Chapter 14: Devastation

Emma's POV

Sure enough there were boats that we could use to cross the bay to get back into San Francisco. We all boarded onto one boat together.

Danny seemed unsettled by the rocking motion of the boat so I just did the best I could to hold him as still as I could.

By default I ended up sitting right next to Ben. Unlike my son, his daughter Melanie seemed more calm by the rocking motion of the boat. The small baby girl even cracking a smile once in a while.

Seth had his back turned to me. He didn't even bother trying to hide how he felt about me sitting next to Ben. Though if I was being perfectly honest I really didn't understand his jealously when none of us even knew each other all that much.

No one said a word during the whole ride. Not even my parents. I chose to ignore the mounting tension by trying to find something else to focus on. Which actually wasn't that hard to do since the devastation from the earthquake was all around us. The remnants of what used to be the Golden Gate Bridge was the first obvious sign. There were some collapsed buildings and partially collapsed buildings. Some buildings remained completely untouched.

The scenery was like a scene straight out of the movie San Andreas. Only Dwayne Johnson wouldn't be here of course.

"I hope everyone else is okay," mom said as we pulled up to shore. She sounded like she was about to cry

"I'm sure they're fine honey," dad said.

I had faith they were okay as well. After all they're all supernatural creatures. Out of all my family we were the weakest members and therefore the most vulnerable. They were probably the more worried about us. Or at least my parents and my brother. Probably didn't care to much for me since they barely knew me anyway.

There were a lot of people walking around with teams of search and rescue dogs looking for survivors. Hospitals were filled to a capacity with as injured people were lined up outside hoping to receive assistance.

The city pretty much looked like a war zone. It had become pretty unrecognizable. We stopped a few times to rest. That's when I would nurse Danny and Melanie.

As worried as we're about our limited food sources I happy that I could still feed my son and Ben was grateful that I was willing to feed his daughter as long as was needed.

"Nessie! Jacob! Kids! Is that you?!" I immediately recognized the voice of my great grandfather Carlisle. "My goodness we've been worried sick about the six of you!" he said as he took turns hugging each of us even going as far as to give Danny some attention.

"Who is this?" Carlisle asked when he realized Ben was there.

"Friend we met a few nights ago. His name is Ben and that's his daughter Melanie,"

Ben was temporarily memorized by Carlisle and I was reminded of Ben's story about meeting the Cullens when he ran away at age seven.

If Carlisle recognized him he surely didn't show it. There was no denying though that Ben did in fact recognize him. I was new to all things supernatural but I had a feeling that was not necessarily good.

"We've been searching for you lot for days. Where on Earth have you been? Do you have any idea how worried we were when we couldn't find you after the earthquake?" Carlisle was lecturing us now. He'd gone from worried to lecturing.

"We were trapped on the other side of the bay," mom explained. "For days we couldn't find a way across,"

"Oh it doesn't matter now I guess. Let's just get you all home where you belong,"

Nobody else was home when we got home. My guess was that everyone was still out looking for us. Carlisle allowed Ben to use the phone to call his family back in Seattle but the line was dead. No electricity, no cell service, and no running water. It was like we were back in the stone ages or something.

I had retreated to one of the bedrooms with Danny and Melanie. Both babies were hungry again. I was in the middle of nursing when someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

"Carlisle," came the voice of my great grandfather. "Can I come in I just wanted to check on you,"

"Yeah sure," I said.

As soon as he saw me his eyes immediately went to Melanie.

"You're nursing her," It wasn't a question. More like a statement of fact he wanted me to verify.

"Yes," I said. "I've done it several times. Why?"

"You should stop immediately,"

"There is no other food source. I don't have a problem feeding her for Ben so what's the problem?"

He sighed. "What you're doing could have major irreversible repercussions so you need to stop-"

"What?"

"Emma you are vampire-shapeshifter hybrid. Your biological son is a vampire-shifter hybrid. The milk your body is producing is specifically designed for a vampire-shifter hybrid and you're feeding it to a baby that's one hundred percent human. We have no idea what the repercussions of that could be,"

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