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This chapter will expand more on the relationship between Katie and Noah in the eyes of the club.
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Chapter 24- Blast from the Past
"I love my new playground Princess" he said.
She narrowed her eyes as she wrapped her around his neck, "your playground huh? Where's my playground?" she asked.
He gave her a look and looked down at her as he nodded down his body, "you're lookin' at it Dollface" he smiled at her.
She laughed, "I should have gotten Property of Noah Quinn to make it clearer" she teased.
His eyes glazed over at the thought of his property mark on her skin. She couldn't help but shake her head as she watched his eyes glaze over at the idea.
"I knew I shouldn't have mentioned anything" she mumbled under her breath.
He shook his head, "nope, the idea is already in the air. That sounds like a perfect idea" he said with a smile.
"Let's just enjoy the moment. When Creed comes back, we can talk about doing the rose tattoo" she explained.
"We'll see babe. Hopefully we'll be able to do it without me killing my brother" he replied.
She just smiled and stood up on her tip toes to kiss him. "I love you" she said against his lips.
"Love you more" he kissed her again.
She smiled against him, "you should" she teased.
It was another couple weeks before Creed came back. He was on a warpath when he got back to the clubhouse, on a mission to find one person.
He needed to talk and vent and there was only one person he could do that with. He barged in the clubhouse, scanning around the bar, looking for his person.
He spotted Joey behind the bar. "Hey Joey, where's Katie?" he asked his confused club brother.
"I think she is out back with Grace and Ally" the bartender replied beyond confused when Creed tore through the clubhouse towards the back patio they had recently rebuilt.
Katie was sitting with Grace and Ally going over some class catalogs so she could decide what classes she wanted to take for next semester when the door burst open.
The girls turned surprised to see a fuming Creed standing there scanning the patio, a wild look in his eyes.
The girls were freaked out, but Katie knew the look on Creed's face. He was scared. She got up and walked over cautiously.
"Creed" she called his name.
He met her gaze and grabbed her arm, pulling her into him, squeezing her to him like his life depended on it.
She could feel his heart beating wildly against her ear where she was resting against his chest. She tightened her hold around his waist.
"Creed, it's okay. I am okay, just take a breath" she whispered so only he could hear her.
"Kat, I just saw Tim sniffing around your apartment when I was in Tacoma" he said, squeezing her tighter when she gasped.
She pulled away still in his arms, "that's impossible. He was taken care of" she whispered, drawing in on herself.
"I know babe" he said cupping her face, wiping her tears, "I don't want you to worry about this. I am going to take care of this personally this time" he reassured her.
Abel and Tommy came out to see their sister looking pale and petrified while in Creed's arms. They immediately tensed.
Gathering around them, "what's wrong?" Tommy asked.
"We need to call Church" Creed said leading Katie into Church, having her sit in his seat. Jax and the Originals came in worried about the princess.
Jax crouched down in front of his daughter, "honey, what's going on?" he asked, pulling her into his arms once she started crying.
Jax looked up at Creed for answers. He was tense and looked pissed. Everyone took their seats looking at Jax expectantly.
He looked at Creed, "Creed, what the hell is going on?" he asked.
"You know I was in Tacoma helping Danny. I made my way around to the apartment to check on things and saw someone from Katie's past" Creed explained.
"I met Tim when I was working at the Medical Center in school. He was in my program. I thought he was just being friendly, but he just got too creepy and obsessive. Danny and Creed scared him away. He's been gone for years. Why the hell did he come back now?" Katie said.
"He wasn't just obsessive; he was a fucking freak" Creed added.
"What happened?" Jax asked, as all the Teller boys clenched their jaws as they waited for their sister to explain.
"I didn't think anything was going to happen. He was waiting for me outside the hospital in the parking lot" she started looking at Creed with tears in her eyes.
"I found her three days later tied spread eagle to his bed. It took me and Danny a month to find him. We brought him back to the clubhouse and took care of him. I don't know what the hell he is doing back in Tacoma, let alone around her apartment" he explained.
"What about Jules? We need to call Johnny and have him put someone on Jules" Katie stated, completely withdrawn.
"I talked to him and Danny when I was in Tacoma. Don't worry, Sweetness will be covered" Creed informed her crouching down in front of her.
He cupped her face, "hey, don't stress about this. I am going to take care of it. Same as I took care of that other asshole. I am not letting anything happen to you" he said pulling her into his arms.
Katie couldn't help but grasp onto the back of his Kutte and bury her head in the crook of his neck to cry.
"I'll head out tomorrow when Noah gets back from Nevada" Creed informed Jax and Abel.
The former nodded, "I'll call Quinn and get you some backup" Jax added.
Creed nodded and walked Katie back to his room. They just stripped into a t-shirt and some boxers before getting into bed.
"I am scared, Creed. I can't go through that again" she said into the dark.
He tightened his hold on her, "you aren't. I am not going to let that happen" he replied.
She smiled and nodded against him. "I hope so" she murmured as she fell asleep against him.
Watching his sister walk away withdrawn with Creed stirred something up with Abel. He didn't like people threatening his sister generally, but with this situation, he wasn't there, Creed was, he didn't know all the details.
He walked outside to the patio and took out a cigarette. Pulling out his cell phone, he called the one person he knew would have all the details.
"Hello" the person greeted.
"Chloe, it's me. I need to ask you something and I need the truth" he started.
"What are you talking about Abel? What's going on? Is everything okay?" she asked concerned.
"Yeah, everyone is fine, well, kind-of. What do you know about what happened to Katie while she was in Tacoma?" he asked, causing her to go quiet.
"She told you?" Chloe was shocked.
Abel sighed, "No, she didn't say anything. Tim, who was obsessed over her before, Creed saw him in Tacoma sniffing around the apartment. He was the one who told us" he explained.
Chloe nodded, as she got comfortable on her bed. "Told you what exactly?" she asked.
She didn't want to betray Katie's confidence. There were only 5 people who knew about that night. Creed, Chloe, Grace, Danny, Jules, and Joker and that is how it was going to stay.
"He told us that Tim met her at the hospital and was obsessed with her. Then he took her, and Creed found her days later tied to a bed spread eagle. He didn't tell us what happened though. I know more happened Chlo and I want to know what happened with my sister" he was getting frustrated, running a hand through his hair.
"I get that Abel, I know this is frustrating for you, but she has to be the one to tell you. She didn't want anyone to know, and I am not going to betray her trust" she explained.
She could hear the frustration bleeding in his tone through the phone.
"I called you because I need your help Chlo, not to give me the run around. I need to know what we are up against" he complained.
"Abel, all I can tell you is that she was really hurt both physically and mentally. It took some time for her to come out of her shell again. Hell, she slept with Creed or Joker for at least a month before she felt okay again. You have to take that into consideration" she tried to reason with him to see logic.
"I know babe, but she is my little sister. I don't want to think about her being hurt and not being able to do anything about it" he replied.
"I know" Chloe comforted him, "but take it at her pace. For now, just let Creed, Danny, and Joker handle it" she stated.
"You coming over later?" he asked, changing the subject. He was not letting Creed, Danny, and Joker take care of things for his sister, no matter what anyone said.
She laughed, "don't try and change the subject Playboy. But to answer your question, yeah, I probably will stop by for a little bit after work and check on Katie" she replied.
"That's the only reason you stopping by? To check on my sister?" he asked, being forward.
"Maybe, why, is there another reason I should be stopping by?" she teased.
He laughed, "Don't even play me with Angel" he laughed.
Chloe giggled at the nurse's station. She knew that he was going to do something about Katie and Tim, but it was too much for him to deal with on his own. She didn't want him to get hurt because he didn't know all the details.
"I have to go Playboy; I'll see you later" she hung up with Abel and immediately called Joker.
Joker had just rolled up to the clubhouse when his phone rang, and he saw it was his Bombshell.
"Hey Bombshell, you miss me?" he greeted as he walked into the clubhouse and helped himself to a drink.
Chloe smiled, leaning back in her chair, "always lover, you know I always miss you" she replied.
Joker laughed, "what's going on Bombshell? You doing, okay? Teller treating you, okay? Need me to come down there and kick his ass?" he asked completely seriously.
He grabbed himself a beer and made himself comfortable at the bar.
"No, Abel is just fine. We are fine as a couple. Everything is good there, that isn't why I am calling. I am calling because we have a situation"she said.
She loved those boys from the Nomad's. They were her family.
Joker straightened at the bar. That got his attention. "What do you mean we have a situation? Chloe, are you in danger? Be serious with me right now" he said ready to get down.
Chloe sighed, "no, no, nothing like that...well, not really. Creed found Tim leering around Katie's apartment a couple days ago. He is coming back around, and I am scared that Abel is going to do something" she explained.
"Joker, Katie is so shut down, I am scared" she added.
"Nothing is going to happen to you or the Princess. Quinn said that Jax called and left him a message yesterday. He is going to talk to Jax, and we are going to figure this out. I'll call Danny and we'll find him" he reassured her getting up to try and find Quinn.
"I don't know Joker. I don't want you or anyone else to get hurt. My dad would never forgive me. I don't want you to do anything stupid. You got hurt last time" she replied.
"Don't worry Bombshell, no one is getting hurt except that asshole that thinks he can come back around here" he stated.
Chloe sighed, "don't do anything stupid Chrisitan, I am serious" she warned using his real name.
Joker laughed, "damn, you must be serious if you are calling me by my first name" he teased.
He found Quinn and waved him towards the bar. Both father and son made their way over to Joker, who put the phone on speaker between them.
"Quinn and Jr are here Bombshell, behave" he stated.
Chloe smiled, "Hi Lover boy, we miss you around here. You coming back anytime soon?" she asked.
Noah smirked at the growl that left Joker's lips. "Yeah, I should be back in Charming this week, within the next few days. What's going on Angel cakes, Joker looks like he is ready to commit murder" he teased, thinking it wasn't that serious.
He knew Jax called his dad, but he figured the call was about him. Not anything that was going on in Charming.
"It's bad Noah. There is a situation with Katie, and she just really needs you to come home" she stated.
"What do you mean it's bad? What hell is going on?" he stressed pulling out his phone to see a bunch of texts from Creed but nothing from Katie.
He turned to Joker as he opened his messages from Creed telling him that he needed to get his ass back to Charming.
He tried calling Katie, but it kept going to voicemail. "Katie, it's me, call me back" he left her a message before grabbing the phone from Joker, running a hand through his hair, stressed out.
"Chloe, where is she? Is she okay?" he asked.
Chloe sighed and wiped a hand over her face. "I don't know what to tell you Noah. She is embarrassed and hurt. She stayed with Creed last night. They have been holed up in her room all night. You need to come home. She needs you" Chloe said.
"I am on my way" Noah said as he ran out of the clubhouse and got on his bike. He was not going to wait for anyone to go with him.
He started out of the clubhouse and went to head straight for Charming. He wasn't stopping for anything.
Joker sighed, "Noah is on his way Bombshell. We are going to talk to Quinn and figure out what to do" he explained.
"Okay, I will call Creed and let him know" she said before hanging up.
She sent Creed a text message to let him know that Noah and Joker were coming down to figure everything out.
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Katie was asleep in her room where Creed held her all night. She had so many nightmares last night. She was currently lying-in bed, writing in her journal, trying to take her mind off things when her phone rang.
She looked to see it was Creed sending her a text message. She knew he left earlier for a run with Junior and Cody.
"Watch out Cupcake, lover boy is on his way back to you" he texted.
As soon as they got on the road, Creed got a message from Joker that Chloe called and told him what was going on. Joker told him that Noah was there and heard that Katie needed him. He told Creed that Noah booked it to Charming.
Creed knew what Katie was going through and wanted to warn her that Noah was on his way.
She pressed the call button and it immediately connected to Creeds Bluetooth on his helmet.
"I can't tell him Creed. After everything we have been through, he is going to think that I am damaged or broken or something" she vented, as she got up and started to pace, feeling panicked.
"You don't have to tell him shit Shortcake. Chloe called Joker to tell him what was going on and Noah was there with Quinn. All he knows is that you need him. He doesn't know anything else, and you don't have tell him anything" he reassured her.
"I don't know Creed. I guess we'll just see when he comes, and I will be able to tell how I feel. It just sucks. I am tired of this bullshit. Why the fuck is this happening again?" she cried.
Creed sighed, "I know babe. Don't worry, I'll be there in a couple days. I need to figure this shit out with Junior and meet up with Quinn to see what we are going to do about this situation" he said.
Before Katie could say anything else, she heard the rumble of Noah's bike pull into the lot. Don't ask her how she knew it was him, but she did.
"He's here Creed. I will call you later" she replied before hanging up and taking a breath.
Noah pulled into the lot and parked his bike haphazardly before he jumped off the bike and ran into the clubhouse.
He scanned the common room and didn't see Katie so he hightailed it to the back rooms. He knew she was in her room with Creed.
He didn't even knock on the door, he barged in and saw her standing there in the middle of the room in a button up shirt, tears rolling down her cheeks.
His heart stopped as he took her in. She looked completely drained and vulnerable. It scared him. He just walked in the room and wrapped her into his arms, squeezing her tightly into his chest.
Katie practically sagged against him, fisting her hands around his t-shirt under his kutte. She started sobbing against his chest.
Noah was scared, he wrapped his arms around her tighter, digging his fingers through her hair pressing her into him.
"Everything is okay Princess. We will figure it out together. Just tell me that you are okay" he whispered against her hair, pressing a kiss to the top of her head.
"No, it's not okay Noah. I don't even know how to tell you this. Everything happened when I was at school doing my residency clinical. I met Tim and he just got attached. I tried to let him down nicely, but he wasn't taking a hint. He stopped me once and kidnapped me. He kept me tied to the bed for days. Creed and Joker found me and dealt with Tim. I don't know why he's back and poking around" she explained.
"Did he hurt you Princess?" he asked cautiously.
She took a breath, getting up to start pacing. She kept running her hands through her hair, pushing it from her face as she tried to figure out how to tell him what happened.
"The pictures were worse than the actual injuries" she replied.
Noah got up and started to pace, steam coming out of his ears. He was pissed. "He touched you?" he asked trying to reason it out in his head.
She was a virgin when they got together so he didn't understand what happened. He wanted to know everything.
"No, not the way you are thinking. He just used his fingers and mouth" she explained, tears rolling down her face.
Noah looked over and saw his girl sitting on the edge of the bed crying, trying to hold in her tears but failing.
He made his way over to her and wrapped her in his arms. He pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "it's going to be okay. I promise, I am going to take care of this" he reassured her.
Noah just held her that night, not wanting to let go. "Everything is going to be okay. I am going to make sure of it" he just kept repeating that over and over until he felt her sag against him.
He looked down to see her eyes closed, her eyes red and swollen against her cheeks. He kissed the top of her head as he leant forward so she went backwards, laying down on the bed.
He covered her and just stared at her for a minute, taking her in. He knew that she went through more than she did.
He made an executive decision and grabbed her phone off the nightstand and made his way out of the room.
He didn't see anyone that would be able to give him information in the clubhouse, so he made his way out to the picnic tables, finding Abel and Tommy standing there smoking.
"What the hell happened?" he asked storming up to them.
Abel sighed as Tommy wiped a hand over his face as he let out a stressed breath.
"We don't know everything, hell, we probably don't even know the half of it. Creed said that this creep Tim followed her after work and kidnapped her. Creed found her after he had her for hours with that sick fuck. They wouldn't say any more than that. Chloe wouldn't tell me anything either" Abel explained.
"Well, I intend to find out what happened" he stated holding up her phone.
They gathered around him on the picnic table as he opened the phone and found just the person that he was looking for.
"Bitchy, I miss you. How is Mr. Hunk in Leather?" the person greeted.
The boys all looked at each other and laughed. "It's me Jules, Noah" he greeted.
Jules stopped eating and turned to look at the phone seriously. "What's going on Hunk in Leather? Is everything okay with Kat? Dammit, Johnny didn't say anything was going on, neither did Danny? I am going to kick their asses the next time I see them" she rambled.
It was a nervous tick. She always rambled when she was nervous. Parker and Katie teased her about it all the time.
Johnny told her that he was upping security since there was something going on in Charming. He even put a Prospect on her to make sure she was safe.
"Jules, take breath. Damn girl you are long winded" Noah laughed and shook his head.
"Look Jules, I am here with Abel and Tommy. I don't know how much Johnny told you, but Creed saw someone from Katie's past lurking around the apartment and we need to know if you saw or noticed anything abnormal" he tried to explain while remaining vague.
Jules gasped as she took in the information. Once she took a minute to process what Noah was really saying, she started cursing.
"That son of a bitch, I knew that was him" she said.
She let out a breath and wiped a hand over her face. "I saw that asshole Tim a couple days ago outside the apartment at the same hotdog stand you used to stand next to, just staring up at the apartment. I guess he doesn't know that Katie is in Charming. That son of a bitch" she yelled out.
Noah looked at Abel and Tommy knowingly. He knew that Jules would know something. "Jules, I need you to tell me what happened between Tim and Katie" he said.
Jules sighed and shook her head as she made herself comfortable on the couch, hugging a pillow. "How much do you know?" she asked.
Now it was Noah's turn to sigh. He thought for sure that Jules would give him the info. "We know that she was taken hostage and that Creed and Danny supposedly took care of things" he replied.
"And so, you called me to see if I would spill the beans on my best friend and break girl code" she scoffed.
"Come on gorgeous, we are trying to help the situation and take care of things" Abel stated.
"I am only telling you all this because this guy is a real creep, and he needs to be dealt with. You could only imagine that after days with that fucking psycho Katie would be traumatized. He really hurt her. When I first met her, she didn't say anything but then a couple months into the semester, a motorcycle would follow her around campus, take her to work and bring her back home. That's when she told me that she thought she saw him again" she took a breath.
"He basically tied her to the bed spread eagle naked for days. He tortured her. He didn't rape her, thank God, but he did use his fingers and do other things that I am not going to tell you about" she informed them.
"That Goddamn Son of a Bitch" Abel growled.
"Thanks Jules, you stay close to Johnny and Rogue River. We are going to meet up and try to figure out what the hell we are going to do" he explained.
"You give him hell Noah, you hear me? He deserves every sick thing he did to Katie to happen to him" she warned.
"I promise" he reassured her before he hung up and hung his head, learning the information.
He looked up at Abel and Tommy in disbelief. He knew there was a reason that Katie was so scared. He knew more happened, but he didn't realize the extent that she went through.
"When we find him, he is mine" he said.
"You may have to fight Creed for that" Tommy commented.
"Fuck that, she is my Old Lady, and I am going to rip that asshole apart and scatter his ashes from here to Nevada" he argued.
Abel and Tommy nodded in understanding. Abel walked away, pulling out a cigarette, going straight to the office.
Mia was sitting with Jax, updating him about the garage and business for TM, while Jax told her about Katie, when their son burst through the door and started pacing.
"What's going Abel?" Jax stood up concerned.
"That asshole tortured my baby sister for days, not hours. We need to call church, get Creed back here, get Johnny, Joker, and Danny here so we can figure out what the hell we are going to do and how we are going to find that asshole" he said.
"Quinn is on his way down. I'll reach out to Danny and have him come down. We are going to figure this out okay" Jax informed his son.
"Pop, that is not enough. We need to act on this now" he argued.
"Honey, I know this is hard, but we need to think about your sister in all this. I know that your first instinct is to go and get this guy, but what your sister is going through is not easy. She needs time to deal with this" Mia tried to interject.
She was speaking from experience. The boys will never understand what Katie is going through, but she did.
"I get it Ma, but I need to get this guy. She deserves some closure" Abel added.
Mia looked at her son with a sad smile. He has always been the overprotective big brother. He was like his dad, where he is quiet and observant. He took on the world's problems, just like Jax. She knew that he just wanted to fix this for his sister, but he couldn't.
"Sweetheart, I know you want to fix this for your sister, but you can't" she tried to reason.
"I need to do this myself Abel" they both turned to the office to see Katie standing in the doorway of the office.
"Kat" he started when she shook her head and walked into the office.
"No, Abel, you need to listen to me. I don't need you to fix this for me. If you get Tim, then fine, but you can't fix this for me. This is something for me to work through with my head. I just need you and Tommy to be there for me" she said.
Abel sighed and walked over to wrap his arm around her shoulders. "You are my little sister Katie. There is nothing that I won't do for you" he replied, kissing the top of her head.
She just sighed out a laugh. She knows her brother and knows that he wasn't going to let this go. "Just be careful okay" she admitted defeat.
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With Katie updated on the situation, things went by fast. Abel was able to get everyone who handled the situation before down to Charming with the Originals so they could figure out what to do.
The meeting with everyone involved and the Originals went very well. Joker and Creed went over everything and told them all what happened.
Creed and Joker were the only ones on the scene, who found Katie at an old warehouse, tied onto the bed.
Tim was lucky that Creed didn't kill him. "Why didn't you kill that motherfucker the moment you found her in that bed?" Noah asked Creed.
"You think I didn't want to rip that asshole apart and scatter his ashes? That motherfucker is lucky that I was more worried about your girlfriend and Old Lady than tearing that motherfucking freak apart. Maybe if you had manned up years ago, we wouldn't have this problem" Creed argued.
He was the one who found her naked, her wrists red and bleeding, chained to a bed, a gag in her mouth, sobbing.
Noah got up and into Creed's face. "What the fuck did you say to me?" he stood up, so they were almost nose to nose.
"If you grew a pair of balls years ago, then she wouldn't have had to go through that" Creed argued.
Noah went to attack, when Joker got up and got in between them, holding Creed back.
"Okay enough, grow the fuck up Quinn" he said before turning to Creed, "and you, do you think Cupcake would want you to fight?" he tried to diffuse everything.
"It's true Chris and you know it" Creed was still pleading his case.
"You shut up. We are all doing this for Cupcake, so let's just all calm the fuck down. Fuck, when the fuck did, I become the fucking peacemaker?" he pushed Creed away from him to take his place back at the table.
"Joker is right, we need to be here for Katie" Noah said taking a deep breath as he walked away, wiping a hand over his face. "As much as it pains me to say this, you have all the information on what happened, and Katie needs you to help her through this" he added.
"I am going to run the road from here to Tacoma, make sure that the asshole stays in Tacoma and didn't make his way here" Creed said.
"I'll go with you" Junior added.
Creed nodded at him and nudged his head towards the door. Junior and Creed made their way out of Church.
Creed stopped them before they walked out the clubhouse. "I'll meet you by the bikes" he said to Junior. The other Nomad nodded in understanding as Creed made his way to the office.
He knocked on the door and smiled as Katie looked up. She looked wrecked. "Hey" she greeted with a smile.
"Hey Cupcake, I just wanted to check in before heading out" he said.
She got up to meet him at the door, "what do you mean? Where are you going? I thought that everyone just got here" she replied.
He nodded, "they did, but I am doing a run to check things out in Tacoma and make sure everything is stable" he wanted to be vague. He didn't want to scare her into thinking that Tim made his way to Charming.
She nodded and followed him out, "well, please be careful and keep me updated" she said waving and smiling at Junior as he took his bike waiting for Creed.
Creed smiled and kissed her cheek, "I'll see you Cupcake" he mounted his bike next to Junior smiling as they took off.
Katie made her way back inside the clubhouse to see the guys coming out of Church. She stopped by her brothers and Noah, looking at everyone curious.
"What did you guys decide?" she asked.
The boys all looked at each other to decide what to say to each other. The looks were not lost on Katie. She knew something was going on and she wanted to be in the loop.
"We are having Creed and Junior run the path from here to Tacoma to keep and eye out on everything. We also have a plan to make sure everything is stable and keep you safe" Abel said.
She nodded in understanding. "Good, I just want everyone to be safe" she replied.
Noah wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed her temple. "Everything is going to be fine and work out. We just need you to be safe and stick with one of us" he informed her.
She smiled and wrapped an arm around his waist, resting against him for a while. "I am going to head home then and get dinner ready since mom is working late" she said.
The boys nodded, "Joey is going with you" Abel stated.
She nodded, "that's fine" she replied reaching up to kiss Noah before grabbing her stuff from the office and making her way to the car.
"I'll meet you at the house Dollface" Noah called out tapping her window before she got settled.
Once she was ready to go, she noticed Joey behind her the whole time. She waved as she pulled into her parent's driveway and noticed him drive by.
She just sat in her parent's driveway for a minute to take a breath. This was really overwhelming for her, and she needed a minute.
She closed her eyes and leant back against the seat.
Without warning however, her driver side door was yanked open, startling her awake.
She turned to see who it was when she heard, "Get Outta the car Bitch!"
Katie was grabbed and yanked out of the car and thrown roughly to the ground. Even in the dark, she could tell it was Tim.
Ice cold fear ran through her veins. She couldn't help but scream.
"Shut the fuck up!" he yelled at her.
"Tim, please, just let me go" she cried as she attempted to stand up.
A heavy boot kicked her in the chest, knocking her back on her ass. "Just shut the fuck up!" he kicked her in the head, causing Katie to gasp and everything go black.
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Noah roared into the driveway, rolling to a stop in the middle, looking around confused. "What the hell?" he questioned as he looked for Katie's car.
He got off the bike and walked up the driveway to the garage, putting in the code and opening the garage door to see if she put the car in the garage.
He got a sick feeling in his stomach as he neared the garage.
As the door lifted, Mia's car sat in its normal spot, but Katie's car was nowhere to be found.
Noah turned towards the house and saw that only the kitchen light was on. It was odd because when Katie was home, she had all the lights on and candles lit.
He walked into the house, stepping on a cell phone as he walked up the steps to the house. He picked up the phone and saw it was Katie's.
"What the fuck?" he thought to himself as he grabbed the phone.
He kept walking further into the house, dread sinking in his stomach. He was starting to panic.
"KATIE" he called out.
His heart was pounding, it was the only thing he could hear as he walked through the house.
He ran through the whole house, the basement, down the hall to check the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, everywhere.
"KATIE, IF YOU ARE HERE YOU BETTER ANSWER" he yelled.
Silence answered him.
"KAITE, THIS ISN'T FUNNY" he tried again.
Cursing, he squeezed the broken phone in his hand as he walked back outside as blood started to rush in his ears.
He could feel his heartbeat in his throat. He was so scared something bad happened.
He pulled out his own phone and called Creed.
"What's up Quinn?" Creed answered the phone.
"We have a problem" Noah said.
"What problem? What's going on Noah?" Creed asked feeling slightly panicked at Noah's tone.
"I think that Katie was kidnapped" he said.
"What the fuck do you mean you think Katie was kidnapped? What the fuck happened?" Creed yelled through the phone.
"We were at the clubhouse and Katie said she was going to head home to start dinner. When I got home, her car wasn't here. The door was wide open, blood on the concrete in the driveway, and no one home" he explained everything he found around the house.
"I am getting dressed, I'll meet you at the clubhouse and get on this. You need to call Abel and Jax" he said as he started getting dressed.
"Creed, I think it was Tim. What if he got her?" Noah was petrified that the psychopath was the one who took her.
"If it was Tim, he is fucking dead. I am going to hang up and call Hunter's crew and get them on this" Creed said.
"We have to find her Creed. I can't lose her" he was feeling the verge of a panic attack, as he started sucking in air.
"We are going to find her. Just breath and take a minute. Get your fucking head in the game. We are getting her back" he yelled at Noah.
Noah nodded and took some deep breaths. "I'll meet you at the clubhouse. Get Hunter and his crew here now" he said.
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Katie groaned as she started to wake up. She rolled over so she could climb on her knees and get up when she came against something solid.
She could tell that she was in a car because the floor under her was vibrating. They were moving fast. Feeling around the floor, she guessed she was in the trunk, but she couldn't tell which direction she was going.
Katie tried to wiggle around the trunk to feel around the trunk to get a better sense of her surroundings when she bit her lip to keep a cry down.
Her ribs were either broken or sprained because they hurt beyond belief. She reached up and took the blindfold off her face and started to feel her body for injuries.
She had a cut on her head that was bleeding, she could feel her cheeks swollen, her eyes were puffy, her lip cut, and her ribs hurt.
At least now she could see things and try to get her bearings.
The driver slammed on the brakes, causing to Katie to roll around the trunk groaning as the movement caused more pain to shoot through her body.
The van jerked to the side of the road causing her to roll around again. Before she could brace herself, the trunk was opened, and she was blinded by the bright sunlight.
She looked up to see Tim standing over her, rope in his hands. "Tim, please don't do this" she cried.
"Shut the fuck up" he said before grabbing her hands and tying them together before wrapping them around her body, so her arms were behind her.
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Noah answered his phone, "did you find her?" he asked Creed.
"Found her car" he replied.
Noah tried to tamp down his anxiety and panic. He needed Creed and Hunter's crew to find her.
"The car landed in a ditch, and it is completely totaled. There is a bunch of blood around the driver's side on the seats and the floor. Can't tell if it is hers, but there is nothing else in the car, just blood" he explained.
Noah had the phone on speaker in the middle of the table in Church, everyone gathered around listening in.
"Do you have any leads, Creed? Did Hunter find anything?" Abel asked.
They were all worried about Katie. They figured it was Tim that took her for revenge, now they just needed to find her.
"Yeah, Hunter got something. It's how we found the car. We are looking into it" he explained.
"What's the location?" Noah asked.
He needed to be there.
"I got this handled Noah; I need to focus on getting Katie back and I don't need you going around half coked" Creed argued.
"He's right Noah" Jax said squeezing the young man's shoulder.
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Katie groaned and could hear a male voice. She tried to take inventory of her surroundings. It smelled pungent and made her stomach lurch.
She didn't know if it was from the pain or the smell in the air. She groaned as she pulled herself up into a seated position on the floor, leaning against the wall.
Katie tried to wiggle her hands and get the rope loose so she could get her hands free. They weren't bugging.
She opened her swollen eyes and looked around through blurred vision. She glanced down as best she could to see her shirt was in tatters and stained with blood. So were her jeans. She was bleeding badly from at least one head wound.
She tried to swallow the nausea back and not vomit all over the floor.
She looked like she was in a house that was dilapidated. The drywall had holes, the wood framing exposed, and the wallpaper peeling off in chunks. There was no furniture anywhere since she was sitting on the disgusting floor.
Taking stock of her current situation, she tried to keep her emotions in check. She had no way to call for help, so she was stuck.
She closed her eyes, taking slow breaths to fight off the nausea when she heard pounding footsteps.
She opened her eyes when someone grabbed her ankles to pull her close to him.
As best as she could, she kicked and bucked at him, hoping to by herself some time.
Another man dropped his knees at her throat, drilling his knees into her, causing her to be pinned down.
"They are going to fucking kill you Tim and your friend too. There is no where you will be able to hide from them" she cursed.
"Shut up you bitch!" Tim replied.
"Creed is going to skin you alive and feed you to the dogs you sick fuck" she tried again to fight him off.
"I said shut the fuck up" the other man answered.
"Give me that bandana" Tim ordered as he stuffed the bandana in her mouth, thwarting her ability to make any noise.
Katie tried to calm down and breath through her nose, but she felt like she was choking on the fabric, causing her to cough.
She made a muffled scream when she felt hands on her shirt. "Take her shirt off, I want to see her tits" Tim ordered the other man.
She watched as he gripped her already tattered shirt and ripped it clean down the middle, off her body.
"Please, no" she said around the bandana.
Ignoring her, the other man pinned her legs down and grabbed her jeans, ripping them down her legs.
Katie froze in sheer panic. She knew what was about to happen and she needed to do something to stop him.
Tim grabbed a knife and dragged it around her jaw, down her sternum, around her breasts, and down her stomach.
"They are going to kill you. You will never get anything from me" her muffled threat did nothing to stop him.
He was about to penetrate her with the knife when they all heard pipes from a bike.
Sighing in relief, she took a breath and closed her eyes.
"We better get the fuck out of here" the other man said to Tim.
Before they could decide what to do, the front door was kicked in, causing the wooden door to rip off its hinges.
"Fuck" she heard Creed's voice as he probably took stock of the upstairs, "check the house" he said to someone.
She heard thundered footsteps, making the floor vibrate beneath her.
It wasn't long before she felt a presence beside her. "Jesus fucking Christ" she heard from above her. "Jesus fucking Christ" the voice was louder and angrier.
"Creed...out...back" she croaked, struggling to get the words out.
She wanted him to know that Tim had escaped and ran out the back. She needed him to get caught. She couldn't get through this again.
"Shsh, don't talk" the voice told her.
"Van...black paint..." she continued to explain.
"I got it babe" he said before pulling away and grabbing his phone.
He told Hunter and their crew the details that Katie had relayed to them about Tim and the van.
It wasn't long before they heard the rumble of more bikes. It scared Katie that more people were coming to hurt her.
"Don't...leave...please" she croaked.
"Not going anywhere Cupcake" he reassured her, rolling her to the side and cutting her hands free before she felt something laid on top of her.
"Creed...thank...you" she struggled to say.
He rested his hand at the top of her head, "I got you cupcake" he said.
Another loud bike rolled up, the pipes vibrating the basement. She felt a breeze when Creed jumped up and ran to the front of the house.
"Creed" someone called from somewhere else in the house. "Quinn's coming" the person said.
"Fuck" Creed yelled as he got up to stop Noah from coming further into the house and seeing Katie like that.
There was a moment of silence before she heard and recognized her brother, "Jesus fucking Christ! Are you fucking kidding me? That Motherfucker!" Abel yelled.
"Abel, Noah can't see this shit. He can't see her like this" Creed informed him.
"That Motherfucker is going to die, I am going to skin that motherfucker alive" Abel said.
"You shouldn't have told Noah this location" Creed argued.
"He deserved to be here Creed. No one was going to stop him; we wouldn't be able to stop you either" Abel reasoned.
"You call the police?" Creed asked.
Abel nodded, "yeah, Tommy called Mitch directly" he informed him. "We needed an ambulance and that was the fasts way to get one. He is going to let us handle the retribution" he informed Creed.
Creed nodded, "at least Katie is breathing, thank fuck" he said.
Abel nodded in agreement. He was really worried for his sister but at least she was conscious.
"Noah" Katie called out as loud as she could.
The boys stopped their conversation and turned back into the room Katie was in.
Abel knelt by his sister's side, slowly and carefully running his fingers through her hair. "He's on his way princess" he whispered to her.
She tried to shake her head, "Don't...want...him...to see...me" she croaked, "like this..." she stated.
Abel sighed, "me either sis, but you know Noah. There is no stopping him when he's made up his mind about something" he replied.
"He's going to fucking blow" Creed added.
"Ain't that the truth" Abel agreed when they both heard another bike roll up.
"Fuck, that's him" Creed said getting up to meet him halfway. "I am going to warn him" he informed them.
"Creed...Don't want him...to see me...like this" she croaked.
Abel skimmed his hand lightly over her forehead. "You are just going to have to deal with it Kat. Nothing is keeping him away. He is going to be like a bull in a China shop" he said, trying to reassure his sister.
Katie closed her eyes, tears rolling down her face, as she struggled to take a breath. Things were about to get a lot worse for her.
Noah was driving so fast that his tires picked up rocks, as he skidded to a stop outside the house. Scrambling off the bike, he rushed the stairs, pausing when he saw Creed running down the stairs.
The house was dilapidated and falling apart. It was a fucking dump. He froze when he saw Creed rushing up to him.
"Creed, talk to me" he said.
Creed sighed and wiped a hand over his face. "You need to brace yourself. It's bad man" he informed his brother.
Noah gasped as he felt his heartbeat pounding in his ears. He went to push past Creed to get into the house, when Creed put his hands up, stopping him from entering.
"Noah, you need to brace yourself" he warned, more firmly this time.
Quinn took a minute to catch his breath, "she breathing?" he asked, scared out of his mind.
Creed nodded, "yeah" he said.
"Is she going to make it?" Noah asked.
Creed shrugged, "I hope so" he replied.
Noah tried to go around Creed to get into the house, but he grabbed his shoulders and held him in front of him.
"Creed, you know I am cool with you, but I need to get to my girl" he said.
"I am just warning you; the situation is not good, and you need to prepare yourself" Creed tried to warn him to brace himself.
Noah's heart stopped as he took in the severity of what Creed was saying. He could see that Creed was scared of what happened, causing his heart to stop and freeze. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"I gotta get in there" Noah said as he followed Creed into the house.
Creed stood outside the room Katie was in, bracing himself against the wall, sucking in a breath when he saw Noah freeze in the doorway.
Noah couldn't feel his legs as he shuffled forward, bracing himself as he stepped through the doorway of the room.
He forced his eyes to land on the woman sprawled over the filthy floor.
Katie's strawberry blonde hair was caked with dried blood, her face was swollen and purple, her eyelids puffed out so badly you couldn't see her eyes. Blood tricked down her face.
Her clothes were torn and peeled away from her. Creed's kutte was the only one thing covering her body.
He could still see the deep purples, reds, and blues on both sides of her ribs. Her breath wheezing from her lips as she struggled to take a breath.
Noah couldn't move. He was frozen in place. He couldn't move. He had to close his eyes and sucked in a breath, dropping to his knees, growling like a feral animal.
"Jesus Christ" Creed walked over and squeezed his shoulder.
He crawled over to her, reaching out to trail his hand down her body, scanning for her injuries.
"Don't touch her Noah, the ambulance is on the way" Creed said.
Noah tore his shirt off and draped it over Katie's battered body and Creed's kutte.
He cupped the top of her head and leant close to her ear, "help's coming babe. Gonna take care of you, I promise princess. I can hear the ambulance. They are coming" he reassured her.
"I am going to mee the ambulance" Creed made his way out to meet Mitch and the ambulance.
Noah didn't say anything, he kept his eyes on Katie nodding at Creed.
"Creed" he called out, causing the Nomad to stop in his place, "we gotta get em'" Noah stated completely serious.
Creed nodded in agreement, "Hunter and I are on it" he replied.
Mitch came in with the EMTs, "Jesus Christ, is that Sunshine?" he asked Noah who was kneeling next to her body.
"Shut the fuck up Mitch and do your job" Abel argued while Noah whispered reassuring words in Katie's ear.
The EMT's got Katie stable to move, started her on IV fluids and got her strapped to the gurney. They got her into the ambulance and took her to the hospital.
Mia was waiting for her daughter with Cole Archer and Teresa Levy. They jumped into action when they saw the ambulance roll in and the EMTs roll out.
Noah jumped out and followed the gurneys into the hospital, stopping when he was kept out of the trauma room.
The doctors got to work getting her stable, getting her images, and eventually taking her to the OR for an exploratory laparotomy.
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Katie could just hear quite voices around her. She could hear beeping and smelled disinfectant and just chemicals.
She felt tight around her middle and it hurt her to breathe. She felt fuzzy and slightly dizzy as she blinked her eyes open to bright lights.
She turned her head from side to side, her eyes clothes, taking some deep breaths. She turned her head towards the voices to see Noah sitting there with his head rested against his hands, resting on his thighs.
She wanted to tell him hello, but her throat was dry and all she could do was croak. Noah looked up at her with a smile.
He looked tired and drained.
"I didn't want you to see me like this" she croaked.
He laughed a scoff and got up to cup the top of her head, "that's too damn bad babe. Nothing was going to keep me away. The only thing that matters is that you are okay" he said, leaning forward to press a kiss to the top of her head.
She sucked in a breath nervous, "am I okay?" she asked.
Noah looked at her with regret. He was supposed to protect her, and he failed.
"I am going to make sure you are okay" he replied.
She could see the regret in his eyes as he looked at her and lifted her hand, careful of the IV and kissed her skin.
"Noah…" she started, wanting to reassure him that it wasn't his fault and what happened while she was taken.
He shook his head, "it doesn't matter Dollface, cause it if I hear it then I am really going to lose it" he said.
"Noah, you need to know I wasn't raped" she stated.
She needed him to know that. She didn't want to lose him, and she knew that he was going to go ballistic on Tim because he thought that she was raped.
His hand tightened against hers, "I know" he replied.
"Noah…" she tried to explain what happened with Tim.
"I know babe, I know. They did an exam when you were brought in" he stated.
She nodded, "I want to see him" she said causing him to bounce his gaze back to hers.
"No way" he replied.
"Noah, I need him to know he didn't break me" she tried to explain.
She needed to see him for her. She needed closure.
He sighed and ran a hand over his face. "Okay babe" he replied.
Before Noah could help her out of bed, they heard a knock on the door, Creed popping his head in.
"Hey Cupcake" he greeted as he walked in, "you good?" he asked.
Katie looked him up and down and noticed that he had on a different t-shirt and was missing his kutte still. "Did you get your kutte back?" she replied.
He smiled and nodded, walking into the room and up to her side, kissing the top of her head. "I got it Shortcake. Don't worry about that. I am just glad you are okay" he said against her forehead.
"I'll get it cleaned for you" she started to say when he shook his head,
"No, you are not. I am sorry that I failed you Cupcake" he said.
"You didn't fail me, Creed. You and Hunter found me. Please tell Hunter thank you for me" she informed him.
"Let's just agree to disagree" he replied.
"Will you take me to see him?" she asked.
He looked at Noah before looking back to Katie surprised. "Are you kidding me right now Cupcake? Why the fuck would you want to see him?" he replied.
She let out a deep breath, "Creed, I need to see him. I need closure. I need to make sure he knows he didn't break me" she reasoned.
He nodded in understanding and left the room, coming back in a few minutes later with a wheelchair.
Noah unhooked the bag from the IV pole and hooked it onto the pole attached to the wheelchair. He unbuttoned her gown and helped her pull off the heart monitor.
Creed moved Noah out of the way and reached under her to help lift her up and over into the wheelchair.
Katie held her breath as he moved her into the chair.
Noah moved in behind her and wheeled her down the hall. Once he pushed her into the hallway, Jax and Mia walked over from the nurse's station.
"What's going on?" Mia asked.
"How are you doing baby girl?" Jax asked at the same time.
"I am going to see Tim" she said keeping her head up.
"What the hell Quinn? I told you to protect her and you are taking her to her abuser" Jax growled at him before turning to Creed, "what's your excuse?" he added.
"Dad, I need to see him and get closure" Katie tried to explain.
The boys lined up both sides of the hallway, crowding outside her room. "You two better be with her at all times you hear me?" Jax argued.
Both Creed and Noah nodded, "we aren't going further than the doorway" Noah stated.
Jax nodded and turned to the guys that were standing in the hallway, "make a hole everyone" he called out.
"Should you be outta bed Sunshine?" Mitch asked.
"Probably not?" she shrugged innocently.
He shook his head with a smirk, "stubborn smartass" he teased.
She smiled and looked up at Noah, "should tell you something son" Quinn said to his son from his spot leaning against the nurse's station.
Noah grunted in agreement, pushing past Mitch and the rest of the guys as they made their way down the hallway towards Tim's room, everyone following behind them.
Grace walked out of the room to see Katie outside the door, bracing herself to go in the room.
"What the hell are you doing here? Are you crazy Girlfriend?" she asked her friend.
"Gracie, I need to see him. I need closure" she tried to reason.
Grace wiped her tears and nodded, she grabbed her friend's hand and turned to walk with her into the room.
Cole Archer was updating the chart next to Tim's bed when Grace, Katie, Noah, and Creed came in the doorway.
Katie put her hand up to stop him in the doorway. She met Tim's gaze, surprised that he was smiling.
"You came to see me, Princess. I knew that you would come back to me" he said.
Katie could see how delusional he was when he was talking. "Tim, I just came to tell you that you didn't break me. You are crazy if you think that I would choose you over Noah. You didn't break me. I am stronger than you and I will always be stronger than you because I have my family to support me. You have no one. You are nothing and you always will be nothing" she said tears running down her face, before squeezing Grace's hand for support before turning up to Noah and smiled, "I'm ready" she said.
He pulled her out of the room and turned her around, so her back was to the door before he knelt down and wrapped Katie in his arms in a hug, kissing the side of her head.
"You are the strongest, most beautiful, brave woman I have ever met. I am so proud of you for fighting" he said giving her another kiss.
Katie wiped her tears, smiling, giving him another kiss, resting her forehead against hers, "thank you for being there for me. I love you Dimples" she cupped his cheeks.