Disclaimer! I do not own TMNT, Twilight, or their characters... If I could I would... Sigh. I do however own Bre and Bailey and their packmates and basically any other crazy character in this story.

Chapter 14

"Bre wake up!" I was jolted awake by the sound if Bailey's voice and her shaking me. I had to keep myself from striking out out of instinct. "What is it?" I demanded, still half asleep. She had better have a good reason for waking me up at 3 in the morning. "Something is coming, and fast! I swung by from partol to get you. It seems like other wolves but I don't know who yet." In seconds I was out of bed and rushing down the steps demanding to know more. "Has everyone else been warned? We're going to need everybody out if it does happen to be Caleb and Silas."

"Everyone else should be on their way. Whoever it is is reaching the border fast, and they're probably already in this territory."

I ran outside and shifted as soon as my feet hit the grass. I felt the presence of the pack in my head. Seth's was the strongest. I felt a sense of anxiety with most of us. I didn't want a fight with whoever this was. I didn't want anything to happen to any of them. If something happened to Seth I didn't know what I would do... Someone brushing my shoulder distracted me from my own thoughts. I looked over to see Seth trying his best to give me a reassuring look before nudging me again. I instantly began to relax with him so close to me. But not even Seth could completely calm my nerves as we neared the border. I could hear and smell the Cullens on the other side, seemingly herding whatever it was towards us and to our side.

I shot ahead of the others when I heard a snarl echo off the trees. But the closer to the source of the sound I got and once I recognized the other scent the more I realized, this wasn't an enemy. My packmates.. somehow they had found us. I didn't know how they had gotten here but I was so relieved that they were alive and not under Caleb's control. For a split second I felt relieved until I realized that one of them had attacked the Cullens or vice versa. I burst onto the scene snarling, more so to distract whoever was fighting than to start one myself. I saw six dark figures standing in a line facing the Cullens who were holding their ground and one was tangling with Emmett who looked more like he was trying to hold the attacker at bay than anything. This wolf was smaller than the rest, with dark mahogany fur and I immediately recognized him as Joey, our newest pack mate. He was eager to impress everyone and prove himself and most times bit off more than he could chew, such as now. I was sure he had decided on his own that fighting was a good idea. I could vaugely hear my cousin Brandon who was two years older than me, and who was also in line to be Alpha by blood, was trying to stop him. No Joey! Stop that wasn't the plan!

I could see that he wanted to interfere but knew that all hell would break loose if he did. At the sight of me, he and the others turned to me in surprise. I met Brandon's eyes for a split second before turning all of my attention to Joey and Emmet. The rest of the pack members had come by now and I knew that I had to act fast.

Joey. I said, hoping he would pay attention. But I knew he wouldn't. And suddenly, I was enraged at him for not listening, for attacking an ally. An instinct that I had tried to bury away in me came forth. Joey STOP! I launched myself forward and grabbed Joey, slinging him away from Emmet and pinning him. Joey, who was shocked for A second was completely still for a moment then tried to get back up, still wanting to fight. I snarled and leaned down next to his throat. Enough! Joey froze. I backed away to let him stand up. He looked at me, partly in awe, partly in fear. I caught him eyeing Emmet again. You will NOT touch him or any of them. I said, stalking towards him. His front knees folded and his head touched the ground. I turned to the other six. And that goes for everybody! NONE of you will bring any harm to anybody here. They are not the enemy. Am I understood?! They all lowered their heads, not daring to disobey. We all stood in silence for a moment. I relaxed, I hated being like this, I turned to Joey, who was still cowering on the ground and nudged him up.

I-I'm sorry Bre. He wouldn't look me in the eye. I knew he was embarrassed and ashamed. Don't be. I can be a bit of a hot head sometimes. Joey looked up at me, visibly relaxed. I looked around at my other pack mates. I had so many questions. I noticed that Jordan, had a big sack of what looked like clothes strapped to her. Everybody phase back. I said before disappearing into the brush to phase myself. Bailey, being the lifesaver that she was, always had clothes and had some of mine. I walked back into view and was immediately crushed by a hug, Brandon! "Long time no see little cousin!" I hugged him back, tears welling in my eyes. I was unable to speak because I knew if I did I would lose it.

"We missed you girl!" I turned around to see Laila, who had tears welling up in her eyes before hugging me as well. "I missed you guys too! How did you get here?"

"Well we kinda figured you would be here because you said your grandmother lived here, shes the only family we knew you had so it was kind of a lucky guess, that and there's another pack here. You have Quileute blood too so it made sense you would come here." Jordan replied, always the observant one.

"Whoa Look at you investigator Jordan!" Logan, the joker of the group teased. Mason and Carter, his partners in crime chuckled beside him. "It's called paying attention to when people talk." snapped Jordan, raising an eyebrow at the boys. I smiled, I missed this so much. "Hey now, when Miss Alpha speaks, we all listen!" Carter teased.

"Oh really? Wow, I couldn't tell. You'd never know by all the dumb stuff you do." I said rolling my eyes. The other pack had phased back now. I went through with introductions to them and the Cullens. Luckily, Joey and Emmett's squabble hadn't burned any bridges or caused any hard feelings.

Seth's POV (Later That Night)

I was happy for Bre. She was finally reunited with her pack. I could feel that a big weight was lifted off her shoulders. She was at her grandmother's house now with them. I could only imagine how grouchy she would be after a few days, she wasn't a big fan of sharing personal space but with her pack she would have to. Luckily for her, it wasn't permanent. But neither was her staying here. When they left, she would leave too. I hated to think of it but I knew that one day the day would come. For me it made every moment we spent together more special. Just like now, I was waiting for her in the clearing by the beach, we walked and talked a lot here when he had down time. She should be here any minute I thought. While I waited I tried to keep away the thoughts of her leaving, and how one day she would leave and these nights where we could just talk for hours about anything would be over.

Footsteps approaching me broke my attention. I turned to see her walking towards me, she smiled when we made eye contact. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long!" she said.

"No not at all I've only been here for a few minutes."

"Okay good, tell you what, I missed my packmates and all but sharing a house with eight people is not fun at all. Luckily they took to my brothers really well so maybe nobody will have killed each other by the time I get back." She sat down on a dead log and I sat down next to her. She was silent for a second then sighed. "I missed them so much, but I think I forgot how hard it is to be the leader of a pack. And the fact that they still trust me stresses me out even more because what if I fail? Brandon is older he should have been the leader. If I would have just controlled my temper that day..." She cut herself off then like she had said too much. But I appreciated that she was actually allowing herself to open up to me more. "Controlled your temper? What do you mean?" I pressed.

She was quiet for a few more seconds than spoke again. "Brandon actually was the Alpha by one point. He shifted before Caleb so even though at the time techincally Silas was the Alpha and he could have gave the position to his son Caleb when he shifted, but he wasn't as young as he once was so by Law he had to make Brandon Alpha since he did in fact shift first. Caleb was Second but when I shifted I was. Caleb hated me for it. By blood I was the Second but I don't like being told what to do either way it goes. Caleb basically left the pack, kind of doing his own thing and I considered doing the same. Brandon kind of caught on that I wasn't happy, he was trying to convince me to stay but I wouldn't listen. We started arguing and ended up fighting. I just blacked out. Somehow I won and Silas saw. Law says that you can become Alpha if you defeat him or her in a fight. And you can banish or kill the old one if he refuses to fall under your command. He made me Alpha probably more out of spite than anything, he thought I'd make a run for it and he could make his son Alpha. I basically didn't have a choice, I hated Silas and Caleb and didn't want to imagine them under their control. Brandon wouldn't speak to me for days and my aunt Morgan kicked me out of her house for 'hurting her son.' After a while he finally spoke to me again and convinced my aunt to let me stay with them again. He said i'd beat him fair and that we were family and he'd just have to learn to live with it. He and I have never been closer since." She laughed. "Wish I could forgive as easily as he did. Brandon always was the better person." She looked down.

I hated to see her beat herself up like that. "Don't put yourself down, I wish you could see what I see." Bre looked back up at me. "And what exactly is it that you see?" "I see someone who is so much braver than she thinks. I see a great leader and a warrior, and even though she may try to hide it... I see someone with a bigger heart and so much more compassion than anyone I've ever seen." She looked at me, not saying anything but her eyes said more than words ever could. I could see the pain and the fear clouded in them. I could see that while she was strong she could also be weak but what made her so brave was that she could hold her head high in the midst of all the chaos. And now sitting here looking at her all I knew was I wanted to protect her from all of it. I wanted to shield her from the sadness and all the fear she was trying so hard to hide. Something came over me. She was almost hypnotic. She was drawing me in and she wasn't even trying. I wanted her closer. I needed her closer.

"You're so beautiful." I tell her. She looked at me, almost in surprise. I smiled at her expression. "Are you flirting with me, Mr. Clearwater?"

"Maybe a little." Bre rolled her eyes and gave me a playful shove, trying to hide a smile. "Whatever. You're such a dork." She teased, standing up. I followed. "So I'm a dork huh?" She raised an eyebrow. "I said what I said."

"Do you like water?"

"Do I like water?" she asked looking confused.

"Yes or no."

"Ummm... Yes?"

"Good." I say and in the same movement I scooped her up and put her over my shoulder. "Seth what are you-" then she caught on, "Oh hell no SETH! You put me down! You are NOT throwing me in that water!" I continued towards the water anyways.

"Ah don't worry, it shouldn't be too cold." she squirmed. "Well we won't find out because I'm not going in."

"Oh, but you are."

"No Seth really! I can't swim." I set her down immediately. And looked at her surprised. "Are you serious?"

"No. Of course I can swim you loser." She giggled. That sound... god I could listen to that all night. I laughed as well. "I see what you did there. Well now you really have to go in." She huffed. "If only you could catch me." She tired to make a run for it. I grabbed her from around her waist. "No no Please!" She begged laughing. Bre tried to pull away but I was stronger. She turned around in my arms and tried to push me away but I held her tighter. She paused. Her eyes locked on mine. I was sure she was thinking the same thing. We had only kissed once and never mentioned anything about it since. If anything we were awkward about it. But right now it was all I wanted. I leaned in towards her. When we kissed this time I still felt the same sensation as before. I pulled her even closer.

Bre's POV

I should be stopping this. I tried to convince myself that this was the last thing I needed, but god this felt so right. His lips on mine his arms around me. And for once I didn't care. This was my moment, my chance to forget everything for a little while, to forget about the chaos around me. He was my happy place, my best friend, my protector whether I liked it or not, he was there, he was mine. I suddenly felt a possessiveness come over me. I reached up and pulled him down even closer. Like I wanted to mold him into me. He growled and moved his lips down to my neck planting kisses there then back up to my lips. He was teasing me. Two can play that game. I thought evilly. I pulled away from him and did the same to him. I nipped at the skin on his neck before backing away. I had to hide a huge smile as I looked at the dazed and astounded look on his face.

"Good night Seth." I said. And I walked away. Feeling smug, knowing I had that effect on him. I didn't get far before I felt a warm pair or arms around me again. "Oh hi there." I said laughing. "I um- I should probably walk you home for you know... safety reasons." Seth said. "Sure you do." I said.

"Hey you know just trying to be a gentleman." He said, now walking beside me. "Even though you did call me a dork."

"You are one... but you're my dork." I added on. He smiled. "Yours huh?"

I shrugged. Trying to act nonchalant. "Something like that."

When we reached the house he walked me up to my porch. "So, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow." I said. Secretly hating that he had to leave. Just as he was about to lean down to kiss me again the door flung open. Raph stood there, a suspicious look on his face. "What were ya doin' comin' home so late?"

I rolled my eyes. "Its only like 10, Raph." Just then, Leo appeared behind Raph. "Her curfew is 12 Raph. Hi Seth." He nodded at Seth. "Hey Leo."

I appreciated Leo's attempt at being civil, Raph not so much. "Yeah so tomorrow Seth. See ya."

"See ya, Bre, you guys have a good night." Then he disappeared into the darkness. "I'll see you guys in the morning." I said as I walked up the steps, avoiding any awkward questions from Raph.

Jordan, Laila, and Bailey were all waiting behind the door, eavesdropping by the looks of it.

"Not a word from any of you." I say, avoiding their grins.

"So is that your man?" Asks Laila, looking annoyingly excited.

"Yes? No?... I don't know. There's just a lot going on to be thinking about all that."

"Did you guys kiss?" Jordan asked.

"Of course they did!" Bailey answered.

"Oh my god you guys no more questions! Look we all need some sleep we have a lot to do tomorrow."

"Good way to avoid the questions." Laila teased. I threw I pillow at her.