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Chapter 14: Girl Power
After spending all day Sunday with Bella and her family, I began to fear they had blown the whole situation out of proportion. There was no attack, no singing and no pull.
Sunday night I was permitted to go home. I didn't mind, in fact I loved that Bella was back in my arms as soon as my Dad was asleep. However, I felt bad that Emmett and Jasper patrolled around the house all night in an attempt to protect me. It didn't seem fair that I held the love of my life in my arms, while Rosalie and Alice's loves were not home with them. I hoped that Rosalie wouldn't be too upset with me.
Monday was looking like it would be just another day. Unfortunately, it didn't stay that way.
Lunch was more of a strategizing session with Jasper at the lead. Jasper decided to try and use the connection with the Siren Coven to contact the women. He hoped that if we came to them peacefully it wouldn't have to come to a battle. The thought of a fight made me pull Bella closer. I didn't want to imagine her fighting anyone or anything.
The plan was set: After school, the Cullens and I would go to an open field that they usually used for Baseball. In the field, I would focus on my memory of the three women in hopes that it would draw them out. Once they were in the clearing, Carlisle was going to try and talk to them.
Carlisle hoped he could convince the women to continue their hunting practices else where and he wanted to explain the danger they were putting his family in, me included. I felt honored that he included me in his definition of family. Bella told me how diplomatic Carlisle was and how his friendly demeanor more often than not led to peaceful resolutions. It seemed simple enough and everyone was optimistic.
Bella and I sat in Biology hand-in-hand. If we could help it, we were always stayed touching each other, in one way or another. I felt it halfway through class. I started staring out of the window to the left side of mine and Bella's table. I wanted to run out of the class. I was in pain just trying to hold myself there. It wasn't until I let Bella's hand go that she noticed my eagerness. It didn't take Bella long to realize what was going on. She sat looking back and forth from me to Mr. Varner. The bell finally rang and I darted from the classroom. Alice must have had a vision of me running. How else was she already outside the Biology classroom? I didn't look behind me, I just walked as fast as my legs would carry me and before I knew it, I was in the forest surrounding the school. The singing seemed to bounce off the trees and engulf me. I could feel my will leaving. I knew I should have run away but I honestly didn't want to turn away from the sound. It was the most beautiful singing that I had ever heard. I wondered aimlessly through the trees searching for the destination. Time and distance was at a lost for me. I suddenly fell to my knees. They stood only ten feet away and I knew the beautiful sound was coming from them. My limbs refused to let me lurch any further. I was paralyzed by their hum, yet completely aware. I needed to move, my mind registered the importance of the action, but my body refused to obey. I knew I shouldn't have left Bella. I knew this was going to be the end.
The three women in front of me were beautiful. Such a word couldn't describe them accurately enough. All three women had jet black hair, straight, and parted down the middle. Their hair was such a contrast to their skin, they looked even paler. Above all, I noticed their eyes. They were a bright red. The color of their eyes was familiar to me, although I knew I had never seen Bella, or any of the other Cullens, with such a hue. The boldness screamed, "Fear me." And as if a veil had been removed from my own eyes, I understood everything. Their eyes were red because they drank human blood, preferably male human blood. I would soon meet the same fate. But even that realization wasn't what made me gasp—it was the eyes; the eyes from a dream I once had.
Their eyes were the same color as mine were in a dream where Bella tried so desperately to calm me. The dream that shocked me into consciousness at the time. What did it mean now? None of that mattered because I now faced death. Why was it coming so slowly? The three beautiful women, these three beautiful vampires, who I knew had no intentions on doing anything but feed off me, were just standing there... waiting.
They were waiting on Bella, their thoughts screamed at me. Despite my inability to control any part of me, despite being unable to walk away, my brain still worked. They wanted revenge on Bella for defending me in the woods on that Sunday morning. Carlisle's peaceful resolution would have never worked. These three only wanted two things: My blood and Bella's head.
So, I would know when it was coming, my brain worked too well. I would be fully aware when death claimed me. Worst of all, unless they killed me first, I would be fully aware when they killed my love, Bella. I prayed they killed me first, but I knew better. They would destroy Bella, destroy my love, and they would take my blood. Just as well- with Bella gone, I wouldn't want to live anymore.
Before I could take my next breath, I was flying through the air.
When everything stopped moving around me, I realized that it was Bella. She had come for me, she promised that no matter what, she wouldn't leave me and there she stood. Bella put me down at least fifty feet away between Carlisle and Esme. I was conscious of their presence, but had no will, desire, nor ability to do anything but sit on the forest floor.
"Edward, dear are you okay?" Esme's voice dripped with concern.
"He's almost catatonic. We have to get him out of here," Carlisle said while examining me closely.
"Carlisle, Esme, take him away from here. We will deal with this." I could hear the anger in Bella's voice.
I assumed it was Carlisle who picked me up. His scent was not as sweet as the scent I remembered on Esme when she first welcomed me with a hug. But it didn't matter who picked me up because now we both were sliding across the grass. Something had hit him, something hard and fast.
"Carlisle!" Esme screamed. The growl that pierced the air was even more vicious than what I remembered of Bella. Esme was pissed as she crouched down to attack.
Rosalie bent down to check on Carlisle as Bella tried to check on me. If I were hurt, it didn't register with me. I was still trying to make my way back to my desires. Emmett, Jasper and Alice hurried to stand by Esme's side.
"Athena, there are more of them!" One of the women screamed to the obvious leader.
"Don't worry, we can fix that," Athena said. The three women gathered together and joined hands. The sound was tantalizing and alluring. I tried to push away from Bella, but was locked in her strong arms. Something was different: Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle each lurched towards the beautiful women. Carlisle was wrong. Vampire men could hear the sound. I took advantage of Bella's distraction to run towards the beauties. All four of us men stood in front of the three beautiful vampires in complete awe and aware, knowing the loves of our lives were behind us, but none of us cared at that moment.
"Oh, hell no! No one controls Emmett but me," growled Rosalie. And with that the battle was on.
The scene moved too fast for my human, dazed eyes. Rosalie and Alice each fought the two other women while Bella fought the one called Athena. I knew Bella was strong and fast but fighting seemed so out of character for her. But she could protect herself all the same. Esme helped all three of her daughters, tearing away limbs. We, the dazed and useless men, could offer no help to the battle. Suddenly, a blaze was flickering bright orange. It wasn't until the last scream cleared the air that I had control on of my own being again. My own willpower rushed back to me making it hard to breath at first. The weight was nearly unbearable, and I felt drained of energy. It took all I had to wipe my hair out of my face. When I closed my eyes it felt as if I would never open them again. I sat on the ground shaking my head, trying to decipher the scene that still played out in my head. Carlisle, Emmett, and Jasper fell to their knees; I assumed it was from the same weight of their own willpower returning to them.
The four heroes of the hour stood back from the four victims, the pain was written on their face. They said nothing and didn't move. We four sat there and refused to move as well. We all just stared into our loves eyes. Pain. Love. Shame. Pity. Thankfulness. Every emotion possible flickered between the four sets of soul mates in the middle of the forest.
"What the fuck was that?" Leave it to Emmett to bring us out of our reserved states so loudly. We finally stood up on our feet and ran to our better halves.
"That was me saving your ass," Rosalie said proudly, staring into Emmett's eyes.
"Isabella, I am so sorry. I don't know what came over me. Please forg-" was the last thing I said before her firm lips came crashing down on mine.
I surrendered my will to a beautiful vampire woman... and it was the greatest thing.
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