Chap 37
Jasper
Bella watched carefully, ready to throw her shield out once more as we walked through. In this smaller room the three brothers sat down motioning for us to do the same but Bella shook her head,
"We prefer to stand thank you"
"Very well Bella. Now Rosalie Cullen, do you have anything to say in regard to Bella's insinuations?"
Aro looked eagerly at Rose.
"The child is the result of my experiment and as such belongs to me, to dispose of how I decide and as she is a hybrid child I thought you might want to research her."
"Experiment you bitch? You drugged me and artificially inseminated me. Your experiment stopped then. I carried her, I bore her, she's mine, mine and Jasper, you never had my permission or his for what you did"
"Do researchers ask permission from their lab rats?"
"We're not lab rats Rosalie, we're people, we have rights"
"You have no rights, you're an animal I used to test my theory."
I saw Aro smile before he cut in,
"Please, Bella you have a point but why if you didn't want to be involved in this research did you agree to take the drugs and take part in the other experiments?"
"I didn't. I was being drugged without my consent. The fact that her experiment produced a pregnancy doesn't give her the right to take away the baby I carried. Grace is my daughter and I demand her return"
One of the other brothers leaned forward,
"Are you and The Major involved?"
"Yes."
"Were you at the time?"
"No"
"Then why should you worry about this experiments result? The child is the culmination of Rosalie Hales experiment and as such belongs to her."
"No, she's the result of her interference in my life, my body, and Grace is mine."
He waved my words away,
"Take the child to one of the guest suites until we decide what to do with her."
Bella
As a huge guard and the young man who had attempted something earlier moved forward I threw up my brick wall but before I did that Grace had acted and more stones flew out knocking them backwards."
Aro raised his eyebrow,
"Well it seems the child is talented indeed, it cannot be allowed to go into the human world with an ungoverned gift like that. It would betray us all."
"I wont. I don't want to use it but you wont leave me alone. I don't like you Aro, you don't listen to my mummy or daddy."
Aro and the others looked at Grace standing there arms folded, looking annoyed.
"I want to go home with my mummy and daddy. I won't stay here"
Jasper nudged me and I saw a young girl walk forward so I threw out my shield between us and her and saw her scowl then look at Aro.
"Enough. Your guard can't reach us and Grace wont stay here so what do you suggest?"
"You cannot leave Volterra Bella, you know our secret."
"Then change me and I'll go home with Jasper and my daughter. That's the only crime I'm guilty of."
Emmett walked forward then,
"Bella, this little girl is yours and Jaspers? Why did Rose tell me lies about her?"
"Because she knew you wouldn't take part in her scheme if you knew the truth"
"Is this true Rose? Is Grace Bella's child?"
"Yes but only because I enabled her to carry it"
"It? It's a child Rose"
"No Emmett it's just an experiments conclusion, nothing more."
"Rose, you lied to me about this child and now you want me to back you up when you're about to hand the little girl over to the Volturi? Bella's daughter, Jaspers? What are you?"
"Oh grow up Emmett, besides do you really think they are suitable people to be parents? She can hardly walk without falling over, she's mentally unstable, on pills because Edward left her and him,... well I don't think even you believe that the infamous Major is a suitable role model for a young child unless you want to turn her into a complete monster."
"Rose it's not your decision to make"
"Yes it is Emmett, you forget I created her, therefore its down to me to dispose of her in the same way scientists put down the results of their experiments be they mutant rats or chimps."
"She's not a rat or a chimp, she's a human child"
"Wrong Emmett, she's a freak created by me, a monster who shouldn't even exist and wouldn't if not for my intervention. Bella would never have carried that baby to term if not for my drugs."
Emmett looked at Rose in horror before moving away to stand alone.
"No, I won't be party to this, its wrong"
Rose laughed at him,
"You always were weak Emmett. I don't need you in any case, run away, turn your back on me if you want to. Go back to Carlisle as his venom provider but ask yourself what he plans to do with his drugs? Will they help the humans in the long run? I very much doubt it."
Grace turned to Rose,
"You are a bad person, I don't like you"
Rose laughed out loud,
"And you think I care what you think little one"
"You should"
"Oh why? Are you going to throw a few more rocks around in your temper? Do you think that will hurt me child?"
"No, but if I use the same power on you as the rocks I think it will"
Rose looked at her with scorn
"Go on then child, throw me around like your rocks. You can't destroy me."
Emmett wasn't so sure and neither were we, Grace seemed very sure of herself. She turned to us,
"Is she a bad person? Should I stop her?"
I smiled at her but Jasper turned her head to look at him and shook his own,
"No Grace, it's up to us to stop her not you. You stay quiet now and stand with mummy."
Aro nodded sagely,
"That's a better idea Major, none of us want any deaths if they can be avoided"
"They can't Aro, but I won't have my daughter a killer."
"So what do you intend to do Major? Kill her yourself?"
I stepped forward
"No, it was my father she killed, my body she abused along with that of my mate. I claim the right to deal with her."
All three brothers laughed at this and Jasper put a hand on my arm but I smiled at him,
"Trust me Jasper"
He looked into my eyes and then nodded turning back to Aro,
"I guess my mate is claiming her right"
"Mate? A human? That's novel but if that's what you want Major. Bella"
I looked at Rose and conjured my invisible wall a few feet in front of her. I had no idea if this would work but I wanted my revenge on her. I turned to Emmett,
"I'm sorry Em"
He frowned
"No Bella. I can see you have a just grievance. please believe I didn't know"
"I do."
I turned back to a smiling Rose and concentrated. Grace took my hand again and I felt a sudden surge. The shield hit Rose at the same time a fall of huge stones from the roof of the chamber fell. Her body was buried under the heap and concentrating again I lifted them as if with an invisible net. Rose's crushed body lay there but I knew she wasn't dead, a vampire would recover from any such injury eventually. I let the stones drop over and over until the pieces of Rose and the pieces of shattered stone were indistinguishable before stepping forward and dropping to my knees by a small fraction of her hand protruding from among the rocks and twitching. I took a lighter from my pocket and touched its flame to the moving part and it burst into flame which spread among the stones. Each tiny fragment of vampire flashing into flame and jumping to the next bit before the flames slowly died out.