A/N Okay guys here is the next chapter. I hope you guys like it and I'm sorry for taking so damn long!
Chapter 4- Day 1
After the little showdown that went on in the conference room, Carlisle instructed Rose and Alice, to take me to get an apartment in the city, and get me all caught up on how the system works. So off we went.
"Well it looks like we have two apartments open, near here. I think the closer you are to head quarters the better for your training." Alice said as she typed away at the computer in a large office.
"Ok so which one will I be staying in?" I asked as I looked over her shoulder.
"I think it's better that we ask Charlie and Carlisle on what they think." Rose suggested, although her tone was a little indicative. To what I had no idea.
"Yea I'll call them." She reached over to the phone on the desk and pressed a number, then put it on speaker phone.
"Swan." Answered the other end.
"Charlie, it's Alice, we found two apartments that are 3 blocks away from here, one is north of here and the other east."
"One's in the Voltaire and the other is in the Romani condos." Rose added in.
"Voltaire, you say." Carlisle asked from the phone.
"Yes." Alice answered hesitantly.
"Okay give her that one." He responded.
"But dad-" Alice started protesting.
"No, I think it's a good idea. Get her the apartment at the Voltaire, and then give Jasper the address. I've sent him to get her stuff from Forks." Charlie intercepted.
Alice sighed, "All right." and looked at Rose worried.
"What?" I asked when I saw there concerned faces. " What's wrong with that place?"
"Oh nothing, come on let's go." Rose said getting up from her chair and walking out of the door.
The office was on the last floor, the 10th, to be more exact. The whole 10th floor was divided into two sections. One for Edward's (ugh) division, and the other for Jacob's division. When I stepped out of the elevator we went right, through a door that required an I.D scan, and walked into an empty work place. There was a huge table in the middle, it was covered in blue prints, papers, files, everything. And all around there were desks with computers on them, a huge screen was on the wall at the end of the room, and it was displaying a photograph...of me.
"What-" I asked pointing at the screen.
"Oh, they must have been informed of the new addition, you, and must have been looking at your records. Which you have none, so they must have found the picture of you taken in the lobby's camera." Alice explained.
"Wow, how does a sixteen year old keep such a calm face with 10 guns pointed directly at her?" Rose asked inspecting the photograph.
"Honestly I was contemplating on playing possum or not." I said sheepishly. They both laughed and guided me into one of the offices in here.
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Now as I exited the office, the room was no longer empty, it was buzzing with people talking, key boards clicking as somebody typed on them, pens clicking, pencils scratching. The whole room was a set a certain rhythm that almost seemed musical. We all stepped out into clear view and the music stopped. Everybody turned to stare, I should start wearing a sign that says, "What?! It's not my fault!".
"Guys," Alice spoke in a clear loud voice, "This is Bella, she will soon be joining us, I'm sure you've all heard the stories, and there is no need for repetition." She laughed and everybody smiled or chuckled. "Bella," She turned to me, "I present to you division 1." She said sweeping her arm around the room.
"Ben, Eric, Jessica, Mike, where are you guys?" Alice called out. 4 people stood up from a long desk, all with the most impressive high tech electronics I've ever seen. I felt the nerdy little kid in me twitch to touch them and see what they can do. "Bella I present our tech team, anything with electronics, computer, hacking, etc,etc, is done by the pros. Rose is the leader of the group and Ben is her second in command."
"Guys, Bella may be joining our group soon." Rose added.
"Or maybe not." Alice said with a knowing smile.
"Okay, next we have our combat teams. They're the people who do the butt kicking and come in if reinforcements are needed. Jasper and Emmett are the captains of the crew. We have a personal combat team, as does every other division. They're small usually containing 6 or 7 people and for missions that is more than enough, especially cause they're so awesome at their job. Our team consists of the captains, then Austin, Zafrina, Garrett, and Benjamin." Emmett called my name from across the room and waved excitedly. I smiled and looked at the other 4 people who were waving at me. "Hi." I said blushing.
"You already met Angela," She waved at me from a chair at the huge table, "She's our personal medic and is in charge of any forensics needed. She's kind of like the mad scientist of the group." Rose introduced.
"Then there's me, the analyst. Planning out missions, finding quick escapes routes with the help of the tech team, giving instructions through the head set, and stuff like that." She stated proudly.
I smiled at her and everybody all seemed to accept quite easily, so why did I feel like somebody was holding a magnifying glass under the sun and burning me.
"You're forgetting one more person, Cuz, the field agent." Said an icy voice. Oh that's why, he's here.
"Bella, Edward is the head of this division, and our only field agent. A field agent-" Alice spoke quietly.
"A field agent," Edward cut in, "is the actual spy of the organization. They go in under cover and get information, take down secret organizations. They are the ultimate assassins, trained in every way of combat, trained to have critical thinking skills, and survival skills." He stepped forward until he was feet away from us, glaring at me the whole time. "And they make sure nobody ever harms their family." He shoved past me, again, and entered a different office, his own.
"What the hell is his problem?!" I finally asked.
"Edward...he's just cautious. That's all, he already lost his parent's and we're the only family he has left. He just wants to make sure we don't get hurt." Alice shrugged softly.
"But he's a Cullen-"
"Yeah, my dad and his were brothers. He took him in and raised him as his own." Alice sighed and walked over to the table.
"Does he have to be such a jerk?!" I asked frustrated.
"Try living with him 15 years! See if you can complain then." Emmett shouted from across the room.
"he's not that bad." Alice defended. I quirked an eyebrow and she smiled Sheepishly.
"okay he is, but just sometimes. When he's in a mood."
"Alice we better go, let's get the apartment." Rose said putting her hand on the edge of my shoulder.
"Yeah, okay. Ben please get the empty apartment at the Voltaire for our new member. You know what to do." Ben nodded and sat back down at his computer. "Jessica, please work on getting Bella her I.D. Let's go guys." Alice instructed and walked out to the elevators.
"Bye guys." I waved as I walked out.
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The apartment was incredible, the kitchen huge and roomy. The bedroom had an amazing view of the park across the street, the bathroom had the best tub I've ever seen. And Alice had everything preordered for when they needed the stuff, within a couple of hours it was fully stocked and decorated . After receiving my luggage from Jasper I took the chance to ask a question that has been wandering in my mind. "Jasper, my mother wasn't a traitor...was she?"
He sighed, "I don't think I'm the right person to ask, i don't think any of us are. If you want to know you're going to have to ask Charlie."
i nodded and bit my lip, fearing what I could discover.
I showered, changed and went to bed. Ready to wake up early tomorrow and ride to hell.
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I woke up the next morning and readied myself. I wore a dark blue spandex shirt, and spandex shorts, the easier it is to move the better for me. I had to be prepared for anything. I put on my running shoes and grabbed my sack, I put a water bottle, a small towel, and a spray deoderant in the sack and left the apartment.
Since it was still quiet out, I decided to walk to head quarters, and I didn't worry too much, I looked like an average college student going for a run. I arrived at the training room at 4:55, it was empty of life. I sat down on a mat, and started stretching my arms and legs. Just then the door swung open and Hades walked in, actually it was Edward but it's easy to be mistaken between the two.
"You're early." He greeted.
"Would you rather I be late?" I asked sarcastically.
"Yes, yes I would." He smirked.
"Don't bet your ass on it." I snapped.
"Alright up! We have a lot to get done. And the sooner you quit the better." He growled. I scowled at him and got up. Swinging my arms around to get them loose.
"Do you have any training in combat?" He asked as he stepped in front of me on the mat.
"You tell me." I glared at him.
"What-"
"You are a trained assassin, you must observe and study. Know everything about your enemy, I am willing to bet anything, you looked me up. All my records, achievements, grades, etc. I know that's what I did." I said placing my hands on my hips. "graduated at the top of your class, entered the field at age 15, has been leader of division 1 for 2 years, impossible to work with, the only agent in this organization without a partner. Expert in the martial arts and ultra secret weapons." I said arching an eyebrow.
He glared at me and stood as straight and as still as a statue, "3rd degree black belt huh? We'll see." Out of nowhere he threw a punch and had no time to deflect it, all I could do was dodge it.
He didn't stop however, he just kept coming at me. I had no choice but to go as defense, blocking and dodging all his attacks. I knew I couldn't hold it up for long, so as I blocked his leg from kicking my side, I grabbed on to it and karate chopped his side that was unprotected. He wasn't expecting that so I took his shock to my advantage and socked his face. I only managed to land two more blows before he punched me in the gut and knocked the air out of me. I staggered backwards and ducked and rolled out of the way when he tried a flying side-kick.
I stood up but before I could face him, he kicked my side and I fell back to the floor. I felt his elbow jabbed into my back and I fell, lying on my stomach. I was starting to feel the ache of his blows, and the pain was settling in. I quickly got up and faced him again. I dodged his fist, grabbed his shoulders and jammed my knee into his stomach. Finally it seemed that I managed to daze him a little. He pushed me back and charged at me. I charged at him and I side-stepped him and used his thigh to climb onto his shoulder and then using my weight I managed to get him on his back on the mat.
I tried to hold him in place but he managed to get free from my grasp. He was quickly back on his feet but so was I. After what seemed like hours, my foot slipped and he took me down and pinned me to the mat. I struggled under his weight but nothing, he had a tight hold on me.
"Not bad, but to be an agent you can't afford being beaten. It's their life or your's." He let go of me and got up. I slowly sat up and then got to my feet.
"I want you on weights, lets see if you can be strong under pressure." And the rest of the day went on like that. I was lifting 80 pounds on the weights while trying to block the things Edward was throwing at me with the bar. Then we went to a running mill, and he made me do 4 miles, while carrying a sack full of weights. After 3 I collasped and he just looked at me with a smile.
"Can't take it?"
My lungs burned, my eyes were watery, and my head was dizzy. I struggled to get back up, but I got up. "Do what you want, I'll take it." I ran the last mile and flopped on the ground, once I was done.
"You need to be able to run away, should it be necessary. If you're not fast enough you'll get caught." He growled down at me. I took off the backpack and got up.
"So whats...next." I breathed out.
"Disarming." He said and handed me a plastic gun.
I held it up for inspection, and without warning, he grabbed my arm and pinned it behind my back, in a very painful position. He squeezed my wrist and pushed it harder against my back. I bit down on my lip to keep from crying out.
"There are many ways to disarm an opponent." He grunted, kicking me in the knee and bringing me down.
And so the session went. We didn't stop until 10 p.m in the night, I didn't get a bathroom or lunch break. Not that I could have taken in anything, my stomach was aching too much to handle digesting. When we finally stopped for the day, I limped over to my bag, picked it up, and started leaving the building. "Still won't give up?" He asked walking beside me.
I could barely breathe, much less answer, so I merely shook my head no.
"After all that, and still no. Huh." He said. After minutes of silence he spoke again. "Why?" he questioned.
"I've dreamed of being with my parent's since I was young. Now I'm here, and the only thing standing in between him and me, is you. You and training, so I will do anything to get through this and finally be able to have a father." I said softly.
"You do realize you're not supposed to even be here. Your mother was supposed to die before you were born. She was supposed to pay for her crime. You aren't supposed to be here." He said, his tone hard.
I looked up at him and stopped walking, he did too and looked at me. When I spoke, I looked directly into his emerald stones.
"I won't let you correct the past by eliminating me. We're only at day 1." I said stepping into the elevator, he didn't move, he was still standing where I had stopped. Still like a statue. I pressed the down button and made my way home.
I took a deep breath and winced at the pressure it put on my lungs. At home I went directly to the bathroom and inspected myself. My hair clung to me, dripping with sweat, bruises were starting to form on my body. My lip was bleeding from all the times I bit down on it to keep from crying out.
"And this is just day 1." I sighed.
A/N there it is. Sorry, again, I've just been busy trying finish my homework that I had two months to do, in under one week. I'm actually supposed to be doing it right now, so if anybody asks i wasn't here. I finally got my classes for this year and it's awful. The first one is biology...i have to wake up to science! Just thinking about it hurts my brain. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter, why are rose and Alice worried about Bella's apartment? What truly happened sixteen years ago? See ya next time and find out.