A/N I do not own SOA. Thanks for all the comments.

Chapter 11

"Jesus Angel, where did you learn to shoot like that," Jax said as he look at the target 50 feet away. She had put all 13 bullets in the center, better than his, not by much, but better.

"You are kidding, right?" she said, looking at him as she dropped the empty clip from his 9mm and handed both back to him. "I was raised up here. If you think I am good with a hand gun, you should give me a rifle, or better yet a shotgun. Geez Jax. You learn to shoot up here out of necessity. We kill animals and eat them. I am sure you learned to shoot so you could stay alive. Kill or be killed, but I learned to shoot so I could eat."

Laughing Jax put his other magazine into the gun and flipped the slide forward, loading a round into the chamber. Pointing it down the "range" they had set up for themselves he unloaded his clip, 13 bullets all in the center of the target. Smiling back at Angie he said, "Well at least that time I was close to you."

Angie smiled at him and said, "So you are heading back tomorrow, aren't you?"

"Yeah, it is has been great up here. You coming up on the weekends, I have been able to think through a lot. My dad had a lot he wanted for Samcro, and it is up to me to make that happen." Jax said.

"So what are you going to do first?" Angie asked.

"Talk to Piney. He knew my dad better than anybody. Then Bobby. It is not going to happen overnight. There are rules to these kinds of things in the club. Ways you have to do this. Change will come, but it will take time. They will see it is the way we should go, the way we have to go is we want to survive, it we want to grow." Jax was looking off at the mountains as he talked. "What about you, you ok with me leaving?"

Angie walked up beside him. Jax put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her to him close. Looking up at him she spoke softly, "I never thought you were staying. I am so glad you came. I feel grateful I could help, but you belong out there, just like I belong here. What we have, it is exactly what we are supposed to be for each other. We provide that support no one else can."

Jax kissed her softly. "You know you could always come with me, be my old lady," he said sarcastically.

"Sure that would work out real well. Hang out a shingle in Charming. The Sons would be my best client. Probably my only client." She said as she smacked him on his ass.

"Well hopefully I could work on changing that." Jax drawled. "Come on, let's go back to the cabin."

"Why tired of getting beat by a girl?" she teased.

"Exactly," Jax said. "Need to find an activity where I am in charge."

Angie drifted back from her memory to the present. Laughing to herself, maybe if she had come back with Jax things would be different. No, they wouldn't. Well yes they would be. She would have lost her temper a long time ago and would probably be in jail. Based on what Jax had told her over the years about how Clay Morrow had resisted the changes to Samcro, Angie would have snuck in and put a bullet in his skull by now. And now that she knew he had gotten Donna killed she just might do that anyway, or have it done. Jax didn't need that over his head. That was something she could have done for him. No that was Jax's issue. He needed to handle it his way, but….

It was 12:30 and there had been no word from Zobelle. Angie hadn't figured there would be. He didn't seem like the type that would just give in, and besides she knew what he really had at stake. Picking up the phone, fully aware there would be people listening, Angie made her first phone call. "Jerry, Angie Maroney. Fine, thank you. And you. Good to hear. I am in San Francisco and we are looking to expand into California. Yes that is right. Taking that advice you had given me about California agriculture. Yes I have made some acquisitions, looking to make some more. Having a little problem with a particular owner though. KMPF, LLC. Well I own his water rights so it won't be long, but I would like to hurry things along, you know how I am. No I never passed the bar in California so I can't practice here so I need you to handle this. From what I read it is 24, and I only have 15. I will have 6 more by the end of the day. If I get his 3 there will be will be my 24. Plan to set up a community relationship with the farm workers union. Yes somewhat new for us, we don't have to have that much field labor when you farm like we do in Colorado. This will be new, but I am looking forward to the challenge. Thanks Jerry, by the end of the day if you can."

Hanging up, Angie knew the last sentence would get Zobelle's goat. Migrant field workers on the 21,000 acres around him would send him into a tail spin. He was going to fight, little did he know it was probably too late.

Ethan's Office

"What do you mean you cannot help us with getting our shipment in through customs." Ethan screamed at his technology partner Jacob Brody who was on speaker phone.

"We were served with a subpoena regarding patent infringement. We are being sued. It also triggered a federal investigation. There are federal investigators everywhere. Lawyers from the plaintiff too. Sorry Ethan, but we can't be doing anything shady right now. If you want to bring in something you are going to have to find another way to do it. In fact I have to go, I have an agent waiting for me in the conference room." With that, Jacob hung up.

Zobelle's assistant came in the room. "Weston is on the phone, says the Mayans want their guns. Say if you can't get them they will go somewhere else. Say if you are all talk they will go back and make peace with Samcro. They say you got them on the outs with Samcro and you better deliver or they will deliver you to Samcro."

"Dammit." Ethan said, slamming his hands on his desk. "Tell them we will get them their guns." Taking a coffee cup from his desk he threw it across the room and it smashed against the wall, making a mess. "Why is it that the bitch Maroney had to show up now? She is making it difficult for us to conduct our other endeavors." Ethan screamed.

"She has not been one to not carry through on her word, I am sure she is taking action since we did not get back to her. What do you think she is going to do, Mr. Zobelle?" the assistant asked.

"We will know soon enough. We will have the advantage soon enough with Ms. Maroney. Once I deal with her I can concentrate on Charming again." Seeing John Thomas walking into the room Ethan Zobelle walk into the room Ethan snapped at him. "So what do you know. What is her move going to be."

"Well it looks like she has secured another 6,000 acres around the property in the valley. She has contacted an attorney friend of hers, a Jerry Valentine, here are his particulars. They are going to get the land through an inevitable use filing, because they own all the surrounding property, and the water rights. They plan to farm it. She is meeting with the Farm Workers Union right now. With the economy like it is, if she is willing to invest the money to develop the properties, she will create almost 5000 jobs. She is going to win, you will have to sell. Probably tomorrow." John said.

"She is going to what, she is with who?" Ethan screamed. "I am not going to give up my property so a bunch of…." Ethan was furious. Angie had pushed the right button, that was for sure.

Turning to the TV, Ethan caught a glimpse of the news cast on TV. "I thought you said she was with the Farm workers union right now."

"That was where she said she was going on the phone call she made in her room." John said.

"Well she in on the TV with the Governor of California. Turn that up, find out what she is saying." Ethan screamed.

"On behalf of Maroney Mining we are just glad to be here in California. We have worked hard in Colorado to find a balance between obtaining the natural resources needed by society, and preserving the beauty of the earth. That is why Maroney Mining is pleased to announce the locating of the first water conversion plant in Northern California. It is a joint effort between Maroney Mining and Maroney Farms we plan to convert sea water, to potable water, utilize the salt, and then use the water to make a large investment in sustainable farming here in California. This will take no current water resources away from humans in the process of growing crops. We plan to begin operations of a large operation in the Bay area soon." Angie said.

Handling questions from reporters, Ethan heard the words he knew he didn't want to hear, 5-10 thousand jobs for California, half of them high paying technical jobs. "That's why she wanted the mining company. "She is not some dumb farmer from Colorado, like you all said, now is she. What the hell are we going to do with her. We need to get some information on her. Something that will discredit her with the media. Something that we can use to back her off." Zobelle screamed.

"We'll keep digging, there must be something we can use Mr. Zobelle." he sniveled.

"Find it, I am done playing nice with Ms. Maroney." Zobelle said with venom in his voice. "If that doesn't work, we'll find something to threaten her work a little more private."

A/N Thanks for the comments. I am taking all suggestions into account. Maybe you will see your story suggestions.