Handsome and Haunting

Chapter 29

It was going to be a long night for SAMCRO. Negotiations didn't work. Their message earlier didn't work. Now they were having to go to the extreme to handle the threat to their club. The guys who'd been sent from the other charters had convened at the outskirts to Charming. They followed Clay and the Redwood Original to where they were going. Although Clay hadn't wanted to annihilate this entire club, if it's what he had to do to keep his brothers safe then that's what he would do. It was dark with only the moonlight to see by when they arrived at their destination. The group parked a few blocks away so they wouldn't give away their presence.

Surprise was needed for them to pull this off. Clay nodded to Opie to start his objective. The explosives expert had one of the other charter members come with him to keep a look out for him while he worked. Once Opie was ready to start, he gave the signal to Clay who then gave the signal to the rest of the bikers to start shooting at the clubhouse they were now standing in front of. The other club members immediately came out shooting as well. Unbeknownst to SAMCRO, quite a few of their members were out. When they returned to their clubhouse, they found SAMCRO had come and were shooting at their brothers.

Some of the other Sons of Anarchy charter members noticed their presence before they could be ambushed from behind. Gunfire was in all directions as each club were trying to kill the other. Eventually the bullets ran out and it came down to an old-fashioned brawl. Fists flew. Blood spewed and dribbled. Insults were thrown. Grunts and groans were heard. Spit spewed. Bruises formed on flesh. By the end of the fight, most of the Sons were still standing and the other club were all unconscious. Clay told his club to get them into the clubhouse before Opie blew it up. "I warned them." Clay told Jax when the blond VP gave him a questioning look.

Clay stood around chatting with the members from their other charters before Opie set off the explosion. Jax encouraged his Prez to hurry up so they could get out of there before they were seen. The other charters, when they made it back to their bikes, headed straight back to their own clubhouses. Opie hit the button for the explosion. Even a few blocks away they could feel the rumble. They took off immediately all in high spirits even though most were beat up, bloody, and bruised. Tig wanted to get drunk. Jax wanted to cuddle with his wife. Clay wanted some adult time with his 'ol lady. Chibs just wanted to have a few drinks before heading to bed. Happy knew Isabella was going to freak out at the way he looked but that just showed how much she cared for him. It was still an odd feeling but one he knew he would get used to.

Just as he figured, when Isabella saw how he looked, her eyes widened and she gasped. Gemma told her he was fine but the younger woman wanted to see for herself. It made the Queen laugh as Isabella stood up and walked over to the bar where her husband was waiting for the prospect to pour him a glass of his favorite Whiskey. Despite what he looked like, Happy reassured his wife he was fine. "You're bloody and bruised. I'm pretty sure your face is swelling too. That's not fine!" Isabella countered making Tig chuckle at her. Happy shrugged before moving to have a seat. She huffed at her husband making Chibs wrap his arm around her shoulder and promise her that her husband was indeed fine as was everyone else.

The resident medic and Tara looked everyone over to make sure none had any serious injuries. Mostly superficial scrapes, scratches, bruises, split lips, black eyes. The doctored any scrapes that needed it. Isabella sighed as she looked over her husband and shook her head. She hated him getting hurt, especially for the club, but knew he would do whatever he needed to for the club and if it meant getting hurt in the process then so be it. After a few drinks, Happy suggested they head off to bed. He hoped Clay would be calling off the lockdown the next morning. The Killah wanted his wife to be able to get back to her normal life and activities.

Since nothing had happened that night, Clay decided it was finally safe to lift the lockdown. He sent Jax, Happy, Chibs, and Juice down to check out the other club to make sure there were no survivors and that the threat was really taken care of. Happy kissed Isabella's forehead as she sat with Gemma sipping a cup of coffee before following his brothers out to their bikes. The Queen was curious how Isabella was doing with the lockdown and everything.

"So. How do you feel after your first lockdown?" Gemma's question took her off guard for a moment.

"It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The first night was rather scary but otherwise it was fine." Isabella replied.

"Yeah. We don't usually have people infiltrating the clubhouse like that." Gemma commented as Tara sat down.

"I'm surprised you haven't bolted from this place yet." Tara chuckled.

"It wasn't so bad being here. Better than what I had been expecting, honestly." Isabella said.

"Are you going back to work?" Tara asked.

"I sent a text to my dad letting him know the lockdown had been lifted and I'll be coming in to work today although I might be slightly late." Isabella retorted.

"My shift at the hospital starts this afternoon so I'll be heading home here in a minute to get the boys ready for school and daycare." Tara nodded.

"Let me say goodbye to the boys before you leave." Gemma said earning a head nod from Tara.

A little while later, Isabella had her bags and was bidding Lyla and Gemma a good day. Gemma just smiled as she watched the very put-together young woman walk out to her car. 'She's a lot stronger than I thought she'd be under the circumstances.' the Queen thought before she headed over to her office to get on paperwork for the day. Everyone welcomed Isabella back to the office when she walked in earning a wide smile in return. She walked to her father's office first so he could see she was alright and that she was back in the office. He waved her over as he was on the phone with someone. She stood at the front of the desk to await him.

Once he was off the phone, he quickly pulled her into a hug to welcome her back. She reassured him she was perfectly safe the whole time they were on lockdown and that she and Happy would be over at their house that Sunday for dinner. He smiled as she bid him a good day before walking down the hall to her own office. She was more than glad to get back into her office to work. She preferred her work computer to her laptop as she worked. Besides, she had two monitors which helped when looking over plans and such.

Jax, Happy, Chibs, and Juice made it down to what remained of the other club's clubhouse. The explosion had left little there. The foursome looked around to see if they could find any survivors but it didn't appear that any had left the building before Opie set it off. There wasn't any other buildings or structures around where they were at so they didn't feel the need to hurry up as they poked around the clubhouse remains. As they were walking around to be doubly sure no one had escaped, a Sheriff pulled up to see what they were doing.

"What are you boys doing?" The older man asked.

"Mornin' Sheriff! My boys and I were just looking around at different properties. We're thinking of starting a bar." Jax coolly lied.

"You shouldn't be here." The Sheriff stated.

"We didn't mean to trespass. Not seeing any signs, we thought the property might be available for sale." Jax exclaimed earning a head nod from Chibs.

"I'm sorry to tell you boys that it isn't for sale. It's private property." The Sheriff told them.

"We meant no harm, Sheriff. We'll be going." Chibs stated.

The Sheriff walked to his car and waited for the four unknown bikers to hop onto their bikes and leave the premises before he left as well. He knew there had been a biker clubhouse on that property and what had transpired the previous evening was still being investigated. He didn't want to give any information away as he talked to the four unknown men. Jax figured Clay needed to know about what they'd discovered and their chance meeting with the Sheriff. That could come back and cause them more problems.

A/N: Think there's trouble ahead for SAMCRO? What will Isabella do if there is?

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