She walked out of the alley and right in front of the Chief of police, Charlie Swan. She had blood on her jeans and hands and bruises on her face. He noticed her injuries immediately.

"Miss, are you okay?"

She panicked and knew she couldn't run. Her speed was too fast and would bring too many questions. She did the first thing that came to her mind.

"Hel..help me…he…he..tried to…."

She made herself look as if she fainted. The Chief of police caught her and was on his walkie talkie in a matter of seconds; he called in an ambulance for help.

Chapter 10

By TwilightSelenaCullen

Sam's phone rang and he quickly answered it, he immediately froze when he recognized the voice.

"Your sister is here, she's fine but we have much to discuss, get here as fast as you can."

"I'm on my way," Sam answered, "Let's go Emily!"

"Go where, who was that?" She asked as she ran in from the other room.

"It was Dr. Cullen, Mason is at the hospital," Sam explained as they ran to the car.

"Oh my God, is she okay?" Emily asked.

"He said she's fine, but I don't know anything else," Sam answered with a look of worry on his face.

Emily gave him a slight smile, "I'm sure she'll be okay, she's a tough kid."

"Yeah but depending on what happened, she won't be okay when I'm done with her."

Emily cringed.

TTS

They arrived at the hospital shortly and were immediately greeted by Chief Charlie Swan.

"Come on she's this way."

Sam nodded and they made their way inside.

"We will need to talk to you after but could you maybe give us a minute Charlie?" Carlisle asked.

"Of course," he answered.

Mason was sitting on the edge of the bed and she looked at Sam with wide eyes, before looking away.

Emily gasped, "Oh my god."

Sam quickly ran to her and examined his little sister.

"It's not her blood," Carlisle and Sam announced at the same time.

"Emily would you mind taking her to the bathroom and getting her cleaned up?" Carlisle asked.

Sam gave her a meaningful look and Emily nodded.

"Come on Mason," she said tenderly.

Mason followed her soon to be sister-in-law as she gave one last glance over her shoulder at her brother. Her eyes spoke volumes; but Sam was unable to interpret.

"Aside from her name, your sister wouldn't speak to me. She had bruises on her face but they've healed now and all that is left is the blood of the man that Charlie found in the alley. He was close to dead. You must understand the seriousness of this situation, our treaty says that we cannot harm humans, but right now your sister is more of a threat to this town then we are," Carlisle carefully explained.

"I can… I will get her under control I swear I will. But right now we have more important things to worry about," Sam said.

"You're right, we have to cover this up and keep it quiet, for both of our family's sakes. An attack this serious in a town like this could really hurt us," Carlisle said.

"And the man?" Sam asked.

"No one, just a drunk, no one really knows who he is. We only know due to the identification we found on him," Carlisle confirmed.

"So what are you suggesting, we kill him?" Sam asked.

"No, of course not, never; there are other ways, and actually I have already taken care of the man. As far as he knows he was drunk and he crashed into a tree, which he was severely drunk, before your sister even got a ride with him."

Sam looked at him questioningly, "As far as he knows?"

"I had to do something, and I have already spoken with the paramedics; I had to compel them. I still need to speak to Charlie," Carlisle explained.

As if on cue Charlie made his way back in, "So what's the verdict?"

Carlisle got close to Charlie and made direct eye contact.

"You will tell everyone the man, Gregory Smith, was drunk and he ran into a tree. The next part is confidential; but, Mason found him and tried to help, that's the only reason she is here now at the hospital covered in his blood."

Charlie nodded and Carlisle took a step back.

"Okay then Doctor, great work, I'm going to go talk to Mr. Smith and I'll handle everything else from here," Charlie said.

Carlisle nodded and Chief Swan left the room.

"How did you do that?" Sam asked.

"Well it's simple for me because I have had many, many years of practice; but, we all have the power to compel humans," Carlisle explained.

"Then why didn't you just compel us?" Sam questioned.

"Two reasons, one that power will not work on your kind, or each other for that matter, and two, we're not monsters Sam," Carlisle explained.

Sam nodded, "I'm sorry that we've caused you so much trouble today."

Carlisle shrugged and gave him a small smile, "It was a slow day otherwise."

Mason and Emily returned.

"SO are we done here?" Sam asked.

"Yes I'll take care of the small stuff like paperwork," Carlisle turned his attention to Mason, "But it seems like you have a lot more to… take care of."

"Actually," said Emily, "Mason shared with me what happened and I truly believe it's important for you to learn," she said with her eyes directed at Carlisle.

"Okay," said Carlisle," expecting nothing truly valid in what Mason was going to say.

Mason looked at Emily timidly and Emily gave Mason a supportive smile and a small nudge. She stepped closer to Carlisle and spoke.

"I, umm I apologize for not telling you sooner. Until Emily told me that you were not like "others" I just didn't trust you enough to tell you."

"Tell me what?" Carlisle asked with a slight tone of annoyance escaping.

A few tears started to fall down Mason's face.

"He….he attacked me first. He tried to…."

"He tried to what?!" Sam asked anxiously.

"He tried to force himself onto me," she said as more tears cascaded down her young, beautiful face.

"Did he force you into his car too? Chief Swan said he found a witness that claimed she saw you go into his car and you did not put up any struggle," said Carlisle.

Mason looked down at her feet for a moment before looking back up to answer.

"No Sir, at that point, I…" she sighed, "I had asked him if he had any cigarettes. I was having a really tough morning," she looked over at her brother, "sorry Sam, I almost started up smoking again."

"I'm not crazy about that but right now I'm more concerned about what this guy did. Please finish your story."

"Well, when I asked him for one he said he didn't have any as he just ran out himself. He told me if I went with him to the store he would buy me a pack."

"He said he would buy you a pack for nothing in return?" Sam asked with a rise of his eyebrow.

"Not exactly, he said I would just have to give him a kiss. I mean, I did tell him yes; BUT, I never had any intention on kissing him. I was going to grab the pack out of his hand and run. I knew he would never be able to catch me."

Sam sighed heavily, "So you got in the car with a man who was drinking AND said that you just had to pay him with a kiss? Is that correct so far?"

"Yeeeyesss, but like I said I was having a really crappy morning and I really just wanted a smoke. He knew I was 16 and everything; he didn't even care. He was a total pervert."

"But, you still took a chance?" Sam asked feeling more and more frustrated at the poor choices his sister had made thus far.

"Sam, yes, but I didn't care."

"Why? Why didn't you care? And you woke up in a great mood this morning, how in the hell did it turn from great to crappy?"

"Dad called me and he tried to give me some BS line about everyone missing me and how he has been sober for three weeks and blah blah blah."

Sam ran his hands through his short thick black hair and took a deep breath, "Okay, so dad called and you got upset, I can understand that. Okay, so you made a horrible decision and got in the car with this drunk, then what?"

"Then after he bought the smokes he suggested we go into the alley to smoke one together. Once we," she paused and wiped a few runaway tears, "once we were back in the alley he just attacked me. He started kissing on me and….please don't make me tell you the rest," she cried softly.

Carlisle suddenly felt remorse for ever assuming Mason had simply just attacked the man for no good reason. Sam was frustrated at his sister for knowing how she could have easily prevented the whole situation with smarter choices; but, he was not about to blame her for being attacked. He went to her right away and held her close. Mason broke down further and started crying heavily into her big brother's chest.

TTS

"Come on, I want to get some one on one training time with you before the others get home," Sam said.

"Do we have to?" Mason whined.

"Well there are other things we could be doing if that's what you prefer?" He asked seriously.

She knew that look and quickly decided not to push her brother's buttons much further so she shook her head no.

"Good then it's settled," Sam said.

Mason was reluctant to change into her wolf form. If she did then Sam would find out about everything; her lying today, and her past.

"Actually I still have some homework to do."

"Later," he said taking off his jacket, "Let's go."

Mason couldn't find any other reason to stall any further and she reluctantly followed. Everything would be known sooner or later, but hey maybe she would be good at this whole mind thing.

Or maybe not…

After they both transformed Sam bombarded her with questions, "Did you even think about the danger you were in today?"

Mason did her best to control her answer but she couldn't compile her thoughts as they all blurted out on their own.

"I did think about it! I knew I could take him if he tried anything. He was a bad man who deserved everything he got."

"It sounds like you intended to hurt him like the doctor expected, is this true?" Sam asked.

She tried to block him out, "NO I... I tested him."

"What do you mean you tested him?" Sam asked.

She tried to hold back but Sam was too powerful and he was now only a step away from her, "Show me."

Her mind took over and the memories of that morning flashed in her head, and Sam saw everything.

"You…" Sam was in complete shock at what he had just found out.

"Sam I…"

"NO! You did do it on purpose, and then you lied to me about it… He almost died Mason! Do you even understand how serious this is?"

"I didn't kill him, he was a horrible person. You know that you just saw it for yourself!" Mason tried.

Sam shook his head, "but why?"

Mason was caught off guard as another memory slipped out.

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