Chapter 3: Unexpected

Carlisle's POV

As soon as were away from all humans I ran at my full speed; the girl safely secured in my arms. Somehow I was able to carry her bags too. I couldn't help but wonder why Alice had told me that it was extremely important to take her home. I knew that this young girl was in desperate need of medical attention, but I had a feeling that this was something else entirely.

When I had arrived my family was waiting for me. I was sure that Alice had already told that about the young girl.

"Oy my! The poor dear" Esme said sadly as she looked at the young girl in my arms. "I already set up a patient's room for her" she said.

I couldn't help but smile at my wife. "Thank you Esme" I said.

"You're welcome" she smiled back.

I rushed the girl upstairs where the room was. Alice and Esme followed.

I laid the girl on the bed and quickly hooked her up to several machines.

"Be prepared" Alice said. I looked at her confused. What did she mean by be prepared? I have dealt with far worse wounds then this in the past! This was nothing new to me.

I let out an audible gasp once I had torn off several of her clothes to get to her wounds. There numerous cuts and bruises across her chest, stomach, arms, and back. Each injury at a different stage in the healing process. What saddened me the most was that there were a lot of wounds that could only have been made with a sharp object, such as a knife.

"She's been abused" said Alice.

Esme and I couldn't hold back our cries of sadness anymore. Who would be so cruel as to harm a child so viciously? I didn't know but I was going to find out. Whoever could harm a child in such a cruel way deserves the worst punishment imaginable.

I couldn't think about it much longer. I disinfected the two main cuts that were on her arm and side of her stomach. Both were starting to get infected and needed to be treated promptly. I then stitched them up. I also had to give her a blood transfusion. Normally I wouldn't consider giving a transfusion to a pregnant woman; the procedure can be risky to the baby. However she has lost so much blood that I didn't really have any other options here. I was just going to have to keep an eye on her and her baby for the next several days.

I turned to Alice. "How long until she wakes up?" I asked.

"A few hours" she said.

"I'll have to call child services. They are going to want to know about her case" I said.

"No you mustn't do that" Alice said.

"Why not? She can't go back to her family" I said.

"She's in danger Carlisle, I've seen it. If she goes off with other humans she will be in danger. Other vampires are going to find out about her and they are going to want her. If she stays with us, other vampires will discover her too but at least she will have us to protect her" Alice said.

"Why will other vampires be after her?" Esme voiced the very question I had in my head.

"I'm not really sure. It's all way to fuzzy. I think she has a gift that will be invaluable to the Volturi and any other vampire seeking power. But I can't see what it is" she answered. She sounded frustrated that she couldn't tell what it was.

"Then the girl stays with us. I can't stand the idea of this girl being in danger, or getting hurt anymore" Esme said. It was clear that her maternal instincts were kicking in and that she was already starting to love this girl as much as I was.

"Okay, the girl has to stay. We need to tell the family" I said.

"They already heard everything and they are coming up now" Alice said.

Sure enough, she was right. Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Bella, Edward, Renesmee, Jacob, and our newest addition Anthony. Anthony was Nessie's and Jacob's full grown werewolf son.

Nessie had married Jacob and gotten pregnant at the age of 6. She had resembled a 16yr old. Nessie had Anthony just in time before her body would stop growing and changing; thus remaining frozen forever without any more chances to get pregnant.

Everyone continued to stare and didn't say anything.

"Well as you all have already heard. We've decided that we are going to take in this human and let her live with us. I know that this is going to be rather difficult considering we are vampires, or wolves, or a mix of all three" I looked at Jacob and Anthony as I said 'wolves' and 'a mix of all three'. We surely were one strange family.

"Does anyone have anything they wish to say at this moment?" I asked.

"What if the girl doesn't want to stay with us?" Edward was the one to ask. I had already thought of the scenario and the solution.

"The girl is severely injured and pregnant. She is going to have to stay with us for a few days. If she doesn't want to stay with us we are going to have to convince her to stay somehow. If she tries to leave, well, she won't be able to get very far" I said.

"Okay" everyone said at the same time.

Everyone came to get a closer look at the girl. I had already covered her up with a blanket so her injuries were no longer visible.

"Wow! This girl is freaking hot! I want to get together with this chick!" Anthony said.

"Ow! What was that for!?" Anthony said after Nessie had hit him upside his head.

"Language young man!" Nessie scolded "and what have we told you about calling girls 'chicks'?!"

"Sorry mom" he mumbled.

Sometimes I really believe that Nessie and Jacob made a big mistake letting Emmett babysit their son so many times during his childhood. It seemed my son's inappropriateness had rubbed off on my great grandson.

Everybody else left after that and I stayed there with this mysterious girl.

A few hours later…

Carly's POV

I could feel myself coming back into awareness slowly. I had the sense that I had been unconscious for awhile. But I couldn't be sure of how long it really was. The beeping sound told me that I was in a hospital. What happened?

I opened my eyes slightly and the light that shone through them made me shut them again. I opened my eyes slowly again. I blinked a few times and slowly I saw a blond, pale man come into focus. I quickly backed away in fear only to hit my head against the wall.

"It's okay child. I mean you no harm" he said. A second later I recognized him as the man from the train.

"What happened?" I asked slowly.

"I found you just as passed out. I brought you here to my house to treat you. You and your baby are doing better" he said.

I felt relief flood through me as he said that.

"What is your name?" he asked.

"Carly" I said.

"Well Carly, I'm Carlisle" he said.

He extended his hand out towards me. As I shook it I caught side of the ring on his hand. It couldn't be. I looked at it closely and it was an exact replica of my family's crest. His crest was identical to the one on my bracelet.

"Is your last name Cullen?" I asked.

He looked beyond shocked. It was clear that he was not expecting that at all.

"Yes, why?" he asked.

"That's my last name. My name is Carly Cullen. The crest on your ring is my family's crest. I have one just like it on my bracelet. Look" I said. I showed it to him and he was just as shocked and confused as I was.

"How?" he asked.

"I don't know. Somehow were related. Actually you have the same name as one of my ancestors. My great great great great great great grandfather was named Carlisle Cullen. He was born in London in the early 1640s. He married a woman named Martha and they had a son, but then he disappeared on a vampire hunt" I explained.

I had left the guy speechless. What was wrong with him?

Carlisle's POV

I had a lot of trouble separating the jumbled mess in my head that was my thoughts. Was this girl really a descendant of mine? I wasn't sure. The only thing I knew is that I was in a hell of a lot of trouble when she mentioned that wife and son that I had never told anyone about. Only I heard Esme's loud vicious growls of anger coming from downstairs. Oh hell! Was my last thought as she stormed up the stairs.

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