Chapter Sixteen
Max's POV
"You ready to go kick some butt?" I asked, my tone holding more than excitement about getting to take my son back from Max II and her grimy cohorts.
Fang smiled devilishly, his eyes piercing, and he merely nodded. Show time.
"Okay, so here's how we're gonna do this…" I said, taking charge.
Since I got the phone call, as well as Edward and Jacob, the entire house had been in ultra battle mode. Even Carlisle looked threatening and that was saying something because he was the sweetest vampire I had ever met.
Wolves were running in and out of the house, getting orders from Jacob before running back outside to tell the others the new instructions. Both packs were present, which normally would be odd, but since Sam was planning on stepping down to stay with Emily who was officially pregnant, the other members needed time to integrate into Jake's small pack of five.
To make it more difficult, Ella decided that this was the weekend she wanted to move in, to be close to Collin of course, and she was in the way of our planning because we couldn't tell her about the vampires since it wasn't Collin's secret to tell. She was perfectly okay with the werewolf thing though.
"Bex, you will be staying here to guard Ella, Allie, and Emma." I commanded, then paused when I glanced at Serenity, our unwanted house guest.
Edward sensed my hesitation and took over from there. "We'll be taking Serenity with us to make a trade if possible. If not, well, she's still going back to where she came from."
"Is that safe?" Nudge asked, startling us. "She's just a confused mutant like us, Max." Bambi eyes. "You don't want to send her back there, do you?" More Bambi eyes. "That would be like sending me to the School, or Angel or something." A faux tear rolled down her cheek complimented by another over the top Bambi expression.
"We'll discuss that when the time comes." I simply stated, knowing I wouldn't be able to deny the girls their new friend, even if she did try to steal my son and Will.
"Collin," Jake addressed his wolf brother, "I want you to stay here as well. Your mind will be on your imprint more than on the mission and I can't risk that…besides, its more protection in case someone tries to go after one of them."
I nodded and Ella and Collin's faces lit up. "Good thinking; now that that's settled, lets move 'em out!" I yelled and everyone emptied the house minus the Blacks.
Nessie bent down to pick up Allie, who looked six months now because she grew every time she phased, and kissed the top of her curly black ringlets. Emma tugged on her mom's leg, her green eyes looking up at Ness with confusion.
"When is Will coming home?" Emma asked. Did I forget to mention that she already looked two years old due to her half-vampire growth? Oops, my bad.
Nessie bent down and hugged her oldest of the triplets and kissed the top of her straight bronze hair. "Soon, baby, soon."
Jacob had already said his goodbyes and was waiting at the front door for Nessie to ride on his wolf back since she wasn't as fast as the other vampires. She nodded when she spotted him and kissed Bex on her cheek. "Watch your sisters, please?" She asked and the nearly identical copy of herself just smirked.
"I'm not promising anything." Bex said with a grin, her rebellious teenager tendencies kicking in at physically twelve but technically seven months. I guess her mind was even more advanced than that.
"Rebecca!" Jacob growled. "You cut that attitude out this instant, young lady."
"Sorry, Daddy." Bex apologized and hugged her mother. "Sorry, Mama. I'm just scared."
"We'll be fine, I promise." Jacob reassured her, bringing her into a hug despite our time restraint.
"Aww. That is so cute!" Ella spoke up, startling us. I hadn't even noticed her in the room. "When Collin and I have kids, I want him to be as wonderful with ours as Jake is with his."
When? Ugh, I don't think I'm ready to be an aunt yet! My sixteen year old sister is not thinking about children already, is she?
Ella caught my expression and blushed. "Oh, no, not now. Well, not any time soon, but you know, when we're ready and he, um, proposes and…I'm just gonna shut up now." My sister stuttered and Collin started laughing from the kitchen, where he emerged with a plate of sandwiches in his hand.
"Don't worry, Elle. If you want kids, we'll have them when we're married. As many as you want…" Collin said, then glanced at us. "Don't you have somewhere to be?"
"Right." Jacob said, grabbing Nessie's hand and leading her outside. By the time I said goodbye to Ella and went outside to join my Flock, Jake had already phased and Nessie was settled on his back.
I took a running start and was in the air in seconds, taking my spot at the head of out 'V' with Fang on my right with Gazzy behind him and Iggy on my left followed by Nudge.
Below me, I saw the Cullens, minus Alice, in front of the wolves; all fourteen of the sixteen total wolves -excluding Leah and Collin.
Jacob and Sam took the leads with Seth, Embry, Quil, Paul, Jared, Brady in the middle. The youngest wolves (all ranging from sixteen to twelve) were in the back; Scotty, twins Jeremiah and Joshua, David, Tibias, and Dylan.
Though I didn't really know the younger ones, I could easily recognize their fur color and match it to their human face (except for the twins, those two were hard to tell apart still.)
"Will and Arian, we're coming." I whispered into the wind.
AN: Don't worry. Next chapter will be the fight scene. Review if you don't want anyone to die, because as of now, I'm undecided. :)
