I jolted into subconsciousness when I heard a large banging noise. I was still half awake when I felt Blake yank my body in a random direction. I was pulled to my feet and yanked away again.
"What the h***?" I asked rubbing my eyes, finally fully awake. All I saw now was smoke and flashes of light all around us.
"Get down." Blake shouted shoving me back to the ground.
"Get up or stay down make up your mind." I yelled back. Darius appeared out of the smoke and tripped over me, falling to the ground. Chase and Alex followed suit diving down beside us. "Enough!" I hadn't realized I'd spoken until the words came out of my mouth. We suddenly felt a strong wind and all the smoke was blown away into the trees. Everything went quiet and we looked at each other.
"What was that?" Darius asked.
"I don't know but it's not over yet, what the h*** is your problem Jacob, you could've gotten us killed!" I yelled into the woods. The sounds of obnoxious laughing met our ears and I hissed as they emerged from the trees. Each of them was covered in war paint from head to toe.
"It was just a smoke bomb." He mumbled shrugging.
"Bunch of a**tards." I scoffed at them, pushing myself to my feet.
"A**tards? A**tards is the best you can do?" Jared scoffed.
"Oh Jared, your finally cussing again, I thought Kim told you no." He growled and tried to step toward me. Blake pulled me behind him and growled too.
"Why are you here?" Darius asked helping Chase up then glaring at his father.
"Why are we here Jake?" Embry asked crossing his arms over his bare chest.
"We declare war on the new pack. Loser joins the others pack." Jacob said loudly, smiling in a way that made him look highly intoxicated. I let out a snort and ducked under Blake's arm so I could see.
"No f***ing way, we really don't want to beat you're a**es. You are our dad's after all." Alex scoffed.
"Fear of a challenge." Jared taunted.
"If we agree, do I get to help?" I asked smirking.
"Sure, it won't help them any, but ya." Jacob said.
"What are our weapon choices?" I asked.
"Smoke bombs, paintball guns, stuff like that." Embry said. I tapped my chin in contemplation.
"I think we should accept." I mumbled to Blake.
"You know they will beat our a**es, they probably have heavy artillery waiting." I shook my head and looked back to them.
"We accept, on several conditions," I ignored Blake's 'shut up now' look and put on a poker face for the other pack. "We get all the weapons we can find in my shed. The war will be fought in human form, whoever changes into a wolf forfeits for their team." I said.
"We accept your conditions, one hour, baseball clearing, prepare to lose." They turned and went back into the trees, talking to themselves about how easy this was going to be. Chase, Darius, Alex, and Blake all hit me at the same time.
"What were you thinking, we're gonna lose and have to join their pack again." Darius scolded. I only smiled and adjusted my hat on my head.
"We're gonna win, and they're gonna bow at our feet." I mumbled.
"I'm proud of your optimism but there's a slight matter of actually winning." Blake said.
"We have something they don't."
"What's that?" Alex challenged.
"My shed from hell." I said. They exchanged glances then looked back to me. "Come on I'll show you." I sprinted toward the trees, only glancing behind me once to make sure they were following.
When we reached home I dug my keys out of my jacket pocket and approached my shed. I stuck it in the lock and glanced behind me.
"Be prepared, what you are about to see me haunt you for the rest of your life." I said before I opened the door.
"Just tell us what we have to work with." Darius said impatiently. I rolled my eyes and pushed it open, going inside and pulling a string attached to an overhead light. When I looked back to them again they were staring around in awe. One wall was absolutely covered in all sorts of paint guns and smoke grenades. The other walls were stocked with god knows what. Books, movies, computer games, pieces of wood and metal, I even had a couple doll parts scattered around. I walked up to my work desk in the corner and uncovered a fairly small cage.
"Hi Manson." I said sticking my hand in and pulling out the white mouse I kept as a pet. He scurried up my arm and made himself comfortable on my shoulder.
"What have you been doing in here D?" Blake asked wrapping his arms around my waist, still looking around in wonder.
"Wallowing in self pity." I said smirking. He rolled his eyes and pecked me on the mouth.
"Get a room, we got a war to fight." Darius called taking a paint ball gun off the wall.
"Each of you get one of those for extra security." I went over to one drawer and pulled it open, sifting through the random items that were in them.
"What are you looking for?" Blake asked taking a gun off the wall. I found what I was looking for and tossed it to him. "Tranquilizer bullets?" he inquired. I nodded and pulled another gun out from behind the desk.
"One bullet will cause the person it hits to fall unconscious within thirty seconds, gentlemen, prepare to get some new members." They exchanged smiles and took turns painting themselves with some paint I kept nearby for no apparent reason. I painted myself too, making colorful marks on my face. "Take some grenades too, let's have some fun before we win." They nodded and started stuffing their pockets with various types of weapons. "Are we ready?" they nodded again smiling.
"Let's go kick some a**." Blake said. I sat Manson back down in his cage then followed them out, locking the door behind me. They broke into a run into the trees and didn't stop until we reached the baseball clearing.
"They'll probably try to take us by surprise and it's ideal to be out there and not in here so we can see." Blake said quietly.
"I vote Andy tests it." Darius said.
"Why me?"
"Because you got us into this mess, and you can dodge stuff faster than we can." Chase said shoving me forward. I shrugged and tentatively stepped out into the clearing. When nothing happened I took a couple more steps.
"Jacob, are you out there?" I called with a smirk. "You know, Jared did your mom!" I just barely heard a growl from the other end of the clearing. "Yep, I bet you've always wondered why you and Jared look so much alike." I heard another growl and gestured in their direction with my hand behind my back. "Oh yeah, I can't believe your dad didn't tell you about the affair. Everyone knew about it." He snapped at that one. He jumped out from behind a tree and shot at me with what looked like a paint ball gun. I ducked out of the way of the coming projectile and shot him with my own gun. With a fierce battle cry both packs surged out from the cover of the trees. I pulled the clip out of a grenade and threw it at them, watching the outburst of thick smoke overtake them. I knelt down and watched father and son go at it, wishing I had a camera so much. This would be awesome on you tube.
"Andy, it's time!" Blake yelled throwing a paint grenade directly at his dad. I nodded and started to stand up, only to be bombarded by paint ball after paint ball. By the time the volley ended I was sure I was a walking art piece. I ignored the stickiness to the best of my ability and loaded my tranquilizer gun. I aimed it directly at Jared and smirked.
"Night night." I murmured pulling the trigger. The dart hit him right in the butt and he jumped, yelping in pain and surprise. I laughed and struggled to reload as another volley of paint hit me. I sighted my target and let the dart fly, it sank into Embry's arm with ease and I watched him swat at it as if swatting at a mosquito. I heard a thump as Jared fell, unconscious to the ground and Darius ran up beside me.
"Get Quil and we win." I nodded and sighted my target again.
"Sorry Quil." I whispered and pulled the trigger. Everything seemed to slow down as it sailed over the heads of the fighting werewolves. I held my breath as it got closer and closer to its target, begging Quil not to make any sudden movements. He did look, but by then it was too late, it hit him in the thigh and he cried out, struggling to get it out before he too fell unconscious. But his attempts were in vain, he dropped to his knees and then to his stomach. Blake, Chase, Darius, and I all cried out in triumph, converging into a large victory hug.
"Nice aim, that was awesome." Chase said draping his arm over my shoulder. I smiled proudly and looked past him to where Jacob was just climbing to his feet.
"Welcome to our pack." Blake called smugly.
"You guys got lucky." He said waving us off. I rolled my eyes.
"You made an agreement, say hello to your new alpha." I replied. He grimaced and averted his eyes to the ground.
"Come on Dad, lose with good grace." Blake called wrapping his arms around my waist. He made a face and walked toward us.
"Fine, we lose, we'll join your pack." He held out his hand in offering, which Blake shook with an overly cocky smile on his face.
"So when's that tranquilizer stuff going to wear off?" Chase asked.
"Six to nine hours?" I said shrugging.
"Sixty-nine hours?" Jacob asked skeptically.
"No six to nine hours." I replied slowly so he got the message. "Now let's go home and celebrate!" They cheered loudly in agreement and I laughed. "Good luck with them Jacob." He stuck his tongue out at me then started tending to his brothers. I watched as the guys phased and broke off in a trot toward my house. I followed them, doing my best to wipe off as much as the paint as possible before it dried. I noticed that the guys fur was matted with multi colored paint. "You guys will have to hose off before we go inside." Blake barked to show that he'd heard and sped up a little, bumping shoulders with Darius as he passed. I jumped lightly onto Blake's back, dodging several branches in the process and watched the others run. He stopped short and I was thrown forward, into the clearing in front of my house. "Wow thanks." I muttered sarcastically. He came into my line of vision still in his wolf form and poked me with his nose. I smirked and sat up, pushing myself to my feet. "Ok, who's first?" I asked grabbing the hose and turning on the water. I turned it on all of them and did my best to wash them off. It was actually very entertaining to watch, especially when Darius rolled over onto his back to wash his under side. I laughed so hard I fell over.
"Stop laughing, it's your turn next." Darius muttered defensively. I tried to stop laughing and shook my head.
"I'm sorry, that was just too funny." I said catching my breath and turning the hose on myself. Washing off most of the present paint. When I looked up the guys were just phasing back. "Now we can eat." I said. They smiled and made a bee line for the front door. I rolled my eyes and followed them. Of course I wasn't going to eat anything, but this was still worthy of celebration. I stopped in the living room to greet my family but I was met with stony faces. "What's wrong?" I asked, catching Keni as he jumped into my arms.
"The Volturi think we've been creating immortal children. They're coming for Keni and Renesme." Alice said wiping away a tear and squeezing Bella's hand.
"Well what are we going to do about it?" I sat down on the arm of the chair Emmett was sitting in and arranged Keni in my lap.
"We have to convince them that Keni and Ness-Renesme aren't immortal children. It'll take more than us, we're gonna have to talk to more covens and get them to witness the children growing." Carlisle said. I nodded.
"I need to think, Jasper come with me." Alice took his hand and pulled him out the back door without another word. I watched her go, biting my lip so hard it actually hurt.
"What's a possible outcome?" I asked not really wanting to hear the answer.
"Most likely, they'll kill us and the kids for unlawful behavior." Edward said without meeting my eyes.
"Oh h*** no, that's not gonna happen." I replied looking down at Keni. He buried his face in my neck and clutched the front of my shirt in his small hand.
"Our thoughts exactly, it's just a fact that is of high probability, for now we just have to get witnesses and work on expanding Bella's powers." I nodded once. Blake and the others came in, each carrying a can of coke and a bag of who knows what, laughing happily. They all froze when they saw us.
"Who died?" Blake asked giving me a concerned look.
"No one died yet mutt, the Volturi's coming." Rosalie scoffed with a look of complete distaste on her flawless face.
"Why?" Darius spoke up. I didn't bother to listen as Carlisle explained for a second time and hugged Keni tighter to my chest.
"We're gonna be okay, I promise." I breathed in his ear.
"I'm scared." I heard a high kid voice in my head and instinctively looked around.
"Who said that?" I asked. Edward was looking around too.
"That was me." I heard it again and looked down at Keni.
"You?" he nodded as if it weren't a big deal. "I can hear him in my head."
"Why isn't he talking?" Bella asked. I took a deep breath.
"Keni is mute, he can't speak, he will never be able to speak." I looked down, pretending to be very interested in the folds of Renesme's dress.
"What the h*** did you do to him now? You broke his voice b****!" She half yelled standing up and yanking Keni from me.
"It was a birth defect, it wasn't my fault!" I replied shrinking away from her. She ignored Keni's protests and practically tossed him to Rosalie.
"Take the kids upstairs, they need to take a nap." Rosalie nodded and carried both children up the stairs. "Why the h*** do you have to mess everything up?" Bella asked turning her attention back to me. At that I finally snapped. I stood up to my full height and glared at her.
"Listen, I am sick of being blamed for everything. At least I saved your kids! If I hadn't they'd have killed you!" I yelled.
"So you decided to do it for them thanks a lot!" she shot back.
"Your welcome, I bit you, I changed you just like you wanted! Why is it that everything I do is seen as wrong?"
"Because everything you do is wrong! You made my child mute, you almost killed me by ripping my stomach open, you killed Leah and the others!"
"Hey!" Blake spoke up getting in front of me. "Step off b****!"
"Don't talk to my wife like that!" Edward said standing up.
"Tell your dog not to talk to my girlfriend like that!" he countered, they glared at each other and I could almost feel the tension that suddenly filled the air. Without warning, the magazines sitting on the coffee table burst into flames, flaring up almost to the roof. Everyone jumped and stared at the fire in awe for a second. Carlisle suddenly disappeared and returned with a fire extinguisher, he pulled out the pin and shot the white foam onto the flames. When they were out everyone took a deep breath and looked at me.
"You better not blame me or I swear." I threatened gritting my teeth together.
"No I think it was you! Think of something that makes you angry." It wasn't that hard, I thought for a moment then glanced at Bella. The hem of her dress burst into flames, burning the thin piece of cloth very quickly. Carlisle turned the fire extinguisher on her and she was instantly covered in white foam. I giggled.
"Ok, I'll take the blame for that one." She shot me a glare and I smirked.
"Rosie, I want you to imagine a big bubble of water coming in from the kitchen and floating right above your hand." I shrugged and did as he told me, imagining a bubble of water came floating in and levitated just above my palm. I hadn't realized I'd closed my eyes until I opened them and looked down at the water above my hand.
"Holy s***." I muttered moving my fingers a little. The water quivered and turned into a long snake like tube, twitching around the room as if inspecting the watching vamps and werewolves.
"Andy, I think you can control the elements." Just as he said this, a cold wind whipped through the room, sending the water directly into Edward's face and up his nose. I smiled and looked at Blake.
"Cool."