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 13

Once again things had seemed to be going great. Wendy hadn't been around again and there wasn't anything major happening with the club. Although the month before, SAMCRO had retaliated towards L.O.A.N by doing exactly as they did. They drove by on their bikes and simply shot at their shop when they were all inside, it was simple and perfect because it was exactly as they had done, the club had thrown their move back in their faces.

Now though of course everyone was wondering when and how they were going to retaliate back. The girls were worried that another shoot out was going to occur but the guys thought that they'd use a different tactic this time to try and catch them all off guard. Danni had seen some of the L.O.A.N members around and that's what brought her to here, where she was, sitting in the clubhouse looking at her family worriedly as they looked back just as worried with a dose of confusion.

"Baby…you ok?" Juice asked gently.

Danni looked at him for a second before she sighed and flopped down into a seat that was slightly away from everyone else and she saw Juice frown a little at her distance from him.

"Ok so…I think that…erm, well…god damn it" she muttered.

"Danni…what the fuck?" Jax asked confused with his brows drawn together.

"Ok erm, brace yourselves" Danni said and they immediately tensed and sat straighter in their seats clinging to their women tighter except Juice since Danni was so far away from him. "So, you all remember when I was almost raped right?" she asked and then cringed as she knew they couldn't every forget it.

"Kinda hard to forget dove" Gemma said also confused.

"Right" she chuckled nervously "Well, I um…you remember the main guy who violated me with his fingers, stabbed my leg and I used as a shield?" she questioned.

"Yeah…what about him?" Chibs asked her.

"Well…he was shot by his guys not by me and I think that…well, I mean I know that, um…he's still alive" she told them finally. The place went silent and everyone seemed to freeze not daring to even breathe for what felt like forever but was actually only a minute or so.

"How do you know?" Clay asked his daughter strained.

Danni swallowed the lump in her throat and answered "Well I saw…when he was trying to rape me, his lower throat was exposed and I saw a tattoo there…I saw a guy yesterday with the same tattoo and his voice…I could never forget it, he sounded exactly the same" she said.

"Who?" Juice asked her shortly trying to keep his temper in check but he wasn't mad…at her anyway.

"What?" she asked slightly confused by his short question.

"Who was it?" Tig clarified.

"Oh um…this is the bit where you'll get pissed" she warned.

"We're all ready pissed" Opie stated.

"More pissed then" she said.

"Is that possible?" Bobby asked.

"Apparently" Half-Sack answered.

"Who was it Danni?" Piney asked her again.

She took a deep breath and looked at them all before she said "It was that AJ Weston guy from L.O.A.N" she told them quietly.

Again silence settled over them but it didn't last nearly as long as the last time. The guys were up shouting every curse under the sun, the girls sat fuming silently and Juice had crushed the glass that he held in his hand and the shatter was what had set everyone else off into a rage. Danni sat silently as she watched her family and she locked eyes with her mother who looked a little shaken but not nearly as bad as she had been when he had been near her and spoken to her after they bumped into each other…he had touched her. Then she looked at Juice who hadn't yelled but his fist still clenched the broken glass and she could see his hand start to bleed a little.

"STOP!" Danni yelled at them and one by one they stopped and looked at her "Jesus, how in the hell do you ever get anything done around here?" she asked them and Gemma smirked as the guys looked at her open mouthed at her calmness.

"How the hell are you so calm? This guy he…he tired to rape you" Jax stated disgusted and Danni nodded.

"Yeah he tried, but he didn't did he? I got away, and now you know and I'm sure he'll get exactly what's coming to him so chill the fuck out and then decide what's happening yeah?" she said to them all and they nodded dumbly at her as she sat calm and collected.

Danni looked at Juice then and grabbed his none bleeding hand and said "Come with me" before she practically dragged him to his room at the clubhouse and into his bathroom. She turned on the cold tap and ran his bleeding hand under the water to clean the blood from it and then she went through his cabinet and grabbed a bandage before she wrapped it around his hand tightly and put the box of bandages away again, closing the cabinet before she looked up at his face only to see him staring right back.

"What?" she asked quietly and he just grasped the side of her neck and dragged her into a slow leisurely kiss, his tongue running along the seam of her lips before slipping into her mouth and tangling with hers as his other hand ran up and down her side slowly.

"I love you" he said when he pulled back resting his head on her and she nodded slightly.

"I love you too" she replied still looking at him in concern.

"You know he won't be left alive don't you?" he asked her seriously.

"Wouldn't have guessed it would end any other way" she told him honestly and he kissed her again quickly.

"To be honest I kinda hoped he was still alive just so that I could kill him" he admitted and she ran her fingers down the side of his face.

"I kinda wanted him to be alive just so that he would have to endure what ever you did to him" she admitted to him and he let out a breath as he cupped her face with both hands.

"Then I guess we'll both get what we wanted" he almost whispered against her lips.

"I guess…and we'll probably both go to hell" she said with a tiny smirk and he couldn't help but return it.

"Well we do live a life of sin…but it doesn't matter if we're in heaven or hell as long as we're together." He said and she felt like crying "But if we're going to hell, we might as well make it worth it" he said with a wiggle of his eyebrows and she laughed before he was kissing her and lifting her bridal style, carrying her to the bed.

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It was later that same day that the guys all went to church to figure out how to handle this new information and Danni decided that she was going to nip home before she went shopping to cheer herself up. She was going to go alone to clear her head and she was going to spend as much as she wanted for the day to get her mind off of everything.

When she got to her house she saw that there were cop cars out the front of her house and she cursed under her breath as she quickly text Juice as one of the men at her house watched her pull into the driveway. She willed herself to get her game face on and calm the fuck down before she sighed to herself and gracefully climbed out of the car and walked calmly and casually up to the men at her house.

"Hello…can I help you?" she asked them politely as she pulled out her key but stood outside with them waiting for an answer.

"Danielle Teller Morrow?" the man who she guessed was in charge asked her.

"Yeah, that's me" she said.

"I'm ATF Agent Sanders" he told her and she nodded "We're going to need you to come with us" he said.

"Excuse me? What for?" she asked him.

"We need to question you on the disappearance of you fiancé Greg Winters" he informed her.

"Ex fiancé" she corrected him.

"Right" he nodded eyeing her suspiciously and she wanted to punch him there and then "Would you please co-operate with us by coming to the station?" he asked but she new he was playing the good guy act, she could tell he was just like the rest of them but she played along anyway.

"Of course, anything to help" she said in fake sweetness and they walked to the car together both of them playing the nice guy but knowing the other was anything but that.

When they got to the station she was immediately steered into one of those interrogation rooms that were meant to intimidate you but Danni had been here before, more times than she liked to remember and the room with the mirror did nothing to her. She sat in the seat and leaned back casually as she waited for him to collected his papers neatly and then he raised his head to look at her.

"No one is on the opposite side of that mirror" he stated and she knew that there must be things he wouldn't want heard by others if no one was watching.

"So Danielle, do you know what happened to your fiancé…I'm sorry ex fiancé?" he questioned her and she knew he said the wrong thing on purpose trying to rile her up.

"I think he left town" she replied easily.

"And what makes you say that?" he asked her leaning forward as she continued to lean back in her chair completely at ease.

"Well when we broke up he told me I could collect my things but the house was mine so he ended up moving out and I assumed that he left town" she told him.

Agent Sanders sighed and lost the good guy front "Listen, in all honesty I think you killed him" he stated.

"I didn't" she said truthfully.

"I want to know what happened. Why did you break up?" he asked.

Danni clasped her hands in front of her and tilted her head "You already know why don't you?" she asked him and he chuckled a little.

"You are observant" he stated "He hit you right?" he questioned.

She nodded her head "Yeah he did. It started out as him becoming more…" she searched for a word "Demanding, he would tell me I couldn't wear certain things and before I knew it he gave me a bruise. When it happened a second time I told him I was leaving him because I wouldn't live like that, I wouldn't put up with it. He didn't take it very well and he beat me pretty bad. I fought back, left the house and didn't go back. A little over a month later he text me saying that I could move my stuff out but I bought the place and told him he was the one that could move out and when I went to the house all his stuff was gone, I assumed he took his stuff and left town" she finished lying easily.

He stared at her for a long moment before leaning in even more than before "Maybe you didn't kill him but there are many people that would do it for you."

"What makes you so sure he's dead?" Danni asked him.

"I just know. And I know it has something to do with you…maybe your boy killed him for hurting you?" he suggested.

"My boy?" she questioned.

"Jean Carlos Ortiz. You got back together with him a few months after you broke things off with Greg. Maybe he wasn't too happy that someone hurt you" he said.

Danni kept her calm and casual front as she answered "Juice wouldn't have had the chance between when it happened and when Greg left. And besides what would he possibly gain from killing Greg?" she asked.

"Revenge for him hurting you" Agent Sanders stated.

"Juice is just a guy with a bike and a love for tequila" she replied.

"And that club…they wouldn't have disposed of him for hurting you?" he kept pushing.

"They're just a bunch of guys who share a love for motorbikes, alcohol and sex" she stated and he finally cracked slamming his hands on the table and standing up.

"I know Greg Winters is dead and I know it's connected to you and that club" he snapped.

"You got anything to back that up?" she asked him.

"Not yet" he replied fuming.

Danni stood calmly from her chair "Well good luck with that but you're not going to find anything because they're just motorcycle enthusiasts" she said and she walked to the door knowing he wasn't going to hold her and that she could leave. Before she left she turned back to him "You know, you'd think that after the last two ATF Agents ended up…disappearing that you'd be more careful in Charming. You never know what's just around the corner in this town, you should be careful" she said as though concerned but they both knew it was a warning.

Danni walked from the room and made her way outside nodding to Unser as she passed letting him know it was all good. She checked her phone but saw that she had no new messages so Juice must have not gotten her text yet. She sighed as she started the car and she hoped that this wouldn't turn into another Agent Stahl scenario.

When she pulled up to TM she saw all the bikes there and Juice was just about to get onto his as she stepped out of the car. He immediately got back off of his bike and went over to her pulling her into a hug.

"You ok?" he asked and she nodded her head "Sorry I didn't get there but we were busy and I didn't even realise that I had a text until we got back here like two minutes ago" he rambled into her hair and she chuckled a little.

"It's ok, the guy has nothing anyway he was just a pain in the ass" she said and he laughed pulling her towards the clubhouse.

"What did he want?" he asked her as they entered and everyone turned to look.

"Yeah dove, what did the guy want?" Gemma asked from her seat beside Clay.

Danni sighed sitting down next to Juice, his arm wrapped around her waist "It was another ATF Agent, Agent Sanders" she informed them and they all got dark looks on their faces remembering Stahl and Kohn.

"Another? Haven't they learned yet?" Cherry asked.

"Apparently not" Donna sighed.

"Well, what did he want?" Jax asked.

"They were at my house when I went there and they took me in to question me about the disappearance of Greg" she said and they sighed but also kind of knew it might happen "This Agent Sanders is just as bad as Stahl, he played nice guy for a while but no one was watching us through the mirror so he lost the act and flat out told me he thought I killed Greg. He knows that Greg hit me so he thinks I killed him for it, when I told him the story editing the end to say Greg took his stuff and I assumed he left town, he said that maybe Juice killed him for me or the club may have disposed of him" she told them.

"Shit" Chibs cursed.

"But he's got nothing. It's just a hunch; he doesn't even have proof that Greg is dead. He was fishing for information that I didn't give. He's just trying to make me think he has something but he doesn't. For all everyone else knows Greg is still alive but has left town" Danni assured them.

"Alright, just be careful yeah? You do have a bit of a record" Clay reminded her.

"Yeah I know" she said pouting slightly "Some of it is not my fault though" she defended.

"Yeah, some of it" Tig laughed and she threw a pillow at him.

"Shut up" she chuckled "So where were you that you didn't get my text earlier?" she asked Juice curiously.

"Retaliation" was all he said and she looked at them all before she nodded slowly. She locked eyes with her mother and she could see the relief there and she knew that AJ Weston was dead and cold.

"Dinner at my house this weekend" Gemma stated to the silent room.

"You're having more and more of these family dinners Gemma" Tara commented.

"More like she's going crazy with them" Danni muttered before grinning at her mother when she narrowed her eyes at her with a tiny smile.

"Well family is important and you never know what's going to happen so we should make the most of it" she said and Danni nodded her agreement to her mother's reasoning while she tightened her grip on Juice's arm "So this weekend, dinner" she stated again and they all nodded their heads in consent. Juice, who had felt Danni's grip tighten when Gemma spoke of never knowing what could happen, clasped her hand with his and pulled them both to stand up and guided her back out to the front of TM and towards her car.

"Alright, talk to me" he demanded as he pushed her against the car and gently pressed his body against hers.

"What?" she asked him confused.

"There is something that's still holding you back from me Danni, what is it?" he asked although he had a pretty good idea.

"What happened to the stupid Juice?" she asked huffily not wanting to talk about this and he chuckled a little tucking some hair behind her ear.

"I'm never stupid when it comes to you Danni…or well, knowing what you're feeling and shit. Sometimes I can still screw up with you" he said and she smiled at him before she sighed.

"I love you" she said and he kissed her briefly.

"I know you do, and I love you but there is still something isn't there?" he asked and she stayed silent looking at him so he continued knowing she didn't want to say it "You don't want to have gotten me back just to lose me again…right?" he asked her gently and she closed her eyes while she fisted his shirt tightly under his cut.

"You're scared to lose me again" he stated while resting his head against hers and she sniffed a little willing the tears to stay at bay and then she looked up at him.

Danni opened her mouth to answer him but the sound of screeching tires stopped her as they both looked to the left and before she knew what was happening Juice had grabbed her around the waist and pushed her to the ground his body covering hers as guns were fired at them. She heard the bullets hit the car as they passed them and they didn't stop to check if they got hit or not, the van kept on driving. She became aware of a sharp pain in her side that she remembered feeling once before not too long ago, she became aware of her family running towards them and that Juice hadn't moved.

She gently rolled him off of her onto his back and almost passed out from fear there and then when she saw blood covering his stomach and that his eyes were closed. She realised that she was drenched in blood and that she could feel his blood smudged on her face. She leaned over him with tears coming down her face and she felt his neck for a pulse and closed her eyes in relief when she felt one. The next thing she knew Tara was leaned over him while Gemma pulled her back a little and then the guys were lifting him into the clubhouse.

People were talking to her but she couldn't hear what they were saying. Instead she got to her feet shakily and stumbled into the clubhouse after everyone else. She looked down and wondered why there was more blood covering her than before and then she remembered the pain in her side. She placed her hand at her side and pulled it back seeing that blood was indeed pouring from her also but her eyes went back to Juice anyway. Everyone was in the room giving Tara and Chibs a respectful space to work and Danni stood with her back against the wall trying to keep her eyes on Juice as he lay there looking lifeless. It eventually became too much for her though and she slid down the wall her knees halfway to her chest as the tears and blood kept flowing.

Jax turned to face his baby sister and his eyes widened "Fuck" he hissed. No one had noticed that she'd been hit also and she hadn't said anything because she wanted Juice to be taken care of first. "Danni!" he called her name as her eyes began to close "Shit, she's been hit in the side again" he informed the rest of the room and all their eyes went to Danni with surprise as she hadn't said anything and they hadn't noticed. They shouldn't be surprised though, Danni would always want someone else saved before herself and the fact that it was Juice would just make her keep quiet longer.

Chibs went to Danni as Tara continued working on Juice with the help of a few others. Danni was laid out on her back passed out now and Chibs set to work. Half of the family helping to save Juice, and half of them helping to save Danni.