"A Life I Thought Would Never Return"
A/N: Ok, so like I promised here is the next chapter. Thanks to those who have been following, much appreciation for all of you. It means a lot that your reading and that your reviewing. So I hope you guys watched the new SPN episode "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester." I personally wanted more Jensen present as Dean but I was still on the edge of my seat near the end (I know nothing serious will happen but the show keeps me hanging and hoping that they stay alive). So anyways enjoy!!
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Summary: SPN/DA/Twi Crossover. Bella finds herself being Victoria's target as well as having conflicted emotions when her past comes back unexpectedly. ~~~~Dean(Alec)/Max~~~~Bella/Sam/Edward/Jacob~~~~SPN (Season4), DA (Post-Series), Twilight (Eclipse)
Link: http://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=BPonicKBHq8 (add the periods where stated)
Bella's POV
Everyone in the room sat in stunned silence, obviously digesting all the information that had been revealed in the last few minutes. Edward looked like he couldn't decide whether to be angry, upset or both while Jake looked like he was going to loose his temper and phase. I found myself torn between my love, my best friend and my reunited family.
"Question, if I may. What training and whose AJ?" Emmett was now somewhat caught up to a point in the history to finally ask a question.
"Martial arts training, when Sam and I were at Bobby's place, we focused on our martial arts training and sometimes weapons training before I left for 3-4 years. When I returned with Max we continued on different kinds of training that was different from Sam's or Bella's." Dean began to answer Emmett's question.
"While Dean was awhile for those summers, Bobby and I taught Iz how to protect herself, some of the hunting basics just in case none of us were around. The training got rid of her clumsiness which we were thankful for. She took to training very easily and became a natural so quickly." Sam continued on about those summers Dean wasn't there, still holding a glance to the vampire brute before placing a proud smile onto me. I smiled back of course.
"And AJ is my son with Dean. We met during those 3-4 years and we returned to Bobby's that summer before Sam went to college. They accepted me as part of the family, which I am truly grateful for. As for those 3-4 years, you might have caught them on the news or so. I don't know how your memory recognition works. Anyways, once AJ turned five, he showed that he was capable in starting training so we did, taught him the basics like Bella was taught before and a few more manoeuvres that he could handle. And he's been progressing ever since." Max came to a finish yet I was worried that her summary would bring up more questions.
"Wait….you had a 5 yr old doing basic training?" Esme was now concerned for the little boy since she was the maternal figure of the Cullen clan.
"Trust me he's capable of doing the work." Dean assured her before he got annoyed with her concern. A vampire showing concern…..who knew is what he must have thought.
"So what other psychic abilities do you have Sam?" This time Alice was curious. I guess she was still waiting for an answer since she asked it back on the clearing.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot that you asked that earlier. Well I have premonitions, telekinesis and up until recently I can exorcise demons from their host's body and send them straight to hell." Sam wasn't too happy with having powers but it seemed like he was making the most of them for a good cause.
"Very interesting." Alice said and she was now a little closer to where the Winchesters and I sat.
The Cullens now just sat there in silence through their explanations. I took this opportunity to take in their faces. Esme seemed shocked and Carlisle seemed puzzled yet both were confused about how I was mixed up with this lifestyle. Emmett looked amazed but slightly excited to learn more which didn't surprise me. Jasper looked conflicted, what emotions was he picking up? Rosalie had a smug look on her face as if she suspected me of lying before and had suddenly been proven right. Alice looked content before becoming upset that there was a part of my life that I hadn't shared. Edward looked disgust and Jake seemed to have calmed down for the time being. It actually seemed like they prefer battling each other than to have to battle the Winchesters over me. Edward looked as if he condemned the Winchesters as Jake was just looking at me, wondering what I was thinking, I guess. I felt a little sick at the thought that they both couldn't accept my family.
A realization suddenly came to me, and it was something Edward had said earlier, "Wait. What do you mean you can't hear them?" I looked at Edward then at the Winchesters who looked confused at the sudden change of direction in the conversation. I thought it was best to elaborate my sudden comment.
"Edward can hear people's thoughts apart from mine and now yours apparently. Care to explain that?" I said to them intrigued as to the cause.
"Well, there could be several reasons. Firstly, all three of us have died and been brought back to life so maybe that plays a part. Also, on paper we are legally dead." My head jerked up at that statement.
"WHAT! When did this happen?" I glared at Sam knowing that he would be willing to answer before Dean or Max could.
"Did you hear about a police station that was destroyed when a police helicopter crashed into it killing everyone inside plus two unnamed men in custody?" I nodded not quite sure where this was going and by the looks on the Cullens & Jacob's face (Sam Uley went to join the rest of his pack by this point) that they didn't either. "Well that was us, the two unnamed men in custody…not the explosion." Sam paused and saw that I was calm, I knew that in their line of work sometimes laws were broken that needed to be. I was shocked they had been caught, that wasn't like them.
"Bella, you used to hang around with criminals, and judging from your reaction you don't seem bothered." There was disgust in Edward's voice as he said that. The brothers were shocked yet Max was more observing so she probably picked it up earlier. The brothers had probably guessed my connection to the Cullen's and I was surprised Dean hadn't launched at Edward…Dean had always been protective over me. When I looked over, I noticed that Max was holding Dean back by his shirt, preventing him from attacking Edward…..Max could handle Dean more than Sam could. Sam had his arm holding back Dean's arm for me. Sam didn't want to hurt my feelings by having Dean attacking and getting himself hurt. My heart swelled at that thought.
"Don't judge them Edward, not before you have heard their side of the story. I listened to yours and never once judged you so give them the same courtesy." I used a tone of voice I had never used with Edward or with Jacob so they were both surprised and yet I had no regret. In an obvious display or loyalty, I got up and sat between Sam & Dean. Sam placed his arm around my waist as Dean's arm was around my shoulder, like when they use to when I was scared….it was like my protective case when I was in both their arms.
Carlisle tried to get some sort of order back by giving Edward a stern glance and I could only imagine what he was saying to him through his thoughts. "I heard about that explosion, I thought the two men were fugitives wanted by the FBI?" Sam and Dean confirmed with a nod before he continued. "What were you wanted for?"
Dean looked down at me and waited for my approval which I gave before he began. "Well you have to understand in our job sometimes things have to be done in order to stop the supernatural things that aren't exactly legal but totally necessary, plus we live on the road and have to find…..well different means of earning money." Dean had his usual grin on his face, he loves having no responsibilities and their lifestyle. "So our current rap sheet has us down for breaking and entering, mail fraud, credit card fraud, grave desecration, armed robbery, kidnapping and three counts of first degree murder. Max & I are also wanted by the government but that's another story. We also escaped jail after purposely getting caught and placed inside. The FBI were on our asses for months after that but we managed to out manoeuvre them until a stupid bitch tricked us and called the FEDs on us. The stupid bitch stole something from us and tricked us into thinking she would give it back to us. Anyways, the minute we get the guy responsible for our capture on our side a demon goes and blows him up. However in our favor we are now considered dead so that heat is off us for now.
Emmett looked at Sam and Dean then at me not quite understanding how we could run in the same circles. "Man, you guys live such weird lives! Scamming and lying by day and hunting creatures at night!.....Sounds cool!!" I chuckled at Emmett's remark, I kind of figured he would say something like that.
"I consider my life normal, I couldn't stay in the same place for more than a week. I get restless after two days!" he thought about it for a moment before shaking his head. "Nah, I have never wanted what others consider a 'normal' life. Sam tried but it didn't work out, we are just too aware of the dangers and they are too aware of us. Plus Max & I aren't really meant to have normal lives anyways. In all fairness, half of the stuff isn't true….well breaking and entering, mail fraud and credit card fraud is true but that's mainly to earn money and elude the cops. We have to get fake ID's in order to get info on a hunt and credit cards to pay for stuff. The grave desecration, well a lot of evil spirits can be taken out by salting and burning the bones so it's a necessity. By the way salt is like the purest substance. Anyways, now the last three definitely wasn't us, we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with the armed robbery, trying to take down a shape-shifter. Another shape-shifter also committed the murders looking like yours truly which was a big pain in the ass I can tell you." Dean smirked but after getting no reaction from anyone he quickly stopped. The tension in the room could have been cut with a knife and I didn't envy Jasper at this point.
Dean shuffled in his seat and looked uneasy as if regretting about telling vampires and a werewolf about his life.
"As for the deaths well, legally that's how it happened and you all know how Sam died. Well I actually died when the crossroad demon came for my soul a year after I made that deal. Hellhounds were all over me, tearing me limb from limb until I was dead and in hell,…….literally. It's not a pretty thing down there and even though it was for four months, it felt like forty years. I got pulled out of hell by 'an angel of the lord' and well now I have to work for them on occasion since they too have big plans for me." Dean ended with a sigh to his last remark. I was surprised that he said angel, they had never come across one before.
"Did you say an angel pulled you out?" Jacob caught that little bit of information and asked hoping it was true to some degree.
"Yeah and to be honest, some of them are a bunch of douchebags." Dean finished with personal grudge against those ass-hats (one of Dean's favorite words).
"And my death wasn't so dramatic. I got shot in the heart, I needed a transplant. I flatlined before the surgery was complete and was dead for 3 minutes before they got my new heart pumping. My body can take not having any oxygen up to 6 minutes but not more than 10 due to it causing brain damage." It was the first time I heard Max tell her death story, then again it was the first time I heard that both her and Dean have died already.
"Wait….you don't mean about the Seattle story about genetic engineering in 2000? They said that a government facility was burned down for doing such experiments. Wasn't that whole story a scam?" Carlisle had raised the point with eyes on him. Figures that he would remember since it involved scientific research and involved possible new ways of medicine. All eyes were now on the Winchesters again.
"Who do you think burned the building to the ground?" Dean said with his usual sarcastic smirk. After all, Max & Dean did burn down Manticore and set everyone free and yet were hunted by the government for it.
"So all the experiments were successful? I heard the story had gone on for 2 years before it became old news." Carlisle was now interested that genetic engineered had been successful.
"For the most part, yes it was successful. The government facility aka Manticore wanted to create the perfect soldier for the army. Wanted to make them smarter, faster, stronger, wanted us to be resistant to bioweapons and yet be able to help a comrade and take orders when given. I escaped in 1988 with my unit. They were the only family I had there. We separated and were on the run. I was recaptured again in 1999 when I tried to destroy their DNA lab. I met Dean soon after when we were assigned breeding partners since they couldn't whip up embryos from the lab and stick them into the surrogates. So just days after meeting, we escaped again and returned to burn and free everyone in Manticore." Max began telling Carlisle mainly about the projects with everyone listening in out of interest.
"I agreed to help Max escape and after that, we helped out our fellow genetically engineered aka transgenics and later had a siege in the middle of Seattle with Max as leader. We wanted to be free, it wasn't our faults we were created. We were made to protect our country and since they don't want us we disappeared and now we save them from things that they never knew existed." Dean finished his section and seemed kind of angry. Dean never liked Manticore for taking him away from his family but then again if they hadn't, he would have never met Max.
"When I flatlined, the government didn't put in the record that I came back. So legally I'm dead since Manticore would have hoped that it would be better if I was now under the radar of the law. Anyways, some time in the first year of the siege I gave birth to AJ and that's when it really hit that we had to disappear. So everyone had a plan to escape and make it seem as if we never existed and we did. Now we are all scattered and hiding with the X-series blending in with society and the transhumans underground for safety. After that we went home to Bobby and we were welcomed back by Sam, Bobby, John and even Bella here. She was so accepting of having me join the family and was happy that Dean was back in her life." Max finished her section with a thankful smile directed towards me. I didn't know Max that well except for that summer but I knew she was perfect for Dean.
"X-Series? Transhumans?" Jasper was just spitting out words that he didn't know what they stood for.
"X-series are the soldiers that can go and blend into society. Trained for undercover missions, and stuff like that. Transhumans are the soldiers that are specialized for a specific task like desert take downs or arctic voyages. They can't really blend well with society." Dean finished with the definition talk and looked more tired now.
"Maybe that's why I can't hear your thoughts…." Edward spoke once he made another connection.
"Maybe. They messed with our DNA so it wouldn't be a surprise if they messed with our brain chemistry too." Max answered as she shifted in her seat.
"Messed with your DNA how exactly?" Jacob curiously asked, at least he didn't look too upset now.
"They mixed human DNA with just a little bit of feline DNA as well as some added bonuses like stem cell regeneration, night vision and other stuff like that." Dean was all of a sudden by the kitchen door in what seemed to be a blink of an eye. Sam & I couldn't follow his movement but everyone else could. Dean sped over back to his original seat with a grin of just showing off that he isn't just some normal human.
"So that's what we saw you two do back at the clearing before you returned in the car. We didn't think it was possible but I guess we were wrong." Alice said sadly as she was rarely wrong. I guess she thought that she should have seen that coming.
Dean checked his watch, it was just after 1am, yet I was still wide awake between the brothers.
"Well, we should be leaving now. I for one need a beer or two." Dean stood up and headed for the door.
"You do remember that beer does nothing to us right?" Max reminded Dean. Their metabolisms were too high that the alcohol wouldn't last that long in their systems. The couple stood up as I slowly got up with Sam and headed for the door. I wanted to leave with them after the long day it's been.
"I think I'm going to take off too with them. I need my sleep." I was about to head out when Edward stopped me.
"Bella, we left through your window. Charlie's still asleep and has no idea that you aren't there. I can take you home." Edward offered but I kind of hesitated. Did I want Edward to take me home? Chances are he was going to yell at me or something. I put my hand up for Edward to wait for a minute as I walked Sam to the door with Max & Dean already waiting by the Impala. The rest of the Cullen's and Jacob remained in their seats still digesting everything that had been revealed about me today.
"Are you going to be staying in the area long?" The hope in my voice was very obvious and I didn't care.
"Yeah, we still have to fight that army before we leave." Sam noticed my slight disappointment at his last point. "Hey, don't worry. I want to spend so much time with my favorite girl in the world!" Sam proceeded to lift me up and gave me a great big bear hug like he use to.
"Good! It's been too long, and you should go and see Charlie. He will be happy to see you, I never told him about the phone call from Uncle Bobby so it won't be a problem." Sam nodded and gave me another squeeze. He wrote their numbers down for me before him, Max & Dean got into the Impala and drove off.
I was hoping to leave right after Sam did but Edward didn't really leave me a choice. I braced myself before walking back into the living room where eight pairs of eyes were staring at me expectantly. Here goes nothing.
A/N: So how was it? I made it longer because unfortunately I probably won't update until the next new Supernatural episode (I have a midterm I need to study for until then) so hopefully it wasn't too much information to follow at the Cullen house.
I'm now thinking that SPN is in season 4 sometime after the "It's a Terrible Life" episode (Zachariah's first appearance).
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