Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Atonement

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 14:

Garrett POV

“This some bullshit.” Ty said for the 8th time.

“You have a better idea?” I asked.

“The AC vents are too small. I’m 6’5 man. 6’5″ men are not meant to be crawling into small spaces like this, sneakin into places. We are meant to kick the fucking door down and announce our presence with authority.”

“Well we aren’t sneaking anywhere with the noise you are making.” We were in the New York office of Stone Industries. I didn’t want to be seen crawling up the building by security guards outside so we parachuted to the roof. The blue prints showed large ventilation shafts that ran through the building. Should be easy enough to get in and out undetected.

If Ty would shut the hell up.

“Why didn’t you just drive here and wait in the car?”

“I ain’t no bitch. Waitin in the car. What the fuck?”

“If you ain’t a bitch how about you stop bitching?” I asked.

“Touché G Man. I figured you would be in a relaxed mood now that you got to pound Shortie for 48 hours while Ty does all the damn recon work.”

“If you had a girlfriend I would have done the work while you pounded her. Okay? You don’t, I do. Get over it.”

“Wow. Touchy ain’t ya? She ain’t been gone a day yet.”

I missed her. I missed her badly. In the short time I have known her she has completely turned my life upside down. I didn’t feel complete when she wasn’t near. And right now she was far, far away. She also hadn’t texted me in a couple hours. They had landed safely. Dani had not snuck out of the plane. Bella mentioned she had tried to sneak out of the bathroom at the airport since the bathroom had doors on both sides. I asked her how she caught her. Bella just laughed and said she was waiting for her on the other side.

“Hey, up ahead about thirty feet is a vent outside Stone’s office. The ones inside are too small to drop through but the one in the hallway is good.” Ty informed me.

I gently tore the vent from its frame and jumped down. Ty tried and got stuck.

“I can’t get out.” Ty whispered.

“Make yourself smaller.” I suggested. I checked the hall and saw the video feed did indeed only cover the end in the hallway. We were in a blind spot.

“How the fuck am I supposed to make myself smaller?”

“Move your arms above your head.” I suggested.

Ty slid down a bit.

“Pull me down!” he whispered sharply.

“I could just hit you in the nuts and leave you hanging.” I pondered.

“Bitch you better get me down.”

I grabbed his feet and pulled. Some ceiling tile came down with him. So perhaps we wouldn’t be undetected. Still though, I just needed the security guards to not be alerted to our presence at the moment.

A ceiling tile fell on Ty’s head. He didn’t seem to find it humorous.

“Where is your bag?”

“In the vent.” He answered.

“Get it.”

“You get it.”

I took a deep breath and jumped up into the vent grabbing his laptop bag. Stone’s main computer must be in that office. It would be easier to hack into from there than an outside source. Plus I wanted to see if I could pick up any strange scents. Stone was in London. Amun was still in Egypt. That left New York mostly unguarded.

We moved to the door and Ty stopped abruptly.

“What?”

“Don’t come closer. I can’t move.”

Shit. A spider web enchantment.

Not only vampires apparently. Stone also has a witch on the payroll.

“Fucker got a witch working for him. I thought they stick to their own. We got a regular brotherhood of evil motherfuckers goin on here.” Ty commented.

“The witch will know we are here now. No time to be gentle or slow.”

I took the cross Francis had given me earlier today and the bottle of holy water out of my jeans pocket and struck the field that had Ty held immobile.

The field became visible. A darkness that was quivering. Ty began to shake. I held the cross firmly.

“Ain’t you supposed to say some exorcism shit or something?”

I ignored him and continued to hold the cross against the field. Did Francis bless this incorrectly?

Finally the field broke and the darkness was gone. Ty was free.

“Damn. Glad you had that.” Ty whispered.

“Yes. I was afraid we may run into a witch so I asked him to prepare the items for me.”

“How did he know it would work?” Ty asked.

“He didn’t. That’s why he told me to make sure you walk in front of me.” I said. That shut him up. For a second.

“That’s fucked up man.”

I laughed and opened the door handle. It gave easily enough. That wasn’t a good sign. If anything important was in there it would be much more heavily guarded. We walked in and saw a normal office. Nice. Not oversized. No reception area in the front. He preferred his privacy I suppose. This was wrong.

“This isn’t his office.” I murmured.

“According to the blueprints it is.”

“Do you smell demon? He has been in London for a week but still… this place should be reeking in brimstone.”

“So you want me to hack this fucker’s shit or not?”

I made a quick decision. Something was telling me we didn’t have a lot of time.

“No. It’s probably a trap. We need to find his real office.”

“This is a twenty story building Garrett. That’s a lot of fucking offices.”

True. But he would not be in a regular office. Where would a demon hang out? Feel comfortable?

Of course.

“The basement.”

“That’s a big damn basement.” Ty noted.

“Yes. So we better get started searching.”

We walked out and the smell hit us immediately.

“You gotta be kidding.” Ty whispered. I agreed. It was strange enough to see one supernatural work with a different species of supernatural. Three?

The two wolves came around the corner, snarling.

“Damn werewolves. Think they work for Stone or are just pissed we slaughtered their cousins? What you wanna do Garrett?”

“It’s time we announce our presence with authority Ty.” I whispered.

Ty prepared to fight but I had a better idea. I pulled the nine millimeter from the shoulder holster under my jacket and fired twice. Head shots, plus silver bullets equal dead werewolves.

“Really?” Ty asked annoyed.

“What?”

“We are vampires man. We should have tore them to pieces.”

“Dead id dead.” I told him shrugging my shoulders.

The alarm sounded.

“You done it now.” Ty laughed.

“I suppose we should take the elevator down.” I sighed.

We ran to the elevator. I jumped through the roof and Ty followed me up. Using my teeth to cut the cables, the elevator fell.

Twenty stories down. Nope, twenty one. The basement. The crash of the elevator sounded like a damn bomb going off. The roof collapsed and we tumbled out of the blown out elevator doors.

“Ty block the door. It’s the only entrance for the guards to get in. I would prefer not to kill any humans unless absolutely necessary.

Ty threw a boiler in front of the door.

“Really?” I asked.

“What?”

“A bit of overkill don’t you think?”

“You wanted the door blocked, the fucking door is blocked. I’ll be glad when Bella is back so she can fuck you happy again.”

I ignored that crude comment and began sniffing. It wasn’t hard to find, as I suspected. I followed the scent to the far wall. It was blank. The seams of the door would be impossible for a human or even a werewolf to see. Fortunately I was neither.

I punched through the door into more steel. This door was at least four foot thick. I kicked the door at the same time Ty did and it flew in. Stealth went out the window when we dropped the elevator twenty one stories I suppose.

“Oh fuck.” Ty whispered. I walked in and had to agree with his assessment. In the far corner was an altar with a pentagram over it. There was blood on the altar. Human blood. Across the large office was a simple desk with a computer on it. Ty hooked up his laptop.

I heard guards outside. They were debating calling the fire department. I began rifling through the desk. There were various scraps of paper written in a language I didn’t know. I had a feeling it wasn’t one used on Earth. Francis swore these creatures came from hell and I was inclined to agree the more I learned about them.

“You in yet?”

“Nope. Fuckers got a crazy ass strong system. Give me a few seconds.”

“Can you break it?”

“Give me a few seconds brother.” Ty said annoyed, his fingers tapping at incredible speeds. I doubt the computer could keep up.

In the bottom drawer I found a calendar. It was open to this month. Tomorrows date was highlighted.

“Ty?” I showed him the calendar.

“So?”

“Why would he highlight a date?”

“To give you a heads up. I wanted you to watch the news. I figured you would be stopping by and find my office Garrett.”

Bernard Stone’s voice.

I looked around and saw nothing. Smelt nothing.

“Computer Garrett.” Ty whispered. I looked at the screen and saw Stone.

“How are you doing Garrett? You must be Ty. Honestly I thought you two would have been by to see me sooner. I’m glad you weren’t. You would have missed the fun.”

Stone was a good looking guy. At least his human form was. Dashing even. Dark styled hair. Sharp blue eyes. Well built. Shiny white teeth. Great smile. Everything designed to make people like him. Trust him.

“I am here now Stone. What have you been up to?”

“I am glad you asked Garrett. As I’m sure you have figured out by now I have made many new friends. Friends that believe I have the same aim as they do. My aim is simple. Complete anarchy. Others have their own reasons. Revenge, religion, political ideals. I just want complete anarchy. And I will have it. It starts today. Well I suppose it is tonight where you are. The news should be reporting the first step in a few minutes. I will let your black friend have access to the information on the first step towards anarchy. Enjoy.”

“Why you gotta bring race into this bitch?” Ty asked.

Stone’s face disappeared from the screen. Displayed now were pictures.

The first was Jeanette Depardeaux.

“Who is she?” Ty asked.

“Daughter of the President of France. 33 years old. Head mistress at a prestigious school in Nice.”

Another picture popped up. I answered before Ty could ask.

“Nigel Bentley. 18 years old. Son of the British Prime Minister.” A very cold chill was running down my spine.

“What is this man?”

“Target’s Ty.”

More pictures. The children of the leaders of India, Israel, Japan, Russia.

The last picture. The one I knew the bastard was saving for last.

Dani.

Stone’s voice came back as the pictures switched to a news report.

“As a demon I am sure you understand that I am somewhat of a professional trouble maker. Let’s see what trouble we can cook up. Hope the security teams of the world are on top of their games. Trouble is starting. Before you leave try not to kill all the guards outside the door. I made sure they all have families. A few of them are single dads. Enjoy guys.”

The news report was from CNN. Breaking news. News anchors seemed panicked. I listened. Despite what I had seen in my existence I could not believe what I was hearing.

“Coordinated attacks across Europe and Asia by teams of terrorists have been conducted against the children of the major heads of state. We are trying to disseminate the information but at the time it appears the children of the heads of Israel, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Japan have been attacked and killed. Suicide bombings, gunfire…

We have learned from a White House press secretary that the President’s daughter is on a field trip in Italy with her school. Secret Reports indicate explosions have occurred near Volterra Italy. Her safety has not been determined. Secret Service is of course with her… reports of suicide bombings… the White House has no comment at the time… We will continue to update as more information comes in.”

The screen went blank. Stone was back.

“You think this was bad? Garrett you haven’t seen anything yet. Say hi to President Dave and give him my condolences.”

The screen went blank.

“Ty.”

“On it…” Ty dialed. I had a feeling she wouldn’t answer.

“She ain’t answering. Says her phone is out of service.”

I nodded. Remain calm. I trusted her. She would be okay. She wouldn’t let Dani be hurt. Suicide bombings? Damn it. Bella. She would never be able to live with herself if she let something happen to that girl.

“We can scale the elevator back up and avoid the guards. Make anyone we see very sick. We walk out the front door, human speed. Then we haul ass to Italy. Get Connolly on the phone. Tell him to have his team ready with transportation.”

Please Bella, keep her safe.

BPOV

This little bitch is driving me crazy. She ran around a bookshelf in this very large library we had blocked off, with two of her friends. I could smell it. Everyone could smell it. The Secret Service did not seem inclined to do anything about it. The head guy was glaring at me. He was pissed that I was here. I get it. They have their protocols. But my job didn’t interfere with his. My job was to stay with her at all times. He didn’t seem to understand this.

By their inaction I am guessing this isn’t the first time this has happened. I walked towards the aisle.

Agent asshole tried to stop me.

“You don’t need to get involved. We protect. That is it.” He grabbed my arm.

“You want to keep that arm, agent?” I asked him seriously.

He let go of my arm. I may have had brown contacts in but I still had a vampire’s glare.

I continued walking towards the smell. There she is. In one of the oldest Libraries in Italy smoking a damn joint with two of her giggling friends.

I walked up and grabbed it, tossing it on the floor and stepping on it.

“What the fuck you bitch? Secret Service is not supposed to interfere with me!”

“Damn good thing I’m not Secret Service.” I told her.

Her two friends walked away quickly.

“We need to set some ground rules.” Dani told me.

“Yes we do. You try to sneak away from me again or use drugs and you will be spending the rest of this trip sightseeing, handcuffed to me.”

“I’ll tell my dad…”

“What? That I wouldn’t let you smoke pot? Good luck with that. I’ll probably get a raise.”

She was angry. I could understand the feeling.

“Just leave me alone.” She stomped off. I stomped off behind her.

We walked out and saw the rest of her class had been herded out to the tour bus. The Secret Service remained. There were other patrons in the library but they kept their distance from the men and women in black suits. Italian police were also nearby. We were near Volterra. I was already on alert because of the damn Volturi. That was trouble I didn’t need. We really didn’t need them seeing a vampire working with Secret Service.

On top of that stress I really, really missed Garrett. We had spent the last two days, literally, making love. That’s what it was. I felt for the first time in my life, loved. Cherished. He was so wonderful. After the initial frenzy we slowed down. Took out time. Explored every inch of each other’s bodies. My time with Jake had been brief. We were both virgins and the nervousness and newness was in the front of our minds. Plus the pain when he entered me.

But Garrett. Oh my God the things I tasted on him. The feel of him inside me. In my mouth. Kissing him. His hands running over my skin. His tongue running up the back of my legs, up my ass over my spine and to the nape of my neck.

Then I had to leave. To babysit this brat.

I felt bad for her. Losing her mother. Having her life turned upside down. I really felt bad for her. Right up to the moment she asked me who I had to fuck to get on a presidential detail at my age.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by something. I wasn’t sure what. It was quiet. I looked around and everything seemed normal. The Secret Service was checking the street. Two agents were inside next to Dani. Her class had already gone outside.

Still I had a bad feeling. I began looking at the upper levels for vampires. Seeing nothing I turned my gaze towards Dani. Before I got there I noticed the librarian behind the desk. A dark haired woman around 40. Her face was thin. Her body though… her shirt was not tucked in as closely as her figure would… she was moving away from the desk towards Dani. Dani had two agents next to her. Something was wrong with that woman. The look on her face. It reminded me of the look on Victoria’s face before she bit me.

Hatred.

I ran as fast as I could manage as a human towards Dani. I noticed the woman had something in her hand. Oh shit. That looked like… it had a button on top… her thumb was about to press the button. She screamed and began shouting in a language I didn’t understand.

I gave up pretenses. Moving as fast as I could I grabbed Dani and ran with her in my arms towards the beautiful stain glass window and kicked it, shattering it. I felt the heat before I heard the explosion and jumped out the window, fire following me outside. Dani was screaming. I felt the shockwave of the explosion hit me But I had Dani gathered in my arms and curled her closer.

I hit the ground and kept running. Four blocks away I stopped and set Dani against a wall, standing in front of her. She screamed.

“What?”

“You’re on fire!”

I ripped off my jacket and threw it on the ground.

“Are you okay?” I asked her.

“N… n… no!”

“Where are you hurt?” Shit. I didn’t smell blood. She didn’t appear burned.

“How the hell did you do that?”

“Do what?” damn it.

“You moved so fast. Oh my God! Look at the building!

I turned and saw the library had pretty much been blown to rubble. What was standing was on fire. The bus with Dani’s class had pulled away.

Black vans pulled up. Must be the reinforcements.

Men in black jumped out of the vans and began firing on the Secret Service agents who were still standing.

I wanted to help but it was too late. They were being mowed down by gunfire and I couldn’t leave Dani.

“Oh shit.” Dani whispered. I looked where she was looking. Another black van. Guys in masks. Right next to us. The guy in the passenger seat was looking at us. He pulled a rifle from his lap.

I grabbed Dani and covered her body against the wall. I felt the bullets striking my back. Dani was screaming again. He stopped firing. I turned and grabbed the van underneath and flipped it in the air. It landed with a crash that caught the attention of the other black clad guys in front of the library remains. I didn’t see any agents standing. This was bad.

Calm down Bella. Get Dani to safety.

“You just got shot.” She mumbled.

“I’m fine. I’ve got a vest on.”

“There are holes in your shirt. I see your skin.”

Damn it.

“Can we focus on the men who are trying to kill you?” I asked.

“You just tossed that van in the air.”

Nothing gets past her. We must be related. Being observant worked out so well for me.

Shit. More of the men in black were coming. I pulled Dani by her hand into the building we were next to. Running in I saw it was a museum. Great. Probably priceless art. I had a feeling it would be trash soon. I ran towards the back, listening to vans pulling up. I saw a door and kicked it in, pulling Dani in front of me.

“Down the stairs. Now!”

Dani ran downstairs and I followed. I knew what I had to do and I didn’t want others to see. Dani already saw too much. I couldn’t risk others seeing. I also realized the vampires in the nearby castle would be investigating the noise. The room was a storage basement.

“Come with me.” I pulled her hand and she followed. I almost wish I would have let her smoke the joint now.

“Stay behind this crate.” She scrambled behind the crate and ducked. I checked the room. Only one entrance and exit.

I mentally prepared myself to do something I swore I would never do again. Kill humans. Of course considering what these men had just done I doubt my conscience would bother me.

Two walked down. I pulled my firearm and fired.

They dropped dead on the stairs and fell to the bottom with half their heads missing. Oh damn that smelt good. Focus!

I expected more to come. I kept my gun trained at the door at the top of the stairs. Instead I heard a clink. I watched it fall and my mind took into account the enclosed space, the shrapnel that would be ejected and Dani in the back.

Fuck it. My shirt was already ruined.

I landed on the grenade and pressed my stomach into it. The blast only felt like a puff of hot air but the noise was deafening. I looked around and saw no shrapnel had escaped. Instead it had all shredded my shirt. I ripped it off. At least it looked like my bra survived. I pulled a black jacket off one of the dead guys and threw it on.

Here they come. Over confident that their little toy killed us. They had no idea what they were dealing with.

Six came down. I had no time to play around. I waited until they all reached the bottom and surrounded me with shocked faces, pointing their rifles. I couldn’t risk a stray shot hitting Dani.

In less than a second six bodies lay on the floor with broken necks.

“Dani?” I whispered.

“Y..y..yeah?”

“Get over here!”

She ran behind me and I grabbed her hand.

“Hold on to my hand and stay behind me. We are going up.”

“Are those guys dead?” she whimpered.

“Yep.” I pulled her up the stairs and looked around. Two vans outside with teams of four each standing around. I could kill them all easily but the chances of a stray shot…

“You have a phone?” I asked her.

“No. It was in my hand when you… took me.”

I patted my back pocket. It had been hit by a bullet.

Think. Safest way out of here for her…

“Jump on my front and wrap your legs around my waist.”

“What?”

I didn’t have time for discussions. I grabbed her and she was holding on. I jumped to the second story of the museum and then the third. Running to the back I kicked a window out and jumped to the next roof. Dani was screaming. I hit the roof and continued running. Ten blocks away I stopped on the roof of an apartment building. I could steal a phone here.

“What are you?’ Dani whispered. I didn’t answer. I had caught a scent though. This was not good.

“The question I would like answered is who you are and why you are with a human you aren’t feeding from?”

I turned and saw her. The 15 year old sadist. Jane. I read her file. I knew what she could do. She didn’t know what I could do though.

“Leave us alone. We will be on our way.” I told her.

“Actually I was sent here to find out what the commotion was. Then I see you gliding over rooftops. With a human no less. I believe Master Aro would be most interested to meet you and your human.”

“He’s going to have to get used to disappointment. We have places to be.”

If we went to the castle we would be outnumbered. Dani and I would most likely both be dead.

Jane stared at me. She was trying to use her power. I could tell by the disappointed look in her face. She looked at Dani. I knew my range. Dani was well in it.

“Like I said. We aren’t going anywhere.”

“Yes, you are. Master Aro would be very interested in meeting you. I would hate to disappoint him.”

I knew what I had to do. There was only one way out of this. I had to make it fast before her coven decided to come look for themselves.

I had to kill this bitch.

“Dani go to the end of the roof and lay down on the ground.” Dani to her credit ran without question.

“What are you doing?” Jane asked.

“I told you. I’m not going. You aren’t going back.”

The little bitch laughed.

“I am over a thousand years old. You think you can defeat me?”

It was a valid question.

“In one thousand years how many fights have you been in without your power?”

That caught her off guard.

“I…”

“Congratulations. You are about to have your first.”

I attacked her. I hope the obsessive training I am known for pays off.