Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Besotted

By Mama4Dukes

Chapter 04:

“Oh my God! This room smells like sperm!” Charlotte complained. “What the hell do you guys do in here? Masturbate?”

“Yes,” Caius and Demetri admitted at the same time.

“Sometimes, they even bring the slutty ones in here,” Heidi informed her.

“And what? Have sex while they watch porn?”

“Exactly.”

“Isn’t there another room for us to watch TV in? One that’s less skanky?”

“You know, for someone so… so… uh… sexworthy…”

“Sexworthy, Caius? Is that even a word?” Demetri asked.

“Of course it is. I am just complimenting Mrs. Whitlock on her sexworthy body.”

Charlotte shook her head. “I’m going to regret asking this, but what constitutes a sexworthy body?”

“The fact that it is worthy enough for me to have sex with, of course.”

“You’re an arrogant, son of a bitch, aren’t you?”

“Who wouldn’t want to have sex with me?” Caius asked.

“Caius, bear in mind that you don’t have high standards, you married Athenadora.”

“Demetri, shut up. I make one mistake-just one, and you have to keep harping on it. Have some respect, I’m your king.”

“No, you said that you were no longer our king.”

“Not so fast, buddy. He’s going to have to remain king and we’re going to be his advisors because shit’s going to go to hell in a hand basket soon and it’s going to be up to all of us to figure it out. Now, let’s turn the TV on,” Peter suggested.

“Sure.” Demetri grabbed a pair of disposable latex gloves before picking up the sticky remote.

“That’s disgusting.” Heidi crinkled her nose. “You two need serious help.”

“And some Lysol,” Charlotte added. “Subjecting us to this room is kind of unfair. Isn’t there another TV in this castle?”

“Of course, there are TV’s in most of the rooms.”

“Then why did you bring us here?”

“You can’t fault a guy for hoping for an orgy.” Caius shrugged his shoulders. “I can be seductive, you know.”

“Caius, there’s nothing seductive about you, this room, or the smell of spunk! On top of that, Charlotte and I have mates.”

“Again with the mates! I’m sick and tired of mates!”

“Yeah!” Demetri nodded his head in agreement.

Heidi shook her head and warned, “Caius, one day, you and Demetri will meet your mates and become completely besotted with them.”

“Moi? Besotted.” Caius snorted. “Never.”

“That goes for me as well. I refuse to ever be as besotted as Felix is with you.”

“Don’t knock it until you try it, Dem. Besides, I’m the one getting laid on a regular basis,” Felix replied before turning to the guests. “Follow me, we’ll go to Aro’s and Sulpicia’s room to watch TV-that’s the most sterile room in the castle.”

Suddenly, loud knocking was heard on the castle doors along with “Please, open the doors!”

“They can’t be the zombies, they don’t talk-they only groan,” Caius pointed out. “They wouldn’t be able to knock that fast either. Then he looked up at Peter. “How the heck did you and your mate get into the castle?”

“We climbed in through the roof access.”

“Smart.” He nodded his head while Felix went to open the main door. They all stood on the ready in case any zombies tried to get inside. Several vampires came rushing into the castle. Outside, quite a few zombies had been decapitated and a few of the vampires were ripping off heads. “What are you doing here?” Caius asked upon seeing Alice Cullen and a few other vampires including all of the Denali’s minus Irina.

Alice Cullen spoke, “We are here to request your assistance. We’ve been searching for two of our family members for more than five years now and we can’t seem to locate them.”

“Losing Carlisle Cullen and his brat Edward isn’t exactly a negative thing,” Caius replied.

“That’s true, but we’re not looking for them. We left Carlisle’s coven over five years ago. We’re looking for Esme Platt and Isabella Swan. With the zombie situation, we are more concerned about their safety than ever.”

“Isabella Swan? She’s dead, isn’t she?” Demetri asked. “Felix and I saw her being drained by Edward’s mate.”

“Yeah,” Felix nodded. “I saw it happen.”

“Esme saved her. We all saved her,” the hot, leggy blonde replied.

“Hello, I’m Caius. Your name is?”

“Rosalie. Rosalie Hale McCarty. This is my mate Emmett McCarty.”

His Highness stomped his foot. “Not fair! So not fair! All the hot ones are mated.”

“Oh, Caius, cut it out. Be more king-like,” Heidi chastised.

“Grrr…”

“Growling is not king-like. Hello, I’m Heidi. I’m the reasonable one here. We would appreciate it if you would explain what happened to Carlisle Cullen’s coven.”

So Rosalie explained all that transpired after Bella was nearly drained by Edward’s mate Bree. “You see, Emmett told Esme to run away with Isabella thinking we would find her using Alice’s gift. The only thing is Alice hasn’t been able to locate her. We suspect it’s because Isabella is a shield.”

“And how did you come to be with the Denalis?”

“We immediately headed to Alaska thinking that would be where Esme would take Bella. Of course, they weren’t there. After we explained what transpired on the field, the Denalis broke all ties with Carlisle and Edward.”

“So why did you come here?”

“We are requesting the services of Demetri. Eleazar believes he will be able to track them. He knows Esme’s essence. The zombie situation is spilling into the United States and we are worried about them. The government bureaucrats are being idiots; they’re insisting that it’s a flu virus despite the fact that whole countries are being wiped off the map. They think that they’ll be able to find a cure for this virus.”

“How did this zombie situation start and why are vampires being affected?”

“Only vampires who take in infected human blood are being affected. This infection is unlike others and once it hits our bloodstream, it affects us immediately. There is no cure,” a vampire in a loin cloth replied. “It’s best if you only partake in animal blood for the time being.” He paused for a moment. “As for how the zombie situation started, it’s a long story involving my natural father Joham Lobishomen and Carlisle Cullen. They set up a laboratory in Brazil where they were attempting to come up with a vaccine that could turn vampires back to human-it failed, of course, and the candidates who volunteered to test out the vaccine turned into zombies. These zombies, of course, crave brains and human entrails.”

“Why didn’t they kill the zombies?”

“Carlisle believed they could be rehabilitated. They ended up escaping and the crisis that the world is experiencing now is the result.”

“Who are you again?” Caius asked suspiciously.

“I apologize. I never introduced myself. My name is Nahuel.”

“Are you aware that you have a beating heart and that you’re surrounded by vampires who crave blood?”

“Yes, I am half vampire/half human. Tanya Denali is my mate.”

“Phew, I’m glad you have a mate because you’d put up some good competition for the chicks. They probably like tanned men in loin cloths,” Caius conjectured.

“You’re not kidding,” Demetri agreed.

“Are you two done?” Heidi was glaring at them with her hands on her hips.

“Hey, have some sympathy for us. The females are all gone-even the slutty ones!” the tracker yelled. “For God’s sake, it looks like almost everyone here is mated.”

“Yes, they are and now would be a good time for me to introduce everyone,” Alice stated. You’ve already been introduced to Rose and Emmett. This is my mate Jasper Whitlock. You also know all of the Denalis-Carmen and Eleazar; Tanya and Nahuel; and Kate. This is Kate’s mate Garrett. And this is Huilen, she is Nahuel’s aunt.” She turned to Peter and Charlotte. “Why are you two here?”

“So we can watch the news, of course,” Peter replied.

“You’re saying that you moved your horny ass away from the porn channel in your multi-million dollar Texas estate modeled after Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion just so you could watch the news in Volterra, Italy?” Jasper asked with an arched eyebrow.

“Yeah.”

“Alright, I’ll go with that. I don’t ever doubt you.”

“You made it seem as if you were a stickler for propriety and didn’t watch porn.” Demetri chuckled at Peter.

“I didn’t say that I didn’t watch porn, I just said that we needed to watch the news.”

“I believe we should watch the news since this man is a very accurate clairvoyant,” Eleazar suddenly piped in. “He is even more accurate with his predictions than Alice here. Her visions are subjective.”

The rather large group of vampires gathered in the throne room while Felix and Demetri brought down Aro’s flatscreen TV and set top box and hooked them up. They scanned through many European news channels and found many of them were dead.

“Switch it to a British channel cause I don’t understand what they’re saying in the other countries,” Peter urged. Felix did as he asked.

The stoic newscaster appeared somber on the screen as he reported the news, “Britain is in a state of emergency. I repeat, we are in a state of emergency. For your own safety, all residents are urged to stay indoors. I repeat, all residents are urged to stay indoors. If you do encounter one of these creatures, the only way to stop them is through decapitation or by destruction of their brains.”

“I knew it! I knew it! I guessed right! The rest of those assholes just stood there until they were overwhelmed by those zombie things and finally started feeding from them. I’m not kidding you. Aro kept ordering everyone to use their gifts. I was the only one ripping heads off. You should have seen Aro as a zombie; he was actually quite comical-he couldn’t stop waving his hand like a politician and he had a permagrin infused onto his face. Then there was Marcus-I actually think he was more animated as a zombie.”

“Why didn’t you feed from them?” Jasper asked.

“I have high standards when it comes to my food. Those zombies reeked. I don’t know how the others were able to feed from them; plus they had their innards hanging out of them. Would you feed from them?”

“No, I was just curious as to why you didn’t feed from them like everyone else. I’ve been ripping off heads too.”

“Do I look like Aro’s little lackey to you? The guy was a legend in his own mind who never listened to anything I had to say.” Caius pointed at the screen. “Well, now, this guy looks important.”

The reporter on the TV spoke, “We turn now to Dr. Francois Montford of the World Health Conglomerate. Hopefully, he’ll be able to give us some answers.”

The group watched together as the doctor approached a podium in front of a large brick building. He was wearing a lab coat and greeted all of the reporters in a somber and subdued manner. “Thank you for coming. As you are all aware, this year the flu outbreak has climbed to pandemic levels and with devastating results. I am here to assure you that we, here at the World Health Conglomerate, are working tirelessly to come up with a cure for this virus. In the meantime, please continue with frequent hand washing and avoid all contact with anyone who has the flu virus. Thank you.” He walked away from the podium without taking any questions.

“ That’s it? How in bloody hell is frequent hand washing going to help us with these monsters?” the reporter asked, disgusted. “We’re past the point of a flu virus. We want answers!”

“Oh my God!” Alice, who had been rubbing her temples, squeaked.

At the same time, Peter shouted, “Turn the channel!”

“No! We need to get to the States now!”

“Turn the goddamned TV channel,” Peter insisted. He took the remote and switched channels. Two female reporters were on the screen.

“Bellsy!” Emmett cried.

“Esme?” Jasper questioned. He turned to Alice.

“I really didn’t see this. I can’t see them at all. I mean I see them on the TV, but not in my visions.”

“ Thank you for tuning into Seattle One-Seattle’s only operational news channel at the moment. My name is Esme Platt.”

“ And I’m Isabella McCarty.”

“Aw, sissy is using my name,” Em chortled happily.

“We will be providing live coverage of the pandemic flu crisis currently plaguing our nation. We…”

The cameraman interrupted Esme and a few other workers running behind the desk and Bella screaming, “What the fuck is that?”

Meanwhile in Forks, Washington…

“Isabella, don’t swear!” Charlie snapped at the screen then turned to his new wife Sue, her kids Leah and Seth, Billy, and Jacob. “Alright, that is clearly my kid on TV wearing freaky golden contact lenses. I want fucking answers and I want them now!”

“Charlie, don’t swear. Honestly, it’s no wonder your daughter curses on live TV,” Sue chastised.

“Answers, Susie. My baby isn’t a runaway and she isn’t dead. All of a sudden, she’s changed her name and is a reporter on TV along with Carlisle Cullen’s wife who has also changed her name. Now, I want answers now!”

“Dad, Bella’s a vampire and so are the Cullens. Jake, Leah, and I are a vampire killing wolves-only we don’t kill vampires with golden eyes, we only kill the red eyed ones. None of us knew that Bella was still alive. We were told she was killed by a red-eyed vampire in the war.”

“Seth! Our existence was supposed to remain a secret!”

“Aw, Leah, Dad misses Bella and I can’t lie to him anymore. He needed to learn the truth.”

“Yeah, but…”

They all suddenly turned their attention back to the TV screen.