Chapter 6: Light in the Darkness
Liv woke up in the darkness; with a numb mind and an aching body. Her wrists were bond to the bed above her head and she had long lost feeling in them. The two men that August sent to take her back to her room felt as if she wasn't doing what they wanted her to do, so they zip tied her hands to the bed. How could she do what they wanted of her? They wanted sex. She did not. She fought them off the best she could but there were two of them; only one of her and she wasn't strong enough. They took advantage of her body; she shut down while it was happening; and after they left her broken and battered, she cried herself to sleep. She only prayed that they wouldn't come back; she didn't know how much she could take.
As she laid in the bed she realized they had at least had the courtesy to put her pants back on her. She snorted at the thought of them being courteous. They probably didn't want August to know what they did, then again why would he care? He had just cold bloodedly killed a man for not giving him information and threatened to break her slowly. He showed no remorse. Little did he know she was breaking and it wasn't slow like he had wanted. She had no hope. She had lost Juice, she had seen a man get murdered in front of her, she had been tortured and now she had been raped, what did she have to live for? She wondered if it was wrong of her to pray for death to take her swiftly. Especially when she hear the footstep walking down the hallway, from what she could tell there were two people.
The door opened swiftly and two men walked in, it was the same two from before; the ones who had raped her. Olivia's heart sped up and she struggled to get her hands free. Fear and panic washed over her in waves. "Hello plaything." One of the men said as he walked over to Liv and sat on the edge of her bed as if she wanted him to sit by her. She continued to struggle to get free from her bonds that held her hands securely in place. The man tried to touch her face but she turned away quickly and faced the faced the wall. He grabbed onto her face tightly and turned her to face him. "I said hello, it's rude not to respond." He growled at her.
Really? She thought to herself, and raping someone isn't? She remained mute and glared at the man.
He turned to the other man, "Seems like our little toy needs a reminder of who is in charge here, what do you think Peter?" Liv struggled more knowing what the big man with large muscles meant as he stood up from where he was sitting next to her. He smiled down at her, it chilled her to the bone.
"You know, she doesn't know how good she's got it with us." The man named Peter smiled slyly at her. "You should be happy we are fucking away any memory of that Puerto Rican rat." He said as he started to unzip his pants.
Oh god please no! Liv's mind screamed as tears streamed down her face. She wanted nothing more at that moment than to die. Liv screamed loudly and thrashed as the large man started to take her pants off. "Stop please…NO!" She yelled, hoping someone would hear her. Maybe someone would help her, maybe she wouldn't have to endure them raping her again.
The big man punched her in the side of her head to get her to shut up and then said, "You can yell all you want, no one will hear you." The man said, his brown eyes bore into her as he held her thrashing legs still so Peter could climb on top of her. They had learned that she could do some damage with her legs, Peter carried a large bruise on his lower abdomen from her kicking him hard. It only made his anger worse, she wore his fury on her face.
Liv's head throbbed and her vision blurred; she closed her eyes praying that it would end quickly. She shut her mind down and thought about Juice and how much she loved him. She wanted to be with him, she wanted him and not these beasts who violated her. She thought about his smile, his warm brown eyes, his soft lips on hers and most of all how much he gave up for her. A loud grunt pulled her out of her thoughts and back into the reality of her situation. "See baby, it was good wasn't it? I mean my big dick has made many women happy. They tend to beg for it, and you get it for free." Peter climbed off of her and stepped back and pulled his pants back up.
"She must have like it, you took all the fight out of her, Pete." The other man laughed as he started to pound himself into her. The truth was she had given up, she was shutting down, just like she had when her mother started to use drugs. There wasn't anyone who would come save her, no one knew where she was. The club that Bobby died for might have if he was still alive but the reality of it was the man that August said was her father didn't care because if he did, he would have been there for her after her mom died.
It wasn't long before the men had each had several more turns having his way Olivia before they pulled her jeans on and left her again alone in the dark with her shame and despair. She no longer had any tears to cry.
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"I'm fucking sick of waiting." Tig growled as they watch the cars leave from the warehouse where his daughter was being kept. It had been a long day of waiting and he was growing impatient. He wanted to be sure Olivia was safe, that she wasn't being torn to shreds by August and Moses. He wanted to let his baby girl know she was safe.
Jax looked over at Tig who had started pacing. He got it, Tig was worried but Jax knew that if they went in the warehouse guns blazing they risked Olivia's life as well as their own. "Hap?" Jax called his Sargent at Arms over to him.
"What's up, Prez?" Happy took one last drag off of his cigarette before he flicked it to the ground and stomped it out.
Jax knew he could trust Happy to go into the warehouse without emotion or attachment. He wouldn't let his feelings get in the way of his mission. Happy was one person who he could count on to do what was the best for the club without asking questions. Tig was too emotional over the situation, he had too much invested; he would go in and not think about what he was doing. Jax wanted it to be quiet and he didn't want this to turn out to be too much of a blood bath. "Do you think you could go in with Chibs, Quinn and Rat and get her and Bobby?"
Happy nodded, he knew that he would try to save the pathetic looking girl from the video with his life if that was what his president asked him to do. If Happy was being honest with himself he would have thought that the girl was attractive but he wasn't so he thought about her as a mission. "Yeah, boss." He walked over to Chibs Quinn and Rat and told them what Jax wanted them to do.
"Tig come here." Jax called Tig over to him. He wasn't not happy about turning his attention away from the building that held Olivia. It was the closest he had been to her in over 23 years.
"What?" Tig glared at Jackson as he walked up to him.
"You're staying here." Jax said sternly to Tig as Chibs, Happy and Rat pulled their guns and started walking towards the warehouse.
"What do you mean? I am not staying here while my daughter is there." Tig pointed towards the warehouse. As he started to turn to follow the other men. Jax grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back roughly.
Jackson looked severely at Tig, "You're staying here. You are too invested! That is why I am staying too. I would kill every one of those men because of what happened to Bobby. We need to keep this under wraps, we don't need August and Moses coming back here because one of his guys called him." Jax watched as his club members entered the warehouse. He was counting on them to keep it as quiet as possible, he was also counting on Tyler's intel about how many men were there over night to be right because the lives of his members counted on it.
As they were walking to the warehouse they decided that Quinn and Chibs would look for Bobby's body and that Rat and Happy would look for Olivia. Happy didn't know what to expect; he prepared himself for the worse. He had seen the gashes she bore on the video; he was not blind to the way that Moses treated her. He saw the carnage they made out of Bobby, so he expected the same thing for Tig's daughter. As they quietly entered the building they were all on high alert. Happy didn't know where to start. He pointed to the other guys that he was going to the left since there was a hallway full of rooms, Rat followed him covering his back. They approached each room with caution not knowing if one of August's men would be behind it. He would kill who ever got into his way, there was no way he would allow them to contact their bosses. The second room that Happy checked was one that must have held Bobby, there was a pack of cigarettes on the table along with an empty water bottle and discarded food wrappers. His heart ached for his fallen friend, he wouldn't show his emotion to his brothers until they were able to say goodbye to Bobby. The next three rooms were empty, there was one last room at the end of the hallway that they had not checked yet. "I've got this, go see if you can find out if they found Bobby; they'll need help carrying him if they have." Happy turned to Rat and send him away. Happy's hand reached for the door knob not knowing what to expect behind it, he opened it slowly pointing his gun into the darkness. He heard a quiet whimper. "Olivia?" He said as his eyes tried to adjust to the darkness of the room.
Her name, someone had said her name. It was a male voice that Olivia hadn't heard before. She didn't know what to expect, was it someone that was coming to take his piece of her or was it an angel of mercy that would take her life? She heard the man stumbled around a bit before finding the light switch that was on the wall. Her heart beat hard and loud, she was scared he would hear it. All of a sudden the room was flooded with light and she saw the man. He was bald and wore a scowl on his face, as he looked over at her. He walked over to her swiftly, one of the things she would always remember was how he smelt, of cigarettes, leather and fresh air.
Happy gazed at Olivia, whose big blue eyes ached with fear and pain. Her hair was a wild black mess around her face, which bore many bruises and cuts. He pulled out his knife from under his leather cut to her free. "Don't move, I am going to cut you free." She looked up at him with tears in her eyes and nodded. He watched her for a moment wondering what the poor creature had been through. She reminded him of the dog that Tig saved from the dog fighting ring and how she cowered away from most people. He quickly and carefully cut the zip ties that bound her to the bed. As he freed her wrists he had the urge to kiss them gently. What the fuck is wrong with me? Happy thought to himself as he looked at Olivia's wounded wrists. The girl had been struggling because her wrists were cut up pretty badly. He would give her one thing, she was a fighter.
Olivia quickly pulled her arms down from their position, her wrists, arms and upper back screamed in pain. She sat up and looked over at the man who had freed her. He didn't look as scary up close, he had big brown eyes that conveyed concern; it was something that she hadn't seen for what felt like ages.
"Can you walk?" Happy asked as he stood up and offered Olivia his hand. She placed her hand into his and tried to stand up. Her legs ached as she tried to take a few steps after the man. He stopped and took her into his arms like she weighted nothing. Happy knew that they didn't have much time as he pulled Olivia into his arms. He could feel her heart beating quickly against him.
"Thank you." Olivia said quietly to Happy as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She felt safe with him for some reason, she knew she would never be able to repay him for saving her. He had given her hope just like Bobby did before he died.
Happy just nodded as he carried Olivia out towards the doorway when he ran into Rat who was running inside from the front door. "We found him, Montez, Jax and Tig are on their way down with the van. There is no way we could carry him that far and not get caught." Rat said quickly, as he looked at Olivia clinging to Happy. "I see you found Olivia." He said to Happy.
"Give me your jacket." Happy said to Rat, who looked at him with question in his eyes. Happy didn't want Olivia to be shirtless for everyone to see again. He wanted to grant her some modesty. "Now asshole!" He barked at Rat who was taking off his cut so he could give Happy his hooded sweatshirt. He handed it over to Happy. He set Olivia down and handed her the sweatshirt.
Liv was grateful to have something cover her body. Not that it mattered, she had already be violated so why did it matter if a few more men saw her nakedness. She had just finished putting to the sweatshirt when a man with dark messy brown hair, a mustache and goatee burst through the doorway. "Where is she?" He was panicked as his eyes hit Olivia's face quickly. "Oh my god, angel." He took Liv into his arms. Olivia stood still waiting for him to finish, she didn't hug the man back; her arms remained at her sides, fists clenched tightly. "I'm so sorry baby…I'm so sorry this happened to you." He said as he touched the side of her face where she had received the most resent blow from her captors. His eyes were the same cool tone of blue as her, it was as if her eyes were staring back at her from someone else.
"Tig?" Happy pulled his attention from his daughter. Tig looked over at Happy who was looking at him harshly as he shook his head. He looked back at his daughter and realized how tense she was. Tig hadn't even thought about what she was going through. She had no clue who he was, all she knew as this strange man was hugging her. He stepped back and gave her an apologetic look. "Olivia we have a van coming do you think you can walk outside?" Happy asked her.
Olivia nodded, she wanted nothing more than to feel fresh air on her face. She walked towards the door, she was free as she walked through the doorway with the man named Tig following her. She took a deep breath and tears fell freely from her eyes. This was the moment she never thought would happen, this was the moment she yearned for. She was so resolved to her fate, that she thought death would be her only escape from her captors. She never thought that she would walk away from them. A black van came into view followed by a blonde man on a motorcycle. "Freedom." Olivia whispered to herself. She couldn't have been more relieved.
"Tig, I thought I told you to stay put!" Jax rushed towards him and shoved him against the building.
"I.." Tig started to say as he looked over at Olivia who was staring at him and Jax with wide eyes. "I think we should talk about this later." He said as he nodded towards his daughter.
"Fuck." Jax said quietly. "I'll let it slide this time, but next time you listen to me." He growled at Tig. Jax walked over to Olivia, "You okay sweetheart?" He asked her.
Olivia glanced at the man; how was she supposed to answer his question? Yes, she was in once piece...sort of, but she was not mentally ready to deal with what had happened to her. She was not ready to talk about what happened. The blonde man staring at her, had blue eyes that were stormy. She thought about it a bit longer and just nodded at the man.
"I'm Jax. We're going to get you out of here and make sure you are safe. We have a safe place for you to stay until we can get this all sorted out." Jax looked at her, she looked scared and overwhelmed. She stepped back as Chibs, Happy, Quinn and Rat carried Bobby's lifeless body out of the warehouse. "Bobby." Jackson said in barely a whisper as he watched his dear friend's body being placed into the back of the van. He felt his heart break again knowing that it was real, that Bobby was gone.
Liv watched as the men carried Bobby's body and placed him gently into the van. All the men had tears in their eyes, he was truly loved. He was truly a good man who she wished she could have known longer than a few hours. His life too was taken too soon, she thought.
"Baby girl?" Tig called to Olivia as she stared at Bobby. "Come on." He guided her to the front of the van where a small Latino man was sitting at the wheel. Liv looked around quickly for Happy, he was truly the only one she felt safe with. Happy glanced over at her, she could see the sadness of his loss in his eyes. "Sweetheart get in the van." Tig opened the door for her. Liv got into the van and felt her freedom, the only thing that would have made that moment better would have been if she could have shared it with Juice and Bobby.
A/N: I am sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I had been debating about how to write it. It was actually hard to put my vision into words. I will try my hardest to not let a lapse like this happen again. I hope you all have a marvelous New Years! Let me know what you think….I'll write more soon. Any guess who she is going to end up with now?