Through Thick and Thin

Chapter 5

Both Jason and Sonny were shocked by Ric's news.

"You can't be her brother; your last name is Lansing." Sonny said.

"Do you really think I would come to town with the same last name as Lilly, you would've known right away who I was. I had to make sure that you didn't know until I told you."

"Oh yes, she did, we weren't that close, that is probably why you didn't know about me, I know that she was living in Port Charles at the time of her death," Ric looked up at Sonny with this evil look on his face.

"She went into the limo that our father planted for you, she died because of you. She would be here right now if it wasn't for you," Sonny still couldn't believe what Ric said. It couldn't be, could it?

"How can I be sure that this is true, and that you aren't lying," Ric then took a photo out of his pocket. It was a picture of Ric's family. Sonny looked at it, and knew that Ric was telling the truth, he was in fact Lilly's brother.

"Tell me where Courtney is now," Sonny shouted angrily.

"No, I don't think so. She is my revenge, and there is nothing you can do about it." Jason then put the gun to Ric's head.

"You tell me where she is right now, or you are dead," he said bitterly.

"So desperate to find your girlfriend, that you are going to kill the one person that knows where she is. That isn't really smart, is it?" Ric laughed.

"Take the gun off my head," Ric demanded. Jason looked at Sonny.

"Do what he says or we won't know where Courtney is," Jason reluctantly put the gun down.

"Throw it on the ground," Ric said, not wanting to take any chances.

"You too, Sonny," Ric said. Both Sonny and Jason put their guns on the ground.

"Okay, tell me where is she now?" Jason said.

"She is in a warehouse on Pine Street," Ric told them. Sonny and Jason started to walk away when Sonny turned around.

"Why did you finally tell where she is?"

"Because I got what I wanted. Revenge," Ric said as he walked away.

***

Jason and Sonny entered the warehouse.

"Courtney!" Jason shouted as he looked around the warehouse, but he couldn't find her anywhere.

"Is she here?" Sonny asked, as he came up to Jason.

"No, Ric tricked us, and we took the bait. Courtney could be anywhere, if we don't find her soon, she is dead,"

"Let's get out of here, and figure out where she could be," Sonny said, as they left the warehouse.

***

Elizabeth walked into Ric's apartment. She knew that he was hiding something from her, but what, she thought to herself. She looked everywhere to find something that would explain what he was hiding. Suddenly she found what she was looking for, but it couldn't be, could it? She then heard Ric opening the door. She had to clean up this mess before he found out she had been snooping.

"What do you think you are doing?" Ric asked as he came up to her. She turned around with this shocked look on her face.

"I was just cleaning your place, while waiting for you to come back, so where have you been, I have been waiting here for ages," Ric looked up at Elizabeth.

"I had business to take care of,"

"Do you mean getting revenge on Sonny?" Elizabeth said, not realizing what she just said.

"What are you talking about?" he said as he took his jacket off, and sat down on the couch. Elizabeth then pulled out a file that Ric had carelessly left in his bedroom.

"It's not what you think; I just wanted to know everything there is about Sonny before I came here,"

"But Ric these are pictures of Sonny from a few months ago, not from a newspaper article," Elizabeth said, as she started to walk away from Ric towards the bedroom.

"That isn't the only thing I found, I found this too," Elizabeth said, holding up a purse.

"I know whose purse this is. You did something to her to get revenge on Sonny, didn't you? You hate Sonny that much don't you?"

"Elizabeth, it's your purse, I brought for you," he said, as he tried to hugged her.

"Don't touch me; I know you did something to Courtney. She didn't some to work today," Elizabeth said as she looked in the purse. She pulled out a card from the purse.

"It says Courtney Matthews, so don't lie to me, I know everything. I'm calling the police, and I'm going to tell them everything I know," she said, as she started to dial the number. Ric knew that he needed to do something quick before she calls the police. He went up to her, and hung up the phone.

"Why did you do that?" she said.

"You weren't supposed to find out," he said as he hit her on the head.

***

Meanwhile, Courtney was tied up in a chair. She was just about to untie herself when the door opened. She made sure that Ric didn't know she was almost untied.

"You have a visitor, " Ric said, as he opened the door, and shoved Elizabeth into the room. Elizabeth was just starting to wake up; she didn't know where she was, or what happen to her. She then looked up and saw Ric and Courtney in front of her.

"Ric, why are you doing this?" she asked sadly.

"You know too much," he said as he shoved her on the bed.

"I thought you loved me," Elizabeth said softly.

"I never loved you that was just part of my plan to get revenge on Sonny. I had to seem like I had a life in Port Charles," he said. Courtney, who had just untied herself, stood up, and hit Ric, making him fall onto the floor. She quickly opened the door, and tried to hurry out. She was nearly out, when she heard:

"I don't think so," Ric said as he pulled out his gun, and shoot her.

"That is what happens when you don't listen," he laughed, as he was on his way out of the cabin he was keeping Courtney and Elizabeth in.

"You can't leave us. Courtney is shot," Elizabeth cried, as she got up from the bed, and went up to him. Ric turned around.

"She is my revenge, and I got what I wanted. Sonny is going to know what is like to lose someone he loves," Ric said.

"What about me? I really thought you loved me, you couldn't have lied about that," Elizabeth said. Elizabeth looked up at Ric, and knew her answer.

"Sorry, you shouldn't have been nosy," Ric said, as he locked the door, leaving Elizabeth and Courtney alone. Elizabeth went over to Courtney, who was lying on the ground with blood around her.

"Are you okay?" Courtney looked up at Elizabeth. Courtney looked at her.

"I'm shot here," pointing at her shoulder. Elizabeth looked at it, and saw that it was very serious, that she needed to get Courtney help fast.

"It hurt so much," Courtney said, as she started to doze off from the loss of blood.

"I know, but don't fall asleep. You have to stay awake." Elizabeth then knew what she had to do to keep Courtney awake.

"Talk about Jason," Elizabeth said as she started to apply pressure to the wound. Courtney cried out in pain. She didn't really want to talk about Jason, but if that was what is going to keep her awake then that is what she will do. Both Courtney and Elizabeth would have to put their feelings aside, and work together if they want to survive.

To be continued.....

Author's Note: Sorry to all Liz and Ric's fans, but I had to do that for my fic!!!