Chapter 10: How Come, How long?

A few days later, Tara and Gemma had errands to run so Kali took the time to tell Jax a little more about what had happened while they had been gone. Jax and Kali sat on the couch with Thomas in his rocker, while Abel and Jackson watched cartoons.

"You know how when I last visited you before you were released?" Kali queried, as she rocked Thomas with her foot.

"What about it?" Jax queried looking to his sister and then back down at the sleeping child.

"Well, just after that. Mom was in the bathroom, and I was outside talking with Opie...Wendy turned up and tried to take off with the kids, all three of them," Kali paused briefly before she continued. "I heard mom yelling, so Ope and I ran inside while Ope called Chibs, I called Unser. While we waited mom, Ope and I managed to stop her. Jackson had kicked her and grabbed Abel's hand,"

"What the hell? Why are you only telling me this now?" Jax questioned, running a hand over his face and leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees and head on his hand.

"Let me finish, Opie called Chibs who was just around the corner. Mom picked up Abel and Jackson and took them inside. Chibs parked his bike where Wendy couldn't get out and then Unser turned up. That's when she took a swing at me while holding Thomas. Don't worry I didn't do anything, Unser arrested her for attempting to kidnap and assault." Kali spoke quickly as she continued to rock Thomas back and forth. "Mom and I took out a restraining order on her, she's not allowed anywhere near me, mom and the kids,"

"So she's not allowed near the kids or you and mom? What about Tara?" Jax looked to Kali, as she stopped rocking Thomas.

"Tara wasn't home when it happened. So at the moment it's just mom, me and the kids," Kali answered as she Jax leant over and picked up Thomas out of the rocker. "And I don't think it matters who's with them if she comes near, because the AVO is in place she can't legally come near them at all,"

"You know she'll try and work something out," Jax sighed, holding Thomas to his chest as he spoke to her. "Abel, Jack come 'ere," Jax motioned for the two small boys to climb up on the couch with them.

"Daddy, can I have a hug?" Abel asked as he and Jackson climbed up on the lounge between them.

"Mummy can I have one too?" Jackson asked, not waiting for an answer as he found his way onto his mother's lap and snuggled up to her.

As Kali and Jax talked they realised that it was probably going to be safer if they sent the children with their mother, the kids grandmother to a neighbouring town. But they were unsure of how they were going to do it, they also realised that they had to get Opie's kids out of town as well. They would put it to the others later that day.

"We have an idea, we know it'll be safer if the kids aren't in Charming," Kali said looking to Opie and Jax as she spoke.

"What Kali is trying to say is, we think it might be an idea for mom, Mary, Lyla and the kids to go to the next city for a few days," Jax said as he looked around them, they had all the Sons plus Opie's mother Mary, Gemma, Lyla and Tara there.

"I'll talk to Sam, and see if I can get his band to take them," Kali bit her lip waiting to be slapped by her mother. When that didn't happen she spoke again. "It wasn't my idea, it was Jax's he just wants me to talk to them, but I said we'd have to talk it over with you guys first."

"How well do you know them?" Mary questioned, as her granddaughter Ellie hugged her.

"Well enough to know that I trust them, Sam is Jackson's father," Kali told them before she motioned for Jax to follow her.

The following night Sam, Peter, Clark, James, Daniel and Anna left Charming but not before Sam got to spend a little more time with Jackson before he wasn't going to see him again for a little while. Kali and Jax had managed to convince him that it was the best thing for him. To be with his mother, grandmother, uncle and cousin's. Mary, Lyla, Gemma and the kids had stayed behind, the kids not wanting to leave their mothers.

Kali and Jax talked in the club house, both of them wanted their kids safe – they didn't want them in this life but they were all caught up in the middle of it. Jax and Kali were talking about the possibility that Roosevelt's strings were being pulled by someone else. As they talked Tara arrived from work followed by one of the prospects, and Gemma turned up with the three kids. Kali knew about the death threat, and said that she'd track down Lyla and Piper for Opie as Opie and Jax hadn't been able to find her.

"Let me take the kids, I'll find Lyla and Piper and bring them back here," Kali said as Jackson ran straight up to her and wrapped his arms around her legs. "Hey little man, you been good for Gramma?"

"Yep! She let us watch cartoons," Jackson and Abel grinned looking up at their mothers.

"You sure about taking all the kids?" Tara questioned, she wasn't sure that it was the best idea. "Thomas is only a baby,"

"Tara, it will be fine. Trust me," Kali nodded, Opie nodded along with Jax. "Miles your with me,"

"Prospect, do as she says. You follow her and call if they get in any trouble," Jax told her taking his youngest from Tara and handing him to his sister. "Babe, she'll do everything in her power to keep them safe,"

Jax took Abel from his mother, and Jackson by the hand motioning for his mother to get the kids things and take them out to Kali's car. Kali may have ridden a bike, but her car was always at the compound in case of emergencies. Jax and Kali took the kids out to the car, and put them in, Opie pulling Kali aside they needed to get her proxy vote.

"Voting for a new President, you with us?" Kali nodded, she was all for a new president and both Jax and Opie knew that.

"Make the decision for me, yeah? You know it's yay either way," Kali answered, standing on her toes and kissing Opie on the cheek. "I'll find Lyla and Piper,"

"Thank you," Opie smiled at her, and nodded he knew her vote as Jax walked over.

"Take care of my boys," Jax told her, grabbing her by hand and pulling her to him before kissing her forehead.

"They're my boys too," Kali nodded and climbed into the car, not hearing Jax tell one of the prospects to keep an eye on her. As she drove from the compound she saw that she was being followed. "Hey, I'm a Teller. Ever wonder where Opie got the scar on his shoulder?" Kali laughed before she drove off.

"Don't just stand there! Follow her!" the club yelled, they had to make the young prospect follow Kali whether he wanted to or not.

Miles stumbled before he followed and her and lost her as she had turned a corner and driven down a street that Miles had never been down before. Kali looked in the back seat and saw that the three boys had fallen asleep almost as soon as they'd left the compound. Kali pulled out her phone and called Lyla, hoping that she would pick up the phone.

"Lyla, it's Kali. Pick up," Kali hoped that she'd pick up the phone she had to know that she was in some kind of danger. "Damn it Lyla, Opie was telling you the truth. We can protect you,"

'Kali? Are you sure?' Lyla picked up the phone midway through her Kali leaving a message.

"I am, tell me where you and Piper are?" Kali questioned, pulling over as Thomas started to cry. "Shh little guy," she reached behind her and started rubbing his stomach.

'Do you have the kids with you?' Lyla asked, after hearing Thomas stirring in the background.

"Yeah, took them out of Charming, needed to," Kali told her before she waited for Lyla to tell her where she was. "I've enough room for you and Piper,"

Lyla told her where they were so Kali agreed to go and pick them up with the promise that they'd stay with her. Once Lyla and Piper were securely in the car, Kali called Jac to let him know they were on the way back. Jax wondering how it had taken her less than twenty-four hours to find a woman they'd been looking for for a week. Kali took Lyla and Piper to her house leaving her with Jackson so that she could take Thomas and Abel back to their mother.

Kali walked back into the club house with Abel and Thomas, Abel clinging to his Aunt's leg while she held Thomas. Abel refused to go to Tara and Gemma, he wanted his dad and that was all he had been screaming/crying for since they had gotten back. Kali handed Thomas to Tara and scooped Abel up in her arms walking into church and closing the door behind her. Kali hugged the screaming boy close to her, Jax had gone off with the the other Sons to make a deal with the Galindo Cartel while while Kali had tracked down Lyla.

"Shh, Abel it's okay. Your daddy will be home soon," Kali held him close as he screamed into her shoulder, Tara and Gemma standing helplessly on the outside.

"Daddy!" Abel cried into her shoulder, Kali really hoped that it would be soon that they'd be back. Kali started to a hum a song to him, as the crying slowly subsided.

"It's okay little man," Kali rubbed his back as she heard the familiar voice of her brother and the rest of the sons re-entering the club. "Hey Jax, in here," Kali called, still holding Abel in her arms and looking down at the small blond boy.

"Hey darlin," Jax opened the door and smiled at his sister, sitting on couch beside her and kissing her the forehead at the same time. "Hey little man," Jax held his arms out for Abel, quickly climbed into his dad's arms.

"Woke up when we got back in screamed for you, wouldn't let go of me and wouldn't go to mom or Tara," Kali told him, Abel had been asleep when they dropped Lyla, Jackson and Piper off at the house.

A week later and Kali was tracking down Opie, Jax had asked her to he'd lost best-friend and he wasn't picking up. Kali had promised she'd find him, Jax didn't tell her why she needed to be the one that found him and not the others. Opie was pissed, his dad been killed by Clay and he'd just found out from Unser, blamed Jax for knowing about. Tara had been released from hospital after almost being kidnapped again, and having her hand destroyed in the process.

"Opie! Stop!" Kali and Jax arrived at the same time, Kali wrapping her arms around Opie to attempt to get him to lower the gun while Jax aimed his own at him.

Opie ignored both of them and fired so Jax fired at Opie's wrist. Kali stepped away as her brother tackled Opie to the floor before he attended to Clay as Unser and Ratboy raced in. Kali crouched down beside Opie slapping him upside the head and grabbing a towel that they had lying around.

"Ope, let me and Jax work it out," Kali spoke quietly as she looked at him and then pulled him up with Jax's help.

"Help me get him to the pick up and then get in yourself," Jax told her, she nodded not wanting to argue with her brother. Jax and Kali took him to the pick-up before Jax went back to Unser and Clay.

"Do you know anything?" Opie asked her as they sat waiting for Jax to get back.

"No, Ope have I ever lied to you?" Kali asked resting her head on the older man's shoulder. Opie shook his head and kissed the top of her head.

"I'm dropping Ope at the ER and then we need a family meeting,"