A few days ago…

"Tommy's gonna flip his shit when he finds out that we're gonna find Ken…" 22 year old Maria says as she and Carter sat down in their seats on the plane.

"What's he gonna do?" Carter asked. "It's not like he's gonna track us down, even though we're in love…" Carter placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Yeah… I just… I just wonder where Ken's at, mentally. After that call and hearing him scream after Mr. Leone shot him… it just worries me, he wouldn't have reached out if he thought he could handle it." Maria says as she rests her head on Carter's right shoulder.

"It's worries me too, Maria, but let's hope he's alright." Carter said, placing another kiss on her head.

"Yeah…" Maria says, the two closing their eyes…

Present time…

Dry desert air woke Carter up and he groaned as he sat up, sore all over… but there was no sign of Maria, Kent Paul, Maccer or the hippie that they met.

"Ria?!" Carter called out.

"Over here." Maria replied, Carter standing up and running to her, helping her to her feet.

"You okay?" Carter asked.

"Yeah… what the hell happened last night? Where are the others?" Maria asked before they heard it.

"Hello?! Ey, anybody out here?! The Truth sent me!"

"Ey, over here!"

"Well that was Maccer but I don't recognise the other voice…" Maria says as she and Carter made their way down the side of the mountain.

"Stone me bloody crows. Where are we?" Kent says as Maria and Carter helped him up.

"We're at a mountain, what do ya think?" Carter asked.

"Maccer, you fuckin psycho! You did it again, didn't you?" Kent says.

"That Peyote was shite, you were lucky I brought some tabs along!" Maccer says, Maria turning mad.

"You fucking spiked our drinks?!" Maria asked, trying to hit Maccer but Carter stopped her.

"Ria, stop this!" Carter said. "Even though we couldn't remember what happened, I'm sure we had a fuckin' good time."

"He said you did. I'm CJ, Truth said you guys were stranded out here." CJ says, Kent looking at him.

"Yeah, we need a ride back to Caligula's Casino. Our friend Rosenberg works there." Kent says before all five got into the stolen LVPD car.

"What I'm not sure I want to know is how these…" CJ says, finding a pair of red satin and lace panties wedged in between the front seats. "Ended up here."

Maria's face turned a light red as she readjusted her red shorts, Carter pulling her into his arms.

"We stole a cop car and fucked in it…" Maria says quietly.

"Yeah, best time of my life…" Carter said. "You were so freaky last night, baby."

"That explains the handcuffs, Carter…" Kent says before he turned a little pale. "Pull over, now!"

Kent bolted out of the car, vomiting on the sand.

"For one with a tolerance to this, he's not handling it well." Maccer says as Kent got back into the car and Maria noticed a snake bite on Kent's arm.

"Snakes… lots of snakes…" Maria says, Carter seeing a snake farm in the distance.

"Yeah, stay clear from them…" Carter said.

"The owner might have answers though…" CJ says, pulling over and all five getting out.

"Take a gander at them fellas, is that em?!" The older man exclaimed before one pointed to Kent, accusing him of screwing one of the hogs.

"Those two nearly destroyed the shack with how crazy they were!" Another ranch hand yelled, pointing to Carter and Maria.

"All we did is have sex…" Carter said, Maria playfully hitting him on his left arm.

"We need answers as to what else happened!" Maria says before seeing another couple. The woman ended up yelling about slapping Maccer silly.

"What in tarnation?! I'm fixin to give you a whoopin for what you've gone and done to my younguns!" The older man yelled before shooting at them, CJ, Maria and Carter firing back.

"Oh no, run like fuck!" Kent says.

"Everybody in the car!" CJ yells, everyone getting in and speeding off.

"Damn, y'all did go a bit too crazy last night… where's the rest of the band?" CJ says.

"Fuck if we can remember… never trust anyone who's been around since the peace and love era." Kent says, Carter nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, that was a hard time for me and my friend." Carter said.

"I barely remember seeing people protesting on Staunton Island back in the 70s…" Maria says.

"Oh really, baby?" Carter said.

"My aunt used to try to help out… most of them were transients who had been kicked out but I saw a few displaced soldiers as well." Maria says as the car stopped outside the casino.

The group got out and reached Ken's office… when he first saw Maria, he pulled her into a hug.

"Carter, ain't she been eating enough? Poor girl's all skin and bones." Ken says after he and Maria let go.

"Yeah, I make sure she's eating, beside we just got here and… something else happen." Carter said.

"We all got drugged and ended up in the desert… I think it was Arco Del Oeste." Kent says.

Maria looked outside the window and saw another cop car… but she reeled back when she saw Frank Tenpenny in the driver's seat, Carter seeing the look in her eyes… Maria had told him about how Frank used her as a punching bag, Carter wrapping his arms around her waist to hold her up.

"Let's get away from the window…" Carter whispered, narrowing his eyes at him.

The two walked to the couch and sat down, Maria taking deep breaths as Carter rubbed his hands up and down her back.

"I thought I had killed him… when he didn't wake up." Maria says. The night she had left Liberty City, she had pushed Frank down the stairs after he had slashed her back and tried to snap her neck.

"Baby, you're safe with me." Carter said, pulling her close to him. "You need a distraction?"

Maria nodded, the two heading out of the room.

Once they were out in the dry air, Maria closed her eyes as the light rain hit her face and took a deep breath as she and Carter held hands.

"It's much less humid out here on this side of the country…" Maria says after her eyes opened.

"Yeah, I really miss the sun and the others stuff as well. Being here, makes me feel like a stranger to the weather." Carter said.

"Better than being trapped in snow that one time we went up to Canada." Maria says as they kissed.

When they returned, cleaned off and in clean clothes, the two ran into CJ.

"Oh hey, you two… look, Ken doesn't know about what's being planned." CJ says, Maria and Carter looking at each other.

"A heist…" They said before looking at CJ.

"Yeah, gonna take the money in the vault here. You two want in?" CJ says.

"I'm in." Carter said, before looking at Maria.

"Hell yeah. Let's take the casino for all its worth." Maria says.