Skyler's Chance

Explosive

A.J. has been keeping a close eye on Darby, even without his knowledge. Sitting outside the red house, Ule hangs up his cell after talking to Zobelle. "He said Darby will be here soon. We need to let him know the deal with the Mayans is a go, the sooner the better." A.J. gets pissed, "Why are we working with that kind ?" Ule ignored him as Darby pulls in next to their car, then climbs out of his suv. A.J. is pissed that someone who claims loyalty to the Aryan brotherhood, and The Nords, would make such a deal with someone beneath them. But for now, until Zobelle says otherwise, A.J. has no choice but to do what he's told. Climbing out of the car, he walks up the porch with Ule on his heels. "What do you want ?" Darby barks, pulling his mask onto his face so he can start cooking. "We've come to tell you to go ahead with the Mayans deal. Zobelle wanted me to give you this." Ule steps closer to Darby, handing him an envelope with nearly $20,000 in it. Darby reluctantly takes it, shoving it in his pocket. A.J. can't hold back his anger, decides to taunt Darby. "Where's Skyler? She hasn't been at the bar lately." Darby's head snaps in his direction, "I don't know, why?" A.J. smirks, "Oh, no reason, just miss working with her, that's all." Darby's eyes narrow, "Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you, prick." A.J. and him stand toe to toe as Ule steps between them, "Alright, break it up."

"Aye, lassie, Juicy wasn' kiddin, ya have quite a righ' hook." Chibs braced his feet as Skyler pounds the punching mitts on his hands. He can tell she's angry about something, the tense look on her face. "Ya gonna break ya teeth if ya don' stop tensin' ya jaw, love." Skyler lands 2 more punches before looking up at Chibs. She slows down and takes a breath. " I just have a lot on my mind." She's still in fight mode, but is breathing heavy, and keeps her gloved fists up. "Take a drink, love." Chibs nods towards her water bottle. She sits down and drinks half the bottle as he sits next to her," Thanks Chibs. I needed this. Can we still keep going ?" She leans back against the ropes and closes her eyes. "Aye." He answers. After a few minutes, she's pounding the mitts again as Chibs coaches her. The other Sons pull into the lot, and back their bikes into their usually spots. Kozik can see Skyler in the ring with Chibs, and suddenly becomes very jealous. Maybe he can take over for Chibs so he can get close to her. Walking over to the ring, he nods towards Chibs, " Need a break brother ?" Skyler stops and turns to glare at Kozik. Chibs takes the mitts off, "Yea, brotha," He turns towards Skyler, "No face shots, yea?" She grins, "Can't make any promises." Kozik strips off his cut and long sleeve shirt, showing off his arms in a muscle shirt. Skyler acts like she doesn't notice. "Let me see what ya got, cutie." He teases. She smirks, "Oh, you want more, huh?" And throws a punch.

Tig sits back and watches Skyler and Kozik in the ring as Jax sits down next to him. "We have church when Piney comes back. Hale called him for a tow. Clay wants to take care of Darby's cook house and I think we will be doing it tonight." Tig nods, still watching the boxing match. "Is Opie on board? I know Donna has been on his balls about club shit." Jax shrugs, "Guess we will find out when he comes to church. If not, I'm sure one of us can take over for him. Either way, we need this house taken care of." Gemma walks out of the office and sits down next to her son, "How was your trip, sweetie?" Lighting a cigarette, Jax takes a drag, "Long and tiring. I'm glad to be home with Tara and Abel, She should be here soon. Is the van the only pickup Piney has right now ?" Gemma nods, "Yea, he should be back soon. Hale said it was a mini van that's been sitting a few days on Main Street. I already have the paper work started." About ten minutes later, Piney pulls into the lot, towing the van and backing it into the open space. It's Chib's turn to check it over, so he grabs the paper work from Piney's hand. "The key is in the ignition. Looks like someone just ditched it. I'll be in the clubhouse if you need anything." "Ok." Chibs opens the door, and sits halfway in the driver's seat. Piney starts walking towards the clubhouse as Chibs turns the key. Hearing a click, he then hears something like a high pitch noise. Panicking, he knew what that sound was, and he climbs out of the van as quickly as he can. The ignition set a bomb off and it threw him into the air, making him landing on his back.

Skyler threw on jeans and a tshirt, running back out to the ambulance. Climbing in the back of it, she sits down next to Chibs, who's bleeding pretty badly from the back of his head. Clay jogs over, "Where the hell do you think you're going?" Skyler looks at him, "With Chibs. He can't go alone." Clay shakes his head, "Are you trying to get caught? Someone sees you with him, they will know you are with us. Get out." Skyler looks at him, then to Chibs, then back to Clay, "Shit, I didn't think of that." She climbs out of the rig, "I'm just worried about him." Clay nods, placing a hand on her shoulder, "I appreciate that, but we don't need you getting hurt also. I promise we will keep an eye on him." She watches as the emt closes the door and the ambulance leaves the parking lot, feeling helpless. "Do you think they know I'm here ? This had to be Zobelle, right ? Me being here is putting you all in danger. What if Chibs died? That could've been me. Maybe I should leave-" she starts to get worked up.

"No. They don't know you are here, that we know of. They are trying to hurt us. Don't leave, ok? We will take care of this. Go back into the clubhouse for now." Clay looks at her, with a stern but concerned look on his face. She nods and walks into the clubhouse. Chib's lets her stay in his dorm room since he has his own apartment in town, and with not much else to do, she goes in to shower. Jax asks Kozik to check in on her so he walks down the hall and into Chib's dorm room. He glanced around, and noticed the bathroom door was open a few inches, he could see Skyler as she was getting dressed. She already had her sweat pants on, and he could see her back, with a large cross on it. It matched the one on her bike. His mind wonders. She slips her shirt on, turns and leaves the bathroom, as he is still staring at her. "Like what you see, blondie?" She chuckles and walks past him, and out the door.