speed around the shoreline that was on the other side of thedocks he silently wonders if Sonny was still looking for any signs that Carlyhad survived the crash….or maybe he was looking for her dead body which he doubted.Sonny had said the right words to him. He had admitted that there was no wayCarly survived that crash after a while but he knew despite what his friendsaid a part of Sonny probably still hoped that Carly had survived the crash.

"Still no word on who really stole AJ's car?" Johnnyasks as he glances towards Jason.

"No" Jason sighs out heavily as he silentlyhoped for AJ's sake he was telling the truth about not being behind that carwhen it caused Carly's car to go off the cliff. He didn't care for AJ but heknew his grandmother did and the last thing he wanted was to hurt her

"The boss is getting impatient especially since the cops confirmed that AJ's car was the one who hit Carly's rental car" Johnnynotes

"I know" Jason remarks since he knew better thananyone that Sonny's wanted payback on the person who killed Carly.

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"Test me again!" Carly orders out in a panic tone of voice since shecouldn't be…preg-nant…It was just ONE time! ONE time! No fucking way could shebe pregnant with Sonny's child!

"I take it that this wasn't a planned pregnancy" thedoctor comments

"You think?! Look I'm NOT pregnant! You're wrong! There has to be a mistake"

"There's no mistake"

"I NEED to take the test again!" Carly states since it wasn't supposed to be thisway!

Shewasn't supposed to fall pregnant after one time! I mean who the hell fallspregnant after one time?!

Okaymaybe some people do but not like this! Not when the baby's daddy wanted youdead.

"I assure you there was no mistake"

Reachingher hand out towards her doctor she grabs onto his tie and pulls him towards
her. Giving him a deadly look she orders out "LOOK I SAID give me another fucking TEST!"

"You…you…see right there… that's hormones" thedoctor states which he instantly regrets as Carly pulls his tie upwardschocking him a little… "OH-Okay….okay I'll test you a-gain now let go…let go!"

Lettingher grip on his tie go, Carly softly says "Thank you"

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"So how was your boat ride boss?" Johnnyquestions as Sonny glares back at him

"Shut up!" Sonny growls out since he didn'tappreciate the fact that Jason and Johnny were watching him like he was somefucking kid. He didn't need a babysitter!

Lettingout a heavy sigh since Sonny was almost impossible to deal with since Carly had
died Jason suggests "Maybe you should go to the island for a while"

"Why would I want to go there?" Sonny questionsback

"It might do you some good to get away from Port Charles" Jason points out

"You know what you're right. I should leave Port Charles. In fact call the pilot tell him to get the plane ready"

"Really?" Jason asks stunned since he didn'tthink that Sonny would be so willing to leave Port Charles without a fight

"Yeah I think it's time I go to Florida" Sonnyremarks causing Jason to exhale sharply

"Florida?" Johnny asks concern since he knewthat Big Sal believed that Sonny was behind the hits he took last month.

"That's right. I think it's time Big Sal and I had a little chat" Sonny declares before walking away from them

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Asthe bus drove out of Florida Carly blinks her eyes shut as she silently wonders
if this was her dumbest move ever. She was taking a risk, a HUGE risk that isto go back to Port Charles and tell the world she was indeed alive but it was arisk she felt she needed to take.

Carlyhated living on the run. She wanted to be able to be out in the open and not
have to look over her shoulder. She wanted her blonde hair back that she haddyed brown in hopes Big Sal or Sonny's men in Florida wouldn't spot her. Shejust wanted all the running to stop. Besides as much as Sonny may hate her forstealing a few jewels which was chump change to him she hoped he wouldn't be able to kill the mother of his unborn child especially since rumors had itdespite all the blood on his hands he valued family.

Goingback to Port Charles would also help her get vengeance back on her birthmother. She also needed to figure out who caused the car crash so she couldmake them suffer. The person who was driving the car cost her, her best friendand she was going to make damn sure whoever was responsible was sent straightto hell one way or another.

Sittingin the jet Jason watches as Sonny held his gun in his hand; starring down at it
with a deadly look across his face. Shaking his head Jason states "She's not even worth it!"

"What?" Sonny looks up at him

"Carly! She's not worth all of this shit! The woman stabbed you in the fucking back Sonny and made you look like a damn fool!"Jason spats out since he couldn't understand why Sonny had fallen for thiswoman so hard and so fast.

"I KNOW what she did! I don't need to be fucking reminded about the fact she betrayed me!" Sonny snaps out annoyed that Jasonwas going off on him about Carly.

"Then why go to war with Big Sal?" Jason asksback since he knew Sonny wasn't going there in peace he wanted revenge on theman who set the wheels in motion that put Carly on that road where that drunk driver hit her.

"You think I'm just going to sit back and let that fucker hit me first?!" Sonny questions back since he knew damn well thatBig Sal blamed him for the hit he took last month.

"I can work on Big Sal before he does something stupid. We don't need a war Sonny" Jason states

"I disagree" Sonny remarks as the plane's enginestarts to take off.

Asthe plane starts to drive down the runway Sonny suddenly felt this weirdfeeling in his gut. He couldn't explain why but he suddenly couldn't leave PortCharles. Slamming his hand onto the intercom Sonny orders out "Stop the plane!"

FrowningJason asks "What's wrong?"

"We can't leave right now" Sonny states as heplaces his gun onto the table in front of him.

"Why not?" Jason asks confused as the pilot cutsthe engine of the plane.

"I don't know…I just can't leave I have this gut feeling that just hit me that if I leave it will be a big mistake" Sonnytells him as he unbuckles his seatbelt.

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Alittle while later as Jason shuts the penthouse door Johnny questions "How's the boss?"

"I'm not sure" Jason responds since this wasn'tlike Sonny's typical breakdowns he would have from time to time. He didn't knowwhy Sonny suddenly couldn't leave Port Charles but he was grateful for the savesince it gave him time to do damage control with Big Sal since before Carlythings were good between them and Big Sal's organization.

Asthe penthouse door opens Johnny asks "Is there anything I can do boss?"

"No" Sonny remarks as he walks past Jason andJohnny needing to get out of the penthouse away from everything. He just wantedto drive as far and fast as he could and be alone without feeling like his menwere "babysitting him"

Justas Sonny was about to slam his hand onto the elevator button it dings open. As
he gazes inside the elevator his mouth falls open and for the first time in hiswhole life probably he felt speechless.

Lockingeyes with the man who haunted her dreams in a naughty way at night Carly tries
her best to hide the fear that was within her as she softly says his name…

"Sonny"

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Wellthat's all for now. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as well. As always all
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