Author's Notes: I apologize, this is mostly dialogue. But for good reason. Going to be a lot of dialogue in the next one too. I thank you for your reviews and support!
When Jax pulled in to the martial arts studio, he noticed Kalila's car wasn't in the lot. It was highly unusual since she had never missed a day of work. He walked in with his small gym bag and looked around. Everything seemed fine. He found Don talking with another instructor. Upon seeing Jax Teller, Don quickly made his way over.
"I'm sorry, Jax. I should have called you. The private lesson for the next two days has been cancelled. The normal class is still on." Don explained
"How come?" Jax questioned
"Kalila had to take a few days. Didn't tell me why." Don replied
Suddenly Jax was quite concerned. Had she just taken off? Had that other biker group gotten to her somehow? Nothing had been going on at her house. At least that they could see.
"She just up and took off?" Jax asked, trying to understand the situation and get information
"No, she asked for a couple days off. I didn't see anything wrong with it so I gave her the go-ahead." Don stated
"Oh. Do you know where she went?" Jax pressed
"No, sorry. All I can tell ya is for the next two days the private lesson is on hold but the normal class is still on." Don replied before turning and walking away
Jax watched the shop owner as he headed back into his office. There was definitely something going on. He headed back outside to his bike to make a call.
"Juice, I need you to track Kalila's car." Jax demanded as soon as the Intel Officer picked up his phone
"Sure. What's going on?" Juice asked
"Just tell me where she is and keep tabs on her." Jax exclaimed
"Sure thing Jax. It appears that she's in LA right now."
"LA? Hmm. Keep tabs on her. Thanks." Jax retorted before hanging up
"What's going on?" Clay asked Juice, having heard the one-sided conversation
"Um, Jax wanted me to track Kalila's car. Apparently she's in LA right now." Juice reported
"See? She's picking up another shipment! I told you that girl was bad news!" Bobby exclaimed
"I think Bobby's right. You don't fight like that without training." Tig added in
"I thought most drug shipments came in from Miami? Or New York?" Opie asked, furrowing his brows slightly
"It may be a new import point." Bobby replied
"Tell me everywhere she goes in LA." Clay exclaimed before turning to head outside, "And keep an extra close eye out on her house!"
-x-x-x-
"Where in the hell is she?!" Tony yelled angrily
"We, uh, don't know boss." The redhead, Nate, stuttered
"Tell me, how the fuck do you not know where she is?" Tony replied, eerily calm voice
"She hasn't been seen around town since she came home last night." Damon, the bald headed man, exclaimed
"Well did she go?" Tony asked
"Boss, we don't really know. She was gone well before it was time to go to work. We lost her on the Interstate." Nate replied, unable to look his boss in the eye
"How's the training going with our boys?" Tony asked in the same eerily calm voice as before
"Juan says there's more students in her class now which is slowing the whole class down." Damon replied
"Are they fucking learning anything?!" Tony bellowed
"Yes. Slowly, but yes." Damon stated
"So let's get back to how you lost her. Wasn't someone supposed to be watching her 24/7?" Tony stated, tapping his fingers on his desk in impatience
"There was boss." Nate quickly replied
"Then how did she slip you?" Tony howled
"We… we're not sure." Damon replied
"How many times do we have to go over the plans? We're not going to get the better of the Sons using guns. We have to over-power them. Take them out one by one. She's one of the best, that's why Don chose her.
If she falls in with the Sons, this whole plan goes to shit. How fucking hard is this shit to understand?" Tony bellowed
"Well won't she still be teaching Juan, Charlie, and Spike even if she did fall in with the Sons?" Damon asked
"Yeah. But you know if she'll be teaching them too. And that sort of defeats the purpose of us having the upper hand, now doesn't it?" Tony sarcastically replied
Damon and Nate just nodded their heads silently. This was why Tony was the boss!
-x-x-x-
For two days all Juice did was watch her house and her car. There were only two places she went while in LA. The civic center and the Omni Hotel. She never strayed from those locations. It was a bit confusing to Juice if she was there to pick up drugs. You don't usually go to such public places to pick up a shipment of drugs!
"Any intel?" Tig asked
"The only places she's gone has been the Omni hotel and the Civic Center." Juice stated as he watched his screens
"Odd." Was all Tig could say
"Wait!" Juice exclaimed, "She's moving. Heading…. To the interstate. North."
"She may be on her way back." Bobby stated as he joined the conversation
Clay asked him to get to the studio early. The whole club was just about convinced she was one of the bad guys. Jax was getting nervous. She'd been gone in LA for two days now. What was she doing? Who was she seeing? Were his brothers' right about her? She was helping push meth into Charming? Her car was already there when he arrived. He sighed with a bit of relief, thankful she hadn't just run out of town. Grabbing his bag, he quickly made his way inside.
"Hey Jax! There's another instructor who's going to be teaching all the classes and private lessons for a little while." Don stated as soon as Jax approached him
"Why? I thought Kalila's car was outside? What happened?" Jax questioned, not understanding what was going on
"She's in no condition to be teaching. She can tell you all about it." Don replied with a shrug, "She'll be leaving for home soon. She's looking over the ideas I had for expansion right now."
Jax hung around for another half an hour before he saw her. Instantly he was by her side, looking at her with concern.
"What happened to you, Darlin'? Are you ok?" Jax asked, eyes roaming all over her bruised and injured body
"I've been better." She chuckled, trying to keep things light
"What's the sling for?" He asked, nodding towards her left arm
"Uh, I think my shoulder is out of socket." She casually stated
"You don't know for sure? What did your doctor say?" Jax asked, walking her towards the door
"Uh, well, I haven't been to any doctors." She quietly explained, looking down at her feet
"Why not? What's going on?" Jax asked
"I don't like doctors. Or hospitals. That's all." She said, wincing at the pain of trying to get her door open
"Follow me. I know a medic who's not with any hospitals. You need to get checked out, OK?" Jax stated a bit forcefully
She sighed heavily. She was in a lot of pain. If she could get something for the pain she'd be much better. Slowly she nodded her head yes making him smile at her. He told her once again to just follow him and she'd be alright. The place he took her too was just a few blocks from her house. It appeared, at first glance, to be a mechanics shops. As she carefully parked her car, she realized there was a huge building there as well that wasn't with the mechanic shop. Gemma watched as this woman slowly and carefully climbed out of her car.
Jax grabbed her by her right arm and led her into the clubhouse. He yelled for someone called Chibs. They entered the building and she had an ominous feeling wash over her. He led her to a black leather couch that looked like it had seen better days. There were several guys inside who wore the same leather vests as the blond man standing before her.
"Wha's up Jackie Boy?" Chibs asked
"Give her a good lookin' over. She thinks her left shoulder is out of socket." Jax stated as his step-father, SAA, and Financial Officer entered the building
"Wha happen'd to ya lass?" Chibs questioned as he turned his attention to her
She chuckled making almost all of them look at her funny.
"Well, to put it lightly, I got into a fight." Kalila replied
"Oh baby! What the fuck happened to you? Who the hell did this to you?" Gemma exclaimed as she made her way across the room getting a good look at her
"Oh. Hi Gemma. There were several people involved." Kalila chuckled
"What is so funny about this?" Clay demanded
Kalila just cocked her eyebrow at the gray-haired man with the cigar. Who's business was it about what she did?
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggh!" Kalila yelled as Chibs began touching and messing with her left shoulder
"Sorry, lass. Don' mean the hurt yeh." Chibs quietly told her
She nodded in understanding. After all, he was just trying to look at her wounds and help.
"Please, baby, tell us what happened." Gemma pushed
"Looks like the bitch got her ass whooped." Happy retorted on his way to the bar
Once again Kalila raised her eyebrow at him.
"Well at least I walked away from the fight. The last guy has two broken legs." Kalila retorted, staring at Happy
"The last one? I'm so confused." Jax stated, plopping down on her right side
"Sometimes I do MMA fights. Good money, ya know." Kalila tried to explain
She sucked in a breath of air as Chibs continued messing with her shoulder. In her pain, she missed Clay nodding to Juice to collaborate her story.
"Well I hope you won!" Gemma laughed
"Came in second out of over 100 contestants." Kalila replied with an almost evil grin
Bobby and Happy shared a look while Tig and Ratboy looked at one another. She was either really good or the other contestants were absolutely horrible. 'If she was so good then why was she so beat up?' Bobby thought to himself.
"Lassie, I think we need teh set ya shoulder." Chibs stated finally, "It's gonna be painful."
"I'm used to the pain." She said, turning her attention to the Scotsman, "Just do it quick."
Chibs stood up and indicated she should as well. Ratboy fetched a bottle whiskey for her. She stood flush on the corner of a wall with her left arm out where Chibs could move it where he needed to. Gemma was holding her breath in anticipation of how this was going to go. Juice had looked up what she had told them about being in LA for an MMA fight. Clay looked over and saw Juice nod his head yes. She had in fact been telling them the truth. It shocked Clay but it was truth. Chibs asked if she was ready making her nod her head yes.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!" Kalila screamed out in pain
The pain was nearly too much and she almost passed out. Chibs caught her before she hit the ground and helped move her back to the couch. He went to get his med kit to give her a couple shots. A muscle relaxer, a painkiller, and an anti-inflammatory to help the pain and healing process. Gemma told Tig to find some good pain killers for the girl. The SAA quickly left to get what was asked.
"I don't trust her, Clay." Bobby quietly told his Prez
"Well for now, let's keep her close." Clay stated, looking at the FO
"You ok, Darlin'? Nearly passed out on us." Jax asked as soon as her eyes popped open
"Hmm? Intense pain." Kalila all but whispered
"Aight lass, keep dat arm in teh sling." Chibs stated as he got the shots ready, "No liftin', moving', pushin', pullin', nothin' with dat arm."
"Jax, drive her home. She's in no condition to drive herself anywhere." Gemma told her son
"I'll be fine." Kalila tried to say
She really didn't want these people near her house!
"You nearly passed out, I don't think you're fine." Gemma retorted, crossing her arms across her chest
"Alternate ice an' heat if yeh can." Chibs spoke, trying to calm everyone down
"Jax, take her home." Gemma ordered forcefully
She didn't need to tell anyone but they all knew she would be heading to the young woman's home to help do whatever needed to be done. Clean the house, do her laundry, make sure she had enough food to eat. Clay had moved to talk to Juice since Kalila couldn't hear them. Once she thought she could walk on her own, she tried to stand up. The pain had made her legs a bit wobbly. Jax slid his arm around her waist to steady her and help her to her car. Happy and Bobby were still suspicious of her.
