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Chapter 14
IPOV
Alice and Edward were hiding something, and they have been for about a week now. This past week I have been training with Emmett and Jasper and just hanging out. Rose and I have gotten to be pretty good friends in the past week. She has started joining our training sessions and we talk and hang out when her and Emmett are not partaking in extracurricular activities. Well when both of us were not doing that.
Jasper has been trying to ease into talking to them about animal blood. I don't know how that discussion will go with them, but I do know that Rose is a survivor as is Emmett and they will not be put down by this. Jasper has been hunting every few days with all the activity and I will have to go here soon too.
We will survive the next couple weeks. There is only two left until I am required to be at the Seattle airport. I should probably let Peter know.
Peter's gift was going absolutely crazy with pings. It was starting to give me a headache to be honest, but I could not figure out what was going to go wrong exactly. I didn't know how to voice my concerns to Jasper, so I wanted to call Peter before I got Jasper all concerned. Being Peter though, he called me first.
I answered the phone as I walked out into the backyard. I don't want anyone listening in on my conversation and it was the emptiest place. I let my gifts go out in all directions to see if anyone was around and I covered myself in a bubble of seclusion as I answered the phone.
"Hey Pete, how's it going?" I smiled as I spoke to the only family I have known before Jasper came into my life.
"Hi Lil' bit, what's bothering you?" Peter has always been a no BS kind of guy.
"I am not sure completely, I know that the favorite children of the Cullen's are up to something and I don't know what it is. I do now that there is danger around us and I am concerned. Do you have anything that is popping up?" I tried to give as many details as I cold, but there just isn't enough information from my gifts. I hate that I am so powerful and don't know what the danger is going to be.
"I don't know Lil' bit. You know if I had anything I would have called you, but my gift has been pretty quiet since I last talked to you. I still get the feeling you and Jasper are in trouble and combined with what I think your part of the gift is telling you, I would say that it is probably connected to the Cullen family." Peter has always been good at helping me figure out his gift in my head. The thing is super confusing to be honest.
"Okay, I think you are right. The Cullen's must be in on this somehow. I don't know how though. I will turn on some other gifts to scan the possibilities and everything. Oh, and I have not had a chance to tell you yet, but Jasper and I are going to meet the Volturi in a few weeks. I met one of Aro's spies and he told me to call him before he did basically. I didn't have a choice." I wanted to mention this to Peter to let him get the rant off his chest.
"WHAT? Are you kidding me? We have worked so hard to keep you out of his grasp and now you are just going to walk into his lair…" He continued his ramblings while I fell to the ground.
Not because I was hurt or anything but falling doesn't hurt and this place in the ground really needed a crater. Peter continued his loud discussion about my choices until I had enough.
"Okay Captain listen to me. I know that I never wanted to go there okay, but it was either I call him and talk to him or he sent the guard after Jasper and me. I was not going to let him have the upper hand like that. All he knows is that I have a mental and physical shield and that is all he will ever know." The General was out in force for this conversation; we can only take so much disrespect before we crack. "I have been careful all of my life and this is no different. I have a plan on how to get us both out of this, and I will brief you when I am finished here. Any questions?"
"No ma'am." Peter found his place once again, and I appreciated it. I hated when that happened, but there isn't anything I could do. My personality will not allow doubt and disrespect anymore.
"Thank you now can you pass the phone to your better half please. I miss my sister."
"Sure Isa, have a good visit and keep your head about you. I know something is coming." I heard as he passed the phone to Char.
"Hello Sweet Cheeks! I have missed you. When are you coming back?"
"Hi Char, it might be a little longer than I at first anticipated…" Reluctantly I informed my best friend that I would not see her for a couple months at least. It would be hard after all the time we spent together, but we have gone years before without seeing each other, so we would survive.
Charlotte and I gossiped and talked for about an hour. She has been my best friend for decades, so she could tell there was stuff to talk about.
We discussed each of the Cullen's at length and how they interacted and what I thought about them. It was therapeutic. Jasper found me sitting in the woods talking on the phone about two hours after I had left the house. I let him through the shield and he came and pulled me into his lap.
"Okay Char, I have to go. I have been teaching Emmett some fighting techniques and I need to blow off some steam before I go to fight someone who will never beat me without him being killed." We said our goodbyes and I hung up the phone.
"Hello beautiful warrior goddess. How was your talk with Peter and Charlotte?" Jasper is the best mate I could have asked for.
"They are good. We just caught up. Peter and I have a bad feeling, but neither of us can place where it will happen or anything. I wanted to talk to him to try to figure it out, but we didn't get anywhere." A burst of lighting hit a nearby tree and the ground split open around us at my exclamation. My 'blood' was boiling and I have no way to release it.
What I really needed was a good fight with someone as strong as me. Unfortunately, they were not in this place of pacifists with the Cullen family. It had been a few years since I had a fight I didn't have to hold back in, and I needed one.
"Isa, it's okay. I am sure you will figure it out and any danger we are in we can face together." Jasper was sending calming waves my way, but they were bouncing right off me. My eyes had turned to black and there was fire reflecting in their depths. I could tell from Jasper's mind how I looked.
"Is, you need to calm down before we go back to the Cullen house, and I can't fight you. I would get hurt with you in this state. You need someone who has been fighting their whole life and drinking human blood." With each word he said I grew more and more furious at the situation.
Obviously, Jasper couldn't do anything to make it better and it absolutely wasn't his fault that we were in this predicament, but I needed to let go of some energy and the only people to help are not close.
Jasper took out his phone and started dialing numbers while watching me out the corner of his eye. I would never hurt him, but you still don't look away from an angry warrior vampire. When the recipient answered the phone, Jasper talked quick.
"Hey fucker…" Peter, that is who he called. Good choice.
"Not now, Isa needs to let off some steam, but none of us have a chance of making it 5 rounds in her ring. Who is close that would go against her?" Jasper is desperate for some help here. He really needs to get back on the human blood train so that he can fight me.
"The only one I can think of is Garrett. He is the one who sent her to us, so he knows that she is from the South, but she'll have to promise not to kill him. As annoying as the fucker is, I still like him uncharred." Peter and his stupid comments. Of course, I wouldn't kill one of my best friends. I just needed a good ole fight. No powers or anything, just some physical activity.
"Okay I can work with that. Do you know where he is?" My mate was getting frantic with my pacing.
"He is in Wisconsin right now. Don't know what the fuck is there, but I will call him and tell him to start running to you. It should take about a day for him to get there." Jasper walked away while Peter was still talking, but I could hear everything. My heightened senses and desire to kill something made that more than possible. And the power that gave my vampire senses and extra boost. I don't know where I got that from, but I did so here we are.
"Listen Major, she has really good control over her beast okay. They are basically one person, but sometimes the darker side needs to come out and play. With all the training she has been doing with Emmett and trying to watch out for threats The General part of her personality needs to come out and assert some control over her situation. So, do not take her to the Cullen house. She will kill those she sees as a threat without a thought. Keep her in the woods and if there is anyone you trust in that house tell them where you are any why you can't come back." Peter was right. I wouldn't make it through the door if Alice and Edward were in the house. I would kill them.
"Okay we will wait in a clearing by the house. Tell Garrett to hurry and I will owe him big time. She won't kill him, just needs to blow off some steam. Look for a fresh scent from Rose and Emmett from the house, but don't go into the house or anything. I don't want them to know she needed him to fight. There is something fishy going on and I want to keep as many cards in our hands as possible." The Major came through for me. I will have my opponent soon and we will be able to work together as mates to come up with the best method of getting away from here without hurting the family dynamics.
Jasper hung up the phone then dialed another number.
"Jasper are we going to train today?" Emmett and Rose. That is who he called. He looked to me for confirmation on his thoughts, can we tell them about animal blood today? And about you? If they come here, they will know anyway.
I nodded my head. I can always block their thoughts afterwards, but it would be nice to bring them into the fold of information. I trust them, and Jasper does as well. I guess a lot of people will know about me soon.
I was still pacing as Jasper continued his conversation with Emmett.
"Em can you and Rose come out into the woods. Follow Isa's and my trail to us. But be careful, when you come in be submissive and nonthreatening. Isa is not having a good day and is likely to attack if I or her are threatened." I tuned him out after that. It isn't like I am a science experiment. I am just angry and have no way to express that frustration.
Jasper went to sit beside a tree and patted the spot next to him for me to sit as well. I did not like his position tactically, but I knew he would be helping me keep watch with his gift. "Okay Isa, you need to keep calm okay. I know you are frustrated and scared and just want a good fight, but how about we meditate. Clear our heads and think through the problem to a solution."
I sat next to him and closed my eyes. He was right, I just needed to relax and let the solution come to me. I would get my fight, but first I had to wait for Garrett. As my eyes closed my powers opened up and I ran through each of them in my head.
I looked at the shelves I had created long ago, like a library. Each had its own place and description, so they could be removed and used at will. I ran through their abilities and started using the useful ones. The intuition and future seeing ones. The abilities that hide themselves and keep others safe.
This is how Emmett and Rose found us about 2 hours later. Now we only need to wait 22 hours for Garrett to get here. I found him with a tracking power I picked up. It isn't very good, but it can tell me how far people are from me. Not where they are just time wise how long until they get to me.
I kept my eyes closed as Jasper talked to them. "She needs a fight and she is in a protective mode. Peter told me that she is basically in General mode meaning she will protect those closest to her and kill any others."
"Well Jasper you should fight her. You can't get killed and it would help her. You are the best fighter in the family, so if you don't do it who will?" Rose was worried. I could tell. The anxiety was rolling off her in drolls. She was afraid for Emmett and Jasper, but also for me. She didn't want me to regret anything I might do in this state. She didn't need to worry I have been much worse and people have survived. I just need a good fight.
"Well Rose, I can't fight her. You see, I am weaker than she is."
"Then go feed and fight her, you are a male and as much as I hate to admit it you should be stronger right."
I could tell Jasper was warring with himself on how to phrase this, so I stepped in, but kept my eyes closed. I wasn't going to look at the possible treat. It would make the instincts harder to control. Right now, I could guess what their posture was, but I couldn't see it, so they were not threatening Jasper. It helped if only marginally.
"Actually, you will be happy to hear that male and female vampires have the same ability to be strong. We may be predators, but if females were not as strong in our world then we may not make it to finding our mates, so mother nature helped them out there. But Jasper has been drinking animal blood for years now, and that is what makes him weaker." I continued to talk before they could interrupt that declaration. "Animal blood does not provide the nutrients the vampire body needs to utilize all functions, so Jasper cannot fight me. I would have to hold back too much and if I am unable to dampen my punches or moves or anything I could hurt him. I am waiting on my opponent to get here." I stopped at that and retreated into my mind.
Emmett and Rose thoughts were silent. The couldn't comprehend how Carlisle wouldn't tell them everything about the side effects of animal blood. They were so weak compared to what they thought. "Jasper, how can this be? She must be lying, right?" I hissed at that but kept the rest of my body locked down tight.
"Please be careful what you say. She is defensive right now and she could kill you and you would not even see her move. She is right. It seems that the vampire body begins to break itself down to compensate for the lack of nutrients." It was hard for Jasper to tell this to his family. I don't understand why though. I will have to ask him later.
21 hours until Garrett arrives.
"In the wars she saw the effects first hand. It seems people with gifts degenerate faster than people without gifts. The body starts to feed on the minds and tissues of vegetarian vampires, making them weaker and more prone to, what the humans would call, mental diseases. If you think back on the family over the years you will see the differences."
And that is what they did. Just as Jasper had done only a few weeks ago. They looked back through the physical and mental health of their siblings and parents and saw the changes clear as day. Changes they had written off as a coincidence. I saw through their minds the devastation when they thought about what was happening to them, and I had to stop it.
"Don't worry you will recover. We just need to get you on the right food source. I know you don't want to kill the innocents, but Rose there are people out there who abuse children, they deserve to die. Emmett there are men out there who abuse women and they deserve to die. I am going to teach Jasper how to hunt again and you can join us once we leave the Cullen's. You can come with us if Carlisle and Esme refuse to see the truth." Once again, I was done talking. I returned to my quest of looking for solutions to my problem of something coming.
As I retreated further into my mind I ignored the conversation happening in front of me focused. 18 more hours.
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