Chapter twenty-seven
I watched my warrior as he snuck down to the campsite with the others. He was graceful yet forceful, silent and deadly and oh so yummy! Trevor and Dominic had stayed behind to watch our backs in a means to make sure that no other armies decided on a sneak attack. So the numbers were eight against twelve plus Maria, and that twelve was seasoned and half had a talent. This was going to be tricky. I had to concentrate on the newborns so I couldn't help them by shielding they were going to have to get dirty and fight the old fashioned way and hope the element of surprise was on their side.
Peter, Garrett and Randall were the first to get some action. They were greeted by two women, an Asian and Hispanic. The Hispanic woman didn't seem to have a power but the Asian chick was both a masterful fighter using karate or tae Kwan do or some shit and get this, teleportation! Can you believe it? The other girl lost her head quickly and Randall didn't hesitate drop a lit match on her body. Rose and Char seemed to be a good team taking on a giant of a man while the men struggled to grab hold of the teleporter. Rose decided to be the distraction while Char attacked from the side. She had one arm removed just as Rose twisted his head from his body. Peter finally wised up and used his 'its not a gift' gift to turn to his left and grab the little ninja when she tried to attack from behind. His aim was precise and deadly, he grabbed her throat a second after she reappeared and used his other hand to remove her leg then arm in under four seconds. Five more vamps came at them and my warrior used his gift to paralyze them with fear. Once still Emmett barrelled through them like bowling pins. Quite hysterical!
Dominic determined that these seasoned vamps ranged from about 50 to 150 years old. As we watched the group take down several more vamps I decided it was time to make my warrior proud. As I walked away with the mini pack Trevor spotted 10 newborns and what appeared to be Christian the messenger that Ares tortured back in Denver. There was no time to spare I had to eliminate the newborns and decided that Trevor and Dominic had to help my warrior while I disposed of the rest of the newborns.
"Tell him I'll be there as soon as possible. There's only 50 of them and five of us. With my shield I can corral them together while we kill them all off." I said.
"Be careful, shield or not they are newborns and driven by sex and blood." Trevor said.
"Two of my favorite things. We'll be fine. Hold them off for as long as possible."
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I saw the barn off in the distance and my mouth started to water at the death and destruction I was about to release. Three newborns were standing outside the barn and Embry took it on himself to attack them all at once. He managed to get the first one dismembered quickly but the second went for a head lock so he quickly rolled over the vamp confusing him long enough to loosen his grip. Paul then took off after him and had his head removed just before he was able to get back up. I threw a shield sword at the third and successfully severed the vamp in half. Of course the sound of metal shredding had the rest of the vamps coming out to investigate.
"Okay boys we're up. Let's get this party started. Take no prisoners boys." I stated before throwing up my shield and barrelling through the crowd.
The fight was fun and thrilling. Vamp parts were flying in every direction and I found it funny when the wolves shivered at the sight of the parts trying to fuse back together. Ha that was hilarious! Once we got into a flow it was simple to take down the newborns. I kept them in a shield while the wolves and I dismembered them. When the last was taken down I dropped a lit zippo on the pile of vamp pieces.
I wish I was greeted by silence but instead the other group was still fighting and I could hear metal shredding I only hope it is someone else than my friends.
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When we got on the scene there were four newborns, Christian, and three of the seasoned vamps left. The boys and I tore into two of the seasoned vamps and two of the newborns. Strangely enough Christian wasn't making a move on us so I left him out of the equation and told the mini pack to do the same. Trevor ran to one of the newborns and placed her behind him. He begged Ares not to harm her and that was when I noticed that his scent had changed. "My warrior, she is his mate. Please allow her to live." I pleaded.
"She is your responsibility Trevor, if she so much as pulls a hair out of my niece's head I will kill her." Ares commanded.
Trevor pulled her close and nodded before telling her to follow his every instructions. I had believed that we had the upper hand until I realised that Maria still had not made an appearance. The last of the older vamps, a cocky blond chick decided to pull out all the stops and started throwing fireballs at us. Of course she wasn't successful, my shield was up around all of us but the best part was learning that Christian had a power as well. It seems he was a power thief. The fireballs finally ceased and Ares ripped her head from her body.
At that moment a hispanic woman I assumed to be Maria decided to make an appearance with two vamps and a human. The vampires were unfamiliar to me but I assumed they must be the seer and the mind reader. Thank god they weren't Malice and Fuckward I didn't need to deal with them at the same time as Maria.
"Mi soldado, my major!" Maria cooed. "What a pleasant surprise. I am honored to have you back in the south."
"Save it bitch! He's mine and we're here to get his niece not join your pathetic army. Besides all your newborns are gone, the pack and I killed them." I hissed.
"Who is this insolent newborn? Why does she think I care about any nonsense she spews? I believe I was speaking to you major. I own you Major. I created you. What do you have to say for yourself?" Maria growled.
"Why you little b-"
"Enough!" Ares bellowed. Maria smirked at me. Ha she thinks she's won!
"Lover, get rid of this newborn and all is forgiven. We can make the south strong again. We will be rulers of the world." Maria cooed again while swaying her hips and trying to look sexy.
"Maria, your poison no longer interests me. I have found my mate in this insolent newborn as you so eloquently put it. Also if you haven't noticed the Major is not in at the moment. I suggest you let Jasper's niece go and give up gracefully. Otherwise you will suffer a pain worse than death once I give the Major his time to play. " Ares spoke with lethal authority.
"A-Ares? But how is this possible? Nettie and Lucy assured me that they had bound his powers." Maria stuttered.
"Please those two imbeciles couldn't concoct real magic to save their sorry souls. I noticed they weren't around how long after I left did you decide to kill them for letting me go?" Ares asked.
"Two days?"Maria whispered it as a question.
"Wow! Two days longer than expected of you."
"Please Ares. Spare me I'm begging you." She whined.
"Shut up, bitch!" Ares bellowed. "Enyo, my goddess would you contain her for me?"
"With pleasure my warrior."
I placed a shield around her then pulled her in my direction. She actually squealed when it brought her towards me. The seer took that moment to determine that my shield was keeping her from seeing us. Uh duh! Both the mind reader and the seer started to get twitchy the closer I pulled Maria to Ares. I was nervous that they would hurt Arianna before we had a chance to kill them.. That was when I heard her spew the sickest command ever.
"Felicia, Freddie tear that human to shreds! If I can't have you Major then I'll take all your loved ones with me."
I had to think fast. I dropped the shield on Maria just as Ares grabbed her by the neck and right arm. I then threw a shield on Arianna just as Freddie started to pull on her arm. Felicia tightened her grip on Arianna and I hurt both a pop and a sickening crunch. Arianna screamed and metal was grinding. The wolves descended on the seer and mind reader and had them dismembered before they could even make a sound. I turned back to my warrior and he had removed both and arm and leg from Maria. She was whimpering from the pain asking for a quick death and I realised then that Ares was gone and an enraged Major was in his place. Slowly he pulled her shoe off of her remaining foot and removed her twos one by one crushing them to dust as he went. Next he moved to the other foot then her hands pulling off finger by finger and tossing them in the fire. He removed her feet just below the ankles then the calves and lastly the thighs throwing each into the fire piece by piece. He separated her arms as well before finally telling her goodbye and tossing her head then torso into the flames. Closure. He needed it and I wasn't about to say a damn thing. That it until I noticed that Arianna was seriously injured and needed medical attention. Jake and jarred were trying to care for her but it seemed that her right shoulder was dislocated and her left wrist was broken.
The Major was finally calming down long enough to realise that Arianna needed help. He swooped down to her side and held her broken wrist softly in his cold hands. Jake was trying to hold Arianna still so Paul could snap her shoulder back into place when Embry started a low deadly growl. Everyone's attention switched to him and that's when I realised what was happening. The wolves had their heads bowed and were retreating from Arianna, Embry's scent had changed and he was still growling. Arianna hadn't looked away from Embry and was panting even harder than before and was that - oh my God is that oh shit it is - her arousal! Okay first things first, shield on Jasper!
"Peter get the Major away from Arianna now." He quickly tackled him and when they rolled apart from each other I threw a shield on him.
Thankfully without question the rest of our group had backed away as well. Embry was hovering over Arianna and a mixture of growling and whimpering was coming from him. Arianna was in severe pain but I had no idea how to get close to her without Embry trying to hurt me.
"Embry will you look at me please?" I begged but he stayed curled over her and growling menacingly.
"It's no use Bella, she's hurt and he imprinted. He's about to phase and he's too close to her." Paul pleaded.
FUCK. The Major is going to be pissed but hopefully with my shield around us it will block out most of the affects.
"Embry, look at me. You know me I won't hurt her. She's family and she's injured. If you don't let me help then I will be forced to incapacitate you while I care for her." I said using that sickeningly sweet voice that sounded more like a chorus of voices.
It worked though he finally looked at me and nodded. "I'm going to snap her shoulder back into place and then assess her wrist. Please stay still while I do so. You are dangerously close to phasing and it would harm Arianna if you did."
He moved back slightly and bowed his head some more. I quickly snapped her shoulder back in and from what I could feel the break in her wrist was clean and located in the outer bone of her forearm. I ripped part of my shirt and wrapped it around her wrist. We are going to need a hospital before we make our trek back home.
"Will you please let me out of this bubble Isabella? I need to see my niece." Jasper whined.
"Not yet baby, I need to make sure Arianna and Embry are okay with others getting close to them."
"Bella, it's alright. He's family and Arianna could use some cold pressure on her wrist right now." Embry stated.
I turned to Jasper and noticed that he was pacing in his bubble and I knew he would be more angry the longer I delayed his release.
"Baby, do you promise not to harm Embry in anyway? If you did it would in turn hurt Arianna. Embry imprinted on her and from what I can tell she returns the feelings."
"Why can't he just be her friend and protector? Why does he have to have feelings for her?" Jasper whined.
"Look at it this way, with the imprint she now has an entire pack to protect and love her til the day she dies. She'll get a chance at the family life, picket fence, a dog and 2.5 kids." I pleaded.
"I don't like it."
"You don't have to like it you only have to support her decision."
"Ugh, fine. Can I see my niece now? I promise not to kill or injure the pup."
"Yes baby, now you can see her."
I gave them a few minutes to reacquaint before the ringing of my cell phone broke the happy moment.
"Hello."
"Bella Oh thank god, you need to come back now. We have major problems." Irina wailed through the phone.
"Oh hell, what now?"
"Tanya and Kate are getting worse and the nomad vampires are starting to become a serious problem."
"Is that her? Is she on her way back? We need our sister." Cried two female voices in the background. I assume they must be Tanya and Kate.
"We're on our way. I'll call back in a bit to let you know where we are."
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you."
"Damn those are some needy women!" Garrett laughed.
"Yeah well there succubi that haven't gotten a chance to meet me yet but heard my call from Alaska. Major, what do you suggest we do?"
"Well I suggest we get Arianna to a clinic, it's faster than an emergency room especially if you're paying cash. Second, we charter a plane and we'll be back in Forks in a matter of hours."
"One problem Major." Peter spoke up.
"What's that Captain?"
"We would have a human in the presence of two newborns in a confined space."
"Bella would never harm Arianna."
"I know that I'm talking about Trevor's mate and the wee little one that has been hiding behind Christian the whole time."
"SHIT."
"Major if I may, this little one will be no problem. She is like a sister to me and I can maintain control over her. Also, Trevor's mate will do absolutely anything to keep him happy including being dismembered for the entire flight. But I don't think that will be necessary." He gestured to Trevor and the girl who seemed to be too busy assessing possible wounds on one another.
"Bella would you mind keeping a shield on Arianna just in case?" Jasper asked.
"Not a problem baby."
"Okay well then let's get this motley crew on the road then." I ordered.