Warning... This chapter has a lot of cussing in it.
I don't own Twilight... I just simply borrow the characters... Though I would really love to borrow Kellan Lutz, that would be nice... :)
Emmett's POV
After kissing Mia, she ran off to tell the others how she was the first one. I blocked out the girls' reaction and went to get dressed. Today, we were leaving to find Abby's maker. Isabella was sure he was close by. We just didn't know how close, or how far. Today, the guys and I would actually be leaving to find him. Isabella would be staying with the girls. I thought she would want me to stay, but she insisted that I leave with the guys.
Tomorrow, as to why Isabella's been deep cleaning the house, the Volturi would be coming. She wanted us to be on our best behavior. I asked her why they were coming in the first place. Then I remembered what Hollow said. The Volturi love Isabella, they treat her like a daughter. They just wanted to see her and see how the house was going. Hell, if they knew who I was, then they'd want to know why I wasn't with the Cullens. Though, I've never met the Volturi. It'll be the first time I've even been close to them.
As of right now, I was getting dressed to find this jackass. Isabella also gave us a warning. He was smarter than he looked, more hard to catch. Which was obvious since we couldn't get to him. But I could tell there was something off about her. It was like she was hiding something, or she didn't feel comfortable about the us leaving. Something was off but I didn't want to push it with her by asking, so I left it alone.
The other guys, however, didn't mind asking her what was wrong.
"Isabella, you were always right about your gut." Dominic said. "Don't hide it from us, I know you think something's wrong."
"I know." she said. "I have this feeling someone's going to get hurt. But I just... my mind thinks someone isn't."
"Bella, it's your gut. But you're in charge. Do you want us to leave or stay?" Dominic asked.
She paused and looked at the floor. She was internally fighting herself. An idiot could figure that out. "It's just. If you stay, I still feel weird about it, same thing if you stay."
"We gotta find him." Axel said. "We have to leave, he's still around. I can feel it. We're close to him."
"I agree." Isabella finally said. "Just, please, be careful. I can't afford to lose any of you."
We nodded and turned to leave. I was the last to leave and could see Isabella still fighting herself. I thought everything would be okay. Hell, for a moment, I wanted to call Alice, to check in with the house.
And I shouldn't have even thought that.
We were walking off the front porch, to head into the forest. Then I hear the damn little pixie's voice boom through the cold air.
"Emmett!" She yelled.
"Oh no." I said.
She rolled her eyes and walked over to me with a giant smile on her face.
"You know her?" Quentin asked.
"Sadly." I whispered.
Alice punched my arm. "You were asking for me, so I came."
"Alice, I told you not to watch me."
"You need me. I already saw it." She said. "And don't worry, the others don't know that I'm here. Not even Jazz, which you owe me by the way. And, Isabella and I will get along, so carry on with your hunting. I can't exactly see where he is, but you are right, he is close by. See you later big Bro." Alice skipped off into the house, while I was still standing there like an idiot.
"What just happened?" William asked.
"She can see the future." I said. "I didn't want Isabella to be worried about us, and I thought maybe if she was here, she'd be able to keep tabs on us and the house."
"Oh."
"Yeah, but I decided against it at the last minute." I said. "Guess she saw my choices and came here anyways."
"Well, as long as she's good, we're good." Dominic said.
I nodded and we headed off to the forest. We made a huge perimeter for the house, then left the perimeter to find the guy. I was with Stephen, since we split up in twos. We weren't next to each other, but we weren't close. He was in hearing distance, and that's all I needed.
As I was walking more further in the forest, I started to get a little worried. Stephen was still talking, so he was alright. I checked my phone to see if Alice said anything, I only got a text saying 'everything is alright, keep going.' I could've sworn before I even left the house the next day Rosalie and I divorced that she shouldn't keep tabs on me. I could've sworn I told her that. Maybe Esme made her do that... Esme was always worrying about her kids when we were out and about.
I stopped talking to myself in my head, then listened out for Stephen. I didn't notice the bastard standing right next to me and almost punched him in the face.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"You didn't respond, so I came over." He said. "You need to focus more, I can't keep wondering what's going on with you Emmett if you're fine."
"Sorry. Just thinking."
"Think less. We're close to him. I want to get him today." He said. He ran off before I could say anything.
Focus, Emmett. I wanted to find the guy just as much as he did.
When I started walking again, I felt something under my feet. I looked down and pushed the dirt off to the side. It was a red cloth. When I picked it up, it was still connected to something... or someone. I grabbed it and started walking with the red cloth. It looked like a cloak, or whatever the Volturi wore over their outfits... For a second, I thought they were here, but they would be coming tomorrow, and why would they leave one in the middle of the forest in the dirt?
"Stephen..." I said. He immediately came and saw what I was holding.
"What the hell is that?" He asked.
"No idea." I said.
I looked at my phone to see if Alice said anything. It was a new text, but it said the same thing. 'Everything is alright, keep going.' Something was not right. I called the rest of the guys to get here. They came as fast as they could.
"What's that?"
"Don't know." I said. "Should we follow it?"
"How you guys feel about it?"
"Not good." Hollow said.
"Agreed." Dominic said.
We all looked at Dominic with wide eyes. If he agreed with Hollow on this, something was wrong.
"What did Alice say?" Chandler asked. "She would've saw something."
"That's the problem. She's texting me, but it's the same text she sends. 'Everything is alright, keep going.' I just got this one when I called Stephen over not too long ago. It's weird."
"You think he's messing with us?" Quentin asked.
"Don't know. No doubt that he was a gift, I can tell you that. But what the gift is, is the problem..."
"Should we go back, or follow this?" I asked.
"Follow. If this is him, we're close." Dominic said.
We followed the red cloth, which was painfully endless. But when we did reach the end, we were frozen in place. It was a woman, wearing the red cloak. The hood was over her head, and we couldn't get a good look at her face. But she did finally turn to us and when she did, it was Isabella.
I shook my head, not believing this was Isabella. But it was her, same face, same hair. She was wearing a black dress underneath, red flats, red lipstick. Red cloak... This wasn't Isabella. It was someone else.
"Isabella..." Stephen whispered, he took a step towards the woman, but I stopped him.
"No, that's not her." I said. "It's someone else. A trap."
"But, why Isabella?" Hollow asked.
The woman laughed at us and walked to us. For some reason, we no longer could move. It was Abby's maker, he was doing this, and I was certain it was him copying Isabella.
The woman came to me first and placed her hands on my cheeks. She smiled and whispered, 'beautiful.' Then she stepped back. She stepped back enough for us to fall into this hole that was under our feet.
We landed deep into the ground, into this type of cave.
"Emmett, your phone." Dominic said.
I put my hand in my pocket, to get my phone. But it was broken from the unexpected fall. "Broken."
"Dammit." Axel said. "The damn bitch got us."
I winced a little, feeling that it was Isabella's body, but not exactly her. "What do we do?"
"No service down here..." Quentin whispered.
I looked up the hole, to see if she was still there. She was, leaning over the side, smiling down at us. I looked at the edges of the cave. It wasn't a natural-made cave, someone made this. The sides were completely smoothed out. The only thing we could do was dig up. But who knows how long that would take before it's too late.
Internally, I was coming up with a plan. The woman was walking around the hole, circling us. The guys were watching her, to make sure nothing was going on. I was looking for a way out of here. It's not like we could just jump out. I was blocking out the guys, still concentrating on the cave. I pressed against it, to see how weak it was. And, fortunately, it was weak.
"We have to dig up." I said.
"What?"
"We have to dig up so we could get out of here." I repeated. "It's the only way."
"And what about her up there?"
"There's eight of us, one of her." I said.
"Well... not anymore." Axel whispered.
I looked up to see many Isabella's walking around the hole. Clones. Isabella was a shield, not a clone, so there was no way that she would be doing this.
"Come the hell on." I said.
I came up with another plan. Digging up would get us killed. Those women up there would know we're coming up and would be able to rip our heads off. Jumping, not even an option. Digging down then out, could work, but they would listen to where we were going.
"Who the hell makes a man- made cave anyways?" I asked.
"We're stuck in here..." Quentin said, giving up and sitting on the floor.
"No, we're not." I said. "We have plenty of ways out, we just have to be smart about it."
I started to quietly dig down, trying to not let the women notice us. They were still circling us, but they weren't watching us, they were looking ahead. It was weird. Then I noticed something about them. She may not be Isabella, but she walked exactly like her. I was an obeservant person, no lie about that. The way Isabella would run her fingers through her hair, the way she would grab onto any dress that was dragging on the floor, the way she did her hair. The way she would look at me with these longing eyes that always caught my attention.
Then it finally snapped inside of me... it fucking snapped.
"You motherfuckers." I said, turning to the others.
"What?" Dominic asked.
"Is this even really happening?" I asked. "Is this a test or something? Because I know, for sure, that is Isabella..."
The guys were looking at me like I was crazy. Then they started laughing.
"Motherfuckers." I said. I lunged at them, wanting to break their necks. "How?"
"Crystal has a gift, she can clone people while Amber can fool with people's minds. I guess you overcame that." Dominic said.
I looked up again to see one Isabella, Alice, Amber, and Crystal staring down the hole.
"Alice!" I said, feeling a little betrayed.
"Actually, that's not Alice. I saw her in your phone, and decided to have her play in this."
"I swear, I'm going to get you all back." I said. "Dammit... get us out of here."
We soon got out the hole and started walking back the house.
"Why did you do this?" I asked Isabella.
"It was test, one that you passed, but not the way I wanted you to."
"What?"
"I wanted to see how strong you were. If you didn't pass, I would never let you go out with the guys, ever. I would make you stay at the house with the girls, protecting them instead." She said. "You were supposed to find a way out, try to destroy me, then fight Abby's 'maker', kill him. Of course, you were too observant and found out that was me. This entire plan was set up."
"So Abby's maker?"
"Dead, he's been dead. We've been playing with your ass the moment you walked in the house." Dominic said. "But yes, it's still a problem with others..."
"This is bullshit."
"Oh, don't be upset. I have to make sure my guys are still strong enough to protect themselves and others. Adding people, they need to be the same way. But now, I have to figure another way to get you."
"Well, thanks for telling me. I'll know something's up."
"Oh, trust me, you won't." She said, she smirked and started walking. This woman was crazy as hell...
"Well, fuck. Thanks." I said. "I thought for sure I was going to have to break some necks."
"Well, the girls came up with the plan to test you, I just went with it."
We arrived at the house and everyone was just smiling at me. I shook my head at all of them, wanting revenge.
"You better hope I don't catch you, so you might all want to run right now." I said through my teeth.
The girls started to laugh and run. I gave them a five second head start before I started to look for all the girls. It didn't take long to find some of them, since they were giggling throughout the entire time of their hiding. There were four girls left, who I couldn't find. It was Abby, Zila, Lori, and Annabelle. Those girls, I wasn't surprised they were well hidden, since they were the smallest. Well, except Zila... She was different from the girls. She would relax when she wants to, but other than that, she was like a War Warrior. I'm sure Jasper would love her if Alice wasn't with him.
The girls that I had found were to be seated in the living room, on the floor. They were sitting on the floor, waiting for the other four to be found.
I knew Abby and Annabelle would be the hardest would be the hardest to find, since they were so small. They would be able to fit into anything that was well hidden and small. First, I found Lori, since her small body wasn't small enough and her foot was sticking out. Then I found Annabelle, who was laying sideways under my pillows. I carried Lori and Annabelle on my shoulders and sat them down in the middle of the room. The problem I was going to have was finding Abby and Zila.
Finally, I found Abby, she was behind a couple of rocks behind the backyard. Now it was just Zila. The girls were telling me that I wasn't going to find her. She was the goddess of anything associated with war or hiding and fighting. Yeah, Jasper would love her.
"Oh Zila." I called out.
I walked into Isabella's room and figured she would be there. Zila looked up to her, so why not try and look for her there. I called out for her again, looking under the bed, sheets, pillows, anything and everything. She really could hide.
"Zila..." I whispered.
I heard a small giggle and turned around just when Zila was going to jump on my back. She scared the hell out of me, and yes, vampires can be afraid when someone pops out of nowhere and you didn't hear them... We both landed on the floor in a fit of laughter.
Zila was this very uptight girl, more uptight than Isabella. She had been through complete hell and it highly affected her way with others. Once in a while, she would relax, but she would always look over her shoulder. So seeing her laugh, it was once in a blue moon.
I was holding her by her waist, looking her in the eyes. I moved her red hair out of the way and kissed her cheek.
She moved to get out of my hold, but I held her still. I shook her head and leaned up to kiss her neck.
"Emmet..." She whispered, about to complain.
"No." I said, rolling over, pinning her hands to the floor above her head. Her eyes were wide, some with excitement and anticipation, but a little bit of fear. "Relax. You can trust me."
I slowly leaned down to kiss her, thinking that she could stop me anytime. But she didn't. Soon, it turned into a small little make out spot until Isabella walked in the room.
Isabella's POV
I walked in on Emmett and Zila lying on my floor. I cleared my throat and they sat up, surprised that I would be walking into my own room.
They both stood up, whispered a sorry, and walked where ever they were going.
I took a deep breath, trying to let my jealousy not overcome my body. Did I like Emmett? Of course, who didn't? He was perfect, happy, a little childish... many characteristics that I loved about him. But I've already told him I never dated or even been with any of the guys in this house. Not only that, I'm sure Emmett would run away from me once he heard my past. He probably would just run away.
And that's what was keeping us apart.