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Overwhelming Darkness

A/N: IMPORTANT: In the last chapter during Angela's story, I forgot that 10 years had passed. So, I did end up changing it up a little bit, so check it out!

This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and DeathsQueen26. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter! We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. – Bella'Xo

Chapter 8
(Bella's POV: Maria's Old Quarters; The Compound)

I cut my eyes to Angela and saw that she was shaking. I looked back at Nitro. "Who has come?" I questioned her.

"Marcus, Jane and Demetri." Nitro answered as she cut her eyes to Angela. "Boss, it seems that the newborn is frightened." She nodded towards her.

I turned and spotted Angela crouched and hissing at the door. I stayed where I was and held my hand out to tell Nitro to stay put. "Go, bring them here." I ordered her.

"Sure thing, Boss." Nitro rushed out the door. I could tell that Angela was scared because her scent had disappeared. I placed my physical barrier us and waited until she calmed down a little bit.

"Ang, its fine." I walked towards her my posture straight. "You are not in danger nor am I."

Her head went to the side as she rose to her feet. "But I heard that the Volturi are ruthless." I could see fear in her eyes. "Maria..."

"I told you before that she is not in command of you now and I have done nothing wrong for the Volturi to show up here. I will deal with it." I narrowed my eyes as they turned darker. "Do not make me regret anything." I knew she knew what I meant.

Angela nodded, but stiffened and growled lowly as I heard the door open and four vampires come in. I lowered my head slightly raised a brow at her. She bowed her head slightly and tilted her head to the side. I nodded as I smiled before I turned with my blank face on as I saw that Marcus was looking at me with an awe look. Jane was looking at me with scorn or anger and Demetri was looking shocked. I could only guess what they were thinking.

"Thank you, Nitro. You are dismissed." I waved at her. "Take Angela with you she might need to feed again."

"Sure thing, Boss." Nitro took Angela's hand and pulled her from the tent. I could tell that she was scared for me but she had no need. I sat down and crossed my right leg over my left. I sat there and waited for them to take a seat but when none of them sat down I noticed that they were not mind readers. Of course it wouldn't work.

"Why are you here?" I asked bluntly raising a brow.

Jane crouched slightly. "Watch your tone with Master Marcus." She hissed her eyes bleeding black from red.

I smirked. "Really?" I tilted my head to the side. "And what shall you do, Jane? Put me on the ground withering in pain?" I laughed as I stood and towered over her. "I think not. I took Maria out and plan on taking over the south. I have only her to deal with because I killed and burnt them all." I lowered my head but kept my eyes on hers.

"Jane, that is enough." Marcus ordered as he stepped forward. "Please forgive her. She has a bit of a temper. Would you mind?" He gestured to the seat next to me.

"Not at all." I looked from Jane to Demetri. He had yet to say a word. I raised a brow at him in question. "Is there a problem?"

"No." Demetri said as he backed up slightly.

I nodded as I turned and sat down next to Marcus. I could feel that he was trust worthy but I had no idea why. I looked deeper into his eyes and saw something that reminded me of my own; Pain. Loss. Hardships. He did not remove his eyes from me as he waved Jane and Demetri out of the room. They did not even argue with him as they backed out of the room and posted themselves outside the door. Marcus then did break eye contact as he took my hand into his. I felt a spark but it was not what I had heard the mating spark felt. I frowned as I looked at him.

"Who are you besides one of the King of the Volturi?" I asked him. "I can see the pain that reflects in your eyes." I all but whispered.

"My child, do you know of the three kings and two of their powers?" He asked in a hush tone. I nodded. "I can see that we have a very strong family bond." He looked at my hand that was flipped over. "You have lost more than your own life when you were turned."

I felt the memories flicker across my mind but blocked them back out. "Yes." I pulled my hand away from him. "I will tell you mine if you tell me yours?" I offered. It was a very rare bargain. I never had done this. It would be the first time I spoke of it other than to Nick who would tell Mika.

(Peter's Pov: Living room at the Cabin; Sequoia National Park)

I looked at the others that were sitting looking at me. "Well, let's begin shall we?" I looked at Alice and Eddie boy. "Do you wanna start?" I grinned when Alice cringed into Edward's side.

"If you don't mind me asking what are you talking about, Peter?" Carlisle asked with a frown on his face.

"Alice and Eddie Boy didn't think of the life that they would destroy if they went through with this plan." I looked over at them and found that Edward was looking highly pissed. "It seems that the only way for Edward ta ever take Alice as his mate was to fall in love with one of his singers first. Bella just happened to be there, but what Alice didn't foresee was the fact that Lil' Swan was the Major's mate."

Jasper's eyes started to turn black. "Hold yer horses, Major." I narrowed my eyes. "I ain't done." I then looked back at the others. "Yer Isabella did in fact die that night when she was turned. Losin' her child that she loved, along with the man that she came to care for, was the last straw at her bein' weak. I only heard a lil' bit about what happened before she arrived in the South, but from what I heard, she stayed a week under water before she fed, slaughterin' a whole boat full of sea goers." I told them shaking my head pulling Charlotte closer to me.

"Where is she now?" Esme whispered her eyes full of pain.

I sighed. "Isabella is now known as the Boss or Iz, the War Goddess." I looked at the Major. "She is even more ruthless in her killings than Maria even thought possible. There was a Warlord that had a thing for lil' boys. He had one that was only 9 and a vampire." I shivered as the memory of Nick's broken look filtered through my brain. Eddie boy hissed.

"That is awful." Edward spat. "Who did that to him?"

"A terrible Warlord named Enrique, however he was skinned and burnt layer by layer." I shivered when I remembered Iz telling me just what she did to him. I cut my eyes to the mind reader and he just stood up shaking his head.

"NO!" He yelled, his hands clenching at his side with Alice trying to calm him down. "Bella wouldn't have done that! She wouldn't have hurt anyone like what you are thinking!"

I scoffed at him as I stood and rolled up my sleeve. "Look for yerself." I told him as I held out my arm. It had been shaved, but I was able to reattach my skin. "She did it ta me for something Char done ta piss her off. She won't hurt a mated female, but she will damn near kill their mates while punishin' 'em." I raised a brow as I rolled my sleeve back down and pulled Char back to my side.

"I really didn't know what she was going ta do." Char admitted. "I had joked about havin' children when she told me ta shut up. I didn't listen and kept goin'." She bowed her head. "She did slap me, but stopped just as she reached for my throat. Peter came in and asked what happened. She took one look at me then at Peter and turned on him sayin' that she wouldn't hurt someone like she had been, but she would punish us as she saw fit."

I tightened my grip around her waist. "Iz is one tough bitch, but she is extremely loyal. If yer family, then you have no problem once ya make it in. Yet, there are rules that ya need to follow." I looked at Edward. "I'm tellin' ya this ta keep ya alive."

"What are these rules?" Carlisle tried to gain my attention.

I looked back at him. "1) Don't disrespect Iz or the Boss. 2) What she says goes, because she has her reasons. 3) Try to feed from the criminals or the weak; no innocents and NO children under the age of 17. If you follow those, then there will be no problems. Oh and if ya want ta be with her ya need to change yer diets. She don't like 'vegetarians' it makes ya weak."

"I beg to differ." Carlisle stood. I knew this was gonna happen. "It does nothing but changes your eye color and lets you blend in better with humans."

Charlotte snickered and Jasper smirked, I on the other hand rolled my eyes. "Sorry ta hurt yer feelin's, but that isn't true. Boss girl herself tried it before she decided ta take over." I leaned back and crossed my ankles. Charlotte's legs were over one leg while she was sitting on the other. "She went for about one year as a veg then went up north. Don't know what happened up there, but she came back with red eyes."

They all looked at each other, but the Major was looking right at me. I smirked and raised an eyebrow. He narrowed his eyes and I could feel him project his curiosity. I just shook my head and started to sing a country song in Klingon. I knew that would keep the mind reader out.

"From what we found out, Victoria changed Bella, killing Jacob and her unborn son." Carlisle offered as he held onto Esme who had tears in her eyes. I could also see that Rosalie was 'tearing' up, as well.

"If ya want ta blame anyone, you should blame yer golden boy." I tilted my head towards him and his mate. I could have laughed at that. "It was their plan that got Bella hurt in the first place. If y'all had gone after Victoria, Bella wouldn't be in the south causin' all kinds of trouble. I wouldn't doubt..." I then got a feeling that we needed to head south and now. "Sorry folks, but we need ta get goin'." I stood setting Charlotte on her feet.

Jasper was up in a flash. "What do you know?" His eyes were scanning my features.

"I have a feelin' that Boss Swan is gonna have some company when we get there." I told them as I walked out the door. "We need ta get there in case Maria goes back for her. Lil' Bit has decided to go up against the last Warlord around that that is the queen bitch herself."

I heard Jasper cussing up a storm as he followed after me. Charlotte and I were already running towards the South and heard the others following. I cut my eyes back and found that Eddie boy and Crazy Mary weren't following. I knew that they had something up their sleeves, but didn't want either Carlisle or Jasper to know. I smirked knowing that whatever they were planning was about to go up in flames and blow up in their faces.

(Bella's POV: Texas; The Boss's Quarters; Maria's old Quarters)

After I told Marcus what had happened to me from the time I was left in the woods by Edward to the time that we are sitting here now. He was quiet as he sat there listening to what I had to say. He only interrupted me once when he asked who the coven was that I was associated to before I came to the south. Marcus didn't even look shocked when I told him that it was the Cullen's. We were sitting there as Marcus thought for a moment. I could tell that he was trying to figure something out.

"I am truly sorry, child, for the life that you were given." He told me taking my hand again. "I believe that you will find your mate soon." His eyes were still full of his pain.

"Why don't you tell me why you are in so much pain?" I asked holding his hand tighter. "I know that your pain can almost over shadow mine."

Marcus nodded as he looked off into the distance. I could tell that he was looking back at the memories. "I have never spoken about this and the only ones who know what happened were there." He paused, taking a deep breath; in and out. "The Romanians had tried to take Volterra on more than one occasion. Aro, myself and Caius were out trying to search for them when I felt my heart shatter. I rushed back to the castle but was not able to make it in time to save my mate." His eyes came to mine and I saw venom welling up that would never fall. "They had chained my mate up on a cross and started the fire at the bottom. It was slow burning, but by the time I had arrived Didyme was already half burnt. I tried to put the fire out, but she told me that it was no use." He closed his eyes.

I held onto his hand. "I watched as my mate was burned alive, because of the fact that the Romanians hated what the Volturi stood for." He opened his eyes and looked into mine. "Since then, I have had nothing to keep me sane. I have tried to join my mate many times, but Aro was always nearby and able to stop me. Now, I have found something that will help my tortured soul." He leaned over and kissed me on top of the head.

"I am glad that I can be here for you, Marcus." I answered truthfully. "No one deserves the horror we had to face. You losing your mate while I lost my best friend and my child." I lowered my head trying to keep from sobbing out loud. "I pray that one day I will be happy but I know that happiness always comes with a price. Sometimes it takes what we love the most away." I looked up and saw that his eyes were full of unshedable venom.

"Sometimes that is true, but then again, things happen for a reason." Marcus smiled sadly as he pulled me into his arms.

For the first time in a long time, I cried for the child I lost and the love I lost when Victoria changed me. It helped lift a burden that I had been carrying for over 10 years. I hurt knowing the fact that I would never see Jacob, My Jacob, again or our son, Samuel. I prayed that they were in heaven watching over the other tribe members and family. I never went back to see Billy or any of the others. I couldn't. My life there was taken from me, not just by Victoria, but by Edward and the Cullen's. If it hadn't been for them I would have never been involved with the supernatural and I would have my Jacob, my sun.

"My child I will always be here for you if you need it." Marcus soothed me but rubbing my back. "Since I have found you and you are the last of any of the King's descendants, then you are the next in line if myself, Aro or Caius fall. If you would allow it, I would like to take you to Volterra to introduce you to the others. Is that alright with you, my child?"

I took a breath and nodded. "First, I must show you two young vampires that are in my care. I do know about the rule about children under the age of five that is forbidden to turn them into vampires, however the Warlords in the South have found a way past that." I stood and closed my eyes, pushing my shield out to find Kirk or Natalie. Once I found then I tapped into their minds. They needed to get used to it. I am able to do this over a long way.

'Natalie, bring Nick and Mika to me.' I told her. 'There is someone I wish for them to meet. Watch yourself, because Jane and Demetri are at the door.'

'Um... Yes Mistress.' I heard Natalie reply with a shaky tone. I knew I had frightened her but she would get used to it.

I opened my eyes and found that Marcus was looking at me with a confused expression. "Forgive me, but I needed to call their Nanny to bring them. Nick and Mika are very special. Nick has a gift, but I have yet to see that Mika is anything other than a shield. What kind, I do not know." I offered shrugging. "Please call Jane and Demetri in here, because I do not wish them to upset Nick."

Marcus nodded clapping his hands. Jane and Demetri appeared before him. "Yes Master?" Jane kept her eyes on me.

"Stand behind me, but do not speak." He ordered them. "My niece has something to share before we go home."

"Of course, Master." Both Jane and Demetri answered bowing before the flitted behind us.

A/N: So, what did everyone think? Any ideas what the Volturi will think when they see Mika and Nick? What about what happens when the Cullen's and Whitlocks get to Texas? And what do you think Eddie and Alice are planning? Review!

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JynxxD: I find the story really interesting and I like your characters. I'm just a little confused though about the timeline...since Bella and Angela were the same age, and it's been 10 years, shouldn't Angela be at least 28 and have been well out of college by now instead of her and Ben just doing their first year?

That's for letting me know! I did fix that, so if you want to go and check it out, go ahead! Thanks for reading!

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