Outcast

Chapter 53: She's his little Angel

Sam’s POV

Ah, Malta, sweet, sweet, land where I'll probably won't be returning anytime soon. As I looked out of the plane's window I realised just how much I would miss this beloved little country in the middle of this landlocked sea. Apart from what I discovered about my mother's betrayal, it wasn't that bad. Today we were boarding the plane, on our way to the beautiful country that was Spain. I tightened my hold on Alec's hand, and he squeezed my hand reassuringly in return.

"How are you feeling?" he asked me. I could feel his cool breath on the top of my head.

"Well, honestly, I don't know. I don't know if I did the right thing with my mother. She'll run out of cash soon and knowing her she'll do something really stupid to get the money." I said in exasperation. Later that day, after I visited my mum I had a vision of a lawyer informing her that her bank account had run out of cash. And I kind of felt bad that I didn't do anything about it.

"But, love, she's no longer your concern. That's not a problem that you have to bear. Tell me, do you remember what I told you about the weak and the strong, back when we were still in Italy?" he asked using his mentor voice. I sighed and nodded. I didn't know how many times he made me repeat this phrase back in the day. "In life there are two kinds of creatures, the strong and the weak. The strong survive as they struggle for survival and nature rewards them, but the weak are wiped away, and ridden of, as they aren't of use to anybody, not even themselves."

I had told him many a times that it was unfair and cruel, but come to think of it, it is quite true. Well, after all who has ever said that life was easy and fair? It really was cruel and as much as unfair as it sounded, Alec's theory was true.

"Love, I don't want to sound harsh but she really was weak, I dare say that she survived thanks to you. You should be proud of yourself, for being able to put up with that situation but now you've got to let nature take it's course." he sounded so grown up that I didn't even dare to look up, in fear of seeing that ancient look in his eyes. He sounded wise, like somebody who had tasted a big portion of life. I swallowed and looked up to him. He didn't look as I suspected, no instead he looked with loving eyes at me. I reached up, enough so that our lips could meet. It may not have been powerful put that small kiss held all the warmth in the world to me. "Oh, and Alec,"

"Hmm?" he was still touching his lips to mine so I felt his breath mix with mine.

I smiled at him, waiting for one of his funny reactions. "Sorry if my mother hit on you... repeatedly." Up till now I thought that Alec was shameless, he never seemed to be embarrassed, but apparently I had hit a nerve. He looked away from me and squeezed his nose bridge. "Don't remind me, the guys have been tormenting me about it all morning, making kissing noises behind my back and hinting at certain mental pictures..."

"Eww! Gross! She's like fifty!" I said, now it was my turn having the hard time removing the mental pictures from my mind. As I once said, you can turn a man into a calm, controlled vampire, but no venom in the world is able to wipe away the boy brain. I wasn't sure if I could survive the next who knows how many years with these perverted guys. Sigh. Might as well get used to it.

"My poor little baby's mind is in turmoil." I said. I kissed his warm cheek.

"Aww, did you hear that Jake? Her little baby! How sweet!" Daren said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. I was sitting on the outer seat where across us, Nessie, Jake and the much beloved, Daren were seated.

"Daren, did I ever tell you that you're a pain in the ass?"

"Why, yes, yes you did. And as I already told you I'm not a pain in just any ass, I'm a pain in your ass!" he concluded. I sighed. Sometimes I just wished that I could find a muzzle big enough for him.

I snuggled deeper in Alec's shoulder and just lost myself in his bittersweet scent.

XxxX

We arrived in Madrid a few hours later, I didn't know how many, I wasn't sure. Alec and I had been silently communicating the whole time through my visions, he replayed some of the happier moments of his human life and we relived them together through my visions. I got to see and observe his parents, how they reacted and took care of their beloved little Alec and Jane. The more I got to see them the more I loved them and craved meeting them. Alec looked at the scenes of his past with longing in his eyes, but I noticed that it didn't last long as every time he would look at his past, a couple of seconds later he would look at me. Sometimes he kissed me and others he just stared at me lovingly, but either way I could see the determination in his eyes and feel his arms tighten the grip around my waist. I was his future, just like he was mine.

If there's one thing I couldn't stand it was being woken up from a vision, especially if I was sharing it with Alec. In the visions we were carefree, like only we mattered in the world. The intimate, emotional moments we shared were indescribable. Alec never opened up as much as he did in the visions, he would try to recall his past and the things he told me, especially about his mother, how much he missed her, made me want to cry.

I was shaken up back to reality by Daren. I knew it wasn't his fault that we had arrived and had to board off the plane, but I couldn't help being a little snappy at him. He had no problem with answering me with his attitude. Next to me Alec still seemed shocked, and I got it a lot. It was hard getting used to the feeling you get in visions. Being in a vision felt like being dunked in the water for a long time, but being able to breath comfortably, sometimes so comfortably that rising back up to reality feels exasperating.

"Feels strange, right?" He nodded as he rubbed his eyes. I smiled, recovering quickly as I was used to the change. I grabbed his hands and reached up on the tip of my toes to get our hand luggage from the compartments above our head. Just as I had reached up enough to get the bags, two long hands beat me to it. "Don't strain yourself, short stuff." the prince of arrogance said to me.

You're showing skin, are you sure your boyfriend would approve? He said in my mind. He was pointing at a part of my lower back. I rolled my eyes at him and pulled down my shirt.

"She doesn't need to." Alec said to Daren and took my bag out of his hands. Daren smiled his strained smile that held no humor or any kind of emotion except for annoyance. I just grabbed Alec's hand and bee lined out of the plane.

"His attitude is getting on my last damn nerve!" I said in Italian so that Daren wouldn't understand.

"I honestly don't know why you care so much about him, if you want I can take him off your hands. He wouldn't even see it coming." Alec said. I saw his hands clench.

"Alec! He is a huge pain in the ass but I wouldn't kill him! That wasn't nice of you to say."

"I never said I was nice. And anyways I don't know how one can be nice with a character like his."

"You know, you weren't that pleasant when I met you. You were stubborn, obnoxious, you ranted a lot and you always insisted that I walk in front of you so that you could check out my ass!" I said, surprisingly taking Daren's side.

He looked at me aghast. "I did no such thing! And if you want to see stubborn check out the first time we met. You sat down on the ground and wouldn't move before I answered your questions. And what about the many times I insisted that we start practicing your fighting techniques? You would always find a way to slip out of practice!"

"Here we go with the ranting!" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Oh, I rant?" He asked me, stopping me at the side to let the people pass.

"Yes, you do, just like the old man you are." I retorted. He looked surprised by my outburst. I could see it clear in his eyes that he really thought that we were fighting. As wise and smart as he was, he just couldn't get a clue when I was teasing him or not, and in this case, I was.

I closed in on the few inches between us and put my lips close to his ear.

"Good thing that I like old grumpy men." and with that I turned around and followed the arrows to retrieve my luggage. It must have taken him a few seconds to process the fact that I had been messing with him because I had already retrieved one of our luggage.

He caught up to me a few milliseconds later. "Not cool, Sam. I thought that you were being serious."

"I am a pretty good actress, aren't I?" I said smugly.

"A little bit too good, perhaps." he answered. I winked at him and retrieved another passing by luggage of ours. The others soon joined us, and after we retrieved Nessie's mammoth sized luggage we got on the taxies and rented a cottage nearby in the woods. After settling and preparing a quick meal for Jake, all of us were thirsty. We hadn't hunted once in four days and we couldn't stall any longer. And so, we went hunting. Jake turned into wolf form and we left. A bunch of elk strolled by and we each got our share, just as I was about to bite my second one, I had a vision that overpowered me completely.

An army. A newborn army was heading our way. There were roughly about thirty vampires, all newborns except for one, their maker. Some of them were just plain wild; there was no reasoning with them.

Back in reality I told everyone what I had seen.

At the mention of the army, Alec stiffened and slipped on the cold, unbreakable poker face I was so used to. I pouted in disappointment. It had taken him so long to open up and now this newborn army from hell ruins everything!

"Sam, when we were at Emily's I read an article about killings here in Madrid. Disassembled bodies found bloodless. I knew it was some vampires' doing. The signs were unmistakable." Alec said as he leaned against a tree. I frowned upon hearing the new piece of information.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked him. "I didn't think that you needed to be bothered with the news. I thought that the Volturi would have taken care of it by now." he answered me. I stopped pacing around and went next to him. He put his arm around my waist and I patted his chest reassuringly.

"Well, what are we going to do?" Danielle asked. I wrecked my brain. I wasn't a violent person, but if I came down to fighting to protect my friends I would do it.

"Firstly, Jake you have to take Nessie back to the cottage, they'll be curious and we don't want that. Daren you go back with them." I said, trying to gain some control on the situation. They were close, I could smell them.

"Wait, why should I go back in the cottage?" Daren said stubbornly. I sighed, knowing that he wouldn't give up that easily.

"Daren, don't make this difficult. You are a good fighter but you've just started going out of the newborn stage yourself and you didn't get much practice time. I'm not doing this to be bossy; I just don't want you to get hurt." I crossed my fingers, in hope of Daren going easy on me. I knew it wasn't his fault that we hadn't practiced that much but after that time when things went… well just plain wrong and he started kissing me, I just tried to avoid any physical contact with him. I knew that it was wrong of me but at that time it seemed right.

"Always the same excuse! I want to stay and I will stay, that's final." he said stubbornly.

"But Daren-" I began but Alec interrupted me. "No, Sam let him stay. It's his choice. If he wants to get himself killed then so be it." then he stepped away from me and went to stand in front of Daren, who was taller than him by at least a head. Yet everyone could tell who of the two was more powerful and intimidating. It was at times like these when Alec's dark side emerged. "But if she gets herself harmed because of you, the newborns will be the least of your problems, little boy." Alec's voice was just above a whisper but that's what made it sound so deadly. I watched as Daren resisted the urge to shiver at the sound of Alec's obvious threat.

Jake was the one who broke the tension Alec had created. He howled, letting us know just how close they were. In his wolf form, he was about six feet tall. He shook his head at Nessie to tell her to get on his back. Nessie hugged us all and wished us good luck. With that, they bid their adieu and left.

"So, what's the plan?" Alex asked. The question was directed to no one in particular but everybody turned to Alec and me.

"I suggest we exterminate them. They've had no proper guidance; they'll never be able to fit in without causing trouble." Alec said bluntly. I could see how much this whole thing had messed him up. He was worried about me. I could see it from the way he looked at me. I had a bad feeling about this whole situation. Something bad was going to happen. Something really bad.

"How about, we see if we can help at least some of them and then take care of the others Alec's style if that doesn't work?" I asked them. They nodded. "Everybody, especially you Daren, don't let them get each other's back. Divide them. Don't use obvious attacks." I whispered. Only a few seconds were left before we would come face to face to them. Alec pulled me towards him. "Sam, stick with me, I don't want you running around unprotected."

"What about Daren? Who will protect him?" I whispered back. He glared at Daren with eyes full of hatred.

"He's standing right here!" Daren muttered under his breath. Nobody took notice of him. Logan and Bonnie kissed swiftly and then faced the direction from where the newborns where coming. They held hands, giving each other support. It seemed like a very important moment for Danielle and Alex too. I had never seen them standing that close. I knew that they had their first kiss but this was just a whole new level of intimate. I just had to look away.

Alec was gripping my hands by now. "Sam, tell me, no promise me that you won't do anything stupid for that ungrateful little boy."

I scowled. "He's my responsibility Alec. I can't abandon him on the field like that." Alec cussed in a language I didn't recognise, probably very old German. "If it comes down to it I'll cover for him myself." Alec said, much to my surprise. "You just worry about staying safe. Don't do anything foolish. I can't live without you."

I kissed him deeply. "I suggest you take your own advice too. Be careful Alec; don't try to be a hero."

"I don't do it on purpose. It just comes naturally. At least the hero always gets his kiss after the battle." He said, trying to sound light despite the tension. It was clear to me that his smirk was off, as if his mind was somewhere else, which it definitely was.

"Oh, please! As if you have to wait for a battle to get some action out of me." I said. I kissed him one last time as now they were just mere metres away from us. When we turned around we found a coven of pasty white vampires, all staring at us with deadly crimson eyes. Some hissed at us others bared their teeth. Was it wrong that I felt as if somehow we had transported ourselves in a Van Helsing movie? I guess so because the girl died at the end and Van Helsing was stuck in a world without his beloved Anna. Yep, probably not the best omen to mention at the brink of an impending battle.

A male stepped forward. He was the obvious leader among the bunch. It was just something about the air that he carried himself with. He was bald yet his body was ripped with muscles. He had a startled look on his face as he studied us silently. Finally he decided to speak up in heavily accented English. "Who are your leader? What business do you want in land of mine?" he asked. Just like before everybody turned to my mate and me. We stepped forward and we looked at each other. We needed no telepathy to communicate. I was the sweet talker among the two, the peace keeper. Alec was more the badass, don't-mess-with-me, action guy.

"My name is Sam and this is my mate, Alec. That's Bonnie, Logan, Alex, Danielle and Daren. We were just hunting, we meant no offence. We didn't know this land was already spoken for. We will remove the disturbance if you let us pass." I said calmly, trying to stay as composed as possible.

"Wait, what are you? You no human for sure." he said, doing a great job in messing up the grammar of each and every sentence he spoke.

"Why, we're vampires, like you." I said. At the sound of 'vampires' they all hissed at me.

"Liar! Liar!" they hissed at me in Spanish.

"You no vampires. No vampire with golden eyes." one of them said. He stepped forward, almost as if he was trying to attack me. He hissed at me, but Alec got protective in front of me and growled, producing a more threatening sound that made some of them shudder.

"We are vampires, but we don't drink human blood, we drink animal blood. That's why our eyes are golden." I said calmly, trying to regain control of the situation which was slipping from my fingertips. The newborns and their maker looked surprised, some even gasped, obviously not expecting my response.

"I don't trust her. She's lying. I say we kill them." a vampire with clean cut hair and multiple vampire bites on he sides of his cheek said in Spanish. None of the others understood but Alec and I understood fine.

"No, Marco!" his maker hissed at him. Marco hissed back. I knew what was going to happen, unfortunately not early enough to stop it.

Marco attacked me.

Less that a millisecond before it all happened, my hand tightened around Alec's wrist. Alec was in full battle mode. He didn't hesitate to crouch defensively in front of me. His reaction time to such a situation was impeccable, incomparable. Marco never saw it coming. Alec ripped his head off with his bare hands.

"I advice that none of you attack, unless you want to share the same faith as your disobeying friend." Alec warned them. Growling, hissing, whimpering and all sorts of animalistic sounds erupted from the crowd of newborns in front of us.

"You come in my land and kill my vampires?" The bald vampire shouted in rapid Spanish.

"He attacked her! I was just protecting her; he wouldn't have died had he listened to you." Alec shouted back, power oozing from his usual melodic voice.

"Peace! Peace! We are not here to fight. We will leave!" I shouted helplessly. Not even the best peacemaker in the world could avoid this battle. Alec was furious that some lowlife tried to attack me on his watch and on the other hand the bald vampire was insulted that Alec had killed one of his own.

"You stand no chance, you are outnumbered. If I order my sons and daughters to attack you're done for." the bald vampire said in Spanish.

"Yes, we are outnumbered but you're clearly outmatched." Alec answered back. With that he signaled Alex and the others to give them a small taste of what we could do.

Trees pulled themselves by their roots and smashed together creating an earsplitting sound. Rocks detached themselves from the ground and hit the bewildered newborns, people held their heads in their hand as Logan filled them with their most horrible nightmares and a ring of fire made escape impossible for them. "Demons! Kill them!" the bald vampire hollered.

Hell broke loose.