Skyler's Chance

An ultimatum

As each of the guys reach for their guns, she slams her gun on the van's hood. "Because I could've taken you all out just now." Jax and Juice are stunned. Kozik is beside himself, he checked her for weapons, she was clean. "How? Where ?" Jax asks, as he slides his gun back into his holster. She points at Kozik, "Because dumbass here didn't check my built in rack." Kozik is shocked, then gets pissed. She just made him look stupid in front of his brothers. Cute or not, he's pissed off now. Without thinking, he shoved her shoulder, not enough to knock her off her feet but enough to get her to turn towards him so he can yell at her. Only he under estimated her. She balls up her right fist, since that's not the side with the fracture, and punches him, in the jaw, hard. He takes a step back and mouth opened, shocked. Holy shit, he wasn't expecting that. Before he could react, Jax yells at both of them, "ENOUGH." Skyler is still glaring at Kozik, "Don't touch me again, or next time, I'll kill you." She threatens him, gritting her teeth. Jax holds his hand up between them, "Alright, you have my attention. We will protect you. But first, we need proof that you are serious."

Still breathing hard and fists balled, she glares at Kozik, "I'll tell you where my dad's cook house is." Juice shakes his head, "Oh no. You gave us a fake address last time, that won't work." Turning her attention to him, she says, "Then I'll go with you and show you myself. But we need an undercover vehicle and I cannot be seen. Once I do that, I need a place to stay and hide out." "You do know that Zobelle and his guys are in Charming, right?" Juice asks her. " I'm aware. But I doubt they would think to look for me in Charming itself. They probably think I left Cali." She answers. Jax is still not buying it completely. "And then what? I'm still not convinced." She's getting more impatient now, and reaches up to unzip her hoodie. Taking that off, then unzipping her pants, she slides them down. She takes off her sunglasses as well. The guys' eyes widen, as they see her body, various bruises all over her arms, legs, and face as well as seeing the cast on her wrist. Kozik feels guilty now for pushing her, understanding why she reacted so strongly. "Because, this is what 2 of Zobelle's guys and one of my dad's did to me. They beat the shit out of me then threw me down the basement steps. I'm telling you now Jax," she pulls her pants up, and puts her hoodie back on.

" Either protect me and I'll tell you everything I know, or I'm leaving California after this and any info I know is coming with me. Your club won't get shit." She pauses, composing herself, "Because I won't survive another beating." Jax stands there, looking at her face, with a mix of anger and sympathy. The club doesn't hurt women, except under certain circumstances, but for her to survive a beating that bad by 3 men was unreal. She has balls. But he can tell she was scared shitless. "Ok. We will get my wife's suv and you can sit in the back since it's tinted, to show us where the house is. For now, we will take you back to the clubhouse, Juice will ride your bike back, you can ride in the van with Koz." Jax says. She shakes her head, "That won't work. They know my bike, and I'm not riding with this asshole." She points at Kozik. Jax rolls his eyes, "Fine, we will put it in the back of the van, Juice will drive you and Kozik will drive Juice's bike back to the garage. You are not hiding anymore weapons are you?" "No, but I'm ready to go now." She says, grabbing her pistol and putting it back in its holster.

Pulling into the Teller Morrow automotive parking lot, Gemma stands in the office doorway, as she watches her son park his bike in his usual spot. Walking out to greet him, he stands next to her, "Mom, there's someone I want you to meet. She needs to stay here at the club house, on lockdown for now. She's in trouble, but I can't go into details yet until we have church." Gemma looks at the van, and watches as Juice walks around to the side door and opens it. Skyler climbs out and stretches her legs, thanking Juice, who smiles at her. She hugs him and he takes her bags from her hand as she follows him towards the clubhouse. "Hey sweetheart." Gemma says to Skyler. Skyler shakes Gemma's hand and takes off her sunglasses. "Nice to meet you. I'm Skyler." Gemma nods, "Damn, that's a pretty good bruise you have there. Yea, I know. Your dad was very concerned for you when I ran into him at the store earlier. Why don't you come in and get settled, I could use some help in the kitchen." Skyler gives her a small smile, but Jax chimes in, "She can when she gets back, mom. We need her to take a quick ride with us."

Happy slows down Tara's suv down the street from the red house. Skyler is sitting behind him, looking through the window. "The red one with the deck." Happy growls, "Looks like it's being rehabbed. I call bullshit." Skyler turns her attention to him, "Go down the street and turn around, asshole. You'll see industrial fans on the side of the house. About 2 or 3 of them." Happy glares at her in the rear view mirror, but she ignores him. He drives down the street, turns around, driving past the house again and sure enough they could see the fans. "Also, he has security cameras on the outside and inside. So keep that in mind." She explains before laying back down on the seat. "Alright, we have a deal. You need to stay at the clubhouse, on lockdown. If you need to leave at all, you will need to have a patch with you. And your dad is not welcome on our property. Got it ?" Skyler looks up at Jax, "Yea, I do. And thanks."