Chapter 16

Sonny and A.J. were sitting in the backseat of Sonny's car.  They rode in total silence.  Sonny still wasn't happy about A.J. being there, but he have the time to argue with him.  The silence was broken by a cell phone ringing.

Sonny pulled his phone from his pocket and answered it.  "Yeah?"

"Sonny, it's Jason."

"Do you know where you are yet?"

"Clarksville, New York.  Listen we were just attacked by some men in a van.  They took Gia."

"We'll be right there," Sonny said.  He told the driver where he wanted him to go and sat back.

"Something happened, didn't it?" A.J. asked.

Sonny nodded solemnly.  "Some men attacked Jason and Gia."

"There's more isn't there?"

"Jason said they took Gia."

A.J. turned pale.  He already expected Jason to be furious with him about being behind the setup, but now the man A.J. had hired had taken Gia.  A.J. knew that if anything happened to her that Jason would come after him.

About 20 minutes later, the car stopped just inside of Clarksville.  Jason ran to the car and got in.  He started at A.J. for a moment before turning to Sonny.

"What's he doing here?" Jason asked.

A.J. took a deep breath.  "I'm the one who set you up at the warehouse."

Jason gave him a furious look and lunged at him, but Sonny stopped him.

"Hold it Jason.  You can take care of A.J. later.  He was responsible for what happened at the warehouse, but not the rest of it,"  Sonny said holding Jason off of A.J.  "We need to worry about getting Gia back first."

 Jason glared at A.J. then nodded at Sonny.  "So who's responsible for Gia being taken.

"The man I hired," A.J. offered.  "I don't know his name.  Please believe me, I never thought he'd go this far."

"Can you describe him?" Jason asked.

"He was tall, had dark hair and dark eyes.  He also had a mustache and beard."

"Well that's something," Sonny said.

"Wait, I remembered something else," A.J. said.  "He was wearing a tie.  The tie had the letters SC on it.  I think they may be his initials."

"Are you willing to try to make contact with his again, so we can follow you to the meeting?" Sonny asked.

A.J. nodded.  "Yes, I'll do anything to help."

Meanwhile the van was pulling to a stop outside a large house and the two men in the back got out .  The men pulled Gia out of the van.  They untied her hands and forced her into the house. 

She had been blindfolded so she couldn't see where they were taking her.  She felt herself being led down a flight of steps.  She heard a door open.  She was shoved inside the room and the door was slammed behind her.  Gia put her hands to her face and removed the blindfold and gag. She looked around the small room she was in.  The only furniture was a chair and a small table in the corner.  She could see a window above her head.  It appeared she was in a basement.

The door opened and the tall man that had been in the van came into the room.  "Welcome to my home," he said.  "Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Luis Alcazar."

"So are you the one who's behind this?" Gia asked with anger in her eyes.

"No.  Although I must say that getting Jason Morgan out of the way will help my plans to take over Sonny Corinthos' territory.  However, I am only following my boss's orders."

"So when do I get to meet your boss?" Gia snapped at him.

"Right now."

Alcazar walked to the door and opened it.  A tall, dark haired man walked in.  Gia's eyes opened wide with fright.

"No.  It can't be.  You're… you're dead," she managed to say before she passed out from shock.