Joy- Your computer wasn't stupid, it was my own error, I added the same
chapter twice, how very silly of me. Anyway, I took care of that so.
Moments with 'Uncle Jason' are rare and fleeting for Damian, but it shows
that they have a certain dynamic that can be very strong if it's fleshed
out, much like just about every other relationship that Jason's in. I think
he trusts Damian because Sonny does, and in some ways that's the easiest
way for Jason to become tolerant of someone.
It took 105 chapters for those two to get along, I wonder how many chapters it would have taken for Sonny and Carly to get it on if that whole saga had been written like this. Very compelling question, wouldn't you agree? The truce, as it stands, will have an effect on upcoming plot devices, but just how it does will be something that you'll have to wait and see about.
Yes, very few of us actually like Baldwin. I personally loathe him as well and was very pleased when he went away. Nonetheless, I don't foresee his death coming in this story, certainly not anytime soon. I will have him dealt with eventually, though.
Story-
Hours Earlier-
Scott was pacing around his office, waiting for something. It was very important that he and he alone be aware of the plotting that was going on in his mind. While there was a small part of him that felt somewhat apprehensible about the whole situation, Scott's ego got in the way and he wanted the fame that could come at busting someone for the massacre that had happened at the docks. The publicity would only cement his re-election, and he needed that more than anything else. He could toss his morals out the window again if it was for the good of everyone else. Serena would never know that her father was such a horrible man. She could never find out. If Scott lost Serena's love, it would destroy him. He'd lost so many people that he cared about. Laura, Bobbie, Karen... another person on that list... he couldn't go through that.
In his twisted mind, Scott thought that maybe doing this stunt would help him gain Bobbie's favor again. It would certainly please Carly, and she would be indebted to him. Scott could use that favor to have Carly attempt to get them back together. If there was someone that could do it, Carly was that person. Bobbie would take the opinion of her daughter and give it some thought. They were much closer now than they were a few years ago, Scott could use that to his advantage. Scott would use that to his advantage.
"District Attorney?" One of the many officers on the squad knocked on the door, a manila folder in his hand.
"Can't you see I'm busy here?"
The officer backed away a bit, "You requested that you be delivered this file as soon as possible. Have you changed your mind?"
Scott shook his head and yanked the folder away, "Now, get the hell out of here!"
"Of course," The officer replied, not wanting to even fathom putting his job in any danger. Scott had the power to go away with all of them if he so desired. It would be a bold move, but Scott could do it.
An evil grin quickly spread like poison ivy over the face of Scott Baldwin. He was looking at the fingerprints that were taken of Damian Zuniga while he was momentarily in custody during the debacle with Kyle. It was the only time anything had ever been done to him so far, and Scott was thankful that they were able to get that far in the proceedings. It gave him the ammo that he needed to send Damian up the river. Quickly, Baldwin scanned the prints into the computer and rigged up a document saying that Damian's fingerprints were found on one of the weapons at the docks. It didn't have to be a murder weapon, although it likely was. All that mattered was that it was one of the guns that was found on the scene of the crime and that would have been enough to incriminate him. If Scott pressed the issue hard enough, he could make sure that Damian did get prosecuted and sent to the chair. Sonny could play the game better than a whole lot of people, but Scott wouldn't let him win this round. There was no way that Sonny was going to walk away from the situation without any repercussions.
Scott quickly printed the document and held it in his hands. It felt like it was worth more money than anything else in the world. To Scott, it might have been. "Perfect," Scott muttered. To him... it was perfect.
Present Time-
"I was expecting you guys to be a little more enthused by my promise than you are right now," Scott smiled once more. "I thought you liked surprises."
"Not when they come from you," Mac countered. "Rarely, if ever, are they for the benefit of anyone else in this town, Baldwin. But... since you're going to show us what you've got regardless of if we want to see it or not, let's get this over with."
Scott pulled the file out of the folder. "Forensics just sent us the results of one of the murder weapon examinations. I'm sure the three of you know the person whose name comes up with a positive very well."
Scott threw the single piece of paper onto the desk and Ric, Mac, and Lucky all huddled around it.
"That can't be..." Ric was in shock.
"There's no way," Mac thought of Maxie and how she was going to take the news.
"He wouldn't..." Lucky's eyes were focused on Ric. He had taken what Mac had told him to heart. How was Ric reacting... and was it just an act, or was it genuine? Lucky still chose to believe the latter, but he wasn't sure why.
"I would think that the whole lot of you would be happy that we've finally got something positive on this whole mess."
"I don't believe it," Ric grabbed the paper. "This isn't true."
"What makes you so sure?" Scott asked.
"It just can't be!" Ric was almost frantic. "He wouldn't do this."
"He's directly related to someone that we all know is a cold hearted killer. What makes you think that he wouldn't do it?"
"Because we've seen him and the way that he acts around people," Mac stated. "I've been a harsh judge of him since the moment that I found out about his relationship with my daughter, but I wasn't being fair to him."
"I don't even believe that this document you've given us is real," Lucky eyed the paper with caution. He'd seen more than few doctored reports in his time. Being the son of Luke Spencer was filled with such antics.
"You got any proof that provides information otherwise?" Scott asked, entirely deadpan and acting like he was the innocent party in the entire situation. None of the others bought it, but he was right. They didn't have a shred of evidence that could prove that the document was false... at least not yet.
"You can put it on paper all you want, Scott," Ric muttered. "I'm not going to believe that my nephew had anything to do with this."
"You're living in denial... again, Lansing." Scott said. "Besides, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, you've still got to go over to the penthouse and arrest him."
"No," Ric refused.
"Excuse me?" Scott was angry at that moment.
"You heard me," Ric stated. "I'm not going to be the one that does your dirty work, not today."
"You have to do this if I tell you to!" Scott shouted.
"I'm too involved with this case on a personal level in order to do anything objectively enough."
"That's never stopped you from going after your brother how many times in the past?" Scott asked, he knew that Ric was just using it as an excuse.
"I'm not allowed to change my mind?" Ric wondered. "How many times in the past have you done it, Scott?"
"Don't bring that up!"
"Fact of the matter, Baldwin," Ric continued, "Is that it is a legitimate reason for not brining my nephew in. Try and force me into doing it and I will see to it that you are not going to be up for re-election."
"Is that a threat?"
"More like a statement of fact," Ric dryly countered. "Wouldn't you two say so?" He questioned the two around him, they both nodded their heads. "See? Witnesses."
Scott's face turned a very alarming shade of red. It was obvious that he was irate. Such obviousness only made Ric, Mac and Lucky feel better about the entire situation. Finally, Scott threw his arms into the air, "Fine, be that way. You two, go get him."
"I'm too involved with this case on a personal level as well, Scott," Mac commented. "He's dating my daughter, and she cares about him very much."
"You always wanted to bring down that Kyle kid! And let's not talk about how many times you threatened to have Dillon arrested, or actually did arrest him."
"All in the past," Mac brushed it off with a wave of his hand. "That doesn't hold any weight to the situation right now."
Scott was 0 for 2 and wasn't going to strike out entirely. "Lucky... go."
"Sorry, but he's family."
"No he isn't!" Scott's voice almost cracked.
"Second cousin by marriage," Lucky pointed out. "Or, at least, step- cousin."
"I'm going to see to it that you all suffer for standing against me on this day!"
"Is that a threat?" Ric asked the gathered party. Lucky and Mac nodded their heads. "Now, how could a threat like this look on a campaign for re- election?"
"He wouldn't have my vote," Lucky stated. "Not that he ever did."
"It looks like you're going to be doing this one on your own, Baldwin," Mac handed him the sheet of paper. "You might want this."
"I'm going to bring Damian in regardless of if you choose to help me or not! Do you hear me!?"
"I think he heard you over at the penthouse," Lucky said sarcastically. "You might want to calm down, Scott. Who knows what the pressure could do... even to a heart as black as yours."
"I'm going to have the last laugh!" Scott walked out of the office, slamming the door shut.
"You going to call him?" Lucky asked Ric.
"Who? Sonny?" Ric shook his head. "Even if I tried to warn him about Scott being on the warpath, he wouldn't listen to me. Lucky... you might be able to do it."
"Sonny doesn't trust me any more than he trusts you."
"You could try Carly," Mac said.
Lucky chuckled slightly, "If anything, Carly's going to make sure that Damian doesn't get away. They don't get along."
"Does anyone get along with Carly?" Mac wondered.
"Only on leap years," Lucky was trying to be as comedic as he could, but the truth was that he was more than a little worried about what could happen to Damian. Scott was ruthless. He had tried to see Luke go away for a very long time on more than one occasion. Luke managed to get away, but would Damian? Luke was a very different person from Damian.
"I know Damian didn't touch that gun," Ric thought about the report. "I can't prove that it was a fake yet, but I know it was."
"We all know it wasn't real," Mac said. "But Scott's done something like this before, he knows how to get away with playing the system to his advantage."
Ric looked out the window, "Well then I guess we're just going to have to play the system better than he does."
"Can we?" Lucky asked. "We have to," Ric replied. "If we don't... someone innocent is going to suffer just because Scott Baldwin needs his ego stroked. I won't let that happen." The ideas began to churn about in Ric's head. He would find a way to get Damian out of the situation he was in. Somehow...
It took 105 chapters for those two to get along, I wonder how many chapters it would have taken for Sonny and Carly to get it on if that whole saga had been written like this. Very compelling question, wouldn't you agree? The truce, as it stands, will have an effect on upcoming plot devices, but just how it does will be something that you'll have to wait and see about.
Yes, very few of us actually like Baldwin. I personally loathe him as well and was very pleased when he went away. Nonetheless, I don't foresee his death coming in this story, certainly not anytime soon. I will have him dealt with eventually, though.
Story-
Hours Earlier-
Scott was pacing around his office, waiting for something. It was very important that he and he alone be aware of the plotting that was going on in his mind. While there was a small part of him that felt somewhat apprehensible about the whole situation, Scott's ego got in the way and he wanted the fame that could come at busting someone for the massacre that had happened at the docks. The publicity would only cement his re-election, and he needed that more than anything else. He could toss his morals out the window again if it was for the good of everyone else. Serena would never know that her father was such a horrible man. She could never find out. If Scott lost Serena's love, it would destroy him. He'd lost so many people that he cared about. Laura, Bobbie, Karen... another person on that list... he couldn't go through that.
In his twisted mind, Scott thought that maybe doing this stunt would help him gain Bobbie's favor again. It would certainly please Carly, and she would be indebted to him. Scott could use that favor to have Carly attempt to get them back together. If there was someone that could do it, Carly was that person. Bobbie would take the opinion of her daughter and give it some thought. They were much closer now than they were a few years ago, Scott could use that to his advantage. Scott would use that to his advantage.
"District Attorney?" One of the many officers on the squad knocked on the door, a manila folder in his hand.
"Can't you see I'm busy here?"
The officer backed away a bit, "You requested that you be delivered this file as soon as possible. Have you changed your mind?"
Scott shook his head and yanked the folder away, "Now, get the hell out of here!"
"Of course," The officer replied, not wanting to even fathom putting his job in any danger. Scott had the power to go away with all of them if he so desired. It would be a bold move, but Scott could do it.
An evil grin quickly spread like poison ivy over the face of Scott Baldwin. He was looking at the fingerprints that were taken of Damian Zuniga while he was momentarily in custody during the debacle with Kyle. It was the only time anything had ever been done to him so far, and Scott was thankful that they were able to get that far in the proceedings. It gave him the ammo that he needed to send Damian up the river. Quickly, Baldwin scanned the prints into the computer and rigged up a document saying that Damian's fingerprints were found on one of the weapons at the docks. It didn't have to be a murder weapon, although it likely was. All that mattered was that it was one of the guns that was found on the scene of the crime and that would have been enough to incriminate him. If Scott pressed the issue hard enough, he could make sure that Damian did get prosecuted and sent to the chair. Sonny could play the game better than a whole lot of people, but Scott wouldn't let him win this round. There was no way that Sonny was going to walk away from the situation without any repercussions.
Scott quickly printed the document and held it in his hands. It felt like it was worth more money than anything else in the world. To Scott, it might have been. "Perfect," Scott muttered. To him... it was perfect.
Present Time-
"I was expecting you guys to be a little more enthused by my promise than you are right now," Scott smiled once more. "I thought you liked surprises."
"Not when they come from you," Mac countered. "Rarely, if ever, are they for the benefit of anyone else in this town, Baldwin. But... since you're going to show us what you've got regardless of if we want to see it or not, let's get this over with."
Scott pulled the file out of the folder. "Forensics just sent us the results of one of the murder weapon examinations. I'm sure the three of you know the person whose name comes up with a positive very well."
Scott threw the single piece of paper onto the desk and Ric, Mac, and Lucky all huddled around it.
"That can't be..." Ric was in shock.
"There's no way," Mac thought of Maxie and how she was going to take the news.
"He wouldn't..." Lucky's eyes were focused on Ric. He had taken what Mac had told him to heart. How was Ric reacting... and was it just an act, or was it genuine? Lucky still chose to believe the latter, but he wasn't sure why.
"I would think that the whole lot of you would be happy that we've finally got something positive on this whole mess."
"I don't believe it," Ric grabbed the paper. "This isn't true."
"What makes you so sure?" Scott asked.
"It just can't be!" Ric was almost frantic. "He wouldn't do this."
"He's directly related to someone that we all know is a cold hearted killer. What makes you think that he wouldn't do it?"
"Because we've seen him and the way that he acts around people," Mac stated. "I've been a harsh judge of him since the moment that I found out about his relationship with my daughter, but I wasn't being fair to him."
"I don't even believe that this document you've given us is real," Lucky eyed the paper with caution. He'd seen more than few doctored reports in his time. Being the son of Luke Spencer was filled with such antics.
"You got any proof that provides information otherwise?" Scott asked, entirely deadpan and acting like he was the innocent party in the entire situation. None of the others bought it, but he was right. They didn't have a shred of evidence that could prove that the document was false... at least not yet.
"You can put it on paper all you want, Scott," Ric muttered. "I'm not going to believe that my nephew had anything to do with this."
"You're living in denial... again, Lansing." Scott said. "Besides, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, you've still got to go over to the penthouse and arrest him."
"No," Ric refused.
"Excuse me?" Scott was angry at that moment.
"You heard me," Ric stated. "I'm not going to be the one that does your dirty work, not today."
"You have to do this if I tell you to!" Scott shouted.
"I'm too involved with this case on a personal level in order to do anything objectively enough."
"That's never stopped you from going after your brother how many times in the past?" Scott asked, he knew that Ric was just using it as an excuse.
"I'm not allowed to change my mind?" Ric wondered. "How many times in the past have you done it, Scott?"
"Don't bring that up!"
"Fact of the matter, Baldwin," Ric continued, "Is that it is a legitimate reason for not brining my nephew in. Try and force me into doing it and I will see to it that you are not going to be up for re-election."
"Is that a threat?"
"More like a statement of fact," Ric dryly countered. "Wouldn't you two say so?" He questioned the two around him, they both nodded their heads. "See? Witnesses."
Scott's face turned a very alarming shade of red. It was obvious that he was irate. Such obviousness only made Ric, Mac and Lucky feel better about the entire situation. Finally, Scott threw his arms into the air, "Fine, be that way. You two, go get him."
"I'm too involved with this case on a personal level as well, Scott," Mac commented. "He's dating my daughter, and she cares about him very much."
"You always wanted to bring down that Kyle kid! And let's not talk about how many times you threatened to have Dillon arrested, or actually did arrest him."
"All in the past," Mac brushed it off with a wave of his hand. "That doesn't hold any weight to the situation right now."
Scott was 0 for 2 and wasn't going to strike out entirely. "Lucky... go."
"Sorry, but he's family."
"No he isn't!" Scott's voice almost cracked.
"Second cousin by marriage," Lucky pointed out. "Or, at least, step- cousin."
"I'm going to see to it that you all suffer for standing against me on this day!"
"Is that a threat?" Ric asked the gathered party. Lucky and Mac nodded their heads. "Now, how could a threat like this look on a campaign for re- election?"
"He wouldn't have my vote," Lucky stated. "Not that he ever did."
"It looks like you're going to be doing this one on your own, Baldwin," Mac handed him the sheet of paper. "You might want this."
"I'm going to bring Damian in regardless of if you choose to help me or not! Do you hear me!?"
"I think he heard you over at the penthouse," Lucky said sarcastically. "You might want to calm down, Scott. Who knows what the pressure could do... even to a heart as black as yours."
"I'm going to have the last laugh!" Scott walked out of the office, slamming the door shut.
"You going to call him?" Lucky asked Ric.
"Who? Sonny?" Ric shook his head. "Even if I tried to warn him about Scott being on the warpath, he wouldn't listen to me. Lucky... you might be able to do it."
"Sonny doesn't trust me any more than he trusts you."
"You could try Carly," Mac said.
Lucky chuckled slightly, "If anything, Carly's going to make sure that Damian doesn't get away. They don't get along."
"Does anyone get along with Carly?" Mac wondered.
"Only on leap years," Lucky was trying to be as comedic as he could, but the truth was that he was more than a little worried about what could happen to Damian. Scott was ruthless. He had tried to see Luke go away for a very long time on more than one occasion. Luke managed to get away, but would Damian? Luke was a very different person from Damian.
"I know Damian didn't touch that gun," Ric thought about the report. "I can't prove that it was a fake yet, but I know it was."
"We all know it wasn't real," Mac said. "But Scott's done something like this before, he knows how to get away with playing the system to his advantage."
Ric looked out the window, "Well then I guess we're just going to have to play the system better than he does."
"Can we?" Lucky asked. "We have to," Ric replied. "If we don't... someone innocent is going to suffer just because Scott Baldwin needs his ego stroked. I won't let that happen." The ideas began to churn about in Ric's head. He would find a way to get Damian out of the situation he was in. Somehow...