Chapter seventeen: Out Of Control

Bella's POV

"Mom! You knocked me out!"

I whirled around to see the strange copper headed girl glaring at me. Instinctively, my gun went to her head. My left leg stung as I turned.

"No!" Emmett and Jasper roared at the same time.

"What did you call me?" I hissed at her, not really believing what I had heard.

Her eyes flickered behind me. I advanced, pushing the gun to her forehead and spinning her around so that she was in the room. I felt like I was limping. There was something wrong with my left leg. I made a mental note to take a look at that.

"Bella, leave her", I could hear Edward's voice. I pushed the girl in at Izzy. She stumbled backwards.

"Explain. Now", I ordered what anyone in particular.

I was tired of being confused. The stupid neutralizers that I had been jabbed with were creating spasms of pain in my muscles. I watched the scene in front of me.

Rosalie was looking alert, surprised to see me armed. Laurent looked irritated, I didn't blame him. He was tied up after all. Kenzo looked scared.

Izzy looked bored with the whole situation. She should be looking scared because I was going to kick her arse first of all. I wondered why she was acting so calm though. Surely, she should be running right now. Or maybe defending herself.

Edward and Emmett were both looking at me warily, in a confused and cautious way.

"Jasper", I snapped. He looked up at me. "Explain what the fuck's going on. I'm pissed off, hungry and in desperate need to punch someone right now."

"Bella, I don't think –"

"If you don't mind", Izzy interrupted, putting her hand up as if she was in school, "Want me to explain, Bella? I think I have more insight than anyone else here."

"Why not!" I huffed, rolling my eyes.

"Bella, this is not –"

"Quiet Rose", I snapped, holding up a finger, "Izzy, speak. Now. Go. Start."

"Well, it started off with this one here", Izzy pointed to the strange girl in the room, "She appeared out of nowhere, got Emmett and disappeared. Kenzo and I were taken off guard, obviously. Then we got a message from 2817 saying that Victoria and James had been...apprehended."

"And?" I prompted when she paused to examine her nails.

I glanced down at my left leg and winced at what I saw. The inside of my jeans on my calf was torn and covered with blood. I didn't know how but there was a long, deep cut there.

"Then we got told to wait, by Mr Jerk over there", Izzy jabbed a thumb towards Laurent, "So we kidnapped you and waited. The rest is pretty easy. We moved here to wait for Laurent, your friends appeared, I run upstairs to see if you're still unconscious and then I find Newbie with you."

"So you don't know her?" I asked Izzy, pointing at the girl.

"We know her", Emmett interrupted, giving me a meaningful look. "She's with us, Bella."

I glared at Emmett. "How do you know her, Emmett?"

"She's...from the future", Jasper explained to me hesitantly, "You might not understand everything now. We'll explain when we get to the safe house."

"Are you crazy?" I snapped at him. This was like de ja vue all over again. "Don't you guys know better than to trust an unknown girl from the future. Remember what happened the last time."

"She's got a point", izzy cut in, "I mean, I totally betrayed you guys. How do you know that Newbie isn't working for me."

"My name is Renesmee", the girl interrupted, "or Nessie, whichever you prefer. And I am not working for you. Can we wrap this up please, Edward? Why hasn't someone tied up Izzy?"

I glanced at the girl. She looked so familiar. Her hair was a beautiful colour, now that I looked it over again. It was familiar because it was exactly like edward's.

"I'll come quietly", Izzy said putting her hands up, "No need to tie me up. I haven't exactly harmed anyone have I?"

"You were plotting on killing half the people in this room before", I snapped at her, "What's changed? And why aren't attacking us?"

"That's for me to know", Izzy smiled at me.

"I've updated Carlisle with what's been going on", Jasper told us all, "Emmett, Rosalie and I will send these two back to 2817. Bella, Edward and Renesmee will go back to the safe house and –"

"Where's Alice?" I demanded, suddenly noticing that she was missing.

"Resting at home", the new girl told me. I flinched away from her, my Projectile still up. She rolled her eyes at me.

"There's not need for that", Edward muttered.

"I'll decide that for myself, thanks", I mumbled.

If they were going to trust any random girl that came their way, didn't mean I had to do the same. I didn't know this Renesmee and I wasn't going to take my eyes off of her until I knew the whole story.

"What about me?" Izzy pointed at herself. She looked at me expectantly. I looked over to Jasper. Jasper turned to Edward. Edward shrugged.

"Imprisonment centre", Rosalie said bitterly, "It's where she belongs."

"But I'm from the twenty-first century", Izzy said, "You can't send me to the future. Especially not that far ahead."

"We'll do what we like", snapped Rosalie.

"Jasper?" I turned to him. "She's betrayed us and worked for the Nomads. She's dangerous. We can't just –"

"Actually I've had a change of heart", Izzy said quickly, "I don't wanna kill anymore. I'm gonna start a new leaf, you know. Besides, I didn't kill anyone anyway. Just knocked some people unconscious."

"Criminal offence", Jasper pointed out, "Kidnapping, aiding Kenzo and the Nomads. How do we know that you're not attacking us because you'll get something in return?"

"We'll sort this out in the safe house", I told them all, "Let's go, Izzy."

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Edward's POV

Izzy and Renesmee walked in the front with Bella behind them. Bella was limping, I noticed. She held the projectile up because I knew she didn't trust Renesmee yet. I wouldn't say that I actually trust the girl yet either, but apparently she was my daughter.

"What's wrong with your leg?" I murmured into Bella's ear. She turned to me, halting. Her short brown hair was flying around in the wind, her eyes were confused swirls of brown. I noticed there were purple shadows under her eyes.

"Harmless wound", she told me, shaking her head, "We'll sort it out when we get to the safe house. Are you ok? Are you hurt?"

I almost rolled my eyes at her. She was the one with the bleeding leg and she was asking me if I was ok. "I'm fine, Bella. You drive, let Izzy sit in the front."

"And what if Newbie decides to knock you unconscious in the back?" She quirked an eyebrow at me. This time I really did roll my eyes.

"I think we should be worried about the traitor, not the helper", I muttered, "Is your leg alright to drive?"

"Get in the car", was her response. I laughed silently to myself.

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Bella was sat on the couch, her injured up on the coffee table. Rosalie stood up as I approached.

"Why don't you just heal it with a Jewlzo Healing Mechanism?" I asked as I noticed Rosalie was using a twenty-first century first aid box. They had little cotton disinfectants out, plasters and such.

"Because I think that thing's broken", Bella answered me, "Alice used it and she's still a bit weak. I mean, her wounds are healed but she looks kind of pale. I don't want to risk my leg, thanks."

"I'll take care of it, Emmett's calling you", I told Rosalie as I crouched down in front of Bella. She left the room, leaving Bella and I alone.

"How did this happen?" I asked her. She winced as I bandaged it up and shrugged.

"I'm not sure. Hurts like a bitch though."

I moved to the couch and sat next to her. Bella leaned in close. Her Bella-ish flowery and strawberry smell filled my nose as I inhaled. My lips rested on her hair.

"Why does everything have to be complicated?" She asked quietly.

I knew exactly what her question was referring to. When we were younger, everything was so simple. Though we were just friends then, we had each other. We looked out for each other. We only worried about which flavour ice cream would be served after dinner.

And now we had all of this to sort out. Her parents had been cruelly snatched from her. She had to run, hide from crazy idiots who wanted to kill her. Betrayed by someone we trusted.

It was all so confusing. Bella was brave to put up with all of this. I leaned in and kissed her forehead, wrapping my arms around her tightly.

"Renesmee Masen", I whispered. I had a feeling that I would be making things worst but I had to tell Bella. We hadn't explained to her who Renesmee was yet.

"Masen? She's related to you?" Bella pulled back from me to stare into my eyes. I shifted uncomfortably.

"Yeah...and you", I told her.

Bella blinked, trying to figure out my words.

"She's...from the year twenty-eight, thirty-nine", I explained uneasily as Bella's stare made me almost nervous, "Renesmee's...apparently our daughter."

"Huh."

I watched her warily. Trying to figure out if she was going to freak out, slap me around the face or just not believe me. I knew from experience that I could never predict Bella. She would always do something to surprise.

"Oh...the...I always thought we'd have a son", Bella said with a frown on her face as she turned to face me again.

"I...what?"

"A son", she explained, "I imagined little mini Edwards. Not...not a , mini Bella. Although, she isn't exactly mini."

"What? I just told you that Renesmee is our daughter", I pointed out, "And you're talking about mini Bellas?"

"I think I already knew", Bella said with a light shrug, "She looked familiar. She's got your hair, I noticed."

"You're ok with all of it?" My voice was suddenly high with almost shock. She took the news better than I did. It was quite rare when a girl came up to you claiming to be your daughter.

"We've decided to send her back", Emmett walked into the room. His eyes flickered between Edward and I a couple of times before resting on our faces. "Jasper wants you guys downstairs. We're gonna send Izzy to 2817. I guess it's the Imprisonment centre for her."

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Important: Sorry but I will not be continuing this story. I've lost interest and I think if I force any chapters out, it'll just ruin the plot. I may come back and revisit this story in the future and maybe continue it but no promises. Thank you for everyone who read and reviewed.