Chapter 12
The week passed without much incident. Carly managed to avoid Sonny for the most part but she had noticed Johnny a lot more than she used to. Both he and Jason had been acting very strange lately but she supposed that she had to.
Jason and Johnny sat in Sonny's office at the warehouse waiting for Sonny to get back. "Either she's getting better at ditching me or I am getting worse at my job. But its just getting ridicules. I lose her every day." Johnny said frustrated
"Carly's always been pretty good at sneaking off, I wouldn't think much of it." Jason said, "Although she's been ignoring me for like a week now so I'm really not sure."
"Have you ever figured out anything about those files?" Johnny asked
"No. She took them back before I could really look at them." Jason said
"What about Sonny?" Johnny asked, "Has she said anything to him?"
Jason shook his head, "The only time they've spoken since she moved out was when she dropped off Michael one day to spend the night at Sonny's. Usually Leticia does the dropping off and picking up."
"How's he doing?" Johnny broke off as the door opened and Sonny walked in.
"How's who doing?" Sonny looked from Jason to Johnny
"Michael." Jason jumped in quickly.
Sonny shrugged, "He's fine, having at good time at the new apartment with Carly."
"She still ignoring you?" Jason asked
"Yeah." Sonny said, "But I'm not letting her get away so easy. I'm giving her some time and just when she thinks I've let it go I'm going to woo her like crazy."
"Woo her?" Johnny laughed, "Where'd you hear that?"
"Carly told me I didn't woo her enough the first time we got married." Sonny smiled at the memory, "Now back to business. Any word on Sorel or Caruso?"
"According to our contacts they both got into town today and they have reservations at the Grille tonight." Jason said
"Maybe we should be there to." Sonny said, "I want them both to know that I'm not hiding."
Carly sat at the bar of the Grille later that evening idly sipping her cosmopolitian and twirling a piece of her long ruby red hair with fingers that had inch long acrylic nails glued on. She surveyed the restaurants and its patrons and pressed a hand to her ear to make sure her earpiece was in securely. She spoke evenly as her gaze lingered over the menu in front of her.
"Of all the disguises you could have given me and you chose a hooker." Carly spoke sarcastically.
The man on the other end laughed, "Their called ladies of the evening."
"Bill, I have painted on cleavage and enough tissue in my bra to serve the needs of an entire kindergarten class during flu season." Carly said with a false smile as the bartender gave her a wink.
The old man on the other side of the restaurant smirked, "At least they didn't make you wear a dress."
"Jeff, how nice of you to speak up." Carly took another sip of her drink, "This isn't much better. These pants are so tight I'm gonna need the assistance of a crowbar to get out of them. "
She heard about 10 other people laughing through her earpiece, "I'm glad you all find this so funny." She scanned the room for her fellow agents and her eyes landed upon the other patrons of the restaurant. "Good lord is everybody and their mother here tonight?"
"What do you mean?" Bill asked
"I mean everyone is the world is here tonight. My mom, the Quatermaines, Jax, Courtney, Alexis, Nikolas, Lucky, Luke, I could keep going but then, holy shit." Carly stared at the entrance to the room, "No, no, no! Go away!" She pleaded
"Who the hell are you talking to Working Girl?" Bill's voice came through her ear along with a few other snickers.
"Yeah now's a great time to use the code name I picked out when I was 18!" Carly said sassily, "Sonny, Jason, Johnny and Max are here!"
"Well guess who else just pulled up." Kevin who was posted in the lobby said.
"All right everyone keep the chatter down so we can hear what Marcus, Sorel and Caruso are saying." Bill ordered
Carly angled herself so she could see both the doors and the whole dining area. She fought hard to keep from standing up and shooting both Caruso and Sorel the moment they came into her line of sight. She took another sip of her drink and inwardly flinched, as Sorel looked her up and down appreciatively.
She watched as Marcus seated himself after Sorel and Caruso were both seated. She heard through her earpiece them ordering drinks.
Bill's voice came through her ear. "Wait until we hear the plan and see the disk and then we move in."
"I can shoot them all right?" Carly muttered under her breath.
She caught the glare Marcus threw her way. She had forgotten that he was wearing an earpiece too.
Carly spun back around in her seat to face the bar. She swirled her drink and sipped it as she listened intently to the conversation going on behind her. She would get verbal confirmation but she had to wait until Jeff gave her the visual confirmation.
"Sir," Marcus said, "I'm a little confused as to my role."
"What do you mean?" Sorrell said, he turned to Caruso, "I thought you said this guy was a professional."
"I just mean that Mrs. Corinthos is going to be really hard to get at." Marcus said, "She's already been shot once and now the security on her has been tripled. So what am I supposed to do?"
Sorrell laughed cruelly, "Sure, we'll tell you the plan again. I hate Sonny Corinthos and killing that beautiful bitch Carly will definitely destroy him."
"And you remember what a little hellion she was when we captured her. I've looked forward to killing her ever since we killed that other blonde bimbo." Caruso added
"So what do you want me to do?" Marcus asked
Carly cringed as her stomach rolled as Sorel listed what he wanted to do to her.
"We broke into Corinthos' warehouse and copied the disks with all his shipment information on it but it also has the guard schedule. Now its all encoded so we need you to decode it. The lovely Mrs. Corinthos should be dead by next week." Sorel laughed, "It will be a slow a painful death and I already promised Corinthos in a lovely note that he should be getting sometime tonight that he could watch his dear Carly die."
"Are you sure that was wise to send that note?" Marcus asked, "What if Corinthos has Morgan guard Carly. We'll never get to her if he does that."
"We have already planned a series of decoy's to distract Corinthos and have him put Morgan on something else. We've filled all his shipments with drugs and sent an anonymous tip to the feds so Mr. Corinthos and Mr. Morgan will be otherwise detained when we capture Carly." Caruso said
"Maybe I should start working on the disk then. I don't want this plan to get screwed up." Marcus said
"I like this kid. A real one track mind." Sorel said and he pulled the disk out of his pocket and handed it to Marcus.
Marcus pocketed it, "Should I go lock this in my room? I don't want anything to happen to it."
Caruso nodded, "Good idea."
Marcus exited the room. Unbeknownst to Sorel or Caruso Marcus went upstairs to a room that was being occupied by the CIA. Once they established that the disk was genuine and after Marcus was back at the table Bill would give them the go ahead and Jeff, Carly, Kevin, Bruce, Charlie, Derek and Matthew would move in and arrest them. There were also 6 other agents who would provide a second wave.
It was the longest 5 minutes of Carly's life. When she saw Marcus come back into the room she exhaled a breath she didn't even know she was holding. She adrenaline started pumping when Bill's voice came through on the earpiece. "Ok folks. We only have one shot at this. Don't fire unless you have to because we are dealing with several civilians in the are. Get ready to move in on my count."
Carly stood up and grabbed her bag off the floor. She reached inside and felt her gun and badge. "Now!" Bill shouted through her earpiece.
She and the other agents moved to surround the table pointing their guns at the men. "CIA, put your hands in the air." She shouted. She saw as Caruso put his hand in his jacket and pull out his gun. "Drop your weapon!" She shouted, "Drop it or I'll shoot."
She stared hard at Caruso and recognition flashed through his eyes. She nodded once, letting him know it was her.
Meanwhile, the second wave of agents moved around the restaurant making sure everyone was on the floor and behind tables just in case of gun fire. Most of the people remained calm. There was a little bit of screaming at first but once people realized that the CIA was there they calmed down.
It happened in a instant. Caruso shot prompting his and Sorel's bodyguard to blasts the agents with heavy gunfire. A bullet grazed Carly's shoulder and she dived behind an upturned table. Kevin fell hard next to her, he had been shot. "Man down." She shouted and barely heard Bill's response that an ambulance was on the way. She quickly checked over Kevin's injuries. He was hurt pretty bad but he would be ok. She saw one of the bodyguards moving towards her and she shot him square in the chest. He fell hard and she ran over and took his gun out of his limp hand.
Carly watched as Caruso ran towards the back of the restaurant to the exit. She fired a warning shot right next to his head and when he didn't stop she shot his leg. He fell but continued to move towards the exit. She shot his other leg as she ran forward. He had stood back up unsteadily and was still trying to escape when she tackled him to the ground. They were locked in a deadly battle of blows both fighting for control. Caruso wrapped his hand in her hair in an attempt to knock her head into the floor but just ended up pulling the wig off her head freeing her blonde hair.
Carly finally managed to get him on his stomach and quickly put the cuffs on him. She remained sitting on him and watched as the other agents secured Sorel and the other body guards. Jeff moved over to Carly and helped her lift Caruso up. "This is for Charlottle you bastard." Carly whispered in his ear, "I hope you rot in hell." She and Jeff handed him off to another agent and Jeff followed to make sure that once Caruso was at the hospital he didn't escape.
Carly couldn't help the surge of relief that filled her at the fact that her nightmare was almost ending. The hard part was over. Sorel and Caruso were in the custody of the United States government. Now she would just have to testify at their trial and then it would officially be over. She sighed as Bill made his way over. "Go home. Get some rest. Its going to be a long couple of weeks."
"Yes sir." Carly smiled. Bill walked over to check on Kevin who was being lifted on to a stretcher. As they passed her he gripped her hand, "Nice work Agent Corinthos."
Carly smiled as they wheeled him away and then as his words sunk in the smile fell off her face. She lifted a hand to make sure her wig was still secure and felt nothing but her own hair. She tugged just in case but no it was her blonde hair that was coming loose from the twist that it had been in under the wig. She stiffened as she heard the voice that broke through the stunned silence that had come over the civilian crowd.
"Agent Corinthos?" Luke said loudly
Carly turned slowly and defiantly raised her chin staring all her family, friends and enemies in the eyes, "Yes Uncle Luke, Agent Caroline Benson Corinthos of the CIA."
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