Out of the Blue

Chapter 7

The Mayans rode by the clubhouse. "Alvi boy's here," Courtney stated. "HA! Alvi boy," Tig giggled, shaking his head. Only Courtney could get away with that. "Courtney," Juice called out from the back door. Courtney hopped off her stool and walked over to him. "Yeah babe?" Courtney quizzed, getting the hint that she needed to leave during the 'meet'. "Can you please go to the store with Chucky and get me a few things?" He wondered. "You could just say to leave while the Mayans were here you know," she mentioned. "Why would I?" Juice wondered, raising one eyebrown in confusion. Courtney realised that her assumption was incorrect. "Don't worry. Chucky! Vamos," she smiled, calling out to Chucky. "Don't do anything stupid," Juice joked. Courtney gave him a sarcastic smile. "I'm with Chucky." "Alright yeah. That's not going to happen," he realised. Chucky waddled over to Courtney. "Let's go Chucky," Courtney ordered. "I accept," he beamed. Juice rolled his eyes. "Bye," he and Courtney said in unison. 

"Hey! Chica! Where you heading?" Alvarez called out from his bike when he saw Courtney leaving. He walked over to her to give her a kiss on the cheek. "To the supermarket. You guys want anything?" Courtney replied. "Nah. Nah. I had churros for breakfast. The wife wasn't too happy," Alvarez joked. "I wonder why?" Courtney teased in a sarcastic tone. Alvarez shook his head. "I can never win with women. Jesus," he scoffed. "No man can. Anyway, they''re all waiting inside for you," Courtney added. "Thanks Courtney," Alvarez smiled before walking inside. 

Courtney glanced up and down the shelves at the supermarket, noticing Chucky avidly waiting to hold whatever she needed. Courtney rolled her eyes. "Chucky!" She blurted out to him. He jumped and smiled. "Yes Lara Croft," Chucky replied. Courtney had learnt to ignore her new nickname. He was going through his "supergirl" phase. It was better than the French or Dr Seuss phases...according to Gemma anyway. "Why don't you go have a look for some new ingredients you can put in the ice cream?" Courtney suggested with a smile. "I accept that. Your intellectual logic never ceases to amaze me Lara Croft," Chucky beamed before waddling off. Courtney scoffed and shook her head before looking back at the shelf. 

As the meeting finished up, Alvarez decided to have a little bit of a 'chat' to Happy. "Happy," Alvarez called out. "Yeah?" Hap replied, slightly confused. "That daughter of yours," he began. Happy instantly knew where this was going. "What now?" Happy sighed. "She's a special chica you know. No matter what happens between our clubs, the Mayans will always protect her. Between you and me, I'll make sure of it," Alvarez assured. Something about Alvarez's words made help breathe a little easier. "Thanks. Appreciate it," Happy smiled subtly. Alvarez nodded before walking over to speak to Jax.  "Happy, Happy, Happy," Tig teased, putting his arm around Happy's shoulder. "'What do you want?"Happy bluntly asked. Tig held onto Happy tighter as a joke. "Can't a brother show some love to his brother?" Tig badgered. "Yeah, yeah, love you too man. Now please got off me," Happy insisted. "As you wish." 

Outside, a 1960s Pontiac was slowly cruising along the main street of Charming. No one seemed to notice. Tara walked in with Abel and Thomas, not expecting the huge crowd. Jax's happiness at seeing his wife and boys walk through the door quickly left him. Behind Tara, he noticed the two people in the car preparing to do something. Before Jax could do anything, BANG! BANG! BANG! Three bangs went off and everything was smoke, fire and an eery, blaring ring in their ears. No one knew what happened. Jax was determined to get Tara. He glanced up to see her not where she last was. "Shit," he muttered. 

Coughs and groans filled the clubhouse. Happy rested his head on the ground as he tried to stop coughing. The ringing in his ears stopped him from stabilising himself. He noticed blood trickling down his arm. A shard of glass had pierced his upper arm. He didn't care. He only wanted to know if everyone else was ok. "Hap?" Chibs called out to him a few metres away. "Yeah?" Happy replied. "You good?" "Yeah. You?" "Just a scratch." The smoke started clearing out courtesy of the opened window. A whole heap of figures moved through it. In or out? No one could tell. Happy finally managed to maintain his composure and walk. Chibs followed behind him as they tried to find the others. "Someone's there," Chibs pointed out to an upturned table. "Shit," Happy muttered before moving to pull it off.