Chapter 24: The Plan

Author's Note:

This chapter is primarily focused on Sonny, but due to what Sonny is planning, hence the title of the chapter, The Plan…I continue the chapter because his plans involve another character and his story leads into others. Also I needed an intro to upcoming chapters. Don't forget to review! Enjoy!

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"Jason Morgan can't know that I'm still alive…" Sonny seriously said as he glanced up at Mateo who looked less than convinced that it was a good idea.

"Why?" He looked at him oddly joining him at the table Sonny was sitting at.

"First of all Ric and Alcazar and even your brother might have him followed, so if you tell him to meet us here on pier 51 than that will tell them that I might not dead…" it was Sonny's first of many points.

"And in order for you to be exonerated from killing the priest Alcazar has to believe that I'm dead…in order to save your ass…" Sonny explained and Mateo was slowly catching on.

Manny smiled starting to see the beauty of the entire plan, "Right and if you're dead Ric is going to blame Alcazar and my brother…"

Sonny then explained what would happen next, "Which means that he'll most likely set them up or reveal that Alcazar is not in jail and isn't dead…"

He nodded his hand seeing how the plan could work, "Ok, but I still don't see how keeping this from Jason is really going to help us we need someone to help set up your funeral…" he handed Sonny another bottle of water.

Sonny leaned back in the chair trying to relax even though he was half alive, "It has to look believable. When bad things happen, Jason lets himself go. My last orders to him were to make Ric and Alcazar and your brother pay. He has to act like himself, like he's actually grieving. I've already faked my death before and the town won't believe that I'm dead unless they see that Jason is taking it hard. I have every reason to believe that he will fight for my business because according to my will now it's his…this will work…"

"How long will you keep this up?" Mateo wondered for it couldn't be more than a week or so.

"Just two weeks…tops…" Sonny believed.

He explained further, "I need time to get my strength back and we have to see how things play out with the threesome…" Sonny said just before he drank some water.

"One last question, you need to have a funeral…which means we really do need someone on the inside to help us out. To set it up…" Mateo said for there was no way this whole thing was going to work unless people saw that he was dead.

"Do you have any dirty cops or anyone that can find your body? Take it to the police station and put you in the morgue…?" Mateo asked for the police need to have his death on record.

"Who says I have to have a funeral?" He sarcastically asked him.

"Anyone in the business knows that if a person goes missing for more than two or three days without any signs of kidnapping than they're most likely dead. If I disappear for a five days to a week, Jason will know that I'm seriously dead. What they'll have is a memorial for me…" Sonny believed.

Mateo could sort of see it work, but still wasn't sure how the whole thing was going to come to light, "So you pretend you're dead for a week, how do you eventually end it…how are we going to set up all of them…"

"We could kidnap someone…" He suggested.

"Who?" he looked at him like this really wasn't going to work.

"We kidnap one of my men and we set it up to look like Manny or Alcazar have had me for a while…then we release them and they go back to Jason that day and Jason sends a rescue party. Meanwhile you tell your brother and Alcazar that a shipment is coming in or you need to speak to them. A gun fight will go off and it will hopefully kill Alcazar and it will definitely kill your brother. Ric comes to investigate and we'll have the recorded conversations pointing it all to Lansing. Its bye bye to my brother and then we're in business again. You get to have your life and I get to have mine. We decide to peacefully exist and we should never have any problems..." he smiled back at him.

"Alright…sounds great…now do we need to get this on paper…that we peacefully exist…" Mateo asked for he didn't want to be double crossed.

"Sure…um I guess I can write it out or we can record it on tape…" Sonny looked at him getting a little tired.

"You should get some sleep…I'll make sure there are enough supplies like food, water, medicine and bandages for you to stay here for a few days until I can get away…" Mateo said for he knew he couldn't come back here daily because someone would be watching him.

"Ok…" he got up from the table and Mateo helped him over to the bed.

He relaxed himself in bed and as Mateo saw that he was comfortable he walked up to door and as he closed it he curiously stuck his head out asking, "Do you have any idea who we're going to kidnap?"

He thought about for a few seconds and then smiled, "Damien Spinelli."

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"When is stone cold coming?" Cameron asked for he had begun to pick up some one Spinelli's vocabulary.

"He'll be here soon, daddy Jason will be here soon…" Spinelli looked down at his watch, a little worried that he hadn't heard from Jason in three hours, he hoped everything was alright.

"Stone cold?" Monica looked at Cameron and he goofily smiled.

"Daddy Jayson…" He laughed like she should have known what Stone Cold means.

"Right…" Tracy said like it made no sense and then she looked over to an empty chair and saw Alan laughing.

"I think it's rather cute…" Alan said and Tracy looked at him thinking it was far from it.

"I think it's rather ridiculous…" she said out loud and everyone looked her.

"Grandma who is she talking to…" He pointed to Tracy and she felt like an idiot.

"No body honey…she's a little crazy…" Monica tried to explain.

"Oh I see…" he put his finger to his mouth trying to comprehend it.

Spinelli looked up from his watch, it was getting late and he had something he needed to do, "I better go…"

"Are you sure?" Monica asked for they had plenty room here.

"Yeah I've got work to do…" he shrugged his shoulders, but knew the information was vital.

He got up from the table and Cameron saw him about to leave, "Where do u think your going?"

"I have to go, but you'll have fun here…" he hugged Cameron and could see he was about to get upset.

"No don't go…" he started to whine.

"Its ok I'll be back here in the morning…" he smiled at him.

Cameron turned to Monica, "Can he stay?"

Monica could see that him and Spinelli had a tight little bond, "Of course he can stay…"

Edward looked at her, "What? I'm not gonna have some…." Monica had to cover Cameron's ears because Edward just ranted off on Spinelli.

"Edward this is my house and I will chose who can stay in it…Spinelli its your decision…" she looked at him trying to make him feel like he could stay if he wanted to.

She released her hands from Cameron's ears so he could hear Spinelli say, "Alright…"

"Yeah!" he gave a big smile.

Luke walked in, "What's with all the commotion…" he stopped when he saw Cameron.

"Hey little guy!" He looked at Cameron who sort of remembered him.

"What are you doing here…" Luke continued to talk childish to him.

"Um Fair Elizabeth is in the H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L and Stone Cold is with her…" Spinelli explained so Cameron couldn't really understand.

"Is she having the baby?" Luke curiously asked.

"We don't know…" Monica answered as she continued to play with Cameron.

All Edward could see when he looked at Cameron was the next Quartermaine heir, "Cameron?" he smiled at him.

He walked over to Monica and picked him up, "Do you like money?" he asked the toddler.

"Oh Edward!" Monica looked at him like she couldn't believe he was going to teach him about business at this age.

"What's money?" Cameron asked.

"Oh it's a great thing…" he went on and took Cameron into the living room where they could talk.

Luke watched him take Cameron into the living room, "I'll be right back…"

"I swear you think he could just give it a rest, he acts like he's got no other heirs and now he'll be boring poor Cameron for an hour about ELQ…" Monica got up from the table to bring her dishes to the sink for Alice to clean.

Just as Edward had sat down talking about business Cameron yawned and started to fall asleep, "Poor kid…" Luke said under his breathe.

Edward hadn't even noticed that Cameron had fell asleep which cracked Luke up even more as he walked back into the kitchen, "He's already put him to sleep…" he joked.

"What do you mean other heirs?" Tracy asked for she had yet to find out that Jason was the father of Elizabeth's baby.

"Well I thought they were going to explain to the family by now…but Jason is the father of Elizabeth's baby…" she revealed and Luke started to walk back out of the kitchen not wanting to here her say…

"Is it true? Is Jason the father of her baby…" Tracy asked for that meant she might have to tell everyone she forged the will.

"You bet it is, Tracy…" Alan smiled for he hoped she would tell the truth and so he could move on.

"Shut up ALAN…" she shouted at the chair.

Luke walked over to her, "Honey I think its time you go to bed…"

"Is it true?" she asked again looking up at him.

"Yes it is…" Luke reluctantly had to admit.

"See I told you so Tracy…" Alan teased her.

"Damn you Alan…" She got up from her chair and stormed off to her bedroom.

"I guess I better check up on her…" Luke said goodbye to the family and shouted to Tracy as he was walking up the stairs, "Spanky Buns!"

"I think she needs more than a little checking up on…can you say Shady Brook?" Monica suggested and Alice laughed.

Spinelli silently laughed and Monica turned to him, "So have you heard from Elizabeth and Jason…" she asked.

"No…I can look it up on here…" he took his laptop out and started hacking into the hospitals records.

"No! It's ok…" Monica quickly said for she didn't need to seem him break the law.

The phone rang and as Monica answered it something popped up on Spinelli's computer, "What the…"

"Oh hello Emily…" Monica smiled and Spinelli quickly put his laptop away.

"Is everything ok?" Monica asked for she was ready for Emily to say that Elizabeth had given birth.

Emily watched as Nicholas brought Elizabeth upstairs, "Yeah, but she didn't have the baby, but she's ok…" she didn't want to worry anyone that Elizabeth had been bleeding.

"Oh well than I'm glad she's ok…" Monica looked at Spinelli to assure him everything was ok.

Spinelli curiously looked at the screen trying to make out what was going on as Monica continued to ask Emily questions.

"Mom I can't really say what happened…" she looked down just as Nicholas and Elizabeth left her sight.

Elizabeth slowly walked into the guest room that Nicholas had prepared for her, "Thank you again Nicholas…" she turned to him as he closed the door behind him.

"You don't have to thank me…We're friends Elizabeth and always will be…I don't hold anything against you anymore…" he said meaning that the old bitter feelings about his brother and her were gone.

She smiled and he helped her onto the bed, "Is there anything I can get for you?" he asked her wondering if she was hungry.

"No thanks I'll be fine…" she said as he wandered over to the dresser, "I had someone go to Audrey's and grab a few things…" he took out a night gown that looked like she could fit into.

She joyfully laughed, "You think of everything…" she took it from him.

"Do you want me to get Emily to help you?" he asked for he didn't know if she had enough strength to get dressed on her own.

"I'll be fine thanks…" she smiled, but with a frown at the same time.

"Ok…if you need anything just shout, yell or well you'll find a way. I have Alfred and a guard outside your room in case you need anything…" he leaned a little close to her.

"A guard?" she asked wondering why she needed that kind of protection.

"Yes…Jason is concerned for you and I promised him that I would take care of you..." he graciously hugged her.

"So that means he probably has a dozen guards at the Quartermaine's watching Cameron like a hawk…" she joked.

"Probably, but we have to take precaution…" he walked away from her.

"Nicholas…" she asked before he left.

"Is there something else I should know? Jason didn't tell me about Sonny and I have a feeling that you too are hiding something from me…" she looked at him hoping he would enlighten her as to what was going on.

He wondered if he should say anything, she was already stressed out and if she knew that a man who had once kidnapped her was in fact still a live than she would definitely worry herself over it.

Walking over to her he could see she was desperate, "All you need to think about is how to keep this little one alive…" he sweetly pointed to her belly.

"I am…but I wish you all would stop treating my like some fragile china doll…I can take care of myself…and my children…" she tried to assure him that the news wouldn't upset her, but he knew it would.

"Nicholas just tell me…" she put her hand on his desperately wanting her friend to tell her what was going on.

He looked down at the floor and then back up, "ok…"

"Jason had me put multiple guards on you because Manny Ruiz is alive…"

"What?" she asked in disbelief.

"Don't worry, I have this place crawling with guards, he won't get to you or to Cameron at the Quartermaine's…you're safe…" he assured her.

"But how does he know that he's alive?" she asked for she remembered seeing Jason after he pushed him off the edge, Jason said he was dead and she believed him.

"I don't know if you heard about those cops that came in…" he looked at her wondering if she was aware for that would make it easier to explain.

She nodded for she hadn't heard anything, "Well Elizabeth they were all shot by him at a church where his brother works at and when Jason went to report that Sonny had been killed he along with others heard from one of men on the radio that he was still alive, that Manny is in fact not dead."

She took a deep breath, "But Elizabeth its ok…Jason and I are going to protect you…I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want you to worry so please don't make me regret telling you…" he gave a brief smile.

"Now get some sleep…" he gave a softer smile and left her room.

Outside her door Nicholas gave the guards strict orders, "Don't leave this door and I want YOU to watch her once she goes to sleep I want you to make sure she never leaves this room without you, myself or Emily. You hear?"

"Yes boss…" they said and Nicholas looked down at from the stairs at his desk where she was still talking to Monica.

Emily saw Nicholas standing at the top of the stair case, "mom I have to go, but I'll make sure Nicholas, Elizabeth or I will call you in the morning…"

"Well ok…" Monica said as she gently put the phone down and looked at Alice who could see the disappointment in her face, "No baby yet?"

"No baby…" she tried to make out a smile, "Spinelli let me show you to your room…" she said and Spinelli graciously smiled.

"Alice will show you your room I'll get Cameron…." Monica said as she left for the living room and Alice walked up the stairs with him.

She whispered at Edward went on and on, "Oh for heaven's sake Edward he's asleep!"

He looked down and saw that he was, "Oh dear…"

Monica smiled at Cameron's cute peaceful face not wanting to disturb him one bit, but knew she needed to put him in his room with Spinelli so she slowly took him out of Edwards lap and marched upstairs.

"You're going to go to sleep in that nice comfy bed I had made for you…" she sweetly but quietly talked knowing that Cameron couldn't hear her, but felt like saying it anyway.

She opened the door and Spinelli jumped, "Sorry I didn't mean to…" she apologized.

"No it's ok…" he closed his laptop so she couldn't see anything, "He looks so peaceful…" Spinelli said warm heartedly.

"Yeah he does…" she gently put Cameron into the bed and put the covers on him.

"Spinelli do you want me to get you something more comfortable to sleep in?" she asked for Dillon had tons of clothes left.

"No its ok…thanks," he smiled at her wanting her to leave so he could look at what had popped up onto his computer.

"Ok I'll see you two in the morning…" she closed the door.

He quickly opened up his laptop and was completely stunned by what was unveiling before his eyes, "How could I have missed this?"