A/N: I know that it has been a long time since I have updated this story and for that I am sorry... The good news is while working on another story my muse decided I needed to update this one and since I lost the notebook this story was in I have to try to redo everything from this chapter on because I can't really remember what all I had wrote for this story... I have to admit that I had fun while typing this chapter because my muse was on a roll... So enjoy!

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As soon as he got to the hospital Clay headed to the room that Jax said Dawn was in. His mind was racing with everything that Jax had told him and with what Wayne had told him. He briefly knocked on the door before he opened it and walked into Dawn's hospital room. "Marcus and Laroy will be here shortly. So what exactly went down to have them getting along now?"

David chuckled and shook his head from where he was leaning against one of the walls. "Both Marcus and Laroy were in Lodi one day and they were about to come to blows when I saw Dawn walk up to them and step in between them. I moved closer because I wasn't sure how they would react to what she did. The next thing I hear is her telling them to both shut the fuck up and listen to what she had to say. She actually told them that the fighting they were doing was pointless when they both could work together to get whatever they wanted done. She told them that if they worked together instead of against each other that both of their businesses would flourish instead of going down hill because they kept killing each others men. She then laid into them about fighting where little kids could see and asked them what they would think or feel if their kids would witness someone fighting like they were. She then made them hug out their differences before she let them leave. I don't think that I ever laughed so hard in my life. When she turned to me after they left she raised an eyebrow at me and said now that is how you deal with a problem instead of pulling a gun on them or putting their stubborn asses in jail. I lost it at that point and had to sit on the sidewalk until I stopped laughing because I couldn't see straight for anything. She even flashed her gun at them before she made them hug it out and asked them if they wanted her to shoot them in their ass to make them do what she wanted them to. Since then both Marcus and Laroy have made it a point to check in on her at least once a week and whenever she travels to Lodi or Oakland they make sure one of them are with her at all times. Personally I think she is the way she is because of all the shit that the bastard who is now dead has put her through. From what little she has told me she use to be timid and always kept her mouth shut. Now she makes sure that someone understands where she is coming from and that she isn't going to take shit from anyone no matter who it is."

Clay nodded. "I think I can understand that. Where are we at with the DNA test? Has anyone asked Tara to run one? I haven't said anything to Half Sack yet because I wanted to make sure that what we thought is true first. Juice has already alerted the other charters to what this girl has done and we are expecting quite a few brothers now because they want to see the girl who killed a man just because she didn't want to see Tig get hurt. I have also made it clear that she is off limits to everyone who comes unless she goes up to them first. We don't need her having some kind of panic attack if a man starts hitting on her after the shit she has already been through. This is the first time we have ever put someone on a friend of the club or family of the club without knowing everything about them but I feel that she deserves it after what she did. Gemma is already doing some shopping and setting one of the rooms up at the clubhouse for Dawn's use once she is released so that she isn't alone while she heals."

David nodded. "I have the keys to her apartment so I'll send a deputy over to make sure that her cat gets fed. It wouldn't hurt to have someone take a look at the car that she has been driving either. I have tried to see what is wrong with it but I can't figure it out. I just know that it isn't safe for her to be driving it but she is stubborn. I've told her more than once that it needs to be looked at but she didn't have the money to get it looked at and fixed."

Tig frowned. "I'll take a look at it free of charge. She shouldn't be driving something that isn't safe. Damn where is Tara at with Dawn? How long does it take for a fucking MRI to be done?"

Jax shook his head. "If she is having a full body MRI then it can take a while, Tig. I'm sure that Dawn is doing alright because if she wasn't Tara would let us know."

Tig sighed but nodded but before he could say anything Clay asked just as Marcus and Laroy walked into the room "Why exactly is Tara doing a full body MRI on the girl anyways?"

Jax ran a hand down his face. "Because of her previous injuries. Tara got a fax from the last hospital Dawn was at a month ago and it wasn't anything good. Dawn signed herself out AMA two hours after having surgery done to repair her lung and kidney. Also on that same report it told Tara that Dawn had five broken ribs one of which punctured her lung, a knife wound to the side that nicked her kidney, a fractured arm that she didn't even wait around for a cast to be put on, a grade three concussion, a fractured cheekbone, a black eye, broken nose, a dislocated shoulder, and Dawn had also been sexually assaulted. Tara wants to make sure that everything is healing or has healed correctly."

Marcus' face was hard by the time Jax finished talking. "The shit head is lucky that he is dead already or I would take great pleasure in torturing him. If you ask me he got off too easily in dying like he did."

David nodded. "I think that too but we can't change it. Besides while it may hurt Dawn to realize that she took a life like she did it also very well could make her feel a lot better knowing that she was the one to end the man who has made her life a living hell for the last six years. It was either her or him and I am one hundred percent certain that I am glad that it was him and not her. He has done too much damage to her and if she would have hesitated it one second longer than she did then his shot might have proven to be true in where it hit and then we wouldn't be having this conversation. The thing I am worried about though is some of Earl's known associates. We'll need to keep an eye on the town and any newcomers because I have little doubt that they won't want to try to avenge their fallen friend."

At that Clay, Jax, Tig, Happy, Marcus, and Laroy stiffened but it was Happy who broke the silence and asked "What kind of associates, David?"

David sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "He has been known to hang out with high level drug dealers. He has also been known to hang around someone who deals in human trafficking. If I were to take a guess Earl was doing his best to break Dawn so that he could sell her when he got tired of her."

Tig's eyes flashed with anger as he snarled "That will happen over my dead body. If any of his known associates come here they will not be leaving."

Clay, Jax, Happy, Marcus, and Laroy all nodded in agreement but before they could say anything Tara walked in and said "I'm only here for a minute but, Tig, I want you to know that I'm taking Dawn up to surgery. Since she didn't allow her arm to be put in a cast it hasn't healed the way that it should so I'm going to go in and set it and put a screw in place because of how bad the damage is to one of the bones. The surgery shouldn't take more than an hour or so if that. You can either wait her or wait in the surgery waiting room."

Tig stood up. "I'll wait up in the surgical waiting room. Have you sent for the DNA test to be done yet?"

Tara nodded and smiled. "I put a rush on it so we should know by this evening. I'll come and let you know when she is out of surgery."

Tig nodded and then looked at everyone else. "You guys can leave if you want to. However I'm not going anywhere while Dawn is stuck in this place especially since we don't know if anyone is going to come after her or not."

Clay shook his head and clapped a hand on Tig's shoulder. "We're staying with you, Tig. Lets go up to the surgical waiting room and then we can call the others to let them know what is going on."

Jax snorted at that. "You do realize once you tell them that Dawn is in surgery that the waiting room is going to be filled to the brim don't you, Clay?"

Clay shrugged. "I kind of figured it but that can be a good thing."

David nodded. "I'm going to call Wayne and let him what is going on and to have him send a deputy out for food and bring it to us. We all need to eat if we're going to stay here to keep an eye on things."

Everyone nodded and then followed Tig out of Dawn's hospital room and up to the surgical waiting room. Both Clay and David made their phone calls and then they all just sat around waiting on news and on the others to get there.

A/N 2: So this is a semi long chapter for you all... Hope you all enjoyed it... Click the button and let me know what you think!