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A few people wondered about how Randall could have left the second package since he was on the road with the others, (it was briefly touched on when the three men attacked Melissa and Allen. The one who shot Allen, he died and they found keys to Melissa's office and the clubhouse). It will get explained a little more in the next chapter.

So where were we, oh yeah, time for some justice. Or at least get it going!

Here we go! I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 38

Hap could tell by her body that she expected them to not believe her, to accuse her of being wrong. Happy believed her, with everything in him he believed her, could see the heartbreak in her eyes having to admit who had hurt her. From the look on everyone face in the room they believed her just as much as he did.

Not saying anything he motioned for her to give him the gun. With a dejected look that made his chest ache for her, she passed it to him with hands that shook. Hap checked to see if the safety was on and handed it back to her, not missing the surprise in her eyes.

"Put it away, don't want you shooting me on the way there. Come on." He left the chapel with her beside him and SAMCRO following behind them. Happy didn't know it and not a man there would have said it to him, but in that moment, Happy had shown them just how much he loved Melissa. If he was willing to let her walk into something this dangerous knowing that it could go wrong in a second and still let her go, that went beyond love. At least to them it did.

Instead of heading to his bike, he put his hand on her lower back guiding her to the van and helping her in. When she was in the seat Hap rested his hands on her thighs and looked at her, "You know you're mine to protect, right, so you have to trust me and do what I ask when we get there." He told her doing his best to keep his rage in check. When she nodded it wasn't enough for him.

"Say it."

"I'll do what you tell me." Her accent was a little stronger which usually happened when she was upset, "My brothers, what if they don't beli-"

Happy cut her off before she could finish, "Don't. You know they will." With that he put his hand where her crow was an softly squeezed. He didn't know what to say, he could barely control himself enough to stay calm. Closing the door and walking around the van he heard the bikes start, when he pulled out they followed behind. Melissa and Happy rode in silence, her replaying what she had remembered and him planning how he'd make that fucker pay for what he'd done.

Pulling over before turning into the road that led to the warehouse he motioned for the guys to pull over.

"I need to talk to the guys for a minute." He told Melissa, she only nodded in response.

Getting out and walking back to the guys who had turned off their bikes and stood together waiting for him.

"We gotta be smart about how we do this." Jax said as Happy stepped up. "Don't want him to have the chance to do something stupid, especially with Melissa there. This shit can't go sideways."

Happy nodded in agreement, a slow furious calm that he recognized was settling in on him. It made him focused only on the job ahead.

"Hap, man, you really gonna let her shoot him?" Juice asked with a frown.

The look he shot Juice should have been answer enough, but just to make it clear he answered, "If she wants to shoot the motherfucker I'll let her do it. She's earned it."

The others mumbled in approval. Standing there it only took a few minutes to come up with a simple plan.

Taking out his phone Hap dialed Shep, "Come outside the warehouse in about five minutes, only you and Loken. Don't draw attention from the others. Meet me at the van." He said and then hung up.

"You guys go on up. I need to talk to Melissa a minute." Hap said.

Walking back to the van and getting in he turned to her reaching for her hand, "Come here." Melissa moved across to him and he pulled her onto his lap wrapping his arms around her, "Your brothers are gonna meet us outside." Hap could feel the nervous shaking that she was trying to control and it almost made him change his mind about letting her do this.

Melissa looked at him, "Happy, I'm a little scared." She admitted.

Fighting the urge to drive her back to the clubhouse he took a steadying breath, "What's scaring you the most?"

"This will change everything. He's going to die because of me and the guys in El Paso will blame me." Her voice was soft.

"Not because of you, he brought this on himself when he betrayed you. He knew if he got caught he would die. Not for what he did to the club or your brothers, but what he did to you. That alone is what he'll have to pay for. You know that." His voice was tight.

She looked at him, "I know, it doesn't make it easier though. I just don't understand." She let out a deep shaky breath.

Happy tilted her face up and kissed her quickly, "We're gonna take care of this, so we better head up. You can't stay the whole time, I'll have one of the guys take you back to the clubhouse when I tell you it's time, okay."

Melissa nodded and moved back to her seat and Happy felt the tense vibrating calm start moving through him. This was it, finally some of the shit Melissa had been dealing with would come to an end. Permanently.

-xx-

Rubbing her palms down the front of her thighs, not really to wipe sweat from them, mostly to feel the roughness of the denim, enough to keep her thoughts anywhere but here at this moment. Melissa knew Happy was right. She'd been shocked that he had allowed her to do this, she knew that it went against what he would have normally done. In that, he was like her brothers, obsessively protective.

Melissa took a deep breath as the van headed toward the warehouse, all the doors were closed and no one was outside except for her brothers and Lee the Tacoma president. She watched them eye the van as it pulled up. When they realized that Happy was driving and had her with him they immediately began walking to them. By the look on their faces they could tell something was wrong.

Opening her door Melissa got out and waited. She felt Happy beside her even though he wasn't touching her.

"What's going on? Why are you here?" Shep demanded.

Loken stepped forward and lifted her chin and stared at her. His jaw clenched, "What's wrong?"

Melissa looked over at Happy and he nodded. Both brothers caught the exchange between her and Hap. She tried to keep the tears from falling as she looked back at Shep, knowing what she said next would devastate him.

"It was Randall, the one who raped me. He's the one who has been in with Creagan the whole time. Randall let them torture me and he helped them." She said, holding her head up and not looking away. "The eagle, rose, candle, and wolf that I asked you about, those were the tattoos that I stared at while he assaulted me." She took a deep steadying breath before going on, looking at Happy to include him, "He said and did things that weren't on the video, they were worse than what you saw on the video. I just don't want to talk about it right now."

Melissa watched Happy, Loken, and Shep glare at her with nothing but rage in their eyes. She knew it wasn't directed at her but it would have made anyone with half a brain terrified at what they would do next.

Loken's hand was on his gun as he stepped back away from them. Shep swallowed hard before reaching out and touching her cheek, "He'll die for this."

"I was scared you wouldn't believe me."

"Sweetheart, I'd never doubt you, I know that it must be hard for you to tell us this." Her brother reassured her as he pulled her in to hug her close. When he stepped back letting her go he looked over at Loken and Hap.

"We can't kill him right now. He's a member, it'll have to go to the table and be voted." Shep growled in frustration. "We can make him suffer while we get the vote though."

Melissa could see the outrage ripple through Happy and Loken.

"You can't go in there." Shep told her.

With a stubbornness that outweighed her fear, "Yes I can. I want him to know that I know. You can't make me stay out here." She looked at Hap.

"She goes, but only after we go in." Hap grunted with a look that allowed no argument.

Her brothers both glared at Hap until finally Loken nodded and Shep followed. Melissa stood at the van as all three men headed to the group of SAMCRO Sons waiting by their bikes. Lee had joined them. She watched as the men talked back and forth. Watching as the men began separating and heading in different directions around the warehouse caused Melissa's heart to start pounding. Happy walked back to her.

"You stay here with Lee until we let him know it's clear for you to come in." His voice was low and raspy. He squeezed her hand when she nodded. She watched him stalk over to door and walk in with the others.

"You okay?" A deep voice asked.

Looking over she saw that it was Lee and he was looking at her with a concerned look.

"I'm nervous."

"Understandable. But those men in there, and me too, we won't let anything happen to you. You just have to do what Hap tells you." Lee said.

"I know. I'm just not like you guys. I'm not tough and strong, ready to face anything head on."

Lee made a sound deep in his throat that was almost like a growl, "Darlin, what you've been through and survived, don't you know you're tougher and stronger than any of us men. You've faced what happened to you and even now are here to face this, seems pretty head on to me."

"But, Happy and my brothers will take care of him, not me."

"They love you, wouldn't take it well if they couldn't take care of the fucker. I'd do the same for my family or my Old Lady, if she were still around." He told her, she could hear a note of sadness in the last part.

They listened as shouting and yelling could be heard all the way outside. They stood in a tense silence waiting. Finally, Kozik came out the door and motioned for them to come in.

Melissa could feel her knees shake as she walked behind Lee. This was it.

-xx-

Shep watched as the SAMCRO Sons entered from each door around the warehouse, blocking each exit as they stood waiting. His eyes landed on Randall, when their eyes met he knew that Randall knew what was happening. He could sense it. There was a hard look that gleamed in his eyes, one that Shep had never seen before. It was pure hatred.

When he'd gotten the call from Happy telling him and Loken to meet him outside he'd known something was up. Seeing Melissa in the van with him had confirmed it. After she'd told him it was Randall he'd felt like he'd been punched in the stomach. How could his closest friend have done this to her? It was too much to process. The first instinct had been to just go kill him, not give him another second to breathe the same air as Melissa did. But, he'd stopped himself, Randall was a Son, and members couldn't kill other members without it being a club decision. He'd fucking hated that.

Stepping ahead of the others and closer to the man who had betrayed them, the only thing he could hear was the pounding of his heart in his ears.

"We know it was you." Was all he said.

Randall gave an insulting laugh, "Don't know what you mean brother."

"You, it was you all along, you attacked her, sold us out to Creagen." He growled.

Loken and Happy stepped closer to Randall, Shep wasn't sure if he'd be able to keep either one from killing him, member or not. Randall must have seen the something in their face because he reached to get his gun. Before he could though Jax had his gun pressed into his back.

"Not a smart move." Jax told him. Chibs stepped up and took the gun off of Randall.

"You got no proof. I ain't done shit." Randall mocked them.

Shep watched from the corner of his eye as Happy motioned to Kozik. It only took a minute before Lee walked in followed by Melissa. She was scared, he could see it in her eyes. He watched her eyes search the people standing in the warehouse until they landed on Happy and in an instant the scared look was replaced with something between determination and outrage when she looked at Randall.

"Don't lie. You know what you did, I remember now. Why? Why did you do it?" Melissa demanded.

Randall's mouth turned up into a sneer, "Finally figured it out did ya. You deserved it, you bitch!" He yelled and lunged for her.

Happy stepped in front of her and grabbed him by the throat before his fist landed in his face. Hap held Randall by the throat, squeezing tightly making him gasp to suck in air.

"Hap." Was all Shep said and waited as Happy decided if he wanted to stop or not. Finally he loosened the grip enough to let him breathe but not enough to let him out of his hand.

"You'll die for what you've done to her. To the club." Shep told him, his voice was calm but inside was chaos.

Struggling to talk, Randall choked out, "You can't kill me, you won't have the votes, you'll be finished if you go against it. All you can do is take my patch." He almost gloated. That fucking bastard.

"You'll die, that's a promise, vote or no vote. She's my blood, she comes first. Always has, always will."

Loken nodded in agreement as he stood next to him.

Happy's boot kicked out and caught Randall in the lower legs forcing the man to his knees. Shep wondered if Hap would be able to keep from killing him before they voted.

-xx-

Happy had watched as Melissa had walked in and her eyes had searched until they landed on him. Watching her closely he noticed when she pulled herself together then stepped closer.

The fucker had denied that he'd done anything at first, but once he'd seen Melissa come in he changed. Hap saw it, he'd snapped. The hatred was there for all of them to see. When he lunged at her Happy had grabbed him by the throat and then slammed his fist into his face. His grip on the fuckers throat tightened to the point that it would've only taken a few minutes to kill him. But, Hap had heard Shep say his name in warning, it took a few seconds for him to decide if he would let him live. He did though, reluctantly, only because Hap needed to make him suffer and find out what all he knew.

Kicking him in the legs, dropped Randall to his knees. Hap knew that he had to get Melissa out of here quick, because he was losing his grip on his control. He wouldn't let her see what they were going to do to the traitor.

Motioning for Melissa to come to him and feeling a sense of pride when she didn't hesitate, he took out his gun and held it out to her.

"Use my gun, not yours." Hap told her loud enough to be heard by everyone. Leaning closer to her, he whispered for only her to hear, "I understand that you want to kill him, but I need it to only be a flesh shot. Need to find out what he knows." When she looked at him, he had been expecting stubbornness or refusal. Instead, there was only understanding.

Taking his gun and a deep breath in she faced Randall who was glaring at her with a murderous look.

"You seem to think that you won't die for what you did." She told him. "But, what you don't seem to realize is this. My brothers or even Happy can't kill you without the vote, because you're a member." She paused. "I'm not a member. I don't have to have their permission."

Happy couldn't help but to be impressed with her logic. She was completely right and everyone knew it. When that truth settled on Randall he tried to move but Loken kicked him in the stomach, forcing him to stay still.

"You fucking bitch, they won't let you. You think anyone in here would let you break the Sons rules!" He arrogantly sneered at her.

Jax stepped up into Randall's line of sight, "All I saw was Melissa coming to confront her attacker, the man who raped and tortured her, you lunged at her and she was forced to defend herself with a gun." He put his cigarette up to his mouth and stared at Randall. The others around the room all voiced their agreement which made Randall furious.

"You can't fucking do that!" He yelled.

The sound of a gun going off turned his yells into screams as he fell to the ground gripping his stomach. Looking over at Melissa she lowered the gun and handed it back to Happy. It was a good shot he thought to himself. Not enough to kill, but enough to hurt like hell while he suffered.

"Randall, you will die, but I won't do it. I don't know why you hate me so much, why you did those things to me, I've loved you like family for almost my whole life. I'll let Happy, my brothers, and the club punish you their way." She quietly told him.

Writhing on the ground, he just screamed at her, something about it being her fault Beth was dead. Happy didn't really understand much of what he said. Kicking him in the stomach to increase the pain he felt Hap looked over at Loken.

"Tie him up." He growled. Turning he put his hand on Melissa's and motioned for her to come with him. Kozik headed for the door followed by Lee.

She stopped beside of Shep and looked at him. Happy watched him pull her close and whisper that he loved her before motioning for Hap to take her out. Hap understood that Shep wasn't in control of his rage and moved her quickly out.

When they got to the van both Kozik and Lee gave them a minute.

"They'll take you back to the clubhouse. Stay with them at all times. You can trust Lee too. I don't know when I'll be back. This may take some time." His thumb stroked her cheek as he talked and he could feel the slight shaking of her body.

Melissa nodded slowly at him. "Be careful, he's smarter than he seems."

Happy was at a loss for words, it was hard for him to let her leave and not be with her as she processed all she'd remembered. But, he felt the need to kill the asshole who'd hurt his woman.

"I'll see you later." She softly told him, making the decision for him as she stepped in close and hugged him. He knew he heard her whisper that she loved him, sliding his hand to where his crow rested he squeezed it softly and kissed her quickly before helping her into the van. Kozik nodded at him as he got in and started the van. Lee following behind on his bike along with some of the SAMCRO guys too.

Happy walked back inside. Now, now it was time to get down to business. What he was good at. Time to make the bastard talk.

Happy would drag every last goddamned secret out of the piece of shit before he died. It's what he did best.

-xx-

Shep hung up the phone. CJ had been so pissed off that he could barely speak. Shep felt the same. He had wanted them to call chapel down there and vote, proxy in anyone who wasn't there. But when CJ had called back he had told him that they had refused to vote there. That they were on their way to Charming before they'd vote.

He would have to make sure Happy and Loken kept Randall alive until everyone got here. And from the look on the Tacoma Killers face, well, he wasn't sure if that was even possible. Randall was currently tied to a chair and Happy was sliding a long straight tool that looked vaguely familiar into his side. Randall was screaming cuss words at Happy, who in turn ignored him.

"Hap." Shep called to him. Looking up from what he was doing, Hap raised a brow in question. When Shep didn't say anything right away, Hap put down the tool in his hand and walked over to him, Loken following behind him.

"Talked to CJ, El Paso won't vote it down there. They're on their way here. Means you gotta keep him alive until they get here. Gonna be about twelve hours, if they haul ass." Shep told them, not missing the frown of disapproval from each man.

"Don't care what you do to him until then, just can't kill him." Shep made sure to point out.

Finally Hap nodded his acceptance which made Loken also nod.

Shep knew that it would take time to get Randall to talk, not just time but the proper motivation.

"Why'd you do it?" He asked him. Enough time passed in silence that he didn't think he was going to answer.

"It was her fault Beth ended up dead, Melissa deserved everything she got!" He said and screamed when Happy's fist connected to his face.

"Beth was a junkie whore, died with a needle hanging from her arm. How was that Melissa's fault?" Loken growled. Shep wondered the same thing.

Shep watched as Randall went crazy, fighting against the rope that tied him down as he screamed some more at them.

"Beth wasn't a junkie whore, you motherfucker. You protected Melissa from being passed around, wouldn't let anyone lay a hand on your precious sister. For a while you looked out for Beth the same. But then when Melissa stopped having much to do with her, you let Beth get passed around like some piece of club trash." Randall snarled. "You were supposed to be my best friend, we looked out for each other's sister. Guess my sister wasn't good enough for Melissa."

Shep was having a hard time following what Randall was saying. He was in a rage and couldn't seem to make coherent thoughts into sentences. But one thing was clear, he hated Melissa more than anyone could have imagined. Had let his hate fester until it consumed him and somewhere in that time he had started to include the club in that hate.

"Melissa stopped hanging around with Beth because she started using and screwing the club members. That's why Melissa put distance between them. Not because she thought she was better than Beth." Shep tried to stay calm. He remembered the conversation that Melissa had had with him about Beth using. She had caught her and one of the Sons, shooting up in one of the rooms in the clubhouse. Shep had told her to stay away from Beth. He'd also given the Son the option of losing his patch or cleaning up. Shep hadn't realized how far gone the Son had been, he'd given up the kutte instead of the drugs.

It was becoming clear that any truth that may have been in Randall about the situation had been twisted and distorted by hate and bitterness until nothing remained but lies and hatred. There would be no reasoning with him. One thing didn't add up though.

"How'd you get involved with Creagen?" Shep asked him.

"He fucking hated you and the Sons for shutting down his meth operation, Beth was one of his regulars. When she OD'd I went there and found her dead, he saw my kutte, told me it was your fault. If he hadn't been run out by you she wouldn't have been scoring garbage dope. He was right. We knew that it was only fair, sister for a sister and the added benefit of bringing down the Sons."

Shep stared at his longtime friend and for the first time he noticed that there was a wildness to his eyes that confirmed that something had snapped inside of him. And whatever it had been and whenever it had happened, it had been a long time ago. Randall had been holding this hate for a long time. Shep was almost afraid to know how long exactly.

Turning his back to him Shep nodded at Happy and Loken, they knew it meant they could continue what they were doing.

Shep walked off, he needed time alone to think about what had just happened. How his best friend had betrayed him. And talk to Melissa, he needed to hear it all.

-xx-