Yes, I survived. I'm back in school and it's a pain in my ass. For my fellow Floridians and every island and country that got hit, I hope you're okay and I hope your families are safe. For my readers, thank you so much for your continued support for my feature story. I have no idea how long this story's going to be, but my best guess is 15 chapters. My great villain will show up 1 or 2 chapters after this one. Anyway, let's get on with it.
P.S.- Bella still refers Charlie and Renee as her parents, no duh.
P.P.S.- If you're able to guess who the surprise is, just PM me, but I won't confirm anything.
Disclaimer: Neither Twilight nor Suicide Squad nor Prototype belongs to me.
Whispers in the Black Ch.9
Bella's POV:
Bella looked out of the C-17's cockpit windows as it flew towards London, a pitch black shadow against a white back-drop. She felt a hand on her shoulder and saw Deadshot, who said "We're 7 hours out. You should get some sleep."
She turned away and said "I don't need sleep."
He replied "Bella, you've been pacing up here for 2 hours. I'm older so I tell you what to do. Go relax."
Bella looked to him and seeing the stone-cold look, she sighed and went to the cargo bay. She found Harley hitting a test dummy with her baseball bat, Croc watching some kind of show with a sandwich, Boomerang passed out, Flag assembling and disassembling his guns with another seat next to him, so he and Shot must have been working against each other, seeing who was faster. Diablo was working on something. Before she could walk over, Bella felt cold steel against her neck. Looking towards the wielder, she said "You trying to kill me? What is this, opposite day?"
As she said this, Bella threw the blade away from her neck and pulled out her own. The giant blade warped over her arm as her opponent got into a stance. Before anything happened, Flag got in between the two and shouted "Whoa, whoa! Bella, she's cool, she's with me. Same to you Kitana."
Bella looked the Japanese girl up and down before asking "What the hell is she doing here, holding a fucking blade to my neck?"
Flag defended "She's sort of hostile. Kitana joined us shortly before we left Washington. You ran to the cockpit too fast for me to introduce you."
Turning to Kitana, he explained "Bella is the one we were after on our last mission, when we were in Forks. She helped us in Gotham, so we're trying to help her get payback on some jerk-wad vampire. Bella, if you don't mind, can you brief Kitana on your situation? Might help you not getting stabbed."
Bella morphed her arm back and said "This is not supposed to be a fucking sob story. It's a "Help-me-or-get-the-fuck-out-of-my-way" story."
Flag replied "You don't have to give her every little detail. Just tell her what's going on so she doesn't cut off any heads earlier than she's supposed to."
Growling, she said "Fine. You and Floyd are a giant pain in my ass."
Bumping past him, she sat down in one of the seats as Kitana sat in the row behind her. Kitana asked "So, what is so necessary for me to hear that Flag ordered you to tell it."
Turning around, Bella started "About a year ago, I was dating a vampire named Edward and yes I know, that was stupid. After an incident on my birthday, he and his whole family left me. Then, about 5 months ago, I came home and I went to sleep. A few hours later, I woke up to find my dad downstairs, hanging from the ceiling from his feet, beaten and bloody. I found a letter that said a vampire killed my parents and was coming after me next. That's how I became this. Now, we're hot on the trail and I plan to make Edward and some of his family regret leaving."
Kitana took it surprisingly well, said "Understood."
Before she left, Kitana said "Sorry for trying to kill you."
Bella replied "Same here."
Bella relaxed into her seat and despite Boomerang's snoring, she felt her eyes droop and she disappeared into her mind.
The voices came back "Bella, it's almost time. Soon, you and another will release me and I will rule again. You and my usurper were fakes, fools. My rule will wipe this world clean of pretenders. All who survive will serve me."
Bella shook her head and said "No. I won't let you. Show your face, you coward!"
The voices laughed and replied "No. Not yet. When the time comes, you will be my pawn and every ally who follows you. My time will come, but until then, seek your revenge. It will be the last sweet thing you taste before it's my turn."
Suddenly, the dark blinded her with light. When her eyes refocused, Bella saw entire cities on fire. She saw Brawlers ripping humans apart. She saw Flyers feasting on corpses. Atop all of the carnage and chaos, Infected bowed to someone on a throne of blood and flesh.
Bella jolted awake as the vision ended, just in time to hear "10 minutes out. Strap in and prepare for landing."
She groaned and put her aching head in her hands. She tried to piece it together, but none of it made sense. She pulled on her straps and waited for the landing. Hearing the wheels hit the ground gave her some relief. The squad walked out of the C-17 and saw a giant truck waiting for them with Leah sitting on the hood, but instead of her usual clothes, she was wearing a U-Haul uniform Bella couldn't help but smile at the sight of her friend and as soon as she got close, Leah pulled her in for a small hug. Leah pulled back and said "Hey, Bells. Jacob couldn't come but he sends his regards. Sorry about the truck. Seemed like the best way to do what you got to do. Some of the people I've seen are the nosiest fuckers I've ever seen. Someone asked me why I cut my hair short. Another asked me why I got a truck this big. Luckily, some lady gave me some papers, this uniform, and all of a sudden, I'm an intern at U-Haul."
Bella laughed slightly at the story and replied "It's good to see you too, Leah. That lady was probably Waller. She's my boss, at least that's what she says."
She turned to the others and said "Let's get going people. We have to get ready."
The squad got into the back, where they went to put on their disguises. Bella sat up front with Leah as they drove through the busy streets of London. She looked to the back and asked "Flag, where are Carlisle and Esme?"
Flag yelled back "A Carlisle Cullen is registered as the owner of an apartment. Chesham Place, SW1X. It's actually a pretty big place."
Bella replied "We can't go to them there. We can't do it at all. Too much space to bolt and London isn't the place to start a gun fight. CCTV cameras with police around every corner. They'd be on us before we even loaded our weapons. So we'll have to try something else."
Deadshot cut in "I may have an idea about that. Bella, can you change your voice?"
Bella smiled, catching onto the idea before Deadshot started laying it out for everyone.
Carlisle's POV:
Carlisle Cullen walked from his car into the apartment building. Carefully avoiding the sunlight, he was grateful that he had already laid out his story about him and Esme having porphyria, otherwise known as sunlight allergies, Carlisle unlocked the door and found his wife looking through a photo album with Mozart playing in the background. Carlisle walked over and saw her hand hovering over a picture with Bella standing next to the others. Emmett had his arm around her shoulders, Alice hugging Jasper. Rosalie had taken the picture while Edward had been hunting. Carlisle sat down next to her and took her hand. Suddenly, the phone rang. Looking to his wife, the doctor said "I'll be right back."
When he picked it up, Carlisle asked "Yes?"
A male voice came on the phone "Is this Mr. Carlisle Cullen?"
He replied "Speaking."
The man spoke "Ah, good. Sir, I'm afraid I'm calling from Ireland. A Miss Alice Cullen, a Mr. Jasper Cullen, and two of your other family members asked me to call you as there has been an incident. They'd like to meet you at the Daniel O'Connell statue in Dublin, time will be 11:55 p.m."
Carlisle asked "Why wouldn't Alice call me herself?"
The man gave an impatient sigh and said "Sir, I do not know. I'm just doing my job and that is to contact people. They want to see you there by maybe next Wednesday, if that's okay?"
Carlisle replied "Yes, yes, that's fine. I have another call to make now."
The voice said "Of course sir, have a nice day."
Carlisle thanked the man and dialed a different number. Edward's voice filled the his ear "What is it, Carlisle?"
The doctor answered "I just got a call from a man in Ireland. It was somewhat odd, but he told me Alice and the others got involved in an incident and want us to meet at the Daniel O'Connell statue in Dublin, Ireland."
Edward sighed and said "You want me to come?"
Carlisle replied "I think that'd be best Edward. Just in case it's the Volturi. How soon can you get there?"
His son replied "Maybe 15 hours, if I'm lucky."
Bella's POV:
Flag gave a thumbs up as he listened in, confirming the plan was a go. Bella's inner beast purred at the thought of ripping Pretty Boy a new one.
She then faced the others and said "Alice and the others are going to need a personal touch and I know just the thing."
As they were driving, Bella was in the back with Harley, slowly changing her. Bella helped her put on a dark wig to cover her regular blonde, red, and blue hair. They had to mug a woman for her clothes, but they left her spare ones and a few hundred dollars for compensation. Harley spoke up "Do we have to do this? Can't we just kidnap them?"
Kitana shook her head and kept Harley's bat a good 5 feet from the Crime Queen. Bella and Leah tried to dial down her paleness, but it was very hard. While Leah tried to work with Harley's wig, Bella helped her with the lines. Finally, when they were done, they showed Harley the mirror. She immediately ducked and screamed. When they calmed her down, saying it was only temporary, she slowly crawled back up and observed the stranger. Her wig was fashioned into long, straight, black hair to hide her real hair. Layers of make-up had to be used to cover up her skin, along with the red and blue marks. She was wearing dull-grey clothes with some highlights of blue. Harley turned to Bella and said in a menacing tone "You better be serious about this Bells. Or you'll be sorry that you ever met me."
Flag called out "Okay, I got an address. Bansha, County Tipperary. It's slightly remote, but close enough to a city that Harley can work."
K.C. took one look at Harley and couldn't help but to grin a bit.
Deadshot tried to avoid the Harley's eyes, filled with murder. He gave her a briefcase and a clipboard then immediately walked away to avoid looking at her. Harley turned to Bella and said "Please don't make me do this, Hells Bells! I'll do anything. I won't ask to kill anyone for 5 months! How about that? Think about it!"
Bella replied "Sorry, Harls. No pain, no gain."
They got in the plane for the next step. Ireland.
Alice POV:
Jasper and Alice were sitting on their couch in the small house they had bought outside of Bansha. Months after Bella had asked them to leave, Alice had tried to keep herself from running to Forks and asking why, but she was afraid that Bella would say something or ignore her. No matter where Alice was, she would see Bella there. Only to find out it was someone else. Jasper held Alice's hand and tried to ease her pain. He wasn't doing so well either. He felt as if it was all his fault. He lost control and his wife and family were hurting because of it. At about 9:45 a.m. , their door bell rang. Getting up weakly, Alice answered the door and found an official looking woman.
The woman greeted her with a somewhat forced smile and said "Hello ma'am. My name is Nicky Hanely from Allied Irish Banks. I have something for you."
She dug into her purse and pulled out a notice. She continued "There is a unlabeled package with you and a Mr. Jasper Whitlock in Dublin. Please come at the designated time and the bank will have it prepared for you."
Alice looked at the notice and said "Can't you bring it here?"
Nicky replied "I'm afraid that it requires both of you to be present at the location. Just be there on Wednesday at 11:55 pm and we'll have it ready for you. I'm sorry for asking you miss, but are you okay?"
Alice realized how she must look and answered "Yes. Just going through a pretty rough time right now."
Nicky replied "Well, I hope it gets better. Now, I'm afraid have a few other notices to deliver so if you'll excuse me."
Alice watched Nicky step into a large truck and before she closed the door, she thought the door on the back was slightly ajar, but when she blinked, it was closed and she chalked it up as a trick of the light.
Bella's POV:
Harley shout back to Bella "That was not worth it Bella! 1 hour of horror for a one-minute conversation!? You owe me big-time, missy!"
Bella rolled her eyes and tried to think of a way to get Rosalie and Emmett over there. Party, no. Business deal, absolutely not. Then she figured it out. The truth. Bella's coming to visit. They'll have a field day with that one.
Emmett's POV:
BANG!
Emmett's controller crumpled in his hands as his avatar was shot in the head. He was constantly thinking of Bella and couldn't focus. He'd look over his shoulder to see if she wanted to play with him, only to see an empty chair. Reminding him of how he screwed up. How she asked his family to leave. He threw the controller across the room and tried to calm down. Breathing deeply, he went to get the mail. Or magazines. Rosalie didn't really go out anymore. She'd just grab a magazine and read for hours on end. Despite what everyone thought, she'd confessed that Bella had been growing on her. When Emmett had heard Edward say that she wanted them gone, he had blurred out of the house and punched down a tree to vent. Rosalie had followed him and they went back inside together. It had taken an entire day just to pack since Emmett had constantly begged to visit her one last time, but Edward said "Nooo" and Carlisle, being the dog on a leash, said it was Edward's decision.
Picking up the stack, he found Engines and the Cars Behind Them, Fashion Weekly, The Nine Days of Beauty, Car, Cars, and Babes(Which made him raise a brow, until he saw it was the wrong room number), and an ordinary letter.
Looking for the sender, he found "An Old Friend." Ripping open the letter, he heard Rosalie ask "What is it?"
Ignoring the question, he read the letter.
To Emmett and Rosalie Cullen,
Hi guys. It's me, Bella.(His eyes went wide) Yeah, I found you. Look, I just want to talk. I'm going through a tough time right now and I feel as if I need someone to talk to. If you're wondering how I found you, you should consider changing your names in order not to be found. Food for thought, right? If you want to meet, just text me with this number and meet me in Dublin, at the Daniel O'Connell statue. Wednesday night 11:55. Hope to see you soon."
Your truly, Bella Swan.
Rosalie walked up to her silent husband and asked "What is it?"
Emmett handed it to her and as her eyes skimmed over the letter, Rosalie asked "Why would she want to talk to us and not the others? Not just that, but why would she want to talk to us at all?"
He shook his head and replied "I don't know Rose, but I think we should meet her. I want my sister back."
Rosalie nodded and said "I'll pack. You get the car. We leave now and we can be there in maybe a day."
Emmett went to his room to grab his jacket and when he looked out the window, he saw a giant 18-wheeler leave the parking lot and onto the street. He pulled on his jacket and said "See you in a few minutes."
Bella's POV:
Flag was at the wheel, delivering them towards the final destination. He turned to her and said "I confess, I didn't really think that the letter would work."
Bella looked into his eyes and said "Because you never saw them like I did. When I saw Alice, it felt like I was staring at another person. She used to be so happy and she always looked so good in her clothes, but now she's different. She looked like she doesn't even care how she looks and I don't know how Jasper looks. Before I sent the letter, I did a little recon. Emmett looked fucking miserable and Rosalie, I have no idea."
Deadshot asked "So what do you want to do?"
Bella replied "I don't know. Carlisle sounded like his matter-of-fact self so I may hurt him more than a little. Edward, however, nothing can save him. I don't care what his reasons were. He screwed me and my family and he will pay dearly for it."
Looking to the others, Bella saw K.C. pummeling a cement block as big as him, Victoria was sitting in a cage, playing a game of chess with Leah, Boomerang was sharpening his toys, Kitana was simply sleeping in a hammock, Harley was trying to get the microwave to cook her popcorn, and Diablo, he was watching a woman in his hands. Bella walked over to him and asked "What's that?"
Looking closer, she saw the girl look at Diablo with a smile on her face, a young girl in her arms. Diablo answered "It's Grace. We were taking our daughter to school. My son had rushed ahead. I was kind of proud in being able to see that. I felt pride in them. One of my favorite days."
Bella smiled at the flame and Diablo slowly extinguished the memory, leaving nothing but smoke and heat in his palm. She took his hand and he closed it around hers. Bella asked "You really loved her."
Diablo smiled with water in his eyes and replied "Yeah. They were the best thing that ever happened to me."
Bella smiled softly and said "If you ever need to talk, I'm right here. No matter what."
Diablo nodded and said "You should get some sleep. I'll be up front with Flag."
Suddenly, they heard "Gah! I hate you." accompanied with the sound of breaking plastic and other parts. Turning, they saw Harley smashing the microwave with a bag of burnt popcorn on the floor.
Smirking, Bella grabbed a pillow and slowly drifted off.
Diablo's POV:
Diablo walked up to the front and Flag asked "You care about her, don't you?"
He nodded and said "Yeah, but I have no idea what we're going to do."
Flag replied "I don't know Diablo. Things like this sort of figure themselves out. That or you work together to figure it out. Kind of simple really."
Diablo asked "Is that how it happened with you and June?"
The soldier shrugged and said "I don't really know, to be honest. I loved her and I wanted to protect her. The witch made that kind of hard. Crushing her heart was one of the hardest things I had to do, thinking I killed June. God, thinking about it just fucks me up."
Diablo took the map and said "How long until we get to Dublin?"
Flag said "Within a day or two. We'll need to stop halfway to rest up. I figured we'd get a motel or something like that until Wednesday."
Flag's POV:
Flag saw Diablo leave through his peripheral vision, but kept his hands on the wheel. He never thought it would get as crazy as this. Metahumans were one thing, but vampires, werewolves, teenagers for gods. Something he'd never signed up for. Hours later, he pulled off to the side of the road, got out, and made a call.
June's voice filled the phone "Rick, is that you?"
He answered "It's me baby."
She asked "How long until you come home? I miss you."
Flag replied "I don't know. I think maybe a week at the most. By then, Bella's business will be done. Then, I'm coming home."
He could her smile as she said "Don't get hurt, okay? I need you."
Flag replied "Like I need you. I promise."
June asked "Where are you now?"
Rick answered "Ireland. Heading to Dublin to finish up business. You'll never believe the stuff I've seen the past week."
June asked "You'll tell me about it?"
Flag replied "Yeah, but you can't tell anyone else about it. Rules and whatnot. I will tell you this though. Our world just got a whole lot more bigger."
She said "Can't wait. Safe travels. I love you."
Flag smiled and said "Really? The rate I kept going on missions, I would've thought you would've been impatient."
Before she could reply, he said "Sorry, just a joke. I love you, too. Can't wait to be back."
She hung up after saying good night and he climbed into the truck to rest his eyes.
Days Later:
Harley tried to wrestle out of the arms holding her and said "I swear to God, one person, then you can lock me up and throw away the key!"
Deadshot replied "We got you a test dummy!"
Harley retorted "It's not the same! It doesn't move, it doesn't bleed, it doesn't scream! I need a real person to sink my bat into!"
Boomerang tried to push her back into her room, but a swat to the head with her wooden bat sent him stumbling into his room. K.C. and Bella were trying to get her into onto the bed so they could at least take the bat, but each effort ended up with either a hit in the face or the hands. K.C. managed to get a good hold on her, but instead of being dragged back to the bed, she pulled when he did, and the shirt came off in his hands. Luckily, it wasn't her favorite, the "Daddy's Little Monster Shirt" on a hanger. Harley giggled and said "Nice, K.C.! Naughty boy!"
K.C. immediately threw the shirt down and Bella was able to cuff her to the sink while saying "Trust Harls, it's better this way."
Harley stood, with an outraged look, and said "Bitch! I dressed up for you so you would think that you'd be on my side, but nooo! You lock me up!"
They shut the door as Diablo asked "How much longer do we have to be in here?"
Flag replied "One hour, 37 seven minutes, 35 and a half seconds until nightfall. Another 4 until we have to get ready.
Time Skip:
Emmett's POV:
Emmett and Rosalie drove through the streets of Dublin with shadows peering over them. He wore a leather jacket, white shirt, and jeans while his wife wore a simple dark blue shirt with a white vest, and black pants. Emmett drove the Raptor across the bridge until the statue was in sight. Rosalie looked at her watch and said "11:54."
Suddenly, on the other side of the statue, a Porsche pulled up. Emmett said "Guess that's her."
Then the car stopped and out stepped Alice!
They immediately got out of the car and asked "Alice, what are you doing here?"
Jasper said "Emmett, we're here because some lady told us about some box left in our name. She asked us to come here at this time, to this statue. What are you doing here?"
Rosalie answered "We're waiting for-"
A voice called out "Us?"
They turned to see Carlisle and Esme walking towards them, the former wearing a gray shirt with white pants while the latter walked forward with a grey jacket and blue pants. Someone got out of the passenger seat of their car and stepped into the light to show Edward, wearing a black vest with a grey undershirt, jeans, and sneakers.
He asked "Then who are you waiting for? You guys called this meeting."
Alice asked "Why would we want to see you?! We had to meet with the bank."
Rosalie said "We didn't ask any of you to meet us here! We got a letter from-"
She was interrupted by 2 cars and a giant truck pulling up the street.
Relieved, Alice recognized it and said "There's the bank."
Suddenly, Edward said "That's not the bank. A driver knows who we are."
The cars stopped in front of them while the truck worked on turning around. When a certain scent reached Emmett's nose, he and his family growled as Victoria stepped out of one of the cars. She smiled and said "Hi. I have a friend I'd like you to meet."
One by one, people left the cars to reveal a human soldier, a man with tons of guns, a crocodile man(!), someone who looked like a homeless guy with a pink pony, a Japanese girl with a large sword, and Leah!
Jasper asked "Leah, what are you doing here? With Victoria and these really...weird... people?"
Leah replied "I've come to support my friend. She really wants to see you guys again."
The truck, completing its turn, stopped behind them. The crocodile man and Leah pulled open the doors and lowered the ramp to reveal a figure with two unusual people backing her.
3 figures walked down. One side was a woman with bleach white skin, pony tails colored red and blue on separate sides, dressed in a cheerleaders outfit.
The one on the right stepped down to show a man covered in tattoos, wearing a blue and black baseball jacket, jeans, and baseball sneakers. His eyes held a fire that reminded the Cullens of the real thing.
The final kept her hood up. She wore a leather jacket with metal pieces, black jeans, and combat boots. She reached up, pulled off her hood, to reveal... Bella!
At all of the Cullens surprised looks and unneeded breaths, Bella smirked and shouted "Hey guys! I've missed you!"
Boom! I have to admit, I feel like I did something wrong. If you think so, please tell me. Feedback is the way I can improve. It has happened, what we've been waiting for is here. I will continue eventually, but I still thank everyone for your support. I hope to see you soon so peace out!