One Deception, Two Schemes and A Ton of Betrayal
"No." Carly told Faith, "I want you to tell me me how I can help."
Faith shook her head, slightly laughing through the pain in her abdomen, "You expect me to believe that you want your sister-in-law to pay for what she did? Where's your loyalty Carly?" She waited for an answer, "Hmm?"
"Loyalty doesn't mean anything after you've been betrayed." Carly told her, bitterly, "You of all people should know that. You know how much it hurts when someone you trust deceives you."
"Oh my God, you're serious." Faith said humbly, "Now you know how it feels to be on the opposite side and I take it that you're not enjoying it."
"I'm not looking for a lecture from the likes of you. What I am looking for, however, is a way out of this situation and quickly and as much as I hate to admit it you're my only hope." She confessed.
"Well, well, well, did someone wake up and smell the black roses?" Faith asked her sarcastically.
Carly sighed, "Are you going to help me with this or not?"
"How do I know that you're not going to cross me? How do I know that you're not going to run back to Jason and tell him everything that's going on?"
"That would be suicide and you know it. You're my only option Faith."
"Not true." Faith told her, "You could have picked Lorenzo, no wait, he's too much into his ex-sister-in-law to see that she may be harmful. Then that leaves Nicholas Caprice."
"So Caprice can sell me out to my husband?" She questioned a little too loudly, "I can't take that chance."
"Can you afford to take the chance with me?" She asked smiling, "How do you know that I won't cross you?"
"Because you can't, who are you going to run to Faith?" Carly laughed, "Who's going to believe anything you say? Not Jason, not Sonny and certainly not Alcazar or Caprice."
"I always back myself up Carly." Faith assured her, "I have insurance for this sort of thing."
"Look Faith, no more games. Okay." She told her sternly, "Skye had no right to shoot you, she had no right to try and take your territory. She's an amateur and you're not, you're the only one that can stop her."
"You make an interesting point." Faith told her, considering taking Carly up on her offer, "But why are you so eager to sell her out?"
"Because I was dragged into this against my will and now I'm looking for redemption." She yelled, "Things are getting out of hand, Skye doesn't know what she's doing and she's pulling me down with her." Carly explained, "I'm trying to save myself and I'll do whatever it takes to stop her. I'll do whatever you want."
"When and if I go after Skye, it will be on my own terms. Seems that Mrs. Perfect Mafia wife has major problems with her temperament." Faith reflected back on the evening on the docks, "She needs to be taken down a notch or two."
"And you're exactly the one to do it." Carly told her, "You're the perfect match for her."
"I still don't understand what you're getting out of all this. If you wanted to stop her, all you would have to do is tell your husband and things will be taken care of in a snap."
"What I'm getting?" Carly questioned, "What I'm getting is freedom. Piece of mind. I can't think of any other way to make Skye understand. You and I both know that the only way to get through to her is to take her down. Skye's out of control now, she'll do anything to keep the power that she's gained and she's not going to let her brother or her husband stand in her way."
"So you think I should preform this suicide mission?" Faith asked, "I've already been shot twice and I'm not making three my lucky number, anything that may or may not happen to Skye from here on out will be none of my doings. I officially wash my hands of the entire situation. I don't know Skye Quartermaine Corinthos and I have never been associated with her."
"I can't believe you're giving up. I thought you were a leader, Faith?" Carly taunted, "The Black Widow. Anyone or anything that gets in your way is eliminated. Nobody crosses Faith Roscoe and gets away with it."
"The best thing I can tell you to do is to make sure she stays far away from me."
"Oh my God, you're scared of her." Carly said, leaning closer to Faith, "You're scared of Skye Corinthos. Do you see her as a threat?"
Faith felt as if she was being backed into a corner, "If I seen her as a threat don't you think she would have been taken care of long ago?"
"No, because you can't afford any mistakes, if something were to happen to Skye, Sonny would go after everyone and I'm sure you would be at the top of his list."
"Trust me, if I wanted Skye dead, then she would be." She snapped, "No questions asked."
"Then why are you backing down?"
Faith looked Carly directly in the eye, "Because I value my life and Skye, well, she can be just plain heartless."
"She's gone crazy." Carly stated simply, "Make her pay Faith, make her pay for what she's done. It's only fair."
Faith was about to compromise with her when there was a knock on the door, then she seen the black shadow hovering outside, his head hung low. "Isn't this perfect? It's Jason."
Carly panicked, "He can't see me here."
"Hide in the bathroom." Faith told her, but Carly just looked back at her, clueless, "Go on hurry up, I don't want things to seem suspicious."
She got up and made her way into the bathroom, one was out of site, Faith laid back in the bed, "Come in."
Jason walked over and stood at the foot of her bed, "What the hell happened to you?"
She rolled her eyes, "I was shot."
Jason nodded, "Yeah, that much I gathered. But, I want to know who shot you."
Faith licked her lips, she could spill everything right now, she had the perfect opportunity, Carly was hiding the the bathroom she couldn't deny that she didn't have anything to do with it, well she could but she would be caught red handed.
"What if I told you that one of the people involved is closer than what you may think?"
Jason looked directly at her, "Like who?"
"Oh, I don't know......someone....that you're associated with.......maybe."
"Faith, I'm not in the mood for games." Jason told her, firmly.
"Well, neither am I." She agreed, "Although I'll give you one little clue, think Sonny." Faith whispered.
"It's not Sonny."
Faith shook her head, laughing, "My, you are slow. I didn't say it was, I said think Sonny."
Carly listened closely through the small crack in the bathroom door. Faith was going to give her up and there was no other way out of there.
"What did you think of my handy work with Sophia Caprice? Quite good wasn't it?" Faith asked, "Although it was rather difficult to tie her to that chair than I thought it would be, she's rather feisty."
"You were the one?" Jason asked, thinking he should have known.
"Yes, who else could have done such a dastardly deed?" Faith questioned.
"Are you bragging?"
"I have bragging rights Jason, rather you like it or not and don't worry about who shot me, they'll be taken care of.....sooner than you think."
Jason turned towards the door, "This is your last chance to tell me who shot you."
Faith smiled, "You'll know soon enough."
He left, slamming the door behind him. The bathroom opened and Carly slowly emerged, peering around the door to make sure that Jason was gone.
"Close call." Faith told her, "Next time you may not be so lucky."
"You could have sold me out. You could have told Jason I was here and I couldn't have denied it."
"Well, I've proved myself to you so now you have to prove yourself to me."
"What do you mean?" Carly asked, not completely understanding her proposal.
"I need to make sure that you're not going to run back to Skye and tell her that you've set me up."
"Faith, I already told you that I would do anything to help you, just tell me how I can prove to you that I'm not crossing you."
"Tonight at midnight I want you to meet Zander down at pier fifty one and he'll take you to an undisclosed location and there you can prove yourself to me." Faith explained.
Carly was silent.
"What, you're not willing to take the chance?" Faith asked, "I could have gave you up, but I chose not to. I proved myself to you and now you have to prove yourself to me, go with Zander tonight."
"Pier fifty one." Carly confirmed before heading for the door. As she exited Faith pulled herself up in the bed, she moved the blankets away from her with her right hand and reached for her small tape recorder.
Faith smiled, "It always pays to have insurance." She leaned over, placing the tape recorder in the nightstand drawer.
Picking up the phone, she dialed Zander's number, "I need you to meet Carly Morgan down at pier fifty one tonight at midnight, take her to the panic room and show her the reason she wants to cooperate with me." After hanging the phone up, she laid back down in her bed.
Her eyes closed as she turned thoughts over and over again in her head. About Skye. About Carly. About Lorenzo. There was just one thing she hadn't counted on. She slowly opened her eyes and discovered someone standing at the foot of her bed.
"You again, what do you want now?" She asked, annoyed.
"Say you're prayers Faith."
She let out a small laugh, "Why?"
The gun was raised into view, "Because you're going to bed for a very long time."
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In Italy, Sonny sat patiently in the interrogation room. He couldn't wait to see Skye. It had been forever since the last time he saw her, even longer since he kissed her and even longer than that since he held her. Without her he wasn't sure where he fit into the big plan or if he would even still be alive.
Skye made him feel so alive since the first time the met and even more so over the past eleven years. She was his world, his universe, his life. He would give everything he had to keep her safe. And his children, they were the light of his life and the fact that he and Skye had created them together was more than he could possibly fathom.
Glancing at the clock on the wall he discovered that his wife seemed to be running a little behind. He sat back in his chair and then as on cue, the door opened. When he looked up his eyes focused on her.
"I'm sorry, am I interrupting your deepest thoughts?" She asked him, smiling.
"Not at all." He told her, "I had a feeling you would show up."
"Really?" She asked, "Why's that?"
"Because you need me, you can't do this without me." Sonny reminded her, flashing his dimples.
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It was almost midnight as Carly made her way down the pier, she was almost there and could see Zander standing against the lamp post waiting on her.
"You're on time." Zander remarked as she stopped in front of him.
"Well, I believe in punctuality, so can we please move this along before someone see's me?"
"Of course." He took a scarf out of his pocket, "Turn around."
Carly gave him an icy stare, looking him over, trying to determine what he was up to, "For what?" She asked bluntly.
"So I can blindfold you." He told her honestly, "Now, turn around."
"Why?" Carly asked yet again.
"They were Faith's orders, not mine. She doesn't want you to know where you're being taken, that way you can't get back there by yourself."
"Fine." She agreed, having no other choice.
Zander tied to scarf over her eyes and then led her to the car, they traveled for about ten minutes and then she felt the car stop. He helped her out of the back seat and led her into what she thought was a building, he shut the door behind them. Carly heard some noises and then taken a bit further. Her scarf was then removed. She found herself in a gray room.
"Where are we?" Carly asked, "It looks like some sort of Panic Room."
"Good thing, because that's exactly what it is."
"Why did you bring me here?"
"Because there's someone you need to see."
Carly looked at Zander and then slowly turned around.
She gasped, loudly, "Oh....my....God."
TBC....................
There's one un-named person at the end of each event in the story. Three all total. So who do you think they could be??? Thanks for all the support and please review!!!!!
"No." Carly told Faith, "I want you to tell me me how I can help."
Faith shook her head, slightly laughing through the pain in her abdomen, "You expect me to believe that you want your sister-in-law to pay for what she did? Where's your loyalty Carly?" She waited for an answer, "Hmm?"
"Loyalty doesn't mean anything after you've been betrayed." Carly told her, bitterly, "You of all people should know that. You know how much it hurts when someone you trust deceives you."
"Oh my God, you're serious." Faith said humbly, "Now you know how it feels to be on the opposite side and I take it that you're not enjoying it."
"I'm not looking for a lecture from the likes of you. What I am looking for, however, is a way out of this situation and quickly and as much as I hate to admit it you're my only hope." She confessed.
"Well, well, well, did someone wake up and smell the black roses?" Faith asked her sarcastically.
Carly sighed, "Are you going to help me with this or not?"
"How do I know that you're not going to cross me? How do I know that you're not going to run back to Jason and tell him everything that's going on?"
"That would be suicide and you know it. You're my only option Faith."
"Not true." Faith told her, "You could have picked Lorenzo, no wait, he's too much into his ex-sister-in-law to see that she may be harmful. Then that leaves Nicholas Caprice."
"So Caprice can sell me out to my husband?" She questioned a little too loudly, "I can't take that chance."
"Can you afford to take the chance with me?" She asked smiling, "How do you know that I won't cross you?"
"Because you can't, who are you going to run to Faith?" Carly laughed, "Who's going to believe anything you say? Not Jason, not Sonny and certainly not Alcazar or Caprice."
"I always back myself up Carly." Faith assured her, "I have insurance for this sort of thing."
"Look Faith, no more games. Okay." She told her sternly, "Skye had no right to shoot you, she had no right to try and take your territory. She's an amateur and you're not, you're the only one that can stop her."
"You make an interesting point." Faith told her, considering taking Carly up on her offer, "But why are you so eager to sell her out?"
"Because I was dragged into this against my will and now I'm looking for redemption." She yelled, "Things are getting out of hand, Skye doesn't know what she's doing and she's pulling me down with her." Carly explained, "I'm trying to save myself and I'll do whatever it takes to stop her. I'll do whatever you want."
"When and if I go after Skye, it will be on my own terms. Seems that Mrs. Perfect Mafia wife has major problems with her temperament." Faith reflected back on the evening on the docks, "She needs to be taken down a notch or two."
"And you're exactly the one to do it." Carly told her, "You're the perfect match for her."
"I still don't understand what you're getting out of all this. If you wanted to stop her, all you would have to do is tell your husband and things will be taken care of in a snap."
"What I'm getting?" Carly questioned, "What I'm getting is freedom. Piece of mind. I can't think of any other way to make Skye understand. You and I both know that the only way to get through to her is to take her down. Skye's out of control now, she'll do anything to keep the power that she's gained and she's not going to let her brother or her husband stand in her way."
"So you think I should preform this suicide mission?" Faith asked, "I've already been shot twice and I'm not making three my lucky number, anything that may or may not happen to Skye from here on out will be none of my doings. I officially wash my hands of the entire situation. I don't know Skye Quartermaine Corinthos and I have never been associated with her."
"I can't believe you're giving up. I thought you were a leader, Faith?" Carly taunted, "The Black Widow. Anyone or anything that gets in your way is eliminated. Nobody crosses Faith Roscoe and gets away with it."
"The best thing I can tell you to do is to make sure she stays far away from me."
"Oh my God, you're scared of her." Carly said, leaning closer to Faith, "You're scared of Skye Corinthos. Do you see her as a threat?"
Faith felt as if she was being backed into a corner, "If I seen her as a threat don't you think she would have been taken care of long ago?"
"No, because you can't afford any mistakes, if something were to happen to Skye, Sonny would go after everyone and I'm sure you would be at the top of his list."
"Trust me, if I wanted Skye dead, then she would be." She snapped, "No questions asked."
"Then why are you backing down?"
Faith looked Carly directly in the eye, "Because I value my life and Skye, well, she can be just plain heartless."
"She's gone crazy." Carly stated simply, "Make her pay Faith, make her pay for what she's done. It's only fair."
Faith was about to compromise with her when there was a knock on the door, then she seen the black shadow hovering outside, his head hung low. "Isn't this perfect? It's Jason."
Carly panicked, "He can't see me here."
"Hide in the bathroom." Faith told her, but Carly just looked back at her, clueless, "Go on hurry up, I don't want things to seem suspicious."
She got up and made her way into the bathroom, one was out of site, Faith laid back in the bed, "Come in."
Jason walked over and stood at the foot of her bed, "What the hell happened to you?"
She rolled her eyes, "I was shot."
Jason nodded, "Yeah, that much I gathered. But, I want to know who shot you."
Faith licked her lips, she could spill everything right now, she had the perfect opportunity, Carly was hiding the the bathroom she couldn't deny that she didn't have anything to do with it, well she could but she would be caught red handed.
"What if I told you that one of the people involved is closer than what you may think?"
Jason looked directly at her, "Like who?"
"Oh, I don't know......someone....that you're associated with.......maybe."
"Faith, I'm not in the mood for games." Jason told her, firmly.
"Well, neither am I." She agreed, "Although I'll give you one little clue, think Sonny." Faith whispered.
"It's not Sonny."
Faith shook her head, laughing, "My, you are slow. I didn't say it was, I said think Sonny."
Carly listened closely through the small crack in the bathroom door. Faith was going to give her up and there was no other way out of there.
"What did you think of my handy work with Sophia Caprice? Quite good wasn't it?" Faith asked, "Although it was rather difficult to tie her to that chair than I thought it would be, she's rather feisty."
"You were the one?" Jason asked, thinking he should have known.
"Yes, who else could have done such a dastardly deed?" Faith questioned.
"Are you bragging?"
"I have bragging rights Jason, rather you like it or not and don't worry about who shot me, they'll be taken care of.....sooner than you think."
Jason turned towards the door, "This is your last chance to tell me who shot you."
Faith smiled, "You'll know soon enough."
He left, slamming the door behind him. The bathroom opened and Carly slowly emerged, peering around the door to make sure that Jason was gone.
"Close call." Faith told her, "Next time you may not be so lucky."
"You could have sold me out. You could have told Jason I was here and I couldn't have denied it."
"Well, I've proved myself to you so now you have to prove yourself to me."
"What do you mean?" Carly asked, not completely understanding her proposal.
"I need to make sure that you're not going to run back to Skye and tell her that you've set me up."
"Faith, I already told you that I would do anything to help you, just tell me how I can prove to you that I'm not crossing you."
"Tonight at midnight I want you to meet Zander down at pier fifty one and he'll take you to an undisclosed location and there you can prove yourself to me." Faith explained.
Carly was silent.
"What, you're not willing to take the chance?" Faith asked, "I could have gave you up, but I chose not to. I proved myself to you and now you have to prove yourself to me, go with Zander tonight."
"Pier fifty one." Carly confirmed before heading for the door. As she exited Faith pulled herself up in the bed, she moved the blankets away from her with her right hand and reached for her small tape recorder.
Faith smiled, "It always pays to have insurance." She leaned over, placing the tape recorder in the nightstand drawer.
Picking up the phone, she dialed Zander's number, "I need you to meet Carly Morgan down at pier fifty one tonight at midnight, take her to the panic room and show her the reason she wants to cooperate with me." After hanging the phone up, she laid back down in her bed.
Her eyes closed as she turned thoughts over and over again in her head. About Skye. About Carly. About Lorenzo. There was just one thing she hadn't counted on. She slowly opened her eyes and discovered someone standing at the foot of her bed.
"You again, what do you want now?" She asked, annoyed.
"Say you're prayers Faith."
She let out a small laugh, "Why?"
The gun was raised into view, "Because you're going to bed for a very long time."
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In Italy, Sonny sat patiently in the interrogation room. He couldn't wait to see Skye. It had been forever since the last time he saw her, even longer since he kissed her and even longer than that since he held her. Without her he wasn't sure where he fit into the big plan or if he would even still be alive.
Skye made him feel so alive since the first time the met and even more so over the past eleven years. She was his world, his universe, his life. He would give everything he had to keep her safe. And his children, they were the light of his life and the fact that he and Skye had created them together was more than he could possibly fathom.
Glancing at the clock on the wall he discovered that his wife seemed to be running a little behind. He sat back in his chair and then as on cue, the door opened. When he looked up his eyes focused on her.
"I'm sorry, am I interrupting your deepest thoughts?" She asked him, smiling.
"Not at all." He told her, "I had a feeling you would show up."
"Really?" She asked, "Why's that?"
"Because you need me, you can't do this without me." Sonny reminded her, flashing his dimples.
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It was almost midnight as Carly made her way down the pier, she was almost there and could see Zander standing against the lamp post waiting on her.
"You're on time." Zander remarked as she stopped in front of him.
"Well, I believe in punctuality, so can we please move this along before someone see's me?"
"Of course." He took a scarf out of his pocket, "Turn around."
Carly gave him an icy stare, looking him over, trying to determine what he was up to, "For what?" She asked bluntly.
"So I can blindfold you." He told her honestly, "Now, turn around."
"Why?" Carly asked yet again.
"They were Faith's orders, not mine. She doesn't want you to know where you're being taken, that way you can't get back there by yourself."
"Fine." She agreed, having no other choice.
Zander tied to scarf over her eyes and then led her to the car, they traveled for about ten minutes and then she felt the car stop. He helped her out of the back seat and led her into what she thought was a building, he shut the door behind them. Carly heard some noises and then taken a bit further. Her scarf was then removed. She found herself in a gray room.
"Where are we?" Carly asked, "It looks like some sort of Panic Room."
"Good thing, because that's exactly what it is."
"Why did you bring me here?"
"Because there's someone you need to see."
Carly looked at Zander and then slowly turned around.
She gasped, loudly, "Oh....my....God."
TBC....................
There's one un-named person at the end of each event in the story. Three all total. So who do you think they could be??? Thanks for all the support and please review!!!!!