...Chapter 14...

Jax walked into Juice's room and saw him stuffing clothes into a backpack, then leaned against the door frame. "Where you going?"

"Tacoma, to bring Nicole home."

"A'ight." Jax nodded. "I'm coming with you."

"Okay." Juice zipped up the backpack and put it on. "I'm ready when you are."

"Give me twenty minutes." Jax said, before walking out. He went up to Crystal, Cassie, Katie, and Marie, who was playing pool. "Hey, Crys?"

"Yeah?" she turned around facing him.

"Juice and I... maybe Chibs and Sack, are headed over to Tacoma."

"For what?" asked Cassie, putting the pool stick down.

"Well, Juice is going up to bring Nicole back."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" asked Katie. "Wasn't the whole point of her being over there... was to be safe from Connor?"

"Shit." Jax groaned. "I forgot about that." seconds later, Juice walked up to them and Jax smacked him on his arm. "We can't bring Nicky back... she has to stay there, so she's away from Connor."

"That's fine." Juice nodded. "But I'll just take her somewhere else then. She's always wanted to visit Florida or Hawaii, maybe New York." he shrugged. "I'll take her away, until all this shit blows over." he started towards the door. "I'll meet you outside."

Jax went up to Chibs and Sack, then told them what was going on, so they went into their rooms to pack. When they were done, Jax gave Crystal a hug, while Chibs hugged Cassie. After that, they walked out of the clubhouse, got on their bikes, and headed to Washington.

"Do you know where her location is at?"

"Yeah, her friend told me, and I should be there by tomorrow."

"Alright, you convince her that you're taking her out to eat." Connor groaned. "Or just make something up."

"Okay, I'll call you back, and tell you where to meet us."

"Fine, and Logan, do not screw this up... this bitch needs to pay for what happened to my brother."

"Roger that." he said, then hung up his phone.

Nicole woke up, the next day, and stretched, then slowly sat up, looking around. She read the time on her phone. 1:30pm, she over slept, but the last thing she remembered, she ws in the bathroom, head first into the toilet, and she had no clue how she ended up in the bed. Nicole needed to stretch her legs, so she got out of the bed, grabbed a few things, then headed out to the main part of the clubhouse. "Ow." she grabbed the counter with one hand and rested the other on her stomach.

"Hey." one of the guys went up to her, with concern. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah... the baby is just kicking me like crazy."

"Oh, okay." he held out his hand. "I'm Rocky."

She shook it and let go. "Nicole."

"I transferred from Oregon and joined Tacoma a year and a half ago... and I'm honored to meet the Presidents daughter of SAMCRO, so if you need anything, just ask."

"Thank you, Rocky." she smiled. "Acutally, do you know where Happy or Kozik is, by any chance?"

"Happy's in the chapel with Lorca, Turtle, and Mac... but Kozik?" he shrugged. "I haven't seen him since last night."

"Okay, thanks."

"Do you need me to get Happy for you?"

"No, no... but can you just let him know that I went for a walk, and I'll be back?"

"Sure." he nodded.

"Thanks." she smiled, then headed out the door, heading north.

Juice, Jax, Chibs, and Half Sack met Kozik at the Washinton border, then all of them rode over to the clubhouse. When they got there, they parked their bikes, got off, and walked over. "Nic's been staying in Hap's room." Kozik said, before opening the door, going inside.

"Hey." Happy raised his eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"

"We came to talk to Nicky." Jax replied. "And hopefully she'll forgive us, because of what happened the other night." he paused. "Well, I'm hoping she forgives me."

Happy nodded. "She's in here."

As him and the guys were walking towards the hallway, Rocky spoke up. "She ain't in there."

Kozik was the first one that turned around. "What do you mean, she ain't there? Where'd she go?"

"Nicole went out for a walk."

"And you let her go alone?" Jax kind of yelled, then Rocky shrugged. "Okay, which way did she go?"

"I don't know."

Kozik got into Rocky's face with a scowl. "If something happens to her... it's your ass." Rocky gulped, then nodded. "You get Turtle and Mac, then go north, we'll go south to look for her."

"You find anything... you call us." Happy added.

"O-okay." Rocky nodded, then walked out of the clubhouse.

Kozik took a deep breath, going out the door. "Let's go find her." then they all got on their bikes and headed south.

Nicole walked out of a gas station, drinking a white cherry slushy, and kept walking north. Five minutes later, a car pulled up behind her, and the window rolled down. "Hey, Nicole." she stopped, dead in her tracks, and slowly turned around. "Hey, Sis... I was hoping I'd run into you."

"Uh, hey, Logan."she went up to the drivers side. "What are you doing here? All the way in Tacoma?"

"I came to see you." he frowned a little. "What? I can't see my sister, when I want to?"

"Yeah, in California... how'd you find me?"

"It doesn't matter." Logan chuckled. "Get in the car."

"What?" she shook her head. "No."

Logan pulled out a gun and pointed it at her, then her eyes widened in shock. "Get. In. The. Fucking. Car." he paused. "And get into the passenger seat."

Nicole slowly nodded, then as she walked around the car, she memorized the license plate, then sent it to one of her numbers in her phone, without looking. She put the phone on silent and shoved it in her pocket. Before she got in the car, she dropped her slushy on the ground, and something out of her other pocket, and made a shape with her foot. "W-why are you doing this?" she asked, buckling her seatbelt. "I thought you were my brother?"

Logan drove off and shook his head. "Nope... I lied."

Nicole had a tears streaming down her face. "Where are we going?"

"I have to pick someone up first."

"Who?"

"You'll see soon enough." Logan laughed, making Nicole look away, out the window, then slowly reached into her pocket to send a message to the same number.

Ten minutes later, the car came to a stop, and the back passenger door opened, followed by "Hello, Little Lady."

Nicole's eyes widened like saucers as she slowly turn her head. "Oh, no." she whispered.

"Oh, yes, Nicole." Connor laughed, holding a gun to her neck. "You do anything stupid and I'll kill you."

"I don't care what you do to me." she slowly nodded. "Just please, for the love of God, don't hurt my baby."

"Don't worry.. I have plans for both of you." then Connor smacked Logan on his shoulder. "Thanks, Cousin."

"Cousin?" Nicole thought to herself, looking out the window, wishing and praying that Kozik and Happy would find her.

Happy's phone was ringing, but he didn't hear it because he was riding, but he felt it vibrating. He pulled over to the side of the road, making the guys pull over with him. He took his phone out of his pocket and flipped it open. "Yeah?"

"Hey, it's Rocky."

"Did you find Nicole?"

"No."

"No? Then why the fuck you calling me?" Happy snapped.

"Listen, we're at the gas station off of Highway twenty-two... the clerk said, she was in here, like, no more than twenty minutes ago."

"Okay, keep looking."

"That's not all, Hap." Rocky paused. "Over on the sidewalk, I think she dropped something."

"What is it?"

"Besides this slushy, does orange tic-tacs mean anything to you? Somehow she made an arrow shape, pointing north."

"A'ight." Happy groaned. "Well be there soon." then he hung up his phone and rubbed his hand over his bald head.

"What'd they say?" asked Jax.

"Rocky said... Nicole was at a gas station, but she managed to leave some tic-tacs in the shape of an arrow, pointing north."

"Were they orange?"

Happy raised his eyebrow at Kozik. "How do you even know that?"

"Because I bought them for her." he started his bike. "Let's go." he said, taking off, then the guys followed right behind him.