Disclaimer- All recognizable characters belong to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer, whereas all new characters belong to me.

Chapter 11- Show the monster inside you

Lanina looked at me, not pressuring me to talk but letting me know she was there if I wanted to. I sighed and pushed away the bottle of blood in front of me. She'd even warmed it for me, but I wasn't in the mood for it. She linked her hands together and leaned on the table. " What's up?" She asked me, sounding worried. " I haven't seen you like this in a long time." I nodded my head and decided to take a sip of the blood, to make her feel better. To make her worry less. Yuzria was sitting at the island counter, pretending to read a spell book he'd died. I knew he was pretending, but I didn't care. Let him listen in.

" I just, can't shake this feeling that something's going to happen between them." I whispered to her. " Tell me I'm crazy. Tell me that he'd never do that." I looked up at her, and upon seeing her face, I knew she couldn't. Because he'd already hurt me once twenty years ago. What would stop him from doing it again?

" I don't think he'd plan it." She said sheepishly. I shook my head in agreement and took another sip of the blood. I wanted to kill something. That'd make me feel better. Or even better. . .

" We should probably start training with them again. I wouldn't want them to be rusty." I spoke up. Lanina's eyes brightened. She sat up and took our weapons out of the closet for them, then called them down. We gathered outside, it was raining but we didn't care. No one stopped a war because of rain so we weren't going to stop training because of it. Lanina and I held our swords tight in our hands. Everyone else had one, not that they'd do much good. But with the stuff we'd put on them later, it'd at least slow the vamps down. " Quiet!" I yelled. Everyone stopped talking and looked at me. I ignored Edward's gazes and looked at Lynn sitting on the steps. Laurent and Lisa were here too, so was Yuzria. Although they didn't need as much training as everyone else. I knew Laurent was a good fighter, not great, but he wouldn't get himself killed. Travis was picking some things up at Bob's. Lanina stepped aside, she usually let me teach. She was there to help them practice. I waved the sword in front of me and smiled. " Always now what your opponent's next move is going to be. If you're too slow, you're dead. There's not much more to it. Laurent, get your ass up here." He smiled and stepped up, waving his sword like I had. We fought a couple rounds, I'd managed to stab him twice. He got me once, but that was only a nick.

" If you don't know what's going to happen you can't plan your next move." Lanina said to them. " Always be thinking one step ahead. It's what'll keep you alive in the long run." They all nodded their heads and Emmett stepped forward.

" Come on Bella." He teased. " Let's roll." Laurent stepped back in the line, next to Lisa. I smirked and clinked my sword against his. My third one was a hit to his heart. He looked at the sword with a disapproving look. " Damn." He whispered. I chuckled and pulled it out.

" Don't be cocky, that'll kill you too. You know what-" I put my finger to my lips and thought for a minute. Emmett wasn't a sword guy, he was more brute force. " Drop the sword." I told him. He did just that and crouched down in a fighting stance. I shook my head approvingly and dropped down too. He came towards me and pushed me to the ground, I flipped him off and stood up. We fought for a couple more minutes before I was satisfied. " You don't need a sword." I said to him. " Just remember to watch out for your enemy and you'll be fine. You work better with your hands then a weapon." He smiled and gave me a high five. I rolled my eyes and pointed to Alice. She walked up, her sword looking oddly out of place. I took it out of her hands and replaced it with a small knife. It suited her better. " You're fast and you're small, you can get behind them and stick that in the back of their neck easier than fighting them one on one with the sword."

" Will this work as well?" She questioned. I nodded my head and showed her a few tips then sent her back to line. I pointed to Esme and watched her walk forward.

" First off all, stop looking so motherly on the battlefield. People will underestimate you and target you more because they'll think you're weak." She nodded her head and her eyes instantly blackened. Well, it helped. " Second of all, hold your sword higher." She lifted the sword and crouched down, hissing. I smiled and sent her back to line, she'd be fine. I knew Carlisle knew how to fight so I passed him up. Next was Rosalie. She stepped up and smirked. She had both a knife and gun. I figured she'd like shooting people.

" I know who you'd like to shoot." She joked as she stopped in front of me. I chuckled and we both looked at Lynn. Next we fought, she met each of my blows except one. She'd learned fast. I let her go back to the line and pointed to Jasper. He walked up and grinned. He had a sword but he also had his power that would work.

" Okay, remember, mellow them out and then strike." I told him. He nodded his head and we exchanged a few blows. He was good too. Met every single one of my blows and even impressed me with a few new moves. I sent him back to line, one more Cullen left. " Yuzria." I whispered. I didn't want to deal with Edward yet. He nodded and stepped forward. His eyes gleaming in the dark night. He raised his sword and we began to fight. Soon it became sort of like a dance. The rain fell around us. I concentrated hard, he was good. Finally we stopped, he was breathing hard. His face was directly in front of mine, his eyes staring into mine. I could see Edward clenching his fists, but didn't care. Our swords were pressed together. " You're good." I told him.

" Thank you. It's a complement coming from such a good fighter." He responded. I smiled and nodded my head. He walked back in the line and put his sword away in the sheath. Lisa walked forward and bowed her head. She put her sword on the ground and looked back up at me.

" I don't know how to use one." She told me sheepishly. I picked it up and put it in her hands, then showed her how to hold it.

" Grip it tight, you don't want it flying out of your hands." She nodded her head and moved with me. I showed her the simplest moves that she'd need to know. " Don't worry, you'll be fine." I assured her. She went back in the line and smiled up at Laurent. He squeezed her waist and kissed the top of her forehead. " Edward." I said softly. He stepped forward, anger etched in his eyes. I knew why; I also could care less at the moment. He raised his sword and we began to fight. The rain fell down harder and harder with each passing second. We fought longer than I had with anyone else. My anger started to come out bit by bit.

" You accuse me of falling for Lynn, while you're appearing a little chummy with Yuzria." He growled as we fought. His voice mixing with the thunder. I saw the danger in his eyes. " Tell me Bella, trying to get back at me?" He asked.

" Oh please, how low do you think I'd stoop?" I replied, my sword pushing his away from me. " Besides, Yuzria is a friend. Hell, he's here for me more than you nowadays. Mr. I need to watch Lynn or she may die!" I cried out. I could see everyone was getting kind of uncomfortable. Lanina ushered them inside and closed the door. We were alone.

" Do you blame me? She very well may!" He cried back, dropping his sword. Now we were just standing there in the rain. " Why can't you trust me!" I groaned and pushed him.

" Because you left me once for no reason, maybe you'll leave again! I'll always think you're going to leave me because of that one mistake you made!" I yelled. " You broke me! You killed me! You- UGH!" I pushed him again and this time he fell to the ground. " Fight me damn it! Tell me that you'd never do it again! WHY AREN'T YOU FIGHTING BACK!" I screamed. He stood up and held my wrists with his hands.

" There's no use in fighting-" I groaned again and pushed him down, scratched him with my nails and threw him down onto the ground.

" I'm sick of your preaching ways Edward. Come on, let out the monster in you. Don't fight it!" I told him. He shook his head.

" Never-"

" THEN WHY DID YOU THINK YOU'D BECOME A MONSTER WHEN YOU WERE WITH ME? THAT'S WHY YOU LEFT WASN'T IT? BECAUSE YOU WERE AFRAID YOU'D BE SOME MONSTER? SHOW ME THE MONSTER! SHOW ME!" I didn't care who could hear me. I was pissed and I needed answers. He just sat there, watching me with those topaz eyes. I stood up and looked at him. " You can't can you? Because there never was one. So why did you leave me Edward? Because you didn't want me to be hurt?" My words were stumbling over some dry sobs. He stayed silent, finally speaking after a few moments.

" It was harder when you were alive." He whispered.

" Yeah, and you couldn't take the struggle. You fucking wimp." I sneered and started to walk away when he pushed me down. His eyes black. I knew what he was doing. He was tearing down his safety net and becoming what he hated. A full fledged vampire. He was giving into the darkness that lived in each of us for me. He picked me up and shoved me into a wall, kissing me rough and biting my lip hard with his sharp teeth. His lips traveled down my neck. Each move by him was filled with need. A need to make me understand and to show me I was in fact the only one for him. I pushed him away and threw him down on the wet grass; by now both of us were past soaked. His eyes were still black as he stood up and picked me up. I began to get worried, what if I never got him back? Once you give in. . . It's hard to climb out.

" Do you believe me now?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded my head and gazed at him. His eyes slowly turned topaz again and he stormed into the house. I just sat there, tilting my head towards the rain, I opened my mouth and gladly let it in. I closed my eyes. Suddenly I felt something, that same heat that'd come when I saved Travis. I looked down and my eyes opened wide. It looked as if my hands were on fire. I jumped up and wiggled them around, but they wouldn't go out.

" What the hell, go out!" I screamed, and they did. I arched my eyebrow in confusion and looked around. What the hell just happened? I walked back inside the house and fell to the ground. Yuzria ran over to me and caught me before I fell to the ground. I looked up at him with confused eyes.

" Bella, what's wrong?" He asked.

" I don't know." I whispered. I felt so tired all of the sudden. I just wanted to close my eyes and drift. All my energy was spent. The last thing I remembered was Yuzria carrying me up to my room. Then everything turned black.

I opened my eyes and got grounded before springing up and whipping my head around violently. Had I fallen asleep? That's impossible! I put a finger to my neck trying to find a pulse, nope, still dead. So then why? My eyes landed on a figure sitting in the room. I reached under my pillow slowly; I kept a knife under there. Call my crazy, but it's better to be safe than sorry as the saying goes. I grabbed it and flicked on the light. It was only Yuzria, he'd fallen asleep in the chair. I let out a breath of relief and got up. I shook him softly, trying to wake up. He opened his eyes and gasped, then remembered where he was and calmed down. " What happened?" I questioned him.

" Well, Edward stormed in first. Then you came in a couple minutes later looking kind of out of place. I could tell you were going to collapse so I grabbed you, and then you passed out." He stood up and yawned. I looked out the window. It was almost dawn.

" When did I pass out?" I asked.

" Umm. . . Probably around midnight. So you've been out for around-"

" Six hours." I muttered. " How's this possible?" I opened my door and ran down the steps. Everyone immediately crowded around me. Everyone except Edward, he wasn't there. Neither was Lynn. . .

" They're in the library looking up information on you." Carlisle answered, as if reading my thoughts. " How are you Bella?"

" Seeing as how I slept? A little freaked out." I snapped. But, something was different. I felt a whole new energy pulsing through me, like I could do anything now. Before I'd passed out, it was gone. All my energy was sucked out. And then there was the fire thing. Yeah that was weird.

" What do you think happened?" Travis asked me. I looked at him and shrugged my shoulders.

" Honestly, I think I needed to recharge. How that can happen though. . . I'll go see if Edward found everything." And with that I was running into my library. But I stopped before I walked inside. I felt a fire burn inside me. Lynn's lips were pressed against Edward's. And he wasn't pulling away. I clenched my fists and walked off, back into the living room, then right outside. What a nice thing to wake up too.