[DISCLAIMER: I do not own Home & Away or their characters, but I do own any plots or characters I have made up]

Indi Walker made her way up the stairs into Angelo's restaurant, seeking out Heath Braxton but instead found his older brother working the Bar. Brax looked up and saw his ex girlfriend's best friend approaching him, so he told an employee to take over while they talked.
"How'd it go with Ella?" he asked.
Indi sighed, sitting down at one of the tables with her back against the wall, thinking back to the afternoon. She had gone to Ella's room at The Sands where she'd been staying for the past couple of weeks, after her relationship with Heath had fallen apart. Once Indi had tried to convince Ella to come to her senses about Tallis and the gang's reputation - especially with drugs, she immediately knew by Ella's behaviour that she was using again.
"I told her what I found out about them online, but of course being the stubborn girl that she is, she wouldn't listen. The worst thing is, Ella'son drugs again but I don't know what she's using and I'm scared she might hurt herself."

Brax and Indi talked for a few more minutes until Bianca joined and told them that Ella had quit her job at the school.
"She's spiralling out of control, we need to stop her before it's too late" Bianca said looking from Indi back to Brax, both agreeing. The two girls brainstormed together while Brax filled Heath in on what had happened this afternoon when he'd walked into the restaurant.

The brothers were busy talking behind the Bar when Romeo had appeared sitting down next to his wife as she told them what they were doing.
"Brax, the boys are gettin' antsy, bou't not doin' anythin' to the Bandido's" Heath said Brax, as he continued to look out into the restaurant, watching Indi, Romeo and Bianca.
Brax had good reasons as to not start anything with the Bandido's Bikie gang; but a lot of the times, the guys including his brother Heath would let their testosterone get the best of them and that's why Brax was the leader, he knew when to think with his brain and not with his fists.
"I know you and the guys think your all tough and nothin' can get hurt ya but there's a difference between lookin' for trouble and endin' it" Brax replied to Heath with all seriousness, walking away which left Heath by himself.
Heath trusted his brother with all of his heart and would follow him to any end, but this time it was different. These Bandido's had come out of nowhere and took the most precious thing in his life away from him, and Heath wasn't going to stand for it. If there was any time for pay back, it was now.

Romeo nudged Indi in the ribs, when he saw Ella walk into the restaurant looking agitated. Everyone at the table turned to look at her as she began to walk over and Heath and Brax made their way over too.
"Are you alright?" Bianca asked with a worried look upon her face as she looked her friend up and down, noticing her weird actions and behaviour. Indi couldn't believe what she was seeing; Ella was on something now
"Are you kidding me?" Indi asked, half laughing "Your on something right now, aren't you?..." Indi said folding her arms over her chest in disgust.

Out of nowhere, Ella snapped and slapped Indi across her right cheek
"And that's for telling B what happened at the party with Tallis" Ella said looking at the blonde school teacher who was speechless at what had happened. Romeo moved behind Indi, as she stood in shock holding her cheek.
"I want you to stay the hell away from me, ALL of you" Ella said, looking at both brothers, then turned walking back down the stairs out of the restaurant.
After Brax left to find some frozen peas for Indi's cheek, Heath quickly followed after Ella. Just as Heath thought she was going to stop and talk to him, Tallis appeared on his bike.
"Ella, wait!" Heath called out for the final time and she looked back at him as she put on Tallis's spare helmet and hopped onto the back of the bike. Heath took another step outside and once he did, he saw at least 10 other Bikies watching on.
Heath knew this wasn't going to end good if he started anything, it was 10 guys to 1 and he didn't want Ella involved in any of this, so he watched on helplessly as they drove off away from the Surf club.

The next day, Brax found himself at the Police station in the waiting room wondering what the hell he was doing there. He'd thought about this all night, hardly getting any sleep but knew this was the best thing to do without causing any trouble for the boys and Ella. Charlie called him into her office, sitting down at her desk looking oh so professional.
"This feels weird, I'm actually here with my own free will" Brax said, trying to break the ice. Charlie lightly smiled; once again letting her guard down around the eldest Braxton but quickly went back to business.
"What are you doing here Brax? Has Heath gotten himself into trouble?" She asked, thinking that could be the only reason her ex flame would come into the station to see her after she'd broken his heart those few months ago.
"Nah it's not bout' Heath, it's bout Ella and the Bandido's" He said in a casual tone, as if it were nothing. Charlie listened as Brax told her the Bandido's motorcycle gang had arrived in town the other week and that Ella had gotten involved with them.
"There isn't much I can d, Ella can make up her own mind about who wishes to socialise with." She answered Brax after he'd asked her help in getting her away from then.
"What if I tell ya that they've been importin' drugs into the Bay and dealin' them" Brax said raising his eyebrow at his offer of leverage. Charlie pondered with her thoughts for a minute, deciding whether or not to help Brax and Ella, but in the end if there was prove this gang was involved with illegal business, she'd have to take a stand and make a point that if you break the law, you have to be punished. Just because this gang had moved to Summer Bay doesn't meant there going to be getting away with their criminal activities.
"Well I can't just go and barge in there. I need prove so I can get a warrant, I'll see what I can do but no promises"
After speaking to her superior and saying they had an anonymous tip about the Bandido's, they were shortly on their way to the residence.

At Bandits house, Ella was waiting in the lounge room while Tallis talked to his Father over the phone while Bandit and a few other gang members discussed an upcoming party.
"This will be perfect for your initiation Ella" Bandit stated as he lit up a cigarette, looking at her with a big grin.
Ella had no idea what Bandit was on so she decided to ask "What are you on about? My initiation?". Bandit got up from his seat, going and sitting closer to Ella which made her feel uncomfortable. He was a nice enough guy, but too sleazy for Ella's liking.
"To be part of the gang, we need to know how serious you are bout' it .Everyone has to do it, and once you have, then your officially part of the gang"
Ella anxiously awaited, listening to Bandit's stupid babbling and just wanted him to get straight to the point
"You have to get a tattoo of the clubs name and once you've got it, there's no backing out. You're in it for life" Bandit finally finished and took a sip of beer, then rolled out some weed and began to smoke it.

Ella sat back, thinking on what she'd just heard. A tattoo? Really? She expected something much more extravagant, but the thing that worried her way "Once you've got it, there's not back out. You're in it for life".
Tallis hung up the phone so Ella got up and walked over to him, placing her hand on his arm because he was looking stressed. He looked back down at her and smiled reassuringly, putting his hand back over hers.
"Its okay babe, just some complications with my Dad, nothing to worry about" he said, whisking her away into the spare bedroom and leant down on the bed, kissing her neck.
After a few minutes of fooling around, Tallis was called out into the lounge room by Bandit so Ella stayed, sitting on the bed. As she sat waiting for him to return, she began to think how different Tallis was to the other guys in the club and for some reason had the feeling his heart wasn't fully in it. When he finally returned, he closed the door slowly and sat down next to her. Ella once again traced her fingers along his arm, up to his collar bone reading the tattoo which had one fascinated her.
"I heard what Bandit was saying to you before..." he said looking into her emerald eyes "You don't have to do it, no one's forcing you" he lightly said then for a moment, it looked as though he wanted to say something important but was interrupted again by Bandit yelling for him.
"What now?" Tallis said, fed up and walked outside into the lounge room with Ella tagging along behind him.
"We have a warrant to search the premises for illegal substances" Charlie said as she stood next to her partner Watson, who held the warrant in her hand.
Straight away, Watson spotted the weed on the coffee table and nodded at Charlie "You are all under arrest for possession of illegal substances" she said getting gout her handcuffs and placing them on Ella and read their rights.

Later on that afternoon, after Ella and Tallis were released with a warning, they got on the back of his bike and headed to the beach.
"That lady coppa wasn't too hard on you was she?" Tallis asked. Ella shook her head thinking back on the conversation she'd shared with Charlie.

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"Do you really want to go back down this path again Ella? Your too good for this and these guys, they mean business and I don't want to see you get hurt."
Ella half laughed
"Pl –ease. Keep that bullshit for someone who cares. I hate you and you hate me, that's the way this relationship goes Charlie. You're the good guy, and I'm the bad so let's just stick to the plot and let the movie finish the way its suppose to..."

"Charlie just hates me and will try to get me on anything, ever since I took Brax away from her..." Ella had said to much, she didn't want Tallis to have known about her relationship with the River Boys leader, it was bad enough the Bikies made fun of her for going out with Heath. To be honest, Tallis didn't look so surprised to have found out about Brax and Ella, he took it well... too well.
"I see, so was he the baby's dad?" he asked out of the blue. This had caught Ella off guard and she started to fidget with her hands, trying to think of an excuse
"When we having the next party? When can I have my initiation? I've been thinking about what tattoo I'm going to get..." She said, hopefully making him forget about his question. Tallis stopped and grabbed Ella's wrist so she'd look at him when he spoke next
"That old bird from the Diner, she said something about you having a baby? Where is it?" Ella stared at her feet, suddenly overwhelmed with those same unbearable feelings.
"My baby died" Ella responded bluntly.
Tallis felt horrible for asking her but at the same time he had to know. "How come you didn't tell me?" he asked.
Ella flung her hand out of his grasp "Because its none of your business! You don't know anything about me!" She stormed off, walking in the direction of the Sands hotel.

Not too long after, Bandit and Tallis made their way up into Angelos' where Brax and Heath were chatting to themselves near the bar "Why would you tell Buckton?" Heath angrily whispered, trying to control his temper.
Before Brax could answer, Bandit came up behind Heath "You guys think you're so smart, getting your Coppa mate on us? Wrong move boys" he said grinning from on to the next.
"While we were outside, we were admiring a new black Ute, wouldn't be yours would it?" Tallis asked "Because if it was, what a shame. Some guys did a number on it"
Brax and Heath glanced at each other for split second, then turned back to Tallis and Bandit who leant in closer "This is a warning, instead of your car, next time its your skulls we'll be kicking in". Bandit and Tallis left laughing together and Heath waited until they were out of sight before he spoke again
"We did it your way Brax and look what's happened. Now, we do it my way."
As they hopped onto their bikes, Bandit got a new msg on his phone and told Tallis he'd meet him back at his place.

Ella sat on her bed in the middle of her room at the Sands hotel, shaking uncontrollably. Her mind was racing but at the same time, nothing was making sense – she kept thinking about the same things over and over again

|| Steve her teacher attacked her||- ||Getting into Cocaine and starts to sleep around || - Moves to Summer Bay || - Gets with Brax - ||
||Everyone finds out about her and Sid|| || - The Cyclone where she and Heath kiss - || Steve moves to town and keeps herself and Indi hostage||
|| - The Trial||
||Ella tells Heath she's pregnant- || Kidnapped by Hammer|| ||Heath in Coma but wakes up||
|| - Heath proposes|| - Vicky returns- ||
|| Loses baby and Heath||

Ella just wanted it all to stop, the pounding in her head and it did for a second when she heard a knock on the door. Bandit stood holding something in his hand.
"How are you gonna pay for this? It was in my secret stash so the Pigs wouldn't find it" He said stroking her arm seductively, suggesting to pay him with sexual favours. Ella snatched whatever was in his hand, and threw him some money.

After witnessing the Braxtons and the Bandido's in Angelo's Indi approached Brax once Heath had gone to see the damage done to the Ute.
"I caught the show" Indi said, sitting down on the bar stool.
Brax had nothing to say so he continued to pay the customer he'd just been serving "Brax, I don't think I can do this again; watch Ella's life go down the drain" Brax turned to her, throwing the tea towel over his shoulder
"And what am I meant to do bout' it hmm? She won't listen to any of ya's" he said picking up a box of alcohol and walking into the kitchen "That's why you need to talk to her Brax. She cares about you more than anyone realises... you could be her last chance"

Brax gave in and drove himself and Indi to the Sands hotel, trying once again to get through to Ella. As they walked up the stairs to the rooms, Brax thought about what he was going to say to this girl You have too much to live for, your better than this - but everything seemed to cliché'. He had no idea what to say but he just gathered when he was looking into her eyes, the girl that meant so much to him, the words would flow right.

As they knocked and waited for 5 minutes, they got no answer "This is ridiculous, we know your here Ella!" Indi yelled, banged on the door again. Brax moved over and peered in the window of her room, and something hit him which he was not ready for.
On the floor near the bed, Ella lied on her back with an arm stretched out from her body, next to a needle. Without thinking, Brax pushed Indi to the side and began using his body to break down the door
"What are you doing Brax?" Indi squeeled as he broke through and Indi saw Brax running to the lifeless body of her best friend.
"ELLA!"

Will Brax be able to save Ella in time? Or is this the end?

To be continued...

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