Okay, right now I'm either sleeping on a couch, enduring Halloween whistling wind or my family made it through the hurricane. A New Horizon didn't really get great feedback. Why is Twilight still going around? I'm only contributing to the problem, but I can't really stop. This story actually makes sense. Anyway guys, check out my new story. If you're not Mass Effect or Walking Dead fans, I understand. Anyway, I wasn't really sure how to do Victoria if I was gonna let her in to share the stage. Complete bitch or something else. Still not good at fight scenes, just fore-warning you. I'm contemplating what I want to do after this, but I need to slow down. You guys need to finish this story. I really hope you like this one and don't worry, Bella will be kicking Edward's melodramatic ass to the moon soon enough. Oh and I can't wait to bring in the surprise villain! I hope you enjoy. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ass-kicking!
Twilight does not belong to me, neither does Suicide Squad or Prototype.
Whispers in the Black Ch.8
Bella's POV:
Victoria stood over Bella, smiling at seeing the shock in the teen's face. She said "Bella, Bella, Bella. It's been so long and I haven't heard from you in ages. How you've been? I see you let your dear old Daddy die. I actually just came from London, intent on visiting you."
Bella felt her eyes go red and once Victoria saw them, she tried to back away. Bella, hate and anger flowing freely in her veins, picked the vampire up before she could blink and threw her into the smoldering remains of neighboring house! Victoria looked at her in shock before turning to anger and charged Bella. Bella brought out her wings and collided with the blur. The two were sent rolling until Bella recovered, pinned the redhead, and started gunning her fists into Victoria. The nomad desperately kicked Bella off with the brunette hitting a tree.
Bella shoved the tree away, wiped the blood from her mouth, smirked, and turned around and blurred towards Victoria. The redhead saw her coming and grabbed her. Victoria gripped Bella's scalp and proceeded to pound it into remains of her old house. Then Victoria grabbed Bella's leg and threw her into a ashen tree!
Bella clenched the ground as more and more hate filled her as Victoria slowly got to her feet. She turned and felt her skin rippling until she turned into her Wraith form. Victoria barely had time to register what happened before she was tackled by the beast! Instinctively, Victoria placed her hands around Bella's head to keep her jaws from ripping the nomad's head off, with the fangs inches away from her throat.
Jaws snapping, Bella tried to inch them towards the vampire's head, but the nomad was too strong. Quickly coming up with an idea, Bella sunk her serrated claws into her enemies stomach. Victoria screamed as Bella's claws ripped into her frozen insides, accidently loosening her grip. Bella gripped Victoria's hands and pinned them to the ground while crimson red eyes begged for something. Mercy. Bella intended to give the mercy the vampire deserved, a quick death. Before she could even reach down, bullets sunk themselves into her skin! Turning, she saw the others. Growling, she pushed herself off, but took the vampire's leg off and shifted. Bella asked "It's me, you idiots! What are you doing?!"
Flag replied "We thought you were her and what you were was a leftover Infected. Who is she?"
Bella looked over her shoulder and answered "That's Victoria. She and I go back a year or two. She is the mate of the nomad who wanted to kill me. James, wasn't it?"
Victoria spat out "You have no right to say his name! It's all because of you! I'm alone because of you! How would you feel if I took away your precious Edward?!"
Bella replied "Jealous and angry really. I want his head, no one else gets it."
Victoria looked at her and asked "What? But he's your mate! James told me!"
Bella said "Please. I think the only reason I even considered being with him was to be friends with his family and to stay alive. Edward told me the rules. Turned or dead. Edward preferred the latter for me, so I'm gonna teach him how that felt."
Harley piped up "If you're gonna kill her, do it before I do!"
Bella turned to her and said "Not yet."
Turning back to Victoria's wide eyes, Bella knelt down and said "Not until I know exactly why my parents were killed by this bitch or one of her cronies."
Victoria grew a puzzled look before asking "Excuse me? I didn't even touch your parents and I sure as hell didn't order a hit on you, though I would've ordered a kidnapping, but no. I keep things personal. No family or people who weren't involved. Just you and me, bitch."
Bella asked "Even if I did believe anything that came from that garbage chute you call a mouth, who did kill them? No one else would've bothered. My parents didn't have a clue on the supernatural world."
Victoria retorted "How am I supposed to know? All I wanted was you dead because of what you and the Cullens did to James!"
Bella snorted and said "Yeah, all my fault. It was James who tried to take on 7 vampires, even when 3 had gifts that could tell what he was planning. Then, it's your fault for letting him. You could've followed your instincts and left all of us alone. Then again, maybe what's been going on within the last few months wouldn't be possible without you. So I owe you. If you want, I could let you go. Give us information or anything of worth and you can have your revenge against the Cullens with me. They scarred both of us. They took your mate, Edward took your mate and left you with nothing but ashes."
At this, Victoria's eyes grew feral and she felt the need for revenge. Bella smiled and continued
"He took my heart, my happiness, and my humanity away from me and left me for dead. I can't deny that I need you. They have some friends and a stubborn personality. If things turn for the worst, I need people standing beside me, willing to fight. Are you one of those people?"
Victoria looked into Bella's brown-red eyes and said "Fine. I'll help you, but after that, I'm gone. Me and you aren't friends, not even allies. We are just two people with the same goals."
The Evolved teenager smiled and said "Good. I was almost thinking I'd have to kill you."
Victoria looked past her and asked "Can one of you get me a guard or something. I need to put myself back together and Krazy Glue does not work!"
Bella picked up the pieces with Croc carrying Victoria to the SUV. The red-head growled and said "Why do I have the feeling he's enjoying this?"
Deadshot asked "Does she ever shut up?"
Bella replied "Nope."
Time Skip( brought to you because I want to skip a few miles of awkward silence.)
Croc had brought Victoria a dead homeless guy and the others turned around before she began.
Diablo asked "Does anyone else think this is fucked up?"
7 people replied "Yep."
Harley spoke up "I understand beating it out of someone, but drinking it, gross. I tried it once and it took 3 days and 7 jumbo-sized buckets of margarita's and popcorn to get it out of my mouth for good. Then, Pudding did a spree of bank robberies and nights in bed. Couldn't figure out why though."
Bella shook her head and heard "Done."
She grabbed the pieces she'd ripped off and walked over to Victoria to play "Operation". She grabbed Victoria's leg and put it back into place. Pulling a bandage over it, she placed the leg back at the joint and heard the pieces connecting, like shards of glass. Then it was puzzle time. Trying to put Victoria's stomach area back together.
Time skip (Brought to you by a lot of mistakes in Puzzle:Victoria)
Victoria was sitting calmly in the seat that Flag kept her in.
Bella asked "Do you know of a vampire named "R"? Or a name that has an R in it?"
Victoria asked "That's all you got? Really, you expect me to help with just a letter at my disposal?"
Bella asked "The vampire they sent after me was clearly American, but he said R told him to say "Allo." They may be British."
Victoria couldn't keep her smile away as she said "So you want me to hunt down a British vampire with an R as my only lead? This is ridiculous."
Bella replied "Well sorry princess. They don't really show up night after night like you used to and make it completely obvious that they were right there."
Flag asked "Hey, Bella. I think you should come see this."
Bella followed him as he sat behind a computer and said "Look, I'm sorry in advance for peeking into your file, but I wanted to know if this R came from your past life, if they have a grudge against you for some reason."
Bella replied "It's okay, Flag. Right now, all I want is to kill the fucker. My first guess was Rosalie, at least until I heard that message from that other vamp. Rosalie didn't strike me as the warning type."
Flag said "Anyway, I went a long way back. Could've been a kidnapper. Then I went all the way to your birth. I looked into it and found out that neither Renee or Charles Swan had checked into the hospital when you were born."
Bella stepped back, tears glimmering in her eyes, and asked "What?"
Flag looked down to his feet and said "I'm sorry, Bella. I found an adoption certificate. They took you in from an orphanage in Seattle. You were only 2 months old. Your parents officially died in 1998. They assumed a drunk driver smashed into them. Your father died on impact and your mother died in the hospital. When they realized she wasn't going to make it, they brought you in so she could see you before she died. Authorities tried to find relatives who could raise you, but found that your mother had been disowned and your father had no relatives since his dad had died after his mom divorced. They had to put you in the orphanage as soon as you were released from the hospital. That's where Charlie and Renee found you."
Bella sat down and felt tears slide down her face as she grieved for all four of her parents. She asked "What were their names?"
Flag looked to the computer and said "Kyle and Raelyn Grey. They're buried in Lake View Cemetery."
Bella tried to picture them, but she couldn't. God knew she loved Charlie and Renee, but why didn't they tell her the truth? Overwhelmed, she blurred to Diablo and wrapped her arms around him.
Diablo's POV:
Diablo's eyes went wide when he got hugged out of nowhere, but slowly wrapped his arms around the sobbing girl in his arms. He looked down and asked "What's wrong?"
Bella looked up to his concerned eyes with her red-crying eyes and said "I'll tell you later. I... I just need this."
Diablo returned the hug and tried to comfort her, but truth be told, he wasn't sure he was doing well. He helped her to her bed and upon her insistence, joined her and let her sleep on him. Diablo looked down to Bella, tears shining down her face, and asked "What happened?"
Looking up, Bella said through her tears "Flag looked into my background to see if R was from my past. He found out that my D-dad and my mom weren't really my parents. My real pa-parents died in from a car crash. I just... why didn't they tell me?! Were they afraid? I just don't know."
Diablo replied "They may not have been your parents, but they did raise you. They made you who you are today. It may change your view of the world, but does it change your values, who you love, and who you are?"
Bella smiled against his chest and said "No, I guess it doesn't, but it does mean that when this is all over, I have to visit two more people. Two more ghosts that I should put to rest."
Diablo kept his arms around her and they drifted off to sleep.
Bella's POV:
Bella woke up an hour later and looked up to Diablo's sleeping form. Overcome by instinct, she lifted herself up and looked down at his face. Her hand traced his tattoos, her eyes drifted down to his lips. Bella smiled and slowly brought her face close to his, but stopped when rational thought brought her to the fact that he probably wouldn't very happy and she wasn't in the mood for Fire Kotal Kahn right now. She let the moment pass and laid her head down onto his chest.
Diablo woke her gently as she heard Flag yelling "Harley, no!"
Then, Boomerang shouted "Just let her do it! Better them than us!"
Bella groaned when she heard Deadshot yell back "We can't just let her kill people just for fun!"
Harley replied while trying to escape the two pairs of arms "Everyone does it, why can't I?"
Diablo answered "We have to keep a low profile, Harley. Killing a few homeless people will still bring some heat on us. "You don't screw with the Wall!"
Bella fell on her ass laughing and asked "Where'd you get that?"
Diablo answered "Some guards were talking about Waller at my cell. Probably because of how she came to recruit us the first time."
Flag, trying to hide his smile, said "Look, at one point of time, we'll have to decide whether or not to trust that the Volturi will find the Cullens or we'll do it our way."
Bella looked at Flag and nodded before turning to Diablo and asking "Can you and me talk outside?"
Diablo nodded and they went out of the room with Harley yelling behind them, rain slightly hitting them from the small thunderstorm that filled the sky with bolts of white and the sounds of a giant drum.
Bella looked through the screen, sat down at the table, and said "Diablo, I don't know if you known it for as long as I have, but I have... feelings for you."
Diablo sat down next to her and she continued "I just don't know whether or not you want to or if I'm... even ready to let someone in, like that, again."
Diablo put his hand on her shoulder and replied "Bella, I do feel the same. Even though we only met around three months ago, I can't help but feel the same. You are beautiful, but are you sure? I mean, aren't I maybe a little old for you?"
Bella turned back to him with a smirk on her face and said "Please. I used to hang out with people 100 years older than me and dated one. I think you're ok."
Diablo replied "That's not the point Bella. I'm willing to try, but that goes both ways."
Bella looked straight into his eye and said "Diablo, I'm not going anywhere. I want to make it work."
Bella closed her eyes as Diablo brought her into his arms. She pulled away, looked at him, and brought her lips to his. Diablo's eyes widened in surprise, but he slowly returned the kiss, filling her with passion. They both smiled in the kiss and only broke apart for need of oxygen. She started to take her jacket off, but he stopped her. Diablo looked into her confused eyes and said "Believe me, I want to, but I don't want this to go too fast."
Bella gave him a soft smile and said "Ok, your temporary loss."
She rose to her feet and went to the glass door, but not without a sway in her hips and a wink before she closed the door.
Short Diablo's POV:
Diablo sat there with his mouth slightly open, thinking "Fuck. Nice going dumbass, you let her do that like a fucking pro."
Bella's POV:
Bella smiled as she imagined the look on Diablo's face before she got a call from her cell. Aro's voice filled her ears "Bella, is that you?"
Bella replied "Yes, it is. Did you find something Aro?"
He replied "As a matter of fact I did. My guards and I looked into plane and ship records, but... ztz-ztz. Goddamn-ztz- these modern-ztz- piece of crap-ztz- phones! I can't find the -ztz- button! Oh there we go. Sorry Bella. Some kind of icon came up and it just wouldn't let me talk. Anyway, I found that there was a plane ticket for 6 Cullens family members from Forks to Hungary and a single to Rio. That was at least 1 year ago. Just recently, I found that one Edward Cullen made a trip to Paris. Then, 2 tickets were purchased for London and 4 for Ireland. So they should be there. I suggest you get to London quick. That's undoubtedly Carlisle and his attempts to play it "smooth."
Bella smiled and said "Thank you, Aro. It's been a pleasure. I hope that you and and the others will stay out of trouble."
She heard multiple people laughing and Aro replied "Bella, I'm shocked. I thought you liked me. Anyway, if you'd like, I can send Jane and Felix along to London just so the Cullens don't try anything, especially that miserable boy."
Bella chuckled and said "Don't be silly, Aro. I'd love for Jane and Felix to tag along, but you don't need to think about Shakespeare's worst actor. I can take care of him easily. If not, my friends will."
He agreed and said goodbye, leaving Bella with her phone clenched in her hand. Smiling with a predatory gleam in her eye, Bella spread her arms and said "Finally."
So that's it for now. I don't know when I'll update next. I have to admit I can't wait til I see you guys react to the next few chapters. As a great man once said "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." At least I think it was a man. It seemed like something a man would say after a woman kicked his ass. Surprise villain will show up in maybe 2 chapters. Still working out the kinks. We had our second Diablo x Bella moment there people. Give me a review. Good, give me a whoop-whoop( don't do that, it's creepy.) Bad, you can tell me what I can do to improve it. I've only done a few romance scenes and those were all either kisses or warm moments. I'm serious, something wrong, tell me. Wish me luck in school and this hurricane and goodnight everyone!