She is gone! They let her go with this Agent Coulson! Why had he not been able to read his mind? Was he related to Bella? Was he Rene's brother? Was the reason why he could not enter their minds family related? If so, then was it a gift? He needed to follow her and change her as soon as possible. No more play-acting about not wanting to change her. His thoughts were interrupted by his hearing Carlisle talk to the dogs.

"The army is still a threat that we need to deal with. Together. Bella may be gone for now but the army still exists and they are coming here."

"What do you mean for know?" Edward snapped at him. "She is gone with this psycho and we do not know if she will return or if she will keep her mouth shut."

Carlisle wispered:"Please be reasonable. We will find her again. Charlie was her father and I'm sure that she will return to bury him. From a psychotherapeutically point she needs to come back in order to putting her father and her mind at rest."

Jacob cut in quickly asking:"Haven't you seen in his mind where they are taking her? After all you just love poking around in everyone's heads."

"His mind was blank! Like Bella there was nothing to hear and Jasper could not even pick up any emotions from him either." he justified himself in front of his quite silent family and the speechless pack.

Bella's sent was slowly fading, but he could still smell her blood. Why could he still smell her blood? Slowly following the smell he stood in front of Carlisle again.

Why does he smell after Bella's blood? Did he bite her? I'm the only one with the right to change her! She is my singer! Without warning he grabbed his adopted father at the throat and hauled him against the wall.

"Why do you smell after Bella's blood? " he growled below the human hearing range. Carlise started to lift both of his arms in a defensive pose and answered his son: "Because I took five viles of her blood while she had still been unconscious! We could need her blood for luring the army in a spot away from the town to destroy them." What has gotten into him? I haven't seen him like this for a long time.


The engines were humming in a regular pattern and Bella was fighting to not fall asleep on her godfather's shoulder. They had reached the small airport of Port Angeles in no time and gone on a small jet. It looked like a military vessel but it had colours in black and gray and an eagle symbol on the sides. Natasha the red haired woman had told her that they are going to the hub in no time. And that they would arrive soon. On the jet her "uncle Phil" had put a blanket around her and was now sitting next to her. Stting on the opposite side were Natasha and the other man called Barton. He had not yet presented himself to her personally but somehow he made her uneasy.

"Bella?"she heard Phil ask carefully. " We are in a plane and nobody can harm you here. Do you understand that!" She nodded hesitantly and took a deep breath. "Please don't put my in a asylum for the insane!" she begged. "I shouldn't talk about it because it is so unbelievable. But please! I'm not insane!" Phil's mental red alarm clock went up! What has she seen that she acts so out of character?

"Bella, I kow that you are not insane. I have seen some incredible things myself. Things you cannot even beginn to imagine. Just tell me: Who is this Victoria? Does she have red hair like agent Romanov?" Bella was nodding again before she answered hesitantly. "Victoria is not exactly human." Hearing Phils sharp inbreath and seeing the two other agents leaning forward she stopped. Rubbing her back reassuringly he asked:"If she is not human, then what is she? A mutant, an alien or something else?" Is he taking me seriously? Oh God! He is not joking!

"She's a Cold one" she choked out. "And she is after me and because of me mum and dad are both dead!" Bella started to weep again uncontrollably. But her godfather just tried to calm her, by pulling her in an embrace and rubbbing her back. What the hell is a Cold one? She must be feeling survivor's guilt."I don't think that you are responsible for Renes and Charlie's deaths. You couldn't be." But Bella interrupted him by murmuring: "But I am! I am!" "No you are not! Come on, what exactly is a Cold one? I've never come across that species before.

"Vampire" she she wispered giving Phil almost a heart attack. Vampire! I should have known that something was fishy last year! I should have gone to the hospital and check on her! The whole story had seemed too be cooked up to cover something else. Even her old ballet studio had gone up in flames.

"Your boyfriend, is he one too?" a new female voice took over for him. Bella was nodding again. "He and his entire family. But they are different than the others of their kind." she defended them. "How?" She is not seriously defending these creatures? he thought. "Well, they refuse to drink human blood because they don't want to be monsters. They hunt animals and have to stay away from the sun. At least when humans are around."

"Why do they burn in the sun like dracula?" Barton asked. His tone was teasing, but his eyes were hard. Phil was sending him a pointed look but he just shrugged. "No they sparkle because their skin is hard and cold like marmor. Please I'm not making this up." she told him.

"Why is this Victoria after you then?" Phil wanted to know. She is not going to hurt her! I will make sure of it and even if I have to morone her on the helicarrier. "It's a long story"she began hesitantly again. "Which wouldn't have anything to do with your supposed accident in your old ballet studio, right?" he asked.

"Actually it does. Well, ahm. I was spending a day with the Cullen's when we met three normads. Victoria, James, and Lautent. James became obsessed with my smell and wanted to ... ahm... ahm... eat me, but the Cullen's protected me. I knew that I would put Charlie in danger if I stayed in Forks so I fled with Jasper while Alice and Rosalie tried to distract James. But he was a tracker and made me believe that he had mum and that he would let her go if I came to the Ballet studio. So I went there to exchange myself for her freedom."

Phils grasp tightened. "But he had only used that stupid video tape of my first ballet class to lure me in. He attacked me there and even bit me after his games. It hurt like hell! It hurt so much! Like my entire body was on fire!" Bella was shaking in remembrance. "The Cullen's saved me by killing him. Edward sucked his vernom out of my body in time otherwise I would have become a Cold one too."

Three faces with completely shocked expressions were looking at her while she was rubbing her cold scar on her right arm. Damn! She is too much like me and mum! Caring for others rather than herself . I should have kept better contact with her. I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent for god's sake! I should have read the signs.

"Oh god! You should have called me! You could have died! Don't ever do that again!" he panted. Loosing Bella would have been too horrible for hm! She was his bigget motivation to make the world a safer place!

"So Victoria was his girlfriend hell bent on avanging him. Am I right?" Natasha deducted causing Bella to nod again.

"Well, you will be safe with us! If there is one agency on this planet that can stop vamps, it's ours. Right Boss? Barton smiled at her.. "Correct!" Phil answered him. We will catch her and exterminate her before she can harm anyone else.

"Agents. Initiating landing. Please fasten your seat belts!" came the voice of a female pilot from the cockpit. "The director wants to see you in his office. Asap".


The Hub was incredible. This is her uncle's workplace. It was huge and very bright for a modern building which appeared to be made of beton. The atrium at the entrance had a high ceiling where she could see the blue sky and several white harmless clouds. Everywhere were busy looking agents who all looked really impressive in their suits. She was walking beside her uncle, who guided her towards the elevators with his hand on her right upper arm, Natasha and Barton close behind them. Inside the elevator she could hear him say. "Floor 60 Office Director Nicolas Fury." To her astonishment the elevator answered him:"Floor 60. Confirmed. Clearence: Agents Barton, Coulson, Romanov and Isabella Marie Margharethe Swan. Bella couldn't help but groan. She wanted to be called Bella and her second middle name was absolutely horrible. She knew that her godfather had insisted on this name for her and her mother had unfortunately agreed. But she suddenly became quite nervous: Director. We are going to see the boss of this agency. Hopefully he doesn't think that I'm a nutjob. But she was not able to worry any longer as they arrived on the 60th floor to meet the director. Hopefully he was not furious as his name suggested.

The office was very spacious and had a wide view over Washington DC. Leaning on his desk was a very tall, very frightening looking, but impressive man with an eye batch. His good eye scanned Bella before he looked at Phil. "Vampires?" his deep voice asked. How does he know that already? "Yes, Sir. Did Barton leave the canal open?" he wanted to know.

"No, Agent May did." he informed him coldly. "Miss Swan. My condolences, but you need to fill us in immediately about everything you know about their species. They pose a considering threat to national and international security. And I think that you know a great deal more than you have told us. Especially considering your irrationally hasty trip to a small italian town called Voltera last year. This small town has a folk tales about vampires and whole tourist groups are dissappearing to never be seen again."

Phil was speechless again. She had left the country for a trip without his knowledge. He had a tag on her passport and on her phone to keep her safe. Fury was quite intimitating right know as he seemed angrier than usual. Knowing him it was only because there was a dangerous species he had almost nothing about.

But Bella, to his astonishment, did not seem to be intimitated of him. This was more the Bella he knew before she had moved to Forks. She straightened her shoulder, took a deep breath and started to list everyting that she knew:"They are vampires who drink blood, obviously. They have vernom which can turn a human person in one of them. This vernom obviously changes the cellular structure of each body as it becomes hard and cold like marmor. They sparkle in the sun. Carlisle Cullen has told me that it also changes the genom. There are normades, who move around and never stay at one place. Then there are different covens. The Cullen's and the Denali are 'vegetarians', meaning that they only drink animal blood. That's why they have bronze eyes. They are usually able to live among humans without killing them. The Cold ones who drink human blood have red eyes. They have some kind of royalty which is situated in Voltera."

She could hear Phil's sharp breathing in. She was right in the middle of that town! In danger and he had not even been aware! He definitely needed to redefine the term danger magnet! Fury with his arms crosssed infront of his chhest, was unreadable as ever.

"They have only one rule: To protect the vampires from being found out about their existence. Suicidal vampires also go there to get killed by them."

"For god's sake, Bella. Why were you there?" he interrupted her. "Because Edward believed me dead and he wanted to end his life." she answered truthfully. "I could not let that happen."

"Why did he believe you dead?" Natasha who had kept herself in the back until know asked. Is she really talking about the same jerk I saw in the hospital?

"Because Alice saw me jumping of a cliff in La Push and came from Alaska to confirm it." "You were cliff jumping!?" Phil could not believe his ears. Biting her lower lip Bella nodded and told him: "Ah!... Yeah, but it was for fun. And... a total rush!"

Fury could see that she was holding some information back but she was also amusing him as she managed something no other agent had ever been able to: Making Phil lose his contenance.

"Miss Swan, you said that Alice Hale, if I'm not mistaken, has seen you jump of a cliff and then she came from Alaska to check. How could she have seen you?" he remarked. "Because she is gifted. She can see possible futures. When someone plans to do something she can see it. Edward can read minds and Jaspar is an empath who can also manipulate them. Carlisle's gift is compassion. But the Volturi are the more dangerous vampires as they are collecting gifted vampires."

This statement shocked everyone in the room. How are they able to defeat creatures that were strong and gifted. "But..." Bella hesitated to tell them. "But what? Miss Swan!" Fury ordered. "But many of their gifts don't work on me. Edward could never read my mind. Aro, one of the Volturi leaders couldn't either. He needs to touch the person to read their minds. The twins in their guard were also unable to harm me. Jane who's power is giving pain was quite frustrated and Alec could not paralyse me. I do not know why. I thought that there was something wrong with me."

"That is certainly interesting!" Fury grinned. Phil did not like Fury's grin. He was scheming and Bella was certainly in the centre. "These gifts. Were they preexisting or did the show up with the transformation?"

"Carlisle thinks that they were preexisting." she answered.

This is fishy. "Why did they let you go? Whole tourist groups are disappearing but you come out unharmed. Was there some kind of a deal?" Barton jumped in the conversation.

Bella suddenly found the floor very interesting, but nodded slowly. "They let me go with the promise to become one of them.