Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Atonement

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 17:

BPOV

I stood there staring at the four vampires and tried to imagine a worse situation.

Maybe if there was…

No.

What if…

No.

No, I could not think of a worse situation. Think Bella. Because the one in front looks like he is about to attack.

The one in front. They can’t attack at once. They can but they are right behind each other and there are only two aisles.

Damn it! Two just went into the other aisle. The passengers had their heads bent to their knees. I heard their sobs.

The sound of their crying pissed me off. I imagined if my mother was on this flight.

Yeah, I was going to rip these motherfuckers to pieces.

The first attacked. He was clumsy. No training. Amun turned these guys, got them over the initial bloodlust and let them go. Suicide bombers who didn’t know they were going to be committing suicide.

Three swings. I dodged all three. If I blocked something told me I would get knocked back on my skinny ass. I dropped to the ground and grabbed his crotch. They were hard to find but they were there. A twist to his balls and he dropped to the ground with me. I bit a chunk of his neck out and tossed him to the side.

Now the passengers were screaming.

“Run!” I yelled. I hoped that would start a… yeah. They were running into the next cabin. The three remaining vampires made no move to stop them. I didn’t figure they would. They were focused on me.

Their friend was rolling on the ground trying to hold his head to his neck. He was moaning. I kicked him in the side of the head and watched his head bounce off a seat cushion.

“Very impressive. Again, I have to ask, who are you?”

“Is my name really what is important here?” I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders and three vampires rushed me at once. Fuck.

Two hit me in the legs and the third head butted me. I dropped to the ground. This was not good. The one at my face was snarling. The other two were trying to break my legs. I wasn’t strong enough to move.

Garrett… what would Garrett do?

I reached up and bit the one at face level. I bit his nose. I broke his skin. He turned his head and I bit his ear. He jerked up enough for me to get an arm free. I stuck a finger through his eye. He jumped back, taking one of the vampires at my legs with him. I used that free leg to kick the other one in the head. He looked up and I kicked him again in his nose. He rolled off. I rolled on top of him, punched the back of his head and bit his throat. I felt arms pulling me off but I kept my bite. His throat came off with me.

Unfortunately I was now in an arm lock with two fully mobile vampires.

“Kill her already.” The one at the front said.

Let your weight go. I dropped, forcing him to hold me up on his own. It was enough to catch him off guard. Wrapping my feet on the inside of his ankles I twisted my hips and took us both to the ground. I looked up in time to see another strike coming at me from the vampire in front. I dodged and returned. I needed space. Hopping up on a row of seats I ran back to the back where I started. Maybe Jason could come out and I could throw him at one of the vampires.

Don’t be stupid Bella. I would have to cut him first. He better be disarming that bomb. I haven’t seen a detonator yet. I knew we were about an hour from New York at the speed this plane was traveling.

The one with the mutilated face charged me, his friend a few steps behind him. I charged him. At the last second I hopped up on a seat top in the middle row. The one in front grabbed my hand but I used my momentum to swing around and kick his friend in the face. I felt my arm rip free and managed to get my legs around the one in back’s neck. Twisting in the air, like Garrett taught me, he rolled with me. When he hit the floor, I continued rolling. He was tough but I had enough speed. His head broke free.

I hopped up and prepared to defend myself against the last fully mobile vampire. The one I performed plastic surgery on.

I raised my hands in the guard position and the pain hit me, nearly taking me to the floor.

My right arm from below the elbow was gone. Venom was leaking. I could almost feel the limb still there but… son of a bitch that hurts. I looked at the guy rolling in the back holding his half torn neck and understood. This shit hurts.

Pretty boy smiled and tossed my arm behind him.

“You are an excellent fighter. Are you as good with one arm?”

“I guess we will find out.” I blocked the pain from my mind. It wasn’t worse than turning. It wasn’t worse than the emotional pain I had gone through. It wasn’t worse than what my parents went through. It wasn’t worse than the fear of the people in the other cabin and in this plane. I couldn’t afford to lose. They couldn’t afford for me to lose.

I angled my body with my right side forward. Dodge and block. Dodge and… damn this hurt.

He grabbed my throat and I grabbed the arm holding my throat. Then he used his second arm. Cheater.

He was smiling and I couldn’t break his grip. Think Bella. Kick. Can I swing my body up to get him in a leg bar?

“Hey! Anybody hungry?”

The smell of blood permeated the air. Pretty boy released me and turned. We both saw Connolly standing at the end of the aisle holding up his forearm that he had just slashed with the long black knife in his hand.

Pretty boy charged. I jumped on his back and bit through his throat. He screamed until my teeth cut through his windpipe.

I stood up and ran to the one vampire still somewhat in one piece. A swift kick to his neck and he was no longer in one piece.

“So where are we going to burn these….holy shit what happened to your arm?!” Jason asked.

“Wrap your arm. Please. I’m begging you here.” I whispered, doing my best not to breathe. To his credit he did so without further comment. At least he looked nervous. Maybe he was getting some common sense. Of course he wasn’t nervous about me draining his blood.

“Garrett’s going to fucking kill me. This can be fixed. He told me parts can grow back together. That’s why you have to burn the vampire. We can fix this.” He practically stuttered.

“We can fix it later.”

‘Does it hurt?” What?

“Fuck yes it hurts! Now help me pick these pieces up. That body is just missing a head and is starting to move around. It’s creepy. I need to rip it up. We can’t light the pieces on fire in here. We have to keep them separated.”

“Duct tape!” he shouted.

“What?’ I asked, hoping I didn’t hear him right.

“We can take your arm, kinda tape it back where it is supposed to be and it will grow back together.”

“It’s not a big deal I can have Garrett look at it and he can tell me what…”

“No!”

“No? Why can’t Garrett see it?” I asked.

“Look, he is going to blame this shit on me. If… when he finds out that you got injured… that you had to fight… these guys… Bella I realize you get to see sweet Garrett all day but he can be a bastard and none of us has ever seen him as intense about anyone as he is with you. So if we could fix this amongst ourselves…”

I laughed through the pain while ripping this guy’s leg off. Hard to do with one arm. Damn this hurt.

“I’ll make sure he doesn’t hurt you Jason. He wouldn’t pick on a human like that.”

“Yes he would! Yes he would. That man holds a grudge. He has better toys than I do.”

“I don’t think duct tape will work. Let’s just get on the ground. I’ll wrap it up until then. Did you take care of the bomb?”

“Uh…”

“That bomb is impossible to disarm.” A voice said from the front of the cabin.

Another fucking vampire. Looked Arab like the other four.

“How many of you fuckers are there?” I asked.

“There were five. Very nice. Embarrassing for us, but they were not true believers. I heard their doubts. They were weak. I am not.”

“So you gonna try to kick my ass too?” I grinned through the pain. Make him think you are tough Bella.

Fuck it. I am tough.

“No. Unfortunately my mission must come first. I cannot guarantee that I can defeat you, despite your injury. So I am afraid we will have to ride this out for another ten minutes or so. At that point I will take my thumb off of this…” Damn it. He had a small cylinder in his hand. His thumb was pressed down on a button on top of it. I was impressed. A few months ago and I would have crushed that damn thing.

“Take him Bella. If he is going to blow it up we may as well do it over an unpopulated area.”

I turned and looked at Jason, making sure I heard that right.

“Seriously. Kick his ass.” He winked at me.

I shrugged my shoulders. Why not? If it blows up at least my arm won’t hurt any longer. I struck him in his face with a palm strike. I thought of going for the detonator with my other arm and remembered it wasn’t there. He fell back on his ass and I reached for his hand holding the detonator.

I wasn’t quick enough. His thumb came up. The button popped up. He screamed. I landed on top of him closing my eyes and waiting….

We both opened our eyes and looked up at Connolly who was leaned against an aisle seat with a grin on his face.

“I made your bomb my bitch.” He said to the vampire beneath me. I stood up and stood in front of him.

“You did it?” I asked, trying to keep the shock out of my voice.

“Yep.”

“Thank God.” I whispered.

“Yeah. Now we just have to figure out how to kill this guy.”

Oh yeah. I threw Jason to the side right before I felt the vampire’s fist strike the back of my head. I braced for impact before I could hit the ground. I didn’t want to go through the floor. Instead of hitting the ground I was caught. Opening my eyes I saw him for the first time in days. My salvation, my love, my man.

“Garrett? How…?”

GPOV

“I jumped from the plane before it landed, ran to a base with Ty, hopped on a drone, caught a ride at supersonic speed and came up the hole you tore in the bottom of the plane.”

“Wow.” She whispered. Yeah. Wow.

I heard a growl. Looking up, I saw the vampire that had just struck Bella.

I kissed her hard. I need to know she was alive. Now I needed to feel her. She practically collapsed in my arms and I sat her on one of the seats.

She was injured.

I looked up at the vampire who seemed to be preparing for a fight. Too bad. This wouldn’t be a fight.

I rushed him, grabbing his throat. He tried to grab mine. I squeezed. He didn’t need to breathe but his throat beginning to crack had the desired effect. He was afraid. He struck me in the side of the head. I kept my eyes on his and my hand on his throat.

“No matter what you do you are fucked. What other plans does Amun have?”

“I will die before I tell you. Don’t worry. Before two days passes you will see our power. America and her allies will fall on their knees and weep at the vengeance we will have.”

I took my other hand and pulled off his ear. He screamed. He tried to get away from my grip. Wasn’t happening. I was way too angry. My country attacked. Our allies attacked. The one woman, the only woman I have loved in my existence, injured. Someone would pay. Unfortunately for him he was the only one here.

I reached into his mouth. He tried to bite and I let go of his throat to hold his jaws open. Sticking my hand in his throat I ripped out his tongue.

“Oh that’s just gross.” Connolly said from the side. A quick punch to his forehead and he dropped to his knees.

I grabbed his Adam’s apple and pulled. The crystal beneath gave way. He may have been a newborn but he was not stronger than I was. This fucker was going to hurt ten times worse than Bella was. He closed his eyes, expecting me to finish him. Fuck that.

I put two fingers through his two eyes.

“Damn that looks like it hurt.” Connolly whispered.

“Garrett?”

Bella’s voice.

“Yes dear?”

“End him. Please? I want you to hold me.”

I took a deep breath to center myself. I whispered to the blind vampire in my arms who was unable to breathe.

“You are a very lucky man.”

Ripping his head off, I dropped his body and raced to Bella. Gathering her in my arms I finally realized her right arm was wrapped up in a towel.

“Bella?”

“It’s okay. It hurts but it will be okay.”

“Let me see.”

I head Connolly whisper oh fuck in the background.

“Hey I need to check the status of the pilots and the passengers so I will…”

“You aren’t going a damn place. Have a seat.” I told him.

I pulled back the towel and saw crystal shards where her lower arm had been. Venom was leaking to a degree, seeking the missing appendage.

“Bella… I’m so…”

“Don’t say it Garrett. I had a job to do. So did Jason. Leave it alone. Leave him alone. Can you fix it?”

“Of course. But… it is going to hurt.” I told her honestly.

“Just do it.” She gritted.

I turned and looked at the man who would be tragically killed by friendly fire soon.

“Where is her arm?”

“Got it right here G man.” He unzipped a long deep pocket on his black BDUs and pulled out Bella’s arm.

“You had my arm in your pocket?” Bella asked.

“Yeah. Didn’t want it getting away.” He told her shrugging his shoulders.

“Your pants pocket?” She asked again.

“Don’t worry about it sweetie. He won’t be alive long.” I told her. Bella glared at me.

“Leave him alone Garrett. I decided to come here.” She told me stubbornly.

Connolly handed me Bella’s arm. Without delaying I placed it against her elbow. The venom began working immediately seeking to draw the part of itself that had been lost together again. Bella screamed. I held her tightly. She bit my shoulder gently.

“Bite as hard as you need to Bella.” I whispered. She nodded her head and clamped down, biting through my black wind suit. I didn’t even feel it. I just held her tighter.

“I really need to go check on the passengers and see what the situation is with the pilots.” Connolly said.

“So go.” I told him without giving him a glance.

“Does she… if I cut myself and poured some blood in a cup would it help?” He asked.

I looked at him and saw he was serious. Maybe I wouldn’t kill him after all.

“No. But thank you, Jason. Go check on the passengers.”

Jason came in thirty minutes later saying he would be landing the plane at a military base outside of Buffalo and he would handle the passengers. The pilots were dead.

Bella stopped biting my shoulder. Her fingers were moving again. Her arm had mended. I licked the site of the injury to help seal the wound. She giggled and told me this wasn’t the proper time for that. It made me feel good to hear her laugh, no matter how slight. She would be okay.

“No more separate missions Bella. We stick together. Okay?”

“You know that we can’t promise that, Garrett. This was a start. You heard him. Who knows what Amun has planned over the next two days?”

I didn’t respond. It would be a problem. But I didn’t care. Between Ty, Clive and me we could handle whatever was out there. The two of us were sticking together.

“Bella…”

“You told me in New York it wasn’t about us. Remember Garrett?” she whispered.

I wish she hadn’t remembered.

“Yes. But unless it is absolutely necessary we will stay together, alright?”

She smiled and kissed me. “Deal.”

We walked into the cabins up front. According to the Passenger manifest the flight was not close to full. Less people to deal with. Still there were about 60 passengers. 60 passengers who saw too much. Connolly was addressing them.

“You will have to sign non disclosure agreements. If you talk about this to anyone then you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Plus nobody will believe you.”

“I’m not signing a damn thing.” A middle aged thin man wearing glasses up front said in an angry tone.

“Then you will be considered in possession of top secret information that could affect national security. You will be held as a non-combatant until a time that the information is no longer considered top secret.” Jason told him calmly.

“The existence of aliens? When the hell is the existence of aliens not going to be considered top secret?”

“Exactly, so sign the fucking agreement and go on with your life.” Connolly retorted.

A chorus of “it’s her” rose among the crowd when they noticed me and Bella. A male child of no more than twelve ran up to Bella and wrapped himself around her legs.

“I don’t care if you are an alien. You are the coolest alien ever! I saw the whole thing. You kicked those bad alien’s asses.”

Slowly passengers began moving towards Bella. I stepped away. She was being hugged by most of the passengers. One whispered that her secret was safe and she would never talk about aliens. One asked if she knew where Elvis was.

“Uh no. Sorry. Haven’t met him.” Bella replied. Connolly went to the cockpit and we all buckled in. Bella seemed shell shocked.

“Not bad for a hot alien.” I grinned.

She said nothing.

“You did this. They are alive because of you.”

“Jason disarmed the bomb. Cut him some slack.”

I said nothing. I suppose she had a point.

I held her and closed my eyes until I felt the wheels hit the ground. I suppose Connolly didn’t need help. The pilots had been drained. The body parts of the vampires would be burned by Connolly’s team and the bodies of the pilots dealt with. No other military personnel would be allowed on this flight. A few of his men posing as CIA agents would stress the importance of national security and threaten the already traumatized passengers with imprisonment one again if they spoke. We did this once before in Roswell. It worked out. At least no one suspected vampires. I will have to tell Bella about that sometime. She will get a kick out of it.

Once on the ground we exited the back of the airplane. We walked directly to the control tower that had been taken over by Ty and Clive. Ty grabbed Bella as soon as she walked in, nearly knocking me down.

“Where is that motherfucker?” He asked me, while holding Bella.

“Stop Ty. I’m fine.”

“Her arm was ripped off.” I added. Maybe I wouldn’t hurt Connolly but I had a feeling he would be coming down with a bad case of vertigo soon.

“Leave it alone.” Bella said, pulling back from Ty. He pulled her back in.

“Is anyone going to introduce me to the lady?” Clive asked. I saw he had a suit on. Typical.

“Clive Barkley, this is Bella Swan.”

“A pleasure ma’am.” Clive kissed her hand and smiled.

“A pleasure to meet you Clive.” Bella gave me a confused look.

“Clive is the English equivalent of me Bella. The two of us fought in the Revolutionary War and fought together in World War one and two. Plus a few missions here and there that concerned both our nations. Clive works for the Queen and the Prime Minister.”

“Oh. Okay.”

“I understand now, your panic Garrett old boy. She is absolutely beautiful.” He still had Bella’s hand. I took it.

“Yeah. She is.” I told him.

“So I’m sorry about London.” Bella told him.

“Yes. It is done though. Only reckoning remains. Let’s make sure nothing else like that happens.” Clive addressed me. “How do we find Stone?”

“He’s a demon. He won’t be found unless he wants to be. Too good at hiding. We need to find Amun. He will lead us to Stone.”

“How do we find Amun? He could be anywhere.” Bella asked.

“Got him.” I heard Ty say from the console. I looked and saw he had our satellite feeds from the Pentagon set up in the control tower.

“Where?”

“I checked covens he was friendly with. Started some facial recognition software on the off chance he may visit one of them. He showed up all right.”

“Where?” I asked again, impatiently.

“Bella’s old friends. The Cullens. Walked in the front door 90 seconds ago. Carlisle Cullen hugged him at the door.” Ty said in a neutral tone.

“The Cullens have nothing to do with this. Garrett, I know they aren’t perfect but c’mon. This?”

“I know Bella. It is likely Amun is using friends he has known in the past to hide him without their knowledge of what is going on.” I told her.

“Edward would read his mind though.” Bella whispered.

She had a point.

“I don’t think he is there.” Ty said.

“Why?” Clive asked.

“Motions sensors on the satellite pick up seven objects moving. There should be eight. I would bet the missing one is Edward. Amun would never have gone there if he knew Edward was there.” Ty pointed out.

“Where would Edward be?” Bella whispered.

“Maybe he got so upset he left.” Ty told her shrugging his shoulders.

“Upset? Why would he have been upset?” Bella asked.

“Fuck if I know Shortie! Why you gotta be giving me the third degree? I didn’t do shit. You know how those pretty haired fuckers are. Maybe the local Walmart ran out of his favorite hair gel. Damn, askin me like I did something.”

“I… I didn’t say you did Ty.” Bella said, looking very suspiciously at Ty. Have to remember to ask Ty what the hell he did later.

“Did you say a mind reader?” Clive asked.

“Yes. Edward can read minds. Why?” Bella asked.

“He doesn’t know Clive. He isn’t one of us.” I told him immediately.

“Amun is not going to talk voluntarily. Torture would take too long. But a mind reader Garrett. Can he keep a secret?”

I said no at the same time Bella said yes. We looked at each other.

“He’s right Garrett. Two days. They already tried to crash a plane in New York to deliver a nuclear bomb. What is next? We could spend months waiting for Stone to surface.”

“Garrett we need him. We can always kill him later.” Clive pointed out. Ty agreed. Bella frowned. I was… intrigued by the idea.

Bella wrapped her arms around me.

“I’m yours. Forever. This isn’t about us. He can get us information. We have lives to save Garrett.” She kissed me gently.

“Did you say forever dear? I assumed the two of you had just met. So a night at the theatre when this is over would be out of the question?” Clive asked. I looked at him and saw he was grinning.

“Sorry. I only go to the theatre with one man.” Bella told him, never taking her eyes off of me.

Fuck.

“Ty, get us a four fighters with pilots. We are going to Oregon and we need to get there quick. Bella, make the call.”

I watched her take my phone in silence. I hated this but she was right. A guy who could read minds would be helpful right now. Edward Cullen in my opinion was a lot of things, not many of them good, considering what he did to Bella. But he wasn’t evil. He wouldn’t be a party to this. And he would keep a secret if Bella asked him too.

I heard him answer on the first ring. “Hello? Garrett? Is Bella okay?”

“Edward, it’s Bella. Where are you?”

“I’m in… Port Angeles. I thought I would… anyway what can I do for you Bella?”

“We need your help. I need you to listen to me. I need you to believe me. Then I need you to meet me at your house in Oregon.”

Silence. Then…

“Anything Bella. I’m listening.”