58Summary: In the first chapter.
poorasdirt: YAY! I managed to finish this chapter! I'll admit since it was so long I kept getting distracted away from it but I got it done. Yea, I contemplated just putting this as a oneshot or not since it can pretty much stand alone but I decided against it. It's sort of the bridge chapter for this fic and the sequel, which I have to start writing soon. It may take me a day or two to put up the sequel since I've been told I'm on cleaning duty. Aparently my aunt is going to come visit on Thursday and my mom wants the house clean for when she gets here. But never fear, I do have everything set up for the sequel to begin, I just have to find the time to write it in chapter form. In the meantime I would like to thank all the people that reivewed, favorited, and/or alerted this story. Despite how much I despise Twilight I admit at the end I really like this fic and had a blast writing it. My sis likes it a lot too and will probably be bugging me to start the sequel in between the time I'm cleaning, so if she's annoying enough you will be seeing the first chapter in no time.
Disclaimer: I suppose I'll have to tell you for the thirteenth time that I only own the OCs and plotline. Everything else belongs to other people who are much richer than I am but I thank them for letting me borrow thier material for a non-profit free-write.
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Bella was currently sitting at her new laptop chewing on a block of wood. A few days ago when Madison and she were sparring the blonde knocked out one of Bella's teeth. Bella found that while her teeth seemed to re-grow quite easily, it still was a pain for them to come back in. Sure she seemed to have an unlimited supply of predator-like teeth shaped knives but she wondered if the pain of those teeth re-growing was worth it. She already discovered that toothache medicine did nothing for her but apparently she could find some relief in chewing things. However, since her jaw could now crush and her teeth cut through bone rather easily, she had to find a good chew toy, hence the block of wood. So happily she gnawed on her new chew toy as she reworked another snag in her outline. She was almost finished with mapping out the story she wanted to write, but before she could start she wanted to know the direction she was going in. So far she was having trouble with the ending, she wasn't exactly a writer to begin with but what started out as a simple short story seemed to evolve into a monster of a project. Deleting a few more things and moving a few more around, she checked her outline again.
"Damn it!" Bella growled pushing away from her desk in frustration. Unfortunately her chair got caught on the throw rug she had in her room and she felt the chair rock backwards. Valiantly she tried to keep her balance and fall forwards, in the end her admiral attempts were for not. She groaned when she got the wind knocked out of her as she landed flat on her back on the floor. Spitting out the pieces of wood that had gotten lodged into her gums during the fall she rolled onto her knees to stand.
"Let me guess, your story isn't cooperating and the world is about to end?" Madison asked leaning against the doorframe of Bella's bedroom door.
"Something like that, it's just the ending doesn't want to work for me." Bella said with a sigh as she stood up and put her chair back in place.
"Ah, trouble in paradise I see, mind if I take a look?" Madison asked walking into the room with a smile.
"Go ahead; I'm going to wash the blood and splinters out of my mouth." Bella muttered pouting at the two pieces of wood that was once her chew toy. She was seriously contemplating just going out and getting a dog chew toy at this rate. She had a teething ring until her fangs cut it open, and she tried ice but her incisors were like small knives simply cutting it up with ease. She was running out of teething options and she didn't like it. She would have tried something metal but it left a funny taste in her mouth that didn't quite go away. A rubber ball had just simply been reduced to small shreds after five minutes. Shaking her head she quickly went to the bathroom and rinsed the blood out of her mouth. Bella checked for any more splinters that may have been pushed out of her gums before deeming herself fully healed. Once she was done she made her way back into her room to find Madison looking at the screen thoughtfully.
"I think in know what your problem is, it's the fact that you've spent too much time on the vampires' appearances and not enough on their personalities. From what I'm getting from your main man, he's quite the manipulator and your leading human lady is horribly under developed. She barely has a personality and is very dependent on anything she obsesses over, in this case the vampire boy she falls into lust with." Madison said after a few minutes of reading all the notes Bella had made.
"Yea, well since this is coming from my experiences prior to meeting you, I can see where that would be a problem. I wasn't exactly the most well rounded person in the world, and I was by no means observant." Bella said lying down on her bed with a huff.
"I don't know; there are a few slight things in here but not much. It would be a good start to maybe a series, but at the moment it's very 'pig to the slaughter house' to me." Madison said tilting her head from one side to the other. "It catches the attention with the whole mysticism but it needs just a bit more depth."
"What are you thinking?" Bella asked wanting an honest opinion.
"Well, it's obvious your vampires are keeping secrets from the girl, how about in your next projected outline you add a bit more to this supernatural world? Perhaps a different perspective and beliefs, also I think if you have her smarten up just slightly it will do wonders. Let's see, you can have her find out a bit more about vampires as well, she may not like what she hears but it will give the reader a bit more insight into the world you're creating." Madison suggested with a shrug. Bella contemplated the suggestions before sighing in exasperation.
"Some days I wonder what the hell I would do if I didn't have you around Mad." Bella said getting a smile from her best friend. "I'm serious; you're like my walking wisdom fountain or something."
"Nah, I just think differently than you do. It's part of my charm." Madison said making Bella roll her eyes at her friend.
"So what are you up here for anyway?" Bella asked curiously.
"Nothing much, I just got back from putting some boxes into storage and decided to see what you're up to. I'm surprised you haven't tried to claw your computer to death with how frustrated you seemed." Madison said with a grin.
"Mad, I have a few anger problems I know that, but I doubt I'd ever get that angry at an inanimate object." Bella said seriously getting a snicker from Madison. Suddenly Bella sat up straight and narrowed her eyes.
"What is it?" Madison asked startled and alert suddenly.
"Something fell downstairs." Bella said with a frown. "I think there's someone here."
"In the house?" Madison asked standing up from the chair.
"Yea." Bella said with a frown. She watched as Madison turned into a silver puddle and actually started to seep through the floorboards. In a matter of seconds Madison was gone, Bella shook her head at her friend. The brunette had to admit Madison's power was dead useful for spying; it also didn't help when Madison decided to attack in the form of hundreds of razor sharp blades. Bella found that out sparring with the blonde once. Madison may seem harmless but she could make her liquid form float and separate into different forms if she concentrated enough. The last time Madison did that, Bella was attacked by two hundred one inch sized ball bearings. If it hadn't been for her armor Bella admitted she would have been in some serious trouble.
As Bella waited for her friend to return; she used her enhanced hearing to listen to the noises downstairs. She couldn't make out much but she swore she heard something like a shaving cream can drop before there was a lot of hissing. Focusing on her enhanced sense of smell she tried to tell if it was a gas leak or not. She did smell something on the air, but it wasn't something she had encountered before and it made her slightly lightheaded. Suddenly a shot of silver liquid came seeping up from the floor boards and formed into a coughing Madison.
"We have to get out of here. There is knock out gas downstairs." Madison choked out as she stood up a little uneasy on her feet. "I don't know who or what's the source but the gas will be up here soon. There's cans of it everywhere down there."
"Come on, let's take the window." Bella said moving to her bedroom window. She just barely put up her shield before something smashed through the window and collided with her shoulder. The impact didn't faze her but the sight of a tranquilizer dart did.
"Well that's bad, come on, this way." Madison said grabbing her friend's arm and they rushed to the room across the hall. However, it seemed whoever was attacking had the place surrounded. As soon as the two girls entered the room Madison got hit in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. It only took a second before she collapsed unconscious on the ground.
"Mad!" Bella called trying to wake her friend but nothing seemed to work. Bella picked up the blonde and looked for a safe exit as more cans of knock out gas entered the house. She tried valiantly to get out but every window seemed to be guarded by a sniper. Her enhance healing helped stave off the effects of the gas but after a while even Bella slowly lost conscious. She made one last mental note to work on her escape technique before her world went black.
When Bella regained consciousness she was lying on an examination table and strapped down. Groaning she tried to escape her bonds but she couldn't seem to find the strength. Looking around she glared through the light above her to see a blank ceiling. She also managed to move her head a bit to find she was in a lab of some sort. She could see a variety of medical equipment on a nearby table and looking at a rather nasty looking saw, she decided she would rather be anywhere else but there at the moment. She also saw a large consol with what looked to be a rather high tech computer.
"I see you're awake, now that is a rather pleasant surprise." Someone said in an almost soft purr that sent cold chills down Bella's spine. It took a second to locate the person and when she did Bella took in the older woman carefully. A pair of cold steel blue eyes stared straight into her amber ones. The woman was probably ten or so years older than Bella was but still had a youthful appearance to her. Bella also noted the woman's long blood red hair that fell freely to her waist. The woman was dressed in a green dress shirt, a pair of brown slacks, and had on a white lab coat.
"Who are you?" Bella managed to slur out slightly distressed on how hard it was to really move and speak. She felt like she had a cold and had just taken some over the counter medicine, it helped sooth her symptoms but made her bubble headed and weak.
"You may call me Dr. G; I am a mutant researcher here at this military base." Dr. G said as she walked purposely over to the trapped brunette. "I must admit when we went to collect Silverpool, we were rather surprised to find she had a friend that was a mutant as well. Her parents were only paid for one mutant of course but you are a marvelous consolation prize." Bella really wanted to bite off the hand that was running down her cheek. "I must admit you're a very beautiful specimen. I haven't seen a mutant quite like you since the X-program. Of course Wolverine and Sabertooth are male and a bit too rugged for my tastes; you on the other hand look so wild and free. It's a shame really that we will have to alter your mind to accept our training. We can't have a perfect weapon that has it in their capacity to question our orders after all."
"Wolverine and Sabertooth?" Bella muttered as she tried to get away from this woman. The brunette decided halfway through Dr. G's speech that the lady was absolutely crazy. It wasn't a funny crazy like Madison either; Dr. G was an honest to god scary crazy like those mad scientists on television.
"You don't know them?" Dr. G asked somewhat incredulously before laughing. "You're related to them and you have no knowledge as to who they are? Now that is rich. So you have no idea that your grandfather James Howlett is a mutant, let alone anything about him. Of course he doesn't go by that name nowadays, he's more commonly referred to as Logan or Wolverine. I've gone over his records extensively ever since yesterday when you came to us and a DNA test done on you pulled up his name. It's all over here on this computer, there's very little about his early history considering he's been around since the civil war but there's a lot after that. It seems he couldn't stay away from wars and the government for long." Dr. G said going over to the computer Bella had spotted and brought something on the screen. It took a bit of uncomfortable shifting before Bella could see the picture of the man called Logan. The brunette swore her heart stopped for a second since there on screen was the man from her Grandmother Isabella's photo; the one that her dad told her was his dad. "He's been in practically every war since the civil war along with his half brother Victor Creed, who is also known under the codename Sabertooth." Dr. G said pulling up another photo of a blond wild man with more cat-like features than Logan's scruffy dog-like ones. "Here at HYDRA we've kept really good records on most known mutants today. It took a bit of searching but we eventually found the link between you and Wolverine through your father. I'm surprised that your father never was a mutant but he did carry the necessary gene if you're a mutant."
Bella decided now would be a good time to try and escape while the woman was distracted. The brunette knew no good would come from sticking around to be experimented on. She also didn't want to know why the crazy doctor seemed so aroused, especially when Bella swore there was lust in the woman's eyes when she was looking the brunette over. Mentally shuttering in disgust Bella worked to ease her claws out and to get out of her restraints. Bella also knew Madison was around the lab somewhere and she was not going to leave the blonde for this psycho to experiment on either. So while Dr. G continued to rattle on about the accomplishments of Wolverine and Sabertooth in some of the wars they were a part of, Bella had managed to get one of her hands free from the metal restraints. She admitted the metal wasn't regular metal since it was difficult for her claws to slice through. Bella had already discovered she could use her claws to cut through titanium like it was butter, so to find a metal that actually provided some resistance to her claws was unique as was it terrifying. Deciding to put her thoughts about her metal restraints to the back of her mind for now she managed to get her other hand free. Checking to make sure Dr. G was suitably distracted with the computer Bella easily cut through the restraint holding her head and feet to the table.
Dr. G didn't know what hit her when Bella used one of the moves Madison showed her to knock the woman out. One minute the scientist was rattling on about some recent speculation as to where Wolverine and Sabertooth where, the next she was collapsing to the floor unconscious. Bella grinned down at the unconscious doctor before turning her attention to the computer. She may not be a computer genius, but she did know how to cut and paste, so she began to copy everything she could onto a UBS drive that was already connected to the consol. As that was working Bella took a good look as to what she was wearing, from the looks of it she could have been a hospital patient or at the very least someone who escaped a mental ward. She sighed and looked around the room for something more suitable to wear. She was just glad she didn't have anything important in her clothes when she was abducted, so there was a chance the people didn't get her wallet and such. She at least hoped they didn't stick around long after the whole knock out gas thing; the last thing she wanted was for them to cause a scene at her house. As she winced wondering how much damage her poor house sustained, she spotted a closet on one side of the room. Going over to it she sighed in slight annoyance, she found a gray jumpsuit that looked like something a janitor would wear, but she figured it was better than nothing. Grabbing the jumpsuit and the hat that went with it she put them on along with some shoes also kept inside of the closet. Grabbing a hair tie that was in Dr. G's coat pocket Bella tied her hair in a messy ponytail and turned back to the consol. She was glad to see it was done copying the archives to the memory stick and she quickly pocketed it. She then tried to figure out where Madison was.
Surprisingly it wasn't the computer that told her what she wanted. A few seconds of poking around the database looking for a camera system or something, a silver blur opened the door and shut it. Bella was instantly on her feet with her claws out but she soon relaxed when she noticed it was Madison, who was wearing nothing but some black spandex shorts and a matching sports bra. "Jesus of the hill, these people are whacked out of their minds on something horrible." Madison said with a sigh.
"You can say that again, where were you?" Bella asked with a sigh of her own.
"They had me in some sort of big test tube full of water. I had all those little sticky wire things on me that monitor your body functions and stuff. When I woke up they started to shock me and see how I would react. Luckily I'm not very conductive or else I probably would have had my brain fried by the time they were done. I managed to slip out of the tank when they went for lunch. What about you?" Madison asked curiously.
"I woke up on that table with this wench hovering over me. Careful Mad, I think she doesn't swing the same way as normal women do." Bella said and Madison moved around the unconscious Dr. G.
"Okay, so what are you wearing?" Madison said after dragging the unconscious woman across the room.
"I always wanted to be a janitor didn't I tell you?" Bella said sarcastically getting a snort from Madison.
"At least this whole experience hasn't dampened your humor." Madison said looking at the computer. "May I?"
"Knock yourself out; I'll watch creepy scientist lady so she won't sneak up on us." Bella said and Madison started to poke around on the computer. The blonde knew a little bit more about computers than Bella did and was more than likely the one that would find a safe exit for the two of them. "How did you get here anyway?"
"I stayed in puddle form and next to the very edge where the floor and wall meet. I stretched out like one hell of a long snake and started to check under doors to see if I couldn't find you. Since most people don't look down or in corners it was pretty safe." Madison said as she worked. "The security here isn't that great or at least not on this level. I think there's more security lurking around, probably on the upper levels."
"Well that's good to know, this way we won't expect much resistance on this level and probably a level or two up or down or wherever we have to go." Bella said getting a nod from Madison.
"Yea, and from what I can gather we're in some underground lab since I have yet to see a window. I know they may not have them but I think they would at least have a slit or two for ventilation. It's all air ducts and such here though." Madison said getting an idle nod from Bella whose sense weren't picking up much, just the activity of the people outside the room. The only clean air seemed to be coming from the ventilation system above them, and Bella could her from a rattling fan how long it was thanks to the echo that was produced. "Oh shit, that's not good."
"What did you do?" Bella snapped as she whipped her head around to look at the computer screen.
"Um, activated some sort of self destruct sequence for the base." Madison said in a small voice as she was pouting like a child.
"This building is set to self destruct in five minutes." A computer voice said and both girls looked at each other.
"Think we can make it out in that amount of time?" Bella asked and Madison shrugged.
"We are at least eight stories underground, even if we didn't run into any resistance it would be hard to accomplish it. Not to mention I think I might have deactivated the elevator system by accident." Madison said making Bella groan.
"Right things to remember once this whole thing is over with, we have to work on escape techniques and high tech computer programs since we obviously suck in both areas." Bella said getting a nod from Madison. "Do you at least know how this place is going to go up?"
"From what I can tell, mind you I'm not an expert; there is a store of missiles a few stories below us in a bunker type thing. I don't think any of it is nuclear but there's enough bang for one hell of an explosion." Madison said somewhat sheepishly making Bella sigh.
"Fine, let's move up some stories. The closer we are to the surface the less time it will take for us to dig ourselves out." Bella said as alarms started to sound around the base.
"Theoretically speaking of course." Madison said with a nod getting one from Bella. The two girls looked down at the still unconscious scientist lying on the ground. "Should we bring her?"
"She wanted to dissect me and probably rape me; I vote we leave her here. The less sadistic insane scientists in the world, the better a place it will be." Bella said and Madison gave her a funny look before nodding slowly.
"Okay, I'll go with you on this one. I'm not much a fan of the people doing experiments here either so I guess it will be okay." Madison said somewhat unsure.
"Are you worried that this will come back to guilt you?" Bella asked as some part of her already felt slightly guilty for her decision.
"A little but another part of me says if she survives and lives, she could report back to her superiors and we'll have one hell of a larger problem then just these fools." Madison said and Bella thought about it quickly.
"It's a chance we'll have to take. Let's get moving, like I said if we can cut back on our time getting out of the rubble there's less of a chance rescue crews will be the ones to find us." Bell said getting a nod from Madison. Both girls didn't feel like explaining to EMTs or firemen how they survived this whole ordeal with no injuries. Madison though hoped she could survive an explosion, she knew she wasn't conductive to electricity but she hadn't really tested now resistant to fire or pressure waves she was yet. The blonde figured now would be as good a time as any though.
So as the clock counted down Bella and Madison took to the stairwell. They were making good time and managed to get up five stories before Bella covered her ears and activated her armor out of instinct. Madison instantly turned into her liquid form and sent up a silent prayer. Barely half a second after the girls prepared a large shockwave ripped through the floor beneath them and not long after it a still strong fire ball. Bella felt slightly weightless as the floor was shattered right under her feet before the world seemed to literally come crashing down on her.
Several seconds after Bella was sure the world stopped falling, she assessed her situation. She was trapped on her stomach under a large beam that would have crushed a normal human. Luckily enough her armor was quite strong, and a nearby fallen wall gave Bella enough space between the floor and the beam to maneuver onto her back. Bella then went to work clawing her way out of the rubble, first to the point she could stand then she began the climb upward. She tried to keep preexisting tunnels that were caused during the collapse, she knew some of the workers at this place probably were nice, and she didn't want to cause even more damage by somehow making the unstable structure even more unstable. As she worked the brunette looked for signs of her friend, it wasn't until nearly a minute into her climb did she see the first signs that Madison was alright. Bella could see, thanks to her night vision, a small puddle of liquid was slowly gathering and following her through the rubble. She had no doubt that it was Madison slowly pulling herself together as she made it towards the surface.
It took seven long minutes for Bella to finally pull herself out of the rubble. She was covered in dust from concrete and was rather tired but otherwise unharmed. After two minutes of waiting Madison emerged fully and was able to reform into her normal shape. Although the blonde looked like she needed one hell of a nap. "Let's never do that again until we've had more training with our powers. I think I gave myself a headache." Madison muttered as the two caught their breath.
"Come on, let's get out of here. I can hear sirens approaching." Bella said getting a nod from Madison and the two quickly stumbled through the rubble and over a chain link barbwire topped fence. "Where the hell are we?"
"I think I recognize this place, yea, I think it's that army base near Port Angeles. You know the one that was robbed back in January." Madison said looking around at what was left of the military complex. Apparently they were being held under the main building but the resulting explosion sent off a chain reaction that almost decimated the whole place. "Forks would be that way." Madison said pointing to the forest on the other side of the base after she looked up to see where the sun was.
"Ugh, why does it have to be over there? Can't it be closer like a mile behind us?" Bella asked leaning against a tree.
"I know what you mean but we have to get going to make it back to the house." Madison said getting a sigh and nod from Bella. "I think that's another thing we'll have to work on, stamina."
"Why don't you make us a list of things we have to improve on when we get back and had a good night's rest?" Bella suggested as they began to make their way around the base and back to Forks. It was going to be a rather slow going process since both girls were tired and obviously still rattled from the explosion they had just been in.
It took the two of them four hours to make it back to Bella's house and by then it was nightfall. Bella's first response was got groan at the damage her poor house sustained when they had been captured. Several windows had been shot out and the knock out gas left a residue on the walls and on some of the furniture. Luckily her laptop had only minor damage but Bella was sure she would have to get a new one again since even the minor damage screwed with her program.
"Hey Bell, what's that in your pocket?" Madison said seeing the string coming out of Bella's borrowed clothes.
"I managed to copy some archives off that computer before you messed with it. It's got some information about mutants on it, particularly two mutants that have the codenames Wolverine and Sabertooth. I was going to look at it later since the crazy scientist Dr. G thought I was the granddaughter of Wolverine for some reason." Bella said getting a tired and thoughtful look from Madison.
"Maybe we can give it to Felix; he's really good with computer stuff. I have no doubt he could probably hack into the Pentagon if he was bored enough. If he could find a link between their files and actual hard documents we can see if she was right or not." Madison said getting an agreeing grunt form Bella. "In the meantime I think we should pack up and ship out?"
"What?" Bella asked looking at her friend curiously.
"You know, pack up everything here in the house that you want to keep and such, and fix the broken windows and stuff. Then after all that is done, head out of here. It should only take a few days, or you can have your mom to have her call in a repairman or something for the windows. But now those scientists know we live here and it's not exactly military proof." Madison said and Bella saw where her friend was going with this. As much as Bella didn't want to really consider it, she knew the two of them would be hunted by mutant researchers now. Looking around the living room they were crashed in Bella sighed.
"Fine, I'll call mom later after we get some rest and take showers. We can then pack up everything and get the hell out of here. I personally don't want to end up back on an examination table for anything other than a check up." Bella said getting a nod from Madison who sighed with relief.
"How did they know where we were?" Madison asked curiously.
"I think your parents sold them the information on where you were." Bella said with a frown. Her friend looked absolutely devastated at the news. "Hey, it's not your fault."
"I know, it's just I sort of wish I had better parents. I mean how despicable are they that they have to sell me out like that, and for what? Some reward money to fund their entertainment whims?" Madison said running a hand over her face.
"Well what's done is done, we can't change it but we can adapt to it right? Besides, you'll always be my sister and Conrad will always love you like you're his sister as well. You have family; it might not be the same as having loving parents but its still family." Bella said getting a nod and smile from the blonde.
"Yea, a bit dysfunctional but what family isn't? Well let's get some rest, I personally feel like shit right now and a long shower and nap will probably do wonders." Madison said standing up.
"I second that." Bella said with a sigh. "But I think I'll take my nap first rather than a shower. I don't have the energy right now to wash my hair." Bella said getting a tired laugh from her friend.
The next three days were a flurry of activity for the two young women. They worked on cleaning up all the walls, floors, and even the ceiling from the gas bomb. They also packed away everything they wanted to keep, washed and packed the clothes they were going to take with them, and got everything ready for their move out. Some of the furniture couldn't be salvaged and had to be burned but otherwise everything else important went into storage. At the end both girls had a duffle bag full of clothes and their bikes secured in the bed of Bella's truck.
"Are you sure about this Bell?" Madison asked as they parked outside of Sue's house.
"Yea, they're like family to me and I want them to know I'm leaving. I know I can't promise them anything, but that isn't the point." Bella said getting a nod from her friend.
"Well go on, I'll watch the truck." Madison said getting a smile from Bella before the brunette climbed out.
Bella made her way up the steps to the front door before she knocked. It was still slightly early in the morning; late enough that Leah and Seth wouldn't be home but early enough that Sue would be. Bella was happy to see the Quileute woman opening the door. "Bella! What a pleasant surprise? What brings you here? Would you like to come in?"
"Um, no, thanks for the offer though. I just came by to tell you that I'm take off. Madison and I have gone over a bunch of things in the past few days and have decided to go on a road trip. I didn't want to leave without telling you." Bella said getting a surprised look from Sue.
"Really?" She asked looking around Bella to the waving Madison in Bella's truck and the bikes in the truck bed. "I see, well that's a bit unexpected. Just wait here for a second." Sue said going back into the house. Bella in the mean time fixed her contacts that got slightly shifted from the tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't know why she was going to cry, but she had a feeling it was because how much she would miss Sue and all her wisdom. Bella amused herself with running her tongue along her dentures as she waited for Sue to come back. The older woman didn't take long and when she reappeared she had a box. "I was going to stop by to give you this, but I think I should give it to you now. These are a few things Harry wanted you to have and I added a few things that I want you to have as well. I can tell you probably won't be coming back anytime soon. Don't worry, if you ever end up back around here, you'll always have a place at my home. Tell Madison she's just as welcome here, stay out of trouble and have fun on your adventures. But if I find out you got amazingly drunk and ended pregnant or eloped in Las Vegas, I don't care where you are I'll hunt you down and beat you."
"Don't worry Aunt Sue; I don't think that will happen anytime soon. I'm not that irresponsible." Bella said with a smile and chuckle. "I'll send a postcard or something when I can."
"You do that." Sue said giving Bella a hug. "I'll see you again someday, whether it's here or with the Great Spirit, but we will meet again Isabella Swan."
"Thank you, for everything you've done for me. I won't ever forget you Aunt Sue." Bella said with a smile. "Well I better get going; I still have to make it to Billy's and then the gas station. Where I go after that, well Mad says we can just pick a spot on a map and head there."
"Good luck and watch out for each other." Sue said before giving a wave to Madison as Bella made it back to her truck with her prize.
"You sure you're going to be okay?" Mad asked as she waved back to Sue.
"Yea, but it's a bit hard to say goodbye for now to them. They were there for me at the best and worst of times in the past few months." Bella said getting a nod from Madison.
"Well let's go say goodbye to Billy, I'm sure Sue will have called him by the time we get there." Madison said with a grin making Bella smile and the two were off. Sure enough when they pulled up to Billy's he was waiting for them.
"I heard you two are going on a road trip." Billy said getting a nod from Bella. "Charlie told me once you might do that, said you both had adventuring spirits. But I want you to promise me you'll look out for each other on your trip. I don't want to hear you two ended up dead on the side of the road or anything."
"Don't worry Uncle Billy; we got each other's back. Just you take care, we may stop by again someday and I want to hear all the new embarrassing stories you have of Jacob and his awkward teenage years." Bella said hugging Billy who chuckled as he hugged her back.
"I wouldn't worry about that, just if you're ever in the Great Lake region send me a post card and tell me how the fishing is there." Billy said getting a grin and nod from Bella.
"We'll even send you a postcard from New England if we get that far and tell you how the fishing in the Atlantic is." Bella said getting a smile form Billy.
"I'd love to hear about that, just don't toss each other into freezing waters." Billy said as he shook Madison's hand.
"I promise we'll do everything as safely as possible." Both girls chorused before sharing a look and giggling at each other.
"You do that, now get going. I don't want you two changing your minds on this road trip because you've spent too much time dawdling here. I can't wait to see the postcard you two send me." Billy said and after a few more heartfelt goodbyes the two girls made it back to the truck. They pulled away to Billy waving goodbye to them before they were once more on the road.
"I'm going to miss him." Madison said with a sigh. She wasn't as close to Sue as she was to Billy and she knew she would miss the old Native man.
"Yea, but it's not like we can't swing by here in a few years. By then the scientists will think we're on the run and not suspect us going back to the very place we began." Bella said getting a smile from Madison.
"That's going to be fun." Madison said with a grin. "Alright! No more depression, let's go rock this world!" Madison said pointing at the windshield with a grin making Bella laugh. Flipping on the radio both girls smiled as they heard Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf blare out of the speakers. They were ready to go on their great adventure, and hopefully out run the organization HYDRA that was after them now.
As the two mutants took to the road, Bella's mother called a repairman to fix up the house that was now fully in her name so she could start renting it out. Also rescue workers still working at the sight of the exploding base had managed to dig down and find an injured red haired scientist that had some pieces of metal in one of her eyes. As they loaded the injured woman into the ambulance she swore she would capture the two mutants responsible for the incident. Furthermore in Seattle, Felix had sat down and started to go through the archives Bella had pulled from the computer. He was surprised how many mutants the organization HYDRA already knew about and decided it was best to look into the organization more. He was also amused to see that Bella was listed under the codename Coyote while Madison's codename was Silverpool, he couldn't wait to tell them that. He especially was anticipating Bella's reaction. However, in Italy in an underground compound news was spreading quickly about the Cullens and how they possibly let a human know about vampires without turning or killing her. It was safe to say a storm was brewing among the vampire race and it was going to explode soon. Not to mention in Alaska, a certain pixie like vampire was hit with a myriad of visions all centering around Bella Swan. Alice didn't know what to think but she knew one thing for certain, the Cullens had to find Bella before the Volturi did.
YAY! We've hit the end my friends! Bell and Mad are off on a grand adventure but we will see them again. I still don't know what I'll name the sequel but it will be found on my profile page where all authors can find thier stories. We also got to see mentions of Wolverine and Sabertooth! Tell me honestly who here forgot about Bella's family history? Also who here didn't pick up on the Howlett reference I left in one of the very first chapters? Yea I'm a bit of a geek so I probably know a bit more about the fictional history of the Xmen, if not you can always look it up. I'm trying to draw on all I know about the Xmen from the comic books, movies, and cartoons and still make it not clash too much. However I still think Xmen: Evo is the most represenative of the setting this fic will be in. The time line will be slightly off but I don't think it will be horribly off. I'm not promising anything but I believe the Xmen will be making an appearance in the sequel and not just be mentioned. Anyway even though you've reached the end of this fic you can tell me your thoughts about it in a simple:
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