A/N: I have a question...if you've heard of it what do you guys think of that "I Wanna Be A SoapStar" or whatever its' called. I'm really sick of all these reality shows that offer you contracts and roles and deals and things. All I know is if they actually give the winner a job on GH, they better be damn good and if they're not kick them off! Email me let me know if you feel the same or not. I'm just curious.
Ch. 28 Plans and Favors
Not making a sound, the closet door opened inch by inch. When there was enough room Carly poked her head out. She wasn't sure if it was safe to come out of hiding. She didn't know where they went or when they'd be back. They could be right outside the door for all she knew.
Carly examined her options. If she took the chance she could probably make a run for the window. With her luck she would be heard before she could get it open and that would be bad. If she took a bigger chance she could try and figure out how to get Courtney out on her own and that would take longer. Not knowing what to do she leaned out further and looked in her friends' direction.
'He thinks he's a genius.' Courtney thought.
She may be blonde but she certainly wasn't stupid. Ric wasn't going anywhere from the room, not while he was still suspicious. He was just waiting for them to slip up. She wasn't going to and she could only hope that Carly had caught on as well.
It was apparent that she hadn't as she was almost halfway out in the open by now. Carly was looking at her, questioning with her eyes whether she should or not. She answered shaking her head. Getting the message, she nodded once and as quietly as she had before, reentered the dark space.
"If someone was coming to the rescue wouldn't they have done something by now? Jees, I think you're just being paranoid." Faith whispered to Ric. It had been a few minutes and nothing had happened. They were just standing outside the door like a bunch of idiots.
"You might be right. I was almost sure that someone was here." he spoke pulling his head away from the door. "But if you keep taking off, it won't just be a paranoia, we'll be caught and killed."
"Ok I get it. Stay good, go bad. What do you want to do now?"
"Well, there's an investigation into this so I have to go be a model citizen. I won't be long, I'm just going to make sure I'm seen looking into this by some people and then I'll come back. Stay in there and make sure that there really isn't anyone here. Alright?" he turned to leave but looked at her once more and emphasized his words. "Stay. Here."
"Alright. Ok." She went back inside and noticed the look she was getting. "Don't give me that look. If you haven't noticed I'm not fond of you either. You think I like sitting here babysitting you while he goes out and lives a his life? God no."
Listening from the dark, Carly took in the new information.
'So, he is gone. That's a step up.' she thought.
Carly had waited a few minutes until she was absolutely sure that he was gone before she put her little plan into action. While she was in the closet she had found some things. Nothing really useful, but now that she thought about it her mind had formulated an idea.
The woman removed her pink blouse, revealing the white spaghetti strap tank top she had been wearing underneath. She grabbed one of the glass bottles of chloroform that was apparently kept there in case things got out of control for them. She took off the cap and turned the bottle over on the cloth, inwardly cringing as she watched.
'I have to remember to get another one.' she thought. 'Stop it! Now is not the time to think about shopping.' She took a deep breath. 'Here it goes.'
She released her hold on the bottle and watched in smash into the ground and shatter into an infinite amount of glass pieces. Looking out she saw the response from the room. Faith jumped from her seat and looked in the her direction. Pulling out her gun she slowly approached the door and when she was near a foot away Carly moved.
Pushing her shoulder against the wood, it flew open violently and hit Faith hard. Obviously caught off guard she went reeling and dropped her weapon. Carly took advantage and with a noise resembling a battle cry, she ran full speed at the stumbling woman and knocked her to the ground.
Immediately after Faith hit the floor, Carly covered her face with the drenched fabric. She held it steady until her movements ceased and then got up to her feet. Giving the unconscious woman one last look of disgust she returned to where she had been earlier and peeled back the tape from her mouth.
"Are you ok?" she asked noticing for the first time the red mark on the side of her face.
"I'm fine."
"I'm going to get help. Ok?"
"Be careful. What about her?"
"I don't know how long she'll be out. But it should be enough time." then she got an idea, just in case she was wrong.
"Alright. I'll be right back." Carly said a few minutes later. She hated leaving her there alone again but she left.
Taking off she moved faster then she ever remembered going. In minutes she was at the Towers, using the stairs she reached the penthouse floor in seconds. She busted through the door and flew into the room.
"Sonny! I found-" her words faded and were replaced by angry ones at the sight in front of her. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I'm just updating your husband on the investigation into his sister's disappearance." Ric explained.
"Really? It's almost 11:30 at night."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know there was a curfew for Courtney's safety."
"Don't worry Carly, Ric was just leaving." Sonny spoke to her but kept his gaze on his brother the entire time.
"Alright." he walked past Sonny and stopped in front of her. "Just out of curiosity, what did you find that could cause you to come storming in here like that?"
"My, um, wedding ring. Not that it's any of your business but it came off while I was at my mother's and I was glad I found it."
"You should be more careful with the things you care about."
"Alright thanks. Buh-bye."
After Ric had left, Sonny spoke.
"You lost your ring? Is that why you're home so late. Because I mean you could have called."
"I never lost my ring Sonny. That was a lie. I found Courtney." she watched her husbands eyes widen.
"You found her? Where? Where is she? Is she alright?"
"At an old house on Mackenzie. She was fine when I left but we have to hurry." Wordlessly he breezed past his wife and across the hall. Letting himself into the penthouse he called out.
"Jason!" the spiky haired man came around the corner. He looked awful, exhaustion spread across his features. He looked like he hadn't slept or eaten in days, which was probably the case.
"We know where Courtney is. We gotta go."
At the words, his face visibly seemed to change and he silently grabbed his jacket and they headed out the door. On the way to the car, Carly began filling them in on everything starting from the beginning and her seeing Faith.
"Ow!" Faith groaned. "What the hell?"
She was awakened by a sharp pain across her face. Looking up she saw Ric hovering above her. He looked at her with an angry stare.
"That's what I'd like to know. What the hell happened here?" he blurted out.
When he had come in the room he found his hostage was no longer gagged and Faith wasn't in the room. After a brief interrogation and realizing that Courtney wasn't going to say anything he put a fresh piece of tape on her and searched around. Finally he opened the closet and found Faith on the floor unconscious and her hounds were bound with wads the same tape.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." she said sarcastically.
"Answer me.""Carly Corinthos is what happened. Little princess was in the closet the whole time."
"Carly?" he looked over his shoulder towards Courtney. "It was Carly?" Getting just a shoulder shrug he turned back towards Faith.
He realized what she had really gone to tell Sonny. Ric knew she'd been lying about her ring, but he didn't think that this was what she found.
"Son of a bitch." he was now pacing the room. No doubt she'd told him the second he left and now they were in they were in serious trouble. "They're coming. You realize they're probably on their way, don't you?"
"So let's get out of here. You know like you were supposed to be helping me do in the first place? We're dead if we stay here. Why not take off and at least have a chance of staying alive?"
Ric thought it over, he was stuck in a corner and only had the one way out. He nodded and told her to call the airport for the tickets.
"You know since I'm going to be on the run anyway maybe I could do a small favor. What do you think?" noticing she didn't seem to know what he meant he pulled out the keys from his jacket pocket and dangled them in front of her.
Before anything could be done, Faith came through the door and began searching the floor.
"We've got company. Two people coming up front." she continued to scan the room until she found her target. Picking up her gun from the spot it had fallen she cocked it and went into a defensive stance. Prepared for a battle she looked at Ric.
"What's the plan?"
Sonny and Jason crept up to the house and peered in through the window. No one was in the front room and it looked like all the lights were off. Carly warned them where they would most likely be. She told them everything she knew and Jason listened to every word. Clenching his fists tight enough that his knuckles whitened.
It had taken Sonny a good couple of minutes to convince his wife that she to stay in the car and stay safe. Explaining that he needed to focus on what he was doing and not worry about her on top of it.
Getting a nod from Sonny, Jason slowly opened the door and the men entered the dark house. Creeping forward both of them kept their eyes and ears open for anything suspicious. Reaching the door he assumed lead to the room Carly had mentioned, they took position on either side.
"Ready?" Sonny whispered to his right hand man. Responding with only a nod Jason reached to the doorknob and turned the metal object. In a swift motion, the door was opened and the men both entered with their guns drawn.