Winged Secrets

Chapter 2

Bella POV

I sat there for a long time, staring at the piece of paper in shock. The Cullen's. Working for Itex. Impossible. Motherly Esme, kind Carlisle, hyper Alice, funny Jasper, childlike Emmett, Rosalie, who has a good heart, and Edward. Sweet Edward. My love. How could they work for scientists that kidnap and torture kids, then mutate them?

Then I looked at the clock, and swore under my breath. I only had 5 minute to get to the Cullen's. Needless to say, I drove like a madwoman.

When I got there, there was another car on the driveway. Carlisle was talking with two people in white lab coats. I had not seen them ever since I came here, and now I see them talking with a man I consider a father (I have three: Charlie, a former Whitecoat, who took me in, Carlisle, and my real father, who I only remember from before I was taken. I miss him so much, along with my real mother and older brother.)

I was tempted to rush out of the car and wring their necks. "-We'll be happy to help you." Carlisle was saying. " Just show us the list." My back stiffened. What list? Curious, I got out of my truck. Esme noticed me first. "Bella!" she ran over and hugged me. "I would like you to meet The Director, and her assistant, Maya." I tried not to flinch at their names. The Director looked me up and down. I knew she wouldn't recognize me. I looked totally different. I still had brown hair, but my eyes were no longer sky blue. Contacts covered them with a muddy brown. I was also as pale as an albino. Even if she remotely recognized me, my clumsy façade and innocent look would wipe me right of the 'similarities to experiments list'. "Hello. I am the Director, and this is Maya." Maya nodded at me, obviously not recognizing me either. I sighed in relief. "We are here to tell you about the existence of demons." The Director said. "Not like you, of course. They go all over the world, destroying our buildings just because we know of them." Shook her head sadly. "We have tried to make peace with them many times, but they always refuse, then go murder one of us." Here she looked almost tearful. "I have lost many good friends to them. That is why I have asked for your help. You rival them in strength and stamina, and they must be captured, so that we can exterminate them." Shook her head regretfully. "I wish there was another way, but we can think of no more ideas." Every one looked horrified. Carlisle stepped forward. "They sound horrible. I promise, we will capture and bring back every last one." The Director nodded. "One more thing… They take over bodies of children at a young age, then dispose of them after twenty years or so. The oldest would be teenagers, around Bella's age by now, and the youngest is six." Esme cried out in horror. "How could they? Those innocent children…" She leaned back on Carlisle, looking disgusted. "I know." The Director replied. "Luckily, I have a list of them. They have no names, so we have number names for them. They have no home, so they sleep in trees, caves, and travel by day." She handed the list to Esme. "I'm afraid I cannot stay much longer. It was nice meeting you. Good luck." They got into the car and drove away

I was fuming. She made up a cover story about us to gain the Cullen's sympathy, then got them to capture us how dare she! And how could I get them to stop without telling them who I was?