Chapter 7

Angels and Mixed Emotions

Dean's Point of View

After Bella went into the house the rest of us just stood there for a minute. Edward the guy that broke her heart was still seething at me, but I didn't care he deserved everything he was gonna get. Cas finally spoke, "I believe we should listen to Bella and go inside to talk." All of us followed his suggestion silently and we ended up in the living room. The leeches sat on a couch on the opposite side of the room as Bobby, Sam and me. The wolves stood over by them as well and Cas was in the middle like a referee. I guess Bells had told him to make sure we all behave. "As Bella said my name is Castiel and I am an angel of the lord. I know all of you and what you are. There is no reason to be afraid that I might, how did Bella say it, oh yes smite you as she has said you believe you have no souls." That comment was directed towards the leeches and they looked down ashamed. Damn right they should be after what they did to her, but hey at least she was with me now. Edward looked up and growled; I tensed and got ready for a fight. "How dare you lay any claim to her blood bag." he said to me. Everyone at that point tensed, but than all of a sudden we felt calm and I couldn't help but relax. Than I remembered what Bella had told me about the Jasper guy he could control our emotions. "Hey leech boy quit screwing with our emotions if your brother wants to go at it I'm game." I told him and he just looked at me. Cas spoke up, "Enough now do you want to know what has happened to Bella in the last four years and why she was able to, how do you say, kick your butt?" Edward sat down and nodded. Cas continued, "When Bella was six months old a demon by the name of Azazeal visited her crib and bled into her mouth. He did the same thing to Sam and they ended up getting powers. Sam could see the future and Bella, well hers are more advanced; she is super strong, fast and her senses are heightened. About a year and half ago she and Sam along with other kids Azazeal had bled into were kidnapped and brought to a ghost town to fight each other. According to Bobby it was suppose to be a last man standing would control a demonic army. Bella, Sam and another young man were the only ones left. The young man killed Sam and before he could kill Bella, Dean and Bobby showed up. Dean made a deal with a crossroads demon. Basically he sold his soul to bring Sam back and had one year before Lillith the demon after you all came for him. They stopped Azazeal, but there was a complication." he stopped there and debated for a minute on whether to tell them the rest. "Don't worry Cas I will tell them the rest."

Bella's Point of View

"Don't worry Cas I will tell them the rest." I said as I reached the living room. The Cullen's and the pack were on one side of the room, Dean, Sam and Bobby on the other. Cas walked over to stand by Dean and I picked up where he left off. "Like Cas says there was a complication, as Azazeal was dying he grabbed my wrist and burned these symbols onto them." I showed them my wrist and they looked on shocked. I turned to talk to Cas when I heard Edward and Jake yell, "BELLA WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK?" I grinned. "Well boys that is a tattoo to help keep demons from crawling inside of me and using my body for their own pleasures. I'm surprised you don't know what it is Jake, your dad has one just like it right about his heart so do these guys and my dad." Billy, Bobby, Sam and Dean all undid the buttons on their shirts so that everyone could see their tattoos. "Now before I get interrupted again let me make something's perfectly clear to you. I have changed a lot, I'm not the same girl you knew in Forks. Also for the record that's not my only tattoo." I threw them a wicked grin and they all looked away from me except Rosalie who returned the wicked grin. Like she was proud I was standing up to them. I continued, "Now have you told them about when Dean went to hell Cas?" he shook his head no and I nodded. "We have no idea what they are for and personally I don't see them as a complication since they don't affect me. So forget the symbols and let's continue. Well a year after Dean made the deal to save Sam Lillith came and took him to hell." I stopped trying to forget what happened that day. Watching Dean be torn apart by the hellhounds; I shook the memory from my head and continued, "about four months after Dean died Cas pulled him out of hell and that's about it. Now than since you all are caught up tell me what or why Lillith came to you." It was silent for a while and finally Carlisle spoke, "She came to us first and offered us humanity and whatever else we wanted. She said we wouldn't have to pay anything for ten years; than she came to the pack and offered them whatever they wanted as well. We all refused and she became angry, we know she wants us for something we have no idea what though." I looked at them and had to hide a chuckle. All the time I had known the Cullen's they believed they didn't have souls, well it looks like Lillith offering them a deal proves them wrong. I sighed and looked at everyone, "Well here's the plan we are gonna stay around and do some recon. Dean, Sam we need to find another motel…." I was cut off by Esme, "No Bella you will stay here in our home. You are here to help us and I will not allow you to spend money when we have plenty of room here." Dean was shaking his head no, but for some reason my instincts were telling me Esme was right. I took a deep breathe and spoke, "I agree with you Esme it would be much more simple for me to stay here, but if I stay so does Sam, Dean, Cas and my Uncle Bobby. I promise Dean will be on his best behavior since it is in his best interest." I looked directly at Dean and he just nodded. I turned back to the pack and the Cullen's. Alice was giddy but still afraid to talk to me. I didn't really care about any of the others I just wanted to read Jake and Edward's faces. Jake was happy I was staying and I could tell he wanted to talk. Edward's face was the same as Jake's I didn't know why but I knew I needed to talk to them. Esme and Rosalie had already left and come back telling us our rooms were ready. Esme showed us to our rooms; Bobby was downstairs with Billy and he was happy about that. Sam was on the second floor along with Emily, Sam, Jared, Paul, Alice and Jasper. He wasn't sure about that but I told him it was ok and he just nodded. Dean was on the third floor with Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Embry, and Quil. I was on the fourth flood with Edward and Jake. Dean offered to switch, but I declined. I knew if we switched there would be a fight. Besides unbeknownst to him I was going to talk to Edward and Jake. When we reached my room it was huge. "Now there are blankets in the closet if you get cold and the bathroom is out the door and to the left." I nodded as she told me this. She walked towards the door, but stopped and turned to look at me, "Bella I want you to know he thought we should leave to protect you. We didn't want to; I still consider you my daughter Bella and if you need anything I'm here." She walked out and shut the door. I changed into my night clothes. It was a simple black spaghetti strap top and black shorts. I took my hair out of the ponytail and let it fall down my back; I turned around and assessed the room. It was beautifully furnished with a vanity and a huge king size bed. It had a beautiful big window that looked out over the backyard and it had a seat where I could sit and look out. I also saw two double doors that opened up to a small private balcony. I sighed, don't get to comfortable Bella you're here for a job nothing more and nothing less. I brushed my hair and went over to the window and just sat there for a minute. Even after four years Edward could still make me feel light headed and the truth is I still cared for him, but I promised myself not to go back down this road if I ever saw him again. Already my heart was betraying my head.

I heard footsteps coming down the hall. By the sound of them they were Rosalie's. "No need to knock Rosalie you can come in." She opened the door and came over to me, "How did you know it was me?" she asked. I laughed, "I heard your footsteps from down the hall. Remember what Cas said my senses are heightened due to me demon blood. I can tell each and everyone of your footsteps apart." She just nodded. "Would you like to sit down with me instead of standing all the way over there?" she nodded and came to sit with me and I just sat there and waited for her to speak. Finally she did, "Bella I know what Esme said and I came to talk to you to see how you were." I was shocked the entire time I knew Rosalie she despised me and now she was trying to be my friend? "Rose you never liked me so why do you care how I am?" she laughed and smiled at me. "Bella I never hated you I envied you. I thought you had everything you were human, but had a chance at a normal life." I started laughing, "Well as you can see my life has never been normal Rose and it never will be." "I can see that now and I see that you have changed quite a bit. Do you mind telling me everything?" I knew she meant about after they left and I told her. I told her how I was broken and how Jake started to help put me back together. I told her how when Jake hurt me I left Forks and went to Bobby. How Dean and I had gotten started. Everything that had happened to me in the last four years and it felt good for someone to know. We sat there for about an hour catching up than we just sat there in silence until she looked down and saw the two tattoos I had on my ankle that no one but me knew about. "Bella you got our crest and the symbol of the pack tattooed on you why?" I sighed I knew I would have to explain this some day, but I never imagined it would be Rosalie that I would explain it to. Not even Dean knew I had these tattoos even though he had seen me naked enough times, but he wasn't looking at my feet at the time. "Well after you guys left I did it to remember ya'll. I was a zombie for a while after you left and it wasn't until Jake that I came out of it and that's when I got it. The same thing goes for the pack symbol I wanted to always remember." She looked at me and finally asked, "What did you want to remember?" I knew that was coming, "I wanted to remember how betrayed I was by you all and how it felt." We sat there for a while until she spoke, "I can understand and respect that. What we did to you is unforgivable; you trusted us to be you're family and the people you could depend on and we threw that away." I just nodded. "Well I'm gonna go and let you get some sleep; you've had a rough night. Sleep well Bella." She got up and started towards the door, "Wait Rose thank you for coming in here and talking with me." She turned and smiled at me, "No problem Bella and I am sorry for what we did. Oh and don't worry I won't let Edward into my head." she winked and was gone.

I sat there for a while thinking over everything Rose and I had talked about. My mind was thinking over all of it when I heard my cell vibrate, "Hello?" I said. "Alex its Fredrickson, listen Gordon posted bail." I held my breath, "Who bailed him out?" Fredrickson replied, "I don't know, but if you want I can have a unit trail him." "No, no, no, he would just make your unit and than lose you. If you can hold him for 30 minutes I can follow him." Fredrickson agreed and I hung up. I put my hair back up in a ponytail, put on some jeans, my boots, and a spaghetti strap. I grabbed my coat, gun and knife and headed for my door, but I stopped before opening it. Damn they would hear me if I went out the door. I sighed, might as well use my freaky abilities. I went over to the window and opened it; what Azazeal had done to me was basically given me abilities like vampires and the pack had. I went over to the double doors and opened them up. I looked around, than closed my eyes to focus. I listened to where everyone was; Carlisle, Esme, Billy, Bobby, and Sam Uley were in the study. Dean was in Sam's room; they were arguing over why I had agreed to stay here and whether or not to go kick Edward and Jake's asses. Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Jared, Paul, Quil, Embry, Jake and Edward were in the living room discussing how I had changed and what was up with me and Dean. I couldn't help but smile. I took a deep breath and jumped off the balcony. I landed on my feet just like a cat; I couldn't take my car because it would cause too much noise so I started to run. Within 15 minutes I was on the station roof and I watched Gordon, Candice, Robert, and Kevin walk out. They got into their car and I followed them by going across the rooftops. I gotta say it was times like these I was happy that I had my abilities; I just hated how I had gotten them. I followed them to an old warehouse; they got out and went inside. I crept slowly inside and hid in the rafters. "We didn't get the girl, but you will be glad to know the Winchester's and Bella Swan are here to protect the vamps and that wolf pack." Gordon said. He was talking to a Blonde in a black dress, when she turned around I recognized who it was….. Lillith. She smiled, "Wonderful I can kill Sam Winchester, take Dean's soul back to hell, kill the vamps and wolves and take Bella." Candice hissed, "Why can't we kill her?" Lillith's eyes turned white, "Because she is the one that shall tip the balance as to whether it will be heaven that holds the most power or us you idiot. She is the key to everything; life, death, salvation, damnation, redemption, all of it." Candice shrank back and Lillith's eyes returned to normal as she continued, "I hope you can control yourself Victoria; I understand you're vendetta." I held my breath as I saw a tall, very pale, red head, with blood red eyes stepped out of the shadows, "I don't care I think she shall suffer more by watching all the ones she love die." she said with venom in her voice. Lillith smiled, "Good, Bella is the key to it all. Thanks to Azazeal burning the symbols on her wrists we can confrim that she is in fact the Phoenix and we shall possess the power she is meant for."

A/N: so what did you think? Now I will let you know I am going to tweak the legend of the phoenix to fit into the story. Well review and let me know. Songs for this chapter:

Eisley- Telescope Eyes

Snow Patrol- Set the Fire to the Third Bar

Civil Twilight- Letter From the Sky