Rebuild. Restart.

Troy crossed his arms as he looked at Cam, he felt like she had something planned by the sound of her voice something mischievous. But it seemed like it foiled when she got excited and it seemed like all was good between them. When she open the garage up they followed her in and as she stuck her tongue at them making a comment that "the promise land awaits". The bikers chuckled at her comment and when they saw the garage Cutler whistled as he liked what he saw. Once the garage doors opened Troy and the other bikers brought in the bikes. As he brought them in Troy looked up as he saw Cam now wearing a mechanic jacket and he quickly put two and two together as he realized that it was her dad's. Hearing her comment calling them "Grease Monkeys" and if they were ready to fix the bikes Troy just smirked at her as he looked at her bike which was outside the garage. "Well come on bring it in. Maybe we grease monkeys can teach you thing or two." said Troy half jokingly to Cam. He started to work on the bike grabbing a few tools off the wall as did Cutler and Paco.




Cutler the gentle giant had a huge grin on his face as he was working into making the bike that he was working on to have a side car attach to it. Troy helped him with building the frame but Cutler knew it would take some time. "Why the hell are you trying to put a sidecar on that damn thing?" asked Troy to Cutler who had a huge smile on his face. "It's simple...What if let's say we need to get away or we need some room for supplies? Bam sidecar! Besides if I can mount a machine gun on this thing then it's perfect." said Cutler. Troy looked at the man and it looked like he was a kid in a candy store which made Troy chuckle. "Well damn brother I can't wait to see it." said Troy to Cutler. The young biker then went back to the bike he was working on.




He decided to replace some of the rusted bolts and nuts on it first as this bike had seen better days. He knew that this bike was going to be a project and for the first time in a while he was excited.Once he was done replacing the nuts and bolts he replaced the broken headlight which took a considerable amount of time all together. He then started walking over to Cam to see the progress she was making on her bike. "So tell me boss how's your bike coming along?" asked Troy to Cam with a smirk. He then turned his head towards Cutler and looked surprised as he saw the weapon he made for Claudia.




"That's fucking awesome Cut! I have a feeling Claudia is going to like it!" said Troy to Cutler who smiled and nodded to the younger biker. "I call her La Succubus. (The Succubus)" said Cutler in Spanish to Troy who chuckled at Cutler.

Propping herself up on the bed with the help of Ziggy, Ayita placed one last goodbye kiss on her lovers lips before watching her grab her coat and head out to grab her bag, While she had sent her out to grab it and she did want it by her side again, The soul purpose of the little fetch quest was to open a window for Ayita to ask a favor, a large one, one that would lead her and Ziggy and probably a few more into uncharted waters, literally. Waiting for Ziggy's form to disppear through the door Ayita turned to Mallory and relayed what she had in mind. Not surprisingly her response was from a logical standpoint, which, thankfully, was exactly what Ayita was betting on.  Staying quiet as she listened to Mallory begin to answer she smiled when she heard that there were indeed people on the island that owned boats and could teach them, the smile faded a small amount though when she heard her say that the real problem would be getting someone to part with their vessel. But this too was something Ayita had considered as this request had been something she'd mulled over ever since they arrived.

"I know, She doesn't talk about her life there a lot, even to me." Ayita started as she dipped her head. "The most I got out of her was shortly after I woke up from.. This." Looking back to Mallory Ayita let her smile return. "She showed me pictures and told me about everyone, about her friends, her family, her ex. The look in her eye was something I hadn't seen in a long time Miss Mallory." Thinking back on the happy feeling she got from Ziggy while she spoke about her family and recalled a few things a few hours prior Ayita closed her eyes and looked to her lap. "Ziggy always puts others before herself, even if it means it hurts herself in process. She's offered to take Ellie back to wisconsin, Offered to help Brody and Thomas get their bar up and running and that selflessness extended out to even before we found Sarah and your people."

Letting her gaze come back to Mallory Ayita thought on how to approach the next part of what she was going to say, Always terrible with letting people know bits of her own passed unless she truly trusted them she weighed the pros and cons of Mallory knowing for a time, Staying quiet for a moment longer Ayita then nodded and took a breath. "Before all this I grew up in a big family." She started. "At least until everyone headed off to college the house was packed to the brim, Most of my siblings went to public schools in the nearby town and my older ones attended college." Clasping her hands Ayita's smile faded. "They all moved out except for the two that were closest to me in age but we all stayed close, We were a very close knit family." Looking to her lap again Ayita took a breath. "I know it'll be dangerous but, I think Ziggy deserves to see her family again, deserves to see her home again. And even if she refuses, I want to at least give her that opportunity."

Having decided early on that she was going to help her girlfriend get back home one day in the future Ayita looked back to Mallory with confidence as she heard her ask that she consider everything first. "I know the risk ma'am, I've thought it over for months now. Ever since she mentioned that she missed her family after we became a couple. I was optimistic at best about getting her there before finding this place but, After hearing what Ziggy's told me about the people here and the fact there's sea worthy boats I feel hopeful that I can actually get her back to her home and fill the hole in her heart. I want to always see her smiling like she did while she talked about her family. And if that means danger, then so be it."

Having thought about this for weeks before even starting their way towards the harbor Ayita weighed the pros and cons she alreeady had as well as the ones that were freshly laid out to her by Mallory. The trek would be hard and long but every time she returned to the same answer in her mind, They were going to do this.

"Thank you ma'am, I know our friends would follow us to hell and back, and I'll try my best to get them to consider it thoroughly before deciding to join us ma'am. Once I get my strength back I'll come to you to discuss it further." Ayita explained. "Um.. I want to bring the subject up with Sieglinde myself so, if possible, could we not mention this to her?" She asked, mere seconds later Ziggy made her way back into the room, Her bright smile returning as she saw Ziggy cross through the door Ayita leaned out and placed a kiss on her lips. "Welcome back love." She said as she hugged her tighter. Taking the bag she unzipped it and pretended to search for what she had sent her for, as she did Ayita looked to Mallory. "Thank you ma'am."

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Pulling up on the sleeves of her fathers old mechanics coat Cam smiled brightly as she looked to the bike that Troy called. 'hers' Crossing the distance to it she kicked the stand up and began pushing it into the garage to the free station next to Troy and the man he refereed to as Cutler. Due to the design of the vehicle it was extremely easy to move as long as the breaks weren't on or the kick wasn't deployed. Getting it to the station Cam looked it over, "So boss ladies want us to make'em Big Bad Apocalypse Machines?" She asked before getting confirmation from one of the bikers. Her eyes lighting up at his words Cam cheered and set to work.

Having numerous ideas of what she could do she pulled on her fathers mechanical teachings to get to work, firstly she set to modifying the the engine to pull as much horsepower out of the things as she could, Spending a chunk of time on this she then set to modifying the manifold to reduce drag, Grabbing her old baby blue welding mask out from the drawer Cam pulled the welding supplies from the wall and prepared them just as her father had taught her before, She remembered it like it was yesterday. The warm summer evening, the sound of the waves crashing on the nearby breakers, the sound of metal being welded together. All of these memories flooded back as she kicked her mask down and set to work.

Having cut bits off, welded others on and modified to her hearts content Cam had gotten lost in her work just as her father would, finishing off the manifold Cam turned the welder off and set it aside before lifting her mask. "Sweet." She said to herself. Looking up she saw that Troy was helping Cutler make a side car for his bike, seeing it gave her an idea of her own. spikes, spikes everywhere, Pointy and deadly.

Climbing onto the bike Cam placed her hands on the handles and tried her best to position herself where the bikers would be to get an idea of clearance, the fact was though that she was smaller than them. Looking to the others Cam smiled. "Hey T! Mind helping me with something?" She asked, waiting for him to look her direction she then pointed to the bike. "I'm gonna weaponize this little beast. Mind helping me get clearances so what I put on it doesn't end up hurtin the rider?"

Smiling to her leader as she heard her agree to finding her a ship and a person to train them to sail on the open ocean to try and get Ziggy home Ayita nodded a thank you to Mallory before quickly seeing her lover make her way back into the room. "Welcome back my love." She greeted, her features staying soft as her gaze followed Sieglinde as she entered Ayita felt a tinge of worry cross her mind, she'd asked Mallory to keep what they'd discussed to herself for the time but would she hold to it? Her sights shifting to their leader Ayita waited to see if she'd break her word. A few seconds later the two heard as she said her farewell and took her leave. Breathing a sigh of relief Ayita let her smile return as she looked to her girlfriend and took her pack. Unzipping it she began ungrudging through it in search of nothing in particular. Deciding to pull out a hairbrush that was buried towards the bottom she brandished it and held it out to Ziggy. "Mind brushing my hair babe? It's still a mess." She said offering up the brush.

Waiting for Ziggy to take the brush from her hands Ayita shifted her weight gingerly as to not cause her stomach to flair up in pain. Getting to a position that gave Ziggy good access to her hair Ayita waited for her to start before she spoke again. "Sieglinde." She started as she reached up and took her girlfriends free hand in hers. "Wie war es in Deutschland? Wie war die Schule? Familienleben?(How was it in Germany? How was school? Family life?) She asked before going quiet allowing Ziggy to answer. Choosing to keep their conversation in German as to let Ziggy speak what she wanted without the worry of others knowing her past Ayita ran her thumb along Ziggy's hand. "Wenn du zurückgehen könntest. Würdest du?"(If you could go back.. Would you?) Ayita then asked, never having asked her directly as she was scared of upsetting her Ayita decided that they'd grown close enough that she could at least ask and see what her response would be. holding her lovers hand tightly Ayita waited to see how she responded. 

Troy was looking over the weapon that Cutler had made for Claudia when he heard him being called over by Cam who called him "T". He walked over to her as he saw her pointing at the bike. Once there he listened to her as she wanted to weaponize the bike yet she didn't want to her the rider in the process. "Well for starters don't put anything on the seat unless they want to get stabbed in the ass." said Troy jokingly to Cam. He crossed his arms as he looked at the bike thinking in silence. "Well...Let's see here." said Troy softly as he pulled out his trench knife putting the blade on the edge of the left handle at first but he shook his head stepping back as he walked over to the front of the bike. He looked at the front of the bike putting his back of his knife near the headlight and he smirked. "Alright let me work my magic." said Troy to Cam. He waved Cam over and as she stepped closer he showed her using his knife as an example. "So what you want to do is measure the length of it and get it to the right size. So for example if someone my size was to ride it you want the blades or whatever you have planned to go on hear to not be spread out to much. So like let's say you wanted to be katanas or chainsaws on the sides well...As badass as that sounds sadly with someone of my weight and height it could blow back in my face. I t would make the bike unstable and not easy to ride. So we need to go with something...Light and easy. Nothing to long and nothing to heavy on the rider." explained Troy to Cam.

He then walked back to the handles and nodded as the idea he had before was now coming together in his head. "Give me a few minutes alright?" asked Troy to Cam as he quickly left her alone with her bike and he went to the drawer grabbing a welding mask before getting started on his idea. It took him nearly five minutes to finish it but it was a prototype. He took off the mask and smirked as he was finished with it. He walked back over to Cam and showed it to her.




"So this is what I was thinking you could set these babies on the handles of bike for starter but what do you think?" asked Troy to Cam. He turned to look at Paco who was setting for now finishing the frame work on his bike. He then walked over to Troy and Cam as he cracked his neck. "Yo so get this! I was thinking what if I were to put some guns on the bike? But not just any guns...Gattling guns." said Paco to Troy and Cam. Troy just smirked and shook his head. "You're crazy homie but good luck. I haven't seen any gattling guns lying around lately." said Troy to Paco. "What about Fort Bragg? asked Paco to Troy who looked at him confused. "Fort what?" asked Troy to Paco who rolled his eyes. "I heard Frank talking about it like the military stashed some good shit there at least that's what Frank said." said Paco to Troy who shook his head as the thought of Frank annoyed him. "Yeah well that asshole is already on his way to the mainland so fuck him and those other clowns." said Troy to Paco.

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As they were now stepping off onto the mainland Frank and the remaining MC members and the new recruits grabbed what bikes they had left and the jetskis which were in horrible condition at least that how they looked to Frank. Once the boat was earshot away some members raged at Frank and rightfully so, one of those members was Warren. "What the fuck Frank! I mean seriously you like that skank hoe play you like a bitch! I mean she is laughing her-" said Warren in anger at Frank before the leader pistol whipped him in the nose. Warren fell down in pain holding his nose as his eyes watered. "I didn't let us walk away empty handed now. I had a plan set in motion long before we left and that is all you guys need to know. We bide our time and wait...We have always been the underdogs but not anymore...Not after what I have planned." said Frank with a smirk to his men. He then helped Warren up and patted him on the back. "Alright boys to Old Orchard Beach!" ordered Frank as he got on his bike. Some members had to ride back seat and a few got in the UPS vans that they were given.

One day before the Hell-Riders left...

Frank was at his house having a smoke with Kurt and the two men were talking about leaving Bar Harbor. "Look all I'm saying is if I stay here any longer...I'm going to kill those bitches, besides if we leave then we are free of them and we can rule our own territory however we want too." said Frank as he took a drag off his cigarette. Kurt, his vice president nodded as he took a drag off his cigarette before answering Frank. "We gotta have allies though...I mean in order to survive in this world we gotta help one another." said Kurt to Frank who looked at him in disbelief before laughing. "Have you been hanging out with Troy or something? Jesus man you want me to get ya a bible while I'm at it?" asked Frank in a joking tone. The two men chuckled and a silence soon followed. "What if some of our boys don't want to leave?" asked Kurt to Frank who looked away for a moment before taking a drag off his smoke. "Then fuck em. They are nothing but cowards..." said Frank in a dark tone. Soon silence filled the room again but a knock came at the door and Frank got up from his chair. "Besides even if they do stay behind I have a plan." said Frank to Kurt as he continued his walk to the door.

He opened the door and as he did he was greeted to Max who had a smile on his face. "So boss what's up?" asked Max to Frank who smirked and put his arm around Max as he brought him inside. 

As they left for Old Orchard Beach, Frank looked at Kurt and smirked as his plan worked Max stayed behind on his orders faking his betrayal of the gang and so he was to keep a close eye on Mallory and her top people. He was Frank's inside man.

Taking a breath after asking the question that had been on her mind for weeks Ayita waited for how Ziggy would answer, Expecting her to shut down and avoid the question Ayita was caught happily off guard when she heard her girlfriend begin doing the opposite. Staying quiet and listening to what she had to say Ayita leaned closer to her lover and placed her hand on her shoulder, leaning into her as she spoke. Listening further as she went on about how it was good until someone named Merkal came into power Ayita frowned, she didn't know much about current afairs outside of her small farm before the end, let alone affairs of other countries. Still, she was keen to take in any and all information Ziggy was about to give her. Every bit would bring her closer to the true Sieglinde, Closer to the one she loved.

Staying quiet as she went in depth over what had caused everything to go bad in her country Ayita began to understand why she had decided to leave in the first place, Going into detail about something terrible that had occured in a city named Cologne where mass harassment and rape had taken place by the hands of the refugee's, The thought made Ayita shutter. Still, She wanted to know everything about Ziggy, about her home, about her past; So she stayed the course and listened as her lover continued on. Going into better detail about the refugee's and how some had come from parts of the world where radicalism was king and some of the things that they had done upon coming into her country. The thought of dealing with it first hand like Ziggy had to made Ayita's stomach turn. 'Maybe being stuck on the farm wasn't all that bad if the world could be that fucked up before the end.' She thought to herself as she continued listening to Ziggy's story.

Once she wrapped up the parts over the happenings in Germany Ayita sighed. "I'm sorry I made you remember all that my love." She said before scooting over just enough to clear a spot for her on the bed. Patting her hand on the spot signaling Ziggy to join her she waited for her to do so before she spoke again. "So.. What about your family? Was home life at least somewhat better than school and the country?" She asked wrapping her arm around her lovers midsection and placing a kiss on her lips.

Pulling away Ayita listened further as Ziggy began explaining her family life, she spoke fondly of her siblings and her father, some of the things they did together and how well they would get along for the most part. Upon hearing her mention that she would strangle them from time to time made Ayita laugh, she too had similar encounters with her own siblings, Having grown up in a rather large family herself she was accustomed to the fighting and bickering having brothers and sisters brought. Once the subject shifted to her mother however Ayita picked up on a certain disdain in her girlfriends voice, Noticed that she would call her 'mother' rather than 'mom' or something rather loving along those lines. As she continued her story though the reasoning became clear, Continuing to listen in silence as Ziggy went into detail about some of the things her mother was involved in and how she and her siblings were often left alone with her father Ayita felt a hint of anger boiling in her heart, anger towards Ziggy's mother and how she had neglected to act as one, Not having gotten to experience having one herself though, Ayita felt a certain kind of familiarity with the way Ziggy described her home life, absent mother, very involved father and close siblings was the mainstay at the farm, and it seemed it was with Ziggy as well.

Bringing her hand up to brush Ziggy's long blonde hair out of her face Ayita hooked it around her ear before bringing her hand to hold her girlfriends. As she did she continued to listen to what Ziggy had to say. She spoke about how her mother's ideologies were inconsistent and went into an example that involved one of her friends, Vivian, Who was groped while wearing a short skirt and upon hearing this her mother said that it was her fault, when just weeks before she was pushing for the opposite. Shaking her head Ayita sighed. "I'm sorry Babe.." Ayita said as she leaned in to her. "Mothers shouldn't act like that.. Ever." She didn't have much experiance with the subjects, nor any experiance with actually having a mother. But what she did have experiance in was not having one, and drawing on that experience she felt even worse.

Digging her head into Ziggy's chest Ayita stayed quiet and listened to her girlfriends heartbeat for a moment before she asked the big question. "If you could go back... Would you?"

Hearing the pause in Ziggy's breath she could tell she was thinking about it before she answered, thankfully though, the answer she recieved wasn't a flat out 'no', but was rather one that was indecisive. While she didn't much care for her mother Ayita felt like Ziggy deserved to at least see her father, siblings and friends again. And with Mallory's help she hoped she was going to be able to make that come true.

Looking up to Ziggy's face Ayita placed another kiss on her lips before hearing her half ass change her mind, but by the tone in her voice Ayita could tell that it was her trying to brush off the deep convo they just had, she mentioned that they could stay and find a house, and maybe even a dog and a kid at some point. Going on to mention that she saw a cute blonde guy that could knock them up if they wanted. The thought caused Ayita to blush. As if she caught sight of this Ziggy once again laughed and said she was just kidding, buit the thought had riled Ayita up now.

"Just kidding huh?" She asked before placing a passionate kiss on her lips. "Is that so?" She asked placing a hand on Ziggy's butt before pulling her in for another kiss. "You smell good babe." She said, while still teasing and trying to get Ziggy in the mood for a little fun she did fully mean what she said. "The curtains closed and I'm sure it'll be a bit before someone walks in. I'm sorry I scared you a few days ago. I'm here now." With those words she waited to see how Ziggy would respond.

Troy crossed his arms as he listened to Cam explained what she was going to do with her bike and how she was going to weaponize it. He watched her work and he nodded as he was impressed with what she had made so far, he chuckled as he heard her question as she wanted to think on it. "Take your time as long as you need." said Troy to Cam with a smile as he left her to go back and help Cutler with his bike. He was impressed with the worked he had made with it so far. "Yo big man still need some help?" asked Troy to Cutler who turned to him and nodded. "Yeah can you hold it? While I weld it into place." asked Cutler to Troy who nodded. He held the sidecar in place while Cutler welded it onto the bike. Both men wore mask to protect their face and eyes. Once Cutler was done both men took off their mask and smiled at their work. Cutler got on the bike while Troy hopped in the side car, both men smirked as they were proud of their work. Roger came walking in with his shirt on although a piece of bandage and tape could be slightly seen. "Yo old timer what do you think?" asked Troy to Roger who smirked at the duo who did some poses on the bike.





"That's adorable where is my bike?" asked Roger. Troy then got out of the side car and walked over to Roger. "Cam took it since you left." said Troy to Roger softly. The old biker just smirked and nodded as he didn't have a problem with it. "That's fine with me. Just tell her it better not be goddamn hot pink." joked Roger to Troy who chuckled at his comment. "Hey Troy!" said a familiar voice to Troy. He turned his head as he heard his name being called and it was none other then Sara who was outside of the shop in a cute outfit. Troy walked over to her and the two if them smiled at one another. "Wow you look hot." said Troy with a smirk to Sara who chuckled and her cheeks got slightly red at the complement. "Thanks. I was wondering if you wanted to come over my house and have dinner with my family? I might have told them a little bit about you." asked Sara with a smile to Troy. His smile slowly faded away and he looked away from her looked at the ground as he was trying to think of an excuse. Even though they had won the battle Troy still felt like an outsider to these people and even leaving the MC some people were going to judge him just for being with them in the past. 

But still he hadn't given much thought to his relationship with Sara. I mean yeah he liked her but ever since he found out about Ysabel old feelings came back up. "Look...It's just not a good time now...I mean-" said Troy to Sara but he kept looking around trying to not make eye contact with her as he knew he was hurting her feelings. Sara was hurt but she wasn't going to cry about it. Instead she was going to put her foot down on it. "I want to be your girlfriend. All the time, not just when it's convenient." said Sara in a serious tone.




"I care about you Troy and I know you feel the same way. Do you know how hard it's been for me?" asked Sara to Troy who didn't even say a word but his body language was screaming that he was getting flustered. "I've only cared about one other guy in my life and it turned out in the end all I was to him was a joke. So please don't push me away." said Sara softly to Troy.





"What were you thinking? When you asked your parents if a guy you have barely known could come over for dinner." asked Troy to Sara his tone was annoyed. A moment of silence went by before Troy spoke up again. "Look I'm a criminal alright? I've made a lot of bad choices and I do not want to drag you or your family down. I'm just someone you should stay away from." said Troy as he tried to walk away heading back towards the shop. But Sara grabbed him by the arm and stopped him as he turned around. "Troy wait-" said Sara but she was quickly cutoff by Troy who stared at her with anger. "Leave!" said Troy as he raised his voice at Sara who was taken back by it and she felt a lump in her throat.




The two of them stared at one another and it seemed as if some people were watching. Sara then slowly walked away having her head down in shame. Troy then heard his name being called in from the shop and let out a heavy sigh. He listened to Cam explain how she could use uzis or any small caliber firearm. "Yeah give me a minute I'll check." said Troy in a calm tone although it was a bit shaky. He left the shop heading over to the armory where he searched through the guns and smiled as he found the uzis. He returned back to Cam and noticed Paco and Cutler were leaving the shop. "Yo you two getting your tattoos covered up?" asked Troy to the two bikers who nodded. "Yeah brother see you in a bit." said Cutler to Troy. He walked back into the shop and presented the uzis to Cam. He wasn't sure if she heard or saw the argument that he was having with Sara but if she asked he wouldn't hide it from her. "Here ya go Cam. I got ya two mini uzis seems like fat fuck Toby forgot his little babies." said Troy with a smirk to Cam as he was trying to act like nothing was wrong.