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Chapter 7
Good Things and Bad Things
Fang's eyes fluttered open at the sound of people laughing and talking. He rubbed his eyes and got out of the bed of the clubhouse. He put on his cut and walked out to the bar where everyone was. Iggy was the first one who noticed.
"Hey, man." he said. Fang gave him a bro-fist and looked around the room.
"Is everyone here?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Iggy. "Even Ella and the girls."
"Alright, they can have a say in this to." said Fang. He walked to the center of the room and whistled loudly to get everyone's attention. "Alright, everyone. Listen up. I have some news that some of you already know." he sighed before continuing. "Last year, I was diagnosed with lung cancer." This caused a murmur to spur in the crowd.
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Mark.
"To be honest, I was afraid to tell you guys. It's might make me seem weak to you."
"Dude, we wouldn't have thought any different of you." said Sam.
"Well, I see that now." said Fang. "Guess I wasn't think straight back then." He straightened his head and clear his throat. "Now, Ella's mother has requested that I go in for surgery to get rid of the cancer. I want to know what you guys think of this. All of you, including non-members."
"No brainer." said Gazzy, raising his hand. "Go through surgery."
"Cancer can be fixed." said Max. "We can't bring you back to life if you die."
"We need you here, man." said Sam. Everyone was now raising their hands, including Sam's kids.
Fang smiled. "How did I know the vote was going to be unanimous." he said. Everyone laughed at that. "Ella, tell your mom to set an appointment. "She nodded and took out her phone to call her mom. Everyone cheered and Fang went to the bar and Iggy gave him a hug.
"Glad you told everyone, bro." said Iggy.
"Same here." said Gazzy. "Kept it bottled up for to long."
"Yeah, and now it feels like a weight's been lifted off me." said Fang.
"Alright, enough sappy talk. Let's get a drink in you." said Iggy.
"Hey, I don't need liver cancer as well." said Fang. The three men laughed and sat down at the bar, where Max was helping Sam and Mark serve drinks. "What's she doing?"
"She wanted a job, so I set her up as a bartender." said Jeb.
"That's good, but you should've told me first."
"Well, you were asleep and I didn't want my nose broken." Fang smirked as Jeb gave him a look.
"Hey, Fang." said Max, putting a beer in front of him. "Hope you don't mind that I'm working here."
"Nah. Not as long as your 18." said Fang.
"Don't worry. I am." Max looked at Gazzy and Iggy. "Anything for you guys?"
"Whiskey." said Gazzy.
"Nothing for me. Gotta go home with Ella. She wants me to help pick out with wedding plans." Fang made the motion and the sound of a cracking whip. Gazzy and Max burst out laughing. "Yeah, yeah. Shut up." said Iggy, walking away from the bar. As he left, Mark walked up to him with a phone.
"It's Maya." he said. Fang took the phone and put it up to his ear.
"Hey, Maya." he said.
"Good morning, Nicolas." Maya said over the phone. "I hope you remembered that our shipment is to be delivered today."
"I did and it will be. Usual place, usual time."
"Not a minute later." Maya hung up and Fang sighed.
"Alright, grab the truck!" he shouted. "Load the shipment."
"Already?" whined Sam. "I just sat down."
"Come on, prospect." said Gazzy, playfully pushing Sam to the door. "Let's get our greenbacks."
After the shipment was loaded into the truck, everyone went to their vehicles and drove to the meeting place. Maya, president of the Revolution Riders MC and a good friend of the Winged Riders, was waiting for them in the scrap yard.
"Well," she said, looking at an imaginary watch. "You're early."
"Left right after you called." said Fang, pounding fists with Maya. "Everything ready?"
"Yep." Maya turned to her crew and said something in Spanish. One of her guys nodded and handed Fang a suitcase containing money. Fang motioned Gazzy to open their suitcase containing AK-47s and KG9s. "A dozen of each?" asked Maya.
"As usual." said Jeb. Maya took out one of the AKs and fired off a few shots. She handed it to her VP, Kate.
"You boys never disappoint." she said with a smile. Then, a black van sped into the scrap yard. It turned to the side and the door opened. With it came gunfire. Everyone took cover behind machines and totaled cars and returned fire. One of Maya's guys went down. When she went to go help him, Sam covered her and got shot in the shoulder.
"Get him out of here!" yelled Sam, shooting one of the assailants. Maya quickly got her member to cover and went back to Sam. She dragged him towards cover while he continued shooting.
Fang and shot two of the assailants multiple times in the head and chest. After that, what was left of the attackers leapt in the van and sped off. "Jesus Christ!" yelled Gazzy. "Who the hell was that?"
"Check their tags." said Fang. Mark rolled up the sleeve of one dead assailant and checked for tattoos.
"Got something!" he called to Fang. Fang walked over and saw the tattoo: a dog with a chain in it's mouth.
"Mad Dogs." said Fang. "Shit!"
"How could they know about the meet?" asked Maya.
"No idea, but they just started a war." said Gazzy.
"We'll back you if you need us." said Kate. "In the meantime, I would suggest you patch up Sam."
"Sam?" said Fang, looking over Sam. He was holding his right arm and limping. "Oh, shit!" Jeb and Fang ran over and caught him before he fell.
"You ok, man?" asked Jeb.
"Y-Yeah." said Sam. "One bastard got me in the shoulder and leg. I got him though."
"That's my prospect." said Fang, lifting him up. "Come on. We'll call the doc when we get back. Everyone in the van!"
One hour later...
"Two more inches and you would've been in the ground, Sam." said Dr. Martinez, taking the bullet out of Sam's shoulder. "You should be more careful."
"Just trying to help out a friend." said Sam. Doc rolled her eyes and began stitching his shoulder. Fang walked over to the other side of the room with Gazzy and Jeb.
"What do you guys think of Sam?" he asked.
"He's got balls, I'll give him that." said Jeb.
"He's got two kids and he's behind on his mortgage." said Gazzy. "He needs this."
"Alright, but we can't forget about Mark and Will." said Jeb.
"Will said something about transferring over to the Revolution Riders. Something about being closer to family." said Max, popping up from behind the bar.
"Well, he talks to me and we'll sort that out." said Fang. "What about Mark?"
"Mark has definitely proven himself." said Gazzy. "Protection runs, deals like today, and he kept his mouth shut when he was inside last year."
"Alright. I'll talk to Will first and then we'll patch in Sam and Mark." said Fang.
Oooohhhh, they're patching in two prospects. That's good cause they're going to need bodies for this war Ari started. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. If you did, please follow, favorite, and review. See you on the flip side! Peace, everyone!
