"I really hope she's gonna be okay. I was reaching for Amber's staff and smashed a bottle into Alicia's face, I could've blinded her!" Ali says, leant against the Trans Am after the five kids took it to the beach and Ryan lightly rubbing her back.
"Any luck?" Amber asks after Brady had tried to call North Shore E.R.
"Dr. Gretsky's not answering, must be a busy night there." Brady says.
"There was a pileup on US1 earlier, critical injuries… damn it, what the hell was I thinking?! I could've killed her!" Ali says.
"That's what she was trying to do to you, you were protecting yourself." Ryan says, Brady answering his phone.
"Where the hell are you all?!" Miguel asks.
"Trying to calm down… things got out of control, Mig." Brady says.
"Was there a fight, is Ali hurt?!" Miguel asks frantically, grabbing the keys to the 1982 Plymouth Gran Fury in the garage that Martin kept even though Martin hadn't driven the car since Miguel was a newborn.
"Alicia's more damaged than her, put it that way." Brady says.
"Alicia started the damn fight… damn it, why can't she just leave my sister alone?!" Miguel says, Ali jumping slightly when she heard the echo of Miguel's fist hitting the coffee table in frustration.
"Don't do that, you startled her!" Amber says.
"Sorry. Look, you all better head over here, that rookie Ramirez is most likely looking for Ali." Miguel says, the two hanging up.
When all five reached the Castillo house and ran in, Ali and Miguel hugged tightly and Miguel saw that Ali's mouth was split open again and bruises were forming on her neck.
"Yeah… she tried to strangle me. I doubt she'll admit that." Ali says.
"I've had it with that bitch!" Miguel says, the others a bit taken aback as Miguel never spoke about any woman like that.
Ali ran outside when she heard a car door slam and Sonny looked up at her, his eyes widening in shock when he saw her injuries as she walked to him, Sonny pulling Ali into his arms.
"They're on their way here… Alicia did this?!" Sonny says as they let go.
"I guess you didn't get an angry call from Caroline yet…" Ali says.
"Oh I did but she never mentioned that Alicia tried to strangle you." Sonny says.
"How bad is it, are her head and eyes okay?" Ali asks.
"Eyes themselves are fine but her left eyelid itself was practically shredded, the other was more intact but that one had a small cut in the outer lining of the eyeball." Sonny says.
"I only meant to try to knock her off of me, not injure her… I screwed up, Uncle Sonny." Ali says, Sonny lightly rubbing her shoulders as Ali rubbed her sore neck.
"You were fighting to stay alive… Ali, there are times that it's either you or them." Sonny says.
"Someone tried to strangle you during a case, didn't they?" Ali asks.
"Strangled, shot at, nearly drowned. Most ways of killing someone have been attempted on me at some point." Sonny says.
"How did you not go crazy from all of that? I'd lose my mind if I were a cop." Ali says as they walked into the house.
"Nah, you wouldn't kiddo." Sonny says, him and Amber hugging and Sonny seeing the stained shirt Brady had on. "Random girl thought you were being a creep?" He asks.
"Darkened club, I mistook her for Ali." Brady says.
The door opened again and Ali turned around, her and Gina hugging before she and Martin hugged… it was then that Brady's phone rang and he walked outside.
"Your damn dad's not answering his phone and neither are the Castillo-" Caroline starts to yell.
"Before you go any further, Alicia tried to murder Ali tonight! Did she tell you that?!" Brady says angrily.
"I don't regret strangling that little slut!" Alicia yelled, Caroline trying to calm her down.
"She didn't mean that, she's just angry and hurting badly! Fights get out of hand!" Caroline says.
"This went beyond scratching and hair pulling, Ali's neck is bruised badly!" Brady says.
"Those bruises will heal, my daughter's eye will take longer to do that though! Who bashes a whiskey bottle into someone's head?!" Caroline yells, Brady jumping a bit when an angered Gina took the phone from him.
"Whether you believe it or not, Ali was defending herself because the others couldn't reach the fight! They were getting pushed back and hit every time they tried to stop it, now back off!" Gina says before hanging up.
"Is Ali refusing to go to the E.R, Aunt Gina?" Brady asks.
"Gets that from me. Doesn't like to stop and heal until events are over and everyone else has healed." Gina says.
"Damn craziness tonight." Brady says, the two walking into the house and seeing Ali with her head on Miguel's shoulder and him carefully hugging her.
It was into the early morning hours that Ali opened her eyes again when her phone rang and she answered it.
"Hey, Maurice. Amber tell you what happened?" Ali says, Maurice startled at how her voice sounded.
"You really should go to the hospital." Maurice says.
"I'm not spitting up any blood, it's just a few bruises… speaking of injuries, how's your hand?" Ali says, remembering having seen Maurice with stitches in his left hand after he had gotten into a knife fight with Todd.
"Better. Still can't feel my little finger." Maurice says.
"We're all going insane, pal." Ali says, Maurice laughing slightly.
"No, we got defensive and rightly so." Maurice says, Ali jumping when she heard the loud thunder and rain start.
"Hopefully that breaks the heatwave. But it puts off our plans today." Ali says, Maurice knowing that the two had planned on going to the beach today.
"We need to rest up anyway, take it easy, kiddo." Maurice says.
"You take it easy too." Ali says before they hung up.
But the storm outside wasn't the only one raging… and Ali knew it.
