Chapter 28 (Don't own anything but Marcy, Jean and Seth) Read and Review please thank you.
Alcide rushes out of the truck thankful to see her cab just leaving the house.
"Oh thank God Bella." He dashes out of the truck and rushes inside the house.
"Bella baby!"
She turns and screams.
"What are you doing in my house?"
Alcide rears back.
"No baby come on… Remember now this is our house. We're mates, lovers."
"I don't know you get out of my house or I'm calling the police."
Alcide looks around and see's that all the pictures of him and Bella are gone and all of his personal belongings.
"What the fuck?" He says looking around.
He dashes to the bedroom knowing they've more pictures in there but everything's gone it's all been replaced.
"No this can't be happening what the hell is going on?" Alcide's eyes flash as he looks upon her confused.
"You're one of them!" She roars and shoots out her hands.
"NO BELLA!" He yells as she sends him through the wall into the bathroom.
What is this lurid dream? He thinks as he rises and knows his arm is out of socket.
"Bella please you must remember something."
She shakes her head and he can see she's in physical pain.
"Please let help you remember."
"LEAVE!" She flings out her hands again.
He hates to do this but knows it's what's best. He dodges.
"YOU'RE MINE BELLA SWAN AND I AM YOURS YOU LOVE ME AND I LOVE YOU!"
Bella's attacks again and he becomes the wolf and pounces on her. Hating every minute of this he growls upon her shaking his head. She gasps out but he can see she's wiped herself out.
"Please…" She pleads and he transforms and pins her wrist to the ground.
He looks her in the eyes and sees her fear. Fear he'd never seen in her eyes whilst looking to him. "I love you God damn it!" He says shaking his head.
"I need you please…"
Her eyes begin to bat and he knows she's losing consciousness. He sighs and picks her up and places her in the bed. He kisses her lips and puts his forehead to hers.
"Why?"
He shakes all over and looks around pulling at his hair.
"What is all this? What is going on?"
Alcide calls Charlie as he walks amongst the house seeing that any sign of him ever being there had vanished even the beer he kept in the fridge. The clothes he'd had in the closet were gone it was just all Bella's now.
"Hello?"
"We got a big issue Charlie I think you need to fly down."
Charlie sighs.
"On the first flight out son."
"Please hurry."
Charlie grew chills on the desperation in Alcide's voice.
Alcide hoped Bella would sleep until Charlie's arrival. The only thing that remained in the house that was his was the furniture but even it was covered in decorative quilts and the bed had a new comforter on it. All his pictures and clothes even his bathroom products were all gone. The more he thought on this he just knew that her mother was behind this.
Alcide sat on the couch and waited. He felt as though time was standing still and not moving anywhere. This was a nightmare he wasn't waking from and terrified him to no end. Had she forgotten everyone or just him? How could he protect her the way he was meant to if it was in her blood to kill him every time she saw him?
Alcide wanted to go to Jacksonville and rip that fucking bitch apart. He knew she'd done this to hurt him but little did she realize just how much she hurt her own daughter. But then again as cold as she was to Bella he doubted she even gave a damn. Hours go by and he worries Bella will wake soon. Finally there's a knock at the door and he rushes to open it.
"Where is she?"
Alcide points to the bedroom.
"Now tell me what's going on?"
Charlie places his bags inside and looks around the house.
"Did ya'll change the place up?"
Alcide shakes his head.
"I wish it were that easy."
Charlie tilts his head and see's the broken expression on Alcide's face.
"Is Bella hurt?"
"No…"
Alcide looks to Bella as she sleeps.
"Charlie your daughter doesn't even know who I am."
He rears back and swallows.
"You mean like memory loss?"
Alcide nods.
"When did this take place?"
"I think it was the moment we landed. I felt something odd coming from her and sure enough next thing I knew she didn't even know who the hell I was. She looked at me as though I was a complete stranger. She walked away from me and called herself a cab like it was nothing! Then I come home and see the cab leaving. I run inside and she yells at me as though I'm an invader and was going to hurt her. She went on about how this was her house."
"What the hell did she do now?" Charlie mumbles shaking his head.
"You mean Renee?"
"I'm afraid so. I should have never sent you two over there. I just wanted to help Bella. My ex has sources." Charlie sighs and rubs his face with his hands tiredly.
"This has witch written all over it. Curse… Does she remember anyone?"
"I'm not sure."
"Guess it's time to find out."
"Charlie I think we need to be careful it seems to cause her physical pain when she gets too confused and stressed out."
"I'm going to kill her I swear to God." He mumbles again and heads into the bedroom.
"Careful Charlie if she doesn't remember you she could harm you."
"She can do what she wants to me Alcide I want my little girl back."
Alcide nods in agreement.
"Bells hun can you wake up sweetie?"
The way Charlie said this he knew her own father feared she may not remember him as well.
Bella rolled over and blinked her eyes and smiled.
"Dad…"
Alcide's heart skipped a beat he was thankful she remembered him. Bella however looks over and see's Alcide.
"Who's that?"
Alcide steps back.
"Did she honestly just forget everything that took place?" He ask Charlie.
Charlie sighs and takes his daughter's hand.
"Do you remember this man?"
She shakes her head.
"So you've never seen this man before in your life even today?"
She shakes her head again.
"Who is he dad?"
Ouch…
"Bella that is your boyfriend remember his name is Alcide Herveaux."
"Funny dad I don't have a boyfriend we both know that. So who is he really?" She laughs but then narrows her eyes looking to Alcide.
"You're not exactly human are you?"
Alcide see's that's the hunter side peeking through now.
"No Bella I'm a wolf and not just any wolf but yours."
She grabs at her temples again.
"He needs to leave!" She says with a slight threatening meaning.
"Bells hun he's not leaving he lives here with you. This is actually his house."
"No it isn't dad this is my house remember? I bought it with the money from my savings."
"What money hun?"
Bella looks conflicted.
"The money I earn from Merlotte's of course."
Fuck she thinks she works at Merlotte's? Alcide thought to himself. Alcide didn't give a damn about the house. Hell she can keep everything he just wanted her back.
"How do you get to Merlotte's Bells?"
"The bike I got in the garage."
Alcide's bike wasn't in the garage so he knew she wasn't talking about his. He narrows his Charlie's way and shake his head.
"She's talking about the bike I was giving her for graduation and the birthday I missed. Hell Charlie she hadn't even seen it yet that was supposed to be a surprise for today when we got back. I'd got her bike lessons and everything."
"I bought that bike what the hell are you talking about!"
"Let me guess its blue and black with the name Bella written in Italics to match the helmet I got you around the time we first met."
She nods but looks pissed and accusingly at Alcide.
"Dad I do not know this man!"
"So not only did they erase me period but added a bit of memories?"
"I don't think they added anything whoever did this was simply filling up the gaps with something that made more sense to her."
Charlie looks once again to Bella.
"Bella who are your friends?"
She shrugs.
"Jessica, Marcy, Janice, Jason, Sookie…"
My jaw drops.
"Wait do you know who Janice is?"
She rolls her eyes.
"Of course."
"You know then that she's my sister?"
"Janice doesn't have a brother! She lives alone with her father and is dating Jason Stackhouse. You need to leave you are pissing me off! What the hell is this shit?"
"Easy Bells."
"NO I WANT HIM OUT OF HERE NOW! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
Bella rises from the bed and stumbles around towards Alcide.
"LEAVE!"
"SHIT! CHARLIE!"
Charlie looks to Alcide then to Bella.
"DAMN Kiddo!"
Alcide tosses Charlie a shirt off the bed and places it over Bella's nose that's dripping blood.
Alcide closes his eyes knowing him being here is causing her more harm than good and at the moment there is nothing he can do to make her remember.
"She can have everything. I don't need it and don't care. I hope you come back to me one day. I can't bear the thought of losing you yet again. This house and everything in it hell even everything in my bank account take it. I don't want it. Without you Bella baby I don't want any of it."
Charlie shakes his head as he watches Alcide grab his keys and leave.
"Ah, kiddo…" He says shaking his head.
"That man loves you unconditionally."
"Who dad?"
Charlie's jaw drops as he looks back to her and sees her nose isn't bleeding and she's completely clueless as to what just took place.
"Bells the man that was just here?"
She shrugs.
"What man?"
Charlie stumbles back.
"What the hell kid?"
How was Alcide going to get her back this way?
"Perhaps I should stay with you for a couple days?"
"If you want to. Don't you got to get back to work?"
Charlie did indeed but this was far more important he wanted to get to the bottom of this. Once he sees Bella chilling out on the patio he dials Renee'.
"What the hell did you do Renee'?"
"I've not a clue what you're talking about…"
"Woman, I was married to you long enough to know your little tricks. Now I want to know what you did to our daughter and I want to know now!"
"Relax Charlie, you should be thanking me."
"Thanking you! You evil conniving … Do you have any idea what you've just done?"
"Yes I've gotten that mutt out of her life now Bella can do what she was meant to do."
"You swore to me you wouldn't hurt Alcide."
"I didn't hurt him as promised…"
"Oh really? You know nothing of this man not only that but you've literally destroyed our daughter! She was happier than she'd ever been! Not that you would know that since you hardly have anything to do with her!"
"Actually you forget Charlie I do know all that already? Don't you see why I had to do that? He was holding her back."
"Bullshit Renee'."
"You're exhausting me Charlie just send her down now I'll take care of the rest."
"The hell I will! I will take care of Bella myself just like I always have and always will. And if I were you I'd get that cursed removed if you know what's best. Alcide was helping to keep our daughter alive in every which way possible I swear you haven't a God damn soul!"
Renee' laughs.
"Oh dear Charlie there is no removing it. What's done is done and rather you being so melodramatic about it you should be happy about this. Now she can go about her life she can meet a normal boy and serve her purpose as well. Now I'm not going to tell you again. Send the girl back I will take care of everything. Oh and you might want to warn her not to pick the red heels in front of company…"
"Fuck you Renee' and if you ever show up at my door or anywhere near our daughter I'll blow your God damn head off myself. I sent her there hoping you loved our daughter enough to sympathize and help her since you yourself have been where she is. Instead you took her entire life and ripped it away from her!" And what the hell did she mean not to pick the red heels? Charlie shakes his head thinking back to their years of marriage.
Charlie slams down the phone and looks upon his daughter. He wasn't going to let this go. Charlie had sent her over there now he'd do everything in his power to make up for his mistake. Suddenly it dawns on Charlie and he runs towards the closet and sure enough sees a pair of red heels something he knew his daughter wouldn't be caught dead in. He clinches his jaw afraid that he knew what was to come of this. He reaches out and raises the left shoe. Sure enough the shelves move about.
"God damn it Renee!" He yells.
"WHAT THE HELL DAD?"
He looks to his daughter and shakes his head.
"Seems your mother already started you a collection."
"Oh my God!" Bella quickly steps out of the closet and covers her mouth.
"GET RID OF IT DAD! PLEASE!"
He nods and lifts the shoe yet again and the weapons disappear.
"How and when?" Bella stumbles on her words.
"Hell if I know…"
"Dad I can't do this I just can't."
Charlie nods but isn't sure what to say. He knew one thing for sure. Bella hadn't any real choice. Renee' was right about that it was in Bella's blood. There was nothing anyone could do about that. However he knew one thing for sure only Bella could decide what she wanted to do with this and how to go about it. But whether she liked it or not she was a hunter.
He glances over as Bella sits upon the bed looking shell shocked. He knew there was no way he was sending her back to Renee'. Charlie glances back to the closet he reaches out to the red heel yet again and exposes the weapons he grabs a hand gun and loads it.
"Hey kiddo." He tosses Bella the gun then tosses her a silencer to put on it.
Without even thinking she twists it on the barrel. He shakes his head on this. She looks to him wide eyed realizing what she just did. He tosses her a bullet proof vest and grabs himself one.
"Let's go kid."
"Dad?" She says in a panic.
"I won't leave you untrained and I'm sorry to say it but you're mom's well she's…"
"A bitch?"
Charlie nods.
"Let's get out of here." Bella watches Charlie load a couple more weapons in a black bag.
Bella's stomach knots up. This is something in a million years she'd never dreamed she be doing much less with Charlie Swan.
Charlie drives her out to the woods.
"Dad what are you doing?"
"You'll see."
He parks the truck and gets out. He reaches into the back and grabs the bag and also grabs his axe.
"An axe dad really?"
He says nothing and she follows him out.
"Put your vest on Bells."
"Dad you're scaring me."
He laughs.
"Hmm I'm the one that should be scared. You're the hunter not me."
Bella didn't like the sound of this.
"Dad please I want to go back home."
"I know you do but I'm not leaving Shreveport until I know my girl can defend herself when needed."
Charlie grabs a log and starts chopping it.
"What's that for?"
"Well I don't have any disk for practice so nature it is."
He tosses Bella the handgun. Then tosses a piece of log into the air Bella looks to him blankly as it hits the ground.
"Um Bells hun you're supposed to shoot at them as I toss them."
"Oh…"
He laughs and tries again. Charlie swallows as she shoots it dead on and the piece of log shatters in the air.
"Good job."
He tosses another and she hits it dead on as well. Her hands begin to shake as she looks to her father.
"Dad?"
"It's the blood."
She places the gun down on ground and backs away from it.
"I want to go home."
"Stop that Bells! Look at me you think Alcide gets to just go home when he's facing danger? He's a pack master right?"
"Who?"
Charlie sighs.
"Nevermind."
"Look kiddo I don't like it any more than you do trust me I hate this. I hate that you have to do this. But this is who you are just as I am a cop. I can't just phone it in when I don't want to face the day. Trust me there are a lot of times I want to. But I've a responsibility."
"Yeah but you got to chose to be a cop!"
"Hmmm."
Charlie tosses a piece of log in the air.
"I didn't have my gun."
"Don't need it." He thought back to when Renee was training and some of the ways she would describe her abilities. The difference was Renee' loved every minute of being a hunter and he swore she still did. Bella however he could see wasn't too crazy about it. But honestly he was glad she wasn't all into it. It would frighten him more if she were.
"The key is not to put a whole lot into it. It's just a log. You need to barely push out that energy. You push out only what you need if you use it all up at once it will weaken you. Whatever is built up on you barely even graze it Bella which means no matter how mad or desperate you are you have to focus on the smallest of energy so to speak."
She nods as Charlie tosses another piece in to the air. She leaves nothing left of it.
"Too much Bells let's try again."
Charlie says nothing as he sees Alcide watching from a distance. He'd recognize the wolf from anywhere and knew that was his stare. To be honest he was glad he was still trying to protect his daughter. When Bella isn't looking Charlie nods to him and Alcide nods in return.
"Still too much Bells."
"How would you know? You're not a hunter!"
Charlie shakes his head.
"I just know Bells I've been around it long enough to know. Now try again! It only takes a little Bella you're putting way too much into it."
He hoped Alcide was paying attention so that he could help her with all this if she so needed one day. That is if she ever remembered him again.
"Listen your mother use to practice on toothpicks in the kitchen maybe this is something you should try. That's how little of energy you need anything more than that is too much and it will only leave you weak and defenseless. The larger the target the more force you need but if it doesn't call for that much you could be only endangering yourself more. The last thing you want is to pass out in a battle. Good way to get yourself killed or someone you're protecting. Next time you think about it Bells I want you to practice on the smallest of things as you go try using less and less energy and soon you will be able to maintain and control it. Before you know it it'll be like second nature to you and you won't even second guess yourself."
"Dad how do you know so much about this?"
"Despite what your mother thought I actually paid attention, perhaps too much at times."
Bella shakes her head on this.
"I'm sorry dad."
"I'm not it came in handy later." He nods towards her.
She half smiles.
"I'm exhausted kiddo and I know you are. Let's call it a night and try again tomorrow."
Bella nods.
Alcide nods towards Charlie and disappears before Bella can see him.
Bella tosses and turns but can't sleep. She places a blanket over her father as he sleeps on the couch. She grabs her keys and sneaks off on the bike. Something about that house made her feel stir crazy. She placed her helmet on and headed to Merlotte's. She wanted to be anywhere but that house at the moment. It constantly felt as though something was missing. Not only that but there was a constant emptiness and sadness within her. She wasn't even sure why. But she didn't feel herself. She hated leaving her dad like that but knew she couldn't be in that house not tonight she felt suffocated.
Sam reared his head back as she sat at the bar.
"You ok hun?"
She nodded.
Alcide had already warned all their friends and Sam what was going on. Sam knew Bella thought she still worked for him. For Bella's sake they all decided to work together on this until Charlie and Alcide could figure this out.
Sam looked around and knew business was slow.
"Want a beer or shot Bella?"
"Sam?"
He looked to her.
"Do you think there's something wrong with me?"
He chuckles a bit.
"Don't we all have something wrong with us?"
She shrugs.
"I don't know lately I feel as though I've lost my mind."
The man in the corner of the bar clears his throat and Bella turns towards him.
"So you come here often?"
She smiles and shrugs.
"I work here so I guess you could say that."
The man nods.
"Could I buy you a beer?"
"I'm ok thank you."
"Let the man buy you a beer sug." Sookie says as she takes off her apron and winks at Bella.
Bella sighs.
"Ok fine. Just one though and I got to get home before my father wakes."
"Snuck out huh?"
"You could say that."
"Couldn't sleep?"
She nods sadly.
"Amongst other things."
"I hear ya on that."
"So what's your name if you don't mind me asking."
"Bella."
"And your name sir?"
He finishes his beer and rises.
"Alcide… Hope to see you around Bella." He says making sure he keeps his distance as he exits the bar.
Bella takes her beer back to the bar to take to Sam, if she had looked down at the table she would have seen something written on a napkin. I love you Bella was written real small on Alcide's side, but what would have caught her off guard was something else. The whole time she was taking to him, he never had a pen in his hand.
