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Still poorly. Tired. Bored. Just watched about 50 prodigy videos (live ones) and got annoyed because I couldn't rave because I'm too poorly :(
Chapter 7 : Home isn't always simple
Bella's point of view:
We'd just gotten onto the private road leading up to the Volturi garages and seeing as I had 20 miles of no police I thought I'd test my new car.
'Hey, kids, wanna see how fast mommy's new car goes?' I asked Theo and Rosie who were playing rock paper scissors in the back of the car.
'Yeah!' Came their instant reply.
'Okay. Hold on tight then.' I literally put my foot down and the car sped forward like a bullet from a gun. I checked the speedometer and smiled when I saw the arrow move up to 270mph.
'How old are they?' Edward asked quietly from next to me, not wanting to interrupt their squeals of delight as the countryside sped past the car.
'Rosie was changed on her fifth birthday. Theo was changed on the same day, he's only just four.' Edward sighed next to me.
'Immortal children. Who created them? Why did they let them live?' I knew what he was asking. The thought that they could so easily have been ripped away from me still hurt.
'We don't know who changed them. But they're very intelligent. We found them in their house their parents dead but Aro saw their thoughts and it wasn't them who had killed the adults. The strange thing was that even though the bodies were fresh and full of blood they hadn't drunk from them. They have amazing self control, they've never drunk human blood, and the don't have the normal childish tantrums so they never put our existence in danger. I said I would look after them and they've been mine ever since. If it wasn't for Conn they would be living with me Victoria and Matt and going to school.' The reminder of Conn brought a black light into Edward's eyes.
'He won't get you again. I won't let him touch you. Even if he kills me.' I hated to hear him talk like that, it reminded me of the reality.
'It isn't that simple though. His power, he can teleport anywhere and I mean anywhere. The only reason he had me for 7 months last time was because he took me to Mars. I mean the planet! I wasn't even on Earth! Do you know how hard it is to get a bunch of vampires on a spaceship to Mars? Even using all the spare air tanks as petrol tanks instead it's still a push.' I almost laughed. I mean, how random is that? He shows up and is all "Hey, Bella. I'm kidnapping you and taking you to Mars." Tehe. Random.
'Mars?' Edward asked incredulously.
'Yep. He only left to teleport back to Earth to hunt. And he only left for half an hour to an hour every two weeks. He took my clothes with him as well. In 7 months I got about 7 hours rest from him beating me and forcing himself upon me. When the Volturi became my family a lot of the guys tried to get my attention. Demetri still does. But I couldn't trust them. It's a shame. I don't think I would have got together with any of them anyway but still.' I laughed and we pulled into the garage. I parked in my usual spot at the far end and climbed out.
'Batman's back with a plan! You'll never guess what happened!' Jane flew into my arms and hugged me tightly. She hadn't liked me at first because her power didn't work on me but we got on great now. Just like sisters. I remembered why she called me batman.
*Flashback*
The Volturi guard had just rescued me from Conn and had taken me back to Volterra. Jane came over to me and handed me one of their cloaks. I gratefully pulled it on and looked in a mirror. I snickered and ran into a changing room to the side, telling them I was going to get changed. I reappeared a few minutes later in a black cat suit with a yellow belt at the waist. I jumped out and ran around the room screaming.
'Raah! I is batman! Beware the mighty power!' I screeched running around everyone. Needless to say that sorted out who approached me and who didn't.
*Flashback over*
'Oh my god! Jane! I missed you so much! What happened!?! Tell me now before I go crazy!' she hugged me and jumped up and down for a minute.
'This new guy joined! Charles. And he's so gorgeous and-' I grabbed her left hand and gasped at the ring.
'And you got married! Oh my god, Jane! That's wonderful! Congratulations!' She deserved it. Her brother had found a mate 73 years ago and she'd been lonely since then.
'I know. He's brilliant. He's so smart and talented and beautiful and - hello, who's this?' Edward had got out the car and was walking around to my side. 'Nice choice, Bella. Please tell me he isn't your brother. You deserve love after all the crap with Conn and Edward before that.' Damn! Jane knew all about Edward but she had never met him. I dreaded her response. She walked over to him and held out her hand which he shook politely. 'So, what's your name then? Please tell me you're with Bella. She needs some love in her life.' Edward dropped her hand and took mine.
'Ummm ... Edward Cullen?' He looked nervous. And with good reason. Jane's eyes narrowed and she unleashed her power on him. He fell to the floor and I could see it took all his strength to keep his mouth closed.
'Jane! Stop it! Please!' I cried and threw my shield over Edward, deflecting her power. I pulled him to his feet and Jane crouched forward snarling.
'I'll kill him Bella. So help me, I will. I swear it.' I moved in front of Edward who was still recovering from the attack. Suddenly Theo and Rosie flew out of the car and hugged Jane.
'Auntie Jane! Guess what!?! We have a papa now! His name is mister Edward! He's really nice and he thinks I'm pretty.' Rosie giggled and Jane picked them both up, calming herself instantly for their benefit.
'Really? And I'm not surprised he thinks you're pretty, you're one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot of people.' Jane whispered in Rosie's ear and somehow managed to glare at Edward at the same time.
'Auntie Jane? How many people is a lot of people? Is it a hundred? Because I know everyone in the Volterra castle. And that's almost 70 people.' Theo stated in his serious tone that made me giggle.
'I know more than a hundred people, Theo. I know thousands of people.' Theo gasped at the large number and Rosie grinned.
'Am I really prettier than thousands of people?' I smiled, this conversation could go on a while, when Theo leaned forward and said something to Rosie in their language. They'd made up a language that only the two of them knew because they thought that as brother and sister they should have a more private way of understanding each other. Rosie giggled at whatever he said.
'Should we tell auntie Jane?' Rosie giggled and Theo nodded his head.
'Tell auntie Jane what?' I asked suspiciously. I looked to Edward but he shook his head.
'They're thinking in a strange language. All I'm getting is a lot of momji's and papji's. What language is that?' I laughed at him.
'That's their language. I told you they were clever. They made their own language and they think in it. Unfortunately only Theo and Rosie know it so we don't understand anything but momji is me. It means momma.' So they were talking about me and something else. Hmm.
'Auntie Jane? Do you wanna know something about mister Edward?' Theo asked. Awww, bless. He was so polite.
'I'd love to know. Is it a big secret?' She asked. Traitor. She was totally hoping for dirt on Edward.
'Not really. But it's about momma too.' Oh. So that's what papji means. Papa.
'Oh yeah?' She sounded so hopeful.
'Uhuh. Granddad was saying that papa might hurt momma but he won't. You should see the way he looks at momma. It's like in one of those really old Disney films where the prince and princess fall in love.' Rosie was obviously more comfortable with Edward being her adoptive father than Theo because she called him papa.
'Really? Like in Beauty and the Beast or Ariel?' [Tehe. Couldn't resist putting that in. Lol, Nat] Jane was so good with them. It was good to know they were safe with her at home.
'Well, more like in Cinderella, but yes. I don't think you should be worried about him. Besides if he hurts momma-' Rosie let Theo continue the sentence.
'We'll use our powers on him.' He finished with a growl. I forgot about their powers. Edward was in trouble if he upset me again.
'They have powers?' Edward whispered in my ear. I nodded and turned my to Theo and Rosie.
'Hey, why don't you show Edward your powers?' They responded quickly and I saw their eyes cloud over. 'Not in auntie Jane's arms! Do you want her to get hurt!?!' I said as quick as I could. They grinned cheekily at me and jumped out her arms. 'Now, Theo why don't you do yours first.' Theo nodded and tilted his head to the sky. His eyes clouded over and he raised his hands. Very X-Men. The sky became dark and rain started to pour down. Before long a full blown thunder storm was raging and Edward was gaping at him.
'Is he doing that?' Edward asked, bewildered.
'Yeah. He can change the weather to anything. He could create an ice age if he wanted to.' I said proudly. I couldn't help it, he was just so powerful. 'Theo, you can stop with the weather now, let it go back to normal.' He relaxed and as his hands came down his head fell back forward and his eyes returned to their normal gold. 'Rosie you gonna do your power now?' Rosie smiled at me and nodded. I knew she would make a show out of hers. Sure enough she started to do a dance, not a normal 5-year-old dance though, it looked like a powerful tribal dance. Then she jumped left and made a sweeping movement with her right arm and a column of earth rose next to her. She jumped right over the hole she had created and with another sweep of her left arm a column of water rose. She directed the water and earth back into the hole and when it was filled she jumped on top of the mound that was left there and put her hands out to her sides. Suddenly there was a burst of fire from her right hand and heavy wind from her left, she directed them in an arc so they dissolved each other at the top.
'Show off.' Theo muttered and Rosie laughed letting the fire and water disappear.
'Rosie can control the elements and summon them at will. She doesn't need to do the dance she just likes to show off as Theo said. She's more immortal than the rest of us as well because controlling elements gives her an immunity to them. She can't be burnt only ripped to shreds.' Edward was still staring in awe.
'Wow. They're amazing, so powerful. Imagine what they could do.' I frowned at that.
'They aren't science experiments Edward. They're children. My children. I won't let them be used.' I warned him, speaking slowly, making sure the message got through.
'I couldn't agree more. Except on one thing.' I frowned, that entire sentence was right no matter what he said. 'They're not your children. They're our children.' I smiled at him, glad that he'd accepted them and he leant down to kiss me.
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We walked through one of the big doors to one of the stone rooms. I remembered the time when I'd found the rooms intimidating but now they were like home. I peeked around the door and everyone was there. No one noticed me though and I turned round to Jane. She must have caught my cheeky smile because she was grinning back evilly straight away.
'What's the plan then batman?' She asked me. I grinned at her.
'Tell me what Charles looks like and I'm going to make myself look like you. I'll go forward and talk to him and flirt etc. then you come in as well and start talking to him too and we'll get him really confused okay?' She laughed and nodded. I focused and flicked my image so that I looked exactly the same as Jane, even the tiniest details like that tattoo that I'm pretty sure only a handful of people knew about.
'Charles is the one with blonde surfer hair. He's 17, 5'11" and slim but well muscled. He looks like one of those swim wear models.' We both giggled and Edward looked at us like we were crazy.
'Do you two do this often?' He asked us and we just laughed even more.
'Yeah. Almost every time I visit. But we always do it on the new guy because anyone else would work it out straight away. You might want to go in now and stand with your family instead of me okay?' I kissed his cheek and sent him in. Me and Jane talked for a minute or so more before we decided it was appropriate for me to enter. I walked into the door confidently and Charles scooped me up in his arms, kissing my hand and then cheek. I peeked over his shoulder to Jane outside the door and mouthed "is this him?" to her. When she nodded I kissed him passionately on the mouth, giggling at Edward's growls.
'Hey, honey. Did you meet your friend yet? I'd love to meet her sometime, she sounds nice.' I smiled at him.
'Yeah. She got here an hour ago. And you'll have to wait to meet her because she went out hunting. She'll be back soon though.' At this almost everyone else in the guard caught on. Felix, Demetri, Heidi, Aro and Marcus all let out a laugh.
'Well, we get even more time to ourselves then.' He whispered huskily in my ear and I giggled. He nibbled on my earlobe and started to lead me away when Jane appeared at his side.
'Hey, babe.' She said in a loving way and gave Charles a hug and a passionate kiss.
'Hey, hon- Wait. What?' He looked from me to Jane to me again. We were trying hard not to laugh. By now everyone, even the Cullens, had caught on.
'Oh. I see you made a new friend. See, babe, I told you that you would be fine here.' She said smiling. I knew she didn't care that I had kissed him because we both knew it was part of the game.
'Jane?' He asked confused
'Yes?' We answered at the exact same time.
'What the hell!?! Which one of you is Jane? And why do you look the same? This is so not funny?' He was getting really frustrated and it was so hard not to laugh.
'What's wrong babe? What are you on about?' I asked him.
'Yeah. We don't look the same.' Jane agreed with me. Charles screamed a string of profanities and we couldn't help it any more. I collapsed into Jane laughing my head off and when she collapsed from laughing we both fell on the floor laughing. Soon enough everyone else was laughing as well and Charles was just looking at us like we were totally crazy. Eventually Jane and I stopped laughing and stood up.
'Oh my god, Charles! I'm so sorry but we couldn't resist! This is my friend Bella who I was telling you about. Her power is to change her appearance to anything.' Jane explained and I decided now would be a good time to change back to normal.
'Hi, Charles. Nice to meet you. Congratulations on marrying Jane, I wish you all the happiness that I can. And sorry about tricking you, don't take it personally, we've done it to nearly everyone in this room and sorry for kissing you as well but I had to act convincingly.' Charles stared at me for a second before shaking his head as if to regain his senses.
'Bella. Nice to meet you as well. And I totally forgive you.' He was being nice about it and I thought it was okay but his expression flipped to menacing suddenly. 'Just don't do it again. Or else.' And then he had Edward in his arms and he was ripping his head off slowly. I screamed and fell to the ground. Then I blacked out.
'Bella? Bella, love? Are you okay? What happened?' Edward's voice came into my head blurrily and I could feel hands patting me. I opened my eyes and my vision slowly cleared. 'Oh! Bella, you're okay!' He pulled me up and cradled me in his arms. I rubbed the back of my head.
'Ouch. What happened?' I looked around and saw Jane, her eyes pitch black, a scowl etched on her face.
'That bastard! You know what he did to you Bella!? He used his power on you! Do you know what that does! Shows you your worst nightmare then makes you black out! I can't believe he did that too you! The stupid twat!' The pain in the back of my head subsided and I looked around. I was in my room down the hall from the room we were in earlier and it looked like everyone who could fit in was there. I stood up suddenly my hair flicking a vibrant red.
'Where the hell is he? Tell me now or I'll find him myself!' I was going to make sure he got what he deserved for what he just did.
'Gone. I threw his ring at his head and it cracked in half. He took the hint and disappeared. Haven't seen him since.' Jane looked angry but slightly gutted.
'Oh, honey. You didn't do that just because of me did you?' I looked at her.
'No. After you blacked he got really angry at me and started to hit me. Of course my little hero Theo jumped on his back and started attacking him. Charles used his power on Theo. A child. An innocent little child. Sure he might be 30 years old but he has the mental capability of a 4 year old no matter how intelligent he is. I told him it was over as soon as he'd done that. I'd have done it anyway after he hit me but to do that to Theo!' Jane shook her head disgustedly. 'He refused to leave though and I used my power on him. He went insane. Demetri, Felix and Santiago had to escort him off the grounds. He's lucky he wasn't killed.' I didn't hear most of the last bit, I was totally overwhelmed with the anger. I knew my eyes were red, and not just the irises but the pupils and the whites, and I was shaking.
'Awww, crap! Not this! Someone get Santiago and Felix! Where's Rosie!?! Demetri grab hold of her!' Jane started to shout and I started shaking. A massive growl ripped from my chest and I felt a pair of hands pull my arms behind my back. I struggled to free myself and another two pairs joined them. I was fighting against them and I heard people calling my name but I couldn't make sense of it. Rosie started soothing me and I calmed down. Too much. So much that I blacked out. Again.
I woke up a lot later in my room except this time it was empty except for Theo lying unconscious in a camp bed and Rosie next to him stroking his hair and talking to him in their language.
'Hey, sweetie. Is Theo still not awake yet?' I said in a quiet, tired voice. Rosie looked up and beamed when she saw me sitting up in bed. She bolted over the room and sat on the end of the bed.
'Momma! You're awake! You got angry earlier and everyone got real scared but I calmed you down and then you fell asleep. Papa just left because uncle Em said that he had to hunt. He promised he'd be back soon.' I pulled her into my side and she curled into me. 'Theo isn't awake yet but Auntie Ali said he'd be fine. Auntie Jane said that when you woke up I had to tell you that you needed to get dressed and go to her room.' I smiled and kissed her on the head.
'You'll be okay on your own won't you?' She nodded. 'And you'll come and find me as soon as Theo wakes up?' She nodded again. 'And when papa comes back will you tell him where I am?' I asked her and she scowled at me.
'Why do I have to pass messages all the time! Can't you people speak for yourselves!' She shouted at me and I smiled at her.
'Please Rosie? Just for me?' I asked in a soft voice.
'Okay mommy. Just for you. And only this once.' I smiled and kissed her on the head.
'Thanks sweetie.' I walked over to the dresser and grabbed out a pair of black skinny jeans with red skulls, a tight black slogan tee that said "batman has a plan" that Jane had bought for me as a joke and some black babycham trainers with multi-coloured laces. I kissed Rosie on the head and walked over to Theo. I stroked his hair and kissed his forehead as well then walked out the door. I passed a couple of people on the way to Jane's room and they all expressed their happiness on my consciousness. I smiled back politely and continued down the hallways until I got to Jane's room. I knocked on the door and heard Jane shift her weight.
'Come in, Bella.' I opened the door and did a dive bomb onto her bed, landing on her stomach. She squealed and laughed at me while I just looked at her and said very seriously.
'Batman has a plan.'
Wow this has been a long chapter. 3734 words. That's nearly 4000. I mean wow. Tehe. I feel loads better now but then I have had about 4 ibuprofens tablets and 3 paracetomol or whatever. Woohoo! OD! Lol.
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