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AUTHOR'S NOTES: My muse informed me this series is not "complete."
Fighting for Love
Chloe watched Jesse's confusion play out on his face and in his body language. He silently searched her face for answers, but never uttered a word. Several minutes later, after Jesse's face and body language settled on resignation, Chloe felt he would be okay by himself and left to find Beca. Before she headed out the door, she quickly asked her father to keep an eye on Jesse. As she ran out the front door, she nearly tripped over Beca, sitting on the porch.
"BECA!" Chloe exclaimed as she did her best to avoid crashing into Beca.
"Chlo…," Beca called out, "eeee," before she caught Chloe by the hand.
Beca pulled Chloe up. The redhead sat down next to her brooding best friend.
"Can you believe him?" Beca growled.
"Beca, he's rightfully upset. How would you feel if the situation was reversed?" Chloe softly asked.
"But Chlo, he's not even trying to understand!" Beca indignantly exclaimed.
"Becs, he is," Chloe placed a reassuring hand on her best friend's shoulder, "You should've seen him in there."
The best friends were so engrossed in their conversation; they did not see the tall blonde approaching them.
"Have you two received your medical clearances yet?" Aubrey asked.
"What for?" Beca growled.
Aubrey raised a questioning eyebrow and pointed to Beca's thigh. Beca immediately dropped her surly attitude and shook her head.
"I suspected as much," Aubrey sighed and motioned to someone in the shadows to approach.
"Both of you, to the clinic NOW!" Dr. Banks ordered.
Beca and Chloe begrudgingly complied.
As Beca passed Aubrey, she glared and growled, "Thanks a lot, Posen."
Aubrey sweetly smiled and cheerfully replied, "You're welcome…Mitchell."
As Dr. Banks prepared for the girls' post-mission examinations, Chloe and Beca slipped on the paper gowns.
Without turning around, Dr. Banks said, "Both of you remove your underwear for this exam."
"Why do we have to be naked?" Beca asked.
Dr. Banks turned around with a speculum in her hands, silently answering Beca's question. Both girls loudly groaned.
"Dr. Banks, neither Beca nor I fought any male enemies during our missions," Chloe stated.
"That may be true, but you both had some sort of sexual relations with the enemy during your missions this time around," Dr. Banks answered.
Beca and Chloe's dual shocked expressions confirmed Dr. Banks' suspicions.
"How?' both girls asked in unison.
"Those," Dr. Banks pointed to the distinctive marks on both their thighs.
"How?" both girls asked in unison again.
Dr. Banks lifted her skirt and showed them the distinctive mark on her thigh.
"Who?" Beca asked.
Dr. Banks ignored Beca's question, "Okay, who's first?"
Beca stopped Chloe from approaching the examination table and defiantly crossed her arms, "First answer my question."
Dr. Banks sighed, put down the speculum, and sat down on her examination stool. She sat and contemplated whether to answer or not.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity to the girls, Dr. Banks sighed and began her story…
It happened when I was a bit younger than you two. I was alone on patrol at dusk. Back then, we patrolled alone most of the time. The sky was unusually beautiful. I heard a whimpering cry coming from some bushes, so I pushed through the dense greenery. When I reached the middle, I found a young blonde girl, around my age, lying on the ground with her foot caught in an animal trap. I knelt down to help and when I looked in her bright blue eyes, I knew what she was. Of course, I immediately drew my dagger and held it to her throat. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes and begged me to help her. I knew better, but something inside drove me to help her, so I opened the trap and released her foot. The trap had broken her ankle, so I took out my medical kit and set about treating her. While I treated her, I inquired how she got herself in this predicament. She told me she was trying to get at the trapped animal, so she could feed on it. I must have looked like a fish out of water, because she started laughing at me. Once I regained my composure, I asked her about the attacks on the town. She told me the vampires were attacking the townsfolk, not the pure bloods, which she was one.
Chloe interrupted Dr. Banks and related what Kommissar told her about pure bloods and vampires. Beca stared at Chloe in shock.
"So, Kommissar is a pure blood? Beca asked.
"Yes, she is the daughter of the queen," Chloe elaborated.
"So the princess fed on both of you?" Dr. Banks asked.
Beca and Chloe blushed and nodded.
Dr. Banks knowingly smiled, put the speculum back in the cabinet, and continued her story…
With the materials I had, I made a crude splint and set her broken ankle. I told her it was not a permanent fix, but it should get her back to her kind. She thanked me and limped away. As I watched her limp away, I wondered if I did the right thing.
Several days later, while on patrol in the same area, my radio came alive with urgent calls for help nearby, so I ran to help and found my best friend fending off a large male enemy by herself. When she saw me, she cried out for help. Without thinking, I charged the large male and managed to knock him to the ground. Unfortunately, I ended up landing on him. I yelled to my best friend to run and get help. She hesitated for a brief moment and then took off like the wind. To my advantage, the enemy underneath me was large and heavy, so he did not move very well on his back. I drew my wooden stake and prepared to drive it home, but he grabbed my wrist. We struggled and he managed to pin me underneath him. I thought my life was over and looked up at the sky, praying for a quick death. Suddenly, out of nowhere, something hit him hard, and sent him flying off me. When I looked up, I saw the young blonde female standing over the large male. He was instantly cowed and on one knee. She ordered him back to the compound. He bowed, called her his princess, and quickly left. She helped me to my feet and asked if I was okay. I told her I was fine, thanked her, and asked if he was one of those vampires. She sadly nodded.
"OH MY GOD!" Chloe exclaimed.
Dr. Banks chuckled and said, "Chloe, you always were a smart one."
Chloe blushed.
"So the princess saved you for herself and fed on you?" Beca snarked.
"No Beca, it wasn't like that," Dr. Banks sighed.
After Astrid saved me from the large male, we became friends. We would meet in the high school science lab on the nights I did not have patrol. She liked watching me do my lab homework. She was so sweet and misunderstood by the town, but she was a realist and knew as long as vampires existed, there would never be peace between humans and pure bloods. I decided to become a doctor, so I could help her find a way to eradicate vampirism from her kind. The day before my sixteenth birthday, we made plans to celebrate together. She flew us…
"They can fly?" Beca exclaimed.
"Yes Beca, pure bloods can fly, now be quiet, and let me finish," Dr. Banks reprimanded.
She flew us up to the top of Mount Bella and we celebrated my sixteenth birthday with a picnic dinner and watched the sunset. As I watched Astrid in the setting sunlight, I realized my feelings for her were stronger than just friendship. I gathered up my courage and kissed her on the cheek.
"Lame," Beca rolled her eyes.
"What did I say about being quiet?" Dr. Banks sternly reminded Beca.
"Beca, let Dr. Banks finish," Chloe whined.
"Thank you Chloe," Dr. Banks smiled.
Astrid stared at me with those bright blue eyes and gave me an effulgent smile that lit up the darkening sky. She told me she loved me from the day I saved her, but knew we could never be together.
"Why did you two continue, if you knew nothing could come from it?" Beca asked, interrupting Dr. Banks yet again.
"Beca? Have you ever been in love?" Dr. Banks inquired.
Beca racked her brain and came up empty, "No."
Dr. Banks did not miss the fleeting look of sadness Chloe gave Beca.
"You'll get the answer to your question after you fall in love," Dr. Banks smiled.
"Now you're getting sappy," Beca said.
"What happened next?" Chloe asked.
"Duh," Beca pointed to Dr. Banks' leg.
Once again, Dr. Banks ignored Beca and continued with her story.
We were happy for the next two years, seeing as much of each other as possible. Of course, we never pushed the envelope too far. My parents, while progressive for the time, were staunchly against "fraternizing with the enemy." Her parents, the king and queen, hated humans. Astrid had no such hatred for humans.
"Wait!" Chloe exclaimed, "The queen hates Beca's family and wants to kill her."
"Patience…I'm getting to that," Dr. Banks said.
"WAIT…WHAT?" Beca exclaimed and shot up from her chair.
"If you let me finish, I will get to that," Dr. Banks explained.
Beca reluctantly sat back down in her chair.
The day of my eighteenth birthday changed everything for both of us. My parents threw a huge gala and invited the entire town. I thought it was just to celebrate my birthday, but I was wrong. At the party, they announced my engagement to the mayor's son. I could not believe they went behind my back and handed me to this man, as if I were nothing but their property. I stormed out of the party and headed towards Mount Bella. On the way, I called Astrid. She met me at the base of the mountain. I told her everything that happened at the party. She desperately tried to calm me down, but all I wanted was to go to the top of Mount Bella in her arms. As we were talking, the mayor's son found us. He hurled hurtful insults at us. When he grabbed my arm to take me back to town, Astrid stopped him, which enraged him and he became violent. Everything happened so fast, it was a blur. In the end, the mayor's son lay dead at the foot of Mount Bella with a broken neck. I told Astrid to leave and assured her I would take care of the mess. I called my parents and told them where I was. When they arrived, they found me crying and cradling the mayor's son's head in my lap. I told them he fell while trying to pick me a rare flower wedged in the rocks above. I thought everyone believed the story, so I dropped my guard. Little did I know, Steven Mitchell, the mayor's late son's best friend, did not believe me for a second.
"Shit! He's my late great uncle!" Beca exclaimed.
"He's the reason Astrid wants to kill you and your entire family," Dr. Banks solemnly stated.
"My dad told me he was a hero in Bella," Beca stated.
"Yes, the town celebrates him as a hero for single-handedly killing Astrid's father, but the town doesn't know the truth…and that's a shame I have been living with," tears began rolling down Dr. Banks' cheeks.
Chloe walked over and hugged Dr. Banks, "I'm sure it wasn't…"
Dr. Banks cut Chloe off and sobbed, "IT WAS!"
Chloe held Dr. Banks until the doctor stopped shaking.
The compassionate redhead asked, "Are you okay to continue?"
Dr. Banks nodded and continued.
Unbeknownst to me, Steven began stalking me, so he knew I was meeting Astrid. Rather than be a man and confront me directly, he went behind my back to the mayor and publically accused me of being a traitor. The mayor, still grieving for his son, called a town meeting and demanded I explain myself. I stood in front of the entire town, frozen with fear, torn between my love for Astrid and the safety of my family. Through my silence, the mayor angrily demanded I explain myself. When I finally opened my mouth to speak, a gust of wind blew in and stopped me. Astrid smiled at me and whisked me out of the town meeting. She flew us to safety on top of Mount Bella. We looked down and saw the burning glow of the torches heading towards us. Astrid knew we could not defend ourselves from the angry townsfolk without help. She decided to ask her kind for their help.
"WHAT?" Beca exclaimed.
"Yes, we went to the king and queen for help," Dr. Banks answered.
"Apparently, something went terribly wrong," Chloe deduced.
Dr. Banks sadly nodded and continued her story.
The king and queen were shocked to find out their daughter was in love with a human, but they could see how deeply we loved each other and agreed to help. They gave us shelter and protection. I knew the townsfolk would never start a war with an enemy as powerful as Astrid's kind. From the day the humans founded the town of Bella, the townsfolk and Astrid's kind tolerated each other's existence, only retaliating whenever necessary. The townsfolk knew exactly how powerful Astrid's kind was and Astrid's kind knew they needed them for food. I grossly underestimated Steven's ability to incite the mayor in to declaring war on Astrid's kind. He played on the mayor's grief and two days after I fled the town with Astrid, the townsfolk stormed the open compound.
"Is that why the compound is so fortified now?" Chloe asked.
"Yes, before the devastating bloody war, there was never a need for such strong security," Dr. Banks answered.
While the war was being fought outside, Steven managed to slip into the royal chambers, where Astrid, her parents, and I were staying. Astrid was begging her father to let her go outside and fight alongside her kind, but the king adamantly refused. The queen and I were trying to stop their argument when Steven surprised us. The coward grabbed the queen and held a dagger to her throat, threatening to kill her, unless I returned with him. I approached Steven and told him I would return with him, but he had to release the queen first. When I got close to him, he grabbed me, released the queen, and stabbed me in the chest. Astrid swiftly overpowered him and broke his neck. She knelt beside me and without considering the consequences; Astrid did the one thing she agreed she would never do, in order to save my life.
Chloe sobbed, gaining Dr. Banks' attention.
"Chloe, it's alright. I knew in my heart Astrid was not just feeding on me. She was saving my life, because when a pure blood feeds on a human, it regenerates human tissue," Dr. Banks smiled.
"She loved you so much," Chloe sobbed.
"What the hell?" Beca exclaimed, "That wasn't love! She fed on the doc…period."
"BECA! Don't you see? Astrid refused to feed on Dr. Banks the entire time they were seeing each other, because she didn't want Dr. Banks to feel like nothing more than food," Chloe firmly stated.
Beca crossed her arms and shook her head.
Chloe has always been slow to anger, but when she was truly angry, there was no room for doubt, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE!"
The room grew deathly silent. Beca incredulously stared at Chloe, now bent over with her face in her hands. The stunned brunette honestly did not know what to do next.
"Comfort her," Dr. Banks softly whispered to Beca.
Beca gave Dr. Banks a look of complete discomfort.
"Since great uncle Steven did not kill the king, why does your former lover want me and my family dead?" Beca asked, completely ignoring Dr. Banks.
Dr. Banks shook her head in dismay, "Because his actions incited an unnecessary war and tore Astrid and me apart forever. In order to stop the bloodshed he incited, I returned to the town with his body and told the mayor a tall tale. It was because of my necessary lie; the town of Bella considers that coward a hero and Astrid has a vendetta against you and your family."
"So how can I stop the queen from following through with her vendetta?" Beca asked.
"You don't have to worry, Kommissar assured me she is going to take care of it," Chloe softly answered.
"What?" Beca exclaimed, "When?"
Chloe defiantly looked at Beca, "After she and I made love!"
Beca and Dr. Banks silently watched Chloe grab her coat and storm out of the clinic.