Derek "Gunner" Gunman's Story

Jason and Lolly enjoyed the night together, it almost helped them forget everything that was going on, just focusing on each other, in that moment, and the pleasure they were bringing to each other. Jason hadn't asked Lolly about it, but for some reason the sex between them now seemed that much more intense than it had in recent memory.

However the sex didn't ever erase the issues, just distracted them from them. The next morning Lolly seemed a bit more distant when they had woken up. She gave him a kiss at breakfast but seemed more pre-occupied with baby Jack and getting the coffee started for when Beau woke up than for any affection for Jason. "I had a lot of fun last night" he whispered as he sat down, Lolly grinned but didn't seem to go any further in acknowledging the night before. As he ate breakfast Mireya talked his ear off while Nicky woke up coming to breakfast, upon seeing him Elly jumped up and grabbed his hand "I made you breakfast" she said, pulling him over to the chair. Nicky grinned, "wow...this looks better than anything I'd have made for myself" Nicky said with a laugh looking at the scrambled eggs and bacon with orange juice in front of him. "They weren't supposed to be scrambled...but I kinda made a mistake" Elly said as Nicky chuckled, "well I like scrambled better anyway" he said kissing her forehead, "Yeah reminds you of your brain" Jason quickly cut in as Nicky just shook his head.

The two of them finished eating then got ready to head out, kissing both the girls goodbye. Jason kissed Lolly goodbye saying "we got some stuff to do in town, but I'll be home by supper" he said, Lolly kissed him back but seemed more obligatory than anything else. They rode to the clubhouse, Nicky could tell something was up between Jason and Lolly but figured he didn't want to get into that right now, he also wasnt' sure if he wanted to know to begin with, but he figured it must have had something to do with what they'd talked about last night at the bar.

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Remmy woke up and came down to the kitchen, Maddy was already up. "No breakfast this morning?" Remmy said, "was I that bad last night?" he said with a grin, kissing her. Maddy smiled and made some comment about him being a grown up boy now, she then told him his cell had received two text messages, both were from Lamar. Remmy looked at her annoyed, "honest how many times do I gotta tell you not to look at shit on my phone" Remmy said grabbing his cell phone. She asked if he was trying to hide something from her, "of course not baby, but the shit on here is like club business shit, and I don't need my wife seeing it, especially seeing how loud your mouth seems to be these days" Remmy said as he poured himself some cereal. Maddy snapped back saying she was the VP's wife and wasn't some two bit skank like the Mama's, or some bimbo wife. "You're my Ol' Lady Maddy, but you're not a club member...there's a difference" Remmy said sitting down at the table, reading his text messages. Maddy made a comment asking why she was just an Ol' Lady, but Lolly is treated like the Queen of the MC. "God are you still on her? Fuck what is your obsession with her? Honestly, you need to cut that shit out...it was bad enough that you were doing it before, but now that Nicky's out...I'm surprised Roach hasn't given him my VP patch already, but you screwing around with his Ol' Lady aint going to help my chances of keeping this patch" Remmy said getting angry. Maddy said he shouldn't have to kiss somebody's ass as the VP. "I ain't kissing anybody's ass, if Roach wanted to replace me I wouldn't be begging him for another chance or shit, but at the same time I don't need my wife stirring shit up" Remmy finished his cereal then got up ready to leave, "Love you baby" he said kissing Maddy, "just don't do anything that'd piss me off today huh?" he said as he headed out the door.

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When Jason and Nicky rode up to the clubhouse, Remmy was already there. "Hey Roach, Lamar said he's ready for the first two shipments, plus he's got the extra 5 keys for us" he said. Jason nodded, "alright...which runs?" he asked. "San Antonio and Houston" Remmy said checking his phone. "Okay, I want you to take Samson, Sal and Roddy, you make the Houston run, bring Ronnie and Vic to drive the van. I'll get Gunner to take Pokey, Reed, and Russian Phil on the San Antonio run, and Hector can drive the cargo truck for them" Jason said. "Also, you pick up the extra 5 keys and bring it back on your way back from Houston" Jason said to Remmy. "What about me, am I just washing the floors?" Nicky piped up with a grin, "Nah, you're coming with me, we're going to spend some time catching up on things with Fast Eddie" Jason said. "Hey...uh...no offense, but shouldn't I be at that meeting, being the VP and all?" Remmy asked. "Nah, you know these runs better than me or Nicky, and that extra 5 keys of coke is a big deal, I don't wanna give that to anyone else. Not to mention, Nicky's out on a technicality, he gets busted muelling coke, he's probably back inside" Jason said as Remmy nodded, Jason grinning slapping his shoulder "don't worry, this ain't about me putting you on the bench" he said as Remmy nodded.

Remmy texted Samson, Sal and Roddy to let them know they were heading out. He then found the prospects and told them to get the van ready to go. Remmy trusted Roach, and there was no indication that Roach didn't want Remmy around, but a big sit-down meeting with a major weapons supplier...and he was taking Nicky instead of him, it just added to his paranoia, but he just tried ignoring it for now.

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Jenni was walking out of the XXX-Ray Vision studio, she'd just finished doing a series of shoots and was looking forward to getting something to eat then going home to relax. When she got to her SUV she noticed two of her tires were slashed "son of a bitch...really?" she said kicking the tire of her SUV in frustration. She was about to pull out her cell to call a tow truck when Maddy drove up...seemingly out of nowhere. She said she could tell Jenni was having car trouble and offered her a ride to the clubhouse, saying some of the guys could probably help her out. "Thanks so much" Jenni said relieved as she got into the car and Maddy started driving. "What were you even doing out here?" Jenni asked, Maddy just said she was taking care of some business. Then Maddy turned to her and flat out told her she wanted Jenni to seduce Roach. "Ummm...what? Are you drunk or something?" Jenni asked. Maddy pulled the car over and glared at her. She said something about not having answer to a whore like Jenni, and that if Jenni was smart she'd play along. "You're freaking me out" Jenni said trying to get out of the car, but Maddy had locked the doors. Maddy told her she was going to seduce Roach and make sure he went all the way with her. "No...he's got a wife, and kids, and I'm not going to be some home-wrecker, especially cause some crazy bitch asked me too!" Jenni snapped back. Jenni then screamed as Maddy grabbed her by the hair and suddenly felt a knife at her neck, Maddy whispered several threats to Jenni, about how nobody would miss her etc., then she said if Jenni refused that Maddy would set her up, and frame her, making her look like she was ratting on the club to the cops. Jenni was terrified, the club had been like a family for her, her safety in a lot of ways...but if they found out a Mama was talking to the cops, she trembled knowing what that meant. "Please...why....I never did anything to you" Jenni whimpered, Maddy told her to shut up, then asked her if she was going to play along. Jenni was cornered, she had nowhere else to turn, nobody would ever take her word over the word of the VP's wife. "Okay....okay fine I'll do it" Jenni whimpered. Then Maddy kicked her out of the car and left her on the side of the road.

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Jason found Gunner at the clubhouse a short time later. "Hey brother, I need you to take Pokey, Reed, and Russian Phil down to Dallas, pick up the shipment from Lamar, then run it out to San Antonio. Hector should be free, he can drive the cargo truck for you guys" Jason said. Gunner nodded, "Anything in particular we should know?" he asked. "Should be just a regular run, haven't heard anything about any heat from cops or feds, but like always just keep your eyes and ears open, and make sure everyone is running the speed limit, a speeding ticket as all they'll need to search our truck" Jason said as Gunner nodded. "No problem boss, we'll head out right away, but uh, heard you had a meeting going on...sure you don't want me there instead?" Gunner asked. Jason grinned, he really took his job seriously, "Nah, Fast Eddie is cool, we were a big client of his, he's not the type to pull something anyway" he said. "Yeah...but still...I'd rather be there having your back then be out on a road babysitting some coke. Not trying to second guess the Pres here...but Fat Bobby knows those runs, and I'd trust him with my life to get the job done right. I'm your right hand boss...and if you're going out of town, I'm there too" Gunner said. Jason grinned, Gunner really was the perfect fit for being the Srgt. at Arms, "Alright man you twisted my arm...fine...get Fat Bobby to head that run, but that run is on you if something goes south" Jason said. "No problem boss...Fat Bobby may not be pretty to look at, but he's been around, he knows the game...I'm willing to vouch 100% for him" Gunner said. "Alright...we head out to meet Eddie in a couple hours" Jason said.

Nicky was talking with some biker guys, not MC related, discussing bikes and stuff when he saw Joey running frantically through the crowd. "Where's Jason, something is wrong with Rey" Joey gasped, panicking herself. "She's seizing, over by the park...Jason needs to come now!" Joey said frantically. "Okay..okay...I know where he is...just calm down and go back with them...I'll go get him" Nicky said as he ran off to where he knew Jason was meeting with a potential gun customer.

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Jason was talking with a Japanese man, with Remmy and Gunner beside him. They were somewhat removed from the party in the main part of the town.

"I don't understand, you're here in Texas, we are in Los Angeles" the man said to Jason in a heavy Japanese accent. "We're in Texas right now...but...we're thinking of making a return to Los Angeles. A lot of the heat that was going on back when we left is gone, and we still got all our old contacts" Jason said to him. "I see...these guns...where would they come from?" the man asked. "Originally...I don't know. Russia, Israel, China, the Middle East...I care that my supplier gets me the weapons...not where they originate from" Jason said, "I suppose I need to be clearer...I mean once they enter the United States" the man said. "They come in wherever we need them to come in. Los Angeles is a port city so it's not that big of an issue". Jason said. "Well it sounds good so far, I believe the Chang Triad would be very interested in your offer. I will take it back to my father and we'll be in contact...." the man said as he was suddenly interrupted by Nicky.

"Hey...hate to barge in, but Rey's seizing right now in the park" Nicky said. Jason looked at the man "It's my daughter...I gotta go" Jason said, "Of course...family is always first" the man said" as Jason followed behind Nicky running to the park. "We'll be in touch" Remmy said, finalizing the meeting with the man, the man bowed "Yes we will" he said as he dsiappeared into a black Mercedes escorted by two black SUV's as the cars drove off.

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Jason got to the park and saw Mireya on her side convulsing. He got in beside her and Lolly, "Rey baby, Daddy's here okay" he whispered, stroking her hair, "Daddy's got you okay" he repeated as he held her shaking body. Eventually her shaking subsided and the convulsions stopped, she clung to Jason so tightly Jason probably didn't need to use his arms to keep her there. Jason looked up at one of the Prospects "Hey Hector...go get my truck, and I need it like NOW", he nodded as he took off sprinting for his bike. By this time Remmy and Gunner had gotten to the scene as well. "What the hell triggered this?" Jason asked Lolly, who didn't have any answers. "We just had Ms.Maddy painting our faces...Rey left and everything seemed fine" Elly said as Jason held Rey stroking her hair, he grinned as he finally felt her hands gripping his hair. "What kinds of things trigger it?" Remmy asked, Jason shook his head "Panic attacks, anything making her feel unsafe, or insecure...usually if me and Lolly get to her right away she's fine" Jason said. "I got no clue how a party and face painting would do this" Jason said shaking his head.

Remmy excused himself and went to find his wife. "Come with me" he growled as he grabbed his wife's arm yanking her to a spot by some trees where they could be alone. She asked what was wrong, "you better tell me the truth on this Maddy or so help me...did you have anything to do with that?" Remmy said trying to control his anger as he pointed to the group huddled around Mireya. Maddy tried stalling a bit, "Right after you paint her face she has a panic attack...now TELL ME you didn't have anything to do with it!" he growled shaking her. Maddy stammered, but claimed she had no clue what happened. Remmy stared at her, "if I find out different..." Remmy said as his voice trailed, he then walked off leaving Maddy alone.

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Jenni had been doing some face painting as well, and now was just out mingling with people. Her phone went off and she saw it was a text, from Maddy. The message read "You fuck Roach at the party tonight! I don't care how, just do it or else!. Jenni sighed, she had thought for hours on ways out of this but couldn't find any way out for herself...she had to do it.

As the others went off. Ae-Jin was left with Nicky. Her feelings for him were growing stronger but she'd been holding back. He was a widower basically. It wasn't fair to either of them. "Are you sure you don't wanna go? It sounds fun?" She said. She would have liked to but she had to keep a clear head, school was starting soon. "Nah...clubs aren't my thing...besides, I have to stay back and keep my eye on the naughty babysitter." Nicky said and Ae-Jin just grinned. "You offering me a ride, Nicky?" She said cocking her head some. Mocking the accidental innuendo from a few days earlier. "Well, we can't take the bike out...but if you come over here I can probably find something almost as big for you to ride." He said with a smirk and Ae-Jin laughed. "Well aren't we cheeky?" She said. She knew she should bait him on like this but he was going to same to her. Was he ready for this? Maybe it was just harmless flirting? She thought that until Nicky moved just a bit closer, it almost look like he just shifted to get comfortable. She decided he'd stop her if he weren't ready. She bit the side of her lip before crawling over. She leaned in close, hesitating some but to hide it she looked up at him and whispered. "You better not be lying." Then softly pressed her lips against his. She was nervous at first but it eased when she realised he was kissing her back. His hands rose to her waist as the kiss got more and more intense. Pretty soon, Ae-Jin was on her back as Nicky hovered over her, her arms were around his neck as his hands went to her jeans. This was about to happen but guilt was weighing on her and it got even worse when Nicky stopped to look at her. "We can stop." she said, still breathless from the kiss. "If you aren't ready we can stop."

Jason got the news about Lolly, she may never be able to walk again. He knew his wife, not being able to walk would probably be something Lolly could eventually adjust to...but no walking meant no dancing either, and that he wasn't sure she'd be able to handle. He walked in to see Lolly, he figured it should be him to give her the news. He sat down beside her, "Jack" she said, Jason took her hand. "Jack's fine, he's in the waiting room right now and he's perfectly healthy" Jason said. "Where's Jason, Nick, I can't feel my legs" she said softly, Jason chuckled a little, "I am Jason baby" he said. Lolly looked at Jason, "I never thought you two looked alike until now" she said with a snicker. "What's with the face?" she asked.

Jason sighed before finally answering, "you have a crushed pelvic bone...there was some damage to the spinal cord as well, and some internal bleeding. Nothing that's going to kill you...but...they say....there's a chance, you might not be able to walk again" Jason said gripping her hand. "Never...wa..." Lolly said, "Hey listen...they said you'd never have a baby and you've had two since then" Jason said. "I can't feel my legs...." she said. Jason couldn't think of anything to say, "Who took Jack?" she asked after a few moments. "Don't worry about that now, he's fine" Jason said, "Whoever took Jack took my legs too" she said bitterly, "Who took Jack?" she asked again. Jason was quiet for a few moments, then looked at her, "It was Maddy....Remmy found her at his place with Jack...he took Jack from her and brought him back" Jason said, he could see the look in her eyes. He then leaned down kissing Lolly's cheek, "she doesn't have 24 hours left" he whispered, looking at her, "I'm ending this bullshit once and for all" he said.

Nicky eventually texted Ae-Jin telling her to bring the girls to the hospital. Nicky saw them as Jason was still in the room with Lolly. They were clearly a bit upset, "Girls...your mom had an accident. A car ran into her. She's awake and there's no danger of her dying or anything like that okay?" he said as the girls just nodded, clearly still upset. "When the doctor says it's okay, you girls can go see her alright?" Nicky said and they both nodded. Both girls clung to Ae-Jin as they sat down.

Jason soon walked out, he said the girls could go see her, Ae-Jin said she'd go with girls and took Jack as Jason talked to Gunner and Nicky "Church meeting in an hour, mandatory, no exceptions, make sure everyone knows" they both nodded and headed out to get the word out. Jason walked over to Remmy "let's go for a smoke" he said as Remmy nodded. Once outside Jason lit up his cigarette as Remmy took one too. "You're in a fucking hell of a spot bro" Jason said as Remmy nodded, "Yeah...I know" he said quietly. "After what happened with Elly...I talked with her, told her she had to get lost...I figured that was better than any alternative" Jason said as Remmy nodded. "But now...my wife might not walk again...and she kidnapped my son...." Remmy nodded, "Yeah..." he said, knowing what Jason was getting at. "I'm bringing it to the club...whatever they vote I'll go along with...but just so you know...I am going to request the Reaper" Jason said, referring to the club's code for a hit. Remmy sighed nodding, "Now...we need a unanimous vote for it, and you are free to vote against it...you're also free to address the club in her defense if you want. And just so you know...whatever my feelings are for her....I understand she's your wife, and if you're going to stand up for her, I won't hold it against you" Jason said as Remmy nodded. "Thanks" he said.

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Remmy went for a ride, he knew the vote was in an hour. He knew he alone could save Maddy from being killed by the club, he knew he could at least get one or two "No" votes to stop the Reaper vote. The question he was wrestling with was whether he wanted to or not. Maddy was different, she wasn't the same person, she had lost it. He knew it was probably over with him and Maddy, but he also knew if he voted in support of Roach's request, it'd score big points with him, showing his loyalty to Roach as the Pres and to the club.

About an hour later the club had assembled at the clubhouse in the Church. "Alright, we're here for an emergency meeting. It's no secret Remmy's Ol'Lady has been at odds with my wife and kids for some reason, with Rey's panic attack, Elly trying to kill herself...and now....she's the one who ran down Lolly. She also took Jack from our SUV and took off. Remmy found Jack, and brought him home. Everyone at this table is free to vote their conscience, but I'm asking for the club to arrange a meeting between Maddy and The Reaper" Jason said. "I'll start by voting 'Yay'" Jason said. It then went to Gunner, "Yay", he said. Samson followed, waiting a few moments before voting "Yay", followed by Pokey who also voted "Yay". Fat Bobby was next in line, he thought things over in his head before voting "Yay", Reed was next "Definitely Yay" he said nodding his head, Sal was the next up, this was a tough situation but he finally nodded as well "Yay" he voted, Roddy was next, he looked at Jason, then at Remmy, then back to Jason as he went over the options. He finally decided, "Yay" he said, it was Russian Phil up next, "I vote Yay" he said in his Russian accent, Lucky Lenny was next "Yay from me" he said, then came Bruno he was a littl uneasy about the whole situation, but he definitely wasn't going to be the one to vote no, besides he figured Remmy would stop the thing anyway. Remmy was next, all eyes were on him, expecting the vote to kill the motion. Remmy sat there for a long while before looking up at Jason, he nodded, "Yeah" he said quietly as there was a small ripple or murmurs through the room. It then came to Nicky, "Your the last one bro" Jason said. Nicky was stuck, he was sure Remmy would have stopped the vote, but now the vote came to him. "I vote...." Nicky said, his mind spinning looking for an alternative, "I vote...Nay" Nicky said looking down.

Jason's gaze could have melted metal. "Well...the motion falls..." he said as he brought down the gavel, "Dismissed" he said as he stared at Nicky he couldn't return the gaze. "What are you doing?" Remmy said. He'd just managed to talk himself into allowing the club to kill his wife only to have Nicky of all people to stop it. Nicky started to open his mouth, "You know how that made me look to everyone just now!" Remmy said angrily, Nicky was about to open his mouth to say something, "Save it! Brother" he said angrily, the last part dripping with sarcasm as he stormed out. "It wasn't the right thing to do" Nicky said, "You tell that to my wife...you know the one who's in a wheel chair!" Jason said standing up, "Jay wait.." Nicky said "No...fuck you!" Jason snapped back at him as he stormed out leaving Nicky sitting at the table by himself.

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Remmy got home, he walked into the house and saw Maddy on the floor, on her knees, sobbing. She saw him and asked him why he took their baby away, why he ruined their family. "We're NOT A FAMILY" he shouted at her as she flinched. "God Maddy...what the hell is wrong with you! You've lost it! You're fucking crazy!" he shouted as she sobbed. He was quiet for awhile, then looked at Maddy, "What happened to you...where did the woman I married go?" he asked. She screamed at him, that he forced her to become like this. She screamed that he killed their son RJ. "There IS NO RJ!" Remmy shouted back at her, "You RAN OVER Lolly and kidnapped her son!" Remmy shouted at her. She screamed at Remmy saying she was just trying to give him the son he had wanted. "Yeah, MY son, not somebody elses kid you stole from them!" he shouted back. He turned his back and in that moment, Maddy lunged forward and grabbed his gun before he knew what was happening.

"What are you doing?" he asked as she pointed the gun at him. "You took my son!" she screamed, before firing off four shots as Remmy hit the ground. She knelt down, whispering for him to just rest, and that they'd be a family again soon once she got back from the hospital. She then ran out the door with Remmy's gun