Dear Diary: July 9, 2013
I felt like I was rooted to the spot. Before me stood the vampire who had turned me that night so long ago when I had been hunting him with my group of vampire hunters. He must have thought he killed me. I never for a moment thought I would see him again. I focused on the new arrivals. The one who was staring at me and who first spoke said:
"My name is Ferguson. Looks like I didn't do such a great clean up job all those years ago as you are still alive, and have a whole brood of golden eyed freaks!"
"What do you want from us? Why are you here?" I asked point blank. It was obvious, this wasn't a social or positive visit.
"To finish the job. My friends here and I are or were good friends with the Volturi who seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth when they came here months ago. We were told about you and your 'vegetarian' bullshit lifestyle and that you had a bunch of gifted members. Not as gifted as us of course." The others with him laughed.
I looked at Edward who was looking very concerned indeed. As was Alice who looked a bit frightened.
"Their plan is to destroy you, Carlisle, then move on to us by having Nessie for dinner and dispatching the rest of us one by one." Edward said.
"So you're the mind reader. Well read this.......we are unstoppable, we are invincible. So might as well just give up and go quietly."
The wolves growled menacingly and tried to take a step forward, as did Jasper and Emmett but found that they couldn't. Apparently, one of the vampire's gifts was to root people in their places. Bella's attempt to stretch her shield around everyone was futile as their gift was of the physical form as opposed to the mental. So now my whole entire family was helpless and I wasn't even standing near them.
We did have two Watchers with us at the time; Corin and Keith who were watching them with intense expressions. They were the only ones still being able to move but not giving it away, as apparently these cocky vampires have never heard of them and they didn't want to give them any more advantages. What happened next, no one in their wildest dreams expected even the Watchers who knew it all. Ferguson, without waiting for anymore conversation, launched himself into the air at me so fast; I couldn't even follow it with my keen vision. The next thing I knew or felt rather was tremendously intense pain in my right arm. When I looked at it, to my horror, it was gone! My right arm was torn away from my body and Ferguson who was standing a little ways away was holding it and juggling it with a laugh.
I collapsed to the ground with a guttural groan, my eyes going blurry for the first time. I heard Esme screaming my name in the background but I couldn't even focus on my wife. I have never felt such pain since the night Ferguson bit me to turn me. I tried to get up and focused on the horrified and agonized faces of my family. Esme was screaming and dry sobbing.
"Oh look, your little wifey wants to be with you. Don't worry baby....once I'm done with your pathetic mate, you can be my wifey, how does that sound?" Ferguson cackled gleefully staring at Esme with a hunger that made me want to throw up.
"You will not touch her." I said but my voice was weak and feeble which made him laugh even harder. Esme looked at him in fear.
"Or what? What will you do? See, my gift or power is that I have the strength of a newborn but the mind of a seasoned veteran, so I'm invincible to you stupid freaks!"
His companions waved their hands like get on with it already. Ferguson nodded at them and then moved a little ways away to launch himself at me again. I had never been this scared in my whole vampire existence. But just as he flew into the air, something got my attention; Corin and Keith's eyes were glowing stark white. Ferguson's companions noticed it as well but it was too late to warn him. He had already launched himself at me for a second blitz attack.
Just then a noise came whistling by in the air that sounded like a comet. It was the same color and the same speed. It went right through Ferguson! So when he fell back to earth we were all appalled to see that there was a perfect circular hole where his abdomen, ribs, and spine should have been! You could literally see right through him. Had he been human he would have been dead instantly. As it was he was wincing and writhing on his knees unable to get up.
"What was that about being invincible?"
A voice came out of the comet. It was still glowing above the ground and then slowly it started to take human form and then the light faded to reveal none other than; Rogue.
Before Ferguson could react in any way, Rogue grabbed him by the right arm and leg and spun him around so fast that soon she was the one holding those two limbs and they were no longer attached to him or what was left of him anyways. He was laying on the ground a little ways away his face contorted in pain and now it was his turn to groan horribly; at least I could sort of sit up having still one of my arms. I don't know why but at that point the strangest thoughts started pouring into my head like; I could never be a doctor again and how would I help my family with every day stuff. I was going to be useless. Who wants a one armed vampire? What if Esme fell out of love with me?
The three vampires still standing by the edge of the woods stood horrified and transfixed by the sight before them; there lay their fearless leader who had conquered all and now he was in pieces. And the one who put him there wasn't even a vampire. Quite obvious of course that she was an immortal with strength beyond their wildest dreams. Also this explained what happened to the Volturi. Just then Rogue nodded at Keith and Corin whose still glowing eyes illuminated my family and suddenly they could move again. Practically everyone was by my side in under a second.
Suddenly there was movement behind us and we saw Amy, Alexander, John, Maria, Michelle, and Kim standing near Corin and Keith. All Watchers were officially in attendance. Amazingly, all of their eyes were glowing white like the other two; so white in fact that you couldn't see their irises or pupils. Rogue refocused her attention to the two limbs she was holding in her hands and at the remaining 3 vampires standing by the trees who were trying very hard to override the command and make everyone immobile again which proved to be impossible.
Rogue's eyes, that up until that point were still their usual piercing blue, turned to that glowing white as the others were, and with a heave, she slammed the limbs at two of the vampires standing by the woods, instantly decapitating them, and carrying their body parts in half a dozen different places. The third, looking horrified at what just happened, turned tail, and sprinted back into the forest, followed by Amy and Corin. I knew he was not going to get very far. And by the screams I heard under 2 seconds later, I was totally right.
Meanwhile, Ferguson was trying to somehow crawl away with the two limbs and half a torso he had left when Rogue leveled her glowing white eyes on him. Without so much as moving, she narrowed those eyes and Ferguson burst into flame. She was wearing the same dress she wore the very first day we met her on the battlefield with the Volturi. After the 'garbage was cleaned up' as the Watchers call it, they all focused their attention on me. Alexander found my arm which was lying a good distance away where it was flung when Rogue first got a hold of Ferguson.
I was feeling woozy and my vision was all kinds of blurry. I felt like half of my body was missing. I didn't know what to think or do anymore, but as long as my family was safe, at that moment I didn't care what happened to me anymore. All of our mind reader's heard that last thought:
"Oh no you don't. Don't even think that way, Carlisle. We didn't destroy those assholes for you to give up so easily on us!" Alexander said.
"Honey, please don't leave me. I love you; I can't bear to lose anymore loved ones." I could hear Esme begging.
"Grandpa.....please......" Nessie had dissolved into tears and was being held by Jacob and Bella.
No I couldn't do that to my family, Nessie's heartbreaking sobs melted my resolve, and especially not to Esme. I loved her too much to just give in to the pain. I'm a doctor for heaven's sake. Just then everyone shifted and moved so that Rogue could kneel next to me. Alexander handed her my severed arm. Her eyes were so bright white I couldn't even look into them because it was like looking at the sun. All of the other Watchers eyes had returned back to their original colors.
"Carlisle, I know my eyes are bright but you have to force yourself to look into them in order for me to do my job." She said softly.
I complied though not before squinting in the beginning. Then it was if the white glow from her eyes just surrounded my whole being as I felt a small pressure and then a pop. Then my whole body was filled with warmth. After the warmth had subsided and Rogue's eyes returned to their usual piercing blue, she smiled and nodded toward my right arm which to my and everyone else's shock and amazement was once again attached to my body! I moved it around, up, and down......wiggled my fingers to make sure they moved. Everything was working well.
"You will feel mild tingling in your arm for a few days and your body will feel weak so I suggest when you're up to it, you go hunting even though technically you don't need it; it'll just help the healing process move along faster." She said matter-of-factly with a smile as Alexander and Emmett helped me to my feet.
I experienced what humans call vertigo when I got up and was helped into the house by pretty much everyone. The family and I thanked Rogue over and over again. She just shrugged; all in a day's work as she calls it.
"I don't want you guys to feel like you can't take care of yourselves, that we have to come to your rescue each time, but when you get vampires with physical gifts as opposed to mental ones and/or when you're outnumbered, that's when we feel it's our duty to step in. I know you are pretty badass and kick some serious butt!" Rogue explained with a smile. I shook my head.
"We totally understand, we knew we were in trouble as soon as we couldn't move physically." Edward said as Nessie and Esme shuddered.
"Well let's let Carlisle go rest and we'll see you guys tomorrow." The Watchers all hugged us on the way out.
As I was helped upstairs still feeling woozy, Esme prepared our favorite lavender bath. I knew that would calm both of us down. The rest of the family went back to their respective houses to relax and de-pressurize from this insane day. I'm finishing this entry here because I am quite tired and Esme is here to help me into the bathtub. I hope your week is going better than mine.
I can't reiterate it anymore about just how lucky I am to have my family.....all of my family......Watchers included.
~Carlisle Cullen