"What was that?" asked Emily as she walked towards the window that over looked the city.
Alexis watched as a big dust cloud rose up in the sky and all of a sudden she realized where it looked like it was coming from and apparently so did Johnny. He ran out of the room and Alexis knew why, she looked out in shock as the building that held Carly and Laura's Deception offices was on fire and hidden in a haze of dust, she knew there had been a bomb. Before she knew what she was doing she grabbed her coat and ran out of the room after him.
Just as she was coming out of the apartment so was Sonny. She looked at his face, his skin was pale and his eyes looked haunted. "Carly went into work early today, we-we had an argument." he mumbled as they all stood in the elevator. "I know she wasn't in the building, she was taking a break, or at the hospital talking to Bobby, I know she was she had to be. Maybe she's having breakfast at Kelly's"
"I'm sure she wasn't in the building," said Alexis with more confidence than she felt. Johnny and Alexis got in her car and followed Sonny's limo through the hectic streets of Port Charles.
When they got close to the building it made Alexis' blood run cold. There was a gigantic hole in the side of the building and firemen tried to put out the fire that erupted with their hoses of water. She hoped to God that Carly wasn't in there. She got out of her car and went after Sonny who was going towards Taggert.
"Carly wasn't in there, right," Said Sonny, more a statement than a question.
Taggert looked at Sonny's face and for once he felt a small wave of pity for the mob boss but it soon disappeared. "I just got here, I have my people interviewing witnesses and the people who got out of the building. I'll let you know as soon as we hear something." He said walking away.
Alexis put her arm around him. "Come on, let's sit in the car until they find something out."
"No, I'm staying here until Carly comes back from her breakfast. She'll be really relieved she wasn't in there, she'll want to see me and Michael, to make sure we're okay and that we aren't uh worried," he said rubbing his hand over his face.
"Okay," said Alexis softly. She looked back up at the building, the firemen were trying to get the fire under control and she saw more firemen helping people out of the building.
"I have to go in and find Mrs. Corinthos, keep an eye on Sonny," Said Johnny as he took his jacket off.
"You can't go in there, it's unstable, it's on fire for God's sake," Alexis reasoned but she could see nothing she said would dissuade him.
"It's my job to protect Mr. and Mrs. Corinthos. I'll be back." He stopped and looked at her and Alexis got the feeling he might want to say something else but he didn't. She watched as he snuck past everyone and into the building and how he did it without getting caught was beyond her. She hoped for Sonny's sake that he found Carly alive.
Twenty minutes later Lieutenant Marcus Taggert approached Sonny Corinthos. "Several Witness saw Carly go in about ten minutes before the bomb went off, no one rescued yet has matched her description. and the building is not stable enough for us to go up on the upper floors and look for her yet."
Sonny started talking like he hadn't heard a word Taggert said. "I bet she went to go pick Michael up for preschool early, she probably wanted to spend the whole day with him so she got him out of school and they're at the park on the swings. Get my driver, we're going to get Carly and Michael at the park," he said heading towards his limo.
Taggert looked at Sonny like he was loosing it while Alexis went after him. "Sonny, Sonny wait," she said as she caught up with him. "Why don't we just wait here for Carly and Michael, she knows that you would be here waiting for her okay? Just wait here." Sonny leaned against the side of the car looking like he had lost his best friend. Alexis walked over to one of his guards, "I want you to call Michael's school and see if he is there."
"Yes, Ms. Davis." He said pulling out his cell-phone and dialing the number. Alexis waited until he hung up. "Michael is in class. I had them go to his class room and make sure."
"Okay, thank you," Alexis said as she stood waiting. Forty minutes later Alexis saw Johnny sneak out of the building. He had soot covering his body and Alexis realized he didn't have Carly with him. She grabbed a bottle of water walked over him not wanting Sonny to hear any bad news yet if there was any. Watching as he took the water pouring half over his face and drinking the rest she patiently waited for anything he could tell her.
"I got to Carly's floor. That hole up there," he said pointing. "is where her office was. I got up there and didn't see anything. I had to throw debris out of the doorway to Laura Spencer's office but it was empty. I pulled debris off of the floor looking for Mrs. Corinthos but there were small fires in some places and I didn't find anything but this," He said reaching into his shirt and pulling out the burnt remains of what looked like a purse.
"Sonny, is really upset, he keeps on insisting Carly and Michael are at the park."
"I'll call Michael's school to see if he's there or not-"
"I already did, he's safe and sound in the classroom. Taggert says several witnesses saw Carly come in ten minutes before the explosion."
"Damn." She heard him say under his breathe. "I guess all we can do now is wait."
Several hours after the explosion people were dispersing. Everyone was accounted for except one woman, Carly Corinthos. Three people had been killed, twenty-seven injured and everyone else walked out just fine. Everyone was thankful it had happened in the morning and not in the afternoon when the building would have been full of people. Alexis watched as Taggert approached them again.
"I'm sorry but we just got done searching the Deception floor and there's no sign of a body, my experts say it would be impossible to survive if she was in her office, like we believe she was, at the time of the explosion, It wasn't a very big explosion, some plaster through the rest of the building has fallen down but the area above and below Carly's office was pretty bad, I'm uh sorry for your loss."
"You aren't saying she's dead! You said you didn't find a body! SHE WAS NOT THERE!" said Sonny grabbing Taggart by the cuff of his shirt. "She's not DEAD!" he yelled. Johnny and Francis pulled him away from Taggart as Sonny sunk to the ground. "She's not dead, not like Lily, or Brenda, she made it, she wouldn't leave me."
For the first time in her life she saw Sonny Corinthos totally breakdown. Alexis was at a loss for words as she watched as sobs racked his body. Trying to hold back tears she crouched down next to him. "Let's just go back to the Penthouse, we can wait there and maybe there will be some new information," she said putting her arm around him.
"Get away from me!" he said with venom pushing her away and she fell backwards landing on her butt. "Take me back to the Penthouse. Now!" he said standing up and stomping over to the limo, throwing the door open and getting inside as everyone watched shocked. Francis soon followed and then his other guards also got into the limo. A few tears that she couldn't hold back fell down her cheeks. She knew he was grieving and she couldn't take it personally but it still hurt.
"He didn't mean it, he's just upset right now, I'll take you home," said Johnny from behind her as he put his hands on her shoulders.
Alexis didn't even know he had stayed behind, she quickly wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. "Do you think we could go somewhere, I don't want to go back to the Penthouse yet."
"Sure, where do you want to go?"
"Do you think we could go to that little restaurant down the street from Luke's for lunch, I just need to get away for awhile."
"Sure, do you mind if we stop by my place so I can take a quick shower and change, it'll only take 10 minutes.
"Sure." Said Alexis getting in the passenger seat of her car and handing him the key's so he could drive.