Part Of The Plan
"This is it?" AJ questioned as Punk pulled up outside a house far in the Suburbs, a huge mansion type house, only amongst a few others.
"Yeah." Punk nodded.
"What if she's not in?" AJ questioned.
"She'll be in." Punk nodded, "You ready for this?" He turned to her as she nodded.
"I've done worse. I just… gotta tell myself that." She shook her head as he nodded, "Is everyone aware of what they're doing?" She asked, looking on at the dotted cars around the street which had their friends in it with tinted windows so no one could see.
"Yeah, they know." Punk nodded.
"I love you." AJ nodded as Punk looked at her.
"Don't do that." He warned her as she sighed, "It's gonna be ok." He promised.
"I still love you." AJ smiled as he nodded.
"I love you." He cupped her cheek, leaning forward and kissing her head as AJ smiled softly.
"Let's get this over with." She said, pulling back and getting out of the car. There was a certain place she had to go in order to do this type of thing. Normally, the place she had to go to right now was the place she was always in, but that was before she let her guard down and fell in love and had children. She hadn't changed as a person necessarily but she definitely wasn't in the same frame of mind that she was years ago, and she had to get back there.
She took a deep breath as they walked to the large door, knocking on it and awaiting an answer. It did ease her mind that they had their friends right behind them in case anything went wrong, but essentially, it was up to her and Punk.
They waited until there was footsteps heading towards the door, heels clicking, watching as Teresa opened up the door to them and smiled, not surprised to see them.
"Well if it isn't Bonnie and Clyde." Teresa smirked, folding her arms as AJ and Punk looked at her, "Are you guys lost?" She teased as AJ walked in and pushed by her as Punk followed, "Long time no see." She hummed, closing the door over and turning around as AJ and Punk stood in the large doorway, "Last time we crossed paths, April… my head was between your legs." She looked across at her as AJ glared at her, "And you." She pointed to Punk, "Last time we crossed paths… you murdered my husband." She looked at him.
"And not a day goes by where I don't thank myself for doing so." Punk nodded to her.
"We got your little gift." AJ nodded.
"Oh, good. Did you have a try?" Teresa smiled as AJ glared at her, "Ok, let's get this one thing straight, what's not gonna happen here is… you two coming in and thinking you have absolutely anything over me. Because I know you don't. And I'm no fool." She made clear as Punk and AJ looked at her, "I know you're CIA but that doesn't scare me. I have a… a legitimate business-"
"Oh, shut up." Punk shook his head, "Nothing about any of this is legitimate." He said, "And you're right, we don't have anything against you but… you can bet your ass I can have the FBI and the CIA shutting down every property and every business you own… just like that." Punk nodded as Teresa looked at him.
"On the basis of what?" Teresa smiled, "Success?"
"I'm thinking more criminal activity." Punk nodded.
"Criminal activity? You want to talk about criminal activity whilst you stand next to one of thee worst criminals I have ever encountered in my entire life." She said, looking on at AJ who straightened up, "You wanna know why you're the worst? The quiet ones are always dangerous." She nodded, "And you got a lot going on up there, I know that." She smiled, tapping her head and looking at AJ, "And you blame your childhood and your upbringing for how you've behaved but the truth is sweetheart… you're not a good person. No matter how many babies you wanna have. You will always be that psychopath." Teresa smiled as AJ clenched her fists, "Oh are we getting mad because I'm spitting truths?" She smiled as AJ shook her head, keeping herself calm.
"What do you want?" AJ questioned, "Do you want us dead? Is that it? It's the least you could do right now… tell us."
"Dead?" Teresa smiled, "Sweetie if I wanted you dead, you'd be already dead and buried by now." She nodded, "And those sweet little girls, Raimy… Vivian… they'd be on their way to Russia to follow in mommy's footsteps-" Teresa choked, dropping her glass of whiskey as AJ grabbed Teresa by the neck and slammed her onto the wall. Punk didn't hold her back.
"You go anywhere near them, you're just dead. It's honestly that simple." AJ nodded, "You keep them out of it." She spat as Teresa smiled and looked at her.
"There she is." Teresa choked a little with a smile as AJ let her go and backed up, "I knew you were still in there. That's why I sent one of my workers, Simon, to your house… I knew Phil would go check on your sister which meant you were alone." She said, "So I sent you a little challenge. I knew you'd pass."
"The challenge of rape? How nice of you." AJ nodded.
"What do you want?" Punk hissed, "Why the bottle, why now?" He asked her.
"You killed my husband, may I remind you-"
"You kidnapped my wife… may I remind you." Punk stepped closer to her, "What is it? Money? Our word that we'll keep quiet about your business?"
"No." Teresa shook her head casually, "No, I just want to make life hell for you both." She admitted truthfully, "We could have been good friends, April. I thought you liked me." She admitted truthfully.
"I used you." AJ nodded, "Like the piece of trash you are." She said, "And your husband, he got exactly what he deserved." She said as Teresa just smiled.
"We all have our opinions." Teresa nodded.
"We'll take you down." Punk assured her, "If you can't cooperate then we're just gonna put you in prison." He shrugged, "Or we could avoid all of that and go our separate ways like before. You carry on with your business, we carry on with our life… no one has to get hurt." He said.
"And how realistic do you think that is?" Teresa smiled, "I'll give it to you, April." She turned to AJ, "He's got the looks. He's got the brain." She nodded, "But I know you're just a weak man. The second your wife dies, supposedly of course… you jump onto her sister?" She questioned as Punk glared across at her.
"Shut up." AJ spat, "This isn't going to work with us, trying to outtalk us and make us feel bad-"
"Oh, I know but it's fun." Teresa smiled.
"You're gonna make our life hell?" Punk questioned, "So what are you gonna? If you're not gonna kill us… what-what are you gonna do?" He folded his arms as Teresa smiled.
"I'm not sure about you yet." Teresa admitted truthfully as AJ watched her, "But quite frankly, April is long overdue this sort of treatment." She admitted, looking on at AJ who stared at her, "Maybe… maybe this might actually be a good thing for you, April."
"What are you talking about?" AJ questioned.
"I'm not just in the whiskey business anymore." Teresa smiled, walking over to the window, "Looks like your ride is here." She smiled as AJ shook her head, looking up at Punk, "Oh, don't worry. We let children visit."
"What are you doing?" AJ questioned, listening to the knock on the door as Punk shook his head.
"Don't worry, they'll be gentle." Teresa waved her hand, walking over to the door and opening it up as AJ saw a few men in white coats. She looked up at Punk who immediately stood in front of her, glaring across.
"What are you doing?" AJ shook her head, "You can't just-"
"Oh, I can." Teresa nodded, "And honestly, you more than anyone else need this." She made clear as AJ shook her head, about to run off to find a back door entrance when she was met by more men in white coats.
"No, please…" AJ whispered as Punk held her.
"You're not taking her anywhere." Punk screwed his face up, "You need evidence-"
"No, this is my business." Teresa said as AJ gulped.
"Please… please don't." AJ begged, feeling one of the men take her by the arm as Punk punched him across the face.
Next thing he knew he was being pinned up against the wall by a few men, trying to squirm free to help AJ but it was impossible.
"Please." AJ shook her head, looking at Teresa who smiled, watching as AJ was grabbed. She was trying to punch and kick but she had four men grabbing her and dragging her to the door, "Phil." AJ pleaded for help as Punk tried his best to get to her but it was physically impossible.
It didn't take long before AJ was dragged out of the house and put into a car whilst the remaining men let go of Punk and left the house as Teresa smiled over to him.
"See… torture." Teresa shrugged as Punk glared across at her, "Oh don't worry. Here's the address." She nodded, taking out a card with an address and number, walking towards Punk who glared at her, "She'll be well looked after. She might even get better."
"There's nothing wrong with her and you can't hold her wherever… wherever this is. Not without good reason."
"How about being an abused, psychotic murderer? Is that good enough reason?" Teresa questioned.
"I'm getting her out." Punk made clear.
"No, you're not." Teresa shook her head.
"And what about me? Are you shipping me off somewhere?" Punk asked her.
"No… no for now you can go. I'm sure this is difficult enough for you." She said, "You can visit her but… it's likely that if you're up to something, I'll know about it and you're so unimportant to me that… I will just kill you, and then your children really will have no one." She nodded as Punk glared at her, looking down at her angrily.
Punk quickly rushed by her as she smiled, "Phil." She said as he paused and turned around, "She is gonna get beat up in there. I can confirm that." She nodded with a smile as Punk just tuned back around and rushed out of the house, slamming the door shut behind him and getting into the car, turning the engine on and putting his foot down on the gas.
Five minutes later, he pulled up in an abandoned car park where the rest of the guys had followed him to, all of them getting out their cars as Punk looked around at them.
"How'd it go?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, she's in." Punk nodded.
"Is she ok?" Eve questioned.
"For now. But this isn't a long-term plan." Punk made clear to them all, "She's going into that mental asylum to get information that we can use, and then we get her out." Punk looked around at them.
"She can handle herself." Seth nodded, "Better than all of us combined probably." He said, trying to ease Punk's mind.
The truth was, AJ and Punk knew about Teresa's plan. Once they found out that she ran a very informal and illegal mental asylum outside of town, AJ put one and one together, done some hacking, and realised that she was no doubt getting taken there. So they put on their best acting faces and came up with a plan.
"She's still in danger there. We don't know what she's gonna have to deal with." Punk said. He didn't agree with the plan at first of course, because there was no way he wanted his wife in danger, but it was true, she could handle herself like no one else he knew, and to play the fools was always a good upper hand.
"You gonna visit?" Seth asked as Punk nodded.
"Yeah, I can visit. It's how we'll communicate." Punk nodded.
"Places like these can be frightening." Eve nodded, just to make him aware, "Illegally run mental asylums… I mean it gives me shivers."
"Nothing gives AJ shivers, don't worry." Punk nodded, "She knows what she's to do, our job is to do the work once she gets the information." He said, "If it becomes too dangerous then we get her out. She knows the plan." He said as they all nodded.
"You ok?" Eve asked him as he nodded, running his hand through his hair.
"Just… everyone look out for each other." Punk told them.