"Hey Bella, come with me for a moment." Miles asked Bella, coming to the garden she was working on.

He looked as excited as a kid on Christmas morning and in a hurry so she nodded, called out to Rachel that she was going on a walk with her father and followed him, wondering what he had seen in town that made him so happy. Maybe he had found a miracle solution to get rid of the Patriots.

"What's going on?" She asked him.

"Charlie's back. She's waiting on the edge of town. She said she has something to show me." He told her.

"Did you tell her about me already?" Bella wondered.

Why else would he come and get her now?

"Of course, I did. It's the first thing I told her when she appeared. She's very excited to meet you. Now come on, hurry. I want to know what it is she wants to show me."

"You looked so excited that for a moment I thought you had found a miracle solution to get rid of the Patriot invasion." Bella told him while they walked.

"Maybe Charlie will have the miracle idea." He smiled.

Bella followed her father until they were on the place they could secretly enter and exit the town from. Charlie was waiting there for them and looked happy to see Bella. After some quick introductions Bella asked her cousin:

"I don't understand, why are you hiding, why aren't you going in to see Aunt Rachel and your grandfather?"

"I'll do that later. Right now, there's something else I need to show Uncle Miles. You want to come with?" Charlie asked her.

"If I'm welcome I'd love to." Bella replied and Charlie nodded, guiding them to a hidden place not too far from the town.

There, they got a big surprise because Monroe was waiting for them. Of course Miles immediately pulled his gun out and Charlie stepped in front of Monroe, whose arms were raised in the air, assuring that he wasn't going to hurt anyone so Bella did her best to calm her father.

"At least listen to what he has to say dad." She pleaded and Miles nodded.

"Dad? Who are you?" Monroe asked her, surprised.

"Bella Swan."

"No way! Renee had a daughter? I never liked that woman, never thought she was good for you. Did you know and keep this hidden from me all this time?" Bass asked his old friend who shook his head.

"No, she came as a surprise a few months ago. Actually, she arrived shortly after Charlie left. You'll get the story later if you're lucky enough to survive. Now, why are you here?" Miles asked, his gun pointing down but still at the ready.

"You can't trust the Patriots." Monroe declared.

"Tell us something we don't know." Bella rolled her eyes.

"Bella already told us they have bounty hunters after Rachel and I. We know. But they're here and they've seen us. I don't know what they want because they haven't tried anything against us yet." Miles added.

"I think it's because they can watch you. I think the only reason they haven't done anything is because they want to try and get Rachel and you on their side." Bella guessed.

"Yeah well, good luck with that." Miles chuckled humorlessly.

"So what is your plan to get rid of them?" Monroe asked.

"Why are you interested?" Miles asked him while Bella and Charlie stood between them to prevent any incident.

"They're blaming me for their bombing Miles. I want them gone. I want them to pay for bombing our city, killing our people." Monroe replied and it was obvious that he was being honest.

"I believe him." Bella whispered to her father.

"Yeah, unfortunately, so do I." Miles said while he put his gun away for good.

"Listen, I tried to kill him and when he could have let me die, he saved my life and brought me back here. I trust him for now." Charlie told her uncle who nodded.

"There's a little cabin not too far from here but it's out of the way, they won't go looking for him there. I only found it because I was looking for a specific herb for the medicines. Monroe will be safe there." Bella suggested and they agreed.

On the way, Miles told Monroe and Charlie everything they had found so far, which wasn't much and what they wanted to do against the Patriots. Monroe agreed that using the Texas' Rangers was the best way to fight the Patriots so far. Texas had a big army and lots of influence everywhere in the old USA. If Texas declared war against those crazy Patriots, everyone would follow.

Once they were in the cabin, Miles had drifted the conversation to Bella and how she found them so the four of them stayed there for a while.

"You traded medicine your mother needed against the truth of your father's identity?" Monroe asked Bella.

"Yeah well, she wasn't exactly competing for Mother of the Year and I had been waiting for this name all my life. I deserved that name, I was willing to do anything." Bella shrugged her shoulders.

Of course Monroe had something on his mind. He wanted Miles to help him find his son and he decided to be honest from the start:

"Miles… I'm here to help but… I also want something…" He started.

"Why aren't I surprised?" Miles rolled his eyes.

"Once we're done with those Patriots, I want you to help me find my son." Monroe asked.

"I… I can do better than that, I can take you to him." Miles replied, looking guilty.

"What? You know where he is? How?" Bass asked, looking betrayed.

"Emma… She contacted me and asked me to take him to her family in Mexico so her parents couldn't put him up for adoption where she'd never see him again… At first I wanted to tell you but she convinced me that you couldn't know, that it was better this way… She had pretty good arguments at the time." Miles tried to explain and Monroe punched him in the stomach.

Immediately, Bella got her sword out and put it at Monroe's throat.

"Wow, wow, wow, Bella, it's okay. I deserved that. Put your sword down, honey. Please." Miles asked her and Bella nodded, still glaring at Monroe.

"You have quick reflexes." Charlie complimented her.

"Thanks… I've had good training. I grew up wanting to be the best at everything so that when I do meet my father, he'd at least have one thing to be proud of." Bella explained.

"And now I have every reason in the world to be proud." Miles told Charlie, making Bella blush.

"Great, Miles 2.0." Monroe rolled his eyes.

"I assure you that she's not a second me. She's so much more and a great doctor." Miles gloated.

"I thought you muttered that I was Miles 2.0?" Charlie asked with a smirk.

"That I agree with." Miles smiled, amused.

"Is she the Bella Swan the resistance was talking about?" Charlie asked her uncle who nodded.

"The reason they couldn't find her at home was because she was looking for me." Miles replied.

"Can we please go back to trying to free your town from the Patriots?" Bass asked and they all nodded.

"I think we should capture one of the soldiers that are at the train yard. Then we get the Rangers there and make the soldier talk. I'm sure you two have experience in interrogating people, right?" Bella suggested and the two men nodded.

"We'll do this tonight then. Bass, you'll be able to find the train yard?" Miles asked his old friend.

"Yes, I saw it on the way here. I'll meet you there at sun down?" He asked.

"Okay, see you there. Charlie, you're coming with us or you still want to avoid your mother?" Miles asked her.

"I'm still mad at her but I want to see grandpa and to get to know Bella better so let's go. See you later Monroe." Charlie replied before she followed her uncle and cousin back in town.

"I think that even if we tell Rachel that Monroe's here, we can't tell her where he's hiding." Bella said on the way.

"Why? I thought you got along well with her…" Miles asked, not understanding her reasons.

"I do, but I also know that she wants Monroe dead for his involvement in Uncle Ben and Danny's deaths. She blames Monroe for everything. Charlie leaving is his fault. The events of the towers are is faults. I think that she even managed to link me not finding you until a few months ago to being Monroe's fault. She won't care about the plans or that he's here to help, she'll either kill him herself or give him up to the Patriots, who will kill him and make a spectacle out of it to impress the Texas Rangers that are still in town." Bella explained.

"I agree with her." Charlie nodded.

"Okay then, you have good arguments kid. I have to agree with you." Miles nodded as they slowly made their way back to town.


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