Trust Factor
A/N: Hey, if anyone is in The USA and watching the news, you know there is a big snow storm on the east coast. Well I'm in that. I've been to school about a day and two halves this month. So I've had a lot of free time. That is why my updates are much quicker now than they ever have been. Just wanted to let you know because as soon as it's warm again I'll be back in school and these updates will start to slow down again. So Yeah, on to the story.
Chapter 19: The Difference Between Science and Magic is Unseen
Sunday January 25-8:00am-Somewhere-In Mexico
Carlisle and Esme made their way up the empty street just outside the city. There was no sign of any Italian cars or motorcycles anywhere near where they were, but they had a feeling they were close to something. What they couldn't see where the deep reds eyes following them as they walked faster than an average human would.
Neither of them talked, which made them hard to follow to an average human. But he had the superhuman ability on his side. As he watched them, he thought of one thing, he knew what they felt like. He knew how hard it was, now, to be different, to have to hide because of what someone might think, to have to lie just to get away from a bad situation, and now he wanted to apologize to them for what he did.
"Who's there?" Carlisle finally said.
The boy walked out of the woods. Blond hair in his pale face, almost covering his dark red eyes. He was shaky on his feet, but still held himself up enough to walk up to the couple. He was breathing deep, even if he didn't have to. His clothes were covered in animal blood mixed with his own, and tarred so much that it was a miracle he still had clothes at all.
"What's your name?" Carlisle asked as he and Esme made the way to the boy. "What happened to you?"
"It's hard to remember," The boy started. "There were too many of them, everyone scattered, I was alone, things went fuzzy. There was a girl, blond hair, red eyes. She took me. There was a boy. He was left alone with… Emma!"
"Sweetie, What's your name?" Esme asked.
The boy, his sharp voice shaking with confusing thoughts, spoke quietly, "Lewis McCartney."
Sunday January 25-8:15am-Tommy's hideout-Mexico
After the confusion with the whole burning Amelia, Zane and Katie had gotten enough smarts to get their group together and back in a small piece. They had seen Maria do the same with her group and knew Jasper and the others were all worked up with Rikki's power. No one saw where they went.
"What happened?" Tommy asked when he saw Zane and Katie come back without Amelia.
"You would never believe it," Zane started. "Amelia is gone. Rikki burned her straight."
Katie stayed back as Zane explained to Tommy how the fight went down. As she tried to listen, she was getting distracted by many things, like a strange burning that had started not long after she had bitten Emma and tasted that sour mermaid blood. The burning was making its way from her feet to her legs, and she was losing the control of ignoring it. It was spreading faster than she thought it would, and she could feel her body tightening up. Then everything went black.
"What's wrong with Katie?" Tommy asked. Zane was amazed Tommy could even remember her name, she was no Zane and was definitely not Amelia.
"It's the mermaid blood," Zane said matter-a-factly, "I think it is posies to us."
And Just To prove his point, Katie's body went limp right then. She closed her eyes and fell to the floor. She quiet breathing, a habit to most new-borns. She quiet responding until she was just gone forever.
"Good to know," Tommy said, stay away from the mermaids.
Sunday January 25-9:30am-somewhere-In Arizona or Mexico
The ride was silent as they drove. Leah had traded into Edward and Bella C.'s car for Rosalie was about to kill that girl. Bella H. and Edward had yet to snap at each other and everyone was liking the peace.
Finally, after the mark between Mexico and Arizona, Edward pulled the car off the road and turned back to Bella H.
"Where do we start?" he asked. "This is a big country and all we have is Mexico."
"Cleo said something about being close to New Mexico or Texas," Bella H. said, "But she wanted us so isolated, only she knew where the others were."
"She did a great job of that," Leah said under her breath.
"Ok, so towards New Mexico and Texas." Edward said turning the car around and starting towards that area.
It was again a quiet trip, with Rosalie and Emmett still behind them. After an hour, they ran into something they weren't expecting, Carlisle's car. Edward stopped by it and told Bella C. to stay with Bella H. He motioned for Leah to get out. The Bella's watched as Edward and Leah spoke with Emmett and Rosalie.
In the end Edward and Emmett decided to stay as Bella C. would take over at the wheel and the girls would go further down to the area Bella H. said she thought the house might be. The boys started into the woods near the parked car, leaving Rosalie's car with Carlisle's.
Their sent was still fresh and seemed to lead into the woods then back out to another street, a more disserted one. They walked the street in silence. Even their feet on the ground didn't make a sound. The only sounds they could hear with their superhuman ears were birds and other animals scurrying on the forest floor. Everything seemed so normal, so casual. There was nothing out of place. Then Edward stopped quickly, Emmett behind him.
"Their around here," Edward said as he started into the woods again. "There's another boy, a vampire, a younger one, regular age about the mermaid's, new-born but in control, like Bella."
"You think they found something?" Emmett asked.
Edward nodded as they walked into an opening in the forest. Morning light shone down on them, making them sparkle. Edward was right, standing with Carlisle and Esme was a boy, a vampire boy. His hair was pulled back just enough to see his red eyes. His barley clothes were blood stained. He didn't look happy.
"Who's this?" Emmett asked and Edward gasped.
Carlisle looked from the boy to Edward and said quietly, "Lewis McCartney."