a/n I do so apologize for this bit of a delay, my life is a busy one, and I was busy gaming as well. Please enjoy the chapter as this is a touching chapter to fill in until we get to the end, which should be one more chapter after this. I apologize once again, as I am working to getting my other chapters done for various other stories. I have not forgotten anything I will keep my word. For now, lets get S.R 2 out of the way and into S.R 3 in the future.

Enjoy!

The Ultor Dome interior was littered with truck parts, some were on fire and blood covered most of the dirt flooring. Li was on the ground heaving she felt like she had been canonized, but with a bat to the left side of her stomach. Forcing herself to move she got to her knees, Li hurt - she felt a stabbing pain and couldn't process where it was exactly, Maero wasn't present or Li just couldn't tell.

Taking out a few of the Brotherhood beforehand let her catch her breath… if for a moment. "Come on Li, get your shit together." She chides herself, then the sound of a monstrous engine revving was heard echoing around the arena.

Li flinched as another one of the monster trucks exploded behind her and within that split second distraction Maero's truck was roaring towards her, with his foot on the gas the Leader of the Third Street Saints was in his multi headlights. Blinded by rage the man plowed through the debris on the field, "We have you now BITCH!" he roared along with the sound of his truck, the driver side door flew off the hinges and he was ejected shortly thereafter.

The Saints Leader shielded her eyes as she couldn't move her body fast enough, she expected impact, a white and purple blur tackled her to the ground knocking the wind out of her, "Fuck!" She loudly exclaimed upon impact, groaning once more she tried to push whoever was on her off. Pierce had rolled off of her to lay on his back "Gat said, 'Hurry the fuck up, he won't stay down long.", Pierce sat up and was disgusted by his dirty clothing.

Very confused Li pushed herself up as she was leaning on one of the barriers, hurting even worse, she looked to where the newly crashed truck was and to see where Maero was now laying, hobbling over clutching her side even tighter, seeing a gun laying on the ground she picked it up along the way.

"See….ow…. See I keep having to repeat myself….ow, Don't fuck with my friends. One…ooh boy, shit hurts, You should of made a better offer, gotdamnnit, I might need a whole doctor, You seemed like a pretty chill dude….fucksake this hurts… Two You should of never messed with Carlos." She doubled over to catch her breath, looked at the gun in her hands and threw it at The Brotherhood circus rejects head.
The hulking man groaned as he was starting to stir, Li turned a bit, wincing, "That thing is too good for your dumbass, just stay there a minute, I…muthafu…..I got something for your ass. Pierce bring me Firefly!"

Pierce covered his nose taking the Flamethrower from Li, "Damn that's harsh." He turned to walk away from the char burned corpse, Li was in serious pain, she doubled over once again and promptly vomited, wiping her mouth she saw blood on her jeans from between her legs, "Oh, shit….The fuck?" Li went to turn and screamed in pain.

The Lieutenant turned around seeing her hitting the ground once again, "Boss!" Pierce ran back to her, "Yo, Boss you aight?" He saw her sweating and looking pale, picking up his cell he called Donnie over.
Pierce had her in his arms heading to the stadium doors when Donnie came through, turning himself back around to hold the doors open seeing Li being carried, "What?!" was all the mechanic could get out "We need to get her to the hospital quick!" Pierce said in a rush as he and Donnie frantically got Li into the back of Donnie's Voxel.

Donnie grabbed his cell and looked over the numbers as he rode shotgun, "Second menu and the third one down." Pierce called to Donnie as he knew what he should have been looking for, the 'All Call' was to the Lieutenants, "What do I say?" Donnie was panicking looking in the back to see Li laying still looking worse than ever.

"Just put me on speaker." Pierce dodged another car going five miles under the speed limit, "Aye, Li is hurt bad, I am taking her to the Hospital, she's not looking well."

"Shit!" Gat didn't bother to shoot the few Brotherhood who were exiting the stadium from his post, he let them go, "Where you heading?"

"The Barrio, Encanto." Pierce stepped on the gas as the light turned yellow.

"How bad is it?" Both Carlos and Shaundi asked at the same time. Carlos could be heard talking to Shogo "Jason" telling him that she is down.
"Got the location and I'm on my way!" Shaundi called over the others, leaving one of the others to watch the cams.

Donnie took over talking, "She's bleeding and she looks pale!" Donnie looked up to see Pierce nod his head in thanks. They had another ten minutes before they reached the Sangre Sedienta Hospital in the Barrio.

Johnny and the others sat in the waiting room, they had been waiting for word for a hour and a half, Johnny was pacing running his hands over his face, Pierce was shaking his leg with his hands resting on his chin, Shaundi kept looking to the door every ten seconds when it sounded like someone moved, balled up with her feet in chair arms wrapped tightly around her knees.

A doctor walked out and passed them, Johnny cursed under his breath, "How the fuck long is this going to take? Im going in there."

"Gat wait, give them a few more minutes huh?" Shaundi called then steeling her gaze to the door as the doctor came through.

Doctor Adams looked over the chart in her hands and to the group in front of her, "Are you all here for ?"

"Yeah, whats the deal?" Johnny asked, the other two Lieutenants nodded in agreement.

She cleared her throat, "Well, for starters….." As Dr. Adams called off the list of things that they checked over and procedures they had done, one thing rang louder in their ears and to Johnny everything came to a crawl.

The three of them sank into the waiting room chairs, Johnny, for the second time in his life since he thought Li had died, tears fell from his eyes. The others placed a comforting hand on his shoulders.

"Oh Gat, I had no idea, I'm so sorry." Shaundi tried to hold back her tears, getting up she quietly asked the Doctor if she could see Li, Gat wasn't 'with them' right now. Dr. Adams led the way to her room. Smell of disinfectant, the hum of machines and her and the Doctors footsteps sounded as they walked along the corridor to Li's room.

Opening the room door, the Doctor stepped out of the way allowing the petit woman through. Li was sleeping, and hooked up to an IV and a few smaller ones underneath that. "What's this?" Shaundi looked at the label, 'Shit.' Her mind went back to what the Doctor told them a few minutes ago.

She checked her notes, "Infumorph P/F for pain, Ibuprofen to reduce swelling and Clinamycin, I'll give you a few minutes." She exited leaving the women alone Shaundi grabbed a seat next to her friend, never has she seen her still always moving doing something, it had been a few years since she joined the Saints and she could of joined Veteran Child – then she'd end up in his position. She couldn't ask for a better friend, getting her ass out of trouble she defiantly the "Daphnie" of their little family.

Li groaned a bit, "Who hit me with the elephant tranqs?" Li could taste meds in her mouth, "the fuck they give me?"

"Morphine – Well the generic kind." Shaundi said, "How you feeling?"

"Nothing, the last I remember was I was at the Dome… What happened?"

"Pierce and Donnie brought you here, the others are here. I made sure Carlos and Jason stayed at the house, I told them I'd give a call when you woke up." Shaundi went to reach for her phone.

They heard the ring, "She's woke, fine but woke. Yeah. Yeah… Unhuh. Alright I'll tell her. Yeah, later." Shaundi looked up, "They say get well soon, You gotten a call from overseas."

Li nodded her best, "How are you, is everything alright with me?" Shaundi paled a bit, biting her pierced lip she didn't know how to respond. "Shaundi?"

"Yeah Boss, you're alright. I'm just going to….I'll go get Pierce." Shaundi quickly exited the room.

Li closed her eyes and groaned her head felt foggy wanting to sleep, she slowly felt herself drifting off to sleep, when the sound of her door opened, her eyebrows raised as her heavy lids opened slightly.
Pierce walked in shutting the door a bit too hard, "Sorry." He crept over, Li snorted softly.
"Pierce, thank you. You saved me, how I'm not sure what happened, but thank you."

Pierce smiled a bit then frowned, "You're welcome. We had followed you cause we knew you weren't in any condition to fight, but we knew you wanted to go it alone. Mad respect Boss." Pierce looked shaken a bit, "Boss, you know that…" Before he could finish Gat tapped on the door, Pierce sighed his relief and excused himself.
Looking over his shoulder as the door closed, he shook his head.

They sat in the quiet of the room, Johnny held her hand to his forehead, "I love you no matter what."

"I love you too."

"I'll be back tomorrow; I think they are going to keep you a few days. I'll bring you something to eat." Gat gave her a kiss that even the morphine couldn't numb. "Get some rest." He whispered against her lips

Li watched as he left, she placed a hand on her stomach she turned over and cried herself to sleep.

A few days later the clear to leave was given, "Thank you Dr. Adams." Li gotten her paperwork and her prescriptions from the nurse, she fixed her clothes heading out of the door, the doctor stopped her once more, "Oh, Ms. Li be sure to come back in two weeks so we can see how you are doing, alright?"

With an absent nod Li gave her word, she made her peace and it was bittersweet, she felt like a idiot feeling losing the baby was all her fault, maybe it was all her fault, if she hadn't gone and chased after Maero that night she would still be carrying the baby.
Li took a deep breath as she stepped from the hospital the sun was high in the sky and it was blinding. Gat was just pulling up Li smiled, he got out and opened the door for her kissing her before she sat in the passenger's seat.

Li took his hand the moment he sat down, "I'm sorry."

"Stop."

"Why?"

"No need, as long as you're still alive, there will be other times." Johnny kissed her hand and they drove off to the HQ.

Li descended the staircase stopping on the first landing, "Guess who's baaaack!"

"BOSS!" Everyone who was present cheered in greeting.

"I had a BBQ without you guys, and for that I apologize. I think I shall make it up to you tonight, you hit the store get some ribs, chicken, and seafood. You go get us more liquor, you music and you go get the sides, TONIGHT WE PARTY!" Li threw her hands in the air in a grand fashion, she dished the order out to get the things they needed Li then turned to her bedroom that Johnny had previously occupied.

Gat followed her and locked the door behind them, "You good?" Li nodded and went to the bathroom to clean her face, looking at herself in the mirror she looked tired pulling out the eyeliner and face soap she gave her face a bit of cleaning. Patted her face dry Johnny pressed behind her, she could feel his heat.
Li smiled behind the towel "I do have some things on my mind."

"Like?" Gat kissed her neck, she moaned softly.

"Julius." Fighting the urge to laugh.

Gat's head shot up and glared at her in the mirror, "Julius, the fuck you thinking about him for?"

Li reached into her pocket pulling out her phone, went to the notes that were on the home screen and opened it for Johnny to see.

Her list Julius Little was on right after Maero, with The Brotherhood leader no longer posing a threat, Julius was next, after that Dane Vogel.

"You can't just let…" Before he could finish, the look in Li's eyes was crystal clear.

"Blood in, Blood out." Her expression softened as she turned to face him. "Without him I wouldn't of met any of you, I also wouldn't of been in a coma. I can't let that slide."

Her phone rang, they both looked down and it was a out of town number, Li gave him a quick kiss and excused herself. Over hearing her conversation, she was speaking in her second language. Not many people get to hear it, hell this is his first time hearing her, Li ended the call he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

"When will you be leaving; I hope no time soon." Johnny placed kisses on her neck once more.

"Not soon, but soon I will be heading over to Japan in a few months. I have a invitation to attend some masked ball as a guess of Vogel. Ill handle him then. Ill give Dex a call in a day or two, he knows shit I ain't liking it."

Johnny nodded, with Dex he wanted to go with her he wanted to see that traitor and shoot him himself.

"Aight let's get back out there to get this thing set up. I need you later tonight." Johnny slide from behind her and exited the room. Li went back to the bathroom, popping her medication she applied her eyeliner, brushed out her hair, and glossed her lips. Heading to the kitchen, grabbing the pots she set up for the troop when the returned.

This celebration was for everyone and a grieving party for Li, looking at herself she knew it was crunch time, to be free from the demons that plague her, Julius Little and Dane Vogel last two puzzle pieces then off to claim her inheritance.