Shot in an Alley: Start of the War
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--------- Lansing Home
Ric was going to die. If Sonny didn't kill him then Jason was sure to. He had been positive that he had killed Sonny's surrogate brother - the person Sonny must wish was his real brother instead of Ric.
Though that wasn't even what made him hate Jason. He was what kept his brother's power intact, what kept everyone else from getting in on Sonny's territory. Most of all, though, it was because of Elizabeth. Jason had Courtney, what did he want with Elizabeth? She was the only person who had ever believed in Ric, why couldn't Morgan just leave them alone to be happy?
Elizabeth was only thing in the world he cared about; the first person to truly love him, but that was over now. While Jason Morgan still breathed, he couldn't have his Elizabeth.
Ric smiled, when he was through with his brother's family that wouldn't be a problem.
--------- Corinthos Penthouse
Sonny's men had confirmed that Ric's car was back. His brother had to know by now what had happened.
At Elizabeth and Jason's requests Audrey Hardy and Emily Quartermaine now had hidden guards. It was very unlikely that he would go after the two but they wanted to be sure.
"So Ric is back in town now?"
Jason's voice drifted into his thoughts. Turing to the younger man he nodded his head. "Ric should know by now that Carly's gone, I know he took her and that Elizabeth knows the whole truth. He may even know that you're alive."
Jason nodded to Sonny. "So what do you want to do about it?"
Sonny shook his head and walked to the bar. "I don't know Jason. I should kill him for what he's done."
"I would." was Jason's reply. Sonny knew that if Jason were able to he would go out and kill Ric right now. Jason's opinion meant something to him, but try as he might, he still couldn't muster up the hatred for his brother to give the order.
--------- Courtney's Loft
Courtney finished putting away the last of her clothes. Marco had brought them over about an hour ago. She could only guess that Carly or Elizabeth packed them. She didn't know which was worse.
Carly had been her best friend. She was supposed to keep Elizabeth away from Jason, but then again she had been stuck in the panic room so that wasn't her job. What she should have done was get her away from him the moment she returned. Instead, they were probably chatting away like old friends, laughing at breaking up her relationship with Jason.
Elizabeth was probably loving herself right now. She practically latched on to Jason while Courtney had been away. Sonny should have called her back here the moment Jason had come to the penthouse, but instead he let Elizabeth take care of Jason.
They had betrayed her. Couldn't they see how bad Elizabeth was for Jason? She was the one for him - the only one.
As her angry thoughts swirled around in her mind, Courtney didn't hear what was going on outside. She didn't hear the sound of the gun with the silencer on it. She didn't hear the two guards fall to the ground. She didn't know that her guard Paul was dead or that Marco was unconscious.
What she did hear was the knock on the door.
--------- Corinthos Penthouse
Carly and Elizabeth came down the stairs. The two women had bonded while they were stuck in the penthouse. The second they walked in Jason and Sonny stopped their conversation.
Carly noticed. "What? Why did you stop talking? Is it about Ric?"
Sonny shook his head, "Business."
"Sonny, don't you think after all this we deserve to know what's going on?" Carly asked. She wanted to know what was happening with the man that had threatened to take her baby and she was sure that she had earned the right to know.
Sonny opened his mouth to tell her no but Jason beat his to it. "Sonny, they deserve it. Carly's right."
Carly quickly recovered from her shock. "See? Jason says we should know what the hell is going on."
Sonny sighed. "Okay."
Elizabeth went and sat next to Jason. He put his arms around her and held her as tightly as he could to himself without making his wound ache. Elizabeth welcomed the safe feeling that came along with being in his arms. "Is Ric back yet?" she asked.
Sonny nodded. "Yeah."
"So he knows?" she asked with a bit of fear in her voice. Not fear of his anger or even of him. Fear for the people she loved. There was no way of knowing what he would do next.
Jason's arms gave her a gentle squeeze and he kissed her forehead. "Yes."
Elizabeth's eyes closed. There was only one thing she needed to know. "What are you… what are you going to do to him?"
Sonny opened his mouth and was again cut off, but this time by the phone. He walked over to it and answered. After a few moments he hung up.
Slowly he turned around. The look on his face was enough to panic even Jason. "What?" Carly asked, dreading the answer.
"Courtney's dead. Ric killed Courtney."
Hehe, I just raised the stakes for you all. Sorry Shamira.
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