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Death is Only the Beginning

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Chapter 11
(Bella's POV)

I knew that Iz did not want the children to see us like this, thus her receding and letting me take over. Looking down at my children, I hardened my eyes.

"What did I tell you both?" I glanced up at Kirk and Natalie. Kirk stepped in front of Natalie. He knew that they were in trouble.

"I could tell that you were upset." Nick looked up at me with venom filled eyes. I could tell that he was rather upset. The air had a sour smell to it. "I know that you need to talk about what happened and then forgive yourself."

I couldn't help, but stiffen and close my eyes, clenching my teeth together. I stood and looked over at Sai and Faia. "Take them to their rooms. I will speak to them later."

Neither one of them spoke as they picked them up and took Mika and Nick back to their rooms. Natalie and Kirk were standing in front of me shaking. I narrowed my eyes as I used my speed and was in front of them before they could even blink. Kirk froze and tightened his grip on Natalie. I raised my brow and kept my eyes locked on him.

"Captain, Lieutenant, separate the two of them." I waited but neither Charlotte nor Peter moved. "Now!" I yelled.

Peter grabbed Kirk while Natalie was grabbed by Charlotte. I tilted my head to the side and looked at Charlotte. "Take her to the room. She needs to see what happens when either of them betrays me and it will serve as a reminder for both of you." I snapped as I looked at Kirk. "You are rather lucky that I only punish the male in the relationship. Or both of you would be on the wall."

I nodded to Peter and turned to the others. "I would love for you to witness just how I punish those who betray me. If you will follow me," I smiled evilly as I turned and headed to my punishment room. Very soon, the Cullen's will know just how dangerous I truly am. When they left me they took my whole world and now I will take two of theirs. However I would make them watch as I discipline Kirk because they knew not to let the children leave the room. If I was in a battle then the kids would have been hurt.

I slammed the doors open and found that Charlotte had Natalie standing off to the side while Peter chained Kirk to the wall that had chains hanging from the ceiling. Both of their eyes were down but Natalie was looking at Kirk. I walked over to the wall and looked at the toys that Maria had present. I see a lot that I would never use, but some that I would like to take with me.

Picking up the cat of nine, I walked over and licked the tips of each ones. I stood behind him as I readied myself. I knew that the others behind me would rather not be here but if they leaved I would bring them back and make them watch as it is their mate on the wall.

"I ordered you to keep my children in their rooms until I came to them, did I not?" I spoke to him sternly reading the whip. "Do you know why you are being punished?"

Kirk didn't say anything, but nodded his answer. "10 lashes, you will count each one. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Goddess," Kirk told me tensing up with his head bowed.

I smirked as I drew back and let the whip fly. "One," Kirk said loudly. I could see out of the corner of my eyes that the Cullen's were looking on horrified.

I let the whip go again. "Two."

(Crack) "Three."

(Crack) "Four."

(Crack) "Five."

(Crack) "Six."

(Crack) "Seven."

(Crack) "Eight."

(Crack) "Nine."

I took a breath and then let the whip flip forward once more.

"Ten." Kirk whispered as he sagged again the chains holding him up.

I walked over and laid the whip down as I turned to Peter nodding. He rushed to Kirks side and unchained him. I nodded to Charlotte as she let Natalie go as she rushed to his side. I looked over at the Cullen's and found the only one who didn't look sickened was Jasper. I raised a brow as I locked eyes with Edward.

"I can see that you have something to say." I said in an ominous tone.

Edward stepped forward holding his arm that I had ripped off. "Why are you doing this?" He asked his anger rising. "Is it to get back at me?"

I couldn't help, but laugh in his face. "Get back at you?!" I cried as I lunged and pinned him to the wall on the other side of the room. "If I wished to get back at you, I would kill that pixie-bitch that you call a mate. Then, I would fillet you while I burn each layer of your skin. Of course, being a vampire, if I leave you to long, I will have to start it all over again, because we grow the skin back if it's burnt." I couldn't help the evil chuckle that escaped me.

"You're a monster!" He gasped his eyes wide in fear.

I shook my head. "Only to you am I a monster, yet it was you that told me that you were the monster." I threw him into another wall. "If I was a monster, I would make a human fall in love with me then throw them away like a toy that was broken and no longer interested me. They would be left with no one to confide in and filled with nightmares every time they closed their eyes. I would take everyone that they cared about with me, so the pain would be that much worse. That would what a monster would do, however, I'm not like you. I fell in love and had my entire life ripped from me in a split second. How would you feel if I took away everything you loved?"

I looked over and found Alice shaking in the corner. Narrowing my eyes, I brought her forward with my shield. Her eyes were wide as she moved without her doing so.

"You need to stop this, Isabella." Carlisle said sternly to me as he stepped forward.

"I don't think I do." I looked at Marcus when Alice was in front of me. "What is the punishment for leaving a human in the world that knows of our kind?"

"It is death." He said as his eyes moved over Carlisle and Esme. "She is correct. I could have you all killed for leaving her human with the knowledge of vampires. She could have easily destroyed everything we ever worked for."

I turned back to Edward. "Then I shall carry it out, because this is my side of the world." I smirked as I lowered my head. "The Volturi may rule over the vampire world, but I rule over the South because they have no knowledge of how things work over here."

I whipped my hand out and grabbed Alice by the throat. "You both are sentenced to death because of the fact you left a threat to our world out there." My eyes darkening as I felt Iz trying to come forward. "You both are guilty."

I didn't waste any time as I ripped Alice's head off and threw it into the fire that was built in a barrel. I then shredded what was left her of Alice then turned my eyes to Edward. His eyes were black and feral. I could only smirk as I lunged and ripped his arm off that I had ripped off not to long ago. I threw it into the fire then turned back to see him trying to get to me. He wanted to fight me. I straightened and held out my hand waving him forward. Edward didn't waste any time lunging at me. I was able to move out of the way and grab him by the back of his shirt and flung him backwards into a set of racks that had both blood and venom stained on it.

"Do you really think you can take me?" I smirked as I moved around him in a half circle. "No one can take me, least of all pansy ass animal drinkers who pose with their fake red eyes." My anger was through the roof.

I couldn't hold back any longer as I pushed Edward to the wall with my shield. I watched as his skin cracked under the pressure of my physical shield. I could hear others behind me but my gaze was locked on Edward's as I pushed him into the wall and into dust. I smirked as I drew my shield back to me and turned to look at the enraged faces of Carlisle and Esme. I raised a brow as I tilted my head to the side. Peter and Charlotte were standing in front of Kirk and Natalie. Emmett was standing in front of Rosalie while I smelled the fear coming from her. The only one that wasn't afraid of me was Jasper.

"Sai, get in here and clean this up. I need to see the children." I called to her knowing she would hear me.

I didn't spare anyone of them a glance as I walked past them all and headed to the kids room. Marcus and Jane were following me because I knew that my uncle would need to speak with me and I guessed that Demetri was back there taking care of Esme and Carlisle. I didn't care what happened to them because they were the Volturi's problem now.

(Jasper's POV: In the Punishment Room in Maria's Compound; Texas)

I could feel the shock in the air as we all stood there after we watched Bella take out both Edward and lice. Carlisle was feeling remorse along with some other emotions. Esme was grief stricken as Rosalie and Emmett were just shocked at what happened. Never before had I seen someone do this in front of anyone. I cut my eyes to Peter and found that he was making sure that Kirk was alright.

"Um..." Emmett tried to break the awkward silence. "That was..." He couldn't find the word for it.

"Shocking," Carlisle injected as he walked over to where Kirk was sitting. "Are you ok?" He asked looking at Kirks back.

Kirk nodded. "Yes, I'm fine." He smiled taking Natalie's hand. "If we were with Maria, it would have been worse. She would have taken a limb or killed one of us and Natalie wouldn't have been allowed to skip out on the punishment, but with Boss, she just disciplined me instead of taking her anger out on her."

I nodded. "Maria hated having mated couples in her ranks, because they wouldn't fight if the other was killed. Not to mention, during a battle, they would be too focused on how the other one was doing than what was going on around them." I looked around the room was the exact same from when I was with her. "Why did Bella show us his punishment?" I looked at Peter.

"She wanted ya ta know that she was no longer the scared lil' human girl that y'all left," Peter handed Kirk a bag of blood. "From what I know, it will take a lot for ya ta get on the Boss's good side."

I wondered why Bella was like this. When the kids showed up she locked her monster away, but was still in command. Shaking my head, I looked at the fire where Edward and Alice were burning. I truly had no clue what to feel. In a way, I felt bad for what happened, however, in some ways I was relieved. I would never have to worry about Alice seeing my future or Edward reading my mind.

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