Chapter 15

Jonathan was waiting for a report from the night before, his men had better have found a way into the warehouse, he can't be slowed down before his plan can even get started. Putnam had already started what he needed him to do, so why can't they get him some results. Just then he hears someone come into the apartment, Jim Conners is talking with them.

When Jim enters the room he has a pleased look on his face. "They found a way in they will go in tonight," he reports to de Salva. "They can go ahead with the plan if you like."

A broad smile formed on de Salva's face, "Yes, this should happen tonight. I want to see the paper tomorrow morning and read about my success."

"I will tell them to go ahead with the plan then."

"After the smoke has cleared we will take out Corinthos Coffee there will be no way to hide what he is really doing. Then when we get rid of Morgan, Sonny Corinthos will be so confused we will have no problem moving in and taking over Port Charles." Jonathan de Salva is confident his plan will work.

Once he has taken control of Port Charles he felt he would be unstoppable. He will control the shipments of drugs and arms up and down the eastern seaboard. He was confident that anyone wanting to move these will have to go through him. Finally, he will be the success he had away strived to be, and what he had wanted his father to see and be proud of. His father will never see it though, and Anna Devane will pay for that.

...

When Robert woke Anna was still in his arms, he had slept well and knew it was because she was there with him. There had been no memories of her appearing out of the cold so close to death, his dreams had been about happy memories. He knew they should get up and start working on finding out who was behind Putnam's reappearance, but he wasn't ready to let her go.

"Have you been awake long?" Anna asked sleepily.

"No, but I didn't want to let you go yet," he said and kissed her shoulder.

"We should get to work." Anna didn't want to move either, Robert was pressed up against her back holding her close to him.

"I know but as long as you're here in my arms I know you're safe. We could just stay here," he told her.

Anna smiled, she loved the idea, "We could but we would still have the same problem when we finally got out of bed."

"Yeah, you're right. Are we working from home or going down to the station?" Robert asked reluctantly.

"Join me in the shower, then we'll grab something to eat on the way to the station. We can check in with everyone working with us on this then decide what to do next."

"Yes boss," Robert said with a grin. "I take it you're in charge now."

"No, we're working as a team, I just figured if I left it up to you we wouldn't get out of this bed tell sometime this afternoon," she laughed a little too. "Usually I wouldn't mind that either, but I want to put Putnam away as soon as possible."

...

"Hey chief, we've got something for you two," Clayton yell to Anna as they walked into the station, so they both walked over to him. "We have someone you're going to want to talk to, he says he saw Grant Putnam carrying someone into the building you were found in."

Robert and Anna exchanged a look, "This is great," said Robert. "I'll talk to him first, then Anna can come in to see if he can identify her."

"You got it boss, follow me he's waiting over here," Clayton said and lead Robert over to the interrogation room. "Hi Quan, thank you for waiting. This is Robert Scorpio and he has a few additional question for you."

Robert shook his hand then sat down across from him. "So I understand you saw this man on Monday in the Asian Quarter," Robert said as he slid a picture of Putnam towards Quan.

"Yes I saw him by one of the abandoned office building they are going knock down soon. We're getting some new apartment buildings," Quan told him.

"That will be good for the quarter," Robert noticed he was happy about that and didn't want to ignore his feelings. "Clayton also said you saw him carrying something into that building on Monday."

"Yes, I had seen him there the day before as well, but Monday he carried a dark haired lady into the building. I was scared to say anything though. Then Clayton told me who wanted to know and I remembered your name, Robert Scorpio. You helped the ancient one, I was just a kid but my family talked about you and what you did for our community."

Robert smiled, "I want to know if you think you could identify the woman he was carrying, did you see her face?"

"I did a little," he thought for a moment. "Yeah, I might be able to," Quan told him.

Robert nodded to Clayton standing by the open door, and he waved Anna in. She walked around the table to stand beside Robert, Quan looked up at her. He studied Anna for a moment then said, "You got away from him."

"Quan, are you saying this is the woman you saw Putnam carrying into that building?" Robert asked.

"Yes, she was asleep but I'm very sure this is her."

"I was rescued but yes I got away," Anna smiled at him.

"We would like you to give a signed statement about everything you have just told us. We may have to call you as a witness at a later date as well, would you have a problem with that?" Robert asked.

"I will do whatever I can to help. That guy is bad news, and I don't want him out there hurting other women," Quan told them.

"Thank you for all your help." They shook his hand then Robert and Anna left the room. "Now we just have to find him, that's enough to get a warrant." Robert smiled at her, "We're one step closer Luv, and if we get him we might get him to tell us who he's working for."

"Boss, could Quan identify the chief here?" Baker asked walking towards them.

"He did, so we should be able to get a warrant now."

"I'll go talk to Clayton, we'll get all the paperwork in order to get that warrant as soon as possible."

Once Baker had walked away they made their way to Mac's office. He smiled when they walked in, "Well if it isn't boss and the chief, how did you two get them all to start calling you that?"

"Well, they couldn't call me commissioner now could they?" Robert joked.

"They started it all on their own, the fact that younger officers are doing it too is kind of flattering," Anna told him.

Mac just smiled at them, he had to admit it was nice to see how much respect the two of them had amongst the officers again. "How is it going? I heard there were a few people that came forward to say they saw Putnam."

"They should have a warrant for Putnam soon, they brought in a witness that not only saw him carrying someone into that building, but was able to identify Anna as that person. I think we'll just let them run with this while we work on trying to find out who's behind it," Robert told him.

"There's a long list of possible names to go over, so I really hope they find Putnam so we can get some answers out of him," Anna told him. The three of them talked a while longer about the case, then Robert and Anna left to get to work on their list of names.

Again they spent the afternoon in their office trying to find some kind of clue as to who would have helped Putnam. They were finding one dead end after another. "OK I can hardly focus anymore, we need to take a break Luv."

Anna leaned back in her chair and stretched, "I think we're just wasting time, there are just too many people with too many possible connections to find them this way."

"You're right we need to approach this from another angle. Let's call it a day, start fresh tomorrow."

"Let's get out of here for a while, we could take a walk, maybe down on the docks. I just need to think about something else for a while," Anna suggested.

"That sounds like a great idea, you can even take me out for supper." Robert smiled then they got up to leave.

...

Jim ended a call then turned, "It's all set, they are going to plant the explosives tonight after the first security check, they should be out and far enough away long before the second check. We can wait till after everyone's left the area and then blast that building sky high," Conners told de Salva.

Jonathan was sitting at a desk in the room they were using as an office in their apartment. He leaned back in his chair, "Good, good that's the results I wanted," de Salva said.

Pauly walked into the room just then. "Putnam has been keeping his word, he hasn't even left his room since he got back there the other night," he reported.

"This is a good day. After tomorrow Putnam can do whatever he wants," de Salva smiled.

"Should I tell him that?" Pauly asked.

"No, someone can go talk to him tomorrow, but not you. Maybe send Rodney, he's expendable. I just hope he's smart enough not to talk if he's picked up."

"I can give him a gentle reminder tonight if you want," Pauly offered.

"Yeah, maybe you should do that."

"Do you really think Rodney would talk?" Conners asked.

"I wouldn't want to find out later that Pauly here should have had a little talk with him. This way there's no guessing if he does get picked up," de Salva told him.

"Yeah you're right, I'm gonna go talk to Jay and tell him it's a go for tonight."

The two men then left Jonathan alone. He looked out the apartment window, he can feel victory within his grasp. "Soon I will have it all father, you would have been so proud," he said to himself.

...

It was around 6 am when Sonny was awoken by his phone ringing. When he answered it he couldn't believe what he was hearing. This had to be a dream, this couldn't have just happened. He hung up the phone and instantly called Jason Morgan. "Jason, someone just bombed the warehouse."

A still groggy Jason took a moment to respond, "What? The warehouse."

"I just got off the phone with the cops and they told me my warehouse has been demolished. Jason, I need you to meet me down there now," Sonny ordered.

"Yeah, I'll be right there." Then they ended the call.

Jason was standing staring at the wreckage of what had been the Corinthos Coffee warehouse. Who had done this? Sonny came up beside him and looked on in disbelieve. "We need to find out who's behind this. Someone is clearly coming after us, and I won't stand for it," Sonny told him through gritted teeth.

"I can start asking around, someone had to have seen someone around here. There's no way tonight was the first time they were here."

"Good, stick around a little long though, the cops are going to have questions. If they see you take off right away their just going to get in your way later, asking their dumb questions," Sonny told him.

"Yeah alright," Jason agreed.

The officer in charge, Lucky Spencer, came over to them, he informed them it appeared this was intentional and would like them both to come down to the police station, later on, today to give their statements. Any help they could offer would help in the investigation. As soon as Lucky walked away Jason left, Sonny stayed there to try and get a look around.

...

When Robert and Anna got to the police station they went right to Mac's office, "Did I hear correctly, someone bombed Corinthos' warehouse?" Robert asked when Mac got off the phone.

"Yeah and they meant business, that place was demolished," Mac confirmed.

"Was anyone hurt?" Anna asked.

"No, luckily there was no one there at the time. Whoever did this was a pro, there was minimal damage to the surrounding building. Most will be able to keep operating while the repairs are being done," Mac told them.

"This sounds like the beginning of a turf war?"

"That would be my guess too Robby. I really hope we can get this under control before anyone is hurt. When Corinthos is involved there always seem to be innocent victims." Mac ran his fingers through his hair, already frustrated with this situation.

"We'll just talk to a few of the men working on the Putnam case then get out of your hair," Robert told him. As they walked into the squad room they saw Sonny entering the station. "Look at him, he hardly seems upset, that's what worries me the most about him. He's already planning, his mind is working on how to find out who did this and how to get his revenge."

"There is definitely two sides to that man, he might care about his friends but he is also a cold-hearted all business mobster. He can call himself a coffee importer but we know the truth," Anna agreed. They watched him go into the interrogation room with Lucky Spencer.

"Hey Baker, do you have any news for us today?"

"Nothing new. We have the warrant, now we just have to find him," Baker told them.

"Has there been any leads on what area he might be in?" Anna asked.

"Sorry chief, I think he's laying low for now."

"Yeah that makes sense, he's probably planning his next move as we speak. I just wish we had something new." Anna wanted answers she hated that Putnam was still out there and could try something at any time. They needed some kind of break if they can't find Putnam how can they find out who's behind this and why they would want to target Robert and herself. Anna started pacing as she thought this all through, "Damn it, Robert, we need something to go on. I won't live in fear of that man coming after me again, and I won't send Robin away to keep her safe either."

"I know Luv. We'll figure something out, there's a lead out there somewhere we just have to find it," Robert said trying to sound positive, he could tell Anna was upset.

"How can you be this calm? Grant Putnam almost killed me, tried to take Robin, causes Filomena's death. Now he's back planning to do it again. He's out there Robert, just waiting for his chance to come for us again."

"I need to be calm because apparently, you need to yell and scream, we can't both lose it."

Anna stopped and glared at him. "Are you trying to be funny right now Scorpio? I really don't think this is the time."

Robert knew if he smiled she would lose it on him, he needed to give her some kind of distraction, "Come on I'm going to take you somewhere." Robert took her hand, "I think I know just what you need." Robert grabbed a file and lead her out of the station.

Anna smiled when she realized where he was taking her, she knew what he was hoping would happen but didn't really think it would help. When they walked in the front doors of the firing range Robert stopped to talk to the man working there. "Yeah give me five minutes and I'll have this ready for you."

Robert thanked him then turned to Anna, "I think you need to get some of that aggression out. I need you to have a clear head."

"Robert I can practice anytime, this isn't going to help."

"Oh but it will, trust Bobby," he said then smiled. Anna couldn't help but smile at him.

"All ready for you, I've seen this before, everyone always comes out a lot happier."

They went inside and when Anna saw what Robert had in mind she smiled, "Oh that is brilliant." Grant Putnam's face had been put on the target.

"You can keep shooting him until you feel calmer, deal."

"Yeah." She smiled at him, "this is what I needed." Anna picked up the gun and started firing.

...

When they returned to the station Anna was much calmer and ready to get back to work. "Baker do you have names and numbers for the people that saw Putnam, to go along with their statements?" she asked.

"Yeah most of them," he picked up the file and handed it to her.

"Great thanks." Anna took it and went to one of the empty desks to read through the statements.

"She seems less likely to bite your head off now," Baker noted.

"Yeah, all she needed was some good old fashion, firing range therapy," Robert told him with a smile

"Ah yes, works every time," Baker smiled back.

Robert went over to join Anna, he pulled a chair up and sat beside her, "So are we going to talk to all of these people again?"

"No, I want to read their statements to see who saw him where. If there are a few in a similar area that aren't right by the building I was found in then those are the ones we want to talk to again," Anna told him.

"That's good. See you just needed to clear your head."

"Yes, thank you," she leaned over and kissed him. "I feel energized now," she handed him about half the papers. "Come on help me go through these." They started reading, each sighting that wasn't near the building was put in a different pile. Once they had gone through them all they were amazed at how many people claimed to have seen him. "I guess he didn't think he would be recognized in the Asian quarter."

"No, what was there fifteen people in total that say they saw him? There's four here that we might want to talk to," Robert said picking up those papers. "Hang on none of these are down by where he grabbed you. Baker."

"Yes, boss."

"Was there no one that saw either Anna or Putnam on Monday morning down by Kelly's?"

"Give me a minute, I don't know how well that area was canvassed." Then Baker went to talk to a few of the officers that had done the legwork. When he came back he had Lewis with him. "It sounds like they didn't really do that area thoroughly, James and I are gonna head out there right now."

"Thanks, Frank," Anna said as they walked away. "None of these four places are close to each other, the Metro Court, a convince store and two just in different areas of the Asian quarter. Should we wait to see what Baker and Lewis find out before contacting these people?"

"Yeah let's do that, then we aren't bothering them too often, they should be more helpful that way. The one from the Metro Court, was that on Sunday when Robin and Maxie saw him?"

Anna checked that report, "It says she wasn't sure if it was Friday or Saturday. Apparently, she had been there both days so she wasn't sure which day it was, but she did remember seeing him sitting at the bar."

"We were there Friday."

"And I felt like I was being followed on Saturday, he could have been watching us Friday when went out for dinner. Robert, we need to stop him."

"We will, and when we do, we'll make him tell us who got him out of Ravinview," Robert rubbed her back as he spoke. "Come on let's get out of here I think we've done about all we can today."