“At 2:17 AM, a Girl Knocked: ‘Help My Friends’ — Then Engines Started One by One” — Transcript

Full transcript

1. 0:00And the clubhouse at 20 I7 a.m. is
2. 0:02usually a tomb. The music stops at
3. 0:04midnight. The pool balls stop clacking
4. 0:06by 100 by 2000. And the only sound left
5. 0:09is the hum of the refrigerator and the
6. 0:10snoring of a few brothers who crashed on
7. 0:13the leather couches because they were
8. 0:15too tired or too drunk and to ride home.
9. 0:18I was on watch duty. Technically, we
10. 0:20don't need a guard. The steel reinforced
11. 0:22door and the security cameras usually do
12. 0:24the trick, but in our world and sleep is
13. 0:27a luxury you pay for with vigilance. I
14. 0:29was sitting at the bar, nursing a
15. 0:31lukewarm coffee, staring at the grainy
16. 0:33black and white feet of the parking lot
17. 0:35and watching the rain come down in
18. 0:37sheets. Then I heard it. It wasn't the
19. 0:39police battering ram. It wasn't the
20. 0:41heavy fist of a rival club looking for a
21. 0:43fight. And it was a sound so faint I
22. 0:45almost missed it over the drumming of
23. 0:47the rain on the metal roof. Thump thump.
24. 0:50A weak and desperate rhythm against the
25. 0:52heavy steel blast door. I frowned.
26. 0:54Nobody knocks at a biker clubhouse at
27. 0:562017 a.m. on a Saturday. If you're a
28. 0:58friend, you have the code. And if you're
29. 1:00an enemy, you bring a gun. I pulled the
30. 1:0345 from the holster under the bar,
31. 1:05racked the slide, and walked to the
32. 1:07door. I didn't look through the peole,
33. 1:09and I unlocked the heavy deadbolts.
34. 1:11Clank, clank, clank, and swung the door
35. 1:13open, ready for anything. But I wasn't
36. 1:15ready for her. She couldn't have been
37. 1:17more than 17. And she was soaking wet,
38. 1:20her hair plastered to her skull. She was
39. 1:22wearing a silver party dress that was
40. 1:24torn at the shoulder and stained with
41. 1:26mud. And but what hit me first wasn't
42. 1:28the dress. It was her feet. She was
43. 1:30barefoot. Her feet were cut and
44. 1:32bleeding, covered in mud and gravel. She
45. 1:34had run and she had run a long way
46. 1:36through the woods in the pitch black.
47. 1:38She was shivering so violently her teeth
48. 1:40were chattering and making a clicking
49. 1:43sound that echoed in the silent
50. 1:44entryway. If seeing a child in distress
51. 1:47triggers your protective instincts, and
52. 1:49stop right now and comment numbum yatch
53. 1:52below. Let's show the world that we
54. 1:54stand guard for the innocent. She looked
55. 1:56up at me, a giant in a leather vest
56. 1:58holding a gun, and most people would
57. 2:00run. But she didn't flinch. Her eyes
58. 2:02were wide, dilated with pure terror, but
59. 2:04she lunged forward and grabbed my vest
60. 2:06with freezing cold hands. "And please,"
61. 2:09she gasped, her voice raw and horsearo.
62. 2:11"Please, you have to help." I saw the
63. 2:13bikes. I saw the sign. I holstered the
64. 2:15gun immediately and I grabbed a blanket
65. 2:17from the couch, one we keep for crashes,
66. 2:19and wrapped it around her shoulders.
67. 2:21Slow down, kid. I said, my voice
68. 2:24rumbling low to keep her calm. And
69. 2:26you're safe. You're at the motor mafia.
70. 2:28Nobody touches you here. Who is chasing
71. 2:30you? She shook her head frantically,
72. 2:31water flying from her hair. Not me, she
73. 2:34sobbed. And my friends, they they
74. 2:36wouldn't let them leave. She took a
75. 2:38ragged breath and looked me in the eye.
76. 2:40It was supposed to be a graduation
77. 2:42party. And in the old lodge up on
78. 2:44Blackwood Ridge, the boys, the college
79. 2:46guys, they locked the doors and they
80. 2:49said nobody leaves until they say so.
81. 2:51She gripped my arm so hard her
82. 2:52fingernails dug in. There are six of us.
83. 2:55I climbed out the bathroom window. I ran
84. 2:57and but the others Sarah, Emily, Jess,
85. 3:00they are still in there. And the guys,
86. 3:02they were getting angry. They were
87. 3:03getting bad. If your blood is boiling
88. 3:05right now and smash that like button, we
89. 3:08are about to turn a graduation party
90. 3:10into a nightmare for those predators.
91. 3:12Blackwood Ridge. I knew it. It was 10
92. 3:14miles of dense forest and totally
93. 3:16isolated. No cell service, no neighbors,
94. 3:19just a hunting lodge owned by some rich
95. 3:21daddy's boy. If five girls were trapped
96. 3:23in there with a group of entitled and
97. 3:25drunk predators who had decided no
98. 3:27wasn't an answer. They didn't have
99. 3:29hours. They had minutes. I didn't ask
100. 3:31for names. I didn't ask for details. And
101. 3:33I turned to the fire alarm on the wall.
102. 3:36The one we rigged to a siren that
103. 3:37screams loud enough to wake the dead in
104. 3:39three counties. I pulled the lever. The
105. 3:42clubhouse erupted and the siren wailed.
106. 3:44Men who were dead asleep 5 seconds ago
107. 3:47rolled off the couches, grabbing their
108. 3:49boots and their vests before their eyes
109. 3:51were even open. And Big Mac burst out of
110. 3:53his office, his eyes scanning the room
111. 3:55for the threat. He saw the bleeding
112. 3:57terrified girl. Jacks Mac roared. Citrip
113. 4:00and hostage situation. I yelled over the
114. 4:03siren. Blackwood Ridge. Multiple miners.
115. 4:05Predators have locked the doors. We have
116. 4:07a runner. I pointed to the girl and she
117. 4:10says they're hurt. She says they're
118. 4:11trapped. Mac's face went stone cold. The
119. 4:14sleep vanished. Kill the siren. He
120. 4:16ordered. Wack the chapter. And I don't
121. 4:18care if they're asleep, drunk, or in bed
122. 4:20with their wives. Get them here. I want
123. 4:22wheels rolling in 10 minutes. And tell
124. 4:25them to bring the heavy gear. And we
125. 4:26aren't going to a party. We're going to
126. 4:28a war. I looked at the girl. How many? I
127. 4:31asked. Five girls left. She whispered.
128. 4:33And maybe. Maybe 12 guys. And I turned
129. 4:35to the room where 30 brothers were
130. 4:37already lacing up their boots. You hear
131. 4:40that? I growled. 12 of them. And 134 of
132. 4:43us are about to answer the call. And the
133. 4:45girl looked at the room filling up with
134. 4:47angry tattooed men. Are you Are you
135. 4:49going to call the police? She asked. I
136. 4:51looked at Big Mac and he was already
137. 4:53loading a fresh magazine into his
138. 4:55sidearm. The police take 20 minutes to
139. 4:57get up that mountain. I told her, "Woo,
140. 5:00make it intent." And here is part one of
141. 5:02the new script. This story is designed
142. 5:04to be a high stakes adrenalinefueled
143. 5:07rescue mission in the dead of night.
144. 5:08Part one den the knock that woke the
145. 5:10wolves and the clubhouse at 2017 a.m. is
146. 5:13usually a tomb. The music stops at
147. 5:15midnight. The pool ball stopped clacking
148. 5:16by 1800. By 20 o' and the only sound
149. 5:19left is the hum of the refrigerator and
150. 5:22the snoring of a few brothers who
151. 5:23crashed on the leather couches because
152. 5:25they were too tired or too drunk and to
153. 5:28ride home. I was on watch duty.
154. 5:30Technically, we don't need to guard the
155. 5:32steel reinforced door and the security
156. 5:34cameras usually do the trick. But in our
157. 5:36world, and sleep is a luxury you pay for
158. 5:39with vigilance. I was sitting at the bar
159. 5:41nursing a lukewarm coffee, staring at
160. 5:43the grainy black and white feet of the
161. 5:45parking lot and watching the rain come
162. 5:48down in sheets. Then I heard it. It
163. 5:50wasn't the police battering ram. It
164. 5:52wasn't the heavy fist of a rival club
165. 5:54looking for a fight. And it was a sound
166. 5:56so faint I almost missed it over the
167. 5:58drumming of the rain on the metal roof.
168. 6:00Thump, thump, thump. A weak and
169. 6:02desperate rhythm against the heavy steel
170. 6:04blast door. I frowned. Nobody knocks at
171. 6:06a biker clubhouse at 2017 a.m. on a
172. 6:09Saturday. If you're a friend, you have
173. 6:11the code. And if you're an enemy, you
174. 6:13bring a gun. I pulled the 45 from the
175. 6:15holster under the bar, racked the slide,
176. 6:17and walked to the door. I didn't look
177. 6:19through the peepphole, and I unlocked
178. 6:21the heavy deadbolts. Clank, clank,
179. 6:23clank, and swung the door open, ready
180. 6:25for anything. But I wasn't ready for
181. 6:27her. She couldn't have been more than
182. 6:2917. And she was soaking wet, her hair
183. 6:32plastered to her skull. She was wearing
184. 6:34a silver party dress that was torn at
185. 6:36the shoulder and stained with mud. And
186. 6:38but what hit me first wasn't the dress.
187. 6:40It was her feet. She was barefoot. Her
188. 6:42feet were cut in bleeding, covered in
189. 6:44mud and gravel. She had run and she had
190. 6:47run a long way through the woods in the
191. 6:49pitch black. She was shivering so
192. 6:51violently her teeth were chattering and
193. 6:53making a clicking sound that echoed in
194. 6:55the silent entryway. If seeing a child
195. 6:57in distress triggers your protective
196. 6:59instincts and stop right now and comment
197. 7:02now omatth below, let's show the world
198. 7:05that we stand guard for the innocent.
199. 7:07She looked up at me, a giant in a
200. 7:09leather vest holding a gun. And most
201. 7:11people would run, but she didn't flinch.
202. 7:13Her eyes were wide, dilated with pure
203. 7:15terror, but she lunged forward and
204. 7:17grabbed my vest with freezing cold
205. 7:19hands. And please, she gassed her voice
206. 7:21raw and horsearo. Please, you have to
207. 7:23help. I saw the bikes. I saw the sign. I
208. 7:26holstered the gun immediately and I
209. 7:28grabbed a blanket from the couch, one we
210. 7:30keep for crashes, and wrapped it around
211. 7:32her shoulders. "Slow down, kid," I said,
212. 7:35my voice rumbling low to keep her calm.
213. 7:37"And you're safe. You're at the motor
214. 7:39mafia. Nobody touches you here. Who is
215. 7:41chasing you?" She shook her head
216. 7:42frantically, water flying from her hair.
217. 7:45"Not me," she sobbed. "And my friends,
218. 7:48they they wouldn't let them leave." She
219. 7:50took a ragged breath and looked me in
220. 7:51the eye. It was supposed to be a
221. 7:53graduation party and in the old lodge up
222. 7:55on Blackwood Ridge, the boys, the
223. 7:57college guys, they took the keys, they
224. 8:00locked the doors, and they said, "Nobody
225. 8:02leaves until they say so." She gripped
226. 8:04my arms so hard her fingernails dug in.
227. 8:06There are six of us. I climbed out the
228. 8:08bathroom window. I ran and but the
229. 8:10others, Sarah, Emily, Jess, they are
230. 8:13still in there. And the guys, they were
231. 8:14getting angry. They were getting bad. If
232. 8:17your blood is boiling right now and
233. 8:19smash that like button. We are about to
234. 8:21turn a graduation party into a nightmare
235. 8:23for those predators. Blackwood Ridge. I
236. 8:25knew it. It was 10 miles of dense forest
237. 8:28and totally isolated. No cell service,
238. 8:30no neighbors, just a hunting lodge owned
239. 8:33by some rich daddy's boy. If five girls
240. 8:35were trapped in there with a group of
241. 8:37entitled and drunk predators who had
242. 8:39decided no wasn't an answer, they didn't
243. 8:41have hours. They had minutes. I didn't
244. 8:43ask for names. I didn't ask for details.
245. 8:46and I turned to the fire alarm on the
246. 8:48wall, the one we rigged to a siren that
247. 8:50screams loud enough to wake the dead in
248. 8:52three counties. I pulled the lever. The
249. 8:54clubhouse erupted and the siren wailed.
250. 8:57Men who were dead asleep 5 seconds ago
251. 8:59rolled off the couches, grabbing their
252. 9:02boots and their vests before their eyes
253. 9:03were even open. And Big Mac burst out of
254. 9:06his office, his eyes scanning the room
255. 9:08for the threat. He saw the bleeding,
256. 9:09terrified girl. Jax Mac roared, sit and
257. 9:13hostage situation. I yelled over the
258. 9:16siren. Blackwood Ridge. Multiple as
259. 9:18predators have locked the doors. We have
260. 9:20a runner. I pointed to the girl and she
261. 9:22says they're hurt. She says they're
262. 9:24trapped. Max's face went stone cold. The
263. 9:26sleep vanished. Kill the siren. He
264. 9:28ordered. Wake the chapter. And I don't
265. 9:31care if they're asleep, drunk, or in bed
266. 9:33with their wives. Get them here. I want
267. 9:35wheels rolling in 10 minutes. And tell
268. 9:37them to bring the heavy gear. And we
269. 9:39aren't going to a party. We're going to
270. 9:41a war. I looked at the girl. I asked.
271. 9:43Five girls left," she whispered. "And
272. 9:46maybe maybe 12 guys." And I turned to
273. 9:48the room where 30 brothers were already
274. 9:50lacing up their boots. "You hear that?"
275. 9:52I growled. 12 of them. And wondered 34
276. 9:55of us are about to answer the call. And
277. 9:57the girl looked at the room filling up
278. 9:59with angry tattooed men. "Are you are
279. 10:01you going to call the police?" she
280. 10:03asked. I looked at Big Mac and he was
281. 10:05already loading a fresh magazine into
282. 10:07his sidearm. The police take 20 minutes
283. 10:09to get up that mountain. I told her, "We
284. 10:12make it in 10." And there is a smell
285. 10:14that fills a room when arrogance turns
286. 10:16into terror. It smells like sar sweat
287. 10:18and expensive colong. As the front door
288. 10:21crashed inward and hanging off its
289. 10:23bottom hinge, the warm air of the lodge
290. 10:25rushed out to meet the cold night rain.
291. 10:27Inside, the scene was exactly what we
292. 10:29expected and a massive living room with
293. 10:31vated ceilings, a roaring fireplace, and
294. 10:34and 12 young men who looked like they
295. 10:36had stepped out of a catalog for
296. 10:38entitled Jerks Monthly. They were
297. 10:40holding red plastic cups. Some were
298. 10:42shirtless, and they looked confused,
299. 10:44annoyed, but not yet terrified. They
300. 10:46still thought the world operated
301. 10:48according to their rules. They were
302. 10:50wrong. Big Max stepped over the
303. 10:52threshold and his wet boots leaving
304. 10:53heavy black mud stains on the pristine
305. 10:55white Persian rug. Then I stepped in,
306. 10:58then tank tiny. Within 30 seconds, and
307. 11:00the massive living room was filled with
308. 11:0250 bikers with 80 more blocking every
309. 11:04window and exit outside. The room went
310. 11:07dead silent and the only sound was the
311. 11:09crackle of the fire and the squeak of
312. 11:11leather. One of the guys, a tall blonde
313. 11:14kid in a polo shirt who clearly thought
314. 11:16he was the alpha and stepped forward. He
315. 11:18puffed out his chest trying to look
316. 11:20tough. This is private property. He
317. 11:22shouted, his voice cracking slightly. My
318. 11:24dad is Judge Reynolds. And do you know
319. 11:26what he'll do to you? You're
320. 11:28trespassing. Get out before I call the
321. 11:30cops. Big Mac didn't yell. He walked
322. 11:32calmly across the room and passed the
323. 11:34expensive leather sofas until he was
324. 11:36standing toeto toe with the kid. Mac is
325. 11:386'5. The kid was maybe 510. Mac leaned
326. 11:41down and water dripping from his beard
327. 11:43onto the kid's clean shirt. "Judge
328. 11:45Reynolds," Mac asked softly. "Good.
329. 11:47You're going to need him, but he isn't
330. 11:49here right now. We are." And if you love
331. 11:51seeing a bully realize he's no longer
332. 11:53the biggest dog in the yard, smash that
333. 11:55like button and comment risk
334. 11:58below. and let's see how tough they are
335. 12:00without their daddy's money. Mac turned
336. 12:02to the rest of the room. Where are they?
337. 12:04He growled. Where is who? The kids
338. 12:06stammered playing dumb. And it's just
339. 12:08us. We're just hanging out. I didn't
340. 12:10have the patience for games. I saw a
341. 12:13hallway leading to the back bedrooms.
342. 12:15And I saw a chair propped up under a
343. 12:17doorork knob at the end of the hall. You
344. 12:19don't prop a chair under a doororknob
345. 12:21unless you're trying to keep something
346. 12:22or someone in. And I walked past the
347. 12:25kid, shoving him aside with my shoulder.
348. 12:28He stumbled back into his friends who
349. 12:30were now huddled together against the
350. 12:31fireplace and looking at the wall of
351. 12:34bikers like they were looking at the
352. 12:35grim reaper. I marched down the hallway.
353. 12:38The chair was wedged tight under the
354. 12:40handle of the last door and I kicked the
355. 12:42chair away. It skittered across the
356. 12:44floor. Police. One of the guys in the
357. 12:46living room yelled, "He's breaking down
358. 12:48the door and ain't the police." Tank
359. 12:51yelled back. And you better pray we
360. 12:53don't start acting like criminals. I
361. 12:55tried the handle locked. I didn't bother
362. 12:57picking it and I took a step back and
363. 12:59drove my boot into the wood right next
364. 13:01to the latch. The door splintered and
365. 13:03flew open. The room was dark, but the
366. 13:06light from the hallway spilled in. And
367. 13:08huddled in the corner on a single bed
368. 13:09were five girls. They were clinging to
369. 13:11each other, sobbing quietly. Their
370. 13:14clothes were torn. Their makeup was
371. 13:15smeared with tears. And when the door
372. 13:18opened, they screamed a highpitched
373. 13:20terrified sound that cut straight
374. 13:22through my heart. They thought we were
375. 13:24the college guys coming back. And I held
376. 13:26up my hands instantly, showing my palms.
377. 13:28Easy, I said, keeping my voice low and
378. 13:30gentle. Easy. Now I'm with the motor
379. 13:33mafia, your friend. And the one in the
380. 13:35silver dress. She made it. She sent us.
381. 13:37The girl in the middle looked up. Jenny,
382. 13:39she whispered. Jenny made it. She's
383. 13:41safe. I promised. And now, and so are
384. 13:44you. If seeing these girls safe makes
385. 13:46you want to hug your own kids. Hit
386. 13:47subscribe. We protect the innocent no
387. 13:50matter the cost. And I turned back to
388. 13:52the hallway and yelled clear. We got M.
389. 13:54A roar went up from the living room, not
390. 13:56a cheer, but a growl of satisfaction.
391. 13:59The girls stood up and shaky and
392. 14:00terrified, I took off my cut, my leather
393. 14:03vest with my patches and wrapped it
394. 14:05around the girl closest to me. Other
395. 14:07brothers came down the hall and taking
396. 14:09off their jackets, wrapping the girls up
397. 14:12like they were precious cargo. We formed
398. 14:14a protective circle around them, and we
399. 14:16walked them out of the bedroom and into
400. 14:17the living room. The 12 college guys
401. 14:19were now pressed against the wall,
402. 14:21surrounded by 134 angry bikers. And when
403. 14:25the guys saw the girls, saw the tears,
404. 14:27the fear, the reality of what they had
405. 14:29done, some of them looked down in shame.
406. 14:31But the leader, the judge's son, and he
407. 14:34looked angry. He looked like he was the
408. 14:35victim. They were asking for it. He spat
409. 14:38out panic, making him stupid. They came
410. 14:40to the party. You can't prove anything.
411. 14:42And Big Mac stopped. He signaled for the
412. 14:44brothers to take the girls outside to
413. 14:46the waiting SUVs we had brought. "Get
414. 14:48them warm," Mac ordered. "Get them safe
415. 14:51and don't let them see this." Once the
416. 14:53girls were out the front door, Mac
417. 14:55turned back to the 12 guys. The air in
418. 14:57the room changed and it went from rescue
419. 14:59mission to education. Mac walked over to
420. 15:02the front door and closed it. He slid
421. 15:04the deadbolt into place. He turned back
422. 15:06to the room and cracking his knuckles.
423. 15:08"You boys like to lock people in rooms,
424. 15:10right?" Mac asked, his voice
425. 15:12terrifyingly calm. You like to make
426. 15:14people feel helpless, and you like to
427. 15:16use your power to hurt people who can't
428. 15:18fight back. He looked at the 134
429. 15:20brothers filling the room. Everyone
430. 15:22crossed their arms. Everyone stared, and
431. 15:25well, Max smiled, and it was the smile
432. 15:27of a wolf looking at a trapped rabbit.
433. 15:29School is in session tonight, and you're
434. 15:31going to learn what it feels like to be
435. 15:33on the other side of the lock. There is
436. 15:35a myth that bikers are lawless, that we
437. 15:38just want to break things and hurt
438. 15:39people. And but the truth is we believe
439. 15:41in order. We believe in consequence. And
440. 15:44for the next 10 minutes inside that
441. 15:46locked luxury lodge, we became the
442. 15:48consequences and we didn't beat them.
443. 15:50That's too easy. That's what thugs do.
444. 15:52We did something worse. We stripped away
445. 15:54their power. Big Mac walked over to the
446. 15:56judge's son and let's call him Brad.
447. 15:59Brad was shaking now, pressing his back
448. 16:01against the stone fireplace. Mac reached
449. 16:03out and snatched Brad's phone from his
450. 16:05hand. He looked at it and an expensive
451. 16:07new iPhone and then dropped it onto the
452. 16:10stone hearth. Crack. Mac lifted his
453. 16:12heavy boot and crushed it into plastic
454. 16:14and glass dust. And no phones, Max said
455. 16:17calmly. No calling daddy. No deleting
456. 16:19the videos you took tonight. We moved
457. 16:21through the room. We took every phone.
458. 16:23We found the cameras and we secured the
459. 16:25evidence. The boys were terrified. They
460. 16:27were crying now, pleading, offering us
461. 16:29money. I have five grand in my safe. One
462. 16:31kid yelled, "Take it and just let us
463. 16:34go." Tank laughed. He picked up a bottle
464. 16:36of expensive scotch from the bar, looked
465. 16:38at the label, and poured it onto the
466. 16:40floor. "We don't want your money, kid,
467. 16:42and we want your future." Max stood in
468. 16:45the center of the room. "You boys let
469. 16:46you like to trap girls." He pointed to
470. 16:48the floor. "Sit." Now they sat. And 12
471. 16:52privileged young men sitting
472. 16:53cross-legged on the floor like
473. 16:54kindergarteners while 134 bikers stood
474. 16:57over them. The silence was absolute. And
475. 17:00you are going to wait right here. Max
476. 17:02said, you aren't going to move. You
477. 17:04aren't going to speak. You are going to
478. 17:06sit in this fear and you are going to
479. 17:08think about what you did. And when the
480. 17:09police get here, you are going to be
481. 17:11very, very polite. If you love seeing
482. 17:14justice served cold and smash that like
483. 17:16button and comment no cop below. The
484. 17:19check has come due. We heard the sirens
485. 17:2110 minutes later. Not one car, six
486. 17:23cruisers and a stud van. And the sheriff
487. 17:25had taken my call seriously. When the
488. 17:27blue lights flashed through the broken
489. 17:29front door, Brad jumped up. "Thank God,"
490. 17:31he screamed, running toward the door.
491. 17:34"And officers, help! They're holding us
492. 17:36hostage. They broke in." Sheriff Miller
493. 17:38walked in first, his hand on his
494. 17:40holster. He looked at the broken door.
495. 17:42Then he looked at the terrified college
496. 17:44boys. Then he looked at Big Mac, who was
497. 17:46leaning against the fireplace, calmly
498. 17:48lighting a cigar. "Evaning, sheriff,"
499. 17:50Max said. And Mac Miller nodded. He
500. 17:53didn't draw his weapon. He looked at
501. 17:55Brad who was grabbing his arm. Baress
502. 17:57them. Brad screamed. Do you know who I
503. 17:59am? My father is and I know who your
504. 18:01father is. Sheriff Miller interrupted
505. 18:03his voice sharp. And I know who you are.
506. 18:06Miller shook Brad's hand off his arm. He
507. 18:08looked at me. And where are the girls
508. 18:10outside? I said in the SUV safe. They
509. 18:13gave statements to my guys. We have the
510. 18:15photos of their injuries and we have the
511. 18:17runner's feet shredded from the woods.
512. 18:19And dup. I pointed to a pile of
513. 18:21confiscated phones on the table. We have
514. 18:23their phones and you might want to check
515. 18:25the video galleries. I have a feeling
516. 18:27you'll find everything you need to put
517. 18:29these punks away for 20 years. Brad went
518. 18:32pale and you can't look at those. That's
519. 18:34illegal search and seizure. Actually,
520. 18:36Miller smiled, pulling out his
521. 18:38handcuffs. And since these phones were
522. 18:40abandoned on the table at a crime scene
523. 18:42involving kidnapping and sexual assault,
524. 18:45it's evidence and the sound of handcuffs
525. 18:47clicking shut is usually a harsh sound,
526. 18:49but that night it sounded like music.
527. 18:51One by one, the 12 boys were cuffed and
528. 18:54they were marched out past the line of
529. 18:56bikers. They had to walk past the SUVs
530. 18:59where the girls were sitting. They had
531. 19:01to see the faces of the victims who had
532. 19:02won. And as they dragged Brad past Big
533. 19:05Mac, the kid tried one last time. My dad
534. 19:07will have your badges. He'll burn this
535. 19:09club to the ground. And Mac blew a ring
536. 19:11of smoke into Brad's face. "Tell your
537. 19:14dad," Mac said, his voice low and
538. 19:16rumbling like an idling engine that if
539. 19:18he comes for the motor mafia, and he
540. 19:20better bring more than a gavel. We own
541. 19:22the night, kid, and we don't forget. If
542. 19:24that line gave you goosebumps, hit
543. 19:26subscribe. And we have one final moment
544. 19:28that will melt your heart. Once the
545. 19:30cruisers left, the mountain went quiet
546. 19:32again. The rain had stopped and the sun
547. 19:34was just starting to crack the horizon,
548. 19:36painting the sky in bruises of purple
549. 19:38and gold. I walked over to the lead SUV.
550. 19:41The back door opened and Jenny and the
551. 19:44girl who had run through the woods, the
552. 19:45girl who had knocked on our door,
553. 19:47stepped out. She was wearing a dry
554. 19:49hoodie with our club patch on the back
555. 19:51and her feet were bandaged. She looked
556. 19:53at her friends safe in the other cars.
557. 19:55Then she looked at us, 134 dirty, wet,
558. 19:58scaryl looking men standing in the mud,
559. 20:00and she didn't say a word. She walked up
560. 20:02to me and wrapped her arms around my
561. 20:04waist, burying her face in my chest.
562. 20:06Then she walked to Mac and hugged him.
563. 20:08Then Tank and she hugged every single
564. 20:11one of us. "You came?" she whispered to
565. 20:13me as she got back in the car to go to
566. 20:15the hospital. "Everyone says you guys
567. 20:17are the bad guys." And but you're the
568. 20:19only ones who came. "We aren't bad guys,
569. 20:21darling," I told her, zipping up my cut.
570. 20:24"We're just the guys the bad guys are
571. 20:26afraid of." And we rode back down the
572. 20:28mountain as the sun came up. We were
573. 20:30tired. We were wet. We were going to
574. 20:32have a hell of a time explaining the
575. 20:34broken gate to the insurance company.
576. 20:36And but as I looked in my rearview
577. 20:37mirror at the column of 134 brothers, I
578. 20:40knew one thing for sure. The world is a
579. 20:42dark place at 207 a.m. And but as long
580. 20:45as we have gas in the tanks and air in
581. 20:47our lungs, nobody has to face the dark
582. 20:49alone. This story proves that heroes
583. 20:52don't always wear capes. And sometimes
584. 20:54they wear leather and ride Harley's. If
585. 20:56this story moved you, share it with your
586. 20:58friends. Let's make sure everyone knows.