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The Singer Connection

Chapter 36

BPOV

Its been a year since the attack on La Push. They say times fly when you having fun, I am not so sure of that. We've been caring for Emily's three year old son Sammy, so Sam could be with Emily for her newborn year. She's doing really great and the family brought her home today. Luckily she remembered the important things, like Sam and Sammy, she even remembered us. We had to test her before she could be around them without trying to eat them, but like me controlling her thirst was no big problem. She actually likes the taste of animals.

Jessie had nightmares for the first weeks after the attack but he is doing so much better. He has yet to connect to anyone as far as girls go but he is still young. I can't help but hope he will find someone the good old fashion way. Carlie and Justin are back to the way they were before the attack. Even though Justin in only six he looks and acts like he's fifteen.

Today is Kevin's first birthday, he took after his sibling and started phasing from birth and growing extremely fast. Leah and Garrett definitely have their hands full with four children who are aging rapidly. Even the twins Ashley and Alexia, who are three now look and act like they are seven. I found myself pulled from my thoughts by the sound of the lock down sirens going off; I instantly froze when I looked up to see every member of the pack sprint off and phase before entering the forest around us. Edward and I started gathering the children up that weren't with their parents and we head for the security bunker. The security bunker had been built a month after the last attack it also housed all the monitoring cameras they had been placed around the reservation and it also housed the daycare Rose had started for all the special children, those children who couldn't attend regular daycare. Immediately after entering the building we rushed the children into the basement for Rose to watch.

"Rose, what's going on?"

"Sorry Bella, I don't know. I know Jasper's freaking out upstairs about something but he's not elaborating on anything yet."

"It's okay Rose, watch all the kids, the older ones will help just don't turn anyone away, not until we know more."

"You know I won't Edward, so hurry up and find out what's going on!"

Edward grabbed my hand and led me to the war room as Jasper called it. Rose as right Jasper looked frazzled as he flashed from one side of the room to other. Everyone was filing in as we started to take a seat. Esme visibly relaxed when she saw we were all here.

No one said a word to Jasper until Sam marched in.

"What's up Jazz?"

"Big trouble in Forks." he said as he was laying out some blueprints on the table.

"So…why, are we on lock down?" asked Jacob who had just joined us.

"Because of the nature of trouble."

"So fill us in already!" You could tell Paul was itching for a fight.

"Okay everyone, listen up, the police in folks were called to the High school an hour ago. Someone was taken it over. I had been watching the surrounding area lately, because a few people have gone missing not just in Forks but in Mason County as well. Thirty people in the last thirty days to be exact," he sighed before he continued.

"Someone is building another newborn army. I don't think it's a coincidence that it happened a year to the day since the last attack. Do you?"

I felt my chest tighten when he reminded me of a year ago. I didn't have very fond memory's of that day. Jasper continued to give us every detail he been able to get off the police band radios he had set up when the building was built. As we listened we learned that the police had called in the FBI to help, since they had no idea how many people were holding the three hundred-twelve students and forty-three faculty. I couldn't help but ask.

"Jasper are we sure that the school is being held by vampires?"

"Yeah Bella, I checked it out personally, the place wreaks of vampires. The cops have it pretty well covered but since Forks High is housed in several buildings, covering such a large area, there are holes for us to slip through." I just numbly nodded to Emmett after he informed us this.

We all huddled around the blueprints Jasper had laid out while he laid out the best plan of attack. Jaspers only fear was me and Edward being separated, if one of us got caught up in the rescue, we would have to worry about it the eight hour mark that the connection would tolerate.

"Okay so this is how it's going to work, we're going in teams, one wolf and one vampire to each building…" he was cut off by Sam.

"I refuse to take any guards off their posts. Not after last year, what if this is another distraction attempt? Demanded Sam.

"Your right, we shouldn't do that. Also the less of us that go in, the easier it will be to get out. We don't want to look like were the ones holding the students hostage," Edward decided it was time for him to join in.

"That's right we don't. Now we do have luck on our side, some off the tribal police are working with the police at the school and since they know about us, they are willing to help us get in and out through their positions," Jasper informed us.

JPOV

"Have you set up the teams yet?"

"Yes, there here on this list, so pair up and locate the position ya'll be entering from."

As much as I know Carlisle and Esme would love to help, they are staying here with me, guarding the young'ins and the elders. I wanted to be the first one in but I'm not as strong as the others are about being around open blood and I am sure there is going to be a lot of it spattered through out the school. The only reason Bella is going, is because she never had an interest in human blood. They started taking off after each pair had marked their mates and found their entry points. My biggest worry is Alice, I know she's paired with Sam and he is a skilled fighter but she is my wife and my life.

EPOV

Watching Bella take off with Leah was less then pleasant. Granted the pain of being apart isn't what it use to be, but after last years attack, I cant help but be worried. I know after she healed Jasper started teaching her to fight but it doesn't make me feel any better. I know it wasn't necessary but I marked her twice to be sure. Jacob and I took off after Emmett and Paul. Once we reached our access point we had no problem getting into the science building. Amazingly the entrance wasn't guarded, unfortunately there was two bodies, one student and one teacher, and both were definitely drain. Jacob and I had both decided the best way to proceed was to sweep one corridor at a time. The first two rooms were empty, in the third we found the teacher guarding twelve students. After a lot of convincing we got them to open the door and follow us out to the tribal police, who were waiting for them. After a few more empty rooms, we found one that wasn't exactly empty but there was nothing we could do for them, unfortunately.

"Hey Jacob, did you hear that?"

"Sounds like whimpering coming from the next room."

Much to our displeasure it was indeed whimpering coming for the room. It was coming from a teenage girl she had been bitten and the change was underway. The rest of the of the classroom was empty, so it would appear she was alone.

"Can you tell me your name?"

"KRISTA!" I knew before she answered from her thoughts what her name was and she was an eighteen year old who was afraid to die a virgin.

"Okay, Krista we're here to help. I need you to try and be as quiet as possible. Can you do that?"

"Yes…am I…going to die?" Wow couldn't she ask another question?

"Do worry…everything will be explained to you, after we get you out."

"Jasper yeah, we have one turning, we need to get her out before anyone sees her."

"Get her to the tribal police, Seth will be waiting to bring her here."

"Right." I hung up as Jacob had already started to scoop her up and headed for the door.

I was checking the classrooms in our current hallway while I waited for Jacob to come back. To my surprise, I discovered one of the classrooms was not only populated it was turned into a feeding room. The newborn had the students against the wall while he was taking them one at time. Even more surprising was it was Mr. Melina, our old biology teacher. That would explain why and how he no problem getting in. The minute he smelled me he dropped the body and sprinted to the hall to meet me, well that was nice of him. It saved me from exposing myself to the hostages.

Jacob had just rounded the corner and distracted him, god you have to love a dumb newborn, especially when they make it so easy to kill them. In one flash I had his head locked in my hands and wasn't he stupid enough to try and turn his head at that exact moment. Jacob just snickered as his body fell to the floor with a loud thump. I just shrugged and smirked, what could I say, he lost his head. From Jacobs thoughts he had polished one off before he joined me, so with two down we headed upstairs. Thankfully the second floor was empty, no students or faculty and no one changing. With luck on our side we headed out and meet up with John, the tribal cop that helped us get in, that's when my phone rang, it was Bella.

BPOV

Leah and I were to handle the main building, the side entrance was open as promised. We headed for the main office looking for all the classroom schedules. We figured it would cut down on how many rooms we actually had to check. We had decided on the way here going to concentrate on finding the newborns then we would check for anyone who might have been bitten but not killed. Finding the first newborn was easy, it's not like she was hiding as she exited the administration offices. She was blonde with a figure that reminded me of Alice's. We watched her for a second before she caught our scents. She must have been thrown off by Leah scent because she cocked her head to the side before she tried to rush us. The tight quarters like the hallways of the school, was going to work in her favor since she would use a head on attack. Our only advantage was she paused when Leah phased. That's when I flipped over Leah's back and grabbed her head as I was still in mid-air flight. Her head never had a chance as I tore it from her shoulders, I looked up from the crouch I landed in to see her body fall limp to the floor. Leah just chuckled as she phased back to her human form.

"Nice flip, your lessons have definitely paid off."

"Why thank you," I said as I pretended to take a bow.

From the scents at the front door there were probably two more some where around here. When we assented the stairs to the second floor the scent split up and went in two different directions. This left me and Leash with the choice of staying together and splitting up.

Leah took off to the right and whispered over her shoulder "See you on the other side."

I smiled back as I headed in the other direction. The scent was from a male this time and he wasn't as new as the last one, but I recognized his face, it was Tyler Crowley. I wasn't looking forward to taking him on. Could I really kill someone I knew? When he attempted to attack me the answer was a resounding 'Hell Yes!' He had more skills then the women downstairs. However so did I, I didn't spend the last year learning to fight for nothing. Using the wall as my floor I flashed towards him until I was a foot away from his head before I launched off it and kicked him square in the head with enough force to send him flying into the room on the other side of the Hall. It was a move I learned from watching the matrix's movies, it took me a month to master it.

In a flash he was back for more and I was ready for him with a round house kick that sent him flying forty feet down the hall to an already phased Leah's waiting feet, in a split second she had his head in her mouth. I flinched just hearing the sound of tearing metal which meant just one thing Tyler had lost his head.

"So what now?" Leah asked wiggling her eyebrows.

"There is a fireplace in the principal's office, I say we burn them and get the hell out of Dodge."

"Check that end and I got this side, look for any changelings."

Most of my side was empty but given the time of the attack, most classes near the cafeteria were empty. There were a few exceptions four dead teachers in the teachers lounge, but there was another exception a small barely audible heartbeat. I found to my hearts dread the heartbeat belonged to my old high school friend, Angela Webber. She was fully engulfed in the change and there was no stopping it now. I cradled her gently as I headed for the hallway only to find Leah in the clutches of another newborn, who decided to join our little party. He was putting a serious hurt on Leah, who never had a chance to phase before he grabbed her. From her body movements, she had at least one broken leg and an arm as well.

"Hey jerk, didn't your mother ever teach you not to hit women!" I yelled as I placed Angela on the floor.

"Well it's my lucky day, the boss has been looking for you." Excuse me?

"Yeah…well tell him to come and get me…oh, wait that's right your not leaving here with your head." I ground out through my teeth as he dropped Leah loudly to floor.

"Bring it on little girl, this should be fun."

The moment he chose to move it was the end of him, Leah reached up with her good hand and tripped him. I think it's the first time I have seen a vampire trip. Yeah, I giggled just thinking of the days when that was a daily occurrence for me. I didn't hesitate as I spin kicked him and threw him to the floor, as I swept his feet out from under him. In his effort to scramble to his feet he took his eyes off me just long enough for me to separate that pesky head of his from his body.

"Leah…are you okay?"

"Yeah Bella, just peachy," she ground out through her teeth.

"I'm going to take care of these before leave, so don't more, okay?"

"Got it."

If was a relief when I hit the administrative offices again. Luckily the principal had already started a fire this morning, so I just had to stoke it a bit before I dragged in the first newborns pieces. I was somewhat worried what if some noticed the purple smoke, but then again, I couldn't just leave them lying around, could I? Luckily no other newborns showed up while I torched the others from the second floor. This left one dilemma, how do I get Leah and Angela out, plus everyone locked inside? So I did the only thing I could think of, I called Jasper. Only problem was, he wasn't answering the phone. Which of course this made no sense, why wouldn't he answer the phone?

After moving Leah to the first floor I went and retrieved Angela from the classroom I had hidden her in. With everything set for our departure I grabbed Angela and placed her over my left shoulder, while Leah reached up and between the two of us, I situated her on my right shoulder. I just hoped I could still move fast enough that no one would see me. Giving it everything I had, I flashed to the side of the tribal officer who was waiting for me.

"Jesus Bella, did you have to give me a heart attack?" he gasped as he grabbed his chest.

"Sorry Mike," I chuckled.

"Hey everyone is toast in there but I didn't let the rest out, I was afraid someone would see

me."

"It's cool, I can go in now if they find my fingerprints, they wont think anything about it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, get these guys out of here before someone sees you"

This feeling just kept telling me I was going in the wrong direction as I pushed myself forward trying to get them back to La Push. I never made it back, about half way there I ran into Seth, who was carrying someone from the school.

"Bella, turn NOW!"

"What's wrong?"

"Their rushing on La push, we need to get these guys to the isolation cabin before we can go and help," he was right we couldn't leave them defenseless while we fought.

It took fifteen minutes of pure hell to get to the cabin, I spent the entire run worrying about the kids and Edward. The minute I put them down we all started calling every phone number we had.

"Edward, where are you?"

"I'm just leaving the school, why what's wrong?"

JPOV

With all the teams way, it was now a waiting game. For most people listening to all the police bands might have been confusing, but not for me. No one had noticed the teams slipping in, which was relief. Rose's daycare was packed with any member from the tribe who made it here. The minute all my alarms went off at once I know we were right, the school was a diversion. On the monitors I counted at least thirty vampires crossing onto our reservation. This was going to be very interesting, the first one's were greeted by strategically placed C4 bombs, I really enjoyed flicking the switches. I know it wouldn't kill them but It would hopefully blow off a few limbs and slow them down while we had a chance to cut them off.

More and more members arrived after the bombs went off this was a good sign. Once in the basement it would be virtually impossible for anyone to get them. When Esme and I made the plans for this place, we made it so it would be easier to get into a military installation, then it would be to get in here. The pack members that were at their posts were taking out the stragglers that had received any damage from the C4 bombs. It didn't take long before the rest hit my second line of defense. I could feel the venom coursing through my veins as I started the targeting lasers from my laptop. Rosalie was nice enough to make me a few dozen diamond cutting lasers just for this purpose. The minute the screen registered they were ready, I started taking out anyone who was in my sights. Watching them scramble was something I would never forget. Who would have thought of using diamond cutting lasers against vampires? That honor goes to Alice. Yeah instead of saying diamonds are a girls best friend, she says diamond cutters are. So with ten carnivores down the rest had entered the inter sanctum. Since we were called vegetarians, we have started calling the human drinkers carnivores, leave it to Jessie to come up with that one. With nothing left to do while we wait for everyone to rescue us I hit the basement and sealed us off from everyone including those who would come to rescue us.