Taking the phone out, I called Jacob.
"Hello Bells!" he answered with a grin.
"Jacob," I growled, trying not to think of the past, "get the pack out here. Some... thing happened."
"Wha—what's going on?" he demanded.
"Follow my scent from my house," I said, and hesitated, "it's... a vampire attack."
Jacob swore and the line went dead. I blinked, holding the phone away, staring then I realized. Oh, Jake must have broke the phone.
With a weary sigh, I put the phone away, looking at the scene again with distaste. I took a deep breath and noticed another scent, another human. I scowled, following a scent and realized it went with the other two vampires.
What the hell is going on? I wondered, debating on following the trail or not. I decided on staying, wanting safety in numbers than on my own, knowing that I had never fought against another vampire, if it came to that. I paced the area, waiting anxiously for the others to come. It tore at me not being able to go and save the human right now. I paced, trying not to think about what the human might be going through, if it's alive at all.
Sometime later, I heard several thumping sounds running through the forest and looked up, waiting for their arrival. I saw the russet wolf arrive first, joined by other wolves. I stood not far from where the body was and they began snarling at the sight, their hackles raised. I backed away, wondering if they thought I did it. Jacob went off into a bush and then came back out, horror written on his face.
"What... what's this?" Jacob demanded.
"I found it like this, I sensed two vampires, and... it smells like they took a human with them," I said, still wary of the wolves behind Jacob. The beasts began snarling and snorting in anger as Jacob let out a string of profanities. "We need to go after them and I... didn't want to go alone, if things go south."
Jacob nodded, understanding the situation now and went back to the bushes, phasing back. I realized something and stopped them before we went chased the scents.
"One of them has the ability to control plants, if you will notice the camp site... especially the tent," I pointed out, "so, use caution, please."
The pack studied the site and nodded to acknowledge what I said. Without another word, I set out on the trail, thoughts of the two vampires filling my mind with many questions. They obviously knew my existence, my scent crossed their paths several times on the way to my house, so why didn't they come and see me? One thing I knew for sure, they were not vegetarians.
Up ahead, I noticed a clearing and realized that the vampires had stopped there and I looked at Jacob who was running alongside me. He nodded at my unasked question, they noticed too. Entering the clearing, I saw the human girl being tied up by overgrown grass, keeping her immobile. I snarled, looking at the vampires who studied us with wary looks.
"With the dogs, are you?" the male vampire, with dark brown short hair, asked conversationally.
"Let the girl go," I growled.
"Why? Did you have a claim on her?" he asked innocently and shook his head in refusal.
I lunged forward, growling and the other vampire, the woman vampire with long dark curly blonde hair, cried out as I punched the guy in the face.
"What the--" he began before getting sent flying back into a tree, splintering the trunk.
"Kyle!" she screeched, wanting to run to him and focused on me, scowling. "Do you have some kind of power against me?"
I stopped mid-lunge to continue attacking the male vampire and blinked in confusion, wondering what she was talking about. I heard whining behind me and I chanced a look. They looked weird, some in mid-step and others' expressions were frozen and I realized what was wrong. I looked back at the woman.
"Let them go!" I said, leaping forward to attack. Suddenly, a tree began wrapping around my leg, causing me to stumble forward. Quickly, I kicked it away, trying to get away from the growing plants around me. I slashed at the rapidly growing grass and trees. "Stop this!" I snarled, leaping away from the growing patch and ran into a wall of grass behind me. Suddenly, the grass fell down around me, and wrapped me up into a cocoon, catching me unawares. I closed my eyes tightly, trying to break free of the man's power, struggling with all my might. I felt something in my mind, wishing hard to protect the wolves, trying to break free the woman's hold over them. I glared at the woman, trying to snap the weird sensation in my mind.
This is my fault, I called them up and now they are all in danger. Damnit... I didn't want this to happen! I growled in my mind, trying to reach out to them. The sensation kept trying to expand and contracting on itself, struggling to break free from the confines of my mind as I fought against the physical confines.
The nearest wolf, Quil, suddenly jumped forward at the woman and froze again in the air, crashing down to the ground twenty feet from the mind controlling vampire. I stared at the wolf in slight awe as the thing in my mind snapped back to its normal state. Realization rose in my mind.
Holy shit, is that my power? Protecting others from mental abilities like... Edward's? I thought, trying to process this quickly.
The two vampires studied me carefully and looked at each other. I tried again, trying my best to break the binding band off my power in my mind. I need to protect them, they can't get away from this unscathed without me now. I closed my eyes, trying to bend the power to my will. I felt it mold and snap under pressure until I could hear another wolf break free, snarling and whining but not moving from where he was. Confused, I looked again and froze in horror. Kyle, the male vampire, caught on what was going on and tied up the entire pack in vines.
"Damnit, let them go!" I yelled, struggling anew against the hold on me, keeping the power I discovered going. Each time I broke a branch, three or four replaced it, and each second only gave him more time to strengthen the hold over us.
"No, you listen to me," the woman growled. "Come with us and we'll leave the human alone with your... stray dogs, all right, sweetie?"
"Umm..." I began sarcastically, "how about never?" I snapped, trying to push against the power in my mind over the group. More of them were now able to move but not free of the vines. "You think I'll join you after you took that human's life back there?!"
He looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry about that, I couldn't control myself. I hadn't fed in a week or two."
"Oh, that makes it all so much better," I said, rolling my eyes. "You will pay for this!"
"Should we take her, Naomi? She'll be perfect for our purpose," Kyle asked, ignoring my comment, which only infuriated me further. My mental control was still stretching, feeling like it was about to snap in half, struggling still against the hold.
She studied me for a moment with an expressionless face and slowly nodded. Naomi walked over to the paralyzed girl, who had been knocked out, and positioned herself over the human's neck.
"She'll help herself to a drink if you don't come with us," he threatened.
"Don't you fucking dare!" I swore, thrashing against the vines. I hated using such words, but the anger in me was getting too much for me to handle. All I saw now was red.
Kyle smirked. "Are you, by chance, a vegetarian?" I growled, answering his question, seething. "No wonder, the golden eyed vampires rumors are true... well, the only reason we brought this girl with us was to confirm some things. See, we came here to investigate the rumors and to see if there are any golden eyed vampires around, testing if the vegetarian rumors were true."
"So with this girl's life, we wanted to know if you valued human lives. But, really, she is just a snack on the way out," Naomi said and they both laughed.
My eyes darkened at their words and grew suspicious at what they were saying, trying to figure out if they knew anything about the Cullens. I looked at the wolves who were trying to fight against the hold the plants held them in. A plan of escape or fighting the two was now beginning to look hopeless. I closed my eyes for a moment, testing the ability I had just discovered.
I knew there was more to this power than I currently exercised it. It was just beyond reach of my mind and I would have to work on it at a later point in time. For now, the current barrier around my friends against Naomi were enough for this precarious situation. I opened my eyes, staring at Kyle in the eyes, feeling repulsed by his red eyes. Then I finally decided on a decision that would leave us all alive today.
"Two conditions," I said, ignoring the sudden snarls of protests from the pack.