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Let the Angel be Damned

Ch. 10

"Alright Bella, well done. Thirty days are nearly up. Your first night of training is almost complete. How do you feel?" Shana asked.

Bella gave a satisfied grin. "I feel wonderful. So full of power and knowledge. It's nothing like I could have ever anticipated."

It's true. Bella's first night of training was finally ending. Nothing could have prepared her for what she had learned tonight. Now her five senses were twenty times what they used to be. Her head was full of wisdom about not only Earth, but all of the other worlds unknown to mankind. The last ten days of her training had been the most interesting. Healing. The arts of healing had most definitely been the easiest and most interesting part of her training so far. Now she understood why Carlisle had such a passion for being a doctor. Bella's fear of blood was now gone. It wasn't easy, though. Her hemaphobia had been intense.

Flashback

"The healing arts are not very complicated if you know how to do them right Bella," Shana began, "Once you know the anatomy of a being, then you have the skills to regenerate said being to full health if need be. Now, before we moved on to this part of the training, I had you intake all the knowledge available on human and animal anatomy of Earth, plus the anatomies of all the other creatures that live outside your world."

"Yes I remember those," Bella said, recalling the books that contained those images and information. She was a little nervous about this part of her training, but she also knew that it had to be done sooner or later.

"Good, so allow me to introduce you to your first patient," Shana stated, snapping her fingers.

The entire library disappeared and was replaced by a hospital operating room. "Depending on what you are operating on or diagnosing, the table and the supplies you need will change. I will first teach you how to do things the human way; surgery. Then I will teach you how to summon your powers to heal the patient without incision or medication of any kind. Understand?"

Now Bella was nervous. She hadn't known that she would have to learn to do things the human way as well. The thought of performing surgery on someone or something freaked her out to the highest point. Her hands began to shake with her frayed nerves. "Bella please calm yourself. Nerves will do nothing to help the situation," Shana growled.

"Sorry. I can't help it. I'm hemophobic alright? Surgery isn't exactly my forte," she complained. It was the first time Bella had protested against anything Shana had instructed her to do. Her fear was just too great to ignore.

Shana sighed with frustration. "I know of your fear Bella, but that is what this training is going to help fix. I will be right here with you to help guide you along the way. And don't even think about pulling that 'I'm not a trained surgeon or veterinarian' crap with me Bella. You have the knowledge, you will have the skill, and you will do this whether you like it or not. Now stop whining and suck it up so we can begin."

Bella cringed at the anger in Shana's voice. She knew that whining was the one thing Shana couldn't stand to hear. To repent, Bella quickly began to apologize. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry. I'll do this."

Shana gave her a stern look. "Good. Come over here and wash up."

Bella did so and soon they were both bent over a table looking at the first patient of the evening. It was a small chimpanzee. Bella, confused, turned to Shana and asked, "Why a monkey?"

"Because they have the closest relation to the human body. I want you to learn how to heal animals before we do humans. Humans are harder because of the complexity of the body."

"Oh." Yes, very articulate.

Shana snapped her fingers again, and both our clothes changed to scrubs. They had operating masks on as well as gloves. Shana stepped forward and began to explain. "This chimp has a broken shoulder. To mend it, we must operate. I'm starting you off with a simple operation. They will get tougher as time progresses. Once you can get through half of the animal kingdom, then I will switch you over to humans. After that, other beings of the universe. Once you've mastered operation and medicine, along with diagnosis, I will teach you how to use your healing powers."

Bella suddenly looked very nervous again. At any moment it felt like she would be sick. "Um…can you start?" she asked, scared.

"I suppose," Shana agreed. She stepped forward with scalpel in hand, and made a small incision on the chimp's arm right where the shoulder connects. The smell of blood flooded Bella's senses, and she gagged reflexively when she saw the open wound. "Alright Bella pay attention. Breathe evenly, and try not to think about the blood. Tune it out. Now watch as I maneuver through the tissue, vein, and muscle to reach the bone. What we need to do is place the cracked bone back in its rightful spot and insert a screw to keep it from moving."

Bella was breathing erratically from the smell that now emanated from everywhere in the room. Her mouth was full of saliva and she swallowed deeply to keep the dizziness away. Stepping forward, Bella watched closely, albeit apprehensively, as Shana continued the procedure. As Bella continued to watch Shana perform the act, she couldn't help but be fascinated by the internal structure of this animal. It was intriguing how she so easily brought the cracked bone, now visible to her, together and screwed in the bolt to hold it together. After that, Shana quickly sewed up the cut and that was it. It took about twenty minutes to do the whole procedure.

Shana peeled off her gloves and removed her face mask with a sigh of completion. "See Bella. That wasn't so bad was it?"

Bella was still in shock over how…interesting it had all been. Now she knew why doctors and veterinarians were so passionate about their work. It was so gratifying to know that you had saved a life. Bella turned with a large smile to Shana, "That was phenomenal. I've never seen anything like it before. I'm ready to give it a try now."

"That's wonderful Bella. This time it won't be a chimpanzee. You'll operating on a baby silver-back gorilla. This baby has some internal bleeding near the stomach. I want you to go in and make a full diagnosis on what is causing the problem and then fix it. Think you can do it?"

Bella closed her eyes and brought up all the information she knew about illnesses for the ape family and its anatomy. With a determined smile, Bella nodded, "I can do this."

Shana smirked, "I knew you could. And the blood doesn't seem to be a problem anymore."

Bella's eyes widened. She hadn't even noticed her queasiness disappear from being so fascinated by what Shana was doing with the chimp. Now that it had been brought to her attention, she didn't feel sick at all. Her insides were completely clear of all nauseous feeling. A joyous giggle flew from Bella's lips and she stepped up to the operation table. "Let's do this."

Shana snapped her fingers and the gorilla appeared. Only this time, the ape wasn't under anesthetics. Bella couldn't help but internally smirk. It was so obvious that Shana was testing her. Bella, without a single doubt, picked up the gorilla in her arms, the little baby wrapping its arms around her neck and walked to the weight distinguisher. The anesthetics would be distributed to the baby by how much he weighed. It was crucial that the precise amount be used or the baby would be asleep and never wake up.

Bella took the necessary precautions with the baby, knowing that inside the ape was bleeding seriously. It took her about forty-five seconds to weigh the gorilla, place him on the table, and receive the needle full on anesthetics from Shana, who was holding it ready for her. She lifted the fur covered skin slightly up from the ape's body and injected the fluid. The gorilla was out in about one minute and the operation was ready to proceed.

Bella connected the unconscious ape up to a machine that would allow them to see inside the ape to find where the bleeding was coming from. Bella maneuvered the device around inside the animal's body until she found what she was looking for. "It looks like the stomach has a cut in it. That's what's causing the internal bleeding in the abdomen."

"I believe you're correct Bella," Shana agreed.

With the cause found, Bella went about performing the surgery, asking questions every now and then, and soon all that was left was sealing up the opening. Bella took the sealing thread and gently wove it through the gorilla's flesh. With a pair of scissors, Bella snipped the thread, tied it, and breathed a great sigh of relief. The task was done, and it had been a great feeling of success for Bella.

"I did it!" Bella shouted with joy.

"That you did Bella. Well done. Now, I'll give you a few minutes to rest, and then we will continue. Know this; you won't be able to save every animal that I bring to you. That is just life. Prepare yourself for that."

I nodded seriously, "I know Shana. I know."

Flashback

This was her last day, and so far all Bella had done was review over what she had learned. It was almost time for her to wake up for the next day. Bella turned to Shana and spoke, "I gotta say Shana, this has been one heck of first night."

"Yes it has Bella. You now know how to improve your senses, absorb knowledge, and heal any kind of injury, disease, or illness out there. I am so very proud of you Bella. Enjoy your next day; it's a Sunday I believe. I suggest visiting that friend of yours; Jacob"

Bella slightly cringed at the mention of her good friend Jacob. She knew she would have to tell him eventually. He deserved to know; especially since they had been arguing over her being transformed into a vampire. The Werewolves and Vampires were sworn enemies. Apparently, to vampires wolves smelt horrible and to wolves, vampires smelt too sweet. To Bella, Edward smelt wonderful.

"Yeah I guess I should probably tell him," Bella admitted slowly.

"Don't worry Bella. If you need my help, just call for me. Although this time, I think you can maybe flaunt your knew abilities a bit and you'll have them convinced."

Bella gave a small laugh, "Thanks."

"No problem Bella. It's time for you to wake up now. See you later on tonight Bella. Well done on completing the first night. You still have a long way to go though," Shana said.

"I know. What's on the agenda for tomorrow night, or tonight, or whatever?" Bella asked.

"Hmm…I'm going to begin your fitness training. It's time to get you in shape missy," Shana informed.

"Great," Bella groaned sarcastically.

"Just go Bella," Shana laughed.

And so the first night of Bella's training came to a close. Now it was time to have some time to wake up and face a very troubled vampire boyfriend.

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Bella moaned as the bright light of the sun penetrated her bedroom window. Behind her eyelids all she saw was red. With a frustrated huff, Bella turned over to face away from the troublesome brightness. She was just drifting back into sleep when a chuckle interrupted.

Bella couldn't help but smile at the familiar sound. It was so sultry and beautiful, and she knew exactly who it came from. She sat up slowly in bed, blinking away the sleep from her eyes. With a yawn, she spoke, "Good morning Edward."

A cold breath skimmed her neck, and a pair of icy lips kissed a trail up and down. "Good morning My Love. Did you sleep well?"

"Mmhmm…very well."

Edward pulled away to stare into Bella's eyes with a tender curiosity. However, there was something else in his eyes that immediately had Bella worried. "Edward what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong Bella," he evaded. Bella frowned at the obvious lie. He called her a bad liar, but there were also times where Edward wasn't so perfect at hiding his true emotions either.

Bella grasped Edward's face between her hands and forced him to make eye contact. "You're lying Edward. Tell me what's wrong."

Edward brought one of his hands up and gently caressed one of Bella's that still lie resting upon Edward's cheek. His eyes were shut in an attempt to gather his thoughts. He looked so…conflicted; like he didn't know what to say. When he opened his eyes again, there was a pain inside that made Bella's heart clench beneath her chest. "Edward?" she asked, worry lacing every tone of her voice.

He gave a heaping sigh and began to explain his sudden lack of happiness. "Everything is going to be different now. I don't…we…I don't know what to think Bella. With you being this…angel, where does that leave us? You're going to be this powerful, beautiful, amazing woman, and I'm just…me. I don't deserve you anymore Bella…"

"Stop Edward," Bella commanded.

He immediately quieted; his expression still pained. Bella leaned in and placed a kiss on his forehead. She pulled away and stared into his golden eyes, mere inches from his face. "Don't. You. Ever. Say. That. Again. Nothing is going to change the way I feel about you. Ever! I LOVE YOU Edward. Don't you see that? Don't you know that? Don't ever doubt that what I have for you is ever going to fade. With each passing day I fall more and more in love with you. Please," her voice cracking with tears, "Please don't…"

She couldn't continue for the onslaught of tears was unpreventable now. Edward looked guilty and ashamed. He immediately pulled her to him; her head cradled to his chest. Her cries were soft but painful. "Please don't leave me," she whispered."

"Oh Bella," Edward sighed, his head coming to rest upon hers. The grip on her tightened as he embraced her with all the love he could muster. "Don't cry. I'm not going anywhere Bella. As long as you still want me here."

Bella pulled away, sniffling, "I will always want you here Edward. I love you more than anything. I don't care that I'm some hot-shot angel and you're a vampire. My feelings for you are still the same no matter what happens."

Edward reached up and gently wiped her tears away, caressing her cheeks in his hands this time. She gave him a teary smile, and a small hiccup escaped her lips. Edward leaned in and kissed each of her cheeks delicately before pulling back and saying the three words she desperately needed to hear: "I love you."

She embraced him lovingly, "I love you too. Always."

Then, without warning, he tilted her chin and planted his lips on hers. She gasped at the sudden act of affection but didn't protest. Oh, she far from protested. With a sigh of pleasure, Bella kissed him back, her lips moving in sync with his. The hands that were caressing her cheeks tilted her head up slightly to give Edward more access to her supple lips. He broke away shortly after.

"No," Bella protested with a pout.

Edward laughed and kissed her nose sweetly. "No pouting. It just makes you look adorable."

Bella quivered her now red-ripened lips in hopes to receive another love-induced kiss. Edward groaned, "You'll be the death of me Bella. I swear."

"Nu-uh. You can't die," she replied cutely.

Her heart pounded when Edward plastered the infamous smile on his face. She knew he could hear its erratic beating and her face flushed in embarrassment. The grin only widened at the sight of her reddened cheeks. Unable to resist, Edward leaned in again and kissed her pouty lips. Bella moaned in appreciation. This kiss was amazing. He was relentless in his passion. His lips moved ferociously against hers; dominating her in every way. Her body and mind turned to mush beneath his touch. The kiss lasted about ten seconds before Edward pulled away.

"There, now no more pouting Bella," he teased.

She sighed over-dramatically, "Fine."

He chuckled and picked her up from the bed. "Hey! What?" Bella screamed when he did so. He simply sat her on her feet outside the bed and gave her a soft shove towards the door. Bella, now angry, turned back to Edward with a glare. "What was that for?"

"Bathe Bella. Then I'll take you to the meadow if you'd like," he offered.

Her anger disappeared only to be replaced by apprehension and nervousness. "Um…Edward?"

"What is it?"

"I kinda…um…wanted to go see Jake today…" she trailed off.

His eyes narrowed slightly. Bella knew Edward didn't trust Jacob. It was only natural considering they were enemies, but she needed to talk to him really bad. "Please Edward. I know you don't like him, but I have to see him. Please."

Edward pinched the bridge of his nose, a sign that he was frustrated or angry, and sighed. "Fine I'll let you see the mutt, but one thing goes wrong and I'll ring his neck understood?"

She nodded enthusiastically. Bella dashed over and hugged Edward tightly. In his surprise, Edward wrapped his arms around her. "Thank you Edward," Bella whispered in his ear. Without consideration towards her actions, Bella lightly nibbled on his earlobe.

Bella instantly felt Edward stiffen. He pushed her away easily. "Bella," he said in a tone that would be described as an adult scolding a child.

Bella looked down, ashamed. "I'm sorry Edward. I was just…"

He shook his head, "No don't be sorry. You just took me by surprise. What was that?" he asked.

Her cheeks reddened again in embarrassment, "Um…you didn't like it? I'm sorry. I was just caught up…" She didn't get to finish. Edward silenced her babbling with a soft kiss to the lips. He pulled away after a few seconds and stared at a dazed Bella.

"What did I say Bella? Don't be sorry. And, no I didn't like it" – Bella felt her face drop – "I loved it," he whispered.

Bella smiled widely and hugged him again. Edward laughed and gently pushed her away again. Bella, remembering Shana's information, informed Edward, "One week."

He was confused. "Huh?"

Bella smirked and got real close to his lips, "Only one week until I can conceal my scent."

Edward's eyes widened considerably. He gulped unnecessarily, and Bella laughed. She turned quickly, grabbed her bathroom supplies and a change of clothes, and dashed out of the bedroom laughing all the way. It took a moment to for Edward to comprehend just what had happened. When it did click in Edward's head what she had said, a wide, sexy smirk made its way onto Edward's face. A growl reverberated from his chest loudly. He heard Bella giggle from the bathroom, and he knew then that he didn't need to worry about her not being human. His love for her would always overcome all of his worries and doubts. Whatever obstacles they faced, they would face together and overcome them. He loved her and that's all that mattered. He was actually quite enjoying the fact that soon he wouldn't have to deny himself and Bella of the relationship they really wanted. In one week, his boundaries would be gone. Permanently.

Woohoo! Another chapter done. I apologize for any grammar/spelling mistakes that I don't catch.

IMPORTANT: I know that Bella didn't know about the wolves until after she was eighteen, but in my story she does know, and Edward never left. It's like a different version of New Moon. So, please don't send any reviews about that. Thanks!

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