Trust Factor

Chapter 17: All Fights Aren't Far (This is the most chapters I have ever had in any story. Normally I only I have 14. I guess I need more chapters because I'm not 14 anymore)

Saturday January 24-5:45pm-Cullen house-Forks Washington

"How's she holding up?" Bella C. asked Carlisle as he came out of Cleo's room.

"Not good if you ask me," Carlisle answered. "She is shaky and worked up. She won't even let me near her."

"What are we going to do with her?" Rosalie asked.

"We're going to find Cleo, where ever Cleo is Alice and Jasper are, and where they are, Nessie is and where she is Jacob and Seth are," Carlisle answered. "We will find all six of them, well."

As he said that, Edward came out of the garage holding a blue cell phone no one had seen before. He held it out to Carlisle to take and said just loud enough for everyone to hear, "It's Cleo's phone."

Everyone stood around and watched as Carlisle listened to Cleo's messages from Rikki and Bella H. When he is done, he hung the phone up and handed it back to Edward. His expression was as shocked as it could get. Edward handed the phone to Bella C. so she could listen then pass it to Rosalie and so on.

"That's why that girl is so messed up," Emmett said when she finished with Cleo's phone and passed it to Esme.

"That girl's name, hard to believe, is Bella," Bella C. said back. "Rose and I met her in the Italian airport when we were picking up Cleo."

"So she is Cleo's friend," Emmett said.

"No Emmett, some stranger called Cleo," Edward said back. "Think a little."

"Right, but what about the other girl, there were two on the phone," Esme said as she passed the phone to Leah.

"Cleo never mentioned another friend, but there definitely one mentioned in the phone calls, Emma, and the other girl who called her," Bella said.

"It must have been Rikki," Rosalie said. "She was talking to Bella Hartley, at the airport, about someone named Rikki. That must have been her."

"So how do we find this Rikki?" Leah asked handing Edward back the phone. "Because if I know anything about girls and close friends, boys or girls, they want to keep them safe. So there is a good chance she is where ever this Rikki person is. And where we find Cleo, we find Seth."

Saturday January 24-9:20pm-Ash's house-Mexico

As the sun went down, Amelia returned with half of her army to meet Zane and Katie. Zane and Katie had a good position to spy on the house and the magic fire girl.

"You should have explained her to me," Amelia said coming up behind Zane.

"You didn't really give me a chance," Zane answered.

"She smelled so sweet, like the ocean on a nice summer day. But she tasted like fish," Katie explained.

"What else did you expect a fish to taste like? Chicken? Human?" Zane asked.

Amelia turned back to the house to see two brunettes pass by the window. Both had short hair, but ones was a bit longer that the others and not spiked. They were both in white dresses, on lone with long sleeves, one short with short sleeves.

"Who are they?" She asked Zane.

"The one with the long sleeves is a girl like the other two, kinda, I think. She changed her hair, and I don't remember her wearing dresses," Zane answered. "I don't know who the other one is."

Amelia looked back at the window just in time to catch a glimpse at Jasper standing in the house as well. Amelia's heart fell as she whispered, "Jasper."

Inside Everyone was keeping watch on Emma. Her temperature was as low as it could go until she died. Both Jasper and Alice predicted she would die, but neither of them had said it yet. Alice could even see that Emma wouldn't make it. She just didn't want to hurt Cleo.

"It's late," Ash pointed out. "Do you think they might come back."

"These are very competitive wars. If they think you are somehow a threat to their victory, then they will find you," Jasper shared. "So yeah, they'll come back."

"I think they are back," Cleo said as she looked out the window to see a vampire girl walking toward another. Behind each girl there was a boy. One of those boys was Zane.

Amelia walked up to Maria and a boy she had yet to meet. Maria smiled when she saw Amelia had a new boy, and was not carting around that boy Tommy anymore.

"What, Tommy not good for you anymore?" Maria asked.

"No, Tommy's still around, but I just think Zane is better," Amelia answered smiling towards Zane. "And what about you, lose another."

"No, Cam was just, unreliable," Maria said. "Nat here was so much more dependable."

"Well, this will be an intrusting fight tonight," Amelia said.

"You said that," Jasper hissed from the front porch. Alice, Seth, and Jacob stood visible behind him. Cleo and Rikki stood unseen behind them.

"Jasper," Maria questioned. "You came back. And who's this? And your hanging out with Werewolves."

"Yes I am," Jasper cooed.

"Rikki," Zane whispered from behind Amelia, but he was too late, for Rikki was already given a signal and she created a bolt of lightning that hit half of Maria's troops.

With that everyone fanned out and started the fight, with the mermaids at command and everyone else listening, because their lives depended on it.

Saturday January 24-11:45pm- Cullen house-Forks Washington

"I got it," Bella C. called as she rushed into the kitchen where Esme and Rosalie were making something for Bella H.

"What did you get?" Emmett asked. "Where they everyone is, or the mermaid girl to talk to you?"

"Um, both actually," Bella C. answered. "And her name is Bella."

"I know, it's just weird to say, go on," Emmett answered as everyone surrounded her.

"Well, I listened to the messages again, and the girl called Rikki mentioned something about wars, so I thought the southern wars. I talked to Bella, who may I add was very willing when I told her I was trying to save her friend and gave her my word, and she said something about a boy in Mexico that Cleo and Rikki use to know. So they are in Mexico."

"Where in Mexico?" Rosalie asked.

"That's all I got," Bella C. said.

"At least it's something," Edward answered.

"So we're going to Mexico?" Leah asked.

"I guess We're going to Mexico," Carlisle said with a smile and sigh.

"One more thing," Bella c. said slowly, "Bella will only trust me, and no one else."

"This will be fun," Emmett said before her and Rosalie exited the kitchen.