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Overwhelming Darkness
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Chapter 4
(Jasper's POV: Forks Cemetery; Forks, Washington)
A choked sob left the throats of Esme and Rosalie, curling into their mates as they wrapped their arms around them in an attempt to comfort them.
I turned to look at the young wolf shifter as I spoke. "She was a mother?"
"A soon to be mother," Seth corrected me. "She was pregnant when she was changed, resulting in a miscarriage."
I sighed as Rosalie's choked sobs grew louder. She had always wanted a child and it was what she most struggled with what we were because of that.
"Seth," Esme got his attention. "What happened to Bella after we left? What happened to my baby?"
Seth looked down towards the ground pursing his lips as he let out a large breath of air as he began. "What you guys left, Bella went into a catatonic depression. From what I'd seen in Jake's mind, she was almost robotic. She wouldn't speak unless she was asked a direct question. She had the most terrible nightmares to the point where she would want up in a cold sweat, screaming her lungs out. She lost a lot of weight and barely ate. She stopped talking to all of her friends. All she would do in her free time was sit at her window in her bedroom and stare out of it as if she was waiting for someone to pop through."
We all looked at Edward at this point. He had the decency to look ashamed, though, it had nothing to do with his shame for how he treated Bella.
"She finally snapped out of it about four months later and started hanging around at the Reservation with Jake. They started by building motorcycles. It was Bella's idea. It was almost like she had become an adrenalin junkie. But she was getting better, so no one ever said anything." He shrugged.
"Two weeks later, Jake phased for the first time. Sam had put a gag order on him, telling him that he was not allowed to tell Bella about what we were. He was told to stay away from her, and since he gave him his claim as Alpha, he had to listen. Bella became depressed again after that and went out to some field in the woods."
We all looked over at Edward again knowing exactly what field he was talking about and why she would have went there. She would have gone there to try to feel close to Edward and to remember their time together since that was their special place.
Seth tore his gaze from Edward and continued on with his story. "While she was there, some leech with red eyes and dreadlocks showed up. He told her that some red headed chick named Victoria wanted to extract revenge on her because of her mate's death. 'A mate for a mate' was what he said."
I growled loudly at this, whipping my head in the family's direction. "I told you! I told y'all that she needed to be taken care of! But no! You listened to your golden child because he can read minds!" I pointed my finger accusingly at Edward.
Edward snarled at me, balling his fists at his sides. "She wasn't thinking anything about revenge!" He argued.
"Dude!" Emmett snorted loudly. "Just because she wasn't thinking it at the time doesn't mean that she wasn't going to attempt revenge."
"I read their bond and they were definitely mates!" I began as I tried to reason with him. "Back when I was in the Wars in Maria's army, she wouldn't allow mates to live amongst her ranks, because if one died, the other would go mad and seek revenge. If you killed one, you would have to kill the other!"
"Jasper, Edward!" Carlisle interrupted us before Edward could respond. "As much as we'd all like to, there is nothing we can do to change the past. So, let's hear the rest of Seth's story."
Seth nodded once as he continued. "We rescued her before he could do anything to her. He wanted to kill her himself for her blood, but we got there just on time and chased him off and killed him." He explained, his emotions showing bouts of pride for his pack. "Of course, I hadn't phased until a couple months later." He mentioned off-handedly.
"Bella immediately ran back and told her rather what she saw, not knowing that it was really us. There were hikers that had been disappearing and killed by animals in the newspapers at that time, even though it was really the red headed leech. It wasn't long after that Bella figured out what we were and her and Jacob became friends again and she was in on the secret. Unfortunately, that it was right around that time that Charlie was killed." He told us sadly, pausing as a sign of respect before continuing. "He was out with the rest of the hunters looking for us when the red headed leech showed up. She had drained Charlie and was about to turn on my dad when Jake got there. But unfortunately, my dad still died of a heart attack that very same day."
Esme reached forward and placed her hand on his shoulder in sympathy. "I'm so sorry, dear."
He just shrugged. "It was a long time ago." He sighed. "Anyway, Bella was a mess with guilt. She blamed herself for his death. She and Jake ended up getting really close at this time as she got over what happened with Charlie. Jake had always had a huge thing for Bella, but she didn't return his feelings until around that time."
Seth walked over and turned around in front of Jacob Black's headstone before sitting down on top of it with elbows on his knees and his hands clasped together. "Two weeks after they got together, Bella turned up pregnant." He announced.
Hearing this, I couldn't help but to feel jealous, though I wasn't sure what that was about. I didn't like that she was with other men and I couldn't understand why.
Edward heard this in my thoughts and he growled lowly in my direction. Fortunately, the family thought that he was growling because he heard that Bella had gotten pregnant, because Rosalie quickly jumped to her defense.
"Oh, shut it, Edward!" She snapped. "You wanted her to move on and live her life and she did! Live with it!"
He didn't bother to correct her, only narrowed his eyes at me and looked back towards the Wolf Shifter to resume his story. Seeing that everyone was now paying attention once again, he did just that.
"Everyone was excited about the baby. We all knew it was going to be a boy and he was to be the first of the following generation with the Werewolf gene. Not only that, but being Jake's kid, he was destined to be the new Alpha and Chief to our tribe." Seth's expression sobered up. "Sadly, it just wasn't meant to be. About a week later, the head headed leech showed up with about twenty vampires. They were all freakishly strong and acted completely crazed."
"Newborns," I clarified as I heard this.
Seth's eyes flickered over to me and he quirked a brow in confusion when he heard this. "Newborns? What the hell is that?"
"It's what we call a new vampire." I explained. "They are completely driven by their instincts, mainly thirst, and are much faster and stronger than us because their human blood still lingers in their tissues."
Seth nodded in understanding. "I guess that makes sense." He pondered that for a moment before he continued on, finishing his story. "We were all at the beach when she decided to attack. Sam had his imprint, Emily, there as well as Clair, Embry's imprint. Clair was only about 4 at the time." He sighed. "While most of us were all busy with the newborns me, Leah and Paul were trying to protect Bella and the other humans that were around at that time. However, the red head had another vamp that seemed more controlled than the others with the power of telekinesis. She was able to subdue us easily just by levitating the three of us in the air.
"As soon as she had a hold of Bella, she pulled her newborns back and withdrew from the fight. We had no idea what she wanted to do, but we soon found out as soon as Jake found her. She had her friend hold onto Bella while she fought with Jake. However, being her normal clumsy self, she tripped, cutting herself. The telekinetic guy immediately charge for her. It was freaky. He was in front of her as stiff as a board, then he was behind her with her neck bared and her head forced back. He cracked her ribs because he was holding her too tight. He also tore her throat out as he fed, however, he ended up pushing venom in her as at the same time and when he was done, he dropped her changing form like a stone.
He paused, his eyes brimming over with tears. "The pain we saw in Jake's face when he saw her get bit was heart wrenching. He howled as he lunged and took Riley down, tearing his head off first and then moving to his other limbs. Of course, with Jacob's back turned, the red head took advantage of the situation. She lunged and jumped onto his back as she latched onto his throat while she was pushed her venom into his blood stream. He was howling and whimpering in pain." Seth stopped to explain. "Vampire venom is extremely poisonous and lethal to us. Once it's in out blood stream, it's impossible to get out and it attacks our immune system and kills us in a very long and painfully dragged out way." He shivered sadly at the memory before he continued on. "I tried to move to help my pack brother, but I was not able since I was still hanging in the air. The red head turned to Bella at that point and told her that it was good enough for her that she had to watch not only her mate die, but her unborn child in her womb and would have to live with it for eternity.
"She then left both Jake and Bella there. Jake had turned back into his human form by then and crawled over to her. She was only able to hold out her arms as he collapsed beside her in tremors. It was if he was having a seizure the way he was thrashing around. I'd never felt so helpless in my life and we weren't able to come back down until Sam and them got there to burn the red headed leech's accomplice.
"Throughout Bella's change, one of us always stayed with her, but we took Jake away because he was dead. Sam was the one on guard duty when she woke up. She had burned for 7 days and would only scream when someone thought of Jake's name. She didn't stay. She just ran and jumped off of the edge of the cliff in La Push. That was the last time that any of us had ever seen or heard from her." He admitted. "We faked her death and buried her with Jake and her son that she miscarried while she was going through the change. We figured that they would want to be together and that she would want to be next to Charlie, even if her body wasn't really in there. It was for a memorial purpose."
We all stayed silent for a long time after that as we stood there with the Wolf Shifter, taking in everything that we had learned and mourning for our part in the horrific story.
(Bella's POV: Texas)
Previously…
Mika looked back to me and dropped to her knees. "Please..." I could hear the pain in her voice. Maria must have known that my weakness was children, but then again, I could always bring them to me, because of the fact that the other war lords would use them against their will and since I could not have children, then I would keep them with me. I also have another young vampire in my army, but he does not go to the fighting because he is only 9. I took him from Enrique, one of the many warlords that loved little boys. I had taken pleasure in torturing him.
I nodded to Raoul and turned to Maria, dropping my barrier that way she could hear again. I could hear hissing and growling. I smirked as I walked out of the safety of the barrier I had in place and stopped just outside of it. I would show Mika that I would protect her and any others in my care. I was not like some vampires that played with humans and then threw them away. I took pride in the family I have created. The only reason I am feared is because I am a fierce protector of those I care for. I dropped into a crouch and smirked.
"It seems that your shield has decided to switch sides." I told her. "You should take care of your army better than you do or they will turn against you."
She roared as she lunged. Her army followed her lead, but as soon as she was close enough to me I placed a secondary shield around us. I was able to place two big shields or 3 smaller ones. If I shield an individual I can shield up to 100. The rest of her army perished as she was the only one able to come through. I smirked as she spun around and stood there with a shocked look on her face. When she turned back to me her eyes were filled with fear, hatred and rage. I could hear others whispering behind us as we started to circle each other. I would finally put the most feared warlord six feet under as a pile of ash.
Before I could even react, a vampire with dark brown hair that was almost black appeared out of nowhere behind Maria. He wrapped his arms around her torso and smirked at me. Before I could even attempt to charge towards them, they disappeared before our eyes.
We all stood there stunned at what had just happened.
Finally, Raoul cleared his throat, getting my attention. "What should we do, Mistress? Shall I send our scouts out to search for her?" He asked.
I shook my head, my hands clasped behind my back as I looked on over the other side of the battlefield where Maria's army once stood. All that was left was ash as the wind began to blow it away. "No," I objected. "If I know anything about Maria, it is that she does not admit defeat. She will be back to try to reclaim her territory. And when she does, we will be ready." I smirked before taking the first step onto the newest piece of my domain.
A/N: I bet you weren't expecting that! LOL! What do you think will happen with the Cullen's after hearing part of Bella's story? What do you think Maria will do? Review!
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