"Hold her down!" Hoyt ordered as the pirates struggled but managed to force a screaming and grief stricken Carly down as she tried to help Packie, who had a knife through his neck.
"Packie!" Carly screams as tears fell down her face. "Packie, wake up, please!" She cried, Hoyt pulling her by her hair and forcing her to look at him. "You… you evil bastard." She growled.
"I like that, Carly… so I'm only gonna take one finger." Hoyt says as Carly's left arm was held down, Hoyt bringing the machete down and slicing Carly's ring finger off, Carly screaming in agonizing pain...
Carly's eyes snapped open as she looked around, finding herself in her and Johnny's house as Johnny wrapped his right arm around her, his left arm propped up on a pillow as well as his right leg.
"It's okay, darling. It was just a bad dream." Johnny says softly, kissing Carly's forehead. Carly carefully moved closer to Johnny, wrapping her arms around him.
"I'm just glad we all got off that damned island… I wish Dennis would've..." Carly says.
"I know but he said it can be peaceful again with Vaas, Hoyt and Buck gone… I hope he's right." Johnny says.
"Me too, Johnny… me too." Carly says before the two kiss again. As much as they wanted to, they were gonna have to wait until they were healed up physically to try for a little one.
For now, they were just content to hold each other and kiss, glad to be alive.
Meanwhile…
Niko and Dash were walking around, trying to clear their heads... that was when they heard a drunk Midnight singing Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day.
"Hey, guys!" Midnight says, Packie's car pulling up and Packie getting out.
"Midnight, you had me scared to death!" Packie says, Midnight running over and hugging him.
"You know how it happens, you start drinking and then you blackout." Midnight slurred.
Niko spoke in Serbian, Dash laughing a bit.
"Hey, I don't drink that much." Dash says, lightly shoving Niko.
Midnight dialed Carly's number, Carly answering.
"You're drinking at 9am?" Carly asks.
"And is that a crime?" Midnight asks. "Plus, I was drinking last night." She adds.
"I worry about you, Aunt M." Carly says, Midnight noticing that Carly's voice was rough.
"You okay?" Midnight asks.
"I had… a nightmare… is Packie there?" Carly says, Packie looking at Midnight, who mouthed 'Nightmare about losing you.' and Packie nodding.
"Yeah he's here. Do you want to talk to him?" Midnight says.
"Yes…" Carly says, Midnight handing the phone to Packie. "Hey, buddy. I love you, my brother." She says.
"I love you too, kiddo. Sorry about the drunk Midnight. Ever since that cancer scare, she's been living life to the edge." Packie says.
"Fear can bring out a lot of things in people… you've just gotta tell everyone you love that you love them because… you never know if that'll be the last time you see them." Carly says.
"That is true… I'm gonna try to get Midnight to sober up. Niko, Dash, help me out?" Packie says, Niko and Dash helping Midnight to the car.
"She's right…" Midnight says.
"Thinking about Ryan?" Dash asks. Midnight nodding before breaking into tears.
"You would've loved him… he was such a good kid." Midnight says, Dash hugging her. "If I hadn't suggest that we all run away, he would still be alive." She says.
"You were doing what you could to protect him… Sally and I left here years ago to escape the past… remember when I said that my dad attacked me when I was 7?" Dash says.
"I remember…" Midnight says.
"I hated that son of a bitch after that… I didn't trust anyone except Sally. When she and I did come back here, we found out that the last girl he tried to violate killed him. Ironically, it was Carly." Dash says, Midnight's eyes widening in shock as they let go.
"I wonder if it's still there where we left it." Midnight says.
"If what is where M?" Niko asks.
"The bucket lists that me, T and Ryan made when we were younger." Midnight says.
"Might be. Come on, let's go check up on Carly and Johnny." Packie says before the group left.
Carly heard a knock at the door a while later and opened it, letting Niko, Dash, Packie and Midnight in as Johnny tried to brace himself on the crutches.
"I hate these fucking things." Johnny mutters as Carly and Midnight help him sit down.
"How do you think I felt when Billy decided it was a good idea to break my left leg when I was 15?" Packie says, Niko heading into the kitchen to make some coffee as Tommy dragged Rex and Tex into the house.
"Are you two still not speaking to each other?" Carly asks.
"Why would you bring him anywhere near me?!" Tex demanded, giving Rex a evil eye.
"Boys, stop acting like children!" Carly says, Rex throwing a pillow at her. "Oh, real mature, Rex." She says sarcastically, helping prop Johnny's broken leg up on the pillow.
"What happened to bros for life?!" Rex asks, looking at Tex. Tex responded by rolling his eyes at him.
"For fuck's sake, stop acting like little kids! How would you guys be acting if one or both of you were repeatedly tortured by psychotic animals on a fucking island for almost a month?!" Carly yells at them, startling everyone with how quick she lost her temper.
"I'm sorry, brother." Tex says.
"Bros for like again?" Rex asks.
"Bros for life." Tex says before the two hug.
Carly leaned against Johnny, who reached over and hugged her, knowing that the hell she endured from Vaas and Hoyt took it's toll on her.
"I was scared I'd lose you." Carly says as tears ran down her face, Johnny kissing her on her forehead. Carly looked over towards Midnight, who was looking something up on her phone.
"We all could use time away from here." Midnight says.
"Where you thinking exactly?" Johnny asks.
"Canada. I've got some unfinished business up there." Midnight says.
'Maybe some time away would do us all some good… they're gone, they can't hurt us anymore.' Carly thought, trying to reassure herself.
But after Grant's and Alec's deaths, Carly knew there would always be another psycho out there that turns up after a few are killed.