AN: Sorry for the late update. But hopefully this new chapter will make up for it.
Tara groaned softly in pain as she could feel the side of her head pounding. As Tara slowly opened her eyes, she started to blink a few times as they were adjusting to the light in the room. As she started to look around her surroundings, Tara wasn't quite sure where she was or how she even got there. The last thing Tara remembered was that she was leaving St. Thomas with Miles, and the next thing she knew, she woke up here, and from what she could see it looked like some kind of basement. Tara gasped as she looked down and noticed her hands and legs were tied around the chair she was sitting in. Tara tried to free her hands but, every time she moved, the more the rope tightened around her wrists.
You know, the more you struggle, the more the rope will cut off your circulation," Salazar said as he and his old lady walked down the stairs from the basement. As he stepped closer to Tara, he squatted down so he could be eye-level with her. "I need to reach out to your club."
" Why? Who are you? What the hell do you want?" Tara asked as she has no idea what's going on or why these people have her. All she knows that she needs to get out of here. She needs to no whatever she needs to do keep her unborn child safe. No matter what.
Salazar smirked as he chuckled darkly. "I think you know, who exactly I am."
The realization finally hit Tara as she started to recall what Tig had told her the day before, something about SAMCRO going after the Calavara, and that Jax roughed up their president a few times. "Oh my God, you're the President that SAMCRO went after."
" Smart woman, it's no wonder why Teller took an interest in you." Salazar smirks slightly.
" Why are you doing this? What is,that you want?" Tara asked as she still doesn't understand what's going on or why she's even here.
" Enough of the questions, I need to be able to reach out to your club." Salazar answered as he pulled his burner out of his pocket." I need a number." He said as he flipped the phone open.
Why? Look, I'm not giving you shit, not until you tell me exactly what you want," Tara demanded as she tried to free herself. Suddenly, she gasped as she felt someone slap her in the face, yanking her hair and pulling her head back.
" You're not in control here bitch, we are. So unless you want to get out of here alive, you will give him the number." Salazar's old lady sneers as she finally let's go of Tara's hair.
Tara glares at her captures as she sighs heavily." Fine." She said as she finally gave him a number.
After Salazar punched in the number he walked away from Tara as he placed his burner against his ear as he waits for someone to answer.
Yeah," Tig said as soon as he answered.
" Are you a club member?" Salazar asked as he wanted to make sure whatever number Tara gave him was real and he was actually talking to someone in the club not some outsider.
" Who the fuck is this?" Tig asked as he didn't recognize the voice.
Just someone who has a gun pointed at Jax Teller's old lady," Salazar answered as he glanced over and noticed his old lady holding a gun to Tara's head. "And if you want to see her alive again, I suggest you and your club give me at least twenty-five grand in forty-eight hours...or she's dead." He demanded before hanging up.
As he walks back towards Tara, he squats back down to his knees. "For your sake, you better hope and pray that your club can actually come up with the money in two days. Because if they can't... then your old man will be ending up finding you dead." Salazar threatens as he stands back up and looks over at his old lady.
" Come on baby let's go." He said as he heads back upstairs.
Tara exhaled deeply as she could feel her own heart beating rapidly against her chest. Closing her eyes, she tried to calm her breathing and let her heart rate come back down. Taking a deep and calming breath, Tara tried to come up with a plan to get out of there before it was too late. "Don't worry, baby," she whispered to her unborn child. "I am not going to let anything happen to you."
Jax and the guys returned after dealing with Jimmy. Walking into the church, Jax found Father Kellan standing at the front of the pews, speaking to his men."Hey, can you give me a minute?" Jax asked as he walked up to the priest.
Father Kellan nodded his head to let his men know that he would talk to them later. "I assume Jimmy is dead," he said, obviously knowing that was the reason Jax had wanted to talk to him.
Yeah, it's done. Now tell me where my son is," Jax replied, growing weary of the game already. "Look, I know you know where he is, and I'm not leaving here until you give me the location." The sooner Jax has Abel, the sooner he can return to Charming and to Tara and their unborn son. Jax has a good feeling that he's about to have another son. But more importantly, he needs to make things right with Tara or at least try to do so before his death.
Father Kellan pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "It's an address to a St. Mary's church," he said. "You should be able to find your son there." He handed the paper over to Jax, who took it without hesitation.
Jax took a quick look at the address and nodded his head as he turned back around and walked out of the church. He then headed back to Maureen's to let Clay and the club know that they were going to go grab Abel. He just hoped that Abel was actually there and that what Father Kellan had been telling him wasn't bullshit.
Tig, Piney and Kozik were sitting around the reaper table in the chapel. They were trying to find a way to rescue Tara from Salazar without getting her killed or at least without getting themselves killed in the process. They had only two days to pull it off. "That asshole is asking for a lot of money," Tig said shaking his head as he scratched his forehead for a moment.
Kozik suggested once again. "I still think we should call Jax." he said. "I mean, this is Tara we're talking about here. If Jax knew what was going on, he might be able to get here faster and have a better chance of actually saving her."
" No, we need to get her back before Jax and them get back." Piney answered shaking his head.
" Then, how the hell are we going to come up twenty-five grand, in two days?"
" Got no idea. But we need to figure something fast." Tig answered as he looks over at the chapel doors once it was open and saw Miles the prospect." What?"
There are a couple of law enforcement officers waiting outside who want to talk to you guys. They heard about Tara being missing. Miles answered as he stood by the door nervously; he knew that Tig was still angry at him for not staying with Tara.
" What the hell are they doing here?" Kozik asked.
" Her boss must have reported the doc missing." Piney said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Tig sighed deeply as he quickly stood up from his chair." Stay here." He told Miles as he walked out of the club house with Piney and Kozik right behind him." Anything we can help you two with?" Tig asked once he stepped out of the club house with his hands on his hips.
Dr. Knowles is missing," Stahel answered as she looked at the three men standing in front of her. "But by the look on your faces, I'm going to assume that you guys already knew about it anyway."
Yeah, we knew and we're handling it." Piney isn't quite sure how they're actually handling the situation honestly, but he wasn't going to tell them the whole truth. Both Unser and Stahel don't need to know everything.
" Well, we both want to help." Unser offered
" Seriously?" Tig asked with disbelief. When Abel went missing, none of you did anything to help find him and because of that he's still missing, but all of sudden you two want to help find Tara. Why?" He asked as he doesn't trust them especially Stahel not after what happened to Donna. Tig may have pulled the trigger and got an innocent woman killed but they all knew that Stahel was behind the whole thing.
"Maybe you guys can help," Kozik said as he shrugged his shoulders.
What?" Tig asked, glaring at him. "You can't be serious."
" Come on man, what other options do we have here. It's clear that we need their help."
" What do you guys need?" Unser asked.
Tig sighed deeply. "We need to come up with twenty-five thousand dollars and we only have two days to come up with the money. If we don't, they'll kill Tara." Tig hated having to involve them, but since Kozik was right, he had to tell them something.
" Jesus Christ. What do you think?" Unser asked as he looks over at Stahel.
" I might be able to come up with the money. It might take me some time, but I can get it though. I will call you for more details." Stahel answered as she nods her head as she walked away from the club and Unser. Personally Stahel wouldn't help the club with anything but if rescuing their doctor is the only way to get Jax to focus on what's more important, then she'll help.
As Tiger watched them drive off, he looked over at Kozik. "This better work," he said.
" Come on Tiggy, it will work." Kozik said with a smirk as he walked back into the club house.
Tig isn't so sure about that. He has a bad feeling that something is going to go wrong. But they do need to get their hands on twenty-five grand and unfortunately Stahel has that kind of money. He pulled out his burner and walked away from Piney. He probably can't call Jax, but there's at least one brother he can call though.
" Yeah." Bobby said as soon as he answered his burner.
" Bobby, it's Tig."
" Hey brother what's up?"
Tiger sighed deeply as he wasn't sure how to answer that question, but he remembered why he had called Bobby in the first place. "We have a problem, brother."
What kind of problem?" Bobby asked, knowing he wasn't going to like where this was going. "Tig, what the hell is going on?"
Tiger sighed heavily. "Salazar has Tara."