A/N: FYI, I'm not following SPN canon chronologically, I'll throw in some cases from the beginning seasons, but some stuff that has happened in recent seasons will also be brought up. So if you're not caught up on Supernatural, some stuff might not make sense. I will try to avoid any spoilers from season 10 if I can, and will post a warning in the beginning of the chapter if there will be something. Enjoy the chapter. Note* SPN and SM are the stage; I am merely a player.

Rated M for language, content and eventual Lemons.

Chapter 2

Dean PoV

This Bella girl leaves us standing outside the diner like a pair of statues. It isn't until her dad's cruiser has gone out of eyeshot that we come back to our senses. "Dude, what the hell was that about?" Sammy asks.

"No fuckin' clue, man," I answer. "But that girl's been bitten. And she hasn't turned… so something is definitely up." I think back to when I was briefly a vampire, and it's not a memory I look fondly upon. She had to have gone through the same thing I did. But then again, her scar looks far different than any of the vampire bite scars I'd ever seen. Granted, we normally see people's throats torn out and their bodies bled out. If a human is bitten and turned, the scar disappears with the transformation. So something is going on for sure.

"Well, let's wait for her call," Sammy suggests. We head back to our hotel room and I chill out on the bed, watching TV while Sammy sifts through the newspapers and online. "It's a wonder that no other covens are tracking this situation," Sammy mentions. "I mean, it's obvious to anyone that knows what to look for that a rogue vampire is creating an army. If this Bella chick has been bitten, then she must know who bit her right? Or she wouldn't have a clue what a vampire is. And she said she knew the red head's name. Victoria, I think. So clearly she's up close and personal with this shit."

Sam merely nods in agreement, clearly already reading about something else. I settle into the bed, hoping to catch a few zz's before meeting up with Bella. A few hours later the cell phone rings and sure enough, it's Bella with a request to meet up with her at the Rez nearby. We can't figure out why she'd want us to specifically meet there, but agree anyway.

"Think it's a trap?" Sam asks.

"I always think everything could be a trap; which is why I am still alive," I quip.

Sammy laughs. "Alright Humperdink, let's go."

We pull up next to an old Chevy truck that has definitely seen better days. I can make out Bella's form sitting in the driver's seat. As soon as she sees us, she hops out of the truck and heads towards a grouping of trees. Putting a small amount of trust in her, we follow silently behind her. On our way to the tree line, I spot a group of young guys around a bon-fire. They're all shirtless and gigantic. Like bigger than Sammy. Weird.

When we get to our destination of a little grouping of tidepools, Bella lays down the craziest story I've ever heard in my life. So she moves to Forks to spend some time with her Dad and meets this beautiful family called the Cullens. After some impressive sleuthing on her part, she finds out that they're vampires. But the characteristics she describes are unlike any vamps I've ever heard of. Sparkling in the sunlight? Fucking really?

The venom… that's what gets me. We know of far too many fugly monsters that use their own spit or DNA as a way to manipulate their prey. As soon Bella says these vamps are venomous, I know exactly why she's so damned entranced by them. She figures it out for herself as she's talking, which tells me she's smart, too. She'd make a hell of a hunter, we'd just have to toughen her up a bit. She probably gets all her investigative skills from her pops.

She tells us how these vamps have extra gifts like telepathy and seeing the future. Hell, they even have one that can sense and manipulate emotions. That freaks me out. Mind reading is one thing, but being able to make me feel sad when I'm angry or make me fall asleep when I'm in danger… that's six kinds of fucked up.

We offer to take her under our wing and keep an eye on her while this issue with the vamp army in Seattle is dealt with. I can tell that the last thing she wants is to see her vamp soon to be ex boyfriend again, knowing he'll "dazzle" her again. Her word, not mine.

We decide to change from our hotel in Forks to the one on the Rez. It's not our usual style, but both Sam and I feel the need to help this girl out. Now we're playing the waiting game again while Bella is getting some stuff from her house. I guess she figured out a way to keep thwarting the fortune teller's gift, as she brought one of the younger boys from the Rez with her. She told us they all shift into giant wolves. Not werewolves, as they can change form whenever they want. So they're more like shapeshifters that happen to change into wolves.

I put in a call to Bobby to see what he knows about this different vamp species. "You said they sparkle in the sunlight?" he asks, disbelief filling his voice.

"That's what this chick says, and she's got a whole pack of shape-shifting wolves to corroborate it. They're called 'cold ones' by the local tribe here. Their eyes are blood red if they hunt humans and golden brown if they hunt animals. Their skin is rock hard like marble or granite, they have no heartbeats, and they're venomous."

"Venomous? Seriously? Well that's gotta be the reason she can be controlled by them. Dontcha think?" Bobby guesses.

"Exactly what we were thinking. And Bobby, she even figured that out before we could mention it. The girl is smart. And she figured out what her boyfriend was without him telling her. She did all kinds of research on her own and put the pieces together. Just like if it was one of us working the case. Only here, instead of ganking the shark, she started dating him."

Bobby said he'd do some digging and call us back if he found anything out. I have a feeling we're going to need to bring Castiel in on this, too, but I'll wait and explain to Bella that angels are real and no they're not at all what we read about in Sunday School.

After about an hour, we hear her truck pull up outside the hotel. She hops out and drags her suitcase up to the door. I meet her there and hand her the key to her room that is connected to ours. "Well, Hell's Bells, whaddya know?"

"Hell's Bells?" she asks, a smirk on her face. "What happened to Dollface?"

I shrug. "You'll probably have ten different nicknames from me and Sammy. Just you wait." The spark that lights up in her eyes has me smiling. She looks legitimately happy for the first time I'd bet in a long time.

"Thanks for the room, you guys.. I'll um, I'll pay you back."

Waving my hand dismissively I tell her it's no biggie. "Don't tell your dad, Bella, but we don't exactly use legit credit cards at these places." I pull out the card we used, and it was issued to a Jose Martinez. She purses her lips at it, but then shrugs.

"I guess it makes sense. I can't imagine this job you two have is all that lucrative. If it was, there'd be more people doing it, and the existence of supernatural creatures wouldn't exactly be a secret."

Like I said before, this girl is smart. "So while you were out, we called our friend Bobby. Well, he's really more like a Dad to us, but yeah. He said he'll look into the lore on your version of vampires and find out what he can about breaking the venom compulsion."

"Do you think… if James hadn't been killed that night if I'd also feel the same things towards him? Or that he'd be capable of making me do so?" Bella asks.

"It would make sense," Sammy answers. "If his venom was in your body, then he could have controlled you. Once he was destroyed, any compulsion abilities would have died with him. But then you had your boyfriend's venom." She shivered at that. "Should I start calling him your ex?"

She shook her head. "Not just yet. Gimme some time to deal with this emotionally. I'm still feeling like I love him, but my brain is telling me it's not real. Dammit, I should have listened to Jake. He was right all along! I owe him such a huge fucking apology."

I pull her into my arms. "Just sleep on it tonight, Bells. You'll be alright. Sammy and I will make sure of that. Don't you worry."

She nods into my chest and hugs me close before pulling away. I can't help but notice the loss of her in my arms. It's like she's supposed to be there, which feels really weird. As she heads towards her room, her cell phone goes off. She glances at the screen then sighs frustratedly.

"Hi Edward," she greets warmly. "No I'm not at home. I'm at La Push…. Because I want to be… No I'm not coming over… Weren't you supposed to be gone all weekend anyway? Listen, Edward, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything. I mean you and I just got back together a couple months ago, we just graduated, and now this battle with newborns is happening. It's too much and I just need a couple days to deal with what's going through my head…. Because I can't! Just trust me Edward. I'm fine, I just need a couple days to myself… What the hell is that supposed to mean? ... Watch my language? Are you fucking kidding me? No, Edward, you do not get to dictate what I can or cannot say, nor who I can or cannot hang out with. Not now, not ever! Do you understand me? Edward, I can't even believe you would suggest that I'm cheating on you with Jacob. That's sick, Edward... Be that as it may, I would never do that to you. Not ever! Now it's late and I'm going to bed. I will talk to you later." She hangs up the phone and angrily tosses it into the chair.

"Yeah, I'd say your compulsion is breaking, Hell's Bells," I state. "If you were able to lay into him like that, it's very likely that it won't take much to break it completely. We just gotta make sure you stay away from him until that happens.

She nods absently and then grabs some stuff from her duffel before heading into the bathroom. A few minutes later she comes back out, fresh faced and wearing a pair of old sweats and a worn t-shirt, with her hair braided down one side of her neck. And damn if she doesn't look sexy as hell. I know she just graduated, so she's not a minor anymore, but still. I'm nearly 30. I shouldn't be thinking of her like this. "Just wanted to thank you two for helping me out so much. I mean, you don't know me from Eve, and that tells me that you're the kind of guys that just help people. Not because you expect anything out of it, or because they ask you to. But because it's the right thing to do."

"We actually do know Eve," Sammy jokes. "She wasn't a pleasant person."

"Wait, seriously?" Bella asks, sitting on the sofa in our room.

We decide to tell her about all the different creatures we've encountered over the years. "Eve is the mother of all. Not just humans, but supernatural creatures as well. Over time she became hateful towards humanity and god, so she had an agenda to basically bring on the apocalypse. We took her out by using a blade dipped in the ashes of a phoenix. Yeah, those are real, too. Or were, at least. We had to travel through time to kill that fugly SOB.

"Wait, time travel? That's a thing, too?"

I nod, smiling. "When you have an angel to help you do it… yeah."

"Angels, too! So that means there must be demons, right?" I nod. Clever girl. "Holy fuck."

Smirking, I continue. "The vampires we've dealt with are nearly extinct. They look human and have blood pumping through their veins. Instead of having canine-fangs like the vamps in movies, they have a set of retractable teeth that come down over their regular teeth. It's a whole mouthful of fangs. Also their eyes reflect light like an animal, so they can be spotted at night fairly easily. Dead man's blood will weaken them, and the only surefire way to kill them is to slice off their heads with a machete.

"Then there's werewolves. And they're a lot more like the ones in the movies than your buddies out here. They can only change in the days leading up to a full moon. The couple that we've dealt with didn't have a clue they were werewolves, just woke up all dirty with torn clothes the morning after,and seeing on the news a brutal murder of someone the night before. They need to eat the hearts of their prey to survive."

Her eyes go wide. "I never knew. I mean, I did, but I didn't at the same time. I had a feeling that if vampires and werewolves were a thing that other supernatural creatures could be, too, but to learn that the vampires I know aren't the only species, and that there are legit werewolves? Holy shit."

"You said it, Bells. There are ghosts and poltergeists, too. Oh and Wendigos, Shtriga, Djinn, pagan gods, and a whole shitton more. We kill 'em all."

"Wait, even if they're not hurting humans?" Bella asks. And there we have it. The fundamental difference between me and Sammy. I say, if it's supernatural, it should die. Sammy says if it's not hurting, manipulating, or killing humans, we should leave it alone.

"Dean and I have differing views on that," Sammy says. "I think there's a scale for everything. Just like with humans. All of us are capable of murder, but that doesn't mean we all do it, y'know? To me, the same goes for the monsters we hunt. We had a buddy that became a werewolf, but doesn't hunt humans. We've let him live. There've been a few others of the same variety. Even a demon that could remember being human and didn't want to hurt anyone. They're rare, that's for sure, but not every supernatural being is evil. Dean disagrees."

When Bella turns to me, a question in her eyes, I shrug. "Sammy and I were pretty much raised in this life. Our mother was murdered by a demon when Sammy was just a baby. From then on, our dad took us on hunts and taught us how to be the best hunters we could be. I've yet to meet a monster that doesn't deserve to die one way or another."

Bella nods, deciding to drop the subject for the moment. "Well, I'm going to try and get some shut eye. I'll see you guys in the morning." We nod and say good night, deciding to get a few hours of sleep ourselves.

I awaken to the loudest scream I've ever heard. Shooting out of bed, I scramble towards the sound to see Bella thrashing around in her sleep and still screaming bloody murder. Sammy is right next to me, his eyes asking me what to do. Instinctively, I climb into the bed and pull her into my arms to at least calm her body a bit. She's still screaming. "Bella! Bella! Wake up! You're having a nightmare." I stroke her long hair in an attempt to calm her. She's stopped screaming finally, but is still whimpering and has broken out into a sweat.

After a few more seconds, she wakes up. "Dean?"

"Yes, Dollface, it's me. You were having a hell of a nightmare." She shook herself awake and realized she was pressed up against me. "Sorry, it was the only way to get you to calm down."

"No it's fine… I'm just shocked at how comfortable I feel right this moment. It's… it's weird." I couldn't agree with her more. Having her in my arms just feels right, despite how horribly wrong it is.

Before I can say anymore, I hear the telltale flapping of wings that alerts me to Castiel's arrival. Bella screams again, seeing my trench-coat clad budd appear from nowhere. "Good timing, Cas. The poor girl just woke up from a horrid nightmare and now you appear out of thin air," Sam chastises.

"Sorry. Bobby called me. He said you were dealing with Cold Ones."

"Bella, Castiel, angel of the lord, Cas, this is Bella. Girlfriend of one of these Cold Ones." She flinches at the last bit.

"You've been bitten," Cas says in his monotone voice. "I can sense the venom in you, but you are breaking the connection with prolonged separation."

Bella nods. "Yeah, Dean said that if I see him again, I'll have to start all over with breaking the bond though." Cas nods in agreement.

"Yes, to break the bond completely, the venom needs to be removed from your body. I can do it, but it will be very painful."

Bella sits up in bed and thrusts her arm out towards Cas. He sees the scar and covers it with his own hand. A bright light and a loud scream later, and the scar is completely gone. Bella heaves a huge breath of relief. "Wow, I didn't expect to feel the change so quickly."

"How do you feel?" Sam asks.

"Like a huge weight has been lifted. I was repressed for so long, I actually feel like my old self again. My pre-Edward self, but with a bit more self-confidence." That was a good sign. "And while I don't bear him any ill will, I don't love him at all. I can feel that I never truly did. At first, I had an obsession with him because he was so foreign to me. I was attracted to the supernatural. He then used that to his advantage and when I was bitten, he knew I was putty in his hands. Well that ends now."

She gets out of bed and heads towards the bathroom. Once we hear the shower kick on, the three of us head back to our room to give her some privacy. "We must end the Cold Ones," Cas says. "Their existence goes against all the laws of nature. They must perish."

"I get that they manipulated Bella, and they should be punished for that, but she says this group doesn't hunt humans. They're not really hurting anyone. Can't we just help Bella break her ties from them and move on?" Sammy asks. I roll my eyes.

"No, their very existence goes against the laws of physics, too. They don't have heartbeats. They never sleep. They have abilities that go far beyond the realm of other creatures on this planet. If I didn't know better, I'd say they weren't of this planet."

Nah, I couldn't believe that. Aliens? I mean, it isn't that far of a stretch from what we deal with day to day, but I just couldn't let myself believe that aliens were a thing, too.

Bella comes out of the bathroom, freshly showered and ready to take on her asshole boyfriend. "Alright, let's do this. First I gotta stop and talk to Jake."

We follow her down the road to a little red house that has seen better days. Hell, the whole town has seen better days. There's no casino here, so the Rez didn't have much for income to help the people here other than a small bit of tourism. She goes up the steps and walks right in the house without knocking. Sammy and I stay on the porch while she talks with her friend.

"Jake, come out and meet these guys," I hear her say. Out comes this giant of a man. a good six inches taller than Sammy. "Jake, this is Dean and Sam Winchester," Bella says. "Guys, this is my friend Jacob." I can see Jacob flinch at the word "friend." Clearly he wants more than that with Bella. "Jake's one of the wolves of the tribe.

"Jeez, Bella! You can't just go outing me to the whole world. What are you thinking?!"

"Calm down, Jake. They're here to help with the Seattle situation. They already know all about supernatural stuff, and believe it or not, there's so much more than just vampires and werewolves." I could tell that she left out the fact that vamps and werewolves were far different than the creatures here.

"Also, this is Castiel," she says, seeing Cas standing in the road. "He's an Angel. Like an actual angel of heaven."

"Seriously?" Jake asks. Bella nods, smiling. "Damn."

"So Jake… can we go for a walk? I have some stuff to say." Jake nods and heads down the steps with Bella following behind. "There's a diner just down the way, if you guys wanna grab breakfast. I won't be long." We nod and head towards the restaurant, with Cas in tow. He doesn't eat, but I don't want him spying on Bella's private convo with her buddy.

Bella PoV

Jake and I head towards the same felled tree where he told me about the Cold Ones when I'd first come to town. "They were manipulating me," I say, breaking the silence.

"Who? Sam and Dean back there? They seemed like okay guys."

I shake my head. "No, the Cullens. Well, Edward was the key to the manipulation, but the others weren't stopping him." I tell him all about the venom and how Edward used it to his advantage to mold me into the perfect girlfriend. Jacob is growling lowly throughout all this, but doesn't lose his cool.

"So what do we do now? My pack has agreed to help them fight off this crazy army."

"So we do," I answer. "We take care of the situation and then… and then I'm going to leave him." I see Jake's eyes light up. "And then I'm leaving Forks," I continue. "I'm done with high school, so I need to move on with my life. No idea what I'll do, but I just need to get away."

"Bells, c'mon. You don't have to leave y'know. I could make you happy. I've told you this a thousand times. Stay here. Be with me. You know how much I love you."

I blink away tears. "I know Jacob. I know you love me. And I know you know that I love you, too. But I just can't. It wouldn't be fair to you."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm leaving. You can't come with me; your tribe needs you here. Plus, you know just as well as I do that there's a good chance you'll imprint on someone someday. What happens to me if and when that does occur? I get left high and dry, heartbroken again. No thanks. As much as I really do care about you, Jake. I just can't let that happen. I won't risk my heart that way."

"Bells, please… think this through. We could be so great together." He turns to me and cups my face in his hand. "Just let yourself feel it." He leans towards me and I'm reminded of Edward's threat, that I give Jake permission to kiss me. Even then Edward knew that my heart was split. Yet he still has continued to manipulate me. "Bella, may I kiss you again?" He asks, his forehead pressed against mine.

"I haven't broken up with Edward, Jacob. Technically he's still my boyfriend and I'm no cheater," I reply. Before I can say more, my phone rings. I see it's Alice.

"Hi Alice," I say, my face grimacing a bit as I prepare for her squealing voice.

"Bella! Where have you been? Edward is beside himself with worry!"

"You know exactly where I am Alice. The one place your visions don't work. I needed to get away for a day or so. I told Edward this on the phone last night."

"Bella, why are you doing this to me?" she whines. "You know how much I hate not being able to see."

I roll my eyes. Now that the compulsion was broken, every word out of her mouth irritated me to no end. I couldn't let her know that, though. "I know Alice, and I'm sorry. What's the game plan. Have you any updates?"

"Yes! The battle will happen tomorrow morning at the baseball field. I don't see you there, so you must be planning to stay at the Rez where a couple wolves will stay to guard you. Edward doesn't like that he won't be the one protecting you, but I've assured him it's for the best. I can only see half the battle as the wolves are involved, but I do see that we'll emerge victorious with minor injuries, if any. I also see you and Edward having a chat a day or so after the battle, so I know all will be well!"

I am glad she couldn't hear any audio with her visions, or she'd know that's the conversation where I'm going to break this off with him. Before Jacob and I get up from our tree, Castiel appears out of nowhere. "Holy Shit!" Jacob exclaims.

"Yeah, he does that," I murmur. "What's up Cas?"

"I just want to remind you to keep your arm covered when you see the Cold Ones. Or they'll know about the bond having broken. You don't want that until after this is all over." Then he disappears before I can thank him. He really is a get to the point kinda guy, which I like.

"Your scar is gone?" Jake asks. I push my sleeve up and show him. Gone is the pale crescent shaped markings, and in their place smooth skin. "Wow. How did that happen?" I tell him that Castiel basically burned them off of me, burning the venom along with them, then healed my skin. It had hurt like hell, but it was worth it.

"So you get what they are now, Bells? Bloodsucking soulless leeches and nothing more?" I nod. "Finally!"

"I don't want to hurt them like you do, though, Jake. Well, I'd like to smack Edward for his role in all this, but other than that, I just want to move on with my life. And away from them."

"It's ok, Bells. I'll help you deal. And I'll shield my thoughts from wonder-boy, so he can't hear what we just talked about, okay?" I nod again and he pulls me into his arms. He was so warm, it was uncomfortable. Unlike when Dean held me. He was warm, too, which I wasn't used to, but it felt nice. It felt right. This doesn't. This feels like I've been thrust into a sauna and had hot towels wrapped around my body. I love Jake sure, but I don't love this.

We head back to Jacob's house where Dean and Sam are still standing. Only now they're talking with Billy. They're laughing and smiling, so I know Billy must have taken a liking to them. I don't know why, but this idea warms my heart.

"What's the word, Hell's Bells?" Dean asks, grinning at me.

"Alice called. She said the battle's happening tomorrow. The wolves and the Cullens will be there to fight off the newborns. She can only see part of the battle, since she can't see the wolves. I'm nowhere to be seen, so I'm probably staying here to stay safe."

"Well stay with you," Dean offers. "Just in case there's more to this than meets they eye. Even with wolves protecting you, I'd feel better if Sammy and I were near. Cas too, if winged ass ever shows up again."

And so the plan was made. We head back to the hotel, stopping at the diner to grab some food. There's a convenience store attached, so we grab some provisions for the night ahead. I know I won't be able to sleep until the battle's over. When we reach the room, my cell phone rings again. I see it's Edward.

"Yes?" I answer, my voice short.

"Bella, love, are you alright?" I roll my eyes at his pet name for me. I hate it now.

"I'm fine. Just about to eat. What do you want?"

"Why are you being so short? I'm merely checking up to make sure you're alright. I worry when I'm not with you, you know that." Yeah right, worry that your dazzling effects are wearing off when you're not next to me to keep it active.

"I'm sorry, Edward. I'm just worried about tomorrow. I know we agreed that I'd be nowhere near the battle, but I worry for you all. Especially when Alice can't see everything with the wolves being there. I just… I want everyone to be okay."

"You're so selfless Bella," Edward says. "One day it'll get you in trouble. We'll take care of it, love. Trust me."

"I know… I know, I just can't help but worry. But I do need to eat soon or I'll pass out, and I know how you hate it when I don't eat enough." There, get him off the phone so I can stop with the lies.

"Yes of course, I'm sorry to have kept you from your meal. I'll speak with you later." I hang up the phone before I have to hear him tell me he loves me and then have to lie and say it back.

Inside, the guys are chowing down on cheeseburgers and slide a plate with some fries towards me. I sit down at the table and join them, glad to have some company for mealtimes for the first time in a while. My phone rings again, and it's Alice.

"Bella, what are you doing?" she asks before I can even greet her on the phone.

"What do you mean, Alice?" I ask.

"I mean… after your chat with Edward… I… I can't see you anymore. What's going on. Are you… are you choosing Jacob?"

Well, this was one thing I knew I didn't have to lie about. "No Alice, I wouldn't do that. Yes I love Jake, but not in the right way."

"Okay, just checking, So I'll see you after the battle, then?" Another thing I could be truthful about.

"Yes, Alice. I'll see you then." I notice that she didn't ask if I was leaving Edward for someone else. It's as if she thinks my only other option would be Jacob.

"So this Jacob guy," Dean mentions. "He got the hots for you or something?"

I nod. "He has since we were kids. He's good looking I suppose, but I don't feel that way for him. Even now that my venom bond with Edward is broken, I don't feel any differently for Jacob. In fact, when he was hugging me earlier, it felt… wrong." I can't say that having Dean's arms around me felt right, not when I just met the guy. There's something there, I can tell, but for all I know it's just a guy being friendly to a girl he just met. Plus, he's probably way too old for me. But seeing the relief in his eyes when I tell him I'm not interested in Jake has me thinking perhaps he's interested in me himself…

A/N: I hope you enjoyed chapter 2. The battle will be coming up next! Thank you for reading and for the reviews! They make me want to continue writing!