Gemma was in the TM office when her phone went off, looking at the text message her eyes widened. She got up from her desk, running put to the garage. "Clay!"
"What's wrong Gem?" She was holding her phone in her shaking hand, he took it, looking at the picture of his step-daughter's bruised face. Her hands and feet taped up. The text message attached was simple:
If you want to see her alive and in one piece, give me half a million dollars. I'll be in touch!
The roar of in coming bikes, drew their attention, they went out to meet the returning guys. "Church now!" Clay announced. They went to the clubhouse, Gemma following holding her phone. She passed it around, letting them see the picture, and the message. She was pissed, that they didn't call and tell her she was missing, that someone had taken her.
"Ma, we were chasing down the people that took her. We didn't have time to call. We have a address here in Charming, we're heading out there now."
"You find your sister Jackson, and bring her home." She stood up, leaving the room.
"You heard the Queen boys, let's go find our Princess and bring her home." Clay said. The men got up, leaving the room, going to their bikes. Happy was pissed, seeing the picture of Devon's bruised face. Someone had the nerve to lay their hands on her, he was going to end their lives.
XXX
She came to in the back of an RV, tied to a bed. The ropes were tight, there was no way she was getting them undone. She was at their mercy, she had no clue where she was, or how long, she'd been out. The knew she needed to keep calm, and her wits about her, she also know that the guys and all charters would be looking for her. Listening carefully, she tried to figure out where she was.
She couldn't hear anything that would give away her location. She felt the RV, slowing down, then come to a stop, she was waiting and listening. The door opened, and one of the men came in, looking down at her.
"I'm going to untie you. Do something stupid, and I will kill you."
She nodded her head, he untied her, rubbing her wrists, she sat up, looking at him. "Return me to my family, and they won't kill you."
He laughed at her. "I'm getting good money to turn you over."
"You obviously, have no clue who my family is, and the damage they can do to you." She smiled at him. He dragged her from the bed, into the main part of the RV.
"I'm not afraid of your family. Like I said, do something stupid, and I'll leave you dead on the side of the road. Let's go in, we're going to eat." He shoved her towards the door. Once in the parking lot, she looked around for any sign to where she was. Smiling when she recognized where she was, Indian Hills, Nevada. They were at a truck stop, that she knew that some of the club members frequented.
She sat at a table, looking around, looking for a familiar face, she had a gun pointed at her, from underneath the table. Even if she did see someone she knew, she couldn't say anything. She saw the group of men walking into the diner, she looked down at her plate of pancakes.
"Is that you Devon?" She didn't look up, the older gentlemen stopped at her table. She looked up smiling at him.
"I'm sorry, you've mistaken me for someone."
"My mistake." She watched her Uncle Jury walk away, and join the other men across the room. They finished eating, getting up to leave, she looked back at Jury, winking at him, as she walked out.
XXX
Jury called Jax as soon as he saw her, letting him know that he'd seen Devon at a truck stop in Indian Hilss, that he was sending a couple of his men to follow. That she was being held at gunpoint, besides a bruised face, she looked to be whole.
Jax called church, as soon as he was off the phone with Jury. "She's in Nevada, Jury just saw her in Indian Hills. He's sending a couple of his men to follow, she's being held a gun point by a man. I told him that we'd be coming out, as soon as we were done with church."
Happy sat back listening, at least they had some idea where she was, the address they had in Charming was a bust. It took them to the middle of no where, to a house out at the Streams. The house was empty, no clues of who had her, they still had nothing. Except some man had her at gunpoint, he could feel the anger building up. He was going to kill the bastard for taking her.
XXX
She was sitting at the table in the RV, she saw the bikes several car lengths behind them. Smiling to herself, she knew that Uncle Jury was responsible for them. She had to stay relaxed, and act like she didn't see them. "Get up here, to the front seat!" She got up, and sit down, buckling herself into the front seat.
"We're almost to our destination." He pulled off the main highway, taking a gravel road . He pulled up in front of a old farm house, coming to a stop, grabbing the gun, he pointed it at her head. "Looks like that biker didn't believe you!" He dragged her out of the RV, the gun at your head.
The bikes came to a stop, jumping off their bikes, their guns drawn. "Let her go!" She knew they wouldn't take a shot at him, they'd be afraid of hitting her, The only man that would attempt that would be Happy. The man that was holding her, took shots at the bikers. She shoved him, trying to get away, he lost his balance. His gun went off, striking her, she fell to the ground.
He grabbed her, picking her up, throwing her back in the RV, he took off down the road, running over the bikes.
XXX
SAMCRO arrived at the Indian Hills clubhouse, as the two bikers that had followed the RV, came in. They looked at Jax, not wanting to tell him what happened but they knew they needed to.
"Jax, I'm sorry man. He got away with Dev, he had a gun on her. She fought back, she was shot."
Happy looked up, at the last three words. Jax looked at the two bikers. "Was she? Is she?"
"He picked her up, and threw her into the RV, took off running over our bikes. We have no clue where he went."
"Take us out where you last saw her, there had to be a reason he took her there." Jax said.
"I'm going with you." Happy stood up following them out the door, his heart was beating out of control at the thought of her being seriously hurt. Riding out to the house, he couldn't stop his racing thoughts. He kicked in the front door, looking around the house, searching for information. Irene had been here, he found evidence she was behind it.
He walked out to the rest of the club. "This was Irene! That bitch is responsible for all this, now she's shot..."
"We're going to find her Hap!" Chibs said.
XXX
She woke up in a hotel, her arm was killing her, the bullet had been removed. "Nice to see you awake, my dear daughter."
"I should have known you were involved. You do know, when they find you, you'll be killed." She smiled at her. "They have this one scary mother fucker, that will take great pleasure in torturing you and every bastard that's helped you before they kill you."
"They have to find you first." She sat back in her chair, smiling looking cocky.
"Trust me, they'll find me . There won't be a safe place for you to hide." She laid back down, on the pillows, resting. She would not stop fighting to get away from this crazy bitch and get back to her family.
"Rest up! We're leaving in a couple of hours." The door opened, Irene stood up. "Issac, will you be ready to leave in a couple of hours."
"We need to go now, I saw some bikers in the parking lot." He gathered her up, carrying you out to a van, seeing the bikers, you saw Chibs. Taking the chance, you had to get his attention.
"CHIBS! CHIBS! HELP ME!" She saw him look over her way, he started towards her, she started to kick Issac. His grip loosened on her, she dropped to the ground, rolling to her feet, she started to run towards Chibs. Two arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her back, she started to scream and kick, trying to get away again. The hold was too tight on her, she saw Jax, Tig, Juice, annd Clay coming towards her.
"Dev, I've got you. Stop!" She heard his raspy voice, relaxing against him. He pulled her to the side, to safely, he turned her to face him. His hands cupping her face, his lips capturing hers. "You're safe!"
"Hap!" Wrapping her good arm around his neck, she kissed him back. His hands ran over her hurt arm, she winced in pain.
"Chibs is going to take a look at you..." He scooped her up, carrying her to the van across the parking lot. She didn't care what was happening to Irene or Issac, they would get what they deserved. "I love you Devon!"
She winced as she woke up, holding her arm, she wiped the tears away from her face, realizing it had been all a dream. It had been so real, she thought she'd been rescued, that she was going home. Her arm was killing her, the prick that was holding her, took her to a veterinarian he was friends with, the doc removed the bullet. She'd learned that his actual name was Vance.
He'd broken into a pharmacy and stole antibiotics and pain killers, they were now on the road in a van that the vet lent them. She still had no idea where she was going. She was asleep in the back, when he stopped picking up someone. She opened her eyes, hearing the familiar voice. "Any problems?"
"I accidentally shot her, but I took care of it."
"You shot my kid?"
"It was an accident, besides she'll be fine." Devon closed her eyes, she should have known her mother was involved. "Any news on the ransom?"
"I was going to send another text tonight, once we got to the new location."
"Yeah, where are we heading?"
"Back to California, they'll never go back there to look. They'll look all over Nevada."
AN: So I got a short bonus chapter in before bed, for real, the next update will be Sunday night!
