Summary: After leaving Charming four years ago, Harper Delaney arrives for the funeral of her mother and to help her older twin sister Harley run CaraCara while opening her own bar when she reunites with the Scotsman SON that caused her to run away after a painful misunderstanding but will they get back together? Co – Written with bikerboysgirl. Chibs/OC, Kozik/OC, Opie/Donna and Jax/Tara, Kerrianne/OC.
Trigger Warnings: This chapter mentions child loss and dark themes.
Major character death in this chapter.
In The Blood
Chapter 12
Chibs was still reeling as he thought about what Harper had just told him.
He had been helping Tara with Lowell when she walked up to him and told him she needed to tell him something. He looked down at Harper as if to say not now but when he saw the look on her face he knew it was something he needed to listen to. He took her by the hand and pulled her away from the group. "What is it love?"
Harper chewed on her lower lip and twisted her hands nervously in front of herself. She needed to tell Chibs but she didn't want to see his reaction. "Jimmy O showed up at my house when Harley and I were picking up our stuff." Chibs glared down at Harper, he got close to her and there was nothing he could have done about it. "Jimmy told me if I didn't break things off with you, Harley would be collateral damage." Tears built up in her eyes.
Chibs pulled her into his arms, "Love I would never let anything happen to you or your sister." He hushed her but his mind was already afire with what he would do to Jimmy O when he got his hands on him.
He was going to kill that bastard when he got his hands on him as he held Harper tightly and held her close, he was pissed that Jimmy O' had tried to intimidate Harper but it hadn't worked.
Harper had held her ground.
Chibs kissed her forehead tenderly and held her before they walked back to where the others were as Unser was telling Lowell to take a statement against AJ Weston.
Lowell nodded and stood up as Lyla went with him, Moby and Piper stayed behind as they played with the other kids while the men got ready for the war against the Nords and L.O.A.N.
Chibs wanted to beat the shit out of them.
"Be careful." Harper said quietly to him as she sat beside him on the black leather sofa and he nodded as they placed the plan into action and kissed her.
"I promise."
She watched her brave, strong Scotsman leave the building along with the men who were her brothers and uncles. Harper wanted nothing more than to have them be safe. Of all of her years of being a part of the SAMCRO family, one would have thought she would have been used to the lock downs and the losses they had faced but she wasn't. They never got any easier, this time was just as hard as the first time she dealt with a lock down.
Harley made her way over to her sister and sat on the couch with her, they embraced each other tightly. "They'll be safe." Harley whispered. It wasn't just for her sister but it was also for herself. Half Sack had asked her to be his old lady, he was close to being a full patch and as soon as that happened he planned on making it official with her. She held on to her little secret for now. She was falling in love with Sack.
She loved him, he didn't treat her like a whore but he respected her and the work she did, Harley prayed that he and Chibs would stay safe as Lowell and Lyla came back.
Now it was just a waiting game.
The Sons arrived at the army store where they were planning on springing their trap with the empty boxes, which were in fact holding dead rats as a message to Edmond Hayes and his father.
Chibs entered the store along with the others just as ATF agents stormed into the building with their guns out.
"HANDS IN THE AIR AND LAY DOWN ON THE GROUND!" An agent ordered harshly as they were all forced onto the ground as Stahl entered the store.
"Where is he?"
"Where is who?" Jax asked smartly.
Stahl ignored the question, "Open the box." This was her chance to tie everything together, the Sons, the real IRA and the gun business. She smiled as her officers opened the box but it was quickly erased when she saw the contents. Two dead rats.
"Oh, shit." Edmond whispered terrified as everyone smirked around him with Chibs glaring at the man, he wanted to so badly beat the shit outta of him for what he had done to Harper and Caden in New Orleans four years ago.
Instead he made a rat sniffling sound, causing the others to snigger then as Clay glared at Stahl.
"Alright fellas, where is Jimmy O'?" Stahl asked calmly as she looked at all of them with cold eyes.
"Who?" Chibs asked innocently, and that caused Stahl to lose her composure as she slapped him across the face, it didn't hurt him though as he could taste blood.
"Whoever he is, she doesn't like him very much." Jax taunted amused.
Stahl glared at the Sons members, "Let's go!" She growled at her team.
Chibs spit the mixture of saliva and blood out of his mouth onto the floor of the shop. "We'll be watching you boy." He threatened Edmond.
SAMCRO left the shop, next stop was Impeccable Smokes to hunt down Zobelle.
Harper paced the club house, it had been hours since the guys had left. "Sit down!" Harley glanced over at her sister, who if she kept walking would wear a path in the floor.
"I just have this bad feeling." Harper admitted to Harley.
"They'll be fine, I promise." Harley said comfortingly as Harper sat down and drank some of the coffee that one of the crow eaters had made them as they waited for their men to come back home safely as she looked at her crescent moon tattoo on her right wrist.
She just wanted Chibs and the others to be safe.
Everyone was quiet as they waited for their men to come back, Tara was playing with Abel while Moby had crashed out and was fast asleep on Lyla's lap.
Harper leaned her head back and tried to relax, she wasn't doing herself or anyone else any favours by worrying and just hoped that Chibs was alright.
She didn't want to lose him.
Tara couldn't wait any longer. She got up, walking over to Gemma and the other women. "Is there any way we could get out of here for a while? This waiting is driving me crazy," she said, noticing that Harper was pacing again and putting a hand on her arm to stop her.
Gemma thought about it, finally deciding that they could go to the store. They needed to pick up a few things anyway. "Alright, we'll go to the store. That okay with you old man?" She asked Piney.
He grunted his consent, but had a condition. "Half-Sack!" He called to the Prospect, who hurried over. "Take these ladies and Abel, to run some errands," he ordered, and the women sighed in relief.
Gemma, Tara, Harley and Harper were all going, but when Donna and Lyla saw they were leaving, they wanted to go, too. Gemma and Tara took her cutlass, and the others taking Gemma's SUV, because apparently Gemma wanted to talk to Tara. Half-Sack got on his bike, and they left the parking lot, headed for the grocery store.
Harper was driving the SUV, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel, even though there wasn't any music playing.
Harley looked over at her sister, reaching over and touching her shoulder, which startled Harper. "Harp, you have to calm down. If you get any more worked up, your leg is going to start bouncing, too," she told her sister.
Donna agreed with Harley. "Honestly, Harp. Everything will be fine. All our men will get this done and come back to us. I promise," she assured her.
Lyla added her consent, and Harper nodded. "You're all right. Everything will be fine," she said, but she wasn't sure if she was trying to convince them or herself.
When the women had picked up what they needed at the store, and were putting groceries in the car, Gemma noticed that blonde again. She reached out to Tara.
"Take the SUV, get my grandson home safe. You all can wait there. I have to do this," she said, finally looking from the blonde to Tara.
Tara could see the intensity in Gemma's stare. She nodded and handed over the keys to the cutlass. Abel was already in the SUV, so Gemma got in and took off after the blonde, who was already leaving.
Half-Sack walked over. "Where is she going?" He asked Tara, as the other women got closer.
Tara stared after Gemma. "Follow her in case she needs to make a quick getaway. We'll go to our house," she told him, and he nodded, hurrying to follow Gemma before she got too far.
Harper was watching after Gemma's disappearing car, too. "That was her, wasn't it?" She asked rhetorically. They all knew who that was.
Gemma followed the blonde a few car lengths behind, with a car in between them. Half-Sack followed Gemma the same way. When Gemma parked, Half-Sack parked at the end of the block, hoping this didn't end badly.
When the blonde disappeared into the house a couple away from where she was parked, she checked her bag, to make sure she had her gun, and got out.
Gemma casually walked down the street, getting out her gun when she was closer to the door. She slowly pushed it open, holding her gun up. She saw Polly, standing with her back towards Gemma, holding her gun as well.
Leaving the door open slightly, Gemma put her purse down on the couch. "Put down the gun," she said.
Turning slowly and stopping halfway, Polly saw Gemma's gun pointed at her and slowly lowered hers. She thought she could fake Gemma out, pretend to point it at her head, then aim it at Gemma, so she tried. Before she could pull the trigger, Gemma shot her, and she fell down dead.
Sighing, Gemma took a seat on the couch, grabbing her purse and pulling it closer and leaving the gun on the arm of the couch.
Stahl decided to make an appearance, coming from around the corner with her gun drawn. Gemma tried to reach for her gun. "Don't even think about it. Put it on the ground and slide it over here," she commanded.
Gemma did as she was told, and then stood up, finally noticing Edmond's dead body and understanding.
Stahl picked up Gemma's gun, then threw it across the room, walking toward the middle of the living room as she thought about what to do.
Suddenly it came to her, and she lowered her gun. "Go," she told Gemma.
Gemma just stared at her like she was crazy. "What?" She asked.
Stahl gestured for her to leave. "Go. At least get the chance to say goodbye to your family before we pick you up. Go out the back so you don't meet any of my guys," she said calmly.
Still weary, Gemma took her purse and began walking toward the back door. She just reached the doorway when Stahl called her name. Gemma turned, and Stahl threw her gun at Gemma, who automatically caught it. "Put the gun down," Stahl told her.
Gemma understood immediately. "You're a smart bitch," she said, putting the gun on the counter and then leaving.
When Gemma was far enough away, she called Wayne from a payphone. "I need help. I'm on the lam," she told him.
Cameron heard the Stahl's voice over the police scanner and pulled over to listen. "This is Stahl. Clay Morrow's old lady took my gun. Edmond panicked and ran for the door. Gemma shot him in the back with my weapon. He's dead."
Beginning to cry over the loss of his son, Cameron thought about a way to get revenge.
He began driving aimlessly as he thought, finally coming up with something when he saw a house and a Son pulling into the driveway.
When they heard Half-Sack's bike, all the women stood, but Harley ran to the door and opened it to let him in. The two rejoined everyone in the kitchen. "I never saw her. She must have gone out the back. When the Feds showed up I had to get out of there," he explained.
They all nodded, and stayed together in the kitchen, Tara standing by Abel, Harley and Harper sitting at the table with Half-Sack, and Donna and Lyla leaning against a counter.
Tara picked up the house phone to call Jax. He answered, but she barely got a few words out before she heard the front door open and Harley, Half-Sack and Harper all stood.
Cameron Hayes walked into the kitchen, holding a gun. He told her to hang up the phone and she did. "Gemma killed my Eddie. So I decided a Son for a son would be a fair trade," he moved the gun so it was pointing at Half-Sack, and Harley moved closer to him.
"Ah, ah, ah. All of you, sit down, move where I can see you all," he ordered menacingly.
Harper, Half-Sack and Harley sat down again, and Tara and Donna took the other chairs, while Lyla stood, holding her hands up so he could see what she was doing. He watched all of them and that was when the baby let out a wail.
With the fun still pointed at them, he backed up, glancing over and seeing the knives in the wooden block. He picked one up, holding it towards the baby. "I think this would be a fair trade," he said, and Half-Sack tried to rush him while the gun was half down, but Cameron turned, getting him right in the gut with the knife.
The women all screamed, and Harley went to Half-Sack's side, crying as she held him, the puddle of blood getting bigger and bigger.
Harper wanted to go to her sister, but Cameron wouldn't allow it. He wasn't going to allow anyone else to move.
Jax walked over to Clay after the phone cut off. "I have to go. Something's happened to Tara," he said and Clay nodded, patting him on the shoulder. Opie and Chibs both went with him.
They made it to his house and walked into the kitchen, immediately noticing Half-Sack's body. Chibs bent down to check his pulse, shaking his head when he couldn't find him.
Jax was getting worried. Where the hell was Tara? He went looking through the house for her, the other two following. They found Tara, Harper, Harley, Donna and Lyla all tied up. Harley was covered in Half-Sack's blood, still crying, but it was muffled by the gag.
Jax went to Tara immediately, and Chibs and Opie went to Harper and Donna respectively. Harper immediately threw herself into Chibs' arms as soon as she was free.
She started crying, relieved that he was okay. "He took Abel," she whispered, just as Tara told Jax.
Jax went through the house looking for his son.
When none of them could find him, they returned to the nursery to untie Harley and Lyla. "All of you, go straight to the clubhouse, you understand?" Jax ordered, and the five women all nodded and left, after Harper and Donna both gave their men one last kiss.
Jax knew that he needed more guys, so he called Clay.
Clay answered the phone as Jax explained to him what had happened and that Cameron had kidnapped Abel as revenge for what he mistakenly believed Gemma had done, when in reality, Stahl had been the one who had murdered Edmond.
Shit.
"We gotta go." He said quietly to Tig and Juice, they both looked surprised but nodded as they asked questions.
"Why though?"
"The Irish bastard Hayes took my grandson!" Clay snarled angrily and the others cursed as they mounted and drove away from the store where Zobelle had been hiding.
They heard that Cameron had a boat, so the first step was heading to the docks to look for him.
Jax was leading the way, running as the others ran behind him. They hurried their pace as they spotted him. The problem was, he saw them too, so he hurried even faster, tossing the rope aside and hopping in the boat so he could get away. He had Abel nestled in a pile of fishing nets.
As Jax reached the end of the dock, the boat was speeding away. He fell to his knees, screaming as the others tried to hold him up. "They took my son! THEY TOOK MY SON!" He repeated over and over, crying.
Chibs held Jax as they helplessly watched from the docks as Cameron escaped with baby Abel, feeling sick as he watched the man go.
This meant war.
Harley was silent as she stared blankly at her blood stained hands and cream tank top, the police had taken Half Sack's body down to the morgue and Harley felt numb.
Half Sack had said he loved her and she had too, only now he was gone and she was alone again in that sense as she stood up shakily and left the kitchen.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" A voice asked concerned and she looked up to see it was Kozik.
"Anywhere but here." She said numbly.
Kozik followed after Harley as she walked away. He was worried about her, and didn't want her to get hurt because he had let her go.
Harper had stood up to follow her sister, but stopped when she saw Kozik going after her. She trusted him to keep her safe. She collapsed back down on the couch, unsure of what to do right now. She wanted to be out there, helping, doing anything, but they had been ordered to stay at the clubhouse.
Running a hand through her hair, she wished Chibs was here to cuddle. She decided to go see if she could help Gemma in the kitchen.
Harley was in her car, trying to put the key in the ignition, but her hand was shaking too much. She dropped her keys, and was bending down to pick them up when she heard footsteps. She looked up and saw Kozik approaching again. She opened her mouth to tell him she wanted to be alone, but instead she started crying again.
When he reached her, he opened his arms and pulled her into them. She sobbed into his kutte and he rubbed her back awkwardly. He wasn't that great at comforting crying women, but for some reason, he wanted to try with her.
Ten minutes later, she was able to stop crying, and looked up at him, her ice blue eyes still brimming with tears. "I'm sorry about crying all over your chest," she sniffed.
Kozik reached up to rub the tears off Harley's cheeks. "It's okay. You still wanna go somewhere, maybe a ride on my bike, or something?" He asked and she nodded.
"Anything to get out of here for a while." Harley said quietly and Kozik nodded as he got on the bike and she wrapped her arms around him tightly and they drove down the road away from the club house.