A/N: Originally started out as an idea for a one shot, future chapters will go into full detail about Trevor's relationship with Charlotte.
Normal day, like any other… nothing out of the usual… until it happened.
Trevor slammed on the brakes of his Bodhi and looked, seeing Carly almost fall over the cliff as a bullet slammed into her back, Johnny catching her from falling… there was no blood, the waves were crashing against the cliffs and the lighthouse across the way… but all Trevor could see was Charlotte dying in front of him again.
"What the… hell? Was that Cletus shooting things again?" Carly manages to ask, shocked but not harmed… that did nothing to stop Trevor's boiling rage though. He jumped out of the decades old red and slightly beaten up Bodhi and charged over to the couple.
"Back off, Trevor!" Johnny says, protectively standing in front of Carly.
"You back off, you let her get shot!" Trevor yells.
"No, you back off! I'm not hurt, I'm wearing a bulletproof vest like I always do!" Carly says, stepping in between them and pulling up her medium grey racerback tank top a bit, revealing the cobalt blue vest she always wore.
"You were still-" Trevor starts to shout.
"In harm's way?! Is that what you were gonna shout?! Johnny is not the danger to me, quit trying to prove otherwise!" Carly says, yelling halfway through and angering Trevor.
Trevor was about to respond but a echoing slam caught their attention and he turned around, seeing Midnight leave her deep blue Dukes car and run over to them after brushing dirt off of her grey skinny jeans and grabbing her bow and a flare arrow.
"What the hell is going on here?" Midnight asks.
"Trevor's making another miserable attempt at what he's been trying to do since he barged back into my life." Carly says, her eyes slightly darker like they usually are when she's pissed off.
"Trevor!" Midnight snaps.
"She fucking got shot not even five minutes ago!" Trevor yells, Carly picking up a crushed in .50 caliber and silver plated sniper bullet, Midnight examining it.
"Do I look like I'm wounded? Is there blood pouring out of me, am I coughing it up?! No, I'm not! So either just stop, Trevor… or just pick up and fuck off!" Carly says.
"His criminal past is gonna get you killed, like-" Trevor says.
"Like who?!" Carly yells, getting fed up.
"Like mine got Charlotte killed!" Trevor shouts, the three pairs of forest green, midnight blue and bluish violet eyes looking at him in disbelief.
"Who in hell's name was Charlotte?" Midnight asks, Trevor's hazel brown eyes softening from his glare.
"After the bank job, I ended up in Europe for a while… England, to be specific. I met Charlotte there, she saved me from getting killed… she and I got closer, were basically like Carly and Johnny are now. I thought I could forget my past, start a normal life… but she was shot right in front of me by someone I had pissed off. I don't want Carly ending up like that, that's why I keep trying to pull her away from Johnny." Trevor says.
"How do we know you're being honest? Not one mention of this woman for the past 2 ½ years you've been back until now, how are we supposed to know it's not bullshit?" Carly says.
"Yeah, how do we know this is not another lie?" Midnight asks.
"Would I be opening an old wound if it was? I haven't seen everything normally for a long time, a traumatized mind doesn't and you three know that first hand!" Trevor says.
"Trevor, don't you fucking bring Ryan up again!" Midnight snaps, aiming her bow and arrow at Trevor in a threatening manner.
"Yeah, no need to open our old wounds! Not everyone is as dangerous as you!" Johnny says before he, Carly and Midnight left in Midnight's car, Midnight driving them to her and Packie's house in Chumash after putting her bow and arrow in the bag.
"Still thinking about it, darlin?" Johnny asks, wrapping his arm around Carly's shoulders and lightly stroking her shoulder length light brown tousled hair.
"What if he was telling the truth? None of us really know what Trevor was like during that time… what if he did try to settle down?" Carly says as Midnight stopped the car in the driveway, Carly covering her mouth as she sneezed.
"Bless you." Midnight says.
"Thanks… allergy season can be a real pain in the neck at times." Carly says as all three got out and Midnight opened the door, Jackson running at Carly and trying to tackle her but Carly picked the 5 year old up in her arms. "Wait til you get older. I'm tiny but not too tiny, kiddo." She says.
"Oh okay." Jackson says, jumping out of Carly's arms and readjusting his shorts as Midnight readjusted her short sleeved indigo shirt and skinny jeans.
"Where's Packie and Annie?" Midnight asks.
"Packie?" Carly called out, Annie running downstairs and hugging Midnight, who picked her up.
"Hey baby girl." Midnight says, kissing Annie on the forehead.
"Daddy's out back, said something hit the A/C unit again." Annie says.
"Again? I better go and help him." Midnight says.
Once she did, Jackson climbed up on Carly's lap while Annie did the same to Johnny, Annie pulling the white ribbon out of her copper red hair.
"I didn't like those either when I was your age, Annie." Carly says, Annie smoothing out her white sundress.
"Hey, there you are." Midnight says after walking across the imported St. Augustine grass, her and Packie kissing.
"Hey, kids are alright inside?" Packie asks.
"Carly and Johnny are with them… don't panic but Carly got shot earlier." Midnight says, Packie's greenish grey eyes widening in horror.
"Is she alright?! Who shot her?!" Packie asks frantically.
"I don't know, but she was wearing a bulletproof vest so it could have been a lot worse." Midnight says.
"She's incredibly lucky… I don't want to know what it would be like if we lost her, she's like a little sister to us." Packie says.
"Yeah, she is." Midnight says.
Carly, after thinking it over, looked up what Trevor told her and found the identity on the woman… Charlotte Salzer. She then grabbed her IFruit phone and dialed Tommy's number.
"Hey tiny. What's up?" Tommy says, Carly hearing loud pop music playing the background.
"I need your help, can you hack into the Medical Examiner's database in Germany and look up the cause of death for a Charlotte Salzer? She was killed in March 2007 but the article doesn't say why." Carly says.
"Uh yeah sure. I'll work some magic." Tommy says.
"Thank you… and tell Lex to turn that down, please? It's amazing you all haven't gone deaf from that loud volume." Carly says.
"No way, tiny! It's my favorite song!" Lex yells.
"Lex, you're gonna go deaf before you hit 35!" Carly says, not wanting to scare Annie and Jackson with yelling.
"But it's my favorite!" Lex whines.
"Lex, you don't stop whining, I'm gonna give you something to whine about!" Carly snapped at Lex, startling him.
"I'm still not turning it down." Lex says.
"Uncle Tommy, punch him in the face!" Jackson shouts, Annie laughing as Midnight and Packie ran in.
"Gladly." Tommy says.
"Alright, alright, I'll turn it down." Lex says, turning the volume down.
Carly and Tommy hung up, Lex walking over to Tommy, who was at his computer and accessing the Germany Medical Examiner's database.
"What stiff you looking up?" Lex asks.
"Someone named Charlotte Salzer… I have a feeling that Carly told me that name for a reason and it involves Trevor." Tommy says, finding Charlotte's records and muffling a horrified gasp at the cause… Charlotte had taken two bullets and one was to the head while the other was in her upper back, the cause of death being a combination of a fractured skull and rapid blood loss.
"Oh damn! You think Trevor did that?!" Lex says.
"I hope not… that's just damn horrible. She was just barely younger than you, not even 30." Tommy says as Ashley walked downstairs and over to them, her eyes widening in horror when she saw the screen.
"Why are you looking that up?" Ashley asks.
"I think Carly should explain that to you, Trevor told her something earlier and she didn't believe it at first." Tommy says, Ashley leaving.
Ashley had a feeling the answers weren't gonna be nice ones… but she had to find out for herself.