A/N I want to give a huge thank you to my pre reader sinfulroad69, she doesn't just read it, she tells me whats wrong and helps me fix it so you guys have a nice chapter to read. I love ya girl. I need to warn you, there is a scene of infant death. It's not completely described, but it does tell how the infant dies. It was needed to show how sick someone is. Other than that enjoy.
I do not own Twilight or the characters.
Edward POV
I was standing here listening to everyone's thoughts on Krissy's choice of what last names she wanted, when everything suddenly went silent. It was like a light being turned off.
I knew as soon as Krissy said that she could hear everyone's thoughts that she had taken my gift. Of course being with it since I woke up to this life and now being suddenly without it I was disoriented. After a minute or so there was another feeling that I had, it was fear.
I just blurted it out, "I think we just discovered what her gift is. I can't read anyone's mind, at all. It like I'm totally blind, not seeing what anyone is thinking."
When she spoke up I knew I was right. She had looked at me and the last thought I heard from her was; I wish I had Edward's gift. I would love to know what everyone is thinking right now.
Carlisle immediately started to ask her questions. Of course he never opened his mouth, she was answering him before he even had a chance to voice them out loud. Emmett was whooping and doing the fist pump in the air.
The rest of the family was in different levels of excitement and shock. I didn't need Jasper's gift to know that, you could see it by their expressions. Laya and CJ were really happy about their friend and new sister being special.
Personally, I just wanted my gift back. She could take someone else's, but I really really wanted mine back. I realized just how much I depended on it, and without it I felt like I just couldn't function. I didn't like this feeling at all. I wonder if she can give it back to me.
One thing for sure, was I was going to have to figure out how I would function if she couldn't return it. I could actually feel myself starting to get more than a little frightened.
Suddenly I felt myself becoming calm. I looked over at Jasper to see him watching me with concern in his eyes. Its times like this that I'm more appreciative of my gifted family members.
I smiled and nodded at him, letting him know that his help was very welcomed at this point. Carlisle had just turned his attention to me and was asking me questions. He was a mixture of concerned for me and curiosity. It was the tone of his voice, as he asked me how I was feeling.
I was starting to feel a little angry. How dare she take my gift without asking. Of course that sounded really stupid, even to me. So, I just asked Carlisle how he would feel about him being a doctor and suddenly his eyesight was gone.
I really hated how I was feeling. I knew that I was being selfish. Krissy of course heard everything I was thinking and became really upset. She immediately started trying to "wish" my gift back to me, but it didn't work.
The harder she tried, the more upset she became. I watched as Jasper got in front of her trying to calm her down. She looked up at him, and suddenly I had my gift back. But, at what price?
I could hear Jasper's mind and he was now without his gift. I along with everyone else suddenly started to feel fear, and panicky. Krissy now had Jasper's gift and was projecting.
The males all started to surround Krissy, needing to be ready to grab her, in case she bolted. Being an empath took years to get used to and learn how to use your gift. That's what Jasper had told me. So now we have a newborn, that is now being bombarded by everyone's emotions.
Jasper told everyone to think of pleasant, calming things. We needed to get her to calm down. Even after everyone had been able to calm down just a fraction, she was still very unsettled. She was still projecting, and it was overcoming the calm that everyone was trying to keep.
This went on for about two minutes when I heard Bella speak up, "Krissy, please try to concentrate on my voice. I know you are scared but why don't you try thinking about taking my gift, my shield? It may help you."
The poor girl seemed to hear her and then looked at Bella. Try as she might, it didn't work. She even tried to "wish" to have Bella's gift, but it just wasn't happening. I wasn't sure who to feel sorry for, Krissy for having such a gift as Jasper's or Jasper for being without his gift.
After about a total of five minutes, things changed, and she suddenly had Bella's shield. It didn't take long to realize that Jasper had his gift back. Apparently, she can only "take" and "keep" one gift at a time. Jasper of course was upset that now his mate was without the very thing that had saved her life more than once.
Bella was trying to calm him down, and CJ and Laya were trying to soothe their friend. If Jasper didn't calm down he could say or do something to hurt Krissy, and that in turn would hurt the kids.
He is so lucky. His daughter was able to use her gift on her dad and got him to calm down. It seems that his worry was not needed. Carlisle had continued to ask her questions, as well try to keep her calm just by talking to her.
Five minutes after she had taken Bella's shield, it was gone. Bella had it back. That of course helped to calm Jasper down considerably. Now, it was time for the tests and experiments to find out exactly what the newest member of our family could do. Alice was right as usual, this girl was going to turn out to be even more special than anyone would have believed.
Bella POV
After I had my shield back and was able to assure my mate that I was alright, the tests started. I wanted to feel bad for the poor girl, I had been in her place shortly after I had been turned. In this case though I understood the need to have a full understanding of her gift.
If she were to take the wrong gift, she could cause a lot of destruction before it left her. Like if she had taken Kate Denali's gift, she could possibly kill someone, before it left her. Not knowing how to control the gift was not good.
It took a total of three days to finally figure out everything. The kids ate, and slept, while we continued to work with Krissy. Once we had tons of information about her gift we knew only one thing for sure, no one could know the full extent of her gift, and the Volturi; well hopefully we could keep the knowledge of her gift completely hidden from them.
If they found out what she could do, Carlisle said they would probably try to force her to join them. Yeah, her gift was that powerful. At least now we had answers and understood how she could be so calm as a newborn.
Of course now she had two new best friends in Peter and Emmett. They were already trying to come up with pranks that she could help them with. CJ told her that she could do what she wanted to, but to leave him out of whatever they had planned.
Some of what we found out was strictly by accident. Most of it was by trial and error. Well, actually, there was no error. Just some really wild shit. Carlisle, once he realized how her gift worked just for lack of a better term, called her a "puller".
Yeah, it seems that she can "pull" whatever she wants from another person. Doesn't matter what it is. Emotions, gifts, and even personality traits. She can't pull out thoughts though.
That's how she has been able to stay calm. She looks at someone and wants to be like them, calm. Carlisle asked her to hold off and see if she would become like a true newborn so to speak. He did it when the kids were asleep so they wouldn't be in any danger.
True to form, it took Jasper, Ethan, Peter, and eventually Emmett to keep her from going after the heartbeats she heard, coming from three rooms. Carlisle thinks that she "pulled" strength from Emmett and that is why it took all of them to hold her down.
Jasper had to calm her down long enough for her to understand that she needed to pull calm, and control from someone. This was the strange thing about her gift. If she pulled a gift of course the person knew about it; if she pulled an emotion, or trait from someone they never felt anything.
Even with gifts, if yours wasn't an active gift like Edward's you wouldn't even know that she had taken it. There was one other dangerous test that we did. Carlisle said we needed to know if she could pull blood lust from a vampire.
Jasper was the one that volunteered for this one. He just brought up memories of when he was with Maria, which of course brought up some pretty strong blood lust. She took it from him, and once again we were forced to hold her down. What we found out from this test was that not only was she able to take the strong blood lust from a vampire, but she could also take the "normal" burn that always stays in the back of our throats and remove that too.
The thing is that it doesn't matter what she pulls from someone, she only keeps it for about five minutes. After that she either has to pull more, or if it's a gift, then it just goes back to the "owner". The biggest shock came in the form of one of the accidents.
She had pulled Edward's gift again, this time with permission. Carlisle wanted to see if she could try to get past CJ's shield and read his thoughts. Krissy was wanting a break. Carlisle had told her that after this last test, she could go hunting with the kids.
She was standing there trying to concentrate on CJ. She suddenly looked over at Peter. After she did, she could no longer read anyone's thoughts; Peter could though.
Yeah, she can take a gift, and give it to whom ever she wishes to. Poor girl, had to do the same thing over and over with everyone's gifts. It was a sure thing, all she had to do was to want the gift to go into someone else, and it would. She could only do one person at a time, unless she was under my shield.
The really scary thing about this was that she could take my shield, and then use it to amplify her gift to pull everyone's gift at the same time, and send it to whom ever. It did take her some practice though in order to control who got which gift.
It got even scarier. Carlisle wanted to find out if she could go through my shield. She didn't need to, all she had to do was pull it from me. If she didn't pull it from me, she couldn't get through. In other words, there was not one of us that had a defense against her gift.
In the wrong hands, she could be deadly. Fortunately, she was a very tender, compassionate young woman and loved us. We would do whatever it took to make sure her gift was kept a secret.
We would need to work with her to refine the gift. While it didn't matter who she took other things from, she needed to learn exactly what it was that caused her to "pull" the gifts. It didn't really take long to understand that all she needed to do was to "want" someone's gift.
The best thing was that she could take things like calm, blood lust, etc. from someone and then turn around and take a gift. It seemed that with the gifts she could only take one at a time unless under my shield. She could take more than one of calm, or other traits.
Under my shield, she could take everyone's gift at the same time as long as she "gave" the gifts to others. If she tried to keep the gifts they would all go back to the owner, and she would end up with just one gift.
The next step would be to train her to try to understand how to effectively use the gift she had taken. At least for the ones that could be turned on and off, like Jasper's, or mine, or even the kid's.
Jasper's and Ethan's would be the hardest ones for her to control. Ethan was a little easier than Jasper's as he couldn't read someone's mind, only put thoughts into someone in a way that they would believe the thought to be their own, and true.
That's where Carlisle believes the kids got their ability to send thoughts. I of course could also go into someone's mind, and find thoughts, as well as pull thoughts out with the help of the kids. Unfortunately, because the gifts were combined she couldn't take that one.
Jasper's gift worked two ways, he could feel others emotions and manipulate them. Once she had it, she could feel the onslaught of everyone's emotions and didn't know how to handle it. I got one of those really stupid ideas and asked her to take his gift and give it to me; I just had to know what it was like.
First of all I have to say, my husband has to be the strongest man ever to exist. I just don't understand how he could walk around on a daily basis with all of those emotions flying around. Needless to say he was very upset that I had done it.
It was so overwhelming to feel everything like that. I was doubled up on the floor in a fetal position until it left me. Jasper tried to explain how he was able to survive feeling all of that shit, until he realized that he couldn't really. He just did it.
Carlisle said that those who had those kind of gifts were just somehow able to handle it, while no one else would be able to. Peter came up with the idea that if we ever needed a defensive weapon, that Krissy could just give the enemy Jasper's gift and they too would be immobilized.
Jasper had tried to talk Krissy through getting past the others emotions, but they were too overwhelming. When he had everyone concentrate on being calm, it was a different matter. She was actually able to send other emotions out.
Leave it to Peter to be curious as to how it would work on Malick. With him once you used your gift on him he was immune to it, as well as have the gift himself. It was something to think about. If he could also use it, this would not go well for us. We would just have to make sure that she never had to use it on him. Part of me just wanted for her to be able to take gifts and remove them permanently.
Once we had finished with most of the tests, Carlisle felt that it would benefit everyone to go hunting. The kids had not hunted since they took Krissy, so they would be thirsty.
They had woken up not too long ago. Usually, they will hunt before eating human food. This morning though we had still been working with Krissy, so they had gotten some cereal, but both said they wanted to hunt anyway.
Carlisle had not seen the brothers since the encounter with them wanting the human kids. Rose and Esme had stayed with the girls while the rest of us worked with Krissy. None of us were wanting to see the assholes that wanted to kill these kids.
We were going to go hunting and then the rest of the day would be spent with our mates, or family as in the case of Rose, and my family. I had never seen Rose as happy, as she was right now. I had seen her almost this happy when my kids were born.
Carlisle and Esme said they would stay with the kids, at least until Rose and Emmett got back from hunting. I knew that Emmett was needing to be with his mate as they had not been alone since before the babies had been saved from death.
We all left together, but of course split up once we were away from the castle. Laya, CJ, and Krissy came with us. While they stayed close by, everyone made sure to stay far enough away to be safe from attack, but close enough to hopefully stop Krissy if she took off.
This time, she had taken some extra control from one of the kids and was able to feed without ruining her clothes. It was a strange sight to watch her though. We could begin to tell when the "calm" she had taken or the "control" she had taken would be gone, and she would start to go into newborn stage.
Jasper and I had finished quickly and were waiting for the kids to finish before heading back. We had taken positions up in a tree so that we could watch without getting in the way.
Krissy had gotten done first and came up to join us. It only took a minute before Jasper was asking her what was going on in her head. She didn't really want to say anything, but we told her that she could ask us without fear of being punished, or rejected.
Finally, she cleared her throat which is totally unnecessary for a vampire, "I know that I haven't been with you guys for very long, but I feel like I finally belong somewhere. I belong here, with the family. I was just wondering, well, I just thought maybe, you know, maybe I could, oh never mind. I don't think you would want me to anyway. I'm not really family."
Jasper grabbed her and lifted her over him to place her so that she was sitting in between us. Then we both put an arm around her shoulders. Jasper told her that since it was his venom flowing through her body that she was just as much family as anyone else.
He sent her some confidence and told her to please ask us what she was wanting to. She was playing with her fingers in a nervous manner, and it still took her another moment before she finally spoke up, "I was just wondering if it would be alright with you if I could call you mom and dad? I'll understand if you don't want me to. It's just that I have know you for a couple of years now, and you have always treated me like you were my real parents. Just tell me no if it makes you uncomfortable."
I could feel the venom in my eyes. Jasper spoke up quickly, "Krissy, we would both be proud for you to call us mom and dad. Like I told you before, you are part of our family, and like a daughter to us. Just keep in mind that means that you will have Peter and Emmett as Uncles. Also, I get to tickle you when ever I feel like it! Right now, I feel like it."
With that she took off like a bat out of hell! Jasper was right behind her. I always loved watching Jasper chase the kids around. When CJ was younger he would tickle both of them. Once CJ was grown, he was "too big" and "too much of an adult" for that kind of shit.
Jasper could have caught her easily. All he had to do was take short cuts, but he was enjoying the chase too much. It wasn't long before Laya came running through the trees, only to be chased too. She always loved her daddy chasing her. It was when he caught her that bothered her.
Oh, it didn't really, but she always made out like it did. It was a game that she played with Jasper. He would tickle her and she would get mad at him. It always ended with both of them laughing, and hugging each other.
Now, he was chasing both girls. They were laughing and just enjoying this time with their daddy. He finally decided that the chase was over and now it was tickling time.
He had both girls in each arm withing seconds of each other. Krissy could have probably gotten out of his grasp since she had her newborn strength but she stayed there. They were both now squealing, and Jasper started the tickling one handed.
After a couple of minutes he let them both go. Laya was half human and that part would always get tired out if he didn't stop shortly after starting. He gave them both a hug and a kiss on the cheek before heading back up the tree from where he had jumped to chase Krissy.
The girls followed him up and sat down. It was then that I realized that CJ hadn't gotten back from hunting. Normally, I wouldn't worry as he sometimes likes to just sit and watch nature unfold before him.
I asked Laya if she had seen him. She said that she had last seen him about twenty minutes before coming back. He had told her he was still thirsty as he had only been able to catch a small deer and was going to go look for something bigger.
My instincts were starting to become slightly alarmed. It wasn't too bad as I also felt that not knowing this area, he didn't really know where to look for certain types of prey. The problem was, they had already had trouble while hunting here.
The fact that we were all up in a tree made a difference. It was much safer up here and we could see the surrounding area from up here. It wasn't likely that we could be surprised, yet we would have the element of surprise if someone were to walk by; they couldn't smell us from the ground.
We had been talking, waiting for CJ to come back. Jasper was telling Krissy about some of the stupid shit Peter and Emmett would get into, when I felt my instincts kick in. CJ was in trouble!
I took off, landing gracefully and headed in the direction that Laya said she saw CJ going. I had left so swiftly that it took Jasper a few seconds to catch up. He leapt in front of me, stopping me. All it took was one word, "CJ" and we were all running.
Jasper did take his cell phone out and try to call him but of course there was no answer. The kids had been taught that under no circumstances would they ever be allowed to go hunting without their cell phones. The second part was that even if they were feeding, they had to at least stop long enough to hit answer and then hang up. That let us know they couldn't talk and would call back asap.
If they didn't answer, something was wrong. We did give them one minute to call back just in case. It had only happened once.
They were out hunting, and Jasper needed to tell Laya something. He tried to call her and no answer. He gave her a full minute before calling again. Still, no answer.
CJ had come back first that time. They took off after her, following her scent. It was the one time that while she wasn't really in any danger, just the circumstances was scary. It didn't take long for them to find her, and when they did, they started laughing at what they saw.
On the ground was her cell phone. She herself was sitting down about ten feet away from the phone. She couldn't get to it though. She was surrounded by believe it or not a pack of wolves.
They didn't seem to be interested in harming her. It looked like they were just trying to keep her in place. Every time she had tried to get to her phone, they would get in front of her. Apparently, several of the larger wolves had knocked her down, and the phone flew out of her hand.
They were growling at her. How did she react to their growling? Yeah, you got it, she fucking growled back. I only wished I had been there to see it.
They had several puppies and Laya had one in her arms. The reason they wouldn't let her go is she had something that belonged to them. Her dad made her let it go and as soon as she did the wolf pack was gone.
She was about twelve in appearance and loved the wolf puppies. Jasper made her promise to not bother animal off spring or the parents of said off spring. While she couldn't get hurt like normal humans, it was just better if she left the babies alone.
When Jasper tried to call CJ, it went straight to voice mail. We weren't too alarmed at this point. He could be talking to someone on the phone. We did start to run just a little faster though. Neither of us liked it when we couldn't reach our kids by phone.
He never called back though, and that had us worried. He was always very responsible, and knew that if he didn't answer he had to call back. Jasper called Peter, and Emmett, as well as Edward to let them know that CJ was missing at this moment.
They said that they would meet us when they crossed our scents. We told them the direction we were going in. We had been following CJ's scent and it was about thirty minutes old.
It took them only a few minutes to catch up with us. At least we couldn't smell any other vampires with CJ's scent, so we knew that he at least wasn't being followed.
We ran for another ten miles before we came to a sudden halt. We had come into a clearing that was surrounded by thick clusters of trees. They were so thick that it was slower going, but CJ had come through those trees so we did too.
In the center was another building. It was another castle like building, but it appeared to be divided in half. We continued to follow CJ's scent which led us straight to a smaller version of the wall.
He had gone through the hidden opening. We went through and found CJ around the back of the building. He was facing off with a vampire that was smaller than CJ. He had his shield up. The other vampire was telling him that he was going to have to kill him as he wasn't supposed to know about this place.
It took all of five seconds for Peter and Emmett to be on his ass, and ripped him apart. We asked CJ if he was alright, and what had happened. Peter told us that we needed to take the body parts and run. We didn't want to be caught by anyone else.
Once we were far enough away we stopped so that CJ could tell us what happened. He was running, looking for something bigger to eat, and ran right into this castle. He figured the wall had an opening just like the other one did, and he was right.
He found several windows that he could look through and did just that. What he found was actually what we kind of suspected. This was where they brought humans to be turned. One area was were they were kept while going through the transformation, and apparently spent their newborn stage.
The second section was where they kept them during their training. They also kept humans in this area, for food. When telling us this part, I could see that he was really shaken. He had seen something that he shouldn't have, no human should see this.
The humans were divided up. Some were strictly for food, while others were all females and kept for sex. I doubt that any of them survived, and were probably drained during or after.
CJ said that right after he had seen what he saw happen, that the vampire came around the corner. He had apparently, smelled CJ and went to investigate. It was at this point that we had shown up.
CJ was beyond shaken and his dad finally asked him what was wrong besides the sick treatment of the people in this place. He was about to tell us when he got physically sick and he thought that he was going to throw up.
There had been a very pregnant woman. Somehow, someone made a mistake and she was accidentally brought here. He watched as she was drained, and then they ripped her baby out of her body and fought over the baby and ending up ripping it apart. It was still alive.
We all became ill at this information. Who could be so sick, so twisted as to allow this shit to happen? While the Volturi, were human drinkers and did not value human life, they weren't cruel either. Any vampire killing cruelly could be put to death.
CJ finally broke down and just started sobbing. He had grabbed onto me and I let him bury his face in my shoulder. Jasper came over and wrapped his arms around both of us. It hurt to watch our son in so much pain, and there wasn't a fucking thing we could do about it. Except let him cry.
I can't even begin to imagine watching something like that. Even Jasper had never seen anything like that. While he never tried to stop whatever Maria along with other vampires did to pregnant women, he would never stay in the same room, he always left.
Everyone was feeling pain at watching CJ hurting over these two humans that were innocent. Yet were slaughtered worse than what humans do to animals. He had to hear the mother and baby screaming. While the sounds were muffled, because the rooms were sound proof, still he could hear them.
We needed to get our babies out of here. At the same time we needed to find out who was behind all of this. They needed to be stopped. There were more humane ways of drinking from humans, yeah, even that sounds sick.
Peter said that there was more than what we knew going on. We just needed to find out which side was the "right" one to be on. Obviously, we wouldn't be on the side of the ones that were running this place.
It was then that Peter said something that made everything even more confusing, "I hate to be the one to bring more confusion into the mix, but my "knower" is goin' off like crazy. It's tellin' me that some of those that we think are enemies should actually be our friends; at the same time, those who are supposed to be our friends, are actually our enemies."
He wasn't finished, "That part is obvious. Someone is gonna become a friend, someone whom we think of as an enemy. What gets real interestin', is that somehow Krissy, is right in the fuckin' middle of all of this shit. I'm not sayin' she's gonna cause trouble, or betray us. You all know, I don't always understand what I'm feelin'. The only thing I can tell ya for sure, is that somehow, someway, Krissy is the one who is gonna make things harder, and yet easier at the same time."
He had one more thing to say,"I know that everyone here knows that somethin' wasn't sittin' right. Like we were supposed to be here and yet somewhere else. We done talked about this. Now, I'm startin' to get more information if you will. We are right where we should be, but we also need to be with those outside of this compound. Don't everyone go gettin' your panties all bunched up. I know it don't make any fuckin' sense, right now. We just need to stay right here until, we know otherwise."
The main problem with staying here is that Aro and Carlisle both have been in contact with other covens and there were vampires that would be coming to the castle. They were human drinkers obviously, we could only hope that Aro would let them know that Laya, and CJ were to be left alone.
Carlisle had talked to the Denali coven, but had asked that they stay put. He wasn't sure about if we would be staying or not and he really didn't want them to come, and then we leave. They were like family to us, and he didn't want to put them in danger.
Peter said that he felt that they could stay put for now. The brothers had been monitoring the vampires throughout the country and they were sure that the killings had stopped at least for now. They had also said that even the group that had been threatening vampires had stopped, or so it seems.
That in itself seems strange. The group that we met were determined, deadly, and so sure of their mission. It was like once we had dealt with them, they stopped. There was no reason for them to have stopped as there were still many covens out there that had gifted vampires in them.
The brothers had Jane, Alec, Felix, and Demetri out with other guard members. They had been going around checking on things, and had not seen any signs of them anywhere. It was like they either fell off the face of the earth, or they never really existed.
We knew it couldn't be the latter. Jasper, Edward, the kids, and I, had not only seen them, we had dealt with Robert. We had been told that even Demetri couldn't get a fix on them, even with picking up their scents at where the encounter had taken place.
They could tell us that apparently, Laya's suggestion to them to not move for four days had worked. They could smell that other vampires had joined them, and from what they could tell these vampires had carried the frozen ones off.
The scents disappeared after about twenty miles. They stopped at what appeared to be a dirt road. They had a car waiting there. Even with tire tracks it would be hard to track a car.
Once CJ had calmed down we headed back to the castle. I knew that once we got back to our wing, that Jasper was going to deal with the kids. They had both been told that no matter who it was, they were to never try to talk to, or interfere with a feeding vampire, even us, and we are their parents.
They had also been told to stay away from the main wing of the castle. That was where the Volturi stayed, and now it seems they fed there too. Jasper and I always hated when we had to discipline them. It was a rare thing, but when we did, it was very necessary.
It always came down to one thing, their safety. It was more than the normal shit that most kids go through. They had to understand, that with vampires, things could get out of hand faster than the blink of an eye. It would destroy both Jasper and I if anything were to happen to them.
We explained to them that even with older, "seasoned" vampires, instincts could kick in and actions taken before the vampire could even realize what had happened. Jasper had seen it time and time again. I experienced it when the Major first made love to me, and then bit me. Even he had not wanted to bite me, his instincts had just taken over.
They would probably just get another lecture from their dad on the dangers of interfering with feeding vampires. CJ had been punished enough, by having to watch the woman and her unborn child being brutally murdered. Still he would get the lecture.
Jasper wouldn't be to hard on Laya either. The fact that they ignored their own safety to save the lives of children meant that we had done our job as parents, and they had compassion, for others.
In the meantime, we were going to keep quiet, keep our eyes, and ears, open, and maybe even say a little prayer. I just hope that we don't end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
? POV
It has taken me awhile but I was finally able to get away so that I could make my phone call. I needed to know that Vergil had his end ready so to speak. I also needed him to know that everything was going according to plan, on this end.
With his help, and those of his guards we had been able to get the Cullens and Whitlocks here. They had brought the girl, but she was still changing when they first got here. If they only knew the truth about the girl, about her part in our plans.
It wasn't easy, trying to figure out a way to make sure they came here. We had to send those guards to make sure they believed Aro about us. Of course, it cost Robert his life, but he didn't know the real plan anyway. He would have betrayed us, and told the brothers what was going on.
He shouldn't have been there at all, but he was needed to give the information we wanted the Major and his mate to have, to them. He proved to be quiet useful, as the real plan has been hidden even more from the brothers. They will never suspect a thing, until it's too late.
I will have to admit though that having the children of the Major overhear a conversation was brilliant, even if I do say so myself. Of course, having a seer, and Peter's instincts helped tremendously. While the seer couldn't really "see" much because it wasn't really based on decisions completely, we knew or at least we hoped that Peter would pick up on what we needed them to do.
He didn't disappoint. The only thing that is really troubling is the fact that they are not stupid. I have a feeling that they are already suspecting that things aren't as they seem to be. I have watched them when I could, without their knowledge of course.
While I don't listen in on their conversations, I don't really need to. When the time is right, and our other contact here at the castle is ready, things will pick up then. He will talk to them when everything else has been set in place.
The girl is needed to help our plan succeed. If we hadn't needed her connection to the Whitlocks in order to get her here, we would have tried to leave them out of this all together. Especially, the Major. We know how lethal he can be when his family is in danger.
We had thought about actually trying to get the Major and his mate, as well as Peter and his mate to join us without the others. We were actually going to do just that, until we realized that they would never leave their children, and the family wouldn't let them go alone.
Besides, the gifts of Edward and Alice will be most useful, as well as the fighting abilities that the family has. They fought against a newborn army and were vastly outnumbered. They not only won, they came out without hardly a scratch on any of them.
I knew that they would be great fighters though. The Major trained them. Even the kids are superior fighters, and can take out vampires with ease. Even his mate is quiet lethal, without using her gifts. I just hope that once they know the whole truth that we can count on them, and not have to destroy them.
Now, to make my call. I quickly dialed Vergil's number. He answered on the first ring,"Please tell me you are calling to tell me the plan is working. Has the girl woken up yet? Has she met our other contact?"
I answered quickly, "Yes, she is awake, and her control is excellent. Of course you already knew that. By the way, her name is Krissy. Her gift that you knew she would have, was working from the moment she woke up. I think that the family now know what she can do and they will probably try to keep it hidden from the brothers. They know them well enough to know that they would try to keep her for themselves."
"Excellent! Then everything is in place there? Has she met the contact yet?"
"No, not yet. It will be soon though. You are the one with the ability to see the future. Why don't you tell me when she will meet the contact."
"You know I can't see dates. I can only tell that she will help us, if she meets our contact. If she doesn't, then neither her nor any of her coven will help. Without that, we will be doomed."
"Are you sure that they wouldn't help anyway? They seem like reasonable people. They are willing to fight for what is right. Carlisle has been that way since I've known him. He doesn't like to fight, but he will if necessary."
"Yes, I know all of this. But, we needed the girl to be with them. If you would have gone to ask them to help, they would have said no. The girl would have been with them, but, they wouldn't have wanted to leave her. They would have been willing to die to protect her and their children."
"I know. I just wish it didn't have to be this way. They could still fight against us. What's to stop them?" I asked.
"The girl of course. Once she has met our contact, then she will be putty in our hands. She can convince the family to join her. Then, we can destroy the brothers the way it should have happened the first time we went up against them." he replied.
"Well, everything is set up and ready here at my end. The brothers of course suspect nothing. There is one thing that I think you should know. They found the town. I also know that they found the place where the humans are turned and trained. I don't think that they will say anything, they want more information."
I went on, "The kids including Krissy found the brothers feeding, and saved three human children. Two of them are small ones and the family is wanting to keep them to raise. Their mother was drained, and the father was turned not too long ago, but they don't know that. That means that the two caring for the babies will need to stay behind. They are both extremely gifted fighters. What can we do to prevent them staying back?"
"Well, we have three options right now. We can kill the human babies, or we can try to win this without the two caring for them, or we can try to get them to let the humans watch them while they go fight. After the fight is over if they are still alive, then they can go back to get the kids. Personally I like option number three, and I have a feeling that it wouldn't work for us to kill them." Vergil told me.
We talked a little more about how I might get the family to let others care for the babies, without them finding out it is me that has been working them. I have been trying to make sure that they were coming up with all of the right information that I needed them to have. It was becoming very interesting to watch.
Oh, they found the town on their own, for which I am grateful for. I had spent hours trying to figure out how to get them to go looking for it. The joy I had when they found it all on their own, was almost too much for me and I almost gave myself away.
The place where the humans were turned and trained was a different story altogether. I knew they were going hunting, so I staged the boy to find only a small deer, and then had a bear, close to the building. He smelled the bear and went straight there.
I hadn't really intended for him to see what he did. It was an accident. But at least now the family knew it was there, and hopefully were seeing the brothers as total monsters.
"I need to go Vergil. If I'm gone any longer someone might get suspicious. I will call you when they have met." I told him.
"Good, I will be waiting for your call. Goodbye." Vergil said, then hung up.
Now, all I have to do is wait until the two meet. In the meantime, I need to figure out a way to get the two with the babies to let some of the humans take care of them while we take care of the brothers. I only hope that they wouldn't be killed so that they could come back and reclaim them.
How to go about this. . .OH HELL
A/N Please review and tell me what you think of Krissy's gift. I need to know if you are enjoying the direction the story is going. Any guesses as to who the mystery POV is? Can you guess who the contact is? I would really love to hear what you think. I actually write some chapters according to the reviews I get. One last question for you, do you want to see Rose, and Emmett keep the babies or not? For those who have added this story to their favorites, and alerts, thanks. For those who have their PM turned off, I can't reply to your reviews unless you turn it on, so thanks for the reviews.
