25
The school was immediately evacuated. Since the front parking lot was in flames, we had to move the kids onto the sides. Happy helped me evacuate my students while Jax and the others went around to help the other staff and students out. I stared at the parking lot in total shock and awe at what happened.
Clay and everyone else huddled around me once I got my students in line.
"This shit, was that your brother?" Clay asked angrily leaning into me. Through his sunglasses I could see the anger in his eyes. I nodded swiftly, but looked at Jax.
"Jax, call Tara check on your baby." I replied and his eyes immediately hardened.
"What?" he asked.
"He has informants. They know about the things that have gone on here. I know my father. He will have danger anywhere I consider a safe place. My home, the school," I said watching as fire trucks and policeman came. "Even the hospital or the garage." Panic was taking Jax as his fists clenched. He turned in the direction of hs bikes and paused in his movements. I could tell his reaction was to go the bikes.
"Shit and our rides are fucking going up in flames!" he snapped.
"We can take my car, but it only fits four other people." I said.
"Happy, Jax, Opie and Tig, you go with Meera to the hospital and check on Abel. The rest of us will get rides." Clay commanded. Before we could move, Clay gripped my forearm causing me to whip my head at him.
"You and I are going to have a talk later." he said. I nodded, a fist forming in my stomach at the thought.
"Don't worry. This will end." I said. I needed to make sure my kids were safe. I found Mark not too far away and got his attention.
"Hey, have you heard what they're going to do?" I asked. Mark nodded. I could tell he was overwhelmed.
"School busses are coming. Heard the police want full reports from that biker gang of yours since it was their bikes blown up." he said dryly. I winced at his words and looked away before meeting his hard stare. "Why were they even here, Meera?" His voice was hard and upset and he had every right to be.
"Are you in some kind of trouble? You an active gang member of them or something?" he asked. I fumbled over my words for a second. "Or are you just their whore?" My eyes widened at his insult and I found my hand whipping across the air and connecting with his cheek. He groaned as his face slumped to the side.
"Fuck you!" I snapped.
"No fuck you! Ever since you got with those bikers you've changed! And whatever is going on with you, you brought it to work, to these children!" he argued. My face dropped at his words and I could not deny them. I looked over my shoulder to see the guys around my car. Happy was standing a few feet away and watching us with a heavy stare. They were waiting for me. I looked back at Mark.
"You're not wrong. Watch my kids, I have business to take care of." I said and before he could deny my command I yelled for my kids to come over and stand with his class. I looked back up at him and he just shook his head.
"Look, we've all been present at guest lectures about gang activity. When being involved with a gang we know how it all ends. Everyone goes out on their backs… and I don't want that for you." he said and I just inhaled some and nodded.
"This won't happen again." I said. He looked at me in disbelief.
"You can never promise that." he said angrily, and I just stared at him in sudden realization. He was right. As long as I was involved with the Sons, I would be involved in their drama. It wasn't as black and white as I wanted it to be. I couldn't date Happy and have an actual future with him. I just nodded.
"Watch them please?" I asked softly. Mark gave in and nodded.
"Whatever you're going to do just be safe." he said lowly. I nodded quickly before turning and moving back over to my car, pulling my keys from my purse and getting in. I knew it was against numerous rules and regulations to leave. But my kids were safe, that's what matters. Happy informed me that there were no bombs on or in my car, thank god. But I knew Antony, he would never kill me unless Father ordered it. I drove around to the back of the school and onto the road. I was shocked no one followed us.
"That mother fucker, blew up our bikes." Tig stated, his voice dangerous and low.
"I'm going to empty my gun into his face." Happy added.
"What the hell was he even doing at the school Meera?" Opie asked. I didn't take my eyes off the road as I thought about my talk with him.
"He came to bring me home." I replied.
"What?" Happy snapped.
"My father has Weston and his wife and two children, one of them my students. He had been missing for a couple of days. I thought his mom took the kids and ran away while Weston was injured. It seems my father has been keeping them to eat later." I informed.
"Jesus Christ." Tig replied.
"Meera, can you please drive faster?" Jax asked, the stress laced in his tone. I sped up faster and shook my head.
"Antony said if I give myself up and depart from the gang then he will let the Weston's go and he will not harm you all." I explained.
"Not gonna happen. I don't give a fuck about Weston or his family. He called out SAMCRO and we are sure as hell going to answer." Happy said. My blood boiled at the fact that he didn't care. As I arrived at the hospital, Jax jumped from the car and ran toward the lobby. The rest of us got out and jogged after him. We had to wait in the lobby. But of course, none of us could sit down and apparently, we made other people nervous. Some old woman was looking Tig over with disapproval and he glared.
"The fuck you looking at?" he asked aggressively. I was standing with my shoulder against the wall, my arms crossed. My eyes continued to stare out the window at my car. I was paranoid that his bike would be around here somewhere. Happy came over to me and I just glanced up at his hard eyes as they bore into mine. I shook my head.
"This is going to get a lot worse, Happy. And I don't know how to stop it." I answered truthfully and he lifted his hand to the back of my neck and leaned me into his forehead.
"You gotta stop thinking you can do this on your own. I spoke to Clay and everyone is back at the garage. They're safe." he said and I nodded.
"Did they hear about he did it?" I asked. He nodded.
"The old 'douse them in gasoline and light em up' trick." he said and I winced.
"He wanted to make a statement that he can get to us and the things and people we love: your bikes, the school and the kids." I replied, my eyes not leaving his face. I raised my hand to gently graze my fingers over his cheek. "And he wants to meet you." He nodded.
"Yeah I want to meet him too." he said acidly. Jax and the others came around us with Tara who looked stressed.
"How's Abel?" I asked.
"He's fine. But after the fire at the school and Jax telling me there could be danger here, I have to report it. Police are gonna be here and they can't see you here. You were already at the school and if they catch you here, they may want to question you." she explained cautiously.
"Maybe the police is who we need." Opie said, but he didn't seem confident in his words.
"Like they can do anything." Tig said.
"Besides, my father has informants everywhere, possibly here, my job, or even the police." I said.
"So we're on our own then." Jax said.
"Just the way we like it." Happy said.
"Come on. Let's get to the garage." Jax said and we headed back out to the car. We met Clay and the others back at the garage where we met them in the bar. Gemma moved up to us.
"Are you all alright?" she asked eyeing us.
"We're fine Ma." Jax said and Clay stood beside her.
"You get any information about Adams? Where they're hiding, how many there are?" he asked me. I shook my head feeling inwardly guilty for not finding that out.
"No. He came to tell me I would be forgiven if I left you all and returned to Nigel. I am to take my punishment for betraying them." I explained.
"Jesus, so we don't know how many people are here, where they are, but they know our hangouts and homes. This is not good, Meera, not good at all." Chibs said.
"Plus, we've come to find out, Weston and his family are with them." Jax said. Clay sucked his teeth.
"As allies?" he asked.
"No hostages." Tig replied.
"He gave me 24 hours to have an answer. He will come find me." I said.
"Then we need to be ready for when he comes." Happy said. I stepped closer to Clay.
"Clay, Judith and her boys are innocent and I know if I don't show up, then my father will kill and cook them and eat them in that order." I said. Clay inhaled some and placed his hands on his hips.
"Our only goal right now is to kill Weston and Adams and anyone who gets in our way of that." he replied.
"Meera aside from that brother of yours, what other kids does Adams have?" Bobby asked. I looked down some in thought.
"He's probably adopted a few new kids to replace me… and aside from Antony, there is Simon and Alice, Simon doesn't speak but hides behind a mask. He's the muscle and very unpredictable. He will do anything Alice asks of him and Alice, the happy go lucky sister, likes killing men with grey hair for fun. She calls it a kink." I explained. Clay, Chibs and Bobby looked at each other for a moment. "They're just as lethal and loyal to my father as Antony is. Then there is Gabriel, father's tracker. He may have been here first and studied my habits and places I like to hang out with so Antony knew where to find me. His partner is Ryn, the most poised, the clean killer. All of them are tough and are not to be underestimated."
I exhaled as I thought about my siblings I had left behind. I had a steady relationship with them, but now we are all adults and I am pretty sure they are just as angry at me as father.
"But I don't know who else is with them. Knowing my father, he always thought so little of Charming. I have a hunch that only the family is here." I replied. Clay leaned back as he looked around some.
"Okay… so we need draw them out." he said. I nodded.
"Antony will find me tomorrow, somehow, someway he will… I will let him take me to Nigel." I replied.
"Are you insane, we aren't using you as bait!" Happy said and I shook my head looking at him.
"We don't have a choice. If they think I will come willingly, then you can somehow track us or follow us." I replied.
"Nigel is too proud. You've eluded him and escaped his family. He's not going to just take this lying down." Clay said. "But you're right, we gotta find them and this is the way to do it." Happy's jaw tightened and he shook his way.
"Nah man, I don't like this." he said.
"You got another idea?" Clay asked.
"Yeah, we get the brother and he leads us to this English fuck." he said. I shook my head slowly.
"Antony will die before he ever betrays father that way. They all will." I said before taking his hand in mine. He looked at me with heavy eyes and I could tell he didn't want any of this to happen. He wanted to go in guns blazing. I looked at Clay.
"I will meet with Antony and let him take me." I said with a nod. Clay nodded and Jax moved closer to us.
"We'll be close and track him when you are both on the move." he said.
"Yeah but where are ya'll even going to go?" Juice asked. I looked up in thought at where I would meet him.
"Where we always used to hang out." I said. Clay nodded.
"So that's it then. We find these fucks and wipe em out. We will try and save Weston's family, but he doesn't leave with them." he commanded.
Normal POV
The knife was sharp as it cut in half a piece of meat. Nigel was listening to some old opera he use to listen to when he was younger. The music was serene as was his mood today. He nodded in approval and looked up at Zobelle was just staring at the man's plate, tears streaming down his eyes. His hands were cuffed as were his legs. A white gag was tight around his mouth. Nigel held up his fork, a small piece of meat perfectly impaled.
"You know Ethan, I must consider myself lucky that the cigar smoke you exhaled around your daughter didn't hurt her lungs. Very delicious." he said glancing at Zobelle who screamed heavily. He tried to get up, but a large hand forced him down in his seat. Ethan Zobelle looked at the plate with watery eyes as he looked up at the large hand that was able to subdue him. A bulky man wearing a brown shirt and black jacket just stared at him through the holes of his clown mask. Nigel placed the food in his mouth and chewed with care.
"Thank you, Simon." he said. Simon took two large steps back and stood against the wall beside a door that opened. In came Antony who just walked around the table and stood beside Nigel who smiled at him. "Please join us." Antony smiled sadistically and pulled up a chair and sat down.
"She told me to give her 24 hours." he said. Nigel nodded slowly cutting up his French style green beans and placing them in his mouth.
"We've waited this long. Another day couldn't hurt. She has to say her goodbyes." he said.
"There's no way her little leather clad gang will let her go without a fight." Antony explained. Nigel nodded. Simon just remained standing there in utter silence, unresponsive.
"Of course, and they're all riddled with drugs anyways so we can't have that extra meat. No, we must put them in the ground." he said lightly dabbing the sides of his mouth. before looking up at the door. "And we must make sure that Meera doesn't plan to flee all together to save her little friends. Alice!"
After a few seconds, the door opened and Simon looked down at the five-foot-tall girl with long blonde tresses. She was petite with light make up. She smiled sweetly.
"Yes, daddy?" she asked sweetly.
"I'm afraid your big sister is going to try and be noble and run away again. How about you and Simon go visit her at home and make sure to talk a little sense into her. Make sure she doesn't do anything silly." he said placing his napkin over his plate. Alice smiled wide and looked up at Simon taking his hand.
"We're going to have so much fun!" she said and pulled him from the room. Nigel just smiled at his children's happiness and as the door closed, he looked at Zobelle.
"Well Mr. Zobelle, you've proven to be of no use to us like I thought. And I know I gave you a deadline that you had no possible way of seeing through, because I knew you'd fail me." he said and got up from the table and looking Antony.
"They'll most likely follow her and try and shoot up the place. Your job will be to collect our guests to makes sure that doesn't happen." he said and walked over toward Zobelle and rested his hands on his shoulders. Zobelle attempted to shake his hands but couldn't. "Bring me Tara and Gemma Teller. I would normally say bring Jax Teller's baby here, but it would probably not survive the travel." Antony shrugged.
"I could kill him and take the girl anyways." he said standing up and removing his gun from his holster. Nigel gave a look, walking over to the taller man and taking the gun from his hand before turning it on Zobelle, cocking it and firing. Blood sprayed the side of the floor immediately, brain matter exploding on the wall.
"Now now son, now is not the time to become a savage." he mildly chastised before handing the gun back to his oldest and exiting the room. He walked back out toward the middle of the room and over to AJ Weston who was still bound, but facing directly in front of his family. Nigel just looked down at him as AJ looked up at him with more hatred. Nigel just looked him over for a second before leaning down a bit in front of him, his hands calmly curled behind his back.
"Your punish is going to be something you will never forget. And I'm going to use Meera to do it." he said lowly.
Meera's POV
As plans were formed and strategies were completed, Happy and I walked out of the garage, his arm around me. As we walked to my car, I finally stopped and turned and faced Happy, wrapping my arms around his body.
"Would it really be that hard to let me go? I completely understand that your loyalty is here with SAMCRO, that the club gets more of your loyalty than me. If I leave now, they'll be safe. You and the club will be safe." I said trying to reason with him. Happy just stared at me with a light gaze and he placed his arms around my shoulders pulling me into him.
"You just don't get it… if I lose you, I lose my sanity. It goes if you go." he said, his tone deep and gravelly. I could tell how serious he was and I just leaned up and kissed him passionately. He replies instantly and I pull him more into me. I wanted to kiss him forever, I wanted to be frozen in time with him, just like this. We pulled back and looked at each other with soft gazes.
"I need to get something from my house." I said and he nodded.
"Let's go."