The Eighth World Wonder
Chapter 4:
Four pairs of eyes watch with suspicion as Edward and Bella guide the pack towards the web. It was a rather large web all right, over ten feet tall and eight feet in length.
"Huh..." Bella eyes the web.
"Something wrong?" Sam steps forward, his eyes on the web as well.
"This web sure is durable...spider webs usually disintegrate after a short while..." Bella takes out a pair of tweezers. She carefully takes out a piece of the web. "I know you guys don't see it, but there's something really odd about this web. The structure of the strings that make it is, well, different. Not at all natural..."
"You can see this with your vampire eyes?" Paul does not notice eight eyes going wide in shock.
"Sure can. I know on the outside it looks like a regular old web, albeit giant sized, but looking at it this closely..." Bella puts the piece of web into a test tube she has. "I need to take this to Carlisle so we can look it up."
"Something really weird about it..." Collin reaches his finger to touch the web. "OUCH!"
"What?" Sam rushes to the young cub's side. "What happened?"
"Ow, that stings!" Collin shakes his finger, trying to ease the pain. "Guys, don't touch it!"
Sam looks at the web, tightens his fists, then picks up a log which he throws at the web. "My god...this web actually CAUGHT the log..."
"There's no way this web is natural..." Bella bites her lip.
"So...what do you think we're dealing with here?" Edward picks up a stone and throws it at the web, which also catches it with ease.
"I...don't really know..." Bella fails to notice an eight legged creature scurrying away from the group...
Later that day...
"So, we bring this wood to dad and the council..." Jacob and Seth carried one of the two logs they had managed to cut. "And they will build the totem..."
"Why are you telling us this?" Embry slowly puts the log to the ground and then wipes the sweat off his brow. "What are ya, an exposition fairy?"
"Jesus... I was just reminding myself what we needed to do..." Jacob sighs. "Don't got to be a jerk about it."
"Well, whatever. I'm just tired, is all." Embry sits on the log.
"Is that really a good idea? I mean this is sacred wood..." Quil sits on the ground. "What if sitting on it brings us some bad juju?"
"Juju? The hell's juju?" Jacob sits on the ground as well.
"You know, like voodoo or something..."
"I doubt that's how voodoo works. Dude, don't make shit up." Jacob digs into his pockets. "Ugh, I forgot to bring my jerky."
"Dude, you shouldn't eat so much jerky. It can make you constipated." Embry yawns. "We should have brought a car."
"I know dude, not our brightest moment coming here without a car." Seth stretches his legs.
"Hey guys. Think Leah and that chick are making out right now?' Embry has a lecherous grin on his face.
"I betcha she is. We ought to peek at her and her date." Quil chuckles.
"Guys, that's my sister!" Seth is pissed.
"Yeah. And your sister's a hot lesbian." Quil breaks into laughter.
"Sorry Seth, but she kinda is." Jacob chuckles.
"Hey guys, you know what? The other day, I was at Forks, and I met this super hot chick." Embry's mouth waters. "Dudes, you should have seen her. Boobs up to here!"
"Aw dude, that is awesome!" Quil gives Embry a high five. "Catch a name and digits?"
"Hells yeah! Her name was Jessica Stanley!" Suddenly, Embry frowns. "Dude! I forgot to ask for her number!"
"Too bad for you, but maybe good for her!" Seth chuckles. "She'd do better than to date a pervert like you!"
"You say pervert like it's a bad thing!" Embry laughs out loud. "Come on, we're all dudes here! Nothing wrong with a little dude talk!"
"Yeah, whatever..." Seth gets a lecherous grin. "So..."
"Jacob! JAAAACOOOOB!" A tiny voice echoes through the horizon as a small person races towards the four boys. Recognizing the voice, Jacob gets up, ready to be...
"I found you!" Renesmee tackles Jacob, nearly knocking him to the ground.
"Nessie! Up you go!" Jacob tosses Renesmee into the air, where she does a back flip. Falling belly down, she is gracefully caught by her imprinter. "How are ya, honey?"
"Jacob! I was looking for you all day!" Renesmee hugs Jacob tightly. Their relationship is far from sexual, and instead resembles that of uncle-niece, though Renesmee does dream of the day she and Jacob marry. Of course, Jacob sees Renesmee as nothing more than a niece, and does not even think about their possible future together. "Me and mommy saw a giant spiderweb, and it stung Collin!"'
"Huh?" The light mood from earlier is gone. Jacob puts Renesmee on the ground. "Is he OK?"
"Yeah, it was weird..." Renesmee touches Jacob's cheek, showing him the scene from earlier in the afternoon. "But he's OK. So don't worry."
"Can we see?" Quil, Seth and Embry allow Renesmee to touch them, so they could also see what had happened. "Well...if he is OK...but it's so weird. Why would a spiderweb be able to do that?"
"Probably was electric." Embry scratches his chin in thought.
"Or poisonous, like a jellyfish." Quil lays deep in thought. "Is that web still there?"
"It disappeared when we came back for it..." Renesmee sighs, then notices the logs. "Can I help? Please? Pretty please?"
"Well...are your parents around?" Jacob gets an idea. "If they brought their car..."
Meanwhile...
"So, what did you two talk about?" Ken was holding Hannah's hand as they walked back to their motel room.
"Boobs and curves."
"Uh..." Ken suddenly wanted to talk about something else entirely. "So..."
"Yup, she's the one." Hannah beams a smile. "I like her, too. I'm lucky!"
"Nuh uh. No way. Not until I approve of her." Kenneth clears his throat. "Nope. No more dates until I give the OK..."
"Oh poo..." Hannah gives Ken a look. "You never let me have any fun."
"Well, that's because I don't want you getting hurt.." Ken speaks in a near whisper.
"Whatever. You're just mad because you haven't done it too yet." Hannah chuckles. "Of course, I wouldn't be surprised that if you did..."
Ken had immediately covered Hannah's mouth and rushed to hide himself and his sister behind some bushes. Edward's Volvo ran past the two...
Inside the Volvo...
"Huh?" Edward glances to the side of the road.
"Something wrong?" Bella looks at her husband.
"No, never mind..."
"So anyway, Leah didn't come with us because she has a date!" Jacob snickers. "A hot date, if I do say so myself."
"Oh really? That's good. Maybe now she will relax." Bella smiles at Jacob. "What's his name?"
"HER name is Hannah Rootrunner, and she is Leah's imprintee."
"Huh? Hannah? What an odd name for a boy..." Edward did NOT get it. What a doofus.
"Uh, Edward, my love? Jacob's made it clear that Hannah's a GIRL?" Bella has more sense than Edward. What is this world coming to?
"But...How can two girls date each other? I mean, it doesn't make much sense at all..." Edward just shakes his head.
"It's called Homosexuality, honey."
"So, Leah's into girls?" Renesmee pops her head into the conversation.
"This is awful. I mean, I never knew Leah was mentally ill..." I am just as surprised at hearing Edward say that as Bella is.
"Whoa, Edward, we learned something new about you just now." Jacob chuckles nervously.
"What are you people talking about...?" Edward sighs. "Start making some sense..."
Edward reads everyone's minds. He is somewhat offended and hurt at how low everyone's opinions of him where at that moment.