Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Human Strikes Back

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 22:

JPOV

The days following the skirmish, cause that’s what it was, were uneventful. After a big bonfire where we all got drunk, at least those of us who could and Bella and Leah put on a dancing show that had me glad I was taking her home that night, we woke up the next morning with a renewed focus on the mission. Bella and Charlie practiced sniping from different points on the cliff trying to find the most covered and clear are to shoot from.

Bella herself had gone through the most change. She was now waking up with me at 4 AM and running as far as she could with me and building her mileage everyday. She devoted her whole day to training or meditating. She didn’t write and she rarely visited anyone. If she wasn’t running with me or meditating she was working with Serenity on sword play and shooting. After that she was doing pushups, pull ups and crunches by the hundreds. About three times a week she would spar with me or Sere. She maintained her sunny disposition but she was a woman possessed. I knew what she was doing. Rather than sitting around being nervous she was focusing on preparing herself in any way possible.

It gives a person a sense of control. We do it often. After running through a mockup of a mission until we can do it in our sleep we still do it over and over again until we get it right. Recently with the vampire hunting missions we have been going on we have not spent much time training since they are basically seek and destroy missions. This however was a planned mission that could be visualized.

And Bella was visualizing it. She was dreaming about it at night. I could hear her mumbling yardages. Sniping with a laser rifle was easier than a regular rifle since wind could not affect the trajectory of the laser pulse. But shooting vampires is not an easy task and requires a quick trigger and a lot of guess work and lead.

Another thing that has happened is Bella has been a freak in the bed. We have given up on finding our own place because of the hours training but Charlie has been nice enough to be staying at Sues most nights, giving us plenty of alone time. Bella has always been a particularly needy woman in regards to bed stuff and I have always done my best to oblige but lately it has been even more frenzied. The amount of exercise and anticipation of the coming fight were choosing outlets and I for one was more than happy with this one.

I was able to see the wolves work as a team during training one day against Jasper. Jasper is a bad ass when it comes to hand to hand combat. The wolves are badasses when it comes to working as a group. All in all I like our chances. Of course I never walk into any fight expecting to lose.

Nostradamus still hadn’t seen anything other than Aro and Caius sitting in Voltura. Apparently the Romanians launched a small attack against the Italian Castle and this is holding their attention at the moment. Satellite has picked up nothing but it we were able to follow a Romanian survivor back to the stronghold in Russia. Of course it would be Russia. It was in Siberia though and should be easier to get permission to bomb the place when we were done with the Volturi. I’m kinda hoping that some others are brought in and somebody else can go against the Romanians.

After this I want to retire and raise little bad asses with Bella. For all the ass I have kicked for God and Country I don’t think that’s too much to ask for. Me, Bella, a couple kids running around on the beach in Texas. Bella wearing cutoffs, a checkered button up shirt tied up over her belly button wearing her beat up straw hat and boots….

These thoughts were occurring to me as I was driving from headquarters to Charlie’s house. I finally pulled myself out of my thoughts to notice a blue Toyota Corrola following me. I hadn’t never seen this car before. What was strange was that I could see at 4 men in what appeared to be business casual clothes in the car. They were following me at a distance of about 6 car lengths.

Too many mistakes. First 4 men in a family car cruising around a town like Forks is not common. Second all were dressed from what I could tell in collared pullovers. Not a t shirt among them but it is less obvious than wearing suits so I guess I will give them a little credit. I was glad I was driving the Stang and not a government issued sedan. Not that these guys were going to be reporting back to their bosses. Also they were following way to close.

I slowed down to about 20 miles an hour just to fuck with them and watched them try to slow down in a hurry while looking casual. This may not seem funny in theory but it actually is. Okay how to play this. I called Mikey.

“Yo Mikey and got some targets tailing me. Its only 4 in a Toyota Corolla if you can believe it. I’m going to take them out of town and do this quietly. Im already in camo so I’m going to take these fuckers to the woods. I need you to alert the team and Bella. I have a suspicion the Italians figured she had a boyfriend and want me murdered for the hell of it to send a message but there is the possibility she has a human tail as well.”

“On it boss. Call when you need cleanup.”

Gotta love Mikey. Man of few words.

I decided I was far enough out of town to do this and punched it. I needed enough distance between me and them that I could get out into the woods while being seen but not shot at. After I was about a half mile I pulled over and got out running into the trees on the side of the road. Throwing some mud on my face made for a quick cover to go with my BDUs. A black bandana covered up my noticeable blonde hair and I felt myself slip into Seal mode. I missed this. Going to battle with humans with old fashioned weapons.

I watched the idiots get out of the car and have a brief discussion. They came into the woods as I expected. They must be getting paid well. I needed to do this silently. I was behind some foliage that gave me great cover. The leader made a tactical error by splitting off the group. 4 men going in 4 different directions. Cant say it’s his fault. He probably thinks he is dealing with a regular soldier and boyfriend. But still you never underestimate your enemy. All the men were carrying 9 milimeters. Looked like Sig Sauers.

I silently screwed the silencer on my own .40. I had a decision to make now. Do I let them split to far apart. It would make it difficult to carry the bodies back if they were but make each kill quieter. I decided to follow the leader first. He was so loud Charlie could have heard him coming from a half mile away. The idiot was looking in the trees through the forest line. Never once looking for tracks or looking behind.

I silently came up behind him. I was about a foot behind him when he started actually brushing some dense foliage with his gun. What the hell did he think I was? A rabbit? I slid my K Bar knife around his neck and watched him freeze. “Drop the weapon.” He did so quickly. “Who sent you?” “Fuck you man I am not saying shit.” Italian accent like I thought. Probably mob hitmen. “You have two choices right now. I can slice your throat and you could be dead in seconds or I could disembowel you and leave you with just your voicebox taken out laying on the forrest trying to hold your intestines in while slowly dying. What’s it gonna be?”

“We have friends who sent us to watch your girlfriend. We saw you coming out of the house and figured you were a boyfriend. We called our friends and they told us to take you out and continue to watch the girl.”

“Were these friends very pale?”

“Yeah”

“Are there any more of you?”

“There is a team watching the girl but has strict orders not to hurt her, just to watch.”

“Your lucky I’m killing you quickly.”

I sliced deep into his neck so he couldn’t scream. I hate to kill like this but I needed answers. I simply couldn’t let these guys report back to Volturi. I didn’t expect them to send humans mobsters to spy on us but it is an effective method. Thankfully they think it’s just me and haven’t been around enough to know anything else. We would have picked them up with security around Headquarters or the wolves or Cullens would have smelled them. I went deeper into the forest but found the other three had met up and were walking back together. Guess they weren’t as motivated as I thought.

I stepped out in front of them . They didn’t even have time to looked shocked before I had shot all three in the head. I took out my phone and called my Boss. I told him where to find the bodies and he said he would take care of it.

“My next call went to Serenity.

“Serenity did Mikey talk to you?”

“Where are you?”

We have just pulled up to Charlie’s house. Bella is aware of what is happening.”

“You know what your facing?

“Yes she has heard of the enemy stalking us and has them in site.”

“Serenity I know who sent them. There is no need to interrogate them. Take them out quietly. Keep Bella out of this if you can but have her within site weapons ready. I would prefer for her to just stay in the vampire killing club and stay out of the people killing club.”

“She understands. May she use her sword?”

“Long as your quiet”

She giggled. “Thank you big brother.”