"Look, our club, we take care of our family. We take care of our women. I can't say I'll be able to fight the nature of trying to attack whoever is attacking you." He told her

"You saw me fight. Believe me, these guys probably don't have that kind of training. You focus on one guy. If you get him unconscious then you can come and take one of my opponents. I will be fine. I've been protecting myself my whole life." She stated quietly

"I know." He sighed

They slipped into silence as they waited. Waited for their moment to escape. Waited for fate. They were wet and very cold. After a long period of time, approximately two hours, the door opened up. The two men flicked the light switch on but nothing happened.

"Stay completely still." Kalila barely whispered to Jax

"Damnit!" One exclaimed

"What?" The other asked

"Flooding the room must've killed the lights. I'll take the girl, you take the biker." The first one exclaimed

The sounds of two men splashing through the several inches of water could be heard. She leaned over, her lips nearly touching Jax's ear, and said 'wait for my signal to attack'.

"Where did they go?!" The second voice exclaimed loudly

Kalila squeezed Jax's hand to let him know now was the time. They slowly made their way to where the two bad guys were at trying to figure out where their captives had gone. It was hard sneaking up on them with the sound of water. Kalila grabbed the guy's ankles and pulled him to the ground. As soon as Kalila had her opponent on the floor, she moved into a choke-hold position. He tried thrashing around to get her off him. She'd wrapped her legs around his waist and had the crook of her elbow pressing on his jugular vein to bring him into unconsciousness. One he quit moving and she was sure he was out, she stood up.

As she was pulling her opponent to the ground, Jax stood up and rushed at the other guy knocking them both to the ground. He had the upper hand and began throwing punch after punch at the guy. Jax wasn't as lucky to finish his fight as quickly. His opponent elbowed him in the face causing the VP to yell in pain as blood began dribbling down his chin. The fought barroom brawl style until Kalila had enough. She cautiously made her way over to where the pair were fighting and slipped her arm around their captor's neck. Within a minute he, too, was unconscious on the floor.

"Now what?" Jax whispered

"The door is open." Kalila replied, nodding towards the still-open door

He nodded silently before following the petite woman up the stairs. She stopped and peaked around the door. There were three guys sitting around what looked like a living room. She couldn't see any more than that. She slipped back onto the steps where Jax was still sitting and sighed. This wasn't going to be as easy as she had hoped!

"There's at least three guys sitting around out there. I can't see the whole room though." Kalila whispered

"You got a plan?" Jax asked

"We could try and crawl across the floor to get a better angle on them before we attack." She offered

"Could we wait and see if they leave?" He asked

"We don't want to wait too long and give those guys a chance to wake up." She stated, nodding towards the two unconscious men in the basement

"Hey guys! Tony needs to see you in his office right now!" A guy said as he walked into the living room

"We may have our chance! Stay close to me and stay close to the ground!" She stated, earning a silent head nod in return

She carefully watched as all three men followed the new guy out of the room. She had seen that man before. Since time was of the essence she couldn't sit and figure out where she'd seen him before. Finally she waved for Jax to follow her. They cautiously crawled across the hardwood floor looking for an exit. This place was quite big! She sped up her crawling having the sudden urge that they needed to get out of there immediately. A few minutes later they turned a corner and found what she hoped was the front door.

Looking around, she found they were alone so she took the chance to stand up. Jax quickly followed suit. Opening the door, they darted out. She quietly told him to shut the door behind him. Looking around, she realized they were out in the middle of nowhere. The property was surrounded by trees. Where the hell where they?! Were they even still in California?

"We need to go." Jax quietly ushered

She nodded and followed the blond biker off the porch. If anyone looked out the window they'd be caught. If they got caught again she was sure they wouldn't be able to get free as easily as they had this time. She squatted down by the porch before looking around the corner. Of course there were about three guys with very big guns leisurely walking around.

"There's three guys with guns walking around that direction." She told him

"Think we can take them?" Jax asked

"Maybe. But there's a high probability that we'll get shot in the process." She retorted

"I'm not too keen on getting shot." Jax stated

"Me either." She said, "Let's head that way. Maybe we can get to the woods before they notice us."

With a deep breath and a quick look at one another, they took off at a sprint. They didn't know how long they had until it was discovered that they weren't tied up in the basement of that house. Or if the three guards outside spotted them or not. When they were about fifty feet from the tree line, they heard gunshots. Jax grabbed her arm and pulled her along with him as he ran a little bit faster. Her heart was racing, and it wasn't only because they were running, and her fight-or-flight reflex was in full swing.

"Don't look back, just run for it!" Jax yelled at her

More gunshots were heard and she was afraid they were going to die out here together. The tree line was getting closer. More gunshots, this time closer than they had been before. Rushing into the trees and brush was painful. They each received a few superficial scratches from the brush as they ran through it. More shots were fired and they both instinctively ducked. They ran and ran, zig-zagging around until they came upon what appeared to be a cave in the side of a large hill. She stopped and pushed some brush aside to peer inside it. Sure enough it was a cave! When she heard people yelling, she climbed inside. She told him to follow her as she began crawling on her hands and knees to the back. He quickly followed suit.

"What are we doing?" He quietly asked

"For the moment we're hiding." She replied

"I got that. What's the plan?" He retorted

"We're going to stay in the secluded, dark cave until dark. Once it's dark, we'll slip out of here and start heading…. uh… somewhere." She stated

"Do you think they'll find us in here?" Jax questioned

"I highly doubt it. They will be looking for us, not looking for hiding places." Kalila stated, "Besides we're at the back of a dark cave. You think they'll send someone in to actually check out this creepy cave?"

"I guess not." He chuckled, "I don't think we're in Cali so we need to find out where exactly we're at."

They slipped into silence as they thought about the situation they were in. She was alone in the world. If she died out here, no one would notice. No one would care. She sighed heavily.

"You ok?" Jax whispered

"If we die out here… no would notice I was gone. No one would care that I no longer existed." She said, shocking him

She had told him about her childhood but she had never said anything so heartbreaking or so deep to him before.

"I would notice. My club would notice. We would care. I would care." He quietly replied

"Look, I grew up on the streets. I know how to survive out here on my own. You have to trust that I know what I'm doing. I will get us back to Charming." She explained, "You might notice and even might care but you're whole group will forget about me soon."

"Kalila…. I am… I am more comfortable with my bike, with my club…. I have never had to live on the streets so I…. I have no choice but to trust you. We are in this together. Yes, you're here because of me and my club. But you and I are the only ones out here who knows how far from home trying to survive. I will never forget you." Jax finally said

"Shhh, there's someone out there." She whispered

They slipped into silence as they sat close together at the back of this obscure cave. He, too, could hear people walking around where the entrance was. They were trying to find where their captives had disappeared to. It was cold there in the dark and their wet clothes didn't help. Kalila started shivering so Jax draped his arm around her shoulder after scooting closer to her. They finally drifted off into a restless nap having to sit still and quiet. She woke up first and noticed it was already dark outside. Poking him in the side woke him up. She put her finger to his lips to let him know to be quiet.

She crawled to the entrance to the cave and looked around. She couldn't see anyone so she closed her eyes and listened. Nothing was heard except the sounds of nature. Jax crawled up to the entrance as well so she slid out of their hiding spot. He quickly followed suit as she started to cautiously walk to the right of the cave. As far as she could tell, there wasn't anyone around. They needed to know where they were so they knew what direction to go to get back home.

They cautiously walked through the dense forest until daylight. They were both very tired and she knew they couldn't keep going. With a sigh, she told him they needed to find somewhere they could sleep and not be found. He was clueless, as he had never been in the position of living on the streets, so he told her he would follow her to wherever she thought was best. They walked further along and came upon a creek. There was a huge hollow log across the creek so she pointed to it. They had to cross the creek, getting soaked once more, to get to it.

They walked to the creek in silence. Once they were about waist deep, she grabbed his hand so they wouldn't get pulled apart. The current was stronger than it looked! Once they had crossed, the quickly made their way to the log. The crawled in it with a grunt. It smelled like rotting wood and leaves and it was damp inside. Unfortunately there wasn't anywhere else they'd found that might work for cover while they slept. They sat close together in the dark, damp, rank log. Finally she began to drift to sleep. Her head leaned onto his shoulder in her sleep so he wrapped his left arm around her shoulder and pulled her even closer to him.

He woke up several hours later and found it was still light outside. He tried to not wake her but the movement to her left did wake her up. It was late afternoon, perhaps 4 o'clock or so, and they had several hours of sleep under them. She crawled out from the log and found him a few feet away using the restroom. Standing up, she began stretching to ease her sore muscles. He walked over to where she stood.

"What do we do now?" He asked

"We need to find a town so we can figure out where the hell we're at. We can go from there." She stated

He nodded at her as they began walking what she assured him was south. Since the sun sets to the west, they can guesstimate which way south was. He again nodded at her since her reasoning was pretty sound. About two hours later they came upon a two-lane road. He was hesitant about walking down the road.