So my computer was just fixed just in time for the Fourth of July. Hope you enjoy!
Music from the huge boombox was almost deafening. But that was kind of the point. Seth was making sure everyone hit either in the head or heart of the practice dummies. But he sat out to fiddle with his new gun, courtesy of the General's stock. His father was a pretty decent marksman, but he was a much better sniper. He said when he was a kid he used to go hunting in the woods, he even asked him if he wanted to try. He passed on the whole father son bonding time. He was still wary of his father, he was a spy, but he was easily bought, something like a mercenary. The Volturi are not rat dogs, they have palaces, and they just might have bought my Dad's allegiance.
Camp Pendleton was starting to look better with the whole clean up thing going along. Brady was with them, it's been a rough weekend for him with his wife dead, and trying to take care of his six year old son. His mech suit was currently in the workshop where Michael and Sean were in heaven with all of the parts and tools they have ever wanted. Kayla was busy kicking Emmett's ass, which was always a nice sight to see.The days were long and tiring as we trained endlessly. I trained on every rifle and sniper I could in my spare time. But I mostly spent my time crafting my own weapons. Parts from other snipers and the parts in the General's stock had helped me in my work.
Suddenly my watch beeped signaling three o clock.
"Kayla let's go." I said.
She kicked Emmett in his soft spot and grabbed her gear. "I'm ready."
"Good."
He dug his feet deep in the muddy earth as they neared the Volturi's base. Kayla began to set up and I covered both her and the last of our tracks.
"Alright come on Edward call out what you see." Kayla whispered.
I gave her my rifle and took my sniper and looked through the scope.
"What's today again?" Kayla asked.
"It's Friday the 13th of September."
"Ooooh, scary." Kayla joked.
"Shut up this is serious."
"I know that."
A half hour of calling out routines something changed dramatically.
"West side you see it?"
The west side there was a gathering of a lot of Volturi members.
"What is that?"
"Call it in. Then call an evac, I have a bad feeling about this."
"Nightstalker this is Hunter, we are requesting evac immediately, over."
The comm started to crackle. "Shit comm are down, we have to go before anything happens."
I stood up slowly as to not attract anyone attention. I quickly packed our stuff and helped Kayla with hers. We started to run for it using the overhead drone to make sure no one was around us. But as soon as we got downhill the drone screen started to mess up.
"Damn it we got to go now."
"How are we going to get a message to Collin and Brady?"
"SIM? Please tell me you are still working."
"Online and ready sir." SIM responded.
"How the hell does that thing still work?" Kayla asked.
"I run on batteries." SIM said.
I shrugged. "Okay get me either Collin or Brady."
"Edward? Why are you calling me on my cell?" Collin said.
"Comms are down we need evac."
"Shit, yeah I'm on it. Go to the primary LZ we'll be there."
"Thanks."
"Alright the LZ is a good couple minute run from here."
"Well let's not waste time."
Kayla didn't hesitate and neither did I as we ran as fast as we could to a little field big enough for a helicopter. We his in the bushes until the helicopter touched down. We got in quickly and we took off hauling ass back home.
I dropped my bags in the briefing room of the new safe house in Florida.
"So does anyone know why there were more than a hundred Volturi members out there today?!" I asked.
"What were they wearing?" Dad asked.
"Black robes lined in red, with the Volturi crest." Kayla said.
"That means they know we are there." Jasper said.
I immediately looked to my father who put his hands up.
"Chill out it wasn't me I've been here this whole time."
"You could have made a call. Sent a text maybe."
"I just ran a scan on his phone records no calls or texts were made since Isabella Swan's capture." SIM said.
He grunted in annoyance. This was all very frustrating the last few days. The people he could trust was small. And he wasn't very keen to trust his father just yet.
"What should we do? No scouts tomorrow?" Seth asked.
"We have to." I said.
"It's too dangerous, they are probably expecting us now. Someone gave them a warning. We can't risk someone getting killed."
I wanted to hit something, to take all my frustration out, I needed that stupid stress ball Quil carried around.
"Then we attack." Kayla said.
"What?! It's suicide!"
"No, we have all of the other branches at our disposal we have all the support we need. Maybe it's time we do attack." Nathan said.
"Edward?"
"Aro said I should ask Jacob what happened while they were announcing bad weather at the ball. And that his spy will be eager to report my reaction. Maybe we can find the spy and see if we can buy his allegiance."
"A smart plan." Jasper agreed.
"Do you know where Jacob is?"
"He'd be with his father on the reservation. We should look there."
"Alright just me, Kayla and Seth should go."
"Let me come too. Billy and I are old friends, I'll get his son's whereabouts out of him if necessary."
"Alright do you want the armor now or...?" Sean asked.
"No but prepare it for war, we will attack as soon as the spy is taken care of."
"Of course." Sean said.
"Call Hudson tell him to scramble a 'copter we will leave tomorrow for La Push."