Holly walked into St. Thomas with Abel, both of them had an appointment there. She walked into her room, waiting for the doctor. Things had calmed down quite a bit in the last few weeks. Bobby was coming home from prison, Opie was coming home from his trip, her shoulder had healed quite a bit and she and Jax had just finished unpacking Holly's stuff at their place. She thought she might be pregnant again, but she wanted to make sure before she said anything. She still hadn't told Jax about her abortion, and she wasn't planning on ever letting him know. Not because he didn't deserve to know, but because he didn't need to know that that decision had been made without him. And it was a big decision at that. But this time if she was, she would talk to Jax. She looked over when the doctor came in, setting Abel down on the floor next to the table. It didn't take too much longer for the doctor to start up the ultrasound monitor and put the wand on her belly with the gel, which was surprisingly warm. Holly kept her eyes closed, biting her lip nervously. And then she heard it. The heartbeat. Her eyes flew open and her head snapped over to the monitor to see what looked like a little white bean in a sea of black. She couldn't believe it, tears filling her eyes as the doctor took a picture.

"Would you like a picture to take home?"

She just nodded, rendered speechless as she sat up, doing up her jeans before getting the printout and leaving, going to Abel's appointment. It was a routine checkup, so she was in and out quickly. She called Jax, leaving a message that he had to get to clubhouse right away, but not telling him why before driving to the store to buy a card for him, putting it in the card before sealing the envelope and driving off to the clubhouse. When she got there, she had to focus on not ruining the surprise. She got out of the car and got Abel out, grabbing the card before going in, seeing Jax come over to her.

"I just got your message and was just about to call you. What's wrong? Is Abel ok?"

"Abel's fine."

She handed him the card before going to put Abel in the office with Gemma, waiting for Jax to come find her. Which didn't take long. She smiled to herself when she heard him running to the office.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I am."

"Holy…."

She smiled when he pulled her in for a hug and a passionate kiss. Holding her close but being careful with her. When they pulled away, she had tears in her eyes.

"You're happy about it? Really happy?"

"It's not the greatest timing in the world, but I'm happy."

"What are you two talking about?"

Jax didn't say a word as he handed his mom Holly's ultrasound, both of them smiling when Gemma jumped up and smiled, hugging them both.

Holly was sitting at work, doing a lot of filing and taking a lot of calls. When they told the club, everyone had been really happy for them, hugging both of them. Jax had decided that they'd buy Holly's house back because it was bigger, and Holly was sure the landlord was gonna yell at Jax before he pulled out a huge wad of cash and handed the whole thing over. And then Jax was the best person in his life. She looked at the time, seeing that she could finally go home. She couldn't wait to see Bobby and Opie. She went to the house to change, getting dolled up before heading to the clubhouse, helping Gemma out a bit.

"I still can't believe you're pregnant, baby. You look amazing."

"I can't either. I'm just happy that Jax is happy with it. Especially with how young Abel is. Not even a year old. But after what's happened with ATF and Donna, I think we could all use some happiness."

Holly stood next to Gemma as a silver car pulled up, watching as at least 4 men climbed out of the car, all of them going up to Clay as the guys followed him over. She was just far enough that she couldn't hear what was said, but close enough to know it was a tense confrontation. She watched as one of the men, the guy that looked like he just ate a lemon and was trying not to show he was affected by it, turned to look at her, giving her a look that sent a shiver down her spine. She let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding when they left, going over with Gemma, wanting to know who it was. It wasn't too much longer that Bobby was brought to the clubhouse by Stahl and another agent. She was happy to see Bobby, but she had to speak to Stahl.

"Did you get what you wanted, agent? Did you get the peace of mind you were looking for?"

"I got a bit of it, yeah. But you know what I can't figure out is why you chose this life? You were smart enough to do anything and yet you chose to live with outlaws."

"No I didn't. I grew up with these guys. I had plenty of opportunities to leave and go to college or travel the world and I never took them because I had already found my happy place. I had already found my calling in life. I was raised to hold onto the people I love and take care of them. These guys are my family and friends. I'd go to the ends of the earth for them because they would do the same for me. And until you get that kind of friendship with someone, you will never understand my decision."

Holly had left with Gemma to go check up on Abel, driving down the road with her. She'd left the party a little earlier than she wanted to, but she had promised Jax that she would take it easy. Sitting at a stop light, she looked over at the radio, changing the station as someone pulled up behind her, a girl getting out to come over, screaming that her baby was choking on something. Gemma got out as Holly grabbed her phone to call for an ambulance. But she hadn't even finished dialing the number before she got hit upside the head and knocked out immediately. When she came to a while later, she was chained up to a gross mattress, laying on top of it completely naked beaten, bruised and really cold. She could feel that she'd gotten cut by whatever hit her upside the head by the blood that was drying on her face. She looked around and saw Gemma tied up to a chain link fence wall, starting to stir as well.

"Gemma? Gemma? Wake up…."

"Where are we?"

"I don't know."

She lifted her head up as much as she could, watching as three men came in wearing masks, going pale as it clicked in her mind what was going to happen, struggling against her restraints. One of them came up to her and started pulling down his pants.

"The more you struggle, the harder I'll be on you. So just stay still."

She struggled harder, starting to cry and scream as she heard Gemma putting up a fight against the two guys she was dealing with. As she was entered, she screamed bloody murder. It hurt like hell and she was terrified. At least they wore condoms. Not that it was a consolation. After the second time with the first guy, she passed out from the pain, Jax's name leaving her mouth on a whisper as she fell into darkness.

When Jax walked over to Holly's doctor, he tried to keep himself from panicking. Unsuccessfully. All he'd heard from Unser was that Holly and his mom were in the hospital after an accident.

"Are you here for Holly?"

"Yeah. Is she ok?"

"She's stable for now. She's been unconscious since she's been brought in and doesn't show any signs of waking up right away. She could wake up tomorrow or next week or next year. We don't know for sure."

"Holy shit. What's the damage?"

"Cuts, bruises, there's some swelling. There's a small break in her foot that should heal pretty quickly."

Jax ran his hand over his face, not even bothering to hide his tears.

"What about the baby?"

He let out a pained groan, seeing the sympathetically sad look on the doctor's face, feeling Clay hold him up when his knees buckled. His kid was gone and he never got to hold them. And he could lose the love of his life to stupid car accident.

"You can go see her if you want."

He just nodded, following the doctor to Holly's room. Walking into the room, the first thing he noticed was how pale he looked under the cuts and bruises on her face. He slowly made his way over to her, tears blurring his vision as he grew closer, taking her hand gently when he reached her. He broke down as he watched her, the beeping of her heart monitor the only other sound in the room.