Not What We Seem Chapter 2
Dean plonked his brother's girly form of cappuccino and his own black coffee on the diner's sticky table top. Shuffling into the plastic covered benches that stood either side of the table, he sighed as he noticed Sam with his laptop again. Damn thing got more love than Dean gave his Impala, and that was saying something.
"Got anything Geek-Boy?"
Sam answered by swiftly spinning his laptop round so Dean could see the newspaper reports that littered the screen.
"There's been about ten killings, which would suggest a large-ish nest. All found near and around the woods."
"Makes sense, not much light there."
"Here's the weird thing though; the killings started about two months ago then suddenly stopped."
"Maybe the son's of bitches got smarter?"
"There would still be missing people though. What if these people are like Lenore's nest? They might not feed off humans. What if it's not vampires at all?"
Dean sighed inwardly. Sam had always been the questioning type, never quite satisfied with the simple answers. It's what made Sam, well, Sam; it made Dean love him even more. Didn't mean it wasn't annoying though.
"Look at the autopsy report Sammy. Bite marks, drained of blood. Does that sound like anything else to you?"
"No…but…I guess I was just hoping Lenore's weren't the only ones trying to go against their instinct to kill."
The sad tinge to Sammy's words stuck in Dean's heart as he realised Sam was thinking about his weird physic powers and demon blood again. Didn't he realise nothing bad was going to happen to him as long as his older brother was around?
"Come on, let's go search the woods, shouldn't take too long, besides I fancy a huge hamburger right now!"
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The whole Cullen family gathered in their overly large living room as they debated about the new danger they were all in.
We need to move. They're going to be here soon. Was the basic line of Edward and Alice's side.
"They're hunters! They won't let us go unharmed; we need to get rid of them. They fight without conscience, so should we."
Rosalie and Emmett had decided a face-off was a better idea. The soothing voice of Carlisle Cullen weaved its way through the heated discussion and lowered the tension in the room considerably.
"What exactly did your vision involve Alice?"
Recounting her vision, Alice closed her eyes and began in a quiet voice.
"There were two of them. One quite tall and the other looked determined. The younger of the two seemed reluctant, like he didn't want to be there. They had just found the clearing and our house when…"
"Carry on Alice."
"…When we went out to meet them. That's when it all went terribly wrong. There was some kind of stand-off, and the younger one got hurt, which made his friend really angry and upset; he really cares about that guy. The last bit was the older one picking up a knife and coming after us."
The room was quiet as Alice finished her story. None of the Cullen's were looking at each other, afraid that their own fear would be reflected back in their siblings golden eyes.
"What do we do?" questioned Bella
"We shall peacefully try and dissuade them from hurting us. Edward you get inside their heads and see what they want from this hunt. Em-"
"That's simple! Our heads."
Carlisle was cut off by Rosalie's scoffing
"Now Rosalie. Come on, all this time trying to not hurt anyone and then we go and kill these two. It's against our morals! Just think about it, if we kill these two who knows how many other hunters will come for us. Now you and Emmett will come with us, but stay hidden, in case things do go bad. Alice, Jasper, Esme and Bella, you stay here with Renesmee."
"I'm not letting you go out there Edward."
Bella's heart grew cold when she heard the plan. Edward couldn't leave her, not again.
"We promised we would never leave each other again!"
"I know, but it's only outside of the house and someone needs to stay and look after Nessie."
"For the last time my daughter is not called Nessie!"
This sentence, although meant as serious, became the comedic relief they all needed and released some more of the tension in the room.
"Well that's sorted then?" Carlisle concluded, looking around the room for an answer. There was an unspoken worry in the air. No-one was really happy with the plan, but if it would keep their family safe then they were willing to accept it.
"What time will they be coming Alice?"
"About now." Breathed Alice, watching as the party gathered and headed out the door. Just as Edward turned to pull it shut, Bella ran and kissed him full on the lips. He wasn't expecting it and got a Mexican wave of shivers up his spine. Kissing was so much better now he didn't have to hold back in fear of hurting her fragile body. Bella gently pulled away, before looking him in the eyes and whispering
"I love you."
"I love you too." Looking longingly at his wife and child Edward slipped out to catch up with the rest of the gang.