Alice laid her hand on Jasper's arm. "That wasn't very nice. Jasper hasn't hunted lately."
"Wasn't trying to be mean. Just testing a theory. Now that I'm certain, I almost have a question about whether or not I would be immune to being turned. Lots of people have tried to kill me: a couple have even succeeded for a short while."
"Logan, I understand your curiosity but I don't think we want to be testing THAT particular theory anytime soon." The professor's voice was calm enough to make the wolverine stop and think.
"You're right, Professor. But I think I might just take the big guy there up on his offer to see just how indestructible I am." He looked at Emmett. "Want to step outside?"
Esme spoke up. "Emmett."
"Esme, let them go. I would also like to see what happens." Carlisle was curious. He knew that Emmett had brute strength. But he didn't have a strategic mind. It occurred to him that maybe the mutant in question had a very strategy-oriented mind.
Everyone followed the two outside to watch.
****
"Bella, are you okay?" Charlie asked as his daughter started supper in the kitchen.
"Fine, Dad. I just don't know if I want to go to school tomorrow."
"We can tell them that you're sick. It'll be okay." Bella wasn't sure she'd heard her father right. He was going to let her miss school. Her emotions must have been clear on her face because he explained himself. "You're smart enough that you won't fall too far behind and I'm sure that one of your friends will be glad to bring your homework to you for a day or two."
She nodded. "Maybe that would be best. Just until we know if the Professor made it stick in their minds that I wasn't right there. You know, give them a chance to forget the accident."
"That's it, sweetheart." Charlie wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I know that your life isn't easy but you've done so well with it. Your mom told me about those kids you saved from the burning building. Of course no one knew about it so you were safe."
FLASHBACKBella had been coming back from the library when she saw the apartment building on fire. The firemen were trying to get in there but they didn't seem to be getting very far.
"My children are in there!" screamed a woman that was being held back by three police officers.
Bella knew what she had to do and walked behind a nearby building. Looking around carefully she noticed that no one was near her let alone looking at her.
She closed her eyes and teleported into the burning building, somehow ending up in the room that the three children had been taking their naps in. Working quickly, she tied one of them to her back and picked up the other two before teleporting back out.
She had run out after positioning the kids to make it look like they had stumbled out of the building by themselves and collapsed. "Hey! There's three kids over here!" Three medics ran over accompanied by a couple of firemen. They carried the kids away and Bella made good her escape.
When the medics turned to thank her for finding them, she was gone. They just couldn't explain it to themselves so they didn't say anything to anyone else.
FLASHBACK ENDS.
"That was a good thing, Bells. You are a really good person." Charlie kissed her cheek and then left the room while she finished making dinner.
****
Three hours later, Wolverine and Emmett were still at it. Logan had some scratches but amazingly so did Emmett. The vampire pulled back for a moment. "Draw?"
Logan nodded, impressed by Emmett's stamina. Everyone watched in amazement as Logan's wounds healed as they watched even though they'd seen it already.
"Logan, it's time to go," the professor said quietly. "We need to check with Bella before we leave."
"Sure, professor. No problem." The man put his shirt back on and walked over to where his friends stood. "Thanks for the scrap, bub."
"Same here. It's good to have someone that I can really let go with."
As the professor left, Edward slipped out of the house and ran off through the woods.
****
"I would prefer it if you waited here. I need to go check on Bella and her father."
"You need someone to watch your back, professor."
"I am safe here, Logan. As safe as anyone else."
"Professor, a lot of people know that you are a prime advocate for mutant rights. You have a large target on you. The Friends of Humanity know that if they take you out, they set mutant rights back so far that we might never have peace."
The professor sighed knowing that Logan was right. "Very well. But stay out of sight unless I'm in trouble."
"That I can do."
"Very well. The rest of you stay here. We will return shortly." The professor and Wolverine left the hotel room for Charlie's house.
