Carrie was looking at the scenery through the front wind shield. When the van they were in came to a stop some feet behind the club.
"What the hell is that?" Gemma questioned.
Carrie leaned forward and saw the club had stopped in front of what seemed like a check point.
"Police services Northern Ireland. As long as they got ID they should be okay." Luther, a member of the Belfast charter and one who was driving, explained. Taking in the scene in front of them, they saw as the guys got off the bikes.
"This is bad," Gemma stated.
Carrie silently agreed as they continued to watch the scene before them. "Can they do that?" She asked, as they watched the guys raise their hands and get on the ground.
Luther looked on in disbelief. "Don't make sense. They wouldn't be able to get the Intel. Not that quick."
Carrie gasped, as she saw one of the cops hit Chibs and tightened her grip on the seat. Knowing that shit was going to hit the fan. Which it did when Chibs retaliated by punching the cop.
"Oh shit," Gemma muttered.
They continued to watch as the guys were handcuffed and loaded into the back of the police van, after the little incident with Chibs had settled.
"Where are they going to take them?" Gemma desperately asked.
"Jesus, after all that ruckus. These assholes will probably just shoot and dump them. Blame it on their life."
Carrie looked at Luther in disbelief, feeling her heart begin to race at what he had just explained.
"Step on the gas," Gemma ordered.
Which caused Carrie to look at her like she had lost her mind. "What do you want him to do?"
"Run them off the road." Gemma demanded. "It's the only way to get them out of this mess."
"I ain't going to broadside no police." Luther protested, shaking his head. "You're out of your bloody mind woman."
"Just step on the gas!" Gemma ordered raising her voice.
"You hear the lady Luther," one of the guys sitting across from her said. "Step on it."
Carrie felt her breathing quickening as Luther started to protest but Gemma wasn't listening. Not even when Carrie tried to reason her. Instead, Gemma took control of the situation and shoved her foot against the gas pedal. Carrie tightened her grip on the seat and braced herself.
"Holy shit!"
"Gemma!"
The police van swerved hitting a boulder on sth side of the rode. The SAMBEL members quickly jumped into action, shooting their guns as the police fired back at them.
"Stay in here." Gemma ordered Carrie, as she got out and joined in freeing the guys.
Shots kept ringing out, causing her to lower herself and hide behind the passenger seat. As it quieted down, Carrie peered out and saw the cops had fled and the guys were being released.
She made her way out of the van and slowly stepped closer to where they were currently getting information out of one of the cops. Most likely interrogating him on the incident.
Carrie stood a couple of feet behind where everyone was standing around. Letting them deal with the cops that had been in the vehicle with them.
Instead of continue to watch, Carrie looked around even though there wasn't much to see. While trying to ignore what was going on and settle her nerves at what could have happened.
"You okay?"
Carrie turned to Jax before nodding. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?"Jax stepped closer and placed his hand on her bump, hidden beneath her jacket.
"Yeah. We're good. Just had a mini heart attack with what Gemma pulled."
"That's my mother for you. Crazy as hell but with good intentions." Jax teased, giving her a smile. Carrie softly laughed before placing her hand over his, gently squeezing his hand.
Jax looked at her hand over his before looking at her. Whatever he had planned to say was forgotten as he saw Chibs' nephew, Padraic. "What the hell was that?"
"Welcome to Ireland boys." Padraic answered, laughing.
Yeah... what a very warm welcome, Carrie sarcastically thought.
Carrie stepped out of the van and watched as the guys were warmly greeted before noticing the two women approaching them. Noticing Gemma's demeanor change as she approached them with Clay and Jax following behind her.
"You doing okay?" Opie questioned Carrie as he approached her.
"Yeah, I'm okay," Carrie answered looking at him.
"That was a warm welcome wasn't it." Opie teased referring to their earlier encounter.
Carrie rolled her eyes. "You weren't the one who was risking their life to get you guys out of trouble." Carrie stonily said playing along.
Opie coughed to disguise his laugh but broke down at the look on Carrie's face as she recalled the event.
"Sorry about earlier sweetheart." Gemma apologized, as she sat on the couch across from Carrie.
"It's okay. Besides giving me a scare, no harm done." Carrie leaned back and made herself comfortable.
Anything else that Gemma could have said was cut off as they heard car doors slamming and the noise coming from outside quiet down. Carrie watched as Gemma got up and made her way towards the door. She stayed sitting down for a couple of seconds, before curiosity got the best of her. Causing her to get up and stand behind Gemma.
A small smile crossed her features as she noticed Chibs embracing who she assumed must have been his daughter and wife. The latter which she briefly remembered seeing at St. Thomas visiting him.
"I'm going to go ahead and get settled into one of the rooms." Carrie softly told Gemma, afraid that if she spoke too loud she would break the moment Chibs was having.
Gemma turned to go back inside with Carrie. "Help me take the bags into the rooms once you're finished settling in?"
"Yeah, let me just leave my bag in one of them." Carrie answered bending down to pick her bag up.
"It's alright sweetheart. Settle in and unpack first. This can wait," Gemma said after seeing how tired Carrie looked.
Carrie nodded before turning around and walking away. Leaving Gemma to watch her leave.
Carrie had just opened a door towards the end of the hall, when she heard voices entering the inn. Knowing that they were most likely going to talk business, she went into the room and closed the door behind her. She knew if they wanted her to know they would look for her.
Looking around she noticed that the room was pretty bare except for a bed, a decent sized drawer against the wall near the door on the left hand side, a night stand on the left hand side of the bed and a coat rack on the right hand side near the corner of the wall.
Setting the small duffle bag on the bed, she slowly opened it before turning to open one of the drawers. She dragged her finger across the inside of drawer to see whether she would need to clean it first. Seeing that it wasn't dusty she started to put her clothes in the top drawer.
"I have no idea why Jimmy lied. I'm not privy to his plans. He doesn't trust me anymore," Fiona explained, as she looked around at SAMCRO from her seat on the couch.
"Do you at least know what he's been up to since he's been back?" Chibs asked looking down at her.
Fiona scoffed. "Recruiting, he's been at his day and night."
"What about O'Neil? He on Jimmy's permanent pay roll?" Jax asked.
Fiona shook her head. "Not that I know of, but like I said, these past few months I've been in the dark. Sorry I have nothing that helps you," she apologized, looking at Gemma, before looking at the rest of the group.
"It's okay. Thank you." Gemma answered.
Gemma and Clay had just walked through the door as Carrie walked out of the hallway.
"Nice of you to join the living." Gemma stated.
"Yeah, I fell asleep was running on a couple of hours only." Carrie replied.
"You need to get in all the rest and sleep you can now. You're going to need it once that baby comes."
"I know, I'm trying. But enough about me. Take it easy you two. You can't be going at it like rabbits." Carrie teased pausing at the door, causing them to laugh. Before walking out, just in time to see a shirtless Jax in the middle of a semi-circle fighting one of the Belfast members.
Looking around from her spot on the wall, she couldn't pinpoint any familiar faces except for a certain blonde who was currently the center of attention.
She watched his facial features and stance as he moved. To anyone else, it seemed like a normal fight between club brothers, looking to prove they were the best. But Carrie saw the small mannerisms and expressions that told it was something else to it. There was an underlying anger to his punches and movements.
Before she knew it the fight was over. With the other guy fairing worse than Jax. That's when she saw Opie, Bobby and Chibs making their way towards where she was standing.
"Bet you're proud of Jackie boy aren't ya lass?" Chibs questioned as they stopped in front of her.
"Oh yeah. Real proud." She answered before laughing with them.
"You might not want to go in there," Carrie warned as they made to open the door.
"Why not?" Opie questioned.
"Because Gemma and Clay are in there."
"So what?" Bobby asked.
"Don't say I didn't warn ya," Carrie said as she watched them go into the inn.
Turning around she was going to walk towards the picnic table to wait for Jax before she remembered she still had to call Piney and Donna. Taking one last look at Jax, her eyes drifted to the picnic table and she realized she wasn't the only one who had her eyes on the SAMCRO VP.
Jax sat down in the from pew, next to Father Kellan Ashby. "Maureen said you had my son."
"Well I know where he is, yes."
Jax furrowed his brow before turning to look at the priest. "What the hell does that mean? Do you have Abel or not?"
"Your son was in danger. That threat is still present."
"Jimmy," Jax guessed, although he already knew the answer to that.
"Aye."
"Why? He has no reason to hurt my kid."
Kellan shook his head. "Oh he has many. What I'm about to tell you Jackson is a very volatile subject. The words I say only God can be a witness. You understand?"
Jax nodded as he waited for Father Ashby to the end he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"You kill Jimmy O'Phelan and I'll make sure Abel goes home in the arms of his loving family."
Hearing a knock on the door pulled her out her reverie. Looking up she expected to see Jax. Instead she found her brother leaning against the open door.
Opie crossed his arms, leaning against the doorway. "Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"Couldn't sleep, so I decided to do some reading," she explained holding up a book before setting it on top of the night stand.
"So you're not waiting on Jax to come back?"
Carrie looked at Opie, who was staring intently at her, and felt like she couldn't make eye contact with him. So instead she opted to picking at the blanket under her.
"You know, he might not come back tonight. So you might as well get some sleep. Whatever you want to tell him can wait." Opie stated, before wishing her a good night and leaving, closing the door behind him.
Carrie knew what she had to say to Jax could wait. She just didn't know if her resolve would fade away if she continued to wait until the time was right. Which would never happen and with the way things were it never would. Too bad she had to head out of the country for the conversation they needed to have.
Jax stayed behind after his talk with Kellan Ashby thinking about the talk he had just had with the priest. Before deciding he needed to make a call.
"You ever hear of Kellan Ashby?" he questioned as soon as the other person answered the call.
"Are you in Belfast?"
"Yeah."
"Then I'm guessing that's where Gemma is."
"Listen,I had no idea that was going down." Jax explained.
"Escaping Custody is another federal charge."
"We can talk about that shit later. Kellan Ashby. He's a priest, what do you know about him?"
"He's a friend of the Army right?"
"He's more than a friend, he's a shot caller. I need to know everything about him."
"Why?"
"He's got Abel and he wants me to Kill Jimmy to get him back."
Stahl was silent on the line for a couple of seconds before he heard some rustling around.
"Listen to me, Jimmy O dies, so does our deal." Stahl warned. "I need you to deliver him to me alive for this to work."
"I know. I'll figure it out. Just get me some intel on the priest." He noticed the immediate change in Stahl's voice and hung up knowing someone had walked in on Stahl. He just hoped she got the information quick, because the more time they spent waiting the less time they had on getting Abel back.
The Belfast events are in motion.
Let me know what you think. What your theories/suggestions are.
Also your memory will be tested in the next chapter. So we'll see if you were paying attention or if you remember this person. Hint: They haven't been in a chapter but they were mentioned.
