Juiced

Season 3: Episode 9

Juice was desperate to speak to Katy. He hated being away from her like this. He tried not to think about his looming jail time. He checked his watch, considering trying to find a pay phone or something to contact Katy, realising it would still be the middle of the night for her he sighed. Maybe later on the day.

A few of the Sons gathered in the living area of their bunk house. Jax filling them in on what he had learned from Father Ashby.

"Kellan says he moved Abel out of Belfast to protect him from Jimmy." Jax started.

"Why?" Gemma interrupted, "What does Jimmy want with Abel?"

Jax looked at his mother, "Leverage against what Kellan wants from us."

The IRA wanted the Sons to 'deal' with Jimmy, in the most final sense of the word. Jimmy would use Abel as a bargaining chip for his life if he could get his hands on him.

Gemma pushed for them to kill Jimmy, but Jax disagreed. "It's not that simple," he explained. There was more going on than Juice was aware of, but he tried to follow what he could.

Jax and Clay agreed, they would locate Jimmy and trade him with the IRA, getting Abel in return.

"Should I bring SAMBEL up to speed on this?" Juice asked, unsure how much they were able to trust their brother club. O'Neil, the Irish Sergeant at Arms had lied to Jax on Jimmy's behalf before. No one knew how deep that rot went. Juice liked to think that at least Paddy could be trusted but wouldn't act without word from his own club.

"No," Jax replied, "As far as they know we want Jimmy to grill him about Abel, let's just leave it at that."

Bobby spoke up, "Belfast has a protection run this afternoon. Gun shipment. McGee told me that Jimmy will be at the pick up in Dungloe."

"Then so are we," Opie threw in.

Jax apologised to the club members. He had only wanted to get his son back. Getting involved with anything else was more than they had agreed to.

"Get some rest," Clay said to Jax, "It's gonna be another fun-filled day in the six counties."

Juice returned to his room. Hoping to grab a few more hours sleep before they needed to head out.
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Katy woke in the dorm once again. She checked her bruises in the mirror, they seemed to finally be starting to fade. If she had been as skilled as Amelia with a make up brush she might have been able to make them disappear entirely. She realised with a smile that her pain was much duller. She could finally stop taking the vicodin. She left them in her bag, you never know when they might come in handy.

Once she had gotten ready for the day she went through to the clubhouse. Tig was screaming at Miles about something, she wasn't sure what. Then Miles left. Tig turned and spotted her.

"Hey doll, hope we didn't wake you. Hey listen, we heard from the guys, they arrived safe and sound in Belfast."

"Glad to hear that! But nah I was already up, what happened now?" She asked.

"That shithead Shepherd bailed on Lumpy last night. Old guys in hospital because of the beat down someone put on him. I've sent Miles over to see what we can find out." Tig looked furious. He had promised Lumpy protection, the way this went down had made the Sons look weak.

Katy was stunned, she didn't know what to say, she had met Lumpy once or twice, he was a nice enough old man but to hear this has happened, in Charming of all places, she was lost for words. Everyone had always said how safe Charming was. It didn't seem to be that way anymore.

"Can we trust Miles? He's a prospect same as Shepherd, what if he fucks it up as well?" She knew Miles was less of a weed than Shepherd had been, but she still didn't like the idea of him handling anything by himself.