YOU MUST SURVIVE
A/N: Special thanks to the greatest beta in the world "JSH"…Donna you totally rock…you're the best, thanks girlfriend.
A/N: The characters in this story belong to Stephanie Meyers, but the plot is all mine.
CHAPTER THREE
FAMILY SORROW
Billy's P.O.V.
"Yeah Sam…Charlie's coming here first before he goes to pick up Jake and Bella from the airport."
"Yeah, isn't that something, I didn't know that either. Well I'm glad at least we won't have to send two people to pick them up."
"No, I don't think Jake knows that Bella will be on the same flight, it's been years since they've seen each other, wouldn't that be funny if they come all that way on the same plane and not even know there on the same flight," I chuckled.
"Well, Charlie was over last night and said he had to pick up Bella today at the airport, I asked him what flight she was on and he told me and it just so happened it was the same flight Jake was on, I told Charlie and he thought it was funny too, he told me he would just pick them both up and bring them over here, that's when I decided to have the bonfire to welcome them home."
"Okay Sam, hey listen, thank Emily for cooking up all the food will ya? Okay, Sam, will see you in a little while, bye." I smiled as I hung up the phone with a chuckled.
It was something else to realize that Bella was coming home today on the same flight as Jake. Charlie said Bella had been in Paris at some culinary school and was coming to Forks to open a restaurant. Charlie was beside himself with happiness that Bella was coming home, he had missed her so much but so had Jake, he would talk about her all the time.
Poor Charlie wouldn't be in the house two minutes before he was given the third degree by Jake. Jake and Bella belong together, I'm so glad she's coming home. I don't care what the elders say I know Jake imprinted on her when they were young, there's nothing normal about their relationship, that day they were playing in the back yard, Jake and Bella were standing on that make shift stage acting to one of Bella's Shakespeare books, it was the cutes thing I had ever saw. Sarah had seen it too, Charlie didn't believe me any more than the elders did but we knew what we saw.
"Romeo…Romeo…Where for art thou Romeo." Bella chanted.
Jake jumped out and said, "Here I am," Sarah and I laughed until we were blue, but then when Bella march over to Jake and yell.
"No Jake that's not how it goes," when Bella grabbed his arm and they looked at one another a bright light formed around them and they just froze there for a few seconds, then they went back to what they were doing.
I knew then that they imprinted on one another and no one can tell me any different, and they've stayed close ever since, well until Renee decided to cut out with Bella, and it broke Jake and Charlie's hearts. I knew they'll be together again and they'll pick up from where they left off, I know it…I just know it.
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"Hey old man where you at?" Charlie yelled as he came into the Black's house.
"Out back Charlie," I called, watching the pack running around doing this and that to get ready for the cookout. Sam was getting the grill ready for the hamburgers, and Emily and Kim were placing the food on the table and covered it so the flies didn't attack it. Paul and Jared were getting the cooler filled with water, beer and soft drinks. Seth and Leah sat in two of the chairs arguing with one another, Brady and Collin were throwing the football back and forth to one another. I looked up to see Charlie make his way through the back door.
"What time is it? When do you have to leave to pick up Jake and Bella?" I asked Charlie.
"Not for thirty minutes or so." here replied, and reached for a beer, popping the top off and sat down next to me.
Just then, Quil and Embry burst through the door.
"Quil…Embry what the hell are you doing running through here like that!" I yelled.
"You guys aren't listening to the radio?" Quil asked clearly upset.
"No, why? What's going on?" Sam asked.
"Turn on the radio," Embry called, "A plane went down over the Atlantic coming from London, they say there's no survivor's so far." he spouted.
"What!" Charlie yelled as Embry turned on the radio.
A lot of static and then, " Flight 241 out of London on its way to New York has crashed, there's no word whether there are survivors as of now, Again flight 241 on route to New York has crashed, we will update as we get more information." the announcer said.
Everyone just froze as Charlie and I just looked at one another in shock.
"There has to be some mistake, this can't be possible, can it?" I asked, I looked around at everyone as they looked at Charlie and me. I just kept shaking my head, "Charlie…it's a mistake right?" I asked as a single tear rolled down my face.
"Just hold on old man, let me call the station and find out what's going on before we jump to any conclusions." Here replied, getting up and walked inside to phone the station.
The guys stood around and whispered to one another.
I heard Emily call Sam as he grab her and held her in his arms as Jared did the same with Kim. I swallowed hard and prayed there was some mistake. I can't lose my son, not like this. I put my head in my hands and prayed harder. "Please…Please let there be a mistake…" I said over and over. "I'm suppose to go first…me not Jake, not my boy." the tears were falling now, I was so afraid. Emily came over and put her arms around me as I looked into her eyes. "It's a mistake…that all…it's just a mistake!" I told her.
"Sure, sure Billy it has to be a mistake." she said calmly.
Charlie walked out of the house, he was pale, he stared out into space before he said anything.
"The plane went down over the Atlantic, they've had search planes out for the last two hours, they haven't found anything or even any evidence of a crash, the plane is just missing. They said there's a storm out at sea, and it's hard for them to see anything, but as soon as the storm lets up they'll send out more help to search." he spoke, and sat down where he stood. Charlie put his head into his hands and started chanting Bella's name. The gang got quiet and Emily and Kim began to cry into their imprints chest.
"What do we do Charlie? I can't just sit here and wait! I'll go nuts!" I asked him. Charlie looked over at me and nodded.
"Pack some clothes, were going to New York. I'll be back to get you." Charlie said.
"I'll call the airport, Charlie and make the reservations for you." Emily stated.
"Thanks Emily, I appreciate it." Charlie answered. She ran inside and picked up the phone as Charlie left.
"Come on Billy I'll help you pack." Kim queried, and pushed me into my bedroom.
Kim grabbed my suit case and packed my clothes, she asked me questions about my medication and what I would need. I answered her as much as I could. Once I was ready, I waited on the front porch for Charlie to return. Embry and Quil came walking up with suit cases of their own.
"What are you doing?" I asked, as Sam came around from the back.
"I'm sending them with you Billy." Sam said. I nodded my head as they came onto the porch and dropped their bags next to mine, just as Charlie drove up.
"Let's go old man." he said.
"I'm sending Quil and Embry with you, and I'll drive you to the airport." Sam told Charlie.
Charlie looked at all of us and nodded his head. "Okay Sam let get going." he said, as we all piled into Sam's car, Emily and Kim gave us a hug, asking us to let them know what happens, we agreed, and Sam drove us to the airport.
We arrived at the airport in New York a few hours later and went to the security station. Charlie told him who we were and they told us that they had a special area for the families of the passenger's of flight 241. They led us to the area to find at least fifty people standing around, some crying some yelling at the person at the desk and some just pacing the floor. We approached the desk and told them we had family on the flight that went down. The staff asked us what their names were and checked them off the list once they found them.
They told us they would let us know if they found out anything, that's when Charlie's anger got too be too much for him to handle and went off.
"You listen to me, my name is Charlie Swan I am Chief of Police in the Town of Forks Washington, I know how this works so don't give me this soft blow crap…I want to know what happened and I want to know now! My daughter and my best friend's son were on that flight, what the hell happened?" Charlie yelled.
"Sir…I understand that your distraught over your daughter, we really don't know anything yet, only that it went down at three am this morning, there was a storm, it hit fast and the pilots couldn't get out of the way fast enough, evidently lightning hit one of the engine's that what usually happens when a plane goes down during a storm such as this, they have planes out looking for any survivors, their doing as much as they can, the storm is slowing things down, as soon as the storm lets up we will have a full force out looking for them, I promise and as soon as we know something we will let you know," she replied calmly.
"See that you do," Charlie growled and stormed away.
"Ma'am?" I asked, "My son, Jacob Black was on that flight."
"Yes sir?" she answered.
"What are the chances that there are any survivors?" I asked. She looked at me solemnly.
"There's a chance there's survivors sir, that's all I can tell you." she said.
"But what are the chances that he's is still alive?" I asked her. She looked down and let out a deep breath.
"Not good sir. I'm sorry," she told me. I nodded.
"Thank you for your honesty." I replied and turned my chair around and joined Charlie.
"Billy, Jake's a wolf, he has a better chance than anyone, and if he knows Bella's on that flight, he'll die to protect her." Embry told me and Charlie confidently.
"Thanks Embry, I know your right, let's just pray that their alright." I told him.
We sat for hours watching everyone do whatever it is they do to get through this sort of thing.
Embry and Quil laid on the floor and fell asleep while Charlie and I talked a little about this and that mostly remembering when the kids where young. I was hopeful that Jake and Bella would be okay, and I reassured Charlie that Embry was right when he said that Jake would protect Bella with his life. Charlie knew how Jake felt about Bella, he also knew that Jake would make sure Bella was alright, if all possible.
By the time the storm let up they had everything in the air they could searching for survivors, they had been out all day, Charlie had called Renee, her and Phil had showed up at the airport.
Charlie and Renee went at it for a while. Charlie laying blame on Renee, saying if she hadn't sent her to Paris this wouldn't have happened and how he should have fought her for custody of Bella, maybe she would have been alright if she would have stayed in Forks.
Renee held her own, saying that it was Bella's choice to go to Paris, she paid for it herself it was what she wanted to do, she was an adult now and made her own choices and told him he never would have won custody of Bella. Finally they calmed down and decided to agree to disagree.
They would update us every now and again, if you want to call it that, their update consisted of how they haven't found anything yet, they flew over a few islands with no luck, they also told us that if they were off course they could be anywhere, they said the ocean is a big place it could take weeks before they found anything if they found anything at all.
We waited and waited, then waited some more, still nothing. It had been four days and they still hadn't found anything, not even a piece of the airplane. They said if they didn't find anything soon there wouldn't be anything to find. A week had passed, and they were stopping the search after a week with no evidence of the plane what so ever, there were no chance of survivors. Of course everyone went off including Charlie.
"That's my baby out there! You're just going to stop looking!" he yelled.
"There's nothing else we can do, it's been a week, even if there were something out there, and it would be gone by now." the search and rescue people told us. Charlie steamed and huffed until he threatened to put him in jail, the boys and I got him settled down, then decided we should head home. Renee wanted to know if we were going to have a service for them, which set Charlie off again.
"She's my daughter too Charlie." Renee said, crying her eyes out, I lost her just like you did, at least I deserve some kind of closure." she cried. Charlie walked up to her and hugged her and agreed to a service.
"I know she's alive, I'd feel it in here if she wasn't." Charlie said, as he pointed to his chest where his heart is, "I know she's alive, we'll have a service, but I know she's coming home to me." he said as he walked off.
I agreed with Charlie, I believe it too, I would feel it in my heart if Jake was gone, felt that he is still alive and believed he will come home soon.
Let me know what you think...huggs Peggy