A/N This chapter has several POV, I hope it's not confusing. It was much needed to get this chapter where it needed to be. I really need to say a huge thank you to my pre reader sinfulroad69, she did have a question about something and I will address it in the A/N at the bottom. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Krissy POV
Once we got back to the house, Laya and CJ were going to eat or try to eat and then rest. A part of me wished I could do the same. The last few days had been non-stop testing, trying to find out about my gift. I was actually feeling drained.
Even though I had recently fed, my body felt like it needed to rest. I also needed some time to think. I had not had any time to myself since that horrible night that Stan murdered his wife, and then came after me.
I was used to being alone. Most of the time, I was the only child in the foster homes. Especially, the one with Stan, and Lucy. They couldn't have kids of their own, and really needed money, so they took me in and got paid for watching me.
Finding out that Lexi was my real sister was a shock. I didn't want to say anything, to her but it hurt badly to know how well she was treated, by the same people who hated me. While I loved having a real sister, knowing that in some ways she was the cause of my abuse from our parents was hard.
Oh I know it wasn't her fault. I was just angry that our parents were so fucking weak. Great, now I'm cussing just like Peter and Em. Guess I shouldn't hang around them too much.
They were though. I had talked to Ethan for a long time and he helped me to understand that it was my parent's fault. That took any anger I had towards Lexi away. I hope that we can have a close bond once we have time to process everything.
So much has happened, and I haven't had time to even process one thing before something else happens. I kind of understood why they didn't want to leave me alone. Unless, I take some calm from someone, I feel like I just want to rip and tear things apart.
Even now, I asked my new parents if I could be alone for awhile. They finally agreed as long as I stayed in the theater room that has no windows, and promised to take the calm that I needed to keep me sane. I would be upset, but they really care about me.
I just need some time to let everything sink in. I always knew that there was something not quite right about Laya and CJ's family. There was no way that I would have ever guessed that they were vampires. They were always so nice to me, and treated me like I was special.
When I realized that Laya and her dad were there to help me I just wanted to die. I was so embarrassed, my best friend, hell, my only friend had seen what Stan was doing to me. Her dad too. That was really embarrassing. Yet, I knew that I had been hurt really bad this time. I knew that I was dying and it was okay. At least they would know who did this to me and maybe stop him from doing it to someone else.
When Stan was suddenly off of me I think I passed out. The next thing I remember is Laya talking to me, trying to get me to wake up. Once I was awake she had gotten a tank top, and found some sweat pants and put them on me. While she was getting me dressed she was telling me about her family, what they are, and that her daddy could save me.
She told me that he could bite me, and I would be transformed into a vampire. I wasn't sure that I was hearing her right. I didn't really want to die, but how could I face those that knew me? I was dirty, used, I was nothing but a dirty, piece of trash.
I had always heard that. My parents told me that everyday. I figured that Stan was treating me that way that I deserved to be treated. How can anyone love a piece of trash?
I just decided to humor her. When her dad came over to the bed to see how I was doing, I heard him tell Laya not to go over to where he had left Stan, he was dead. He asked her if I had given her an answer as to if I wanted to be turned, and yeah I had said yes.
The way I figured it, either it was true and I could survive this hell; or it was just something she had told me to give me a laugh before I died. When her dad lifted me up so that my neck was exposed to him, I knew she had been telling me the truth.
I was already in so much pain, I never felt his teeth sink into the soft flesh of my neck. I did feel the burn start shortly after the first bite. I did feel him biting into my wrists, ankles, back of my knees. The other pain dulled the pain of his teeth tearing my flesh.
Almost as soon as he was done with one spot, it would start to burn and I could feel the venom spread from the bite. Shortly after he finished I realized that now there were others there. While I couldn't focus on the conversation I knew they were planning on something.
Laya had felt my self loathing and kept telling me that she loved me. She spent most of my transformation telling me over and over how much her whole family cared about me. I can remember most of what she said.
The turning point in my feelings towards myself came in the form of Aunt Rose. She shared her story with me about her rape, and being beaten and left for dead. She told me how Carlisle found her, and turned her. I heard how she had found herself hating what she was, and the fact that she had hated that she was still alive.
I heard her telling me about how she found Emmett, and had Carlisle turn him for her. She was completely honest with me, she told me that she was a bitch for a long time. It took her a year to fully trust Emmett. While she loved him, deeply, she would sometimes flinch when he would make certain movements.
When Bella had come into the picture, she was unsure of her. While she loved Jasper and wanted him to be happy, she hated that this was a human or at least part human. She could have a baby because she was part human.
As soon as she found out that it could be possible for her to get pregnant with Jasper and that was what she wanted; she went out of her way to become friends with Bella. The last thing she told me was that if I ever needed to talk about it she was available.
Now, that she had been given the opportunity to be a mom. I was excited for her. She deserved to have children to raise, even if they weren't her own. I could tell that she had tons of love to share. You could see the love she had for Laya, and CJ.
She had been there, helping to care for them until their mom could be around them. She loved them fiercely, and it had helped her to be able to help raise them.
She had told me that the horrible things that had been ingrained into my head about myself were all lies. Yeah, lies that had been told to me by people that were sick, hurting, and needed to hurt me to try to make themselves feel better.
The more she talked the closer I felt to her. Even through the burning, I felt close to her. I do have to say though that it wasn't just her that talked to me and helped to feel better if that is even possible through the pain.
I think that every single person came in and told me that they cared about me, and couldn't wait for me to wake up and join their family. Emmett had told me a bunch of his stupid jokes, he was trying to make me forget about the pain.
Peter told me about some of the stupid shit, as he put it that him and the Major had done after having left Maria. Well, it was actually more him than the Major. He also told me some of what had happened when the Major met his mate, Bella.
When Laya came in one time, she told me about her dad's reaction to when he found out he was going to be a daddy. How he had been ready to rush around to take care of her mom. I just wish I could have laughed at what she was saying, it was funny.
She also told me about when her mom had made a noise when it was close to the due date. I just wished I could have seen it with my own eyes. Apparently, the whole family except for Esme had gone into panic mode and scrambled around trying to get her mom into the delivery room. Once they had all gotten into the room they realized that the patient had been left behind.
I remember when I woke up feeling totally freaked out. I looked over at Laya and wanted to feel calm like she did. Of course it worked and I had to keep doing it. I wasn't sure what was going on or how I was supposed to be but everyone was acting like I wasn't normal.
That brought back memories. The bad ones, where I had been told I wasn't normal. I just wanted to be peaceful, and while looking at Carlisle I got it. I'm just so glad that it doesn't bother the one I take it from, I don't think that I could handle that.
I have to admit to myself, that right now I am happier than I can ever remember ever being. Except maybe for the night of our prom. CJ had asked me if he could escort me to the prom. I was so happy.
I knew it wasn't romantic. That would be just too weird even for me. He's like a brother to me. I think that if he had done the things that he has done for me, to anyone else, they would think that he wanted to be their boyfriend.
While I love him, it's like he's the big brother I always wanted. I know that all of the girls at school hated me because he wouldn't take any of them out, yet he spent time with me at school. He made sure that I ate at lunch, and that no one bothered me.
Oh, don't get me wrong, he is the hottest guy I have ever seen. Well, except for maybe his dad. I always did have a slight crush on his dad. I had an even bigger crush on his uncle though. Yeah, Emmett could make me melt with one of his smiles.
I knew he was married, but there was just something about a big, tall, muscular guy that would just make my heart flutter. It didn't help that he would play flirt with me either.
Laya knew of course. She was able to feel my emotions. I didn't know that at the time. She just said that she could tell by the way I looked at Emmett. If anyone else in the family knew they never said anything.
I just hope that my mate is built like Emmett. At least the tall, muscles, and dark hair part. I don't know why I'm attracted to those kind of guys. Laya said that it's probably because that's what my mate will look like.
When she explained all about mates to me I got excited. Now that I'm not scarred up, maybe I can find my soul mate. Laya said that with mates, it doesn't matter about scars. If I doubted it, all I had to do was look at her mom and dad.
Her dad had shown me some of his scars, and it scared me badly. I had to take more calm that normal. At least I really understood what she had meant by scars didn't matter to soul mates.
Alice told me that I did have a soul mate out there, and that I would meet him soon. She couldn't tell me how soon though. She said that she saw me happy, and very much loved.
I actually asked if he would treat me good. She said that mates can't treat their mates badly. It's impossible, because the mate's first priority is the happiness of their mate. They would die before hurting their other half.
For now, I was happy. Even content you could say. Now, I had parents that really loved me, and they let me know it. I had a brother and sister that had loved me for a long time now. I also had uncles that did stupid shit, and were so funny. Yeah, life or unlife was good, I was good. I was happy. I just hope that I would be useful in the upcoming battle.
Peter POV
Since we had gotten back everyone but the kids and Krissy had been throwin' around thoughts, ideas, and strategies. I had one that I felt was gonna be necessary. I just wanted to hear everyone's thoughts before sayin' anythin' about it.
If we did do this, it would probably be the hardest thing for some of us to do. Some of us would probably be alright, others well, let's just say they might not like it at all. But, I had always wondered if some of the fighters in the family were really that good.
Carlisle was just about to let everyone have some private time with our mates but I needed to tell them what I had been thinkin' about, "Excuse me Carlisle, I have been thinking about somethin'. I think it might be important to try my idea out. If it doesn't work, well, at least we tried."
"Please continue Peter. This is what this meeting is for, to bounce ideas around." Carlisle explained.
"I was thinkin' that maybe we should do some trainin'. I'm not talkin' bout regular fight trainin'. I'm thinkin' maybe have Krissy give us each other's gifts, and then try to learn how to use them or control them. Now, I know that there are other gifts out there that we might want her to take and give them to us. I was thinkin' that if we could learn how to control our gifts from each other, at least the ones that can be controlled; well, maybe we could figure out how we could control other types of gifts." I told them.
I went on, "That's only the first part. The second part ain't none of ya'll gonna like. I was thinkin' that we should have Krissy take our gifts, at least the ones that have em' and then try to fight without them. Now, I know that we have already had fight trainin' where the use of gifts wasn't allowed, but some of the gifts can't really be turned off and on. It would make us better fighters if we could fight without havin' our gifts. So what does everyone think?"
No one said a fuckin' thing. They just looked at me like I was an alien or some other shit. It wasn't until I saw the Major smile that I knew they had even heard me.
"Peter, while I hate the idea of being without my gift, I think it's an excellent idea. Both of them. Bella can stay with the kids, while we train. At least for that part of it." Jasper told us.
OH SHIT! The Major ain't gonna fuckin' like this, "Ah Jasper, I was thinkin' that the kids and Bella would also train. They will need it."
"No, the kids and my mate as well do not need to train without their gifts. Their gifts will keep them safe. They will not be part of this training." Jasper said sternly.
Oh fuck, I could tell by the look on Bella's face that she had other ideas, "Jasper, what do you mean we don't need to train. Of course we need to train. While we have already trained without using our gifts, we need to learn how to fight knowing we don't have gifts to lean on. We are a part of this family, the kids while I hate the thought of them needing to be ready to fight, need to do this as much as I do."
"Bella I am the male and the head of our family. I said that you and the kids are not going without your gifts, while fighting. There is nothing you can do to change my mind." Jasper told her.
Why in the hell couldn't I keep my fuckin' mouth shut? Bella was standin' there glarin' at Jasper. Silently, the rest of us turned and left. They needed to work this out themselves. I just hope that Bella can talk some sense into him.
Bella POV
I was just standing here not believing what I just heard come out of Jasper's mouth. I knew he was dominate, he just never really used it except when we were in danger or making love. He had never forbidden me to do something that was necessary, or at least I felt it was.
Usually, when his dominate side came out it was to protect, or order me to do things and that had mostly been during sex. He had never really forbidden me anything. The kids and I needed to learn how to fight, without at least one of our gifts.
We were the strange ones, the kids had more than one gift and so did I. That meant that we would only be without one of our gifts. Krissy could only take one, unless she took my shield, then she could take all of my gifts, as well as the kids as long as she gave them to someone.
I felt like Peter was right, we needed to be trained to fight even with the knowledge that we had nothing to fall back on. We could become cocky, knowing that we had gifts if we got careless.
It was a fact that we had seen when Edward lost his gift the first time. He went into a panic mode. His confidence was gone, and he became frightened. It should have been clear at that point that we needed to learn how to fight, without anything to fall back on.
One of these vampires that we could be fighting has the ability to copy our gifts, and then they would no longer be useful to us. He could use them on us, so we needed to learn how to fight without using them. This was too important.
I hated that the kids might have to fight with us. But I would much rather they knew how to fight without their gifts as well. In the vampire world, it was always much safer knowing how to fight than not to be able to take down someone who just wanted your territory.
Usually, it was male vampires that would do this. Right now, my mate was being a stupid male vampire. There was no fucking way we were not going to stay out of this training. I just needed to get him to see to reason.
"Excuse me, did you just order me not to train? Did you just put your fucking foot down? You had better be careful that you don't end up putting your foot in your mouth!" I growled out.
"I am the male, and therefore the head of our family. Going without your gifts, is too fucking dangerous for you and the kids. I will not allow it!" Jasper growled right back at me.
"Well the kids can decide for themselves, they are adults after all. As for me, I need to do this. I need to know that if our kids have no useable gift that they can still fight and win. I need to know that I can do the same. Please, don't try to stop me, or the kids." I had lowered my voice so that it was a normal tone.
"Bella, you need to understand that I cannot allow you to do this. I think about you not having any protection and it scares me that I could lose you, and the kids."
"You need to understand that I need to do this. The kids need to do this. What if this Malick guy is able to cause my gifts to become useless, or even the kid's gifts? What if it happened while we were fighting? How would we know to fight and win, with knowing we had nothing to help us." I stated.
"It wouldn't happen. I won't let it. I could protect the three of you. I could take him out first. It's too fucking dangerous, and I'm not letting any of you do it!" He yelled, while looking smug.
I just wanted to smack the smugness off of his fucking face, "Are you seriously saying that nothing could go wrong? That you are so fucking powerful that you could take on the whole fucking army? Alone? No, I think that we will be training."
"Isabella! I have already told you that neither you or the kids will be training. I will not repeat myself. The kids are still too young to make these kind of decisions. They have no clue as to how dangerous this could be for them, therefore, they will abide by my decision. So will you! Do I make myself clear?" he growled out.
"Perfectly!" I snarled out.
I turned and stormed away. I couldn't believe that he was going to go all caveman and try to order me to not do something that I truly believed was necessary. I needed to know that if we couldn't help the kids that they could help themselves, even without using their gifts.
I marched straight for the living room in which the kids were now up and talking with the family. Jasper was right behind me. I asked Peter when the training was going to start and he said that they were just about to head outside.
I asked the kids if they understood what the training would incur and they said yeah they did. Then I asked them if this was something that they wanted to do. I told them that I was going to do it but that I needed them to make up their minds for themselves.
These kids while actually only being ten years old were adults. They had the right to make their own decisions. I knew that Jasper was getting even more pissed off, but at the moment I didn't really care. He was being a jerk, a fucking stupid male vampire jerk!
Peter asked Jasper to come outside so that he could speak privately with him. I gave Peter a slight smile letting him know how grateful I was for him trying to talk to him. Jasper told him that he had started this shit, he did not want to talk to him.
It took Carlisle going too in order for him to go. I knew that if anyone could talk sense into Jasper it would be Carlisle. Laya and CJ both knew something was wrong. I'm sure that Laya could feel the anger, and tension between us. Once I looked at her I knew I was right, she had a frown and a look of worry on her beautiful face.
Once Jasper was outside I quickly explained that their dad wasn't comfortable with the idea of me training without my shield. Then went on to tell them that they were included in this idea of his to not train.
I told them that he was just scared for us. I wanted them to have the opportunity to decide for themselves without actually choosing sides. I would never want them to do that. I told them that if they decided to do this, they both needed to explain to their dad why they felt the need to go against his wishes.
I forgot how well our daughter knew both of us, "Mom, he told you that he wasn't going to allow you to do this didn't he? I bet he said that CJ and I couldn't do it either. Mom, what is he thinking? We need to learn this."
"Yes, but it's only because he is worried. You need to try to put yourself in his place for a minute. He loves us and with me, he has never really had to see me without protection. Even when I was human, he always knew that I had my shield. It wasn't as strong, and using it could cause problems in my body; yet it was a form of protection. I think that the thought of me fighting without it, scares him." I explained.
I continued, "You're right, though. We need to learn this. I just hope that Carlisle can talk some sense into him. The worst part of all of this is that while we have had disagreements, we have never really argued like this. I think that all of the stress has made it worse on him."
"Well, I don't know about Laya, but I'm going to train. I'll tell dad myself, so you won't have to mom. But, what I don't understand is why is he so against this training? We trained before, not using our gifts; although it was hard we still did it. What's the difference?" CJ asked.
"Because we will really be without our gifts. They won't be there in case we need backup. We will have to rely on our ability to fight, as well as the ones fighting by our sides. I think that your dad has actually depended on our gifts to help keep us safe, even in a fight. You see with our gifts, it makes us more dangerous than the average vampire. It's kind of like your dad's scars, the only difference is that you can see how dangerous he is. Even away from him, he knows that we can handle ourselves in a fight, as long as we have our gifts." I explained.
"There is something else, part of this training will mean fighting against some of the Volturi guards. Ones who don't know that we have gifts. This was decided when Carlisle spoke with the brothers. The only thing that his guards know is that they are to leave you two alone, unless otherwise told to. While they won't know about Krissy, there will be signals worked out to let her know who's gift to take and who to send it to if she needs to take more than one gift." I told them.
"Also, we need to learn anything we can from the guards, as well as teach them what we know. But, your dad is afraid that we will get hurt or worse. I don't know if you have figured it out yet, but your dad is very protective, and possessive. Have you ever thought about what your dad would do if he lost just one of us? How about if he lost all three of us?" I asked them.
It was CJ that replied, "It would kill him to lose any of us. If he were to lose all of us, he would probably make sure he died as quickly as he could. I have watched him since I was born, I have seen the love in his eyes when he looks at us. Just now, before he walked out with papaw, I saw something I had never seen in them before; I saw fear."
Just then Carlisle came back into the room. He asked if everyone was ready. I noticed that Jasper had not come back into the room with him. I asked Carlisle where Jasper was. He said that he had gone to our room to do some thinking and would join us later.
The kids were going to go talk to him but Carlisle stopped them. He wanted to go over everything quickly before leaving for the battle clearing where the training was to start. The first thing to be addressed was the fact that Krissy would need general fight training.
We would also work with her trying to perfect her gift, as well as learning to use signals so that we could fight while letting her know who would be the one to suddenly have their gift removed.
The first few days we would fight only with family members. Later we would start working with the guards. Rose and Em would not be joining us today, because of the babies. Carlisle had talked to them and we needed to find out more about this town. We also needed to find some place safe for them to stay that would be safe from the fight.
Of course we didn't expect the fight to be here. The brothers said they wanted to make sure the fight was away from here, we just didn't know where it would be. The one thing that we were sure of was that Rose and Em were awesome fighters and we needed them to fight with us.
Carlisle suggested going to the town and while trying to get more information, try to find a nanny for the kids. They could leave them there, and then once the fight was over they could go and get them back. The only problem with that is the fact that both of the kids have bonded strongly to Em and Rose, and vice versa.
Even though the baby was still very young, she seemed more content in Rose's or Emmett's arms. It was kind of cute at how a huge, menacing looking vampire could hold a tiny baby, and have the biggest shit eating grin on his face.
After the plans had been laid out, everyone except the kids and I left to go to the training field. I asked the kids to go and stay in one of their rooms. I needed to talk to Jasper first, I needed to try to get him to understand that it was too important for us to learn how to fight this way.
I told them that once I was done that I would let them go and talk to him. I would let them tell him their decision about training. They were adults now, and they needed to learn how to be respectful of their dad, and yet be able to tell him what they wanted or needed to do. This would be the first time that either of them have actually gone against his decision for them.
It would be the first time for me as well. I went upstairs actually saying a small prayer that he would see reason. Carlisle had been unable to sway him.
He was sitting in a big overstuffed chair that faced the window. He was staring out of it. I went over and knelt down in front of him. I waited for him to look at me. When he didn't move I spoke up, "Baby, please look at me. I need to know that you are at least listening to what I'm saying."
He looked down at me, but his face kept the hard look. He was angry, and it could be seen on his face. I hated that we were fighting, but I also knew it was mostly because of his stupid male ego.
"I need to explain why I feel like I need to do this. I need to know that if some vampire was able to go around my gift somehow that I could still fight and win. I need to learn how to fight more on my instincts, than my shield. I know that you believe that you could protect us, but what if you were too busy trying to stay alive to help? That is a very real possibility. I also need to know that the same holds true for the kids." I whispered to him.
"Are they going to train too?" he asked coldly.
"They will come in and talk to you. They are adults now, as much as it pains me to say that. They will make their own decisions and they will tell you themselves. They need to learn how to tell you what they want or feel that they need."
He didn't say anything for a minute or so. When he finally spoke his voice was filled with venom, "So, you are still going to train, even though I have told you that I didn't want you to?"
"I need to do this, baby. I wish that you could see this from my point of view. I love you, but I want to make sure that if everything else failed, I could still fight to win, and so could our kids." I told him, venom was welled up in my eyes.
I wasn't done, "Please Jasper, I need to have you at least support me and help me to train."
"NO!" was his response.
"I'll let the kids know they can come in and speak with you. I'll see you when we get back." I could feel my resolve starting to melt.
If I didn't get out of here and fast I would probably change my mind and go along with him, just to stop the pain I was feeling, as well as his own pain. I had gotten up and was almost out the door when I heard him whisper so low that if I hadn't been a vampire I would have never heard him.
"Isabella, if you walk out that door, I won't be here when you get back. I refuse to watch you do something that could lead to you being killed."
While my heart felt like it had just been ripped out and shredded, I also knew that I couldn't let him try to force me to obey him. That isn't the kind of relationship we have.
With more pain in my heart than I have ever felt before. I walked out.
Alayla POV
When mama came and told us we could go talk to our dad, my heart broke. I have never seen her with that much pain in her eyes. I knew she was trying not to let us know about it, as she had her shield up so I couldn't feel her emotions.
I asked her what had happened and she said that it would be better if we just went in and talked to daddy. She also told us to make sure that we were making our decision based on what we wanted to do, and not what someone else wanted us to do; or try to force us to do.
Mama gave us both a quick hug and told us to not make our decision based on what she was doing either, it needed to be strictly our decision. CJ and I decided that we needed to talk this over before making a final decision.
This was hard, because if we did what I knew that CJ and I both wanted to do, we would hurt our daddy. At the same time, he had hurt mama. What ever he had said to her must have been extremely bad. We had a new worry, would our parents who loved each other deeply ever be happy again?
We talked about maybe training only a little bit. Yet, no matter what idea we came up with, we just couldn't get around the fact that if some how this one vampire was able to take our gifts and use them against us, how in the hell could we win this fight?
Depending on someone else in the family to help us fight was just plain stupid. What if they were all fighting to stay alive themselves? We just couldn't expect help, so we needed to do this. Now, we just had to convince daddy.
We both knocked and opened the door to our parents bedroom. Daddy was sitting in the big chair looking out the window. He turned to look at us when we came in. What I saw there shocked me. There was intense anger. Yet, there was also intense pain.
"Daddy, are you alright? Is there something we can do?" I was concerned. I had never seen him like this, except when someone had threatened us.
"You can tell me that you are not going to train. I suppose your mama told you what I said?" he whispered, his voice full of pain.
"No she didn't. She just told us to make our decision based on what we felt we needed to do, not what she is doing. Daddy, we don't want to hurt you but we feel that we need to do this as well." I told him.
He was angry, no he was beyond angry. He was pissed, "I see. Well, just so you know, I told her that I wouldn't be here if she walked out the door. I refuse to stand by and watch any of you end up getting killed. I know that it is only training, but this will lead to the real fight. I'm not staying around to watch you die."
CJ and I both started crying. How could daddy say that? I don't understand, "Daddy, please tell me you don't mean that. The fight could be months away. How do you know that we can't fight without our gifts? I think that it's just your own stupid fucking ego that is being bruised. You can't stand the thought that we might just actually be able to fight without needing you to help us!"
He said nothing so I just went on. I was now pissed, "Yeah, I think that you need us to need you to protect us. You don't want us to stand on our own two feet and fight for our family without needing you to make sure we are safe. Well, guess what daddy, welcome to fucking life! There will always be things that might hurt us out there, but we need to learn how to live our lives based on what we need at any moment. It's alright that you protect us from most of the shit that has been going on around here. We need to make sure that we can help win this fight. I'm sorry if you can't handle this bruise to your ego, but we are training!"
I quickly gave daddy a hug and ran out. CJ came out a minute later. He was angry, hurt, and something else. I could feel that he was torn about something, so I called him out on it.
It took him a couple of minutes before he could speak. He was divided and uncertain. The tears were flowing freely down his face. Finally, he started, "Laya, I don't think that I can do this. Not without dad. I know what you said to him is all true, I feel the same way. I really do want to go and train, but not if its going to cost us dad leaving. If its alright with you, I think that I'm going to stay here. Maybe I can talk to dad and get him to change his mind."
He went on,"I don't have to be an empath to see how badly dad is hurting. He's wrong, but that doesn't mean he should be left alone. Especially, with the pain he is in; even if he is the one to have caused it. I love him, and right now, I need to make sure he will be alright."
"Its alright CJ, I think that it would be best if one of us could stay here and try to keep him from walking out. I guess that you can miss today's training. I know that you really want to do this. I'll tell mama that you just want to try to talk to dad but that we will both be training, if that's what you really want."
"I will talk to mom, there has to be a way for us to get them both to see reason. Mama, is right though. Maybe when the training is over we can get them to talking, and make up. Then tomorrow, we can go as a family and train." I told him.
"Well, we can hope for going as a family, but not tomorrow. You know as well as I do that they will have to make up the vampire way, and that means serious make up sex." CJ laughed.
"Who cares if they spend a week making up, as long as they do." I said.
I told CJ that I was going to go train. He asked me if I needed him to go with me, but I was worried that if he left to walk me there that daddy would leave while he was gone. CJ turned and walked back into where daddy was at and I turned to leave.
CJ stopped and turned back around, "Please Laya, be careful. Keep your cell phone in your hands at least until you get there. Call me when you do." I nodded and then walked out.
? POV
I hated this. I hated everything about this. I hated having to have secret meetings. I hated having to lie. I hated that we had to have this plan. I hated that I had to keep this secret from my own family, and especially my mate. I hated that I had to pretend not to know what was going on.
Not one single person in the family suspected anything. Of course when the human babies where saved that brought in a new set of problems. While this plan was necessary, the death of the human children wasn't. I was extremely happy that Carlisle had made the suggestion of finding someone from the town to care for the babies until this fight was over.
After the conversation with Vergil, the other contact that is with us, came and told me of what had been said. Since I couldn't talk to Vergil directly, we needed these stupid secret meetings. We had to plan this just right in order for it to work.
It was my job to make sure that everybody was where they needed to be when the shit hit the fan so to speak. If this plan was to work at all, we needed Krissy at the right place at the right time.
Once the contact was here, then hopefully all we would have to do is make sure that everyone did as we needed them to do. I just wish that we could have done this a different way or even without me being involved at all. They said that if I wanted the family to be kept safe I needed to do this. So, I will.
I wouldn't even be here helping if I hadn't of accidentally over heard them talking. They were nice about it and decided to tell me everything. Once I had heard the whole story, I asked questions, got answers, and then was told that I was now a part of their plan. That I would be very useful in helping their plan to succeed.
I tried to tell them that Carlisle would have gone along with the plan, maybe. Then again, probably not. He has too much compassion. That's not saying that I don't, I have just as much if not more.
I have to think of my family first. If this goes according to plan then hopefully they will be safe. Of course, I could end up without them, once they know of my deceit, then I may just lose them. Hopefully, my mate will decide to at least stay with me. But I won't blame them if they kick me out of the family.
Family, at least real family does not betray the other family members. I have. I am doing it even now. Like I said, I'm doing it for them. Especially for the kids.
The thing is that Jasper and Bella are now fighting about the training. We need this special training. I need to know everything about Krissy's gift so that I can inform the others, so they can tell Vergil.
I had just had a quick meeting with Vergil's personal contact to let them know what Krissy can do. Vergil knew all about Krissy as he had seen her in a vision. He just didn't know what her gift is. He only knew that she had a very powerful gift.
As a matter of fact I had to run from that meeting to get to the family meeting before we left to go start the training. This is one of the reasons I hate doing things this way. I had to face my mate, knowing that I had just betrayed the family's trust. That was the fucking hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Fortunately, my mate was too busy focusing on Jasper and Bella as well as the meeting to pay any real attention to the guilt I was sure was in my eyes. The hard part was trying to keep it from the gifted members of the family.
Will the betrayal be worth it in the end? Fuck yeah! If it all works out according to plan. Of course leave it to fate to mess things up.
I felt my phone buzz with a text message while watching several family members sparring without their gifts. After making sure that I was where no one could see the message, I opened my phone. After reading the message, I knew we had a problem.
It was from one of the guards that are secretly working for us. He always contacted me and I informed the others, who in turn informed Vergil. It seems that someone over heard something they weren't supposed to.
They had caught her, but only because she had been so focused on the conversation that she had no time to run. They asked what was to be done with her as she had over heard too much. I told them to wait for the others to tell me and I would get back to them but they would probably want the person dead.
This is why I fucking hate this shit. "Tell me, what is her name?" I asked them.
I waited as I heard them ask her. It was her reply that made my world suddenly seem to go out of kilter, "Alayla, I'm the Major's daughter."
OH DAMN. . .
A/N Please review and tell me your thoughts. If there is a direction you would like to see this go tell me. I would love to hear your thoughts on who the mystery POV is. It appears that the enemy is in the camp, so to speak. What do you think of the fight? Do you think Jasper is right? Or is Bella? I would love hearing your thoughts. Thanks to everyone who has added this story to your favorites and alerts, love you guys. The question that was asked by my pre reader is why did Alayla hug Jasper right after she yelled at him? Its very simple, she loves her daddy fiercely, she was basically saying, "while I'm angry at you, I still need you to know that I love you." Hope that clears it up.