Well everyone, this will be the final chapter of this story. I want to thank everyone who subscribed to the story and added it to their favoritres. You all made it fun for me. I want to give a special thanks to Keeper of Oz, LonePalm, Running-Wild22, and jodstar80. You all were great. Naturally I have to thank Northwoman, the best beta on Fanfiction. Now, enjoy the final chapter of Brothers In Arms.

It has been six months since peace was made with the Niners and Damon Pope. Things have been great for SAMCRO, with the exception of muling drugs. The club, as a whole, still wants out. Jax was able to convince them if they try to get out if the deal the Cartel would take it the wrong way and there would be a war on their hands. The club realized that it would make no sense to end a war only to run into one they couldn't win, so they continued on. Now it was time for a meeting with the Irish and the Cartel. They said there was something they wanted to talk about.

Jax, Opie and the rest of SAMCRO have shown up early and are waiting for the Irish and the Cartel. Jax and Opie decide to talk among themselves and Jax says "I hate having to see that asshole, Galen ."

"I hear you. But what can we do? It's this or the RICO case. I just can't believe that we couldn't find a way out of this. It feels like we are going to be trapped in this forever." Says Opie.

"No. I refuse that. I don't care how long it takes me, I'm going to find a way out of it."

They see the Irish pull up and the Cartel arrive thirty seconds later. Now that everyone is there it is time to start the meeting. The first to speak is Clay when he says "What is this about, Galen?"

"We have something to say to the Cartel. We know it could have been done on the the phone, but this also involves SAMCRO also. The Kings have something to say in regards to the deal." Galen says before standing aside and giving the Irish Kings the floor.

Rourke steps up and says "On behalf of the IRA Council, we have been very impressed with the way you handle business. So we think you have earned a new level of trust. So from now on you can get your hardware from us directly. The Sons won't be needed for middle management on this anymore."

"How will this new arrangement work? Will there be a bump in the payment?" Romeo asks.

"No. Galen will be your contact. You talk to him and he will talk to us and your price will stay the same."

After looking at Luis, who nods his agreement with the new arrangement, Romeo shakes the hands of all of the Irish Kings.

"Galen gives Romeo a piece of paper and says, "This my number. If and when anything changes, I'll let you before hand." Says Galen.

Romeo tells him "Thank you." When the Irish are gone, he walks over to SAMCRO and says to Jax and Opie "I need to talk to you." The three men step outside and Romeo tells them "Since we're already here I can tell you now. We're going to a different way of getting our drugs into the Northern Cali."

"Why?" Opie asks.

"We have decided that using crews like yours is too risky. You're either at war or you're being looked at by law enforcement."

"So, what now?" Jax asks.

"You and your club have served your purpose, Teller."

"Yeah, but what about the RICO case?"

"Be on the lookout for a package at your house this evening."

Jax has a confused look on his face as he sees Romeo walk away. Jax asks "What package?" only to be ignored. Jax just stands there with an aching curiosity.

After SAMCRO leaves the meeting, they head back to their clubhouse. Everyone goes into the clubhouse and begin to celebrate. They have been trying to find a way out of their business with the Cartel for months and they finally have one. After a couple of hours, the guys are still having fun while Jax and Opie resign themselves to the chapel to talk about what Romeo told them about a package.

"What do you think is in the package he is supposed to be sending?" Opie asks.

"I don't know. But it must be pretty important if he's taking it to my house." Says Jax.

"What about telling the guys? Aare going to tell them what this deal was about?"

"Yeah tomorrow. We are also going to tell them about Clay. Make sure he joins Tig in hell."

"How do you think they will feel about us keeping all of this a secret for so long?"

"I don't know. There might be a little hostility going in, but I think they will understand when we explain it."

Before the conversation is done, Jax's phone rings. When he sees it is Tara, he answers by saying "Hey, babe. What's up?"

"Hey. Me and Lyla and I came to the house after we were done shopping and there was this box on the the porch addressed to you." Tara says.

"Do you know what's in it?"

"No, I figured you would want to open it yourself."

"Okay leave it in the living room. I'm bringing Opie over; we'll look in it when we get there." Jax hangs up the phone and says to Opie "That package Romeo told us about has just arrived."

They both leave the clubhouse, mount their bikes, and ride to Jax's house.

When they arrive, they find Lyla and Tara sitting on the couch. Jax gives Tara a kiss and says "Where is the box?". After Tara points towards the box, the guys go and find it sitting on the table. There is an envelope on top of it addressed to Jax. Inside is a note saying "The RICO case is completely shut down. This is all of the evidence they had on you and your club. Romeo." Jax and Opie open the box and they see pictures of them talking to Romeo and Luis, documented contacts with other gangs, and a lot more. When Jax discovers the confession signed by Otto he says "Well here is proof that Otto is a rat. This one document I hate to look at."

"Yeah I know. I've always loved that guy." Opie says.

"Do you know what really kills me? I can't even get angry with him. We promised we would take care of Luanne. If we had kept our word, he wouldn't have felt the need to to flip. He would've gone to his grave with this club's secrets."

"Yeah, well what's done is done. He's one the row and we can't get to him. So I say we just forget about it."

"We can't, Ope. We have to remember to keep our word to our brothers and to make sure that if anything happens to any of our members we have to remember to do our best to be there for their families."

Opie nods his agreement and goes back to digging through the box and he comes across a document.

"Jax. You have to see this. " Opie says, with shock in his voice.

Jax takes the document and reads it over. It gives the location and time of the original Irish/Cartel meeting. What really shocks Jax is the signature at the bottom, which reads Juan Carlos Ortiz, also known as Juice. He is so upset he doesn't even fly off the rails. The anger is so intense, he doesn't even know how to express it. When the guys are done going through the box, Jax calls Chibs. After Chibs answers Jax asks "Are all of the guys still there?"

"No. I'm the only one still here. I just got done having some fun with a croweater. Why, what's going on?" Chibs responds.

"Call everyone back to the clubhouse for a meeting. Everyone except for Clay and Juice."

"Why not Clay and Juice?"

"Well remember what I said would happen when Clay is no longer needed for this Irish/Cartel deal. And Juice is something I will have to show you along with the rest of the club."

"Okay. I'll make the calls now."

They both hang up and Jax asks Tara if he and Opie can take her car since the box can't fit on either of their bikes. When Tara gives the okay, Jax and Opie kiss their wives and leave for the clubhouse. While driving, they are preparing to give the guys the hard truth about two of their members.

Jax and Opie arrive at the clubhouse and they go inside to find Chibs waiting. They walk over and Jax says "Hey, man. When are the other guys getting here?"

"They should be here any minute." Chibs responds.

Jax says "Okay" and then heads out to the Garage to get the letters. While he is there, bikes roll into the lot. When he goes outside, he sees it is Bobby, Happy, and the recently patched in Filthy Phil. They all go inside the chapel, Jax bangs the gavel, and starts the meeting off by saying "It doesn't take a scientist to see that there are two members missing from this table. Well the first one I want to address is Clay. There is no easy way to say it so I'm just going to come out with it. Clay killed my father."

"He killed mine too. Piney didn't die from a heart attack. He was shot in the chest by Clay."

They see the disbelief on their faces and Jax says "I can tell you guys are shocked. It's pretty hard to believe. This brown case has letters written by my father to Maureen Ashby, in Belfast. In it he talks about the mistakes he's made and the guilt he felt because of them. Chibs already knows so he'll wait with me and Opie until you guys are done reading." The SAMCRO officers leave the chapel to let the guys read the letters. Because they are all reading the letters at the same time it takes a while for the club to get through them but eventually they all get done reading.

Opie, Chibs, and Jax, who has the box with the RICO evidence inside, come back in the Chapel, when the guys are done reading. The is the first one to speak is Bobby. "He continued to wear that cut, He sat at this table with us, and voted on shit. How could the three of you let him continue to be a member of this club?"

"He was needed, man. Galen wouldn't deal without Clay being there." Jax explains.

Bobby scoffs and continues by asking "So this was about protecting a deal that nearly ruined this club?"

"No, it was about protecting the club." Jax responds. Jax then opens the box and tell the club everything about the CIA backing the Cartel, them needing Clay for the deal, and Bobby being held in custody because of Otto ratting him out.

"I can't believe this. This club was in so much trouble we needed to keep a traitor at the table. And we didn't even know it." Happy says.

"There's more. When me and Opie were going through the box to see what all they had on us, we found this." Jax holds up a document and continues "This tells the original time and place of the original meeting. Look who signed it." Jax gives it to Bobby, who reads it out loud.

"Juan Carlos Ortiz."

"Juice?" Filthy Phil asks in shock.

"Yeah. I can understand this is a lot to take in. I couldn't tell you guys, because they made it clear if too many people found out they would bring us down. I hope you guys can understand that."

"I understand, brother. You did what you had to do." Say Bobby.

"I get it, Jax. No hard feelings." Says Happy.

"I get it." Say Phil.

Bobby then says "Now we some loose ends to take care of. What do we do about Clay and Juice?"

"We have four new prospects, have them dig a hole 8 feet deep in the woods. Juice and Clay dies tomorrow." Jax bangs the gavel and everyone leaves the chapel ready to finally rid SAMCRO of two rats.

The next day Jax makes an announcement that all of the SAMCRO members have to go to the gun-warehouse, to talk about their next shipment of guns to sell. They all ride, arrive, and go inside and Happy and Chibs have the exits are blocked. Jax turns to Clay and Juice and says "Clay, Juice, I need you two to take off those cuts."

"What?" Says Juice.

"You heard me."

"Why?" Juice asked. When Jax tossed him the document Juice looked it over and saw what was happening. He begins to cry and says "I can explain. The Sheriff cornered me. He found I had a black father and was threatening to to tell you guys. I was afraid you were going to kick ass and kick me out if you knew."

"Do you think we would've done that to you? We went over your birth certificate; it said you were Hispanic, anything after that doesn't matter."

"I know Chibs told me before I gave them the location."

"Well then before we do this tell me why."

"Because they had something else on me. The key that went missing, when we started the the deal with the Cartel, that wasn't Miles. It was me. They told me to bring them a sample. I thought I was going to get caught and stuffed it down my pants and walked out hoping to put it back before the meeting the next day. Miles caught me; we fought and I killed him."

Jax isn't even angry at the new development over Miles. He just says "So it just boils down to the fact that you just don't belong here. Now do like I said and take off the cut."

Juice does as told and removes the cut. He looks at it one last time and cries while waiting to die.

"Can I say something here?" Clay asks.

"What do have to say?" Jax asks, full of malice.

"How about the fact that I wasn't in on your father's death alone? Your mother knew all these years. I was with your mother while your father was still alive. We even stopped hiding, we practically rubbed it in his face. She had no problem with him dying. And Unser was in on it too. I had him lose some paper work to make it look legit. If you don't believe me, ask your old lady, she read the letters, including the ones your mother took out before she gave them to you. So what do you say to that?"

"I say take off that motherfucking cut."

Clay realizing that no more can be said or done, removes his cut and keeps his mouth shut. He is officially down for the count. He and Juice are ordered to kneel down and they comply with the order. Jax steps forward to do the deed until he hears Chibs speak.

"Jackie, let me do Juice."

"Chibs. I can do this."

"I feel it's something I have to do." When he sees Jax nod his okay, Chibs walks up to him, points his gun at Juice's head, says "Goodbye, Juicy", and pulls the trigger. Juice is gone.

Jax steps up and says to Clay, "Now it's your turn." Before Jax raised his gun he found Opie by his side, they both raised their guns and simultaneously shot Clay in the head. Jax then says "Hap, Bobby, you know what to do." He sees Happy and Bobby nod and proceed to wrap up Clay and Juice to be buried.

Jax steps outside to call Tara. After a couple of rings, she answers and Jax asks "Was there more to the letters than what I read?"

"What do you mean?" Tara asks.

"I mean were there letters that implicated my mother and Unser?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I had no proof. I knew she had destroyed the letter about her and I thought we would be long gone after that day. When things went sideways, I just kept my mouth shut."

"Well Clay is gone."

"Jax, I don't know if you plan on doing the same to Gemma. But if you are, don't."

"Why? She killed my father, tried to manipulate me, and God only knows what else." Jax says, with anger.

"Well, be better than her." Tara says, with assertiveness. "She has done awful things. But, she is your mother and if you kill her, you will be no better than she is."

Jax thinks about what Tara has said and makes his decision. Jax then says "I'll see you when I get home. I love you."

"I love you too, baby."

Opie walks behind Jax puts his hand on his shoulder and says "Was that Tara?"

"Yeah."

"Was Clay telling the truth?"

"Yeah."

"How do we handle it?"

"This one is mine to handle. As far as the rest the club knows, Clay lied. I can't kill my own mother, Ope."

Opie gives Jax a hug as way of showing he understands. They tell the club what Clay said was a lie and everyone except Happy and Bobby, who are tasked with getting rid of the bodies, leave the warehouse.

When the guys get back to Teller-Morrow, Jax goes into the office to confront his mother. By coincidence, Unser is there too. He just stands there and stares at them for a while. When he hears her ask "What is it?" he says "I know."

"You know what?" Gemma asks.

"I know you two had something to do with what happened to my father."

"Jax. I-" Gemma is cut off before she can finish the lie.

"Don't even try to lie your way out of this. After Clay told us, I called Tara and she told me what Clay said was true. I told the club Clay lied." After a pause Jax continues "How could you? He was your husband and my father."

"He was pathetic. He became soft and was no longer the man I fell in love with or married." Gemma says, with attitude.

"Fine, but you could have divorced him. You didn't have to kill him."

"Divorce him? If I did that, then I would be no body. I would be alone."

"You wouldn't have been alone, you would've had me. What you really meant is you wouldn't have been Queen of SAMCRO. People wouldn't fear you." When she doesn't deny it, Jax decides to end the conversation. He turns to Unser and says "What about you?".

Unser looks at Jax with guilt and says "I was lied to, Jax. Clay told me your father was weak and he was going to bring war to Charming. I had no idea about the real reasons until I read the letters."

Because being President of the club comes with being the boss of Teller-Morrow, Jax says to Gemma, "Ma, you're fired. I don't want either of you to ever come near me, Tara, the boys, or the club ever again."

"Without my family, I have no reason to stay in Charming." Gemma says, with saddness.

"That's your problem." Jax sees the look of sadness on her face, but doesn't care. He finishes by saying, "Have whatever belongs to you out of this office in two hours." Jax walks out, leaving Gemma and Unser lost, hurt, and dumbfounded.

When Opie is approached by Jax, Opie asks "How did you handle things with your mom?"

"I told her to leave me, my family, and the club alone. Things are good now, Ope. All of the things that bought this club down are fixed. For once, things may actually turn out good. My only question is how long can it stay this way?"

"For as long as we let it. As long as we continue to be smart and make good choices."

"Yeah. I couldn't have gotten through this shit without you man. I'm glad you decided to to be V.P."

"I am too. You would've run this club into the ground without me.?" Opie says as a joke.

"I know you were joking, but I think you're right. Thanks for being there for me man."

"We have a bond that exceeds friendship, Jax. We've known each other since we were born and we came up in this club together. We're brothers."

Jax agrees with what Opie just said. They are brothers. When things goes wrong in their family lives they can depend on each other. When the club is at war, they back each other up. They are truly brothers in arms.

I hope everyone enjoyed the story. I don't know if it seemed like the club got off too easy. But I felt like SAMCRO has been through enough. They deserved an out for once. Like any chapter review and let me know what you think. Just because this story is done doesn't mean I am. I will be getting started on a story about SAMCRO's origin. Be on the look out.