General Hospital spoilers tease that FBI Agent John Cates (Adam Harrington) has been consumed by his hatred of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Bernard).

Even though Cates initially claimed to be in town to investigate the Pikeman Group, his real motive may have been Sonny’s downfall all along. While John may have once sworn to uphold the law, it’s become clear he’s willing to do just about anything to make sure Sonny goes to prison.

General Hospital Spoilers – Ava Jerome Has Made A Terrible Mistake

Ava Jerome (Maura West) recently admitted to both Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) and Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) that she has made a terrible mistake by allying herself with Cates.

Initially, Ava thought having an FBI Agent on her side could only help in her pursuit of sole custody of Avery Corinthos (Ava & Grace Scarola), the daughter Ava shares with Sonny.

As viewers know, Ava was recently in a confrontation with Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi) that led to tragedy when Kristina crashed through Ava’s window and fell several stories into the Metro Court pool.

GH Spoilers – John Cates Has Forced Ava Jerome To Lie

Ava was initially arrested for the assault on Kristina, but John forced Ava to lie to police that it was Kristina who came to Ava’s room with the intent to kill her. That’s not what happened but Cates is so desperate to hurt Sonny, he’s forcing Ava to lie so that he can use Kristina’s case against him.

Cates arrested Kristina himself, but Judge Sullivan (Gita Reddy) wasn’t having it because John didn’t have any evidence to support his claim. She gave him 48 hours to get his evidence together or he would go to prison and lose his badge as well.

General Hospital Spoilers- Can Ava Jerome Save Herself?

Perhaps Ava can save herself by working with Sonny. She could secretly record Cates admitting that he’s forcing Ava to lie as part of his vendetta against Sonny.

If they present that evidence to the courts, not only would Kristina be let off the hook, but Cates would end up in prison himself.

That may be Ava’s only way to save herself from Sonny given everything she’s done in recent week. But it remains to be seen if Sonny and Ava can come to a mutually beneficial agreement.

GH Spoilers – What Do You Think?

Why did Cates come to Port Charles in the first place? How far would Cates go to take down Sonny? Could Ava be the one to take Cates down? Anything can happen in Port Charles so stay tuned to General Hospital airing weekdays on ABC.