Sonny's Plane-
"I heard you, you know," Jason walked in from the back to the main part of the plane where Sonny was resting.
"What do you mean?" Sonny asked.
"I heard you stand up for yourself against Damian's grandfather..."
"And?"
"What?" Jason didn't think there was going to be a follow up.
"Jason, just tell me what you want to say."
"I think you did the right thing," Jason said. "I was very happy to see that you weren't going to let him talk down to you like he did."
"He tried to tell me that I was a bad father, Jason," Sonny began. "I know that I'm a lot of things, not many of them are good, but I also happen to know that I am a good husband and a good father."
"I know that, too," Jason said. It was the reason why he let Michael stay with Sonny, why he gave up his rights to the boy that he loved so much. He knew that Sonny was good for Michael, probably better than Jason could have ever been. "You told him what he needed to know and you didn't hesitate."
"I was so nervous..."
"I could tell, you were shaking. I thought I was going to need to help you."
"I don't need help, I can deal with my own problems," Sonny grabbed the phone.
"You going to call Carly?"
"I'm going to ask how my son is..."
"Good idea," Jason said.
Sonny dialed the home number. Leticia picked up after a few rings. "Hello? Leticia? Yeah, is Carly there? She's still at the hospital? She took Morgan with her? She didn't give a time that she would be back, did she? No, I didn't think she would. Okay, thanks." Sonny hung up the phone.
"Morgan's at the hospital?"
"Not because there's something wrong with him," Sonny said. "Carly just thought that it would have been good for Damian to see Morgan."
"She's probably right."
"Probably?'
Jason sat on the other couch, "Yeah. You know how nervous Damian gets when he's around Morgan. It reminds me a lot of how I was when Michael was a baby. I didn't know a thing about holding a child. I always thought that I was going to do something wrong and he'd get hurt."
"You did a good job bringing him up by himself when Carly was sick," Sonny said. "I can't thank you enough for that."
"You don't need to thank me." Jason had done everything for Michael. Sonny's thanks was not needed, but it was a nice thought.
Sonny grabbed the phone again, "I'm going to see if Carly's in the room. Maybe I can talk to Courtney or Damian, see if everything is okay." Sonny dialed the number, which he had already memorized in his head. He let it ring continually, each ring causing him to become less sure of himself, wondering why nobody was picking up. Was something wrong? Sonny hung up the phone, "Dammit."
"What?"
"There was no answer," Sonny looked over at Jason. "You don't think something could have happened, do you?"
"I think Carly or Courtney would have told you something had happened by now."
"Not if it just happened," Sonny picked up the phone a third time and called the hospital itself.
Bobbie was at the station, looking at Carly who was trying not to cry while she was holding Morgan. Bobbie heard the phone ring. She looked over at it, thinking that she should have let someone else pick it up, but she decided that she was there and it was her job to answer the phone if she were there. "General Hospital."
"Bobbie?"
"Sonny," Bobbie felt her heart sink. Carly looked over at her mother when she heard her husband's name called.
"I tried to call Damian's room and nobody answered. Is everything okay? Leticia said that Carly was at the hospital."
"She is," Bobbie said. "She's actually right here."
"Why isn't she with him?"
"I think you should talk to her," Bobbie's voice was filled with worry. Carly was shaking her head, trying to protest talking to her husband. "Give me a second to get her, she's holding Morgan..." Bobbie walked over. "You have to tell him, Carly!"
"Mom, I don't want to! He'll be angry at me!"
"Carly, he's going to be even more upset with you if you keep this a secret from him until he gets back. Tell him now... he's going to find out sometime."
Carly felt that she had the weight of the world on her shoulders, and she didn't like that feeling at all. She wanted to do something else, anything else, but she didn't want to tell Sonny that his son and his sister were missing. But she knew that her mother was correct. Someone had to tell Sonny, and as much as it hurt her, she knew that the person had to be her. Carly gave Morgan to Bobbie again, taking on last look at her baby. What would she have been thinking if Morgan had been the one that was gone? If it had been Michael? She couldn't even begin to think about what Sonny would be going through while he was worrying about his son being missing. She had to tell him. He could start working on finding them as soon as possible. "Sonny?"
"Carly... what's wrong?'
The second she heard his voice, she began to cry. "Sonny..."
"Carly," Sonny's feelings of worry were escalated even more. "Tell me what's wrong. What happened?'
"Damian's gone..."
"What do you mean, gone?" Sonny felt his heart sink. "Did... he..."
"No, I don't think he's dead."
"You don't think? Carly, he should be at the hospital..."
"But he's not," She said. "Sonny, Courtney and Damian are missing."
"How in the hell did the hospital manage to lose them? Two people don't just vanish out of thin air!"
Jason knew that something was wrong, and when it became 'them' he jumped to the correct conclusion that it had something to do with Courtney. "What's wrong, Sonny?"
On her end of the line, Carly told Sonny the one thing that she knew, "Alcazar did it... I think Lorenzo's the one who took them."
"I knew I should have killed that bastard!" Sonny was angry once more. "Carly, who knows?"
"Just me and mom right now," She said. "What am I going to tell Michael?"
"Don't tell Michael anything until Jason and I get back. We're already in the air, we should be home in a few hours," Sonny was so angry and worried that his entire body was shaking with the jumbled feelings. "Carly... take him out of school right now."
"What?"
"If Alcazar is striking at me through my children then I need to make sure that everyone else is safe!" Sonny thought she would have understood that. "Carly, please! Take Morgan back to the penthouse once you get Michael out of school and stay there until Jason and I get home. Don't open the door for anyone. I'm going to have everyone stay around the penthouse until I return. Can you do that for me?"
"Yes, Sonny. I'll stay at home if that's what you want." Carly cried, "I'm sorry... Sonny... for what happened, I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault, Carly," Sonny hung up the phone.
Carly fell down, weeping. It was her fault. No matter what Sonny said, it was her fault.
Jason didn't understand what was going on, but he wanted to know. "Sonny, what happened? Where's Courtney?"
"Courtney and Damian were taken from the hospital sometime between the time that Carly left the hospital last night and when she was there this morning."
"We need to get home."
"Yes, we do," Sonny agreed. "But what if we're too late?"
"Don't say that, Sonny. Courtney knows how to protect herself."
"I'm not worried about my little sister, Jason! I know that Courtney can take care of herself, but Damian's injured, nursing several broken bones. How am I supposed to just sit around while my son is missing?"
"Do you have any ideas who took them?" Jason wondered.
"Who else? That freak, Alcazar."
"Are you sure?"
"Carly seems to be pretty sure that it was him," Sonny said. "I don't know why she thinks it was, but I'm going to believe her until I know otherwise. It's not above him to kidnap members of my family."
"I should have stayed..."
"Jason, what happened isn't your fault. I don't think you could have done anything even if you were there, honestly." Sonny was trying to remain calm, but it was hard. If he lost his cool... he could lose his son. He picked up the phone again and dialed a number, "Max? Damian and Courtney are missing. No, I don't want you to go look for them! I want you to stay at the penthouse and make sure that nothing happens. Carly is going to bring Michael and Morgan back. I want you to protect my family until I get back."
"What are we going to do?" Jason asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Sonny replied. "We're going to find Alcazar. We're going to make him tell us where Damian and Courtney are, and then we're going to kill him for messing with the family."
"I heard you, you know," Jason walked in from the back to the main part of the plane where Sonny was resting.
"What do you mean?" Sonny asked.
"I heard you stand up for yourself against Damian's grandfather..."
"And?"
"What?" Jason didn't think there was going to be a follow up.
"Jason, just tell me what you want to say."
"I think you did the right thing," Jason said. "I was very happy to see that you weren't going to let him talk down to you like he did."
"He tried to tell me that I was a bad father, Jason," Sonny began. "I know that I'm a lot of things, not many of them are good, but I also happen to know that I am a good husband and a good father."
"I know that, too," Jason said. It was the reason why he let Michael stay with Sonny, why he gave up his rights to the boy that he loved so much. He knew that Sonny was good for Michael, probably better than Jason could have ever been. "You told him what he needed to know and you didn't hesitate."
"I was so nervous..."
"I could tell, you were shaking. I thought I was going to need to help you."
"I don't need help, I can deal with my own problems," Sonny grabbed the phone.
"You going to call Carly?"
"I'm going to ask how my son is..."
"Good idea," Jason said.
Sonny dialed the home number. Leticia picked up after a few rings. "Hello? Leticia? Yeah, is Carly there? She's still at the hospital? She took Morgan with her? She didn't give a time that she would be back, did she? No, I didn't think she would. Okay, thanks." Sonny hung up the phone.
"Morgan's at the hospital?"
"Not because there's something wrong with him," Sonny said. "Carly just thought that it would have been good for Damian to see Morgan."
"She's probably right."
"Probably?'
Jason sat on the other couch, "Yeah. You know how nervous Damian gets when he's around Morgan. It reminds me a lot of how I was when Michael was a baby. I didn't know a thing about holding a child. I always thought that I was going to do something wrong and he'd get hurt."
"You did a good job bringing him up by himself when Carly was sick," Sonny said. "I can't thank you enough for that."
"You don't need to thank me." Jason had done everything for Michael. Sonny's thanks was not needed, but it was a nice thought.
Sonny grabbed the phone again, "I'm going to see if Carly's in the room. Maybe I can talk to Courtney or Damian, see if everything is okay." Sonny dialed the number, which he had already memorized in his head. He let it ring continually, each ring causing him to become less sure of himself, wondering why nobody was picking up. Was something wrong? Sonny hung up the phone, "Dammit."
"What?"
"There was no answer," Sonny looked over at Jason. "You don't think something could have happened, do you?"
"I think Carly or Courtney would have told you something had happened by now."
"Not if it just happened," Sonny picked up the phone a third time and called the hospital itself.
Bobbie was at the station, looking at Carly who was trying not to cry while she was holding Morgan. Bobbie heard the phone ring. She looked over at it, thinking that she should have let someone else pick it up, but she decided that she was there and it was her job to answer the phone if she were there. "General Hospital."
"Bobbie?"
"Sonny," Bobbie felt her heart sink. Carly looked over at her mother when she heard her husband's name called.
"I tried to call Damian's room and nobody answered. Is everything okay? Leticia said that Carly was at the hospital."
"She is," Bobbie said. "She's actually right here."
"Why isn't she with him?"
"I think you should talk to her," Bobbie's voice was filled with worry. Carly was shaking her head, trying to protest talking to her husband. "Give me a second to get her, she's holding Morgan..." Bobbie walked over. "You have to tell him, Carly!"
"Mom, I don't want to! He'll be angry at me!"
"Carly, he's going to be even more upset with you if you keep this a secret from him until he gets back. Tell him now... he's going to find out sometime."
Carly felt that she had the weight of the world on her shoulders, and she didn't like that feeling at all. She wanted to do something else, anything else, but she didn't want to tell Sonny that his son and his sister were missing. But she knew that her mother was correct. Someone had to tell Sonny, and as much as it hurt her, she knew that the person had to be her. Carly gave Morgan to Bobbie again, taking on last look at her baby. What would she have been thinking if Morgan had been the one that was gone? If it had been Michael? She couldn't even begin to think about what Sonny would be going through while he was worrying about his son being missing. She had to tell him. He could start working on finding them as soon as possible. "Sonny?"
"Carly... what's wrong?'
The second she heard his voice, she began to cry. "Sonny..."
"Carly," Sonny's feelings of worry were escalated even more. "Tell me what's wrong. What happened?'
"Damian's gone..."
"What do you mean, gone?" Sonny felt his heart sink. "Did... he..."
"No, I don't think he's dead."
"You don't think? Carly, he should be at the hospital..."
"But he's not," She said. "Sonny, Courtney and Damian are missing."
"How in the hell did the hospital manage to lose them? Two people don't just vanish out of thin air!"
Jason knew that something was wrong, and when it became 'them' he jumped to the correct conclusion that it had something to do with Courtney. "What's wrong, Sonny?"
On her end of the line, Carly told Sonny the one thing that she knew, "Alcazar did it... I think Lorenzo's the one who took them."
"I knew I should have killed that bastard!" Sonny was angry once more. "Carly, who knows?"
"Just me and mom right now," She said. "What am I going to tell Michael?"
"Don't tell Michael anything until Jason and I get back. We're already in the air, we should be home in a few hours," Sonny was so angry and worried that his entire body was shaking with the jumbled feelings. "Carly... take him out of school right now."
"What?"
"If Alcazar is striking at me through my children then I need to make sure that everyone else is safe!" Sonny thought she would have understood that. "Carly, please! Take Morgan back to the penthouse once you get Michael out of school and stay there until Jason and I get home. Don't open the door for anyone. I'm going to have everyone stay around the penthouse until I return. Can you do that for me?"
"Yes, Sonny. I'll stay at home if that's what you want." Carly cried, "I'm sorry... Sonny... for what happened, I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault, Carly," Sonny hung up the phone.
Carly fell down, weeping. It was her fault. No matter what Sonny said, it was her fault.
Jason didn't understand what was going on, but he wanted to know. "Sonny, what happened? Where's Courtney?"
"Courtney and Damian were taken from the hospital sometime between the time that Carly left the hospital last night and when she was there this morning."
"We need to get home."
"Yes, we do," Sonny agreed. "But what if we're too late?"
"Don't say that, Sonny. Courtney knows how to protect herself."
"I'm not worried about my little sister, Jason! I know that Courtney can take care of herself, but Damian's injured, nursing several broken bones. How am I supposed to just sit around while my son is missing?"
"Do you have any ideas who took them?" Jason wondered.
"Who else? That freak, Alcazar."
"Are you sure?"
"Carly seems to be pretty sure that it was him," Sonny said. "I don't know why she thinks it was, but I'm going to believe her until I know otherwise. It's not above him to kidnap members of my family."
"I should have stayed..."
"Jason, what happened isn't your fault. I don't think you could have done anything even if you were there, honestly." Sonny was trying to remain calm, but it was hard. If he lost his cool... he could lose his son. He picked up the phone again and dialed a number, "Max? Damian and Courtney are missing. No, I don't want you to go look for them! I want you to stay at the penthouse and make sure that nothing happens. Carly is going to bring Michael and Morgan back. I want you to protect my family until I get back."
"What are we going to do?" Jason asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Sonny replied. "We're going to find Alcazar. We're going to make him tell us where Damian and Courtney are, and then we're going to kill him for messing with the family."