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BPOV
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My parents were standing five feet away from me. Living, breathing, smiling at my siblings and I. I must have had to finally cracked and went insane because there was no way that my parents, who I heard screaming as they were butchered, were really standing five feet away from me.
"Isabella, honey, you've gotten so beautiful," whispered Corrine, reaching for me. I stumbled back a couple steps, taking Edward with me. "Honey-"
"You're dead," I muttered, shaking my head frantically. "You're dead. YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!"
"Honey, calm down," said Nolan, stepping toward me.
"Back the fuck off of her," growled Carlisle, moving so that he was standing between me and our parents.
"Look-"
"HE SAID BACK THE FUCK OFF!" snapped Jasper as he and Emmett flanked on either side of Carlisle.
"Everyone needs to calm down," said Renee, moving over to our parents. "Mom, Dad, are you ok?"
"We're fine, sweetheart," mumbled Corrine, hugging my sister. Renee sighed and looked back at the rest of us.
"Did you know this whole time, Ren?" I asked, pulling out of Edward's grip and moving out in front of my brothers, who all placed a hand on my shoulder. "Did you know that they were alive?"
"Yes," said Renee. "I'm sorry. I didn't have a choice but to go along with it."
"No choice?" I seethed. I lunged for her. "You stupid bitch!"
"Whoa, love," said Edward, pulling me back.
"Isabella, we are so sorry," cried Corrine.
"Sorry?" I snapped, eyes filling up with tears. "I don't give a fucking shit if you are sorry. I went through hell."
"We know-"
"YOU DON'T KNOW!" I screamed, fighting against Edward's hold on me. "I've spent fucking two years reliving every goddamn moment of that night. Thinking, wishing, I could have stopped them from killing you. I was locked up in a fucking nuthouse because of that. I've been called everything from a fucking whore to a fucking murderer because of that night."
"How could you do that her?" asked Carlisle, shaking his head. "To us? You let us think you were dead."
"We didn't have a choice," said Nolan.
"YES, YOU DID!" roared Emmett. "YOU…ARGH!"
"Just let us explain," cried Corrine.
"I heard it," I sobbed as my knees gave out on me. Edward swept me into his arms and held me. "Momma, I heard them…Daddy….I heard them kill you."
"Shit, I don't…" trailed off Jasper, looking between our parents. "You just…fuck."
"We can explain everything," insisted Nolan.
"I need to leave," I muttered. I could feel my body shaking. "I need to leave right now."
"Isabella, it's not safe," said Corrine.
"I'm not ISABELLA!" I screamed. "She fucking died when I thought you did. I need to leave. I need to hit something."
"Well, you can't."
I snapped around and saw a tall man with blond hair and deep blue eyes. Behind him were James and Victoria. All three of them were standing in the doorway with their arms crossed over their chests. The three of them stepped into the room and shut the door behind them.
"I'm sorry that this had to go down like this," said the blond man. "I wish we could have done everything differently."
"Who the fuck are you?" growled Jasper.
"My name is Peter Donaldson," he said, moving around the room to where my parents were standing. "Everyone please have a seat."
"What if we don't want to sit down?" asked Ed. What he and Elizabeth must be thinking about me now.
"I'm not asking," said Peter, firmly. "We don't have much time to explain all of this to you before we need to move again and it would really help if you would sit down and listen."
"Fuck you," I seethed, turning back to the door. James and Victoria were standing in front of it. "Move."
"Sorry, Baby Cullen, no can do," said James.
"MOVE!" I screamed.
"Nope," said James. I reared back and threw my fist into his face. He must not have really thought I would hit him because he dropped to his knees, clutching his nose in his hands. "Son of a bitch, that hurt."
"I told you to move," I hissed. I turned to Victoria. "Your turn?"
"Stop being such a little bitch, Bella, and sit your ass down," she snapped, helping James back up to his feet.
"I don't think so," I grumbled.
"Look, we don't have time for this," snapped Peter. I turned back to him.
"I don't care," I snapped back at him. "I want to leave."
"If you leave here, you will be dead within a day," said Peter. Everyone in the room took a deep, sharp breath. "Aro Volturi is not going to stop until he gets you and your little boyfriend here, in his…organization."
"Someone explain what the fuck is going on like right the fuck now," growled Carlisle, moving closer to me. Edward had slipped his arm back around my waist, pulling me back against him.
"Aro Volturi is the head of the biggest underground fight rings in the world. Not only that but he has ties to organized crime, drugs, prostitution, and terrorism," said Peter, sitting down at the long table. Nolan, Corrine, and Renee sat down next to him but the rest of us didn't move. "We've been watching him, trying to stop him for the last ten years but he's always been one step ahead of us."
I felt Edward press his lips to the top of my head, gently reminding me that he was still here. I gripped his arms that were around me, holding onto his as tightly as I could.
"When we realized that Aro had approached your parents, we set a plan in motion to move all of you," continued Peter. "Our first concern was protecting you and your parents, Bella, but before we could move you, two of Aro's men came calling."
"We tried to get there before they could hurt you or your parents but when we got there, both of your parents were nearly dead," said Sam. I closed my eyes as I felt the tears building. I could still hear the echo's of their screams. "We disposed of Aro's men and searched the house for you but we couldn't find you, Bella. We assumed that you had been taken. It wasn't until your father came to that we realized that you had been hiding inside the house the entire time."
"That's when we made the hardest decision of our lives," said Corrine. "We were afraid that if Aro thought we were still alive, that he would come after you. By faking our deaths, we had hoped that we could protect all of you."
"Protecting us," I scoffed, shaking my head. "Like you cared about us."
"Once Aro realized that we were dead, he went into hiding. He knew we would be able to tie him to our…deaths but we were still scared that he would come after you. So we arranged for people to be watching you at all times, to make sure that you would be ok," explained Nolan.
"We got word that Aro had tracked you down to Forks, Bella," said Charlie, sitting down next to my sister.
"So that's why you and Renee came back," snorted Carlisle. "Should have known it was more than just sisterly concern."
"Hey, I love Bella," snapped Renee. "I didn't want to leave you guys but I didn't have a choice, either."
"You've never cared about anyone other than yourself, Ren," scoffed Emmett.
"You don't know what the fuck you are talking about," yelled Renee, throwing her chair back. "Try spending the last two years hiding because your husband was working undercover. Trying having to keep your brothers and sisters alive while madmen hunted them and her. You don't know anything."
"Undercover?" I asked, looking over at Charlie. "I thought you were in China."
"I wish," muttered Charlie, shaking his head. "I've spent the last two years trying to bring that asshole down from the inside but before I could, my cover was blown. Renee and I knew that it was only a matter of time before Aro found where you were so we came back to protect you, not that you made it easy."
"Well, excuse me for being fucking crazy," I snapped. "I thought I had heard my parents being killed. Kind of fucked up me."
"We are so sorry, Sweetheart," cried Corrine.
"I don't care," I hissed. She flinched back. "I went through hell. I thought they raped you, Momma. I sat there for two days thinking that you were dead, that I was going to be next. I had to spend a month in a fucking nuthouse."
"Yeah, we're sorry about that," said Peter, nonchalantly . "It was for your own good, though."
"MY OWN GOOD," I screamed, launching myself on him and slamming my fist into his face.
"BELLA, THAT'S ENOUGH," shouted Nolan, pulling me off Peter. I pushed my father off of me. He stumbled into the wall behind him.
"FUCK YOU, DADDY!" I screamed. "You don't tell me what to do anymore."
"ENOUGH!" roared Peter, scrambling up to his feet. He was rubbing his jaw. "We do not have time for this."
"Just who the hell are you?" asked Emmett, pulling me behind him. "FBI? CIA?"
"Who we are is not important right now," said Peter.
"I think it is," growled Emmett.
"We have more important matters to discuss other than who we are," argued Peter.
"Not a one of us will be discussing anything else until you tell us who the hell you are," snapped Ed, moving so that he was in front of us. "My family is now involved in this shit and I want answers."
"We work for an organization called The Omega Sector," said Charlie, ignoring the look from Peter. "We are above the FBI and the CIA put together. Our job is to make sure that the nation is safe. That's all you need to know."
"Like hell it is," growled Ed.
"Look, we have to leave now," said Peter, standing up. "We are going to hide you until we can stop Aro Volturi."
"Cause you did such a good job of it so far," I muttered.
"I can't go into hiding," said Ed. "I have to be back in Italy."
"No, sir, you don't," said Peter, dryly. "You've been giving an indefinite leave."
"You can't force me to go with you," growled Ed.
"You're right, I can't," said Peter, "but your life, as well as your wife's, son's and daughter's, are at stake now too. Aro Volturi will use whatever means necessary to gain what he wants and for some reason, that is Edward and Bella. Until, we stop him, we will everything we can to protect all of you, regardless if you want us to or not."
"Dad, come on," urged Edward, placing his hand on his father's shoulder. "We have to stick together right now."
"Fine," muttered Ed, "but I don't like it."
"Noted," snorted Peter, looking around. "Ok, let's get them loaded into the van."
"Bella…" whispered Corrine, reaching out for me. I stepped away from her. "I'm so sorry."
"I don't care," I said, turning away.
Edward kept his arms around me as we followed everyone out of the room and back down the hallway. I could hear my mother crying as my father held her. I could hear Carlisle trying to reassure Esme that everything was going to be ok. Same for Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice but all I could think about was that my parents were walking behind me.
As we climbed back into the black van, I settled myself in Edward's lap. He wrapped his arms around me and held me as I silently let my tears fall. They had lied to me, put me through hell. I had a nasty feeling that it was only beginning.
