I am stating for the record that I will not be giving Bella or Jasper alter egos. I have plans for the plot… be patient.
Bella stared at the mess in front of her once again and frowned. She wished she could at the very least remember her feeds but since that first hunt, her feeds were just a haze of red with occasional sounds and tastes.
The tastes were fantastic and sent her into a state of almost pure bliss and relieved the horrible burn in her throat. The burn that never went away for any longer than a few hours before it would return with a fiery vengeance.
Douglas had continued to train the girls with a firm hand; which Bella had probably ended up ripping off more than once. But she was nothing compared to Dawn, who would rip off his arms out of boredom and throw them into the trees.
Bella nodded at Dawn, Lucy and Jillian. Lucy and Jillian were the other girls in Bella's training group. Maria's rule was to train as a group and feed as a group. Douglas stared at the bodies, knowing he was going to be the one cleaning them up. Douglas had shown the group how to check bodies to make sure none were left alive; not that that has ever happened.
Bella remembered when she'd met Lucy and Jillian; she'd judged them based on their appearance and now she looked quite similar in appearance. Her clothes were ripped, blood soaked, and filthy. She was still wearing the clothes she had been turned in. Her hair looked like straw and was caked with blood from her last several feeds and mud.
They had just relocated for the fifth time since her transformation and Bella had discovered that was the most peaceful time. Maria never moved the army all at once. The training groups moved together taking different paths.
Bella's group was the second group to arrive to their new location and for a few minutes there was no sounds of fighting, growling or yelling. Bella stared blankly at the scene in front of her. The house was beautiful, it has beautiful grass, a big yard. It looked beautiful; they all did until it endured a day at the hands of the many violent newborns.
Bella knew they were going to immediately train upon arriving as that was what always happened when they switched locations. Bella was doing better with her training than she had on her first day. It had taken weeks to show improvement but it happened.
Bella learned that they trained better when they had fed recently or at least wasn't thirsty because when they was thirsty she became far less logical and rational; more likely to just attack Douglas than to go through with his drills.
Bella walked towards the house and heard Maria talking to Marcus. Marcus was the one who would sniff out new places for them to go, track when humans were getting suspicious and locate spots for them to hunt without notice. He was telling Maria that the relocation had been successful and no one was lost.
"Yes, I know. We haven't lost members during a relocation since Whitlock took those two rats and ran with them," Maria growled. "Said the rats were in love."
Bella lost interest in the conversation and went back to the river in behind the house. Douglas found her and stared at her for a second to make sure she wasn't going to attack him.
"Come on, time to train," Douglas said. "I hope you hunted well because I don't want any bite marks today."
Dawn came up from behind and ripped his arm off of his shoulder. He roared but between Bella and Dawn he was way too used to it. Dawn backed up several feet and called for Bella to 'go long'.
A playful smirk crossed Bella's face as she caught the arm as though it were a football. When Douglas went to grab the arm from Bella, she threw it in the air at Dawn. Unlike Bella and Dawn, Douglas lacked newborn strength, speed and his right arm; so for five minutes, they played monkey in the middle.
"Douglas!" Maria suddenly called, causing the girls to throw Douglas's arm back at him and stand in line for drills.
"Yes Maria," he said after he reattached his arm; she smirked at the site.
"Lucy and Jillian have had their anniversaries today and will not be part of the group anymore but from what I can see, you have your arm full as it is," she said is a snarky tone. Douglas nodded and turned back to Dawn and Bella.
"Well, let's get started," he said, standing up straight to indicate he was serious.
Once Maria was out of hearing range, the three of them burst into laughter.
"Well...at least she's...laughing at something…" Edward said, in an odd voice after Alice had a glimpse of the girls' game with the vampire who was training them.
"Yes, I'm so happy I got to watch my sister play monkey in the middle with some guys arm! It just fills me with friggin joy!" Alice shot back, causing Jasper to stare at her in shock.
"She was doing what!" he cried out.
"Well, she wasn't the one who ripped his arm off; this time…" Alice muttered the last part quietly.
Emmett burst into laughter.
"Please, we need to bring her home while she's still fun!" Emmett cried, earning him a smack in the head from his wife.
"Yes Emmett, and we'll make sure it's your limbs she has all of her fun with!" Alice muttered rolling her eyes. Alice shuddered at the idea of Bella ripping someone's limbs off; even though she had seen it happen at least three times now.
Jasper put an arm around Alice's shoulder knowing there wasn't much he could do but hold her as she'd see glimpses of Bella's meals or her violent tantrums.
According to Alice, Bella had done a good job staying out of crossfire; only showing three visible bite marks that Alice could see and he was sure one was from when she was turned. Maria liked to visibly mark her 'pets'.
Suddenly they could hear footsteps approaching. Peter and Charlotte could be seen running through the woods towards the Cullens.
"What's going on?" Peter asked.
"We're discussing Bella's new found enjoyment of ripping peoples arms off and throwing them around like toys." Emmett was the only one who found anything about Alice's vision funny.
"Ha, I did that to you once," Peter laughed pointing to Jasper. "I think I tried to feed it to you. Crazy times!"
"How are you doing, Jasper? With all of this," Charlotte asked, her tone sympathetic.
"Honestly, I've been better. I don't want to think about Maria or her army again but they have my sister now and I will get her back," Jasper said.
"But why do you need us?" Peter asked. "We will help in any way we can but I don't understand what you want us to do."
"When it's time to go and get Bella, I want you there to help me kill Maria; once and for all. She ruined your lives, like she did mine and I think you guys deserve that much," Jasper said.