SEEKING MY WHITE WITCH
Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline
"But, I can say this if she moves and that rib shifts just slightly she could die."
"I will not allow her to die. That is not even a thought to be speaking at this moment." Lee tells all of them.
He then turns to Ankarra and while looking at her states very plainly, "I will do what I need to do to save her with or without your permission."
"Lee, right now it is a waiting game. I cannot do much without the necessary equipment needed to treat her injuries properly. And, to move her to the hospital we would have to do a lot of explaining, possibly to the police if called in and I don't believe she would live to make the trip."
Suddenly, a bloodcurdling scream is heard coming from upstairs. Everyone tears out of the sitting room making for the second floor. Lee and Carlisle run into the master suite, throwing the door open hard enough that it bounces off of the wall. Bella and Charlie are over by the bed trying to calm Ria, but, she is clutching her chest on the right side with a small stream of blood sliding out of her mouth, with her gasping for air.
CHAPTER 29: WHAT A NIGHTMARE?
With seeing both Lee and Carlisle enter the room, Bella and Charlie moved quickly out of the way to give immediate access to Ria. Lee breathed in quickly working to control the venom flowing in his mouth due to the scent of her blood. Normally Ria had her shield up enough that no scent was present, but, with this newest development it was down completely and made for a bad situation with all of the vampires that were in his home.
"Everyone out now: Let me see what I can do."
Lee walks out into the hallway where everyone else is waiting for news. Bella seeing him exit the room and closing the door after him, walked over and put her arms around him to give comfort. He hugged her close and then asked if she knew what happened. She explains that Ria woke up and wanted to sit up. It hurt too much to come straight up, so, she rolled to the side and pain from the bruising hit her unexpectedly causing her to fall completely on that side. Next were the screams and the blood flow.
"Damn. Damn! DAMN!"
At that moment Carlisle walked out and looked over at Lee with a guarded expression. Lee watched him for a moment or two then asked, "Well, what do we need to do?"
"Is there somewhere we can talk privately?"
Lee led him down the hallway a bit further from all of the human hearing, but, knew it would make no difference where they went in the house, the vampires present would still hear what was said. The only way for complete privacy was to leave the house a distance and that was not even an option as far as he was concerned.
"Son, I need to remove the rib from her lung. Once that is done the lung will completely collapse on her making her breathing very difficult. If we can't get the rib back into position to try setting it, seal the hole in her lung and get the lung inflated again, she will die. She needs major surgery and I can't do it here without the equipment needed to assist in the process."
"You remove the rib and get it in position. Once you do that I will take care of everything else. Give her something to ease the pain, but, not enough to knock her out." Carlisle looked at him like he had lost his mind. He wanted to ask Lee how he was planning to heal the damage, but, refrained from voicing his thoughts. It was possible that he was going to turn her which he would help all that he could with the transformation.
"Okay, I will get what I can, but that isn't much as I wasn't prepared for this, and, get prepped to get it done."
"Thanks. I will be ready when you are." Lee tells him.
They move back down the hallway where everyone else is still collected. Bella looks at Lee with a look wanting answers to all of the unasked questions. He just shook his head and motioned for her and Charlie to follow him downstairs. Once down there he took them into the kitchen area to explain what was going on. Lee explained that he knew of a method of helping Ria to heal, but, it was going to have to be applied immediately after Carlisle removed the rib from her lung.
"I just wanted to assure you that everything was going to be all right. She will only be suffering for a small period of time. Carlisle is giving her something to ease the pain while we work to heal her."
While they were in the kitchen talking all of the Cullen family, except for Carlisle and Esme, came in to see if there was any way they could help. After a moment Ankarra came in and looked at Lee for a moment, and then she told him that she was assisting in the healing process. Lee looked at her and then nodded, telling her thanks at the same time.
Carlisle informed Lee that he was almost ready to begin. He was giving the painkiller and something to put her into a sleep like coma and would be ready to start within fifteen minutes after that to make sure everything had taken effect. When Lee asked where Esme was Rosalie told him that she was with Jason and not to worry as the young one was sleeping peacefully. He was thankful for that information and was even surprised that Ankarra was going to follow through the blood healing. He also wondered where the shape shifters had disappeared. No one had seen them shortly after returning to the Casa and the show ended. Hopefully they decided to return home.
But, that wasn't going to happen tonight, since as the thought was there he turned around seeing Jacob walk into the kitchen for something to eat.
"All of the pack still here?" Bella asks him.
"Yeah, we'll be heading back home as soon as I know Ria is going to be okay."
"I'll call and arrange for our jet to take you home. Just let me know when you want to leave and it will be ready." Lee offers.
"Thanks, we may take you up on that, but, we haven't really decided yet." With that said he walks back out of the kitchen, through the patio doors to sit outside with the rest of his friends.
With a sudden thought, Lee turns to Bella to ask, "Isn't there a potion you can mix that will speed a healing process?"
"Yes, but, it can't be used on one of us." injects Asia as she make her presence known. "There are several different kinds of potions that can and are used for different species, but, forbidden to us."
Lee looks at her like 'why the hell are you interfering', but, says nothing as he turns to leave the room. He heads back upstairs towards the master suite and goes in. He has to be close to Ria, she is his lifeline to sanity. Without her and Jason he would be nothing but a monster, a killing machine like before with no purpose or conscious, not giving a damn about the next moment. Both Ria and Isabella had made a difference and led to wanting a different, more fulfilling lifestyle, even though to all appearances he was already doing that.
As he enters the bedroom Carlisle is right behind him. He walks over to check on Ria, checking her pulse rate, her breathing and the depth of her sedation. He looks at Lee and asks, "You're sure this is what you want? It will be painful and she is going to feel the pain to a certain extent. I am goin-"as he was describing what would be done the door opens and Ankarra comes in. She looks at both of them then down at Ria. Gently laying a hand upon her head she slowly runs it down the side of her hair and face to the neckline. Gives a slight smile, and then moves out of the way.
At which point Carlisle continues from where he left off, "I am going to make a small incision to reach in to move the rib and as I do the lung will fully collapse, she will begin gasping for air and have internal bleeding.
"I don't know what you are going to do to begin a healing process, but, it will have to be quick because she will not last otherwise. By morning she will be gone."
"I understand, Carlisle, but, what I am going to do will not take long and the healing will begin within a matter of seconds, believe me when I tell you that."
"Lee, what is it that you both are going to do? Is it a medical procedure? May I watch while you administer it?" Carlisle fires question after question.
"Yes, you may be present, but, nothing goes beyond these doors. Is that understood?" Ankarra answers instead of Lee, but none of his other questions are answered.
Carlisle reaches into the basin that had gone unnoticed, in fact upon closer inspection; two such basins are seen next to the bed. One is used as Carlisle pours alcohol and a disinfectant on his hands, then he reaches into the second basin where he had some instruments waiting that had been sterilized. Picking up a scalpel he moves the covering aside and begins to make an incision on Ria's right side just big enough to reach a few fingers in, reaching for the rib and reposition it after removing it from where it had punctured the lung.
With the beginning of the incision Ria reacted with loud screaming of pain and sudden movement causing Ankarra to anchor her down firmly in place and to hold her still. Ria kept trying to move as Carlisle proceeded with the incision and the removal from the lung to reposition the rib. After a bit she stilled altogether. It took less than fifteen minutes for Carlisle to be through and as he started cleaning up on his side of the bed, Ankarra and Lee approached on the left side.
Since Ria was unconscious, Ankarra moved her head back a bit and opened Ria's mouth. After getting her positioned both vampires did the unexpected, they bit themselves in the wrist, took a finger from the other hand and swiped in the self-induced wound, and, then together placed the liquid on Ria's tongue. Next, they both brought their open wound, which was already starting to close, up close to Ria's mouth and squeezed just a few drops a piece which landed at the back of her throat. Lee reached up to her throat and massaged, inducing a swallowing action from Ria.
Carlisle watched on in opened mouth fascination at the events unfolding before him while the doctor side of him monitored closely Ria's vital signs and holding the incision while he stitched it closed. While he was still doing that Lee left the room for a moment then returned with an old fashion bellows that had been used for decoration. Ankarra kept Ria's head tilted with Lee placing the tip of the bellows just pass Ria's lips into her mouth. Then both vampires closed her mouth with Ankarra making sure of the closure and Lee gently but slowly worked the bellows. He was using this method to inflate Ria's damaged lung. They kept doing this every so often until telltale signs of a recovery begin to show.
Carlisle saw color returning to Ria's face, checking the incision he saw that it was healing at a rapid pace and finally the bellows was removed as Ria begin breathing freely on her own with little effort. He was absolutely amazed at what he had just witnessed but was unable to formulate questions at the moment that needed to be asked and answered.
An hour passed in which Ria increasingly was gaining in health and the mess from the procedure had been cleaned and cleared away. After another hour they all left the room to head down to the sitting room for a bit of relaxation and to alert everyone that the danger had passed. Ria was going to be okay.
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Unbeknownst to anyone during the battle and even the trial period afterwards that an unidentified vampire had been lurking and watching nearby. Of course, he didn't know who all were involved in the battle other than it was vampire against vampire against some humans against some dog type creature that stood as tall as a horse or better. He felt he needed to report this to the Volturi in Volterra immediately. So, off he heads to Italy with all possible speed to relay his tale.
A/N: What a surprise and shock Carlisle received. He had no idea that such things could be done with vampire fluids. What questions does he have to ask? Will Lee or Ankarra give him any answers? At least, she is recovering and the family is about to be told. Will everyone have a chance to get better acquainted with Edward and Bella reconnecting? Who observed the battle and now setting off to stir the pot of trouble?
And when will the Volturi be showing up on the scene? For what purpose would they come? What will be the next moves for everyone?
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