AN: Someone tried to shoot Alexander and Casey, and now the club is involved in the situation with Nora and her ex, Charles.

Chapter Four: The Shot In Broad Daylight

It happened so fast. Alexander was sitting there with Casey right next to him, and all of a sudden, he heard a gunshot, and by instinct alone, he covered Casey in an effort to protect her. He looked around, and saw a car sped away, he managed to get a somewhat decent look at the driver, but he knew that wasn't going to be enough to ID him as the man that took a shot at him.

"Casey, are you alright?" Alexander asked looking over at her.

"Yeah, I am alright, but who was that?" Casey said, dusting herself off.

"I have no idea." Alexander said. "I have no idea."


Melissa raced to the scene of the shooting, and saw Alexander sitting on the curb with Casey being checked out by local EMT's. She knew that Charles was involved with the shooting, and the fact that he took a shot at her little brother, that was bad for two reasons. One, she was personally involved because the son of a bitch took a shot at a member of her family, and two, the Flames of Canada were going to be involved now, which was a whole different mess that was going to have to be dealt with.

"Little brother, are you alright?" Melissa asked him.

"Sure, but my main concern is Casey, is she alright?" Alexander asked her back.

"Yeah, she is doing alright." Melissa said. "Alexander, do you know who shot at you two?"

"I only caught a glimpse of him as he sped away." Alexander said, leaning back on the curb. He then caught the look on Melissa's face that made him think that she knew that something was up.

"Holy shit. You know who took a shot at me didn't you?" Alexander asked her.

"I have an idea, but no proof." Melissa said. That was the truth, but it wouldn't satisfy her younger brother for long.

"If you find out who did this, you promise to tell me, right?" Alexander asked her in a very sincere way.

"Sure." Melissa said, caving in to her brother's look.


Nora knew immediately as soon as she received that call, that Charles was behind this. She wanted to reach out to wherever that bastard was, an d choke the life out of him. What he did to her was one thing, but taking a shot (literally, in this instance) at her daughter and her boyfriend was the thing that made up her mind that Charles was going to be dealt with in one way, or another. It was how, that was the major question. The cops were either going to grab him, or the club that Alexander belonged to was going to get him, and if that happened, he is a dead man, and that was the one thing that was guaranteed.

Nora was snapped from her thoughts as frantic knocking came from her front door, she answered it, and Melissa pulled her outside to the porch. As soon as Nora saw Melissa's face, she knew that the detective was not in a good mood.

"He took a shot at my brother. Of course I am pissed off." Melissa said angrily. "Now I am involved in this, and so is the club."

"What do you want me to do about it?" Nora asked her.

"Are you kidding me!" Melissa said in total disbelief. "I want this guy dead myself, but I know that the F.O.C. will take care of that themselves , so there is no worry about that."

"Why is he doing this? Why is he after us?" Nora asked her.

"Look, here is the thing." Melissa said, trying to calm Nora down. "He is still holding some resentment towards you, and that is why he is doing these things. He is now a desperate man living on borrowed time. But now that despair has lead him to take a shot at a dangerous man, and now that he is after my family, if I see him again, I will put him down."

Nora saw that she meant those words. Charles was on the run, and his despair was going to lead him to commit a very heinous crime.


Alexander sat in the clubhouse with Jack and Lance near him. They knew what happened earlier that day, and now how to get the prick responsible was the question of the hour.

"Look, we are looking for the car, but in all honesty, it wouldn't surprise me if the guy dumped it somewhere." Jack said.

"Man, why would someone take a shot at you? We haven't done anything really illegal since you started the club up again." Lance stated.

"That's the million dollar question." Alexander said. Then he remembered the conversation that he had with his sister earlier that day. "Melissa told me that she might have an idea as to who might have taken a shot at me.

"Well?" Jack asked, his curiosity piqued.

"She said nothing concrete though." Alexander finished. "It makes me wonder, you know?"

"About what?" Lance asked.

"Something makes me think that Nora's accident wasn't really an accident at all." Alexander said.

"So wait a minute." Jack said. "You think something bigger is in the works?"

"I know it." Alexander answered. "I know it."


Seth was closing up his skate shop, busy putting things away and what not. As he stepped outside, to flip the sign on the door to close, a sharp pain rendered him unconscious, and caused him to fall on the hard concrete. Charles stood over him, and smiled sinisterly. He took Seth's keys, and walked inside, dragging Seth along with him.

"This is for Nora, you son of a bitch." Charles said to himself. He then proceeded to pour gasolene on everything, and then he struck a match. Charles stood over Seth, gave him a sinister smile, and threw the match, causing his whole skate shop to go up in flame. Charles hopped into his small blue car, and fled the scene, watching the shop as it went up in flames, maybe Seth Meisterman along with it.


AN: Just what did Charles do? Keep reading and find out!