Author Note- Thanks to all who read and reviewed the last chapter. I love and appreciate every one of them and they make me want to get better at this so you will love it even more.

Real life kicked me right up the arse again last week, so this chapter has been delayed but it is here now.

Thanks to Content1 for all her help. The woman was struck down with the 'bubonic plague' of viruses and still found time to beta for me. You are like frickin' Wonder Woman!

I do not own Twilight or it's characters. I own an exceptionally unhealthy Jasper addiction and a rapidly growing Emmett obsession.

Here we go people... FIGHT SCHOOL!

Chapter 22

Combat training.

It's an ache that never heals
It's the deepest cut you feel
It's the thing in you that feeds
The animal in me
It's the darker side of lust
It's the other side of us
It's the thing in you that feeds
The animal in me

Motley Crue - Animal In Me

I felt better after spending an hour in Jasper's presence. His combination of lethargy, calm and peace helped me deal with the brain-burning episode. Carlisle had hypothesized that forcing my gift to access Alice's when I had no history of precognition had made me more susceptible to pain than when I used other gifts. He theorized that now that I had forced it, I would experience it more often- Which was just fan-fucking-tastic. I did shrug it off though. I really didn't care why it was happening. I just wanted to be able to bear it long enough for me to get through the upcoming battle. Jasper cocked his head at my new burgeoning sense of apathy.

"It's alright, Jazz."

"Why do you feel like that?" His confusion and concern was endearing.

"I just realised that I don't care why my head hurts,"

"You don't?"

"Nope," The 'p' popped as my lips parted to create the sound.

"Why not?"

"Because it doesn't matter," His increasing confusion was leaking from him now and I had to shake my head to clear it. "Jazz, knock it off..."

"Sorry,"

"I just meant that I'm not important. If the fire in my head allows me to help the family in some way, then I will learn to cope with it."

"We won't ask you to do that, Kali,"

"Well, you won't. You will suffer right beside me." I teased, mussing his hair. "What time do we have to meet the pound puppies?"

"Three o'clock at the old baseball clearing. It's out of the way so the noise won't be an issue."

"Yeah, because the sound of something like crashing boulders is easy to hide..." Jasper mock-punched my arm and smiled widely. "So, Jasper, as much as I would hate to put a dampener on our already impressively happy conversation, we need to work out what we are going to do about tonight. Emmett isn't taking this seriously- he thinks it is a joke. Esme and Carlisle don't have the killer instinct that we need and they hate violence. Not to mention the fact that Rosalie couldn't care less.. We need them to be fighters and I don't think we have the time to do it gently." I turned to my brother, hoping that he would have an answer for me. Apparently he did.

"We need to get them angry. Piss them off more than they thought possible. Push them to the edge then kick their asses over it. They need to turn their most animal- most monstrous- sides loose."

"Should I be worried about the fact that we don't seem to have to do that for our own demons to run riot?" I asked teasingly.

"I think under the circumstances, it works to our advantage today. They will need our help."

"I don't like myself when I am like that," I admitted in a small voice. "I know I am a monster, but I don't like feeling like it." I shuddered at the mere thought of just how vicious I would have to be to defend my family. It was loathsome and vile.

"Neither do I," He conceded. "It is, however, a necessity."

"I do have plans for Edward, though," I stated as Jasper turned to me with a quizzical expression on his face. "The way I have it figured, someone is responsible for these newborns and to get them to where they should be, the ring-leader will have to bring them. Edward is going to want a piece or twelve of that person and I want to make sure he is physically capable of doing it."

"You just want the opportunity to piss him off again,"

"I don't piss him off... do I?" I was suddenly worried. Other than our little spat where we both received some pretty brutal punches to the chest, we got on alright. I ruffled his feathers and he ruffled mines, but nothing that I would have considered to be me pissing him off.

"Jesus, calm down, Darlin'" Jasper soothed, shoving a little surge of calm my way. "I was only referring to the incident that shall not be discussed."

"You mean when he hit me?" He nodded. "If it isn't to be discussed, why are you discussing it?" I teased.

"Because it is funny?" He offered, shrugging his shoulders.

"I'm glad your brother's new penchant for domestic violence amuses you."

"He didn't hurt you?"

"No, well, yeah, he did. but I hit him back so it was all good." I beamed. I hadn't really tried to hurt him. Not really. Just enough for him to feel it.

"Personally, I think you did the right thing. I have fought the urge to tell him he was being absurd many times. I know I am the main cause of a lot of his- how shall I put it?- uncertainty? But I never agreed with his choices in how to deal with things." Jasper instantly started giving off soft whisps of guilt. I was suddenly very remorseful for no good reason.

"Jazz, I haven't done anything wrong. Could I stop feeling guilty now?" I pouted at him and waited for the warm, happy feelings to take over my body. I smiled when the emotion started filtering through. I wasn't left waiting long as he sensed my need.

"You two ready to go?" Emmett asked, bouncing out of the front door and jumping up and down in front of us, subsequently bursting the little brother/sister bubble me and Jasper had created.

"Yeah, we're good. We running?" I looked down at my purple, spike-heel boots. These were NOT appropriate running gear. I liked them too much to waste them.

"Yep, It's quicker and the mutts need to follow our scents in." Emmett confirmed. I nodded once, slapped both my knees with my hands and stood up off of the porch-swing.

"Guess it's time to take you boys to fight school," I teased, shoving Emmett clean off of the porch and onto the driveway, spraying black gravel twenty feet in every direction. "By the looks of it, Em, you are gonna need some serious work..."

Jasper laughed hysterically as Emmett righted himself. He scowled viciously as he walked back up the front stairs. "You are going to pay for that," He growled.

"Tell you what, Emmett; If you can put me on my back once tonight, I will give you my Lamborghini. How's that?"

"Deal," He smirked. "Don't expect special treatment because you are a girl."

"I hadn't realised that you noticed that I was female..." I teased, moving towards the front door. "I would, however, be disappointed if you went easy." I bolted upstairs to change my shoes. We had a fifteen mile hike tonight and these shoes just wouldn't make it.

We were messing around in the clearing. It had been a fun trip up here despite the reason for it. Emmett had been a handful the whole way. He had, on several occasions ended up being thrown through a tree as he tried to win my Murcielago. His most recent attempt to upend me had resulted in Esme scolding us hotly for behaving like children.

Jasper and Emmett were play-wrestling and chuckling like morons as we awaited the arrival of Edward, Bella and the wolves. The wind changed direction, bringing the two more favourable scents towards us. Edward and Bella broke the treeline and were deep in conversation.

"You know what I think?" She asked Edward who, to his credit, was quick on the uptake.

"No," he grinned. Thankfully, for his sake, she chose to ignore his dry wit. "What do you think?"

"I think it's all connected. Not just the two things, but the three of them."

"You lost me," Edward admitted.

"Three bad things have happened since you came back," She theorized. I counted four. The wolves were a pain in the arse. Not sure if she would count them though... I was broken from my thoughts by Bella's ideas. "The newborns in Seattle, the stranger in my room and - first of all- Victoria came back for me."

As she said it like that, everything slotted into place with a deafening, mental thud. Victoria's friend, Laurent, have gone to the Denali clan and had obviously talked to them about the Cullens and their abilities. If he had spoken to Victoria, she would now know everything about Alice's visions and how to get around them. Vampires on a vengeance kick would, literally, do anything to avenge that which was lost. If creating an army of newborn vampires is what it would take to get the job done, then so be it. That being said, one mature- albeit, insane- vampire wasn't the most immediate problem. The twenty-one newborn vampires were. We would have to focus on them before we dealt with the psycho-bitch.

"You're very perceptive today," Edward remarked, bringing me out of my contemplative state. I had no idea what Bella had said to him. Whatever it was, it must have been impressive because he continued to tell her so.

Bella sighed. "Maybe it's just this place. It makes me feel like she is closer..like she sees me now." I stiffened at the idea and scanned the clearing to check. The bitch was nuts and it seemed like the kind of bullshit she would pull. The wind shifted again and I was hit with the most ridiculous wave of repulsion. The smell of the wolves was so strong, I felt physically sick. I covered my mouth and nose with my hand and balled my other hand into a fist. Rosalie and Esme wrinkled their nose and Emmett dry-heaved. Once I was able to, I focused on their minds and nearly keeled over.

"God the smell! My nose is killing me!"

"Why the hell are we doing this?"

"If they know more than us, we have to learn."

"Like hell we do! We could take all of them."

"They need our help. Jacob offered it and we stand by our offer,"

"Thanks a fucking lot, Jake!"

"Shut up, Leah," There was a female wolf?

"Can it, all of you!" The authority that rang through the last statement blistered. Clearly, this was the alpha of the pack, Sam. It was hard to discern different voices. There were more than I thought there would be.

"Edward, did you hear that?" I thought.

"Yes," He replied in kind.

"There are more of them..." I unfocused my mind against the torrent of wolf thoughts. I just managed to get my headache under control and it didn't seem wise to open myself up to that kind of abuse again. I craned my neck, looking into the woods and I felt my eyes bug out when I saw them approach. I had obviously seen them in their wolf-form before, but this was something different. The night I was shown the boundary line, there were four wolves and that was an impressive sight, but this was just astonishing.

"Prepare yourselves- they've been holding out on us." Edward said, his eyes trained to the same spot that mines were.

"What do you mean?" Alice asked, turning to look at the same place that Edward and I were. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"DAMN!" Emmett muttered, "Did you ever see anything like it?" No. No, I had not.

"What is it?" Bella demanded. It never occurred to me that she wouldn't be able to see the pack yet.

"The pack has grown," Edward explained for her. That had to be an understatement. We knew of six wolves but the voices in my head and the display in front of us would indicate ten. Ten huge, horse-sized, vampire killing wolves were now marching towards us. Equal amounts of hope and disgust raged within me. If this was the help we were expecting to receive, this would be a lot easier than I had thought. The only problem was, the very thought of the wolves repulsed me. They stopped just inside the trees, refusing to come into the open.

Carlisle took a couple of steps forward to greet the mutts.

"I'm going to have to translate for them," Edward said, rolling his eyes. "They don't trust enough to be in their human form."

"They are here, that's the main thing," Carlisle offered. The wolves were fucking idiots. If we wanted to take them out, we would have done so already. We needed their help, so we weren't going to break them, were we?

"We will watch and listen, but no more." Edward said in a flat tone as he translated for the dogs. "That is the most we can ask of our self-control."

"That is more than enough." Carlisle answered with a smile. "My son, Jasper has experience with newborn vampires and my daughter, Kali," I beamed a little bit when he called me his daughter." Has experience with defensive maneuvers with regards to battling our kind. They will teach us how to fight, how they are to be defeated. I'm sure you will be able to apply the lessons to your own hunting style."

"Do you know when and how they will arrive?" Edward asked for the wolves.

"They will come over the mountains in four days in the late morning. As they approach, Alice will help us intercept their path."

"Thank you for the information. We will watch." The wolves sat back on their hunches and waited for us to start. I turned to Jasper, who nodded once and we both took a simultaneous step forward.

"Carlisle is right," Jasper began when we were halfway between our family and the pack. "The newborns will fight like children. The two most important things to remember are first, don't let them get their arms around you, and second, don't go for the obvious kill. That's all they will be prepared for. As long as you come at them from the side and keep moving, they will be too confused to respond effectively."

"Why do we avoid them getting their arms around us?" Edward asked for the wolves again.

"Newborn vampires are never more strong than they are in the first several months to this life." I said, taking a step to the side to give the wolves a view of my family. "With the strength they possess, they will crush you and half you in two." A low growl sounded from the wolves as I motioned to Emmett to come forward. He grinned like a lunatic and came towards me. Jasper smiled when he felt his brother's anticipation.

"Okay, Emmett first," Jasper said. "He is the best example of a newborn attack."

I stepped away from Jasper, and stopped directly in front of Emmett, smirking at him. "I'll try not to break anything," Emmett muttered as his eyes narrowed and zeroed onto me, locking onto his target. Jasper's already present grin widened.

"What I meant is that Emmett relies on his strength. He is very straight forward about the attack. The newborns won't be trying anything subtle either."

"Just go for the easy kill, brother," I taunted, slipping down into a crouch. My muscles bunched and corded. My entire body was coiled and ready to spring.

"Begin," Jasper called.

Emmett thundered towards me with the velocity of a speeding train. The ground trembled under his feet as he charged forward. He was about four feet away when I side-stepped him, spun on the spot and grabbed his shoulder. He twisted under my hands, grabbing my wrists as he went and tried to bring me closer to him so he could get his arms around my chest. I slid out, shoving my feet between his legs and pulled him down with me until he flipped and landed on his back. I grabbed him around the throat, only to have him on his feet again and lunging at me. We twisted around each other for another half a minute until he made a ridiculously rookie move. He left his back exposed to me. I had landed one particularly brutal gut-shot, causing him to double over. I somersaulted over him, jumping onto his back and wrapped my hand around his throat again, my teeth at his neck.

"Shit!" He cursed and threw his hands up in surrender. I laughed loudly and mussed his hair as I climbed off of his back. "Again!" He growled, his smile gone completely.

"It's my turn," Edward protested. I narrowed my eyes as i re-focused on his gift.

"Did you see that shit?"

"How the fuck did she move that fast?"

"She got the big one pretty good..."

"Focus on the techniques," I recognised Sam's alpha tone. He was forcing them to concentrate.

"Jasper, you're up," I called, turning to look at him. He nodded once and addressed his over-eager brother.

"I want to show Bella something first, Edward." Jasper murmured as he waved Alice forward. I took a step back, allowing them to fill the space- albeit a little less impressively- that Emmett and I had recently vacated. It was just then that I realised how mashed up the ground was. Deep gouges and scratches ruined the ground and upturned the grass. My clothes were going to be a mess and Alice was going to have a field day with me later.

"Kali, She has been planning it since you called Emmett forward." Edward confirmed my inner musings and I growled a little as Alice stepped towards her mate.

"I know you worry about Alice, Bella," Jasper offered. "I'm going to show you why it's not necessary." Alice just smiled angelically as she stood in the middle of the open space and closed her eyes. I didn't even bother looking into her head. I knew just how fast she was and her size was a ridiculous advantage to her. Besides, Jasper had neither the compunction or the need to truly hurt her. Alice would castrate him if he so much as wrinkled her blouse. From the time Alice closed her eyes and Jasper began to move, Bella's heart had contracted twice. Two heartbeats was all it took for Jasper to begin his 'attack'.

He never even got close. She side-stepped him at the very last moment, leaving him standing in an empty space next to her. He swung his arms for her and she ducked and moved out of his way again. I knew that she couldn't see his moves, but she was predicting his movements, listening to the body that she was so attuned to. She spun and swayed around his every move, the tempo increasing with every pass. They danced like experts, him supporting her like the prima ballerina she appeared to be. The hypnotically violent dance continued and I knew Bella would struggle to keep up with this, but I honestly couldn't take my eyes off of them as they shifted and turned. As the pace hit fever-pitch, instinctive snarls and growls erupted from them but that level of violent movement was short lived when Jasper abruptly stopped. The small form of Alice's body was perched onto his back with her lips pressed to the curve between his neck and shoulder. She was giggling gently at her mate as a truely grloious smile broke over Jasper's face.

"Gotcha!" Alice declared, placing a sweet little kiss onto the strong line of his jaw.

"You truly are one frightening little monster," He complimented her, helping her down off of his back. Sadly, the wolves weren't so amused. By the uneasy posture of their sitting bodies and the whines that sounded like complaints, I could tell that our little display was making them uncomfortable. Good. Maybe it would teach some of them some respect. Edward apparently echoed my sentiments as he informed Bella that the wolves were, in fact, uncomfortable. He also thought that the wolves lesson in respect was overdue. Perhaps it was time for me to show my brother just how well that lesson in respect could be learned by vampire and wolf alike. Edward's head snapped to me and a lop-sided grin graced his features. His eyes sparkled with anticipation as his eyebrows raised in question.

"Yeah, you heard me, Telepath. Come and get your ass kicked," I teased, nodding to Jasper and Alice as the got out of the way. I moved towards the middle of the clearing and stood still, with my hands by my sides and my hands and shoulders relaxed.

"My turn," Edward said, turning to give Bella a quick kiss before stalking forward. I winked at him. It was goading him and I knew it.

"Now, you two, Try and keep the use of gifts to a minimum. We don't want cries of 'cheat' later on." Jasper said, trying to negotiate the rules of engagement.

"Blow me! If he's reading my mind, I'm reading his." I said, folding my arms across my chest defiantly.

"I can't turn it off," Edward argued.

"Well, if you can't, then I won't."

Jasper just shrugged his shoulders at us, giving up on his sense of diplomacy and getting the hell out of the way. "Whenever you are ready guys." He called as he moved completely out of the way.

I sashayed back a few steps before moving myself to the left and right. Edward copied my movements, sometimes moving before I did. Shit. I would really have to focus hear. Once I had heard enough from his head to know that he was thinking of nothing but what was running through mines, I winked at him again and dived for him. I was aiming for his chest, deciding while I was- literally- in mid-air to switch targets. I aimed for his right arm, hoping to get a hold of it and drag him to the ground. Unfortunately, he heard my intent and countered me by stepping just to the side and reaching to get a hold of me around the waist. His thoughts betrayed him like mines had done me, and I got out of the way.

"Don't rely on your ability, Edward," I thought fiercely. "You might come up against someone who's thoughts you can't hear and you will be fucked. So less head, more body."

I had managed to distract him enough to get a hold of his shirt, and throwing a particularly harsh punch right at his shoulder. His resulting growl let me know that I was getting through. After that first blow landed, it became mush less of a mind game and more of a fight. We came at each other again and again, trading blows but never really gaining an advantage. Snarls and hissing growls broke free when the shots began to connect- each punch or kick earning a counter-blow. At one point, he tried to get his arms around my chest to restrain me. As his muscular limbs cirled around me, I spun on the spot and jumped, curling my legs as I went and planted my feet against his chest and shoving with everything I had. He must have caught hold of my wrist on his trip backwards, becuase the world suddenly turned itself upside down and I was flipping through the air like a tossed coin. I landed abour fifteen feet back from my original position with a substantial thud, right on my arse.

I sat up, looking for Edward. He looked ridiculous. I could only assume that I did too, because he looked like he would burst a blood vessel from preventing his laughter. His face tipped me over the edge and I buckled, guffawing like Emmett on drugs.

"Ahem," Jasper pretended to clear his throat, trying to restore some kind of order to proceedings. "Let's call that one a draw for now." Edward was on his feet and in front of me holding a hand out to help me up. Clasping my figers around his hand and wrist, I pulled myself vertical and brushing myself off.

"Rematch?" I asked Edward, grinning like a fool.

"Just tell me the time and the place, sis," He agreed, flinging an arm around my shoulder and giving me a quick squeeze before letting me go and walking towards Bella. I shifted gifts, focusing on Edward and allowing my head to be filled with thoughts on our little demonstration of true vampiric speed and agility.

"What the fuck?"

"That female is dangerous,"

"That dread-locked leech didn't move that fast,"

"Can you apply this to our hunting style?"

"I think so. I'll run through some things later,"

"the ones with the scars need to be watched,"

"Edward, are you hearing this?" I could barely contain the humour building in me. They were actually scared of me and Jasper. It wasn't respect, not yet, but I would take it.

"Yes, apparently you need to be watched." He was struggling with his own hilarity when Jasper announced that everyone should pair off and practice some more. Myself and Jasper just moved amongst the group, giving pointers and advice when needed. They were all doing remarkably- falling into the mindset necessary for what was coming. The only problem was, Carlisle was struggling. He abhorred violence of any kind, i knew that, but even play fighting like this should be do-able and he just wasn't feeling it. I had to piss him off and fighting with his kids wasn't cutting it. I had to do something drastic and I absolutely hated myself for even considering it. It was horrible and vile and it made me feel sick because of it, but we needed him on board. If he didn't get into the right frame of mind or he would get hurt...or worse.

I quickly whispered his name and he spun on the spot to face me. He and Emmett had been sparring near Esme and Rosalie. I smiled deviously and flashed a glance towards Esme.

"Kali, what's wrong?" He asked, getting Emmett to stop his advance. I didn't answer him, simply sinking down into a crouch and heading slowly towards Esme. I allowed the monster to break out of it's cage as I had weighed my 'mother' as prey; a target; a kill. I could feel the anger roll off of Carlisle in waves. He pulled his lips back, exposing his teeth in warning.

"Kali...Stop..." Jasper warned and I could only imagine what he was feeling from everyone present. It was palpable even to me so he must have been struggling. Carlisle dropped into a crouch in front of his mate, a low rasping growl raking it's way through his torso and up through his bared teeth.

"Carlisle," I said slowly and deliberately. I made sure that there was no hint of emotion in my voice, nothing to indicate that I was only pretending. I never took my eyes off of Esme who, quite rightly, looked horrified. "If you don't stop me, I will go for her." I took another step forward to be met by a startlingly furious hiss.

"Back away, Kali," Carlisle said, leaving no room for argument as he began to advance himself.

"No, I'm going to take her pretty head into my hands and twist it until it pops off like a champagne cork. What the hell are you going to do about it?" I snarled, smiling slightly. It tipped him over the edge.

His growl crashed off of the trees, amplifying the already impressive sound. His lunge was more graceful than any I had seen. His power unrivaled as his hands collided with my chest, knocking me on my arse twenty feet away. His leap was spectacular in its speed and accuracy as he landed inches from my head and wrapped his hand around my neck. I made no attempt to fight him off. I didn't have to. When I was sure he had released his monster- when it had burst its cage door right off its hinges and was running loose, I knew that I had got to the dark place inside his head and I got him to crack. The pressure around my throat increased and I knew I would have to diffuse this quickly and I muttered the one word that I knew would bring him back.

"Dad," His hand instantly loosened around me, his expression going from mind-altering rage to stomach-churning guilt. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Carlisle. I had to show you. I'm sorry. I had to push you- to make you see and..." I trailed off. The clearing was deathly quiet and I hadn't really factored the people around us into the problem when I came up with a way to deal with it. I had no idea why I assumed that 'dad' would halt him... but I needed him to think of me as his daughter more than I ever had. I needed him to reassure me that it was okay.

"Kali... I..." Carlisle was shocked and horrified and disgusted with himself and my guilt went into spiral mode.

"Not in front of the wolves, Dad. Hold it together until we get home." He nodded once and helped me to my feet. I patted him on the back before turning to the rest of my family.

"I'm sorry you had to see that," I apologised. What they had seen wasn't pretty and it wasn't the best idea I ever had, but it had the effect I needed it to. "But you had to see that. I need you to see just how far I need you to go. You need to see just how feral you will have to get to protect those you love. I will push you, and then I will push you again and when you are at the edge, I will shove you right the fuck over it."

"We need to be focused and aggressive." Jasper added, coming to stand beside me, sending a little wave of comfort my wave and I grabbed his hand and gave it a little squeeze to say thanks. "This army will have only two things on their mind. One destroying you and two, taking out the person we are all hear to defend and protect. Now, who's next?"

Rosalie stepped forward and the training resumed. I didn't fight again after that. I just moved amongst the groups, giving more pointers and suggestions- telling them how to block attacks and counter moves when they seemed to be inescapable. There was no more goofing around, no more jokes, no more fun. Once they realised that we were serious and that we would do whatever it took to get them ready, they got their shit together. They began to look like fighters. We continued until the sky began to lighten to a dull grey colour.

"That's enough for the day, Jazz," I whispered as I passed by him. He nodded once, distracting him enough that Rosalie planted him into the ground and got him with a pretty cool kick to the ribs.

"Edward, that's us finished. Is Bella alright?" I thought, turning to look at him. Bella must have been awake for about twenty-four hours by this point and for a human, that wasn't good. I stole a quick glance at her, noting the lavander bags that were forming under Bella's eyes, which were beginning to droop.

"She's exhausted. I'm going to get her home as soon as we are done here," He thought. I nodded my agreement and looked pointedly at Jasper who also nodded.

"I think that's enough for the day," Jasper announced, calling a halt to practice. The wolves stood up and shook off their limbs. Their minds were buzzing with all that they had witnessed.

"Fucking hell..."

"You have to admit, that was something else,"

"Can we use it, Jake?"

"Yeah, I think so,"

"How will we know what leeches aren't to be touched during the fight?"

"Their scents..."

"Ew!"

"We are going to have to get closer to them..."

"Oh fucking great-"

"Everyone," I called, bringing the attention back to myself for the first time since mine and Carlisle's little episode. "The wolves think that it will help if they are able to discern our scents from the newborns,"

"Of course," Carlisle nodded.

"It will be easier if we all stand still," Edward pointed out.

"After we get the dog treatment, I'm gonna run home quickly. I want to check out the news and I need space and..." I thought. This was starting to get to me.

"Not a problem, Kali," Edward said, his eyes darting towards the now advancing wolves.

"God, they fucking STINK!" Emmett thought. His whole mental tone was pissed off and I understood it. I didn't want the fleabags anywhere near me.

"Oh god, Sam! It fucking hurts!"

"Could you please focus? We need to get this right. We can't screw up and take one of them out. Not now... They are dangerous." The wolves had formed a single line behind the massive black form of Sam. I noted that Jacob filed in right behind Sam. Hmm... that would make him second in command... kinda like the Beta of the pack. Sam stood in front of Carlisle and took on tiny little sniff.

"Oh, hell..."

I smirked at his thoughts but realised that I would be next so I held still and stopped my lungs from pushing air around. They needed to smell me, I didn't need that information.

"Kali, one sniff from Sam will be enough for them. You can go if you need to..." Edward thought. He was two down the line from me and next to Jasper. He knew how badly I needed to get out of here. Him and Jasper were the only ones who knew just how much I was struggling. I nodded and waited until the mutts had passed me, gave Edward a quick mental thanks and got the fuck out of there.

I needed space to clear my head. I needed room to stuff my animal back into it's cage.

I needed time to get back in to Kali Cullen mode. I needed air to get away from the stench of mutt.

I needed to be prepared to face the backlash I was sure to recieve at the hands of the Cullens when they finally got a hold of me.

I could only hope that they undrestood.

Author Note- Thanks for reading this chapter. I found it difficult to write. I didn't like provoking Carlisle, but at least it worked, right? Please leave your thoughts and let me know. You guys help me craft a better story.

Thanks again to Content1 for everything. You are a legend amongst Twi-hards.

Story recommendation - The dominant by Tara Sue Me. (Lemons, BDSM, Language... all the good stuff basically. I fucking love this story)

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