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Charming Is Not so Charming

Chapter Twelve: Stolen Ambulances & a Bleeding Irishman

Abel got out of the incubator and Juliet couldn't have been more excited. It was the first time she could hold her nephew. She was sitting in the rocking chair, holding the baby when her mom came in.

"You look like a natural."

"Yeah." Juliet smiled looking down at Abel.

"You and Juice should work on that." Gemma said rubbing Abel's head. "Give Abel someone to play with."

"We just started dating, Mom." Juliet said looking up at her. "I don't think getting pregnant is really on either of our agendas right now."

"You and the little guy put a title on it?"

"It's not a big deal...so stop."

Gemma smiled and Juliet got up and carefully passed Abel to his grandmother. Gemma sat down where Juliet just got up from.

Gemma and Juliet talked for a minute.

"I've got to get back to the garage." She told her mom. "If I'm not there, shit will not get done around there and we had a couple of repos and tows to do."

"Ok, baby." Gemma told her. "I'll see you later."

Juliet nodded and kissed the top of Abel's head and headed to the garage. She got into her rental car her insurance agency lent her until they could finish her claim. She got to the garage and handed Juice and Kip a tow paper n a Ford Focus. They got into the tow truck and headed out. 15 minutes later, they were back. Juliet walked into the garage with Tig as Juice was closing the garage door and Kip stepped out of an ambulance.

"So, you stole and ambulance?" Tig asked Juice.

"I had nothing to do with this." Juice said pointing to Half Sack.

"Yeah." Kip said proudly. "These things are worth at least a hundred grand."

"Yeah, they are." Clay said coming into the garage. "That's why people who buy them are like state and federal agencies and shit."

"I give you guys a tow sheet and you come back not only with the car but with a stolen ambulance." Juliet said. "You guys are freaking unbelievable."

Juice smiled as he got close to Half Sack and gave him a hard stare.

"Ok."

"So what? You want me to sell a stolen vehicle to the government?"

Chibs and Tig laughed and Juliet just shook her head.

"A small hospital or something." Half Sack said.

Juice smiled in amusement as the others made fun of Kip.

"Why don't you just steal like, a fire engine?" Tig suggested. "And then we could have our own rescue center. We could have our own little uniforms and hats."

"Ok, I get it." Kip said now realizing he was the butt of the joke. "That's great. I was just trying to show, I don't know, a little initiative."

Juice patting him on the back but still laughed. Clay told Chibs to get rid of it at dark. Jax walked in and said he had the remainder of the cash for the Irish after selling the stolen diesel to Unser.

After work, Juliet went back to the hospital with Jax. He held his son for the first time since he was born as Tara came in. Gemma frowned, still not liking the idea that Tara was back in town.

"Come on." Juliet told the women. "Let's give him some time alone with his son."

Tara and Gemma followed Juliet out of the small NICU. A few minutes later, he came out and said he had to go…there was a problem he had to take care of. An hour later, Gemma and Juliet headed to the garage quickly after Clay called. The women walked into the garage.

"What happened?" Gemma asked.

"Ask him." Tig said pointing to Clay.

"OMG." Gemma said going up to Clay and wrapping her arms around him.

"I'm fine." He said pulling Juliet in for a hug.

They heard a loud groan and went to the back of the ambulance to see a bleeding Irishman Cameron Hayes in the back of it and Juice and Chibs covered in blood.

"Where'd we get an ambulance?" Gemma asked.

Juice and Chibs pointed to Half Sack.

"Numb nuts stole it." Chibs informed her.

"We'll patch up the Irishman." Clay told the women.

"Ok, well what do you need me to do?" Gemma asked.

"We're gonna have a full house tomorrow." Clay told her. "Maybe you could prep that, you know, food, booze…"

"Ok."

Jax walked in and Juliet went up and hugged him tightly. He was going to ask Tara for some medical supplies. Juliet went to get an overnight bag since Clay told her to stay at the clubhouse. Half Sack followed to her house as she packed a few sets of clothes and followed her back to the clubhouse. When she got back to the clubhouse, she went to the back and into Juice's room. She smiled when she noticed how clean and tidy it was. It looked like Juice has a little case of OCD. She put her duffel bag on the bed and took her clothes out and put them in available drawers and the guys got Cameron into the chapel. Juice and Chibs worked on trying to get the slugs out of Cameron. She walked into the room and Juice and Chibs looked up at her.

"What do I need to do?" She asked.

"Nothing, darlin'." Chibs said. "We've got it covered."

"Yeah, just go back to my room and try to get some sleep." Juice said. "You're safe here."

"Ok." She told them going up and kissing both of their heads.

She said goodnight to Clay and Gemma who was sitting on the couch and to Tig who was assembling some AKs. Juliet managed to get a few hours of sleep and woke up and took a shower and got dressed. She pulled her hair up into a high ponytail and applied some makeup. She walked into the front and seen Gemma, Clay, Piney, Tig and Opie.

"Where is he?" Gemma asked.

"Where's who?" Juliet asked.

"Jax." Clay said to her and then to Gemma. "Relax."

"Don't tell me to relax." Gemma told him.

Juliet poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down next to Opie at one of the tables.

"I called his cell a dozen times. Tara's house, no answer." Opie spoke up.

"I can't just sit here." Gemma said sighing and getting up.

She began to walk towards the door when Clay grabbed her arm.

"Until we see where this lands, you stay put, understand?" Clay told her. "Both of you."

He looked at his step-daughter.

"I didn't say anything." Juliet mumbled sipping her coffee.

"What if they got to him?" Gemma asked.

"Jax can take care of himself, Gem." Tig said from the bar.

Opie said he'd go by the hospital to see if he was there and Piney said he'd go with him. He kissed Juliet's cheek and he and his dad headed out. Chibs opened the door of the chapel and looked like hell.

"Whew! We're working on getting the slugs out of this guy's ass. The infection's spreading." He told everyone. "He may even have sepsis."

"Just do the best you can, all right." Clay told him.

He sighed and headed back into the chapel.

"I'll go and help them." Juliet said standing up. "I have a strong stomach, I think."

Juice was holding Cameron down and Chibs had a pair of pliers trying to dig the remaining slug out of the guy's ass. Cameron yelled in pain.

"It's ok." Juliet told Cameron and picked up the bottle of alcohol. "Here take a swig."

He managed to take a drink through the screaming.

Tig came to the door and said to keep him quiet as he closed the door. Juliet put the bottle down beside Cameron's head and walked out of the chapel just as Gemma and Unser was coming from the back door. She took a stand beside Tig, who slung his arm around her shoulders and kissed her temple.

"What can I do for you, Chief?" Clay asked.

"I need to bring you down to the station house…ask a few questions."

"Why?" Gemma asked. "What happened?"

Unser looked at Gemma then back at Clay.

"Someone went after Darby last night, killed one of his guys, two women."

Juliet noticed Tig and Clay looking at each other. She wondered if the club had anything to do with that. She hoped not, especially with the killing of two women.

"At his house. In Charming." Unser went on to explain.

"You think it was us?" Gemma asked going to stand beside her husband.

"I also found two mayans in a ditch off of 18, half mile outside of town." Unser said. "Last time I looked at the scoreboard, Nords and Mayans were the away team." Unser said looking at Tig this time.

"Glad you're rooting for the home team, Chief." Clay told him with a smile.

"I see you for a minute?" Unser asked.

They walked by the chapel doors and Tig took Juliet over by the bar next to Gemma.

"It's alright." He told the two women.

Unser lowered his voice as he talked to Clay. Clay look over to the bar and then opened the Chapel doors. Unser seen Juice and Chibs with a bleeding guy on the table.

"Jesus Christ." Unser said as Clay closed the door. "Who the hell is that?"

"A friend." Clay told him. "With two bullets in his ass that were meant for my head. The Mayans went after me too."

"Goddamn it." Unser said.

It was hard for me being the police chief and a friend of the clubs. His line wasn't completely drawn in the sand.

"We didn't have nothing to do with Darby." Clay told him. "And the dead Mexicans were the result of their own stupidity but I made sure that didn't land in Charming."

Juliet had already heard too much. She wasn't supposed to hear club business and to be frank, knowing this information scared the shit out of her.

"Barely." Unser told him. "My office still has the stink of ATF. This body count's gonna bring that haughty bitch circling back. I need you to come with me. Due process."

"I got nothing to hide." Clay told him casually.

"I'm going with." Tig spoke up.

"I think I could keep him safe." Unser told Tig.

Clay told Tig to hold things down and that the girls stay put. Juliet sighed and went back into the Chapel. She really couldn't do anything but was there, just in case. Chibs was still digging into Cameron Hayes and Cam yelled in agony. Suddenly his artery started spewing out. Juliet like she was about to throw up as she tried her hardest to fight the nausea.

"Oh shit!" Juice said jumping back panicking. "Jesus!"

"Shit, shit, shit." Chibs yelled and grabbed Juice's hand and jammed it into the wound in Cameron's butt. "Come here! Hold that!"

"What the…" Juice said gagging.

Gemma and Tig ran into the room. Juliet didn't know what to do.

"What's going on?"

"We got one slug out." Chibs told Tig showing him the bullet on the pair of pliers in his hand.

"This is insane." Gemma said.

"What the hell are we gonna do?" Juice asked.

"Just you keep your finger in his ass." Chibs told him and looked at Gemma. "This is way beyond my wheelhouse. This is way beyond it!"

Gemma walked out of the chapel and Tig ran after her. Juliet followed them out closing the door behind her.

"Woah, where are you going?"

"Find Jax and Tara."

"No, no, no." He said stopping her by standing in front of her by the coat rack. "You heard what Clay said. Family stays put."

She grabbed her purse and coat rack.

"You got two choices, Tigger. Tackle me or tag along."

He stood in front of her frowning.

"Now, look." He told her. "I got nothing but adoration for you. Why you gotta give me such a hard time for?"

"It's my nature. I'm a giver." She told him pushing him out of her way.

His body hit the wall and he shook his head. "This is why I beat hookers."

Juliet covered up her giggle and Tig pointed his finger at her as a warning.

"Stay here." Tig told her as he hauled ass out of the clubhouse to follow Gemma.

She just nodded, not feeling up to pushing Tig's buttons. She went behind the bar and grabbed some whiskey and a shot glass. She poured her a shot and downed it, letting the warm liquid burn down her throat.

"Princess, 'ye feeling ok?" Chibs asked coming behind the bar.

"I'll be alright." She told him. "Just haven't seen that much blood in a LONG time."

He nodded.

"Maybe you should out and get some fresh air." He told her kissing her head as he walked back towards the chapel.

Juliet decided to take Chibs advice and walked out of the clubhouse and sat down at one of the picnic tables. She seen a pack of cigarettes and a lighter sitting next to her and she picked it up, got one out and flicked the lighter to the end. She inhaled and exhaled slowly, making a frown. She didn't smoke but she thought right now she really needed one. Piney and Opie came back and Piney touch her shoulder and went inside. She knew that he was going straight to the bar for his tequila. Opie didn't, he stopped and took a seat beside her on top of the table.

"Smoking?" He asked with his eyebrow raised. "By the look of your face, the cigarette is making you quesy or…"

"All the blood?" Juliet asked finishing his sentence. "The latter."

He gave her a small smile.

"Did you find Jax?"

"No." He told her. "He wasn't at the hospital."

"Damnit." She sighed now getting worried.

"He's fine." She told him. "I think he's over at Tara's."

Before she could respond, Jax pulled up in the lot, followed by Gemma in her car and Tig behind her on his Harley. Jax had a huge orange bag around his shoulder. Opie and Juliet headed inside and the other followed them in. She couldn't handle hearing anymore, so she went to the back to Juice's room and decided to lay down.