''You ready to do this?'' Sam asked Carly who was looking slightly worried.
''We're about to rob the biggest bank in the country, why would i be scared?'' Carly said, sorting through and checking that all the guns worked.
She had pulled off robberies before but they were nothing compared to the Union Depository.
Carly took a deep breath, hiding a Micro SMG in her black blazer.
''Everyone else ready?'' Carly says into her headset.
''All reading clear and ready to obtain two hundred million in gold!'' Trevor replied.
''Right then! Let's go!'' Sam said, starting the Karin Sultan from inside the building.
'' I hope your plan works and no one gets shot here.'' Carly says, getting into the car's passenger seat.
''Even if someone does get hit, remember what i did on top of the hospital when we were ambushed by A.O.D.'' Sam replied, turning towards the Union Depository loading bays.
''Alright Johnny, we're near the loading bays. You and the guys in the vault yet?'' Carly says.
''Ready to drill through but you've got a problem, on the other side of that loading door are around ten guards.'' Johnny warned.
''I'll take care of them.'' Sam says.
Sam seemed to grow in height and age, appearing as a very attractive 25 year old. The door opened.
''Hello boys.'' Sam flirted as all the guards guns flew upwards, sticking to the ceiling.
''Now, can i get directions to the gold vault?'' Sam says to the leader of these guards.
''It's...right up that elevator and on the left.'' The guard replied. Sam bowed in thanks before all the guards fell unconscious, Sam returning to her normal 15 year old form.
Carly got out of the car before she and Sam headed to the elevator.
''Alright, we're heading to the vault Franklin. Start up the driller.'' Carly says as they get in the elevator.
''Alright, i'm about to punch a hole in this vault.'' Franklin says as the rotating circular cutters started in the drill.
Driving forward, the drill cut through and entered the vault. Franklin reversed the driller back, clearing the way for the gold to be moved to it's way out, Sam's Phoenix.
Sam opened the vault door as the driller disabled, the alarm clear, telling them to get a move on.
Carly grabbed hold of one half of the two hundred million worth of gold and wheels it to the cage, Packie doing the same to the other half as they put them in the cages, locking them.
''Trevor, Taliana, lower the wenches.'' Carly says.
''Right, everyone sit on the Phoenix.'' Sam says, everyone baffled by her random comment but followed her order, sitting on top of the car.
'Now close your eyes...and open.'' Sam said.
No one but Sam could believe what they saw.
Sam was obviously carrying it with her energy because between the two Frogger helicopters was the Phoenix, flying with them. No propellers or jets, just the car.
Carly looked over the side, seeing the ground far below but more importantly to her, the cage of gold safely hanging from Trevor's Frogger.
''Sam...this is just amazing.'' Carly says.
''Damn right, it is! It's the biggest score we've pulled!'' Sam says.
''Wait, what?!'' Carly says after hearing what Brad says through the headset.
''Damn it, Merryweather's sent reinforcements after us!'' Carly says, hearing several Merryweather Buzzards nearby.
''Attention ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your fucking asses!'' Franklin shouts as Sam moved the Phoenix into multiple positions, allowing the others on the car to fire at the large cockpits of the Buzzards.
''Fuck off! The gold is ours now, you jacked up assholes!'' Carly shouts after shooting several of the Buzzards and making them crash.
''That's my girl! Give them hell!'' Johnny says.
Behind them, a nightmare rose. A modified Cargobob, manual minigun turrets mounted on it.
''Okay...Carly, you're not gonna like this.'' Sam says, standing up.
''Sam, no! You're not...'' Carly says, working out what Sam was doing.
''Bullets won't bring that down Carly, only an explosion from inside will.'' Sam says, placing a hand on Carly's shoulder.
''Just...come back in one piece?'' Carly said. Even though she was already dead, Carly still felt as if Sam were alive.
Sam ran and jumped. For a brief second, she was flying.
Sam reached out and grabbed the supports for the large fuel tank to one side of the buzzard, gripping as hard as she could.
Sam then let go, reaching out and gripping one of the steps on the rear exterior maintenance ladder before swinging around, through the open cargo door.
Instantly, the two men on miniguns turned and fired, hundreds of bullets going right through Sam.
''Greetings!''Sam said as she walked further inside the cargobob, dropping a detpack as she approached the pilot.
''For the record, you can thank the late Sam De Santa!'' Sam said as she detonated the bomb.
''Sam!'' Carly screamed as the Cargobob disappeared in a ball of orange and black.
Tears fell down Carly's face as Johnny held her in his arms.
''She...she can't...she's already dead...'' Carly sobbed. With no sign of Sam, the Phoenix started to lower its altitude as they approached Mckenzie airfield.
When the car stopped, all but Carly got off. Carly stared into the dirt, tears still running down her cheeks and still no sign of Sam anywhere.
Carly felt different too, like a great tether had been cut. She had been linked to Sam.
If that link was gone, Sam was too. Carly wanted to scream but couldn't bring herself to.
Eventually, she got off of the Phoenix, looking up at the San Andreas midday sky.
''They'll be peace when you are done...lay your weary head to rest...don't you cry no more...''
Carly sings softly, brushing her tears away. She felt like she had lost part of her soul.
In a way, she had. Carly had almost put a part of herself in Sam. It wasn't as painful when Sam died before. She hadn't been there when it happened and Sam had come back.
Kill someone once, they die. Kill them again, they never come back. The part of herself Carly had put in Sam had been torn from her as well as Sam herself.
Carly would look at the world through different eyes now, the last of her innocence gone.
She walked over to Johnny and Packie, hugging both of them.
''It's alright, little sister.'' Packie says. In a way, Carly had become a little sister to Packie. Carly hoped that Katie was with Sam now, watching over them.
It should've been a moment beyond happiness. They'd just taken a score on one of the biggest banks in the world.
Without Sam, it was nothing but an atmosphere of loss and sorrow. The rain dripped down the gold bricks as all returned to vehicles, going separate ways.
Carly just stayed quiet as she and Johnny got in the Phoenix and drove off to their home.
''She's gone, Johnny.'' Carly says softly as they reach the main road.
On their way, they passed the bar in which it all began. Carly could see herself and Sam four years ago, running out of that bar with Angels of Death firing at them both.
The rusted car where they took cover was still there, now a mark of Sam's existence.
When they reached their house, Carly went into the kitchen, staring at the broken mirror in which she'd first seen Sam after her death.
Part of Carly wanted to see Sam appear in it again but she knew it wouldn't happen.
The next few weeks were a mix of depression, tears and uncomfortable sleep for Carly.
She'd just sit there and stare into space for hours at a time. She hardly ate either.
One day, she stared out at the sunset. Instead of the usual orange color, it was a mix of blue, red and pink.
''Rest in peace, little sister. Say hello to Jack for me.'' Carly says.
She couldn't cry anymore and the depression had melted away.
Carly had finally found herself at peace.