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Arthur's POV

"I want you with me Elzam."

"Oh, this old man is good enough for you now?"

"You're a far better leader than I am." I said honestly.

"You might not be a good speaker, but you'll be fine as long as you lead by example."

"Become a Vampire with me, we can lead together."

"I have my own team for our own purpose."

"Yes… Mr. Green believes you might be hard to control." I shrugged.

"I've been around long enough to realize you need to question authority."

"What if that authority sees all the moving pieces and you don't? There are reasons for having leaders."

"I guess that's where we'll disagree Arthur."

"Such an Idealist… who would have thought you were a black ops guy." He taunted.

"What were you part of anyway?" I asked honestly.

"I was part of the 19th division Hatchet." he thought for a moment…

"Wait… isn't that a wet team?" I smiled

"Yes it was. I did what most people didn't have the stomach for but everyone finds it necessary. Everyone wants to say torture is wrong until we need answers… then months later they'll question us for doing what is necessary."

"While I agree with you that torture does have its place and that sometimes we're forced to do unpleasant tasks… I disagree that we should just listen to our commanding officers."

"Well I guess that's where we'll part ways in this discussion." I lamented.

"Speaking of parting ways… I've got two people I'd like to interview for my squad and I was hoping you could help me." Explained.

"I would need to meet them." Elzam said.

"Yes, they're at Fort Carlson in Colorado. We leave in an hour if you'll join me." I explained. Elzam walked over to Briggs.

"Briggs, Lisa is administrator in charge while I'm gone, everything will go as it has, I expect everyone to be at Guy's weapon class in the morning and your wrestling class in the afternoon. Also make sure Nate gets extra time on his project." Briggs nodded. What's Nate's project?

Leah's POV

"You've been spending a lot of time with your exes" Patrick stated.

"Embry is going to leave then he'll be gone."

"You heard what they said… a one year tour."

"They might have said that but it won't be. Once they have their hands on him they won't let go."

"And is that such a bad thing? He'll never annoy you again."

"He was also my only friend." I defended. Patrick wrapped his cold arms around me and I sighed.

"I'm here for you now. You'll be fine."

"If this is goodbye… I need to say goodbye to him."

"I don't see why… I don't like it. You shouldn't go."

"Of course you don't." I said pulling myself out of his grasp.

"He's not worth your time you shouldn't."

"He's worth this much time damn it, I'm doing it!" He growled at me.

"No I'm not talking to you when you get like this Patrick, I'll see you in a week."

"What about our son? You're just going to forget about him?"

"You can have some more bonding time with him, or he can come with me whichever he want."

"You still have feelings for him."

"No I don't" I said crossing my arms.

"I don't want you seeing him." I said forcefully.

"Well I don't care." I said honestly. I'm going to do what I want.

"You already cheated on your ex with him once! What the hell should convince me you won't again."

"You know what Patrick? Just shut up I'll talk to you later."

"When?"

"Whenever I damn feel like it."

"Ironman" Jack Elzam's POV

Why am I doing this again? It's important to know the competition. Is that what he is? The helicopter was turning off behind us and two men stood in front of us.

"So this is the guy who kicked you ass?" one of them asked. He had medium length brown hair, brown eyes, and was taller than Arthur by nearly three inches. He also was more physically imposing. He wasn't special forces, he would stick out too much.

"He is."

"He looks old." I laughed.

"Shut up Gavin." I turned my eyes to Arthur.

"No wonder you picked them, their just like you… overconfident and ignorant to the point of danger." He stepped towards me quickly. I really don't want to play around. I dropped my weight and scissored his legs with my and turned my body twisting his leg with me. He was tapping in pain by the time his back hit the ground.

"Say you were wrong Gavin." I twisted further.

"Alright! Alright, you're better than you look." I released him and got up quickly. He was cumbersome to get up right away. I turned to see out of the corner of my eyes to see a man with black hair. I got a closer look his hair was in small curls, he had a serious look on his face. He gave up a couple of inches to Arthur but he seemed more focused than either of them.

"Whose he?" I asked.

"Lance." Arthur said not giving a last name again. I looked him in the eye and he returned the look.

"Seal?" I asked.

"Green Beret." He answered, showing neither pride nor shame. He's good. I turned back to Arthur.

"You'll need more than three you should know."

"Of course I plan to train more starting with Lance, Gavin, and myself." I nodded. Something didn't sit right with me about all of this.

Leah's POV

I'll just call Embry to talk to him, meet him at his house. I dialed his cell phone number. It went straight to voicemail. He always picks up… maybe he's at his house and turned it off. I dialed his home phone and it rang through.

"Hello Call residence." I recognize that voice.

"Sam?"

"Leah?"

"Where's Embry?" I said attempting to skip all the awkwardness possible.

"He left. He's on his flight back to Minnesota." Damn it. That's why he didn't answer his phone he's on a plane. There was an awkward silence on either end of the line.

"It was nice talking to you Sam… Bye" I said quickly hanging up. If only I could get away with doing that in person. Embry can't leave… he might never come back. And then I realized how much that really scared me. I need to stop him somehow.

Mike's POV

I struck for Jasper, he blocked my punch then backhanded the side of my face. I took a wild which he followed through and hip tossed me on to the ground.

"You see that Michael?" I tried to jump back up to my feet but he pushed my shoulders back down.

"Yeah I did." I said angrily.

"It's victory by frustration." I started to relax and he let me up.

"Most vampires have a short temper, most are easy to set off, and an angry fighter is a sloppy one." I nodded.

"So you needed to frustrate me to beat me?" I asked.

"Oh no… I could have easily beaten you without frustrating you. I'm just trying to make a point." I threw a fast punch but Jasper was faster. He glided across the ground as if his feet never touched he slid smooth as glass and His arm extended so naturally so fast I could see it but not act in time I put my arm but his fist connected with my jaw before I could block.

"How do you move so smoothly?" I asked partially in awe.

"If you want to learn you will, once you control your body completely." I saw Rosalie out of the corner of my eye.

"I think I'll go for a walk." I said to Jasper walking away from Rosalie.

Jasper's POV

I watched Mike walk away. Training every minute of every day until he leaves for the Volturi won't prepare him for Felix.

"He still won't talk to me?" Rosalie asked stirring me from my thoughts.

"Do you blame him?" I asked her. She seemed hurt that I took his side.

"So what, I misled him I apologized to him." I shook my head.

"Rosalie you never went through the shit he went through in high school."

"So you have pity for him?"

"No, I empathize with him. I try to understand what he is going through. You just say deal with it. Maybe he should, but every vampire he's trusted has betrayed him, and worst of all the only people he really can trust he's being held from seeing."

"You know we can't let him see his family."

"I never said we should."

"You just said everyone he trusts we're keeping from him."

"Yes indeed I did, but you miss the point Rose, It doesn't matter that we're protecting his family from him. We all lied to him. Some of us betrayed him… Some of us led him on. He can't trust any of us."

"You're talking about me. Are you trying to make me feel guilty for staying with Emmett?" My anger flared up only for a moment then I doused it.

"No you self absorbed bitch. I'm telling you to back the fuck off because you fucked this child's life and you don't seem to see it!"

"You can feel how much he means to me." She said.

"Yes I can… But he can't. He can only see what he sees with his eyes, you choosing Emmett over him. He's just leftovers to you, and to Tanya."

"Tanya doesn't feel that way either, and you know that!"

"You're missing the point. Even though I know Tanya loves him he doesn't know it. He doesn't believe she'd wait around a century for him like she did for Edward."

"But she would."

"I know she would." I answered honestly.

"We'll clean this all up when he comes back from duty with the Volturi in a year." Rosalie conceded. I laughed quietly.

"What's so funny?"

"We've betrayed him, we've broken his heart, and we told him he can never see his family again. What makes you believe Michael Iverson is ever coming back from the Volturi?"

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