Mount Zonah Medical Center, I.C.U Waiting Room, Carly's p.o.v
I can't relax, I can't think straight... where the hell are Mom and Dad?! I've called, I've left several messages but they're not here! Where the hell are they?!
''Carly, you need to stop pacing. You're stressing yourself out.'' Johnny says before he helps me sit down.
Sam was currently in surgery, her appendix being removed. Or, the sections of it after it exploded. Turns out it had been swelling for a few days.
I remember when mine did the same and that really hurt. Then again, so did getting shot a few days later. I heard way too many sirens that month.
''I... I can't lose her... where are they and don't tell me to calm down, there's nothing that can...'' I say before feeling a little kick in my ribs. I put my hand there to make sure that i'm not imagining things.
''Carly? Carly, you okay?'' Johnny says before I gently grab his hand and put it on my stomach.
''He can hear us talking...'' I say as Johnny smiles. Our son just kicked and he's still kicking.
"He… he is." Johnny says, happiness spreading across his face. "Hey there, little guy." Johnny says.
"A baby can recognize it's parents voices from three months." We hear from behind us, turning around to see one of Sam's surgeons.
"Appendix successfully removed, no problems. You can wait in recovery for her to wake up if you'd like." The surgeon says. Instantly, me and Johnny pick up our things, heading to recovery.
There was Sam, deep in an anesthetic-influenced sleep. A few minutes later, I hear Mom and Dad's frantic voices in the hallway. They walk in, seeing Sam asleep.
''Her appendix burst. Where were you?'' I say to them, still a little upset.
"We had no signal in the desert." Dad says. Why were they in the desert? On second thoughts, I don't want to know why they were alone in the middle of nowhere… couldn't they just stick to a good old bed? Or shower?
''It's not what you're thinking. I'm listed as Trevor's emergency contact and he's in the hospital at Paleto Bay...'' Dad says.
''He's a grown man! He can take care of himself!'' I snap at Dad, startling him. I've never snapped at him before, even when I was a kid. Well, I'm not a kid anymore and haven't been one for a long time.
"And anyway, what's this resurrection crap I hear from Davey?" Dad asks. Damn, I haven't told him but there's no point hiding it, Johnny is in the room.
''Ivory Smith started that when he had someone injure and kill me in a hit and run. I'll explain everything else later.'' Johnny says, trying to get everyone to calm down.
He's right, our main focus is Sam and Ivory is long dead and never coming back. Johnny grabs my hand, squeezing it reassuringly.
Just how much has Davey told Dad?!
"No, you tell me right now!" Dad shouts.
''Why don't you realize for a second that it's Sam who's the reason we're here?!'' I shout at Dad.
Trevor was right, my hormones have turned me into a complete mess!
"Guys…" We hear from Sam, still drowsy and half asleep. When we look to her, she's pointing at the entrance.
What? Why the hell is he here? I knew Junior Law took over from Benson but why is he here?
''Junior? Why are you here?'' I say. He's changed over the years, looks just like a younger version of his dad.
"I'm… actually here to make an arrest… of your mother." Junior says.
''Mom, what did you do?!'' I say in complete shock. Other than the occasional shoplifting incidents, Mom's never committed any serious crimes.
"Amanda was sighted by a fellow officer doing the powdered substance, right up the nose." Junior says.
''Cocaine? You're joking, right?'' I say. This... am I dreaming?! Am I going to wake up back in the living room?!
"Nope, no joke. I just thought I'd see Sam before I haul your mother's ass off in the cuffs." Junior says. Yep, like father like son.
I take a deep breath after a few seconds. Tracey does Cocaine, not Mom! What happened while me, Sam and Johnny were gone?!
"Junior… why you here?" Sam asks, now more awake.
"I'm here for… this." Junior quickly puts his handcuffs on Mom's wrists.
"Oh fuck… Mom, stop doing stupid things." Sam says.
"Yes you should. Barrel of monkey nuts." Junior says before guiding Mom outside, to his awaiting brown sheriff car, a Buffalo S with lights on a rack on top, in the grill, in the wing mirrors and it's rear window.
"But… I'm not fucking guilty of anything!" Mom shouts before Junior shuts the door, blocking any sound from Mom's mouth.
''I... I... Yeah, that would be a good idea.'' I say as Johnny helps me sit down. Can't any of us ever catch a break?!
"I'll… contact you when she's able to get out… if she is." Junior says before returning to his car, tasing Mom in the process before driving away to Pillbox Hill police station.
That wasn't necessary, she wasn't resisting arrest! Junior's trigger happy just like his old man! So this was what Junior was like when his father wasn't threatening to punch his mother or calling him a tick turd.
I thought that my family was dysfunctional. Junior's is insane! My phone rings, jarring me out of my thoughts.
''What?!'' I snap at the person on the other end of the line after answering the phone call.
''Whoa! Is that how you greet your Uncle T?'' Trevor says.
''You're not Uncle T anymore, Trevor!'' I say angrily.
"I am always Uncle T but that's not why I called. Some chinese guy just showed up asking for Sam, I asked him why, he said he wanted the location on you." Trevor says.
Damn Triads! Trevor's working with them now?! Things have gone from bad to worse!
''Tell the Triads that they can shove firecrackers up their a-'' I say before being cut off by a sharp pain right in my stomach. No... No, it's too soon! I can't even scream because it hurts so bad.
"I called you because I told them, right down to the ward block!" Trevor says. Damn, I want to kill that psycho. But this is pure pain I'm feeling and right now, there's armed triads coming.
''Damn it, you senile old fuck!'' Johnny shouts after grabbing the phone before hanging up and picking me up into his arms.
Why now, Trevor?! Did you ever really care about me and Sam?!
''You're gonna be okay. Both of you are.'' Johnny says, taking me out of the room and leaving Dad with Sam.
Johnny's p.o.v, an hour later...
''Too much unnecessary stress but both of you are okay.'' I say, grabbing Carly's hand as she lies back against the hospital bed. Just a little scare. Carly and our son are okay.
''Thank god. Trevor just needs to leave us alone.'' Carly says. She's right, he has to stop stressing her out. The hospital's on lockdown but I know that it won't stop the Triads.
Sam has gotten out of her bed and is eating again. Appendix was something I thankfully never had problems with but both Clay and Terry did so I know from them what it feels like. Sam resisted to it quite well if what I was told is true.
"Carly… they're here." Sam says, brushing a few hairs out of her face.
''Which one of called Niko?'' Carly asks, seeing Niko outside the room.
"You think I'd just let them come? I've called Niko, Luis who called this guy called Yusuf, the Lost chapters of the desert and Vinewood and, to top it off, Junior's come with a few officers. In short, we've got a small army." Sam says.
Niko walks in, locking the door behind him and walks over to Sam, hugging her before walking over to Carly and hugging her.
"You stay here. Sam, how you feeling?" Niko asked, removing a combat pistol from his jeans.
"Fine as long as I don't run." Sam replies, catching the pistol Niko threw. She was still recovering, still only held closed by stitches and still in her hospital gown! I don't think she should be fighting.
''I'll be alright. You two just try to stay calm.'' Sam says, hugging me and Carly.
"Come back in one piece." Carly says, Sam nodding before leaving with Niko. Moments after, the bullets started flying, glass shattering and people screaming as they were hit. I cradle Carly in my arms and hold her close to me as she wraps her arms around her stomach.
This is complete madness! Trevor, I'm gonna fucking kill you!
Sam's p.o.v
"Cover Sam!" Niko shouts as a grenade lands near me. How the fuck did I get myself into this? I shouldn't be running but this is for Carly, Johnny and their son. I'll take the pain in my side for that.
Fucking Trevor, that maniac!
I take cover and shoot several Triads. This is pure fucking madness!
This is just insane. Carly first encountered these guys when Johnny took out the O'neill brothers, pissing these triads off. Then in Ludendorff, now here. All times, we're the ones getting shot at. What the hell led me into this life? Could it have been Billy? I'd never have gone to Trevor if Billy hadn't done what he did.
A heavy force knocks me back against the wall. I didn't feel anything and upon looking down, a bullet is in my right arm which I have no feeling in. Good and not good. If I bleed out before the Triads are dead, then we're all screwed!
Out of the corner of my left eye, I see Yusuf's gold Buzzard and him firing the miniguns with Luis in the passenger seat, shooting the Triads with a Carbine Rifle.
The blood was pouring out of my arm, making me realise that the bullet went straight through the main vein at the centre. That blood is very fast and slight black dots were starting to appear around my vision.
Another hit. This time, I felt it. The bullet pretty much went exactly where my first one was, replacing the scar with a hole and fresh blood, flowing down the hospital gown. I couldn't help but scream out as the pain started.
As I tried to get up, I was knocked back by another bullet, now I was in the most pain I'd ever felt. Another scream exited my mouth as even more blood left me, the black dots in my vision growing.
''Sam!'' Niko yells as he runs over to me, taking his jacket off and presses it to the bullet wounds to stop the bleeding. Somehow, I find myself doing multiple things to try and stop myself losing consciousness. I repeated out loud the exact instructions and method to reassemble an AP pistol, the movements needed in Jimmy's game, the physics of flying helicopters and singing Ticket for the Wind. After a while, none of these were working and the patch of blood around me had grown extensively.
The shooting hadn't completely stopped but had ceased enough for Niko to pick me up and open the door to take me back into the hospital without being noticed. He closes and locks the door behind him.
''Hang on in there, Sam. You're gonna be okay.'' Niko says before I pass out. I hope that he's right.
"Sam!" I hear Carly shout as we entered her room. Niko put me down on the second bed before looking at the blood pack, remembering something important.
"Guys… what's her blood type?" Niko asks. Shit, even I don't know that.
"Why do you need her blood type?" Carly asks.
"If we put the wrong blood type in her, it'll kill her." Niko replies. I block that thought out of my head, I'm not dying here!
''O negative... Brad said that Claire told him that.'' Carly says.
"O negative… no O negative here!" Niko says, looking through the blood packs at the desk. Why the hell they had lots of blood here but no O negative, I don't know.
"Niko… Just… put any in." I say. Better have a chest ache than no life.
"Sam, it'll kill you." Johnny says. I look at Niko, showing him how close to passing out I am. If I pass out, I'll never wake anyway.
Niko gets the closest blood type he can find to O negative, hanging it on the hanger above me before pushing the needle into my arm, unfortunately my left where I can still feel. Very quickly afterwards, my arm was shaking because of the thicker than normal blood in it.
I don't know how but it works. Now Niko just needs to dig the bullets out of my arm and stitch me up.
The arm was fine, since I can't feel anything in it. The one in my chest was just too deep and the bullet in my thigh hurt like fuck. The pain when Niko used the tweezers to pull it out overtook the pain from the actual wound itself combined with the one in my chest. Finally, it ended and Niko dropped the blood covered bullet on the floor.
Niko stitches two of the bullet wounds up. I see from the look on his face that he's done this before. After all, he was a soldier back in the Yugoslav wars.
"Niko? Is she okay?" Carly asks.
"No she's not okay, she's still got a bullet in her chest and has lost almost half her blood!" Niko shouts. I've rarely seen him angry.
"Sam?" Carly calls. I want to sit up and hug her but the pain forbids me from even moving, my eyes sealed shut. They all probably think I've passed out. It's soft but I can hear Carly crying. I hear Johnny talking to her and I know that he's comforting her. Reality is slowly slipping away from me. The last thing I heard was Carly sobbing 'I can't lose her'.