Chapter 24 Unplanned Circumstances
I couldn't tell what time it was but if I could take a guess I say it could be later in the night. I could still hear them moving around up there but not as much.
"Edward, how is she?" I heard Jasper say.
"I don't know, I mean she hasn't done much but glare at me for putting her down there. I plan on going back though." Edwards said.
"Why she's not going anywhere? She must not be that strong because if she was then she would have been out of the chains by now or use some weird spell to get out of it. Maybe that think she did in Denali was a one time thing." Rosalie said. If you only knew.
"Guys you know she's down in the basement. She could hear us." Alice said.
"If she could hear us wouldn't she have said something by now." Emmett said. Everyone went quiet where you could hear a pin drop. Well if they want some action. Hope said. No, I am not hurting them. I told her. I'm not going to hurt them. I just want to have some fun. She said back.We already had our fun last night at the party. That's why we are in this predicament in the first place. I growled. Don't worry I'm not going to do anything. First, we need to get out of these change. I know a spell. Give me a moment...ah Fractos. She said.
"Fractos." I said and the chains came off. I quickly stood up and listen out for them.
"Is she moving she can't get very far." Esme said. You have no idea. I twisted the knob on the door slowing to see if it was locked. Crap it was. I don't know a spell for that one. Hope said to me. I don't think a spell would work for this one. I told her. What are you going to do? She asked. I didn't answer her back and just kicked the door down. Before they get a chance to get me I ran through the back door but Edward was faster this time and was able to grab me. I tried to fight him off.
"Bella stop fighting me." He said.
"If you let me go I won't." I said.
"Are you going to run?" He asked.
"No, not from you." I told him. He was still holding on to me but he started to hesitantly loosen his arm. Soon he was no longer holding me. When I turned around his hands were down on his sides.
"See I didn't run. What I hate is being chained up in the basement. I'm totally sane it was just a minor setback." I told him.
"But those people." He started to say but I cut him off.
"I wasn't going to kill them. They are ok. Trust me by morning they will forget about that part of the party." I told him.
"Alright, I trust you." He said. I wrapped my arms around his neck and drew him towards me.
"Welcome back." I said to him with a smile.
"I've missed you very much." He told me.
"I've missed you too even though it may not look it but I missed you. How long are you staying this time?" I asked.
"Oh, I don't know as long as you're with me." He said.
"What about college?" I asked.
"Well, I was planning on going wherever you are going. Where are you going by the way?." He asked.
"I was planning on going to community college as a start or head to New Orleans to find my family." I told him.
"Maybe I'll go with you to find your family or I could help you go to college." He said.
"I don't want your money Edward just you." I said. "Welcome back everyone."
" Someone is very excited to say hi." He said. Just then a blur came and grabbed me up in a tight hold.
"Bella it's so good to be back." Alice said.
"Nice to see you too Alice. Could you let go of me it's kind of hard to breathe right now." I said. She put me down but she was still giddy.
"We have so much we have to catch up on and now that you are out of school we can spend more time together." She said.
"That would be nice but I still have a lot of things that I need to take care of." I said to her.
"Yes with Latnok but we can help you with that." She said.
"How most of their labs were underground and no one knew they existed. You won't find anything on the computer about them. However, I did find one of their old labs." I said.
"Alright, we would start with that." Edward said.
"What about the Victoria problem. She's still out there wanting to kill me. Too bad she doesn't know exactly what happened to James." I said.
"Don't worry we'll deal with her but what do you know about James death you were unconscious when we got there." Alice said. I could see the rest of the family watching our interactions.
"Maybe that would be a story for another time." I said. "Anyway, I think I should be heading back. Stefan is out and I'm afraid that people will be in danger."
"We can handle Stefan he can't fight all seven of us off!" Emmett yelled.
"It's not about fighting all of you off it's about being smart. Stefan is cunning that what makes him so deadly. Also, it doesn't help the fact he's in the ripper stage. In that stage, he doesn't care about who he kills or hurts. All he cares about is himself." I told them.
"Then we will kill him first." Jasper said who is now standing next to Alice.
"I rather have him alive. The ripper stage can be turned off if he turns his humanity switch back on. Once he starts to feel emotions again he would no longer be a threat. The only thing that he would have to worry about is the guilt he would have on killing people." I said.
"Then it would be best for you if you stayed away from him. If he hurts you then I would have no choice but to kill him." Edward growled.
Stefan's POV
When the party was over and Damon compelled all the party goers to forget what went on at the party I went to follow the Cullen family back to their house. They really moved back to Forks and now it looks like they are in a debate about something. I went to get a closer look so I could hear their conversation.
"Edward I know you have second thoughts about it but it's the only way to keep her from harming others." Carlisle said.
"I hate the fact that she's down in the basement chained to the wall like an animal dad it's not right." Edward said.
"Where are you going?" Rosalie said.
"Not that it's any of your business but I'm going down to the basement to be with Bella. She shouldn't be alone." Edward said. So they took her from a party to lock her away in the basement. Huh, I wonder how she feels about that.
"I wasn't going to stop you from doing that Edward, I know what she means to you I just don't want you to get hurt." She said.
"I'll be fine Rosalie she won't hurt me." Edward said. They talked more but at this point, I could care less what they were saying. The next thing I hear is commotion. I looked again to see Edward has grabbed Hope from behind. I wasn't listening to their conversation either I was too busy making a wooden stake. When it was ready I turned back to look at all of them. A wooden stake wouldn't hurt them because their skin was hard as marble but Hope was another story. As they were talking I heard my name came up and how the Cullens thought it would be best to kill me but Hope didn't want that. She only wanted me to turn my humanity switch back on. Well, Hope what do you think about this. I threw the stake as hard as I could and watched it go through her back. What was funny was that she spit blood into Edward's face.
Before I could say another word I felt a stabbing pain in my back and I ended up spitting blood into Edward's face before I fell forward.
"Bella Oh MY GOSH!" I heard Alice say. Edward was able to fall with me so that I didn't hit the ground.
"Bella stay still." Edward panicked.
"I'm ok it just hurts could you please take it out." I said in pain. At this point I felt more hands on my back.
"Bella don't move you have a...stake in your back." Carlisle said. I reached behind and pulled it out.
"Bella that was the wrong thing to do you could have damaged something. Jasper get back! Carlisle said. I looked up to see Edward, Rosalie, Alice, and Esme trying to hold Jasper back.
Her blood smells divine I want a taste. Let me have a taste. Who voice was that? Was it Jasper's thoughts? When did I start reading minds? Everyone was having a hard time trying to get Jasper to calm down.
"Jasper please don't do this. You remember the birthday party." Alice said trying to get his attention. I sat back looking at the scene in front of me.
"Bella I have to check your injury." Carlisle said.
"It's fine Carlisle it's probably already healed." I said waving it off. Jasper looked at me and growled. I could feel that I was changing. When I looked down my nails turn to claws. My breathing was becoming hard and my eyesight heightened immensely. I looked back at Jasper and growled back. He stood frozen in place and the rest of the family looked at me. I was in my hybrid form staring at all of them. I looked at Carlisle to see him moving backward.
"Are you sure you want to try something Jasper. You might lose this fight." I said.
"Bella, what happened to you?" Edward said.
"Nothing happened except I became this. This is what Latnok did to me." I growled. Carlisle was now standing up but circling around me.
"This is unreal. Why is your skin blue?" Carlisle asked. He was picking up my arm than putting it down.
"I don't know I didn't ask them. I was too busy ripping their throats out." I said. They all looked at me in horror.
"When did this happened?" Edward said.
"I'm not sure maybe months or years ago. I don't actually know, I saw it in a dream once. It may have been a memory because it felt so real. I thought it was a dream until a man came to the house and shot me because I killed his brother." I said.
"You never told me you were shot." Edward said. I shrugged my shoulders.
"When I came back to life Damon, Katherine, and Stefan took care of me." I said back.
"Alice, why didn't you have a vision about that?" Edward said through gritted teeth.
"I was preoccupied at that moment." She said sheepishly.
"It doesn't matter now he's gone and I'm alive." I said. Carlisle was still looking at the wound that was already healed.
"Remarkable." He said to himself.
"Thanks." I said. My vision blurred and I saw Stefan standing behind a tree with multiple stakes in his hands. He started throwing them and each of them he staked the Cullen family. Then it was over. Was that a vision? If so then that means…
"Everyone inside now quickly!" I said grabbing them and quickly going inside. I decided to walk into the living room.
"Why are we coming in here?" Edward said worriedly.
"I don't know how to explain it but I think I had a vision. I saw Stefan with multiple wooden stakes ready to stab each and every one of you." I said.
"You had a vision, how?" Alice asked.
"I don't know but I had to get all of you back inside before he carried out his plan." I told her.
"We have two psychics in the family now." Emmett said.
"I think I'm more than a psychic." I told him.
"We can talk about that later, right now we need to deal with Stefan." Jasper said.
"I say we kill him." Emmett said.
"No, no one is killing Stefan. Like I saw he turned off his humanity. If we can turn it back on then he will not be a problem anymore." I said.
"Bella what if he's not worth it. I mean he already killed people so why should we save him." Edward said.
"He knows about my past. He knows everything about it. I need him alive." I said.
"You have two other people you could ask and us. I'm sure we can help you find answers." Edward said.
"What about Victoria? Did you find her yet?" I asked. I know I'm changing the subject but I didn't forget about her. She's still out there plotting her revenge against me.
"We've lost track of Victoria but she will probably turn up but we don't know when." Jasper said.
"I know you changed the subject Bella. We need to figure out what to do with Stefan. The longer we wait more people will end up dead." Edward said.
"I know that Edward and like I said before there is good in him. There has to be, we just need to bring it out." I said.
"What if he doesn't want to be changed. You said that Damon was working on him. It didn't look like he has accomplish much." Alice said. I had nothing to say on that note. She was right, Stefan is still the ripper and it's taking longer than I thought it would be.
"It's ok if we don't have all the answers right now about Stefan. What I want to focus on is Bella's bloodlust." Carlisle said.
"Well, that's an easy one. My bloodlust is in control however if I lose blood for any reason then I would have to replenish my blood supply by drinking blood. When I do that I can go days or months without having to drink blood and can survive off of regular food. As l long as I don't get stabbed or shot I should be fine." I told them.
"How many times have you been shot?" Emmett asked.
"Two times, no actually three times. Same guy shot me twice for the death of his brother when I was in Latnok." I told them.
"You never told us this." Edward said.
"That's because Stefan was there and took me to his house while I lay there dead on their couch. I'm surprised Alice never had a vision about it." I said.
"You are just full of surprises little sis." Emmett said.
"Stick around long enough you might see more things." I said to him. The endearment Emmett used made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I took a quick look out the backyard for any signs of Stefan. I peaked just enough but at the same time a stake flew through the house and stuck to the wall.
"Oh come on Hope don't be shy come out." Stefan yelled.
"No, he didn't. I say we go ahead and kill him." Emmett said.
"I would like to see you try Emmett." Stefan said. Emmett was getting ready to walk out when I stopped him. "Emmett no, no one is dying." I said.
"Stefan, what do you want?" I said.
"What do I want? Well, I want to drain every single human in this town, I want to see you bled, I want to lock you in a basement so you can see how it feels but your boyfriend beat me to it. So I will wait until you or one of the Cullens come out here. By the way, this is a beautiful home. It would be a shame if it was ruined by rocks being thrown or a fire." Stefan said. I looked at Esme and she had a look of horror on her face. I know she designed the house and I doubt she would want to see it go up in flames. What can I do to squash this right now? I need to think of something before Edward and his family think of something. You can use your shield Hope said. My what? I said back. Your shield. Take a look. She said. Soon it felt like my mind traveled to the place I saw before when I died. The garden I found Hope laying down. She was leaning on the tree this time. I'm talking about this shield. She walked forward and put her hands closer together but not touching. In the middle was a blue light coming together before it morphed into something big and when it was bigger than her she pushed it forward and it traveled a good distance. That should be enough to knock him out for a while. But you might want to tell Esme that her windows and a few things will be ruined. She said. I was back in the present.
"I think we should surround him. He can't fight all of us at the same time." Jasper said.
"I agree but first I would like to get Bella to safety." Edward said. Does he really think I can't protect myself? Before they can act out their plan I already turned into the hall.
"Bella!" Edward yelled but I was already creating my shield. The blue light was getting bigger.
"Sorry about the windows and everything else that might be ruined Esme." I said. When the shield was towering over me I pushed it forward sending a gush of wind blowing in my face. It broke through the windows making all of them come crashing down and the force hit Stefan so hard that it pushed him into the woods. I don't know how far he traveled but I can tell you I couldn't see him anymore. When I turned back around everyone's mouth was opened.
"Your mouths are opened." I said. It was Carlisle who recovered first.
"That was remarkable. I never seen that before in all the centuries I've walked this earth." He said.
"Well I'm learning as I go so I don't know exactly what I'm able to do." I said to him. Edward was slowly walking up to me but as he was doing so he was glancing over my body to make sure I wasn't hurt.
"I never knew you could do that." He said.
"I didn't know I could do that either until now. I can protect myself when I need too." I told him. He reached for my hand and took it.
"We need to go outside to see if Stefan is still out there. We need to plan a surprise attack if he is."Jasper said.
"You don't need to kill Stefan stop trying to kill Stefan. You killing him will only bring Damon and Katherine after you. You think Stefan is bad Katherine is way worse." I told him. I felt air swirling around me. Carlisle hands were up in surrender.
"No one is killing anybody today. We will honor your wishes not to kill Stefan unless we have to." He said.
"Thank you. Now we just have to capture him and lock him away this time for good." I said.
"Me, Edward, and Emmett can go see about Stefan." Jasper said.
"I'll go with. I still have some more of the vervain." Carlisle said. Soon the men of the family took off leaving us girls in the house.
"That was some force field you threw at Stefan, what else can you do?" Alice asked.
"A lot of things apparently. Something new always happens. Esme I'm sorry about the windows. Are they going to be easy to fix." I said looking at her.
"Don't worry dear I'm sure the men would be able to do it." She said. Just then we heard a gasp from Alice. I turned to see her eyes rolled to the back of her head.
"She's having a vision." Rosalie said coming up her other side. Touch her. A voice said in my head. I put my hand on Alice's shoulder and I saw images flashed a across my eyes like a television show. I could hear the people talking.
"What do you want to do Aro?"
"I want Carlisle family to come here. It's been a long time since I seen my old friend Marcus. I want to see the family he created. I heard rumors about two of them that I want to see for myself." He said.
"Why Don't we send a few of our guards to see what they are up too." Another one said.
"That's not a bad idea Caius. It could give us some insight about the family." Aro said.
"When do we send them?" Marcus asked.
"Soon very soon." Aro said. That was the end of it. I removed my head away from Alice's shoulder. I noticed the men came back and Alice came back to the present.
"What did you see?" Carlisle said.
"Everything for the first time. I mean I actually hear their conversation. Like I was actually there." Alice said.
"What did you see?" Jasper asked.
"The Volturi was making a decision." Alice said.
"What did they decide?" Carlisle asked.
"They want to see you, see us. Aro hasn't seen you in a while and wants a visit from all of us. They are sending a few guards to watch us." She said.
"Carlisle this is the worst possible time. With Stefan now locked away and Bella's gifts, how are we going to hide both." Jasper said.
"I don't think I'm in their range to worry about." I said.
"It's not that. Aro has a gift. Like Edward, he can listen to a person's thoughts but by touch. If he touches either of us he can see every thought we ever had. Which would put you in danger." Carlisle said.
"Aro likes having gifted people around. That what makes his guard so strong." Carlisle said.
"So you think that if he touches any of you then he would find out about me. What would he do to me?" I asked.
"He might ask you to join his guard or turn you." Edward said.
"I would never join someone if I don't know them. Plus you don't have to worry about the turning part since I'm not human anyway." I said.
"Aro wouldn't care. He'll see you as a prize and he doesn't like being told no." Carlisle said.
"Well, he has to get used to it then. So these people that he is sending to spy on you I shouldn't be around when they are here." I said.
"Carlisle there has to be another way for us to get around this. Send word to Aro that we will go to Italy." Edward said.
"Edward it's not that simple. Two guards are already on there way here." Alice said.
"How long do we have?" Jasper said.
"Three, four days tops." She said.