Ronnie's Story

"So what exactly are you saying...put it to me in normal language will ya?" Skinner said a little annoyed. "Simply put...we lost money everywhere in the last quarter. Drugs, the club, the extra VIP services...everything lost money, the only thing that stayed the same was our protection dues from the local businesses in the neighbourhood." Ronnie said going over the accounts book he had with him. "So what...was there a fucking revival and now nobody is doing drugs or watching naked girls? Tell me how the fuck does this happen?" Skinner asked, getting a bit more annoyed at the bad news.

Skinner and Ronnie were sat in the living room of Skinner's house, a modest size mansion in the upscale neighbourhood of Montreal, surrounded by CEO's, lawyers, and other major corporate big shots as his neighbours. "Well the drugs is a relative easy answer. With the police cracking down on street dealers, it's pretty tough to move anything on the street without the cops catching onto it and seizing everything. Repeat customers are still buying, but even they're getting spooked by the cops and buying smaller quantities than what they were doing before" Ronnie said, explaining the situation. "So this is the one time in history people are actually NOT making money off drugs? Are you fucking kidding me here?" Skinner asked. "Well technically we are still making money, just not what we're used to...if this keeps up our projected budget is going to be off by a fair bit" Ronnie said. "So...you're my money guy...what do we do? What's your suggestion?" Skinner said looking at Ronnie. Skinner could intimidate most people, but nothing seemed to ever phase Ronnie, Skinner still didn't know if that was a trait he admired or disliked. "We re-evaluate the budget, use these latest numbers to come up with a better projection, and re-adjust the budget accordingly" Ronnie said. Skinner waved his hand in the air "Alright fine...go ahead...go play with numbers or do whatever it is you do...have something ready for the next Church meeting!" Skinner said. He hated numbers and budgets, it drove him nuts, partially cause he was no good with numbers to begin with.

As they were talking Liz came home, walking through the front door. "Hey baby doll" Skinner called out as Liz walked over and gave him a deep kiss as Ronnie looked away. "How was your day baby?" Skinner asked as he gave her a slap on the ass. "Watch it!" she yelped giggling, "just great, did some shopping, picked up a few things...maybe some things I'll show off for you later tonight" she said with a grin as Skinner laughed. "How much longer is the bean counter going to be hanging around sweetie?" Liz asked giving Skinner another kiss as she shot Ronnie a look that mixed somewhere between glare and smirk.
"Just some business doll, we'll be done pretty quick" Skinner said, Liz pouted a little "do they need you to hold their hand for everything baby?" she asked, both stroking Skinner's ego and taking a shot at Ronnie at the same time. Ronnie shook his head "Don't worry about it Boss, we're all done" he said as he got up. Ronnie had kept it together pretty good, but Liz was a lot to tolerate even on a good day.

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Oz was walking down the street towards the office of the club's legal counsel. Being just released she wanted to get familiar with the details of his case and his release. As he was walking he heard a scream of a woman, he looked up and saw some guy standing over a younger woman, ripping her bag from her. He punched her once then turned and sprinted away to make his escape. However he was looking behind him to see if the woman was getting up and didn't see Oz in front of him and ran straight into Oz. There was a bit more than a slight size difference between Oz and the would-be mugger as the mugger crashed to the ground. Still not seeing Oz, the mugger got to his feet, swearing in in french as he held up a switchblade knife to scare whoever he ran into. Without flinching Oz grabbed the guy's wrist and twisted it around till the point of nearly breaking, the mugger dropped the knife, then Oz brought up his right hand and decked the guy straight under the jaw, sending him sprawling backwards and crashing to the ground hard. Oz picked up the bag and walked over to the woman, "Hey, I believe this was yours" he said helping her up. The woman nodded obviously shaken up, she introduced herself as Reese. "The name's Oz...you okay?" he asked, as she stammered something in response. She said something about working in the building on the corner, "Well..." Oz looked back at the mugger still moaning on the ground "I'm thinking you'll make it before he even remembers where he is" Oz said as he nodded at the young woman and then proceeded towards the lawyer's office.

This walking around was getting annoying, he was on Outlaw BIKER for crying out loud, not an Outlaw Pedestrian. The cops had seized his bike and then sold it at an auction, he had no clue where it had gone or who had bought it. He also didn't have his cut yet, that was coming tomorrow night where the club would officially welcome him in. "No cut, no bike...fuck this is getting on my nerves" Oz thought to himself. He had been walking by a bar when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see the girl he had helped out the day before standing there, there was another guy with her who nodded to him, Oz hated it when people he didn't recognize seemed to know him. "You Oz?" the guy asked, Oz glared at him, now he knew his name yet "I'm Davis, her brother, thanks for saving my sister" he said and extended his hand. "Um, thanks....for the other day" the girl chimed in bashfully, Oz looked at the guy, Davis "No problem..." he said looking at Davis, "and...don't worry about it" Oz said looking at the girl. He then turned and continued walking leaving the two behind.

Oz walked into Melinda's office again, she had called him and said she needed to meet with him again. "You realize until I get a new ride I gotta walk my ass over here" Oz said sitting down in a chair across from her desk. She said it was interesting he mentioned that, then went on to tell him that the RCMP had put a nation wide alert out, that as soon as he registered his bike for insurance it'd be entered into the RCMP database, his license number, his home address, phone number, everything. She told him as soon as he registered a bike, he could guarantee that he'd be on their watch list. Oz sighed, "these fuckers really don't have anything better to do?", that was all that he needed, cops following him the second he hopped onto a bike. She then mentioned that he hadn't checked in with his Parole Officer yet, and that if he didn't call in the next 24 hours they could issue a warrant for his arrest and he'd be back inside. "Alright, alright I'll call....anything else?" he asked, walking to the office just to get bad news wasn't making his day too great at the moment. She then handed him a card, it was a white card with a name "Jean-Guy" and a phone number. "What's this?" he asked. She told him that was somebody who could help him out with his problems, "not a shrink" Oz said quickly, she replied that he was somebody who specialized in forged documents, including driver's licenses. Oz looked at her as she explained that he could get Oz a fake driver's license and other info, that would allow him to register his bike without setting off the police alerts. "And it will all hold up?" he asked, she said it would for random traffic stops and checks, however if he was arrested and processed for something and finger printed, then he'd be busted. "Thanks...we done?" he asked as he stood up, she nodded as he walked out.

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Rev woke up to Misty kissing him, he grinned "Well looks like somebody didn't get enough last night huh?" he said grabbing her ass and pulling her ontop of him. She whispered something in his ear as he just grinned "well do your thing baby" he said laying back and watched as she slid down his body and went to work. He was on his way to a great start to his morning when his phone rang, "don't worry about me you keep going baby" he said to Misty as he grinned and answered the phone "Yeah it's Rev" he said. "Hey brother, I called the officers to a meeting this morning, we got some stuff to go over, so get your ass over to the clubhouse" Skinner said, Rev sighed, "get to the good party baby I gotta run" Rev said as he hung up, "damn these meetings always come at the worst time" he thought to himself.

Rev got to the clubhouse and the other officers were there already, the walked into the Chapel and took their places. "Now as you all know, we got ourselves a little cash-flow problem, Ronnie's been saying we're losing money on pretty much every gig we're doing. The club aint' making the dough it has been, and the cops crawling all over the streets sure as hell ain't making it easy to push product on the street. I'll turn the rest over to Ronnie, as you know me and numbers" he said with a chuckle as Ronnie took over, "We got a good chunk of money stored up in a savings bond, we can unlock that and it will offset our losses for this quarter so we're good, but that's a temporary fix. We can use that this time, maybe once more but that money will dry up quick if we don't figure out a revenue stream, and then we'll be in big trouble." Ronnie said explaining their financial situation. "Now we'll put this out to the rest of the club at the next Church meeting, but until then we need some ideas of getting some cash" Skinner said. That's when Rev spoke up, "ya know the other day when I picked up Oz from Cartier, he had a good idea...he mentioned hitting up colleges and stuff, like dorm parties and college kids stuff like that. He said fewer cops out there and rich kids living off their parents money don't want to lose the free ride so they hide their shit good...might be worth checking out" Rev said out loud. "Interesting...I like it....do we got any connections?" Skinner said sitting back in his chair. "I know a guy at McGill University, he's a regular at the club and he always mentions these parties he organizes on campus and was always asking about getting our dancers to make an appearance....I could get us in the door with him no problem" Grizz said. "Sounds good...get Chazz to go with Jester, Jester can keep an eye on things, and Chazz can work the college kids" Skinner said as Grizz nodded sending out a text. "Also, tomorrow night is the welcome party for Oz...as per club policy, officers have the final say on transfers, you guys all good with him?" Skinner asked. Grizz and Ronnie both nodded, "He seems solid, and sounds like he did some good work in Vancouver...main reason he got nailed was they had a rat on the inside" Rev said putting his support behind Oz, "I agree...so tomorrow we'll give him his cut. Then I want you and him to get to work on figuring out our distribution problem" Skinner said pointing to Rev, "Alright, dismissed" he said finally.

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Jester picked up Chazz and they made contact with Grizz's guy. It was a typical college party, lots of drunk college students dancing around and being obnoxious. Both Jester and Chazz were wearing black hoodies, they didn't need somebody identifying full patch members selling drugs at a party. "Okay I'll keep an eye on things, you go do your door-to-door thing" Jester said to Chazz. He mingled through the crowd and pretty soon had unloaded several bags of weed to the party goers, and even a few packages of meth. He found some girl sitting in the corner drawing trying to ignore everyone around her. Chazz sat down beside her, "Hey how's it going?" he said talking over the music. She smiled and introduced herself as Reese. "You go to school here?" he asked, she said no, but a co-worker had invited her and that she was new to the area. "You seem like you're not having too much fun" he said with a grin, she just shrugged, "here, try this" he said handing her a package of two pills. She said she didn't have a headache, "Nah, these are like a safe way of loosening up. Instead of getting drunk and letting some college guy take advantage of you, you can take these, loosen up, have fun, and still think straight" he said grinning. She said she wasn't sure, "Oh..that's cool, I just figured you looked kinda cool and would be down..." he said his voice trailing, that seemed to change her mind as she quickly asked how much. "$20 bucks for two pills but uh...I'll give you two for $10 this time" he said with a grin, she nodded and handed him $15 and he handed her the Ecstasy pills discreetly. He then handed her a card with a phone number "Give me a call if you ever want more" he said as he continued mingling.

Jester was keeping an eye on things when he overheard some guy talking about hacking computers. Jester didn't know anything about computers but he kept listening, the two guys were talking about "hypothetical" situations, how the could hack through firewalls and stuff like that. When the one guy left to get another drink, Jester walked over to the first guy. "Hey how's it going buddy?" Jester asked, the guy introduced himself as Davis. "Hey Davis, ya know, I don't like being an eavesdropper, but I heard you talking over here...talking about all that computer shit and stuff...can you really do all that?" Jester asked. Davis said that if he had the right equipment he could probably do it pretty easily. "Ya know...I could use some of your expertise...don't want to get into details now, but uh...show up here tomorrow night" he said handing him a card with the clubhouse address on it. "Tell the guys at the door you're with Jester...there's a big party going on tomorrow night, you should come...drinks on me. So swing by after 11:00 pm, we'll talk a bit more and then party the rest of the night" Jester said as he patted Davis on the back.

The clubhouse was full of Sades members. All the guys from the Montreal chapter were there of course, a "welcome party" was a mandatory event, no excuse aside from being in prison was allowable for missing it, there were even members out from Quebec City, Gatineau, and Hull that made their way to Montreal for the party. Mamas were all over, lots of rumours of Oz from Vancouver had managed to make their way across country to Montreal, there was a chance he could end up being a big player in the club, and as such, all the Mamas were making it a point to introduce themselves and hopefully get him to a bedroom somewhere.

As Oz was mingling Skinner beckoned him over to the couch where he was with Liz. He gave Liz a nod and she wandered off, giving Oz a bit of a "fuck you" glare. Oz sat down on the couch. "I hear a lot of good things coming from Vancouver about you kid...and Six called me himself personally to vouch for you and clear up any misunderstandings surrounding the bust" Skinner said, Six was the President of the Vancouver chapter and had been the one who first brought Oz into the club out there. "He also gave me shit for taking one of his best guys and that he'd kick my ass himself if I didn't take care of you out here" Skinner said with a laugh and Oz smirked a little. "Listen...Rev's already telling me you got some ideas to solve our little street issue...after tonight you, me and Rev will sit down, I wanna hear what you got to say. Six said if there was a Sade that had the answer...you'd be the guy" Skinner said patting Oz on the back. "Thanks..and yeah, I'll do whatever I can" Oz said with a grin. "However...that's business and THIS is a fucking party...so go, get drunk, have fun, and I swear to god if you don't get laid tonight I'll kick your ass" Skinner said with a laugh as Oz laughed as well.

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Jester saw Davis walk into the clubhouse, he made his way over to Davis "he kid, glad you could make it man, welcome here" he said giving Davis a high five. Davis said he was glad to be here, and introduced his sister Reese, saying something about hoping it was alright. "Fuck man, it's a party, the more the merrier right?" Jester said with a grin. "Hey listen...tonight Mis Casa et Su Casa...drinks are free, girls are hanging around all over...enjoy yourself, just stay away from the Ol' Ladies or you may get your ass kicked" Jester said with a laugh. "Hey listen, I gotta run for now...but I wanna talk about all that tech shit still...I'll catch ya in a little bit" Jester said as he went off to mingle. This was different than the crowd at the college party, instead of college students it was bikers and what looked like strippers.

It didn't take long for Reese to attract some attention of her own. Grizz saw her and knew for sure she wasn't an Ol Lady, which meant she was fair game. There were a couple of other Sades members talking her up but when they saw the towering Grizz making his way over they dispersed pretty quick. "So what's a cute thing like you doing here?" Grizz asked Reese as he stepped up to her, his hands already on her hips, Grizz was huge, but he looked even larger compared to Reese's smaller frame, it looked like Grizz could pick her up in one hand like King Kong if he wanted. Reese mumbled a response to him, "It's pretty loud out here, how about we go chat somewhere quieter?" Grizz said, but it really wasn't a question as he slowly tugged her closer to him. He heard her say something about pills, Grizz grinned "those usually go for $10 a pop...but uh...come with me and I'll hook you up for free" Grizz said as he gripped Reese's wrist, whether she wanted to or not there wasn't really too much choice in the matter as Grizz grinned leading her to the back of the clubhouse.

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Chazz was sitting on the couch with two Mamas keeping him company when Sick Boy walked up to him and sat down, essentially chasing the girls off. Chazz shook his head, "I hate you...I fucking hate you" Chazz said as he saw the girls already talking up somebody else. "Bro check it out..." Sick Boy said as he showed him a roll of cash, "that's $2,400...and that's only been in like two or three days, now tell me Skinner aint going to be impressed seeing this shit!" Sick Boy said grinning from ear to ear. "Ever think about how you're going to bring that up to the club?" Chazz asked, "I mean what's your angle? Hey Boss, I started a job without telling you, using girls from the strip club...but uh hey here's some cash? Skinner's going to kick your ass bro" Chazz said shaking his head. Skinner had always been dead set against escorts or the prostitution ring and money or not, he didn't see this going over well with Skinner. "The club needs cash...we're not in a spot where we can pick and choose where our cash comes from, and if he's any type of decent President he'll fucking realize that" Sick Boy said, "Yeah well if you say it like that, I'm going to be interested to see the ass kicking coming with it" Chazz said as he scanned for the girls, then distracted Chazz saw Reese, "Hey, that's the chick from the party...I sold her two pills of Ex" Chazz said watching her, "Yeah looks like Grizz got his hands on her...ha, he'll fucking end up breaking that bitch into like three pieces" Sick Boy said laughing as Chazz shot him a glare. He frowned, Grizz was never known for his gentleness in anything, and the stories Mamas had told would suggest he was the same in bed too. But it was Grizz....he was too big to fuck with, no matter who you were, but for some reason he felt bad for the girl, then a thought hit him. "Hey...see that dude over there?" he said pointing to Davis, he had seen him talking with Jester at the college party the night before, "The black kid in the jacket over there...looks like he took a wrong turn...that kid?" Sick Boy asked referring to Davis. "Yeah, apparently Jester is bringing him in to Prospect...already told Skinner that he could replace you in the club" Chazz said, totally lying but he needed to start a fight and this was the way to do it. "This mother fucker is dead!" Sick Boy said as he jumped up and headed over to Davis, "too easy" Chazz thought to himself.

Chazz walked up to Davis, tapped him on the shoulder then hit him with a right cross to the chin as he crumpled to the floor, Sick Boy jumped on him and started punching him, he got in a few solid punches till Jester grabbed his arm "You fucking moron, the kid's with me!" Jester said, as Sick Boy took a swing at him knocking him down. A crowd formed as Jester brought his leg up catching Sick Boy in the stomach, then got up and tackled him to the ground. The two guys were punching each other on the ground.

Chazz grinned and got up running into the room Grizz had gone to. He walked in seeing Reese on the bed and Grizz with his shirt off already, "Hey Grizz...Sick Boy and Jester are going at it in the lobby" he said quickly. As Sargeant at Arms it was Grizz's job to ensure security, including stopping fights inside the clubhouse which was frowned upon in the club. "Fucking hell...I'll be right back" Grizz said as he walked out of the room. It was just Chazz and Reese now, he looked at her grinning "Now I could be wrong but I'm thinking I got myself a repeat customer, am I right?" Chazz asked with a grin looking down at Reese.

Outside the fight was still going. Grizz grabbed Sick Boy's arm and yanked him back, in his anger all Sick Boy did was swing, punching Grizz in the jaw, Grizz barely flinched at the shot as both Jester and Sick Boy stopped dead. Grizz grabbed Sick Boy and shoved him clear across the floor, he tripped and slammed straight into Oz who had his back turned at that moment....

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Oz was sitting near the bar, talking with a few members, getting to know names and stuff when he saw the lawyer walk in, however she was dressed way different than she had been in her office the two previous meetings. She wasn't quite dressed like a Mama, but she definitely had left the pants suit and blazer at home. She noticed him checking her out and made a comment, "Well, it's just the first time I've been able to evaluate your full body of work" he said with a grin to her, and he knew he was in the clear when she grinned back and made another comment. "I mean you're a lawyer, I thought researching law books was what you guys did for fun" Oz said and laughed as she said something about him not having a clue what she did for fun, then flashing another grin. This was almost a polar opposite of how she was in the office, which was probably a good thing, a flirtatious lawyer in a court room probably wouldn't work. As they talked there was a fight of some sort going on behind them but Oz wasn't paying attention. Suddenly he was hit, as Sick Boy had been thrown across the floor and straight into him. He spilled his beer down the front of his shirt.

He turned to look at Sick Boy, obviously pissed off. "Hey man..I uh..." that was all he got out as Oz smashed the now empty beer bottle over his head as Sick Boy dropped back down to the ground as everyone cheered. Skinner and Rev walked up as Sick Boy was still trying to figure out where he was. "Well brother, looks like you need a change of clothing huh...how about you come with us" Skinner said with a grin, as Ronnie had joined them now too. Oz turned to Melinda "don't go anywhere" he said with a grin as he followed Skinner, Rev, and Ronnie, with Grizz coming behind them.

They entered into Skinner's office and there was a leather Sades cut lying on the desk, "This is your cut from Vancouver...with some changes" Skinner said with a grin as he held it up, "Welcome to the club brother" Skinner said as he gave Oz a hug, as did the other officers. "Fuck it's been too long" Oz said as he slid the cut back on, it felt as though he was now his old self again, it was funny how good it felt to be wearing it again. The only changes was the bottom rocker on the back now said "MONTREAL" instead of "VANCOUVER", and the front had the Sades Iron Cross ontop of a red Fleur de Lis on the chest, the symbol for the Mother Club of the Sades. "This feels real good" Oz said with a grin. They then walked out and Skinner called everyone's attention.

"Hey listen up. We're all here for one reason tonight...to welcome Oz, a brother from the West Coast into the Montreal Chapter of the Sades. This guy's the real deal...as Sick Boy found out already" Skinner said with a laugh. "So allow me to be the first one to say welcome to the family brother!" He gave Oz a hug again and the clubhouse erupted in cheers, then Skinner shouted "Now let's fucking drink!" he shouted as the party went back into full swing.

Oz made his way through all the congratulation and welcome home hugs and handshakes and found his way back to Melinda. "So where were we?" he asked with a grin.

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As the guys were welcoming Oz Liz walked by Misty, "Was it dress up like a slut night tonight?" Liz said casually as she passed by Misty. Misty glared and snapped back a response. Liz laughed "Oh come on, you don't actually think Rev was into you because of your ability to carry an intelligent conversation do you?" Liz said with a smirk. Misty made a comment to her about it took one to know one. "Well honey I've never actually had to spread my legs to god knows who in order to make a living...but I guess we're just different that way huh?". She knew that was a low blow to Misty, but that's why she said it. "just make sure you hang on to Rev honey, he's probably the only thing keeping you from selling that ass on a street corner for $5 a ride" she said with a smirk as she walked off. Liz was a total bitch but being Skinner's wife, she knew nobody could touch her, which allowed her to run her mouth to anyone she wanted. She loved seeing Misty fuming as she walked off.

Rev made his way over to Misty, "Hey, just ignore her shit alright, she's just doing it to get a reaction out of you" he said as he wrapped his arms around her, Misty still glaring at Liz. "Here, how about you come with me and we'll go start our own part somewhere else" Rev said whispering to her.

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Chazz laid down on the bed beside Reese, he held a package in his hand but it looked different. "If you liked the two pills I gave you the other night, you gotta try this shit" he said, it was a different colour "It's 90% pure X, not like the stuff before, it was 60%, this stuff will give you an even more amazing high, and it'll last way longer" he said as he slowly slid it into her mouth and handed her a bottle of water. She said something quietly, as he laid back, waiting for the drug's affects to hit.

"Alright" Melina said as she looked at him squarely. Oz was even caught off guard by that, he figured she'd have some sort of clever come back or something to keep the game going. "You better be as good as you say, or it's four more years without any" she said and grinned. After that it didn't take too long for Oz to get Melina back to his hotel room. As soon as the door closed Melina shoved him against the door, she slid one hand into he pants as she pressed her lips against his. Oz let out a moan as Melina's hand seemed to go to work instantly on him. "Ah don't be shy now" she said and gripped him even harder. With that he picked her up, like she weighed nothing at all. He carried her a few steps then literally tossed her onto the bed as he shed his shirt and pants and was ontop of her almost before she knew what was happening. He grabbed her throat, he wasn't choking her, but at the same time she wasn't going anywhere either. He pushed the dress up to her hips, and then literally rip the panties and tossed them away, all he heard was a slight moan from her as he continued. He spread her legs somewhat roughly as he got between them, he definitely wasn't going to be the slow and gentle type, but for an Outlaw Biker was she really that surprised? He saw a look on her face as he took control of her, other women had a similar reaction, when they felt just how strong Oz really was, his arms and body, the realization that even if they did fight back for some reason they'd be like a child trying to hurt an adult. It wasn't exactly fear either, as Oz had discovered this almost turned women on more, "too many guys afraid to take charge' he had always thought, so when a woman found a guy like him, it was like winning the lottery, at least that's how he saw it in his mind.

"Try not to scream too loud" he whispered in her ear with a grin as he took her for the first time. It wasn't gentle, as he watched as her body shook with each thrust, but she wasn't exactly complaining either, "guess 4 years inside hasn't affected my ability to read women" Oz thought to himself as he continued before leaning down and kissing her firmly on the mouth and his tongue slide inside her mouth. From the moment she hit the bed she really had no more say on what happened as Oz took over and directed the rest of the nights "activities" however the entire time Oz never saw or heard her complain or do anything to suggest she had wanted him to stop or wasn't enjoying the proceedings as it were. Oz had to admit, she was pretty good, she was giving him more of a workout than the two Mama's had the night before, but how much can you expect with drunk sluts he thought. He was determined to outlast her though, he couldn't quit before she did, so there was a slight bit of relief when she finally fell back against the bed, pretty much limp and mumbled something about not being able to handle anymore. Oz grinned, had he a bit more energy he would have gone one more round just cause she said that, but he decided he'd be nice today.

He lay down beside her, his arms around her as they both lay there, pretty much catching their breath, both of them covered in sweat and breathing as if they'd just ran a marathon. They didn't say anything until Melina asked if he wanted to join her in the shower, he grinned and soon was following behind her.

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It was late when Ronnie and Skinner had gotten the text message from Jester to meet at the clubhouse. Ronnie got there just as Skinner was pulling in behind him on his bike. All Jester had said was that it was important. They walked into the lobby, nobody else was around, and Jester had a number of beer bottles out already and he and Davis were already drinking. "Boss this kid is a genius...he did exactly what he said, BUT, he didn't just get our $25,000 unfrozen, he well....he took half a million from the bank!" Jester said, acting as if he'd just won the lottery, which in a manner of speaking he had. Davis went on to explain what he'd done and why he took all the money from the people.

"Are you fucking stupid!" Ronnie shouted as he punched the wall, and even Skinner seemed to have a less than excited reaction which confused the other two. "Wh..wh...what? Are you serious...Ronnie...HALF A MILLION" Jester said almost giggling. "Congratulations you just made the biggest bank robbery in the history of this country..." Ronnie snapped, and Jester and Davis both grinned, "Which means more cops everywhere" Skinner said in an even and low tone. "It didn't fucking matter if they knew it was us if they couldn't PROVE that we took it!" Ronnie said, still irate as Jester realized the mistake. "I can barely take a shit in the morning in privacy without the cops watching my every fucking move. Now this? You realize if they have anything, and I mean ANYTHING in their files right now to hit us with, they'll do it and bring in whoever they can" Skinner said. "The fact that our bank account was in that bank is going to put us on top of the list of suspects...guaranteed by tomorrow afternoon they'll already have a task force put together focusing on trying to shut us down" Ronnie said shaking his head.

Davis started apologizing, he wasn't a criminal and hadn't thought that far ahead, hel probably had no clue they were even being watched by the cops. Skinner patted him on the shoulder "Cool it kid, cool it...you didn't know, you're a computer nerd, not a criminal right?" Skinner said, then looked at Jester, "But you....you should have fucking known better brother" Skinner said a bit more pissed off. "If shit hits the fan I'm holding you responsible" Skinner said glaring at Jester, he couldn't even return the gaze, Jester knew he fucked up, he knew he should have told the kid to cool it, but it was so much money.

The room was quiet as Skinner sat down and grabbed a beer, he needed a drink now. It was a bit uneasy in the room till Ronnie spoke up. "The spending spree theory" he said almost to himself, Skinner turned around to look at him "huh?". "The theory that if somebody would all of a sudden give you a bunch of cash for no reason...you should spend it all right away. The idea behind the theory is that they may have stolen it or something like that, and by spending it right away you eliminate the chance of the getting caught with stolen cash" he said. "When the cops look into this, we can't have any extra assets on hand or we're busted...but that's as a club. Individually they can't search any of our records without a subpoena and in order to get one they'd need to prove there was a hard and fast link between that money disappearing and us...and just us having an account there won't be enough. We call everyone in right now, we got roughly 20 members or so in the club, every guy gets 25 thousand each in cash and they gotta spend every cent of it in the next 24 hours. They can buy whatever they want with it, but they all have to know that it's essentially a loan from the club, which they'll pay back to use over the next few months. Meaning we'll slowly build half a million into our accounts, but it'll be gradual. We'll make an annoucement that the monthly club dues are going up, we make it official on paper, and that way they can pay back the 25 thousand through their dues without us raising any eyebrows" Ronnie said explaining the idea.

Skinner looked at him almost stunned, "Are you sure you didn't fucking go to like university or some shit? Fucking hell brother...that's fucking crazy, but it's brilliant" he then looked at Davis "Kid, don't worry, you just were doing your job and this fucking idiot should have stopped you...but you still look like you'll have gotten us a lot of cash. So Jester...you give your 25 thousand to the kid" Skinner said as Jester looked shocked "What...why?" he asked clearly upset, "just because Ronnie here was a fucking genius and figured out a way to save our asses, it was YOUR fuck up that put us in a tight spot to begin with. The kid gets your 25 G's and you're still on the hook to pay back the club" Skinner said. "Ronnie, how soon can you get all this money into actual cash?" Skinner asked. "It'll take me a bit, it's a lot of money, and I also don't won't to broadcast to everyone that we got half a mill stored up. I'll make the meeting for tomorrow, mid-morning sometime." Ronnie said as Skinner nodded.

Ronnie headed out the door, "You go with him, give him any help he needs" Skinner said to Jester as Jester quickly followed Ronnie outside. Skinner walked over to Davis and waved for one of the Mama's to come over. "This here is Darla, and she was just telling me how attractive she though you were" Skinner said as the blonde Mama grinned and without waiting climbed into Davis' lap. "We got a couple empty bedrooms in the back...feel free to take her back there and uh...well...ya know" Skinner said with a grin as he got up, the kid looked shell shocked. It was too late for him to head back home so he called over two other Mamas, putting his arm around each one he then walked back to the President's room, the Mama's jumped at a chance to be with Skinner, and it was probably the reason Liz hated them so much.

Jester was outside the clubhouse when he saw Davis roll up, on a skateboard. They talked a little and Davis handed him a roll of money, the $25 thousand Skinner had given Davis instead. Jester wasn't sure what to do, had it been the other way around Jester would have definitely just kept the money himself. "Thanks kid" he said, not sure what else to say or do. Davis hopped on his skateboard and took off, "Hey kid...ya may want to get a better ride eh?" Jester shouted at him, "I know" Davis called back with a laugh.

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"You know how about I just keep it here and come over anytime I want to look at it" Chazz said, grinning at Reese. Even sober he had to admit she was pretty cute, definitely not like the Mama's back at the club who were pretty much all over any guy wearing a cut. She kept talking, she almost sounded like some like nervous and excited teenager as she talked about her art and other stuff. Just then he got a text from Ronnie saying there was a meeting happening at the clubhouse, "Hey...uh....work calls again" he said, "but uh...I'll swing by again maybe later tonight if i got time" he said standing up, then reached into his pocket "Hey I got two more pills...like the first ones, not like last night" he said with a grin as she saw her look almost reluctant at first, "on me...consider it payment for the drawing" he said as he left them on a table near the door. "Catch ya later" he said as he headed out the door.

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Ronnie had spent the better portion of the night going around to different "friends" of the club and getting the cash for the half a million they had. He had come up with a story of how they needed to convert some funds into cash, in their line of work people never really asked questions. He also kept it quiet that they had half a million dollars.

As the members filed into the Chapel, Ronnie had rolls of cash, counted out into rolls of $25 thousand, sitting on the table. As everyone was present and accounted for Skinner started things off. "Alright...well...we recently made a move to un-freeze $25 thousand dollars of our money that was locked up in a frozen account in the bank. In doing so, we kinds took a bit more money than that...about half a million" he said as everyone reacted at the number. "Now...Ronnie will explain the rest" he said as Ronnie stood up. "Okay, we didn't want to take the half a mill cause it's a pretty damn large amount and the cops are definitely going to be looking for it...if they find us a half a mill richer for no reason...we're on the hook. So on this table is half a million dollars...divided up into rolls of $25 thousand. Each one of you will get ONE roll." Ronnie said, emphasizing the word one. "Now here's the deal. You need to spend this NOW, within 24 hours every single cent on this table has to be gone. Now, I would suggest buying something you can re-sell later on, once the heat dies down, because we WILL be asking for this money back. The way it'll work, we will increase our club dues...in reality they'll stay the same, but by doing that, it'll allow you guys to pay back the money through club dues without alerting suspicion, so consider this a loan. And trust me, I'll be keeping track of what everyone owes the club." Ronnie said.

There were a few questions until Oz put up his hand. "That's a great plan and all...but mind if I make a suggestion?" Oz asked, and Skinner gave him the floor. "Instead of spending it all here....why don't we do a midnight run to Atlantic City. Hit the casinos down there. It's about a 7 hour ride from here, we hit the casinos for a couple hours, then head back. If we lose the money so be it, we pay the money back as originally planned. If guys win, the initial $25 thousand gets paid back over time, and they keep whatever they win ontop of that for themselves" Oz said. Ronnie nodded and looked at Skinner "the idea definitely works" he said to Skinner. "Alright...all in favour of a little shopping spree, raise your hands" Skinner said. A few guys raised their hands. "Alright...all in favour of a midnight run to Atlantic City...raise your hands" Skinner said as everyone else's hand went in the air. "Alright...well I think that settles it. Grizz...get the Prospects to get everything read for the run, and map out the route. Ronnie, I'll leave the cross-border logistics to you?" Skinner said as Ronnie nodded, "Rev...you book the hotel" Skinner said, "And everyone else...we ride out at 4pm, so go sleep or do whatever the fuck you need to do...we ride at 4 pm tomorrow, and this is a mandatory run!" Skinner said as the club cheered.

As the club filed out of the Chapel, Ronnie looked at Skinner "I'm glad he came to us" he said with a grin as Skinner laughed.

Rev grinned at Misty, "listen...marriage aint my thing, I told you that. But...you're more than just a fuck buddy to me alright, you're my Ol' Lady and honestly...I probably wasn't treating you like it" he said as he kissed her. "I ain't going to put a ring on...but uh...you aint going anywhere except right here" he said with a grin as he pulled her against him as they kissed some more.

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After most of the members essentially got their power naps in, the crew started arriving at the clubhouse. The prospects had packed two SUV's with everything they might need. A third SUV was waiting as well, this one wasn't heading to Atlantic City. This one was going to accompany the club till just before the border crossing. Then all the members would put their weapons into the SUV and it'd head back home, they'd cross the border with no weapons. About a mile or so from the border crossing they had some of the guys from the Red Devils MC, a club based mainly in the state of New York with ties to the Sades were going to meet them just across the border and provide them with some guns to ride with. The route they were going to take went through what was considered neutral territory, but the Heatens were known to inhabit the North East of the United States, and the Rebels also had a strong presence in the East.

Rev, Ronnie and Grizz went over the travel plans, Grizz would ride at the front of the pack, with Skinner and Rev behind him, and Ronnie and Bigfoot behind them. After that the rest of the club would just fall into line, with the prospects that were riding bikes with the club would take up the back. As guys showed up Ronnie distributed the cash amongst all the members and made sure to keep track on who had they money.

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Chazz rolled up to Reese's place and went up to get her. When she opened the door he took a second glance "Wow...you look hot" he said with a grin, she giggled and made a comment on her clothes. "Hey we don't wanna be late, so let's go" Chazz said as he walked with her down to his bike, he helped her on then got on himself. He had to admit it felt good having her on the back of his bike, he fired the engine and they headed off for the clubhouse.

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Oz checked the time, it was already 3:00 pm, he wasn't sure if Melina would make it due to work, although he figured it was worth asking her. He threw on his cut and headed out, as he stepped out of his room he saw Melina getting off the elevator. "Almost too late" he said with a grin as she walked up to greet him. They kissed, then Oz pulled away and looked at her, "I mean I know I said dress sexy and all...but this is pretty hot, maybe I won't hit the casino and just take you up to the hotel" he said laughing as he kissed her deeply again. She made a witty comment back to him, and he grinned. "Have you ever actually ridden a motocycle before?" he asked, he saw her blush as she fumbled with a way to say no she hadn't. "Well you seemed to be able to ride me pretty good, so I guess you'll be fine" he said and grinned as she blushed.

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"Hey kid, glad you made it" Jester said giving him a high five, "And uh...I think somebody else is glad you made it too" Jester said gesturing towards Darla who was grinning and waving at Davis. He handed Davis a set of keys, "These are for the Hummer, you can take Darla with ya, and one of the prospects will tag along as well. The bikes will all roll ahead, you stay behind the other SUV's got it?" he said as Davis nodded. "Alright...and remember, we're here to party so have some fun" he said giving Davis a pat on the back, "Now uh...Darla's looking kinda lonely over there" Jester said with a grin as he walked off.

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Liz walked in and saw Misty sitting in the lounge waiting to leave. Misty asked her how she was doing, "I'm fine" Liz mumbled a little. There was an awkward silence before Liz turned and looked at Misty, "You know...even with a ring, I always had the nightmare, the thought that maybe one day he'd just get bored of me ya know? I mean they're outlaws not priests, dumping a wife for some hot little thing would be no issue to them right? You...the Mama's...you were always a threat....any one of you could have been the one to send me back to the gutter....and I couldn't handle it. I didn't do it because I hated you...I did it...because I was afraid....afraid if I let my guard down I'd lose everything. Maybe it doesn't make shit right but...uh....for whatever it's worth...I'm sorry" Liz said, looking extremely awkward allowing herself to be that open, essentially confronting her worst fear. She was slightly shocked at Misty's response, she figured she'd have some smart comment or finally take her opprotunity to hold this over her, but her response was the complete opposite. Liz fought not to cry "Great...so not only are you younger and hotter...you're a better person than I am too" Liz said with a giggle, one the first time Misty heard her do that. Misty made a comment that Liz wasn't bad to look at either. "We're not going to hug are we?" Liz asked as both women laughed.

Rev walked in "Hey ladies...time to ride" he said as they made their way to the parking lot. Oz rode in and Ronnie waved him over, "hey bro, you're riding up front with me" he said with a nod, riding beside one of the officers of the club was a big spot to ride in, it signified your importance to the club, so for Oz to get the nod meant things were definitely looking to be in his favour.
The bikes lined up as Skinner went over the rules, and Rev made sure everyone had their clean passports for crossing the border. Once all the loose ends were cleared Skinner then shouted "Well then...LET'S RIDE" as the members cheered.

The rumble could be heard for probably 2 or 3 city blocks as 25 bikes fired up and roared to life. The gate to the clubhouse parking lot was rolled open and the bikes headed out, and almost every biker flipped the middle finger to the police that had camped out across the street, which had become somewhat customary over the last while. The SUV's followed behind the bikes as they rolled through the streets. Even several bikes riding together turned heads, but 25 bikes rolling together defintiely caught everyone's attention as they rumbled through the streets and then eventually out onto the highway headed for the US border.

The ride went off without a hitch, the only other MC they saw was the Red Devil's MC who had met them just past the border. The Sades rolled up to one of the casinos and parked their bikes, as usual all in a line, with the back of the bike's facing the curb. They did this for two reasons, first cause it made it quicker to take off if they needed to, and second because it hid their license plates from any cops that might be passing by.

Once in the casino the club pretty much spread out. Skinner took Liz with him to one of the Black Jack tables. He had already cashed in his money for chips as he sat down, "Well wish me luck baby" he said as Liz pretty much sat on his one leg as he started playing. As he was playing this one guy who looked to be like a middle aged business type kept looking at him, "You want something buddy?" Skinner finally asked slightly annoyed. "Well...I mean...it's just kinda cool, I mean you're like a real biker aren't you?" the guy said, as if he was talking to a rock star. "Yeah something like that" Skinner said as he was paying more attention to his cards than the guy beside him. "You know...I ride a bike too" the guy said with a grin, Skinner looked at him "With pedals?" he asked and Liz had to stifle a laugh. The guy just laughed, "So...like...have you ever killed anyone before?" the guy asked in a hushed tone, Skinner looked at him "Yeah once...cut a guy's throat so deep I thought his head would come off" he said, the man just gushed "that's real bad ass, what'd he do...like mess with your ride or something?" the man asked still in a hushed tone, "Nah...he was annoying the hell out of me at a Black Jack table" Skinner said as he gave the guy a glance, the smile faded quickly. "Oh...right...that's cool...I'll just be...ummm..." the guy stammered as Skinner cut in "leaving?" the guy made a nervous chuckle as he nodded, took his chips and then left.

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Sick Boy, Rev, and Ronnie made their way to one of the high stakes Texas Hold Em poker tables. The plan was to play together and maximize the amount of money they won. Misty was hanging off of Rev's shoulder as they played a few hands and the three of them started taking in some pretty good wins. One of the Floormen at the casino started hanging around the table suspecting the three of them of playing together. After a few more wins, the Floorman took Misty by the arm, suspecting her of helping the rest of them cheat. "Maam you gotta leave the table" he said. Rev got up out of his seat immediately "Listen buddy let her go now before you got yourself a real problem", both Ronnie and Sick Boy stood up as well. The Pit Boss made his way over, "Gentlemen what seems to be the problem?" he asked, he'd seen their patches...and the nearly 20 other matching patches in the casino. "Tell your bitch here to let go of my girl" Rev said not taking his eyes off the Floorman. "She's helping them cheat the table" the Floorman said, "Well somebody's going to be helping you eat through a straw!" Rev said, his fists clenched already. Another Floorman had made his way over as "backup". "Listen...the dealer's shift is almost over, why not mingle around and we'll just forget about all this...I mean no need for my backup here right?" the Pit Boss asked. As he said that Bigfoot and Grizz walked up behind the second Floorman. Both Floormen were relatively big, but compared to Bigfoot and Grizz, well everyone seemed small. "you mean there won't be any need for our backup right?" Ronnie asked with a grin. The Pit Boss could tell he'd gotten into a tight spot, "Let the girl go huh?" he said as the Floorman let Misty go, and she thanked him with an open face slap across the face which produced a laugh from the other guys. "Ya know guys...this table was getting cold anyway...let's go find another table" Ronnie said glaring at the Pit Boss as they group moved away from the table.

Rev asked Misty if she was okay, and she whispered something back into his ear. He had already won a decent amount of money, so he figured he deserved a break. "I'll catch up with you guys later" he said as Misty was practically pulling him towards the elevator to the hotel rooms they'd booked.

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Chazz and Reese spent some time just checking out the casino. They went by the slot machines "You ever gamble before?" Chazz asked as Reese blushed and shook her head. Chazz walked over and put $200 into a coin machine and got a cup full of coins. "Let's see how good you are?" he said with a grin as he handed her the cup, she made some comment about not wanting to lose his money, "Hey, I'm giving it to you...it's your money, so let's see what you can do with it baby girl?" he said, he sat on a chair and pulled her into his lap after she chose the machine.

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Oz grinned as they walked into the casino "Not used to riding a bike for 7 hours huh?" he said laughing as he could tell Melina was a bit stiff, the ride had gotten to him a bit too. Normally Oz would have been able to do a 7 hour ride no problem, but it'd been a few years since his last big ride, but he could tell Melina was feeling it. She commented about how it was mainly her legs that were sore, "Hey, I got all the time in the world to throw my money away...Rev got me a suite with a jacuzzi...that'd probably help loosen up those legs a bit" he said, then laughed as she made some comment about how he'd already loosened her legs up. "I thought I was supposed to be the one with the dirty jokes" he said with a laugh as they headed for the hotel room first.

Chazz grinned as he held onto Reese's waist as she danced and began dirty dancing, grinding on him. It was almost shocking to watch the near sudden change in her attitude, from the giggling and cute girl he'd been hopping around the casino with, to what she was now, no inhibitions and open in terms of sexual actions with other people. Chazz decided to take advantage of the siutation and proceeded to grab and fondle her as they danced together, with moans being the only thing she had for a response.

Rev looked at Misty with a grin, "can't let them get all the spotlight can we?" Rev whispered as he saw Misty grin as he pulled her onto the dance floor as well. Rev knew Misty was rather competitve and wouldn't just stand by and let Reese out-dance her on the floor, which is the main reason he had suggested it. Rev's hands found their way to Misty's waist as she too began dirty dancing and grinding against him.

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Sick Boy walked back into the casino and headed for the bar. He'd just committed a double murder mere seconds ago, he had checked himself for any blood splatter and cleaned off any he had. He ordered a few shots of hard liquor and downed them all pretty quick. His hand was still shaking a bit so he ordered another round of shots, he'd just killed Bigfoot. Not only was he a fellow brother, he was a former officer and one of the founding members, if it ever got out that he'd murdered Bigfoot, Sick Boy just shook his head at the thought and ordered a third round of shots, he had to get drunk and quick.

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Ronnie was walking through the casino, he'd put together a nice little win streak and figured it was time for a little break, that's when he saw Darla with the tech kid. Ronnie walked over and grabbed Darla's hips from behind "Hey baby, glad you made the trip" he said catching her by surprise. She stammered for a reply when Davis turned and looked at Ronnie. "Hey, I got this amazing view from my hotel room, I was thinking I could take you upstairs and show you" Ronnie said as his hands ran over Darla's body. He could tell Darla was a little conflicted, she was with this kid, but not only was he just some member of the club, he was one of the Officers, a pretty big prize for a Mama.

Ronnie was suddenly jolted as he felt Davis smack his shoulder, saying something about how Darla was busy. Ronnie grinned at Davis, "who the fuck are you?" Ronnie asked in a calm manner. Davis stated he was the reason why they were here in the first place, bordering on bragging. "Ohhh...right...you're the guy who made me work three times harder than normal last night to get our club out of the shit we nearly fell into" Ronnie said with a smirk. Davis stated then that Darla was with him. Ronnie nodded, "Well why don't we ask her huh? Are you busy with this guy Darla? Or...do you got time for me?" he asked with a grin.

Darla was stuck. She liked Davis. he was sweet, and gentle. He treated her like a human being. Ronnie was rough and inconsiderate, however he was an Officer. She looked between the two of them. She hadn't felt human in a long time. "I--I think I will stay with Davis." She said nervously. Davis looked shocked. He could see she was somewhat afraid. If Ronnie really wanted her, he didn't stand a chance against him even though Davis was pretty ripped for a nerd. Darla slipped her arms around his waist and Davis rested an arm on her shoulder. Not really showing off but sorta. Ronnie preceeded to tell him to watch himself and Davis nodded. "Yea, Aight man whatever." He said. He was used to threats like that, the thing was he didn't give a damn what happened to him, He wasn't afraid of pain, so long as Reese was alright.

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Reese grinned as Chazz's hands roamed her body. He stopped on some rather interesting places and she moaned in response. She turned to him, pressed her lips against his, her tongue slipped into his mouth as she kissed him deeply, not caring who saw.

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Misty danced around Rev, letting his hands explore her body. She was somewhat frustrated that the little lost girl was outdancing her. Misty tried harder but then she realised the girl wasn't even paying her any attention. She just started making out with Chazz as if nobody was watching. "Stupid Cow." she thought and now she wasn't in the mood to dance. "C'mon, I don't wanna dance anymore." She said and tugged Rev off the dancefloor.

Ronnie walked through the casino and found Jester, he grabbed his arm "We gotta talk" he said as the two of them stepped outside into a lobby, away from cameras and microphones. "What's with this fucking kid you're with huh?" Ronnie asked, obviously upset. "What do you mean, he's just some kid, he's a whiz on computers, and he's a pretty good kid. Why what's up?" he asked. "Well aside from him nearly throwing us in the middle of a grand theft investigation by ripping off every member of the Bank of Montreal...whatever, but you give him one of our rides to come down here, okay whatever, he aint wearing a patch but he did work for us, I get it. Now he's disrespecting officers? Cause he thinks...fuck I don't know what his thoughts are, all I'm saying bro, if he's yours to babysit, and if he's going to start getting into the face of club officers like me, that won't reflect well on you either man....so make sure you take care of your fucking computer geek" Ronnie said as he stormed off.

Jester ran his hand through his hair, he didn't know what was going on but Ronnie wasn't one to get pissed off easily, he was the level headed one, so if he was pissed off that wasn't a good sign. Jester went back into the casino looking for Davis, he found him and Darla near the lobby. "Hey honey" Jester said looking at Darla, "I just need him a minute" Jester said as he grabbed Davis' arm and pulled him aside.

Once they were alone Jester smacked Davis in the head. "What the fuck are you doing?" Jester asked. Davis was confused a little bit, and asked him what he meant. "I just had fucking Ronnie come tell me you were getting into his face on something, what the fuck are you thinking?" Jester said. Davis explained he was standing up for Darla, Jester laughed a nervous laugh. "Great...you're a fucking hero now" he said laughing. He then grabbed Davis by his jacket "Listen Ronnie is an officer, you get that? That means aside from Skinner and Rev, he's the third highest ranking guy in this fucking club! So I don't care WHAT he's doing, you fucking stand down when it comes to him got it!" Jester said intently. Davis said he wasn't backing down from anyone, and something about Darla being a woman. "She's a fucking Mama kid. Her role in this club is to do whatever the fuck we ask her to do. If Ronnie wants to have some fun with her, that's up to him. You think you're standing up for her? Do you got enough money to keep her happy? Cause with that stunt you pulled, Ronnie could have her kicked out of the club. Meaning no more free housing, no more free food, her free ride is over....and you? You keep fucking with officers, you're going liable to end up lying in an alley somewhere" Jester said, Davis said he wasn't afraid of pain, "Listen, I like you...you're a good kid...but I brought you in, and if you start pissing people off, it comes back on me too...I stuck my neck out to give you a shot and THIS is how you repay me? Fuck up again and you're on your own!" Jester said angrily as he walked away.

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Chazz was getting into it with Reese as they kept kissing and making out on the dancefloor. Chazz took her and led her back to their booth, as soon as Chazz was in his seat Reese had crawled into his lap and was kissing him as if he was the only way she could get oxygen. His hands roamed up and down her back then grabbed her ass as she continued "dancing" as it were while she straddled him, still moving to the music. "You want to keep hanging out here baby or head upstairs?" he asked.

Darla crawled into Ronnie's lap, he asked "where's the kid?", "He's new, didn't want him to cry" she said as she ran her hands over his chest, "You still got time for little ol' me?" she asked. Ronnie grinned, "yeah...I got time for you" he said as he handed her a room key card, "go get ready for me....I'll be right up" he said kissing her roughly before slapping her ass and sending her on her way.

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Jester had some time to cool down and realized he'd come down kinda hard on the kid, he didn't know who Ronnie was probably or any of that shit. After a drink or two Jester cruised the casino and finally saw Davis at the slot machines.

"Hey kid...any luck?" he said walking up to Davis. Davis seemed to be ignoring Jester, "hey listen, I aint all about sappy 'I'm sorry' apologies where we all hug and make up okay?" Jester said as he sat down on a stool, "but I was kinda hard on ya back there...I mean...it's kinda easy to froget that you're not really up on the way things work in the club" Jester said, Davis just looked at him. "Listen....Ronnie, Rev, Skinner, Grizz...all them...those are the officers of the club, and being an officer is a big deal. For any brother to disrespect them...it'd end up with an ass kicking...for a Hang Around like you? Fuck...it's bad news. Just lucky it was Ronnie and not Grizz...fuck." Jester said shaking his head. "Listen...I get what you were doing, but you gotta realize...as a Mama, Darla's kinda made her choice. The club takes care of her, food, shelter, money if she needs it, ya know, everything...in return, they clean the place, clean the bikes...and take care of the guys in the club...if any patch asks her to go to their room, she's kinda obligated too. And...she fucking knew all this...you didn't. She knew what saying no to Ronnie would do, and she knew what kind of position it'd put you in. You don't have to agree with it...but that's how things work. Darla may be a nice girl...but she ain't no angel. Anyway...if anything comes up with Ronnie or anything...I still got your back, kay kid?" Jester said slapping him on the back, he then took off walking to the bar.

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Oz and Melina had no clue what time it was or how long they'd been pre-occupied in the room. As they headed for the elevator Oz looked at her, "So, you gonna help me gamble away 25 grand?" he asked with a grin, his arm was around her as they walked together. Oz couldn't tell yet if this was just about great sex between the two of them or something more, he was starting to lean towards the latter but time would tell. He grabbed her ass as they got onto the elevator, she slapped his hand playfully making a comment about their being cameras everywhere.

As Oz got up he slipped Melina the key card to the room "go hang out in there till we're done here" he said as he gave her a kiss. If he had time to think about it, that'd been odd. If it really was just sex, he wouldn't have cared as much what she did, but he actually for a few moments felt the urge to keep her by his side, so he could protect her. If he had time to think about it he'd have realized that probably meant his feelings were deeper for her than just sex.

Oz got to the bar, Rev and Ronnie were there as well as Grizz and most of the other members, including Sick Boy. "What the fuck happened?" Oz asked as he got there. Skinner was talking with Ronnie, Rev turned to Oz "We don't know, just that Bigfoot was found stabbed outside, cut missing. They also found a waitress not too far away, stabbed to death as well right now cops don't know if it's a robbery gone bad or what" Rev said relaying the info Grizz had received.

Jester came running to the bar, "Are you fucking kidding me? Bigfoot? How many fucking guys did they need for that?" Jester asked as he met with Oz and Rev. "We don't know" Rev said, "Well...do you think it's another MC?" Jester asked quickly, "I...don't...know!" Rev repeated, clearly getting annoyed with questions. "Here's the thing bro...you're here on a fake passport...they start asking question..." Rev said, Oz nodded "yeah I got it" he replied. The passport he used was pretty much cosmetic, it'd hold up to a basic border check, but anything deeper would have exposed it. "We got a couple guys on doctored passports...me, Skinner and Ronnie are going to hang out here for a bit and see if we can't sort shit out. I want you and Ronnie to lead the guys who gotta book it back home...Grizz is going to hang with us so you'll need to find another Road Captain" Rev said as Oz nodded. "What about the hang around?" Oz asked referring to Davis, "He's gotta book it too...we're just keeping a few members back, and of course me and Skinner. The hang around can take Liz and Misty with him in the SUV...but those are our girls...I aint trusting them to some hang around punk...I'm putting that on you bro" Rev said, Oz nodded "Like a baby in the cradle brother" he said as Rev gave him a high five. "Grizz is getting the word out to the members, meet up with Ronnie, sort shit out and then get the hell out of Dodge got it brother?" Rev asked. "We're gone in less than 30 bro" Oz said as he grabbed Ronnie.

"Hey man, we need a Road Captain, any ideas?" Ronnie asked, "You're asking the guy who just got to the club?" Oz said laughing, "Yeah...make a call" Ronnie said. Oz thought for a moment, "Sick Boy...seems like he could handle himself" Ronnie nodded, "Good choice..I'll get him, as soon as guys are saddled we're rolling." he said. Oz nodded and headed back to the hotel room.

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Chazz and Reese had been in the midst of their action when Chazz's phone went off. He ignored it the first time but the second time told him it was probably important. He checked the text message, "Fuck!" he exclaimed as he read a brief mass text from Grizz informing members of what'd happened. Reese look confused, "Hey...get dressed...we gotta go" he said, as he tossed her a water bottle "Drink some water, it'll help you sober up a bit quicker" he said as he quickly got his clothes on.

It took Chazz a bit longer to get down because of Reese still being somewhat high...thank god he didn't give her the near pure dose pill. By the time he got down word had gotten out and the members were milling around. Chazz and Reese ran into Davis who didn't look overly happy to see his sister high as kite. "Hey man...she needs to ride back with you, cause she ain't going to be able to hang onto a bike like this" Chazz said, he didn't really care if Davis was mad, a Sade had been killed and once they got the women safe and things sorted out...somebody was going to have hell to pay. He kissed Reese "I'll see ya when we get home babe" he said as he went to get his bike.

Ronnie came down and Misty and Liz were with him, he walked over to Davis who was none to happy to see him, "Drop the fucking drama kid, you're driving the SUV, you got these two coming with you as well" Ronnie said. Davis asked if he had a choice "Yeah...you can walk home and give me the keys...those are the options" Ronnie said.

Jester came down with Darla, helping her walk from the elevator, "Hey she's coming with you right" Jester said, he saw Liz and Misty and Reese, "Looks like you got a full ride home" Jester said. He could tell Jester was still mad, "Hey listen, you want to be mad, we can do that later, right now somebody killed a Sade and somebody has to make sure the women get home safe...if that's not you, then we'll find somebody else, but a good friend of mine was just found lying dead in an alley so I'm in no mood for bullshit right now" Jester said, clearly a mixture of emotions.

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Oz made his way to the hotel room, Melina was sitting on the bed ready to go. "It's Bigfoot...he was stabbed, they found a waitress nearby, same deal. Not sure about anything else, but I do know that I got a fake passport so we gotta get the hell out of here" Melina nodded as she seemed ready to go right away. Great in bed, good looking, and she didn't have 100 questions to ask in the middle of a crisis, "You've gotta be too good to be true" Oz said with a grin as he gave her a deep kiss quickly as they headed down.

Once downstairs Oz led Melina to his bike and fired it up. Rev was in the parking lot "Have a safe ride home...the kid's taking the girls home...but like I said, if something happens..." Oz nodded "Nothing happens" he said with a grin as Rev gave him a high five again "Find out who the fuck did this" Oz said as Rev nodded.

Sick Boy was waiting at the front, Ronnie had asked him to ride as Road Captain, maybe it was best, that way nobody would see him looking nervous. Oz rolled up beside Ronnie, they glanced back to see the crew that was heading back to be pretty much assembled. "Hang on tight...to anything hard you can find" Oz said with a grin to Melina as he gave her one more kiss. Sick Boy signalled to the back and they saw the SUV's lights go on, then Ronnie put his hand up and all the bikes in line fired their engines, and just like that, they were pulling out of the parking lot, headed for home.

Skinner, Rev, and Grizz met together in Skinner's hotel suite.

"So what do we know so far?" Skinner asked. "Well, he was stabbed to death. Cops figure the same weapon used on him killed the waitress too. What they don't know is who was killed first. Did somebody kill Bigfoot, and then the waitress comes out and sees it, so she gets killed too...or vice versa" Grizz said. "I'd say Bigfoot was first...if he steps into that alley and sees somebody knifing the waitress, he'd have stopped him, meaning the bodies wouldn't have been on opposite ends of the alley" Rev said. "Also Bigfoot was packing, and his gun ain't anywhere" Grizz said. "That's a good point...we're all packing, so it couldn't have been a rival gang, as soon as he'd have seen the colours he'd have pulled his gun..." Skinner said thinking out loud "And you know he'd have dropped at least one before they got to him" Rev added, "and had it gone down that way he'd have been shot, what Outlaw is going to bring a knife to a gun fight" Grizz added as well. "So he knew whoever it was" Skinner said, "Or he wasn't feeling threatened" Rev continued. "But his cut is gone...who'd pull his colours off of him if it wasn't another MC?" Skinner asked out loud. "Maybe somebody thought they could get money for it?" Rev offered, "But we just said it couldn't have been a robbery" Grizz stated. "This is a fucking casino, there's gotta be video tape" Skinner said, Rev shook his head "Not in the alley, they were replacing the camera there but it wasn't a priority" Rev said. "You know Bigfoot had Sade tats all over...it won't take em long to wanna start asking questions, do we want to be around for that?" Grizz asked. "Well we obviously didn't kill our own guy, so let's hear what they got to ask, maybe it'll give us an idea of what happened" Skinner said.

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They all got back to the clubhouse after a long ride back home.

Chazz walked up as they were piling out of the SUV, he kissed Reese who obviously had sobered up "Mmm missed you on my bike baby" Chazz said as he kissed her some more, his hands trailing down to grab her ass.

Ronnie was getting off his bike as Davis and Darla walked past him into the clubhouse, "Hey baby, did you have fun last night?" Ronnie said with a smirk, he laughed as he saw Davis' glare at him.

Liz walked with Misty into the clubhouse, "Hey, how about a drink....or a couple?" Liz asked Misty as she walked to the bar, and giggled at Misty's response.

Oz turned to Melina, "We got a spare room in the clubhouse...unless you want me to take you home" Oz said with a grin as he kissed her.

Oz had swung by Melina's office, as he sometimes did. He actually had a real reason for being there, her secretary had some more papers for him to sign, finalizing final details about his release from prison, stipulations on how he was supposed to keep away from any drug activity or criminal activity or risk being thrown back into prison. "Check and Check" Oz chuckled to himself as he signed the papers, essentially promising to be a model citizen, albeit one who sold drugs and made good money doing it.

He then walked into Melina's office, "Hey you hungry?" he asked with a grin, and noticed as she nearly jumped off her chair. She replied, "Well...I didn't neccessarily mean that you were hungry for supper" he said with a grin, and walked over giving her a kiss. She said something else and he just grinned. Something was wrong with her, not that Oz had a fragile ego that needed Melina jumping all over him at all times, but something didn't feel right. He figured he wouldn't say anything and just wait for her to bring it up. He grinned when she accepted his invitation finally but said she'd meet him at the restaurant. Oz gave her one more kiss goodbye before leaving, as he walked out "something is definitely up with that girl" he thought as he headed outside.

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Ronnie helped Reese up and when he saw how high she was he immediately grinned. He had the kid's sister, sky high, and she'd more than likely let him do anything he wanted, and even if she didn't she was way too high to refuse or fight. Ronnie took Reese firmly by the arm "Come with me baby, I got something really fun to show you" he said as he led her to the back room.

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Skinner was sitting in his office going over some papers when Grizz came in through the door. "Boss, we gotta talk" he said. Skinner nodded and motioned for him to sit down. Grizz sat down, "Just went to collect the money from some of our guys on the corner...get this...they told me their in business with us anymore" he said. Skinner looked at him curiously, "Why not?" he asked catiously. "Get this...he said they found new partners" Grizz said leaning in closer. Skinner's face turned serious "And who in the fucking hell would that happen to be?" Skinner asked. Grizz was quiet for a moment, "The Diablos" Grizz said. Skinner set his jaw, Diablos weren't known to come this far North, but they were known to be a very violent gang and one of the biggest ones in North America. No doubt they saw how lucrative the Montreal market was and wanted it for themselves. "Make sure everyone knows...we got company in town" Skinner said. Grizz nodded as he headed out the door. The only thing Skinner could think of was one simple question "So how soon till this turns into a war?".