"It doesn't make any sense. We don't got a beef with them. Shit's cool with the Sons and their crew."

"When we were coming home tonight, they tried to run us off the road. It must have been the same people you saw today. They are coming after your family Jackson. You have to do something."

"Are you guys okay? Why didn't you call me?"

"I did try several times. You never answered so I called Nero. He followed us home and went out with his crew to find them."

Checking my cell I had four missed calls from her. It wasn't that I didn't exactly trust her, but I didn't. Nero was on the hunt for the crew Gemma fingered as the ones. It wasn't adding up why they would attack my family, the Sons had no street problems with them. To order an attack, it was almost personal.

"You take my room. I don't think you should go home tonight. I'll sleep in here with Abel."

"I love you Jackson. I hope you know just how much. Goodnight baby."

"Night Mom."

Rocking in the chair for hours watching Abel at peace while he slept. His little chest rising and falling with each breath of life he took in. The glow from the doodle bug he slept with shined on his sweet little face. I always worried about who would hurt him cause of me and my club ways. That shit was thrown in my face tonight, it would get dealt with too.

Abel's innocence was the only piece of good I had left in my heart. Being an outlaw there was no line of right or wrong for me. Only of what I had to do while living my life in the streets to handle club business. When I was with him and seen his smiling little face; the evil outlaw was only a father that wanted what was best for his son.

For most of the night I kept watch for someone to come to hurt my family. But nothing happened. When Gemma woke I already had coffee made. She grabbed a cup and sat down at the table.

"I don't want you to go anywhere without me, Nero or a Prospect with you. Take Abel with you today so I know someone is watching over him."

"Okay baby. Are you leaving?"

"Yeah, I got some shit to handle. A Son is posted outside and will follow you to the clubhouse."

On the ride I couldn't put it outta my mind. From what I seen yesterday to their crew attacking my family. Usually I had a sence of direction to go in. This time I had none. Except to protect my family at all cost.

They were token at the table when I rode up to the clubhouse. "Church in ten minutes."

"What's wrong Jackie?"

"Last night Rimmer's crew tried to run Gemma and Abel off the road."

"Why? We don't got a problem with them."

"I don't know why Chibs. But I do know, they won't get the chance to do it again."

The meeting started when I sat down in my chair and lit up a smoke. I told them what happened. The biggest question was how do we handle it? For me it was simple. We retaliated to spread the word nobody ever fucks with someone in the Son's families.

"I'm here and in brother. Whatever you need."

"Thanks Tig."

They were all in except Happy. He was gone to ride with Quin's crew for the weekend run. I banged my gavel, church was over and their fate was sealed. Blood is what we would take from them.

Chibs closed the doors after the others left. "Jackie I talked to Alverez this morning. He said you didn't show for the meet you set last night. He's not fucken happy brother. He wants his shipment we promised."

"Shit, I forgot."

"What's going on with you kid? Something is outta place. If you're having a problem, you need to tell me."

"I'm good. Let's go smooth shit over with Alverez."

This meet I would be damn sure to make. The way we still earn was depending on it. "Tig you're with us."

"You got it boss." He slammed the rest of his beer down and we took off.

Lighting was filling up the sky. It made me a little nervous like it never did before. Thunder was booming around us. I waited for it come but again, nothing happened. My mind was fucken me before or I was on the start of a break down.

Alverez crew was there when we pulled up. "You showed up this time Prez."

"Sorry about last night man. A family problem came up."

"I'm sorry to hear that. It doesn't change the fact you still haven't delivered to us. We are getting some big shipments of heroin in and we don't have enough fire power to protect it."

"If you could give us a couple more days. You will have your guns. You got my word."

"You told me that last week too. I gave you leeway cause of our on going business relationship. I can't do it anymore esse, your time is up."

"If you work with me on this, I will make it up to you. But you gotta keep make sure the other crews know you're willing to wait."

"What's in it for me Jax?"

"I'll give you an extra case of glocks and the next dope shipment we run, is on SAMCRO. Your crew gets to keep our cut of the money."

"You got two days and no more to deliver. Then we come knocking on your door for it."

Alverez would put the word out and the others would follow his follow his lead on it. It let us keep our cut of the gun money we already spent. It also bought back some good faith the Sons were up and running again.

"That shit was brilliant Jackie."

"Yeah boss, you handled it great."

"As long as we deliver on it, it's all good. At least it's handled for today. I got bigger shit to worry about than Alverez. Let's get back to the clubhouse. I want Rimmer's crew found."

Juice had intel on them and the location they could be found at. We all went along except for the Prospect that stayed behind with Gemma and Abel. They fucked with the wrong outlaw. Nero was gonna meet us there with his crew.

They ran their operation in an old abandoned warehouse. "Jax this doesn't feel right to me man. There was no word of them hitting the streets yesterday. My crew asked around everywhere."

"Yeah homes, they weren't out in the streets operating at all. This place was empty yesterday."

"So."

"I'm just saying until we know the facts, lets feel out the situation a little bit Jax."

"You handle shit your way Nero and I'll handle it mine. If you don't wanna do this man, take your crew and go."

Gemma was Nero's old lady. His first obligation was to his crew and her. He was outta the game for while. But if the Bizlats ever planned on setting up from running pussy and offering street protection, he had to play this out with us. If the other crews surrounding him found out he ever backed down, they would take his territory over.

"Yeah, okay, we're in."

"Rimmer only has about eight or nine guys in his crew. He is the one I want. Take your crew around back, we'll go in through the front."

We took off our cuts and put silencers on our guns. I didn't want us to advertise we were here until I was on top of Rimmer. That fucker would pay the price today for trying to hurt my family.

One guy was posted out front carrying fire power. He was on watch, maybe the were expecting us to come for them. Tig walked right out in front of the guy and capped him in the head. He was all SAMCRO handling business.

Once we got inside we heard shit from the back. It was sectioned off like they had done a remodel. That shit didn't make any sense about why. Four more guys were on watch. The others used their guns. But not me. My outlaw took over and the evilness came spilling out. After I gave him a beat down, I sliced his throat with my knife.

After I gave my guys the signal, we rushed them. Killing any of them that moved except Rimmer, his ass was mine.

"Oh shit Jackie. There are bricks of Alverez's shit here. We took out two of his guys."

"I see that shit Chibs. We still do what we came here to do."

"Jesus Christ Jax. They are running for Alverez."

"It doesn't change shit Nero. I'll handle it."

Rimmer was the one I came here to kill. Nothing would stop me or my outlaw from doing it either.

"Why did you attack my family?"

"I don't know what you're talking about man. We don't got a beef with SAMCRO."

"You're lying. Who told you to go after my mother and son?"

Even with the good beat down I gave him, Rimmer wouldn't talk. He gave me some bullshit story about patching over to the Mayans.

"Tig get your bike."

The front tire of Tig's bike went up against the concrete wall and Rimmer's face went under the back tire. I had a handful of his hair and it was time to force him to talk.

"Anything you wanna confess before I burn your face off?"

"I didn't do..."

Tig revved his bike up with the tires burning rubber, Rimmer's face burned too as I held it there until he stopped squirming around. I put an end to his suffering with a bullet into what face he had left.

"What the fuck Jax? If he was telling the truth we just started war with Alverez."

"I'll handle it Nero. Take the dope until I can figure out what to do with it. You and your crew were never here."

"Yeah you'll handle it like you do everything else. That's the part that worries me the most."

"What the fuck is that shit supposed to mean?"

When the screaming match between us was over, our guys separated us so we could cool off. Nero was squaring off with the wrong guy. He went to be with Gemma and we went back to the clubhouse after we did cleanup here.

Happy was sitting at the bar drinking with the Prospect.

"Where the hell have you guys been?"

"Handling Rimmer's crew. He attacked Gemma and Abel. Chibs lock the dope up until I figure it out."

"When did they do that man?"

"Last night."

"They couldn't have done it last night Jax. They were at the run with Alverez's crew. He was gonna patch them over today. I seen them all there man."

"Shit. Where's Gemma?"

"She took Abel and left with Nero."

"Where did they go?"

"She said they were going home."

Gemma played me once again. She played off the emotions for my family. I took my cut off and tossed it on the bar.

"Jackie, whatever in the hell you're thinking about doing, don't do it kid."

"It's a little too late to think right brother? We just took out Rimmer's guys and Alverez's. Call church in an hour, no exceptions."

"I'll go with you kid."

"This is a family problem Chibs, my burden to deal with. Stay here and call church like I said."

Chibs didn't like the call I made but he followed it. How I would handle Gemma, I had no idea. My bike flew to her house.

When Gemma opened the back door I was on her. She was greeted by my gun in her face. "You lied to me."

She started crying so I knew I was right. "Don't you cry. What did you do Gemma?"

"Whoa, what's going on here? Jax why are you pointing your gun at Gemma?" Nero interruppted us. I would have filled him in but not until I got what I wanted from her.

"It's okay baby. Will you give me and Jax a minute?" Nero was hesitant to leave us alone as he should be. I would take him on if I had to so I could get to Gemma.

"Was it them or not that attacked you and Abel? No bullshit this time. His whole crew was on the run yesterday. Happy seen them there."

"No, it wasn't them. I only told you that so you wouldn't find out the truth Jackson."

"Jesus Christ, I killed an innocent man after I tortured him. The streets are gonna blow up with a war in my face. Not only my face either, the Sons and Nero's crew. Do you wanna know what will happen to the club cause of your lie? You better tell me what the fuck you did right now. Don't piss me off Gemma. Tell me the goddamn truth. Or I will drop you where you stand." My gun was drawn on her and I was done fucken around. She just put my dick on the chopping block with the SOA and Abel was still in danger.

"I just lost Thomas. I watched my baby suffer a long drawn out painful death before he passed away. You were small then, probably don't remember much about it. I never left his side from the months of being in a bed at the hospital until I walked him to the grave. A mother's love doesn't stop then either."

"I know this story already. Get to the point."

"About six months later, you were admitted into the hospital for congestive heart failure just like your brother was. The family flaw was killing my babies and taking them away from me. I went outside the hospital to smoke a cigarette when you fell asleep one night. A guy was talking to me about my boys. He knew about your brother, the fate he suffered and the one you were getting ready to. It seemed as though he knew everything about my life. He claimed he could save you from death if I agreed to..."

"To what?"

"If I agreed to exchange a soul for it. I would have given my life in a heart beat for you to live just one more day. I was so desperate and at first I didn't really believe him. I seen him lay his hand over your heart, just him touching you made the heart monitor show a strengthening in your heart beat by fifty percent. When he took his hand away, it went back down to where it was. For more time with my son on this earth, I made the deal. I had to seal it in my and your blood with him. I cut myself and you then let our blood drip in his hand. With a touch he sealed our wounds over and you couldn't see the cuts anymore. Two days later they released you from the hospital. You never had a problem again because of it."

"You sold my fucken soul to the devil."

"Not your soul Jackson. Your first born child's soul."

~~~Thor~~~

"We shall get her back. This I promise."

"I have to meet Loki tomorrow when he calls. He said I need to come without the suit and you or he will kill Pepper."

"I am sorry for involving you in this, I truly am."

"He would have come after me eventually. I think you're right, the cube is getting ready to make an appearance again. We need to find the others to warn them. They will be next on Loki's list."

"The next person is Jane he will go after. I must find her so I can protect her."

"I'll suit up."

"You don't have to do this. You should only worry with getting your lady back."

"Loki messed with the wrong guy. He took the only thing that matters to me. I will hunt him down and kill him, being your brother means nothing to me right now."

The tin man's heart was as soft as rose petals for his lady. I understood it all to well myself. His mind riddled with worry while he jumped into the pieces of steel covering his body. Within seconds we were flying to the last known place Jane lived.

We searched for her until we found her at a gathering. My beautiful Jane hadn't changed since the last time I seen her.

"Wait, you can't go in dressed like that in front of everyone."

Tin man went across the street and purchased some garb for me to wear. After he command the piece of metal to fly away on their own.

"It's the best I can do big guy, in a pinch."

The stretch pants were too short and the shirt with strange designs on it was a little tight. I put my boots back on. I didn't want to attract attention to myself by not wearing shoes.

"Do you think Jane will still recognize me?"

"I don't see how she can miss a big man in green sweat pants and a purple swirled shirt. It's every bride's dream to have her wedding day interrupted by a god from another world she hasn't seen in almost twenty years."

So much time had passed between us. In my heart though it was only hours since I last held her in my arms. Her sweet lips pressed against mine was chiseled in my mind. The scent off her I often thought of to keep me warm when I felt weary and cold was burned into my memory.

Today she would be bonded for her eternity to another man. The one who she loved now. I couldn't do this to her again.

"Where in the hell are you going?"

"To leave Jane in peace."

"Hell no. We came all this way to find her. If you don't take her away from here, Loki will hurt her too."

"I will just watch over and adore her from afar."

"You do that. I have a wedding to crash."

Tin man swung the double doors open to the church. "If there is any man who knows why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace."

"Yo back here. I don't think Jane should say yes just yet."

Jane lifted the long lace which adorned her face, with a shocked look. "Holy shit." Then she passed out.

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