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TWO MONTHS
A lot has been going on for Natalie, not only does she work at the nursing home and the handicap/disability center, when she isn't working there she is working at T-M in the office, or she's helping Luann with her books and office work. She met Otto Delaney two months ago and after that has visited him a few times. Her, Luann, and Gemma have gotten closer and Natalie admires the two older women even more than before. She also tries hanging out with Kristina and Audrey when they can. When Happy isn't away on a run or in Tacoma he's at Natalie's, and he has left a few of his personal items in her dresser drawer. They aren't a couple or anything and neither has bothered to address the other with that question. Happy has spent the last two weeks in Tacoma and while away they have talked every day until two nights ago when they got into an argument. When Happy isn't on a run or in Tacoma he's her babysitter but when he's away she has Tig, Kip, or sometimes Juice since Miguel is still in the area.
Natalie was in her black leggings and gray sweatshirt, her hair in a loose braid when she hears a knock on the door. Going to the door she opens it and sees Kip standing there looking nervous "Hey Kip, why do you look nervous?"
He laughs nervously, "I was assigned to babysit you tonight by myself, as my last assignment before patching in tomorrow."
Natalie smiles and says "Why are you nervous then? I don't bite plus I like you, you're like my brother who doesn't irritate me."
He smiles and says "Your right."
"Well I have to go to the store to get groceries, you going to follow or just ride with me?" She asks grabbing her purse and keys.
"Doesn't matter," Kip shrugs as he waits for her to close and lock her door.
"Well, why not just ride with me then, I'll even let you drive," she says tossing him the keys.
"Seriously?" he asks.
She nods and laughs, "Yeah, come on lets go"
They are waiting in line to pay when she hears "OMG is that you Natalie?"
She turns and sees a smiling and very pregnant Sofia Perez, "Sofia? How are you?" she asks giving her a hug.
"I'm good, just very pregnant and wanting my little princess to come out already," Sofia smiles and tenderly rubs her stomach.
"Congrats, how much longer do you have?"
"About 2 weeks, I didn't know we lived so close to each other," Sofia exclaims.
"You live in Charming?" Natalie asks.
She shakes her head "No I live about ten minutes outside Charming, but my grandparents just moved into Charming Nursing Home a few days ago, so I'm just visiting and thought I'd buy some groceries before going home to cook for Dario."
Up until now Natalie didn't know what to think about everything that has gone down the past nine months since her divorce, but now it seems to click in her head and puts all she knows into perspective. And suddenly for once she is not so sure she is safe even if they are in Charming, and Sofia is more than likely unaware of what her father has planned. Natalie also knows the end result won't be good for Sofia either. The cashier says the amount and she pays, Kip had already packed everything since he had picked up on her uneasiness and was surprised she acted so calm and casual. Smiling she says to Sofia, "Nice seeing you Sofia, say hi to Dario for me."
"Will do," Sofia says.
After getting home, putting everything away, and eating, Natalie is washing dishes and Kip is watching some show her phone rings. She sees it's her brother and says, "Hey Rane."
"Hey Nat, how are you?" He asks.
"Good," she says casually but he can hear something isn't right in her voice.
"Natabug what's wrong?" He asks gently.
She sighs "Earlier while at the store I ran into a very pregnant Sofia Perez. She lives about ten minutes outside of Charming with her husband Dario. She said her grandparents just moved into the same nursing home I work at, and for some reason after hearing her say all this everything just clicked in my head. Miguel had this planned all along for you guys to focus on his vengeance for you, when I think all along it was just a decoy to distract from what he is really after which is me. I know I sound crazy but think about it Rane," she says urgently.
She hears him sigh "Well genius you weren't the only one who put it together."
"What do you mean?" She asks confused.
"Juice put it all together yesterday and the guys who were up here rode out early this morning."
"You and Donut aren't coming?" She asks.
"No we're needed here, got some problem with local dealers," Rane says softly as if apologizing for not coming himself.
"Oh okay, Rane I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach," she says worriedly.
"Hey Natalie, it's going to be okay," he says trying to console her.
Before she can answer back the front door busts open. She quickly ducks down behind the counter and whispers "Rane, call clay now, not much time," dropping the phone.
She and stays down and hears the familiar voice of Dario asking Kip "Where is she?"
"I don't know" Kip says and she hears shots. She puts a hand over her mouth so she won't be heard and knows there is no way she can sneak out. Before she could comprehend anything she is dragged out from her hiding place and dragged from her apartment. As she is put in ta van she sees Clay, Tig, Bobby, and Opie running over. Dario says "Natalie, I don't want to hurt you any more than I have to."
She just nods and calmly says "Do what you have to do. Just tell me Dario, am I going to die?"
He shakes his head "Sofia would be crushed if I killed you or if I got you killed."
She just nods and is silent not knowing what to think at the moment, she can only hope and pray that the guys find her.
"I'm going to blind fold you, and tie your hands together and also your feet." Dario says. She just nods and immediately is met with darkness.
Happy was riding into Charming when he noticed a black van driving past them in the opposite direction. For some odd reason Happy got a weird feeling in his stomach like something wasn't right. Once at T-M he, Jax, Juice, and Chibs parked their bikes and once inside they see only Piney which is odd since the other bikes were also on the lot. Jax asks "Piney where is everyone?"
Piney takes a shot of tequila and says "Over at Natalie's."
Happy wonders what has all the guys over at Natalie's and without thinking he runs over to her place. Once inside he sees blood and a dead prospect, and no sign of Natalie, "Where's Natalie?"
Clay says "Hap, she got kidnapped, looks like Half Sack was trying to protect her."
Happy gets pissed knowing that his gut feeling was right, "I should of followed that van, damn it," He yells.
He starts looking around the apartment for any clues, when he finds nothing he goes back into the kitchen. Looking around he doesn't see anything but what catches his attention is the fact her phone is nowhere to be found. He looks at Juice and says, "Juice, know how to track someone's phone?"
"Of course I do but what that does that have to do with finding Natalie," Juice asks confused.
"Dumb ass her phone has a tracker on it," Happy growls.
Juice runs back over to the clubhouse and starts up his computer, while the guys clean up the blood and take care of Kip. The guys were all in church when Juice says, "Guys there's a package out by the gate look."
The guys look at the screen and Jax goes out gets the small package which has Clay's name on it. "Clay it's for you," he says handing it to him.
Clay opens the box and sees a screen with what looks like a bloody button-like penis "What the fuck is this?"
Tig looks at it and says, "That my friends is a woman's clitoris."
The guys shake their head at Tig's revelation while Jax says "There's a screen turn it on."
Clay turns it on and what he sees causes him to put it down without finishing it and Happy asks impatiently, "What the fuck is on the screen."
Clay plays it for everyone to see and Happy's blood is boiling at what he sees. An obviously unconscious Natalie is hanging off the floor with hands above her head, she's naked, and has blood running down her inner thighs, "This kill is mine" is all he says.
The guys don't bother to argue with him and Tig claps his friend's shoulder and solemnly says "I'll help."
Juice interrupts yelling "I found something."
"Say it then idiot," Happy growls.
Juice swallows at how mad Happy is getting and won't lie about being scared of the killer "The signal is coming from what looks like a safe house about half away between Lodi and Charming at 2042 Petaluma Ave."
Happy gets up and opens the door when Clay says "Hap we got to be smart about this, it's a safe house."
"Clay if this were Gemma you would have been out of here already," Happy states in an aggressive tone not caring it's his president he is talking to.
Clay nods knowing that Happy is right, "Happy, we also need all the man power we can get. Quinn, Lee, Donut, Kozik, and Henry are riding down. They should be here tomorrow since they plan on driving through the night."
Happy is angry and wants to kill something or hit something. He storms outside, gets on his bike, and rides fully aware that Tig following him.
Natalie is starting to come out of her unconsciousness. She hears voices and feels blood going down her legs. She slowly opens her eyes, adjusting them to the light in the room. She sees she is hanging off the ground and her arms are tied over her head, thinking someone please find me before it's too late. She hears what the guys are talking about "Guys Dario is going to be pissed when he finds out what was in the package."
"He doesn't need to know, all he said was keep her alive and safe that's what we are doing," the other voice says indifferently.
"I don't know it still doesn't feel right," Natalie can recognize that voice anywhere Romeo, please God if you're up there help me she prays, then hears Dario coming in.
She is too weak to speak up, not that she would since she knows it's best to be quiet. However she is pissed that Dario didn't come through with his word, she knew it wouldn't turn out good for her either way, but maybe she would be in a little better condition.
"What the fuck is this?" Dario yells.
"I tried Dario I did but they didn't listen," Romeo says feeling bad for not trying harder to protect his ex-wife. Yeah he signed the papers but he only did it because he knew she wasn't happy and it was better for her if they weren't together. He never thought it would turn out like this. Dario only feels bad that he didn't keep his word to his wife's friend who grew on him.
"Miguel said to do whatever" some guy Natalie doesn't know says.
She hears Dario say "He didn't want her to lose any parts just get badly beaten with a video of it."
She hears Dario talking on the phone and closes her eyes again since she is growing weak, but can hear everything until he gets off the phone, then there was nothing.
After a while she hears Romeo say "I'm sorry Natalie," as she feels a sharp pain in her back, she doesn't scream, she just takes the pain.
Happy is sitting at the bar on his fifth beer when Clay comes up and says "Natalie is a tough chick, the guys didn't nickname her mini Gemma for nothing."
Happy finishes his beer and Kristin puts another in front of him. She tries pushing up on him as he pushes her off and says to Clay "Don't I know that. She ain't dead but I know if anyone gets in my way they're gonna go six feet under." He says getting up and heading over to Natalie's apartment.
Clay looks over at Tig and Jax who both nod follow him. Tig speaks up first and says "I'm sorry Hap."
Happy hits the wall and growls, "Damn it she isn't dead, everyone needs to stop talkin like she is."
Jax steps up to Happy and says "We don't think she is either, but instead of punching walls and ruining her apartment save it for the fuckers who did this too her."
Tig adds "You know she'd kick your ass if her apartment has holes in it."
Happy chuckles little and grabs a beer from the fridge. He sits on the couch and looks at the now clean apartment that is blood free. Tig and Jax grab a beer and join Happy on the couch and watch the t.v, but if the three were honest with each other they weren't really watching, they were thinking about the girl they had grown to love.
The next day the SAMCRO and the SAMTAC president, Vice President, and the Sergant at Arms were all watching the safe house figuring out a plan to get Natalie back home safe. Once they formed the plan they went off in different directions with Happy, Quinn, Donut, Tig, Jax, and Opie going in the back of the safe house, while the rest went through the front. Once inside Happy memorized the layout and heads to the door that leads to the basement. Opening it he meets a guy who's coming up, quickly Happy shoots the guy, which goes unnoticed since he had his silencer on. Once in the basement he sees two guys pacing back and forth, he quickly shoots both. When he looks towards the far end of the basement he sees Natalie's naked body, when he sees her back he can't move. He hears his brothers coming down and they all stop at the sight in front of them, most can't handle how battered she looks, while the few who can are shocked.
Quinn came down last and when he sees his sister he's shocked and wants nothing more than to torture the assholes who did this. He sees Happy going over to her and has never seen him be so gentle with another person, unless it was his mom. He knows that as horrible as this is, it is also a wake up call for his best friend. It's time for him to realize his feeling for his sister. Happy is untying her and can tell whoever tied her up did a lousy job. He takes off his kutte and then takes off his sweatshirt putting it over Natalie to cover up her exposed body. He hears a very faint, "Save me," which makes it very hard for him to keep his composure, but he says "You're safe now, ain't letting anything happen to you."
"I'm sorry," she whispers faintly.
Happy shakes his head, and says softly "Got nothing to be sorry about."
They all leave the basement and head out, he was setting her in the van when she said "Don't leave," as she tries to hold him to her.
"I ain't leaving just gotta ride my bike back, I'll be right behind you." She just nods and lets go of him. Once at St. Thomas they take her in, she gets checked in right away and almost immediately loses consciousness.