Trust Factor

Chapter 20: Once You've Seen Magic You Can't Go Back

Sunday January 25- 11:00am-somewhere- Mexico

"Ok, do you think your friend would be in this nice of a neighborhood?" Rosalie asked as she turned the corner to see many mansions and old houses you would see in scary movies.

"I think she said something about a big house," Bella H. admitted.

"And I see Motorcycles," Bella C. pointed out at the entrance of what looked like a long drive. "Rose, why don't you and I check it out before bringing the others."

Rosalie nodded as she and Bella C. exited the car, leaving Leah and Bella H. sitting there. The morning sun was already shinning, but with the tree cover, no one could see the glow of either Rosalie's or Bella C.'s skin.

I took a while, but finally they came back down to the car. Bella C. opened the door for Bella H. and she got out. Leah got out the other door and all four of them started up to the house.

Sunday January 25-11:10am-Ash's House-Mexico

Emma was breathing worse. She had heat pads on her forehead, but her temperature was too low to rise. The vampires from the yard were gone and there were still traces of fire from the fight. Rikki was still shaking from what she had done.

"She's not going to make it," Alice whispered all of a sudden.

Seth pulled Cleo closer to himself as tears started to run from her eyes. Rikki looked up from her spot on the window seat and said, "Don't think that way."

"She's not," Jasper said slowly, "She sees that."

"Wow, exactly what we need, a psychic vampire," Rikki mumbled.

"No need to be sarcastic," Jasper said quietly. "I know your upset about this."

Ash held Emma's hand. Her breathing was weak and her pulse was low. He kept one eye on Rikki the whole time, He could since she was upset, almost as well as Jasper did. Rikki kept her eyes outside.

"Some one's coming," She whispered.

Everyone, except Alice, looked towards the door. The door bell rang. No one made a move to answer it. Alice finally moved toward the door and opened it, exposing Bella C. Rosalie, Leah, and Bella H.

"Oh-My-God, how did you find us?" Alice asked as Cleo and Seth jumped up from their chair.

"It was hard," Bella C. said as Rikki and Ash came into the front room.

As soon as Rikki saw her friend she jumped and gave her a huge hug. Tears running down her eyes and her voice shaking more than ever, Rikki whispered to Bella H. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

"For what?" Bella H. asked, her voice shaking almost as much.

"For not warning you sooner," Rikki said, "For telling you after it was too late."

Bella H. smiled as she let go of Rikki to give Cleo a hug as well. Cleo, like Rikki, was crying for Emma. Seth stayed behind Cleo the whole time, a hand always on her shoulder.

As soon as everyone was inside and talking about what had happened, Ash was back by Emma's side. Her breathing had slowed even more and her pulse was almost invisible. No one but him noticed when her breathing stopped and her pulse disappeared. Everyone was crying.

Sunday January 25-1:00pm-somewhere-Mexico

"How are you so in control?" Edward asked, still wondering how this control that he and Bella C. had came around.

"I'm not sure," Lewis admitted. "It might have something to do with being touched with the supernatural before the change."

"That could be it," Carlisle admitted. "Bella was with us for about two years before she changed, and none of us had even heard of the supernatural before our change."

"And he was with the mermaids," Emmett pointed out, obviously.

"Do you remember anything, where you were, who did this?" Carlisle asked.

"I remember where I was, and what was going on, but who did this was blurry, there were too many of them," Lewis said spinning as if he could still see all of them surrounding him.

"Too many… vampire's?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes, way too many, and… Emma," Lewis said as he started to freak out. "One bit Emma."

Edward looked to Carlisle and asked in a confused voice, "What would that do, Mermaid blood, our poison?"

"I would guess it wouldn't be good," Carlisle answered then he turned to Lewis. "Can you tell us where they are?"

Lewis nodded and said, "I can show you."

Sunday January 25-1:15pm-Tommy's Hideout-Mexico

Tommy contend his troops, half were gone, including Amelia. Tommy didn't know how to run a group, just how to fight, and be back-up. Zane on the other hand was quick to pick up where Amelia left off. He got the troops ready for a new battle, going over the dangers of the mermaids and their powers.

Tommy did hit a small bit on the Cullen's, a group every vampire knew about. Touched on each of their powers, how they were fast, cunning. He explained their new addition and their special diet. He explained the advantages and disadvantages to fighting them, which included their knowledge and abilities.

While they over trained their group, Zane chose another girl to run in Amelia's place, Anna. Anna was almost as good as Katie, and the best they had left. There group was winding and Zane had a good fear that they would lose, but Tommy had confidence.

"So we going to hit tonight?" Tommy asked.

"Not tonight," Zane said. "If Katie is gone, and we didn't see Emma the last time, that they are watching her die right now. Them in that kind of state will through the girls off. Did I mention Cleo's a softy, and Rikki's is a bad comfort."

"But they still have the wolves and The other vampires," Tommy reminded him.

"Yes they do, but they aren't perfect as well," Zane said. "Without their precisions fire fish, they can't win as they did last time."

"That's good," Tommy admitted. "So you think we could win."

"Think, I know," Zane said with a laugh.