Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Venom

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 20:

Bella POV

I admit spending the day with Emily was fun. Kim joined us when we went grocery shopping. I soon learned a couple of things about Kim. She was completely obsessed with Jared and she knew absolutely nothing about cooking. Based on how much a wolf eats, I hope that she can figure it out. Emily tried, but Kim… was young. Her mind was on other things. Mostly sex and toenail polish colors.

Still she was a sweet kid. Emily, was nice as well and I felt I related with her better. She too had been swept up in the supernatural world and I believe we understood each other a bit better. She had been nearly killed by the supernatural as well.

I wondered if she resented Sam a bit? She said she didn’t, even though I never asked her if she did or not. I could imagine what it was like for Sam. Having no idea what happened to you or what you had become. No warning, no guides, no hiding in Wyoming for 6 months. You finally come back to yourself and return to your fiancée only to have an irresistible draw to her cousin. A cousin who refuses to have anything to do with you because you are engaged to her cousin and best friend.

Then to lose control of your anger and nearly kill the one you love? Talk about a nightmare. The emotions, the pain, the guilt, the anger, the love.

I thought Jake and I had it tough. Of course knowing the whole story, did lead me to a bit more insight as to why Leah is the way she is. I almost felt bad about beating the living hell out of her.

Almost.

Now here we were, gathered in Sam’s backyard. All but Jake, to my great annoyance, who had volunteered for Cullen guard duty and Paul, who we couldn’t seem to keep away from the Cullen’s. I had volunteered to go to the Cullen’s with Jake but he insisted I stay. He seems to think I need to get to know the whole Pack on a more personal level. I could almost see where he was coming from.

I looked around the gathering and saw Dad. Old Quil and Sue were here. Billy was here, sitting around a fire pit. Sam was grilling chicken and keeping an eye on Emily who was walking in and out bringing food to a picnic table under a canopy, because like always, it was lightly raining. Leah was leaned against a tree, sulking and staring at Emily.

Stay around tonight Bella. Get to know the guys.

Kiss my ass Jake.

No. I should make an effort. I will be battling vampires with these guys. I needed to get to know them. They needed to know me. We really hadn’t had much of a chance to get to know each other, what with the chopping off Edward’s head and raiding the Cullen mansion.

Where the fuck is Chris?

Walking towards Old Quil to find out, I was stopped by young Quil.

“Hey Bella.”

Trying not to take a deep breath, I smiled. May as well start getting to know them.

“Hi Quil. I never really had a chance to thank you and Embry for fighting Victoria and her army with Jake and I. It showed a lot of loyalty and guts.”

Always start with a compliment.

“Hey no problem. Killin leeches is what I’m all about. Sides you bought me four burgers afterward and that shit was primo. Hey, I was wondering if I could ask you some questions. Kind of get to know you better.”

Oh. Okay.

“Yeah, of course Quil.”

He pulled out a sheet of paper from his back pocket. He had a fucking list?

“Hey, why don’t we come over here? I don’t want everybody to hear. Some of this shit’s kind of personal.” He whispered.

This cannot be good. I followed dutifully to the edge of the yard. Quil looked around. Seeming satisfied he winked at me.

“Okay. Question number 1. Before we start, if any of these seem too personal just remember we are going to the trenches with you. We all need to know everything, and I mean everything, about each other. Now number one. The glove on your right hand. Can it grow claws from the top of your hand?”

I’m sorry?” I managed to get out.

“Your glove thingy that that freaky bracelet turns into? I’ve seen you grow big ass swords and knives and an axe. Can it grow claws? Three long razor blades to be specific.”

“Long razor blades?”

“Yeah, like Wolverine?”

“Who?”

I must have said something wrong. He just had a look of horror cross his face.

“I can’t believe I have to battle hordes of undead leeches with a chick who doesn’t know who Wolverine is.”

“Sorry to disappoint you.” I told him, very annoyed already.

“Hey, it’s not your fault. You’re a chick. That’s why Jake likes you so much. But to explain, I’m looking for three razor blades coming out of your knuckles about six to eight inches long. Think you can do it?”

“Uh…” I really had no clue how to answer this.

“I understand you probably can’t do it on your left hand, but me and Em were thinking maybe on the abnormally large right hand?”

“I don’t… wait. What do you mean abnormally large?”

“It’s a big hand, Bella. You had to have noticed that.”

“It just has more armor. It’s the focal point of my power.” I defended myself. Abnormally large? Wonder how he would like it clamped on his face?

Take a deep breath, Bella.

“I don’t know if I can do it or not. I’ve never had to. Swords work just fine for me.”

“Could you try?” Quil asked, not letting it go.

“I… I’ll try the next time I am…”

“Good enough. Hey Embry! She said she will try!”

“Cool!” Embry yelled back from the other side of the yard that seemed very far away right now. I saw Old Quil smirk. Asshole.

“Okay. Number 2. You can control this armor right? How much it covers? Can you make it a thong and if so, does the metal irritate your ass cheeks?”

I… had nothing.

“Why don’t we move on Quil?” I tried.

“We need to know Bella.” Quil argued.

“Ask Jake.” I growled. See how he likes that.

“Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. He would just get pissed off and try to break my neck. Dude has serious temper issues when it comes to you. So? Thong or no thong?”

“Moving on Quil.” I said one more time, calmly.

“Fine. Number 3. Can you control people’s minds?”

“What?” I started looking around for a camera. This had to be a joke.

“Like a Jedi. Not me of course. My mind is strong. But simple minded people like Paul? Can you control his mind or other idiots like him?”

“If I could, believe me you would know Quil.”

“So that’s a no?”

“Yes…”

“Embry! Negative on mind control!”

“That sucks.” Embry replied from the other side of the yard. No one else was looking at us. They were ignoring us. Except for Old Quil. He had his head in his hands and was shaking. I’m not sure if it was from laughter or he was just crying because this idiot has to carry on his line. Either way he would pay for this later. I would drop in him in the water.

“Okay. Let’s see what else we have. Oh yeah. We all noticed you and Jake have sex a lot. A lot. Pretty much all you have done since you rode into town on your Harley. I mean besides killing vampires. You pretty much just cut vampires to pieces and fuck. It’s kind of your thing.”

Quil looked at me.

“Was that a question?” I asked cautiously.

“No. Just an observation. Just wanted to see if you disagreed and maybe you had some other hobbies we didn’t know about.”

“Okay.” I sighed.

“But it does lead to another question. Jake was thinking about your bracelet the other day. Is it true that you can talk to all the bad ass chicks who came before you?”

“Yes.” I answered, relieved that he asked a question that didn’t have to do with sex…

“So you pretty much have thousands of years of sex experience to draw on. You gotta have some amazing skills. Was there anything they did a couple thousand years ago that mankind has forgotten about? Positions, or things to do with tongues, or maybe some freaky piercings back in the day? I mean did they even have reverse cowgirl back then? Because you really didn’t see that shit in the porn from the seventies or even early eighties.”

“Uh… no, I’m pretty sure everything still works the same.” I told him.

“Huh. Next time you check in with your old chicks could you ask?”

“We uh… we talk about other things, Quil.” I told him truthfully.

“So that’s how come you came back from Wyoming as a virgin and rocked Jake’s world like a porn star? Because all you talk about is cutting up vampires?” he smiled.

“How the fuck do you know what Jake…” I started, close to yelling.

“Hey, calm down. We got enough rain. We don’t need lightning. I popped in on Jake the other day phased. Caught a whiff of his thoughts before he noticed I was there. You got skills woman. That’s a compliment. Chill Bella. I’m a sex God myself, so we got something in common.”

“Quil I should really visit with the others…”

“Hold on. One more question. It’s an important one, I swear.”

Calm yourself Bella.

“Okay. Go ahead Quil.”

“Can you only kill vampires?” he whispered, leaning in way closer than I was comfortable with.

“I… I’m not killing people if that’s what you are asking.” I told him quickly, having no idea where this was going.

“Bella, this vampire problem, isn’t the only thing coming. We are going to have to be ready and I need to know your skill set here.”

Oh damn.

“What else is coming, Quil?”

“Zombies.” He whispered.

Okay.

“Zombies?”

“Yeah. That shits all over the CDC website, Bella. I’ve been preparing for a zombie invasion. Shit is gonna make vampires look like pussies.”

“You are serious?” I asked for clarification.

“Hell yes, I’m serious. We won’t be able to contain this. I’ve done the math. Shit is gonna run rampant over the Earth. I’m talking Resident Evil rapid. We won’t be going after them Bella. We are going to have to circle the wagons and start a new civilization. I have my plans written down at the crib. I’m stock piling shit all over. Now can you kill zombies? I mean I realize you can, but are you ready? If it’s your Dad or Mom or cousin, who is coming at you, and they are a brain eating, decaying, crawler, are you gonna be able to slice their head off? Are you mentally prepared to do that, Bella?”

“I… my parents are only children. I don’t have any cousins.” I whispered.

“Good to know. Can you form a gun out of that glove? Swords are okay but guns would be better. Get those fuckers from a distance.”

“I…”

“Never mind. You can blow them away with that blue shit that comes out of your hand. I forgot. It’s just a gun seems natural for you. Since you are so big into phallic symbols and all.”

“Quil, I probably need to help Emily… wait. What do you mean phallic symbols?” I asked before I could stop myself. Why didn’t I stop myself?

“Oh, you didn’t know?”

“Know what?” I asked. I should have just left.

“We all see it, Bella. The big glove that forms the big sword. Riding around with a big horse between your legs or a big Harley. Wearing those armored boots with stilettos. The aggressive personality you show at times. It’s obvious you have a major case of penis envy.”

He did it. He actually rendered me speechless. I recovered quickly though. I had to, before he spoke more.

“Quil, look in my eyes.” I told him softly. When he met my gaze I spoke quietly.

“You don’t want to ask me anymore questions.”

“I don’t?”

“No.”

“Okay.”

“Also there are no such thing as zombies. There is not a zombie invasion coming. You need to focus on vampires.”

“No zombies?”

“No. Now go have a seat at the table and quietly eat dinner.”

“Okay. I’m going to get something to eat.” He replied. I looked away and he walked towards the table.

Oh good lord. Simple minds? Yeah. I can control them.

I walked towards the house to look for a room to hide in. Leah stopped me.

“Bella? Could I ask you a question?”

I turned and saw her still leaned up against the same tree.

Walking over, I noticed she never took her eyes off of Sam or Emily.

“Hey Leah. What’s up?” I asked carefully.

“What’s it feel like to cut your ex-boyfriend’s head off?” she asked, staring at Sam. Sam must have heard her. His head popped up but he didn’t look in our direction.

“Uh… I really… you see… I don’t… wow. I mean…”

“Its fucking great isn’t it?”

“I need to go talk to Old Quil. I will get back to you, okay?”

Leah didn’t respond so I slipped off quickly and practically ran to Old Quil.

“Having fun little Swan?”

“Where is Chris?” I asked.

“I thought it was your night to watch him.” Quil muttered.

“Where… Is… Chris?”

“He said something about getting some air. Taking a drive. Being alone with his thoughts.”

“He needed to take a drive huh? Been anymore towns attacked Quil? I haven’t checked the news the last couple days.”

Only one thing would make Chris leave the reservation this close to Irkalla’s visit.

“Yeah okay? Another town got hit.”

“Where?” I asked.

“About an hour away. Chris went to check it out.”

“Without me?! Without you at least?” I can’t believe this.

“What do you mean at least?”

“Beside the point. What town is it? I need to go.” That stubborn ass clown.

“He is already there. He was just going to do a little looking around. He will be back soon enough. Chris won’t confront vampires without you Bella. Calm down and eat. Talk to my grandson a little more.”

“No. What town is it?”

“I’m not telling you.” The old bastard said.

“Excuse me?”

“I’m not telling you. If Chris wanted you along he would have taken you. You would attack any vampires he finds. He is doing remote viewing. You would have gone after the vampires. He is there for Intel. Not for battle. You going there is going to fuck up the whole plan. Go eat.”

“Quil…”

“Go eat. Get your Dad a plate too. He’s tired from moving all day.”

“You’re not my boss.” I told him sternly.

“Nope. I’m not. Get you and your Dad a plate and eat. Then we can go to my house and wait for Chris to get back.”

If he gets back. That asshole.

I ate dinner next to Charlie, ignoring Old Quil. No one spoke of vampires. I watched the Pack interact with each other. A group of men and one woman who knew each other’s intimate details. Whose lives were interwoven with each other, whether they liked it or not. Every hurt, every insecurity, every lost hope, lost love, was shared among them. Still though, they loved each other. They even loved Quil. I even saw Leah smile a few times. They were a family. A dysfunctional family to be certain but a family that loved each other. A family that would die for each other. I felt a bit better tonight about having them with me.

After dinner Charlie and I went to Old Quil’s. I waited outside. I didn’t have to wait long. He pulled up, took one look at my face and knew he was fucked.

Jake POV

“Why don’t they try to escape?” Paul grumbled. We were both phased, he on one side of the house and I on the other.

“Because they know they are fucked. They don’t want to lose Eddie. They have to play ball.” I explained.

“The blonde doesn’t like him. I figured she would at least try to run.”

“Maybe the others won’t let her.”

“Can Bell make that armor into a thong?”

Take a deep breath Jake.

“Paul…”

“Hey, I’m not tryin to piss you off. It’s just Quil and Embry were talking about it the other day and it got me to thinking and…”

“Stop thinking about it Paul. You aren’t going to see Bella in a thong. If you did it would be the last thing you saw.”

“Might be worth it.” He mused.

Great.

“So your sisters are coming home?” Paul asked.

“One is. Rachel. Rebecca refuses to leave Hawaii. I figure she should be pretty isolated in Hawaii. Probably the last place the leeches will worry about. Rachel though… she needed to come home. Bella and I are going to pick her up from the Port Angeles airport tomorrow.”

“Cool. Be nice to have everyone in one location. What about Bella’s Mom?”

That was a problem. I hadn’t talked to Bella about it. Dad and Charlie had discussed it though.

“We are going to have to bring her here. We are going to need all our family members in La Push. We can’t focus on killing leeches if we are worried about our families.”

“Yeah but if Bella can kill this bitch at the Cullen’s…”

“Irkalla and Nergal are leaving a lot of vampires in her wake Paul. Maybe thousands by this point.”

“Great. So we are going to be cleaning house for the next hundred years?”

“No. It won’t take that long.” I hoped. “Once she is dead and her boyfriend, they will be leaderless. They will scatter. Unorganized it will be easy to pick them off.” I told him.

“You really believe that?”

I didn’t respond. He was in my head. He knew it wouldn’t be easy.

The front door of the Cullen’s house just opened. Carlisle Cullen stepped out.

I ran towards the front, holding Paul off in the event the others tried to escape from a different exit.

Coming to a stop in front the leech, I checked my sides and focused on him.

“You are Jacob Black, right?”

I nodded.

“Could you please change so we can talk? I mean you no harm.”

“Don’t do it Jake.”

“Shut up Paul.”

I phased and stood naked in front of Carlisle Cullen.

“Thank you Jacob.”

“What can I do for you Carlisle?”

“I received a call moments ago.”

I had thought I heard whispering and that speedy vampire talk they do. I assumed they were speaking to each other.

“So I need to go ahead and burn Eddie’s body? That what you are telling me?” I asked, almost hopeful. His body was in a cave in the woods in the heart of La Push. Already had the firewood ready for him.

“No! I received a call from my friend in Alaska. A coven of animal feeders. The leader, Tanya, was told by a member of the Volturi to be at our residence in three days.”

Three days? The timetable has moved up. Plus more vampires. Great.

“What did you tell them?” I asked Carlisle.

“I wasn’t sure what to say. I tried to tell them this was a bad time but they were adamant. When the Volturi tell you to do something, it’s best if it is done.”

“Three days?” I clarified, trying to see if I could detect deception in his voice.

“Yes. They however said they would be here in two days. As I said, when the Volturi tell you to do something…”

“Yeah. Got it.”

“What do you want us to do Jacob?”

“Go inside and stay inside. Don’t answer any more phone calls.”

“But that…”

“Go inside and stay inside. Don’t answer any more calls.” I reiterated.

“Of course. Edward’s body…”

“Still in one piece. Anxiously awaiting his head.” I told him.

“Do I have your word that once this is over…”

“I’m through giving my word to leeches. Do as you’re told or you can all die now.”

“You will let us live if we cooperate?” he asked, not letting it go.

“Bella will decide your fate. She is the one you nearly killed.” I told him.

“How? I don’t understand. What has happened to her?”

“Not your concern. Do as you’re told. Stay inside. Bella will be with you in three days. You will do as she says. Understand?”

Carlisle nodded his head and walked back inside.

Three days?

I phased back to wolf.

“Paul?”

“Yeah. I heard. What are you going to do?”

“Leah is on patrol. I’m going to bring her here with you. I need to talk to Bella.”

I reached out to Leah and she went directly to the Cullen’s. I ran past Bella’s but her bike and Charlie’s car weren’t there. I was in La Push ten minutes later. She was at Old Quil’s.

I stopped by my house and threw on a pair of shorts. Running over, I didn’t bother knocking on the door.

Bella, Quil, Chris and Charlie were sitting around the living room. All seemed as if they were lost in their own thoughts.

“I spoke to Carlisle tonight. Some Alaskan vampires are coming to visit him at the instruction of the Volturi.”

“Yeah we figured that might happen.” Chris said.

“You did? How the hell did you know?” I asked him.

“I listened in on them tonight. They are saving themselves a trip to Alaska. Irkalla is getting impatient.”

“You listened to them?!”

“I’ll explain later Jake. They didn’t see him. The problem we have now is more vampires are coming here in three days and probably Irkalla and her Volturi vampires.” Bella said quietly.

“Two days.” I said quickly. “Carlisle said they were coming early.”

“That’s better.” Charlie mumbled.

“What’s better? They are coming in two days.” I pointed out.

“Exactly. That means we can take care of them and still have time before Irkalla gets to the Cullen’s.” Charlie pointed out. We all looked at him.

“What?”

“That’s a great idea Dad.” Bella smiled.

“Yes it is. We take the Alaskans down before they can get here. We still have around twenty vampires coming to the Cullen’s with deadly powers but at least we know they won’t have any more vampires to fight for them.” Old Quil thought out loud.

“So how do we take them out?” I asked.

“I need to find out more information from the Cullen’s. Where they live, how many there are, if they have any gifts.” Bella said.

“Okay. But why would they tell us the truth?” I asked.

“They may not. That’s why you are going to ask them Jake.” Bella told me.

“What are you going to be doing?”

“I’m going to do my best impression of Edward Cullen, Jake. I’m going to read their minds.” Bella grinned.

“So do we go now?”

“No.” Charlie spoke up. “I’m tired. Moving and all. It’s time me and Bella went home. We need our sleep. We can visit them in the morning.”

“Oh. Yeah you should probably get some sleep.” I told Charlie.

“You ready Bella?” Charlie asked her.

But…

“Yeah Dad. Let’s go home.” Bella stood up. She walked over and kissed me gently.

But…

“Bella we haven’t had a chance to talk much today. Why don’t you stay a bit? We could… hang out.” I suggested. Charlie put his arm around Bella.

“Sorry Jake. You two have been hanging out a lot lately. I want to hang out with her some. Besides I’m her guide. I have to make sure she gets sleep. Reading minds takes a lot out of her. She needs her rest.” Charlie grinned and walked Bella out. I followed leaving behind a snickering Chris and Old Quil.

Charlie drove off and Bella got on her bike.

I walked up and noticed Charlie had not yet pulled out of the driveway. He was waiting on her.

“Bella…”

“Shhh. I’ll leave my window open.” She whispered and winked.

Guess I would be sneaking into her room tonight.

A/N If you want to learn more about Quil’s Zombie Invasion preparations and aren’t already following it, check out Dragonfly’s Zombie Apocalypse 101. That shit can save your life one day. Never underestimate the power of the double tap.