Chapter Four
...2 Weeks Later
Max P.O.V
I began to warm up to Carlisle. He really cared about me. He made me feel safe. That statement coming from me means a lot. Two weeks had passed.. I could walk on my knee now though it still hurt a little bit. Carlisle said it may be like that on and off for a while. Right now I was sitting in the kitchen. Carlisle said he wanted to talk to me about something. He had to finish up some work first. He went back to his real job a couple of days ago. He usually arrived home around 7 o'clock. Right now it was about 4 pm. Honestly I was bored. Usually the flock and I were on the run. Now I just sat around all day.
I might as well go for a fly. I need to stretch my wings anyways. I walked out the back door onto the deck, took a running start and was in the air in no time. The air was cold, but it felt good. Carlisle had gotten me some winter clothes that actually fit me. Right now I had a grey windbreaker on. He let me cut holes in the back for my wings. I soared through the air for about an hour. It was beginning to get dark outside so I made my way back to Carlisle's house. I landed in his back yard. Tucking my wings back in taking in a big breath before walking inside. The air smelled like fresh pine trees. I walked back into the kitchen to fetch something to drink. I couldn't believe my eyes. Sitting on the counter was none the less, Ari.
I stopped in the doorway. "Hello Max. You miss me?" He taunted. "What? Just you this time? I'm ready to kick your ass." I snarled. "Pfft." He had a big grin on his face. He lunged at me knocking me to the floor. I got up swinging my fist into his face. He stumbled backwards. "Bitch!" He screamed. "I try." I said as I swung another fist into his stomach. He toppled over taking me with him. We were both on the kitchen floor. He then rolled on top of me swinging his hairy paw into my face. I head butted my head into his then kicked him off of me. I stood up and grabbed a steak knife. He backed away. I began to swing at him as hard as I could. He was fast at dodging my swings. I threw my knife as hard as I could. It landed in his arm. He cried out in pain. He grabbed the knife and pulled it out of his arm. I kicked the knife from his hand and smashed his face into the counter top. Finally he was unconscious.
After I caught my breath I took a look around. We had destroyed Carlisle's kitchen. I read the time it was now 6:30. Shit. I went over to Ari to feel his pulse. He was still breathing. I took the knife from the floor and held the point to his head. "I'm done with you Ari. I've won." I whispered to him before shoving it into his skull. I felt for his pulse again, it was no longer there. I leaned back against the wall panting. Ari is dead. He killed my family. I killed him. Was I supposed to feel better or relived? I still felt angry and hurt. I frowned. Carlisle will be home any minuet now. There was blood all over his kitchen along with some broken floor tiles and at least two holes in the wall, I think we even managed to crack one of the counter tops. I heard the front door open and close. I stood up. Carlisle ran straight to the kitchen. He could probably smell all the blood.
He stood before me in the kitchen door way. "Hi." I waved at him with my bloody hand. He came to me and put both his hands on my face. "Are you okay?" He was worried. "Yeah I'm fine. I promise I'll clean all of this up." I said to him. He then let go of my face and took a look around. Once he spotted Ari he had a more understanding look on his face. "You killed him all by yourself?" He questioned. "Yeah." I replied. "What happened?" He asked. "Well, I left to go for a fly and when I got back he was here and he attacked me." I stated slowly. He grabbed me into a hug. At least he wasn't mad. He loosened his grip and let go. "You go shower. I'll get rid of him and start cleaning this mess up." He said. "I'm really sorry." I said putting my hand behind my neck. "It's okay it wasn't your fault." He smiled the best he could at this moment.
I trotted upstairs into the shower. This was familiar. Me washing blood off of my body. Do you know how gross it feels getting blood out of your hair? Well it's disgusting. After my half hour long shower, I dried off and went back downstairs. The kitchen was still a mess but it wasn't as bad as it was. Ari's body was gone and so was his big blood puddle. "Can I help?" I asked. Carlisle tossed me a sponge. I began to wipe some blood off of the wall. "I'm really sorry." I apologized again. "Max don't be I'm just happy that you're alright. You look pretty bruised up. How do you feel?" His voice was nice and gentle. "I'm fine." I stated coldly. I just killed my brother. I don't know how I feel. He looked concerned. We continued to clean for about an hour. Finally there was no more blood, just some busted floor tiles and the big crack on the island counter top, plus the two holes in the wall. Carlisle picked up the broken tiles and threw them away, then swept up the rest with a broom.
"Well now that that's all cleaned up, are you hungry? If you are I think it's going to be an order pizza kind of night." He joked. I couldn't help but smirk. "I'm not hungry." I said. "I'm going to go change and shower myself." He started to walk upstairs. "Oh hey! What did you want to talk to me about?" I questioned. "That can wait until tomorrow." He said. Fair enough.. Today has been crazy anyways. I went to go sit on the couch. I can't believe Ari is really dead. My only biological sibling dead at my hands. I know I shouldn't feel bad after what he did but I can't help it. I sighed. Ari wouldn't have been like that if it wasn't for Jeb. I want to get rid of the school for good. Get rid of Jeb for good. I'm ready now.
Once Carlisle gets out of the shower, I think it's fair that I tell him everything. I don't usually tell anyone about my father. I wanted Carlisle's help though, he's earned my trust. I can't take down the school by myself. I'll have to swallow my pride and ask for help. Carlisle came down the stairs. I looked over at him. "Can I talk to you?" I asked unsure. I felt embarrassed. "Of course you can. What's on your mind?" He held out his hand. I took it. He led me to his office, where we both sat down.
I cleared my throat. "I want to get rid of the school, but I can't to it by myself. I wouldn't have had to kill my brother if it wasn't for the school and my father Jeb. It ends today." I was determined. "He was your brother?" He looked sad. I nodded and looked away. "Of course I'll help you, but for tonight why don't you get some rest okay?" He walked me to my room. I laid in bed and closed my eyes. I was suddenly exhausted.
Carlisle P.O.V
I had no idea that monster was her brother. I can't imagine what she must be feeling. I'll do what ever it takes to take this organization down.. Her father was responsible for this? Some family. I will be her family. I began to make some calls. I called Alice and Jasper along with the rest of my family, Bella, Edward, Emmit, and Rose. They were all on board. I was debating on weather or not to get the Volturi involved. The school may already know about us and if they expose us then the Volruri will take action. I'll have to run that idea by Max first before I make that call.
Max slept through the night. I always listened to her heart beat. It made me smile. I heard her get out of bed and open the door. I listened to her footsteps as she walked down the stairs. I was in the living room reading on my tablet. "Good morning beautiful." I blurted out as she reached the bottom of the stairs. She was taken off guard by that sentence. I think it was time to show her how I felt about her. Just a little bit anyways. "I made breakfast, it's in the kitchen." She moved to the kitchen wiping sleep from her eyes. I followed her. "I made some calls. My family is going to help us." I told her. "That's great. Are they all like you?" She replied. "Yes. So about that thing I wanted to talk to you about." I said. She quit eating and looked at me.
"There is a group of vampires who may get upset if we get exposed. They are basically the vampire government. They are older than me by far and are not very good. I can call them and ask for their help. I wanted to leave it up to you, because once you get involved with these vampires they tend to be heartless." I tried to explain it the best I could. "Well, I don't want you to get exposed. Why don't you call them. Ancient vampires don't scare me." She said and began eating again. I turned her chair to face me. "Max I just want to make sure you know what you're getting into here. I don't know how big the school is. If my family is the one who exposes vampires they will come after us." She blinked. "Alright, then let's call them and let them in the loop. That way they know everything that's going on." She made her decision..
I wouldn't let the Volturi hurt Max. Though I wasn't a fan of this whole idea. I went to my office to make the call. After an hour of talking to Aro, he had come the the conclusion that he wanted to meet Max. I knew this was going to happen eventually. I didn't think it would be because of me or so soon. I hung up the phone and went back to Max who was now watching tv. Once she saw me she turned it off. "So?" She questioned. I sighed. "So, they want to meet you face to face. There is no going back now that they know about you." I said. "Okay, where do we meet?" She didn't seem scared at all. "Italy." I said. "Italy! You know how long that's going to take just to get there and back. Please tell me you're joking." She now looked stressed. "On the bright side, Italy is beautiful. Start packing we leave in an hour." That was that. Here we go.
Carlisle and I had been on the road for almost 18 hours now. He had just got off the phone with Alice. "Alice and the rest of my family will be at home waiting for us when we get back." He said. "Okay, how much longer until we get there?" I didn't want to sound like a child but this trip was taking forever.