This is a repost! Sorry about the bad spelling, the online spell checker only flagged the words, Renesmee, Voultri, Cullens, and Emmet. I switched spell checkers, and I added a bit more. Not a lot, just enough to make my points clearer.
All right, on to Chapter 8. It's all starting to come together! Please review and let me know how I'm doing. I love all the suggestions. It helps me write.
Chapter 8: Spies
Jacob.
This
is Edward. I am sending you a picture of Renesmee's new
hobby. I hope you feel the same way about it as I do.
Edward attached a picture of
Renesmee in her new Cheerleading outfit. He hit the send button
and clicked out of the e-mail. I walked into our room where he
was typing. He stood up and walked to the window. I
followed him. He was staring at Renesmee practicing with Alice,
Rosalie, Jasper, and Emmet. Emmet was throwing Renesmee high into the
air and she was practicing her toe touches. Alice and Rosalie
were showing Renesmee how to flip. They enjoyed living their
cheerleading dreams vicariously through Renesmee. Due to away
games and sure to be sunny locations, Alice and Rosalie had to duck
out of cheerleading. I sighed. I missed cheerleading all
together. With my old flexibility and grace, I was lucky enough
to make it to the game. I didn't have the coordination to be
a spectator, let alone a cheerleader. Edward wrapped his arms around
me and held me.
"I
don't understand why girls want to be cheerleaders." He stated,
still staring out the window.
"I
don't get it either, but it makes them all happy, so who are we to
judge?" Edward rested his chin on my head. "So much has
changed since we went to high school the first time huh?" I asked,
looking up to see his face. He nodded. It was silent in our
room. Edward had picked the song, "Konstantine" to play in
the background. It was sad and melodic. I felt relaxed and
mentally tired from the day. Edward turned me to face him. He
bent over and gently kissed me. I put my arms around his neck
and I rested my head on his chest. We gently swayed to the
music. We hadn't really danced since the wedding. We
used to play dance with Renesmee, but this is different. It felt
nice. He gently traced his fingers up and down my back and
continued swaying. He gently lifted his arm to pull me in a
twirl. The outside world dissolved. It was just me and
him in our room, dancing to a soft song. I brushed my lips
against his neck and laid my head on his shoulders. He
continued swaying, running his fingers through my hair. I had a
vision of Edward and I getting into his car and driving off. Both
Edward and I looked toward the door. Renesmee was standing in the
doorway watching us.
"Why
don't you go on a date night? You two never get to be alone." She
suggested. "I'll have Grandma and Grandpa help me with the
science project." I looked up at Edward.
"We
haven't done much in a while." I added. Edward nodded. He
seemed to have come up with an idea.
"Very
well, we'll be back before it gets too late." Renesmee
laughed.
"Daddy,
you don't have a curfew." He walked up and hugged her.
"No, but
I still like to let you know these things. Bella," he turned to me.
"I'll tell the others where we are going, while you get changed.
I'll see you at my car in two minutes." And he ghosted away. I
quickly picked out a blouse and skirt and dashed down to the Volvo.
We were driving, as soon as I was in the car.
"Where
are we going?" I asked, ten minutes into the drive. He turned to
me.
"We
have to hunt, for one, and I was having trouble figuring out what we
could do on our date night. Dinner and a movie, isn't as fun
for us. So I thought we could go for a walk." I looked in the
back seat and noticed Edwards backpack. It was different. He
never leaves his backpack in the car.
"Doing
homework on our date?" I asked, suspicious. He looked straight
ahead.
"You
never know."
We pulled into forks
30 minutes later.
"Visiting
home?" I asked.
"Not
quite." He continued driving, he left the city limits of Forks and
turned into La Push territory. He stopped his car in the 'no
mans land'. I remembered the spot well. This was where Edward and
Jacob would have their custody battles over me.
"I
give up, Edward. What are we doing today?" He flashed his smile.
The same smile that made me melt. He handed me a handful of
fabric from his backpack. I took it and pulled on the fabric
and it unfolded into a two piece swimsuit. I looked questioning up at
him.
"Since
we have no fear of the treaty anymore, and since I doubt you
can kill yourself, I thought you'd show me the La Push beach, and
maybe join me in a bit of Cliff diving. I want to see what
possessed you to jump." I took Edward's hand and started to show
him around. We stopped everywhere. The beach where Jacob had
first told me the story of the 'Cold Ones' the land where we used
to ride our bikes, and finally the cliff. Edward looked over.
"For
us, it doesn't look too scary. But for a human, that must
have looked like suicide." He continued to stare. I
dashed into the woods and quickly changed into my swimsuit. He
quickly changed also. I dropped my clothes near the edge of the
cliff. Edward looked over and smiled.
"The
first time, did you swan dive?" He smiled. I rolled my eyes.
"It felt
more like a belly flop."
"Are
you ready?" He asked. He was going to jump also. I nodded,
the exhilaration filling me.
"One,"
I looked over at his perfect face, "Two." I took his hand and
knelt into a crouch, "Three!" I called, and we flew forward. We
flew through the air for a while, then I felt gravity taking hold,
and like a rollercoaster flying downward, we plummeted. As a
human, the fall was so quick, I didn't have time to think, but as a
vampire, it felt drawn out. We hit the water with a splash, and
came up laughing.
"That
was great." Edward called as he popped up a few feet away from me.
The water splashed and rose against me. The water was
cool, even to me. It must be icy to a normal person. I quickly
swam to the edge and raced up the cliff again. Edward was at
the bottom, cheering me on. I flung myself over the cliff
again. Edward and I took turns throwing ourselves over the cliff.
Edward was up to fly off the cliff when I got an idea.
"Edward,
I'll race you to the other side." I turned to start swimming
away. He called out.
"That's
not fair! You're already down there!" I heard him run and jump.
I was still farther ahead. I dove underwater, and swam
fast. My feet touched bottom, I was almost to the edge. Then
I was pushed under. A hand pushed my head down into the cool water.
Edward must have beat me, I thought. But that's
impossible, I was so far ahead of him. Then I felt two sets of
hands grab my arms and lift me up. I knew it wasn't Edward then. I
snarled and prepared to look at the unfortunate person that dunked
me. I was met by a pair of blood red eyes. I wretched my
head over to look at my second captor, he also had bright red eyes.
I scanned the area for Edward. He had noticed the two as
they grabbed me and he was right in front of them, growling. A third
vampire ghosted out of nowhere and was inbetween Edward and my
captors. They were all males, strong looking, and ridged. They
looked like the men I had seen in Port Angeles. The vampires
looked as if they were buzzed on drugs. Their eyes darted. The
main one, blocking Edward and me, looked calm. He turned and smiled
at me.
"Look
at her eyes, Jonathan, they're gold." My captor on the right
looked taken back. The other one looked just as shocked. The
vampire in the middle sneered.
"Cullens."
He looked disgusted. He had said our name as if we were a sub
species of vampires.
"You
are not allowed on these grounds." Edward said, through clenched
teeth. He was trying to remain calm.
"I
know," The main vampire replied, "But we're spies. Our
special ability is to stay hidden. You didn't know we were
watching you, until we grabbed her. Those wolves will never find us."
He smiled and walked closer to Edward. "You're not big and
strong, nor do I notice any change in my moods, so you must be the
mind reader." He turned to me. "That would make you his wife, the
shield. I'm guessing you left the immortal child at home?"
He knew us. He knew of our talents. I felt my
captor's hands clench on my arm. The old Bella would have a
bruise for weeks. I noticed that one of them had his teeth
aimed for my throat. His bite could not turn me into anything,
but he was still capable of ripping pieces of flesh from my throat
and dismembering me. I had seen this pose. It was a show
of conquering, of dominance. I remember when Jasper was
teaching everyone to fight. He and Alice would battle for ages
and she would end up perched on him with her teeth to his throat.
She had won the battle. Now, this vampire had me in the
same position. If I tried to fight, I would lose my head before
I could even turn to argue.
"Why
are you here?" Edward was trying not to glare at the men that were
holding me.
"We
came to watch the wolves. The Voultri thought it would be wise
to understand them better." The main vampire purred. "We mean you
no harm." I felt relief flood over me. I lifted my shield and
looked at Edward.
"Is
that true? They mean us no harm?" I looked at Edward, who was
watching the vampire. He gave a slight shake of the head. My
hope deflated. "Do they intend to kill us?" He looked over
at me and gave a nod.
"The
problem is," The main vampire started, "You have seen us, and you
could warn the wolves of the Voultri. You see our dilemma."
He purred. Just then I heard a song playing. It was my
lullaby. My eyes darted up to the cliff. My cell phone
was ringing. The Lullaby that Edward had made for me was the
ringtone. It was ironic that the ring was the last song I ever
heard.
"That
must be your future seeing sister." The vampire smile a wide grin.
I knew that it couldn't be Alice. The only person that
had the ringtone was Edward. And his phone was in his pant's
pocket, which had been set next to my bundle of clothes. The
main vampire turned to me and smiled.
"It's
a shame." He purred. He put his hand on my stomach. "Such a
pretty little thing. We might keep you for a few hours." He
looked over at Edward and smiled. Edward's face looked
pained, then he growled and crouched into a lunge. "You attack, and
we kill her in a second." The main vampire reminded him. "We
might just make you watch." He put his hand on my hip, and I let
out a growl. My growl sounded like a kitten next to Edwards
ravenous growls. Then we heard a roar.
In
a flash, I saw a brown blur take out one of my captors. The vampire's
head smashed into the ground with a sickening thud. I didn't
hesitate, I attacked the other captor and aimed for his throat with
my teeth. I had pierced through the jugular and was ready to
bite again when a grey wolf grabbed the vampire by the leg and
started to drag him. I backed away. I looked over to see
Edward feinting towards the main vampire. It looked like a
magical dance. The main vampire had his back turned to me, and
was concentrating on escaping the two wolves and Edward. I saw
my opportunity. I leapt up on to him and twisted his head,
snapping his neck. I then bit into his arm and pulled it apart
as well. Edward grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me back.
I was so livid and scared that I was still shaking. The
brown wolf padded towards the trees and then walked back in the shape
of Jacob.
"Thanks
for the call, we had been looking everywhere for those vampires."
Jake smiled.
"Call?"
I asked. Jake looked between me and Edward.
"The
phone that was ringing. We heard it in the woods. We knew
that someone had a cell phone and the song was the same
obnoxious song Nessie always tells me about. She wants me to
write a song like the one her dad wrote her mom. So when I heard it
playing, I knew it was you, then I heard the argument and the
growling." I ran into Jake's arms and hugged him,
thankfully.
"Woah,
er, it's okay Bella. It was no big." He said, nonchalantly. I
kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank
you for saving us. I really thought I would never see you,
Renesmee or my family again." Edward walked up to him and
awkwardly embraced him, for just a second.
"Er,
yes. Thank you very much Jacob." Jacob gave his lopsided
smile.
"Anytime
for my future father in law." Jake smiled. Edward glared.
"I'm
not THAT thankful." He mumbled. I dashed up to the cliff and
retrieved our clothes, I brought it back. I checked the caller
ID. It was Angela. Angela? She didn't have that ring tone.
Then I remembered. She had a way of making things work in her
favor. I dashed down to Edward and Jacob. I handed Edward
his clothes and my cell phone.
"You
should probably call Alice." I started. He opened the phone
to dial, but was greeted by a frantic,
"Hello?
Edward?" It was Alice. Edward walked away from Jacob and I
and started to grab at some beach wood. Jacob and I joined in.
We were going to be making a huge bon fire.
"No,
Alice, Turn the car around." Pause, "No I don't care if
Emmet is all ready psyched, we have it handled." Pause again.
Jacob threw a huge log into the pile. "Tell Angela
thank you and we will see you shortly." He then hung up the phone.
"Alice,
Jasper and Emmet were on their way. I told them we could burn the
bodies on our own. They didn't tell Renesmee about the vampires."
Jacob started the fire and I watched our enemy burn. Their
bodies disappearing in the blue flames. The beach wood started
cracking and the fires licked the skies. I stared at the fire
with Jacob and Edward.
"Where'd
Seth go?" I asked
"He
morphed fast, and didn't have time to save his jeans. He didn't
feel comfortable changing into a naked human around you, so he went
home." We all continued to stare at the fire. I looked
up at Edward.
"Do
you think we're safe in Marks?" He shook his head.
"If
the Voultri are spying on us, we're not safe anywhere."
Sorry this chapter took so long. It's been hectic, but with spring break and everything coming up. I should have some free time.
