Sonny tried to get as much sleep as he possibly could during the flight to Chicago. He kept thinking of ways to get out of the situation he's in. He had a few ideas by the time he landed at O'Hare. He silently walked off the plane and through the gate in a half-daze. He stopped when something caught the corner of his eye. Posted on a posterboard was a missing poster of Ari. His mouth dropped open in shock and he walked closer to it. She had been missing since yesterday. His phone rang and he fumed when he saw that Andre was calling.

"You son of a bitch! You kidnapped my daughter?!" Sonny hissed.

"I assume you made it home safely." Andre said casually.

"You already have my husband. What the hell do you need my daughter for?" Sonny demanded.

"Backup leverage. Just in case." Andre replied. "Now, I believe you have a task to do. I suggest you get moving."

"You hurt my husband or my daughter, I will kill you!" Sonny threatened, but he had already hung up. Sonny exhaled sharply and continued on his journey.

XXX

Paul took a deep breath as he paced in the park outside the square. He heard footsteps and turned around to see Sonny walking by. Showtime! Paul walked after Sonny. "Sonny!"

Sonny jumped slightly and turned around to see Paul coming towards him. He sighed. "Paul." He grunted as Paul hugged him tight.

Paul secretly attached a small tracking device under Sonny's shirt collar and pulled away. "Do you know how worried we've all been?!"

"I know. I'm sorry." Sonny said. "I just had to leave town for a few days."

"Oh. May I ask why?" Paul asked.

Sonny glared at Paul. "No, you may not. We're not together anymore, Paul. I don't need to tell you every little detail of my life!"

Paul was taken aback. He raised his hands in surrender. "Okay. I'm sorry."

Sonny exhaled sharply. "No, I'm sorry. Uh...it's-it's been a weird few days for me. I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I apologize."

"You're forgiven." Paul smiled.

"Great! So...I'll see you around." Sonny replied, then limped off.

Paul looked after Sonny with concern. What happened to him? He pulled out his phone and called Shawn. "Hey, did it work?"

"Yep, it did. We got a clear signal." Shawn replied. "Thank you for doing this."

"You're welcome." Paul replied, hung up, and walked off.

XXX

"All right, where is Sonny headed?" Roman asked Shawn. They, Rafe, JJ, and Justin were all huddled around the computer.

"He's in a car...it looks like he's heading for the Lake District." Shawn replied. "Who lives up there?"

"Victor and Chad." Roman replied.

"Maybe he's going to the DiMera mansion to get something for Andre." JJ guessed.

"Makes sense. And since Chad's out of town, it's the perfect opportunity." Roman said.

Shawn frowned at the computer. "Guys, he's not heading towards the DiMera Mansion. He's heading towards Glen Oaks Drive."

"Victor lives on that street." Roman pointed out.

Justin pulled out his phone to call Victor. "Dammit, Uncle Vic, answer the phone!" He exhaled sharply. "Voicemail. I'm heading down there."

"Do it. We don't need police involved just yet." Roman replied. Justin nodded and ran off.

XXX

Sonny took a deep breath and knocked on the door to the mansion. Victor answered and glared at Sonny. "Where the hell have you been?!"

"I just needed to get away for a while." Sonny replied.

Victor scoffed and stepped aside to let Sonny in. "Well, I don't believe you."

"Okay. Why don't we have drinks and I'll explain everything?" Sonny suggested. Victor nodded and gestured to the living room. Victor headed to the liquor cart. "Oh- I'll-I'll pour the drinks. To make it up to you."

Victor scoffed lightly. "Okay. Thanks." Sonny poured the drinks. "So, you were about to tell me where you've been."

Sonny swallowed and did not turn around. "Andre kidnapped me and held me captive in DiMera Castle."

Victor's eyes flashed. "What?!"

"Andre wants me to kill you. That's why he let me go." Sonny admitted.

"What does he have on you?" Victor asked.

Sonny turned around. "Will. He's alive, Uncle Vic. I saw him with my own eyes. I talked to him..."

"And you're one hundred percent sure he's really Will?" Victor asked.

Sonny nodded. "Yeah."

"How is that possible? He was dead for three hours by the time he got to the morgue!" Victor exclaimed.

"Andre had him followed. His tail tracked him to our apartment." Sonny explained. "After Ben left, Andre's man injected Will with a revival drug. It didn't kick in until after Sami and Lucas indentified him at the morgue."

Victor exhaled slowly and nodded. "Will is connected to every major family in town. He's extremely valuable to Andre."

Sonny nodded and swallowed. He pulled out the small vial. "This is the poison I'm supposed to put in your drink. It's a cocktail of a bunch of drugs that would give you a slow and painful death." Victor's eyes widened. Sonny wordlessly walked over to the fireplace and dumped the vial out into the ashes and walked back over. "I know you don't like Will...so think about this: this would be your chance to pull one over Andre. You have a chance to make him very, very angry."

Victor chuckled and shook his head. "You really are a Kiriakis. Fine. I'll go along with it."

"Thank you." Sonny sighed. His phone rang. "It's them." He put his phone on speaker. "Yeah?"

"I assume you're at Uncle Victor's house." Xander's voice came over the phone.

"I am. You're on speaker." Sonny replied.

"Hello, Uncle Victor." Xander greeted.

Victor pretended to breath heavily. "Alexandros."

"Are you feeling all right, Uncle? You sound weak." Xander said.

Victor fake groaned. "Oh, what's happening to me?"

"What's happening...is that your precious, special snowflake murdered you." Xander said simply. Victor coughed and wheezed. "Now you know how it feels! To be betrayed by someone you love and trust. Hurts, doesn't it? Now you'll be going straight to hell where you belong."

"Yeah?" Victor said through gritted teeth. "I'll be waiting for you."

"Looking forward to it." Xander replied. "Oh, by the way, you should also know...I made Sonny suffer in the worst possible way."

Sonny took the phone off of speaker and put it to his ear. "Okay, I did what you asked. Let me speak to my husband."

"He's sleeping right now. But never you worry- your daughter will be reunited with him soon." Xander replied. "Now, I believe you have a flight to catch. Get moving, Sonny."

Sonny nodded and hung up. He turned to Victor, who was now sitting up straight in his chair. "What did he mean by what he said about making you suffer in the worst possible way?"

"By kidnapping my husband and daughter and using them as leverage against me." Sonny lied.

"No, no, no. It's something else." Victor said.

"Uncle Vic, I'm sorry, but I have to go." Sonny said quickly.

Victor stood up and grabbed Sonny's arm. "Not so fast! Not until you tell me what Alexandros did to you."

Sonny was getting anxious. He could not miss this flight. "Uncle Vic, I'm really, really sorry about this." He punched his uncle unconscious and ran out of the house.

A few minutes later, Justin flew through the front door. He saw Victor on the chair, unconscious. His eyes widened and his heart quickened. "No...no." He ran over to his uncle and sighed with relief at Victor's still beating pulse. He gently shook him awake. "Uncle Vic?"

Victor groaned slightly and muttered something in Greek. He sighed as he looked up at Justin. "Well, that was fast. I wasn't even out that long."

"Where's Sonny?" Justin asked.

"He left a few minutes ago." Victor replied. "Justin...he came here to kill me under duress. Andre has his very much alive husband and daughter hostage. He's also working with Alexandros."

Justin exhaled sharply. "So Will is alive..."

"You knew?" Victor asked, raising an eyebrow.

"The Salem PD did an infrared scan on the DiMera Castle where Sonny was being held." Justin explained. "Did Sonny say where he was headed next?"

"The airport. He's taking a flight, but he didn't say where." Victor replied.

"Uncle Vic...did Sonny actually try to kill you?" Justin asked.

"No. He faked it- we both did." Victor explained. "He was told to poison me with this drug cocktail that would have given me a slow and painful death. He poured it out into the fireplace, then Alexandros called him. I played along."

Justin took a deep breath. "Smart. Anything else you can give me?"

Victor hesitated before saying. "He could have just been overdramatic, but...Alexandros told me he made Sonny suffer in the worst possible way. He said he meant kidnapping Will and Ari, but...I could tell he meant something else."

Justin was puzzled. He then had a flashback of Adrienne telling him that her father made her suffer in the worst possible way. Could that mean...? "Oh, that sick bastard." He stood up and left the house in a hurry.

"Justin!" Victor called out.

Deimos stood behind the door to the living room. He heard the entire thing and snuck away.

Justin ignored his uncle and almost ran into his three older sons.

"Whoa, Dad!" Alex exclaimed. "Where's the fire?"

Justin exhaled sharply. "I can't explain. Uncle Vic's inside. He'll tell you everything."

"But..." Alex and the twins just stared after their father as he rushed to his car and sped off. "O...kay, then..."

XX

Justin called Roman and explained everything, then he called Adrienne.

"Justin, what is it?"

"It's Sonny. He was kidnapped by Andre and taken to the DiMera castle in Italy." Justin explained.

"What?!" Adrienne exclaimed.

"There's something else. Will is alive. Somehow Andre revived him and kidnapped him to the castle as well." Justin explained.

Adrienne was shocked. "Oh my God..."

"Will is being used as leverage against Sonny." Justin continued. "His first task was to kill Uncle Victor."

Adrienne gasped. "No! No- he wouldn't, he's not capable."

"He didn't." Justin said reassuringly. "Sonny and Victor faked it. Xander called Sonny."

Adrienne exhaled sharply. "You know, I really wish Brady succeeded in killing him."

"Yeah, me too." Justin said darkly. "Seriously. Anyway, I'm gonna try to stop Sonny from going to the airport. I'll let you know if anything changes."

"Uh- okay." Adrienne replied. Justin hung up. She sighed and shook her head. What is going on?

"Honey, I'm ho-ome!" Lucas sang through the living room. He walked over to his wife, who sat on the couch looking sadly at her phone. "What's wrong? Did you hear any news about Sonny or Ari?"

Adrienne took a deep breath. "Yes. Sit down." Lucas complied. "Sonny was kidnapped to DiMera Castle in Italy. So was Ari."

"What?!" Lucas exclaimed.

"There's more." Adrienne replied. "There's no gentle way to say this, so I'm just gonna say it. Will's alive. Andre somehow revived him then kidnapped him to the castle."

Lucas sat there in shock for a minute. Could it be possible that...? "How...how do they know for sure?"

"They did an infrared scan of the castle." Adrienne explained. "Andre was holding Sonny and Will hostage. Andre forced Sonny to fly back here to kill Victor- he didn't, by the way. They faked it. Lucas, I know my son. He wouldn't have even thought about doing that unless he was one hundred and ten percent sure it was really Will."

It took a minute for Lucas to process this information. If his son truly is still alive, then... "Where did they say DiMera castle was?"

"Italy. Why? What are you thinking?" Adrienne asked. Lucas headed to their room. "Lucas!"

"I can't just sit around and wait for news, Adrienne." Lucas said as he packed an overnight bag. "I have to see for myself if he's still alive."

"And if he's not?" Adrienne asked.

"Then I'll take great pleasure in beating Andre slowly to death." Lucas said simply. "And rescue Ari and Sonny while I'm at it."

"But you can't go alone." Adrienne said.

Lucas sighed. "I know. I'm enlisting help."

XXX

Philip, Brady, Shawn, JJ, Joey, and Paul all gathered in the conference room of the police station.

"I can't believe he's alive." Philip said, awestruck. His phone rang. "Lucas."

"Philip, hey, you got a minute?" Lucas asked, sounding breathless.

"Uh, yeah."

"I assume you heard about Will possibly being alive."

"I have. Actually, I was just about to call you." Philip said. "A bunch of us are at the police station planning a rescue mission."

"Oh. Heh...that was what I was about to call you about." Lucas said. "I was gonna recruit a few people to help me."

"Oh, well, come on over, then." Philip said.

"Does Mom know? That Will...?" Lucas asked.

"No. We all thought it best not to tell her." Philip replied. "If she found out her so-called 'friend' kidnapped her grandson and continued to let everyone believe he was dead...she'll make things worse."

"Good point." Lucas replied. "Has...has Mom gone to the DiMera castle in the last three years?"

"Um..." Philip closed his eyes in thought. "No. Not that I can remember. She did say Andre went to Italy a lot."

"Awesome. The one freaking time she's not curious...!" Lucas growled in frustration.

"Calm down, bro. We'll get to the bottom of this."

"Okay. I'm almost there."

"All right. Bye." Philip replied. Just then, Alex, Joseph, and Victor II entered the conference room. "Guys! You made it."

"Of course we did." Alex said simply. "Our baby brother's in trouble, and we're gonna help!"

"Great! The more the merrier." JJ said.

"Funny you should say that." They turned to see Max Brady and Nathan Horton.

"You guys, too?" Shawn asked.

"Yep." Nathan replied. "We figured you guys weren't going to involve the police- besides you, Rafe, Hope, and JJ of course- so we're offering to help."

"Great! Wow, at this rate, we'll have a small army." Max chuckled.

"Where's Lucas?" Nathan asked. As if on cue, Lucas entered the room. "Oh, there you are."

"Hey. Wow, Philip, you have a whole army going on here." Lucas commented.

"Yeah. Well, we don't want to spook Andre, so we're not gonna involve Italian law enforcement yet." Philip explained.

"So, we're gonna start an international incident instead?" Lucas raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't think you'd care so much about that, Lucas." Philip replied. "Just as long as you get your son and granddaughter back."

"...Touche. So, what's the plan?"

XXX

Abigail told Chad about Sonny, Will, and Ari being held in the DiMera Castle. He, of course, had no knowledge of Will being alive. He called Andre, he didn't respond. EJ told him he had no idea either, and that he, Sami, and the kids were all on their way to Antrodocco. Chad called Sonny, but he didn't respond either. He couldn't just sit around and do nothing. He had to go.

"Chad, are you sure this is a good idea?" Abigail asked. "I mean, I want them all safe as much as you, but..."

Chad rubbed Abigail's arms. "I know. But I'm not gonna just sit around and do nothing. They said Sonny's on his way to O'Hare, right?" Abigail nodded. "All right, well, I booked a flight to Rome myself. If I hurry, I can probably catch Sonny before he makes his flight."

"And do what?"

"Give him a heads-up about Philip's and Lucas' plan to spring Sonny, Will, and Ari out of there." Chad shrugged.

"Okay." Abigail nodded. She kissed her husband. "Be careful."

XXX

Justin swerved down the highway and caught up with Sonny's car. He honked the horn and drove alongside Sonny and rolled down the window. "Sonny! PULL OVER! PULL...OVER!" Sonny saw his dad driving alongside him, but ignored him and accelerated the gas. Justin wasn't about to give up, though. He accelerated the gas too, to block Sonny, but wasn't watching where he was going. A semi came straight towards him. Justin screamed in alarm and swerved, but a car behind Justin hit his car and he spun to the other side of the highway and crashed through the safety rail and tumbled down into a lower street. The car started smoking and Justin was unconscious.

XXX

Will paced the dimly lit room he was locked in. It had been almost 24 hours since Sonny left. He wondered how long he was going to-

The door opened and one of Andre's henchmen pushed in a little girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Will recognized her almost instantly.

"Who are you?" Ari asked, her voice quavering.

Will knelt down. "It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm being held here just like you are."

"I wanna go home." Ari sniffed.

Will gently cupped Ari's cheek. "I know." He pulled her into a hug. "I know just how you feel."