Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

For God And Country

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 04:

GPOV

I can’t believe I get little Miss Grim Reaper to myself for three weeks. I get to see where she grew up. I get to see where Edward Cullen screwed away the best thing that ever happened to him. I get to meet her father. This is going to be blast.

I carried our bags into the airport. Except one. A black hard plastic suitcase that was locked by some sort of combination lock and fingerprint pad. It seemed very heavy. Bella looked like she was struggling with it but when I offered to help she told me no. A part of me was curious as to what was in the case. Another part of me was afraid to find out. Probably a sniper rifle or something.

We walked to security but instead of going through the lines Bella walked to the side and spoke to a security guard. She showed him what looked like a black credit card or ID of some sort. He nodded. We walked through and checked our bags. She did let the black box go to baggage. I thought she may keep it. Good she needed to relax. Of course she was wearing a black leather jacket over a shoulder holster that held to guns. We got to board the plane before everyone else. I had gotten us first class seats of course.

“How did you get us through security like that? How did you get through with two guns on you?” I had to know. That was too easy.

“Level black clearance. Cuts through the red tape when I am trying to get somewhere and I don’t feel like fooling with air marshals or security.”

“Well aren’t you are handy to travel with.” I grinned.

Bella put head phones on and started listening to her iPod with her eyes closed. Seems she likes classic metal with a little alternative thrown in. I may have to find some concerts to take her too. We reached the air and she rose and walked through the entire plane. When she returned I mentioned that there was a closer bathroom.

“I needed to check the plane.”

“Check the plane for what? Did you take a look and make sure the oil in the engine was full?”

She rolled her eyes.

“No Garrett. I had to assess passengers for any potential threats. I had to identify if there was an air marshall on board. There isn’t. I also had to count the steps to the nearest exit in the event we are in a crash and I have to get to the door through thick smoke blocking my vision.”

“You did all that in the two minutes you were gone?” I asked, doubting her a bit.

“Yep. It’s thirty seven steps by my stride to the nearest exit. Check it yourself if you don’t believe me.”

She grinned at the challenge. I didn’t feel like making a fool of myself so I just went along with it.

“So are there any potential threats on board?”

“Only one. But he won’t do anything on board. I have a feeling he is going to bide his time.”

“What? Who is he a threat too?”

“Me. Maybe. I will have to keep an eye on him.”

“You think there is a potential hit man after you already? How could he find you? Where is he? I will take him to the bathroom and eat him. I’m kind of wanting a snack right now.”

Bella laughed.

“Don’t worry about it Garrett. If anything he is a free agent looking for me from some job or another. It isn’t unheard of for us to be tracked occasionally. If that turns out to be the case I will take care of it on the ground.”

“But…”

“Garrett! I got this. Relax. Read a magazine or something. Since you invited yourself on my vacation you should at least enjoy it.”

“Oh yeah. About that. I hope you aren’t to terribly upset about that?”

“I should be, but I’m not. Honestly I’m glad to have the company. I usually am kind of a loner but I guess…”

“Yes? Go on.”

She smiled at me a little and looked into my eyes.

“I guess you’re kind of starting to grow on me.”

“Well I am glad to hear that.” I winked at her and sat back. “So tell me about your father. How will you introduce me?”

“What do you mean how will I introduce you?” She looked confused. Seemed like a pretty simple question to me.

“I mean are you going to say I’m your boyfriend? Special buddy? Secret lover?”

“I was thinking of going with co worker.”

“Co worker?”

“Yeah Co worker. What’s wrong with that?”

“Uh, everything. Your Dad still thinks you work in the Pentagon right?”

“Yeah…”

“Do I look like I work in the Pentagon, Bella?”

She gazed at me for a second and then her shoulder’s dropped.

“Yeah, I guess you don’t exactly fit the military look do you? I guess I can say you are a friend of mine who needed to get away.”

I snorted. “Yeah, that will fly.”

“Why not?”

“You know for a lady who relies on lies to get through the day, you aren’t very good at it.”

“I’m a great liar.”

“Okay.” I responded rolling my eyes. She is such a dork.

We sat for a few more minutes in silence. Bella put her headphones back on.

Ten minutes later she took her head phones off.

“I’m sorry I have to go to the bathroom. I am so horny I can’t stand it.” She whispered and took a deep breath.

“Oh okay… Wait, what did you say?”

“I’m horny.” She whispered. “Flying gets me really worked up. I guess it’s being in a dangerous situation where we could fall at any time and sitting on top of all this power. Imagining the thrust of the engines carrying me through the sky. Trust me, I have had some of the best sex in my life on an airplane. I need to go, you know, take care of business.”

Okay.

Okay.

“But… can I come?”

“Sure. After I am done in the bathroom you can go in there and come all you want. Just clean up after yourself. Now if you will excuse me.”

“Wait! I mean you are really?…” Holy shit, I had to get in on the action. There was no way I was missing this.

“Garrett, do you want to come with me?” she grinned.

“God yes…” I whispered.

“Too bad. I’m just going to pee.”

Say what?

“But you just said you were…”

“Yes. And you said I was a bad liar. What do you think of my skills now? Judging by the way your jeans are looking you may want to go into the bathroom after I am done anyway.” She winked at me and walked off.

Bitch!

BPOV

That was mean. I admit it was mean. But still, he shouldn’t have said I was a bad liar. I mean he kind of asked for it. Still though. It was mean.

What the hell am I doing here? This won’t work.

I needed to talk to him. He needs to know we can only be friends.

There is an ugly short stocky guy in coach. He looked at me with recognition when I walked by. I made eye contact and I knew. I had to get him taken care of before we reached Forks. He was a free agent. He got lucky and picked up my trail somehow in D.C. Kevin wasn’t kidding when he said I was hot. But if he followed me then he had to know where to start. No way he got that lucky. I texted Kevin about the development. He texted me back that he was on it. If there is a leak giving out info for a bounty we needed to know. My file had so much disinformation I wouldn’t know what my real name and information is if I read it. No mention of my family or… will I didn’t have friends.

But my address was there. Right there at CIA Payroll. A free agent could certainly find me if he had an insider. Hopefully the insider isn’t very bright and can be caught easily. Back to my bigger problem. I needed to talk to Garrett. He needed to understand. No time like the present.

I walked back to see his big problem seems to have went away. I had to chuckle. He heard me and frowned.

“Welcome back, you evil bitch.”

“Gar, I hope you aren’t too upset with me. I was just showing my skills at deception.”

“I have a feeling that had more to do with your skills of seduction.” He grinned.

“They are one and the same, Garrett.” I honestly told him.

“I’m wondering, how many serious relationships have you been in?” Shit. He would ask about that.

“None.”

“How many not so serious relationships?” he pressed.

“A few. Why don’t you just ask me how many times I have had sex, Garrett?”

“How many times have you had sex Bella?”

“6.”

“6?”

“Yep. 6 whole times.”

“Holy shit. That’s it?” He whispered. “With who?”

“None of your business. Anyway how many times have you had sex?”

That got him nervous.

“Uh, well I mean I am over two hundred years old. There have been… I mean… a few here and there…”

“Garrett? Relax. I don’t care.”

“You don’t?” He seemed hurt by that. It’s time to have the talk.

“Look, I need to talk to you about what is and isn’t going on here.”

“We are falling in love with each other. It isn’t hard. Why make it complicated?” He smiled. God I wished it was that easy.

“Garrett, we can’t.”

“Of course we can. We already are.”

“Garrett look you are a…”

“Yes Bella. I know I am a vampire. I thought we had gotten past that whole thing.”

“It’s not that. But like I said, I don’t have the most stable life. You can’t follow me around forever. Eventually something like Juarez or a free agent is going to catch up with me and I will die. It’s most likely going to happen.”

“No, it won’t.”

“Garrett you can’t follow me forever.”

“Why not? I am going to live forever.”

“Okay, say I do make it past thirty. Are you going to want to be seen with a woman who keeps getting older?”

“Oh I’m not worried about that, Bella.”

“Why? You got a fetish for old people?” I asked half kidding and half very curious to know if I needed to jump out of this plane.

“Bella, the way you lead your life… I will have you turned to a vampire before you know it.” He was laughing. I was being serious.

“Garrett, stop laughing, that isn’t funny. I don’t want to be a vampire.”

“Bella, you are right. Eventually this lifestyle you have going on is going to get you seriously hurt. When it happens, if I can’t stop it, I will turn you.”

“No, you won’t.” I told him.

“Yes. I will.”

“I won’t allow it Garrett.”

“You’re going to be busy dying. You can’t exactly stop me.” He grinned. Asshole!

“I don’t give you permission.”

“Did you hear me say that when you get yourself in a pickle I was going to stop and ask you for permission?”

“You would turn me without permission?”

“Of course.”

“I will hate you when I wake up.”

“No you won’t. I will bump you on the head before I turn you. You will probably lose some of your memories. When you wake up I will just tell you that you begged me to change you. I will be a hero.”

“That’s not going… hey you can’t really… I mean that wouldn’t work would it?”

“I don’t know but it seems like a good theory. I have another one. While you are turning I will just keep repeating that you asked for this in your head. By the time you wake up you will think it’s the truth.”

“Garrett this is serious and that’s a stupid idea.”

“People thought the Wright brothers trying to fly was stupid and yet here we sit.” He replied.

“Garrett. I know you. You wouldn’t change me without permission. I won’t be giving you permission.”

“If you think I won’t change you without permission you have a lot more to learn about me. I look forward to teaching you.” He winked at me. He was serious.

“Why Garrett?”

“I told you. I’m falling in love with you. For the first time in my life I am falling in love with a woman and I sure as hell am not going to let you die if I can stop it.”

“You can’t protect me from everything Garrett. What if I was shot in the head?”

“Try not to. That would make a mess. Make sure you duck. Maybe we can get you a helmet. Don’t they make Kevlar helmets?”

“Garrett…” How was I going to get him to understand?

“Bella, life would be way to boring without you. Besides if our positions were reversed and I was dying you would certainly change me.”

“Not without your permission.”

“Of course you would. You do things all the time without permission.”

“I do not!” I don’t, do I? What the hell!

“When was the last time someone gave you permission to kill them?”

Oh that. That…

“That’s different. That’s work. I am given permission to kill those people. Just not by them. I don’t judge you for the people you eat. Don’t judge me!”

“I’m not judging you Bella. But are you telling me if I was laying there dying and you could stop it you wouldn’t. Honestly?” He was staring at me. He was serious.

Shit.

“Maybe.” I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

“What was that? I didn’t hear you?”

“You heard me fine Garrett!”

“Bella are you falling in love with me? Yes or no?”

“I don’t know! I mean, I haven’t really thought about… that in a long time. I mean my job…”

“Yes, yes, yes. Your job. I can understand why it would be difficult. But I know what you do. You can talk to me. You don’t have to hide anything. Can’t you see we are perfect for each other?” He smiled.

“I don’t know Garrett.”

“You telling me you don’t feel the slightest thing for me? Look at my face and tell me you wouldn’t miss this face if I wasn’t around.”

He stuck his bottom lip out and was pouting. He is so damn cute I had to laugh.

“Fine. Okay, I admit it. I would miss you. I just, I don’t… you are the first true friend I have had in a while. Maybe ever. I don’t want to lose that. But I tend to have a habit of relying on myself. In relationships you have to open yourself up. I don’t know if I can do that. If I get it wrong I may drive you away.”

“You won’t drive me away.” He replied.

“You can’t keep following me when I work.”

“Okay. No problem. I won’t follow you.” That was too easy.

“Really?”

“Of course. You don’t want to be followed. I won’t follow you.”

“Thanks.”

“Ha!”

I looked up and he looked like he won a prize.

“What?”

“Who’s the better liar now?” He was smiling. He always seemed to be smiling. It was contagious.

“Look Bella. Relax. Let’s just have fun. Keep hanging out. Let nature take its course.”

I suppose it wouldn’t kill me. A lot of things could but that wouldn’t. Maybe it was time to start thinking of other things besides the next assignment. I could never have a relationship with a normal guy. I wouldn’t want to. But Garrett.

“Fine. But no biting me without permission.” I growled at him.

“I won’t.” I heard him whisper unless I was dying but chose to ignore that. I will most likely be shot in the head one day so it really wouldn’t matter.

We finally landed in Seattle and went through the hassle of getting onto a smaller plane. We had thirty minutes between flights when I saw him buying a ticket to Port Angeles.

Time to take care of this.

“Garrett I have to go to the bathroom.”

“Why? Do airports turn you on as well?”

“Asshole. Get the bags and I will be right back.”

“Oh wow. I get to touch the black luggage of death? I’m so excited!”

I walked towards the bathroom. Looking in a window of a gift shop I could see he was shadowing me. I strolled right past the bathroom into a service corridor. The sign said keep out. If he followed me there would be no question. I walked to the first door and stepped inside. A cargo handler was working on a forklift.

“Hey lady. You aren’t supposed to be here.

I pulled my ID from my back pocket. One of my IDs.

“FBI. I need you to leave this are and not say a word to anyone. Do it now.”

He didn’t need further encouragement and ran to what looked like a break room in the back of the warehouse. I hid among a row of cargo and climbed until I was on the top third level. Lying flat on my back I waited. I figured he would walk in quietly. The guy was definitely European. Maybe Russian. He cracked the door. I aimed.

Fuck! He came in firing in all directions. One came within a few feet of me. I returned fire. This guy was reckless. He dove behind a crate. It was too thick for my rounds to go through. He fired blind up to my level. I slid back and landed three stacks down on my feet. I saw him through a gap in the crates. He stood up and moved towards me. I fired. He fired. I ran around the end of the stack. He was on the other side twenty feet away. I briefly thought of climbing back to the top to get an edge on him but he would hear me coming. I rolled to the next stack. He fired over me. I fired on the ground and missed his ankle. Dammit. Calm your breathing Bella. You got this. I lost him. Listen.

He’s above. Fuck.

I took off running. He jumped down on me. Shit. I felt him pulling his gun towards my head. I was face down with him on top of me. I head butted him and rolled grabbing his adams apple. His gun was scraping the ground. Mine were 3 feet way. He head butted me but now I was on my back at least. I bit down on his shoulder. He screamed and sat up. I raised my right knee and slammed his testicles. Yeah that hurts. He hopped enough to grab his nuts and I whipped my legs from underneath him around his neck. I flipped him over and hit him in the nose. He brought his gun up and I swatted it away. It was lying next to mine now. Guess we were doing this the old fashioned way.

He grabbed my throat and squeezed. Damn he had some strong hands. I hit him again but he didn’t loosen up. I reached for my right ankle with my right hand. This caused me to lean back. He thought he was going to make me pass out. I can go over two minutes without air while fighting. He pushed me farther back bending my back towards my legs. Perfect.

My right hand grabbed the bottom of my blue jean. I pulled it up. There my girl is.

I pulled my 6 inch hunting knife. I struck him in the throat with my left hand and stuck the knife in his leg. That caused him to drop his hands. As soon as he reached for his leg I stuck the blade into the side of his head through his ear.

Fucker finally went limp.

I stood up and tried to catch my breath. I took a picture of him and texted it to Kevin.

“Holy shit.”

I turned and saw the baggage handler.

“Hey call the cops. Tell them this guy killed himself. Someone will be along shortly to get his body. I gotta go.”

He nodded his head.

“Listen. This is a matter of national security. I was never here. Understand?”

He nodded again with his mouth hanging open. “Whatever you say, lady.”

“Thanks. Sorry for the mess.”

I picked up my guns, holstered them and walked out limping a little. That fall from the top of the rack hurt. I walked into the main terminal. Garrett was standing in front of the bathroom looking nervous. I ran my fingers through my hair, straightened my jacket and walked without a limp as best I could. He turned to look behind him and I walked faster. He may think I came from the bathroom.

“Hey stranger! You lose someone?”

“There you are!” he said turning around.

“I was worried Bella. I thought you may have taken off on me.”

“Garrett, relax. I was just in the bathroom.” I rolled my eyes for effect.

“Why do you smell like gunpowder, sweat and… blood?”

Shit. Should have wiped the knife off.

“Uh… there was a lady in the bathroom. She had some feminine problems. It got ugly for a while. But everything turned out okay.”

“Feminine problems?” he asked.

“Garrett, trust me. You really do not want to know.”

He was still suspicious but this was obviously an area he didn’t want to get into.

“You know the funniest thing. I could swear I heard gunfire coming from the back. Probably in that luggage area.”

“Garrett it was probably crates or luggage being thrown around. Is hanging out with me making you paranoid?”

He smiled and laughed a little.

“Of course not. I was just worried.”

“And I told you not to worry.” I saw police running in the direction of baggage claim. I really didn’t want to explain this. That’s Kevin’s job. My phone buzzed. I had a text.

/On it/ Good old Kevin. I kill em, he cleans em.

Hey, we should catch that flight right now huh?”

“Yeah.” Garrett noticed the police running into the cargo corridor.

I grabbed his arm.

“Okay Garrett. Get me on the plane. I want to see Daddy.”

GPOV

We were currently driving our rental car to Forks, Washington. Bella seemed very tired. She kept checking the mirror. No one was there. She was wired. She may be playing cool but I know her. I know her better than she gives me credit for. I can’t help but think I missed something. She smelled like gunpowder. Unless she shot the woman with feminine problems, which I admit was a possibility, she had fired a gun. Several times. I knew those weren’t crates being thrown around. I should have gone. Why didn’t she tell me? Oh right. She likes to kill people on her own.

“So Bella, what about the threat?”

“What? What threat? Who is threatening? Somebody threaten you?”

“I mean the potential threat you mentioned on the plane to Seattle.”

“Oh that. He got on another plane in Seattle. Guess I was wrong.”

“So…”

“Oh look Garrett! It’s the entering Forks sign! God does that brings back memories.”

“Good or bad?” I asked.

“Both I guess.” She whispered.

“So did you have fun on the trip here?”

“Of course. I don’t fly first class very often.” She smiled.

“Did you have fun killing the person in the airport?”

That shut her up.

“You saw?”

“There are faint bruises on your neck. Your hands reek of gunpowder. The guns under your jacket smell recently fired. I smell blood at your ankle. At first I thought you were injured. But then I remembered you like to keep a knife there. Your knuckles are scuffed like you hit someone several times.”

“Oh. Okay.” She looked out the window.

“Okay? That’s all you have to say about it?”

“Uh… what do you want me to say? The guy was a threat. I took care of it. Done deal.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked a little angry and a little disappointed.

“It wasn’t your business. It was mine. I took care of it.”

“You know you could have been killed. I could have helped you.”

“Garrett, if I start to rely on you for help it makes me soft. I get soft, I get killed one day when you aren’t there.”

“I will always be there.”

“No! You won’t. I can take care of myself. I did it for a long time without a vampire protector. I don’t need one now.”

“You don’t need me?” Ouch.

“I do need you! Just not like that. I need a… I need you to be you. I enjoy being with you. Maybe, maybe I am falling a little in love with you. I don’t need a protector. I need to be me and I need you to be you. Can we leave it at that? Please?”

I sighed. Hard headed. But still I could see where she was coming from.

“Sorry I brought it up Bella.”

“Look Garrett. I don’t mean to be a bitch. I promise. But I have to take care of these things. I can’t afford…”

“To let your guard down?”

“Yes. I mean physically. I’m going to work really hard on the emotional guard okay? But I’m not there yet.”

We didn’t say anything else. At least she was trying. She admitted she loved me a little. This trip was a success and we hadn’t even got to her father’s.

She gave me directions and we pulled up to a quaint little white wood house. Two stories. Nice. The door opened before we could get out of the car. Bella smiled and ran to her father. He met her and they hugged. It was a sweet sight. She told me she hadn’t seen him in 6 years but she spoke to him often.

I didn’t want to intrude on the moment. Finally he pulled back to look at her and saw me. The smile on his face disappeared. He was walking toward me.

“Dad, this is Garrett. He is…”

“Her boyfriend sir. But I hope to be her fiancé soon.” I offered my hand and he just stared. Hmmm. Probably should have gone with a different approach.