Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Growing Up

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 26:

BPOV

We were somewhere in the deserts of Mexico. It was a lot like where we were. Except… this was Mexico. The sand was the same. The rocks were the same. It was still dry and cold at night. The only thing different was the group of vampires at the bottom of the cliff who had no idea they were fucked. They soon would have an idea. I had prepared a brilliant plan of attack.

“This is a stupid idea, Bella.” Benjamin said quietly.

“It is not a stupid Idea. It is a brilliant idea conceived by me and you are only jealous because it will make me look like a complete badass while you sit up here and play with sand.” I stuck my tongue at him. Benny could get so jealous.

“You don’t even know if you can make your shield that strong again. You can’t control it very well when it gets that strong. I mean you could get down there and instead of having the element of surprise we could be fighting to save your ass from being ripped apart.” He continued because he is a man who doesn’t know when to shut up in English or Egyptian. He is bilingually stupid.

“Peter thinks it’s a good idea, don’t you Peter?” Let him suck on that.

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“Peter?”

“Look Bella I’m not saying it’s a bad idea but there must be thirty newborns down below. We don’t know the limits of the energy field you have, what it can do, most importantly what it can’t do. It’s a good idea but maybe we can just lead Maria off and take care of her there. Let these guys kinda fall apart without a leader.”

“Or I could bury them in the ground.” Benjamin said. Here we go with this shit again.

“As if Ben. I knew you wanted to get involved. Always wanting to drop somebody into the ground. We are vampires you know? We can just crawl right back up. I can take them all now and you guys can focus on the ones who escape and Maria. Oh look at me, I can open a hole in the ground. Let me slam my fist in the ground even though I really don’t need to because it makes me look like the big man.”

Ben stuck his tongue out at me. Asshole.

Time to take some control here. “Look soldiers. Maria is in that little shack way over there. Probably watching Big Bang Theory with her lieutenants. That little pile of evil below is mine. You guys take Maria and her entourage, I take them. I don’t have to worry about you guys getting blown up by the shit storm of energy that surrounds me and you don’t have to worry about getting blown up by the shit storm of energy surrounding me. Win win. Hands in. Bad Ass Bitches on three.”

“I thought the Priest said to stop cursing, Bella?” Tanya laughed quietly.

“He said to lay off on the cursing. Not that I have to stop completely. Premarital sex and drinking blood were the main problem areas I needed to address first. Smoking and cursing in moderation are fine for now.”

“Premarital sex? You were serious about that?” Peter asked.

“Yeah. Duh.” Men. At least he is only stupid in one language. Looking at you Benny.

“I would think the main thing would be the wholesale slaughter of humans Bella. I mean that guy doesn’t understand newborn vampires. He can’t. I know you didn’t… you told him you were a vampire didn’t you?” Peter asked.

I shrugged my shoulders. “It may have come up.”

“And he believed you?” Garrett asked.

“Seriously the guy works for a Church that still performs exorcisms. It wasn’t that much of a stretch. I just opened the little window showed him my eyes, let him touch my skin and then bit a Quarter in half. Instant believer. Anyway he was very understanding and commended me on trying to stay true to my faith.”

“You are not Catholic, Bella!” Peter said a bit loudly considering we were supposed to be sneaking up on a newborn camp.

“Apparently I am. I went to Catholic School, I went to church while I was in school. I’m Catholic.”

“Technically you aren’t, Bella.” Mr. Not getting laid in the next century said quietly.

“Technically we aren’t married so I guess technically you won’t be getting laid for a while.” I pointed out.

“Ohhhh burn Peter.” Garrett laughed. Wow, he should have shut up.

“I like that, Bella. Maybe Garrett and I should abstain until we get married.” Kate said.

“Damn it.” Garrett seethed quietly. “Peter how come every time your mate makes some life altering decision it affects me too? Would you please fucking explain that?! Every fucking time!”

Peter ignored him.

“If he was so helpful and commending you then why did he look scared to death when he walked out. He took one look at me and took off.” Peter asked.

“I may have told him that you weren’t Catholic. I also told him that you know… the things we did when I was human and…”

“You were 18!”

“Yeah but the stuff before I turned 18…” Probably shouldn’t have gotten into this.

“You told him that?!”

“I had too. It was confession Peter. I told him you would probably be giving up human blood as well but you had been at it for a while so I wasn’t sure how it would go. He was probably more upset that you weren’t Catholic though.”

“I can’t believe you told him…” He gritted his teeth.

“About the…?” I asked.

He nodded.

“Yeah that was awkward.” I admitted.

Randall spoke up. “I hate to interrupt. Believe me I do. I understand why Garrett said you two were way to fascinating to leave alone. But we are supposed to be attacking a newborn army here and a vampire warlord. Maybe we could continue this conversation at a later time?”

“Yeah. Peter why don’t you take the others to Maria’s backyard? I will handle these guys.”

“You sure Bella?” Poor baby looked worried.

“Yeah baby. It will be good practice. Go have fun killing your old enemy. I got this sweetie.” I kissed him and watched the gang leave and circle to the North.

I looked down below. Three more just walked into the clearing. They were standing. A few were talking to each other. Nothing serious. The moon was full so it wasn’t that dark.

I don’t understand this. This is what Maria and Jasper have newborns do 24 hours a day? Stand and look at each other until it was time to feed. God, how boring. I’m doing these vampires a favor. They don’t even have magazines out here to read.

Okay. If I jump forty yards out I will have them against the cliff. Should be a piece of cake to get them to touch my shield, blow up and I can be fucking my man on Maria’s ashes… oh wait. Yeah. Better start planning a wedding. I sure as hell am not waiting to go to Stonehenge. Besides Father Francis said pagan weddings don’t count.

Okay. Let’s get this party started. I jumped doing a couple of flips in the air. I landed gracefully. Except a loose stone was under my right foot and I stumbled a bit.

I heard laughter. That was embarrassing.

I glared at my soon to be dead enemies. The first one walked up. A long haired guy with a thick black beard came within a few feet of me. He was at least 6’4. Must have been 250 easy when he was alive. Looked like a biker.

“Hi.” He said as I prepared to fight.

Wait.

“Uh… hi?”

“Names Ted.” He stuck his monster hand out. It sort of dwarfed mine.

“My name is Bella.” I said taking his hand and trying not to show how bad it hurt when he squeezed.

“So where did she get you kid? You from around here?”

“Who?” I noticed the other newborns were gathering around.

“The Spanish bitch. Maria. The one who has been turning us. Where did she get you?”

“Oh. Uh… I’m actually here with my husband, I mean boyf… anyway, him and some friends. We are going to kill her tonight.”

I prepared to throw my shield up but then I heard…

“Awesome.”

“Sweet.”

“Bout time somebody tore her ass to shreds.”

Apparently the general consensus is that this was a good thing. There were thirty vampires in front of me but none seemed to upset about the idea that their beloved creator was about to be destroyed.

“If you guys don’t like her why haven’t you killed her?” I asked.

“She knows all our families and friends. She took us from them. She told us if we fought her that vampires who were watching them would kill them.” Ted said shrugging his shoulders.

“She doesn’t have anyone watching your families.” I pointed out.

“You know that, girl? For sure?” An older brunette lady in the back asked.

“Yes. How many of you are there?”

“32.” Ted answered.

“Okay. I’m guessing you are from all over right? Meaning she would need at least thirty vampires to do nothing else but sit around and watch your family right?”

“Yeah.” Ted agreed.

“If she had thirty vampires that loyal why would she need you all?”

That was met with silence.

“Guess I never really thought about it a lot.” I heard a voice say from the middle of the crowd.

“Hey don’t worry about it. I’m a new vampire myself. I mean this blood thirst is crazy right?” I didn’t want them to feel bad about themselves.

A chorus of agreements rose.

“And the sex urges huh? I mean a stiff wind blows and you are ready to dry hump a light pole, right?”

“You know it sister.” A lady to my right said.

“Still though… I mean you should all know she turned you so you can be pawns in a vampire war her friend started. They plan to throw you against other vampires. Dangerous vampires.”

“I told you Frank. I told you that was what the bitch was planning.”

“Shut up Tommy. So you were right. Once. Get over it.”

These newborns really were bored.

“Listen if you guys want to take off you can. Go do… whatever it is you want to do. Just stay out of the sun and try not to slaughter towns. It tends to draw attention.”

“Just like that? We can just leave?” Ted said more to himself.

“Yeah. Just like that.” I smiled.

They all looked at one another. Finally Ted turned to me.

“How long you been a vampire?”

“About six months.” I told him.

“You say your boyfriend is a vampire?”

“Yes. He has been one for a long, long, time. I have other friends too, some who are over 600 years old.”

“Would you mind if we asked you some questions?” Ted asked.

“Sure. Let’s all sit down and talk.” Why not? Beat killing them. They seemed pretty cool.

I sat on the ground and crossed my legs underneath me. The others circled me. If they got hostile I could throw a shield around me. For now though…

“So who has a question?” I asked. A cute girl probably in her twenties in the back raised her hand.

“Yes?”

“Can a vampire have sex with a human? I mean my boyfriend is still human. I’ve only been gone a month. I would hope he hasn’t moved on this fast.”

“Okay. I know that a male vampire can have sex with a female human because I got taken care of on a more than regular basis when I was human. I also know that if I had been the vampire and he had been human I would have broken his cock. I suppose it could happen. But it would require being very, very careful. Plus your body temperature would be much, much cooler. It’s a touchy thing. You have to be very careful. Especially you guys. I got a little wild when I was human and a few times… I never told him this… but some of the crap I pulled really made me sore the next day.”

“So why were you having sex with a vampire?” Ted asked. He seemed genuinely curious.

“Who knows about vampire mating?”

No one said anything. “Okay. Make yourselves comfortable guys. We have a lot to go over. Knowing my man that fight won’t take long so let’s start with the basics.”

“Hey wait. Why aren’t you with your friends?” I think it was Tommy who asked.

“I was supposed to kill all you guys.”

“By yourself?” Ted asked in surprise.

“Yeah.”

“You can do that? You got some crazy vampire power?” another girl asked.

“Yep.” I grinned.

“Cool.”

“Badass.”

“Can we see?”

“Yeah sure. But you can’t touch me when I do it or it might kill you. I don’t really have a lot of control. At best it will hurt you but it could kill you.”

“Cool, show us.” A teen boy said.

“Shut up Aden. I want to hear about vampire mating. Tell us about vampire mating, Bella.”

“She is right Aden. You guys need information. We can play show and tell later.” This might be a fun night after all.

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“Open the house up Ben.” I whispered. Damn I hoped Bella was okay. I hated the idea of leaving her there but she could handle it. I trusted her. As much as I wanted to kill the world for her she never needed me for protection. I just hope she doesn’t get hurt.

Ben stared at the small house and the walls began to shake and then they were gone. Sitting where the house used to be was a floor, and a six chairs surrounding a bed. Seated on the chairs were six male vampires. On the bed were two male vampires. And under one of those male vampires was Maria.

She seemed surprised to see us.

“What the fuck?!”

All the vampires rose. Maria was… naked.

Ugh.

“You.”

“Yep. Me. I see why you need so many newborns. They probably kill themselves after a couple times of having to do this, huh?”

“Jasper told me you were dead.” She was starting to look frightened.

“Jasper lied.” Now she was looking very scared. A vampire tried to rush me from the side. Kate had him on the ground electrocuted before he could get within a foot of me.

Garrett walked up and kicked his head off. The other 7 males snarled.

“What do you want?” Maria asked.

“Cuttin off Jasper’s newborn supply. That’s all. Stoppin you from ruining anyone else’s lives.”

Maria threw a shirt on. I was hoping she would have put more on. I would have waited.

“Attack them you fools!”

And Maria took off.

“Take her Peter. We got this.” Garrett said. All the permission I needed.

She had a lead but she was nowhere near as fast as I was. I caught up with her in a half mile. I passed her and stopped suddenly, sticking out my arm and clothes lining her. She hit the ground with a thud but her head didn’t come off. She always was a resilient bitch.

She wasn’t in my league though.

“Where is Jasper living Maria?” I asked, standing over her.

“If I tell you will you let me live?” she asked, smiling. She always thought she was sexy. Like her body could get her out of anything. I suppose Jasper liked it enough to enforce this delusion.

“Can’t hurt your chances.” I said non commitally.

“He is in New York. But he plans to bring the nomads he has gathered here in a month.”

“Here?”

“Yes. Here.”

“Why?”

“He plans to launch a major offensive against the Volturi. He will leak his location to them. He has killed Demetri. They have no way of finding him now. Once they follow we will lead them into a trap in the canyons. Newborns will rush them and we will kill the survivors off.”

“Wow. So with no newborns he will pretty much be fucked.” I pondered more to myself.

“I have thirty newborns.” She sneered.

“Yeah well, I don’t know much, but I can guarantee you that you those fuckers are dead now.”

“So if Jasper doesn’t contact me he will know something is wrong. He will never come. You need me alive Peter.”

She brought up a good point.

“Yep. Or he may come here anyway to see what the problem is. Or I may call the Volturi and tell them exactly where he is. Exactly where is he?”

“South of Buffalo. Thirty miles.”

“Okay. Now where is he really before I burn your leg? Because you may think I need you alive but I don’t need you whole.”

“He is in the Appalachian Mountains.” She quickly said. Woman always did like her legs.

“What are the coordinates?”

She told me and I wrote them down on the small pad I kept in my back pocket. Something told me to bring it. I also kept it because Bella would occasionally mention things we needed like new curtains. Or phones. She went through a lot of phones.

“Okay. You have a decision to make. Do you want to stand there while I kill you or do you want to fight? Result will be the same. Both are gonna hurt but one is gonna be a lot quicker.”

“You told me you would let me live!”

“No. I said it couldn’t hurt your chances. It didn’t hurt your chances. Didn’t help either. You are too damn evil to let live. There ain’t no way in Hell I could trust you. So I will just have to hope Jasper continues his plan. If not I will catch him somewhere else. No big deal. I got time.”

She jumped back and stood preparing to fight. Good. I was afraid this would be boring.

Thirty seconds later I realized it was boring. I should have sent Tia after Maria. Tia would have gotten good practice sparring with her. I could have stood by and given her pointers. This was ridiculous. I didn’t even bother carrying her pieces back to the others. Just lit her up right there. I needed to check on Bella.

I ran back to Maria’s house and saw a few bonfires had been lit. A quick check showed my guys were finishing up and all seemed to be good. Tanya’s shirt was slightly torn. Benjamin looked like he had a good time. Tia looked calm. She was getting there. Garrett looked bored. Randall looked bored. I guess these guys weren’t much of a challenge. The time was coming. I hoped it was here. If not I would know where to go. The time was coming when none of us would be bored. But things had to be taken care of. This was one of them. Cut down the supply route. Not as easy to control newborns in the Eastern US mountains as it is in the deserts of Texas and Mexico. Next I needed to talk to Aro. We needed to come to an understanding. He and Caius would be gunning for Jasper. They may well get him. It was possible.

We also had the Edward Cullen problem. He was out there. I wouldn’t rest until Bella had him in her sites. Speaking of…

“Bella not here?”

“Nope.” Garrett answered. He seemed to just realize this.

“She is probably burning the newborns. That’s a lot of body parts.” Irina mentioned quietly.

“Yep.” I agreed.

We all took off at the same time running full speed.

We arrived at the cliff base thirty seconds later. Bella was nowhere to be seen. The newborns were. They were on the ground in a circle. Alive.

My non beating heart just stopped. I didn’t see a bonfire so her pieces had to be in there somewhere. I growled, ready to attack when I heard it.

“So he brought her along?”

“Yep.” Bella replied.

“I bet I knew what kind of feeling he had.” A female at the front of the circle said sarcastically.

What the fuck?

“I know. But he did tear her head off later and let me light it up.”

“That is so sweet.” Another female said.

“I know right? He has his moments. I can’t wait until you all meet him. He is so hot you wouldn’t believe it. Even by vampire standards he is hot. Plus even though he acts like a tough guy he is really deep. He always has been. One of the things I really, really love about him. Oh speaking of…”

“Bella? What are you doing?” I whispered. My Mate was in the middle of a circle of newborns. Sitting. Talking.

“Hey baby. Everybody, this is Peter. Peter this is everybody. This is my family. My bestie Kate, of course and her Mate Garrett. Tanya, Irina, Randall, Tia and Benjamin. Benjamin likes to hit the ground and cause everything to fall into it for some reason. He doesn’t give a damn if you are on his side or not so you have to be careful and keep a close eye on him in battle.”

“Bella you were supposed to kill the… them.” Garrett said echoing all our thoughts.

“I know but they really are pretty cool. They all hated Maria too. So I have been educating them about being vampires. Most of them didn’t even know you could drink animal blood.” Bella smiled.

“It tastes like shit.” Garrett countered.

“Yeah but it beats killing people. I got kids you know. It would piss me off if somebody did that to them. I would kill the motherfucker.” A really big biker guy stood up and walked over.

“I’m Ted.” He offered his hand. I stood there for a moment. Speechless.

I finally took his hand.

“Bella says you are a lot more sensitive to her emotional needs and considerate now since you killed that blonde. That’s good. I made the mistake of ignoring my woman’s insecurities once and indirectly made her feel less special than she was. Not a good thing.”

“Uh… you are married?” I said not having a clue what else to say.

“Not technically but I had an old lady. I’m a member of the Banditos. The white wedding thing isn’t really our style. Hey, a bunch of us were talking about going deeper into Mexico. Maybe South America. Trying to find some animals to munch on. Seeing if it works for us. You guys want to ride with us?”

“Uh… We kinda have…”

“They have a vampire war to fight Ted. They don’t have time.” A voice said from the crowd.

“Shut up John. I’m just being friendly. Why do you always have to be an ass?” Ted yelled back.

“Yeah… we do have the whole vampire thing… I mean war thing going on.”

“No problem. We all appreciate you guys taking care of that bitch. We thought she may have killed our family and friends if we did anything. Your old lady pointed out the errors in our thinkin. She is special. I better not hear of you bein nice to any blonde whores all right?” Ted said smiling.

“Yeah. No problem.” I looked over and Bella was grinning.

“Hi. My name is Irina.” Irina walked forward and looked at him. He reached out and grabbed her hand.

“Oh my God.” She whispered when they touched.

“Oh my God. Teddy is coming with us!” Bella jumped up.

“Irina?” Tanya asked worried.

“He’s my mate.” She whispered.

“Like I said. Teddy is coming with us!” Bella looked like she was about to burst into confetti.

“I guess I am.” Ted whispered staring at Irina like I stare at Bella.

“Well congratulations Ted.” A newborn patted him on the back. “The rest of us better get on the move if we want to reach the caves before dark. Take care everybody. Good luck to you Ted.”

“Thanks Tony.” Ted whispered still staring at Irina.

The other newborns followed him. Except for one small teenage girl who hugged Bella.

“If you ever need us and Peter “knows” how to find us don’t hesitate. We will be there for you girl.”

“Thank you Stacy.” Bella responded hugging the newborn girl.

“And I hope you rip Edward’s dick off.” Stacy ran off after her army.

The rest of us stayed silent while Irina and Ted stared at each other.

“So I guess we should head back before sun up huh?” Bella said walking up and wrapping her arms around me.

“Yeah. I guess so.” I replied pulling her in closely. She moaned at our touch. I better buy a wedding ring quick. Or at least become more persuasive.