Chapter 17: Halfway Right

*flashback*

Jax and Kali sat alone in TM, talking quietly between the two of them about her little boy. She'd told him that he was often looked after by his grandparents back in Canada while they toured.

"Jax, I miss the kid. I want my little guy here with me," Kali told him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I know kiddo, and you can as soon as we get my little guy home," Jax told her kissing the side of her head, that thought had lasted roughly 24 hours.

"Sooner than that please?" Kali sighed, looking to him as they both heard the door open and the others walk in.

*end flashback*

Later Kali and Jax were back at TM, Kali was talking quietly to Chuckie telling him that everything would be okay but not saying what was happening she couldn't do that to him. After a few minutes she went into the office with Jax, as Nero had turned up.

"Jax I left Charming when I was 21, because I needed to see the world, I came home because you asked me to do that," Kali took a breath before she continued. "I love you big brother and believe me I'm going do everything I can to get you out of the damn mess that you put yourself in,"

"Kali..." Jax started to say but she shook her head and continued to talk.

"You may be an outlaw, a criminal. But guess what, so am I. You are also a great person, who loves his boys and I know that you would never do anything to hurt them. I promised you years ago that I would take the boys in and you know that, you even put that in your god damn will," Kali exclaimed, she was with Nero and Jax in the office at TM. "Nero, take them to my house. I know you've never been there but you'll like it, leave them with my sitter,"

"Kali, what are you doing?" Nero questioned, he was torn between listening to Jax and listening to Kali.

"What my brother knew that I was going to do," Kali said, before looking out the window to Wendy. "Leave Wendy with her, the sitter will explain everything,"

Jax looked at Kali before they left the office and walked out to see Wendy and the kids. Meanwhile Chibs was at Red Woody, when Althea turned up to tell him that it was over. He told her that it was a bad idea, when on the inside he was grateful that it was over it meant that he didn't have to feel guilty about being with her when Kali was involved.

"We can't let our hearts over come the outcome," Chibs told Tig as they stood in Red Woody and he pulled out his phone to make one last call to Kali. "Hey Darlin, are you sure?"

'Hey, I am...make my decision for me please...I'm making a call to Penelope now – I've told Jax what I'm doing ,' Kali spoke quickly, she had to make it known to him what she was doing. 'I talked with Packer, I'm heading to meet up with him later,'

"I will Darlin', let me know the outcome," Chibs answered, looking to Tig as he spoke and then walked away from him. "Love you,"

'Love you too,' Kali smiled she liked hearing those words and hung up the phone before calling Penelope.

The Sons walked into the makeshift Church where Chibs called for the vote for Jax to "Meet Mr Mayhem" where they all reluctantly cast the vote of 'yay' which none of them wanted to make but decided that it had to be done.

"Kali and I, yes," Chibs stumbled over saying the words, everyone looked at him him when he said Kali's vote. "Jax Teller, meets Mr Mayhem," they couldn't believe that the youngest would make the same vote as the rest of them. "That's why she's not here,"

Meanwhile Jax had gone to Barosky's Bakery with the intent on murdering him when the words that Kali had said earlier played in his head. Instead of shooting him in the head where he had intended to and shot him in both legs before running from the bakery and heading to the steps of the courthouse. Once a the courthouse he sat under a blanket he'd gotten from a homeless woman. What he didn't see was Tyler Yost standing off to the side at a distance. He believed that the shots that he had fired killed August Marks, however what killed him wasn't those shots at all.

When Jax went back to Red Woody, he walked in and went straight to the table cutting off his Presidents patch before going over to Chibs and cutting off his patch. Chibs held it for a moment before handing the patch over to Tig, Jax nodded his approval before he spoke.

"It's your charter now brother," Jax handed Chibs the patch and hugged him before telling him that he had to look after his sister. "Look after Kali,"

"You know I will," Chibs said as Happy and Tig walked Jax away from him and stood with their hands on his arms before Chibs turned around and shot Happy in the arm.

"I would never put this burden on you," Jax said before they told him that they knew. One by one they all hugged him, leaving Chibs for last.

Kali called Chibs as soon as she had finished talking with Penelope and finding out exactly what she needed to, she'd been telling them all along about Jax being set up and that she just needed the time to find it out. She called Chibs who told her that she was too late, he'd already said his goodbyes and that he was on his way to end his life like their father had all those years ago.

"Darlin, he's gone," Chibs answered his phone before he listened to what she had to say.

"Fuck, Chibs you know all those times I was telling you that something was off? I just heard back from Penny and she said that I was right," Kali told him before she got on her bike. "I have to stop him, I'll fill you in later, just find me," Kali hung up from Chibs and was off on her way to find her brother.

Chibs sat alone in church, fingering the presidents patch that he'd been given, staring blankly into space before he got up and headed out to his bike on the instructions that Kali had given him.

"Where are you off too?" Happy questioned, nursing his bandaged forearm.

"To see a girl about her brother,"

Jax had all intentions of committing suicide after discovering that his mother had murdered his wife, the mother of one of his cons and the love of his life. Kali had discovered his plans and was on her way to stop him. She left Wendy with the three boys telling her that she'd be back. Kali rode her bike as fast as she could upon hearing the sirens she knew that they were chasing her older brother. As she rode past the Charming Police Department she noticed that they had been fired at by Jax which was why they were chasing after him, Jax had also been firing at Police as the site of his father's wall. As she got closer to him she noticed they had ended up on the "West Interstate 580" which was the same road that their father had died on. Kali pulled over to the side of the road, watching to see what Jax would do.

"Jackson!" she screamed as loud as she could when she noticed that there was an on coming truck, she screamed louder hoping that Jax would move. "Jackson! Please don't do this!"

"Kali?" Jax had heard his sister, though he had thought it was just his imagination. Jax had barely taken his hands of the handles before they found themselves back on again.

"Move Jax!" Kali climbed on her bike again making a move to ride towards Jax, he only had time to move slightly his as his bike was hit sending him spinning out of control. "Jax!"

Kali rode her bike to where Jax had landed, and jumping off her bike almost as fast as she had gotten on it. All she could do to begin with was stare at his body until she noticed that it twitched, she glanced around and saw that the truck driver and a load of other cars had stopped. The truck driver was on his phone, while she also noticed that she could hear the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department sirens had stopped completely after they had heard her screaming.

"Jax, stay with me please big brother," Kali crouched down beside him, carefully taking hold of his hand as she didn't know exactly what was broken and what wasn't. "Some one call a fucking ambulance!" She mumbled, as she felt a hand on her shoulder and a voice beside her that she recognised.

"Darlin'," Chibs voice was sounding beside her, she looked up and saw that it was the older man, he'd followed her and gotten there just in time see Jax's bike spinning out of control. "An ambulance is on the way," Chibs didn't remove his hand from her shoulder as he spoke.

"Chibs," Kali muttered, as her eyes went back to Jax and she held his hand tighter. "Why?" as she spoke they heard the sirens approaching faster.

"Come 'ere, darlin'," Chibs pulled Kali up and into his arms as the ambulance crew got there, Kali not moving her eyes from her brother. "He'll be okay," Chibs tried to reassure her, he wanted to be right.

Not long after Kali was sitting in the hospital with Jax, she hadn't left his side. She'd left her son with Wendy and Nero who also had Abel and Thomas. Wendy had offered to be a temporary guardian for the three boys. She and Nero took them to NorCal coming back every few days so that the boys could see their parents.

"Penelope and her team are working on something," Kali whispered to Jax as he lay the hospital bed in a drug induced coma. They'd put him in one due to the extent of his injuries – including internal bleeding, and multiple broken bones. Kali was silently hoping that they'd pull him out of it soon.

"Kali, times almost up," it was Tig, he and Chibs had taken it in turns keeping an eye on Kali after Jax's suicide attempt and arrest.

"I know, but I can't just leave him here," Kali sighed looking at the older man as she stood up and moved to kiss Jax's forehead. "Love you big brother," Kali and Tig left the room, glaring at the patrol officers that were standing outside.

"Deep breath princess," Tig whispered wrapping an arm around her shoulder and guiding her from the room. "I'll call Packer and tell him to meet you at the house,"

"I'm trying," Kali muttered, looking up at Tig as they continued to walk from the hospital – it had been two weeks since Jax had tried to commit suicide, just over two weeks since his sister had returned to Charming and prevented him from dying. She'd only gone out of town for a few days at the request of Chibs.

"You know the cops'll put Jax away," Tig told her, Kali shook her head she knew something that he didn't and she couldn't say. "Okay, what do you know?" Tig made her face him as they walked to their bikes.

"Not here," Kali hissed, she couldn't say while they were in the ever present San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department, she climbed on her bike and road back to the club-house where she knew that Chibs would be.

Chibs was sitting in the new club-house which happened to be on Kali's property hidden at the back of the land, in church – it was one place where he could think without being disturbed. Happy was at the bar, with Nero and Chuck while Wendy was sitting on one of the couches with Abel, Jackson and Thomas curled up asleep beside her. As soon as Kali and Tig arrived back at the club-house she made her way into church and went and sat beside Chibs. Lyla had Opie's kids and her son Piper sitting with her, Kali had told her that she was always going to be family. No matter how many times Nero had tried to leave Charming with Wendy and the boys they'd always ended up back in the same spot due to Abel and Jackson screaming each time.

"My theory, it was right...Jax didn't kill him," Kali mumbled, as Tig and Happy entered- closing the doors behind them. Kali was talking about August Marks.

"Come again?" Chibs questioned, wanting to make sure that he had heard her correctly.

"My theory, you know the one I told you about? It was right, Jax didn't kill him," Kali spoke quickly, Tig, Chibs and Happy exchanged looks, uncertainly.

"What are you talking about darlin?" Chibs queried, had they made a mistake in the "Meet Mister Mayhem" vote?

"He was set up, I asked Penelope to look into something for me...after everything with Hale, Roosevelt and Potter she said it was the least that they could do," Kali rambled, she didn't want to stop talking but she couldn't work out how to word it. "The niner's set him up,"

"Are you sure?" Tig questioned, running a hand over his face as he spoke. "Kali?"

"I am, Penelope said that Agent's Prentiss and Rossi would be here within the week," Kali explained, she wasn't entirely sure how to tell that because of this she, Jax and the kids would be leaving Charming and going into hiding at least temporarily. "Penelope confirmed it the day all this shit happened,"

"Think the pigs will let your brother out?" Tig was quite curious as to what she wasn't telling them.

"Don't know, but I hope so...I also hope that they pull him out soon," Kali was referring to the coma that they'd put him in to heal the internal injuries faster.