A/N: Graphic death scene ahead
Buck was walking around on the west side of Rock Island, looking for any sign of Carly… having no idea what Vaas had in mind for the young teenager, Buck was already making his own devious plan and given Carly's young age, he knew that if she still had her innocence, it would be that bit of human nature that would make it more enjoyable for him to take it from her.
Of course there would be two people standing in his way… Johnny and Jack.
Meanwhile, Vaas's head snapped up in the hideout as he heard the door slam and someone walk in, thinking it was Hoyt. He was a bit startled when an infuriated Ivory Smith walked in instead, an eye patch covering his new eye.
"Your damn pirates almost shot my plane down, Vaas!" Ivory growls.
"I called you here for a reason, Smith!" Vaas says before putting a picture out on the table, Ivory seeing that it was a picture of Carly.
"You're better off trying not to catch this vicious little bitch… what does she have to do with this anyway?" Ivory says.
"Ivory… what happened to you making her want to show you pain?" Vaas says.
"Losing my natural right eye and damn near dying in a warehouse explosion is what happened." Ivory says, Vaas almost scowling… before thinking of another plan…
Meanwhile…
Carly sat up and leaned against the wall, shivering from being in the drafty warehouse for almost 7 hours and pulled the only source of warmth closer to her, Johnny's Lost MC leather jacket as Johnny sat down next to her, lightly rubbing Carly's right shoulder.
"Where'd Jack go off to?" Carly asks.
"Said he went to go try to find some supplies, we might be here for a while-" Johnny says before both hear a crash, Jack running inside and a man chasing after him.
"Stop!" Carly yells, bolting upright as the man stopped chasing Jack. The man didn't look much older than Carly or Jack but looked significantly younger than Johnny, maybe in his late 20s.
The man lowered his hunting knife, looking at the tiny brunette.
"He… stole my ammo and food… how long have you three been hiding out here?" The man says, still trying to catch his breath.
"Seven hours." Carly says.
"You're lucky Vaas's spotters haven't found you yet… but mr crazy merc looks like he's been roughed up a bit. I'm Jason Brody." The man says.
"Carly… this is Johnny and the crazy merc is Jack." Carly says, her and Jason shaking hands for a few seconds.
"How old are you, Carly?" Jason asks, thinking that from her tiny height that Carly was not fully grown yet.
"16." Carly says.
"Damn… you're just a kid." Jason says.
"Jack's not much older, just about 19… look, I'm sorry he stole your things." Carly says.
"Don't worry about it… you look like you could use the food more than me with how tiny you are. Don't want you starving to death." Jason says.
Carly nodded, Jack handing the ammo and weapons back to Jason.
"Don't worry about that. You're gonna need every bit of ammo to get past Vaas's spotters but I can assure you three that not everyone on Rock Island behaves like him. If you want, I'll take you to somewhere else we can hide out. My friend Dennis is hiding out there too." Jason says before Carly, Johnny and Jack look at each other.
The four ate a bit of the food, deciding to save the rest for later, before heading towards the main room of the warehouse when the door was kicked off its hinges, Buck charging in.
"You again…" Buck snarls at Jason before turning to Carly, who Johnny was standing in front of protectively as Jason discretely passed a Glock 22 to Jack, who was loading it. "Now give me the tiny one. She's mine now!" He demands.
"When hell freezes over, you sick fuck! She's not going anywhere with you!" Johnny growls menacingly, actually scaring Buck somewhat.
Buck charges at Johnny, knocking him down as the two started fighting, Johnny kicking Buck off of him as Carly grabbed the large hunting knife Jason had brought with him, Buck charging at her now as the two fought for control of the weapon…
Buck screamed out as the knife was slammed into the right side of his body, right below the ribcage but Carly didn't stop there… she yanked the knife out, ran full speed at Buck and pinned him against the wall, stabbing him repeatedly until Johnny managed to pull her off, the last stab wound on Buck piercing his right lung and aorta, making him cough up blood before falling down, looking up at the four with barely open eyes.
"You're… gonna regret this once Hoyt and Vaas find you." Buck manages to say, Carly grabbing the knife again and stabbing it one last time, severing Buck's brain stem and killing him instantly.
"Damn… poor bastard." Jason says. Even for him and even though it was Buck who died, this was too violent of a killing.
Carly dropped the knife and walked over to Johnny, immediately pulling him into a hug and Johnny wrapping his arms around her trembling body. He knew Carly took no enjoyment out of what she just did.
"Are you okay?" Johnny whispers, Carly nodding as her bluish violet eyes closed for a few seconds before they let go, Carly lightly gripping Johnny's hand and him squeezing her much smaller one.
The four left, Jack, Carly and Johnny following Jason until he led them to, what seemed to Carly, looked like an older style hospital, common on small islands that didn't see too many major medical emergencies.
"Doc? Dennis?" Jason says as the four walked in, a man who looked to be in his late 60s walking into the main room.
"Agnes." The man says after seeing Carly, mistaking her for his deceased daughter.
"Um… Dr. Earnhardt, she's not Agnes… one of Hoyt's friends tried to…" Jason says, Dr. Earnhardt nodding as he carefully approached Carly, who instinctively moved closer to Johnny.
"Shh… it's okay, little one. No harm is gonna come from me." Dr. Earnhardt says softly, Carly nodding but he can tell she was shaken up.
"Jason?" Another man says as he limps upstairs, his left knee bandaged up.
"Dennis, what the hell happened to you?!" Jason asks, running over and helping Dennis sit down.
"Three crazy guys attacked me on the north side of the island, mistaking me for one of Vaas's spotters." Dennis says.
"What did they look like?!" Carly immediately asks but before Dennis could answer her, the door swung open, Carly turning around and running over, her and Michael immediately hugging. "Dad…" She says.
"Oh, kiddo… you're alive. I was scared… I'd lost you." Michael says, Carly finally letting her tears fall before she and Franklin hug.
"It's okay, tiny girl… we're all okay." Franklin says, kissing Carly on her forehead before they let go.
"Uh, hello? Forget someone?" Trevor asks, Carly reluctantly hugging him.
"I'm never taking another vacation that you plan again, Philips." Carly says before they let go, Carly immediately heading over to Dennis.
"Damn… you're just a kid." Dennis says.
"Kid or not, you guys are gonna need all the help you can find." Carly says.
"She has a point, Dennis." Jason says, having quietly told Dennis what happened to Buck when Carly was hugging Michael and Franklin.
"Anyone willing to do that is worth having on our side so we can take Vaas and Hoyt down." Dennis says before turning to Carly. "Okay, tiny purple eyed girl… you've got a deal." He says before he and Carly shake hands.
Carly and Jason were alone later when he decided to tell her about what happened to his brother Grant, Carly turning horrified and briefly thinking about her own siblings, glad that Jimmy and Tracey opted to stay in Los Santos instead of tagging along on this vacation.
"You're the youngest? How old are your siblings?" Jason asks after Carly tells him about them.
"Tracey's 22, Jimmy's 20… what worries me is that they don't know how to defend themselves against an actual psycho." Carly says, thinking that everything she'd been told about Vaas and Hoyt made Trevor seem almost normal… Trevor could still be a dangerous son of a bitch whenever he got pissed off enough.
"There are different types of psychos, little one…" Jason says before lowering his voice. "And from how you and Trevor act around each other, he's the kind of psycho that makes you think he still has some humanity and respect for your choices… such as you and Johnny being around each other, even just as friends." He says.
"Trevor wouldn't know normal if it bit him on his ass… but from what Jack told me, neither would Vaas and Hoyt. Makes me think we'll be lucky to get off this island alive." Carly says, Jason lightly placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Get your fucking hands off my fucking niece, boy!" Trevor yelled, Carly turning and glaring at him.
"You want me to toss you out on your ass and let you take your chances with Vaas and Hoyt along with fuck knows how many pirates and spotters, keep running your fucking mouth, Trevor!" Carly threatened, Trevor a bit taken aback at how Carly reacted and closing his mouth.
"Damn, tiny ones are usually not who you expect to be the scariest ones." Jason says after dropping his arms to his sides, Carly fighting a small laugh.