Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Human Strikes Back

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 26:

BPOV

We returned to Charlie’s house after a 6 hour debriefing. The whole battle was played out before us by video provided by the Apache helicopters and the B 2 bomber. The entire thing was a success. The most important part of this was my freedom to live without fear from the Volturi. We had yet to see how the vampire world would react to the loss of the Volturi. Jason seemed to think it would be necessary to go after the Romanians but really didn’t want to. He spoke to his boss who understood if he left I was coming with him. Since I knew everything and had 6 official kills in the books it seemed like I was awarded membership like Serenity was.

Jason and I headed back to Charlie’s house. Charlie had headed to Sue’s place. I was thankful. Jason and I both knew what each other needed. After being in control so much I usually got wound up. I needed to unwind and let someone else be in control. Since I had left Forks the first time I understood I needed to let go of myself sometime and be somewhat submissive. I only trusted Jason to do this for me. He only trusted me when there were times I needed to be in control. Today I was wound to tight.

He took the black bag out of our closet. Sometime in the past week he had screwed to rings into the ceiling. He looped ropes through them so they hung down just a foot above my shoulders. He undressed me and placed the leather collar on my neck. No words were spoken. None needed to be. He moved my hands above my head and tied my wrists to the ropes. I found myself bound from the ceiling. I had goose bumps all over my body but not from the cold. He poured massage oil in his hands and began rubbing my body starting at my neck and working down all the way to my feet.

When he rubbed my nipples I nearly came and I did when he reached my shaved mound. He rubbed my feet firmly. He ran his fingers lightly over my ass and then slipped it hard and then rubbed it again. The sensation was like no others. He took out a feather and ran it gently over my body, avoiding places he knew I was ticklish. Finally after twenty minutes completely in his hands he undressed, untied my hands and we made love.

He made love to me slowly. Tracing over every inch of my body he could get as if he was worshipping my body. This lasted for hours. When we were done I feel asleep as I couldn’t move anyway. That night for the first time in a long time, I didn’t dream.

JPOV

Relief. For the first time in a long time I woke up and did not go work out. Nothing was pulling me out of this bed before Bella woke up. The team was heading back to Houston today. I hoped we would be following in the next couple days. Our two week Holiday visit had somehow turned into a two month long battle with the forces of evil and some dumbass mobsters from Italy. I had spoken to the boss last night. The President was obviously pleased with the results of the battle. He agreed that the Romanian situation would have to be watched. Satellites are keeping an eye on the compound but boots on the ground would be beneficial. The President is most likely going to talk about vampires to the Russian Prime Minister and possibly let them take care of their own problem. Or at least let us in to deal with it.

Seeing as how Bella wants to be a part of the team and I said I would be with her no matter what she decides to do it looks like we are staying on. At least we can get back to our lives. Other than meeting to train once a month together everyone is pretty independent. The Boss promised me a suit of armor for Bella before she would be allowed on missions. Apparently duplicating the metal and the gadgets inside is a very time consuming process. Why do I have a feeling this metal is gonna give me some ET cancer or something one day? Being that she was smaller it may take less time. A part of me hopes she can’t walk very well today so we can stay in bed. But knowing Bella she will at least want to run. I will be glad when she gets back to writing. She is much more mellow when writing.

Jacob POV

“Okay I’m here Cullen, what do you want?” I had agreed to meet the leech at the treaty line because. Hell I don’t know why. I guess I was just curious.

“I want the same thing you do Black. I want Bella.”

“You let her go. Why the hell do you want to ruin her life now that things are going so well for her?”

“Don’t act like you aren’t jealous. I read your mind every time you saw the two of them together. If we can work together to get her to love us again it may be enough to confuse her feelings again before she gets married. We have both got to work on her. Your constant nagging that she loved you was good enough to make her doubt marriage with me. There has to be something we can do to break them up. Once that happens our cooperation can come to an end and we can let her decide which of us she truly loves.”

“Let her decide? Edward she loves the guy. Hell I hate that she loves the guy but even I like him. And believe me I don’t want to like the guy. But I have finally come to the conclusion that she is happy and I have been a jerk. I am hoping to apologize to the both of them before they leave. I want her friendship back if nothing else. “

“Perfect now you decide to stay out of someone’s relationship.” He said.

“You weren’t right for her Edward. She wasn’t herself when she was with you. She was whatever the hell you dazzled her into believing she was. She is free of you and won’t go back.”

“And what do you think would happen if he wasn’t around Jacob? Do you think she would be as closed off to me? To either of us? He lives a dangerous life and he fully intends to let Bella into it. You are okay with this? With seeing her in danger?”

“I don’t like the idea but this battle has taught me that it’s her decision, not mine.”

“And Edward?”

“Yes?”

“If anything happens to him I’m coming after you and I won’t be alone. “

I drove over to Charlie’s. I could hear them upstairs moving around so I knocked.

Jason was surprised to see me and even more surprised if I could speak to both of them.

“Bella I’m sorry about the way I have acted the last two years. I see how you are with each other and even if I don’t imprint and find a soul mate I can see that you have. I hope one day we can be friends again and I promise as much as I will always love you I will only be what you want me to be and never ask for more.”

Too my deep surprise Bella ran up and hugged me. I don’t know why that surprised me. Her forgiving nature never left her except when it came to things from Italy. Jason shook my hand and from his smile I could see he was glad Bella was happy.

“I’ve always known you were a good kid Jacob Black. Today you showed me you are a good man.”

I thanked him for the compliment even if it was a bit condescending. I then proceeded to tell them about my conversation with Edward. Jason was not happy but Bella was furious. Jason calmed her down. He explained to her that if he ever did get taken out by a vamp it wouldn’t be a vamp who drives a Volvo.

I left with another hug and handshake. I felt freer than I have in a long time. The Cullens would be leaving soon. Unfortunately so would Bella. But I at least knew I would see her again. And I had promised to talk to her when she calls.

Jasper POV

I have to say that I was impressed. Connolly put together a master plan that eliminated the most powerful vampires in existence in 3 minutes. The family was packing ready to move back to New York. It would be nice to settle down and enjoy some peace without the threat of the Volturi hanging over us. I was leery of the effect this would have on the vampire world. I would definitely be keeping my ears open for news of the Romanians. If word got out that we were involved in the Volturi’s destruction in any way we could be construed as heroes by the Romanians or threats or both. Vladimir and Stephen were not the most stable of individuals. But at least we knew we had backup in case anything came down on us. Jason had given me his work phone number that he always had on him and told me to call him and he would be there if we needed the resources of the US government.

My only concern and the concern of those in the family was Edward. He smiled a lot and said that he was happy for Bella and understood she could take care of herself. But all I felt from him was possessiveness, jealousy and anger. I shared this with the others and we all agreed to keep an eye on him and not let him go off on his own for a while. The fact that he was trying to hide these emotions had me on edge.

BPOV

Saying goodbye was bittersweet. Jason and I agreed to have the wedding here in April on first beach. Standing with us would be the couples. Rose and Emmett, Jasper and Alice, (Jason and Jasper had become good friends through this)Kim and Jarrod, Emse and Carlisle, Emily and Sam and Serenity and Jacob. The male members of the team would be in dress uniforms as would Jason and handle security. I’m not sure what kind of security you would need for a beach wedding and a small reception afterwards but considering our lives it probably is a good idea. A part of me had the idea that they would be keeping an eye on Edward.

Saying our goodbyes to Charlie and the Pack was difficult but I felt better knowing I would be back in a few months. I would coordinate over Skype with my bridesmaids and Jason was flying everyone down next month to Houston so we could all go dress shopping and the guys could hang out. Most of the hanging out will be at night due to sunlight. It would be fun. Now to get home and get my house ready for an invasion of guests. At least they would be staying at a hotel. It will be a fun time. A normal time. Yeah right. I’ll keep telling myself that.