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…Chapter 25…

Before Alyssa got out of the car, she found one of Gemma's guns hiding in the glove compartment, and tucked it behind her back, then slowly walked up to her house. "1… 2… 3." she counted in her head as she went inside. It was ridiculously quiet - throughout the whole house, but because of that, Alyssa was going to stay alert and cautious. She gasped a little, when she turned the corner, there he was. Riley - duct taped in a chair, in the middle of one of the bedrooms, clutching a blanket of some kind in his hands, and he wasn't moving. She paled, because she thought that he was already dead.

Alyssa took a deep breath and looked around, trying to figure out where Dean could be hiding, but after a few more minutes, she got tired of waiting, so she stepped out from behind the corner. "I'm here… now show yourself, you fucking coward!"

"I suggest you watch your tone." Dean said, walking in from the kitchen. "And there's no need for the name calling."

"What the hell did you do to my nephew?"

"You don't need to worry about him, right now, but since you asked, I gave him a sedative and he'll be knocked out for, at least, a few hours."

"You… are a sick bastard."

"Hey!" Dean yelled. "What did I say about the name calling?"

Alyssa groaned, shaking her head. "What the hell do you want, Dean?"

"First - I want you to give me that gun you're hiding. Throw it over to me." Alyssa groaned, pulling it from behind her back, then threw it at his feet. "Good girl." he nodded. "This is what I want you to do, are you listening?"

"Yes." she rolled her eyes.

"Okay, I want you to come with me… we'll go off the grid and we'll relax in the Caribbean somewhere."

"I don't want to go anywhere with you." she crossed her arms over her chest. "Ever."

"You don't and I will kill Riley."

"I really don't think you have the balls to kill an innocent child, so I'm calling bullshit."

Dean chuckled. "Now is not the time to fuck with me, Aly." he pulled out a gun from behind his back, pointing it at her. "Either you come with me, now, or I kill your nephew." he chuckled. "Or I could just kill you both and be done with it all."

"Then fucking do it already!"

Dean frowned, then cocked the gun, still pointing it at her. "Don't tempt me… because I'm this close to pulling his trigger."

Then all of a sudden, a body got in front of Alyssa, and started shooting at Dean, as Dean was shooting back. Everything just happened so fast and when it was over, Dean was laying over by the window - dead. Alyssa took a few deep breaths, then realized who was on top of her, and not moving. "Oh, my God!" she started, sobbing. "NO!"

"ALY!" she heard Jax yell, but didn't budge, then moments later, Jax and the rest of the guys ran in, with their guns drawn, and ready to shoot. They saw Dean on one side of the room and Kozik in Alyssa's arms, with blood all over her, on the other side.

"Help him!" she looked up at Chibs, crying her eyes out. "FUCKING DO SOMETHING!"

"Okay, okay." Chibs knelt next to them and started checking Kozik's body for bullet wounds. There was three of them - two in the chest and one in his leg. "I feel a pulse, but it's weak… he needs the hospital now, or he won't make it."

"I'll call." Jax recognized the gun that was over by Dean and put it in the inside of his cut, and pulled out his phone, and quickly called nine - one - one to get an ambulance, then he called up Unser to tell him the situation.

...

By the time the EMT's got there and they tried taking Kozik, putting him on the stretcher, Alyssa was a mess, and at first, she didn't want to let go of him, but Jax convinced her to let him go, plus the EMT's were nice enough to let her go with them.

Juice looked around the house to check everything, and stumbled across a little kid. He was taped to a chair, in the middle of the room. "Hey, guys?"

"What?" Happy walked in the room. "Who's that?"

"Who?" Jax walked in and paled, walking up to him. "I think it's my nephew." he put two fingers on his neck and let out a breath of relief. "He's alive, but he has to go to the hospital… just in case." he started cutting the duct tape with his knife, then carried him outside. "Help me put him on my bike."

"You got it, Jackie Boy." Chibs nodded, then after Jax got on, Chibs put the boy in front of Jax very carefully.

"Let's go." Jax ordered, then him, and the guys rode off to the hospital.

After Jax got the boy admitted, Clay, Tig, and Opie stayed with him, while Jax, Juice, Happy, and Chibs went looking for Alyssa. A few minutes later, Jax found her in the waiting room, pacing back and forth, then she looked up. "He can't die, Jax… he just can't."

He slowly walked up and gave her a hug. "Where is he?"

"They're prepping the O.R, then they'll take him in for surgery." she let go of him as she heard the nurses in the hallway, and went out of the waiting room, over to Kozik on the hospital bed. "Koz." she kissed his forehead. "You have to be okay. You will be okay… you came for me and saved me from Dean. You have to come out of this alive." she leaned in closer to him. "You're going to be a father, Kozik, and we need you to be okay."

"Miss." a nurse tapped Alyssa on her shoulder. "We need to take him in for surgery."

"Okay." she looked down and gave Kozik a kiss on his lips. "I love you, so much, and I'll see you when you're done." as soon as she let go of his hand, the nurses took him up to the O.R, then she laid her head on Jax's chest. "He has to be okay."

"He will." he rubbed her arm. "He'll be fine."

Alyssa backed up to look at her brother. "Wait… you have to go back to my house. Riley's there, Dean tied him up in a chair."

"Al… he's fine. Clay, Tig, and Opie are with him, so the doctors can check him out and see if he's okay."

"Dean gave him a sedative, that's why he wasn't moving, because I even thought he was dead."

"Okay." Jax took out his cell phone and sent a text to Opie, then put his phone back in his pocket. "I told Ope to tell the doc about the sedative, so when he tells them, they'll know what to do."

"Thank you."

"Come on." Jax nudged her. "Let's go in the waiting room." she nodded, then they walked back in, and sat down.

...

Gemma and Leah rushed into the emergency room and saw Jax, the guys, and Alyssa sitting in the chairs. "What the hell happened?" Gemma asked.

"Dean happened." Alyssa got up from her chair. "Kozik leaped in front of the bullets, saving my life. He's in surgery right now and they haven't told us anything yet."

"How are you doing?" Gemma pushed Alyssa's hair behind her ear. "And the baby?" she whispered.

"BABY!" Leah's eyes widened. "You're pregnant?"

"Yeah." Alyssa nodded. "Not that far along though." she turned her attention to Gemma. "Riley is here, but Clay, Ope, and Tig is with him."

"What happened to him?"

"Dean got him somehow and he was tied to a chair in one of the rooms at my house. I found out that Dean injected him with a sedative, but he's gonna be fine."

"What about Jared?" Gemma asked, but when she saw the look on Alyssa's face and Jax's, she already knew. "Okay… I need to be with my grandson." then she walked out.

"Mom will be fine, Al." Jax nodded.

"I know." she sat down, then after Leah sat down, she leaned her head on Leah's shoulder. "Kozik has to be okay."

"He will… he has you and the baby to come home to."

Alyssa shook her head. "I don't have a home… I refuse to go back in there after that asshole tried to kill me, my nephew, and Kozik."

Leah took a deep breath. "We'll figure out something."

A few minutes later, a doctor came in, and cleared his throat. "Is this the party for a… " he looked down at the clipboard and made a face. "For a Herman Kozik?"

"Uh, yes… actually, it's just Kozik." Alyssa walked up to him. "Is he okay?"

"Right now, it's touch and go. He lost a lot of blood and now he needs a blood transfusion as soon as possible, does anyone know his blood type?"

"I do." Alyssa nodded. "But there's only one other person I know with the same blood type."

"Well, then I suggest you go ask that person, or Kozik could die."

"I'll be right back." and before anyone could say anything, Alyssa rushed out of the room and went into Riley's room. "Tig? I need you."

"What is it?" he asked, standing from his seat.

"How's Kozik?"

Alyssa glanced at Clay. "That's why I'm here." she paused. "Wait… where's Gemma?"

"Bathroom." Opie pointed.

"Oh." she nodded, then turned her attention back to Tig. "Can I talk to you for a sec? Out in the hallway?" he looked unsure, but nodded, then Alyssa grabbed his hand, and pulled him out of the room.

"Okay, okay, what's the emergency?"

Alyssa took a deep breath, before she responded. "Kozik needs blood and you're the only one with the same blood type as him."

"Jesus Christ, Aly." Tig groaned, running his fingers through his hair.

"Please… he's going to die if you don't donate some to him." tears were flowing down her cheeks. "Whatever beef you two have, can you put it aside, just this once… for me? After it's over with, you to can go back to hating each other." Tig just looked at her with a blank stare. "Kozik saved my life, because Dean was about to kill me. Koz risked his life for me, plus he's going to be a father… please? You have to help him, Tig."

"Aly." he started, then heavily sighed. "Alright fine."

"Thank you." she jumped in his arms and gave him a hug.

"Just don't tell him that I did the donating… you got it?" Alyssa nodded, letting go. "Or anyone else for that matter."

"Cross my heart, hope to die."

Tig heavily sighed. "Where do I need to go?"

Alyssa grabbed Tig's hand, again. "Follow me." then both of them went to look for the doctor, so Tig could donate his blood to Kozik.