Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Spy Games

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 13:

I had no idea what I planned to do.

I was glad for that. With Alice being able to see decisions, I couldn’t take a chance of her getting one of her visions and screwing up the next thirty seconds of my life.

Arial was in my ear constantly begging me to go with the pussy wherever he wanted to take me. Begging me not to go to the one place I knew I could get this fucker James dead.

Jasper was watching me like a hawk. He must have felt my indecision.

So not having a concrete plan, I found myself at a terminal waiting for a plane to arrive carrying my hero who wanted to take me to the ends of the earth and hide me in a cave.

“They should be landing in the next five minutes.” Alice informed us.

Great.

I needed to think. I was running out of time and soon my decisions would be taken away by my obsessed sparkler.

“I need to go to the bathroom.”

Jasper wasn’t buying it.

“Really? You can’t wait?”

“Nope. Female issues.” I told him straining to hide my deception. One would think I would be an expert at it by this point.

“Yes, I understand that happens quite a bit to you.”

“Jasper leave her alone! Bella there is a bathroom right over there. Do I need to buy you any products?” Alice asked.

“No, I have what I need in my purse.”

“Bella what are you doing?” Arial asked. “You aren’t due for another two weeks.”

Part of having a best friend is having someone who knows exactly when you are due to start your period and knowing she would be a day or two in front of or behind you. It was nice because we were miserable and bitchy together.

“I’ll be right back.”

Maybe.

Once I reached the bathroom an epiphany struck me. A sign from above. A big fucking neon sign telling me what I had to do.

The bathroom had another exit leading to a different area from the one I had left. I peeked out the door and saw that Alice and Jasper could not see me from the other side of the wall.

I made my decision. It was time to move.

I took off running down the terminal walkway towards the entrance we had arrived in. Jasper would have to wait for Alice to have the vision and he would have to move at human speed. With the daylight he would have to drive, meaning he needed to get to his car. I could outdrive him. All I would need to do is get to the ballet studio and distract James for a few minutes. If Jasper has any sense of self-preservation, he will do what he can to keep me alive.

I briefly thought of just waiting for him outside the studio, but that would never work. He would take me and go. He wanted me to go with Edward while he hunted and lured James into his own trap. I could understand his reasoning but what if he didn’t play ball? In the wild he could do what he wanted. He could say he was unable to save a body part. He could allow James to escape over and over again to keep me with Edward and his wife, using James presence as a bargaining chip with Jack.

I had to force him to fight.

Did I trust him?

I trusted my family. He was an asset. A very valuable one, but still just an asset. He wasn’t team and he wasn’t family.

I made it outside half expecting to feel a cold hand on my shoulder.

“Bella, what the fuck are you doing?!” Jack screamed in my ear giving me an instant headache. I hated when he did that.

I didn’t answer. Pulling away from the curb was a man on a black Indian Chief Classic.

I never stopped running until I reached him.

“Please I need a ride! I just escaped from my crazy boyfriend and need to get out of here before he finds me. I’m begging you.”

He looked me in the eyes.

He looked at my tits.

Back to eyes.

Tits.

Eyes.

Tits.

“Please hurry!”

“Get on.”

Thank God, he has a John Wayne complex. He must be Connolly’s cousin.

He drove me out of the airport fairly quickly. At this point I wondered if Alice had a vision yet and how far Jasper was behind me.

“Go back to the airport Bella.” Jack calmly informed me.

“No.”

“Go back to the motherfucking airport now, Bella!”

He wasn’t calm anymore.

“We need a body part and can’t take a chance on Whitlock playing around with us Jack. It has to happen here in Phoenix.”

“Get back to the airport, Swan.”

Great, Hawk was in my ear.

“I gotta agree with big dumbass. This is a stupid move Bella. We don’t know if Jasper has even left the airport or realized you are gone. Go off with Gap for a while and lay low.” Ty instructed me.

“Listen, I need everyone on Team Bella right now. I’ve thought this over and this is what we have to do. It’s a good move.”

“It’s not a good move. I’m a damn genius, Bella. If I thought it was a good move, I would have told you so. The odds of you making it out of this alive are 3720 to 1…” Sasha told me in the sexiest little worried voice.

“Never tell me the odds!” Han Solo didn’t need them and neither did I.

“Who the hell are you talking to girl?” the driver asked.

“Hey pull over. I can handle it from here.”

“We aren’t anywhere near a phone or a place you can stay!”

“Just do it. My boyfriend is a convicted murderer. I don’t want you caught up in this. You have done me a great favor already.”

Apparently, the convicted murderer bit worked because he damn near threw me off when he hit the brakes and swerved to the side of the road.

“You sure you are going to be okay out here, girl?” he asked, looking like he wanted to do the right thing and also like he wanted to run.

“I’m positive.” I stepped off and side kicked him in the head. He collapsed, unconscious before he hit the ground.

Mounting the bike I took off. I had a ballet studio to get to and a vampire to set up to be murdered.

“Great! Just fucking great! You have committed assault and grand theft auto.” Jack told me what I already knew.

“I have diplomatic immunity.”

“No, you don’t.”

“I’m a spy for a secret government organization. Of course I do.”

“I hope you know Hawk just told me that Arial is curled into a ball in her room crying her eyes out.”

“She would do the same. Just get to the fucking studio and stay in the back. When Jasper tears him up, I will grab a hand or foot or something and run out the back. I toss it to you and burn the rest. Be there and be ready.”

“I am kicking your ass for this Bella.” Jack told me.

“No, you aren’t.”

“I am.” Sasha informed me.

“Now that I may enjoy. Just make sure there is a lot of grappling. Now quiet, Team Bella. I have to work and I am five minutes away. I am sure Jasper is probably a few minutes behind me so everybody can relax.”

I was so fucked. This was so stupid.

I was here.

Okay, go time.

I walked in, greeted by the sound of Renee’s terrified voice playing over a VCR.

I pulled my gun from my purse and fired into the closet where the noise was coming from.

Her voice no longer graced the studio.

“Uh…”

I turned to my right and there he was.

“Hello James.”

“You could have shot…”

“The VCR playing the tape you stole from my condo? From the lack of poor quality sound I would say I did shoot it.”

“You knew I didn’t have her.” he tilted his head to the side as if he was trying to figure me out. I did the same to him.

“If you knew I didn’t have, her why are you here?”

“I came to kill you. You didn’t think I would run the rest of my life, did you? You made a mistake and told me where you were. I’m here to make you pay for that mistake.”

James looked to the windows above and then the door behind me.

“The Cullens aren’t here. If they had any balls, they would have taken you out in the clearing.”

“And you plan to kill me yourself?”

“No, this place is surrounded by humans. You know, your food? Yeah, we figured out how to kill you blood sucking fuckers.”

“Who are you?”

“My name is Bella Swan.”

“You are… I thought Edward was your mate?”

“What is this mate shit everybody is talking about?”

“You have spirit. You will be fun to kill. I don’t for one second believe that you have people surrounding me with some way to kill vampires. You came alone. Your mate is afraid of me and you are trying to force him to come face me. I appreciate it. I hope you don’t mind but I borrowed a video recorder to document our encounter for him.”

“I don’t perform when I’m being recorded. Believe me I have had offers.”

“Who are you?” James asked again. Then he was in front of me. My gun flew from my hand and slid under a desk. Not like it was going to do me any good.

“Can I try something before you kill me?” I asked, trying to control my breathing. Anytime you want to make an appearance Whitlock.

“What would that be?”

I slowly reached in my purse and took out the pepper spray. Showing it to him with a smile I sprayed it into his face. A little got into his mouth. His face scrunched up and he spit, nearly landing on me.

“That tastes horrible.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“It was worth a shot.”

I never saw the blow but I sure as hell felt it. I was on the other side of the hall surrounded by shattered glass.

Not just surrounded. The pain hit me hard and fast, a deep burning in my leg. I chanced a look around and saw a large sliver of glass embedded in my thigh. Oh shit that was a lot of red blood. The fucking glass hit an artery.

He was in my face with that stupid camera I really wanted to shove up his sparkly ass.

“Say hi to Edward, Bella. Beg him to avenge you. Beg him to save you.”

“Fuck you.” I told him and spit in his face.

He reached down to my shin and pushed.

I heard the crack before the pain hit me, temporarily blinding me. Then I realized this fucker just snapped my leg.

“You fucking asshole! I swear to God I am going to shove a light pole up your ass and through your mouth and roast your ass like a fucking pig! I’m going to fucking rip your tiny dick off and stuff it down your throat! You fucking little bitch!”

God, that hurt! I was having a hard time breathing. I must have broken some ribs when I got launched across the room.

This wasn’t the brightest idea I ever had. Even if I die, Whitlock better kill this fucker and give Jack what he needs.

Arial was going to be so pissed at me.

“Let’s see what you look like inside.”

He reached down and pulled up my shirt, caressing my abdomen with his cold dead hand.

“Hey bitch! Come and get some!”

I turned towards the voice and saw Jason Connolly and Uncle Jack standing without shirts on. Both had knives in their hands.

Both sliced the knives across their chests.

James nostrils flared when the scent of their blood hit him.

The glass window above cracked and he jerked forward, then turned to look at the window. I think a bullet just hit him. Another shot and he was hit again.

Connolly and Jack ran towards me but James was gone, knocked away with the sound of crashing marble.

Thank God, Jasper was here. I waved Jack and Connolly off. Jack looked like he was going to rush to me and I communicated non verbally that he could not blow this. Jasper could handle it and who knew when the rest of those fuckers would show. I needed these guys gone. They couldn’t help me now anyway.

Connolly grabbed Jack and dragged him out the door. I mouthed go at him and he turned and left. Looking to see what Jasper was doing I was met with a very bad sight.

Edward Fucking Cullen.

“Bella, I am so sorry. I will get you out of here I swear.”

No go kill the fucker! Kill him and then we can call an ambulance which I sorely need right now considering I was bleeding out here.

Instead the idiot lifted me in his arms causing even more pain to shoot through my leg and jumped for the window.

Of course James caught him by the foot and I was flying again. This time I hit the ground and nearly blacked out. I knew my leg was hanging at a weird angle and I probably broke a few more ribs.

Edward was on the ground in the distance and James was in front of me.

He lifted my wrist and bit.

Oh fuck, he bit me.

Edward grabbed him and threw him against a wall, I think.

The two were talking but I couldn’t make out what they were saying over the haze of pain.

Then Carlisle was next to Edward.

Jasper and Emmett grabbed James and pulled him away by his arms.

Alice was over me.

She looked like she wanted to eat me and I was in too much pain to even make a sexual innuendo about it. Oh fuck she licked my blood off her fingers.

Then the burning started.

Fire, acid running through my veins.

Oh fuck please no, I would rather die than go through eternity with cold skin and no tan. Not with this hair. God please just let me die.

“Carlisle!”

“Go Alice. Help Jasper and Emmett.”

I watched her go towards the two guys and she jumped on James’s waist. With a twist, his head was gone.

It didn’t matter. This shit burned, making me forget about my crushed ribs, bleeding artery and shattered leg.

“Make it stop!” I yelled at Carlisle.

He must have wrapped a tourniquet around my leg.

“What can I do Carlisle?” Edward asked.

“Get it out!” I screamed again as if this wasn’t fucking obvious.

“You can let her change or try to draw out the venom. Make your decision quickly. She is losing blood. Much more and she won’t survive the amount you will have to draw out.”

“Carlisle, I can’t do that. I won’t be able to stop. You have too.”

“I have to hold this tourniquet, Edward. You will have to find the strength to stop.”

I wanted to pass out to make the burning stop but I couldn’t. I did hear that though.

Edward was going to suck the blood out? He loved my blood. Heroin remember? Let him hold the fucking tourniquet and you do it, Doctor!

“Edward, make your decision.”

Oh fuck he put his mouth on my wrist.

Edward was drinking my blood.

Fucking Carlisle. He wants me a vampire or dead. Considering he collects vampires it shouldn’t surprise me.

Wait the burning was stopping.

No… it was there… I think.

I’m dying. Somewhere in my ear I heard Arial screaming my name. I saw fire. Then I saw darkness.

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The darkness eventually faded and the pain returned.

I was lying in a hospital bed. Wow, I actually made it out of that alive. I knew once I opened my eyes, I would have to deal with everything. Deal with finding out about the extent of my injuries, dealing with Jack, Sasha and Arial, deal with Edward Cullen, deal with crushing Charlie.

I cracked my eyes open and was shocked to see I would also have to deal with Renee.

Renee showed up. Death must be imminent. I must be dying slowly.

Renee was smiling. This could mean I wasn’t dying. No, it meant nothing. I could be dying and she would be smiling. No she wouldn’t. She loved me. I think…

“Hey baby.”

“Hey Mom. What’s going on? Am I dying?”

“No, you aren’t dying. You nearly died. I can’t believe you were so stupid. You tripped down two flights of stairs and fell through a second story window. If Dr. Cullen and Edward hadn’t been looking for you, you most likely would have bled to death. When the hell did you become so…”

I saw Edward pretending to sleep in a chair. Best to head this line of conversation off.

“Mom, what are you doing here?”

“I came to take you home baby. You are going to love Jacksonville. The beach is beautiful and…”

No. I survived. I had no idea if we got any information or body parts. I couldn’t leave yet.

I owed it to Charlie to stay if nothing else.

“Mom, I’m not moving to Florida.”

“But… we will talk about it later when you are feeling better. I will go talk to the doctor about possible head injuries he may have missed.”

“Is Charlie here?”

“Yes, do you want to see him?”

“Yes. I need to apologize to him.” and grovel. Groveling would be good.

“Let me go find him.”

Renee walked out and Edward was in front of me.

“You didn’t kill me.” I pointed out. Fucking Carlisle.

“No. Stopping was the hardest thing I had ever done but the thought of living without you was too much. I would have jumped into the fire with James.”

“James is dead?”

“He will never bother you again. Bella, you need to move to Florida. It isn’t safe for you to be near me.”

“What are you talking about? You want me to leave? You’re leaving me?! No you can’t!”

I took a beating for this mission. I nearly died. I was nearly a casualty along with my dignity, social life, sex life and style and this fucker thinks he is off the hook? I haven’t figured out how to kill him yet!

“Bella, I am not going anywhere. So long as it is safe for you, I will stay as long as you want me too.”

“Well, you can’t say things like that.” Please don’t make me flash you to get you to stay. I really don’t want to do that but I will if it means finding out how to kill you.

I needed to know more. I still didn’t know how many vampires were in the world. I needed to know more about the Italian vampires. Whitlock would help but I needed Edward because he could tell me the things Jasper was hiding if I could get him to open up more. There was still information I needed. I also had added Carlisle Cullen to my list of targets. That fucker is up to something. No way he should have let Edward drink my blood. His story about becoming a vampire was full of holes. I wanted to know everything.

But first I wanted to talk to my Dad and cry due to the pain I was currently in. I looked past Edward and saw my leg was in a cast from below my knee. I had IVs running in both arms and for some reason a nasal oxygen line even though I was having no problems breathing.

“I need to talk to my Dad. I would like privacy if you don’t mind.”

Get out fucker.

“Of course. I won’t be far.”

“No! You need a break and honestly, I could use some time alone to deal with this. Just give me a few hours okay?”

“Whatever you need love.”

He kissed my forehead but I was in too much pain to care.

Five minutes went by before my door opened.

Charlie.

He had been crying. Very recently by the state of his eyes.

“Bella, I am so sorry.”

That was a surprise.

“Dad I think I should be the one apologizing. I’m sorry I freaked out. I didn’t mean what I said to you.”

“You were right though. You shouldn’t be stuck in Forks. I was so happy when you asked to move in with me, I never thought about what was best for you. You can do better. I know you will love it in Florida and…”

“Dad, I want to live with you. I’m sorry. I really liked Edward and I freaked and I don’t know why. I am not stuck in Forks and you have been great to live with. I am so sorry. I know I hurt you and I wish I could explain why but I can’t. Can you forgive me?”

“You really want to come back Bella?”

“If you will have me. Living with you has been…” boring, “so great. I have loved getting to know you. Please let me come back.”

“Bella, of course I want you there but give it some thought. I know Edward went after you to convince you to come back but you need to give this serious thought. If you come back then… I don’t want to run you off again.”

“I won’t. This has nothing to do with Edward. I want to be with you.”

It wasn’t really a lie. I owed it to him. I hurt him and I needed to make it up to him.

And I wasn’t done with the Cullens.

“I’d be glad to have you Bella. I would do anything in the world for you. Just promise me if you change your mind for any reason you let me give you a ride to the airport. Don’t run off on me again, kid. When Carlisle called me and… you have been unconscious for three days!”

I had?

Shit.

“I was so scared and upset and then… just please talk to me. If you are unhappy let me know and I will do anything in the world to make you happy. Just don’t disappear on me kid.”

“I won’t.”

“I think you have some other visitors. Apparently, Renee’s step brother lives here? His daughter, your friend Arial? She is here and Jack’s wife, Sasha.”

“God, she is so hot.” I whispered.

“What?”

“Pretty. She is so pretty, don’t you think?”

“Yeah… uh anyway I will give you some time. I’ll be back in an hour. You want anything? Food?”

“No Dad. I’m not really hungry, just waking up and all.”

“Just let me know. Anything Bella, anything at all.”

He kissed me on the forehead and it felt better than the cold dead lips that had just been there.

Not ten seconds after he walked out Jack walked in, followed by Sasha and Arial.

“Hey guys. How’s it going?”

“How is your face, Bella?” Arial asked.

“My face? It’s probably the only part of me that doesn’t hurt.”

Arial slapped the shit out of me.

Then she wrapped her arms around me, jarring my carefully positioned body and sending a fresh wave of pain through my leg.

She was crying.

I started crying.

“Don’t you ever do something so stupid again Bella. Please promise me.”

“I can’t do that Arial.” I admitted.

“The fuck you can’t. You pull anymore cowboy shit like that again and I am sending you to a prison as a detainee. That was bullshit, Bella.”

Jack wasn’t happy.

“Maybe you should stay quiet Jack? We don’t know where the vampires are.”

“Whitlock has them out of the hospital. He will text me when they are close.”

“Bella… I don’t even know where to begin. Look at your sister. She has been a wreck.” Sasha told me. I really looked at Arial when she raised her head. She looked like hell.

“I’m sorry. Did we… I mean did you get… was there any left?”

“After Cullen took you to the hospital Jasper walked out the back where Connolly and I were parked. He tossed a hand in the car window and walked away. It worked. He wasn’t happy and may kill you himself but it worked.”

“How is your chest?” remembering he and Connolly cutting themselves to distract James. They could have been killed.

“I’ve had worse.”

“He could have killed you too you know. You and Connolly.”

“I was going to get you out of there one way or another. Luckily Cullen showed up and we thought he could hold him off till Jasper got there. Then you were bit and… you have any idea how close you were to becoming one of them? Edward nearly didn’t stop. He actually didn’t. Jasper had to pull him off of you.”

Fuck.

“How did Edward not hear your thoughts or Connolly’s?”

“Sasha and I taught you and Arial to fight without thinking. You really think Connolly wouldn’t know how to do that? Edward got nothing. He was too focused on you to even notice our presence.”

“So we have a body part.” I said more to myself.

“And now we go to Florida.” Arial told me. “Dad said I could move with you if you will just get out of Forks.”

“I can’t.”

“Why not?!”

“Because there is a lot more information I can get. Plus I owe it to my Dad. I used him to get close to Cullen but I owe it to him. I’m going to stay. If you don’t want to stay, I understand. I’m sure you have things going on and probably have to… I don’t know. But I understand Jack.”

“Bullshit. You stay, we stay.”

“Arial doesn’t need this Jack.”

“I will decide what I need Bella.”

“You’re right, there is more information you can get. You can work with Jasper and be the go between. Others can figure out how to kill these things. I don’t need the hows and whys. I just need the weapon. We are all staying and observing. But if you ever try to go rogue again, I pull you. No more bullshit Bella. You take orders from me, understand?”

“Yeah, got it Jack. Believe me I learned my lesson.”

Jack’s phone buzzed.

“Jasper says he can keep Edward busy another five minutes. We are out of here but will be around and in your ear listening. Connolly wants a word and then Eddie will be back. I love you Bella.”

“We all love you, Bella.” Sasha whispered. She even had glistening eyes.

Both kissed me on the cheek and Arial hugged me again, then I was alone.

Connolly walked in.

“Hey cowboy.”

“Hey cowgirl. I’m still trying to figure out if what you did was stupid or brave.”

“I can be a little bit of both.” I admitted.

“Guess we got something else in common besides us both loving pussy. I just got one thing to say and then I’ll leave you alone.”

“I’ve already been told to follow orders Jason.”

“That’s not it. I want to say I’m sorry about what I said. I’ll go to war with you any day kid. Get better.”

Connolly walked out and I was alone.

Wow. That just happened. Jason Connolly was impressed. I really was stupid.