A/N: I would like to just point out that... I hope I see A LOT of Kozik in season 3, he's just so yummy and awesome! But that's just what I think. He should just be in it more! wOoT!
...Chapter 2...
"Hey, Steph.." Crystal whispered.
"What?" she groaned, fluttering her eyes. "Where am I?"
Crystal grabbed her hand and said "I brought you to the hospital... you're gonna be fine."
"In Florida? Oh, shit... we gotta go, Vince will find us." Stephanie started to get out of the hospital bed.
Crystal shook her head, pinning her back down. "You don't remember? We got away."
"Oh." Stephanie relaxed. "Thank God... so where are we?"
"In Charming."
"Really?" Stephanie's eyes widened. "Have you seen Alex yet?"
"No, but I met a friend of his." Crystal smiled. "His name is Jax and he's cute."
Stephanie rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You're crazy girl." a few minutes later, the door opened and Stephanie saw five guys with leather vests, walking in. She tensed up and whispered. "Who are they?"
"Relax..." Crystal said, smiling at Jax. "Hello." she waved.
"Hi." he walked up to them and looked at Stephanie. "You're awake." she slightly nodded. "I'm Jax." he pointed one by one at the guys. "This is... Juice, Chibs, Happy, and Kozik." he paused. "Guys, this is Crystal and Stephanie."
Stephanie looked at all of them, but stopped when she saw Kozik, and smiled. "Hi." she waved.
"So." Jax started as all of them surrounded the hospital bed. "Since you're awake... we need to know who these guys are, that's after you."
"Yeah." Juice nodded. "I'll look them up on my laptop, but you can tell me later."
"Okay." Stephanie said, softly. "But is our brother gonna help us?"
Jax nodded. "After I talk to him."
Kozik rested his hand on hers, with a smile. "All of us will help you."
Happy rolled his eyes. "Shut up."
"What?" Kozik said, innocently. "I'm serious."
A few seconds later, Cassie walked in, and said "Crystal?"
She turned around. "Yeah?"
"Now... that Stephanie is doing okay, I need to check you out, so come on."
"Okay." Crystal looked at her sister. "Will you be okay?"
Before she could open her mouth, Kozik beat her to it. "She'll be fine."
"All right." Crystal nodded, getting out of her chair. "I'll be back." then she walked out of the room with Cassie.
After five minutes of silence, Stephanie chuckled. "Wow... awkward."
Jax nodded. "So your boyfriend is the one after you?"
Kozik tensed up waiting for Stephanie to answer, there was something about this girl that made him in 'protector' mode, and he didn't give a shit if she was Tig's sister, he wanted to make sure she'd be safe, from whoever was hurting her.
"Yeah, he killed Mom and he was coming after me and Crys."
"Start from the beginning."
She looked at Happy and nodded, clearing her throat. "About a week ago, Crys and I went over to our house to visit Mom, but Vince didn't want me to go, and I went anyway. While we were eating dinner, him and his crew breaks the door open, waving their guns around. Mom told them to leave, but Vince had a sadistic smile on his face and shot her in the head." Stephanie paused, closing her eyes, feeling a few tears fall down her cheeks. "Vince grabbed me, while the guys grabbed Crys, and threw us into their van." she flinched when she felt someone grab her hand, but instantly calmed down when she saw that it was Kozik.
"And then what happened, Love?"
She looked over at Chibs. "We were at his place... I was in one room and she was in the other, but I have no idea what happened to Crys in the other room." Stephanie shrugged. "I'm pretty sure we got the same, like... punishment, I guess you can say."
"Like what?" Kozik asked, getting pissed off more than he already was.
"Just think of the most horrible things possible to happen to a woman and that's what we went through... or what I went through." she shook her head. "But, like I said, I don't know what happened with Crys." all the guys exchanged pissed off glances at each other, mentally saying to one another, that these motherfuckers are dead.
Jax took a deep breath, before he spoke. "How'd you get away?"
"It wasn't easy... but I managed to spike Vince's drink with a bunch of Benadryl and once he passed out, I grabbed Crys, and we were out of there."
"How many did you give him?" asked Chibs.
"Like ten or eleven, I wanted to make sure it'd knock him the fuck out before I could do anything."
"Good thinking." Juice nodded.
"And you said that they are after you?"
"Yeah, Jax... but where they could be now? I don't know."
He nodded. "Okay, do they know where you two were headed?"
"I think so... one of his goons heard me and Crys talking about coming here, so if I had to bet, he's on his way as we speak."
Happy cracked his knuckles. "You don't need to worry about them."
Stephanie shook her head. "I don't think you understand."
"What do you mean?" Kozik asked, with his eyebrow raised.
"Someone like Vince." she groaned. "He's the type of guy that will stop at nothing to get what he wants, plus he has all the man power to do it, and he won't take 'no' for an answer." she looked between all the guys looking at her. "I just don't want any of you to get hurt or killed because of me... it's not worth it." she looked down. "Because I know... I'm definitely not worth it."
Out of reflex, Kozik reached over and lifted Stephanie's chin with his two fingers, shaking his head. "Don't say that... don't say that you're not worth it. Don't worry about us, we can take care of ourselves, and we will take care of these assholes that try to come anywhere near you." he paused. "I'm not gonna let them come near you, all right?"
"Okay." she nodded, as Chibs, Jax, Happy, and Juice exchanged funny and shocked glances at each other.
Jax's phone rang, he walked over by the door, and flipped it open. "Yeah?"
"Where are you?"
"Hey Clay... visiting Cassie at the hospital." he paused. "Why? What's up?"
"Well, there's work to do at the garage, the cars can't fix themselves."
"All right, I'll have Juice and Chibs go, then I'll be there in a little bit."
"Good." Clay told him, then hung up. Jax snapped his phone shut, put it in his pocket, and walked back over to Stephanie's hospital bed.
"Who was that, Jackie Boy?" Chibs asked, with a chuckle, noticing the look on his face.
"Clay... he wants us to go back to the garage and work." he paused. "And I told him that a few of you will go... so Chibs and Juice, he wants you two over there."
"All right." Juice nodded, then he looked at Stephanie. "Feel better."
"Yeah." Chibs smiled.
"Okay, thanks." she smiled back.
"I'm gonna go too." Happy started following them, the turned around, looking at Kozik. "You coming?"
"Nah." he shook his head. "I'm staying."
"Fuck you then." Happy chuckled and walked out with Juice and Chibs.
Kozik gave Jax a weird look, then after a few minutes, he got the hint. "I'm gonna go check on Crystal and see what Cass is doing."
"Okay." Stephanie nodded, then Jax walked out of the room, leaving her and Kozik alone.
He sat down next to her on the bed. "Do you need anything? Some water?"
"Not right now." she shook her head. "But the only thing I want... is Vince and all his jackasses dead."
Kozik nodded, then grabbed Stephanie's hand. "We can definitely arrange that."
"They need to pay for what they did to my mom, Crys, and I." a few tears fell down her cheeks. "They were monsters." then seconds later, Stephanie planted herself into Kozik's chest and his reaction was to wrap his arms around her. "Please don't let them find me." she whispered.
"Shh... they won't find you and if they do, they're dead." she sniffled and nodded. "Nobody will ever hurt you again." he told her, rubbing her back. At that moment, he liked the feeling of her in his arms, and he couldn't ignore what he was feeling for her, and feeling protective of her, like it was his duty to keep her safe. He made a vow to himself, that's exactly what he's going to do, until his heart stops beating.
