FAGE 9: The Last Ride

Title: Fearless

Written for: TheDarkestFallingStar

Written By: abbmickey24

Rating: M

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Chapter 2 of 16

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Bella is tired and her feet hurt. After a full day of classes starting at eight this morning, a quick study group to prepare a schedule for her finals, and four hours of work, she is ready to call it a day. However, she still has an hour to go and she's being kept busy with a few last minute stragglers in the bookstore/coffee shop.

The stream of customers slows with thirty minutes to go, and Bella breathes a sigh of relief as she begins to clean up. There are still a few people in the store, but all are slowly making their way toward the checkout desk, so she doesn't worry that they will head her way.

When the clock finally reaches ten, Bella has finished everything but totaling out her register. She's able to get that taken care of quickly and just a few minutes after ten she's waving a goodbye to her boss and stepping out onto the snowy sidewalk.

She pulls her hat down tighter over her head as she breathes in deep, allowing the cold air to rejuvenate her for the short drive home. When she'd first moved here, she hadn't thought she'd like it as much as she does since she'd hated the cold and rain in Forks. However, she'd been pleasantly surprised to find that the snow made all the difference. Yes, it had snowed in Forks, but here it seemed otherworldly almost.

Bella let her eyes wander the dark street, noting she is alone before she starts the walk to her car. She'd had to park around the block today, the other spaces in front of the store already taken when she'd gotten there. In a bigger city she might have been afraid, but this is Alaska and she'd never had a problem.

However, tonight she finds she can't say that again as a hand closes around her mouth and an arm grips her waist, pulling her a few feet down an alley in front of her. Her back hits the wall before her eyes move up to the man in front of her. A soft glow from a backdoor light allows her to just make out the black eyes rimmed in red before he growls.

If it's supposed to scare her, it doesn't work and she can't help but laugh.

"Do you always laugh before you die?" the man asks, leaning forward.

"Oh, I'm not going to be the one to die tonight, vampire." Bella says as she reaches for the buttons of her coat. "That will be you, if you don't let me go unharmed."

Not knowing what to make of those words, the vampire growls again just as Bella's coat falls open. His eyes dilate even more as the scent of multiple vampires reach his nose, causing him to take a step back.

"You smell them now, big guy?" Bella asks, a smirk planting itself on her lips.

"How are you still alive?" he asks in confusion the thought of making her his meal forgotten for the moment.

Bella chuckles again before lifting her wrist and pushing the arm of her jacket up, showing him the bracelet with the Cullen Crest on it. When he makes no acknowledgement of it, she sighs and pulls the pendant hanging around her neck from under her shirt. Even if he didn't recognize the first, he should most definitely recognize the Volturi Crest.

However, he surprises Bella when he says, "And? Is there special vampire repelling magic in them?"

"You've got to be kidding me." Bella says with a shake of her head. "Were you dropped on your head as a newborn or are you just that stupid?"

The vampire growls again, only for Bella to cut it off with a roll of her eyes and her words.

"Stop trying to be scary, it's not working. I've heard worse from my big brothers and uncles and if they don't scare me, you sure as hell aren't going to." she says, crossing her arms across her chest.

"You're human family has nothing on me."

"When did I ever say they were human?"

"You are."

"Yes, I am." Bella says, with a grin. "But, let me explain something to you, Mr. I'm-trying-to-be-a-big-bad- vampire-and-it's-not-working. I'm protected by the two largest vampire covens in the world and you'd have to be suicidal to harm me. The Cullen family has been my family since I was 15. And the Volturi-"

A hiss fills the air, cutting Bella off momentarily.

"Oh, did I strike a nerve with that one? I guess you'vehe

"They're sadistic bastards. Are you their whore or something?"

ard of them. Not really surprising since they are the ruling family of your kind." she says, her grin growing wider.

Bella huffs out, aggravated enough now to finish this back and forth. She steps forward poking her finger in the vampire's chest. "Okay, I'm cold, annoyed, and hungry so I'm going to say this one time and then I'm leaving before I forget what you are and hit you. One-The Volturi is not now nor have they ever been a group of sadistic bastards. Two-I'm no one's whore. And three-unless you want hell to rain down on you tonight I would suggest you leave town and never come back because when my FAMILY smells you on me, they're going to go ape shit."

Having caught him off guard, Bella is able to step back without him stopping her. She begins buttoning her coat back up, and as she reaches the last button her phone vibrates in her pocket. Pulling it free, she isn't surprised to see a text from her sister, Alice.

Jasper and Rose are on the way. She reads before looking up at the vampire in front of her.

He's staring like he can't quite figure her out, but Bella doesn't give him time to remember that for the moment they're still alone. "Now, if I were you I'd go find my dinner somewhere else, preferably Canada, because my siblings will be here very soon and you really don't want to see them pissed off."

It takes a little too long for him do anything other than stare, because the moment he opens his mouth his words are cut off by two very loud growls.

Bella smiles, as his head whips to the opening of the alley. "That would be them. I'd run now if I were you." she says, gaining his attention once again.

He hesitates for a second, making Bella think he really is stupid, but another growl sends him in the opposite direction.

With a shake of her head at the whole confrontation, Bella straightens her clothes, steps to the entrance, and leans against the building to await her siblings.

-F-

Now, we have Peter. I think Bella successfully threw him for a loop, how about you guys?