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BPOV
"What do you mean?" Edward asked, pulling Jace in a little tighter.
"Other than Edward not being able to read him, we've seen nothing," Carlisle said.
"I knew he was special," Rose stated.
"Please explain, Eleazar," I said, quietly.
"Well Jace also has three distinct parts to his powers. First, he can copy the power of anyone and use it as his own... and not just a single power either. He currently has his mother's shield, his father's mind reading, and his sister's gift as well," Eleazar explained, leaving everyone in the room breathless.
I looked at my sleeping son and smiled. I knew he was going to be powerful.
"Second, he can boost a vampire's power if he is nearby," Eleazar said.
"So is that why we were able to see Arriel's visions from so far away? Could he have boosted her ability enough to send her visions across a large distance?" Edward asked.
"That sounds about right," Eleazar said.
Everyone started talking excitedly amongst themselves.
Carlisle cleared his throat to get everyone's attention, "Go on, my friend."
"Last, if he feels threatened or, I guess if he wants to, he can take a gift from a vampire, effectively neutralizing any other vampire's power. He could make Aro powerless. Take Jane or Alec's powers as his own and make their powers useless. Carlisle, do you realize that with the twins, Bella, Edward, Alice, and Jasper you have infinitely more power than the Volturi. If they even hear a whisper of this, your family won't know a second of peace," Eleazar warned.
"Okay, I don't know who you guys are talking about. I don't know what you are saying, other than the fact that Bella and her children are in danger. Someone better start explaining!" Charlie seethed.
I looked horror struck between Edward and Carlisle. I didn't know what to say.
"Charlie, I know you want answers. That you need answers. And I promise that we will answer you. There is something we need to deal with first. A threat is coming to Forks, specifically for Bella, but a threat to us all. It's something that you can't deal with," Carlisle explained softly.
"Dammit! Why do you guys keep saying that? Seriously! I am a trained police officer! I can and will protect my daughter and this town," Charlie said angrily, grabbing his gun belt from the wall, obviously meaning to wear it.
Before he could even lower it from its perch, Alice grabbed it and was across the room before he could even blink. As he adjusted his vision to see what happened, she smiled at him and removed his handcuffs from the belt. In her tiny hands, she squished the cuffs into a small lump of metal and showed it to Charlie before tossing it to me. She told me to finish the job. I looked at my dad and the twisted metal lump in my palm. I closed my hand around the lump and squeezed until I felt the metal completely give way and turn to dust. I opened my hand and sprinkled the handcuff dust onto the carpet.
Charlie just stood there with his mouth ajar. I heard his heart beat quicken and then slowly settle.
"What are you?" he asked.
"Your worst nightmare," Emmett muttered too low for Charlie to hear.
"Dad, we can't tell you. It isn't safe for you to know," I told him.
"Have you known about this all along, Bells? Did you know what you were getting into before....?" he asked.
"Yes, Daddy, I knew," I told him.
"So what happens now?" he asked.
"Charlie, we have a lot we need to discuss. There are more of our kind coming. A lot more and we need to plan and Bella needs to tell us what she knows, so we can do that. After that, we will discuss where to go from here," Carlisle spoke.
"I think I will retire to my room for a while. I need to relax and I'll let you talk, with no more interruptions," he said.
"Thank you, Daddy," I told him, kissing his cheek.
As Dad walked out of the living room towards the stairs, there was a knock at the door. In his dazed state, Charlie opened it without thinking. Before he could blink, Alice had him across the room and Jasper, Connor and Emmett were in the front hall, blocking the entrance.
"It's us," came the familiar husky voice of Jacob. Slowly Jasper, Connor and Emmett backed away and allowed six of the Quileute boys into the house. The boys eyes darted around the room, locking in on Charlie.
"Jake?" Charlie asked. "What are you doing here? Are you...?"
I stepped in to try to avoid confusion, "Jake, my dad has a very basic knowledge of what is going on here. No specifics! We need to keep him safe."
Jake nodded and whispered a command to his boys to stay silent and let him speak.
"Hey, Charlie!" Jake stated softly.
"Jake. Do you know about all this craziness? Are you involved? Are you like them?" Dad asked quickly.
"Lots of questions, Charlie," he answered. "Yeah I knew about the craziness. I am not like these lee... ladies and gentlemen. Am I involved? Only as it pertains to the safety of my tribe and the people in this area."
"But they are so strong. The dust on the ground used to be my handcuffs. You need to get out of here and let these guys take care of it. Stay away, Jake. Don't let your friends get involved," Charlie pleaded.
"Charlie, we are strong too. Although, I wouldn't have thought to turn handcuffs into dust," Jake said. "We can take care of ourselves."
"Jake. You're just a boy. Take your friends home. Leave this to them," Charlie said, motioning towards my vampire family.
I noticed the Quileutes starting to shake. I knew it wasn't good.
"Dad," I spoke up. "They are here to help. They can help. They are stronger than they look."
"Does Billy know about this, Jake? Does Billy know what you are up to?" Charlie asked.
"He does," Jake said simply, trying his best to control his temper. He obviously didn't like to play second fiddle to vampires.
"Don't go getting yourselves in any trouble. You're good kids," Charlie said.
"Dad," I said to him, "Why don't you go up to bed and get some rest? We'll deal with this down here. Just rest," I told him.
"Promise me you won't leave, Bells. Promise that I will see you again. I won't rest if you don't. I can't lose you again," he said, looking more afraid now than I'd ever seen him look.
"Dad, I can't promise I won't ever leave. I can promise that I won't leave without giving us a chance to say goodbye," I told him.
"At least that's something. I'll go to sleep now. This has been a long and interesting day. I feel as though everything I've ever known has come crashing down and I'm living in a different world," Charlie said.
"I remember that feeling, Dad. But understand this, it's the same world you've always lived in, you just know more than you did before. Get some sleep now. I will see you when you wake up," I told him.
We all watched as Charlie went slowly up the stairs to his room. We were silent until we heard his bedroom door close.
"I have to say, he is taking this really well," Edward said softly.
"You can sure tell where Bells got it from," Jacob said, smiling.
"Exactly!" Edward agreed.
"Okay, now Isabella, we've all been more than patient," Carlisle said.
I laughed slightly and then asked, "Where should I start?"
"How about the beginning!" Tanya said, laughing. I quite liked her, even though I knew she had been after Edward before. Maybe the fact that she was with Connor now, and the fact that Edward refused to be more than a foot from me, made me more confident.
"Okay, the beginning," I said. "Esme and I were alone at the house, having a great time and getting ready for the wedding. I was so excited, maybe I wasn't paying enough attention... Anyways once we were all ready, I decided that I should go up and get the babies, while Esme put the car seats in the car. I went upstairs, listening to the sounds of their little heartbeats. I had actually timed how many beats there would be before I saw Edward again."
I looked at him, with tears in my eyes and he kissed me softly. Alice and Rose moved next to him and each took one of the babies from him. Once his arms were free, he wrapped them tenderly around me, so that my back was pulled against his chest.
I sighed and continued, "I didn't smell or hear anything, so I walked into the nursery, expecting to just pick the babies up. Then I saw them all. Victoria stood there with both babies in her arms, while the others were beside her, protecting her I guess."
Edward growled softly. I looked at him and smiled slightly. I understood his feelings very well.
"My mind went in to overdrive, trying to figure out who these vampires were and how to protect my babies.. After a few taunting remarks, she told me that if I wanted to protect my babies that I would follow her silently. I did as I was told. She jumped from the window with the twins and I followed her right away. We ran through the forest to the highway where the old blue van was waiting. After she got in with the twins, I jumped in too. I knew I had to do whatever I could to keep them safe," I said.
"That bitch is going to die," Rosalie growled.
"She will. We promise," Kate, Irina and Tanya all added.
"Once we were in the van, she was very cocky, telling me about her plans. She started to get upset when the twins started to cry. She threatened to toss them from the window! I begged her to give them to me. She finally relented as long as the power drainer had his hand on me," I continued.
Edward held me tighter, not happy that anyone had touched me.
"Only my ankle," I clarified, before continuing. "While Victoria was gloating over her success at getting the babies and I from the house, she decided she needed a location for the epic battle that was forming in her brain. Arriel showed me the baseball clearing, so I mentioned it to Victoria. She was thrilled and jumped from the van to prepare her army. Of course that was after she threatened Bobby and Riley. She said she'd kill them if anything went wrong with my kidnapping."
"Too late for that!" Emmett snickered.
"Yup," I agreed, popping the p.
"Victoria will die!" Edward growled.
"Agreed! She has threatened my family one too many times.. I am going to rip her to shreds!" Esme said, shocking everyone.
"Go Mom!" Emmett said, bringing laughter from all the Cullens.
"You did good to bring them there, Bells. No humans nearby," Jacob said from his position on the far side of the room. I didn't miss the fact that he really wasn't looking at me. He honestly seemed to be staring at Rose and Alice, or maybe at the babies, just like everyone else.
"Thanks, Jake. It was truly all Arriel. I just listened to her," I told him.
He just nodded in response.
"So, get to the good part there, Little Bells!" Emmett called from across the room, drawing snickers from the assembled mythical creatures.
I stared around the room and laughed slightly.
"What's so funny, Love?" Edward asked, tightening his grip on me.
"Just laughing at the fact... Never mind," I said. I didn't want to try to explain my weird fixation on the supposedly mythical creatures that now flooded my small home in front of the others. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows and I just shrugged in response.
"Anyways after she left, I got a vision from my little Jace, that initially shocked me. I mean it came from Jace! It showed me that Jace was truly gifted, that we would get away from Bobby and Riley and that we would be together again. I nursed that babies, which made Riley and Bobby very uncomfortable, and made them turn and focus on anything BUT me. While nursing, Arriel showed me a vision of me picking up a piece of metal on the ground of the car and turning it into dust, with Riley's hand still present on my ankle. When I saw the piece of metal on the floor... I leaned over slowly to pick it up. Once I was certain they were not paying me any attention, I gave it a try," I explained. "When I was able to crush it, discreetly I might add, I knew that Riley was powerless in this situation and that I had everything I needed to get away."
"So was Jace affecting Riley or is that Bella's shield?" Jasper asked, obviously wanting to make sure he had all the information available.
"Jace may have intervened, but it would have been unnecessary. There would be no way Riley or Bobby could have effected Bella," Eleazar answered.
"Anyways," I continued. "As we got to Forks, I saw the Police Station and I knew I needed to get away quickly. I got myself redressed and looked down at the kids. I was met with the most breath taking smiles and I knew it was time. I got a vision to hold them tight so I did and then, Jace got serious, looking just like his dad, and the next thing I knew, Riley was screaming in pain and dropped to the ground. Bobby jumped from his seat with the car still moving and tried to bring me down with his gift. I felt nothing. Jace wrinkled his nose and Bobby dropped to the ground too. I turned with the twins in my arms and kicked out the back doors. I looked back once more to see the van heading towards the cliff and then I jumped."
"You jumped from a moving van? Cool!" Emmett enthused. "Can I try that, Baby?" he said looking at Rose.
"When this is all over, you can try whatever you want," she said to him, before adding. "Within reason!"
All the vampires laughed at that.
"So I watched the van containing Bobby and Riley plummet over the cliff and then followed the visions that my kids left sending me here. I didn't know why they needed to be here, but Arriel's visions assured me that they would be safe with Charlie," I explained.
"Weren't you scared?" Alice asked.
"Of course! But by this point everything I had been showed told me to follow Arriel," I said.
"Why didn't you call the second you got in here?" Rose asked.
"Honestly.... I never thought to. I just got in here, noticed a HUGE mess, cleaned it so the twins were in a good place and then Charlie was coming. The nerves that hit were insane. I was going to test my control with my dad. If it wasn't for Arriel's vision of Charlie accepting me as I was, I probably would have ran away again," I said.
"But you did it, Love," Edward said, kissing my ear.
"I did.. He was so stunned. I knew I couldn't explain much and so I explained just a bit and asked him to guard the babies until you guys could get here. I knew that if I stayed here the fight came here and I couldn't do that. I went back to the last place I had seen them," I said.
"How were you planning on fighting? Bella, you are a newborn?" Kate asked.
"I don't know, Kate. I just knew that I had to for them," I said, motioning to the babies.
"And you still never thought to call?" Rose asked.
"Not once, sorry," I said, blushing. "In all honesty, I had no clue where you guys were, and it was all about protecting them. I knew I would see Edward again and until that time, I just did what I was shown that I needed to do."
They all muttered amongst themselves for a minute before Emmett interrupted again.
"So, Bells? Come on! You got to the good part where you got to rip two bad guys apart!! Spill it, Girl!" he said, bringing laughter from everyone except for Edward, who growled softly.
"So I got there. Bobby showed up and tried to use his power. He obviously wasn't trained to fight hand to hand as he'd never had to. I wasn't exactly sure what to do.... then he threatened the babies," I explained as Edward and some of the others growled at the threat to the babies. " That did it. I don't really think I can explain too much of the fight other than it was very short. I bit his neck and ripped his head off. It was very quick, and surprisingly not messy. After his head was gone, I ripped him up and burned him. The fire flared up quickly and consumed him completely, leaving just a small smoldering pile. I tried to calm myself with visions of the family. I actually got to a point where I was feeling pretty smug, beating an older vampire while in my wedding dress, and leaving said dress pristine. I actually thought about you, Emmett, at that point."
"Why me?" he asked.
"I decided that you couldn't have fought off another vampire while wearing a dress and keeping it in perfect shape," I giggled, causing a bunch more laughter from the assembled guests.
"I could do it," Emmett said.
"There's no way, Emmett," I told him.
"Want me to prove it?" he asked, growling.
"When this is over, Big Brother, it will be a dare!" I said.
"You're on, Little Sis! Just set the stakes!" he said.
"Will do Em!" I said. "Anyways, I knew Riley would be there soon, so I decided to call out to him and taunt him."
"That wasn't the greatest idea, Bella," Rose said.
"Oh well, it worked," I said. "So then we fought. He lost an arm pretty quickly, although with his remaining(one,) he managed to grab my hair and pull(pulled) me in towards his teeth. I managed to get away and rip off half of his remaining arm. He dropped to his knees and just stared at me before I grabbed his head and twisted. Then you all showed up," I said, looking over my shoulder at Edward.
"And imagine my surprise when I try to run in to rescue you, only to find you ripping a vampire's head off," Edward said, smiling at me, with a twinkle in his eyes.
Everyone laughed and talked amongst each other for a bit before Carlisle cleared his throat.
"Okay, now for Victoria and the newborns," Carlisle said.
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