Disclaimer; I do not own Twilight or Heroes.
Thanks to 'SPOONS Secret Agent Alice' for being my beta, even though I've took ages to write this.
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I looked back toward Edward and realized my right hand was still clutching his wrist, so tight that my knuckles had gone white. Edward didn't seem too phased by this, but on closer inspection I realized his skin was hard and cold, almost like he was made out of marble. No wonder, I bet he didn't even realize I was holding on to him with all the strength I possessed.
A quick glance at my hand from Edward made me let go and jump back like a bat out of hell. While fearing for my life I'd willingly jumped into the arms of the one person I know wants to kill me in a heartbeat. I'd willingly go play with matches with fire boy over there if it meant I didn't have to get eaten by Edward. I was tore away from my thoughts on how I'd prefer to die by a hand ruffling up my hair.
"I always knew you were special Bella." said Mohinder from behind me.
I turned around and before I realized what I was doing I'd pounced on him and was hugging him so tight I don't think he could breathe, but it was worth it. I was worth it. After all this time, all the trial and errors, all the wasted mornings of my failure, my day has finally come, no scratch that, our day. Mohinder deserves more credit than even I do, if it wasn't for him, I think I'd of bolted from this place and hopped on a plane back to England, power or not. And yeah, even though he'd admitted that I may not have a power; deep down I know he always knew I was capable of possessing one. He'd once told me how out of all the other 'hopefuls' he hopes I'm one of the ones with a power, and a great one at that. A sideways glance at Bob made me realize this power, whatever it actually was, is just what he's been looking for. But I was far too angry at the most recent 'test' that he lined up for me, so sorry if I'm not first in line to jump on the celebratory bandwagon.
I looked back to Mohinder and couldn't help the feeling that spread through me at the look in his eyes. It was one that Charlie would give me when I got an A on a test; it was one a father would give to their daughter. I'd never really thought about it until now but over these past few months, Mohinder really had become somewhat of a father figure to me since I arrived her, making sure that Bob never took things too far with his ridiculous testing, although I'm going to be having some strong words with him over what just happened.
"I did it Mo! Finally, I bloody did it!" I said with him laughing along with me at my use of 'bloody', he always commented on my odd English expressions, that being one of the classics apparently.
"It took you long enough; we only wasted how many mornings? And went through how many bagels?" He said.
I grinned sheepishly at that, "Think about the amount of games of hangman and eye spy we played trying to kill time while you processed some of my blood or mental test results."
This again made him laugh "Yeah and you coming up with your own words for what some of my equipment is called."
"I think some of my names were far better." I said, smiling at some of the stupid names I came up with.
"Who knew you had it in you? Well, I knew you had something in you but not what I was looking for." said an overfriendly voice from behind me, who I knew instantly, was Bob. Ruining the moment like only he knew how.
"Oh really?" I said anger lacing my tone, turning around to face him "So if you didn't think I was what you were looking for, and didn't have much of a power, then why go through all of this? Were you just so bored and frustrated you thought me getting my ass burnt would help?"
It was nice to see he didn't quite have a comeback for everything, since his face looked a little stunned and he looked rather flabbergasted, looking around the room and even at Mohinder for backup, which we both knew was never coming. But the smile slowly left my face when I saw a flicker of a smirk grace his lips, this surely isn't going to end well.
"I've got another brilliant idea, now you've got the power you so desperately wanted, how about I call Phillip back in here and see how long you can keep it up?"
Now this is why Mohinder always told me to keep stum around Bob, since no matter what, he always wins. Although, I did have a slight chuckle over the pyro being called Phillip. Phillip the pyro, he does wonders for those who favour alliteration. But before I had a chance to beg Bob for my life, Mohinder stood in front of me.
"I think you've had enough ideas today Bob, leave her alone, I'll run some small tests tomorrow with her, ones that won't put her in any danger."
"Don't you see it Doctor Suresh, it's what she needs, it's the danger that brings it out of her, and we need a power like hers on our side, you know that." said Bob in a voice I think is supposed to be persuasive.
"Bella needs to be able to control her power before you throw her onto the front line, she needs to be able to use it at will and to its full potential, not just whenever she feels threatened, what if it doesn't work and she gets hurt? Then what, all this searching will be for nothing, and then he'll win." Said Mohinder with more anger than I've ever heard before. But hold up, 'he'll win'? Who's he? Is this maybe the 'war' Jake was telling me about, and the need to know basis Mohinder mentioned.
"We don't even know if she'll be able to stop him, so she managed to stop Phillip's power somehow, we don't know how strong her power really is until we test it."
"Exactly, which is I will test Bella in a safe environment away from any out of control pyros and any tennis ball wielding telekinetics."
Just as I was really thinking about making an 'I love Mo' fan group, Alice and Edward, accompanied by Carlisle and that weird Aro guy from the lift came over and stood next to Mo, totally blocking my view. I took a step forward and linked my arm with Alice's so I wasn't completely out of the loop. She looked up at me and smiled before turning back to glare at Bob.
"How about we take it from here." said Aro, in a voice that was actually persuasive and not weird like Bob made it sound before.
"You're not in charge here remember? This is still MY Company and I call the shots." said Bob. Typical he's defiant till the end. But to my surprise, Aro laughed.
"Bob, please I am not trying to 'call the shots' as you put it, I'm just being logical. We've all seen that she can obviously suppress you're kinds powers, now how about we see how well she can suppress ours. That will surely give us a better chance at stopping... him."
Bob seemed to mull it over for a few seconds before giving a brief nod of his head "Fine, but I want any progress reported to me straight away, are we clear? And Mohinder will watch over any sessions you have with her, just remember I'm the one who found her, she belongs to me." and with that he stormed off, closely followed by the men who were accompanying him before.
"Erm, Mo," I said softly not wanting to interrupt the moment the Aro fellow was obviously having over beating Bob, "what did he mean that I belong to him?"
Mohinder turned back towards me, his face slightly pained "That's just Bob's way, you know, finders keepers and all that." He said, his voice lowering at the end.
I felt like I'd had the air knocked out of me, was this all I was to this company, just an object that belonged to them. Was I doomed to this weird life forever? I mean, I've got plans, I'm going to go back to Charlie and Renee once I've got a grip on my power and then go on to University, although I'll need to sort my grades out from college first. Was this why Bob dragged me out of college, because no matter what, I wasn't allowed to go back home or to any of my friends. If I did try to leave would he just send Phil the pyro after me? Well I've already proven I can take care of his little power, so once I'm able to control my power I'm going to leave, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me. Bob can send as many people as he likes after me, if I really can suppress anyone's powers, then there's no way they'll ever be able to stop me. Mohinder obviously wasn't expecting the devilish grin that spread across my face, since confusion swept across his features.
"Okay, Aro was it? Why don't we start this 'training' now, I want to see what I can really do."
The rest of the Cullen's looked a little uneasy over this, especially Edward, but then again he always seemed uneasy about everything. Aro was the only one who actually seemed pleased I wanted to start now, he glided over to me and put his arm around my shoulder, and I couldn't help but shiver slightly at how cold he was.
"I have a feeling me and you are going to get along just fine Isabella."
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Sorry this isn't very long and took ages to write, but this seemed the right place to finish it and I've been busy. I'll write more soon, although I'll write it even sooner if you review. :D
