Bella' POV
During our training with Rose I could feel I light sweat on my body which isn't unnatural while sparing but I thought I could last longer before I started sweating. I might have to start working on my stamina more. During the first break I noticed the others in my pack also had a light sweat which is strange. We must be training harder than I thought or the Cullen's are putting up more of a fight then we expected. It wasn't until we finished training that we realised what was really happening.
Everyone who had an animal side was hot. Feverish hot. The same hot shifters get when they first start changing. Liza was the first to notice when we were all sweating but complaining about being cold. This was then followed by Isaac Ben and Scott throwing up. It was like we had the flu but we can't get sick like normal our immune systems are greatly improved compared to humans so it didn't make any sense. Then people started getting dizzy. At this point we all knew something was wrong with us. Carly seemed to know what was happening and ordered Sarah and Liza to grab the chains and start chaining us up. Sarah like us was confused with this order but Liza and Kane knew what was happening and starting chaining us up.
While everyone was being chained up Carly roared calling back Barry and Will. It seems like we will need their help as everyone seemed to get worse. Which brings us to what's happening now. Every shifter in our pack was slumped against the wall burning hot. That's the sight the Cullens saw as barged through the door. I would probably find their faces funny as this must have been a shock for them to see. But my felt too heavy to keep open. I barely hear the Cullens talking to Liza before I felt myself slip in to darkness and silence.
Rosalie POV
As we burst through the packs doors my eyes instantly found Bella leaning against the wall she was chained to. A quick glance revealed every member of the pack but Sarah and Kane in the extract same position. What the fuck in going on here.
"Their sick." Liza voice draws my families' attention. They all looked scared at what's going on and I can't blame them.
"How is that possible." Carlisle says "From what we know shifters can't get sick."
"They can't." Liza replies while applying cold water to the Carly's forehead. If they can't get sick then what's happening here. "They can't get sick naturally like humans do their immune system is too strong to get sick. However, it can be attacked to the extent that it can get sick. Like a werewolf being exposed to wolfbane. It weakness them to the point they can easily be exposed to something else and they can't fight it off." Is this what's happening here. Their under attack from inside themselves. But wolfbane would only work on wolves right. That's why it's called wolfbane.
"What have they been exposed to" Carlisle says jumping into doctor mode and trying to help Liza Kane and Sarah keep their temperature down.
"I don't know but it's been." Carly starts but sounds droopy as her voice is barely above a whisper and without our hearing we wouldn't hear her. Also, she's wheezing as she talks which shows she's struggling to breath. "In our system for over three hours." She starts coughing. To my horror she starts coughing up blood. "He's still alive." Is all she manages to say before she passes out.
Her words startle Liza. "He can't be alive. We killed him years ago." She mumbles to herself. I'm not sure what's worse the fact that everyone is deadly ill or the fact the person who might have done could possibly be alive after they killed him. It's not that surprising that they were ordered to kill someone it seems like something they do quite a lot in their line of work. But who could cause this much damage. "Fuck were runing out of time." And with that Liza runs upstairs. Sarah asks us to help keep them cool by pouring water and ice over them and in their throats.
Not long after I've poured some water down Bella's throat Barry and Will run in to the house. "Dear god." Barry say's "What the hell happened to them." He shouts then flashes over to Catlin and gently cradles her head in his lap and stroking her face. "She's burning." His voice is now desperate and he holds his mate fear radiating from him.
"Barry." Sarah starts in a calming voice trying to cause him any more stress. It's become so bad and mixed with what the pack feeling Jasper starts to struggle. Wait Jasper can feel their emotions.
"I can hear their thoughts too." Edward say's reading my mind concern written on his face. "Bella's shield is down."
"That's not good." Kane says running over to me and Bella. " the Werewolves are being affected the worst." All the wolves are pasted out while the others are barely aware with what's happening. "It kicked in so quickly." She mutters to herself.
Liza come back down stairs. "We have to cool them down. They can't fight a fever a poison at the same time." Poison. They were all poisoned. How is that possible. " unchain them and put them in to the baths. I've it them with warm water."
"Warm water." Will asks confused as I was. If you wanted to cool them down wouldn't cold water be better.
"They're weak at the minute." Liza explains as Esme, Alice and Emmet rip the chains holding Carly, Isaac and Scoot to the wall and then running upstairs to put them into the baths. I follow with Bella straight after. "If we put them in to cold water they could go into shock. This is a safer way as the water cools down with them." Everyone helps to get each member of the pack into their baths. I always imagined stripping Bella under different circumstance. Her skin is so soft but far too hot.
Once everyone was safely placed in their baths Liza called everyone down to the living to talk. I can't leave my mate in this condition so I stay with her but leave her doors up so I can hear what's being said. It seems Barry and Kane are also staying with their mates. Will can hear but Kane can't hear since she doesn't have our hearing. But she seems to know what' going on like Carly and Liza.
"Thank you all for helping with this turn of events." Liza starts off picking her words carefully but also seems panicked which makes sense since she is the mother of the group. "Carly said they were exposed three hours ago so it happened at the airport." She pauses for a moment while I assume she come with a plan. " The poison is slow working and as long as they are cooling down they should be able to deal with it. But they will out of action for hours maybe day's since we figured out what was happening late. I'll monitor everyone and Doctor Chawkas is flying out to keep an eye on them. She has better knowledge on what's happening. She'll be here in seven ours." Liza stops to take a deep breath. It's good that this doctor is coming it means Bella will get better. But it also means it's do bad they have to fly out a doctor to help. "Will since Carly, Matt, Ben and Hannah are all out that makes you the leader of the pack. What are you orders on how to proceed."
Will doesn't speak for a few minutes. Probably trying to figure out what to do in this situation. " Ok if this is him then he was hired to do this and no one should know we are here." Who is he. " The Normans must know were here."
"If that's true then they won't be attacking in two weeks but will be attacking in the next few days if not now." Sarah says.
"Yeah. Now is the best time to attack since almost everyone down. Ok Sarah I'm going to go inform the wolves about what's happened and get them to patrol Forks and make sure they're not infected to. When I leave can you lockdown the house. No one comes in or out."
"What about you." Sarah asks Will
"I'll help the Wolves keep me updated via the link. And you might want to go the extra mile in lockdown."
"Of course, I will. Good luck." The sound of the door closing means Will's left. Does anyone wants to leave before you trapped in here." I can hear her ask. When my Family say's they would rather stay with us and help Sarah from what I can tell from her movements opens a panel in the wall and puts in a code or selects something. She pushes some buttons. I can hear every open window slam shut then shutter appear over them and the doors locking everything out. I'm guessing the metal is a special one so we can't punch through it. "Time for the extra mile." This is followed by the sound of vines maybe wrapping around the house. "The vines will make us harder to get to. And they know they are protecting my family so they will try hard to protect the house." Wait vines know they are protecting someone. Do plants even care. Do they have feelings. "It's part of being a nymph. I have a special connection to nature. It's what allows me to control it. Anyways it should be safe for us now. Thank god it's the weekend. On one's going anywhere anytime soon. I suggest you make your selves at home the next time we open the doors will be when Doc arrives."
"You keep saying he like you know who did this." Jasper states hopefully now we can get some answers to what the fucks going on.
"When the pack meet up at the airport they were exposed to a deadly bioweapon crafted to only affect shifters." Liza beings " the he we keep mentioning but not believe he's still alive is a man called Victor Norman." Norman as in the people who we are currently hiding from. The ones who want to attack the pack. Why would they attack the pack. Wait Sarah said in the next few days instead of two weeks. Two weeks is when the new born army is coming. The Normans created the new born army. Edward voice my thoughts to Sarah and Liza
"The Normans are behind the new born army and you all have a history with them don't you." He questions
"Yes, to both of them. When we found out the Normans were here Carly's team were ordered to assassinate them. But before they got do this we discovered the threat of the new born army. They created it to protect themselves. Probably from the pack getting to them." Liza informs every one of the truth that the pack have avoided telling us. " Victor and his coven have been attacking different covens and packs for years. This pack's first mission was attacked by the Normans. Now the pack only had six members and they couldn't fight them. They outnumbered and were trained for this. Luckily Carly and Jackson had been learning on controlling their fire and they created a fire dome which the Normans couldn't get through. The pack then ran. However Victor chased them and he and Carly ended up fighting which ended in Carly killing Victor with a fire explosion. They was nothing left of him. And since then the Normans and the Skulls have been fighting each over ever since." The Skulls. The Packs name is the Skulls. Well I guess that explains why they wore a skull symbol on the back of their jackets on the first day of high school. "Victor loved to poison his opponent's so they couldn't fight back. The same poison that is now affecting the pack. This means either he survived or his family finally learned how to create the bio weapon."
Neither of the options are good. And if the Normans do attack then it's just Will and the wolf pack since were all locked in here with half the pack half the Skull knocked out and the rest are unable to stand never mind fight. All except Sarah Barry Will and Kane. Let's hope they can recovery before it comes to it otherwise it's going to be a really quick fight.
Everyone down starts goes about themselves while I sit next to a slightly less feverish Bella. The water had turned cold in the time everything was explained. Liza was right the water is helping with her fever. Carefully I move the strands of hair from her face. She looks so peaceful and beautiful while sleeping. She is more beautiful than I could have ever imagined but seeing her so calm and at peace doesn't suit her. She looks like this because she's ill. If she wasn't she would be active. Training or hanging out with her pack. Laughing or joking around. Maybe partying since it's a weekend and she's use to around Unity. She should be doing anything but lying in a bathtub after being poisoned. If If was able to cry I would be crying right about now. Holding on to her hand is the only thing keeping me grounded instead of running to kill the people who did this to her. As long as she's hurt and weak I'll be here but I'm going to kill the people who dare do this to her. The venom starts to pool in the back of my throat. The thought of tearing the Normans apart slowly causes me to smirk. No attacks my Mate.
While holding her hand I can feel her heartbeat which brings me more comfort then hearing it since there are a lot of heart beats in the house. This way I know it is my Bella. That she's still alive as long as I'm holding her hand.
I have very mixed feelings. One side is angry but the other side is terrified. I remind myself it's normal to feel like this. But the of helpless is the worst. There is nothing I can do to help her. Only Bella can help herself now or at least until the doctor arrives. Until then all I can do is sit here and hold her hand in hopes she can hold my hand in return. In hopes she'll be ok. As long as I'm here nothing is going to harm her.
"She's be ok she's strong." The sudden voice of Liza startles me making me tense up but quickly relax when I remember she's not a threat to Bella. Liza sits down next to me. "I've known her ever since she joined Unity." She chuckles a little to herself. " The first time I met Bella my scent freaked her out. When I asked what was wrong with it she said it was too sweet and made her noise fuzzy. She hadn't come across many vampires and our scent is very towards a new born werewolf. Especially one who hasn't learnt to tune her scents to avoid capturing our smells in full blast. Poor thing was to awkward and embarrassed to talk normally to me so she just mumbled you're really pretty then ran towards Carly was standing for protection and comfort. It was that action that I knew she was going to join Carly's infamous pack. I was both happy and sad." Why would Liza be sad about Bella joining Carly's pack. My thought process but have shown on my face because she explains what she means. "Being in the Skull's is one of the hardest thing to do. Like we said before they get the biggest and riskiest missions and if Bella was going to be a Skull and live then she would have to change to fit the team better. I knew that she was going to lose all her innocents, her awkwardness and learn not to be embarrassed. She was going to lose part of herself. To kill like an assassin without drowning in guilt she would have to become cold and closed off. However, I was wrong. She did lose her innocents but she lost that the moment she joined our world. Her awkwardness and embarrassment are still their but she became more confident in herself. And instead of Bella dying to become who she needed to be she just grow into the person she already was."
Hearing Liza talk about Bella helps me to forget the current issues with Bella. It allows me to focus on something positive instead of something negative.
"We haven't had as much time together as I would have liked but it's that way because she everyone is drawn to her light. Her love and kindness. The Skulls are her family and she will do whatever she can to protect them." I start not sure where I'm going with this.
"A lot like you." Liza says earning a look of confusion. "I could see it in you the moment I say you. Your fiercely protective of your family. Like Bella is of her pack. You love but you're afraid of getting hurt like you did in your human life. Which is why you don't like opening yourself up. But by closing yourself off you are protecting yourself but you're also hurting yourself because you're not letting people become close enough to help you. Bella will break through whatever wall you put up. So, I'll be prepared if I were you." She smirks before handing me a glass of blood. "Since you stuck you're in here you won't be able to hunt so this should help with your thirst. And it will help you feel better. I don't have to be a werewolf or an empath to know you're going through a whirlwind of emotions. Barry and Kane are the same."
"Thank you." I say as I take the glass and slip it. The moment the blood flows down my throat I crave more and down the rest of the glass. When I'm done Liza takes the glass and leaves me alone with Bella. I can see why the pack were so excited to have Liza coming here. She brings a sense of peace and comfort. I'll thank her again later for being here for me and for being there for Bella when she was brought in to this world. It's obvious she loves everyone member of the pack equally.
Looking back at Bella I can see she isn't sweating as much which is a good sign. A part of be feels guilty because she's not the only the person in the pack who is suffering but she's the one I care about the most. In such a short time I see the pack as some of my best friends. I can't help but want to be around them neither can my family. They embrace who they really are and use what they are to live their lives wildly. I can't imagine any of them getting bored they will figure something to do to entertain them. They live with other packs. Party play and work is how they live their lives and they don't hate or regret what they. That's why I'm different. I've always resented becoming a vampire because it took so much from me. But now from hanging with the pack I know it didn't from me but it gave to me. I have a wonderful loving family and the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. For the first time since being turned I'm glad to have been turned into a vampire because now my life has truly begun