Road Trip Epilogue

Pastor Richards, Umberto Robina, Alex Shrub, Candice Shand, BJ Smith, Adam First, Steve Scott, Lazlow, and Fernando Martinez were on a crazy wild goose chase to Momma's Restaurante. Their cars were one by one, side by side, blowing 70 MPH down an unusually deserted northbound lane on I-95 into Liberty. Pastor Richards pulled in front in his white Infernus, Congressman Shrub and Candice tailgated Pastor Richards in the Sentinel XS. BJ Smith and Adam First were in a battle, ramming each other from side to side but not doing anything big. Lazlow, in a Sabre, was also battling Umberto in the Cuban Hermes. Steve Scott was on the shoulder on a PCJ 600, avoiding all the other cars. A quarter mile back, Fernando Martinez was puttering along in the Regina Station Wagon, obviously angry that he was in last place.

They went through a tunnel when suddenly one person made a move. Umberto Robina slammed on the accelerator and rammed into the side of Congressman Shrub's car. The Sentinel XS spun wildly out of control, hit BJ Smith's Blista Compact and sent it into the wall. The Sentinel XS tried to regain control but slammed into the side of BJ Smith's import in a shower of sparks. Steve Scott didn't see this and slammed right into BJ's mangled import that sent him flying 200 feet from the accident scene. Lazlow, Adam First, and Pastor Richards kept on going. A minute later, Fernando Martinez stopped at the accident scene, smirked, and kept on going.

"No, don't leave us here!" Congressman Shrub said.

A few miles down the road, the Liberty City skyline was smoky, like it has been. The police were blocking the road up ahead. Pastor Richards drove onto the median to miss the road block, but immediately lost all traction, and the car slid backwards in the large median and rolled into the flood control ditch. Some officers ran to get Pastor Richards, but most remained. Lazlow and Adam First also rolled onto the median. Lazlow's Sabre was too low to the ground and stalled in the median and stopped not too far from Pastor Richard's Infernus. Adam's Landstalker was capable enough to make it around the median and the road block, but it turned too sharply and accelerated too fast. Adam's SUV got up on 2 wheels, but hit a barricade and landed back on 4 wheels again. More units ran to Adam and Lazlow's car, pulled them out, and placed them into squad cars. Pastor Richards was trying to burn out of the ditch, sending muck and grass all over the place and onto the units trying to get to him. An officer broke the driver-side window, opened the door, and dragged Pastor Richards out.

"Damnit son, you ruined my suit!" Pastor Richards said. "Shutup, you stupid hick. You're going away for a loooooooong time." One cop said.

Fernando Martinez stopped at the road block, and honked the horn. An officer came up to the window. "Is there any way I can get into Portland?" Fernando asked. "Only family members and Portland residents can enter at the time." The officer said. "My mother is on 15th Street, I just wanted to check on her." Fernando said. "Jeez, 15th Street? That's near where one of the bombs was dropped! Go, and I hope for the best for you, sir!" the officer stammered. "Move, let this guy go through!" the officer shouted. "Oh, and, can you get some EMS back there? There's a really bad wreck in the tunnel." Fernando said. Fernando stepped on the gas and want down the highway into Portland.

Fernando twisted and turned through the rubble of the streets of Portland. There was barley anybody anywhere, Toni pulled into the lot of Momma's Restaurante, that was filled with cars but there was enough space for Fernando to squeeze in. Fernando turns off the car, and got out. He walked up the steps and went inside. It was crowded, with Salvatore Mafia members and some residents sitting around eating pasta, calzones, and other Italian dishes. He tapped a mafia member on the shoulder. "Excuse me, I'm looking for Toni." The mafia man pointed to a man in a velvet suit sitting at the bar, laughing and talking to some more mafia members. He walked up to Toni and tapped his shoulder. "Excuse me, Mr. Cipriani?" Fernando said. Toni turned around. "Mr. Martinez, I presume? Come with me." Toni said. They went into a back room. He grabbed a set of keys and 2 leather bags. "Here is your prize: A brand new Rancher and $500,000. Enjoy it. Now, I have my own affairs to attend." Toni grabbed Fernando and threw him out of the restaurant. Fernando grabbed his new Rancher, a green color with all wheel drive and a compact disc player, and burned out of the parking lot. He got on the freeway and started to head back to Vice City. He stopped on the side of the road and looked at Liberty City. "You know what? Vice City is trash. Fernando Martinez is not trash. Liberty City is not trash. Liberty City, meet Fernando Martinez."

Fernando Martinez quit from Emotion 98.3 in Vice and moved to Liberty. He owns a house in Shoreside Vale, and runs an unsuccessful marriage counseling service, known as 'Fernando's New Beginnings.'

Pastor Richards is residing in Liberty Penitentiary, after getting 25 years for Grand Theft, Larceny, Embezzlement, Battery against a Police Officer, and Harassment.

Lazlow was fired from VRock after getting 6 months in Liberty County Jail for running from the police and trespassing. He lives in an apartment in Chinatown, Portland and has his own radio show on Chatterbox that runs all afternoon after Rush Limbaugh.

Congressman Alex Shrub is retired and lives in a luxurious cabin on the Blue Ridge Mountains with Candice Shand. They are still happily married and have 2 kids.

Steve Scott is dead.

BJ Smith was in the Carson General Hospital Intensive Care Unit for 3 months, after being literally crushed by the wreck in the tunnel. His 'Fit for Football' exercise plan went 6 feet under, and he was cut from the Vice City Mambas. He is now playing as a backup quarterback for the Liberty City Beavers, owns a penthouse suite in Torrington, and is engaged to a Victoria's Secret model.

Umberto Robina left Vice City after his Cuban empire fell by the Haitians while he was gone, so now he lives in Havana, Cuba and is apart of Fidel Castro's Royal Cuban Army. He drives a Rusted 1964 Impala and lives in a duplex around the Presidential Palace.

Adam First now owns a hang-gliding attraction on Ocean Beach, and has a condo. He has a girlfriend and a dog.

Toni Cipriani is alive, and still works/lives at Momma's Restaurante and runs the Salvatore Family Mafia. The Triads have no problem with him now.

Mike 'Lips' Forelli is also dead by an unknown assassin. The Forelli Family Mafia soon fell afterwards.

Mercedes Cortez is wed with Tommy Vercetti, and they live in the Vercetti Estate. Tommy owns Vice City financially, and made the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list a few years ago.

Avery Carrington is also dead. He had a heart failure when a building demolition of his went horribly wrong, and the construction workers union sent him a death threat.

Kenneth Rosenberg still runs Ken Rosenberg and Associates, and it is the most powerful law firm in Vice City. He is currently negotiating the county to change 'Vice City' into 'Miami'.

Phil Cassidy left Vice City after his residence was evicted. He bought out the Liberty Army Surplus and lives there and sells top quality military vehicles and weapons of mass destruction for very hefty prices.

The bombing of Portland remains a government conspiracy. Portland remained closed to the public for months. Marco's Bistro, Salvatore's Gentleman's Club, and the Car Crusher have been rebuilt. Staunton Island and Portland were transformed back together in 2 years, but people stayed away until about 1993.

All of them agreed not to socialize to each other again, except when Toni called Lazlow's Chatterbox show.

~Fin (gay ending) The End (that's better)

Tools used: Rand McNally 2002 'The Road Atlas' United States-Canada-Mexico Microsoft Word Fingers (you think I'm getting carpel tunnel?)

Well, this is my first chapter story COMPLETED. I did it! =D Thanks for the reviews; it really helped me go on.

-Joe Dirt