The Cullen's drove into the small town of Forks. Not looking forward to the sure destruction that they knew lie before them. They slowed down as they reached the town, looking around cautiously. Jasper and Emmet held guns in their hands ready to act if the situation should arise. They slowed to a stop at the curb of the main street and just sat there in awe. The once pristine street now was home to several smashed windows, rubbish laid strewn about the street. One car was over turned and another was just a shell. The Cullen's were shell shocked. They hadn't been in the town since the youngest member left his human girlfriend. And it pained them all to see the town in such a state. They were just about to leave the Jeep when a girl stepped out of one of the shops. The Cullen's froze; they did not see humans that often and had thought that there was almost no one left. The girl lifted a walkie-talkie from its holster on her shoulder and spoke into it.

"Area 5 is clear. Whatever set off the motion detectors must be gone by now, Over" She said, there was a reply. Carlisle opened the driver door and the girl spun towards us, gun raised. She slowly lowered her gun and spoke into the Walkie-talkie again, "Found survivors, ETA 20 minute. Over and out" she replaced the walkie-talkie. "Hi" She called out,

"Carlisle" Alice muttered to her father "That's . . . " she didn't dare say the name.

"I know" Carlisle answered back in hushed tones.

"My name's Bella" She continued. "I won't hurt you" She holstered her gun as if to make a point. "Are any of you hurt? We have doctors, we can help" She came a step closer and waited. Carlisle stepped out of the vehicle finally revealing his identity. Bella's face turned into a mask of shock and disbelief. She strode over to Carlisle and embraced him in a tight hug, then stepped back, as if realising what she was doing. "Sorry, It's just, you don't see many people you knew, from before" she explained, "Are you all here?" she added on,

"Yes" Carlisle nodded,

"Well" Bella cleared her throat "How about you all come back to base" Her eyes swept over the Jeep as she spoke. "Leave the car here we'll come back for it".

"Base?" Carlisle inquired as the other Cullens got out.

"Yes" Bella nodded and started to walk, the Cullens followed "We're based at the hospital. It seemed like the logical choice." She explained. It wasn't long before they arrived at the hospital. Carlisle was shocked at the transformation. There was now a large chain link fence surrounding the complex, along with guard towers which hosted men holding guns. Bella walked straight in a heavily guarded entrance onto the grounds, but the Cullen's were stopped.

"We must check for infection" One of the guards said.

"They're fine" Bella said, looking at the guard.

"But protocol-" He was cut off

"I said they were fine now let them through!" Bella barked, the guards moved out of the way and the Cullen's walked through, too shocked to say anything.

Bella lifted her walkie-talkie from her shoulder "I'm here, meet me in the conference room in 10 minutes, over" There were a few replies saying they would be there.

"As you can see, we've made some pretty big changes to the hospital." Bella started, falling back so she wasn't leading the Cullens around but walking with them, "The first thing we did was the fence, for obvious reasons." She walked down a corridor "As we found more survivors, we turned the rooms into sleeping quarters. We also started to put in gardens and found live stock." She stopped at a window. "Take a look."

The Cullens looked out; outside they saw six very large gardens. Along with a fenced off area which was home to several chickens, two cows; and then in another pen, a very large bull. "We're expecting a calf soon" Bella said, she seemed proud of this. "Come on, I'll introduce you to the rest of the team" Bella led them all into a large conference room.

Bella went to sit at the head of the table; the Cullen's hovered nervously next to the wall. "Please" Bella waved a hand to the empty seats "Sit" The Cullen's took their seats while looking at the people around them. "Okay" Bella started after a moment of awkward silence "Introductions. Cullen's this is. Jason" She pointed to a brown haired man who smiled welcomely "Second in command, next is Gwyn, she's our head medic."

"Hi" A red-headed woman spoke with a smile.

"Next is Travis."

"What's up?" A very large blonde man cut her off.

"Guys, these are the Cullens. Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie and Edward" Bella listed while gesturing to each member of the family.

"So" Carlisle paused "Who is the leader?" He looked around, his eyes landing on the muscular Travis. He just laughed,

"You're looking at her" Travis said, and nodded towards Bella.

"Hiya" Bella said sarcastically, waving.

The Cullens seemed shocked Emmett was the first to speak "You?" He asked,

"Yes Emmett me" Bella snipped.

"But you're . . . clumsy and . . . shy and. . ." He said,

"Wait" Travis cut him off "You know each other? From before?" He asked, looking between them,

"Yeah, we went to high school together" Bella said smoothly.

"Okay" Travis said shrugging it off, "Guys, you'll need to put those guns in the armoury" He continued after a moments silence.

"Armoury?" Jasper laughed,

"The basement" Bella rolled her eyes "And yeah, he's right. It's the rules" She stood up, "I'll show you down there"

"But you all have guns" Edward spoke for the first time, Bella's eyes snapped to his. She took a large breath of air as if to calm herself.

"Yes, but you're not permitted to. If you want to help the guard force then you will be allowed to carry a hand gun. Not a shot gun. Weapons like those are only used on raids and when they're not they're held under lock and key in the basement" Bella explained, "So" She continued "I'll show you down there" She gave him a look saying 'I dare you to say something'. He merely nodded. "So follow me," She looked at Jason "Make sure the car's ready for the raid on Saturday"

"On it" Jason nodded.

"Come one guys" Bella said and left. They were still on the first of the three floors so they didn't have to go down too many stairs. When they reached the basement floor Bella pulled out a chain from her shirt that held her dog tags and a key. She pulled the chain off her neck and opened the door. She walked over to a desk in the middle of the room while the Cullens gawked at the remainder of the room. Guns lined the walls and there were bookshelfs filled with explosives and ammunition as well as riot gear and an array of melee weapons. "Guns please" Bella said, Jasper and Emmett reluctantly handed over their shot guns. Bella placed tags on them and went to a blank place on the wall and hung them up.

"Where'd you get all this?" Jasper asked, placing an arm around Alice.

"Picked it up on raids. A majority of it Jason and I gained from the army." Bella said, "Is there any more ammo for the shot guns?" She added.

"Yeah, in the truck." Emmett answered.

"The keys are still in it I presume?" She said and led them out and locked the door again,

"Yeah" Emmett said.

"I'll send Travis out to get it. And don't worry; if you leave you'll get your guns back along with your truck. I was under the presumption you'd stay a while" Her voice grew quiet at the end.

"We'll be staying" Edward said, staring at her back as she walked up the stairs.

When they got to the top of the stairs Bella took the Walkie-talkie from her shoulder "Travis, there's a truck waiting in the main street. Please bring it back and take the ammunition and any other weapons log it into the armoury. Over." She said and placing it back on her shoulder. Travis answered quickly,

"Copy that, leaving now. ETA 20 minutes"

"All our things are in the truck" Alice said,

Bella smiled "We'll moved you into some rooms, but there's something I need to ask. It's very important" Her voice dropped to a whisper as someone walked past she gave them a convincing smile.

"What is it?" Jasper asked.

"The infection. Does it . . . affect your kind?" She asked,

"Yes" Carlisle answered "It does and the infected . . . they're strong. Stronger than us" He said.

Bella laughed "That much I know"

"Now there's a question I want to ask" Emmet said,

"Shoot" Bella chuckled.

"This guard you were talking about, how can I sign up?" He asked.

"It's not all official like." Bella shrugged "Why?"

"That raid you were talking about? I wanna go." Emmet said.

"Me too" Edward said staring purposely at Bella.

"And you can count me in" Jasper commented.

"Well well well, I got me a couple of hero's" Bella smirked. She looked them over, the sighed "Fine, you're all well above age" She chuckled "Just. . ." she paused "Try not to get in the way"

"Yes!" Emmett cheered making Bella laughed.

"Just arrived, heading to the basement. Over" Travis's voice came over the walkie-talkie.

"Come on" Bella said, "Let's go get your stuff" She started around to the side entrance that was normally the Emergency Entrance. And where the ambulances would normally be parked there was an army land rover, a 4X4 a pickup truck and the Cullen's jeep. Bella went over and opened up the back. Grabbing two large duffle bags. And taking them inside, the Cullen's followed suit until the car was empty. They followed her up to the third floor, and into a room, "Now I know you guys don't sleep, but you have to have a room. For appearances." She said. "Zombies or no zombies, I still think that vampires would still freak everyone out" She added to try and lighten the mood, it didn't have the desired effect as the only person who laughed was Emmett.

"This is lovely, thank you" Esme said, smiling kindly.

"You're welcome" Bella answered, "Now, normally, in exchange for food and a place to sleep the survivors work around the base. Cooking, cleaning, helping around in the gardens. And obviously helping with defence. Now I know you guys don't eat but I still expect you to help out" She continued, looking at each of the Cullens.

"Of course," Carlisle answered,

Bella looked at Carlisle "And you get help us with . . . well a trial we're running at the moment," She said. "We'll get jobs for the rest of you on Saturday, after I get back from the raid"

"When we get back from the raid," Edward corrected with a smile.

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