**Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer

But I would like to take characters like Misses and Big Joe Black as my own. **

Vanilla & Chocolate

Chapter 9: Diversions

Big Joe Black

"You FAILED! She's still alive, you said it can be arranged but clearly it's not as easy as you thought it would be?" Big Joe Black tries to calm down almost whispering into the phone: "Do I want to know what happened?"

There is a hesitation over the phone and then the voice replies: "He stopped the van with his hands. I can still get to her and I will but perhaps you need to make it a double play."

"A dou … a fucking double play, are you INSANE? Do you know what she's going to do to me, do you have any idea? I don't want excuses I want the job done! Fuck the double play, do what you are supposed to do – she's not going to be happy and I'm not going to take the blame for this, do you hear me? Fix the fucking problem!" Big Joe Black tries to wipe his mouth but he feels like he's going to explode his heart is beating too fast the room is shrinking he feels the sweat trailing down in a path of dull fear his sight touching the black spots in the corner of his eyes. He needs to sit down he tries to find a place and then the cold on his forehead and a cold hand on his heart a soft voice whispering in his ear: "Calm down Big Joe you are going to hyperventilate, take a deep breath, come on, take a deep breath."

Big Joe Black tries to follow her instructions but he can't seem to concentrate long enough just to do that. He feels her hand on the back of his neck now and the other hand takes his chin and lift it up she looks him straight in the eye and repeat her instructions, slower now more deliberate: "Inhale, good, exhale, good, inhale, good, exhale."

Big Joe Black feels the sanity returning it doesn't hurt so much anymore he tries to move but she holds him in in tight grip her eyes on him. "Again, inhale, good, exhale, that's good keep on breathing, inhale, good, exhale." She whispers her one hand at the back of his neck holding him firmly but not hurting him.

Big Joe Black clears his throat: "Mmmr"

"Feeling better now?" Maria asks while taking his pulse with the hand that held his chin.

Nodding she replies: "Much better, really a bitch these panic attacks." She suddenly looks up again and leaning into his personal space whispering softly to him: "Didn't misses instruct you not to get involved?"

Big Joe Black feels the beginning of another attack and he just takes a deep breath and then a warm hand on his arm. He opens his eyes and Misses was standing there next to him with a worried look in her green eyes.

"Are you ok? What happened? Why are you so upset? Why …" She asks him while holding his arm.

"Urmmm" Big Joe Black clears his throat again.

Stuttering he replies: "I'm ok, I was just, um for a moment there aa I mean I was just … so urm you know I tried but I urmm I …"

The worried look increased and she took both his hands while the icepack was still on his neck looking worriedly at her companion: "Big Joe Black, what happened?"

Maria spoke up and whispers in Big Joe Black's ear again: "Breath Big Joe Black, just breath, you have nothing to fear from us, just breath."

Big Joe Black closes his eyes and when he opens it up the green ones were still looking at him worriedly, strange he thought that her hands are so warm and the she-bitc … no Maria's is so cold.

"Another fail, it seems the boy Edward Cullen stopped the van with his hands and killed the driver, snapped his neck." Big Joe Black tries to ramble through his message thinking ripping it off like a Band-Aid, ripping it off like a Band-Aid.

He gives her a fleeting look and her green eyes are glowing and apart from the slightest narrowing – because he knows her that well – you can't really see that this news is not good news.

Big Joe Black has the distinct feeling that they are talking although he cannot hear them but Misses lips are moving and he feels the slight strain on his neck where the .. No Maria is holding him.

"I think it's time we visit Forks." Misses whispers in a soft voice.

"Perhaps we should call James, I mean he's getting paid for job not done?" Big Joe Black asks.

Maria starts to laugh: "A good idea Big Joe I'll give him a call, perhaps a visit?" She looks expectantly at Misses and adds "but I guess he's already in Forks, I understand that Vicky isn't in town anymore, I guess he needed more help …" She smirks without humor almost whispering: "We should have taken care of it ourselves."

Misses signs "I know but the heat was still on us after the accident" She looks at Big Joe Black and her green eyes are warm again "but it was worth it, we'll get to her or perhaps we can cash in a favor if she's part of their coven now, rules will abide to her as well."

"Tanya Denali still owes me a favor." Big Joe Black whispers.

"NO!" Misses shouts "I don't want you near her, we will figure this out get your Police contact to create diversions, of course he doesn't need to know that, if she gets killed bonus, but it will make it difficult for them to pinpoint the attacks. With the Sear I believe randomness will get us farther away than indeed solid planning. James the Hunter has Icky Vicky now and with her talent it will make it very difficult to keep Isabella out of harm's way!"

Maria was smirking "Icky Vicky, really that was not what you said when her head wa …"

Misses pushes past Big Joe Black and put her hand on top of Maria's mouth looking frantically at Big Joe's Black face rolling her eyes: "Don't mind her Big Joe she's just fooling around."

"Ha, ha, ha" Big Joe stars to laugh he can't remember the last time he saw her blushing like a schoolgirl I mean is not that he doesn't know what she does with her lover, they are woman after all he guess it's every man's wet dream.

James The Hunter

"This coven is more trouble than the money is worth, a coven of Golden eyes protecting her. That little girl has protection out of this world."

"You're just pissed because you failed, how many times?" Victoria smirks.

He moves at lightning speed his hand around her neck in an iron grip his breath in her ear hissing through his mouth in a deadly calm voice the words clipping through his lips: "This. Is. Not. Just. A. Girl!"

He squeezed her neck and the cracks start to show Victoria's eyes are pitching black and she's trembling in his grip.

He releases her and turns around breathing heavily although it's totally unnecessary. "Sorry he mumbles." Turning around he stalks to the middle of the room destroying what's left of the furniture.

"Fucking hell! How can somebody be so damned lucky?" He snarls.

Victoria replies in a soft voice: "Maybe she has a talent?"

James' head whips around his red burgundy eyes stares right into her blood red irises.

"That could be it? But to have it already without being turned, will make her a wonderful addition …" He mumbles softly, but Victoria interrupts him: "Misses will kill you first or Maria, she said dead not vampi …"

"Dead is dead, Vicky, a vampire has no heartbeat and that makes us dead." James interrupts smartly.

"Well that doesn't really help us, James. You cannot even get to her; she's under the protection of Tanya Denali. Double crosses Misses is one thing but Tanya Denali she's among the eldest of our kind. They say she's ruthless, deadly and the Golden eyes have so many special talents among them that even the Volturi is afraid of them!" Victoria replies while walking towards the window "And the fact that the wolves are also involved makes this a very volatile situation."

James smirks: "Yes they are foul creatures but they are not true children of the moon, but merely shape shifters, we can use this to our advantage. The coven is strong but you don't get wolves and vampires natural enemies working together that well."

Victoria tries to say something but James interrupts her with his hand held up high: "Yes, I know what you are going to say, but she's pride and not part of a pack and anyway they're mated on both sides so that's different, vampires and cats are more alike than dogs and cats!"

He passes around the room and continue talking: "What we should do is create a diversion; Laurent is on his way, we go onto Quileute land we show them what cold ones are like not this singing-kum-ba-ja-around-the-camp fire- vampires, but real blood thirsty vampires. The reason why the hairs on their bodies call out to the instinct in their genes to kill their natural enemies not those you find in fairy tales!"

He moves his hand through his golden hair "And then while the wolves are trying to get to you my lovely red hair princess, I will take care of Bella and Laurent will play mediator between the three of us." He starts to laugh "and if I get close enough I'll kill her otherwise we will use the bate dear Laurent has been taking care off and we will kill her there perhaps change her."

Victoria frowns: "Handling a newborn vampire while on the run is going to be impossible. First of we will have The Denali coven on our backs and the Cullen's because she's young Edward's mate. Then Misses will be pissed and Maria …" she shudders "Maria will come for us and James you are a good tracker but Maria she's the best of the best and she trained the best of the best. She will find us and she will rip us apart and then burn us to ashes. You may think that a newborn vampire with a talent like Bella will be able to protect you, but that will not be possible. She knows newborns she trained them and her army was the worst the world has ever seen. She's deadly, dangerous and totally insane, I mean you cannot tell me when you look at her you don't feel the power. We don't have a chance, what we should do, is kill Isabella when we can, the diversion is a good idea, we get the money from Misses and we get the hell away from the Denali coven. I know this place we can go nobody will find us there with enough virgin blood to even satisfy your lust!"

"Ok, ok I'm just thinking, that's all, so much talent; just think with a coven like that?" James sighs.

"You know, Maria will be calling you soon, in her eyes the failed attempt with the van will also be your fault …" Victoria adds while playing with a strand of her hair.

James snarls: "Big Joe Black!"

"Well he did try I don't think he knows all there is to know about the supernatural." Victoria smirks.

"That is where you making the mistake Vicky he knows, but he knows how to play the game, the same with his father. He has this almost innocent fear always saying the right thing at the right time and although he fears me he doesn't respect me. In fact he doesn't think a whole lot about me, but he definitely respects the Misses and he has a healthy dose of fear for Maria and respect. If you want to be ashes then you should interfere with Big Joe Black's life. I mean looked what happened to that drunk driver? No he's part of their coven whether he knows it or not, with the protection and the Misses doesn't want him near the Golden eyes. So I'll wait for her call, we have our plans in place and with the three of us we CAN kill this girl!" James states.

Cellphone starts to ring: "Gloria you're always on the run now going after somebody you're going to get her somehow, you really don't remember was it something that he said or the voices in your head."

Victoria starts to dance answering the phone: "Laurent, how are you doing monsieur?"

Laurent answering in his French accent: "Hello my beautiful Firebird, I'm doing well thank you and have secured our package. I'm on my way to Knives."

"Forks!" Both Victoria and James answers him and chuckling he replies "Of course. I'll be there in fourteen minutes."

"Meet us at the border." James answers.

Quileute Border: Victoria

There wasn't much to hear in the forest right now; just the birds overhead and the woodland creatures chattering away.

An eerie calm descending upon us Laurent to my left his red eyes sweeping the green foliage carefully, the seer must have seen us making this decision it was deliberate.

Paws pummeled the ground with regular beats, the landscape moving slightly under the scents around me, the wolves on their way. With my acute senses I would say about 3 coming our way. I feel insulted; three wolves send to kill me and Laurent, are they arrogant or are they fool?

Laurent smirking next to me and in low chuckle whispers: "Only three Firebird, either they are stupid or they're planning something."

I shrug my shoulders, what can I say maybe it's a little of both, but it will be their mistake not mine. The three of us had killed under the Volutri thousands of Children of Moon we drove them to extinction these puppies will not be up to standard. The only vampires they know are the Golden Eyes and although they are a coven with many talents they have not yet met us!

"Ok Firebird, I'll meet the dog's head on are you going around via the ocean and we rondure at the beach?" Laurent whispers rolling his neck a human trade he has not yet in the century that I know him shake.

"Sure thing Pops." Laughing I take off heading towards the cliffs my red hair blowing in the wind and the whispering of the standard reply: "I'm not that old!" carrying through the trees. Ready or not puppies here I come, time to make dog food.

Running towards the cliffs I hear Laurent signature war cry and the distinctive howl of pain following, roars fill the air and I know one down two to go, he doesn't like to play always killing first. Not like James, no James likes to play before he kills you slowly.

In an Olympic dive, a perfect ten I meet the water head on I believe it's very cold, but the temperature makes no difference to me, cold may be cold hot may be hot the only difference I do feel is when warm blood flows down my throat it's addictive that feeling not something I can explain to anybody unless you done it yourself. The thrill of the hunt makes it more fun or combines with sex and fear then it's as sweet as mother's milk to a newborn baby.

La Push beach, a lovely day today, sun is shining and the diamonds playing hide and seek on my beautiful, slim, powerful body. Children playing in the sand building sand castles, don't they know there is danger, do you really leave your young and women unprotected and send only three wolves to kill the creatures of the night? Are they so secure or are they just so naïve?

It will be a slaughter and I must say I prefer a fight not killing children, but I'm here to do a job. Chaos is the best weapon because in chaos there is only fear and fear eats you alive! It's time to fear baby puppies it's time for fear mommies and daddies it's time to fear.

I walk out of the water with the confidence of driving The Children of the Moon to extinction. They don't notice at first, I grab the one closest to me a beautiful child with brown eyes and brown hair. The fear running in shudders through her little body brings the monster to the front her mother came running looking at me in awe.

"Please, my babe." She begs but when she sees my glowing eyes she tries to grab the child out of my hands and a man came running from the right in midflight he changes to a brownish white wolf.

I growled and darted under him as he jumped, punching him in his stomach as I went. He gasped, winded, and cursed probably sending a S.O.S. to the rest of the pack. He recovered quickly and jumped at me again. I dodged him while holding the little girl in my one arm and jumped onto his back like he was a horse. I kicked his sides with my heels. There were a few cracks and he howled in pain. I put the girl in front of me on his back, dip my head and bit him at the back of his neck, he howls out in pain. The venom paralysing him and with my hands rip his head from his shoulders, he drops dead at my feet and the disgusting smell of wet dog fills the air.

The mother is crying now, howling calling loudly for help, I looked at her and when I took the little girl again she starts to shake her head, falling to her knees hands in front begging me. I looked her in the eyes and dropped my head to the little girl's neck and only chaos followed in her mind and my throat, the warm blood of an innocent so sweet and tasty.

Forks High School: James The Hunter

Chest heaving, her face streaked with dirt and mud, the human stood, gasping, in the middle of road her red truck on its side, I did hit it full throttle can't believe she's still alive, fuck she's so darn lucky. It's really a tragedy to kill her; perhaps I should just turn her she will be a graceful and powerful vampire.

"Isabella, I want to tell you that this is not personal, but you were a formidable opponent, it was a challenge to hunt you. But all good things come to end and so will you my beautiful, so will you." I spoke softly to her and while speaking her heart rate picks up and the most appetizing smell entices my nose, fuck it, just kill her nothing that smell that good should be alive.

I jumped at her but the slightest movement on my left and a white flash with a hard body smashing into my shoulder. Hissing in pain I jumped up only to be kicked in the face and double kicked in my stomach, the punch came for me but I'm able to barley avoid it and in side stepping the punch I made a hundred and eighty degree turn and hit the vampire at the back of his neck.

I went in for the kill and when my hands grab around the vampire's neck it's Mary's eyes looking at me, I found her again. She smirks and a burning fire in my shoulder releases my grip on her and I'm thrown of her about twenty meters and The God of War is looking right at me with fire in his pitch black eyes.

"Fuck!" Is the last thought that crosses my mind before he charged.

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