Chapter 13: Love In Slow Motion

A week later Tara had been arrested for being an accessory in the murder of Lee Toric's and Kali was sitting in the club-house playing with Jackson, her baby sitter hadn't been able to make it that day and she was the only one that she trusted. Jax didn't mind that she'd brought him in for the day, he hadn't told her about Tara's arrest yet and didn't have the chance when their mother arrived with his boys. Clay had been arrested for the murder of Damon Pope.

"Jax, what's going on? Why's mom got the boys?" Kali asked as she walked out with Jackson on her hip and saw Chibs and Tig getting the boys out.

"Take the boys inside," Jax said motioning for Phil to take Jackson from Kali and for her to follow him. "Tara got arrested last night,"

"She what?" Kali questioned running a hand through her hair as she looked at Jax. "Is that why mom had the boys?"

"She got arrested, they somehow found out about where Otto got the cross from," Jax told her causing Kali to swear she didn't know how else to react. "Can you look after the kids, if anything at all happens?"

"Jax, you know I will," Kali wrapped an arm around her older brother and then kissed his forehead like he did hers. "I'm gonna go play with my boy, and you, you need to fix this somehow,"

"Kal, half an hour," Jax told her before they both walked to the club-house and went into their boys.

Kali nodded and picked up Jackson again, and swung him around before pulling him close and kissing him on the forehead causing him to giggle. Abel looked up at her and grinned putting his hands up he wanted a turn. Kali laughed and put down Jackson, picking up Abel and doing the same thing with him.

"Hey Abel, how would you like a sleep over with Jackson?" Kali asked holding him on her hip as she sat on the edge of the pool table.

"Yes, please," Abel grinned and kissed his aunty on the cheek before squirming his way down onto the floor and back to the table with Tig.

"That's good kiddo, cause you get to have one on the weekend," Kali smiled at him as Jackson went over to Tig and grinned as his mother before he pushed him off the chair.

"Hey!" Tig laughed sitting up and pulling Jackson into his lap. "Princess, what are you teaching your kid?"

"Just how to treat you," Kali stuck her tongue out at him and laughed before she realised that Jax wanted her, Chibs and Happy. "Boys be good,"

Days later and Clay was still in County while Tara had been released and was plotting to take the three small boys from Charming. She wanted them all out, and knew that the brother sister duo wouldn't be leaving Charming any time soon. So far they had managed for Lee Toric to not find out about Kali, so he hadn't paid her a visit yet. Clay wasn't mentioning her for that reason, he was still her father/step-father and it was upto him to keep her safe.

"What if Clay tells them about me?" Kali questioned, she looked at her brother who had just been to visit Clay in County.

"He won't, and if he does he has to die," Jax told her, as they looked at their three boys. Kali had bought Jackson with her again, the sitter was picking him up from there.

"Jax," Kali sighed, they may have hated their step-father but she didn't necessarily want him dead completely.

"I know Kal," Jax put an arm around her before they walked into the club. "Can you keep an eye on Lyla, she was just in torture porn and she's scared she just wants Ope," The guys had also just collected her and were about to go off again.

"Of course I can," Kali told him as they saw Lyla sitting on the couch. "Hey Lyla," Kali smiled at her and then looked around to see where Jackson was.

"Juice, took him to the bathroom," Chibs said watching as Kali walked over and sat beside Lyla wrapping her arm around her shoulder. "Darlin' you need to call that old man of yours," Lyla hadn't known about the break up.

"I know," Kali looked at Chibs as she spoke and pulled Lyla close to her as she started to cry into her shoulder much like she had done to Jax hours earlier. "Shh, it's okay," Kali kissed the side of her head and rubbed her back.

"I miss him," Lyla mumbled into her shoulder, Kali hugged her tightly before the two girls stood up.

"I know sweetheart I know," Kali took a deep breath before she spoke again. "Shit, Jax I need to tell you something now, before I forget," Kali exclaimed, before she let go of Lyla and walked into church.

Jax, Chibs, Happy, Juice and Tig followed her into the chapel and closed the door behind them. Phil looked at the closed doors wondering why he had been shut out. Jax sat in the presidents chair, and the others sat around the table in order as well.

"FBI is coming the day after tomorrow. Penelope gave me the heads up yesterday, said that another murder has been traced to Charming," Kali said, she didn't know how else to tell them who they were tracking.

"Did she say anything else?" Jax questioned, leaning forward to listen more closely to what she had to say.

"They can't currently link Roosevelt to the murder, but she said that there was a new player in town," this time she was referring to Toric the man who had showed up after his sisters death.

"Damn it Kali, when did you find out?" Chibs asked, they were in the middle of what seemed to be a never ending hole.

"This morning, left the message when I was in the shower last night didn't check it then," Kali answered, running a hand through her hair. "I called her back said it wasn't the best time, but she said they weren't interested in us. Wouldn't even look at us,"

"You sure?" Jax queried, he wanted to be certain that they wouldn't look at them for the murders and whatever else they were dealing with.

"Positive," she nodded, looking at the five men before her. "Like I said when Ope and Lyla got married, Penelope's team will never hurt us,"

"Darlin, you best be right about this," Chibs said before they left church walked back out into the club house.

Kali took Lyla back to the house with Jackson, she'd have Lyla look after him for a couple of hours and tell the sitter to go by after lunch. Chibs still wanted her to make the call to her old man, what the call would entail only the two of them knew.

When the BAU arrived they were too late, Lee Toric had been murdered by Otto in the same way that he had killed his sister. They knew that he had been partner to at least one murder in charming and multiple murders in other states.

A week later and Jax wanted Kali to go with Chibs and Ratboy on a stake out mission. Chibs motioned for the prospect to sit in the back, with Kali up front. All the members were on a stake out trying to track down the True IRA. Galen had caused them a few large issues while he was in town.

"You made the call yet?" Chibs questioned, as they watched to see if anyone was coming, there was no one.

"Not yet, don't know what to say to him," Kali answered, she really didn't know what to say to him.

"Darlin, the longer you wait the harder it will be," Chibs told her, taking another look outside as he listened to Jax talking.

"I know, just I don't know," Kali sighed, pulling her phone out and staring at it.

"Call him in the morning," Chibs watched as she held the phone and then put it back in her pocket. "Yeah Jackie boy there's nothing here," Jax sat with Happy sleeping in the van while he stayed wide awake until the next morning when the Irish pulled up.

Days later and Kali had made the call that she didn't want to make and had taken her anger out by throwing her knifes at the punching bag outside the club-house. Chibs had been there when she'd made the call, and when she'd taken her anger out on the punching bag. Jax didn't know what was going on as he watched her throwing them one after another.

"What happened there?" Jax questioned, motioning with his head to his sister.

"She made the call, he wasn't happy about it," Chibs answered, and waited to see what Jax would do to his sister.

"Shit," Jax took a deep breath as Kali walked over to the punching bag and pulled one of the knives out. "This could last a while,"

"She's been doing it an hour already," Chibs told him, before Jax walked over to him and wrapped his arms around her.

"Hey, take it easy," Jax whispered in her ear as he took the knife from her. "Want to talk about it?"

"Not really," she answered trying to pulling away from Jax's arms but not being able to.

"Kali, we need to talk about it," Jax told her, not moving his arms as he held onto her and spun her around to face him. "If you won't talk to me talk to Chibs," Jax kissed the side of her head and hugged her. "Talk to him,"

When it came time for them to all go into the club-house Kali refused, she was still wanting to take her anger out on something anything. The other charters didn't need to see that and neither did her nephews and son. Tara had all the boys in with her in Jax's room Abel and Jackson had both fallen asleep. Her ex wasn't handling that she wanted nothing to do with him anymore, as much as she loved him she couldn't put him in danger and protect their son at the same time.

"Where did this pen come from?" Jax questioned, seeing a shamrock pen sitting on the bar, when Chuck told him where it had come from Jax yelled. "Everyone out! Now!" he screamed, Tara looked at him as Tig took her by the arm. "Get her out of here, Chibs with me,"

Chibs and Jax raced down to his room, both men scooping up a child in his arms. Chibs grabbing Jackson and Jax grabbing hold of Abel and running from the club-house. Happy had grabbed Kali's arm as he had ran past her at the punching bag. They hadn't made it far when the club exploded behind them.

"Jack, go to mommy," Chibs let go of the little boy and he ran straight to his mother and Kali wrapped her arms around him.

"It's okay sweetie," Kali sat on the ground and rocked her son in her arms watching as her brother and Tara cradled their own children. "Jax, what the hell just happened?"

"Not here," Jax answered, as Chibs stood up and walked over to her and pulled both her and Jackson up. Kali sighed as Chibs wrapped an arm around both of them. "Take care of my kid sister,"

"Always brother," Chibs nodded, watching as Jax stood up and handed Abel to Tara and walked over to Kali.

"I'm taking your bike," Jax told her, taking the starter to her bike and getting on it as his had been knocked over and was in no shape to be ridden. Kali had been fixing hers prior to beating up the punching bag.

Tara watched as Jax climbed on his sisters bike and then rode off. Tara looked at Kali and then back to the tail end of Jax's bike. Kali shrugged, she didn't know where her bother was headed. Chibs took her by the arm and led her away from the others. Kali had to tell Chibs something but she didn't know what to do it involved her brother and sister-in-law.

"As much as I love Tara and Jax...Tara's up to something," Kali whispered as they walked to back end of the lot. "She's plotting something...she's having a lot of visits with Lowen, I know they're talking about the case but there's something else,"

"Are you sure?" Chibs questioned, as they came to a stop and leant against the wall of the main building.

"At the moment it's just me speculating...but you know I was right all those years ago about Wendy," Kali answered, tilting her head back against the wall and then kissing the top of her sons head.

"Darlin, I won't tell your brother," Chibs leant forward and kissed the side of her head. "What does your friend know about Patterson?"

"I'll find out if I can," Kali sighed, and looked at Chibs and then back down at Jackson, after thinking for a couple of minutes she had an idea. "I think I know where Jax went...come with me,"

"And how do you suppose we get there? Most of our bikes got pretty banged up just now," they both looked at the scene before them and then at the bikes.

"My van's out back," Kali motioned to the van Sam had bought her to keep their son safe he didn't trust the Cadillac. Sam had provided her with a few things, and helped her with others even after their split.

"Boys, lets go," Chibs called motioning for them to follow him and Kali. "Rat stay with Tara and the kids,"

Chibs, Tig, Juice and Happy all moved to follow her to her SUV, the other charters staying behind to keep Roosevelt from following. Kali looked at them, they'd all fit with her and Jackson, she'd drop him off the sitters on the way.

"Gotta make a stop at the sitters first, she's cool I told her when she started looking after him that I may be dropping off occasionally at random hours," Kali explained as she belted Jackson into the car and he stuck his tongue out at Happy who was pulling faces at him to occupy him.

"Mommy," Jackson was quiet as he looked at her and then at Chibs and the other Sons.

"It's alright kiddo, Annie is gonna look after you for a few hours tonight," Kali smiled at him before they drove to the sitters and then off to find Jax.

A week later and Kali found her brother on her doorstep, he was leaving Tara after finding that the entire time he'd been tying to fix their relationship she had been plotting to divorce him and take the boys. Kali opened the door to him, and welcomed her big brother into the home closing the door behind them, she guided him into the lounge and sat with him. Jax put his head on her shoulder, and then in his hands.

"Kali, what do I do?" Jax looked at his sister, and then towards the kitchen.

"I don't know, Jax I really don't," Kali sighed, taking his hand in hers as she spoke. "I love you big brother, and you have to believe me I don't know what's going on,"

"I want you to be their guardian," Jax looked at her and then heard bikes pulling up out the front. "Did you call them?"

"No, Chibs called me and asked to meet wanted to talk about something club related," Kali answered, running a hand through her hair and then down the hallway. "Jack'll stay asleep, kid can sleep through anything," she laughed getting up and going to open the door but before she could she found that Happy had already opened it and they were all filing into the house.

"Kali, Jax?" Bobby questioned, looking through the hall way until he spotted Kali standing in the doorway.

"Lounge room," Kali called back, sitting beside her brother again, she didn't care that they were supposed to sit in club order it was her home.

"Nice place you got here princess," Tig grinned, he'd been waiting to say that to her for a long time.

"Jackie boy?" Chibs questioned, sitting on his other side and noticing that his head was in hands.

Jax explained that everything that his mother had said about Tara was right, that his wife was trying to escape Charming and him and wanted to take the boys with her. He told them he'd talked with Lowen and found out everything that had happened and that she knew about it and that it was time the club found a new lawyer. He told them that Tara was planning on taking all three boys with her.

"Kali, we're going to need you as back up tomorrow for the guns," Jax told her, after hearing what Chibs and the others had to say about the Irish.

"Chibs asked me to look into Patterson, she's out for us...I'm waiting for Penelope to get back to me, I hate using her like this, she's my friend Jax," Kali rambled she had to get that off her chest while they were all there. "If you need me to do more digging, let me do it don't ask me to ask Penelope okay?"

"Okay, I get it. Will you be in for tomorrow?" Jax asked her again, looking to her she nodded what else could she do?

"Yeah, I'll get one of the girls to look after Jack and the boys tomorrow," Kali answered, having a feeling that Jax didn't want his boys anywhere near their mother.

-Flashback-

Jax had tasked Kali with tracking down Venus Van Dam a transgender prostitute friend of Nero's. He had tasked his sister with the job as he figured that she would be able to convince him to help them out. Sometimes she hated her brother but this was on occasion that she didn't mind doing it.

"Ms Van Dam, I'm Kali Teller a friend of Nero's," Kali said as she stood before the woman and smiled at her. Venus looked Kali up and down before extending her hand.

"Sweet heart, call me Venus," Venus answered, both women shook hands and Kali explained to her what they were wanting to do.

Kali and Venus then went to where Jax and the rest of the Sons were waiting for them with a passed out 'gentleman'. Kali shook her head and snickered a little before going over to where Chibs was standing. Both of them watched as Tig's jaw dropped to the floor.

"Jax, this is Venus. Told her about what you wanted," Kali told him sitting on the edge of the desk and then watching the interactions of the rest of them. "Tig...Alex close your damn mouth," Kali hissed at him as the others snickered.

"Thanks for coming, darling. Nero and my sister told you what was happening?" Jax questioned, looking at her and then at Kali who nodded as Jax pulled out the money.

"Indeed she did, don't thank me yet," Venus put her hand up stopping him. Jax smiled at her before he spoke.

"I heard it was 2 thousand," Jax handed her the money which she took and put in her purse.

"You heard right"

-end flashback-