Disclamer: Characters belong to Stephenie Meyer and I got some ideas from Charmed, but the story idea and plot is all mine.

Chapter 8

Bella just stared at Emmett for a couple seconds before answering. "This isn't a game Emmett." Bella extracted herself from Alice's tiny, yet strong arms and made her way to the spot on the wall Emmett and Wyatt were leaning on. "This is the Source of all evil we're planning to go into battle against. He has thousands of lower and upper level demons at his disposal while we only have the Swarm Demons, Kazi Demons, Vampyres, Barbas, Belthazor, and the Seer on our side."

Emmett let his temper flare again and stepped into Bella's personal space. "If he's such a bad ass, how come you guys can go against them?"

Bella's hand transformed into a lion paw and she clawed Emmett's chest forcing him back. "Didn't you hear Nerva telling Alice that Vampires and magic don't go well together?" Bella asked cocking her head as she watched Emmett fall to his knees clutching his chest as a burning sensation worse than the change started spreading from the claw marks that weren't healing.

Wyatt knelt down to stop Emmett's hands from trying to scratch the fire out. "You've made your point! Please, heal him!" He yelled over his bond's screams.

Bella turned away from the sight in front of her to look at the other Vampires staring fearfully at her. "Did I make my point?" She didn't bother raising her voice knowing they would be able to hear her. They instantly nodded their heads not wanting her to use them as demonstrations. The paw disappeared leaving her human hand which started glowing as she muttered a spell under her breath. She knelt down extending her hand to the writhing man in her cousin's arms. Emmett tried to get out of his mate's arms in fear of being caused more pain by her hand. "Hold him!" An order that Wyatt instantly followed wanting to stop his love's pain.

Bella held her glowing right hand over Emmett's chest and seconds later black smoke seeped out of the four diagonal openings in his chest and into her hand. The smoke made its way into her veins turning them black and visible on her pale skin for a second before their usual color returned. "What the hell was that?" Emmett shrieked scrambling back and out of Wyatt's arms until he was stopped by the wall.

"That was a Vampire not handling magic well." Bella got up brushing nonexistent dust off her pants. "Your welcome by the way."

"What do I have to thank you for?" He asked getting up with the help of his mate as he was still a little disoriented. "For causing me agonizing pain just to prove a point?"

"I could have let the magic keep spreading." She reminded him turning to walk back to the couch. Alice seemed to be the only one that wasn't afraid of her as she took her spot on her lap as soon as she sat down.

"If Vampires don't react well to magic, why did you say you have some on you side?" Carlisle wanted to know.

"Let's just forget the one question a day rule as only a few seem to be following it." Bella said.

"Sorry." Carlisle apologized forgetting about the rule in his eagerness to learn as much as he could about magic that he hadn't from the books he'd read.

"Don't be. I understand your curiosity. Luke why don't you explain this one." Bella said getting tired of talking.

"Sure." Luke uncurled himself from Jasper's side to face the doctor as it was rude to speak to someone without making eye contact. "We're working with Vampyres not Vampires."

"What's the difference?" Carlisle asked cutting his explanation short, though Luke didn't mind. Like Bella he too understood the doctor's desire for knowledge.

"Vampyres are like the stereotypes in the books and movies. They're burned by garlic, crosses, holy water, sunlight, and turn into bats. Their made by magic. You guys on the other hand are made by science. And everyone knows magic and science don't mix."

"Oh." Was all that Carlisle could say, stunned by the discovery that there was a scientific reason behind their existence.

"So we're just supposed to watch from the sidelines as our mate goes into a battle that they might not come out of alive?" Rose asked angry stopping her previously unconscious stroking through her mate's hair.

"Yes." The Warlocks answered.

"The demons on our side are taking out the Source's most loyal confidants and making the killings look like the work of good Witches." Bella continued. "The odds of us winning are steadily increasing, so there is no reason for you all to get involved."

"But there is still a chance that one or more of you will die." Jasper countered not liking the idea of Luke dying in battle because he wasn't there to protect him.

"Not really." Nerva said as she sat up and grabbed Rosalie's face in her hands forcing her to meet her eyes. Rosalie's muscles tensed with anger and worry relaxed as she looked into her mate's bi-colored eyes.

"What do you mean?" Alice who had been uncharacteristically silent asked. It's not that she wasn't worried about her mate's safety, she just trusted her to not leave her in any manner.

"All of the demons on our side will protect us with their lives to be in the good graces of the new Source after we win." Ashanti explained hoping to reassure the mate's of her friends.

"Who?"

"Me." Bella smiled down at the little pixie who'd asked the question.

A/N: Sorry this update was a little shorter than the other. I have a lot of ideas running trough my head that I want to write. Reviews are always appreciated. ;)