A/N: Thank you for sticking with this story, and also thank you for taking the time to read it as well.
"So, let me get this straight..." Sutton furrowed her eyebrows as she looked to her boyfriend from across the kitchen island, "The Russians want the guns because they are wanting to sell and buy guns here in Charming, but the Mayans are wanting the guns for themselves to profit off of?" Sutton questioned.
"Basically." Happy nodded his head, "The Russians think Charming is a small enough town to keep off radar, and they can ship them overseas if they want back to Russia." Happy explained, "The Mayans just want the power of the guns. Nothing really new there. If they wanted, they could probably sell them, but not many people want to work with them because they aren't trustworthy."
"So what are you guys going to do?" Sutton questioned, "If the Mayans don't get the guns are they going to cause problems?"
Happy nodded his head, "Most likely. We're trying to get in touch with some of the guys from Belfast to see if we can buy guns from them in order to get the Mayans off our back. We've decided that the Russians are more of a threat than the Mayans." Happy explained, "But if we can find more guns to sell to the Mayans, then that'll get them off our backs for good and us out of the gun business."
Sutton couldn't help but to shake her head, "I don't see how this shit doesn't give you a headache." Sutton rubbed her temples causing Happy to chuckle.
"It does." Happy announced, "But I wanted to talk to you about something." Happy added causing Sutton to lift her head up to look at the man with curious eyes, "Once this is done, I'm stepping away from the club for a while." Happy explained, "I just want to focus on our family, our wedding, just enjoy this shit while the kids are still young." Happy added, "I'll still work at the garage and I've decided if Jax won't agree with it, then I'll walk away for good or get transfered to Tacoma, things aren't as nuts there."
Sutton had to admit that she was speechless and could tell that he had thought long and hard about his choice, "I'll stand by you with whatever you decide. If for some reason Jax doesn't agree and you want to go to Tacoma, then the kids and I will be right behind you. We can figure this out together." Sutton moved around the kitchen island to wrap her arms around the man, "Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Sutton questioned as Happy rested his chin on the top of her head.
"Yeah. I just need some time away from the club. It shouldn't be a problem if we can get the guns from Belfast for the Mayans. It's just hoping that they can wait a few weeks without going off the deep end." Happy kissed the top of her head, "It's going to be a late night tonight." Happy added.
"You're giving the guns to the Russians, right?" Sutton questioned.
Happy nodded as he held her close, "Yeah, gonna be at work until about noon, then gotta run to get the guns from the warehouse and make sure everything is running smoothly for the drop."
"Just be careful, yeah? You're so close to getting away from this shit show." Sutton pulled away to look up to him, "Try to not get arrested either, I'd probably murder you when you got out."
"We are covering our tracks, I promise." Happy leaned down to kiss her lips, "What are you doing today?" Happy questioned, "I want you to keep a low profile until this shit ends. Can't have something happening to you or the kids." Happy added.
"I have to run to the store for groceries,Gemma is gonna watch the kids and Nero is going to go with me." Sutton explained.
The dark haired woman glanced towards the clock on the oven and realized that Happy was going to be late, "You better get going. I want this day to end already." Sutton tried to smile but she couldn't help but to feel nervous for her tattooed fiance.
"I love you." Happy rasped out as he cupped her cheeks and kissed her hard.
Happy walked to the living room in order to kiss his daughter's head as she watched cartoons, and then Julian's forehead as he laid in his swing. He took a deep breath before leaving the house, wanting all the madness with the club to end.
There was a point in his life that he didn't mind all of the drama, all of the blackmail, all of the lies, all the days on the road. Things were different now, he wasn't just thinking about himself. It didn't help matters that he was getting older and wanted to be around to watch his children grow up, hopefully have another kid or two with Sutton. He wanted to enjoy his time with his family since he had spent most of his life with the club since he was sixteen.
He knew that taking a break from the club was his best option for the time being once they had gotten out of the guns because there wasn't much drama in the porn business that required his set of skills. He knew that once things had died down, he would have to figure out his next move to make sure he still had the same amount of income coming in for his family. He definitely didn't want to spend his free time around a bunch of porn stars, and he didn't want to disrespect his relationship with Sutton by doing it either. Happy had thought about transferring to Tacoma once the guns were gone, but he would have to talk to Sutton once it was all said and done. With the Russians buying the guns and selling out of Charming, he knew it wouldn't be an overly safe place for his children, for his future wife.
The tattooed man had gotten on his bike and drove to Teller-Morrow garage and wasted no time in parking his bike next to the others.
He was thankful that he was going to be working in the garage for a few hours before getting to work with club business so it gave him time to prepare himself for the talk he was going to have with Jax later that night once things were done.
"Hey man." Happy heard Tig's voice approaching as he was making his way towards the garage.
"Sup?" Happy questioned.
"Just ready for this shit to be over with." Tig announced.
"It'd be nice to have a normal Christmas with the family." Happy commented as they walked into the garage to start work, "Still haven't finished shopping." Happy shook his head as he went to the car he had been working on the day before.
"Oh, Sutton told Venus that she had bought a lot of stuff online for the kids." Tig spoke up.
"Yeah, we got the kids done like a week ago. I have to get some stuff for Sutton. I didn't realize how hard she was to shop for." Happy chuckled, "She said I didn't even have to get her anything but I know better than that."
"You want me to call Venus and have her figure out what Sutton wants? She helped me pick out a couple of things for her." Tig suggested.
"That's not a bad idea." Happy commented, "Yeah, give her a call. See if she can get anything out of my stubborn ass old lady." Tig chuckled and pulled out his phone to call Venus, and then once the call was finished, the two men went to work on the cars.
SOA
Once the time came to handle the selling of the guns, Happy had decided to give Sutton a quick call to let her know that he was going to be heading out. He had furrowed his eyebrows when the call went to voicemail and then tried again only to get the voicemail again.
Happy was just about to leave a voicemail but noticed Jax running up with a cell phone attached to his ear and he instantly stiffened. He could tell by the look in Jax's eyes something had happened and Happy had to brace himself as he stood up.
"There's an issue with the Chinese." Jax stated as he hung up the phone, "Gemma just told me that Nero and Sutton were in a car accident and the Chinese took them." Jax explained, "Unser saw the whole thing happen."
"Where is she?! Where's my kids?!" Happy sneered.
"The kids are fine, they are with Gemma at your house. Here's the thing, that was one of Lin's men that got out of the Triad." Jax stated, "They have Nero and Sutton. They want the guns we are selling to the Russians." Jax explained.
"Fucking Christ." Happy shook his head, trying to ease the bile that was rising in his throat, knowing that he'd stop at nothing to get Sutton back home.
"We're meeting the Russians at the warehouse, the rest of the guys are meeting us there. We'll get her back Hap, we just got to use our heads, otherwise, it'll get them killed." Jax stated with a stern look.
Happy was fuming. He couldn't form words as he stared at his President with a murderous glare. If anything happened to the love of his life, he would no doubt turn the world upside down to make things right. Jax seemed to understand that he was reeling and gave him a nod in understanding, knowing that if a hair was misplaced on her head, Happy wouldn't hesitate to kill him.
"Trust me on this. There isn't going to be anymore deaths because of Samcro." Jax vowed and Happy knew that he couldn't do anything but get on his bike and follow Jax.
As Happy rode to the warehouse, his hands were trembling for the first time in his life. He knew that the Chinese weren't men to mess with, and he hoped like hell Nero was protecting Sutton with his life. He knew that he couldn't go home to his children without their mother, and he vowed that he would kill absolutely anyone who stood in his way.
SOA
"I know that we have a deal." Jax spoke to the Russians, and then glanced to the Mayans, "I also know that you are wanting the same deal, and we are working on it as we speak, but it will take about a week." Jax explained, "The thing is, we need your help before this deal happens."
"Help with what?" Marcus Alvarez questioned.
Happy couldn't help but to stand with his fists clenched at his sides, his mind trying to stay focused on the task of getting Sutton back to their children safely, and he was having a hard time controlling his rage.
"Lin's men that cut ties with the group took Happy's old lady and a friend of the club." Jax stated, "I know that neither of you owe us any favors, but we don't know what we're going up against and the more man power the better." Jax explained shortly.
Happy decided to speak up for the first time since the garage, "She has two kids at home. She just had our son not even three months ago." Happy started to explain but Marcus spoke up.
"She's the doctor, right?" Marcus questioned, "My wife had went to her with our daughter last year. Nice woman." Marcus nodded, "You have our help."
Happy gave a nod in relief and then looked to the Russians, "We're in but this deal is going to happen now." Happy gave another nod and had to step away for a moment to control his emotions when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"She'll be fine. Nero won't let anything happen to her. You'll get her home and have that family Christmas your dying for." Tig announced and Happy couldn't help but to chuckle a little.
"I'm gettin' out after I get my old lady back." Happy announced for the first time to someone other than Sutton.
"Don't blame ya killer. Don't blame ya at all."
"Guys!" Jax called, getting their attention causing Happy to turn towards him, "Just got off the phone with Unser. He said that there's at least fifteen to twenty men. He said that it seems like they are keeping Sutton and Nero in the garage behind the house with a few men standing guard around. It's an old run down barn house on the outside of town." Jax explained.
"Let's go then." Happy stated.
The Mayans, Russians and Sons all loaded up on personal guns, making sure that they had their bullets, and had put on bullet proof vests under neath, while the Mayans already had theirs, along with the Russians and then loaded into the large black van with another following once they agreed to meet a few miles away from the home.
SOA
Happy had driven by the old barn home a million times coming into Charming, and he had even stopped to look at the property one morning several years ago but he couldn't remember the layout of the home as he started to pace as Jax drew everyone in for a plan.
"We don't have time to figure out the layout of the property." Jax stated, "Unser, were are most of the men?" Jax questioned to the off duty sheriff and noticed Happy wasn't paying attention, "Hap, focus." Jax spoke causing Happy's dark eyes snap to him.
"There's about five or six guys at the garage. The rest are in the house." Unser stated.
Jax thought for a moment before speaking, "Alright. Hap, Tig, Kozik, Ope and I will go through the woods to the garage, the rest of you surround the house and make sure that Sutton and Nero aren't in the house. We will take the men out at the garage, get Sutton and Nero out of there and then deal with the rest. We use no guns until Sutton is out of the line of fire." Jax explained and looked to the large group of men.
"How will we know when to go in?" One of the Russian's spoke up.
"I'll use the walkie talkie to let you know that we have them. You take out anyone who walks outside."
"What's Sutton and Nero look like? Don't want to take out the wrong person."
Happy glared to the voice, "She's got long brown hair. Nero, he's an old school gangster. You'll know when you see them." Juice spoke up.
"Alright, be as quiet as you can." Jax stated.
Happy made sure that his knives were in reach as he, Jax, Opie, Tig and Kozik began walking through the woods. He was thankful that the trees were still in full bloom so they couldn't be seen from the home as the other men followed behind them quietly.
SOA
Happy, Tig, Kozik, Jax and Opie were close enough to the garage that they could see the three men standing guard outside at different corners of the building. His dark eyes looked to Jax who gestured to the rock in his hand and then glanced his eyes towards the woods, indicating that he was going to throw the rock to lead the men away from the garage.
His dark eyes were glued to the three men, and noticed that only one had walked towards the woods in order to check on the sound. That allowed Tig enough time to race up behind the man quietly and cut his throat with his hand over his mouth to keep from screaming out. Happy decided to take a step forward with his knives in both hands and headed towards the back of the garage. He looked to Kozik from the tree line to see that he was gesturing that both men were approaching on his left side.
Taking a deep breath, his eyes were glued to Kozik's to silently tell him when to strike. When Kozik's fingers were held up with three digits and then began to count down to one. Happy dropped one knife, and stepped out to stab one in the side of the neck, and quickly grabbed the other to cover his mouth and then snapped his neck without a second thought. He then turned back to the man with the knife sticking in his neck and dug the blade a little deeper and then pulled the blade out.
The rest of the men emerged from the woods and lined up against the back of the gargage. Happy had picked up his other knife on the ground and noticed that there was a back door to the garage with a small window beside it.
"Window." Happy mouthed out to Opie who was the closest to the window.
Happy watched as Opie moved to glance into the window to see if Sutton and Nero were in the building and he used his head to nod that they were. His dark eyes looked to Opie's hand that held up a zero indicating there were no rogue Triad's in the garage.
As soon as Opie had managed to break the lock on the door handle, Happy didn't bother waiting for the other men as he raced passed them and entered the garage. His dark eyes scanned the large opened area to make sure there were no men inside and then looked for his fiance. His heart fell into his stomach when he spotted her laying in the dirt next to Nero and noticed the pool of blood near her head.
Racing towards her, he dropped to his knees and cupped her cheeks in his hands once he noticed her eyes closed.
"Baby..." Happy spoke lowly, choking back his emotions.
Happy quickly pulled her into his arms in order to check for her pulse and noticed the gash on her forehead and felt tears spilling over and running down his cheeks at the sight of her. Her face was dirty from the ground she was laying on and he quickly tried to find a pulse on her.
"About damn time you guys showed up." Nero mumbled and coughed, "She hit her head when we wrecked. Probably should get her to a hospital." Nero suggested as he was helped up by Jax and Opie.
Happy knew that he was right, but he needed to see her open her eyes. He kissed her forehead and whispered to her as he tapped her cheek to get her to open her eyes. He needed to make sure that she was alright other than the cut on her forehead.
"Open those eyes Sutton." Happy nearly begged as Jax told the men to invade the house, "Come on baby, you gotta open them. I got you, you're safe." Happy promised as he kissed her forehead and held her close to him.
Happy tensed when he felt her body tense, he looked down to her to see that she was coming to and didn't realize that it was him holding her as she began to fight him.
"Shh baby, I got you." Happy held her tight against him and felt her relax against him when she recognized his voice, "I got you..."
"Ha-hap?" Sutton choked out, tears instantly spilled down her face.
"Guys, we got company..." Kozik stated as he was keeping watch by the front door of the garage.
Happy felt Sutton began to shake, "Baby, I need you to listen to me." Happy cupped her cheeks, causing her to look into his eyes, "I need you to lay here and do not move. You keep your eyes shut until I get you. You hear me?" Happy stated as he spoke sternly, "You stay next to Nero until I get you." Happy added.
The tattooed man watched as she nodded her head quickly, and then he gently laid her back down on the ground, as Nero got down next to her. Happy quickly kissed her forehead and moved to hide behind the door with Kozik, while Opie, Jax and Tig hid behind a few empty grates near the corner of the garage.
Happy's dark eyes were glued to Sutton as she stared back at him. He knew that she was scared shitless because she had a death grip on Nero's hand who was trying to silently comfort her. He hated the fact that she was so scared when the garage door opened, and he watched as Sutton closed her eyes shut tightly. He took a deep breath and glanced to Kozik and gave his friend a nod.
They allowed the two men to walk into garage before attacking them from behind. Their guns that were in their hands had went off, allowing Jax, Tig and Opie to move out in the opening ones the weapons were dropped to the ground. Happy's fist had connected with the man's face, and then he brought his knee up to the man's stomach. He continued to physically fight the man to take his aggression out and didn't realize that Kozik had already killed the other man quickly.
"Hap, end this." Jax nearly ordered.
Happy didn't bother to listen as the man laid on the ground on his side, and he had used his boot to kick him in the stomach multiple times. He had taken all the negative energy he had felt that afternoon and unleashed it on the man who was coughing up blood.
"We gotta get her to a hospital man. She's bleeding pretty bad." Tig's voice came through to him, causing Happy to look over his shoulder to see Tig holding Sutton bridal style, and now passed out again.
Happy wasted no time in pulling out his glock, cocking the gun and pulling the trigger. He turned his back on the body and moved towards Tig who had passed Sutton to him.
"It safe?" Happy questioned to Jax who then gave him a nod.
"The house is cleared. Unser is bringing the truck down the drive." Jax explained.
Happy wasted no time in walking out the front of the garage and through the large back yard towards Unser as he drove towards them. He was vaguely aware of Nero and the men following behind him, but he had decided that he was no longer go to worry about anyone but his family from here on out. Happy silently prayed that Sutton would be alright as he carefully opened the truck door and climbed inside with Sutton on his lap. He felt the back of the truck dip down and knew that Nero and a couple of the guys got into the back as his eyes stayed focus on Sutton's face.
SOA
Sitting in the waiting room of Saint Thomas, Happy swore that he was going to lose his mind. It feel like they had been there for twelve hours when it had only been about fourty five minutes. He was growing extremely impatient because he had yet to hear anything about Sutton, and Nero had already been released with just a few cuts and bruises from the wreck. The tattooed man didn't bother to listen to what had actually happened as Nero explained it to his brothers who waiting with him.
He felt someone sit down next to him, causing him to tear his eyes away from the floor to glance to his side to see Jax.
"I'm steppin' away for a while." Happy stated, "I'll be there for the second deal, but only then." Happy explained quietly, "I need a few to be with Sutton and the kids." Happy added.
"Whatever you need brother." Jax replied.
Happy was silently grateful that Jax didn't put up a fight, because he knew that the state he was in right now, he'd end up in hot water with the club if Jax had ran his mouth about him stepping away for a bit. He had put Sutton through so much with their entire relationship regarding the club, that he owed it to her and himself to take some time. He didn't even give her an option when they first started dating because he thought he could keep the club away from their relationship. When he decided to inform her of what was actually going on, he nearly lost her. He had ended up getting sent away for fourteen months while she was pregnant with their first child, causing him to miss out on so much with Penelope, and then adding so much more to Sutton's plate.
"Tara..." Jax's voice caused Happy to shoot up.
"How is she?" Happy questioned as he approached Tara.
"She's going to be fine." Tara stated, "I'm sorry it took so long, but she had glass in the cut on her forehead and we wanted to make sure we got it all out before stitching it up." Tara began to explain, "She's going to have a nasty headache for a couple of days and she'll be sore from the wreck."
"Can I go see her?" Happy questioned.
"She's actually getting released now. She should be out here in a couple of minutes." Tara commented, "I prescribed her some pain pills for the headaches. I'm going to go drop them off at the pharmacy, and then drop them off on my way home from work. I gave her something for the pain, so she'll probably be sleeping off and on."
Happy gave a nod as the door opened to reveal Sutton who was somewhat cleaned up, but her clothes were still dirty and a little bloody from her cut. Happy quickly approached the woman and removed his kutte in order to take off his black zip up hoodie to hand to her. Once it was over her arms, Happy pulled her into his arms.
"Take me home." Sutton whispered into his chest.
Happy didn't bother wasting time in ushering the woman out of the hospital without even waiting to see what the other men were doing. He had Unser take Tig to get her car from the house and drop it off at the hospital so he could get her home. Happy wasn't surprised that Sutton remained silent as he kept an arm around her as they walked to the SUV, and he gently helped her into the car.
"You okay?" Happy questioned quietly.
"I just want to see Julian and Penelope." Sutton glanced to him, "I just want to be home with you and the kids. That's all I want right now."
Happy gave her a nod and shut the door, he quickly moved around to the drivers side and got in. He quickly started the car and headed out of the parking lot in order to get them home as quick as he could.
SOA
Once Sutton and Happy were home, they were both thankful that Gemma didn't hover and had explained she had made some food for them while she waited and then left telling them to call her if they needed anything.
Happy couldn't keep his eyes off of Sutton as she held Julian close with her eyes closed, while Penelope was curled into her side watching cartoons. Happy knew that Sutton was struggling with the pain in her head after she had showered and changed her clothes so she could spend time with the kids.
"I told Jax I wanted to step away for a bit." Happy announced quietly causing Sutton to open her eyes to look at him, "I'm so fuckin' sorry for what happened..."
"It's not your fault Hap." Sutton stated, "I knew that you'd come for me. I had my freak out moment earlier, so now I'm just drained." Sutton added, knowing that he was eyeing her like she'd break any moment, "I'm more pissed about the car wreck. Nero helped me through the whole thing." Sutton added.
"Good." Happy moved to sit on the couch next to his family, "We won't have to worry about anything else." Happy stated and Sutton gave a nod, "Well we'll have to worry about wrapping all these damn presents hidden around the house and the ones coming." Happy added, trying to get Sutton's mind off the day.
"I honestly can't wait." Sutton gave him a soft smile, "I'm just thankful to be here with you and the kids. It's hard to be upset when I have my entire world right here safe and sound." Sutton added causing Happy to learn towards her to kiss her temple, "I love you Hap."
"I love you too baby..." Happy whispered.
AN: Thoughts?