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I don't own the SOA universe, the places and characters and all are owned by Kurt Sutter. I own my own characters, Everett, Jack and Esther, Buka (love Buka!), Klavdiya, Silk and Carla.
He had just pulled the push-bar off when there was a knock at the heavy door, shit! He hadn't locked it, when Buka left. Before he can say anything, another knock, the door rises about quarter of an inch, he hits the ground, and looks through the really narrow gap. It's flashing red and blue, cops!
He rushes over to lock it from the inside with the padlock, shoves his phone in his pocket, puts his kutte on before climbing on the car, there's an aeration vent, he can climb in it, and make his way to the roof. There's just no catching a break, is there? And he left the safe open, too, there's eight hundred dollars in there...
On the roof, he heads towards the ladder to climb, hops off before pulling his baggy pants up, he should never have picked up smoking. He was never the fastest runner.
He's made it about one block over when he runs chest first into Buka's truck, her window's down, the bitch did it on purpose.
-Hop in, bitch boy.
He does, opens the back door and dives on the back seat, her tints are way illegal, there's no way to see inside the truck.
-I see the cunts when I stop for cigarettes, I forget when I come. I think they are for you.
-Played GTA in Charming, last night.
-Oh. How many points?
-Something like six hundred.
-Nice. It was all on news and radio by morning.
-You wanna swing by CaraCara?
But the place is crawling with cops. And all the bikes are still lined up in front of the warehouse. He dialed Unser, to know what the hell was going on.
"I got fired, this morning. DA appointed a new sheriff. I'm sorry. I had no clue."
So much for being useful. There's cops everywhere. Buka ended up getting them both coffee at a drive through and park at a corner, she just sits there quietly, he's thankful that even being a scarecrow of a woman, she's still looking out for him. It could have been because despite all the sex appeal she normally exuded, he had always stayed mildly insensitive to her charms. He didn't understand why all the guys wanted to fuck Buka. Yeah, there was something magnetic about her, but she still had the body of a 12 years old boy.
It was only at ten that Chibs called, to let him know that this was Clay again, everyone was fine at Charlie Horse's place, in the Wahewa reservation.
-Unser said he got fired.
"Unser's full of shite, he was leading the charge, brother. Are you ok? Where are you?"
-I don't know where I am, but I'm with the untouchable Russian.
"Good, good. Hap's with the Lagunov family."
"They holding him hostage?"
-Not yet. Soon, maybe.
"Stay away from Klavdiya! She's mine!"
He couldn't help but to chuckle, Montez could dream, Klavdiya was way out of his league. Most gorgeous of all five Lagunova sisters, and she cared very little about cheating on her dummy husband. But Montez would never stand a chance, Klavdiya's favorite boy toy was Chibs.
"Stay safe, brother, aye?"
-Yeah. I'll try.
He hangs up, puts the phone back. In the driver's seat, Buka is staring at a cop that's parked across the street, the guy's giving a speeding ticket.
-Now what?
-Now... You drop me off on the other side of Charming Town limit, and I'll manage.
-Ok.
She does just that, drops him off on the outskirts of the reservation before speeding off, it's hot, outside. But it isn't very long that he's among his brothers, everyone is regrouping, and figuring out what's next, short of barging into TM all guns blazing. Himself doesn't even really care at this point. Following orders was just fine.
They ended up voting on a peaceful siege of the Charming clubhouse, no one goes in, no one comes out. They couldn't get arrested for sitting there, could they? So he ended up on a corner with Opie and Phil, they had stopped by his place to grab a table and a few chairs, an old cooler and a deck of cards he had gotten out of storage the day before, when he had went for his belongings, and sitting in a parking spot at the shade of a tree, and played poker for a few hours. The cops made rounds very often, lead by Roosevelt, but they were nice and quiet, sober, and they were not disturbing anyone. Opie and Phil were talkative, talking about Lyla, Carla, Opie and Lyla's three kids and Carla's son, then talking about jail, Phil had not went. Opie had been twice, he had done fourteen years so far. Knew practically nothing of his kids aside from the letters Ellie was sending, Kenny never wrote anymore, Lyla couldn't force him.
He zones out as Phil starts praising Carla, and zones back in nearly three hours later, when Jax kicks him in the shin, Opie is gone, replaced by Chibs, and Jax is sitting in the chair Phil was in. He's been playing poker thus far with them without even noticing, and he's been doing fairly good for himself.
-What?
-I asked you how come you were with Buka, this morning.
-Called for parts. Don't you just fucking hate when she calls you bitch boy.
-She never called me that.
-That's cause you fuck her sister.
-She calls me bitch prince.
-I once heard her call Bobby Jew bitch. He nearly blew her head off.
-In Buka's world, we're all bitches.
-Except for Chibs.
-Aye, but you never hear what she say each time she sees me about how if her sister suffers, she's gonna find Fi and murder her.
-You don't fuck with the Russians.
-Except for Chibs.
Only Chibs remains straight faced, as they play another hand. There doesn't seem to be anything going on in the clubhouse, it's quiet. Opie's gone to get food for everyone.
-Don't look at us like that, we love you, brother!
-Aye, you do.
-There's nothing going on in there?
-Gaines came out. Looked around and went back in. That's about it.
Another patrol goes by, Jax's phone rings, followed a moment later by Happy's, he can tell by the way Jax gets up and walks away that it's Wendy, probably checking up that he's not getting arrested.
-Yeah?
"Needles?"
-Silk? It's Happy.
"Yeah, Needles, hum, Are you coming home, soon?"
-What's going on, Silk? What happened?
"Oh, hum, nothing. Nothing, really."
She clears her throat, there's something off about her voice. Something that puts him in high alert.
"Oh, you're gonna... Stop at the grocery store?"
What? That was never something that they had integrated in their codes. Yeah, it was given that she hadn't called him for an emergency for over fifteen years, but their codes were simple. The grocery store bit was probably a bit she's worked out with Needles, their own code, he clacks his fingers at Chibs, who looks up.
-Call Needles, ask him what stopping at the grocery store means. Now. Babe, what's your situation?
Chibs jumps to his feet, pulling his own phone, as Jax that was leaning against the tree looks up at them, the smile on his face tells Happy that Wendy was probably being naughty over the phone. On the other end of the line, he hears Silk telling her dog to not bark.
"I need butter. Lots of butter."
Translation, "send some back up." Why did she not call Needles? He's right down the street! Or even, call Baptiste in Reno, or even the Italian dude that was prez of the Vegas chapter.
"I have to make a chowder. I have lobster, scallops and two crown of shrimps at home."
Translation, there's dudes I don't trust here, four of them. His hands are getting cold. His heart is beating faster.
"So yes, if you could pick me up what I need. Oh and hum... Korey is home, too. If you could pick him up a treat."
-Shit. I'm calling Reno, send someone. Stall, babe. Stall, and call back with something you forgot in fifteen minutes.
"Fais ça vite, brother. The faster I put that on the fire, the faster we can eat."
Forget that bit about the grocery store that threw him off, she clearly said, in the code they had worked, that she did not feel safe at all with these four guys in her house. Plus, her grand-kid is with her?
-Call back in fifteen, baby.
He hangs up, kicks the chair back.
-Someone tell Phil to tell Carla not to go home.
-I got Needles, brother.
He snatches the phone from Chibs' hands, Jax has hung up, he's coming closer to them.
-Needles.
"Yeah, brother?"
-What's going to the grocery store? Silk just...
"She said these exact words?"
-You're gonna stop at the grocery store? That's what she said.
"She's alone with the kid and something that's not normal is happening. Did she say anything about buying some wine?"
-No. Why?
"Jury! We got to haul ass back home!"
Needles hangs up, and Happy literally breaks the phone against the table top, he immediately regrets doing so, not for the deep gash in his palm, but because he told Silk to call back shortly. Before realizing it's Chibs' phone he broke. He's still holding his in his left hand.
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