Sun and Moon
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. Nuff said.
Ch. 9: Unforeseen Consequences
BPOV
Carlisle was already in Edward's bedroom with my brother and the screaming human. The rest of the family staid out of the way while he made sure everything was going as it should with Eric's change. Eddie hovered uselessly over the other boy as he tried to think of some way to help while he gazed at Eric lovingly. For a couple of seconds, the screaming stopped. It intensified when he started again and I nearly doubled over as something slammed into my rebuilt but still weak shield, and then there was nothing but fire and agony.
Water flowed over me and the flames died. The pain that had felt like claws ripping their way through my brain became nothing more than a dull ache. I reached out to Kate for a little support but my hand touched rough tree bark instead warm hard vampire skin. My eyes popped open and wished that I hadn't.
"Oh God, what've I done," I whispered before breaking down into tearless sobs.
EPOV
My mind had been going in a million different directions at once but most of those directions seemed to lead right back to my changing mate. The second I'd laid eyes on Eric at ComiCon, I knew that he was my Soul Mate. When I led samurai god out into the parking lot, I bit him without thinking then drove his car as fast as it could go back to my hotel parking lot then transferred the screaming human into my Volvo.
I needed to take Eric somewhere away from humans but I also needed help for after he woke up. That meant that I had to go back to Alaska and my family, they were the only ones I trusted. It was early evening when I raced the car down the driveway of our Denali home. For the entire trip, my mind went through various scenarios of how my family was going to react or how Eric would feel about what I'd forced upon him.
The family's thoughts were mixed as I carried my sexy Asian upstairs to my room. Carlisle was seconds behind me and was giving the changing human. The rest of my family was standing around the room as they waited for something to do. Eric's screams had paused for a few heartbeats then started up louder than before but this time they were joined by Bella's glass shattering wails. I watched in horror as my new sister's mental shield collapsed and all of our subconscious thoughts tore at her brain triggering her Newborn rage.
My siblings were tossed around before the girl smashed her way through the wall then ran off into the forest. I realized that my selfishness had once more hurt Bella and the others and forced the entire family to deal with two crises at once. Carlisle staid with me while the others went after her.
KPOV
The trial my firm was involved had been going smoothly but I'd known that it would. I'd done enough prep work that monkey could argue our case and win. I really hadn't needed to stay for as long as did but my pride kept me in the courtroom. So I was feeling especially guilty for being away from Bella. The separation was hard for me but I'd forgotten what it was like to be a Newborn. When I realized it was worse for my mate, I came home.
Bella was so pleased to see me when I walked through the door that I felt like even more of a heel. She relaxed into my embraced and we shared a kiss that quickly ignited our passions. I was more than ready to drag her up to our bedroom and take my time making up for my unnecessary absence when fucking Edward had to show up and ruin my plan. He made matters worse by bringing a changing human with him.
It wasn't long before my mate's shield collapsed and she screamed in both pain and rage before she busted through a wall and ran into the forest. I raced after her, everyone but Carlisle and Edward was right behind me. I knew we were too late when I heard her sobs. When we all came out of the trees, we found ourselves in a small clearing; Bella, covered in blood, sat in the distance with her knees pulled up to her chest while she rocked back and forth sobbing. The torn apart remains of four hunters were scattered around her.
Gently, I picked her up and held her close as I ran us back to my family's house. Jasper and Emmett remained behind to get rid of the evidence but the girls all followed me. The house was empty because Tanya had recently mated with Garrett and they were off roaming the world. Eleazar and Carmen had decided to go visit the Volturi while Irina and Laurent wanted to live on their own for a while.
Esme was the first one through the door and rushed up to the en suite my old room then started the shower. My new sisters went in search of clothes for Bella and I because I walked us fully clothed into the streaming water. The Cullen matriarch watched me wash all the blood off her daughter then she left when I started to strip us out of our wet clothes.
After we were dressed in dry outfits, I lay Bella down on the bed. She stared off into space with a blank expression and my heart broke when I recognized it from the DVD's of her catatonic state. Esme, Alice and Rosalie came into the room just as I promised myself that once I got my baby back to normal, or at least functioning, Edward was a dead man.
"Those humans were poachers," Jasper told us after he and Emmett arrive but I doubted that it was going to make a difference to Bella. All we could do was wait and see.
AN: Another short chapter but the next will be longer.