A/N: just an fyi…I don't hold any negative views on any race…considering I myself am a mixture. Just trying to keep with the story.
Forks, Washington
Jax held onto Isobel tightly as he could as she cried into his arms. He whispered to her softly as she cried even harder. His heart broke at her sobs, but he also knew the pain of losing someone you loved. He sat down and pulled her into his lap so that she straddled him. She sniffled a bit before she wiped her eyes, and looked up at him. He looked down into her intense eyes and brought his hand up to brush against her cheek.
"I'm sorry for this. I just don' know how to get it through my head tha' my Aun' is gone. It's jus' hard is all." She said her lilt getting stronger the more she got upset.
"It's all good, darling. Just take a deep breath. I'm sure your dad and uncles are worried for you." Jax said as he stared into her eyes.
She froze. She turned to look him in the eyes before she spoke quietly. "I need a plan." She said as she pulled away from him and stood up. Her calm demeanor kind of scared him.
"Whatever you need darling, I'm here to help." He said as he stood up with her.
She gave him a smile and shook her head. "No, I'll do this myself. That asshole is going to wish he was dead when I get done with him." She said as her voice turned cold.
It was hard for her to wrap her head around, but she knew she needed back up. That back up was going to be coming from a town that she held close to her heart. She pulled out her phone, it was at that moment she saw her Uncle's, Dad, Aunt and cousins all walk out of the back door. The hardened look in their eyes said all there was to it. She went back to her phone and placed a call she never thought she'd call again.
The voice that answered surprised her family. "Hello?" The thick Bostonian accent that came through was gruff and deep.
"Vinnie. I need ya." She said as Charlie cleared his throat. "I've got a job and I need your help."
"Is. Yeah, give me a location and I'll be there." He said with no hesitation. "I'll see you when I get to you."
"Thanks, Vin." She said and she heard 'yeah, yeah' before the line went dead.
"Vinnie? Vinnie McClellan?" Charlie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Aye. He can do wonders with all the forging. He's the one I need. Give me some time to form a plan. One that I know won't blowback on us. Just give me time." She said as they all looked at her. Charlie walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders to make her look up at him.
"This all falls on your shoulders. I am sorry, pipsqueak. I will help ya. We all will. You have people behind ya, Lass. You've got family." Charlie said as he pulled her into a hug.
Isobel sighed as she hugged her Da. "I know."
"For now, we go on about how it was going to go. We all head back to Charming. Charlie are you gonna stay here?" Chibs asked as Charlie looked to his little brother.
"No. It was the original plan, but safer bet would be to have us all at one location. Isobel still has her duties as a doctor to do." Charlie said as he looked over to Liam. "You and Siobhan go back home. Make sure Maggie is alrigh' and get back to us."
Liam nodded as he turned to his wife, who was currently hugging Isobel, Kerrianne and Padraic to her. "We'll be back in a week. Maggie'll be comin' with us."
"That's good. At least we'll know she'll be safe." Isobel said as she moved back from her family to stand beside Jax, who placed his arm around her shoulders as a sign of support from him.
"We'll help ya club out too, Filip. Between Isobel and I. This Mayan shit won't bother you anymore. And you'll be off ATF's radar for good." Charlie said as Fillip looked to his big brother in awe.
"Are ya sure, Charlie?" Filip asked.
"Aye, it'll be done." Charlie said in a low voice.
Charming, CA
Three Days later
Clay watched in a little awe as twenty-one bikes rode into the lot. Different kuttes attached to them all. He'd never seen so many in his lot before. His eyes widened when he saw one of the brothers from Tacoma. He looked over to see Happy had a wicked grin on his face.
Happy walked over to where Jasper was and grinned. "What's up, cowboy?"
Jasper looked up and smirked. "How's it hangin', Happy?"
"It's good, man. It's good to see ya." Happy said as he gave Jasper a man-hug.
Everyone talked lowly amongst themselves before Jax gave a loud whistle. They all looked over to him and he pointed to the clubhouse. "How about we all get a drink?"
All of them whooped and got off their bikes. As soon as everyone was in, Clay looked to Isobel and nodded his head toward the table room and she nodded.
They slipped away and sat at the table. "As happy as I am that you're back, Liam said that you were the one to talk to about the IRA connection. So let's talk."
She pulled a serious face and looked him in the eyes. "Alrigh'. The shipment that Eddy and Cameron was supposed to bring to ya, is locked up tight in a warehouse Lodi. No one knows it's there. I have it under an alias of mine and no one knows it. Not even me Da." She said as she pulled out a pen and notepad. "As for the headache that Jimmy caused think of this as a gift. The money you gave Eddy and Cameron is in my saddle bags. It's been washed. So nothing of note comes back. I'll get it for you in a minute. Our business is settled for now. When you need a new shipment just say and I'll tell ya the new price. Seems Eddy and Cam had been skimming a bit off from ya. The 200K they charged was originally supposed to be only 150K. So that price will either go down or go up depending on how fast you can move the merchandise."
He looked at her with all seriousness, but was impressed by the professionalism. She had a no nonsense demeanor about her and he liked it. "The Table will have to vote on it, but I'm sure we can come to an agreement." He said as they both stood and shook hands.
"I'm sure you will." She said as they both moved toward the door. She opened it and gave him a nod before she rejoined the festivities. He watched as she made her way to the blonde that Happy called Jasper. His Tacoma patch was something familiar to him.
He smiled when he saw Chibs holding onto a dark skinned girl as he laughed to a man with a bitchin' 70's porn 'stache. The man was tall and clean cut, but the glint in his eyes reminded him of Isobel.
"What do you think?" Jax asked as they looked over the crowded bar.
"I think, we're gonna be okay." Clay said as he looked around.
Belfast, Ireland
3 months before/two days after Kerrianne had been taken
Jimmy cursed as he watched Fiona move her hand over her arm and flinch from the pain she still had. His bargaining chip was now lost to them because her stupid bitch of a mother couldn't keep her damn daughter under control. He wondered how she had gotten a hold of that asshole Charlie's number.
"How did she find it?!" He yelled/asked as he paced back and forth.
"I don't know. I don't have his number, Liam hasn't talked to her at all. I made sure of it. I don't know how she could have gotten it!" She snarked back as she glared at the man she loved.
"The least you could have done was shoot him! Not let him shoot you!" He growled out as he looked at his lover.
"You asshole! It was in the dead of night and I didn't know I was going to be raided. Besides that's not the worst of it! Yes, Kerrianne was taken, but they found your fuckin stash in the fucking office! They know what Eddy and Cam were doing and they know they were doing it for you!" She said as her anger-filled eyes latched onto his rage-induced ones.
"We'll figure it out. I will watch them all burn!" He said before he slapped her across the face.
She fell onto the floor and had her hand to her cheek. The tears in her eyes never fell, but she huffed before she slowly stood and turned on her heel to leave the man to stew.
Jimmy let out a short yell before he pushed everything off of the dining table that had been set. The sounds of crashing and glass breaking calmed him a little.
Charming, CA
Three weeks later
Jax made his way to the NICU and looked down at his small son, who had grown in the days he had been gone. He had went to see Wendy one day and found that she had taken off somewhere. His heart didn't feel a thing, only pity.
He had been trying to talk to Isobel for the last two weeks, but something or someone always came up. So he opted to spend time with his son.
"Thought I'd find you in here." A very familiar voice said as he turned around to see Tara in the door way. She looked nervous, but he could only wonder why.
"Yeah, Doctor Namid said he's doing better." He said as Tara nodded her head a little.
"Yeah, he's getting stronger every day." She said as she moved to stand beside him. "Aside from Abel why else are you here?"
"Just for him. He's the only thing keeping me sane right now." He said as he never took his eyes off of the little baby.
"Oh." She said with the sound of disappointment in her voice.
He looked over to her and frowned. "Have you seen Doctor Swan?"
"Yeah, she's in her new office." She said, her attitude changing.
"Can you show me where?" He asked hopeful and Tara tried to keep from making a face.
"Yeah."
They left the NICU and walked down the hallway. He stayed a ways away from her as they walked and walked. He said nothing and it was starting to get to her before she spotted the dreaded stop. She cleared her throat and he looked at her. She pointed to the door and he nodded before he went to it.
She followed him as he opened the door to see Isobel sat at the desk going over paperwork. "Hey, Is." He said as Doctor Swan looked up and smiled slightly.
"Hey Jax." Her sweet voice came as a soothing ointment to his soul. "What can I do for you today?"
Tara looked at her and then to Jax as she just stood there.
"Dr. Knowles just showed me to your office. Thought we could catch lunch." He said as he pointed to Tara, who felt hurt at his professionalism.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Knowles. I can take it from her." She said as she politely dismissed Tara.
Tara huffed and turned on her heel to leave.
The moment Tara left she watched as Jax's ridged posture relaxed. "Trouble in paradise, Lad?"
He smiled and shook his head. "She keeps trying to talk to me. Not sure how to politely to tell her to 'fuck off' and not come off as an asshole."
"I think you'll be one either way." She said with a laugh.
"I'm begining to think that too." He said before he looked up to her emerald green eyes and gave a wink. "So how about lunch, babe?"
"I'll take you up on that, Mr. Teller. Let me grab my purse and let Dr. Namid know I'm leaving." She said as she walked up to him and kissed his cheek before she took off out the door with him following her.
Gemma
Gemma decided that now was the time to trying and clean up Jax's house and shivered the moment she had set foot in the house. That stupid junkie bitch had fucked up all of it. Gemma hoped with all her might that the stupid bitch would not come back this time. She growled to herself as she began cleaning. She saw that his answering machine had the light flashing. She pressed the button and rolled her eyes at the voice on the tape.
Jax, if you get this can you come get me, please. I'm sorry about Abel and letting you down. I need help right now. I need you, baby, please. Help me. Call this number xxx-xxx-xxxx when you can. Bye Baby.
Gemma hovered for a second over the delete button before she thought of the little baby in the NICU at St. Thomas' and pressed it.
Message deleted
She shook her head and then continued on cleaning. She sighed as she came to the kitchen and saw that the silverware was everywhere and pulled from the drawer. She was about to put the tray back into the drawer when she saw a false bottom. She pulled on the little latch and lo and behold there popped open another drawer. She growled under her breath as she pulled out ten thumb bags full of H. She took a deep breath and turned on the sink faucet. She slowly poured each bag into the sing as it disappeared down the drain. Just like the junkie did to her life. She thought as she poured in the final bag.
She turned the faucet off and turned around. Her heart ached for the misfortune her son had, but knew he'd brought it on himself when he married the dumb bitch. She shrugged let out a deep breath and went back to work on the house.
Lodi, CA
Isobel and Charlie watched from their perch of a nearby building as their mark made his way into a factory that was way off grid. She smirked as she looked to her Da. "Seems like old times, huh?" She asked with a whimsical voice.
He chuckled lowly and nodded his head. "It sure does, Lass." He said just as quiet.
The moment their mark had made his way into the factory where they knew that Alvarez was Isobel smiled widely. She rolled her head as Charlie stretched and rolled his shoulders. She pulled out the detonator and spoke quietly. "Bye-bye little bird."
She pressed the button and the resulting explosion rocked them briefly. They ran back to their bikes and hauled ass down the highway. They had made it to the Garage just as Jax and the others had come from the Table.
Isobel walked over to where the bar sat and pointed at the prospect. "Come by tomorrow and we'll talk about your implant. I've got good news for ya, Lad. Also, let me get a glass of that wonderful Glenfiddich." She said as he moved over to the back wall. "There's a good lad."
"Da, what you want to drink?" She asked loudly.
"I'm thinking just a Jameson. Just bring me the bottle." He said as she nodded and pointed to the bottle of Jameson behind the prospect and motioned for him to grab it, plus a clean glass.
"Why're you drinking now?" Chibs asked his niece and older brother.
"Me and Da just blew up a factory in Lodi. Decided we would celebrate. Besides you should be celebrating with us." She said as Chibs and the rest of the Sons all just stood there shocked. "Your buddy Alvarez is gone."
Clay looked at the father and daughter in shock. "How?"
Isobel gave a laugh as Jax sat down beside her. "We rigged one of his fuck boys with enough C4 to blow whole herd of elephants away. The boy didn't know what was in the big ass package he had collected, only that it had Marcus' name on it. So we followed at a distance and when we saw Marcus there I pressed the button." She explained as she lit up a cigarette. She took a shot of her drink and then smoked before she finished with, "Boom."
Jax looked down at the crazy little woman he was starting to fall for. The more he got to know her and her personality, the more he liked and it scared him more than he cared to admit.
"It was spectacular, I'll admit." Charlie said with a grin. "Who knew they'd smell like refried beans?"
Isobel just gave laugh as she shook her head. "It was grand, I'll tell ya that. Uncle Filip you should have seen the view we had."
Chibs just smirked and shook his head. In his head he recalled the first time he watched her blow something up. The child-like wonder in her eyes as she pressed the button. "I can only imagine. So Alvarez is gone. Seems like no war will happen now." He said as he sat beside his brother.
Jax looked down at Isobel and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "Want to get out of here?" He asked and saw the look of lust in her eyes. She gave a nod toward the dorm rooms and he smiled. He stood up and held out his hand. She took it and stood as well.
She looked to her Uncle and father. Padraic had come in with Jasper and saw the look his cousin was giving the two older men. He smirked and patted Jasper's arm so that the man looked at him. Padraic pointed to Isobel and Jasper turned to look. At that time he saw her hand in Jax's and smirked. This was going to be funny.
"If you'll excuse me. I'm gonna go have roll in the sheets." She said cheekily as she moved backward dragging Jax with her. Chibs and Charlie stood, but she gave them a glare so deep that they just sat back down. The guys around them gave a laugh as the two disappeared into the back.
"Laugh it up now. You don't know what she is capable of when she sets her mind to it." Charlie muttered as Chibs just nodded.
"You don't know her like we do." Chibs tried to justify.
"You scared of that little girl?" Juice taunted before Padraic cut him off.
"You would be to if you knew all she'd done and has gone through, Lad." Padraic said as he sat in front of his Uncles. "Fact is you don't know her."
"God, she scares me when she gets like that." Jasper said as he flopped down beside Padraic. "Remember the last time she got pissed at me? Bad part is I still can't feel the left side of my shoulder."
"Aye, I know the feelin. She got me to with a hot iron one night when I went too far and pushed her o'er the edge." Padraic said as he winced at the memory.
Charlie and Chibs winced at their memories too. "Aye, we know that feelin as well. Seems a hot iron is one of her go to tactics." Charlie said as he rub his right shoulder and Chibs rubbed his right thigh.
"She hit you with a hot iron?" Juice asked with wide eyes.
"Aye. It's a hot iron poker from a fireplace. She lets it heat up and if you piss her off too much, she'll hit you with it. Skin comes off every time she hits too." Chibs shuddered at the memory.
"Seems like my kind of woman." Tig said with a smile.
"Trust me, Tig. You don't want her mad at you." Jasper said with a smile at the memories that were assaulting him.
A/N: Just another fyi…I can't write lemons…I can try but it'll sound all wrong coming from me. Sorry guys just use your imagination. Hope you like it. Later.