The next morning, the sun rises behind Sunrise Mountain. The sun shines in the Goodman villa, shining through Carolyn and Oscar's room window, onto their bed. Carolyn wakes up, shielding herself from the sun shining on her. Her eyes look heavy and drowsy. Carolyn looks around the room, she looks at Oscar, staring at her without his glasses while sitting next to her on the bed. She jumped and screamed.
"WOAH! OSCAR!"
"Welcome home, sweetheart!" Oscar said, kissing her head.
"Thank you, Oscar." She sits up from the bed; she groans in pain as she holds her head. "How did I get back here?"
"I sense you had a panic attack, and I came to get you out of the hospital. What happened?"
Carolyn stayed silent. She has a flashback of Michele appearing in her hospital room.
"Come back to the mafiaâŠ"
Carolyn's eyes widened. A spirit that looks like Michele appears behind Oscar. She puts his hands on his shoulders seductively, she puts her hands on his chest, going toward his crotch. The spirit looks at Carolyn. Time pauses, Michele smirks.
"Come back, Carolyn. Be a good girlâŠ"
"Never."
"Oh really? Why not? You know what would happen if you quit my mafia, right?"
"I'm sure that you know already because you DID IT already," Carolyn said bluntly.
"And I see you still alive. I thought the spear killed you."
"And it did?" Carolyn said, "I'm just grateful that I'm alive to take you down."
"You? Going to take me down?!" The spirit scoffs, "What are you going to do? Kill me? Take down my mafia? You are such a weak kike even to take me and my mafia down. EVEN WITH THE HEROES AND YOUR 'Quitting Buddies' CAN'T TAKE ME DOWN."
"This is just a start. Trial and error, but that doesn't mean we can try again."
"You can't do shit, Carolyn. You can't do anything, you filthy kike. Kikes like you were nothing but trouble."
Carolyn gets angry, clenching her fist. Sparks of red lightning surround her fist.
"QuitâŠcalling me... ThatâŠ"
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" the spirit said, laying her head on Oscar's shoulder. Carolyn's hair turns white as she throws a punch towards the spirit. The spirit leaves, leaving Carolyn accidentally punching Oscar in the face. Launching him towards the wall, landing on the floor. His nose started to bleed as he lay there, unresponsive. Carolyn's eyes widened as her hair turned back to blonde.
"No..no.. nooo.. OSCAR!" Carolyn yelled. No response. Carolyn quickly gets up from the bed, running up to him. She gently shakes Oscar to wake up. Carolyn starts to tear up.
"Damnit," Carolyn said, choking in her tears. "I killed himâŠ"
Carolyn tucks her head onto Oscar's stomach, crying. Oscar wakes up, wiping the blood dripping off his nose. He sees Carolyn crying on his stomach. He slowly sits up and grabs Carolyn, slowly hugging her.
"I'm a monsterâŠ"
Oscar wipes Carolyn's tears from her eyes. "No, you are not⊠Tell me what happened. You sort of freaked out." He kisses her head.
"It's Michele. I keep seeing her. This is the second time she appeared trying to get me back in the mafia. She knows I have no one to help me kill her and dismantle the mafia."
"Well, you have me, Justine, and their friends. The ones that quit her mafia, and the heroes."
"Here's my problem⊠The ones that quit her mafia, Maddie and Enzo are gone; Joe and Cassie, I don't know. Most of the heroes are gone; just the two cats are alive, and Justine and their friends? I don't think I want them to get in the fight. Not just yet. I don't want Justine to get hurt again."
"What about you starting your own mafia? A good one. A temporary mafia to destroy Michele's mafia. Michele can't fight herself without having someone on her side."
"I don't know about thatâŠ" Carolyn said, turning her head, side-eyeing Oscar. "She's more capable of fighting me."
"That's because you guys are the same in power scale. She got stronger in the last fight, but that's when she catches you off guard. That's her specialty. Why don't you think she killed the heroes and almost all the mafia members that quit?"
Carolyn thinks for a momentâher memories flash back to when she and Michele fought in the past before passing away. The fights between Carolyn and Michele became bloody when Carolyn landed in front of Michele, trying to get up. Michele kicks her. Carolyn shakes it off, coming back from her flashback.
"She does that when you try to focus on doing anything in a fight."
"I suggest starting your own mafia of fighters. That way, you're using a method on how she fights. Using these can help you defeat her and continue to dismantle her mafia." Oscar said.
"You think making a mafia of fighters can help me dismantle Michele's mafia?" Carolyn asks.
"I think it will. Try it! You might like the outcome of it."
Carolyn smirks and nods in agreement.
"Okay. I can try this idea out." Carolyn said, she turns around and smiles. "Thanks for the suggestion, Oscar."
She kisses Oscar on his cheek. He blushes and smiles.
"You're welcome, sweetheart."
Carolyn gets up from the floor. She grabs Oscar and helps him get up from the floor.
"And I have someone in mind to be the first fighter," Carolyn said, leaving the bedroom to her and Oscar's bathroom.
"Who would that be?"
"Janis Laverty. The Red Lucky Dragon." Carolyn said, popping her head out the bathroom door.
"Janis?!" Oscar exclaimed. "Janis Laverty, as in my successor? As in the one that sacrificed herself in the Las Vegas Dragon Genocide in 2000?"
"Yes, her." Carolyn slowly closes the door, heads into her closet, gets her clothes, putting it on.
"I thought she died?!"
"People said she died because they haven't seen her since that day. She was revived around 2004 and went into hiding. I say she's still alive. She doesn't want to reveal it."
"You know Janis. She's really secretive. For a lucky dragon, that is." Oscar said, "You can't find her. It's impossible."
Carolyn opens the door and puts her black vest on. She walks to the sink, grabbing her makeup bag.
"It's not as if she is the only other lucky red dragon in Las Vegas known in the valley."
She grabs her lipstick and starts putting it on. Oscar opens his mouth. He pauses and closes his mouth.
"That's fair. But IF you do see her, tell her that I said 'hi' and 'how you do." Oscar said, smiling softly.
Carolyn walks out of the bathroom, putting on her black and gold earrings.
"That's IF I find her." Carolyn said, kissing Oscar's cheek before leaving her room and heading to the living room. Oscar follows her as she heads to the front door. Carolyn opens the door, and walks out to the front gate opening it. Oscar steps outside on the porch.
"Please be careful out there, sweetheart." Oscar said, kissing Carolyn.
"I will." Carolyn said, smiling softly. She left the yard and started to fly away towards Downtown. Oscar watches Carolyn flying away, smiling.