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Fighting Back

Chapter 25

"What's wrong?" Piney asked as he saw Kozik and Tig leaving the clubhouse, followed a couple of other sons. One Piney knew as Quinn the Nomad President and another son he hadn't met.

"They lost the girl." The son who Piney didn't recognise shouted from behind Quinn.

"Shut it asshole." Tig shouted as he rolled his eyes at Kozik, a gesture he returned.

"Who's the boy?" Piney asked.

"Names Dougie bit of an idiot but good at his job." Quinn looked back at Dougie "As long as he learns to keep his mouth shut." Quinn gave him a hard look before turning back to Piney who was also staring hard at the younger son.

"Better learn quick son." Piney warned before looking at Quinn. "Good to see you brother." Piney shook his hand.

"You to Old Man."

"The girl the kids talking about, take it he means Nicole." Piney ignored the eye rolling from Dougie at being called a kid.

"Yeah, Prospects said her cars gone she must have left."

"Where were you two?" Piney knew that Tig and Kozik were meant to be watching her.

"Ask Tiggy." Kozik remarked bitterly.

"Me this is on you."

"You lunged at me first moron."

"Yeah because as usual you were being a jackass."

"I swear to god man..."

"Hey..HEY...I don't give a shit who started it. By the state of the two of you I'd say your both to blame."

"When was the last time you saw her?" Quinn asked as he lit a cigarette.

"15-20 minutes." Kozik answered.

"Then she couldn't of gone far, this town ain't that big." Quinn said going into president mode. "So we spilt up and try and find her, now considering neither me or Dougie know what she looks like your going to have to spilt up. Kozik you go with Dougie. Tig your with me." Both Tig and Kozik nodded in agreement, although Kozik wasn't thrilled about the prospect of having to spend any time with Dougie.

"And what about me?" Piney asked, he was growing very tired of being pushed to the sidelines.

"You Old Man you can go with Koz and Dougie something tells me their going to need a referee." Piney laughed as Quinn clapped him on his back.

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Nicole's eyes flit between the two men standing in front of her, to say she was confused was an understatement. She didn't know if she was just being completely stupid or not but for the life of her she couldn't figure out the connection between the two men. She knew Ryan was there for her that much was obvious but what was Andy doing here.

"Well Ryan I have to say you've out done yourself. I mean I know the plan was to get her." Andy pointed to Nicole "But the VP's Old Lady as well that's just an added bonus."

"Shut the fuck up." Ryan turned back to face Nicole who was still pointing the gun towards them. "Don't listen to him Nic, he's lying."

"Come on you really believe that." Nicole's head turned towards Andy who was staring down at her. He went to step forward.

"Don't move." Nicole ordered. Andy stopped.

"Okay, but I feel you have a right to know. Ryan's been working with us from the start. I mean how else do you explain how he managed to escape he couldn't have done it alone." Andy smiled when he looked at the expression on her face, she believed him.

"Nic don't listen shoot him." Nicole looked back at Ryan. "SHOOT HIM." He shouted.

"SHUT UP. Just shut up both of you." Nicole screamed at the two men in front of her. She locked her eyes with Ryan. "Is it true?"

"Nic I...I..." Nicole knew by the way he was stuttering that what Andy had told her was the truth. She shook her head in disgust.

"Why...why are you doing this to me?"

"It's not what you think, I never meant to hurt you..." Ryan stopped when he heard the click of another gun. Looking back he saw Andy standing with his gun pointed at Nicole.

"Sorry to interrupt this shit but I really don't have time for this. Now Nicole I need you to come with me."

"NO." She said firmly, Andy laughed a sinister laugh.

"That ain't an option sweetheart." Andy caught Ryan out the corner of his eye as he went to make a move on him. Reacting, Andy swiftly turned his gun on Ryan and shot him in the knee causing him to drop to the floor screaming in pain.

Nicole had to physically ground herself to the floor as she watched Ryan drop to the floor. She felt herself going towards him, but remembering the situation she was in, the situation he had put her in, she recoiled, planting her feet firmly on the floor. Before returning her eyes back to Andy.

"Next bullet goes in her." He told her as he aimed his gun at Tara. Nicole took a step to her left placing herself between Tara and the gun that was currently pointing at her.

"NO, I think the next bullet goes in you." She said again.

"I see were going to do this the hard way. That's fine by me." He didn't even blink as he pulled the trigger.

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Kozik, Piney and Dougie pulled up outside Jax's house. "Her car's not here." Kozik stated to Piney as he got off his bike.

"Tara's isn't either." Piney followed him towards the house.

Kozik raised his gun, Piney and Dougie following suit. They spilt us to cover more ground but still making sure they checked every inch of the house carefully.

After checking the nursery and the bathroom Kozik made his way back into the kitchen where Piney was leaning agaisnt the wall flicking through a small leather book.

"What's that?"

"Looks like Tara's diary, seems today's her day off."

"Maybe Nicky and her met up, went out for the day."

"Without telling us, she knows she's on lockdown."

"Like she's never broken the rules before." Kozik raised his eyebrows at Piney.

"Yeah, your right. I'll call Tara. Where's the Kid?" Piney asked realising that Dougie hadn't returned from his search.

"I'll go check. You try Tara, try Nicole as well maybe she'll answer if she sees it's you and not me or Tig."

Kozik made he way towards the spare room/Nicole's room which is where he had last seen Dougie. He quietly stood in the doorway as he observed the man. Dougie was standing with his back to him and from Kozik's angle it looked like he had something in his hand. Taking a few steps closer so he could get a better look, Kozik finally saw what he was holding. It was a picture of Jax and Nicole but what concerned him more was the way he was running his thumb over Nicole's face. Kozik was about to open his mouth but before he could Dougie cut him off.

"This is Nicole right?" He asked not taking his eyes off the photo. Well until Kozik snatched it out of his hand.

"She's off limits."

"Sorry brother didn't realise she was your Old Lady." Dougie replied, straightening himself up. Kozik didn't like the tone of his voice there was a questioning/cocky undertone as if he already knew what Kozik's answer was going to be, that Nicole didn't belong to him.

"She's not." Dougie nodded his head knowingly, before a wide smile spread across his face as he watched Kozik's jaw tighten.

"So what's the deal with you two then?"

Kozik couldn't contain it any longer, Dougie's smarmy face was too much. He grabbed hold of Dougie by the collar of his cut and slammed him against the wall behind him. Dougie just laughed in his face which just pissed Kozik off even more. Using his free hand Kozik grabbed his face squishing his cheeks together.

"Hey." Kozik looked over his shoulder when he heard Piney's voice. "Tig's just called we need to get back to the clubhouse." Piney said as he took in the scene in front of him.

"Okay." Kozik looked back at Dougie. He shoved him against the wall before releasing his grip on him and storming out of the room. Dougie rubbed his aching jaw before looking over in Piney's direction. Dougie smirked to himself as Piney shook his head before following Kozik out of the house.

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Nicole dropped to the floor as she clutched her shoulder. She tried to hold back her tears as she didn't want to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry, even if the pain was killing her.

Andy smiled to himself, the shot was perfect, just enough to hurt her but not deep enough to cause her serious injury, he still needed her in one piece. As he walked over to her he heard the Ryan's threats.

"I swear I'm gonna kill you."

"And how are you going to do that when your dead?" Andy remarked before firing another bullet into Ryan's body. This time in his abdomen.

Nicole couldn't stop herself any longer. Watching as Andy pumped another bullet into Ryan, probably the final blow, Nicole couldn't stop herself from screaming Ryan's name as she watched his body go limp.

"How sweet." Andy remarked before he knelt beside her. But he didn't expect Nicole to react so quickly.

She pointed her gun in Andy's face, trying her hardest to keep her hand from shaking, but it was a difficult task.

"Now don't be stupid Nicole." Nicole shook her head as she was unable to speak from concentrating to hard on keeping the gun aimed in his face. "Okay then." Andy raised his gun to the side of him so that his gun was pointed at Tara. "Then she dies."

Nicole looked back as she heard the muffled gasps coming from Tara. Nicole could see the fear in her eyes and Nicole knew that she had no choice but to give in. She kept eye contact with Tara as she started lowering her gun, Tara shook her head silently telling her not to do that, not to give up but Nicole gave her an apologetic smile before giving into her fate.

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Tig recognised the Mustang immediately as they turned into the street. He sped up as he tried to get to Clay's house faster. Parking up he quickly dismounted his bike before he went to check over her car, peering through the windows.

"This hers?" Quinn asked as he removed his helmet.

"Yeah."

"Sweet ride. Who's the others?" Tig looked back at Quinn who was pointing over his shoulder. Turning around Tig saw the Cutlass, Tara's Cutlass. He had been so preoccupied with seeing the Mustang he hadn't even noticed the Cutlass parked in front.

"Tara's."

"The VP's girl?"

"Yeah."

Tig didn't like the look of this, and the sickening feeling in his gut was telling him something bad was going to happen. Drawing his gun he made his way into the house, Quinn closely behind him.

As he walked inside he felt his insides flip when he saw blood smeared across the hallway wall. Looking behind him he pointed to the blood, Quinn tilted his head acknowledging the blood. As they reached the end of the hallway Tig did a quick scan when his eyes landed on Tara, who was tied to a chair in the middle of the living room.

"Shit." He cursed to himself. He moved as quickly as he could only stopping when he came across Ryan lying on the floor. He hesitated for a brief moment before continuing over to Tara.

"You okay doll?" He asked as he removed her gag. Tara nodded. "Where's Nic?"

"He took her." Tig looked back over to Ryan as Quinn stood over his body.

"Who took her?" Tig questioned in confusion.

"God damn he must have 9 lives or something." Quinn remarked. Tig looked back over his shoulder.

"What?"

"He's still alive." Quinn removed his fingers from Ryan's neck. "The pulse is faint but it's defiantly there."

"Then finish it." Tig snapped sharply.

"NO." Tara shouted causing both men to look at her in confusion. Tara cleared her throat before continuing. "Don't kill him we need him alive."

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As the three men pulled back into Teller/Morrow they noticed Quinn and Tig's bikes were already back in the lot. Kozik stormed into the clubhouse, his temper still flared from his earlier encounter with Dougie. God he hated that little shit, the sooner this was all over and he could leave the better.

His eyes went straight to the open Church doors in front of him, he could see Tara and by the looks of it she was working on something or rather somebody. Kozik felt his heart sink, was it Nicole was she hurt.

"It ain't the girl." Kozik turned around to see Quinn sitting at the bar a cigarette in one hand a Whiskey in the other. "It's Ryan."

"Come again." Kozik walked over to Quinn as did Piney.

"When we arrived at Clay's house we found the Doc tied to a chair and Ryan out cold on the floor."

"And Nicole?" Piney asked. Quinn shrugged.

"Nowhere to be seen. Doc said their was another man, but had no clue who he was. So she's pulling the lead out the piece shit so he can hopefully clear up a few things."

"You think he knows they guy?" This time it was Kozik doing the asking.

"Doc said it seemed that way."

"Right." Kozik ran his hand over the back of his neck. "Where's Tig?"

"On the phone to Clay."

"Great."

"Where's the kid?" Piney asked looking around the clubhouse.

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Looking over at Piney and Kozik he realised that Quinn had gained their full attention, taking advantage of this Dougie made his way over Church where he noticed a dark haired woman.

"How's the patient?" He asked making Tara jump out of her skin with the sound of his voice. A look of satisfaction crept onto Dougie's face. Tara let her eyes roam over the man before looking back at his face. "Name's Dougie. I'm a nomad with Quinn." Dougie extended his hand in front of him, waiting for her to accept.

"Hi." She replied shaking his hand after a moments hesitation. Smiling at her he finally let go of her hand and walked passed her so he could take a look at Ryan lying on the table.

"Think he's gonna live?"

"Hopefully." Dougie nodded his head.

"Good."

"Hey." Dougie turned around to see Quinn and Kozik staring at him. Dougie stepped away from the table. "Piney's gonna show you to your dorm, I suggest you take a few hours put your head down."

"Sure thing Prez." Dougie smiled at Tara before squeezing past the two men and heading after Piney.

"Who is that guy?" Tara questioned wrapping her arms around herself, that guy gave her the creeps.

"Dougie. Don't worry he's harmless." Kozik tutted.

He knew that doing a job like Dougie did, sometimes got a person twisted up, you only had to look at Happy. The look in his eyes when he was killing someone was scary, you could tell he was enjoying it in some twisted way but in saying that Happy was also a decent guy, a trustworthy guy you would never think twice about leaving your Old Lady alone in the same room as him . But Dougie was different there was something off about him and after witnessing him rubbing his finger over Nicole's face in that picture, Kozik couldn't shake off this feeling, Dougie made him nervous.

"Yeah well I don't trust him. Just keep him away from Tara and we shouldn't have a problem." Kozik told Quinn firmly.

"Not a problem."

"Good." Kozik walked further into the room and over to the table where Ryan was lying. "What's the verdict?"

"Managed to pull out the bullets. He's stabilised, so really were just waiting on him."

"Great another waiting game."

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Nicole shot awake, only to be met with a shooting pain in her left shoulder, her hand instinctively went there and that's when she felt the bandage. Someone must have stitched her up she thought, and that's when she realized she was no longer in her own clothes. Instead of her jeans and t-shirt she was now wearing a pair of small white cotton shorts and a white camisole. She also realized that she wasn't tied up or anything in fact she was completely alone in what looked to be someones bedroom, this was the weirdest kidnapping. How many captors left their hostage alone in room that had windows, windows that she could easy escape from, no correction windows that she was going to escape out of.

Carefully sliding off the bed so she didn't make a noise, she tiptoed her way over to the nearest window. Trying the first window she had no luck the window wouldn't budge, not wasting any time she walked around the bed towards the other window, only to be disappointed again.

"Fuck." She cursed under her breath.

"Their nailed shut sweetheart, so I wouldn't bother." Nicole spun around. She saw a young Latina woman standing in the doorway holding a tray of what seemed to medical supplies.

"Who are you?"

"Lusia. This is my Old man's house."

Old man, Nicole knew that term was only used by members of an MC when describing your boyfriend or husband. Nicole got a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. Taking in her Ethic origin Nicole could only come to one conclusion, Mayans.

"Who's your Old Man?"

A huge grin took over Lusia's face, she was going to enjoy this. When Hector had been contacted by a mysterious man asking if he would be interested in getting back at Samcro or more importantly Jax Teller, he jumped at the chance. And Luisa had to admit that she to was looking forward to this. Jax teller had destroyed everything. Her Old Man had been made president of the Calaveres tribe, but Jax Teller had had ripped that away from them, and right now Lusia couldn't wait to exact her revenge. And what better way than to mess with his family.

"I think you might know him, Hector Salazar."