OH, HELL NO!
Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.
It was at that point that both men received an even bigger surprise as a very loud sound broke the stunned silence that was holding both men still. A large, red handprint appeared upon Edward's face as his head had been knocked sideways by Bella's slap. She had put a hell of a lot of weight into her swing and it hit with full force. Upon the connection Edward dropped Bella, not meaning for her to get hurt, but, the surprise of the hit caught him off balance and unprepared in his emotional stupor of the unplanned kiss.
With losing his hold on her, Bella fell to the ground. First all of her weight landed on both of her feet which shot an agonizing pain up her leg due to the injury to her ankle. And with trying to get off of it she lost her balance to fall on her butt which jarred the bruising from her being knocked out of the jeep earlier in the day and at the same time she hit her head on the side of the SUV. This caused shooting pains throughout her head and she felt as if she was seeing stars.
Her loud cry of pain is what jolted both men back to the present and out of their stunned immobiliness. And they rushed to help her.
"Asshole, get your damn hands off of me. I don't think I can take much more of being manhandled by you any more today. Dad, please, get me up from here and to a doctor so I can get back to work before this moron does any more damage to me or my case."
Charlie helps Bella into the car and off they head back to Forks and a doctor.
CHAPTER 14: THANK GOD IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
All the way back to Forks Bella kept rehashing hers and Edward's actions before her father came out to the SUV. What had caused her to act that way? She knew it wasn't fair to blame everything on Edward, but, then who gave a damn? He was always a thorn in her side. Appearing out of no way just like he did today when her dad came to get her; taking over like he did when her dad was going to lift her up to help her get to the car; and, then taking advantage, well, that last part wasn't so much him by his self as it was the two of them for some insane reason. They didn't even like each other for crying out loud.
Instead of dropping Edward off at the Police Station Charlie drove straight through to the hospital. Pulling up to the emergency room door he stopped the SUV and getting out went in to get someone to come attend to his daughter. While he was doing that Edward had also gotten out and moved to the back passenger door, opened it and very persistently assisted Bella getting out of the vehicle. She tried to fight him off, but, to no avail. He simply did like before and scooped her up into his arms and brought her out of the car.
By this time Charlie had returned with a nurse pushing a wheelchair. Turning Edward saw this and gently place Bella down into it before straightening up and stepping away from her. The nurse turns the wheelchair and pushes Bella into the hospital straight through to an examination room where staff has already gathered to examine her and tend to her injuries. Charlie continues to follow when he suddenly realizes that he's alone and turns to look for Edward. He sees him hesitating a ways back looking around for something, but, Charlie tells him to come on so Edward moves towards the Chief still not sure that he should be doing this. Upon reaching the examination room and both men getting ready to step in a nurse sees them and moves to block their entrance.
"Sorry, Chief, but you and your friend need to wait in the waiting room until the doctor has examined Bella. He will come to talk with you as soon as he can." With that said she motions for them to step further back while she shuts the door to the room. So, both men turn to go back the direction they had walked looking for the waiting room.
Charlie paces impatiently waiting for news of his little girl. He hasn't told Renee yet about the situation surrounding the task force and Bella's condition. He knows that once she founds out his life will be of pure discomfort for awhile. The longer he puts that phone call off the great she will be pissed especially with Jane missing. She doesn't take anything happening to her babies very well.
While Charlie is mulling over what he needs to do in regards to breaking the news to his wife, Edward is busy thinking about his reaction to Bella and her reaction to him after he had taken her out to the SUV. He knew he wasn't mistaken about the energy that flowed from one to the other when they had first met. It was still there today and stronger than before. The energy seems to be gaining in strength over time and is stronger each time they are together. But, the kiss, the passion he felt towards her and his arousal was like nothing he had experienced before. Never that strongly with any other woman he had been with. Also, she was returning as good as she was receiving from him.
Meanwhile, back at the station Renee arrives as she had arranged with her husband to pick him up for dinner. Not knowing what had happened and wondering why there were so many more vehicles than normal in the parking lot, she goes in to encounter all of the unexpected activity and seeing all of the strange young faces that are expressing so many different emotions varying from terror to giddiness. After a bit she stops a young man to inquiry about Charlie's whereabouts and what was happening with all of the young people. The young looks at her for a moment and then asks if she's related to Det. Swan. She tells him that Bella is her daughter. That is when the whole story comes pouring out to a very surprised Renee with her expressions changing by each sentence that he utters. Without another word she turns around to leave the station heading straight to the hospital.
"Mrs. Swan, if you are going to the hospital to check on things I would suggest for you to wait here since all will be coming back here." She agrees so marches into Charlie's office to quietly wait for his return, simmering with barely controlled temper.
Other than being able to get the kids names and where they lived they were all afraid to say much more. They were having a hard time understanding all of the changes taking place and knowing who they really could trust. It seemed they were safe, but, talking amongst themselves the only one they felt for sure they could trust was the wild lady in the jeep shooting to stop the plane, but, so far they hadn't seen her. And, until they do none of them wanted to say too much. It might be a trick. So, the whole group huddled together waiting for something, some sign or someone to be the light to let them know that it isn't a dream or nightmare waiting to happen all over again with different people in a different place.
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Victor questioned Amun, Ben and Eleazar until he was satisfied that Helen had told him the truth. He also knew that there was no way any of these three could have leaked the information since they hadn't been given any information about what was coming down. So, the leak is amongst a very select group of individuals that will be having a very private conversation with him in the not too near future.
As he dismissed the three Helen appears in the doorway waiting for permission to enter after her visit to the infirmary. Other than the bandage she wasn't showing any signs of the affects she had to be feeling from him shooting her. Motioning for her to enter as the three leave he waits for her to give her full report on what had happened and how it can be corrected in very short order. That is all he is concerned about, correcting the mistake and still fulfilling the order.
Ben, Amun and Eleazar, all, had been told to go home and rest until further notice. They would be contacted when needed. So, they complied without hesitation. Upon entering their respective homes, for want of a better description, each fell on the bed and headed off into a deep sleep.
After a bit one of them was jarred awake by the soft tapping on the other side of the wall. Rising slight up from the mattress a note was sighted being sled through a small hole. Getting up and reading it he knew he needed to let his little friend know so she could pass it along to the right people.
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Bella along with Charlie and Edward pulled into the parking lot at the station and Charlie immediately spotted Renee's car. "Oh, shit. Your mother is here and now I'm going to get it. Guess, I'll be getting reacquainted with the lumps on the couch tonight or the next few nights."
"Don't worry, Dad, I'll help a fellow officer out here." Bella told him with a laugh and smug smile afterwards.
"Thanks, I think."
Edward was still helping Bella get around and she was being a bit more receptive of it. Charlie was certainly relieved when the doctor came out to tell him that she would be just fine. He explained that she had torn some tendons due to almost dislocating her ankle joint. That fortunately it had only shifted position from the way she had landed upon it, but, it hadn't completely come out of the socket. He had been able to relocate it and she would need to stay off of it for a few days as much as possible. She had also bruised her posterior due to the impact of her landing. And the knot on her head was due to as she tried to stand up and her ankle giving out due to the weigh she put upon it she had fallen back hitting her head which had knocked her out for a while, but, there was no concussion. "Overall, Chief, I would say she was pretty damn lucky not to have gotten hurt any worse than she did. But, she will have difficulty moving for a bit." He told Charlie.
After being discharge, both Charlie and Edward filled her in on what had been transpiring back at the station. Edward informed her that both Jasper and Emmett wanted to interview her to get her statement as to what all happened from her standpoint of view. And, Charlie let her know that he was going to be sitting in on that debriefing.
As all three individuals entered the station everyone turned to see who and then a short silence reigned until suddenly everyone broke out clapping and cheering for a job well done. This got the attention of the fifteen teenagers who looked up to see what all of the commotion was about and recognized the lady they had been waiting for. As if all were launched in one action they rushed to her since she was their savior, their haven and safe harbor against the waking up of the nightmare they had suffered through.
A/N: Well, nothing broken, but, enough to be uncomfortable and putting Bella out of action for awhile. Edward is starting to question the emotions and the connections that seem to spark between him and Bella. Will Bella acknowledge the same or stay in self denial for a while longer? Who passed the note and who received it? What did it say? Who is leaking information and why? What is Bella going to do with the young people that are hanging on to her?
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