It had been 24 hours to the minute since Happy had watched Ophelia ride out through the gates, and he was really starting to get worried. He knew she could handle herself better than most people. Hell, she had done jobs without hesitation that he would have to think twice about. But Happy knew the longer they didn't hear from her, the less chance he would see her ever again.

So for now, they waited. The club was still on lockdown. Families were getting anxious, but it would be even worse when they found out one of their own was missing too.

"Has anyone heard from Juice?" Chibs asked as he walked into the garage. All the other members stood around.

"Can't get ahold of him?" Bobby asked. Juice was known to disappear for days at a time, but during times like this, it wasn't safe for anyone to be alone.

"His cell goes straight to voicemail. I went to his place. Called everyone I could think of. No one has seen or heard from him," Chibs explained.

"Do you think he could be on one of his rides?" Jax asked, sounding hopeful.

"He's with Ophelia," Clay spoke up.

"What?" Jax asked. "How do you know?"

"Cause I asked him to keep an eye on her," Clay snapped.

"Why?" Happy rasped. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Hap had never questioned Clay. "Cause you can't trust her? She's family."

"She ain't been my family for years," Clay yelled.

Jax signed, dragging his hand down his face. "Either way, we got problems. Leela and Juice are missing."

She was really starting to regret coming back to Charming. Stirring up forgotten history was one thing, but getting locked in an office at an abandoned warehouse was not what she had planned. Ophelia had claimed the comfy chair and thrown her feet up onto the desk. She had counted the ceiling tiles a dozen times since they had gotten locked up. They hadn't heard anything from any of the Horsemen.

Suddenly, the door swung open. Two Horsemen stood shoulder to shoulder looking very menicening.

"Welcome to our humble abode," Ophelia said, opening her arms wide. "I would give you a tour, but this place is a shit hole."

One of the Horsemen stalked over to her and forced her to her feet. Ophelia admired the very large tattoo on his neck as he pushed her up against the wall.

"Hey! Let her go!" Juice yelled.

"You killed my brother," the Horsemen said through his teeth, his eyes never leaving Ophelia.

"You're gonna have to narrow it down a little more," she smirked. "I've killed a lot of brothers."

He brought the back of his hand down across her face. "You're a little bitch."

A smile formed on her lips. "Tell me something I don't know."

She felt her ribs crack when his fist connected with her side. She slumped down the wall as she tried to catch her breath. Before she could even take a breath though, he started kicking her.

"Leave her alone!" Juice yelled.

The other Horsemen pointed his gun at Juice. "Shut up before I put a bullet in your head." Juice gulped and took a step back.

"When I'm finished with you, your friends won't even recognize you." He stood over Ophelia as she struggled to sit up.

"You must be so tough to be able to beat a woman while she's down," Ophelia said. "You must have a hard on."

He raised his hand to hit her.

"Simon!" Adam yelled from the door. "If you continue to hurt our guest, I'll let them do whatever they want to you." Simon looked down at Ophelia. "Get out before I change my mind, Si," Adam warned. "You're not worth it."

Simon let go of Ophelia completely and stumbled out of the room.

"So sorry about that," Adam said as he knelt down next to her. "But do you really blame him? Especially when you've killed so many of my men."

She flinched as she took a breath. "Maybe you should take that as a hint before I kill all of you."

The smile faded from Adam lips. "You better watch your mouth before it gets you in trouble." He stood up. "Things could get very bad for you, Lilith." He left with the other men, leaving Ophelia and Juice locked in the room alone again.

Juice scrambled over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Peachy," she said through her teeth. "Have you ever put a shoulder back in?"

"What?" he asked, wide eyed.

"My shoulder is dislocated," she calmly. "You're gonna have to put it back in."

"O...okay," he said nervously.

"You can do it," she said giving him a smile. "Put your hand on my shoulder here. Keep pressure on it. Then pull my arm straight."

"Is it going to hurt?" Juice asked getting into position.

"You won't feel a thing," she said absentmindedly. "I, however, will feel shards of glass. Do it now before it gets swollen."

She closed her eyes and tried to think of anything else besides her shoulder. The loud pop was sickening, but the pain started to subside immediately.

"Can you help me take my jacket off?"

He helped her take her jacket off as gently as he could. His breath caught when he saw the scars that covered her back.

"How did you get those?" he asked before realizing it was rude.

She looked to see what he was talking about when she realized he was looking at her scars. They weren't something she was ashamed of. The incident that caused them had made her who she was, but that doesn't mean she liked talking about it.

"Somebody didn't like me very much."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked," he said, sitting back.

She sighed. "It's okay. It's not a very good story is all." She ran her fingers across her ribs. They were definitely cracked, but none of them felt out of place.

Juice was quiet as he watched her. "Did it happen while you were on a job?"

"No, it happened before I became a mercenary," she said while trying to get comfortable position.

"Do… do you have a plan to get out of here?"

She met his eyes. "Kill all of them."

Happy grabbed Rooster by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him to his feet. He dragged him out into the warehouse where the rest of the club was waiting.

"Hey, take it easy," Rooster complained as Happy forced him to his knees.

"Shut up," Happy grumbled.

Jax stood in front of Rooster while smoking a cigarette. "Did you set this up?"

"No, I didn't plan on being on my knees in front of a half a dozen guys," Rooster retorted.

Jax nodded to Happy who pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Rooster's head. "Either you tell us where your club is or we bury you in the woods," Jax said getting in his face.

"I can't tell you what I don't know."

Happy pushed his gun further into the side of Rooster's head. He was getting tired of this guy's bullshit. "Let's just kill him," Hap said, looking to Jax. "He either set us up or ratted out his own club. Either way, he deserves to die."

Jax looked to Chibs who just shrugged. Jax snubbed out his cigarette and gave a quick nod to Hap.

Happy readjusted his grip on his gun and started to pull the trigger. However, the ringing of his cell phone interrupted him. Finally, deciding to answer it, he fished out his phone from his pocket. His heart nearly stopped when he saw Ophelia's number across the screen.

He flipped open the phone and brought it to his ear. "Lily," he breathed.

"Lily?" a man's voice came through the phone. "What a sweet nickname for our little Lilith. She must be very important to you."

"Who are you?" Happy said through his teeth.

"I am Adam. I am the one who will kill your girl and mohawked little friend if you don't give me what I want."

Hap was about to tell that piece of shit to go to hell, but Jax snatched the phone out of his hand.

"Let them go!" Jax demanded.

"Oh, I can't do that," Adam said. "At least, not until you give me everything you have."

Jax ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. "I...I can't do that."

"Then you will never see them again."

"Wait!" Jax yelled. "I'll do anything. Just don't hurt her."

Adam laughed. "How interesting. You mention nothing of your own patched member, but you ask me not to hurt a woman who showed up to your clubhouse not that long ago," he mused. "Hopefully you change your mind, Mr. Teller, before it's too late."

The line went dead. Jax turned to face his club. All of them looking to him for answers. Once again, he had let them down.

"Jackie," Chibs said timidly.

"They're gonna kill them," he said barely above a whisper. "Unless we give them everything."

Upon hearing this, Happy lost all control. He always kept his cool in these types of situations, but the thought of losing Lily made his world fall apart. Without a second thought, he brought his pistol up to the side of Rooster's head and pulled the trigger. Rooster's body fell at Jax's feet.

"Jesus Christ, man," Tig muttered.

Jax started to go after Hap, but Chibs and Tig held him back. "We could have used him to find out where they're keeping them!" Jax yelled. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"The only reason we got him talking before was because Ophelia got him talking," Hap said. "He set her up."

Kozik looked between Jax and Happy. Slowly, he stepped between them. "Come on, Hap. Let's get some air." Hap looked down at Kozik and slowly nodded. Koz led Happy away from Jax to give them time to cool down.

As soon as they got outside, Hap stormed over to the nearest tree and hit it. Pure rage flowed through his veins. He was going to kill every Horsemen he could get his hands on.

"Hey, hey," Kozik said, getting in between Hap and the tree. "Killing the tree ain't going to bring her back, man."

Hap push Koz away. "No, but killing those pieces of shit that took her will."

"We got to be smart about this, bro. One wrong move and we could get her killed."

Hap eventually nodded. Kozik was right. They couldn't do this blindly. "Do you have a plan?"

Kozik smirked. "What would Ophelia do?"

"Will you please stop talking to them like that?" Juice pleaded to Ophelia as she held a piece of her shirt to her bloody nose. "You can't talk much more."

"I'm fine," she forced. She would never admit that he was right, but she wasn't going to let them get anymore hits in. Besides the broken ribs and dislocated shoulder, her nose was broken. She had a nasty bump on her head. Her ankle was sprained. Not ot mention, she was bruised like a banana. She'd known that if she hadn't egged them on, they would have probably killed Juice.

"You don't look fine," Juice muttered.

The door to the room swung open once again. Adam stalked in draggin a brunette woman by the hair. Ophelia's heart stopped when he stopped in front of her.

"This is what happens when I don't get what I want," Adam yelled at Ophelia. He threw the girl into the corner and then left.

The girl pulled her legs up to her chest. When she finally pushed her hair out of her face, Juice let out a gasp.

"Tara?" Juice asked, slowly going towards her. "Tara, are you hurt?"

She finally looked up at them. Her cheeks stained with tears. She looked away from Juice to Ophelia. "What do they want?"

"To hurt Jax," Ophelia said, watching Tara carefully. "Were you leaving town when they grabbed you?" Tara's eyes flashed to Juice and then slowly nodded. "Did you at least listen to me about leaving the boys?"

Tara looked down. "They're with Gemma," she said quietly. "I just couldn't stay in Charming any longer."

Ophelia narrowed her eyes. "So getting yourself kidnapped was the better option?" Tara huffed and crossed her arms.

"Wait," Juice said, looking at Tara. "You left Jax? Does he know?" He looked to Ophelia when Tara doesn't answer.

"I don't think she would be here if Jax knew," Ophelia said.

Each of them went to their separate corners of the room. None of them saying anything. It was only a matter of time before Adam and the rest of the Horsemen came back.

Ophelia knew what was coming. She had been the one with the gun enough times. Not all of them were gonna make it out alive, if any of them did.

"Did you get a hold of anyone?" Kozik asked Happy quietly as he walked into the garage.

Hap gave a quick nod. "Just one. All of the other numbers were disconnected," he said. "Fuckin' mercenaries."

"Is he gonna help?" Koz asked urgently.

"She," he corrected. "And yeah, she's on her way."

"She?" Kozik questioned nervously. "Scarlett is coming?"

Hap smirked. "Yeah, your little deadly crush is coming to Charming." Shortly after Ophelia had become a mercenary, she had come back to Tacoma with this mysterious Scarlett in tow. Kozik had fallen head over heels for the female mercenary.

"God help us," Kozik muttered under his breath.

Happy rolled his eyes. "We need all the help we can get if we want to find Lily."

Kozik watched as Happy struggled to light his cigarette. "I miss her too, you know."

"You're not the one who asked her to come back," Hap grumbled. "I got her into this mess."

"She needed to come back to Charming, man. There's history she needs to face," Koz said getting closer to Hap. "She'll be okay, man. We'll get her back."

"What if she ain't whole? What if… what if we're too late?"

"Really, bro?" Kozik whispered. "You found her in a puddle of her own blood, half dead. If she can make it through that, she can do anything." He put his hand on Happy's shoulder. "She'll be okay."

So sorry for how long it's been between updates. Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to update again until after the New Year. I hope all of you have a good Holidays. Thank you to all of you who have let reviews. Every time I get a notification that someone left a review, I smile. You are all amazing!