Rise 11
it was Sam on the phone instead of Jake.
"yeah?" i said
"oh thank gawd Bella are you all right?" said Sam
i was wondering why he was calling instead of Jake.
"yeah I'm fine we had a bit of a scuffle on this end how's charlie and why isn't Jake calling?" i said
silence greeted my question and i knew at once something was wrong.
"Sam?' i said
"oh gawd Bella I'm sorry i have to tell you this Jake's gone" said Sam
my heart clenched and tears welled in my eyes for the second time tonight. i forced the now sobbing Bella to the back of our mind i needed to think rationally and i couldn't do that if we were caught up in grief.
"what about charlie?" i questioned.
Bella quieted in the background and i had a feeling she would be holding our breath had she control of the lungs.
"he's in critical at forks, Jake phased in front of him he knows Bella" said Sam
i could hear the grief and guilt in that boys voice and i had to remember that they were still children despite their impressive skills.
"what happened?" i said
i was beginning to get the impression someone besides Victoria planned these attacks. unfortunately i needed to know more and that was what i was counting on from the pack. Jasper had already dialed Emmett and rose and i heard him say to meet us at their house.
"they came out of nowhere there was a damn army of them" said Sam
i heard him spit before he continued
"damn new leeches they were we had no choice charlie saw them so we phased and defended him as best we could." said Sam
he paused and i heard him hold back a sob. "some of them got past our defenses and got in the house." he said
"charlie and harry were watching a game before they appeared." said Sam
i could tell this was going to hurt but i had to ask.
"was there a red head with them?" i said
"no just a guy was leading them he was older than the others but not by much" said Sam "ok we're going to come to you as much as i hate to do this try to cover the damage" i said
"we did the ambulance and Charlie's people have already been here we had to vanish for awhile though" said Sam
i could guess what happened one of the neighbors probably heard the commotion and called the cops. i bet that was ironic for whoever took the call. my head was spinning until Bella said something
"it was a concerted attack" said Bella
i had to agree with her the timing was too precise for it to be either.
"what of harry?" i asked
"he didn't make it he had a bad heart and it couldn't take the stress apparently" said Sam
i sighed i could guess our house was being watched so i opted for a safer solution.
"meet us at the Cullen house" i said
Sam started to protest and i cut him off.
"Sam this isn't over and we both need to work together on this one" i said
i hung up the phone and called my mom. i received no answer and i was starting to get worried. jasper had hung up his phone and was about to ask me something when his phone rang. he answered it quickly
"yeah peter?" said Jasper
i had heard Alice say something about some old war buddy of jasper's. my mind caught on the war part of that statement. jasper was pacing and taking rapidly into the phone. he seemed agitated about something. he stopped suddenly and i saw rage over come jasper's features.
i felt Bella shiver and caught the flash of memory in her head of her last birthday. i looked away from Jasper and focused on Alice. she was holding Carlisle and rocking him like a child. i knelt beside them. she looked up into my eyes and i saw the unshed tears.
"Alice i need to talk to you" i said
she nodded and ran her hand down Carlisle's back. he moaned and i rested my hand on his shoulder to comfort him. seeing him like this made us angry and we were going to need that anger.
"Alice can you look ahead i don't think this was random and we need to prepare for anything else that may be coming our way" i said
she nodded and i watched her drop into a trance like state. i turned back towards Jasper. he was still yelling into the phone.
"i don't care just sit on him she's not dead" said jasper.
"who's not dead?" i questioned.
he looked up at me
"yeah that was her hold on" said jasper.
he held the phone out to me. i took it and held it to my ear.
"Bella here whats up?" i said
"oh thank the saints will you please tell Eddie here that your alive" said peter
"sure hold it up to his ear" i said
jasper grinned he must have noticed i didn't tell peter to release him. i smirked glad there was at least some humor to be found in all this. it helped take my mind off the impending feeling of doom i was currently experiencing.
"hello" came a soft voice i thought I'd never hear again.
Bella's spirits soared inside me.
"Edward?" i questioned
i heard him sigh in relief
"oh thank the lord i thought i lost you they said you were dead" said Edward
he said it all in a rush though that i was expecting someone to yell sold at the end of that statement.
"okay who said i was dead and what happened?" i said
he took a deep breath and i knew whatever he was going to say was bad.
"the other vampires I'm sorry i couldn't stop them they got here first and if it wasn't for peter they" he paused
"let's just say i owe him big time" said Edward
"I'm so sorry Bella i was just trying to keep you safe" he said
i frowned i really hated when someone assumed i couldn't handle something.
"yeah, yeah, yeah so what happened and why did you think i was dead?" i said
i honestly didn't want to get into confessions of undying love right now. my eyes tracked to Carlisle besides i was beginning to wonder why i didn't feel that little lift anymore when it came to hearing his voice.
odd i had felt that way with Carlisle before the fight. did that mean i had some unrequited feelings for him. something Bella never acknowledged before. i turned to look at her in our head and she shrugged.
she didn't know but she must have felt the lift with Carlisle and its absence with Edward. "perhaps we've out grown him it has been a year almost" said Bella
i nodded mentally and turned back to the phone conversation we could analyze all this when we weren't fighting for our lives
"what happened Edward?"i said
he was hedging and i knew it. no i didn't want to recap what I'd been feeling for the last few months
."Bella Rosalie found Alice's drawings we thought you were committing suicide i thought you were dead" he said
his voice broke and i realized just how much of an emo child he was. he even sounded like a little boy.
"no i am fine didn't Alice tell you?" i said
"yeah she told me you burned down the house in a fit of rage though and that just didn't sound like you so i didn't believe her" he said
he laughed a little. i know i probably startled him with how cold my voice sounded when i replied.
"why cause i don't have a temper or that I'm too uncoordinated to light a match?" i said silence greeted my comment
"holy shit you really did didn't you?" said Edward
"yes now get here these attacks are being planned and we need to plan" i said
jasper had gone over towards Alice and was talking softly to Carlisle. i could barely catch what was being said but i could guess what he was saying.
"ok I'll catch the next flight out but there's something i need to tell you" said Edward
his tone instantly made my stomach drop to my shoes.
"the volturi were here they know about you and they took your mom, I'm sorry Bella" he said
my mind went numb Bella screamed in the back of my head but i was numb. Bella's mom was a sweet but scatter brained woman from her memories i knew this. Bella was panicking in my head. sure they were going to kill her mom
"i tried to stop them but this boy with them he froze me i would have been dismembered by the others if Peter hadn't saved my ass basically" said Edward
he sounded scared and guilty.
"did they kill her?" i said.
my voice had taken on a cold distant tone that neighter of us recognized. the room surrounding me went silent. even Carlisle's sobs stopped.
"no they took her they said they were waiting to hear from Victoria about you" said Edward
"Edward give the phone back to Peter" i said
i heard shuffling and then Peter greeted me.
"first of all i must thank you" i said
"naw don't worry about it love we're happy to help your family after all" said Peter
i smiled
"I'm glad you feel that way peter because i need to ask you something" i said
"of course honey what do you need?" he said
he sounded like a complete flirt and i could hear Edward growling in the background.
"i need you to bring Edward home we need him here we'll arrange for a flight and a car where are you?" i said
i mentally kicked myself or at least Bella kicked me for the stupid question.
"Florida duh" he said
his voice sounded amused so i let it go.
"sure no problem hun besides I've always wanted to meet you" said Peter
Edward growled again
"tell Edward i said to stop growling" i said
peter chuckled and i heard him pass on the message
"I'm giving you back to jazz while we make the arrangements i look forward to meeting you too" i said