Chapter 24: Never the Same Again

Nessie's POV

I watched as the sun set on what was the longest and most intense day of my life. I though that it would never end. Yet I know the consequences of today's events were far from over. No matter what happened now nothing would ever be the same again. I knew that. We all knew that.

"I'm sorry,"

"What for?" dad asked me.

"Because this is all my fault. If I would have been more careful, if I wouldn't have bit that police officer, none of this would have happened,"

"Nessie try not to worry about any of this. We don't blame for you what happened. It was an accident. You lost control. It happens to most vampires. Especially young, inexperienced ones,"

"But do they lose control in front of a crowd of people livestreaming the event,"

"Well-"

"That's what I thought,"

"Nessie just listen to your father," mom added. "Try not to worry about any of this,"

Try not to worry they say. How can I not worry when, according to them, I broke the most sacred of laws and exposed the vampire world to the human world? My future was uncertain now and that scared the hell out of me. Where was all of this going to end up? I shuddered when I even tried to imagine what the future would hold.

"Just try to get some sleep Nessie," dad said.

Sleep. I was sure that I wouldn't be able to sleep. On top of everything that was going through my mind we were not exactly in the most comfortable place. We were hiding out in an abandoned building with no bed or furniture. How my brothers fell asleep so easily was anyone's guess. There weren't many places that we could go right now so this was the best that we could do while we came up with a plan.

Our next move was going to be gettimg my family out of jail. Then we would figure out the rest from there. I closed my eyes and tried my best to sleep. At first my brain was much too wired for sleep. Until my brain finally gave into my body's demand for sleep.

When I woke up the next morning my body was sore from having slep on the hard, cold floor. I kept my eyes clothes. I was afraid to open my eyes and find out that yesterday was not all some horrific dream.

"I was afraid of this," dad's worried voice scared me. "No you did the right thing. Thank you for letting me know Kate. We will figure out what we are going to do from here,"

"What happened?" I heard mom's voice ask nervously.

"It was the Denalis," he said. "All the videos are spreading faster than wildfire. More than ten million people have seen them already and the number is only growing," he said. "Its even made onto international news already,"

I wanted to yell out in frustration. Why did this have to happen to me? I could feel the panic setting in. My heart was beating fast and I was begging to hyperventilate. Then my dad surprised me and grabbed me into a hug. His ice cold body was oddly soothing to my panic struck body.

"Don't worry Nessie," he said. "It will all be okay,"

By the sound of my father's voice I could hear that even he didn't believe what he was saying. He was only trying to console me and keep me calm.

"I am trying to keep all of you calm," dad corrected my thoughts.

"But you can't promise that we will all be okay,"

"Maybe not," he replied. "But I can promise you this. I will protect you no matter what. I will do whatever it takes to protect you,"

He then stood up. "Stay here with your mom and your brothers. I am going to go and break everyone else out of jail. We might be awhile because they need to hunt,"

There was pure silence following my father's departure. I guess none of us knew quite what to say. So we just stayed there. Waiting and hiding. We couldn't even leave to get food. I was starving since I hadn't eaten since yesterday morning.

Suddenly I heard a dog growing outside. "They're in here!" someone shouted.

There was pure chaos as the police busted the door down. As soon as he saw the police officer pulled out the gun and shot me and then my brothers. Mom screamed.

Only it wasn't a regular bullet that I had been shot with. I got really dizzy and I could feel the strength seeping out of my body. When I fell I couldn't get up.

"All three of them are down,"

"Leave them alone!" Mom screamed but her cries went unanswered.

A guy in a white lab coat approached me with a needle. He stuck the needle in my body and withdrew blood. Then he did the same thing to my brothers. "Thank you officers. I will take this back to my lab for study,"

"What did you do to them?!" mom yelled. Again she was ignored.

So he was a scientist? Okay a scientist studying the blood of a vampire-human hybrid and her werewolf brothers definitely was not good at all. They left without saying a word to us or mom.

"Oh my God kids!"

A few minutes later the tranquilizer wore off. It felt good to at least be able to move again. When we heard people approaching again we stood there in fear. Until I recognized the voices of my family.

Then suddenly it went silent.

"What's wrong Alice?" I heard someone, my grandfather I think, ask.

"The Volturi have just seen the videos. They're coming here. To Hawaii,"

"When?"

"They are leaving Volterra right now,"

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