Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own the sons of anarchy but like many I wish I did. I do however own the character Danni! And the other characters that you don't recognise.

Chapter 10

The next month was hell for everyone. They were trying to find out who was behind the attack and figure out the best way to retaliate. Sure, that was stressful and frustration but the worst thing was Danni. She had taken the attack instead of Gemma so that she wouldn't lose her confidence or strength but what Danni didn't realise was that she was the club's rock, even to Gemma at times, and when she took the attack for her mother she was the one that lost her confidence and strength.

They could see that she was trying not to let it affect her, she was trying to stay strong but they noticed these things. Loud noises made her jump, men being to close made her flinch and the clothes she wore were looser than normal; her jeans were baggier and she wore a hoody a lot more often than normal. It was like she wasn't comfortable in her own skin anymore and as much as she tried not to let it get to her, the whole ordeal affected her more than she wanted to admit.

And today was just another day like the others for the past month only this time Gemma and Clay seemed to be having problems. Danni was walking to her car in her baggy jeans and a SAMCRO hoody when she saw her mother stomping to her car leaving her dad behind absolutely fuming. When Gemma pulled out of the garage Clay ran to his bike and pulled out after her. Danni looked around to see if anyone else had seen the interaction and it seemed that everyone had.

"I hate it when mommy and daddy fight" Tig said from beside her and she jumped a little before sighing.

"You and me both" she replied as though she hadn't gotten a fright again.

"Should we go make sure she's ok?" Cherry asked.

"They usually like to sort this stuff out on their own" Jax said shrugging but Danni shook her head.

"No, I'm going. We both know that dad can get pretty hands on and if he man handles her after what almost happened to her last month it won't end well" she said and they all studied her for a moment wondering if that's how she felt before they nodded.

"Alright you, me, Tig, Juice and Tara will go yeah?" he asked her and she nodded continuing to her car as the others shared looks before following her lead.

It turns out Gemma had gone to caracara to clear her head. After Luanne died someone else took over but SAMCRO was still invested in it. Clay obviously had followed her and when they arrived he was picking up a concrete block and throwing it at Gemma's car windshield.

"Holy shit" Juice said as they all stood together by Danni's car.

"You stupid piece of shit" Gemma said as she walked back towards Clay who for a split second looked sad before Gemma kicked his bike and the shit hit the fan.

"Ah fuck" Jax muttered as his mother kicked the president's bike.

Gemma and Clay fight often so this isn't really out of the ordinary; even Clay pounding on Gemma's car isn't really unusual but they stood there waiting because of the look on Danni's face, it was like she knew she would be needed at some point in the near future.

But when Gemma Teller Morrow actually walked away from a fight they knew something was seriously wrong and that maybe she had been affected more that she let on. Hell really broke lose when Clay stepped towards Gemma's retreating form and Danni stepped forward "DON'T!" she yelled but Clay grabbed Gemma's shoulders none to softly causing Gemma to crack.

"DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T!" she screamed at him and Clay looked both perplexed and still angry so Danni ran in between them as Tara went to Gemma and the guys stepped up behind Clay in case. Clay looked ready to hit something and Danni stepped up to him pushing her fear back; this was her father for god sake's.

"Dad don't. You push her now and it'll be worse. You wanna hit something there's me or the car whatever I don't care but don't you touch her because you'll lose her forever. I don't know what you guys were arguing about but think before you act because mom is strong but she's not indestructible and after what almost happened to her a month ago there are cracks in her strong armour" Danni said strongly but still softly for her father. Her dad looked at her in pain when she described what Gemma must be going through and how much worse it must be for her since her attack was worse; when she said he could hit her if he wanted his heart almost broke.

Clay hugged Danni before pulling back and looking into her eyes "If you mother is breaking down in public after what almost happened to her…why haven't you broken down after what happened since yours was so much worse?" he asked her gently the guys behind him listening in.

"If I break down then who's gonna be her rock? Who's gonna be the club's rock?" she asked as though it was perfectly reasonable.

"Dove?" her mother called her still sobbing and Danni turned towards her.

"Go home, let her calm down and then talk to her about whatever it is that's bothering you ok?" her dad nodded so she ran to her mother and tried her hardest not to flinch as Gemma gripped her tightly but everyone with the exception of Gemma saw it and knew that her wounds were hurting.

"Come on, let's get you home" she whispered soothingly to her. She helped Gemma into her car before she held her side breathing deeply and straightening back up going around to her side of the car. Catching the worried glances of her family she shook her head "I'm fine" she said and it seemed like all she said for the past month. She quickly tore out of caracara and towards Gemma and Clay's house knowing her mother needed some relaxation time.

When they got into the house they hadn't spoken so Danni led Gemma up to the bathroom and grabbed a pair of jammies for her before running a hot bubble bath. Gemma seemed to have completely caved in as soon as they were alone, knowing that her baby girl would take care of her. Danni gently unzipped Gemma's dress and peeled it from her body and helped her out of her underwear before quickly getting her into the bath so that she wasn't any more exposed than she needed to be. When Gemma was situated Danni turned to leave the room and give her some privacy but Gemma spoke.

"Thank you baby" she said quietly.

"Any time mom" she replied just as quietly.

"We haven't had sex since it happened" Gemma suddenly said and Danni was slightly taken aback but listened all the same "He understands what I almost went through…what you partly went through but since it didn't happen he doesn't understand that I need more time or that I feel…" she trailed off.

"Unworthy? Dirty? Broken?" Danni suggested and Gemma nodded.

Danni sighed knowing she was about to give advice that she herself couldn't take since she knew she was affected much deeper than she was letting on "Mom…dad loves you with everything he has, and when he saw how you reacted today, when I explained a tiny portion of it to him he seemed to understand better. You need to remember that dad would die before he hurt you and he would just as quickly kill for you. You don't need to be afraid of him…that's rich coming from me but it's true. I'm not saying that you should have sex again before you're ready but it needs to be because you're not ready not because you're afraid of dad. There's nothing you could do and there's nothing that could be done to you to make him love you any less" she told her.

Gemma sighed "Men need to own their pussy baby" she stated simply.

It kind of crept her out hearing that from her mother but she sucked it up and said "Then let him own it" before she stood from her position on the edge of the tub and left Gemma while she bathed.

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The next day all the guys were hanging around the club house including Danni, Tara, Cherry and Donna with the kids running around when Gemma and Clay sauntered in.

Gemma looked completely brand knew and refreshed and Clay looked much the same. They all shared looks wondering how the hell that happened before they looked at Danni who was smiling at her mom as Gemma grinned at her. They both walked over and sat down.

"Everything ok?" Jax asked.

"Perfect baby" Gemma said kissing his cheek and again they all shot amazed looks at Danni; how the hell did she do that?

Gemma leaned over to her daughter and whispered "He owned it" and Danni screwed her face up covering her ears.

"I do not wanna know mother" she said in a grossed out voice.

Gemma chuckled kissing her daughters cheek and saying "Thanks dove"

"Any time…are you ok?" Danni asked her.

"Never better" her mother smiled before heading back to her office.

"Yes, thank you" Clay repeated kissing his daughters head and following his wife to her office. Danni watched them go with a smile before turning back to the others in the room.

"How did you…?" Half-Sack trailed off amazed.

"I just…voiced and addressed some of her fears is all" Danni said vaguely.

"So mom's back to normal now?" Jax questioned.

"Yup" she said looking down at her phone as it beeped.

They looked at each other wondering when that would happen for Danni but they didn't want to ask but they looked back at her as she sighed.

"What's up?" Chibs asked her frowning.

"I just got a text from…Greg" she said.

Juice looked furious "I told that son of a bitch I'd kill him if he bothered you" he said.

"He said I could clear my stuff out today while he's at work…but screw that. I bought the god damn place he can move out" she muttered to herself.

"Need help throwing his shit away?" Tig grinned and Danni chuckled a little.

"Yeah actually…if you don't mind" she said.

"Nah, it'll be fun. We can throw away some expensive shit to piss him off" Opie laughed.

"I'll go ask Gemma and Clay" Piney said getting up.

"When does he go to work?" Bobby asked.

"About now actually" she replied.

"Well, let's get going" Tara said standing up and picking up Conner as Abel, Kenny and Ellie followed the women out.

By the time they all arrived at the house Greg's car was gone so they assumed he had already left for work and Danni led them over to the garage.

"We should start out here and work our way in…I'll just go grab some drinks" she said and the women sat on the grass in the sun with the kids running around as the men got to work.

Danni made her way into the kitchen and hunted through the fridge pulling out some beers and some lemonade sitting them on a tray with some glasses before she turned to go back outside. When she stepped into the living area again the tray was knocked from her hands and she was shoved roughly against the wall making her side ache again.

"Hey baby, I missed you" Greg mumbled into her neck as Danni tried her god damned hardest not to panic. She figured that he didn't know everyone else was there or he wouldn't be trying anything at that particular moment in time.

Danni opened her mouth to scream but Greg covered her mouth with his hand "Tut tut, we can't have you alerting the neighbours and ruining our reunion" he said as he began to kiss her neck and Danni tried pushing against him but he just grabbed her healing wrist tightly making her moan in pain behind his hand. "It's been months since we were together Danielle…I can't wait to be inside you again" now that made her panic.

She tried to kick him but he grabbed a fistful of her hair and slammed her head against the wall while keeping a hand over her mouth to muffle her scream of pain. She became light headed and felt herself weaken as her body was still healing and he was just adding more pain. He pulled her head back roughly and bit her neck hard enough to break the skin and make it bleed and she fought to keep the bile from rising in her throat.

"No, not this time, this time I'll over power you and your biker isn't going to be able to save you" he snarled into her ear. Danni whimpered against her wishes, she hated being weak but right now she was terrified and in pain and she couldn't fucking think straight. Greg pulled her hoody over her head and ripped her top down the middle his hand immediately going back to cover her mouth as she tried to scream. She was left in a blue bra and baggy jeans as he palmed her breast and she squeezed her eyes shut tightly and then kicked upwards getting him between the legs and he moved away.

She started to run to the front door but he grabbed her sore wrist and she cursed as he pulled her to the ground him landing on top of her and she screamed but it was cut short by him roughly kissing her drawing blood. He pulled back and smacked her round the face and dug his fingers into her waist trying to undo the button on her jeans. She elbowed him in the side and he grunted in pain before hitting her sore side again and she stopped fighting to try and breath through the pain that she felt.

"Get off of me" she tried to yell at him but again it was muffled by his hand and he ignored her as he ripped her zipper down and she was freaking the fuck out.

She bit his hand hard as a last attempt and he cursed before he pulled it back briefly and she screamed as loud as she could, so loud in fact that it hurt her throat. He placed his hand on her mouth again after punching her not knowing that there were people close enough to hear her "Nice try but no one's around to hear you" he spat.

Just in case they didn't hear Danni flailed her arms above her head knocking a table and a picture frame and ornament shook before falling to the ground with a loud crash "You stupid bitch!" he shouted in her face about to punch her again when he was suddenly removed from above her. Looking up Danni saw that Juice had violently kicked Greg from on top of her.

Danni rolled over onto her side and pushed herself into a sitting position leaning back against the couch and closing her eyes against the pain both physically and emotionally.

"You son of a bitch!" Clay yelled as he punched Greg in the face, Jax following his example straight after.

"What did I tell you?" Juice shouted at him and Greg flinched away from the memory.

Gemma sat down beside her daughter who was breathing deeply trying to calm herself before she opened her eyes and watched the scene in front of her making no move to intervene knowing it wouldn't save Greg either way…not that she wanted to save him anyway.

"I didn't do anything! She wanted it!" Greg protested and got a right hook from Chibs and a left hook from Tig for his troubles.

Danni vaguely heard the kids run towards the front door and knowing that Donna, Tara and Cherry didn't particularly want to see this quietly said "Please keep the kids away from this" as she briefly looked at the three women who nodded both in agreement and thanks for getting them out of the situation of having to watch.

All the guys wanted their shot at him before he was finished so Bobby and Half-Sack had turns kicking him before Opie got to deliver his hits and even Piney threw some in here and there. They all knew who would finish it and they agreed with that but they wanted their shots first. After Greg had sufficiently been kicked the shit out of and covered in blood Clay and Jax nodded to Juice who was more than ready and willing. He glanced briefly at Danni who did not protest so he continued feeling even more pissed off after taking inventory of her new wounds and half naked form.

Juice delivered multiple kicks and punches to Greg before he even pulled his gun out and aimed it at him "I told you what would happen didn't I? I fucking told you to stay away from her!" he bent to Greg's level and spoke low so that no one would hear what he was saying "You bruised that beautiful body even more than it already was…you just added to her fucking emotional pain as well as physical. You drew blood from her…you're lucky I'm letting you die right now because if I let you live it would be for the sole purpose of torturing you for days until you died" Greg flinched back with slightly wide eyes, blood dripping off of him.

Greg looked over at Danni who stared back at him emotionlessly "I'll see you in hell" he spat at her.

"Save me a seat" was her simple response.

"Biker whore! You're a slu…" before he finished his sentence Juice pulled the trigger and put a bullet in his head just like he promised.

The place was silent for a few moments after that before Juice grabbed Danni's SAMCRO hoody and gently helped her put it on avoiding touching her as much as possible. Gemma helped her to her feet and guided her from the house silently and they left with the women and children.

None of the men spoke as they set about fixing the place. Every single one of them patted Juice on the back as they passed in a silent well done as they cleared the body away, cleaned the room and set about getting rid of all of Greg's stuff from and around the house.