Fighting Back

Chapter 10

Jax got the call early hours in the morning. He woke Nicole up and dragged her along to the Clubhouse. She tried questioning him but Jax didn't have any answers, he was in the dark just like her. All he told her was Juice sounded frantic and wanted him there A.S.A.P.

She pulled on a blue hooded jumper and a pair of grey sweatpants. Pulling her hair into a rough ponytail, she made her way out of her room and into the front room where Jax was already waiting for her, dressed in his normal jeans, Samro jumper and cut.

When they arrived at the clubhouse it was eerily quiet. Walking into the bar Jax immediately headed over to Juice who was sitting at table with Clay sitting next to him.

"What's this about?"

"I got an email from the Belfast VP. This was taken six hours ago." Juice turned the computer around so Jax could see the picture of Cameron's dead body.

"Where was this taken?" Juice paused for a moment, he knew his answer wasn't going to go down well.

"Juice." He looked back at Nicole who looked like she seen a ghost and he knew she knew what was coming next.

"Shortstrand. Belfast."

"Cameron's in Belfast." Jax ran his hand through his hair.

"Then where's Abel?" Clay asked.

Nicole took hold of Jax's hand in hers. This was a devastating blow, they finally thought they were getting somewhere, had a solid lead that Cameron and Abel were in Vancouver, but this threw everything sideways.

The four of them sat down as they tried to figure out what they were going to do. How this was going to play out. Clay offered to call the rest of the guys but Jax told him to hold off until a more decent hour. He needed them to have a clear head, and he wanted to have some sort of plan before he called them.

As the hours passed they made a big dent in the pot of coffee Nicole had made.

Nicole excused herself from the group. She made her way down to the bathroom at the end of the hall. Once she was done Nicole opened the door and jumped slightly when she saw Happy coming out of his room, which was right next to the bathroom. Happy scratched his bald head before turning to face her. Nicole dropped her eyes from his bare chest. She didn't know why but she could feel herself blushing. She had seen most of the guys semi naked hundreds of times, and it never bothered her but for some reason right now it bothered her. She could have died when she finally looked back at him, and saw that he was grinning at her, she knew that he had noticed her blushing.

Sucking up her embarrassment she walked up to him stopping just in front of him.

"Morning." He greeted in a gravelly morning voice.

"Morning."

The silence that they fell into was interrupted, when some girl called his name. Nicole leaned onto her tiptoes and just about managed to get a glimpse over his shoulder at the girl lying in his bed. Nicole smiled at him and raised her eyebrows as she leaned back onto the balls of her feet.

"I think you should probably get rid of your friend. Club needs you." She snapped with a little attitude.

She walked away and went back into the bar taking her previous seat next to Jax. She poured herself another drink.

Less than two minutes later the Blonde that had been tangled up in Happy's bedsheets was storming through the bar. Nicole couldn't help but smile to herself at how pissed the girl looked. She looked back to the hallway when she heard the sound of heavy boots scuffling into the bar.

As she saw Happy walking over to them, Nicole tried to hide her smile, but Happy had already caught her, and just like Nicole had anticipated he didn't look to pleased. She knew he hated it when she told him what to do hence the scowl that was on his face. Nicole hid her smile behind her hand knowing that her smugness would only piss him off more.

Clay filled Happy in what happened while Juice started to call the other guys. Jax took Nicole home, he could see that she was getting tired, and he knew it was because she had pushed herself to hard yesterday.

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After a quick shower and some more coffee Jax was ready to return to the Clubhouse. He went to go and tell Nicole it was time to leave, but as he reached her door he stopped. Nicole was fast asleep on top of her bed. His lip curled into a small smile at the sight of her. Stepping quietly into her room, he crouched down beside her, gently moving a strand of hair from her face before he leant down and placed a kiss onto her forehead. He left her a note telling her where he'd gone and then he left.

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Jax pulled into the parking lot of Teller/Morrow. He could see that Clay was surrounded by Chibs, Bobby and Happy. As Jax parked up Clay moved away from the group and made his way over to him. Jax removed his helmet and dismounted his bike as Clay handed him his cell.

"Jimmy."

"Tell me you have my kid." Jax spoke as walked away from Clay. The other sons started to gather around watching Jax.

"I'm sorry I don't Jackson. Real Army boys grabbed Cammy at Grand Central Station. Abel wouldn't wit him." Jimmy replied

"Well they had to grill him before they tied off his neck."

"Nah it happened fast."

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY KID?" Jax shouted growing tired of the whole situation.

This caused Jimmy to pause for a second, why he thought of another lie to cover the fact that Abel was indeed in Belfast and was under the watchful eye of Father Ashby.

"I understand your rage. If it were my son..."

"But it's NOT."

"Abel wasn't wit Cammy in Belfast. Which means your boy still in Vancouver." Jimmy lied again.

"Every word you have spit about my kid has been wrong. I'm not going to trust this wave of bullshit."

"Well maybe you'll believe a brother." Jimmy hands the phone to Liam O'Neil a member of the Sons of Anarchy Belfast Charter.

"Jax, it's Liam O'Neil."

"What are you doing with Jimmy?"

"I was meant to be watching his back as he travelled up north. I was with Jimmy. Saw them scoop up Hayes at the depo. Had no baby with him. That's for real."

"I should come out there. Talk to the guys, who rounded him up, maybe he gave them a contact, place he took him anything."

"That will never happen brother. You know the drill, Sons are just hired guns. Were not inside the circle never have been." Liam tried to reason. The last thing any of them wanted was the Charming Sons in Belfast.

"Okay." Jax hung up the phone.

As he turned around he realised that all of his brothers were watching, listening to his conversation. He didn't mind, they were there to help him, although right now he wasn't sure anyone could.

Jax had never felt so enraged. His body was shaking from the inside out. He chucked Clay's phone back to him. Jax wanted to explain what was going on but he couldn't form any words right now, he was too furious. He paced the floor beneath him, breathing heavily as his chest got tighter. He needed a release.

He turned around and was facing the black SUV. Jax clenched his fist and punched the side of the van, making a dent, he repeated this motion several times. Finally he stopped beating on the van when he realised it wasn't helping. He knew they were all watching him, but he still couldn't talk. He stormed over to the clubhouse. No one followed as they all knew he needed to calm down.

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Jax sat on the end of his bed. He lit his cigarette, with his left hand and he shook his battered right hand. His hand was shaking and his knuckles were bleeding.

His attention was taken away from his hand by a knock of the door. He sat there wondering if he really wanted to answer it or not, but the decision was taken out of his hand when his door opened.

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Nicole woke as soon as she heard the front door close behind Jax. She read his message and was slightly annoyed that he had left her, considering he had already informed her that she was not coming to Vancouver.

She got up and jumped in the shower, she was in and out within 10 minutes. She grabbed what was closet, which was a pair of denim shorts and baggy grey v neck shirt. She pulled on her brown cowboy boots. She ran a brush through her hair, leaving it to dry naturally. She applied light makeup before grabbing her bag and keys and heading out the door.

When she had arrived at Teller/Morrow she saw the guys sitting at the picnic bench, and she could tell straight away that something was wrong. When she questioned them, they told her about Jax's conversation with Jimmy and how he took his frustrations out on the Van.

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When he didn't answer, Nicole didn't bother knocking again instead she just walked straight into his room. Jax turned and looked at her, he was surprised to see her standing there, she was fast asleep the last time he seen her.

Nicole chucked an icepack, that she got from the kitchen, over to Jax. He caught it with his left hand.

"Heard you picked a fight with a van."

"Yeah." Nicole walked over and took a seat next to him on the bed. She pulled his injured hand closer to her, lifting up the icepack he was now holding over it, she inspected the damage.

"I'd say the van won." Jax smirked at her, but Nicole noticed the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"What are you doing here? You need to rest you over did yesterday." Nicole loved how he was still concerned about her, giving everything that was going on.

"I'm okay. Plus you need me so I'm here. You can at least let me help you this morning considering your not taking me with you to Vancouver."

"Nic you know why..."

"Yes I do and I'm not going to fight your decision."

"That's a first." She slapped him playfully on his arm. He was right though under normal circumstances she would fight him, but there was something she had to do today, something she knew full well Jax and Clay would not be happy about.

"Screw you Jackson." He laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"I'm glad your here Nic, I don't think I could do this without you."

"Well you don't have to worry about that because I'm not going anywhere." The fell into a comfortable silence. Moments passed as they both enjoyed the comfort the other was providing.

"Jay..."

"Yeah."

"Their waiting for you. They need to know what's gonna happen now."

"I know."

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Nicole and Jax walked out of the Clubhouse, Jax was holding onto to Nicole's hand. Jax nodded at all his fellow brothers, as Clay winked at Nicole. He knew she would be able to bring him out of whatever shit that was going on in his head and was happy that she had succeeded.

"What's the plan son?" Clay asked.

"We stick with Plan A. You guy's drop off the guns. Me and Clay will pick up Mom. We all head north and find my Kid."

Opie stepped forward and handed Jax an envelope. He let go of Nicole's hand so that he could open it. He looked up at Opie in shock.

"It's 10 grand for Sergio's tracker."

"How?" Jax queried.

"Sold the Pinhead." Jax stepped up to Opie and the two shared a hug. Jax knew how much Opie loved that bike, how much time he had spent doing it up. This was a gesture that spoke volumes to him.

When they pulled away Nicole smiled at Opie. He bent down and placed a kiss on top of her head. She wrapped her arm around his waist as he stood next to her.

"We all ready to do this?" Jax asked. Everybody nodded. Jax handed Bobby the envelope with the money in it.

"I'll wire that to our guy in Vancouver." He clarified.

"Yeah." Jax followed the others and headed to his bike.

Clay walked over to Nicole who was still standing with Opie. Nicole let go of Opie and stepped closer to Clay, she could tell he wanted to talk to her. Opie gave them a moments' privacy.

"Thanks Princess, I thought he was going to lose his head again."

"Nah, he's just pissed. Fucking Irish jerking him around, you sure we can trust them?"

"We have no choice at the moment." He gave her a hug.

"Clay." Clay turned to face Happy.

"Yeah."

"I've got a favour to ask."

"Sure what is it?" Clay asked.

"Mom's in real bad shape. I've been covering the cost of the hospice, but the Meds are breaking me."

"I know someone who can help you out." Both Clay and Happy turned to look at Nicole inquisitively.

Nicole knew straight away that they were worried that still knew people who could hook her up with drugs. When she was with Micheal she got into trouble with drugs. She wasn't an addict or anything but she did start to dabble in some hard core drugs. And that scared the shit out of her family. It also didn't help matters that Micheal's Dad was Darby, head of the Nords, and he made his own drugs that he was more than happy to let the Samcro princess sample.

"You can both stop looking at me that. She supplies Clinics with Scripts. It's where Piney gets his emphysema medicine from."

"You sure about that?" She could hear the suspicion in his voice.

"Clay I haven't touched anything like that since Michael. I swear." Clay motioned Happy to follow him as he mad his way over to Piney.

"Piney Nicole said you know a woman who sells scripts." Piney looked at Nicole before looking back at Clay.

"Yeah. She's a good gal."

"Think you can hook Hap up. His Mom needs Meds."

"Sure."

"After we make the drop I'll take Hap there. Meet up with you guys at Gemma's Dad."

"Sounds good."

"Thanks." Hap offered to Piney.

Nicole started to say her goodbyes to them all making sure to tell them to take care and be safe. She finally made her way over to Clay and Jax.

She hugged Clay first. "You take care okay, and don't worry about me, I'll keep myself out of trouble." She whispered in his ear.

"I know you will but just in case." Nicole pulled away from him. She looked at Jax who had the cheesiest grin on his face.

"What are you talking about Clay?" Clay looked towards the gates as a motorcycle pulled inside.

"Ah, here he is?"

"Who?" She questioned.

"Your babysitter." Jax added, causing Nicole to frown at him. She looked back over to the bike that was parking up. She waited for the guy to reveal himself, but when he took off his helmet she wished he didn't.

"No...noway." Nicole objected.

"I'm not leaving you here unprotected Princess, so suck it up." Clay joked.

Kozik casually made his way over to the group. He stopped just in front of Nicole who had her arms folded across her chest. He stood face to face with her, letting his eyes scan over her, as he took in her appearance. Nicole just tutted in disgust.

"This guy seriously." She huffed before storming over to the clubhouse. Kozik watched her walk away.

"Don't take it personally bro she's just pissed she's got a babysitter." Jax reassured him.

"Yeah." He lied. Kozik knew exactly why she reacted like that and it was nothing to do with being babysat, it was because he was the one babysitting her.