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"Open the door! OPEN THE FUCKIN DOOR!"

Daryl scrambled over Amber's lap, diving for the door as he yelled at Norm. Bullets were pinging off the front cinderblock wall, the Cannibals firing on Merle and Beth as the Bonneville skidded in sideways, next to the Scrambler in front of the entryway. The iron 'sissy bar' behind Beth's back had caught the gate as they came through, ripping it off the bike. Then they had fishtailed from the blow, only able to stay upright due to how low that particular bike's center of gravity was.

Norm and Daryl lifted the heavy bar from the door a second before Merle burst through it, dragging Beth by his arm around her waist. Everyone hit the floor, a bullet coming through the open door to shatter the mirror behind the bar. Norm kicked the door shut and he and Daryl replaced the heavy bar across it.

Merle came up onto his knees from where he had been shielding Beth and yelled over at Amber.

"HELP HER!"

She crawled over, taking a quick look at Beth's shoulder, her torn shirt revealing blood. Amber tore it further, getting a good look at the wound. Merle was frantic, alternately telling Beth she was going to be okay and panicking a bit himself. The girl was wide eyed, looking up at Amber as she worked.

"Am I gonna..." she began.

"You're FINE!" Amber stated firmly. "Just a graze." She turned to Merle. "Get me the first aid kit from behind the bar."

A few moments later he returned with it and she pushed him toward the windows. "Go! I've got her, she's alright! You're rifle's already over there!"

Merle took one last look at Beth as she waved him to where his brother and the others were firing. He joined the fray himself, grabbing his sniper rifle as Barry and Norm made room for him at their window.

"What the FUCK are they doin?" Daryl asked loudly as they fired on the Cannibals. The distance and the shadows thrown by the lights were making it difficult to hit their targets.

"Trying to rewire the box to the gate." Norm answered as he slipped down the wall a bit as he slammed another clip.

"They ain't just gonna climb it?"

"Ya ain't paid attention, bro." Merle chimed in. "That sum'bitch is topped with razor wire."

"And he won't leave the bikes in the road." Barry added.

"How long till they get it to move?" Daryl asked as he pulled a clip from his leather. Before anyone could answer Merle's sniper rifle went off, a distant clang of metal sounding. A second later they heard Kip roar all the way up at the clubhouse.

"Rewire THAT, motherfucker!" Merle spat.

"Ya hit'im?" Daryl asked.

"Fuck naw. I blew the damn box off the post. He won't get in that way."

"Good DEAL!" Ty praised before turning to his wife who was on the floor behind one of the couches on her phone. "You get any body?"

"Nobody close has answered. Got Viper and Jim on the way but they live farthest out. Gonna be at least a half hour."

"God DAMMIT!" he kicked the wall in front of him. "We ain't

GOT a fucking half hour!"

"SHIT!" Daryl popped up in the window, getting a closer look out the window. "They're pullin out tools. Gonna take it off the track."

"That gives us five minutes at the least, maybe a little more." Norm said grimly. He and Barry began to whisper behind Merle's back as he continued to pin down the Cannibals as best he could, slowing their work on the gate. Amber was wrapping Beth's shoulder, helping the girl to sit up. She tried to listen in on what the president and SAA were saying but it was lost under the gunfire. Norm looked toward the back.

"Kayla! You got me some fuckin bullets?!"

The woman appeared from the meeting room a second later, staying low as she brought in a double armload of ammo from the war room. She pushed it to each man in turn, knowing what went with who. Then Debra came in from the back, sweat beading her brow.

"Back door's barred. All the windows are shuttered."

Barry gave her a nod as he slunk his way over to Ty at the other window. Norm was murmuring to Merle who shook his head, looking back at Beth for a second before he laid his forehead on the windowsill. He finally looked back up at Norm and nodded. Barry whispered quickly with Ty, who agreed immediately. Then he slid over to Daryl. What ever he said upset him, causing Daryl to give him a loud "NO! Goddammit!" while pointing at Amber. When their eyes met he immediately looked away, running his hand through his hair in frustration before finally nodding at her father. She didn't know what the president's plan was, but it was scaring her already.

Barry looked up, flipping the metal shutter shut on the window they had been firing through. Norm followed suit on the other side, the other men backing away from their positions.

"War room, NOW!" Norm called, grabbing Kaye by the arm and pushing her ahead of them. A second later Daryl had a similar hold on Amber, Merle just picking Beth up around the waist and planting her on his hip. Carol jumped up out of the floor, running ahead of Ty. They assembled in the war room, all the women except Beth grabbing weapons of their choosing and beginning to load them. Amber grabbed a Glock that was a match for hers, rifling through the ammo below. Her back was turned to the room when he heard a dull thud and then a body hitting the floor.

"No!" Kaye screamed, now struggling in Norm's arms. "Let us HELP!" Barry stood over Debra's unconscious form where he had laid her carefully after hitting her in the back of the head with the butt of his gun.

"Not this time, baby. I love you." Norm said quietly, before knocking his wife out. Carol went a second later, nearly getting away from Ty before she went down. Amber turned to Daryl, her eyes wild. The look he gave her back could only be described as sorrowful.

"Don't you dare." she said, voice wavering, now knowing what the plan was. The DEMONS were going to lock the Angels in the war room, hiding them behind the false wall. The men believed that the clubhouse was doomed to fall and were sacrificing themselves.

Before Daryl could answer, Beth screamed, Merle grasping her back to his chest in a bear hug as she struggled. He dropped his head to her ear, murmuring low before he brought his weapon up. Her body slumped, unconscious. He looked over at Daryl as he moved her to the floor. "Do it, bro. We ain't got no choice. Time's up."

Daryl's hand flashed out, spinning Amber around, holding her to him. He hesitated, looking at the other men as she cried and twisted in his grip, begging him to let her go, to let her help.

"NOW!" Barry yelled, "You know none of them has a chance if they find them! And what they'll do before they kill them!"

"Bro! Either you do it or I WILL!" Merle threatened desperately, grabbing more ammo.

Daryl dropped his head to Amber's ear, whispering as his voice cracked. "I love ya so MUCH, girl. Remember that. I'm SO fuckin sorry."

Then her world went black.

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Exactly ninety seconds after Daryl laid Amber's limp body on the floor carefully, he and Norm pushed the false wall back in place. The DEMONS Sergeant took a step back, making sure the wall was flush with the surrounding wood. It was, now undetectable to someone who didn't know it was there. The women were now hidden from the Cannibals the best way they had. Norm put his hand on the younger man's shoulder.

"It's the only way we got, boy." he said quietly.

Daryl just looked away, walking out of the room to grab his bow, taking up a position behind the bar. Barry and Ty flanked the door, Merle joining Daryl behind the bar as he traded out his long range weapon to a forty five auto that would be better for close range. Norm crouched behind one of the couches, laying out an extra magazine for his weapon. It was only the space of a few breaths before the sound of the Cannibals bikes drifted up the driveway, growing louder as they climbed the hill to the clubhouse. Then they stopped, obviously now in the lot out front. The silence was suddenly heavy, only broken by heaving breaths as the men tried futilely to calm their nerves for what they knew would be their last moments on earth.

Then the door rattled on it's hinges between Barry and Ty, making all the men jump. Wild Boy cursed in the other side of it.

"SHIT! They got it fucking blocked, boss!"

"Of COURSE they do!" Kip raged back. "Get that damn swat battering ram off my ride."

A minute later the door rattled again, harder. The wood cracked and the men inside tensed. Two more hits and the beam crossbar was splintering. Barry and Ty angled their guns up, ready to take out as many as they could before going down. Daryl and Merle moved up into crouches, planning to pop up over the bar as soon as the door fell. Norm had one knee on the couch, sweat falling off his face onto the faux leather below.

Then the door fell and hell came home to the DEMONS.