Simple Fire

Lockdown

His pre-paid rang again and he stepped outside to answer it.

"We're going on lockdown. Teegan needs to be here too." Clay ordered.

"She's gonna fight me on this." Jax sighed as he glanced inside the shop.

"Knock her ass out if you have to! Just get her here after you stop by her house so she can get some things. Not sure how long we'll be on lockdown." Clay told him.

"Alright." Jax sighed again not looking forward to the fight he was about to have with the strong-willed woman.

He closed his phone and walked inside. The look on his face told her something was up and she wasn't going to like it.

"We're going on lockdown." He told her.

"And? What's that got to do with me? I'll be fine here all by myself." She told him.

"Clay wants you at the clubhouse with us. Says you're in danger too." Jax stated, "We can swing by your place so you can pack a bag first."

"Ugh. Let me guess, I have no choice in the matter?" She crossed her arms over her chest.

"Sorry." He gave her a sad smile.

"You know this is fucking with my business, right? I don't have a secondary income I can depend on. This is my fucking livelihood!" She hissed.

"I know, Darlin', and I'm sorry. We wouldn't do this if it weren't necessary." He apologized.

"Fine. Let me get my kit and then I'll lock up." She huffed.

He breathed a sigh of relief that she was going as easy as she was. He figured he'd be here for another hour fighting with her on it. She packed up her tattooing kit and headed for the door. She flipped her sign to 'closed' then locked up. She told him she'd see him at the clubhouse. It didn't surprise her that he followed her to her house. She ran in and threw a bag of her clothes and toiletries together. 'Where am I gonna stay while there?' she wondered as she packed.

Having her bag, she locked up her house and walked back out to her truck. Throwing the bag on the seat beside her, she backed out of her driveway and headed for Teller-Morrow automotive, cussing the bikers the entire time. There was one thing she neglected to mention to her brother in the phone call earlier and that was the fact that they dealt in illegal activities! He would have chewed her ass for getting involved in a club like that.

Once she'd arrived, she parked her truck and took her bag. Jax pulled into his space and shut the engine off. Bikers were scattered everywhere. There were a few women there too, all giving her the stink-eye as she walked past them, but she just walked towards the clubhouse. Gemma greeted her with a smile and telling her she was glad she'd made it making Teegan roll her eyes. "I had no choice." Teegan retorted.

She looked around and caught Tig's eye. He gave a slight head nod but she just stared. With nothing better to do, she found a seat at the bar, put her bag in her lap, and asked for a glass of Whiskey. There were bikers everywhere, some women, and even some children there which surprised her greatly. Tig finally moved over to the bar so he could talk to her.

"Welcome to your first lockdown, Doll." He chuckled.

"Go fuck yourself." She retorted making him laugh.

"I'm sorry you have to be brought into our mess. We just don't want anything else to happen to our people until we get this problem fixed." He explained.

"I get it. I'm a prisoner until the Warden says I can go back out in the yard." She huffed.

"It's not like that." He tried to tell her.