Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Venom

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 25:

TISSUE WARNING

Jacob POV

This cave was pretty much inaccessible to anyone in the tribe who wasn’t a hardcore hiker and caver or a wolf. It was isolated, small hidden behind foliage, dark. The perfect place to hide a vampire torso. Chris road behind Bella on Thunder to get up here. Dad and Old Quil made it here in wolf form.

Charlie had gone to Seattle. Bella and I were supposed to meet Renee at the airport tonight. The plan was, I sleep from patrolling all night, Bella relaxes, we leave around 5 to go to Seattle to pick up her mother from the airport and return to Charlie’s around 11. Easy day.

Instead, I slept, Bella started a brawl at a biker bar after getting smashed, Charlie spent the afternoon chatting up a vampire, we all ripped said vampire to pieces and then carried his torso to a hidden cave on top of a mountain and now were preparing to interrogate the vampire. The vampire that was the ringleader of the gang that killed Chris’s wife.

Typical day apparently.

I walked into the cave with Chris and Bella at my side.

Chris was tense. He had not said much. We were all a bit shocked to find out he knew the leech. I suggested he stay behind and he looked at me like I suggested he wear a strapless dress and hopped onto Bella’s horse. Bella had wrapped a chain around Burk’s neck and drug his torso up the mountain.

I was elected to speak. I’m not sure why. I suppose considering the situation I was the one most likely to keep his cool. The werewolf was the one who was most likely to keep his cool around a leech.

Perhaps we should hire a pack therapist.

Chris and Bella stayed back at the entrance of the cave. I stepped forward and looked down at the torso. He didn’t look happy.

“You burned my arms and legs. Kill me already. Why are you doing this?”

“Aren’t you going to tell me you’re a federal officer and I’m in a lot of trouble?” I asked seriously. Bella giggled in the back. I thought she would like that.

“You’re a fucking werewolf. That’s all you are. You may have chased off Irkalla but she will return.”

“She is ash, dumbass. Unless you got some very good superglue and unparelled jigsaw puzzle solving skills she is staying ash.”

From the look on his face, this seemed to catch him by surprise.

“There is no way…”

“Shut up. I’m not going to waste time convincing you she is dead. I don’t have to. You know why? Because she is fucking dead and you have no arms or legs. Let’s get to the reason you aren’t sharing the ground with her.”

“Why isn’t the witch talking? What about the cowboy? He disappear again? He’s good at that when danger is around.” Burk laughed. I glanced at Chris who only grinned. Good. He would be fine.

“I’m the alpha of my pack. You are on my land. I will ask the questions.”

“Why would I tell you anything? You think I am afraid of pain? Death?”

Oh you have no idea.

“Death? Why would I want to kill you? You are too useful to me just as you are.” I sat down on the ground and looked down at him.

“What are you talking about?” Now he didn’t seem so cocky.

“This place. It’s perfect for you. Every couple months we can bring some skunks up here for you to feed from. Leave you chained here. See here is my problem. I plan to have kids one day with the witch behind me. Our children will carry the gene that makes it possible to turn into a wolf if they are exposed to your kind. The problem is we can never prepare children because we never know when we run into you pieces of shit. But if I have you here then when my son is ready I can bring him up here. Explain what you are. Have a little show and tell. He can phase and use you as a chew toy, get some jaws on experience, you got me?”

My plan seemed to leave him speechless.

“You would be doing a tremendous service to our tribe. You would have my gratitude.” I told him solemnly.

“You… you are joking right?”

“Let’s talk about your past. You mentioned that the human male behind me, disappeared. My soon to be wife, my woman, my lady, she is, as you have pointed out, a witch. You decided you needed how many vampires to kill the last witch?”

“What of it?”

“Just find it funny you are taking shots at my friend Chris here when you needed a gang to take out a woman. You’re a tough guy aren’t you?”

That pissed him off. He closed his eyes and tried to look away. I grabbed him by the chin and made him look up. He then made the mistake of opening his mouth.

“Fuck you. Her name was Serena right? Isn’t that what you screamed before you disappeared cowboy?”

I stuck a finger through his eye. He screamed when it popped out. I handed it to Chris.

“Now, I realize this cave isn’t much to look at so if you are prepared to spend eternity blind keep talking shit.”

Chris kneeled over him.

“I’m not disappearing this time. I was there when Irkalla was blown to pieces. I saw the witch pull her heart out of her chest. Her body exploded around Bella’s hand. Then she was ash. Kind of like this.”

Chris lit Martin’s eye. Martin screamed.

I was a bit disturbed to hear Bella giggling. Nothing wrong with it. But I didn’t figure Bella would get off on torture. Chris deserved this. But… the conversation in my Dad’s mind came forward again. Changes in behavior.

“Fuck you. I won’t tell you anything. Do what you will.” The vampire gasped when he stopped screaming.

“I know. I never expected you to tell us anything.” I told him honestly.

“Then why?”

“Whatever gave you the idea we needed you to talk. Everything you know is in that perfect vampire brain of yours.”

I turned to look at Bella. She was no longer smiling. Her glove was present on her right hand. It wasn’t silver and it wasn’t gleaming. She looked at me with eyes that seemed very black.

“I’m going to need to be alone for this Jacob.” She said quietly.

I felt a shiver at her tone. I had a feeling she would not be shining. Chris and I stood up and walked out.

We reached the front of the cave to see the Pack members who came waiting for us. Sam was about to ask me a question when the night was disturbed by an ungodly scream.

Yeah, I had a feeling her armor was very, very dark right now.

Bella POV

“Alone at last Agent Burk.” I whispered.

He said nothing.

“I’m going to take everything you know from your mind. Everything you have ever done, learned, every pain you have ever caused. I won’t waste time talking to you or asking you questions. I really can’t stand to speak to your kind. So shut the fuck up while I do my thing.”

I formed a black dagger in my hand and moved towards him.

“What are you doing?” he whimpered.

“Taking a look inside your head you big tough guy. Literally. This is going to hurt. Now no more questions. Save your strength.”

I had Serena’s memories. I remembered this fucker’s face. He laughed while she was beat to death. Still, I needed information.

He tried to jerk back so I placed a knee on his chest. I caught a glance of my armor. It was black. Very, very black.

Ursalla talked to me about this once. She warned me. My other sisters talked to me about this when I was still trying to form a butter knife in my right hand. I thought it was a joke.

Don’t let the power get to you Bella. It can change who you are. It can control you.

What choice did I have? I wasn’t strong enough on my own to defeat Irkalla. The shiny super heroine got her ass kicked.

Maybe I would lose who I was. But I agreed to this to save humans. To kill vampires. To protect others. So if I needed to turn into a dark armored bitch that is who I would be.

I sliced into his forehead and began circling his skull cap, trying my best to ignore his screams. When I had a circle I gently removed his skull and saw his sparkling, crystalized brain underneath.

He was no longer screaming at least.

The dagger in my hand melted. I was not sure what came next. I was kind of winging it here. My fingertips were glowing with blue flames. I touched his brain and my fingers melted into the organ.

His thoughts hit me hard. I nearly jumped back but held on. I saw. I heard…

Oh no.

I jerked my hand back. Martin was moaning. I slapped him.

“How soon?”

“You said no questions.” He whispered, eyes staying closed.

“You told them tonight.” I said more to myself. If he didn’t contact his friend they were all to come looking for him. All of them.

Charlie would be bringing Renee back right now. He was stopping in La Push at Billy’s so we could explain everything to her. Explain why she needed to stay in La Push for a while. For her protection. Emily’s sister and her husband and their three year old child were visiting her. Jared and Seth were on patrol. Rachel was at home with Paul. Kim said she may stop by and watch movies.

“They will find where I was. They will find your pet’s scents all around mine. They will follow. What will they find witch? Tonight was feeding time. I should have contacted them at least two hours ago. They are here. You are going to have a lot of people to make disappear tonight.”

I grabbed his brain and screamed, watching dark blue fire leave my hand and incinerate him.

Running outside I saw Jake, Chris, Sam, Billy, Leah and Old and young Quil looking very concerned.

“Bella?” Jake asked. The look on his face caught me off guard. He was looking at my body. I looked down and saw I was completely covered. I hadn’t been this covered since I fought Irkalla. My armor was slithering over my body, rather than staying immobile.

“We have to get to La Push. Now!”

Narrator POV

Emily had cooked too much. With Paul the only wolf not patrolling or with Bella, she had cooked way too much food. Her sister and her sister’s husband did not have wolf appetites. She invited Paula and Rachel over. A call to Charlie and he would be here within minutes with Renee. Sue was on her way. Kim had just arrived.

She was not sure how long Sam would be on top of the mountain. He told her it could be all night. She wished he was home. She would never tell him this but she had a bad feeling tonight. A sinking feeling in her soul. Something was not right.

Emily opened the door and saw Paul and Rachel had arrived. Rachel smiled. She confided in Emily that Paul had been a perfect gentleman and things were going well. Of course between Jake breaking Paul’s legs and Bella putting Paul on the ground on a regular basis she imagined he had learned some manners. Especially now that Billy had phased.

She would put those negative feelings away. She had many pots of Chris’s stew and people needed to be fed.

The howls in the forest still sent shivers down her spine.

“Jake and Sam?” she whispered, looking towards the sounds of the howling.

“No. Jared and Seth. Are Colin and Brady here?” Paul asked.

“No. They wanted to stay in and play some video game Quil bought them…”

“Embry?”

“Said he was going to walk towards the top of the mountain where they took the leech.” Emily said, ignoring the sinking feeling in her soul.

“I have to go.” Paul turned and phased. Before he could get to the woods a house across the street exploded. Screams of La Push residents radiated from all over. Walls were being torn down. Rachel grabbed Emily’s hand and both screamed when two wolves were thrown out of the tree line into the street. Seven vampires walked out behind them. Both Seth and Jared were on their feet quickly, growling at the approaching leeches. Paul was by their side.

Growls down the street. Must be Colin and Brady. A howl of pain. Cars were driving away from yards. Two were flipped over.

“How many are there?” Rachel whispered.

“A lot.” Emily answered.

Paul attacked but was jumped by two more. Jared and Seth were engaged with leeches.

“What the hell is going on?” Emily’s brother in law asked.

“Stay inside! Hide Claire!” she told them without turning.

Rachel pulled her inside.

Her brother in law walked outside to see about the carnage. Her sister chased after him. Emily screamed.

Seconds later, her sister and brother in law’s bodies were thrown through her window.

Emily turned and saw Kim had Claire who was screaming. Emily forced herself to look away from the bodies of her big sister and look outside. Paul was being beaten. He would not back down but three leeches were toying with him, attacking him from front and back. Jared hit the ground hard. Seth landed on top of him. Colin and Brady joined the fight, but were being chased by… at least ten leeches. More were behind them, feeding on residents. One just flipped another car.

Oh God. Paul, Jared, Seth, Colin and Brady were in a circle. They were surrounded. Ten leeches circled them. Emily turned and saw ten more were walking toward her yard. Paul saw and launched towards the house. He was taken down. Two were trying to bite him.

“Paul!” Rachel screamed. Kim was frozen but held onto Claire tightly.

The leeches swarmed the boys. One jumped in the air.

And was cut in half by Jacob Black’s teeth. He landed with a roar. Sam charged into the yard and stood in front of Emily. Billy landed next to Jake. Old Quil, ran forward and attacked. Embry and Leah ran by the circle of wolves and headed deeper into La Push.

Bella arrived. Her horse was covered like she was. They both looked like demons. Chris jumped off the horse where he had been riding behind her. He ran towards the house.

“We need to go inside.” Rachel said shakily. Paul was on his feet and had a leeches head in his jaws.

Up the road, Leah had a broader picture of the chaos and carnage. Bodies were in the street. People were running in all directions. Houses were on fire. Leah saw her house was on fire.

Rather than panicking, Leah gave herself over to her wolf. She became an animal. Four leeches attacked her and four leeches went down. She crashed through the front of her house through the flames. Her mother was in a corner being approached by a vampire. The vampire turned and Leah took her head before she could growl. Dropping down, Sue Clearwater jumped onto Leah’s back and the two ran from the house.

Leah was hit from the side, sending Sue flying to the ground. She jumped up to see a blond haired freak about to attack her. Before he took a step, Embry had him on the ground. Leah grabbed his legs and Embry bit the shoulders and the leech was in pieces.

In front of Sam’s house, more leeches seemed to emerge from the woods. Jake and Billy were plowing through a horde of undead. Old Quil took a few shots to the side and crumpled. He was up soon, when he saw Bella nearly take a hit from behind to intercept the leech.

Bella was grappling with three newborns. They had her on the ground. She sliced when she could but another would jump on her to replace the one she cut. Sam moved to assist. He was hit and Old Quil jumped to defend him. Bella sliced three bodies in half, finally regaining her footing. Young Quil heard a scream from inside Sam’s house. He burst through the front and saw a leech nearly had Kim. Kim was holding a child. Quil looked at her and caught her eyes.

The power of the unexpected imprint shocked him. He was confused. Too confused to pay attention to the leech who had come in the back, the long haired monster hit Quil in the nose, dropping him to the ground.

The long haired leech was hungry. Wolf blood did not appeal to him. He turned and saw three women holding a little girl and began approaching them slowly, satisfied the wolf was unconscious.

He was within feet of the women when they disappeared.

They disappeared in front of him. No scent. No movement. They were gone.

Outside he heard an explosion.

“You may want to leave while you still can.” The leech turned and saw a slim man in a cowboy hat. He smirked until he realized he could not move towards the man. His steps were slow. Some unseen force was preventing him from moving.

He looked outside towards the source of the explosion and saw a strange sight. A black armored woman with fiery arms was blasting his fellow vampires to pieces. She was levitating over the scene of the fight now. Energy blasts raining down with pin point accuracy destroying every vampire she hit. He caught a look at her face. The black metal mask covering her face sent fear deep into his black heart.

“Yeah. She is pissed. You really don’t want to be around when she gets like this. You need to go.”

He would not be told what to do by a human.

Pushing forward he saw the cowboy backing up. His face was strained. His eyes kept glancing to the site the women had been.

He made them disappear. Of course. A magician.

With a roar he charged and had the cowboy in his arms. It was time to leave. But a bite to eat first.

His teeth clamped onto the man’s neck. He barely heard the scream outside. An inhuman shriek. The flying woman came through the window. Before she could reach him, the wolf he thought was dead, bit him and dragged him back.

The wolf ran with him to the yard. He was under the beast and saw body parts all around. Body parts in pieces. The black wolf had a torso in his mouth. Body parts on fire.

His last vision was snarling canines closing over his head.

Bella had seen what was happening to late. She had been lost in the battle, watching for Jake, watching for Billy, making sure the wolves were okay. Old Quil had been hit several times. Chris… she thought Chris had gone to safety. When she looked towards Sam’s house, she noticed the leech. The leech biting Chris.

Now Chris was on the ground shaking. Bella placed a dark hand on Chris’s neck. He was shaking. She looked to the side and saw Emily, Kim, Rachel and a young child were in the room. Chris had hid them. It’s why the leech was able to get past his power.

“Listen, I need you to lay still so I can get the venom out.” She stuttered.

“You can’t. That doesn’t work on humans Bella. I would never survive. Only a wolf can take that.” He gritted out.

“Chris I have to do something! You’re bit!”

“Yeah. I noticed.” He chuckled.

“Okay. Okay Bella, don’t panic. We can work with this. You can change and we can keep you away from humans. We can take you to Wyoming to the ranch. You can fight with us. With Irkalla gone she can’t control you…”

“Bella I am not going to be a vampire.”

“Chris…”

“Bella…”

“I won’t do it.” Bella said, tears flowing freely from her eyes.

“You have to Bella. I need you too.”

“Chris…” Bella stopped when Chris screamed.

“This is really starting to hurt kid. You need to help me.”

“Chris please…”

“I want to see my wife Bella. Please let me see my wife.”

Bella grabbed Chris’s hand. She was unaware of the Pack behind her. Sam was holding Emily who was crying over her sister’s body. Quil had taken Claire from Kim who was holding Jared. Sue was holding Leah and Seth.

She also did not see Charlie and a shocked Renee, who had arrived while the battle was going on.

“Chris don’t make me do this!”

“Do you love me?” Chris practically screamed.

“Yes!”

“Then let me go home, Bella. Please sweetie. I love you. Let me go home.”

Bella said nothing. But she finally nodded. Chris touched her chin as her face plate fell down.

“Hey. See this dark look you got going on? That’s not you. Don’t ever forget it. You are the most special, beautiful girl I have ever known. I would have been damn proud to have you as my daughter. Don’t become something you aren’t. Hold onto who you are Bella. I love who you are. You don’t have to be somebody else to win. Just be you. You were picked by the spirits for a reason. For who you are.”

Bella nodded, incapable of words.

Bella turned and saw the room was full.

“Please leave.” She whispered.

Within moments the room was empty, Sam and Paul carrying Emily’s brother in law and sister’s bodies outside.

“I love you Chris.”

“I love you sweetie. Thank you for this.”

Bella nodded and closed her eyes, feeling the dagger in her hand.

“Bella, go outside.”

She opened her eyes and saw her Dad standing over her.

“Dad?”

“Go Bella.” Chris told her, gritting his teeth.

Bella kissed Chris on the forehead, her tears landing on him. She stood up and walked outside into her very confused mother’s arms. Jake wrapped her up as well. Bella’s arms hung by her side.

Charlie looked down at Chris when the room had emptied.

“Thank you. I didn’t want her to have to do it.” Chris told him, fighting to speak through the burning in his veins.

“I know. You saved my daughter’s life. I will never be able to repay you for that.”

“You’re doing it now. I’ll have a beer waiting on you in Heaven when it’s your time.”

Charlie nodded.

“Don’t let her lose herself Charlie.” Chris told him solemnly.

“I won’t.”

“Charlie this hurts.”

Charlie nodded his head. Chris closed his eyes.

The Pack jumped when they heard the sound of the gunshot outside. Bella shrieked and fell to the ground. Renee in her confusion, at least understood that Bella just lost someone close. She tried to get on the ground with her but Bella laid out and Jake laid beside her, wrapping Bella in his massive frame. Her body continued to shake as she hyperventilated. Renee was just beginning to take in the scene before her. What the hell was her daughter dressed in? Did she have a sword? Was she… what came out… was she flying?

“Would somebody tell me what the hell just happened?” Renee whispered.

Charlie walked out of Sam’s house, tears in his eyes. Old Quil walked into Sam’s house. He wanted to hold Bella but she was in Jake’s arms now and no one would be pulling her out.

Billy looked at his home. Bodies littered the streets. Houses were on fire. Homes destroyed. Tribe members walking around, bleeding. A few screaming from a distance. Billy wondered how many of those were changing right now. How many more bodies would be added to the count? Who else would have to die by his people’s hands?

“What do we do Billy?” Sam asked.

“We help those we can. We rebuild. We heal. Then we are going on the road. We are going to destroy every single one of these undead motherfuckers that walk the earth. I will not rest until they are all gone.”

But looking at the girl I considered a daughter in every way still shaking in my son’s arms on the ground, it was obvious the first thing we had to do.

We had to bury our dead.