It didn't take us long to reach Victoria. We knew she wanted to be with us when we found him. Plus... what good would it be if he woke up and decided to kill us all because he didn't know us? I'm sure he would be weak, but we couldn't be sure he didn't have a special gift that could take us all out.
We had boarded the jet at 4 in the morning, and arrived in England at 5 that evening. Without missing a beat, we jumped off of the jet as soon as it landed. The moment Victoria's feet touched the ground, she lifted her head to the sky and took in a deep breath, catching the scent of her long estranged mate.
Once she caught his essence, her eyes turned pitch black, and she was off. We barely had got our feet on the ground ourselves before we were following her.
We ran for days, then weeks, just letting Victoria scent out her mate. We had found several of his limbs. They were all buried in places that we were sure had never been touched by anyone since the burial took place.
I looked down as Victoria madly dug at the ground. She pulled chunk after chunk until her hands hit a small metal box. She reached in and retrieved the box. The look on her face showed her disappointment. The box was too small to be a head.
"This is the last piece. Then we find his head," She said breaking the box open and pulling out the left hand of her lover. She carressed his hand slowly with her own, touching softly at the beautiful jeweled wedding band wrapped around his finger.
"Come on. Let's go find his head," I said touching her shoulder softly for comfort. I had to admit...she was beginning to grow on me. She was still a bitch, but no one deserves to lose their mate the way she did.
Victoria kissed the knuckles of her mate, placed his hand in her bag, and nodded her head.
"I smell him faintly now. He is this way," She said, flying off once more through the night-lit woods.
We ran for a few hours before we came upon a huge ruin. We knocked down cobwebs of all sorts before making our way into the middle of the room. I heard Victoria gasp beside me.
"What is this place?... It's beautiful," I murmured. Victoria's eyes met mine and she smiled softly.
"It's my home," she replied. I stood stark still as surprise flashed into my eyes.
"What?" I asked dumbly. She chuckled then nodded her head.
"I feel him here...I can't smell him...but I feel him here," she said placing her hand to her heart, then following the pull out into the huge cemetary out back.
"Here?" she asked, looking up at Peter for answers like she had been the whole time.
Peter nodded his head and she began to dig at lightening speed until she pulled a box from the earth.
"This is him!" she said, breaking the box open and slowly opening it. Inside was the head of a man... a very beautiful man.
Victoria touched his hair softly, then pulled her bag from her shoulder, laying his limbs out one at a time to put him back together.
"Bella..." she said, gesturing to the bag on my back with his torso and a pair of clothes.
I knelt down beside her and began to help her fuse his body back together. By the time we were finished, we were needing to hung. It took alot of our venom to fuse him back. Victoria gently picked his head up and placed it on his body. Almost immediately it began to fuse on, but not entirely. I helped fuse his head back on, then felt a slight twitch come from his neck as I leaned up. I looked into his eyes and watched as emotions danced behind his deep, dark red eyes.
"Gabriel?" Victoria's voice hitched in her throat as she came eye to eye with her long lost mate. A flurry of emotions played in his eyes, and he reached a hand up to cup her face.
"Victoria..." he murmured. His english accent was thick and demanding.
"Yes...It's me...I...I'm here, my darling," She said rubbing her face into his hand softly.
One of his hands reached up to his throat and he whimpered hoarsely. He was thirsty. It didn't take long and Victoria dashed away, leaving us standing beside her mate who was now staring at all of us with determined eyes. I sighed and knelt down beside him. He flinched from my touch and I slowly pulled my hand away.
"We won't hurt you, Gabriel. Stay here with my mate, Jasper, and his friends. They won't hurt you either. I'm going to help your mate find you some food," I said reassuringly. He scrutinized me for a moment then nodded his head weakly.
With his approval, I jumped up and ran in the direction Victoria had taken off to. I found her not far from the ruins tracking a bear. She looked toward me and I told her what I was doing at vampire speed and earned a nod.
We both took off into the forest catching bears, deer, wolves, and other creatures of the sort. Once we were sure we had enough to replenish him and gain him some strength, we made our way back, all animals still alive for his benefit. Warm animal blood always went down easier. It was all disgusting, but it went down ever fresh.
With a little help from Victoria and no coaxing whatsoever, Gabriel managed to drain every beast within no time at all. Once all were finished and buried, we returned to find Gabriel standing on his feet, leaning onto his mate for a little support.
"How are you feeling, Gabriel?" I asked him.
He managed a small smile before he responded.
"Better," he said, his voice stronger than the whisper from before.
"Are you still thirsty, my love?" Victoria asked, concerned.
"A little," he admitted.
"I think we could all use a hunt," Jasper said. "Especially you two," he continued, gesturing to Victoria and me.
I simply nodded, and off we were, with Gabriel in Victoria's arms. He may have been stronger than before, but still not strong enough to walk, much less run.
We found a herd of deer, and while it wasn't the best tasting animal, it was warm and fresh. Victoria caught one for Gabriel and the rest of us took off after the rest of the herd. Once she made sure Gabriel could handle himself, she joined us.
When we were all satisfied, we returned to a fully restored Gabriel. Victoria was in his arms in a mad dash, and her lips connected with her long lost love's in an instant. It seemed like an eternity had passed when they finally broke apart, but I didn't mind. I knew she needed this.
For the first time since I've known Victoria, I saw a true smile on her face. She was gorgeous. Not sadistic like I knew her to be before, but true happiness suited her.
Gabriel no longer looked like he had been to Hell and back. He now looked like the rest of us, like he hadn't been dismembered and buried for over a hundred years.
Gabriel looked over to me and took my mates hand in a firm shake.
"I wanna thank you Mr. Whitlock. You and your mate gave me my life and my wife back."
Maybe he doesnt know about us dismembering Victoria and burning her original body.
"And..." he continued.
Maybe not.
"I want to let you know, that even though it doesnt thrill me, I forgive you for what happened to my mate. I understand your reasons and will deal with her appropriately." He said turning a disapproving look to Victoria who shrank back in submission.
"No." I said shaking my head. " I think Victoria has been punished enough. Your reunion should stay happy." I said smiling slightly toward victoria, who had a look of gratitude on her face.
"Thank you, now I must warn you. There will be a fierce battle. The outcome with be played in your favor, but not without a price. I cannot see the price yet, but it will be heavy. Please take every precaution for safety." Gabriel said grabbing victorias hand and pulling it. Victoria stayed planted in her spot, her eyes boring into mine.
"Come my love. We must take our leave." He said gently, tugging on her hand again with no result. "My Darling... What is ailing you?" He said.
Victoria locked eyes with me and I felt her determination through that one glance. In that very moment Victoria and I had formed a bond. Not quite yet family, but a friend none the less.
"Bella, I am so sorry for what I did to you and your father. Charlie, I know it might not count for much, but I am terribly sorry for what I did to you. I know you dont have to forgive me. But I hope one day you may be able to." Charlie sneered at her, but I knew he could feel the sinserity behind her apology as I could. "My love, I cannot leave. I have to stay. This coven is in this mess because of me. I turned Bella, tried to make her kill her mate, tried to kill her father and helped their enemy." Victoria dropped gabriels hand and stepped over to us. "You can either join me in their fight, or you can go home and wait for me. But I must not leave."
Without a second thought, I reached down and grabbed victoria's hand in mine. She turned her amber gaze on me. I smiled deeply at her and squeezed her hand for reassurence.
Gabriel sighed and nodded his head approvingly.
"Of course I will fight. I will never leave your side again. And if this is something you really want to do, we will do it together. " He said.
After another quick hunt for gabriel, we all took off back to texas. Victoria had said she needed to get back to the newborn camp before they suspected anything and Gabriel refused to allow her to go without him.
We had all set back in our routine quickly. Training had become as vigorous as ever after our warning from Gabriel. Him and Victoria stopped by as much as they could to give us updates and to join in our training. we wanted them as prepared as we all were. We knew that soon we would have to pull both of them out of the danger zone. Every time they came gabriel told us that the fight was drawing nearer and nearer. They would attack soon.
4 months after we found Gabriel, Charlie came us to Jasper and me and, telling us to pull them out and start their daily training. Dad had become attatched to Victoria as one of his own... Even though he wouldnt admit it to us or himself. Jasper knew his emotions.
The time came when they showed us. They both looked a little roughed up. They were in torn clothes and dirt all over them.
"What happened?" I asked feeling a little upset.
"They figured it out. The fucking mind reader is their!" Victoria seethed, punching a near by tree and sending it flying across the forest.
"Edward?" I asked feeling white hot rage fill my chest.
"Yes, that crack head!" She screeched and then I was the one sending a tree flying.
"Mother fucker!" Victoria cut me off.
"They planned on attacking tonight. But Im sure they know they have lost the element of surprise." She seethed. Gabriel nodded his head.
"They will attack in 3 days time. night. So we need to be ready and on the look out. I will know more when the time is more close. Since we have the wolf here, she cannot see our moves." He stated, and I nodded. It donned on me that he knew all of this and Jake was standing right beside me.
"How are you able to see if she cannot. Your gifts are the same right?" I asked. It didnt make sence to me.
"I am a seer, yes, but My gift is more advanced and practiced. Im alot older then she is."
The three days leading up to the fight were more stressing then we thought were possible for vampires. We continued the buddy system to hunt and made sure we hunted every day and train even harder. By the time the day of the battle came, we were all strategizing with peter and Jasper on where everyone would be posted in the woods. We would all be down wind and waiting for the enemy. Gabriel said we were greatly outnumbered, but he didnt know about rose and me.
We would win... we would all survive. I would make sure noone hurt my family again.
(A/N: Ok, here is the next chapter. sorry it took so long. personal lives gets in the way. but we have not forgotten and work on the chapter updates ever free moment we get. Thank yall for sticking around and letting us continue to write for yall! please remember to review! Ideas on how the big battle should go are being taken. we want yall to have the best story possible. Thanks again yall!)- SouthernGals
