Lips 2

Carlisle pov

My shift was almost over when Esme called me. Her usual calm voice sounded on the edge of hysterics. So I told the shift supervisor that I had an emergency at home and I raced home.

Esme was usually calm even in a crisis, so her behavior had me worried. I got there before her and waited impatiently for her arrival. A few minutes later Esme's car came slowly up the driveway.

i knew something was definitely wrong no one in this family drove slowly ever .

I spotted the girl in the seat next to her in the passenger seat. I could tell by the way the girl was slumped that she was hurt.

Esme brought the car to a halt and slumped over the wheel her shoulders were shaking. I ran to her car door and opened it.

My Esme fell into my arms burying her head into my shoulder. She sobbed out a confession I only half understood between her sobs.

The kids drove up a few minutes after that and the girl moaned in the front seat. They saw me holding a shaking Esme and climbed out of the car.

Jasper went towards the car and pulled the girl from the passenger seat. While Alice and Rose went inside the house. Alice grabbed a sheet and covered our couch with it and Rose grabbed my med bag.

Emmett and Edward helped me calm Esme down enough to find out what happened. Thankfully when she became incoherent Edwards gift came in handy.

They finally got her to come inside. Jasper had laid the girl on the couch and was hovering near her. I could tell he was using his gift to ease her pain because she looked peaceful.

Esme was fine until she saw her laying there and then she broke down again. He was torn on what to do he needed to check the girl over but he wanted to calm his wife.

In the end Edward solved his dilemma by having the girls take Esme outside.

Emmett looked torn he had no idea what to do with himself. I moved forward and grabbed my kit. I ended up having to strip her so I could look over her injuries.

The boys looked embarrassed that they were seeing her like this but I quickly reassured them.

she had several broken bones that I could see and I would bet my med degree she had internal bleeding as well. Her skin was already taking on the sickly yellow appearance of one with such a problem.

It would be a mute point though because Esme's venom was already flowing through her veins. I checked the bite mark and took note of the surrounding tissue.

She got quite a dose from the looks of it. As I was assessing her injuries I was mentally ticking off what would need to be done to insure her smooth transition.

I pulled out a needle and loaded it with morphine. Between the change and her injuries she was going to be in some serious agony. I cleaned a spot on her arm and injected her.

Esme would react even worse than she was now if she knew the child was in agony because of her actions.

i knew the morphine wouldn't do anything to cool the burning but her other injuries would be numbed somewhat.

At least until the venom started knitting broken bones and tissue together. I looked up to see Jasper hovering near her.

I could tell by the pinched look on his face he was suppressing her pain and fighting the blood lust her injuries were inciting.

When Edward spoke to her it shocked me, I had hoped her injuries would have made her mercifully unconscious.

i asked if she was aware and Edward answered in the affirmative. The idea broke my heart and I briefly closed my eyes.

When I opened them Edward and Jasper were both staring at me. I took a deep breath.

"we will need to hold her when her injuries start healing"i said

the last thing I wanted was for her bones to heal wrong. The boys nodded and Emmett moved closer. I looked up at my largest son.

The look on his face spoke volumes. i could guess what he was remembering right now and I didn't envy him the reminder.

Edward spoke to her again and told me she was basically calling me a pervert. I grinned at that glad she had a sense of humor about her situation.

She would need it later that's for sure. She moaned and Edward informed me that the burn was seeping through Jasper's gift.

He looked at me for guidance and I nodded. He apologized to the girl and then let it go. She shuddered and I saw the pain reflected in her eyes.

She gasped like a landed fish and tried to scream. Emmett rested his hand on her leg and watched her with sad eyes. We took turns watching over her while she screamed and thrashed in agony.

the venom made slow progress because of her injuries and I briefly thought about getting some more of Esme's venom to speed up the process.

After having to hold her down after a particularly violent thrashing incident I went to talk to Esme. I managed to persuade her that she was helping her with this but she refused to bite her again.

After she explained how sweet the girls blood had been to her. I knew that Esme had inadvertently ran over her singer.

I reassured her that I held her at no fault for her lapse of control. After all this could have happened to any of us. I gathered several syringes worth of venom and quickly returned to the girl.

Edward eyed the syringes with a mixture of shock and apprehension. I knew he was against adding to our family in anyway but the damage was already done.

Thankfully we weren't in forks so we didn't have to worry about violating the treaty by adding another to our family. I injected her arms while Edward and Emmett held her still.

Jasper had retreated some hours earlier when her pain had made his presence uncomfortable in the extreme. Edward was doing his best to block her thoughts but he still had to step out once in awhile.

If Emmett was bothered by their absence he never showed it. Instead he talked in soothing tones to his new sister and rubbed her hand gently.

I injected the rest of the syringes in each of her limbs. Hoping my actions would speed up the process. She moaned and I knew I had just thrown gasoline on her flames.

She shuddered

"hold her" I commanded and she began another thrash session again.

Together we pined her to the couch. Our combined strength was enough to hold her but I could feel her getting stronger as the venom sped through her veins.

She wasn't a big screamer thankfully and the girls fortunately didn't feel the need to run. Hunt more than ever but not run, on the second day Esme came into the room and just watched us with her.

She had stopped thrashing sometime last night and Jasper came in to relieve Emmett. Though Emmett was far from tired emotionally this was taking its toll on all of us.

I turned my attention back to the girl. My plan was working apparently and I hoped it would speed things up somewhat. The venom had already spread to her face and head.

I watched in fascination as the shredded skin on her face closed on its own. The venom did its work too well I thought.

She was beautiful I realized despite the dirt and blood clinging to her face. She looked about sixteen and from what he could guess she was a runaway most likely.

Her hair was black and just below her shoulders, her eyes had been a hazel green. She moaned and he gently wiped the hair from her face.

Esme quietly sat down next to her and wiped the blood off her cheeks with a washcloth she had brought with her.

"she's so young" Esme said softly.

I heard the pain in my wife's voice and looked up at her. She looked like she was holding back tears again

"darling are you okay with being here?" I asked

she nodded yes and wiped off her forehead.

"a child needs a mother at times like this" said Esme

I gave her a sad look and sighed. We had a new member of the family at a time the family was barely holding together because of Edward's decision.

my wife's gasp drew me out of my thoughts and I turned to look at her.

"Carlisle her hair" said Esme

I turned to look the girls hair was visibly lightening from the roots down. i was shocked this was the first time the venom had caused such a change that I knew of.

my shock must have shown on my face.

"is this normal?" asked Esme

"i don't know I've never seen it happen but perhaps the Volturi have. I will contact them as soon as I can" I said

Esme swallowed and continued to watch her.

"i don't even know her name" said Esme

I frowned that wasn't a good thing not with the memory loss that most experienced with the change.

"well lets just hope she remembers it" I said.

The girl had stopped thrashing and screaming. The change was almost done. I heard the rustle of fabric and looked up. Rose had entered the room followed by Emmett.

They stood by the piano her back leaning against him and Emmett had his arms around her. Jasper and Alice entered next.

I looked at Alice and I noticed her eyes glaze which meant a vision

"you two should move back she won't be happy about this" said Alice

her voice was sad and it tore at my heart to hear her sweet voice contain such pain. I motioned for Esme to stand and join me as we stepped back away from our newborn daughter.

Edward entered the room at that point and I noticed him and Jasper share a glance. Both boys moved with in easy grabbing distance of our new daughter and Emmett moved to do the same.

"easy Edward we don't want to scare her" I admonished

Jasper held up his hand at the same time. Both of us, Jasper and myself had extensive experience when it came to newborns.

We were expecting the worse,i know that sounded paranoid but it was necessary.

Newborns were unpredictable at best and given the fact that we were essentially strangers to this girl I would take no chances with my families safety.

Edward glanced at me and then all eyes turned back to the girl.

"wasn't her hair black before?" said Emmett

I nodded yes not taking my eyes from the girl. Her heartbeat was slowing down now. It was almost time. She whimpered once shuddered and her heart thudded to a halt.

We held our breath literally stopped breathing. Not that we needed to but it was that intense. Her eyes slowly opened and she blinked twice.

She continued to stare at the ceiling until Rose shifted. The noise had her turning her head so fast it blurred. she stared at Rose for a few second before her eyes tracked to Emmett and then Alice.

She frowned and then looked at us for a second. She seemed to be trying to remember something.

Her eyes tracked to Edward and Jasper. Both boys were in a defensive crouch. She narrowed her eyes and I could see she was fighting the urge to growl at them.

"who are you people?" she asked

she quickly clamped her hand over her mouth in shock.