Crimson Lace

Chapter One

Her bare feet pounded against the cement of the parking lot, heart slamming against her bruised cage, her breath coming out ragged and shot as she raced towards her car. From behind her the shout of a male and a door being ripped open caused her to turn back. She could see him racing back after her. A small whimper left her lips as she turned the corner towards the other side of the lot where her car sat. Hot tears now raced down her cheeks, the feel of fear over taking her body, as the thought of tonight being her final act alive.

Lux gripped her keys tightly and a small feeling of relief broke through her fear as she opened her car door and got inside. A shriek left her lips as gunfire began to come her way, her Bronco taking most of the hit, before she started the car and peeled out of the driveway. The bullets still came her way, until she was too far away for them to aim.

As she drove, Lux cried, for the fact that she was alive and the fact that now she once again was chased out of a place that became home. Not that being here was ever really home, she's never had a stable place since she was eighteen, when she packed all her shit and left Detroit right after her mother died. Since then it's been on city and state after the other. Tonight was in St. Louis and needed to get far away from here. Lux was for once thankful for the fact she's been living out the back of her Bronco for the past month, for all the shit she needed was with her the moment she got onto the freeway.

It took Lux five hours of driving to feel like she was safely far enough from St. Louis before she stopped into a motel. By the look the front clerk gave her, she knew that she didn't have the best appearance at the moment. Still in her work clothes - fishnets torn, no shoes, shirt that seemed to only cover nothing and a hoodie she threw on just to cover up her chest. Her black hair was tied away from her face, her complexion smeared with black mascara and eyeshadow from her crying only a few hours earlier. The mascara burned her eyes from the crying and knew it made her eyes look red and irritated. If she was the store clerk, and was looking at someone exactly like she was, Lux would think they were a junkie looking for a room.

Fishing through her purse, Lux handed the clerk the money for the night before getting the key and heading towards the room. She grabbed her bag from the Bronco before locking it up, making sure no one was able to steal any of her things inside. The moment she walked into the motel room, she headed towards the bathroom, pulled out a wash cloth and removed the mess from her face. When she was done, the only thing she saw was the girl she used to be. Her green eyes dully shining back towards her, the past few years of her life slowly killing the sparkle she knew she once had.

"What are you doing with yourself girl?" She whispered softly to herself, not fully recognizing herself at the moment.

With a heavy sigh she stripped out of the clothes she wore and instantly threw them into the trash can under the sink, and stepped into the shower and washed up. The body glitter and grim from her escape from the club. She never thought it would come to this. Stealing from her boss slowly each day just to be able to live day to day. I guess that's what you get when your pimp is also the owner of the strip club you dance at. Walking away with only 4% of what you made that night. But Lux chuckled to herself as she thought of the large amount of cash that was sitting at the bottom of her bag.

After her shower, Lux stepped out and wrapped one of her towels around her body and stepped towards the bedroom. Quickly she laid the towel across the bed before slipping on a pair of leggings and the hoodie she'd worn before. The moment her head hit the pillow, she was out like a light, the exhaustion over taking her mind quickly.

-x-x-

The next morning when she woke, Lux packed up her things and quickly checked out of the motel room, grabbing a map as she walked out the door of the front clerks lobby. Walking out to her Bronco, she sighed when she saw the bullet hole that marked the back of her truck, knowing it was just going to add to the character of her car, along with the rush and noise it made sometimes when you accelerated.

Throwing her things into the backseat of her truck, Lux moved towards the front of the car and placed the map on the hood, before looking over it. Taking it and folding it in half, so only the west coast showed, she looked over the map. Her tired green eyes looked over it, before closing them tightly and moving her hand around and placing her forefinger down, and then opening them. When she looked, her finger was placed over California, and when she bent forward to see it was placed in the Southern part and the closest town at the placement stared at her. Charming, CA.

"Charming? Really?" She laughed lightly before folding the map up and getting into the driver seat of the car.

-x-x-

Three days. It took three days of driving, with a few stops at night, for Lux to finally reach Charming. The anxiousness that sat in the pit of her stomach the whole drive finally vanished as she drove past the green "Welcome to Charming" sign that sat a few miles from downtown Charming. Her Bronco slowly made it's way down Main Street, before she finally found a motel. It looked like every other shit hole she's stayed in her way down here.

The moment she stopped her truck, a large smile spread across her face as she felt the warm California sun against her skin. It seemed once the sun rays hit her skin, she was already starting to feel better. With a small sigh, Lux grabbed her purse before heading towards the front clerks lobby, paying for a week and grabbing the keys for her room. Lux backed her Broco towards the door of the first floor room she was staying at for the moment. Once most of her things were unloaded from her car, she grabbed some shorts and slipped them on before changing into a hoodie. Her onyx hair was braided tight from her face, the long braid sweeping over her shoulder and past her tits.

After grabbing her purse and stuffing some cash into the pocket, before slipping on boots and heading out of the room, locking it tight behind her. For the past seventy-two hours she's been cooped up inside motel rooms and her car, she needed to stretch her legs and finally breath fresh air.

Lux reached into her purse and grabbed her cellphone, the new one she had to pick up on her way here since it was too easy to be tracked with the old one she owned. Turning from the parking lot of the Main Street of Charming, and walking mindless down the street, making sure to not go too far so she wouldn't get lost.

When her eyes moved across the street she saw a car garage and auto shop, a few men on motorcycles going in the lot on motorcycles, leathers vests on their back with a logo on it. They were too far for Lux to read, as she walked down, seeing if maybe their was a shop needing hiring.

-x-x-

Lux sighed deeply as she counted the money she was able to steal from St. Louis and knowing she was only going to last another week or maybe even three if she was smart, before she was down to nothing left. Sitting with her legs crossed at the end of the bed in her motel room, Lux looked through the papers for a job. There was only one thing she was good at. Waitressing and dancing. Naturally since she's been eighteen, she's been working at clubs as either a Go-Go dancer, or a stripper. She hated it, but it made good money, enough to keep her from going to turning tricks on the corner.

Till she got to St. Louis and met with Ramirez and got dragged into his game. She was first hired in as a waitress, then a dancer and soon she began one of his girls for Johns that came to the club. She couldn't remember the last time she went to bed without having a unknown man beside her. She didn't want to become another girl that went to bed with Johns. Charming was a new start and didn't want to head back to the old ways.

Cara Cara: Waitresses and Dancers wanted! 18-35, late nights, weekends. Contact: 555-0645. Of course this would the job listing she would find. When spotting the address she thought it would be better to walk in then to call seeing as she was low on minutes for her car as it is. Grabbing everything that she needed, going into her Bronco and starting it up, heading towards the club.

Took no more than two seconds to find it, seeing as Charming was so small, before she parked on the side of building before jumping out and heading towards the door. When her eyes swept over she saw just how packed it was for only eight at night, cars and motorcycles packed inside the parking lot.

The vibration of the bass could be felt before she even opened the door, a large man sitting behind it and nodding towards her with a small smile, as she walked by and into the main club. The lowlight of the clubs made it hard to see what it really looked like on the inside, but from what she could tell, it looked clean.

Walking up to the bar she saw a short brunette girl cleaning glasses, most of the customers sitting out on the floor, with girls on the stage and others at tables. When she walked towards the bar, the girl smiled towards her.

"What can I get for you, darlin'?" She spoke, a small accent in her tone.

Lux dug into her bag and pulled out the job listing ad and showing it to her "I-I'm...uh, here about the job listing in the paper" she holds it out for the girl to see "Can...I um, see Gemma Teller"

The girls green eyes widened as she looked towards me "You sure about that, darlin? We've had that placement out for almost three months and you're the first pair of tits to walk in here," She shook her head "So why do you want this job?"

"Because I'm desperate and need it," Lux ran her hand through her hair and sighed softly as she stared back towards the nameless bartender "Can I talk to Gemma? Please?"

She nodded her head before pushing away from the dark wood bar and heading towards a door that said "employees only" in bing red letters. Lux sighed deeply and took a seat at the bar and grabbed her compact to make sure she looked presentable enough for an interview. Just as she shut the compact, the sound of the door opening and closing and heels soon following after.

"Heard you're looking for a job?" A voice spoke from behind Lux.

Getting down from the stool she stood before a taller, older woman with long black hair with thick strips of blonde. The woman cocked her hip to the side and brown eyes scanning over Lux.

"Yeah," Lux sighed and lightly waved the job listing "Heard you needed a girl? Dancer/Waitress?"

The woman nodded her head and pursed her lips "You look no older than eighteen baby,"

"I'm twenty-eight and have been dancing for a long time," Lux sighed and pushed her hair back "I'm new in town, been here for a while and honestly….I need the cash,"

Gemma nodded her head before looking over Lux once more "You the newbie staying out on the motel in Jefferson?" Lux looked towards her confused "Nothing happens in this town that I don't know about,"

"I just….need the job…." Lux sighed looking towards the woman

Gemma nodded her head "Alright, something is telling me that you are going to be worth it. We can start off with a trial run. Come back tomorrow night for waitressing job. Tight white top, short jean shorts."

"Thank you," Lux sighed in relief

"Don't thank me yet, darlin." Gemma smiled before turning and heading back through the doors.

AN: This is my first SOA fanfic and I hope this chapter was good and please leave a review. They send out the encouragements needed for the next chapter. This story is going to run through season 2 and going to be a little AU. Try and make it something of my own.

There will be some new OC's and scenarios that don't run in the usual SOA world.

xo

Charlie