Cullen's Hound
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Ch. 10: Little Red Riding Hood Strikes Back
CPOV
Billy Black had called back to tell me that a meeting had been set up between my family, the Pack and the Tribal Elders for today. The rules for the meeting were simple, all of us, minus Bella, would meet on neutral ground to discuss our current situation. Much to Rosalie's disapproval, I agreed to the terms. With everyone at the meeting, she would be safe her. After all, the quasi-supernatural had spent the past two days learning the layout of her new home and told my daughter that she would be fine by herself for a couple of hours.
Bella was sitting on the white leather coach in the living room reading something in brail, Cu was at her feet and a two-inch diameter wooden walking stick was within easy reach. The rest of the family reluctantly got into the car while I went around shutting the steel shutters for the glass wall that made up the back end of the house. When I was satisfied they were securely in place, I joined the others in the car then drove to our rendezvous.
The Tribal Elders were already there waiting for us. We joined them then and together we waited patiently for the Pack to arrive. On the way over, I had received a text message that let me know that my insurance policy was in place.
BBPOV
Harry, Quil and I had already been nervous by the time the Cullen's had arrived because the Pack was late. The wolves should've been her early to set up a perimeter but they were nowhere to be found. Sam hadn't answered his cell phone since sunrise.
Carlisle gave a genial greeting and I saw the hope in his eyes for a peaceful resolution. My grandfather had been right; the Doctor was an honorable man. While we all waited for the Pact to finally arrive, Carlisle surprised me by asking how the Reservation Hospital was doing on funds and equipment. He knew we were planning on opening a modern resort and wanted to make sure our hospital could handle the resultant influx of patients. The vampire gave me the card of a medical technologies firm and told me to call them about upgrading our facility then shocked me further by offering to help with some of the funding.
Our conversation was interrupted when three wolves in human form stepped from the woods. Seth and Leah Clearwater, the newest wolves, were supporting a battered and bloodied Jacob between them. Everyone here new that wasn't a good sign and whatever patience we'd had was shattered as the trio slowly made their way over to us. As soon as they reached us, Carlisle was examining my son while I demanded to know what happened.
"Sam had been upset when he found out I'd phased. He was about to attack me when Jake and I imprinted on each other. I should've been okay after that because of the Laws, but then he told Seth and me that we had to go with them to kidnap Bella Swan while everybody else was at the meeting. I refused and told him what he was doing was wrong, so he attacked me. Jake phased to protect me but Sam ordered the others to phase and help him. They ganged up on Jake but he held his own for a while. The Pack suddenly stopped then ran off into the woods," Leah explained her eyes were red and cheeks stained from her tears.
That was all we needed to hear, the Cullen's were already in their car headed for their home and the rest of us weren't far behind. I only prayed we weren't too late.
SPOV
After the Pack and I had finished teaching not to interfere when I discipline his whiny bitch of an imprint, we ran off to the Cullen's mansion. The leeches and our pathetic Elders were distracted by their precious meeting. That meant the cripple was by herself.
Paul, you've never questioned my orders so as a reward, the girl is yours. The cripple may be useless for anything else but she can still pop out litters of new wolves, I thought through the Pack mind.
YES, he practically screamed back.
The Cullen place was just in front of us and we all noticed the steel shutters were closed over the glass wall that took up the entire back of the house. We stopped when the front door opened and the cripple stumbled out of it with a puppy. She made it off the porch and stood there while the dog ran around and played. We phased back to human just before we broke cover.
BPOV
When the others left for their meeting I stopped reading my book and just let my senses roam. The past two days I've secretly been experimenting with them but I hadn't told anyone about the change yet. I wanted to try to get a basic understanding of them before I told anyone. Smell and taste were impractical to play with while inside, so I concentrated my efforts on touch.
It was like I'd been plugged directly into the Earth for two miles around the house. I literally felt the movements of every creature in that area and tried to figure out what each one was. My attention became focused on a group of something that was running toward the house at great speed. I couldn't tell how many there were because the moved single file to hide their numbers.
Without a second thought, I grabbed the walking stick from where it rested against the couch then moved to the front door. I opened it, let Cu out, and then pretended to stumble out the door. Using exaggerated caution, I made my way down the porch then onto the lawn about fifteen paces from the steps. The air vibrated with some unknown energy then I felt five people walk toward me.
Cu played happily as the people encircled me. From the smell of wet fur and diseased animal, I knew they weren't human. I felt the one on my left move and easily dodged out of the way. I gripped the top of my walking stick and twisted ever so slightly and then with a flick of my wrist unsheathed the Tai Chi sword that had been concealed inside.
Whatever was behind me moved to attack; I stabbed backward with the sword and impaled them through the stomach. Then with a fluid motion, pulled it out, spun on my heel and arced the blade down to sever the head off. I'd been so preoccupied with my strike that I almost missed the air vibrate to my right. There had been no time to move before sharp claws tore across my midriff.
I was going to die, I knew that but I'd take a few enemies with me. That realization caused something to switch on inside of me. Instantly, I was connected to my four remaining attackers. The vision of each one seemed to be displayed on separate screens in my mind. What they heard easily pushed into the background. Then something amazing happened.
My mind started to process all the input in a new way. It had taken bits of all the data it was receiving and assembled it to give me back both my sight and hearing, while still maintaining the various points of view on the other screens.
The young men kept circling me then they started to vibrate. I hadn't blanched when they exploded into giant wolves, just readied myself for the next attack. They moved at an unnatural speed but somehow, I managed to match it. In the back of my mind I knew I couldn't keep it up for long and that moving this was killing me. Everything stopped when an oversized black and grey wolf ran out of the woods and joined me. My instincts told me that this was an ally so I kept my primary focus on the others.
I heard my family arrive but the connections cut out as blood loss made me collapse into unconsciousness.
RPOV
We had rushed back to the house but the fight had already started. Bella and a grey and black wolf stood against four other wolves. My mate had one hand clutching her stomach while the other held some kind of sword. On the ground behind her was a headless corpse. Everyone was out of the car before it had fully stopped.
Bella sensed our presence and relaxed a bit. However, blood loss from three gashes across her abdomen caused her to loose consciousness. I flashed to her side and had her in my arms before she could hit the ground. The four remaining bastards that tried to snatch my Bella were surrounded and couldn't escape.
"Carlisle," I screamed but he was already by my side.
"The wounds are too severe. We need to change her if we want her to live," my father said with finality.
"I love you. Please don't leave me," I whispered before a bit her neck and just above her heart. I prayed I could get enough venom into her in time.
The Tribal Elders arrived as Esme carried an already changing Bella back into the house. I smelled which one of the bastards had Bella's blood on their claws and pounced on them. Nobody stopped me as I tore him to pieces. I was covered head to toe in the mongrel's disgusting blood but my anger and need for revenge hadn't yet been sated.
A second wolf fell before my holy wrath, but at least he put up a fight. Emmett and Carlisle struggled to hold me so that nobody else was killed while Jasper sent ever increasing waves of calm at me. The problem was that every time I heard Bella scream because of the Change, I went berserk. It wasn't until Alice told me a dozen times that everything would be fine that I finally calmed down.
Movement by the tree line drew my attention. Tanya Denali walked over to us with a nod. Before I could ask why she was here, my focus switched to the wolf that helped my Bella as he phased.
"Hello Levi, old friend," Carlisle greeted him while the Elders gasped in shock.
"It's been too long," the other man replied as they shook hands and hugged.
When they broke the hug and stepped back, Tanya ghosted to Levi's side. He kissed her softly on the lips then glared at the four wolves that were now phased back into their human form. I wanted to see what he would do to them but Bella screamed out for me and I needed to be with her. Tanya and Alice followed right behind me.
I held Bella and whispered soothing words in an attempt to comfort her. At Alice's suggestion, Esme opened the window so we could hear what went on and the wolves could hear my mate's pain. No matter what happened out there, the next three days were going to be to worst ones of my existence.
Crossover Challenge
Most of you are aware that my first story was an entry for the RosaBella challenge. After reading stories for a number of different challenges I thought I'd come up with one of my own. Just like the title says, this is a Twilight Crossover Challenge. The rules are as follows:
Stories must be new, not existing.
They must be Femslash
The minimum word count is 1500, but there is no maximum limit to the number of Chapters as long as it is completed by the due date.
No Soap crossovers with one exception, Dark Shadows. If you are old enough, or geeky enough, to remember the original Dark Shadows or even the '90's remake, you know why.
Try to stay away from obvious crossovers: Moonlight, Forever Knight, etc. (Not a rule just guideline.).
The end date is Feb. 28, 2010.
PM me with the details when you post your story/first chapter.
Crossovers I'd like to see without having to write them: Twilight/Sanctuary, Twilight/Warehouse 13, Twilight/Fringe, Twilight/Dollhouse, Twilight/Firefly, Twilight/Criminal Mind
Anyone that wants to flex their writing muscles further can opt for the blind version of this challenge. PM me and I will give you the pairing, crossover and a third element to your story. To prove that it is possible, I'll PM three of my regular reviewers and ask them to pick out a pairing, crossover, etc. then I'll write the story for shits and giggles.
I hope some of you will take up the challenge.