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Chapter 36: Can this day get any worse? Yes it can.
What do you mean Tanya is not alone? Who the heck is she with?" I asked confused.
Certainty she couldn't be with one of the Cullen's or one of the other Denali's especially now since everyone knows what she did. But then again those Denali sister did have a strong bond so I won't put it past them.
"Victoria" Answered Sam as he watched me closely gaging my reaction to the news.
Okay I would be lying if I didn't say that threw me for a loop. I was expecting him to say on of the Denali sisters or something of that sort. But I was so not expecting him to say Victoria.
"The little pixie vamp said she saw a vision of them teaming up." Added Sam once he saw I was okay adjusting to this little piece of information I was receiving from him.
"But how? I mean Victoria and Tanya don't even know each other. Heck they don't even run in the same social circles. Victoria is a nomad that feeds on humans. Tanya belongs to a coven and up until recently has feed on animals. There is basically nothing that shows that they would even know each other. There is not a connection." I said speaking my piece as I sat there with both Jacob and Dean holding my hands in support.
"There is always a connection." Said a deep gruff voice from behind us.
We all turned around to see Charlie standing in the door way with Billy in his wheelchair. We don't know for how long they had been standing there or how much they had heard but judging by what Charlie said they had heard everything.
Billy and Charlie walked into the room before Charlie continued on with what he was saying.
"I may be just a human and I will admit that I don't know a lot about this supernatural stuff. But there is one thing I do know very well. I know the criminal mind. I have been the chief of police for many many years and if there is one thing I can be sure of is that there is always a connection. You might not recognize the connection right away but there is one. They might have been friends even family but there is always a connection." Said Charlie taking a seat at the table with the rest of us.
When Charlie said family that is when the little light bulb in my head went off. That was the connection. That is how Tanya knew Victoria.
"That's it. Dad you're a genius! Okay do you all remember that vampire with the dreadlocks Laurent that was going to kill me until you guys got to him first? Well Laurent was the mate to one of Tanya's sisters. And of course you all know that Laurent was running with Victoria and James at the time. And if I didn't know any better I would bet anything that Victoria, James and Laurent didn't happen to come across myself and the Cullen's playing baseball that day. I bet Tanya sent them there knowing that James would become obsessed with hunting me. How sad is that? Tanya sent her brother in law to do her dirty work since she couldn't since Edward was keeping a close eye on her. I bet she didn't expect that the Cullen's would kill James and that we would kill Laurent." I explained to the pack.
"Well now that we know what the connection is. We know what they both want. And that is Bella dead. And they aren't going to stop until she's dead or their dead. So we need to find out some plan to keep Bella safe." Announced Sam to the pack.
"The plan is we take Bella back to our rez. We can keep her safe there." Said Dean standing up taking me with him.
"Over my dead body!" Roared Jacob shooting straight out of his seat and pulling me to him.
"That can be arranged!" Yelled Dean right back as he pulled me back towards him.
"Hey guys! I am not stretch arm strong here. You're going to pull my arms of if you keep this up." I said yanking both my hands from their grasp. And walked over to stand next to Sam to be out of the way of their soon to be bickering.
"You better stand down pup! Bella came to me when she phased not you. She is meant to be with me not you. She was a part of my pack and with me before you showed back up. So technically I have dibs on her." Said Dean getting right up in Jacobs face staring him down.
"I have been best friends with her since birth. If you think that has changed when she stayed with your pack for two weeks you are crazy. Besides I imprinted on her first so I got dibs on her." Said Jacob right back at him keeping the eyes locked. Neither one of them wanting to back down or break the stare. For that would mean admitting defeat.
"You can't call dibs on me. I am not the front seat of your mom's minivan." I said half-jokingly half serious. I mean seriously who calls dibs on a girl.
"Okay Okay let's just cool it down here. And back it up." Said Charlie as he came between the two alphas trying to keep them from getting into a fight that wouldn't end well.
When Jacob and Dean finally backed away where they were out of arm's length. Charlie gave them both a good look and asked "Okay so who wants to tell me what is going on here?"
Oh this is so not going to be good. I thought as inched closer to Sammies side. Sam just chuckled at me and threw his arm around my shoulders as a way of comfort and support for the rage of Charlie that was about to explode when someone explained to him why Jacob and Dean were fighting over me.
"Well sir you see. What I mean to say is Dean and I both imprinted on Bella." Explained Jacob.
When Charlie gave him a confused look Dean just explained to him what imprinting is and then they both took turns explaining on how and when and why they imprinted on Bella.
"So let me get this straight. You two took it upon yourselves to imprint on Bella without her permission. And now she is spiritually bond to BOTH OF YOU!" Charlie said yelling the last bit. Making even both mighty alphas shrink back in their chairs.
You could tell that Charlie was about to blow his top because his whole face had turned tomato red and I was afraid he was going to have a stroke from his blood pressure being so high from all the stress.
But of course after a couple of minutes of silence and when Charlie had calmed down a little Paul just had to open his big fat mouth and say " Hey at least she is imprinted to two alphas instead of that leech Edward Cullen." Paul just had to comment.
"WHAT!" Yelled Charlie whipping around to face me.
"Gee thanks for throwing me under the bus Paul." I said shooting him daggers across the table at him.
"You're welcome." Was all he said as he leaned back so he could enjoy the show.
"You dated a vampire! You basically dated a creature that wants to suck the life from you! What do you have a death wish or something?" Charlie yelled looking at me like I grew an extra head.
"Why don't you ask her about the bite on her wrist?" Butted in Paul once again smirking at me.
"Paul shut up!" I yelled thinking that this man was trying to kill me.
When Paul said that my dad's eyes zeroed in on my wrist looking at the crescent shaped scar on my wrist.
"Oh my god!" Remarked Charlie when he saw my scar.
"It's not what you think Dad. James bit me and was going to change me into a vampire like him but Edward saved me by sucking out the venom. He saved me." I said trying to explain it to him.
"But Bella they drink blood." Said Charlie.
"They are vegetarians. They drink animal blood." I corrected him.
"But it is still blood." Commented Charlie.
"So what! They kill animals and drink their blood. We kill animals and eat their meat. How are we any different?" I said getting mad.
"Yeah but Bella they could kill and drink from humans." Said Charlie trying to reason with me.
"Yeah and so could we. It is called Murder and cannibalism." I said right back at him.
I was so fed up with everyone judging the Cullen's. So what if they drank animal blood. It was better than if they just gave in a killed a human and drank from them. They could so easily cave in a drink from a human but they don't. That is what makes them special. That is what makes them different. And when I thought of that I don't know why but it brought back memories of one of the Harry Potter movies when Dumbledore said "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are." Yes they are vampires but they choose not to let that make them monsters.
It was that then that Sam came to my rescue. "Okay back to the task at hand."
"Like I was saying Bella would be safer if she was at my rez. This Victoria and Tanya obviously know the lay of the land here. If Bella was at my rez she would be better protected and we would have the element of surprise since they don't know the area." Said Dean trying to sway everyone in his favor.
"Yeah they don't know the area. But neither do I or the rest of my pack. It would be more of a hinder then a help." Jacob said pointing out that little fact.
"Then what you suggest we do?" Asked Dean.
"I suggest we stay here. At least here we all know the area. Also here we have the Cullen's to help us take them down. You know the old saying the Enemy of my enemy is my friend." Suggested Jacob.
"He's got a point there Dean." Spoke up Alec.
"Fine so how are we going to go about doing this?" Asked Dean giving in about staying here.
"We step up patrols. Also Bella you are not to go anywhere without another one of the pack escorting you." Said Sammie.
"Sammie I don't need a babysitter." I argued.
"This is not a request Bells." Pointed out Sam ending the argument right there.
The next couple of hours we spent going over the new patrol schedules and going over defense plans and fighting skills. It was well past midnight before any of us were allowed to go home and get some well-deserved rest.
The next couple of days dragged by. It was like a waiting game. We had planned to wait and let them make the first move so we could surround them and then attack. But it seemed like Victoria and Tanya were taking their sweet time. Or maybe they just planned on killing me with boredom because if that was it they were doing on heck of a good job.
I wasn't allowed to patrol because being out in the open would make them more vulnerable. Also they didn't want me outside much because I would be an easy target. So mostly I was stuck inside somewhere going stir crazy. A girl could only clean and cook so much.
Thankfully though I had something to look forward to for when Sunday rolled around I was were Forks high used to be and I was walking up the newly built stage to receive my diploma. Of course the only downside was I had to sit next to Edward Cullen but oh well we were on the same side now right?
I was surprised that when I walked up to receive my diploma that I looked down to not only see my dad there but also both packs, Billy, Emily and Kim there also clapping as I received my diploma.
Soon after the graduation ceremony we all left to attend La Push's graduation ceremony as Jared, Kim and Paul were also graduating. Jacob, Quil and Embry were juniors so they still had one more year to go and poor Seth was still a freshman so he had a full three more years left.
After we attended both graduations we all headed down to the beach for the whole afternoon had been set aside for our graduation party slash bon fire. That afternoon had been one of the most relaxing afternoons that I have had in a while.
And to my surprise both packs were actually getting along pretty well. They even played a couple of games of football with one pack against the other. I seriously didn't think that would end well but they were all good sports about. And it seemed that even Jacob and Dean set aside their differences for today because after they were all done playing their fifth round of football. They came to sit beside me by the fire and presented me with my graduation present.
It was a bracelet with three wolves carved out of stone dangling from the woven leather band. They explained to me that each of the wolves represented one of us. The russet colored stone wolf was Jacob the next one that was completely black with specks of russet in it was me and the last one that resembled Dean's wolf was him.
They explained that they didn't want to ruin my graduation by fighting so they went in on this gift so they wouldn't be competing with each other over who got me the better present. I was so touched that they put so much thought and care into the present and what I thought that I couldn't hold back from hugging them both and gave them both a kiss on the cheek.
It was a perfect day but by the evening when the sun was dipping low on the horizon we had to end the party early because the thick fog was starting to roll in putting a damper on things. So we all called it a night and went our separate ways. But as I was heading back towards the Blacks house Emily came up walking beside me and asked if I wanted to have a "girl's night" since both Sam and Jacob had to patrol the North border and since they were picking up on patrols they also had Dean and Alec patrolling the South border also.
So I agreed and called Charlie to let him know and Emily, I and Kim all headed back to Sam and Emily's house for a night without all the male testosterone filling the air.
Two hours later we were all in the living room lounging around in our pj's when Seth came bursting in the back door and letting out a sigh of relief when he saw me.
"Bella you were supposed to tell me if you were planning on going somewhere else. You had me worried." Seth said out of breath.
"I told Sammie this and I will tell you this. I don't need a babysitter. I can take care of myself." I stated again as Seth just shrugged his shoulders and made himself comfortable in one of the dining room table chairs.
"Actually there is a reason I asked you both here." Confessed Emily.
"Sam and I have finally set our wedding date. We have it set for June 14th of next year. And I was wondering If Bella you would be my maid of honor and if Kim you would be my brides maid." Asked Emily.
"Of course!" Both Kim and I said at the same time and we ran to Emily and gave her a hug and told her congratulations.
But of course when we sat back down that was when I realized that Kim was like Alice's twin when it came to weddings because she started bombarding Emily with questions. "Where are you getting married? What are your wedding colors? What kind of dress do you want? What color do you want our dresses? What kind of flowers are you getting? Who is Sam's best man and grooms man?"
"Kim calm down. Emily is the one getting married not you. Plus she has over a year to plan this so take a deep breath." I said trying to put a stop to her racing thoughts.
"Thank You but Bella is right we just set the date today so we haven't really put any thought into anything yet." Said Emily as she went into the kitchen and came back into the room carrying three cans of pop and some popcorn.
"Have you at least thought about where to go on your honeymoon?" Asked Kim.
"We don't know yet. But I would like to go someplace warm for a change like Hawaii or the Caribbean." Said Emily.
"That sounds great. Of course you guys will have to book the honey room suite because we all know what happens on the night of your honeymoon." Said Kim which earned a groan in protest from Seth who had overheard our conversation.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked.
"Please don't tell me you three are going to start talking about sex are you? I get a front row seat every time Sam phases I don't need to hear about it too." Pleaded Seth.
"Like I said before Seth. I don't need a babysitter." I reminded him.
"Nice try Bella. But I'm not going anywhere." Replied Seth with a smirk on his face.
"Well let's see what we have here." I said flipping through the channels on the TV. "Oh look they have the thunder from down under on pay per view." I commented out loud.
"Okay I am out of here." Said Seth when he heard that. But I knew he wasn't leaving me unprotected. I still had Seth babysitting me just he was going to patrol around the house so he didn't need to be around to see that.
(AN: For all of you who don't know what I mean by the group the thunder from down under it is a group out of Vegas and they are kind of like the Chippendale dancers.)
After Seth left we all sat around and talked and watched TV while we pigged out on pizza, popcorn, soda and ice cream. We talked ate and watched TV well into the night before we passed out in the living room.
I was in a deep sleep when I was woken by the bang of the back door hitting the wall when Seth came busting into the room.
"Bella the guys have Victoria cornered on the cliff. I was told to get you and the others for backup and I am to stay here and watch over Emily and Kim." Said Seth out of breath.
When Seth said that my sleep fogged brain cleared and I didn't hesitate as I ran from the house not even stopping to take off my pjs as I phased.
When I phased I heard Sam and Dean yelling out orders and everyone jumbled thoughts mixed in with it and through their minds eye I could see that it did seem that they were cornering her. But haven't yet got her into a spot where she couldn't escape.
I ran as fast as my legs could push me. Knowing the they could use the extra hand to take down Victoria. Now usually I would stick to the tree line to keep from being seen but they needed my help now and judging by how high the moon was in the sky it had to be one am in the morning so I thought instead of taking an extra three minutes by sticking to the tree line. I would would run down the beach and shave that extra two minutes.
I mean no one is going to be on the beach at one am. And the fog was so thick you could cut it with a knife so no one would see me anyways. So I ran to take my detour down the beach heading towards the cliffs but that turned out the be one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made.
For as I was half a mile down the beach and was completely encased in the thick white fog. I was blindsided by something the ran by and hit me square in my side sending me sliding across the beach and sliding right into one of the large bolder size rocks that was sticking out of the sand. When I hit that rock I swore I heard a couple of my ribs break not to mention it must of damaged something because it now hurt to breath and it was getting harder to take in a breath.
It took only a couple of seconds to find the strength to stand up after receiving such a blow but when I was finally on my feet I felt this sharp pain to my neck. It felt like I had been hit with a blow dart from a gun. But that wasn't the weirdest part. That came when after I felt that sharp pain to my neck I started to involuntarily phase back to my human form.
What the heck? I didn't phase back that was against my will. Not to mention now all of a sudden the cool chill of the fog was starting to affect me. Wait a minute I run a toasty 108 degrees. I don't get cold. What is happening! I internally yelled. The worst part was the other packs didn't know I was being attacked and I couldn't phase no matter how hard I tried to.
Then from out of the fog I was attacked again but this time it was from behind as someone came behind me and hit me in the back of the head with I could only assume was a rock.
The only thing I knew for sure was that I blacked out after being hit sinking into the deep black bliss of uncoincecness.
AN: So what do you think? Does anyone have any ideas why Bella can't phase and why here werewolf abilities are disappearing? I hope you liked this chapter. But I had to stop it there because it is one am here and I need to sleep. So as always please please please review! It keeps me writing!