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A Long 14 months

Chapter 1

Jax couldn't believe it he finally had Abel back and could get back to Tara in Charming. He had tried to push her away but being away from her he knew a life without Tara was no longer a possibility. When he got back he would fix everything and then they were going to get married and be a real family for their boys. He knew the getting married would have to wait about 14 months well as long as all SAMCRO's plans go the way they are supposed to He thought to himself. They were getting ready to leave Belfast and all the hell that the trip had brought SAMCRO when Bobby's phone rang. When Bobby walked to me holding out the phone I knew I was in trouble; but nothing could have prepared me for what I heard from Tig.

"Jax hey uh I got some news for you…" Jax didn't like the sound of this call Tig never hesitates he says whatever's on his mind.

"What is it Tig?" Tig still didn't answer right away so that confirmed his suspicions about this being really bad so he gave a sleeping Abel to his mom and put the phone on speaker "Tig I got you on speaker now what's going on?"

"Uh well a few days ago Salazar kidnapped Tara's boss and Tara" All eyes fell on Jax including his newly found sister's "There's more, there was a ransom we were to kill Alvarez and steal 250k from his safe. We went and got him to play dead for 24hrs and the ATF gave us cash but when I made the drop a punk kid stole the bag when we all chased him Salazar made us." He paused when he heard Jax swear "But we just got back from the station with an update. Tara got ahold of something and cut Salazar's old lady real bad and.. the damn good hearted doc made a deal to keep her alive if he let her boss go. The boss is safe and they found the house where they were kept but of course no leads"

"Fuck" Jax screamed "She can't guarantee that bitches life and if she dies who knows what he will do. That Son of a Bitch. "He walked over and hit the staircase a few times. "Tig guys I know we just got done with one rescue mission but this is my old lady and" he looked at Gemma who nodded, no secrets "and she pregnant. We have to get her back" The whole club stared at him. Chibbs and Opie stepped up together but Opie spoke first

"We love Tara Jax even if she wasn't your old lady I think she has done enough lifesaving and patching up to warrant us ripping Salazar limb from limb" everyone nodded in agreement

"I will lay my life down for that girl and your unborn kid" Chibbs followed Opie's comment and Clay finished the conversation

"Jax Tara is part of this family both the Teller/Morrow family and SAMCRO. We are going to go home and figure all this out. We will make sure your old lady and kids are all back safe and sound before we go behind bars, I swear" Clay hugged Jax. They all loaded up and headed back to Charming to get an irreplaceable member of the family back.

Tara was scared out of her mind. Why the hell did I make that deal I should have just shot him and ended all this. I can't keep this girl alive I don't have any supplies and I hit her artery with that mirror. Finally the car stopped and she was really able to try and work. She worked for a half hour and couldn't get the bleeding stopped. No No No this can't be happening shit what I have I done. She then spent a half hour doing CPR to no avail. She dropped he head in defeat; there was no saving this girl. She just killed a woman. She got out of the car and walked to a blood soaked Salazar and broke the news. She held her breath waiting to see what he would do and unfortunately she didn't have to wait long. He rushed at her and was slamming her on the hood of the car, she had barely been able to turn her body so her stomach didn't take the impact and then for the millionth time in the past couple months she found a gun pointed to her head. She closed her eyes willing whatever power out there to let her and her child make it through this. He stayed over her with a gun for what seemed like an hour but then they heard a car coming he threw Tara in the back seat with Louisa and put the hood of the car up. When a kind hearted girl stopped to see if everything was ok Salazar attacked her. He hit her a few times in the head with the gun. Tara screamed she couldn't help it, she had just watched him kill an innocent woman for no reason. Well I guess I was wrong he had his reason he wanted a clean car. He tied her up, duct taped her mouth and shoved her to the ground while he put Louisa and the stranger under a blanket and took his car and hid it behind a house we were close to. When that was done he threw Tara in the trunk and hit it repeatedly.

They drove for a while and Tara tried to take comfort in the fact it wasn't her that he decided to kill but that only made her feel worse. When the car stopped her heart started racing because Salazar had been dangerous before but by killing his girl who knew what he would do. He opened the trunk, got her out and threw a flannel shirt at her.

"I am going to untie you so you can put on this shirt and cover that blood but if scream or try to escape I with shoot you right in the belly got me" all she could do was nod

After Tara got the shirt on he handcuffed her and threw a coat over the cuffs. They walked to Jacob Hales building. He was mumbling but she couldn't understand it. Finally they got to his office and looked in; the only person she saw was the receptionist. He whispered in her ear "Tell her we want to see Jacob" with that brief instruction they walked in. Tara played her part only to get shoved into Jacob hales office. What on earth is this crazy guy going to do now?

"Tell Charming they have a hostage situation"

Jax stayed away from everyone the whole flight back, His mom and he took turns holding Abel but that was the only contact he had. His club knew he was thinking and were giving him space. What if he never got to fix things and Tara and his unborn child died because of his lifestyle. No he couldn't let himself think that way he had to get his family back. He finally fell asleep and dreamt of Tara.

A very very pregnant Tara walked up to him and put her arms around his neck and kissed him. Then they were just playing with Abel having a quiet evening and then out of nowhere Salazar came thru the front door and shot Tara. He wakes up, heart racing and realizes it was a dream. He stands up and takes Abel from Gemma and tells his son "Don't worry son we are going to go save your mommy and get this family back together" and seals his promise with a kiss on top of his head.

After they land they find the SOA van waiting for them. They go straight to the clubhouse to get an update from Tig. He and Clay go to the station to hear what the cops have found out. Jax leaves pissed because once again the cops were useless. He is back at the clubhouse for less than 15 minutes before Alverez shows up for the meeting. Of course the Mayan boss wouldn't help make sure Tara was safe but at least he helped with Salazar's aunt. They pulled up on a dirt road in front of a house that looked abandoned. Jax got off his bike a second after Alverez.

"Be Careful" He would kill him truce or no truce if he got Tara hurt. Clay and Jax were about to go around the house when the Mayans yelled at them.

"Ese! You better come see this"

All of SAMCRO ran to where the 4 Mayans stood looking at the ground. As they got closer he saw a blanket covering a body on the ground. His heart started pounding when he got there he saw 2 dark heads of hair but the one girls face he recognized as Salazar's girl. He was scared obviously Tara couldn't save the girl had Salazar kill her for it? He pushed thru the SAMCRO members to get to the other girl. Taking a deep breath he pulled it back not knowing what he would do if Tara was dead. He slowly pulled back the blanket to reveal a strangers face. He didn't think he had ever known such relief; he closed his eyes and made sure no tears fell. She was still alive out there for how much longer he had no idea but for now she was alive. With no other leads SAMCRO decided to head back to the clubhouse; but that's when Unser called Jax.

"Jax Come to Jacob Hale's office; Salazar just created a hostage situation with Tara and Jacob"

Jax shut the phone and made a U-turn and flew towards Hales building hoping the rest of the club followed. They didn't disappoint him and they all knew something was up when the ATF, Charming PD and Sherriff were all there and swarming the building. Clay and Jax walked up to Unser and Stahl to get any information they had. They knew nothing at first but within a half hour they had the list of demands and Jax topped the list. Everyone was trying to talk him out of going in but he knew that it was Tara's only shot and if nothing else at least he would see she was ok with his own eyes.

Salazar was a talker that was for sure. He was running his mouth about Jax and the club and what they had done to him. Jacob only made it worse by looking at Tara and running his mouth too.

"See I knew the sons were bad for this town look at what's happening because of them"

Tara turned to yell at him but Salazar started laughing.

"Your one to talk Mr. Hale. I mean you're not innocent are you." Jacob glared but Salazar wasn't stopping "I mean you did pay me to take care of your Lumpy problem and I did now your development plans can continue"

He was interrupted when the phone rang for the second time. When Jacob hung up announcing they were sending in Jax Tara could have fainted. He was back that must mean he got Abel and was back. She almost started crying but that's when she saw Salazar pull out a knife. Oh no he was going to kill Jax, she couldn't allow that.

"You aren't going to kill him"

Salazar gave me a crazy smirk "first I'm going to kill you, make him watch. Then I'm gonna kill him"

She didn't have time for anything else because that's when Jax knocked. When Jax and Tara got their first glimpse at each other in a couple weeks; the relief they felt when they saw the other was ok was intense. Salazar patted Jax down and then threw him in a seat. Jax tried to get him to hold up to his end

"Let her go" that only got him a gun to his temple cutting him open.

"You don't tell me what to do" Jax never took his eyes off Salazar and he started to get real worried when he grabbed a knife out of a book and walked toward Jacob and Tara. Jax sat up a little further in his seat and almost came unglued when he put the knife to Tara's throat making her stand up. He was saying something but Jax wasn't listening he was trying to figure out how to save her when Jacob stabbed Salazar with a pen. That gave Jax the opening he needed to tackle Salazar and get the gun. As Jax watched Salazar run he was torn between wanted to catch this guy and just go over and hold Tara. When he saw her standing there covered in blood and a scratch from the knife Salazar just had on her throat and that made up his mind. He knew he was supposed to spare Salazar but he was sick of people hurting his family so he gave Tara the gun and followed Salazar out the door.