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Chapter 10 - New Mission: Necroflock

BPOV

"Edward what is going on?!" I shout as him as he continues to drag me down the hallway after Alice.

He hasn't said a word since her little outburst about "hideous monsters". She does tend to over exaggerate a bit. There are no such things as monsters! Also, he still hasn't let go of my hand yet. And it's a tad uncomfortable.

"Edward answer me this instant AND let go of my hand already!". He comes to halt and turns around to face me, STILL holding my hand.

"We are being attacked Bella, do you understand that? By who or what I don't exactly know. Your friend wasn't very specific. All I do know is that they are attacking other students and we have to go help.

" I look into his eyes to be met by a look of determination and slight irritation. If he would've answered me earlier I wouldn't have kept yelling at him.

"Ok. Lets go." We race out of the door and into the courtyard area. Edward has yet to release me but it's impossible for me to completely focus on that when I see the scene before me. It's a full out war! The "hideous monsters' Alice was yelling about were in fact an army of men and women dressed in full black with masks covering there faces.

Everywhere I looked one or more students was engaged with a mysterious person or two. "I have to find Alice and Rose!" I yell at Edward, tugging to try and get my hand free. He only tightens his grip.

"We can't split up right now Bella. Your injured anyway so you won't be much help." I kick him in the shin but he still doesn't let go. "Ouch! What was that?!" he asks angrily.

"The hell we can't split up! And I can fight just fine one-handed!" I say harshly.

Who is he to tell me that I am no help. I give my hand one big tug and it finally slips loose. The moment I'm out I pull out one of my daggers and break out running in some random direction, looking for Alice and Rosalie.

"Bella!" I hear Edward cry out. His voice isn't far off which means he is probably pursuing me. I'd like to see him try and catch me. I don't slow down.

I turn around the corner at the closest building and break across a big open field of grass, dipping and dodging other fights that are going on around me. Suddenly, two men step in my path, one is holding the gun and the other some sword that resembles a katana. I skid to a halt.

"Where do you think YOU'RE going little lady?" the guy with the gun asks as he slowly walks up to me. I get low in a defensive stance. The other man with the katana laughs lightly. "Oh look John. I think she wants to fight you. Look at that little dagger."

John chuckles as he continues walking up to me. "Now see here…you need to come with us." I stare John down as he gets closer and closer to me. "Move out of my way!" I snap at him.

He ignores me and reaches for my dagger. I react and slice at his arm, leaving a huge gash around his wrist. "You filthy bitch!" he cries out as he drops the gun and stumbles backwards, holding his wrist in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"Pin her down Patrick!"

The other man unsheathes his katana and prepares to charge me but I'm already on the move. I dash forward and kick Patrick right in the gut, causing him to collapse backwards on the ground. He flips himself up and swings his leg around to try toward my legs. I jump up and kick him straight in the face. This time he hit's the ground unconscious.

I'm breathing heavily as I turn to face John, who is still holding his wrist. His eyes are wide as he stares at his companion unconscious on the ground. "You want your ass knocked out too?" I threaten. John goes for the gun and as he wraps his fingers around it I throw my dagger and it goes straight through his hand.

John shrieks in agony. I smile lightly and walk up to him, bending down to his eye level.

"You should've moved" I utter calmly before punching him square in the face.

He falls back and I pull my dagger out of his hand. I quickly wipe it on his shirt and look behind me only to see Edward appear from around the corner.

"Shit" I mutter as I break out running yet again. Where could Alice and Rosalie be? I hear my name being called from behind me but I tune it out and focus on where I'm running.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Alice running into the gym. I sigh in relief. She appears to be fine. But where is she going? I dash toward the gym, increasing my speed.

Finally, I reach the gym door and rush through, coming to a stop. The sight before me is horrific.

Students, both from Grandier and Drau Mir are scattered all around on the ground and in the bleachers. Some are unconscious. A few others have fainted - from what I don't exactly know. A couple are bleeding from wounds that appear minor. Some of the students on the ground aren't moving at all though. Mixed in with them are the same mysterious people from outside. Some are in the same state as my fellow students.

My heartbeat starts racing. I begin to slightly panic. Please let Rosalie and Alice be ok! Slowly I begin to make my way around the bodies towards the mass of people on the far side of the gym still fighting.

"Bella wait!"

I hear a familiar voice cry out. I turn and see Edward standing in the doorway a good distance away from me. Damnit he caught up to me. Frustration and irritation is once again all over his face.

"Come back Bella!"

I glare at him. What makes him think I will just simply come back because he tells me too? Who does he think he is? This guy has only known me for 10minutes and suddenly he thinks he can just turn me away from finding two of the most important people in my entire life!

I violently shake my head no. "Bella duck!" I hear a high pitched voice shout. I immediately drop to the ground. A gunshot goes off and I hear a grunt behind me. Directly behind me. I glance up and see a man holding a dagger out, prepared to strike at someone. At me.

I stop breathing as the man tumbles to the ground. I could've been killed. Suddenly, someone firmly grabs my good arm and pulls me up off the ground. It's Edward.

"I told you not to run off Bella! What the hell were you thinking?"

I stare in bewilderment at him. He has no right to scold me! I make my own damn decisions. I swear its like Jacob all over again. I refuse to go through all of that again.

"Who the hell do you think you are Edward! You aren't my dad. Hell - you aren't even my friend! So stop acting like you are!" I scream at him. At the moment I am completely oblivious to the fighting around us. Or maybe its over. I could care less right now.

"Bella what is your deal?" Edward spits at me.

"You are!" I snap back.

"Bella!!" I hear Alice call from a few feet behind me. I turn to her and see that she still has her gun out and is panting heavily. She must've taken out quite of bit of the mysterious soldiers.

Without a second look at Edward, I run over to Alice and pull her into a big one armed hug. 'I'm so glad you're ok Alice!" She pulls away and lightly punches me in my good arm. "You are such a worry wart!" she teases me.

I smile lightly. "I know. Hey - where's Rosalie?"

Alice randomly points behind her. 'She was helping Mrs. Nel and a few upperclassmen outside by the parking lot last time I saw her. Do you want to go find her?"

I scan over the aftermath of the surprise attack. Bodies are everywhere and I can hear groaning and cries of pain. As much as I want to find Rosalie, I think I am needed here more at the moment. "No we should stay and help Alice. Rosalie can handle herself." I reply calmly.

Alice nods in agreement. "By the way, how's your shoulder? Did you have trouble fighting one-handed?"

I glance down at my arm in the sling. I hadn't really even paid much attention to the fact that I couldn't use that arm. But fighting one handed works just as good for me!

"Lets split up. We can help more people that way." Alice suggests. I give her a thumb up and walk off to one area of the gym to try and assist the students. Edward is still standing there but I just walk right by him, avoiding any eye contact.

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"Bella! Alice!" Rosalie cries out as she enters the gym. Alice is helping a girl with a cut up leg to the bleachers and I just finished bandaging some guy's wounded arm. Me and Alice practically tackle her to the ground in an attempt to hug her.

"I missed you guys too." she says while laughing. I just hug her even tighter. "You know Bella is like the Queen of Worrying" comments Alice. As all three of us sit up I kick her in the leg. "Ow Bella! Just kidding!"

"Excuse me ladies…as much as I'd hate to break up this wonderful reunion I need you three to follow me." We all look up to see Headmistress Nel standing in front of us, a serious look on her face.

"What's wrong Headmistress?" I ask. She rarely has that look on her face. She sees me trying to analyze her and just smiles reassuringly at me. "Oh it's nothing major Bella. Follow me girls." Headmistress Nel then turns and walks off toward the gym exit.

I turn to Alice and Rosalie and they both look confused. I just shrug and push myself up off the floor. Once Alice and Rosalie are up we stroll off after Mrs. Nel.

EPOV

I stand and watch as Bella walks off after Headmistress with Alice and Rosalie. I want to follow after her but my feet won't budge. I want to call her name but my voice suddenly isn't working. It's like I'm paralyzed.

"Hey Ed. Headmaster wants us in his office." says Emmett as he walks up to stand beside me. I don't acknowledge that I heard him. I continue to stare in the direction Bella and her friends are walking. Emmett looks at them and then back at me.

"Why are you staring at that girl Bella like that dude?" I shake my head lightly and blink. "Its nothing Emmett."

"Nothing my ass…" comments Emmett as he walks off toward Headmasters office, me right behind him.

"Hey guys wait up!" shouts Jasper as he jogs up to us. He is panting heavily. "Where are we headed?"

"To see Headmaster." I answer.

"Sweet." he comments.

Moments later, we walk into Headmasters office and I couldn't believe who was already in there.

Headmistress Nel, Alice, Bella, and Rosalie were already sitting in a few of the chairs. The two Heads are calmly talking while the three girls sit quietly listening to their discussion. Headmaster Cid looks up and sees us enter.

"There you are boys! Please…come in and take a seat. We have much to discuss." greets Headmaster Cid. Headmistress Nel and the girls look up and I see Bella roll her eyes when she sees that its me that just walked in. Why is she such a bitch? To think I actually worried about her. Maybe I should've just left her in the damn car.

Jasper walks over and plops down in the last chair while me and Emmett crash on the floor.

Headmistress stands up and walks over to whisper something in Headmaster Cid's ear. He nods slowly as she continues whispering. He then smiles and turns to the six of us.

Headmaster Cid clears his throat. "We have recently come across some important information that me and Mrs. Nel believed you six especially should know about. We believe you are qualified for all that will follow."

I stare in confusion. What is he talking about?

"The mysterious army of masked men and women that launched a surprise attack on our campus earlier today was from an organization known as Necroflock. If you ever watched G.I. Joe when you were a kid, these people are basically like Cobra."

"Apparently they were searching for some secret information hidden in our school files but they were fortunately unsuccessful. They also attempted to kidnap some of the students, but that plan was also halted. They weren't expecting so many of us to be armed and ready to defend ourselves."

Headmaster takes a quick breath before continuing.

"I have collaborated with the Styx task force and they are currently in pursuit of this organization. It seems their motivation is world takeover. The task force has done all they can but they were also attacked and at the moment are unable to spare any members to pursue the group any further. So they called us for help. "

"They requested that we send six of our best students on mission to do a simple yet long reconnaissance mission, but not to engage the enemy. Me and Mrs. Nel talked it over and we have chosen you six - Bella Alice Rosalie Edward Jasper and Emmett - to undergo this mission. "

I look over at the girls and they are completely focused on Mr. Cid's words. They don't look the least bit surprised or scared about this mission. I look the other way at the guys and Jasper is smirking while Emmett is bouncing on the floor in excitement.

"We both believe that your six are very qualified to undertake this and seeing as the school year shall be starting extremely late, we believe this will be great experience for you - and it works even better that you all happen to be seniors. "

"While on this mission you will likely encounter many different circumstances which will require extreme finesse and will isolate each of your strengths and weaknesses. I pray that you will not take this lightly. Do you have anything to add Mrs. Nel?"

He glances at Mrs. Nel waiting on her to comment.

"Hmm…I think you said about everything Mr. Cid. I have complete faith in all of you and we will be keeping contact with you throughout your assignment. Be on your best behavior. All of you."

"Yes ma'am." the girls respond. The guys and I don't say anything. Why should we? She isn't our Headmaster.

"Ok then" starts Cid "Go and make sure you have everything you need because you all are leaving on the first flight to Arizona tomorrow. That is where the Styx Task Force is based. From there you will depart to your first destination of the assignment."

"Sir!" the guys and I respond.

"You are dismissed." he adds. I stand and walk out, quickly followed by Jasper and Emmett.

We proceed down the elevator and head straight to our dorm room. The moment we are in and the door shuts Emmett lets out this huge yelp of joy.

"Hells yea! Can you believe we are going on a long trip with three of the hottest chicks from that school?! How lucky are we?"

I roll my eyes at his comment and I hear Jasper sigh from the other room. "Oh come on Ed. I know you have the hots for Bella."

"Ha! That cranky stuck up bitch. No way." I say without thinking to edit my response. Emmett likes to repeat what me and Jasper say sometimes. This could bite me in the ass later. But I could really care less.

"Dude don't be like that. Give her a chance" he suggests lightly as he walks into his room. I hear him throw something on the bed and then start opening drawers. He must be packing.

"Like she even deserves one…she isn't even worth my time…" I whisper to myself as I walk to my room and begin packing for our reconnaissance mission after the deadly organization known as Necroflock.

Sorry i took ages to finally upload this chapter! I kept changing a ton of things lol hope you guys like it and R&R's are greatly appreciated! =]