A/N: So yes another new SoA story but once again I wrote it all out and it's finished… LOL! I'm hoping depending on how I am feeling to have my older SoA stories all updated by Friday…

Disclaimer: I don't own SoA…

Marissa loved living outside of Charming, California. She loved what she did for a living. She just loved being able to help people. This is one of those times though where she wished that she wouldn't have agreed to helping someone. It wasn't that she didn't like going into Charming it was just that right now she really didn't have the time to spare. After all she was still finishing up something.

She looked at Charity and glared. "Why do I need to go into Charming?"

Charity sighed and said "Come on Marissa you know you won't turn me down. I just need for you to talk to this guy and get the information. I've tried talking to him but he won't talk to me."

Marissa shook her head. "Damn it Charity I'm still finishing up a case. I don't have time to do your cases also."

Charity let out a breath and said "Marissa I haven't asked you for help in a while. Surely you can do this once for me. I just need for you to talk to him."

Marissa sighed and said "Fine but it's going to have to wait. I need to finish up this case and then maybe I can get to your guy late tonight. Will where you be?"

Charity smiled. "I'll be with Juice tonight. Just call me or come by the Teller-Morrow Automotive."

Marissa nodded even though she wanted to scream. "I'll just call you. You know I don't like being around the guys."

Charity sighed but nodded. "I know that and I wish I knew why. They are my family now Marissa."

Marissa just shook her head and stood up. "I have to go. I'll let you know as soon as I know anything."

Charity stood up too. "Thank you for this Marissa."

Marissa nodded and picked up her purse and light jacket and walked out of her house. She knew that Charity would lock up when she left. She loved Charity but sometimes she wished that she could tell the girl no. She jumped in her car and sped off to where she was meeting the person she needed to talk to. She had a bad feeling about the meeting that was coming but she shook it off. After all she knew how to take care of herself.

-LAAB-

Charity walked into the office of T-M Automotive and sat down and said "Gemma I'm worried."

Gemma looked up from what she was doing and looked at the woman she has come to think of as an adoptive daughter. "What has you worried baby girl?"

Charity looked at Gemma and sighed. "I'm worried about Marissa. I know that the case she is finishing up is a tough one and she has to meet the person who hired her services today. She was acting strange and almost bit my head off when I asked her to help me with my case."

Gemma sat back in her chair and looked at Charity. "Well you could always ask Juice or one of the other guys to go with her."

Charity shook her head. "No, I can't. She didn't even tell me where she was meeting this guy. The thing is Gemma she was being followed and I'm not even sure she realized it."

Gemma's mouth dropped open at that. "What makes you think she was being followed baby girl?"

Charity sighed. "I saw the guy as she was leaving. He was watching her closely from his car and as soon as she pulled out he pulled out right behind her. I followed behind for a little bit but then came here and every turn she made he made too. Something is going to go down and I don't know what to do."

Gemma stood up and walked around the desk and over to Charity and put her arm around her shoulder. "It's alright baby girl. We'll figure out what is up. Let's go talk to the guys."

Charity nodded and stood up. She gave Gemma a quick hug and then followed Gemma out of the office. She knew that Marissa would be mad at her but she didn't really care. She just wanted her friend to be alright. She needed for her friend to be alright.

-LAAB-

Marissa waited on her contact outside the seedy looking bar. She still couldn't believe that she had agreed to meet him here. She felt her pocket and let out a relieved sigh when she felt the knife in her pocket. She also had a gun strapped to her ankle. She smiled a little as she thought about how nobody even knew she carried a gun on her ankle.

She looked up when she heard footsteps and saw Bradley coming to a stop in front of her. "It's about time you get here. I'd like to finish this because I have something else I need to do."

Bradley glared at the tone that the slip of a woman used on him. "Don't take that tone with me. I'm paying you for your time. Now what do you have for me?"

Marissa swallowed a sigh. "Well you were right about your business partner. He is selling secrets from your company to your competitors. Everything is right here in the folder. Now my job is done and I have to get back so I can do this other job. You know my number if you need anything else Bradley."

With that Marissa watched as Bradley walked away before turning her back and walking away herself. The hair on the back of her neck was standing on end so she glanced around and didn't see anything so she started to walk across the street to her car. She heard a noise and looked back up and saw a car aiming straight for her. She didn't even get the chance to jump out of the way. The car struck her head on throwing her up into the air before she landed hard on the ground. She was in so much pain she didn't even notice that the car was backing up until it ran over her leg making her scream out in pain.

-LAAB-

Charity was telling the guys about Marissa when her cell phone started going off. When she pulled it out of her pocket she paled a little when she saw that it was Marissa. She didn't know why but she had a bad feeling about this phone call.

"Hey girl." Charity answered her cell phone.

On the other end Marissa was trying to stay conscious. "I need you."

Charity jumped up at that making all the Sons look at her questioningly. "What is it? Where are you?"

Marissa groaned in pain as she tried to move but couldn't and bit out through her pain "Well I'm currently lying in the middle of the street after being hit by a car straight on and then getting ran over by the same car."

Charity gasped and said "What do you mean you are lying in the middle of the street? Damn it Marissa where in the fuck are you?"

At that Gemma quickly walked over and pulled the phone from Charity's shaking hand and said "Marissa this is Gemma Morrow. Where are you and are you okay?"

Marissa let out a shaky laugh. "No I'm not alright. I'm out in the open and the bastard who hit me and then ran me over could come back and finish the job at any minute. I'm outside this seedy looking bar in Lodi."

Gemma swore. "Can you move at all? Did you call an ambulance?"

Marissa once again let out a shaky laugh. "I called for an ambulance and when I told them what had happened they said that the closest ambulance is forty five minutes away. I don't have that long and I can't even move to get my gun in case the mother fucker comes back."

Gemma gripped the phone tighter and then looked at Clay. "You and the guys need to get to Lodi. Marissa was hit by a car and then ran over. She can't move at all and dispatch told her the closest ambulance was forty five minutes away."

Clay swore and said "Let's go boys. We have a lady to save."

Gemma took in a deep breath. "Marissa just try to stay calm. My husband Clay and the men are on the way. Is anybody even trying to help you?"

"Nobody is trying anything. They are all just standing around looking at me." Marissa said through gritted teeth.

Gemma sighed. "Well try to stay on the phone with me. The guys will be there shortly."

Marissa sucked in a breath. "I'll try but I'm bleeding badly and it hurts to talk let alone breathe."

Gemma nodded even though she knew Marissa couldn't see her. "Just do as best as you can sweetie. Do you have any clue on who it could be that did this to you? I take it that it was done intentionally."

Marissa felt as if something was pressing on her chest and she said "I can't say right now. Everything is going black."

Gemma heard Marissa's breathing become even shallower and she shouted "NO YOU STAY WITH ME!"

-LAAB-

Marissa was trying to focus on what Gemma was screaming but the darkness was taking over. In the distance she could have swore she heard motorcycles but she couldn't be sure. The pain she was in was unbearable. She didn't know what to do or if she could do anything. She just knew that she was fighting a losing battle but she knew that if she gave up then it would be game over for her.

-LAAB-

Clay and Jax came to a stop when they saw a woman lying in the middle of the street. They knew that they had picked the right bar. They quickly got off of their bikes followed by Opie, Happy, Juice, Tig and Chibs and rushed over to her.

As soon as Jax saw who was laying on the ground he swore and said "God damn it Rissa, I thought I told you to knock off the dangerous shit."