Chapter 14: Nothing Would Be Better
Near a week later and there were more near casualties in SAMCRO with Bobby being shot by one of the sheriff's transporting Clay. The Sons had stopped the transport with a little guidance from the IRA. The FBI were made aware of what had been happening Charming and decided that it was time to pay a little visit to the town.
"We've recently been informed that the Sons of Anarchy are off limits," Roosevelt said as he walked to Patterson's office.
"By who?" Patterson questioned looking up from her desk at Roosevelt.
"The Feds, FBI apparently they have been helping them out," Roosevelt replied as Aaron Hotchner and the rest of the team arrived.
"Are you DA Tyne Patterson?" Hotch directed his question towards her, holding his hand out at the same time. "Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner with the FBI,"
"I am, what can I do for you?" Patterson questioned, shaking Hotch's hand and motioning for him to take a seat.
"You've been investigating the Sons of Anarchy? Correct?" Hotch questioned, as he took a seat and looked to her.
"That's correct," Patterson replied, she paused before she continued. "Why are you here?"
"The Sons of Anarchy are off limits, what they have been doing is sanctioned," Hotch told her, he couldn't go into specifics as the DA didn't need to know all the details. "ATF had been notified of this fact also,"
Patterson leant back in the chair and listened to what Hotch had to say, wondering if Tara was involved in what they were saying. As far as Patterson understood Tara wasn't part of what Hotch was saying, that only the Sons were so legally they couldn't touch them much like they couldn't touch Zobelle years earlier.
Meanwhile the sons were talking in the Cabin, Kali was with them listening to everything they were saying and shaking her head at the same time. The sons were laughing, they had a meeting to get to with about a man about some guns. Kali had reluctantly left her mother, Nero,Wendy and Wayne in charge of looking after son, it was short notice. After a while Kali and Chibs made their way outside to sit on the steps.
"Okay now I know you're not telling me something," Kali was sitting on the steps of the cabin while Chibs was leaning against one of the poles, both were smoking. "Out with it,"
"Darlin, it's nothing," Chibs answered he didn't want to tell her about the fact he could have almost died before she'd come home.
"Don't nothing me, you've been keeping something from me...I saw it..." Kali looked up at him and grabbed his hand pulling him down and pulling his hat off. "Now tell me?"
Chibs sat beside her snatching his hat back from her and holding onto it while wrapping an arm around her. Chibs kisses the side of her head as he contemplated on what to tell her about what had happened. Kali glanced sideways at him before pulling away to look at him, watching as he took a deep breath.
Inside the cabin Happy was going between listening to the others talking and laughing to looking out the gap in the blinds to Kali and a Chibs. Happy walked to the kitchen and grabbed a couple of beers figuring that Chibs would need it for whatever he was talking about. Jax noticed he was moving towards the door.
"Brother?" Jax raised an eyebrow at Happy and then realised that Chibs and Kali were missing. "Where's my sister?"
"Out there," was all Happy answered before heading out the door and knocking a Chibs on the shoulder with both beers.
Chibs looked up and took the beers from Happy who nodded before going back inside, and being faced with curious looks. Kali looked at Chibs watching as the older man opened both beers and took a swig from one handing her the other. She took it before putting it in between them.
"You going to tell me or?" Kali questioned, this time taking his hand in hers still watching his every move. When he didn't answer and took another swig of his beer she sighed picking hers up and taking a drink.
"Well Shit!" His voice was loud enough that Jax took a step back from the window and Kali jumped a little.
"You knew I would find out sooner or later," she took his hand taking the bottle from him and putting it between her feet.
"Couple of years back... just before you came home..." Chibs muttered stopping as he realised he didn't know how to tell her about almost dying. Kali raised an eyebrow at him still not letting go of his hand. "Didn't think I'd have to actually say it," his voice was quieter then normal.
"Zobelle?" Kali questioned she knew that he had happened before she got home. "Is that why you asked me to look into him,"
"Aye, his daughters minivan was brought in, something was off and recognised the sounds couldn't get away fast enough," Chibs told her before pulling her close to him to stop her from moving. "Darlin let me finish, I'm okay,"
"You could have flipping died!" Kali exclaimed hitting him and then stopping as she calmed down. "Why the fuck didn't you guys tell me?"
"This is why Darlin, take a deep breath," he paused taking a deep breath before he continued.
Inside the cabin Jax had made them all talk quietly he wanted to hear what was being said and if he needed to run. Tig shook his head at the younger man, forcing him to sit down, Jax shook him off.
"Just how close have they gotten?" Bobby questioned, he'd known the siblings a long time but never before questioned Chibs and Kali.
"Don't ask," was Jax all said before going back to looking out the window.
Outside Chibs and Kali were still sitting on the step talking. He hadn't let go of her for fear that she would get up and storm inside to Jax, and that he wouldn't know what to do if she did. Chibs glanced behind them towards the door almost praying that one of them would come out.
"Let me hit my brother and then I'm good," Kali muttered looking at him waiting for him to continue. "Fine...go on..."
"Van blew up, next thing I know I'm waking up in the god damn hospital," Chibs told her, waiting for her to slap him like she did whenever any of them had gotten hurt and not told her about it. Kali sighed and squirmed enough that she could wrap her arms around him. "Darlin, I'm fine,"
"That noggin of yours has had enough of a beating," Kali told him kissing him quickly and then slapping him upside the head as he let go of her. "I'll be back monetarily," she smiled jumping up and going to the door and attempting to push it open. "Jackson let me in," she hissed knowing that her big brother was on the other side. Kali leant sideways to see if the she could see through the gap in the curtain. "Happy move,"
Happy stepped back letting go of the door as Jax ducked out of the main room and into the bedroom. Kali pushed Happy out of the way as she walked in, she rolled her eyes she knew exactly where Jax had moved to. Happy threw his arms in the air and stepped back further, the rest of the sons watched to see where she would go.
"Jackson! Why the fuck didn't you tell me about what happened to Chibs?" Kali questioned almost yelling at him as she pushed the door to the bedroom open and shoving her brother on to the bed. "Well?"
"You know exactly why! You would have asked who you had to hurt, and got hurt in the process and I didn't want that," Jax told her, laying on the bed before he pushed himself upright. "I'm sorry!"
At Gemma's house, Tara pulled a gun on Wayne and Wendy taking hold of Abel, Jackson and Thomas. Jackson kicked Tara in the shins, Abel looked at his cousin and held on to his hand tightly and the two little boys ran from the house. Wayne called Gemma telling her that Tara had taken all three boys, before Gemma called Jax.
"What happened?" Jax questioned, he looked at Kali as he spoke. "Mom?"
"You and your sister need to get home now," Gemma told him, as she stood in her house talking with Wayne and Wendy. "Tara took the boys,"
"We need to go now, Tara took the boys," Jax told her, Kali nodded and they all headed for their bikes. "You guys go to the club house, Kali, Chibs and I'll head back home,"
"Alright Pres," Tig nodded, and they all went their separate ways.
"Jax, her taking Jackson that's just too far," Kali told him before she got on her bike and rode off heading back towards Jax's house.
"Pres is meant..." Quinn started to say, Happy shook his head at him before they watched as Jax and Chibs followed after her.
"Jax'll always let her go first he doesn't care that he's pres, she's his sister," Tig explained before they all rode off back to the ice-cream parlour.
Jax and Kali arrived back at Jax's house and searched every room looking for their boys. Chibs stood out the front, waiting for Gemma to arrive. The two Teller's sat in Abel's room, Jax staring at the floor with Kali staring at him.
"Jax, she could get done for kidnapping," Kali told him, as the realisation that Tara had taken her son. "Jax, I love Tara but she went too far,"
"I know," Jax put his head in his hands as Nero walked into the room and stood beside him. Kali shook her head she didn't want him near her brother. Nero ignored her.
"Darlin, come with me," Chibs stood in the door way behind Gemma and held out his hand for her to follow him.
"We'll find them kiddo," Jax took her hand as she stood up before letting go as she walked over to Chibs taking his hand. Gemma looked between the two of them confused as to what was happening.
"I hope so," Kali answered before walking from the room with Chibs. "Chibs, I can't go through this again," Kali sighed, resting her head on his chest/shoulder as he pulled her into a hug.
"I know darlin, and we'll work it out," Chibs sighed, as they stopped and stood in the hallway of Jax's house.
The next day Bobby and Juice had managed to track down Tara after following her lawyer Mitch to Lodi. Bobby called Rat and told him that they had tracked down Tara while they were meeting with Barosky. Kali sat with Chibs and Tig at the table while Happy stood behind him while they talked. Rat interrupted telling them that Bobby had called with the information. Kali, Jax, Happy and Rat left the bakery leaving Chibs and Tig with Barosky who told them about what he'd heard between the Niners and the Mayans.
"Daddy!" Abel giggled as soon as he saw his father walked towards them at the park in Lodi.
"Mommy!" Jackson was equally as excited to see his mother and ran towards her and wrapped his arms around her legs.
"Hey little man," Kali picked him and spun him around kissing him on the nose before hugging him tightly.
"I missed you daddy," Abel said in Jax's ear as his father hugged him tightly and then put him on the ground.
"I missed you too little man, go play with uncle Bobby," Jax said as he crouched down and kissed him on the top of the head.
Jax sat with Tara at the park while Happy, Bobby, Juice and Kali played with the boys. Jax told her that he still loved her but she needed to think closely about what she was doing to her family, their family. Tara told him that she was sorry, that the boys didn't need to grow up in this life that none of them did. She was waiting for him to say something anything, all he did was tell her that he was going to give himself up.
"Kali, take the boys back to the ice-cream parlour I'll meet you there," Jax told her, Kali nodded she knew what he was planning on doing and how it would work.
"Come with Kali boys," Kali held her hand out to Abel who took it and Jackson took his while Kali took Thomas from Juice. "I don't trust you," Kali whispered in his ear.
That night they went back to the ice-cream parlour and Jax and Kali told Bobby and Chibs what Jax was going to do. The feds were behind his move, they had to be if they wanted Patterson off his back. Jax was planning on giving himself up to get the charges that Patterson was
"Take care of Tara and my sister," Jax told them, the two men nodded under the table Chibs had taken her hand and squeezed it.
"Jax, everything will work out," Kali told him putting her free dhand on the table and reaching for Jax's.
"I hope you're right about this," Jax nodded taking her hand and kissing it. "Stay with the boys, Tara will come by and pick Abel and Thomas up," What Jax didn't know was that his wife wouldn't be making the journey to pick them up.
They sat in the ice-cream parlour playing with the boys, Jax said his good byes to them outside and the last people he said goodbye to were his sister and Chibs. Kali hugged Jax as tight as she could while the two of the cried before Bobby took Kali in his arms so that Jax could hug Chibs. The next thing they knew Kali was receiving a phone call from Patterson telling her of what they had found.
"Chibs, we're taking them all home," Kali said as she took Thomas from Tig and cradled the small boy in her arms. "We need to talk inside now," she paused briefly before she spoke again. "Wayne can you look after these three for a moment?"
"Sure thing sweetheart," Unser replied and held his hands out to take Thomas from her.
"Darlin?" Chibs questioned, Kali motioned with her head for them to go upstairs and follow her. "Rat, close the door," Rat obliged as they sat at the table.
"That was Patterson, said that Jax was found at the scene of a murder...Tara and Roosevelt," Kali spoke quickly as she looked at them and then at the table. "Jax was found cradling Tara's body,"
"Shit," the club all exclaimed at the same time, Kali nodded. "What do we do?" Bobby questioned, looking at Kali expecting an answer from her.
"Don't know, I'm keeping Jax's kids for the time being though," Kali told them, they all nodded they knew it had to be done. "Mom's allowed to help but I don't want her alone with them," Kali paused before she continued. "Patterson arrested Jax for the murders,"
The Sons all nodded, not knowing what else to do with her. She was on a warpath with her brother being arrested, even though it was part of their plan. Kali stood up from the table and walked from the room and headed downstairs to Unser taking Thomas from him again.
"I'm taking these kids back to mine," Kali told him, as she took hold of Abel's hand with her free one. "Abel sweetheart you're gonna have a sleep over tonight," Kali told him as Jackson took his cousins hand.
"Where's daddy and mommy?" Abel asked, looking up at her as Chibs walked down the stairs.
"Daddy's going away for a little while," Kali crouched down to his level and wrapped an arm around her nephew. When she stood up she had both boys in her arms. "You'll see him again, I promise okay buddy," Abel nodded resting his head on his aunts shoulder. "Mommy..."
"Come 'ere Abel," Chibs crouched down and picked Abel up, as Bobby took hold of Jackson's hand. Chibs looked Kali and then at the others none of them quite knowing how to tell the small boy about his mother.
"You have a habit of keeping at least one of your cars at the club," Bobby noted, as the rest of them filed out and helped her put the boys in the car.
"In case of emergencies," came her reply as she buckled Thomas in and then watched as Bobby did Abel's and Jacksons. "Meet me back at the house, yeah?" her question was directed to Chibs who nodded.
That night Kali tucked the boys into bed, sitting with Abel telling him that his mommy wouldn't coming home and that she'd gone to heaven. It was the only thing that she could think of telling him. Abel ended up sleeping with her that night, while Chibs slept in one of the spare rooms to help keep an eye on everything.
10 days later and Jax was out, refusing to see his boys. Kali kept trying to convince him to no avail, she had ended up letting her mother look after the three boys, just so that she could keep an eye on her brother. The day that Jax decided that he would see his sons, he found them curled up with his sister at their parents house in his old room.
"Come 'ere Jax," Kali motioned for him to join her on the bed as she rocked Thomas back and forth. "Love you big brother,"
"I don't know what to do," Jax sighed, climbing on the bed and lying beside Abel.
"I know big brother, I know," Kali kept hold of Thomas as she leant over and kissed her brothers forehead and went to move from the bed.
"Stay," Jax reached behind him and grabbed her leg stopping her from moving.
Kali sighed, and lay down beside him how they were all fitting in the bed was a mystery. Jax fell asleep with Abel in his arms and his sister beside him. Jackson had moved himself and was in her old room asleep at the tail end of the mattress. Kali put a hand on her brothers shoulder and then moved his hand moving to stand up so that she could put Thomas in the crib. The moment she moved, Jax looked at her.
"Jax, you do what you have to do, I'll be behind you either way," Kali told him, looking down at Thomas who was starting to stir. "I'll feed this one, you get some sleep with Abel,"
Kali walked down the hall rocking Thomas, as she made her way to the kitchen picking up her phone in the process. She needed to make a phone call and to also feed her dog at the same time. Kali dialled Chibs number so they could talk.
"Hey, can we talk before we go tomorrow?" Kali questioned, as she gave Thomas the bottle and sat at the table.
'Sure thing darlin, how's Jackie Boy?' Chibs replied, he was sitting alone in his own house.
"Sleeping with Abel, he's lost Chibs. We need to keep him together," Kali told him rocking Thomas he drank from the bottle. "I can only do so much,"
'I know darlin, and we will,' Chibs answered, he was grateful that she was one of them. 'We're gonna need everyone over the next few days,'