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Chapter 11-Flashback

FLASHBACK-1 YEAR AGO

"Listen up guys!" Carlisle shouts trying to get our attention. Emmett and Jasper are wrestling and shoving each other around. Edward is on his cell. Rose and I are engaged in one of our more tame debates on the classic Mustang. I think it's over rated and clearly by all the cursing flying my way Rose doesn't.

Carlisle whistles, "Guys! Eyes up front." He finally gets us to quiet down. "I want to congratulate you all on a job well done. The superiors are very impressed."

"Like they'd have any other choice" Emmett claims and we all laugh.

"Yeah yeah I know. I'd especially like to thank Merc for that beautiful display of kicking ass and taking names. I couldn't choreograph it better. Thanks for having our backs." Carlisle says.

"Always" I whisper.

"Also, I'd like to ask Rose, how did you get that speedboat hooked up to the helicopter?" He asks curiously.

"A lady never tells" Rose says.

"Good thing you're no lady" I say just as she punches my shoulder. "Ow" I mouth rubbing said shoulder.

"Anyways, I figure I'd reward you all with leave" Shouts of agreement and fists go up in the air.

"It's only for a month but I figured you guys would take it anyway." He says sarcastically. "We meet on the Isle in exactly one month zero six hundred. You're dismissed."

"HELL YEAH! Come on Rosie there are a lot of different things we need to try out." Emmett tells her as she gives him a cheeky smile.

"Eww I really don't need to hear that. That's my sister assfart" Jasper says.

Emmett busts out laughing mumbling, "assfart" under his breath. "Whatever Jazz it's not like you won't be doing the same with Alice". Rose tells him with her hands on her hips.

"Anyway what is everyone doing while we're on leave? You all know I'll be in Forks with Alice, Carlisle, and Esme. What about you Rosie?" Jazz asks.

"I think me and Em are going on a Safari in Africa. Edward?" He ends his call and looks at Rose, "Huh? What was the question?"

Rose shakes her head and chuckles, "Where are you going for leave Edward"?

He pulls that signature crooked grin of his and answers, "Oh I'm going home to Chicago. If I'm lucky maybe I can get Merc to come with me" looking directly at me. "So what about it Merc"?

I turn towards him and give my standard answer I always give, "Nah not this time" I hear Emmett cough and say "Burn".

"Aw come on Merc, I've been inviting you back home with me for the past couple years when are you gonna take me up on my offer? I mean we are kind of officially dating now". He says.

"What!" Rose shrieks and rounds on me, "How come I wasn't made aware of this recent development? Wait it was a recent development right?"

"Well maybe not recently, I'd say a little after our mission in Turkey." I answer Rose. "That was six months ago you ass I need details". I shake my head in a scolding nature and ignore her.

"So Merc"? Edward gives me a questioning look.

"I don't know I might one day, but I've got things to do so no not this time. If you guys need anything you know where to reach me." I tell them throwing my duffle on my back and giving Edward a light peck on the lips, to which I hear whistles and catcalls. I rush down to the air communications office. I see that the call for the next flight out of Rota Naval Station is in twenty minutes. I ask the supervising flight operator if it's possible for me to catch a ride with some of the soldiers going home and I get approved. We land at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina a couple hours later.

I call a taxi to take me to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The cabbie gives me lip because he'll have to drive back from Columbia to Sumter, I tell him I'll give him a fifty dollar tip to shut up. He does.

We arrive at the airport an hour later and I pay that damn cabbie almost 200 dollars. Whatever, needs to be done. I find the ticket counter, "Welcome to Columbia Metro how can I help you"? an older lady says barely keeping her eyes open. She's old enough to have retired years ago but I guess with the economy everyone has to work.

"Tired"? I ask. "Hell yes." She says with a chuckle. "What can I help you with?"

"I need a ticket to Phoenix, Arizona."

"Okey dokey, let me see here" all I can hear are the keys she's tapping away on. "Alrighty we have a flight that leaves from here at 6:15 this morning with a connecting flight in Chicago and then you'll arrive in Phoenix at just after noon."

"Shit" I mumble, "Umm do you have anything that's not connecting in Chicago" I ask.

"We have two separate flights one connecting in Chantilly, Virginia and the other connecting in Houston, Texas." She says.

"Okay great what time does the flight connecting in Houston leave from here"? I ask politely.

"6:30pm" Not bad I got enough time left to hang around for a day. "Umm 6:30pm two days from now" She says with an apologetic smile.

"Shit" I mumble under my breath. There's a fifty/fifty chance that Edward might see me in Chicago but if I want to make it on time as planned I'll have to take it. I rake a hand through my hair just as the counter lady starts to apologize. "No, no, it's okay totally not your fault. I'll take the flight you have leaving this morning"

"Okay will that be cash or charge"?

"Charge" I say pulling out a visa pre-paid card. She runs it through the computer prints out my receipt and flight tickets.

"Thank you ma'am. There's a café before you pass through security and then a food court down the corridor after but once you go through security you can't come back up. Have a nice flight; well you know, when it gets here." She says with a chuckle.

I decide to grab two cups of coffee. I get myself a caramel macchiato and then a regular coffee. I bring the regular coffee back to the ticket counter lady.

"Thank you so much you didn't have to do that"! She exclaims.

"No problem. I know what it's like to have to be up all night working" granted killing people but still, "and I'm pretty sure that break room coffee is shitty no matter where you work." She laughs and it brings a light to her eyes. "Plus, I'll let this be my good deed for the day".

"Aww thank you sweetie. You really made my day" She says.

"No problem. Have a nice one" I say waking away to go through security. I decide to take a nap and I wake up just in time to hear my flight get called. When we stop in Chicago I hurriedly rush towards my gate not really wanting to be seen. As I round a corner guess who I bump into. Fucking A man how in the hell did he get here so fast?

"Merc, I thought you had stuff to do".

"I do I'm trying to catch a flight"

"Oh really where"?

"Well not here obviously".

"Deflecting, that's nice. Do you have any time you can meet some of my family".

"Umm no, my flight got here early and I don't have enough time to go back through security so I gotta go, but I'll see you in a month." It's a lie, but whatever. I'm still really tired and I just want to go back to sleep.

"Alright, well be careful" He says giving me a last look before walking towards a group of men. Three in total; one really big guy like Emmett with a pale face, a short older man with black hair and the last one a tall blonde with his hair pulled back into a ponytail. The short older man gave Edward a light pat on his cheek, and then pulled him into a hug. The tall blonde just gives him a hug before they all go down the stairs and out of my sight.

"Yeah you too" I whisper. I feel like I'm having déjà vu; a distant memory but I can't exactly place it. Oh well, I board the plane and go back to sleep. I arrive in the Phoenix heat a little over three hours later. It's a quarter until three in the afternoon so the place I need to go is still open.

I hail a cab, "Uncle Bob's Storage on West Camelback Road". It takes about ten minutes to get there. I pull my keys out, go to locker 913. I cut on the light and close the garage style door behind me. Sheesh glad I found an air conditioned storage facility its hot as hell in Phoenix. I drop my duffle on the ground and take a look at one of the first things I bought myself. Guess I was trying to be like my Dad and Uncle when I bought it. Of course I had to be a little different, a 2008 custom Suzuki GSXR 1000. It's white with of course blue flames on the tank. I didn't want to get a chopper because that'd be too much like the guys. I wanted one for me and this was it. I take all the essentials I'll need like my clutch wallet, a couple outfits, a pair of boots, a gun, and put it into the backpack I keep here. That way I don't have this big duffle on my back while I'm riding. I tuck my Walther p22 into my right boot and the silencer accessory into my left, just in case. I put my backpack on and open the garage. Pull out my bike and lock the locker up nice and tight after I grab my lid.

Turning on the ignition feels like home, even more so since that's where I'm headed. It's about a fifteen hour drive from Phoenix to Charming, when you account for traffic. I pull out onto the road at about three thirty after gasing up and getting something to eat.

I arrive at the Vacaville Inn just outside of Charming at 6am the next morning. Taking my lid off I put on a fedora and sunglasses so no one will recognize me. I check –in and take a shower. The heat from the steam is relaxing and I get to think about some of our past missions. Maria Villanueva was the target. She'd been the head of the SRG, Spanish Resistance Group, based out of El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. Her outfit had been kidnapping some servicewomen and teenage girls at the Naval Station in Rota and leaving their dead bodies hanging upside down in different parts of the city. The strangest part was that there was no blood left in their bodies. The only bodies we found were of the servicewomen and the teenage girls were never found or recovered but then again she was a known human trafficker. The reason we were called in was because even though the police had evidence of this she was untouchable because of some diplomatic immunity bullshit.

I shake my head to clear my thoughts and notice that the water's ran cold after I've been in there for awhile. I step out and wrap a towel around myself lay in the bed and go to sleep.

When I wake up its ten o'clock at night. Perfect. I get up put some clothes on, my motorcycle boots and head out. I ride through Charming, it's been about three months since I've been home. I always go home for my parent's birthday's even though I know I won't talk to them I still get to see them and make sure everybody is in one piece. It's my mother's birthday today and like every year I'm sure they're throwing her a big bash at the clubhouse.
I cut my lights off once I get into town and take the back roads. I park in the alley across the street from Teller-Morrow and sure as shit there's a party going on. Couple guys in the ring, the SOA pit blazing in the background and my Mom and Dad in the middle of everything while Aunt Gemma brings her out a cake. She tries to run away but Jax catches her and drags her back to blow out the candle. I can hear them all laughing from here. They're happy. Though I'm sure if Gemma put more than one candle on that cake she would've got cursed out by her little sister in front of the whole club.

I chuckle under my breath and jump a little when my cell phone goes off. Picking it up I answer, "Hello" still watching my parents.

"MERC! You gotta you gotta," Jasper yells at me incoherently.

"What hold on a minute Jazz slow down and talk to me".

"She's not here she's gone they took her".

"Who? They took who?"

"Alice, they took her. I hitched a ride with Carlisle since Alice always stays with her mother when we're gone. When we got to the house, Esme was tied up and beaten. We couldn't find Alice anywhere. Carlisle finally got Esme to come around and she said that they took Alice. Esme said they wore masks but before they left one of the guys told her, "La Revedere" before punching her in the face."

"Holy shit isn't that" I ask not even finishing.

"Yeah, the Romanians" Jasper says.

"Okay look round the crew up, tell them we meet in London and figure out a plan. Let me speak to Carlisle." He mumbles "ok" and I can hear him fumbling with the phone.

"Carlisle look you're not going with us." He starts shouting and screaming at me through the phone.

"She's your daughter you're too close to this" more cussing, "Yes I know but Jasper's only going because I know there is no way in hell I can leave him out of this plus someone has to stay with Esme. I need you to call the superiors and tell them what's going on. Then I want you to take Esme and go to the Isle. Once we get Alice, and we will, we'll all meet you there. This is not a suggestion." I tell him.

"Merc" he sighs and I can tell he's on the verge of tears.

"I know. I promise you I'll kill them all". I say meaning every word. "Now do what I said". I hang up and call Edward. I tell him what's going on and that I can be in Chicago by tomorrow afternoon and then we'll take his family's private jet to London. I call Jasper back and tell him to get his ass to Chicago.

When I land back in Chicago, Edward is waiting for me and Jasper at the airport. We ride to the Chicago Executive Airport where I notice those guys from yesterday getting out of a car.

"Merc, Jazz this is my uncle, Viktor Putlova and his son James." Edward says introducing us.

"Nice to meet you, thank you for letting us use your jet." I say shaking both of their hands.

"No problem, Edward here says you guys are like his second family, so when in need." James says eyeing me up and down.

"You guys be careful I want my nephew back in one piece" Viktor says in a heavy Russian accent.

"I always am Dyadya Viktor" Edwards says as we board the plane.

"I didn't know you were Russian, Edward" Jazz comments.

"Yeah" is all the answer we receive as Edward goes to tell the pilot we're ready to leave. We land at Biggin Hill Airport in London eight hours later.

Edward is on his phone, "Just talked to Emmett. Their flight just landed so I gave them the address and they'll be here in twenty".

"Okay now we need a plan. Edward, tell your pilots they can leave. Get them a ticket back stateside. We can have Rose fly now that she's in town". I tell him.

Just as the pilots gather their things and exit the plane a taxi shows up with Rose and Emmett. Rose high tails it out of the cab and runs to Jazz giving him a hug and whispering what I can only guess are words of encouragement. Emmett gets their luggage out of the trunk and pays the cabbie. We all then board the plane and wait for it to be refueled.

"So what's the plan" Emmett asks.

"Well we know from Esme that the people who came in the house were Romanian. Why and how did they get any information on Carlisle and what other info did they receive?" I question.

"Doesn't matter now. All we know for sure is that their base of operations is in Hunedoara, Romania and we need to get there yesterday. There's no telling what they're doing to Alice." Rose says with her arms folded across her chest.

"Okay I have a warehouse at our disposal from some connections with my family that we can use. Its in Craiova, Romania." Edward states, "and it'll have all the equipment we need".

"Alright, Rose think you can get us into Romania undetected?" I ask.

"You shouldn't even need to ask. Edward I hope your uncle doesn't care that I'll be taking out the planes FDR and CVR." She says grabbing some tools from her luggage.

"I don't think he'll mind" Edward laughs.

Three hours later finds us in an underground warehouse directly below the Fratii Buzesti National College. It's awesome we have everything we need and free reign over all the weapons thanks to some negotiating by Edward. We gear up and Jazz puts a layout of Vladimir and Stefan's castle on the table. He points out all the weakest points and those will be our points of entrance.

It's a four hour flight from Craiova to Hunedoara, Romania.

"Okay we'll need to split up. Edward, Jazz, and Emmett will go together and Rose you'll be with me. Jazz you guys can take the castle from the bottom up and Rose and I will scale the side and work our way down from the top floors." I say.

"Sounds good but we'll need a pilot if Rose is going in with us". Emmett says.

"Edward" I say intentions clear.

"On it". He says speaking with one of the head guys here.

I look around at the team and ask, "guys, how do you feel about jumping out of an airplane"?

As night falls we all put on our black tactical gear, pack our bags with our tools and weapons then put on our parachutes. We board the plane with the pilot Edward got for us named Paval.

After we parachute into a ravine outside of Hunedoara Castle me and Rose nod our heads towards the guys and scale up the rear wall of the castle. We jump over the railing landing right beside the tower.

"this looks just like Hogwarts" I hear Rose mumble under her breath.

"I know right" I reply with a smirk, "Okay lets walk the floor. Rose?" I call her to look at me, "kill everything that isn't Alice or the guys". She gives me a nod and we make our way around the floor. This castle is fucking huge but I'm surprised that we've not seen anyone. Ten minutes in we clear the floor having found nothing and then we find a couple of bodies on the stairs as the guys come running up.

"What the shit guys, how come they're not here?" I ask looking around at everyone.

"I don't know we only found those guys on the floor." Emmett answers just as we get a transmission on our throat mics.

"Guys, looks like there's some activity coming out of a hidden cave, in the bottom of the ravine. Umm there's a convoy moving fast northeast of your positions" Paval tells us.

"Lets go" Jasper yells running off towards the bottom of the castle.

"Paval, follow them and scout ahead to see if there's anything you can do to stall them" I say running behind the crew.

We finally make it into the dungeon and find a chamber like garage filled with different cars.

"Okay lets take the two sports cars. Edward leads with the guys then Rose and I will follow" I yell.

"These aren't our cars so no need to be slow there Grandma" Rose jokes with Edward.

We follow the path Paval tells us to hoping to catch up with the convoy.

"Paval do you have anything?" I ask.

"Yeah I'm about five miles ahead of our friends there and looks like there's a bridge they have to cross to get to any other roads. What do you want me to do?"

"Use the RPG's in the back and take out the bridge. That will force them to backtrack and lead them straight to us. Guys, lets set up a trap." Edward pulls to the right side of the road while Rose pull left. We hide the cars in the brush and take our positions.

We see the convoy heading our way fast."NOW!" I yell. Then it's a rainfall of bullets as we take out the tires of the trucks first, then drivers. I see Stefan jump out and take off on foot. "Edward, Stefan's getting away going southwest of your position get him and I'll cover you". I yell then the shitstorm really begins as guys pile out of the military type trucks with guns going off everywhere.

"Don't shoot through the trucks, only take clear shots we don't know which car she's in" Jasper yells. After we've shot everyone, "Go around and give kill shots if necessary. All these guys are already dead let's keep'em that way. Jasper," I begin just as Vladimir jumps out with Alice in front of him with a gun pointed to her head. We all pull up and aim our guns on him instantly.

"Let her go Vladimir. She's not apart of this" I tell him.

"Shut up, where's my brother?" He screams.

"Edward went to get him. You remember how much fun I had with him last time? I guess those bones must've healed because he ran outta here pretty quick, no trace of a limp" I say dodging towards my left because I knew he'd try and shoot me.

"You crazy bitch, this is your entire fault. We wouldn't have gotten Carlisle's daughter if it wasn't for you." Vladimir replies.

"Awe Vladie, you didn't like when I sent his dick in the mail? I was just returning it to the owner I thought you'd appreciate it. Now that could've been avoided if you had given us the information we wanted in the first place. If you let Alice go I won't give you the same treatment. I promise, look I'll even throw my gun away" I tell him in a sickly sweet voice that makes me want to throw up.

"Okay yeah put your gun down and I'll let her go" He says. I put my gun down and kick it away from me.

"Put your hands behind your back and assume the fucking position you stupid bitch" He sneers. I put my hands behind my back amidst shouts from my team, "what the hell Merc," " No" and my favorite "You crazy bitch we have him surrounded". They don't know and probably can't see what I'm about to do but once I get my hands behind my back I can feel the handle of my eight inch throwing knives. I get a grip on one of them and, "hey Vladie" I say.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT"

I choose to ignore him, "Look Vladie, it's okay you hiding behind a defenseless little woman while you kill me. I don't blame you I wouldn't want to go against the awesomeness that is me either we all know you couldn't beat me fair" I taunt.

"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP! STEFAN! STEFAN!" He yells for his brother. Just then Edward comes from behind a tree momentarily distracting everyone and I take my chance. I throw my knife just as Vladimir turns his head to the right looking at his brother. It lands in his neck the same time I hear a gasp from Alice.

"DON'T LOOK ALICE!" Jasper yells running to her.

Vladimir drops to his knees feeling his neck where the knife is. I run towards him grasping the knife and whisper, "I really hate that I couldn't make this trip more memorable for you but at least I'll have your brother to look forward too. I believe there's more information I'll need from him." His eyes go wide and he tries to pull my hands from his neck without purchase. I take the knife and twist it slowly and his blood squirts out onto the side of my face. I take immense pleasure as his face changes colors and blood oozes out of his nose, ears, mouth, and eyes. I watch the life leave his eyes and I'm satisfied.

I get up and turn around to Alice sobbing in Jaspers arms with Rose looking on close by and Emmett wrapped around her. Edward has Stefan on his knees hands tied.

"What do we do with this one"? Edward has.

"We will take him to the Isle so I can have some fun" I say watching Stefan cringe. "Lets get the hell outta here" I hear Emmett say.

Two days later finds us on Isle Esme. We've debriefed Carlisle and had medical professionals from Brazil check on Alice and Esme. I've let Stefan eat only once since he's been in our custody in preparation for what will happen later today. We've learned that Alice was almost raped by Vladimir but he received a call from someone and never came back to the cell they were keeping her in.

We've put Stefan in the bomb shelter Carlisle had installed on the island. I open the door and walk through. Stefan is tied down and restrained on a table in the middle of the room. I go up to him, "How you doing Stefan?" I ask and am met with loud screams and curse words.

"No one will hear you. We're on Isle Esme, it's an island that Carlisle bought for his wife and it's uncharted. He built this lovely bomb shelter and had some of my equipment shipped in. This table is used by medical examnier's when they perform autopsies. I think I'll be putting it to good use if you don't give me what I want".

"You psycho bitch you don't have the stomach for that shit." He screams.

"Oh yes I do and you've had first hand experience. How soon you've forgotten. Anyway, lets get to the exciting part. I have some questions and you will answer them all". I say.

"Like hell your going to kill me anyway why would I answer your questions?" He replies back.

"Your right, I am going to kill you. The only thing you have control of is how long I drag it out. I can kill you quickly or I can do it nice and slow. Which do you prefer?" I ask and am met with him spitting in my face. I calmly wipe my face and walk over to my table of tools. I put on some thick gloves and take out a belt line with six inches of barbed wire on one side and then begin whipping him. After five strikes to his legs I let up, "Who gave you information on my team?"

"I don't know, I don't know I swear vă rog vă rog!" He pleads.

"Please Please", I mock "please what? Where those the words that Alice said before your brother almost raped her?"

"I had nothing to do with that please you have to believe me"

"I just don't think it's possible for you to be as dumb as you look" I grab a sledge hammer and bring it down hard on his right knee and we both hear the bones crack and give way under the incredible pressure. I let him get his screams out and only when it turns to crying do I ask again, "Who gave you the information"?

"It it was yyyour bboss. I ca can't remember his name. It was Italian" he finally answers. I grab his chin and look directly into his eyes, "What was his name"

"Va Va Volturi that was it his name was Volturi". He says. What the fuck?

"Why? Why would he give you that information? What else did he give you! What else!" I say getting panicked.

"Nu no nothing I swear. Dau cuvîntul meu." He says quickly. Shit, thank god. Why would Aro give out info on our team? What did he have to gain? I pace around thinking completely forgetting about Stefan until he pipes up.

"What are you going to do? With me, whats goi" He tries to finish. I pull out my Desert Eagle Mark XIX and shoot him twice in the head and make my way upstairs.

I make it to the main house on the island to fill the guys in. Also, I need to tell Edward to get rid of the body. I would normally call a cleaner but this island is uncharted and needs to stay that way.

"Why would Aro sell us out? Do you think Stefan was telling the truth?" Carlisle asks.

"Yes I do". I reply

"How can you be sure"? Jasper demands.

"Because I tortured him with barbed wire and a sledgehammer. He had no time to think about anything but the truth with the kind of pain he was dealing with." I respond in the same tone.

"I think we should wait it out. At least until we see how Aro is going to play this, we don't know what direction he's heading in. We're flying blind here". Carlisle instructs us.

END OF FLASHBACK

PRESENT

"Two weeks later Aro gave us a mission through one of his subordinates. Fucker didn't even have the balls to call Carlisle himself. Anyway it was some bullshit mission that ended in us killing some Hungarian Nationalists." I finish telling Kip and then notice that I've gained the attention of all the guys.

"Why would you even accept doing the mission if you knew this Aro character was dirty"? Juice asks.

"We were damned either way. If we had refused we would be disobeying a direct command but since all of our missions aren't documented anyway we couldn't prove that Aro gave us the wrong targets to kill."

"Shit Merc I didn't know you were in that deep." Jax says.

"I didn't want you too". I reply.

"Well boys I think we've had enough of story time. Let's get to bed." Uncle Clay says officially ending this meeting. He messes my hair and heads back to the room he has in the clubhouse.

Dad walks up to me and places a kiss on my forehead before he leaves the clubhouse. I follow him out and watch him jump on his bike taking off for a ride. Jax and Opie come give me a hug before heading home themselves. I know Opie's going home to Donna but I can't help but wonder if Jax is going to Tara's.

Happy nudges my elbow, "Ready to head home"?

"Yeah, I am" I reply as we head toward his bike.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY AMERICAN READERS! Hope you liked it. Sorry it took so long but I had to do a LOT of research. Anyways as always READ & REVIEW!