A/N: Okay so yes I'm starting another SoA story but what else can a person do when they can't sleep because the idea won't get out of their head? I will still continue updating my other stories like I have been… It really helps when you have several chapters wrote ahead when you start another story… Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own SoA! *pouts* I just want to own them for a day to cheer me up!

Clarissa wasn't sure what she was going to do. Her Mom had been murdered and now the same men that killed her Mom were after her. She has been on the run for the last month but she was running low on cash. Hell she shouldn't even be on her own because she was only fifteen years old but yet here she was alone and in need of help.

She took the letter out of her backpack and read it again. In the letter her Mom told her about her father. It turned out the man she thought was her father wasn't her father. Which to her was a good thing because the man who helped raised her beat the shit out of her and her Mom. In the letter her Mom told her where she would find her Father. She has been on the way to him for the last month but she kept zigzagging because somehow the men who killed her Mother always tracked her. But now she was finally in California. She decided the only way she was going to get to Charming was to take one last Greyhound bus.

She found the bus station finally and paid for a ticket to Charming. Luckily there was a bus that was just now leaving for Charming. She ran to where she was told to go and jumped on the bus right before the Driver got in and shut the door. She went all the way to the back of the bus and found an empty seat. She sat down and closed her eyes and put her head on the seat. She was completely exhausted. She hasn't ate much in the last month and her weight has dropped drastically. On top of that she hasn't really slept in a month either. She got a couple hours here and there but nothing that was really helping her. She was running on empty and she knew it.

She tried to doze off on the way to Charming but she didn't succeed in doing so. She was worried about how she was going to find her Dad. She had a picture of him and one of her Mom in her backpack so that she could show him if he didn't believe her. She also had the letter from her Mom safely put up so that she wouldn't lose it before she found her Dad. All she really knew is that her Dad worked at a garage called Teller-Morrow Automotive. She hoped that she found the garage before she passed out.

She got off in front of the grocery store in Charming, California and took in a breath. She had to watching taking in a deep breath because her ribs were still hurting. She asked a random person for directions to Teller-Morrow and once she had them she started walking again.

She took in another small breath as she stopped in front of the driveway or parking lot that led to Teller-Morrow. She tried to straighten up as much as she could which wasn't a lot. Her shoulders were on fire and so were her sides. She took in another tiny breath before she started walking into the parking lot. Each step was getting harder and harder to take. She knew that she was about to collapse and had no clue how to stop it.

She looked up from where she was watching her feet taking steps and saw the man who was her Dad. She changed courses and started towards him. She wasn't sure if she was going to make it to him or not but she had to try. With what little energy she had left she got her backpack off of her shoulders and threw it towards the guy where he was standing talking and the next thing she knew the ground was coming to meet her. She couldn't even break her fall as darkness took her.

Tig was talking to Jax and Chibs when something caught his eye. He turned his head and saw a backpack come flying at him and he caught it and then his eyes looked down and he saw a girl laying face down on the pavement and not moving.

"Shit! Chibs check out the girl. Jax we need your Mom." Tig said as he held the backpack in his hand and walked over towards the girl.

Chibs ran past Tig to the girl and knelt down beside her. He checked for a pulse and found one but it was faint. He then decided that while she was on her stomach he may as well check her back and the back of her legs out before turning her over. When he lifted her shirt just a little he started swearing.

Tig picked up his pace when he heard Chibs cussing and when he got to him he said "What is it brother?"

Chibs looked up at Tig with flashing eyes and said "Look at her back but don't touch it."

Tig frowned but knelt down and lifted the girl's shirt up just a little and when he saw all the infected welts on her back he looked at Chibs and said "Damn it who does that to someone? I may be a monster sometimes but even I am not that bad."

Chibs nodded. "Check her backpack and see if we can find anything out about her."

Tig already had the backpack open and he was looking through it. He was surprised when he found an envelope that said Don't read unless I'm dead on it. He looked at the girl and then back to the envelope and said fuck it. He opened up the envelope and out came two pictures and a letter.

He was surprised to see that one of the pictures was of him and a woman named Andrea from his past. He thought about her every day but he always pushed thoughts of her away. He then looked at the other picture and was surprised to see a picture of Andrea with a kid who in the picture looked to be thirteen or so. What really surprised him is the fact that the kids looked like him.

He set the pictures aside and pulled the letter out and held his breath as he read it.

Clarissa,

If you're reading this then it means you know I'm dead. I'm so so sorry honey. I never meant for you to go through what you have had to in the last five years. I hope that one day you can forgive me for the hell you have been living through. I tried my best to stop it but anytime I did Marcus ended up beating me and tying me up so that I couldn't get to you and save you.

Honey, Marcus is not your father. I'm sorry that I ever told you he was. When I first met Marcus he loved you like his own but now I guess I know why he did. I'm so sorry that I didn't see him for what he was before you went through everything that you have been through.

Your real Dad's name is Alex "Tig" Trager honey and you will find him in Charming, California at Teller-Morrow Automotive. I want you to run and I want you to go to your Dad. He never knew about you but I know that he will protect you honey. Tell him everything and I mean everything. Don't hold anything back honey.

I'm so sorry that I'm no longer there to help you. I wish that I was. I know that you are going to grow up and be a wonderful woman despite everything that has happened to you. I love you Clarissa and I will never stop even when I'm gone.

Your Loving Mom,

Andrea

Tig finished reading the letter and he looked at Chibs just as Jax and Gemma came running over and Tig said "She's my daughter. We need to find out what is wrong with her."

Gemma's head snapped towards Tig and said "Did you just say that she is your daughter?"

Tig nodded and handed the pictures and the letter to Gemma to look at and read. He kept his eyes focused on the daughter he never even knew he had.

Chibs looked up at Tig and said "We need to get her inside. Do you want to carry her in?"

Tig nodded and gently picked his daughter up and when he saw her face and the front of her he growled "Somebody beat the shit out of her."

Gemma stood up and looked at the girl and then looked at Tig and said "Carry her into the club house and move whoever is on the couch off. Then make sure everyone but the guys leave. We need to check and see how much damage to her is done."

Tig nodded and said "Jax can you kick everyone out that doesn't belong here? If I do it I'm liable to lose my temper."

Jax nodded and ran into the club house with Tig carrying Clarissa, Gemma, and Chibs following.