Tangled Web-12

By : Mimi

Tangled Web 12

Everyone was watching the scene going on between Sonny and Brenda and as close as Lois was to Sonny she couldn't say she felt sorry for him. She didn't want him to die but she also couldn't believe that he would put the people he was supposed to love in danger willingly. Boy was she furious but he was her friend. But then again friends don't keep betraying you over and over willingly and keep getting forgiven over and over.

Robin looked distressed as well but she really didn't know what to say. As much as she loved Sonny he had willingly, although unknowingly, put her life and her friends lives in danger. She wanted to understand so that she could forgive him but how could he do this to them especially when he knew that Lois had a daughter to take care of. She thought he had accepted Brenda's relationship with Jax, obviously she was wrong. Whatever his sins though he had done so much for her that she couldn't condemn him to death. He didn't deserve to die, he should be punished but death was certainly not the answer.

As for Ned he couldn't have been happier. Except for the fact that Corinthos had put Brenda through an unspeakable hell and he didn't want his death to be on her conscience. He knew it wouldn't bother him in the least, he wouldn't lose one iota of sleep over it but however much Brenda hated him it would seriously be her conscience.

Jax was thinking along the same lines as Ned and the fact that Wynton and the agency needed him alive. Besides Brenda didn't need that loser's death haunting her for the rest of her life. What she needed was to be free and he intended to make sure that she got exactly what she needed. He kept talking to her to keep her calm as he inched toward her slowly so that he could keep her from actually killing him. Just as he got close enough to her he heard her pull the trigger.

Everyone expected to see Sonny's head splattered on a wall but all they saw was him still standing there as Brenda pulled the trigger over and over and dropped a bullet for each time she did. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the gun wasn't loaded.

" I knew you wouldn't do it. You can't kill a part of yourself." Sonny said as the sweat beads dropped off his head.

" Sonny shut up. I already did kill a part of myself the day you shot Jack up with that serum. As for you, you aren't a part of me and you're not worth the bullets. I just wanted to make you sweat while I made you take responsibility for once for something that you did. You never take responsibility for anything. Everyone always makes excuses for you and then the victim ends up either becoming the victimizer and you become the victim or they end up thanking you like you're some kind of hero. Well sorry but you're not going to weasel out of this responsibility not after everything you've done. This is one time you're are going to pay the consequences." Brenda said as she saw Sonny try to make a run for it. She immediately took the butt end of the gun and hit him in the pressure point in his neck and he was knocked out cold. She knew there was nowhere he could go but she couldn't resist getting one shot at him before they took him away.

As soon as he hit the floor she and Jax embraced as he stroked her hair.

" It's finally over. I'm finally free. I wanted to kill him so bad but he deserves to rot for the rest of his life. He deserves something worse than death because death would give him peace." She said sighing into Jax's chest as she buried her face deeper into him.

" It's okay, sweetie. You did the right thing now it's up to Wynton and the agency to make sure that he gets what he deserves." Jax said.

" And I know that Wynton will. Speaking of him maybe we should give him a call so he can come in and round up the garbage we can't take them to the police. Nothing against Mac or the PCPD but I don't want them anywhere near them." Brenda said.

" I understand completely. I'll call right now." Jax said looking for his phone.

" Well we have a little bit of a problem? I don't have a phone and the rest of our stuff is missing they probably took it when we passed out from the gas." Brenda said.

" I got our stuff right here." Vaughn said as he tossed everyone their guns and their pagers. He tossed Jax a phone and he called Wynton. Wynton said he was sending someone right away. He said they would all be on the Concorde. He told Jax to let the police book them but show them their badges and let them know that it was a federal case and they weren't to get involved except to detain them temporarily.

By that time Mac, Taggert, and Garcia along with about 15 uniform cops were coming into the warehouse having gotten a call about someone hearing shots on the docks in one of the warehouses.

" Well what have we here?" Taggert said noting Jax, Brenda, Vaughn, Jaz, Wallace, and Xavier guns, not to mention the stuff they had strapped to their bullet proof vests.

" Kill it Taggert." Mac said as he hugged Robin. " Now someone want to tell me what's going on here?" Mac said.

" Mac this is a federal investigation and we need to temporarily store these criminals in your custody. Actually all of them except Sonny can be handled by you but he's coming with us when Wynton gets here and as a matter of fact so is Helena." Brenda said.

" Hey perfume girl please give me a break, alright. We need to do our jobs and you're in the way. So why don't you and your friends put your weapons down and surrender the arsenal before we haul you in and book you for resisting arrest and carrying concealed weapons." Taggert said.

" Mac would you put a leash on the resident harasser. We're trying to do our job too." Jax said.

" Jax, Brenda I can't let you leave here with those weapons I'm sorry." Mac said.

" We are legally allowed to carry them." Vaughn spoke up.

" Do you have permits?" He shot back.

" No not with us." Xavier spoke up irritated by these bumbling idiots.

" Then I am going to have to ask you to surrender your weapons. Then I want someone to tell me what's going on here." Mac said.

" Listen Mac, we don't have time for this. All we need for you to do is put them in temporary custody until back up arrives to take them back to Washington." Jax said.

" Listen I am not explaining myself. This room full of morons botched a kidnapping and execution and all you can do is stand there and ask that WE surrender our weapons. Are you crazy?" Brenda said getting more annoyed by the second.

" Listen I don't believe for one second that Miranda had anything to do with any of this. Sonny and Helena I believe, even Brandy since she is with Sonny, but not Miranda." Mac said.

" Uncle Mac she was in with them. I wouldn't lie about this you know I wouldn't. I know you don't want to believe it but she did it and so did Sonny as much as I didn't think he could do something like this." Robin said.

" Robin I know you wouldn't lie. I'm sorry." Mac said as they hugged again.

" Okay so what do you want us to do?" Garcia said.

" Read them their rights and then put them in the squad car and put them in the lock up." Mac said motioning toward Miranda, Helena, Brandy and Sonny.

" What about them?" Taggert said motioning to Brenda, Jax, Vaughn, Jaz, Xavier, and Wallace.

" I want those weapons before you leave. Then you guys can be escorted down to the station for statements. You guys too." He said motioning to Lois, Ned, Emily, Nikolas, and Robin.

" Wait have you seen my Uncle?" Nikolas said speaking finally.

" Yeah he's outside we found him and Alexis in the basement tied up. He was really worried about you and you Brenda, although I have no idea why." Mac said. Nikolas just hugged Brenda first and then went running down the stairs behind the officers who were ushering Sonny, Helena, Brandy, and Miranda out.

" Now are you guys going to make this difficult are you going to just turn over the firearms and the rest of the portable arsenal." Mac said.

" Mac I don't see what the discussion is about here. We are legally certified to carry these weapons. This case is officially off limits to you now that we have Sonny." Jax said.

" Jax you don't tell me what to do. I am the Commissioner not you." Mac said.

" How about a compromise?" Vaughn said. " We can take off out gear and put the stuff in out duffel bag here. We can walk out of here with it and no one has to see that we were anymore involved in this than just being hostages." He finished.

" Fine but you ride in squad cars with the arsenal in the trunk." Mac said