2/5/02, Ludendorff…
"She should've listened!" Trevor yelled in his drug rampage as Carter pulled him away from Carly, Macey crouching down and holding Carly.
Carly was bleeding from her left ear, her tiny left arm was bruised and her left ankle was broken badly as she whimpered and cried in Macey's arms, Macey lightly stroking her hair.
"My ear won't stop ringing, make it stop!" Carly choked out through her sobs.
"You'll be fine, Carly." Macey said before standing up slowly. "I have to take you somewhere safe first."
Macey left with Carly, Carter punching Trevor.
"Ow! What the fuck was that for?! I only tried to get her to stop screaming at me!" Trevor yells, Carter knowing that from the bruises, blood and broken bones, Carly had overheard about Trevor nearly killing Juana.
"By trying to murder your own niece?!" Carter yells, kicking Trevor in the face.
"She said she was gonna call 911, that little snitch!" Trevor shouts.
"Trevor, she's 5 years old! You bragged about what you did to that woman and Carly panicked! Anyone would!" Carter shouts.
When he met up with Macey at the hospital, he was thankful that Brad was watching Blake and Ethan… the look on his fiancee's face was one of horror.
"Carly's in surgery, isn't she?" Carter asks, Macey sniffling as she nodded.
"They're fixing her ankle and arm, Trevor broke that too… but they don't think they can fix her ear completely…" Macey says, Carter pulling her into his arms. "That poor child… why is the monster in her life one of the people she trusted?"
"I don't know, baby… but I hope he'll stay the hell away from us and even Carly, Blake and Ethan." Carter said, placing a kiss on her forehead.
When Carly was awake again, she felt Ethan stroking her hair and tried to talk but because of the anaesthetic, her attempt came out as a raspy cry.
"Here…" Ethan said, putting a straw into her mouth as she drank water from a cup.
"Is he in jail?" Carly managed to ask.
"No…" Ethan simply said. "I'm sorry, Carly…"
"Don't be… we're just gonna keep our distance from Trevor." Carly says, holding one of Ethan's hands as well as one of Blake's as Michael, Macey and Carter walked in…
Present time…
"I still get the occasional ringing in my ear…" Carly says, Blake noticing a cochlear implant. "After a car accident, it got worse to where I couldn't hear completely in that ear… now I can again."
"Oh… I see." Blake said anxiously.
"It felt kind of weird at first… but in a good way." Carly says.
"Okay then." Blake said once more. She wasn't looking at Carly at the moment.
Carly looked outside, noticing the pale grey sky through the fog.
"San Fierro weather blew in." Carly says.
"You've been there?" Blake asks.
"Once… Johnny and I had to hide out for a few days." Carly says.
"Hide out from who?" Blake asked.
"Rival biker gang." Carly says, Blake's jaw dropping in shock.
"Why were they after you and Johnny?!" Blake asks.
"They had a deal with some crazy meth distributor out in Sandy Shores, deal fell through when he apparently shouted "All bikers are lying fucks!" and tried to kill them… then they turned on us." Carly says.
"Wow, it's must've been a hella journey for you… for me and Jade it just started…" Blake said.
"If I hadn't met Johnny, I don't know where I'd be at. He's a good guy, doesn't use the drugs, only deals them." Carly says, finishing applying her cat eye makeup and bronzer after she was dressed.
"Man… I hope I find someone who's like Johnny... but I don't think nobody wants me… I'm different from everyone here. A new person trying to make a life here." Blake said.
"It can be rough… I had trouble adjusting at first, got into some fights at school." Carly says before the two walked downstairs.
Ethan ignored his ringing phone before he saw Carly… and his eyes widened when he saw her wearing a pair of leather and lace leggings.
"Wow… Carly… you look…" Ethan said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Bit too much of a change?" Carly asks, absentmindedly adjusting her To Live Or Die In LS racerbacktank top.
"No, no cousin not at all… just be you." Ethan said.
"I always try." Carly says, heading into the kitchen as Blake laughed a bit.
"You shoulda seen the look on your face, Ethan…" Blake says.
"What? I can't be startled at what my cousin wears?" Ethan said.
"You gonna turn overprotective if someone hits on her?" Blake asks.
"I been overprotective of both you and Carly for so long… even though you can't remember. But don't worry, you'll remember at some point." Ethan said.
"At some point." Blake says as Little Miss Dangerous by Ted Nugent played from the radio.
She makes a move at midnight, she's got the magic touch
That little girl is dangerous and just a bit too much
Looking for trouble, looking for sex
Walking on the wild side, she's so complex
"Damn. That's an old song…" Michael says after walking in.
"Yep, perfect choice for Miami Vice." Carly says.
"Wait, were you two watching Little Miss Dangerous last night?" Michael asks.
"Yeah, Uncle M, we were." Ethan said. "We had fun last night, just us talking and watching TV."
Carly's phone chimed, her seeing a text from an unknown number.
'Galileo Observatory, come alone.'
"I've gotta meet up with someone, I'll be back." Carly says, grabbing her keys and leather jacket before leaving.
At the observatory, Carly got off her Vader and walked to where the person was… only to see that it was a pissed off Chloe.
"Okay, this is getting fucking creepy, Rivers." Carly says, turning to leave but Chloe grabbed her by her wrist and noticed the slight limp in Carly's walk.
"What happened to you, Tiny? You hurt yourself?" Chloe asked.
"Slipped off the damn wall outside my house… why did you lure me out here?" Carly says, snatching her arm out of Chloe's hand.
"Oh, just only two things… one, I want Ethan back in my life…" Chloe stated. "And two who was that girl with the strangely long black hair. Is that who Ethan's dating? A skinny bitch with long hair and weird eyes like you?"
"You're fucking sick, that's his own sister!" Carly shouts after backhanding Chloe, who's mouth was split open.
"His sister? He never told me he had a sister…" Chloe said. "Maybe I should meet this girl…"
"Go anywhere near her and I will cut your fucking throat!" Carly growled, her knife against Chloe's throat as she held Chloe onto the ledge.
"Alright, I'll keep my distance away from her… but one when she's alone somewhere else, don't expect her to be alone…" Chloe said, pushing Carly back and walking away.
"This town is full of lunatics, stalkers and crazies." Carly muttered, folding her switchblade and heading to her bike.
When she got home, she saw Johnny and the two hugged after she got off of her bike… at the same time, Lunch and Max were joyriding in Steve's car.
"I can't believe you stole his keys." Max says with a laugh as Lunch slowed down a few feet from Carly.
"Stevie's so dumb, he won't notice that I took his keys." Lunch said. "And besides, he's busy fucking my mom now."
"Seriously, what do they get out of their relationship?" Max asks.
"I don't know… all the sex they want, I mean my mom's breasts are so big you can eat a Thanksgiving dinner on it." Lunch said, getting out the car with Max.
"Put the airhorns away, you two." Johnny says, Max and Lunch letting "Aw, man." out of their mouths.
"We were just having fun!" Lunch said.
Carly and Johnny let go, Carly cringing slightly as pain flared where the rake had hit her.
"Rough morning?" Max asks.
"Landed on a rake after scaling the wall." Carly says, Max and Lunch hissing in sympathy.
"You need my Girl Scout Cookies to help ya?" Lunch said, pulling out a weed joint.
"Last time I smoked that, we all got chased down by Benson." Carly says.
"Oh yeah, that was a fun night… I was in my bra and panties…" Lunch said with a laugh.