"Sonny, I'll ask you one more time, where is the Madre Diamond?" Alcazar said impatiently. Sonny frowned.
"I told you Alcazar, I don't know. Maybe you should talk to my brother." Alcazar nodded slowly and set his gun on the table.
"I thought that the Lansings lost the diamond." Sonny shrugged in response.
"Yeah, but he's CIA, he might know where it is." Alcazar's eyes widened and he grinned almost gleefully.
"Really? Did he ever talk about it?" "No, you don't talk." He answered his own question. "But I think I should be paying your little brother a visit."
As soon as Alcazar was gone, Skye came into the room.
"Do you really think he has the diamond?" She asked. Sonny crossed to the door and slammed it shut.
"Skye, come on, do you believe that Ric wouldn't have used his connections to find it." Skye shook her head.
"Sonny Corinthos, I wouldn't believe that you would let him keep it." She walked closer, frowning in mock disapproval. "You don't think he has it. But I understand. Have him kill Ric, rat out Lorenzo the cops, and the diamond will be all ours!" Sonny grinned in response.
"You got me, that's why I love you."
Ric opened the door to the apartment and switched on the lights. There was a sharp familiar click and he froze.
"Sonny must be right," Alcazar stepped out of the other room without a weapon. Ric reached towards his own slowly. That's far enough Lansing." Alcazar said sharply. The door opened behind him, and a lackey with a colt .44 walked through, keeping his gun on Ric.
"What the hell do you want Alcazar?" Ric asked as Alcazar's man pushed him forward and closed the door.
"It's very simple, tell me where the Madre Diamond is, and I won't shoot your brains out." "I'm sure you've read about me enough to know my threats aren't empty." He added.
"If you kill me, you'll never find it, but you will have a hundred federal agents on your ass." Ric spat. Alcazar smirked and began to circle slowly, like a shark.
"So you do know where it is then? Where?" Ric paused, then quickly answered.
"Sonny has it." Alcazar chuckled and shook his head.
"It seems you are both useless. Don't worry, I'll take care of your brother as well." He motioned to his hitman. Ric's eyes widened and he looked at Alcazar with undisguised fear.
"Wait!" He said desperately, "Maybe my father would know, and you will never find him without me." Alcazar hesitated, thought for a moment then shrugged.
"Why not?" He said as the second lackey entered. The first nodded, and with a quick blow to the head, knocked out Ric. "Let's go." Alcazar said opening the door. Just as he stepped out into the hallway, Ric's cell phone began ringing.
"Damn, what timing! Who is it!?" He asked, annoyed.
"It just says Courtney, what should we do?" Alcazar grabbed the phone, looked at it, and then shoved it in his pocket.
"If Lansing's really an agent, having his phone off won't be suspicious. Let's get out of here before his neighbors do."
Courtney dialed Ric's cell again; no answer. "Shit." She said uncharacteristically angry. "What the hell is his problem? I told him I'd call about Sonny. He swore he wasn't going over there." Jason frowned then took his place at the computer. Courtney followed looking over his shoulder.
"Just calm down Court. I think Ric's capable of taking care of himself. I mean he just turned off his phone." Carly appeared next to her husband, her hand on his arm possesively.
"What is your problem Court? Are you stalking him or something. Or are you two…" Carly trailed off.
"No! Thanks a lot. Just wait, I have a bad feeling. Something's up with Ric." Courtney stormed out, and slammed the door shut.