Hey Everyone! I am so so so sorry for not updating sooner! I am so busy this time of year because I'm not usually around on the weekends (I go up north meaning no computer) and I'm prepping for exams which start soon. That also means ISU's (Independent Study Units or Final Projects that are worth a ton of marks) are due so I'm trying to fit this into my schedule. HAVE YOU SEEN THE BREAKING DAWN COVER ART YET? Love it! I seriously can't wait! Anyways, I'm done my little rant ;) I hope you enjoy the story while it lasts :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. It all belongs to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer!
Chapter 19
My phone started to ring and grabbed it from my purse "Hello?"
I heard a deep male voice on the end "The corner of Charing Cross road and Avior Drive. Be there, we'll be waiting"
I gasped and dropped the phone.
BPOV
I sank to my knees and buried my head in hands. This could not be happening right now. Everyone else just got here!
Edward was by my side in an instant. His voice was overcome with concern and worry.
"Bella, love what's wrong? Are you okay? Who was that? What did they say?" He spoke furiously fast.
I took a deep breath and looked up at his beautiful face. I hated causing him pain like this. A face like his shouldn't be hurt, or confused.
"Edward, I-I'm fine" I stuttered "I don't know who it was, but I know it was them. They told me an address and they said they would be waiting" I quickly spat out.
Edward's face turned hard and he turned to everyone else "Looks like our chances of a surprise attack are out. We need to get going. We wouldn't want to keep our friends waiting" he said in a low tone. Then he turned back to me once more "Bella what was the address they gave you?"
"Um, it was the corner of Charing Cross road and Avior Drive."
Edward nodded his thanks, and then helped me off of the floor. He handed me off to Alice who embraced me in a tight hug, and then he went to talk to Carlisle, Emmett, and Jasper.
Alice and I sat down on the couch once again. "Bella, I'm really sorry I didn't see that coming. I seem to be saying that a lot lately but it's true I really am sorry. I should've seen it coming!"
"Alice, seriously it's not your fault. You had a lot on your plate and I'm fine. No harm no foul right? I'm just a little shaken up by the fact that I've been in the same room as a vampire hunter for a good part of this year."
She rubbed my arm affectionately "Bella, I understand where you're coming from. I'm sorry if what I said earlier freaked you out, that was not the intent. I guess sometimes I forget that you're not used to this like we are."
I sighed and then pulled her into a warm embrace "Thank you Alice. It's nice to know someone remembers I'm still adjusting and that all of this is new. You really are like a sister to me, and I'm really glad you're in my life."
She smiled "You're like a sister to me to Bella. I love you too death" She winked at me.
I laughed. At that moment Edward and the rest of the guys broke apart and approached us.
Carlisle spoke first "Is everyone ready? We need to leave."
I nodded and stood up off the couch. I took Edward's hand in my own, and he gave me a reassuring look as we headed out the door.
We approached a dark looking warehouse slowly. We had our backs pressed to the wall as we crept down the deserted street.
Suddenly, I heard someone singing the Mission Impossible theme song to my left.
I peered over Edward's shoulder to see Emmett being extremely dramatic as he crept along the wall and sang the theme song. I bit my lip to keep from bursting in peals of laughter.
Edward glared at Emmett and Emmett stopped singing. "Just because we're on a serious mission doesn't mean we can't have fun" he muttered
I felt a smile escape my lips as we met up at the corner.
Carlisle took the lead "Okay we need to split up at this point. We need two people per entrance. Esme and I will take the front entrance. Jasper and Alice, you take the west windows. Bella and Edward, you can take the back windows. Emmett, you and Rosalie take the east windows. Hopefully when we meet inside, we'll have them surrounded. Everyone ready?"
We all nodded except for Emmett who stuck his hand in the middle "Okay, READY? BREAK!" And with that he grabbed Rosalie's hand and dragged her towards their entrance.
I giggled a little bit, but the look on Edward's face quickly changed my mood. We all separated into different directions and Edward and I crept towards the back of the building.
When we reached it, Edward jumped high and landed on the windowsill. He held his hand out for me to jump up to him. I've never tried jumping before, just your standard running at an inhuman pace.
"Bella, its okay you can do it. Just jump and aim for my hand. Even if you fall, you won't hurt yourself."
I nodded then took a step back and took a running leap towards Edward. I slammed into the wall hard, and landed back on my butt on the ground.
"It's okay just try again"
I tried again, and the same thing happened. "Maybe we should have tried this before we came here" I muttered darkly. I swear I heard Edward laugh from his perch above.
On my third try, I jumped high enough to hang on to Edward's out stretched hand. He pulled me up beside him on the windowsill.
"Good job love. Third try not bad" He grinned and kissed my cheek.
The window was conveniently open. It was like a movie, have you ever noticed that windows happen to be conveniently open whenever someone needs them to be?
Edward and I slipped and dropped as quietly as we could into the dark hallway. Even being as light as I could, I still made the ground rumble when I dropped to the concrete floor.
We followed the hallway around until we made it to a dimly lit room. We hid in the shadows watching the scene unfold before us.
There were about seven or eight people in dark robes sitting around a slowly growing fire.
They were chanting an unfamiliar song as we approached. I glanced around at my surroundings.
The warehouse was like a big open space with hallways going in all four directions. I saw everyone else waiting in the shadows for the signal to attack.
I heard an eerie voice start to speak, and my head whipped back around to the circle of people.
"We know you're there, you can come out, we won't hurt you" then I heard him mutter under his breath "yet"
I was furious, so much for a surprise attack. I quickly stepped out of the shadows and into the light "I heard that" I growled.
The hooded figure looked up at me, but I couldn't see his face, which made me even angrier.
By the time this happened, everyone else had stepped out of the shadows, and had spread apart to surround the people in the middle of the room.
Carlisle called out in a clear voice so they could hear "Show yourselves, unless you're too afraid"
"We are not afraid" One hooded figure spoke in a deep voice I recognized from the phone call.
"Then take off your hoods and show you're faces" Edward growled next to me. I could tell it was taking everything he had to not pounce and kill all these people right now.
The first hooded figure nodded his head, and then they all slowly removed their hoods.
Of course, the first one was Carlton. "Carlton, I should have known it was you. I could tell there was something not right about you the first day we met" I sneered "You lied to me, you manipulated me, you kissed me even though you knew I was married, and you're just a flat out asshole."
Carlton, who had been looking at my face this entire time, looked shocked, but then he quickly recovered. "Now now Bella, watch your language. You don't want me to put you on academic suspension do you?"
I snarled and that was it. My temper was done. I leaned down into a crouch ready to pounce on him, but Edward held me back.
"Edward let go of me, I need to do this" I said at vampire speed
"Bella I know, and you will, just not yet. We need to know the story before we kill them."
"Fine" I huffed and crossed my arms and stood up. I looked at Carlton once more and it took everything I had inside of me to not go and rip that smirk right from his face.
I might as well get the story out of him, and then I can go rip him to shreds.
When I spoke, my voice surprised me. It was hard and cold, and intimidating. I saw the look on Emmett's face when he heard me speak and even he looked shocked. He always told me I was as intimidating as a teddy bear.
"Why did you do it? Why did you lie and cheat and take me to London?"
"You haven't caught on yet Bella? My, I guess you're not as smart as I thought you were. You see I come from a very long line of vampire hunters. Generations of my family dating back to who knows when have hunted your kind" he sneered the last part "My father died about six years ago, but before he did, he taught me everything he knew. After he died, I set out looking for vampires to kill. I looked for five years, and found none. I was beginning to think my father might have been crazy. So I took a teaching position, in Alaska, because I heard a rumour that a coven of vampires lived there. I hadn't seen anything suspicious until you walked into my classroom. I knew right away when I saw your pale skin, and your eyes. But they threw me off. Every time my dad spoke of vampires, he spoke of deep red eyes, but yours were topaz colour. Why is that?"
Edward spoke next to me. Venom filled his voice "We hunt animals, not humans."
"Oh really? Now there's something I've never heard before."
"Not all Vampires are monsters Carlton" Carlisle said.
"I'm afraid I have to disagree. Now as I was saying, I knew you were a vampire, so I used my postion to get close to you. I brought you to London, where my fellow hunters were so I could kill you, but obviously, my plans didn't work out very well."
I smirked "No, I think I had something to do with that."
I could tell the rest of the family was getting bored listening to this story. Rosalie was picking at her nails, Alice was staring off into space, and Emmett was talking or possibly singing to himself.
Carlton was still ranting on and on and I was getting sick of it. I quickly interrupted him "Are you done yet? Because as you can tell, we really don't care about what you're saying." I smiled "We just want to kill you"
"Kill us? You think you can kill us? Do not underestimate us creatures; we have a few tricks up our sleeves too"
Emmett looked up finally paying attention "Oh yeah? Like what?" he said in a sarcastic tone.
Suddenly one of the other men in the circle turned around, whipped out a silver cross bow and fired it in Emmett's direction. It hit him square in the heart, and he didn't even stumble.
He looked down at it, pulled it out of his chest and smirked "Was that supposed to hurt?"
Ahahaha it is so much fun writing about Emmett! So what did you guys think? I know it took a while but give me some credit here people :P. Review please and tell me what you think! I will try my best to post the last chapter soon! Until next time,
Ametz ;)
