A/N I'm really sorry about the long wait. R&R! I'm updating my stories in reverse alphabetical order so next up is Defying the Odds.

Thanks to All Reviewers!

Disclaimer: I own only Mandy and she's quite a handful as it is, honestly, just try to make her do what you want her to…she always has to go with whatever idea it is that pops into her head.

"All right, let's go!" Carly said excitedly while Courtney continued with her wonderings of why Robin was acting like Carly. The three women entered their closet, Courtney who had been elected to do the first climbing portion of the mission climbed onto the first shelf and used a screwdriver they had located in the closet to remove the screws from the vent.

"I've got it open." She announced hoisting herself up onto the second shelf and from there into the vent. Courtney crawled forward a few feet to wait for Carly and Robin. Robin came up next and she too crawled farther into the vent to allow space for Carly. Once Carly joined them they started through the ventilation system being careful to remain as quiet as possible.

"Do either of you know what room the girls are in?" Courtney questioned her attention focused on finding her daughter and getting the hell out of there.

"Um…no…but we can just peer in random vent openings until we find them." Carly said.

"Jason and Sonny are going to kill us for this…" Courtney muttered to herself.

"…what else is knew." Carly said before it occurred to her that she was in fact supposed to be Robin which in turn caused Courtney to give her a strange look before moving forward and peering through a grate.

"I see them!" Courtney exclaimed. "Um…how is it we're going to get this thing off from the inside?"

"Er…"

"I hadn't thought that far ahead." Carly explained.

"Well…we could just try to kick it out." Robin added.

"…And what if it breaks and we fall and Alcazar finds us?"

"Well…at last we tried." Carly answered.

"Fine…but if we die I'm never going to forgive you two."

"Oh and you get to kick it out." Carly continued.

"Why me?"

"You're the one who does kick boxing."

"Oh…well…yeah." All three women jumped slightly when an ominous creaking sound reverberated in the vent.

"Umm…I'm pretty sure that's not good." Robin muttered before clearing her throat slightly and turning to Carly. "If we die…I don't hate you." Courtney gaped at the person she thought was her best friend. Had the apocalypse just occurred? Carly Corinthos just said she didn't hate Robin Scorpio… "And I'm sorry for all the rude things I've said to you over the years." She continued, Carly surveyed the woman in front of her before deciding that if Robin could apologize to her she could do it too. Besides after all this time she really didn't hate the other woman so much.

"I don't hate you either…" Carly replied. "And…I'm sorry for being so terrible to you for all these years." She finished. Courtney was sure her jaw was going to hit the floor, but she was saved from being concerned about this by another ominous sounding creak coming from the walls of the ventilation shaft. The three women attempted to stay perfectly still in the hopes that the shaft would hold. Their hopes were dashed when the walls gave a final groan and the floor gave out.

Mandy and Kristina…

"I wanna go home!" The little girl said crossly to her best friend.

"Me too." Kristina replied crossing her arms over her chest and scowling at the door.

"Let's leave." Mandy answered suddenly.

"Huh?"

"Well…the door's unlocked so why not just open it and walk out, and then run? Those dudes are slow and they're not allowed to hit or shoot us so…why not?"

"Okay." Kristina responded happily. This decided they marched over to the door pulled it open waved at the guard down the hall and took off running with the guard yelling after them to freeze.

A/N Review! They will be rescued soon…