CHAPTER 2: HOLD ON FOR YOUR DEAR LIFE

Bella's POV

3 days later

I woke up to feel the worse pain that I have ever felt. I looked down and let my tears fall as I saw a big purple bruise on my stomach, my baby. I thought to myself as I stared down. I heard a door open and in walked the bastard. I wanted so badly to kick his ass, but I felt week, and I felt my eyes closing.

"Keep those eyes open sweetheart." He said as his men walked downstairs with black gloves on their hands.

"This will only hurt a bit." I heard him say as he held up a knife. I felt it tearing into my stomach. I wanted to scream and kick but, I couldn't I was too weak. I heard the guys laughing as I let my eyes fall waiting for this nightmare to end.

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Jax's POV

I was sitting in church talking to Clay when all the sudden Juice ran through the door.

"I got them." He said. I looked up at him then looked at Clay.

"Round everyone up Juice." Clay said as Juice nodded and ran to get everyone. Finally, everyone piled up into the room and I looked at Juice waiting for him to talk.

"Jax remember the place you wanted to look at?" Juice said as he looked at me and I nodded.

"Well I had one of the guys go look at the place. He said he saw movement inside and heard what seemed to be screaming." Juice said.

"Are you sure kid?" Clay asked, Juice nodded his head. Clay turned and looked at me and I nodded my head.

"Then what are we waiting for let's bring back our baby girl." Clay said as he stood up.

"Everyone get ready we leave in 5 mins." Clay said as he slammed the gavel down onto the table. I got up and went to the back closet with Clay as I helped him pull out weapons and bullet-proof vests. He turned and handed one to me.

"We got her." He said to me.

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NO ONE'S POV

After the guys were done with the knives they smiled at their work. Palatino turned toward his men.

"All right men you know what to do with the body." Palatino said as he patted his men on the back. He then walked upstairs. The guys smirked and walked over toward Bella's lifeless body and began unchaining her hands. Bella could hear and feel them taking off the chains. She knew this was her only chance she would get at freedom. But, she was too weak to even talk or move. She tried to open her eyes but they wouldn't open.

So this is what being half alive and half dead feels like. Bella thought to herself as she felt someone pick her up and carry her up what seem to be stairs.

"Has she awoken yet?" She heard the voice that she would never forget PALATINO!

"No but we can hear her groaning." A voice said beside me.

"Very well. Off to what you were doing." She heard Palatino say. A few seconds later she was being carried up even more stairs then she hears a door creek open. She then felt herself being placed on something hard and it felt like needles were poking at her back.

"Should we chain her up?" She heard a voice next to her ask.

"Nah man she ain't going nowhere look at her. She looks like shit." The voice from the door said. There were some movements then she heard the door slam shut. She tried to open her eyes, but it felt like something was keeping them closed. Bella tried to move her arms or legs but with each movement she did, she felt a stabbing pain throughout her whole body. She felt her heart starting to slow down and she felt herself becoming weaker and weaker.

"Isabella baby hang in there." Bella heard a voice say. Bella tried to move and open her eyes, but she felt someone put their hands on her to stop her from moving.

"Bella it's uncle Bobby sweetie calm down you got to hang on sweetie the boys are coming." She heard her uncle say. She tried to speak but she found her lips were glued shut again.

"Shhh baby girl, calm down sweetie everything will be okay. Just hang in there, do it for Abel and Jax Bella they need you." She heard her uncle's voice whisper in her ear. Bella sat there and thought of Abel and Jax. She could feel warm water run down her and it was sticky and it smelled like metal.

Blood She thought to herself as she felt herself getting colder.

Hurry up Jax She thought to herself as she felt her body going limp.

"ISABELLA!" She heard her uncle's voice yell but, she couldn't move. Her heart slowed down and body went limp.

MEAN WHILE BACK AT THE CLUB

The guys were all ready. They opened the door to church. Everyone looked at them and watched as they made their way out of church. Gemma, Lyla and Cherry along with everyone else stood up, Gemma made her way toward her son with Abel in her arms.

"You bring back my daughter you hear me." Gemma said as she looked at her husband in the eye. He nodded and kissed her on the cheek. Gemma then turned to Jax.

"You be safe you hear me." Gemma said as she moved closer toward Jax. Jax nodded his head.

"Bring home your old lady. Her son is missing her." Gemma said as she hugged her son.

"I will mom." Jax said. Then he turned toward Abel. He took Abel from Gemma's arms and held him as everyone watched him.

"I'm going to bring your mommy home you hear me little man." Jax spoke to his son.

"Mommy" Abel said as his face lit up. Jax nodded and kissed his cheek. He then handed Abel back to Gemma. He turned toward Lyla who was in Opie's arms, then to Cherry who was holding a neckless Halfsack gave her. He nodded at them as he and everyone else made their way outside toward their bikes.

One by one everyone got on their bikes and started their engine. Clay turned around and looked at everyone and put his hand up signaling it was go time. He pulled out first with Jax and everyone else following behind as they made their way to save Bella. But little did they know how close Bella was to be dead.

BACK AT BELLA

Palatino heard bikes in the distance he jumped up and ran toward the window.

"Shit" He cursed. His men ran into the room and looked at them.

"Get the guns and put my son and my mother in a safe place." He ordered his men as he saw bullets flying everywhere. Hitting the room everyone ducked and crawled their way toward the basement where they held the guns. One by one everyone grabbed three guns and ran upstairs to shoot back. As they made their way upstairs they saw the door being kicked down and in walked the sons with the other biker gangs.

Jax spotted Palatino's second in command Johnny. The sons shot everyone in the room, but Palatino's second in command.

Jax walked over toward him and threw him up against the wall as everyone crowded around him.

"Where is he?" Jax growled as Happy and Juice came over and held onto Johnny.

"Who?" Johnny yelled trying to play dumb. Jax growled and punched him in the gut.

"Where the fuck is your boss at and where the fuck is my old lady at!" Jax yelled.

"I don't know." Johnny yelled.

"Wrong answer." Jax said as he took off his knife from his jeans and stabbed it into Johnny's stomach. Johnny screamed out in pain.

"Jax there they are." Redman yelled as he looked out the window to see Palatino running carrying Bella into the forest. Redman and his crew ran outside as Jax turned toward Happy.

"He's all yours." Jax said to Happy as he grabbed Juice and ran outside with the rest while Happy was inside with Johnny. Johnny was on the floor in pain. He looked up and saw Happy.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you." Happy said as he took out his gun and aimed it at Johnny's head. Johnny screamed as five loud bangs echo throughout the whole house. Jax and Juice caught up with everyone as they heard the gunshots, Jax smirked knowing that Happy did his job, Jax kept running but they lost sight of Bella and Palatino.

"Jax there." Tig yelled as he pointed to a small figure on the ground. Jax ran over to see Bella laying on the ground.

"Bella" He yelled as everyone ran over toward Jax and gasped as they took in Bella's sight.

Her lips were glued shut. She was only wearing a bra and underwear. Her stomach was purple and blue her face had cuts on it and her jaw was dark purple. She had blood leaking out from her top part of her underwear. Her hair was bloody, and she had what looked like to be three broken ribs, a broken jaw, and a sprained ankle. Happy caught up with the group and his eyes got pitch black as he took the sight of Bella in.

"Jax her finger." Tig said just then everyone looked down and saw she was missing a finger.

"My beautiful daughter what have they done to you." Clay cried as he ran his hands through Bella's hair. Clay then moved his hand down toward her heart and gasped.

"Jax we need to get her to the hospital now. Her heart is getting slower and slower and she's losing too much blood.." Clay yelled toward his stepson.

"How are we?" Tig asked and Jax looked.

"The hospital not too far from here. We can get her there." Redman said and everyone nodded they all ran toward their bike. Jax put Bella on his bike as they all drove off to the hospital, but little did they know they were being watched.

"I'll see you soon sweetheart." He said as him and five others walked through the forest.

AT THE HOSPITAL

"Someone help me." Jax yelled as he ran into the hospital and Tara ran over toward him.

"What happened." She asked as she saw Bella's lifeless body in Jax's arms.

"She was beaten please save her." Jax begged and Tara called some nurses over as they brought a stretcher over toward Jax. Jax lowered Bella onto the stretcher and watched as they rushed her toward a trauma room. The club followed behind as they watched from the glass window.

"We're losing her doctor." A nurse yelled at Tara.

"Clear" Tara yelled as Bella's monitor went quiet.

Jax yelled as he was being held back by Happy and Clay. They saw Tara staring at Bella's body. Everyone put their head down as they watched Tara sigh.

"Should we call it doctor?" The nurse asked Tara. She frowned and nodded.

"Time of death 3:48 pm." Tara said as she looked at her watch then turned toward Jax who collapses on the floor. Clay and Happy had their hands on his shoulder.

"What happened, Tig called me!" Gemma yelled as she rushed into the hospital with Abel, Lyla and Cherry. Gemma froze as she looked for Jax. Then froze as she saw them in the back hall.

"No!" Gemma yelled as she gave Abel to Cherry then ran down the hallway.

"What happened?" Gemma yelled as she saw the sons with tears running down their faces.

"Tig" Gemma asked as she ran over toward him.

"Gemma I'm so sorry." He said as Gemma fell to the floor and cried.

"No" she yelled. Everyone in the hospital looked and put their head down in respect as they watched the monitor in front of them.. then suddenly.