Gionna's p.o.v, house on Starfish Island
"Antonio, stop pulling Francesca's hair!" I say as seven year old Francesca runs into my arms.
"She started it Mom!" Antonio says, reminding me of how I was when I was fourteen. Claude walks in, pulling Antonio aside as Florence walks over to me. I still have trouble telling the twins apart sometimes. They look just like I did at that age.
"Girls, go find Daddy and Antonio." I say before letting go of Francesca and making sure that their out of sight. I stand up and walk to the door, unlock and open it.
"Johnny?" I say in complete shock. It's been too long since I've seen my oldest friend. Friends doesn't actually describe us, we're basically brother and sister.
"Hey, little sis." Johnny says before we hug.
"It's been nearly 15 years." I say.
"Yep it has. And a few things have changed in those years." Johnny says after we let go.
"So this is Gionna?" Someone asks. I see a young woman with light brown hair and violet eyes next to Johnny. Where have I seen her before?
"Yes Carly, this is the now not-so-little Gionna." Johnny says.
I look right at Carly... then look right at the black haired green eyed man standing by the rental car. Oh, damn... it's him.
"Michael?" I manage to say. Last time that I saw him, his wife caused me to jump out the window at the Majestic Hotel.
My hip still hurts sometimes because that was a really bad break. They had to put a pin and two rods into it.
"Gionna... that was a long time ago." Michael says, knowing what I was thinking.
It was then that a V8 engine muscle car came roaring down the street, a custom plate labeled TR1GG3R .
"You started the party without me?" The driver says as she gets out.
"Only just, Sam." Carly says. Only upon looking at her from the side do I realize that she's pregnant.
"Is she-" I say, looking right at Johnny.
"No. Carly is my wife and Sam is the former daughter of a nutcase who got adopted by Michael and Amanda. Lastly- do not shoot that cop." Johnny says as a Los Santos sheriff car stops behind Sam's Phoenix.
That's the thing about knowing each other for basically our entire lives, Johnny and I could always figure out what the other one is thinking.
"This is Sam's boyfriend and partner, Junior." Johnny says as Junior gets out of his car.
"One time... I was 20 years old and drunk and Francis deserved it!" I say, trying not to laugh at that memory. How I ever got along with Packie, Gerry and Katie after that incident, I'll never know.
Sam went back to her car, flicking a small switch inside. At once, neon-like strips around the edges of the windows and doors lit up a light blue.
"Gionna won't understand this but I've put the tech of the Space Docker in the Phoenix, compacting it." Sam says.
"Space Docker? You all want to come inside and explain this?" I say before everyone walks in. I close and lock the door. "Michael... you look like you could use a drink." I say, looking right at him.
"Hey, beautiful. Kids are settled into their rooms." Claude says as he walks over to me.
He looks right at Michael... yeah, I told Claude about the incident just after we moved to Vice City back in 2001.
"Townley, right?" Claude says. At the time, Townley was Michael's last name.
"That was a different life." Michael says. Yeah... it was.
Majestic Hotel, 1/8/00...
"Look, I'm not the one who got into a fight with my spouse, got wasted and went to a strip club, pal!" Gionna says, pulling the covers around her body. A hangover was bad enough but finding herself in bed with a married man really set her off.
"Look Gigi, I..." Michael says.
"Gionna. Gigi's my stage name." Gionna says, Michael just now noticing Gionna's Italian accent.
"Look, you need to get dressed and get the hell out of here before my wife shows up!" Michael says, tossing Gionna's grey and red stripper outfit to her, then points to the window.
He didn't want any of Gionna's mob friends coming after him and his family.
"Oh, you're crazy! I ain't jumping out the window!" Gionna says, climbing out of the bed and getting dressed before finding her black trench coat and red stiletto heels and putting them on too.
She had every intention of walking out the door... until it opened and Amanda walked in.
"Michael...who's this?!" Amanda says angrily, looking right at the 19 year old stripper.
"Amanda... It's-" Michael tries to explain.
"Actually, it is what it looks like. Your husband just can't keep it in his pants."
Gionna says, smirking.
"You little tramp!" Amanda shouts, charging right at Gionna.
"Amanda!" Michael shouts before Amanda slams herself into Gionna, knocking her out to the small balcony.
"Hope you enjoy your flight!" Amanda shouts before pushing Gionna again, this time picking her up and pushing her over the barrier.
Gionna punches Amanda in the ribs, forcing Amanda to let go but also knocking Gionna out the window and causing her to fall, crashing onto the hood and windshield of an Infernus.
"Mikey, stop the damn car!" Johnny says before getting out of the passenger side of the blue Oracle, having seen the end of the fight.
"Gionna! Fuck!" Johnny shouts as he runs around to the hood of the Infernus, Mikey instantly calling 911.
"John... she tried to..." Gionna says, shivering from the cold which amplified the pain in her right hip and spine.
"Johnny, don't move her!" Mikey says.
"Mikey, it's freezing out here!" Johnny says, taking his jacket off and putting it on Gionna. A lot of blood started to mix with the snow on the car but Johnny couldn't tell where it was coming from.
Johnny looks up at the window, seeing Amanda on the balcony.
I SAW THAT YOU BITCH! YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE GREY! I'M GONNA CALL THE WHOLE LOST MC ON YOUR ASS!" Johnny yells as loud as he could before returning to Gionna as the ambulance sirens came into hearing range.
"Cold... too... cold.." Gionna manages to say in between shivering violently as Johnny brushes Gionna's hair away from her face.
"You're gonna be okay, little sis." Johnny says.
"What happened?" A paramedic asks as he runs to them, the other following with a stretcher.
"She got pushed from that window." Johnny says, pointing to the balcony Gionna fell from.
"John..." Gionna says before losing consciousness.
"Gionna, don't do this kiddo! Wake up!" Johnny yells, panicked.
When the paramedics left with Gionna on the stretcher, Johnny ran back to the Oracle, Mikey starting the car again and following the ambulance to the hospital.
"You told them that she's allergic to Morphine, right John?!" Mikey says, speeding up.
"I... yes, I did." Johnny says. The whole memory was a blur to him, too many emotions swirling about inside his head. Gionna just damn near got killed and while it wasn't the first time, Johnny and Mikey were scared of losing her.
Present time...
"I'm not surprised, you've always gotten into trouble." Gionna says after Johnny tells her how he and Carly met each other.
"She reminded me of you at first. Same smartass attitude." Johnny says.
"Well I did cause some trouble when I was younger." Gionna says, trying not to admit how bad she was as a teenager.
"Yeah, John boy does love trouble makers." Carly jokes.
I stole a train when I was 12. Sam says, Gionna's eyes widening in shock and surprise. She had never met Sam before and by the sounds of it, didn't want to get on her bad side.
"Should I tell them about Halloween 1995 when you and Packie got high on Cocaine and pissed off Don Gambetti?" Johnny says.
"Johnny, come on! I was 15!" Gionna says, embarrassed.
"Packie told me about that once but he wasn't entirely truthful." Carly says.
"Gambetti... Trevor killed his cousin." Sam says, remembering the night on the peak of Mount Chiliad when she had witnessed a full on execution style hanging performed by Trevor.
"Trevor Philips? That crazy bastard's still alive?" Gionna says. She had met Trevor on the same night she met Michael two decades ago.
"Alive and terrorizing us. He's tried to kill Jason, destroyed a pier, called Merryweather. He's just gone batshit. Sam says. I don't consider him my father anymore." Sam says
"My dad was nothing like that...what I remember of him at least." Gionna says, a saddened look on her face. She tried not to think about her dad dying when she was eight years old but it still hurt her when she did think about him.
"I never had much luck with family. My cousin was killed in the crossfire of a gang war in Ludendorff. My mother she was similar to you and yes, Johnny has told me that you were a stripper. My mother was a prostitute, selling herself for sex. When I got raped, she gave me to Trevor and killed herself." Sam says, a small tear falling down her face as she remembered those she lost.
"I... after my dad died, it was me, my mother and my brother Toni. Toni went into hiding when I was fourteen and my relationship with my mother fell apart. She'd get drunk, we'd fight and she'd disappear for days. That's when I joined the mafia...things got crazier." Gionna says, taking a deep breath. She pulled her hair out of it's ponytail, hiding the scar on her neck. "My mom died just before me and my husband went back to Liberty City. Toni is still alive and out of the mafia." She says.
"Mom! Antonio took my Lion King DVD!" They hear Francesca shout before the seven year old walks into the kitchen.
Johnny looks right at Francesca, reminded of how Gionna was at that age. To him, it felt like he was looking into a mirror.
"It wasn't me!" They hear the fourteen year old shout.
"Hey, stop fighting or one of you will have my car crashed through your bedroom wall." Sam says.
"Mini versions of you." Johnny says.
"Antonio takes after his dad, the twins act like me." Gionna says, Johnny surprised at the moment that Gionna mentioned twins.
"Twins?!" Johnny says at the moment that Florence walks in, standing next to Francesca.
"Last time I met twins, it was those Caril boys." Sam says.
"Caril boys?" Carly asks, having never heard of them.
"They are the inventors of dirty play. And one of them was my first crush." Sam says, going slightly red.
"Uh, girls? Go find your brother and father and don't tie them up like last time." Gionna says before the twins leave the kitchen.
"Twins..." Johnny says, looking right at Carly.
"Twins don't run in my family." Carly says, rubbing her stomach when Jason kicks.
"Night owl?" Gionna says.
"Yeah. He's a strong little guy." Carly says.
"Hey... you remember when I when I said that me and Junior we were trying?" Sam says.
"Yeah... Sam?" Carly says, smiling softly.
Sam's response was throwing a pregnancy test on the table in front of Carly, reading positive.
Carly hugged Sam happily. Little Jason would have a cousin to grow up with.
"Sorry what?" Gionna asks, not knowing about Sam's internal damage.
"It's a long story. Come on, I'll explain it to you." Sam says after she and Carly let go and Carly and Johnny walk out of the kitchen.
"Dad? You're being awfully quiet." Carly says, sitting next to Michael.
"Sorry... this is just... I don't know how to explain it." Michael says.
"Well, awkward would be the first word in my mind if I turned up on someone's doorstep after two decades." Carly says.
"Not only that I feel somewhat responsible for her falling." Michael says. Every time he looked at Gionna, he saw the 19 year old stripper instead of the 41 year old wife and mother.
"Dad, it was a long time ago. She's changed too. I thought for so long that Mom pushed Gionna out the window. Maybe you should just talk to her." Carly says, trying not to cry.
"Talk to her doesn't sound too bad-oh fuck." Michael says as he looks out of the window, seeing a new Canis Bodhi stopping outside with the most unwanted driver.
"What? Who is it?" Gionna says as she and Sam run into the living room.
"The most angry face you ve ever seen. Carly, hide that thing." Sam says, pointing to the pregnancy test.
"Everyone in the back room, lock the door!" Gionna says, grabbing a Desert Eagle and waits until they're hidden before putting the gun under her shirt and walking outside, closing the door behind her. "Mr Philips... it's been over twenty years since I last saw you." She says.
"Gigi sorry, Gionna. Gave up the slut did you?" Trevor says.
"Different life but I did grow up in the mafia... and mafia soldiers never forget what we've been taught." Gionna says, surprising Trevor.
"Gigi I've killed thousands of people, mafia, soldiers, mercenaries, cops, federal government agents. You are no different so don't think I can't break your neck right now." Trevor says, Gionna retaining her confident posture.
"I whacked 20 armed mercenaries by myself back in Algonquin. I've killed rival mobsters and A.O.D over the years and your brother Ryan Philips. Drugged up fool actually thought he could break my neck so I broke his." Gionna says, smirking at Trevor.
"You killed Ryan... another reason for me to end you. But don't forget, I raised and trained the perfect killing machine! Didn't I Sam?!" Trevor says, shouting to Sam at the end.
"Trevor, a killing machine does not get preg-" Sam stopped herself too late, Trevor's face going red with anger and rage.
"You... you're carrying a kid? How about I raise him as a killer?" Trevor says before Sam ran forward, kicking upwards between Trevor's legs before climbing up his back, grabbing the light bulb above and smashing it into Trevor's head. Trevor spun around, swinging sam off of him, making her hit the wall with a loud thud.
Gionna pulled the Desert Eagle and shot Trevor several times in the back, three bullets hitting Trevor's spinal cord. She aimed right for his back too, knocking him onto the ground.
"Sam?! Sam, can you hear me?!" Gionna says as she ran over to Sam, who was unconscious. Gionna knelt down, checking for a pulse and finding a strong one.
"I need an ambulance at 1725 Rainer ave on Starfish Island, a man just threw a pregnant woman into a wall..." Gionna says after dialing 911.
"Sam! No!" Carly shouts as she exits the back room, seeing Sam slouched against the wall with blood running down her hair at the back of her head.
"She's bleeding from her head, a lot of blood." Gionna says. In everyone's heads was 'Is Sam okay?! Is her baby okay?!'
"I shot the man who hurt her, he hasn't moved." Gionna says as Carly looks right at Trevor, who has woken up.
"I... I can't feel my legs." Trevor says, Gionna remembering that Angus said those same words just after the motorcycle accident on the Algonquin Dukes expressway in August 2001.
"Sam you have to wake up come on, wake up." Carly sobs, knowing that anything could have happened to Sam.
"Carly she's fine." Johnny says, resting his hands on Carly's shoulders and trying to calm her down.
"Does unconscious with blood pouring down the back of the head look fine to you?!" Carly snaps, surprising Johnny. Johnny hugs Carly, knowing that she's scared and angry at the same time.
"I... I wanted to... kill your kid." Trevor says to Carly and Johnny before Gionna stands up, walks over to Trevor and kicks him in the face, knocking him out.
Downtown hospital E.R, Gionna's p.o.v
This is fucked up! I paralyzed someone and not just anyone...Trevor Philips of all people. Trevor Philips... I think back to when Antonio was born a month early and I almost bled to death that night... Sam must be so scared right now.
"You okay, kiddo?" Johnny says as he sits next to me.
"Are Sam and the baby okay?" I ask, brushing my tears away.
"What do you mean baby?" Johnny asks. I mean Sam's baby!
"You know, the one inside Sam?" I say. That look on his face...
"Don't you mean babies? When they looked at the scans, they found two." Johnny says. Sam's got twins?!
"Trevor and Ryan were twins. Ryan told me that once..." I say. Yeah, when Ryan was threatening me the night he broke into my room.
"Something else on your mind, kiddo?" Johnny says.
"I was remembering the night that Antonio was born... worst snowstorm in Liberty City history and you drove through it... you found me on the floor bleeding. I was so scared." I say.
"I was never in a million years going to leave you like that." Johnny says, gently rubbing my shoulder. Even though we're both married to different people, we've always had a special bond.
"I know...you always knew how to save me when I was in trouble." I say. Johnny always knew how to save me. My brother...my hero.
Fourteen years ago, Algonquin...
"Okay...hang in there, little guy. Mommy's going to get help..." Gionna manages to say, trying to stand up but can't. She was losing blood and fast. She had made it to the front door before falling to the ground, crying in pain... the front door opened and Johnny walks in, horrified when he sees Gionna on the ground, blood surrounding her.
Johnny bent down, picking Gionna up before standing up and walking out of the house.
Outside, snow was nearly reaching knees. It was the biggest snowstorm to hit the city in 30 years. As much effort as it took, Johnny made it to a car, raising his leg and smashing the window to get in.
Johnny placed Gionna on the back seats before running around to the driver door. Running through this much snow hurt Johnny's legs as he was using all his strength to go at jogging pace.
"You're gonna be okay." Johnny says before starting up the car and driving off, Gionna struggling to stay awake because of the pain, blood loss and bitter cold weather.
All the times that he found her shot, stabbed, injured... it didn't compare to now.
"Johnny... it hurts." Gionna manages to say, tears running down her face. She held onto her stomach as pain shot through her again.
"I know baby, hang on." Johnny says before pressing the accelerator harder, now traveling at 130 at some points.
They had made it to Lancet Hospital and Johnny stopped the car, getting out and grabbing Gionna from the back of the car, running over and kicking the hospital doors open.
"This fine lady has got something very wrong!" Johnny shouted, making two doctors come running to him. Johnny passed Gionna over to them before they put Gionna on the stretcher.
"She's losing a lot of blood. What's her blood type, sir?" One of the doctors says.
"AB Negative, we have the same blood type." Johnny says.
"Call O.R, tell them to prepare for a C section." The doctor says to a nurse before turning back to Johnny. "Any allergies?" He says.
"She's allergic to Morphine." Johnny says, terrified. He couldn't imagine losing Gionna.
The doctor nods before running after the other, leaving Johnny in the reception area holding his hands together in fear.
Present day.
"Bloody fucking Trevor!" Carly shouts. After two hours, all were still waiting to hear from or about Sam. Johnny stands up, walking over to Carly and hugging her.
"What kind of psycho tries not only to kill our child but Sam's children as well?!" Carly says, shocking Gionna as she gets up and walks over to them.
"Trevor does we can't let this go on, Carly." Johnny says.
"No prison he's ever been in has contained him, no officer really catches him." Junior says, looking at his phone to see the time. It's been two and a half hours since Trevor turned up at the house and two of those since they had arrived at the hospital.
"Maybe we should just ask?" Gionna suggests as Michael, Claude, Antonio and the twins walk over to them.
Carly nods before turning to Junior.
"What she just said, we ask." Junior says before going to the receptionist, returning with a happier looking face. "The babies are fine and so is Sam. We were being kept out because she's still asleep but if we want, we can go and sit with her now." He says.
Carly looks right at Sam as they walk into the room.
This was wrong, all of it.
To think that 8 years ago, Trevor was the exact opposite.
Grand Senora Desert, 8 years ago...
"Just maybe, you might keep the car but we're after you right now!" A cop shouted into his CB as he, along with over a hundred other police units, sped after Sam.
"Trevor! I've got me into some serious trouble here, and I am not kidding this time. I've got on my back door all the black and all the white county mounties, maybe even a hundred of them. This may be more than I can handle." Sam says into her phone.
"Alright, you just keep heading where you are- no, head to the airstrip. I have a little surprise for those cops waiting." Trevor says before ending the call, leaving Sam and hundreds of police cars creating a massive fog of sand and dust as they all sped along the dirt.
As Sam reached the airfield, a single car, Trevor's Bodhi, was at the other end of the runway, barely visible.
"Trevor, you'd better have something good up your sleeve!" Sam says into her CB as the cops move into a formation behind her. Instantly, another two cars came out from behind Trevor, then another two from those. After only a few seconds, following Trevor was over a hundred land cruisers and off road vehicles.
"This is loverbird, I've got me one lined up!" A driver said through the CB before his car, a flatbed with a snow plough mounted to the front, smashed into a cop, crushing the car and making the cop get out. As Sam pulled up beside him, the cop was dragging himself through the sand as smoke came from his rear.
"Excuse me sir, your ass is on fire. Bet you'll be glad to get back to Canada and stick it in the snow. Good day sir." Sam says before moving ahead.
"You're too old to play in the hay!" A truck driver shouts before multiple cops smash into his truck s load of straw bales, spreading hay all over the runway.
"Benson, this one is for you my boy." Trevor says as he smashes his pickup into Benson and Junior's car.
"Are you alright Junior?" Benson asks.
"Yes Daddy." Junior replies, fixing his hat."Benson nodded.
"One day, Philips." Benson says.
Present time...
There was no dozing off for Carly. She was determined to stay awake tonight but a quick glance at the younger woman told Gionna that it wouldn't be easy.
"She'll be okay. Why don't you try to get some sleep?" Gionna says, tucking a lock of Carly's hair behind her ear. With how she remembers Amanda acting, Gionna figures the Carly doesn't get too much love from her mother.
"Last time I did that, the Del Perro Pier collapsed and we almost died." Carly says, not taking her eyes off of Sam. If Trevor had just stayed in jail, everyone would be safe in Los Santos.
By instinct Carly was holding one of Sam's hands, hoping to feel a movement, even the tiniest to indicate she was waking up.
Carly was knocked out of her trances and tiredness by the feeling of one of Sam s fingers lightly brushing against Carly s hand. Sam s fingers moved around slowly, wrapping around Carly s thumb. Sam's eyes fluttered open and she reached over with her other hand, brushing Carly's tears away.
"You scared me." Carly says, sniffling.
"It's not the first time one of us has scared each other, Carly." Sam says.
"No you're fine. Your twins are fine." Carly says.
"Wait twins? I ve got two?" Sam asks. Carly had completely forgotten that Sam had been asleep when the twins were discovered.
"Yeah. Jason's going to have two little cousins to grow up with." Carly says.
"That's if Trevor doesn't kill me first." Sam says, reaching over and hitting the off switch on the heartbeat monitor. Carly remembered how much the things annoyed Sam.
"He's not paralyzed... I shot him several times in the back but he can still walk." Gionna says, wondering how someone even survives being shot in the back.
"I got shot in the back by Joe Jon years ago. Thank god that he's dead." Carly says, surprising Gionna.
"I thought that no one would be able to kill him." Gionna says.
"We would've never have been able to without Sam. Sure, she faked the deaths of the whole of Johnny's Lost MC chapter and targeted missiles at my house but she got all the A.O.D in their clubhouse, bombed it and then we all went to their airstrip in the Zancudo swamps where we caught Joe Jon. Only downside, Sam got shot." Carly says, remembering how that battle was almost what sealed her and Sam's sisterly bond.
"I tried everything that I could to get rid of him. Johnny went crazy when Billy Grey and I got into a bar fight with Joe Jon back when I was 16. Joe Jon gave me a black eye so I broke his nose." Gionna says as Johnny walks in, having heard the end of the conversation.
"Yep, and Billy was shit canned." Johnny says.
"If I spoke biker language, I'd assume shit canned means piss drunk." Sam says.
"And if I spoke North Yankton language, I'd assume that piss drunk means shit canned." Gionna says, laughing at the memory of her and Billy stumbling into Johnny's apartment, drunk out of their minds.
"I spent the majority of my life in Liberty and Alderney. Billy wasn't always crazy. He was actually nice at times although my ex Dominic would disagree if he was still alive." Gionna says, seeing the look on Johnny's face.
"Wasn't my idea." Johnny says.
"Billy threatened Dominic with your knife, Johnny. Dominic was only 18." Gionna says.
"Dominic was stupid enough to get on Billy's wrong side. Billy was okay until you got on his naughty list." Johnny says.
"You guys threatened to kill him if he ever broke my heart." Gionna says.
"Now you know where he disappeared to after the two of you split up." Johnny says.
"Yeah, Francis dragged his body out of the Humboldt river, then dragged you, me and Billy in for questioning." Gionna says...
LCPD, 9/17/97, Interrogation Room...
"She won't talk, she's still mad." Billy says as Gionna glares menacingly at Johnny and Billy. Billy had a red mark on his face that was about the size of Gionna's hand.
Francis had thrown all three of them into the same interrogation room and Gionna was beyond pissed off at her brothers because she knew that they killed Dominic. Despite their breakup two days earlier, she loved him.
"Kiddo..." Johnny says after walking over to Gionna. Her glare melted into a heartbroken look, tears falling down her face.
"I loved him..." Gionna says sadly, her hazel eyes red from crying.
"Hey, I had no say in this. I wasn't even in the clubhouse or with Billy when he decided to do it." Johnny tries to reason.
"And I made a promise." Billy says.
"A... a promise?! You made a promise to kill the one I love?! If that's you, I'm never going near you or the Lost MC again!" Gionna shouts, her tears increasing. Johnny pulls her into a hug despite being handcuffed and lets her cry.
Johnny knew that Gionna didn't mean it, she was just upset. He'd be angry too if someone killed her.
Gionna's crying had calmed down a few minutes but tears were still falling as she buried her face into Johnny's shirt.
"I'm sorry darling. I know it doesn't make things better but it broke my heart to see you that upset." Johnny says. Gionna nodded softly, a slight hiccuping sound escaping her mouth. She knew that her brothers would do anything to protect her if someone hurt her.
Sometimes they took it a little too far but they love her and anyone who hurt her better run for their lives.
Present time...
"What brand are these beans? I really need to get me some of these." Sam says, eating beans on toast with some bacon.
"I think the hospital uses those reduced fat heinz ones, with the thicker sauce." Gionna replies.
Sam was getting released from hospital later that day. The staff wanted to keep her in for some more tests, regarding her pregnancy and just how she had managed to stay pregnant despite her internal damage.
Sam was leant back, watching the mini TV on the adjustable arm above her bed.
"Hey Tracey's on Fame or Shame again." Sam says, drawing Carly s attention.
"God, will she ever give up?" Carly says.
"Doesn't look like it... look behind you." Sam says. At the door, with a crutch, was Trevor.
"Now I am not here to harm, just to warn Sam that she is not going to keep her children." Trevor says.
"Now look, dickhead. You stay the fuck away from me and my kids-" Sam was interrupted by a nurse entering the room with test results.
"Sorry, was I interrupting something?" The nurse asks.
"No, please carry on." Trevor says.
"Well, on the good side of the news, both the twins are girls." The nurse says, putting smiles on everyone's faces, even Trevor's.
"That'll be Cara and Daisy then." Sam says.
"You thought of names already?" Carly asks, Sam simply nodding.
"You said there's bad news?" Trevor asks.
"Yes." The nurse inhaled a deep breath. "You've still got damage. This will result in very bad after effects after the birth and there is a high risk that you won't survive. The hospital recommends abortion." The nurse says.
"Absolutely no fucking way. Abortion is killing your own family. If there is a risk I'll die, I'll take it." Sam says. There was no way in hell that she was giving up her kids, her lifelong ambition.
"Sam maybe we should reconsider this-" Junior starts.
"You better not be agreeing with baby killer over there. If you are, you're never getting near the girls!" Sam warns.
"I just don't think it's worth dying for-" Junior was interrupted again.
"Oh really? That's like saying that we are not worth dying for and if that is how you feel, get the fuck away and stay the fuck away!" Sam shouts. It was clear that she wasn't aborting her pregnancy no matter what the consequences were.
"You said..." Trevor says.
"You need to get out of here right now. After you damn near killed Jason, there's no way you're forcing Sam into an abortion." Carly says, standing up.
"Sam can either abort those kids or I will kill them myself or I will kill her and raise the kids as what Sam failed to be. My killing machine." Trevor says, smirking at the thought of all three options. His smirk was gone the moment Carly slapped him hard enough to knock another tooth out, much to Johnny'kwhen he walks in. Johnny pulls Carly away from Trevor.
"Sam. will not. have these kids! I won't allow it!" Trevor says before a loud bash was heard, a saucepan whacking the back of his head.
"And relax." Junior says as Trevor falls to the floor.
"Nice shot, Junior." Gionna says, impressed.
Carly was too stunned to say anything. Last time that she saw someone on the ground after a hit like that, it was Ivory Smith.
"Sam you're ready for discharge." The nurse says, stunned at what just happened. The moment she left, Sam leaped out of the bed, not caring that people could see her as she changed out of her hospital gown and into some skinny jeans and a t shirt.
"Right. I'm not seeing another one of these hospitals until my babies are born, let's get the hell out of here." Sam says.
Carly and Johnny took one last look at Trevor as he stirred around, opening his eyes.
"It's either... those mistakes... or yours." Trevor says before Gionna kicks Trevor right where she shot him, making him scream in pain before grabbing him by his shirt.
"I'm gonna make this really clear. You come anywhere near any of us again, I'll not only kill you but I'll make damn sure that no one ever finds your body." Gionna says coldly before shoving Trevor onto the floor, reminding Johnny of the old Gionna.
"That's my little sister for you." Johnny says before they all leave.
Gionna and Claude's house, 2 hours later.
Sam should've been happy but she wasn't. She sat there, staring at the living room table, lost in thought.
"Want to tell me what's on your mind, Sam?" Gionna says, gently rubbing Sam's back. Sam looks at Gionna in amazement, wondering how she managed to switch from mafia soldier back to normal mother.
"I just don't have good history." Sam says.
"Neither do I. I grew up surrounded by the mafia and the Lost MC but I don't regret it. When Claude and I first came to Vice City twenty years ago, we didn't think that our lives would completely change." Gionna says.
Sam let out a deep sigh as she entered a state of memory.
"Many years ago, there was Sam Kenton. At only 11 years old, she was raped and left in the cold snow of Ludendorff. Sam Kenton was given to Trevor Philips by mother, Claire Kenton who later committed suicide I found her body. I became Sam Philips and lived with Trevor for three years, learning to drive, fight basically become his equal. I was poisoned, shot, stabbed and terrorized for years. Then I met Carly when she saved my life from A.O.D. After a while, Michael and Amanda adopted me, I was now Sam De Santa then I left and became a trucker where I met Deck. I suppose he... he was my first real love Sam now had tears forming in her eyes. I watched him blow his own brains out and wanted to do the same then Trevor tries to kill me, Amanda goes crazy my whole life has just been full of loss and..." Sam couldn't continue. Gionna had a slight tear from hearing Sam's story.
Gionna pulls Sam into a hug and strokes her hair like Johnny had done for her when they were younger. She held her like Sam was one of her own children.
Gionna mouths past to Johnny and Carly as they enter the room, seeing Sam crying into Gionna's shoulder.
Outskirts of Berlin, Germany. A year ago...
The ground itself seemed to shake as the Phantom rocketed past the Welcome to Berlin sign, blasting its horn.
"Sam, you're way above the speed limit." Deck warns, Sam slowing below the limit.
"You are a real killjoy." Sam says.
"But you love me for it." Deck replies, resting a hand on Sam s shoulder.
"Yeah I do. Damn, we are far from where we began." Sam says, moving her very long plaited hair in front of her shoulder.
As the Phantom stopped at a cliff overlooking the city, Sam and Deck got out. Both looked into the golden sunrise. Deck placed a hand on Sam's back as Sam leaned against him.
"How long do we stay trucking then?" Deck asks.
"Until either one of us decides it's time to settle down or the truck dies. Either way, we'll live somewhere hot and secluded so no one interrupts us." Sam says, Deck nodding in agreement at the plan.
"You know... maybe we should try." Deck says, placing his other hand on Sam s stomach.
"Deck, it's not going to happen. We ve already tried if you remember. I can't keep a child alive for more that 7 weeks and it was only 5 last time. You know I'd love to but I just can't." Sam says.
Deck hugged Sam as tears ran down Sam's face.
'God never closes one door without opening another.' Deck thought.
Before they left, Sam and Deck took a picture of them, the truck and the sunrise.
"You know settling down doesn't sound too bad. We'll need money." Sam says, a slight smile creeping across her face.
"You're suggesting a score?" Deck asks. He hadn't taken a score in years and had never gone bigger than a few thousand from a gas station.
It was that very score that ruined everything.