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Chapter 142 Sacked

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Sack had a grueling Friday. For his brothers' amusement, he'd been made to ride his bike repeatedly through mud puddles they'd made in a back part of the TM parking lot.

They laughed hysterically each and every one of the twenty times they'd made him do it. He bore this with good grace because attitude counted for a lot with the guys. A guy who whined and complained got his ass bounced out of the MC and he was so close to being fully patched, he wasn't going to do anything to jeopardize all that he'd worked so hard to achieve.

He'd completed Jax's test so every meeting, he expected he'd get patched in. Jax had a lot on his plate lately though with the attack on Gemma and her murder, setting up Zobelle and his guys to get killed and his father-in-law's illness. He just needed to be patient. He was so damned close.

His bike was a filthy mud caked on mess. His brothers ripped him up for the condition of his bike. He didn't point out that they were the reason his bike was caked in mud. They handed him a toothbrush, soap and water and told him to get busy.

After two hours, he thought he was done until they made him ride it through the mud so many times he lost count. Jax had arrived by now to watch. He crossed his arms over his chest and laughed along with the others.

Once again, he cleaned his bike carefully with the toothbrush. Each of the guys inspected his bike carefully finding specks of mud that didn't exist and making him clean his bike all over again. After another hour, he was told to polish the chrome and use leather cleaner on the leather.

After he was finally finished, he expected to be ordered to ride through the mud again. He wasn't disappointed. Back through the mud another ten times and he repeated the process of cleaning his bike. He knew every square inch of his bike far better than he'd ever thought possible.

He'd just finished cleaning his bike for the third time when it was time for Church. He hesitated at the door of the chapel waiting to be invited in.

"Patches only," Opie growled. "Stay close, we may need you to ride your bike through mud some more."

"Anything you want," Sack said quickly.

"Damned right," Opie said.

After twenty minutes, Bobby opened the doors.

"Get the hell in here," Bobby ordered.

He came in and sat down not at the table since he wasn't a full member but off to the side.

"What the hell?" Jax asked peering at him. "You are filthy."

The guys hurled insults over his lack of cleanliness. Once again, he withstood the verbal assault biting his tongue and not answering back.

Jax nodded and Opie opened the double doors and yelled for Chuckie.

"What the fuck is wrong with you prospect?" Jax shouted. "Look at the way you have treated your cut."

"I have never seen a cut so filthy," Tig said.

"Disrespectful to the cut and to every member here that wears it," Bobby said gravely.

"How can we even consider patching in such a filthy disgusting pig?" Juice asked.

"Filthy bastard," Chibs added.

"Strip his cut," Happy suggested fixing Sack with a stare that scared him shitless.

"Back in my day, there would be hell to pay for a prospect to let his cut get in such a dirty condition," Piney said.

Chuckie was waiting at the door. Opie went over and whispered something to him and he left.

"Take off your cut, prospect."

Sack stood up and removed his cut. He felt betrayed. Jax promised if he got Zobelle's gun, he would recommend him getting patched. It wasn't his fault his cut got dirty. The guys made him ride through mud that they made, so he was going to get dirty and now they were busting his balls for it and they made him take off his cut. This was worse than hitting an IED and getting his right nut blown off.

Chuckie set down two bowls of warm water and a bottle of Dawn on the table.

"If you want to make patch, you will clean your cut with your tongue and this water and soap until it's like new or you are out," Jax ordered.

"Like new," Happy said fixing him with a death stare.

Sack was crushed that Jax wasn't keeping his word to him about getting him patched, but he knew that he couldn't say anything because that would definitely get his ass kicked out. And he definitely couldn't complain about being forced to clean his disgusting, muddy cut with his tongue.

He tried to cheer himself up by thinking of all the worst things he could be made to do, but, at that very moment, he couldn't think of any. This was about the worst thing that he'd ever had to do. It could be worse, he thought suddenly coming up with something worse; he could have to clean the toilet with his tongue. There was always a bright side if you looked hard enough.

"Wait," Chibs said. "We need to think of the best way for him to do this."

"Soap his tongue first," Juice suggested.

"No, he should get his tongue all wet and then wet the cut with his tongue," Opie insisted.

"Good point," Jax said pointing at Sack. "Do it."

Sack dipped his tongue in the warm water, bent over and was just about to touch his tongue to the reaper on his cut when Opie grabbed it and Sack's tongue touched the conference room table.

The room erupted in laughter. Sack looked up confused. Maybe this was it; they were going to kick him out and all this riding in the mud was just about humiliating and torturing him before they made it official.

Jax walked over to his safe and pulled out a cut.

"We're going to give this to you and you had damned well better never let it get muddy or we'll vote you out," Jax said keeping the cut folded.

He slapped the leather down on the table revealing that it wasn't a prospect's cut, it was a full cut.

Just as Sack was about to grab it, Opie snatched it away.

"Take a fucking shower first," Jax barked.

The guys pounded the table and laughed.

"There are some spare clothes in the apartment. Take a shower and put them on. They'll be good enough for tonight," Jax said.

That was the moment when it finally felt real; he was a full patched member. All he needed was a shower.

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I know this isn't an essential scene to the story, but I am wrapping up all the loose ends as I finish this story and I wanted to show Jax keeping his word to Sack about patching him in if he stole a gun from Zobelle. I have outlined the story to the end and there are only handful of chapters left. The next chapter is Ava's surprise for Jax.