Chapter 26 "Anxiety Attack"
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"If you call one wolf, you invite the pack"
"For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack" ~Anonymous
Jacob's P.O.V
When I transformed into a wolf for the first time, Sam had told me about the so-called protocols of being in the pack. First and most important thing I needed to know was how we communicated.
I was about to sit with Bella on her porch when I heard the howl that I haven't heard since I was taught it. It was never used and we all hoped it would never be heard. My body stiffened when the ear-piercing howl struck me and every part of my body wanted to leap off the porch and run for it.
I could tell Bella was worried and I wished that I could let her know everything was fine but that wasn't the case.
I told her not to leave and kissed her quickly and then let my impulse lead me. Bella's and my unborn child's taste and scent lingered on me as I transformed and my paws sunk into the soil as "Help!" rang through my mind.
Bella's P.O.V
I couldn't move from the spot that Jake had left me in. I could hear my mother talking to my dad on the phone and I didn't even care that I would have to explain to her of why Jake had to leave on foot out of no where without her worrying as well.
I listened for anything that I could hear but there was nothing, not even a bird chirping. The woods were quiet and even though I would rather not hear the howl again at least hearing it gave me something - anything but there was nothing and that scared me even more. The only thing that I could hear was my heart beat, that was accelerating to a new speed.
"Bella!...Sue is on the phone for you." My mother called which startled me. I jumped and quickly turned to find her behind me and handing me the phone.
"Bella are you okay? Your white as a ghost." she said while holding the phone away from me now.
It was then that I defiantly lost it. Everything started to spin. I shook my head gently as pain pierced through, while blinking my eyes rapidly to try and stop the spinning. I couldn't take it all at once. Thoughts began to rush through my head so quickly that it made me sick to my stomach.
"Bella? Whats wrong? Where is Jake?" she asked while looking around and then back at me.
I was so scared--so scared--of everything. Of this baby. Of what was going on with the pack. Of what I was to say to my mother. and at the present moment of my state.
My ears began to ring and it drowned out my mother and the soundless trees. I stepped back as my mother dropped the phone and reached for me and then it went black---and silent. And for that moment I wasn't scared, I let go.
Jacob's P.O.V
"Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is."~ Anonymous
Flickers of each of my brother's minds flashed through me. I couldn't keep up with them. They were all panicked and I couldn't read anything at all. I tried to only pay attention to their surroundings. I realised that they were not far away from me, which made me begin to panic even more than what I was because what ever was happening was near my Bella.
I was soon right behind them and then all the images came in clearer as I seen it take place before my own eyes.
Leeches......
My brother..........
Bella's P.O.V
I then began to hear a beeping sound. I slowly began to open my eyes to see where it was coming from. I felt a sharp pain in my right hand when I tried to sit up and that's when my eyes flew open. The sharp pain was from an I. V. and the beeping was some sort of machine hooked to my chest.
I looked around the green closed in room. I was by myself and I was no longer in the place where Jake left me. I was in a hospital. I began to pick at my I.V with every intention on pulling it out but just as I got the tape off in came a doctor.
"Aw..I see your awake now Bella. How are you feeling?" he asked while looking down at a chart. I quickly hid my hand under the blanket as I tried to stick the tape back on.
"I am fine. When can I leave? and how long have I been here?" I asked while sounding a little harsh.
"Only ten minutes but Bella.." he began but was soon interrupted because just then my mom and to my surprise dad walked in.
"Aw Baby girl!! Your awake! How do you feel?" my mom asked while finding a seat on my bed next to me. My dad stood not far behind her while staring blankly down at me. I couldn't read his expression and then I began to worry that he now knew about my little jelly bean.
"I am fine. When can we go home?" I asked again but this time I tried to stay calm. My mother looked up at the doctor. I followed her and looked to him to. It was then that I noticed his familiar pale features. He was a Cullen.
"Bella." he spoke while walking closer towards me.
"You had a severe anxiety attack it seems. Can you tell us what brought it on?" he asked and then all eyes were on me. I could feel my heart begin to race and felt the beads of sweat form on my forehead and on the back of my neck. What was I going to say?
"Okay well that can wait for now Bella. I just have to let you know that no matter what is bothering you. You have to remember that your baby feels what you feel. Stress can cause injuries to a fetus. Do you understand?" he asked and I quickly looked to see my fathers face but yet again it was blank. It wasn't as if there was nothing, it was more like he was hiding it. I could tell he was holding back. I then looked to my mother for reassurance that everything was okay, but she was looking at the doctor again.
"If you don't mind Bella, I would like to do an exam on you." Dr. Cullen said to me. I looked to my parents again who were now both looking at me and then back to him.
"Okay." I said.
"If you could step out for a moment. It will only take a few minutes." he said while motioning to the door for my parents.
After they had left Dr. Cullen sat on the edge of my bed and then grabbed my hand. His hand was just as cold and stiff as Alice's.
"Dear girl, what has you so frightened?" he asked and I didn't know what to say or what I was allowed to say to him, but one thing I knew was that he would be the only person that I could talk to about this right now.
"Bella is it Jacob? Is it the pack?" he asked and that's when the tears began to break at the brim of my eyelids and cascade down my cheek.
"Would you rather talk with my son Edward? I know you guys have talked before in school." He asked but I still didn't answer him. I only began to cry even more than before.
"Bella you have to stay calm. For your baby." he said and then I could swear I heard him whisper Jasper and Edward but I wasn't sure. I wanted to leave with all my might and find where Jake had went. He has warned me that something like this could happen but I wasn't ready for it and I sure as hell couldn't take it. I didn't care that the doctor was sitting right there. I began to rip out my I.V and to my surprise he let me but then out of no where I felt calm.
I looked up to find Edward and the skinnier blond brother of his.
"She won't say anything?" Edward asked while walking further into the room but Dr. Cullen didn't say a thing but I imagined that he probably heard what his answer was already, from his mind reading abilities.
"I am almost beginning to panic from all the emotions she is sending me." The brother said while standing with his back against the door.
"Bella if something is wrong we could maybe help, but you have to tell us." Edward said while now sitting in place of where Dr. Cullen had just sat up from.
"I don't know whats going on." I admitted.
"Well tell us what you do know." Dr. Cullen said.
I had to think about that. What did I know? I really didn't know anything other than how I felt and that was it.
"I was at my house with Jake when we heard a howl from one of the pack. I don't know what it meant but i didn't like the sound of it. Jake told me it wasn't good and for me to stay there and he would be back. That's all I know. Can I go home? Please Dr. Cullen. I need to be there for when he gets back." I admitted and then began to beg. They all looked to one another as if they were having a conversation.
"Jasper call Alice and let her know." Edward said to his brother and then looked to me.
"Bella everything will be okay. Just try and stay calm for your baby. We will take care of it." he said.
Jacob's P.O.V
There it was. The reasoning of the howl that was wished not to be heard. One of us...One of my brothers was laying on the ground. I could tell that his heart rate was slow and through the blood I tried to make out who it was. It was Paul.
It felt like everything was going in slow motion as I came up closer. The pack was circling Paul while trying to protect him from the six bloodsuckers who where surrounding them. They were launching and ripping. I watched as one tried to come up behind Leah who was trying to fight off another. I lunged for the pale blond leech and sunk my teeth into her neck and ripping her head off with one swift movement and that's when I let the full wolf in me take over.
All I could hear was metal being torn and hissing. All of us were silent. Only paying attention to the weakening heart between us and the bloodsuckers that we were ripping apart but who were still fighting back with all there might.
And then we smelt the burning sweet smell increase as four more approached us. We began to close in on our circle to try and protect Paul even more.
The other leeches appeared twenty feet ahead of us. It was then that we recognised them. It was the Cullen's. Hissing ripped up through all of the six foreign bloodsuckers that were now backing off of us and heading towards them.
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