Okay so I might have missed a few things or been inaccurate when discussing some Cassasine history, so I am sorry for that ahead of time.....I couldnt remember everything and the details of it all is a little fuzzy for me but I think I got it all in a nutshell. well minus one detail about freezing the world lol....

Chapter 19

Karpov walked down the hallways of an expensive yet poorly decorated mansion in what he could only assume was the outskirts of port charles. Not that he had any way of knowing his way around what was in his opinion a hell hole of a town but he knew that he was driven on a very bumpy road for about an hour and a half before pulling up to this massive archaic estate. He had no idea where they were or what roads they took because the handlers that were 'gracious' enough to deliver the invitation had blindfolded him saying only that The Boss had given them strict instructions and was not to be disobeyed. So Karpov relented and allowed it only because his curiosity was piqued. The Boss had a reputation for being unpredictable and crazy hence the nickname that he was called in Europe il uno matto (The Crazy One). The part that piqued Karpovs interest was the mere fact that il uno matto was supposed to be dead, killed at the hands of Jason Morgan on Sonny's order. He had to see for himself that there was someone who was able to survive a hit from the single best hit man known to the mob world. It was like a unicorn often talked about but never seen. This was something that he had to bear witness to with his own eyes. Not only that he had to wonder what the hell il uno matto could possibly want. He had to admit that he would mull over a possible united front with the man if it helped him attain his goal. However first things first he wanted before taking territory was payback for the embarrassment that was given at the hands of the tiny brunette Samantha Torres. He gingerly touched his shoulder and slightly grimaced at the pain. Oh yes he would listen to what il uno matto had to say and as long as it was a viable offer he would definitely consider it.

Karpov continued to follow the handlers into the very last room down the long and dark corridor allowing himself to smile briefly at the thought of the disgusting things he would do to Sam for his own carnal pleasure before he killed her. Upon opening that final door Karpov was witness to il uno matto sitting behind his desk deep in thought as he analyzed the file that was in front of him. He briefly looked up from his current reading and smirked as he rose from his seat and motioned for Karpov to take the seat in front of his desk.

"Ah so wonderful to make your acquaintance Andre, I have heard so many good things about you, well good depending whether you were on the receiving end or the one dolling out the consequences." He said as he cocked his head to the side.

"And I you" Karpov stated as he nodded towards il uno matto "The last of them being that you were dead." He said as he moved closer into the room, taking the seat that had been pointed out to him.

"Don't believe everything you hear Andre, because as you can clearly see I am alive and well." He said as he walked to the side of his desk and turned around slowly giving Karpov the opportunity to look over him slowly. "I trust that Angelo and Anthony took good care of you on the trip down?" he asked. Karpov raised an eyebrow before replying.

"If you mean demanding my presence and then blindfolding me as if I am some commoner, giving me no idea where they are taking me in this God Forsaken shit hole of a town then yes, they have taken superb care of me." Karpov retorted as he adjusted his suit jacket.

Il uno Matto leaned back in his chair and stared at Karpov for a moment before throwing his head back and erupting into a loud boisterous laugh, as he simultaneously clapped his hands together.

"I like you!" he said as he pointed to Karpov and rose from his seat to sit on the front of his desk so that he was directly facing Karpov.

"You're a wise ass and I like wise asses!" and then as quickly as the laughter had erupted it stopped, and was replaced by a cold and menacing look as il uno matto swiftly grabbed the knife that was concealed behind his back beneath his loose shirt and jabbed it into Karpovs uninjured shoulder.

Karpov was taken by surprise at the sudden turn of events but refused to show any weakness by eliciting any noises that could be construed as pain. So he pursed his lips together so tightly that they turned a ghostly white and yanked the knife out of his shoulder, throwing the knife to the ground as his eyes glazed over in anger, as he clutched the flesh wound that he had just been given.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" Il uno matto asked as he tilted his head to the side in an innocently sickening manner. "It's just that well there is only room for one wise ass and well your looking at him." He said as he walked behind his desk and opened a drawer pulling out a handkerchief and handing it to Karpov.

"Here apply a little pressure and the bleeding will stop. I didn't push it far enough to really hurt you, it's just a flesh wound so no harm no foul eh?" he said as he smiled a toothy grin. He waved his handlers out of the room and waited for the door to close before continuing "Now as I was saying before we got side tracked, the reason for this informational meeting is to let you know that I am willing to help you out with your current situation." He said as he again leaned back in his chair and clasped his hands together. "You see you want some territory in Port Charles and me, well lets just say I have a bone to pick with Corinthos and Torres." He said as he lifted his right and then his left as if he were weighing them against each other.

Karpov looked at him and laughed in spite of the situation. "What the hell make you think that I would want any help from you? Especially given the fact that you just stabbed me with a knife?" Karpov spat icily. Il uno Matto let out a laugh that was devoid of any humor before answering.

"Well, its quite simple really….why do I always have to explain things to people so much?" he asked as his face scrunched up "You know it would make my life a hell of a lot easier if people would just say yes to what I want instead of asking their own trivial questions." He ranted as he placed his hands behind his back and paced around Karpovs chair. He shook his head as if he was trying to refocus himself "Anyway," he said waving his hands in the air. "You can't lift your hands up over your head, how are you supposed to level a gun at someone in self defense? Or hell even if its not self defense and you want to just shoot someone just for the hell of it, as I have been known to do on a few occasions, you" he said pausing to point at Karpov "Cant do it because of your unfortunate shoulder injuries, so essentially you are a walking, talking, sitting duck unless you have someone to help you." And with that he smiled again and sat down behind his desk, then quickly opened his mouth again as another thought occurred to him. "Oh and lets not forget, no one here on the east coast is going to touch you with a 100 yard pole because they are scared shitless of that wind bag Torres." He said with no attempt to disguise his disgust. "Me I couldn't give a shit about him or the horse he rode in on, lets not forget with me you are working with an advantage because everyone thinks that I am dead anyway." He said as he lifted his shoulder and gave a smug look which soon turned into a saditistic grin.

"So what do you say? Are you in or are you out? Are you going to work under me in order to take down Corinthos, Morgan and the idiotic Torres men, or are you going to go this alone and wind up getting yourself killed."

"Why in the hell should I trust you?" Karpov asked "You don't exactly have a the best track record at keeping alliances and if we are going of off today alone and not things in the past I tend not to trust crazy, presumed dead people that stab me one minute and feign concern the next., and not only that what makes you think you will succeed in taking them down when others have failed" Karpov asked as he inwardly pondered the idea of making a deal with the devil incarnate.

"Aww don't tell me you were thinking of picking up your sandbox and going home all because you got your little feelings hurt by that little spit fire Samantha" he asked as he batted his eyelashes at Karpov and watched as Karpov turned his face up in disgust. As il uno matto erupted in laughter. "The reason why I will succeed is actually very simple." He began "This entire situation is personal, Torres took something from me and I want it back, so he will suffer the greatest pain of all. Corinthos and Morgan are just added benefits….especially Morgan" he said as his face darkened with hate. He made his way over to the wet bar in the corner of the room and proceeded to poor himself a drink.

"Drink?" he asked as he lifted a glass in Karpov's direction.

"Vodka." Was the response he received from his Russian counterpart.

"What proof do I have that you even have the man power to pull this off? You are supposed to be dead, and dead men have no employees." Karpov said as he took the glass from il uno mattos hand, earning a wicked grin from his potential business partner.

"Oh ye of little faith, I have some men that remained loyal to me, loyal enough to 'retire' after my 'death' those are some of the men that I have working for me now, the others are just smart enough not to turn me down and disobey me." He paused as he took a sip of his own drink. "But I tell you what you watch tonight for the late breaking news, and in the mean time call some of your Russian playmates and bring them in, make sure that you keep them under the radar. The harder and more unexpectantly we hit them the better. But after you watch the news tonight you call me and tell me whether you are in or out. If you opt not to align with me fine, just stay the hell out of my way, but if you do we will do this quick and fast, understood?" he asked as he peered over his glass at Karpov awaiting his answer.

Karpov tapped the top of his glass before quickly swallowing his double shot of vodka and slamming the glass on the desk.

"Fine, once I watch the news I will contact you with my answer." He said as he walked towards the door.

"Very good, have Angelo drive you home, and oh just for the record, Andre so sorry about the uh…..incident earlier." He said as he shrugged his shoulders and raised his hands on either side of him. "But again as I said earlier there can only be one top dog, I sincerely hope that there are no hard feelings." He said with a look of innocent sincerity that managed to make Karpov uncomfortable.

"Consider it forgotten" he said as he nodded slightly and opened the door to Angelo who escorted him out of the estate the same way that he came.

Carly and Sam walked out from the kitchen after completing the task of washing the dishes, and had come into the living room to see the men sitting down discussing business. Carly loudly cleared her throat so that they would be aware of there presence.

"Where are the kids?" she asked as they all looked up at her and Sam.

"They are up stairs playing Morgan's video game until you ladies leave for your girl's night." Sonny said as he rose from his seat and kissed her on the cheek.

"Where is my mother?" Sam asked as she looked around seeing no sign of Alexis, as she moved to sit in the seat that Jason had vacated for her while he took a seat on the arm of her chair.

"She stepped out to make a phone call mija, she said something about a neurotic client needed hand holding." Alex said as he waived his hand in the air.

"Ha! That's rich!" Carly said as she laughed at the irony of that statement. Sam playfully rolled her eyes and shot a pillow at Carly, before turning her attention back to the group that was gathered in the room. She wanted to broach the topic that was on her mind but she was mindful of the fact that Sonny did not like Carly involved with more than she needed to know. Sam lightly bit her lower lip in contemplation causing Jason to smile as he looked down on her. He knew that she had something that she wanted to say but she just wasn't sure if it was a good idea to bring it up in front of Carly.

"What is it Sam?' he asked as he lightly brushed his hand across her back in a sweeping motion that set her entire body afire. For a split second Sam lost her train of thought as she focused on the his feather light touch but then quickly snapped out of it when she noticed Carly smirking at her from the seat she occupied across the room. Sam looked up at Jason and smiled at him then she quickly glanced at Carly and back at Jason signaling to him that it was about business. Carly who prided herself on letting little to nothing get past her rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth to emphasize her irritation.

"Oh please, Sam just because you went all Bella Mafia on some Russians ass yesterday doesn't mean that I still don't know the jist of what's going on. Besides you know me, and you know that it is going to drive me crazy to know, AND accept that you are in the loop and I am not. So please, if this is going to affect me and the boys in any way don't do to me what Jason and Sonny have the tendency of doing and keep me in the dark." She said with the complete sincerity, before switching back into Carly mode. "Besides you should know me well enough to know that if I really want to know I will eventually wear Sonny or Jason down enough to the point that they will get so annoyed they just tell me anyway."

"Like now?" Jason said as he looked up at the ceiling squeezing his eyes closed eyes.

"Shut up!" Carly said as she threw at him the same pillow that sam threw at her him hitting him square in the head, as he glared at her.

"As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted" she said as she rolled her eyes at Jason "You might as well save me the trouble and them the headache and keep me in the loop, atleast as much as you can without revealing any top flight information." She said as she bobbed her leg up and down.

Sam just looked at her while Jason pinched the bridge of his nose and Sonny rubbed his temples with his fingers, all while the Torres men were trying to suppress their laughter. Lucas shook his head.

"Ay Dios Mio, Sonny is she like this…."

"Every…daaaayyy" Sonny said cutting him off and putting emphasis on the word day as he continued rubbing his temples. Sam smiled at Carly who had a look of indifference on her face at her husband and best friend's reaction. Sam turned in her chair placing her feet underneath her and leaned back onto Jason's leg that was propped up on the arm of the chair.

"Okay, give it to me straight gentleman." She said as she ran her hand through her hair. "I know we said we would talk about this in the morning but lets do this now, what's going on and why do I get the feeling that you all are worried about Karpov?"

Jason was the first to answer as he took a deep breath. "Well, we don't think that he is going to heed your warning, and we would rather be safe than sorry Sam. So we are going to be putting a minimum of 2 guards on all women and children." Jason watched as he looked at Sams face trying to read her as the rest of the group did the same. They sat in silence for a few minutes until Sam finally spoke one word.

"No" she said as she crossed her arms and crossed her legs in front of her as she straightened herself in the chair. She heard Jason groan in frustration next to her and she watched as her brothers and father looked utterly dumbfounded at her refusal. Then she glanced up to see Sonny shaking his head in disbelief and she watched as concern played on Carlys face. They had come to an agreement in the kitchen that Carly would follow Sams lead and they would stick together especially on matters that concerned the kids. She gave Carly a reassuring look and Carly relaxed back into her seat and took on the same form as Sam with her arms crossed over her chest and her legs crossed in front of her. Sonny noticed the similarities and the silent conversation that passed between the two women and swore.

"This is fucking unbelievable! The two of you choose to become be bff's when it comes to something as important as your protection?! This is what you two choose to take a stand on?" he said as he got up from sitting next to Carly and paced the floor behind her. Carly didn't waiver and neither did Sam as they continued to look at each other coming to a silent agreement. Sam only spoke once she was sure that Carly was on board.

"Before any of you burst a blood vessel let me explain to you what I mean when I say no." she said as she carefully looked at each of the masculine faces in the room looking at her father last as she waited for him to give her his consent to continue. When he remained silent she took that as her confirmation.

"As far as the kids go I agree they need extra security. They will each have two guards that will be with them every step of the way but they will not be flanked by men that are ten times there size just to go to the park, they will each have 2 body guard but one will be with them whenever they are going out in public the other will be in the back round, there but never seen. The kids will obviously know the face and name of there guards should God forbid anything goes wrong they will need to know who is protecting them but they will never, ever know exactly where the second guard is in regard to there location. That second guard should blend in perfectly with the background and the crowd." She watched as understanding started to dawn on the previously confused and perturbed men.

"I know that with this life and because of who there parents are they will constantly have to be followed and protected but they will not pay for the choices that we made. I will not make them the source of additional ridicule by their classmates or potential friend's because of not only their last names but because of the huge burley guards that will essentially become another appendage. It is scary and surreal for kids and damn it I will not set them up to be outcasts in that way. They are already going to have it hard enough because there last name is Torres or Corinthos. We don't need to compound that by surrounding them with men that would scare us shitless if they didn't work for us, Carly and I want them to have as normal a childhood as humanely possible, and the way we see it this is a damn good solution" She said as she clasped her hands together and waited for their response. She looked at Carly who looked back at her and smiled.

She watched as the men all looked at each other and then looked at Alex to see what his decision was going to be. He in turn looked at Sonny and Gabe.

"This is as much my decision as it is yours, they are your children." he said as he pointed to the two of them. "I can see Sammy's point and honestly it is a good case she makes and the way she lays it out could very well work but the children in question belong to you Sonny, Carly, Gabe and Sammie so this one is not my call to make." He said as he put his hands up letting them know that he was out of it.

Sonny and Gabe looked at each other for a brief moment. "She has a point Sonny" Gabe said as he was clearly going to side with Sam who was smiling from ear to ear. "We have two guards back at home who the twins already know and trust that can serve as the guards who blend in." he said

"Also Sophie has taken a liking to Milo and she seems to trust him we could use him and Marc." Jason volunteered as Sonny remained silent. When Sam looked up at him questioningly he explained further. "Marc has been with us for a year now and he is younger than Max but older than Milo he is their middle brother." Sam smiled at him mouthing a thank you before she turned her gaze back to Sonny who had yet to speak a word. Sonny looked at Carly who was staring at him with that look that said he really didn't have a choice in the matter. He put his hands in the air in a surrendering motion.

"Okay we will do this your way, as long as you two and the kids have the guards, that is all that matters." He said as he sat next to Carly and stroked the back of her neck as she snuggled down deeper into the couch and closer to Sonny. Sam grabbed the back of her neck as she took a quick look at the ground.

"Yeah about that.." she began but was interrupted when both of her brothers pointed at her and said in unison.

"No!"

"Don't even think about it chica" Gabe said as he shook his head from side to side and paced the floor behind the couch.

"Don't think about what?!" Sam said as he voice went up an octave. "You didn't even let me finish what I was gonna say!"

"Don't care, the answer is still no!" Lucas said as he crossed his arms. Sam looked both of her brothers up and down and quickly dismissed them as she sat on the coffee table directly in front of her father who looked at her with skeptical eyes.

"Papa, hear me out, I have accepted the fact that I have to have a security team. I get it and accept it; however about this being followed around with 2 guards everyday that is pushing it. Besides technically it will be three since Jason is the head of my security." Sam waited for her father to say something before she continued.

"Go on mija" he said

"All I am asking is that instead of two guards I am allowed to have one, because I can not only take care of myself but lets face it I am a damn good shot and the only person in this room that is a better shot than me is Jason and the margin that separates us is not that much." She added as she immediately heard a choking sound coming from Jason's direction as Carly burst into a fit of laughter. Jason knew that she was telling the truth her aim was impeccable and he had rarely known her to miss a shot but close to his level of precision it most definitely was not.

Alexander looked into his daughters pleading eyes and then looked quickly over to Jason to see if he could gage what he thought about this idea. Jason nodded his head at the idea in agreement as Gabe and Lucas both let out exasperated noises and began mumbling to themselves in Spanish causing Sonny to cover his mouth to try and muffle his laughter as Alex also attempted to suppress his smile.

"Okay mija." He said as he could not really argue the validity of Sam's argument. "You don't have to have two guards." Sam smiled and kissed her father on the Forehead, rising from the coffee table as she went to sit back in the comfort of the arm chair.

"So can I have one guard like Sam?" Carly asked looking hopeful.

"Hell no" Sonny answered while never even looking at his wife. Whose mouth was now hanging wide open?

"Why not?" she asked as she poked her lips out and placed her hands on her hips.

"Because, unlike Sam you can't shoot worth a damn." Sonny said as he quickly got up form his seat on the arm of the chair and walked over to stand behind Alex.

"I really hate you sometimes" she said as she sank back into the couch.

"Its okay you'll love me later." Sonny said as he winked at Carly as the Torres men chuckled and Jason just shook his head.

"Have you ever heard of TMI…ewww gross?" Sam said as she shuddered at the thought of Carly and Sonny. Carly glared at Sam. "Whats the matter Sam? Sonny and I were just talking kind of like you and Jason were just talking in the kitchen earlier today, except me and Sonny were really only talking." Carly said as she cocked her head to the side looking thoroughly satisfied as she watched as both Sam and Jason's eyes grew wide. And Lucas and Gabe just looked confused. Sonny shook his head and shoved his hand over his hair as Alex was praying that his sons would not catch on to what Carly was implying.

"Carly what are you talking about?" Lucas asked more confused than ever, as Carly sat their triumphantly and winked at Sam who in spite of herself had to smile at the situation. She made a mental not to herself to make Carly pay for this later.

When it appeared that neither Jason nor Sam were going to answer the question Alex decided to try and dismantle the situation.

"So Jason who did you have in mind for my daughters primary guard?"

Jason slowly turned his head from Carly to Alex. "The guy I had in mind, his name is Cody, he has worked for us for almost three years Sam is familiar with him and he knows that his life is resting on keeping Sam safe. Sam nodded her head in agreement.

"Okay I guess he will work." She said as she looked up at Jason who brushed the hair out of her eye.

"Who is he and what will he work?" Alexis asked as she walked back through the door shoving her cell phone in her pocket. Sam and Sonny looked at each other and then exchanged nervous glances as they both came to the realization that one of them was going to have to tell Alexis about the guards.

"Fine I'll do it!" Sam ground out as she looked at Sonny who was steadily shaking his head no.

"You'll do what?" Alexis asked as Confusion splayed on her face.

"Come sit down mom." Sam said as she took Alexis by the hand and guided her to the chair and gently but firmly pushed her into a sitting position in the arm chair, as Sam sat on the coffee table directly in front of Alexis as she previously had done moments earlier with Alex. She took a deep breath and grasped Alexis hands in her own.

"Mom there is a possible new threat by the name of Andre Karpov. He is a very powerful, cruel and lethal mob boss from Russia and he is looking to take over some territory on the east coast. The only problem with that is Papa really runs the entire east coast and the things that Karpov is involved with we want no part of. So being the type of man that is used to getting what he wants, as you can probably imagine he did not take our rejection very well. So as a precaution we are going to have to put guards on you and the girls at all times until further notice."

Alexis sat quietly for a moment and looked and her and Sams' conjoined hands for a moment before lifting her gaze to look into the eyes of her eldest daughter. It was at that moment that she untangled their hands and put a hand on either side of Sam's face bring her face close to her own so that she could rest her forehead on top of Sam's. She placed a soft kiss on Sams forehead and then pulled Sam into a hug burying Sams's head in the crook of her neck and closing her eyes as she pulled her daughter close to her body.

"You wouldn't be doing this unless it were absolutely necessary and you honestly thought this Karpov was a viable threat." She said more to herself than to anyone else in the room. When Alexis opened her eyes she gently pulled Sam's face up to her own and rubbed the sides of her daughter's cheeks with her thumbs.

"Promise me you will be safe, and then and only then will the girls and I will take the guards." Alexis said as she looked her daughter straight in the eyes. Sam opened her mouth to respond but was caught of guard by the lump in her throat that was brought on by the one look from her mother that she never thought she would ever see. The look of Love and concern, it was steady and unwavering and there was no ulterior motive there is was pure and unadulterated love. Sam immediately closed her mouth and waited for the lump to pass before she spoke.

"I promise mom." She said barely loud enough for Alexis to hear. Alexis nodded her head and allowed a stray tear to fall before quickly wiping it away and kissing her daughter on the forehead again. She cleared her throat and then looked Alex pointedly in the eye and speaking in an eerily calm tone she asked Alexis one question.

"Has Sam ever told you about the Cassadines?"

Alex looked thoughtful for a moment while everyone else in the room looked quite confused.

"Vaguely, I remember we discussed it a few times, why do you ask?" he replied.

Alexis shrugged one shoulder in the air and looked down before quickly regaining eye contact with him. "Okay, well since she hasn't really told you about them let me give you a quick lesson in Cassadine 101."

"Oh shit" Sam cursed as she ran a hand through her hair as everyone else in the room leaned up further from their seats as Alexis cleared her throat.

"When I was around 8 years old I witnessed as Helena-who is technically my step mother slashed my mothers throat effectively murdering my mother and the only woman my father, Mikkos Cassadine has ever loved. The only reason why I was even allowed to live and brought into the Cassadine home was because my father promised that we would all say that I was his a long lost niece and not his daughter. You see Helena refused to acknowledge that Mikkos had any other children other than the ones that he had with her. Mikkos Cassadine and Helena had two sons-my half brothers one who was a lunatic named Stavros, and one who was the disappointment in his Helena's eyes because he was quote on quote normal" Alexis said as she used the air quotations around the word normal. "Well first let me just say that Cassadine standards of normal are anything but normal, they are quite warped but I will move on with this little history lesson." She said as she brushed the hair out of her eyes. "Now Stavros kidnapped Laura Spencer and forced her to marry him and conceive a Cassadine heir who they named Nicholas. Laura did manage to get away and go back to her real family the spencers but she was forced to leave Nicholas behind.. Stephan who was the youngest of Helena and Mikkos children, he raised Nikolas as his own, I credit Stephan for Nicholas even coming out remotely normal, and by normal this time I mean the regular persons normal not the Cassadine Normal." She said as she moved her hands back and forth. "Any way to put a cap on this debauchery of a family tree Mikkos and Stavros are presumed to be dead, I have to say presumed because about 6 years ago Stavros came back from the dead due to Helena freezing his body and having these crazy medical treatments performed on him, Helena that old bat is still alive and well…killing people, Stephan is happily traveling the world and only keeps in touch with me and Nicholas." Alexis paused for a moment as she let what she had said sink in.

"Ay Dios Mio" Alex said as he tried to understand how Alexis could possibly be sitting in front him and appeared so normal after living with those deranged people that she had the misfortune of calling family.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Alexis said as she let out a dry laugh. "The moral of this brief lesson in Cassadine history is this." She said as she scooted up to the end of the chair and leaned forward ever so slightly.

"If anything happens to my daughter on your watch." She said as she pointed to each of the Torres men. "I will go Cassadine on all your asses and make that little history lesson I gave you sound like child's play." She said as she rose from her chair as every one else in the room looked on stunned.

"I am going to check on the kids, I think we should probably get going to the metro court soon so that we can start having our fun." She said as she wiggled her eyebrows at Sam and Carly and walked up the stairs.

"Did she just threaten us?" Gabe asked completely floored at what had just happened. As Alex could do nothing but shake his head in amazement and admiration.

"Okay, I really am starting to feel like I am in the damn twilight zone or something, I really need to know who the hell that woman is and what did she do with Alexis Davis." Sonny said as he started to chuckle. He looked at Sam who was still staring towards the stairs in disbelief.

"I don't know, but I have to say I am liking her." Carly said as the rest of the room burst into laughter.

A few minutes later Marco came bounding down the stairs and threw himself into Gabes lap.

"Papa I left my Nintendo DS in the car can you please go and get it for me so I can play my new games with Morgan?"

"Okay mijo I will go and get it for you, you just wait here." Gabe said as he kissed the top of his hair and got up from off the couch and headed towards the door. As soon as Gabe was out of eye sight Marco glanced at the coffee table and reached over and picked up the very same thing that he just sent his father to the car for.

"Uh oh….looks like it's not in the car after all." He said as he looked sheepishly at Sam. Sam just shook her head and tussled the little boy's hair as she got up of the coffee table and headed towards the door, stopping momentarily to look over her shoulder.

"I will go and tell your father, but you young man need to keep track of the where abouts of your belongings.

Marco just looked at her with a twinkle in his eyes and smiled at her brightly.

"Okay Sammy, he said as he rushed to her grabbing her around the waist. Sam smiled at him and smoothed the hair out of his face.

"Go and play, I will call you down before I go okay?"

"Okay" he nodded as he ran up the stairs. Sam turned and walked through the vestibule and out of the front door where Max and Milo were standing Guard. She smiled at the both of them as they both nodded and smiled at her in return. She walked the 30 yards over to where Gabe was bent over in the back seat looking for a game system that was no longer missing in the first place and smiled.

"Hey Gabe don't worry about it, Marco found the system on the coffee table in Sonny's house." She said as she waited for him to remove the top half of his body from the back seat of the car.

"I swear that kid never looks for anything, he glances around the room and thinks that is a thorough search" He said chuckling lightly as he locked and closed the door and began to walk towards Sam who was headed back towards the house.

"Oh really, I wonder where he gets that from." Sam asked as she stopped to look at Gabe who gave her his best look of innocence. As Sam laughed in his face she turned to begin to head back to the house but was distracted when she caught a glimpse of movement of something black. She turned her head completely around facing the front of the gate and saw that it was a black sedan that was easing its way down the street. The back passenger side window rolled down as Gabe turned his head to align his vision with Sam to see what she was so focused on and saw the exact same thing that she did as they both saw a silver glare from the distance.

"GUN!" Sam screamed as the bullets started flying. She felt Max yank her to the ground effectively covering her body with his own but she could still see everything that happened and it was the exact Sam scene that haunted her in her sleep every night except this time instead of Nikki it was Gabe. She watched in horror as Gabe dropped to his knees and fell forward onto his stomach.

"GABE NOOOOOO!" she creamed as she watched her brothers body lay limp on the ground as the bullets continued to fly through the air.

"Not again" she cried "Dear God NOT AGAIN." She screamed as the tears came streaming down, as she was forced to lay pinned to the ground for the second time in one month, and forced to watch as her worse nightmare seemed to be playing on repeat.

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