Your Destiny Awaits
By: Lost Betwixt Worlds
Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyers owns the world of Twilight and those who dwell within. I on the other hand own William Thomas Whitlock , Abby Warren and this storyline.
A/N : I will warn everyone now that the end is near. Ok, wait that came out wrong , I mean the end of Your Destiny Awaits is near. There are perhaps 2 or 3 more chapters to make sure that ALL the loose ends get tied up neatly and then this story will simply be another fan fiction memory.
But enough of my boo-hooing, let's drop back in on Bella's train wreck of a birthday and see how everyone is dealing with our ( their) uninvited guests shall we ?
Chapter 19 quickie recap:
" You have fire in you Chi-ca. I like it."
Seven heads whipped around to stare in the direction of the voice.
Two women stood at the edge of the treeline that Jasper and William had emerged from only a few short hours ago.
Before she had time to react, Abby found herself behind William as he took up a defensive stance. Looking around Abby noticed that Jasper and Emmett were in similar positions while Edward, Jasper and William each had a mixture of disbelief and anger etched on their faces.
"Who the hell are you ? " asked Abby
The answer didn't come from the two women, but from the boys themselves.
" Maria." growled out Jasper and William together.
" Victoria." growled Edward.
" Shit ! " whispered Abby as she felt her heart leap into her throat " And here I thought the night couldn't get any worse."
Chapter 20 : Hey Ladies ! Kiss This !
The crisp night air that was generally tranquil and quiet around the Cullen home was filled with growling that was getting louder with every passing second. Someone had apparently alerted Carlisle and Esme to the situation in the backyard as metal shutters slid closed over the large windows that graced the back of the Cullen home.
Abby stared at the two women who had managed to cause so much havoc in the lives of the family and young girl that she had come to care for in such a short amount of time.
Maria stood around five foot six and was slim and curvy in all the right places with a wealth of raven black hair that cascaded down her back. Her olive complexion only seemed to enhance her looks when coupled with her vampire traits. The words 'Alluring Bitch' came to mind as Abby silently surveyed her.
Victoria was the complete opposite in looks. Standing around five foot eight, Victoria was what Abby would term 'tomboyish'. Her complexion was milky white and she had a wealth of fire red hair that couldn't seem to decide if it wanted to be straight or curly. "Vicky could give Shirley Temple a run for her money in the hair department." muttered Abby softly to herself. Sure she was pretty in her own way, but it was almost like trying to mix oil and water.
Victoria shot a quizzical look at Abby and said " My name is Victoria not Vicky and who the hell is Shirley Temple ? "
" Long story Vicky . " said Abby shaking her head and purposely calling her by the short version of her name. " Long story."
Victoria growled at the nickname Abby gave her while Emmett and Rosalie tried desperately to refrain from outright laughter and Edward just looked at Abby like she was insane.
Maybe she was. Here were two of the most dangerous female vampires that had played havoc on the lives of the Cullen Coven and Abby was baiting at least one of them . Not on purpose mind you, but still what idiot pisses off a human drinking vampire who has backup while said person herself is human ?
Abby shook her head and thought 'this is so NOT good.'
" It seems little one that YOU know our names, yet we don't know yours. " stated Maria as she looked Abby up and down. " I will wager that you are not the human named Bella since you stand behind my William." she continued
" Lady you are delusional if you think that William was, is or will ever be 'your William' " stated Abby as she stepped forward to stand at his side and crossed her arms onto her chest.
" My name is Abby and I am William's girlfriend." she stated as William slipped his arm around her waist.
Maria's eyes narrowed at William's gesture and Victoria stared with a shocked look on her face.
" William if you and the Major wanted to bed a human girl on a regular basis, you should have told me. " snipped Maria " I am afraid though that you will not be permitted to keep your little pet once we have returned to camp. "
William and Jasper both growled at Maria's implication and the look on Alice's face made Abby wonder just who would be tearing her apart. The boys or Alice herself.
" Fuck you Maria . " Abby stated harshly " Not that it's any of your business, but I am a one guy type of girl and Jazz has a mate. "
Maria's eyes flashed to Jasper. " The Major has never partaken in what you have obviously shared with his brother ? " she asked with puzzlement in her voice.
All three echoed at once 'NO.'
Maria never took her eyes from Jasper. " How can you stand being around this human Major and not partake of either her blood or her body ? "
" Like the lady stated Maria I have a mate and Abby is with William. As for the being around her and her blood, it's not actually that difficult. My brother is in love with her and I would NEVER harm her." stated Jasper in an authoritative tone.
" As to the mate , that would be me you Spanish whore." said Alice with a hard tone in her voice that Abby had never heard before.
Alice stepped from behind Jasper who, taking his cue from his brother, slipped his own arm around his tiny wife's waist.
" If you came here thinking that we would go back with you, then you have wasted your time and energy Maria. Jasper and I have no interest in returning to a life of bloodshed, fear and pain. We are happy, have a family and mates that we love, nothing you say, do or offer will cause us to leave that and return to you or your ways." stated William as he tightened his hold on Abby's waist. Maria was sending out waves of disbelief and anger and a quick glance at his brother assured him that Jasper felt her as well.
" Well I would say it was nice to meet you both, " started Abby with a nod in the women's direction " But my mother taught me to never lie..."
The comment was cut short by the sudden appearance of white lights and a man appearing beside Maria.
It felt to Abby as though the entire world would have heard a pin drop as she and the rest of the family looked on in shock while the man wrapped his arms around Maria's waist and without missing a beat deadpanned " Miss me little witch ?"
" You have got to be FUCKING kidding me ! " shouted Abby as she surveyed the scene in front of her.
The man who was now standing with Maria and Victoria was the same man that had transported Bella into Rose and Em's room and then somehow blacked out Edward. This was the same man that Abby had thrown out the window not even a week ago and now had the balls to stand next to two homicidal vampire bitches and ask if she had missed him.
WPOV
As the scene unfolded before them with this new added player, William could feel the waves of anger as they washed through Abby and he realized that if she chose to let loose even a fraction of what she was experiencing then God help them all.
Mt St. Helen, hell Mt. Vesuvius would look like a model science project by the time she reigned it in.
William looked at Jasper who in turn looked at Edward.
Edward for his part glanced at Emmett and Rosalie and mouthed 'back up slowly.'
Alice got a familiar look on her face that signaled a vision before muttering ' The shit is about to hit the fan big time.'
The entire family briefly wondered if the double crossing Angel had given either Maria or Victoria a 'heads up' in regards to what Abby was capable of.
" You sorry son-of-a-BITCH ! " shouted Abby as the three intruders were suddenly and forcefully thrown backwards into the trees.
The resulting noise resembled a bomb going off and echoed throughout the forest sending animals fleeing in more than a little fear.
Edward's POV
I think that would be a 'No'. Stated Edward in response to his families unverbalized question.
Emmett & Rose's POV
" Guess Esme won't have to worry about firewood for a few years." muttered Emmett as he surveyed the impromptu clearing compliments of Abby's temper.
" Tell me about." commented Rosalie in an equally soft voice. For once she had no desire to pop her husband across the head for making a snarky remark.
Maria, Victoria and the Angel were going to get their collective asses handed to them and Rose was glad that it wasn't her that had pissed Abby off cause this shit was going to get nasty real quick.
Abby's POV
This was not happening. Everything Bella and I had dealt with in the past few weeks had been because of this guy's people. I was in this world dealing with their screw ups because they were too chicken-shit to do it themselves.
I had gone from being an average run-of-the-mill girl who put no stock whatsoever in vampires and witchcraft to suddenly having multiple 'witchcraft' type powers and a vampire boyfriend.
Where once my biggest concern had been passing Trig/History/Science, I was now concerned with making sure that Bella, Edward and the rest of the Cullen family actually survived to see another day.
My life had gotten screwed up and intermingled with that of vampires and now I had not one but two psychotic female vampires and a double crossing Angel of Destiny ready to rip me a new one, more than likely rip into Bella and try to force Will and Jazz back into a life of blood, death and debauchery .
These people were trying to hurt the family I had come to think of as mine and I would be damned if they succeeded.
I watched as Maria extricated herself from the tree I had thrown her into. The Angel was looking a little worse for wear and Victoria looked as though she was rethinking her part in all this.
" Impressive Chi ca." said Maria as she walked towards me at a human pace " I must admit that I did not fully believe Grady when he told me about your little 'talent'. "
" So the weasel has a name. " I said in a flat voice " At least I'll know what to put on your headstone asshole IF there's enough left over to even bury."
The idiot had the decency to blanche at my remark and I made a mental note to lace into whatever Angel of Destiny was sent to me in the future as I was not going to let them hear the end of this for a VERY long time.
" I had thought about draining you or even having the Major and Sgt do the honors, but now I think you may be very useful to me. If you can do all this as a mere human ( she waved her hand to indicate the recently destroyed trees ), think of the possibilities when you are turned."
" Not gonna happen Maria." growled William as he stood beside Abby and watched his maker shrewdly.
" Behave yourself William and perhaps I will allow YOU to be the one to turn her." quipped Maria as she looked at Grady aka The Angel and nodded her head slightly.
Grady just smiled and said " Edward a little assistance if you please ? "
It was like watching a switch being flipped. One moment Edward was growling and getting ready to rip our intruders to shreds and the next minute he had me pinned to a tree and was running a fingernail down the length of my throat with just enough pressure to cause a trickle of blood.
" Edward what the hell ? " I gasped with what little air I could pull in due to the pressure he was applying.
A chorus of 'Edward stop' and 'Let her go's ' echoed from from his shocked family members while Maria, Grady and Victoria chuckled darkly.
" Can't you smell how sweet she is William ? " asked Edward as he lowered his nose to my bleeding neck and inhaled. " Almost as sweet as dear Bella ."
"Struggling will do you no good my dear and neither will pleading." came the oily voice of Grady " Edward will now only respond to either I or Maria so there is really no need to waste your breath."
" Edward you don't want to do this, you don't want to hurt me ." I pleaded trying to keep the panic out of my voice " Edward please."
He lowered his nose to my throat again with no indication of having heard me and breathed deeply " So sweet ." He looked at William and it seemed as though his voice had taken on a different tone and he was trying to tempt William. " Come take a whiff of her sweet perfume Will and tell me she doesn't call to you. I know you want to, I can see it in your thoughts. Give into it. "
I could tell that the whole family had stopped breathing in order to lessen the temptation of blood-lust and Alice looked as though she wanted to cry.
My struggles got me no where as Edward had me pinned in such a manner that I couldn't raise my hands. How the hell was I going to get out of this ?
The sorrow and guilt were flowing off of William and Jasper and I knew that they wanted to rush Maria and the others but were afraid of me getting either hurt or killed in the process. Carlisle and Esme would be heartbroken if Edward had to be destroyed for something that he had no real control over and Bella would be devastated as well.
I knew that if I got out of this alive I was going to have some dandy bruises as a reminder and my chest ached with a dull pain that made me wonder if Edward hadn't cracked or broken a rib or two.
" Think Abby what would Piper do ?"
" How would Piper get out of something like this ? "
Suddenly Bella's voice cut through the air " Edward I love you please come back to me. " and I looked up to see Bella struggling to get past Jasper and reaching her hand towards Edward.
The conflict was evident on both Edward's face and in his eyes and I wondered which side of him would win.
'Damn it Abby think girl . You've got these kick ass powers like Pru and Piper and...'
" SHIT I'm trying to think like Piper when I should be thinking like Pru."
" Grady what the hell is the girl talking about ?" roared Maria as she watched Edward struggle to regain his control.
'Pru ' I thought'How the hell did Pru do it ? ' I struggled to remember everything I could about Pru's powers. Moving things was her specialty and then it clicked her EYES ….. Pru got to a point where she didn't need to use her hands, all she had to do was look at something and focus.
I looked at Edward and said as sweetly as possible under the circumstances " I've heard of bonding Edward but dude your in my personal space. Back off." with that I envisioned Edward flying backwards towards the family and focused with everything I had in me.
Sure enough Edward released his grip and went sailing through the air and landed with a THUD at Bella's feet.
The look on Maria's face was priceless to say the least, and Victoria looked scared as she looked from me to Edward and back. Grady that turn-coat of an Angel looked like he wanted to toss his cookies and I heard him mutter " I'm outta here. " as a bevy of white lights started to swirl around his body.
" You wish shithead." I said harshly as I froze his ass mid-orb. Walking past him towards Maria and Victoria I snapped " you'll stay put if you know what's good for you."
Soon I was standing toe to toe with Maria and I was LIVID. As I stared at the woman in front of me I felt William coming up behind me and I addressed Victoria while never taking my eyes off Maria.
" The way I see it Vicky you have two choices. The first one being you leave and never darken this families doorstep again and I let you live.
The second choice is you make the same stupid mistake that your dead ex made and try to hurt Bella and this family and I let Emmett use your funeral pyre as a weenie roast. Your choice babe. "
It was obviously a no brainer for Victoria as she choose to live and after muttering an apology to Bella for ever causing her grief took off like she was being chased by the Devil himself.
I continued to stare at Maria and I could tell she was trying to figure a way out of the hole she had dug herself.
" You have found a very spirited filly in young Abby dear William and one as talented as she would allow us to rule with little trouble. Come Chi ca and let me give you the kiss of eternity."
I could see her watching me carefully in order to try ( try being the operative word here) and suck ( pun intended) me into her little delusional world.
Smiling sweetly I took a step back and raised my hands chest level and said
" Kiss this Bitch."
With a flick of my wrists I envisioned Maria exploding into nothing more than dust and was rewarded with just that.
As the Maria dust settled I turned to the frozen Angel and mused out loud
" Now what should we do about you ?"
Well now what ever shall a girl do ?
I'm open to suggestions so hit me with your best shot ( and yes that is the name of a Pat Benatar song).
As for Abby's little 'Kiss this bitch', that is compliments of Piper Halliwell in the episode ' Siren's Song' ( I just couldn't resist the chance to use it on Maria, it just felt right ).
Toodles