Rey finally got over being annoyed with Emily. She was at his door at 7:00 the morning after she submitted her hacker's wish list. Everyone was surprised by her demeanor, she was all business. She ordered all the furniture except the couch removed from the study. Then had a mini frig set up in one corner against the wall. That told Jason she planned on crashing in there. The set up was amazing. Not one computer or even two. There were nine different monitors in a web formation above her head mounted on the desk. She had fax machines, printers, scanners, several satellite & cell phones and enough paper shredders to open an Office Depot. There was also a bunch of other stuff no one was really sure what it was for or even what it was. At least $1 million dollars worth of equipment retail. Of course, this was Jason Morgan so it wasn't retail.

When she ordered—yes ordered—the door removed and replaced with a specific one, they initially thought it was a simple security measure for locking it so they didn't pay too much attention. But the electronic key pad on the wall raised more than a few eyebrows. She set everyone straight.

"Every time I boot up is a federal offense. Every time I dial out is a federal offense and I'm breaking several international laws as well."

At their confused expression over that last part, she wised them all up.

"You think I dial so the number could possibly be traced back here? How unprofessional do you people think I am! Every outgoing call technically originates from Australia or a country without U.S. extradition."

She stopped, looked at Jason, Caroline, Johnny and Rey then smirked.

"I'm sure each of you is familiar with the list of countries falling into that category as well as the fastest routes to get there."

They all rolled their eyes in response so she finished.

"No original outgoing call stays connected to that line for more than 9 seconds then its bounced all over the planet through random countries and various states—except New York every 3-5 seconds. There is no system yet that can catch me."

Wide eyed, they are all impressed with their resident junior felon and nod for her to continue.

"What I hack, I hack for my boss and he decides who gets what I find. He's the only one who will have access to the room when I'm not in there and he's the only one I'll give the entry code to."

With that she reached across the table, grabbed another slice of pizza and started eating.

Jason practically beamed at her words. Well, as much as Jason Morgan could beam. On anyone else it was merely a smile. He was proud of his little sister and impressed.

Jason firmed up his plans for how to deal with Puerto Rico. Taking out Carlos and Rivera wouldn't be enough. He needed names and Emily was doing a good job tracking some of them down. The men working under Carlos were all suspect and it would be necessary to know exactly where their loyalty lay and how much they knew. That information could only come from the inside. But, Jason knew he had to still play it quiet even as the clock was ticking. Sending Rey or Johnny down would tip them off. He needed Sonny.

When Emily walked downstairs she looked around and caught Jason's eye as he and Lucas were coming through the front door after a few hours of what the two of them called 'guy stuff'. Their time together had specific requirements. Lucas was quick to inform his sister that meant no girls allowed. Then he must have felt he had to clarify that for Emily and Letisha in case they didn't understand. When Caroline asked Jason what they did together he responded the same as Lucas. She knew what that meant. The two of them were off playing and didn't want admit it. Jason nodded to Emily at the same time Lucas went to find Letisha without being told. Emily and Jason were impressed. It had to be a Spencer thing because the kid always knew when to take a powder.

Just then, Caroline came out of the kitchen eating a donut,

"Hey. You and Lucas all finished doing guy stuff?"

"Yeah. He just went upstairs. Em, what's up?"

Emily walked over to the couch with her files so they followed.

"First, I found Sonny."

She pretty much expected his initial reaction. Her brother was ticked every time his name came up.

"Where is he?"

Emily laughed dryly.

"Jason, Sonny isn't hiding from you or Rivera. He's hiding from Luke. In the one place a Spencer wouldn't go."

That was a strange statement. He hadn't thought there was any place a Spencer wouldn't try to break into except jail. And even then, if they had a good enough reason and thought they could get away with it he figured they might try that too. When he glanced over at Caroline her mouth was hanging wide open. Then she snapped it shut and leaned back on the couch trying to work through the situation. That let him know such a place existed.

"Where is Sonny?"

When Emily didn't answer his question Caroline knew Emily knew she figured it out.

"The Cassidine island in Greece."

Jason had to admit it made sense.

"Damn."

"Yeah."

Then Caroline thinks about it for a few minutes.

"Em, what's his cover?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. Sonny wouldn't pose as servant. Too use to being the big shot. He isn't high class Euro trash and couldn't pass for the well bred upper class if his life depended on it."

Emily's face betrayed her and Caroline started shaking her head so Jason sat back to let this one play out. Spencer issues with Cassidines were a match point with them. He was going to wait for her to work it through.

"How long?"

"Three weeks."

"No, not how long has he been there. How long ago did he cut a side deal with Helena?"

"As near as I can tell, they met for the first time four months ago."

Caroline was up pacing the room during the questioning but as soon as she got the answer she stopped.

"Leave the files. We'll figure out what the stuff means. Go warn Laura now. Tell her I said Jason will handle the extraction and Luke isn't to be anywhere near this. None of the family is to go near this. Luke has to find mama before Sonny gets nervous about his safety net and tells Helena about her. If Helena finds mama first death would be a blessing."

Emily was up and gone.

She was still pacing and slightly nervous. He'd never seen her nervous before.

"Caroline?"

"After Stefan came to town, Luke checked up on Helena again. He's prone to do that from time to time. Bed ridden and suffering from a stroke unable to move—notice how many people seem to have strokes around us? The island is private. No way on—officially—without a Cassidine visitor's pass. And Luke is the only one who has ever broken through their system to get onto the island. Where could Sonny have met her? Not there. How would he know she wasn't really sick? No, the old bat was faking. Somehow, drugs or something. Stefan thinks she's still ½ catatonic and in need of 24 hour care. Otherwise he wouldn't leave his back wide open being here. Helena is his mother but I have no doubt she'd kill him if she had to. She's planning something."

"Is this connected to all the other shit?"

"Can't be. That's just too much of a.......AJ!"

He got it.

"So while he was researching Spencer dirt he stumbled onto the Cassidine angle. That means Sonny is the one who turned AJ. And, AJ is the one who gave Sonny the information he learned about the Spencer Cassidines history."

"Exactly. This isn't some grand conspiracy like on a soap opera or something. It's a major set up but all these people are working their own agenda. And covering their own ass. Sonny wasn't sure about you. He might have thought that you'd get killed or arrested by now. Either way you'd be out of the way because he knew you wouldn't try to make a deal and talk. If you did survive, he was probably banking that whole father figure thing would keep you from going after him...."

She stopped when she caught Jason's expression. Incredulous doesn't describe.

"Yeah, wishful thinking."

"Finish."

"Ok, so he figures he's made his deal with Rivera and is relatively safe because he knows how to hide out from him. You're dead. Luke, the man has 1,000 lives. Sonny was probably betting he'd be the only one of us still standing. He was also positive that Luke would kill him. A couple of times if he could manage it. And that's why he made contact with Helena. Sold us out again."

"I still need Sonny and I need him quick. Too much time has passed. We're 10 days from them taking Bobbie and that was supposed to start things on our end. People are starting to get nervous. Rivera is a patient man. He's been in a long time. But, his plans keep getting fucked up. Nothing's working out like he thought it would. Santiago enrolling his kid in that fancy school means he thought things would be almost over by now. No one around to know he was payed off except the people who payed him off. Benny is quiet. Not too quiet, but quiet. He knew about Bobbie. He was supposed to be the one to fill the others in on how things were going from the inside. Keeping them updated on all our moves. But Benny doesn't have anything to report. I haven't met with him since the place was swept. He knows we know something so now he's scared of everybody. Scared to report in. Scared of me...."

"Which he should be."

"Thanks. Anyway, nervous people do things. That would probably cause them to make a direct move against us. I can't allow that. I also can't hit anyone until I know everyone. Taking out Carlos and Santiago does nothing. AJ and Jennifer are still on the loose. Rivera is somewhere and he's the one I want. Sonny is the one I need."

She sat quietly thinking on what he said for a few moments before coming to a decision that would either end things for all of them permanently or give them the way out. She had no clue how it would work.

"First, I think we both realize its time for Michael, Lucas and Letisha to go. Emily needs to send word to aunt Laura on that. When Luke finds mama, tell him to take her to the same safe house with the kids. She'll want to be in the fight here but I suspect we're going to have a different one coming up soon and she'll need to be on her game for that. Plus, you and I will be working. If Em wasn't, I'd ask her to go. The kids need one of us around. That's gonna have to be mama."

He knew what she was going to say. It was the only logical thing to do. He wasn't sure how he felt about it from a personal stand point. He wouldn't interfere—it was a Spencer issue. And, he had to admit that it was the right thing from a business perspective. Still, he didn't like it. He waited for her to say it.

"I'm going out to Spoon Island to meet with Stefan Cassidine."

"I know."

It surprised her that he said it and wouldn't try to stop her.

"It's the right thing. Probably the only thing. You know what you're doing. I do not like what comes after but that's for personal not professional reasons. I've never told you what to do and I'm not going to start now. Just be careful."

Touched, she smiles warmly and gives him a hug.

"Promise. I'm going to get ready. Don't tell the family about this until...well I'm not sure we should ever mention this to the family. Especially my uncle. He'd flip for sure."

"That's Luke. Ok, I'll start making the arraignments for the kids. I don't want anyone figuring out that they're leaving or noticing they aren't around until its too late."