𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞: 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐞
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞
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*Genevieve*
As soon as the car came to a stop, both Emmett and I jumped out and raced towards the house to change, while Edward dragged Bella inside to try and formulate a plan. I leaped into one of the trees, using it to bounce off into the open window into Theo and I's room, shaking off a few stray leaves that had fallen onto me before quickly changing out of my muddy clothes.
After slipping on my tennis shoes and throwing my hair up into a ponytail I left the room and made my way towards the garage, where the rest of the family was already beginning to congregate.
"Genevieve Foix? Right?"
I spun on my heel, my body tense as I saw Laurent already staring at me.
"Votre histoire est devenue la légende que les parents ont racontée à leurs enfants ...' Ne dites pas tard que vous allez finir comme la fille Foix '." He whispered out, his eyes wide with excitement at meeting the person being the legend. "Je n'ai jamais pensé que je pourrais réellement rencontrer la personne derrière la légende..." [Your story became the legends that parents told their kids... 'don't stay out late or you'll end up like the Foix girl'. I never thought that I would actually be able to meet the person behind the legend...]
I stiffened as I watched him watch me, his eyes seeming to glow in the low light, a Cheshire cat grin taking over his face as he looked me over.
"Encore plus joli que les prospectus qu'ils ont distribués disaient..." he continued, seemingly oblivious to my discomfort. "Avec la récompense qu'ils m'offraient, j'aurais pu être riche au-delà de ma plus grande croyance si j'avais pu vous trouver dans ces bois... une telle honte." [Even prettier than the flyers that they handed out said... With the reward they were offering, I could've been rich beyond my greatest belief had I been able to find you in those woods... such a shame.]
By now we were practically toe-to-toe, our faces our a few inches away from each other. Reaching out his finger twirls a piece of my hair as his eyes continue to roam across my face. Staying silent, I whip my hand up and slap his hand away, watching as his eyes widen in surprise. Reaching out I quickly bend him over and twist his arm behind his back, applying just enough pressure onto his joints that I start to hear a small crack starting on the spot right between the connection of his arm and shoulder.
"All I have to do is pull your arm a little bit more," I whisper, applying a tad bit more pressure and watching with a satisfied smirk as he lets out a whine of pain beneath me, "and your little arm breaks apart from your pathetic body."
"What's going on here?" Jasper asked, pausing his march to the garage when he saw Laurent whimpering out in pain, a small crack beginning to form on his arm. "Genevive?"
"Tu devrais y aller... Je suis sûr que Victoria et James ont découvert que tu es parti..." I whisper, looking at him one last time before turning around and walking towards the garage. [You should get going... I'm sure that James and Victoria have found that you've left...]
Jasper hung back for a few seconds, presumably to watch Laurent leave before catching back up with me. The two of us walked in silence towards the garage, Jasper sending me a fleeting look, his brows furrowed in confusion.
As Emmett came barreling down the stairs, Jasper sent me one last glance before stopping to converse with the amped-up man, the two sharing quiet words in the hallway as I made my way into the garage. Standing to the side I watched as the rest of the family rushed in and out of the room, their faces filled with a mixture of panic and concern as they tried to gather all that they believed they would need for the face-off with James and possibly Victoria.
After a few minutes, however, my attention was stolen away from Esme, who was wordlessly packing Bella a bag, as Jasper walked into the room with Emmett following a few steps behind him, both of them sporting serious and deadly expressions. Emmett twitched slightly at the idea of fighting someone for real and not just for sport as he had in the past.
"I've had to fight our kind before. We're not easy to kill," Jasper explained. Theo's ears quickly perked up as he listened to whatever advice Jasper was offering, snaking his arms around my waist and resting his chin on top of my head as he watched them both carefully.
"Where did you come from," I mutter, craning my neck to look at him. He had also changed out of his clothes and was now sporting a dark grey hoodie with some ripped blue jeans and tennis shoes. The dark colors of his clothes make his three pendent necklaces stand out against his clothes.
"The garage has some lovely hiding spots, love," he whispers back, sending me a smile and a wink before looking back up toward the boys' conversation.
"But not impossible," Emmett countered, the both of them opening up a cabinet and quickly grabbing whatever was inside. "We'll tear them apart and burn the pieces."
"I don't relish the thought of killing another creature," Carlisle said, his discomfort on the subject clear in his tone, "even a sadistic one like James."
Theo places a chaste kiss on my cheek before unwrapping his hands from my waist and moving towards Jasper and Emmett, quickly joining in on their conversation. I made my way over to Rose, who was leaning against the counter, offering her a small smile, which she quickly returned.
"This isn't going to end well... for any of us," I mutter, sharing a glance with her as I stand beside her.
Rose sucks in a breath as she bites her lip, hopping onto the counter and turning to watch Carlisle as he fills up a duffle bag. "What if he kills one of us first?"
Both Bella and Edward sucked in a breath, albeit for different reasons. Bella, not wanting to see anyone get hurt in an attempt to protect her, while Edward didn't want to see Bella get hurt because of what he had brought her into.
"I'm gonna run Bella south," Edward said, his gaze meeting Carlisle's, "can you lead the tracker away from here?"
Almost immediately Carlisle shuts down Edward's idea, "no Edward. James knows you would never leave Bella. He'll follow you."
Alice stepped up and looked at Edward with a meaningful look. "I'll go with Bella," she offered up, "Jasper and I will drive her south... I'll keep her safe Edward."
"Can you keep your thoughts to yourself," he snapped back, obviously not happy with the idea of being separated from Bella during such a tense time.
"Yes," Alice whispered to him. The two stared at each other for a few more seconds before she reached over and gently grabbed Bella's wrist, pulling her towards the car. Jasper followed closely behind the pair with a duffle bag filled with clothes and money.
Edward reached into the bag he had packed and pulled out a few of Bella's jackets, throwing them in our direction, "Rosalie, Genevieve, could you put these on so the tracker will pick up Bella's scent?"
Rose bit her lip, obviously unhappy with being a part of the whole Bella protection squad. "Why? What is she to me?"
Carlisle immediately dropped his hands and sighed as he looked up at her, "Rosalie, Bella is with Edward. She's a part of this family now, and we protect our family."
She paused, keeping her gaze on Edward as the entire room fell silent. My eyes fall onto her, not knowing what her next move will be. Resignedly, she takes the jacket from Carlisle, her gaze still on Edward as she walks away toward the Jeep. I silently follow her, Theo and Emmett right behind us, the latter holding a duffle bag in his hand.
Rose and I silently put on the jackets, as Edward talked quietly with Bella, who was hanging out of the car window, her chocolate brown eyes wide with worry as he continually tried to reassure her. Eventually, though, he pauses and whispers one more thing to Bella before sorrowfully stepping back from the car and letting Jasper speed off, watching the car until it rounded the corner and dissipated from sight.
Once the car was out of sight, he turned towards us and took a ragged breath. "Rosalie, Emmett, and I will run East. Carlisle, Theo, and Genevieve you guys run West. Make sure to mark a few trees as you go. Esme is going to stay and watch Charlie... just in case they come back while we're gone."
We all nodded our heads, albeit some more willing than others, and quickly took off.
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Racing through the trees, we pause so that I can scrap a tree with the jacket. I leaned down and nodded at Theo and Carlisle once I picked up the scent, taking a moment to let the scent linger in the area for a bit longer before we began to race off again. We continue with the pattern for a few more hours until Carlisle's phone begins to ring, the shrill sound making us all jump.
"Edward?" Carlisle says, moving the phone so we can all hear. "What happened?"
"He figured it out," Edward says, his voice crackling slightly through the phone. "Rose is going back to Forks to help Esme, the two of them will look out for Charlie. We're driving to the airport, can you meet us there?"
"Of course," Carlisle says, the two of them quickly sharing a few more rushed words before he quickly hangs up the phone. He looked towards us and swiftly nodded his head, prompting us all to begin running back to the house. Once we get back to the garage, I, thankfully, throw Bella's jacket off and grab my own from the counter, and jump into Carlisle's car, which immediately speeds off after Edward and Emmett.
I turned my head and looked out at the blur of passing trees, the roads were virtually empty because of how late it was. That was the nice thing about Forks, after school, it was pretty much a guarantee that students would either be at the local diner, movie theater, or home. Their parents would either be at the diner, their work, or at their homes, with a select few making regular trips to the bar in town, drinking away their sorrows. The seemingly never-changing schedule allowed us to have some time at night to stroll without too much worry about who we would run into.
Biting the inside of my lip, I continue to gaze outside the window, eavesdropping on whatever Carlisle was saying to Edward on the phone.
"It'll all be okay... James isn't going to touch her Edward. You just have to take a breath and calm down."
"Like Eddie would ever lose the stick that's up his ass," I mutter, rolling my eyes when I see Carlisle throw me a look.
"Not helping," Carlisle whispers to me, "remember what we talked to you about... Time and place, and this is neither the time nor the place."
"We all know it's true."
Beside me, Theo bit back his smirk, shaking his head as he silently laughed. "What a joy you are to be around G."
"I love you too you idiot."
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-T