I continue my assault on the punching bag, my knuckles are bruising but it's fine, it's what I deserve. What am I doing? For the last two weeks I have been Indigo's lap dog, desperate for any time I can spend with her. Every time she has called or text me I've been there. At night when we sit together and smoke, that's the best part of my day.

I need to stop this, I'm not good for her, as soon as she moves into her new place tomorrow I'll start to distance myself so she can move on with her life. Knuckles has taken her shopping, a stupid idea, when she talked about it last night I could tell she was scared. She called me and I knew she would. I gave up on my workout and headed back to the garage. When they pulled up she came straight to me and wrapped her arms around me

"Thank you" she whispered

"Stop thanking me, I'm happy to help you anyway I can." I reply wrapping my arms around her, how can I distance myself? When I hold her it's the best I've ever felt. I look up and see Knuckles standing there, anger written all over his face, but she ignores him and so do I. Suddenly a pick up crashes through the gate knocking the prospect flying and pulls up, three men fly out guns drawn and open fire. I flip Indigo behind me as Knuckles and I return fire. Killer comes out of the office with his shotgun and we take two of them out. The third jumps in the pick up and flies out of the compound.

"Fuck I'm hit." Knuckles says looking down at the blood seeping through his shirt

"I'll get Cordelia, get to the infirmary. Socket, secure the fucking gate. Bullet, you good?" Killer asks pulling out his phone

"Yeah, I'm good, Indi.... oh fuck. She's been hit." I shout as I pick her up and hold her against my chest

"Getting shot fucking hurts." She says as she holds her arm, blood running through her fingers. I run through to the infirmary and lie her down on one of the beds. Doc and Cordelia come in and start working on Indigo, Knuckles and the prospect. I wash the blood off me and turn to see Cordelia working on Indigo

"I've sedated her Bullet, go, she'll be ok. I'll come and get you when she wakes up." Cordelia says looking up to me then back down at Indigo's bullet wound.

I head outside and light a cigarette, Socket finishes fixing up the gate, Killer comes over

"I called the rest of the club in, Circuit is tracking the pick up. We'll get these fuckers." He says taking a cigarette from me

"I put her behind me, how did she get shot and I didn't?" I say taking a long drag

"Don't beat yourself up Bullet, you remember what I was like whenever Cordelia got hurt. If she hadn't killed Dragon I was going to take him apart piece by piece for what he did to her." He says placing his hand on my shoulder

"Yeah but you two were in love and were good together. I'm no good for her." I reply looking at the floor

"Bullshit. Cordelia has you two down as the next couple, you know what she's like for matchmaking. Is this because of your parents?" I look up to Killer and see he's trying to tread lightly.

"You're not your father you know. He was an asshole drunk, my father hated him. You will never be anything like him." He says

"It's the Byrne curse. He turned into a drunk just like his father. He beat the shit out of my Mom until I got big enough to protect her." I reply thinking back to when I was 13, the first time I hit my dad.

"Trust me Bullet. After all you saw your Mom go through and all the times you had to protect her you will never become him. You love Indigo the way I love Cordelia. I know you do and I know you'll spend your life protecting her the way you protected your Mom." He says finishing his cigarette and heading back inside.

I follow him in and we head to church. We all sit down apart from Knuckles who is still in the infirmary

"So The Devils Coyotes have decided to grow some balls and aim for the compound. They failed because only one made it out alive and hopefully he will go back to his club and tell them we aren't to be messed with. What have you got Circuit?" Killer says looking over to Circuit

"Ok well The Devils Coyotes is a small time MC, their president is Bo Brannan. His three sons are Hoyt, Wade and Duke. There was a fourth son, the youngest, Cyrus but Knuckles killed him when him and another member ambushed him. I'm guessing the fact we killed one of the Brannan boys is the reason they attacked." Circuit pulls up pictures of these Brannan boys and I notice Hoyt is the one who made it out of here alive. Well he's going to pay for shooting my Indigo.

Church continues for hours as we discuss The Devils Coyotes and our next move. I head out straight to the infirmary and find Cordelia finishing up with Knuckles

"How is she?" I ask looking over to Indigo sleeping peacefully

"She's going to be fine, I got the bullet out and fixed up the wound, she lost blood so I'm just giving her a transfusion, her blood count seems low anyway. Sit with her if you like." Cordelia says smiling as she walks away.

I walk over to Indigo and sit in the chair next to her bed. I take her hand in mine and watch her sleep.