Chapter 16
Third Person's POV
Carlisle, Esme and Charlie were waiting for the kids to return from school, Edward had called Carlisle and Emmett had called Charlie telling them both that there was a very serious situation that involved Mike Newton. Charlie's first instinct was that the little punk had done something to his baby girl, but that fear had been quickly dismissed, if Newton had done something to Bella then Emmett wouldn't have been the one to call him. It would have been an hysterical Bella, so the question was, just what had Mike Newton done and to who?
"How much longer?" Carlisle asked Esme, his knee was bouncing up and down.
"Should be about ten minutes dear," she replied, her eyes firmly fixed on the antique clock.
"What reason would your children have for summoning us, my friend?" Aro's voice came from behind them, causing the three of them to jump up in shock.
"They called you three too?" Charlie asked, both stunned and even more worried than before.
"They did." Marcus replied, his own voice filled with concern.
Esme turned to look at her husband with tears forming in her terrified eyes.
"Carlisle, what could have happened?" She asked her husband.
"What happened is Michael Newton needs to fucking die." Jasper's voice came from the front door darkly.
Esme, Charlie and Carlisle spun round in time to find Alice, Bella and Rosalie taking a girl their age upstairs. A girl whom looked to be on the verge of sobbing hysterically. Standing in a tight body lock in front of Emmett was a teenager they knew to be Eric Yorkie. Esme was so speechless by the scene before her that she didn't even bother to reprimand Jasper for his language.
"Mom, could you go upstairs with the girls. Sarah's going to need a mother figure." Edward asked, sounding far calmer than he actually felt.
This was something else that stunned the adults, it was normally Jasper who was the cool and collected one. Esme nodded and hurried off after the girls.
"Son, what the hell is going on?" Carlisle demanded.
The bosses of the family watched as the four young men all suddenly looked murderous.
"Mike Newton, took my cousin's virginity with false promises..." Eric began but was gut off by Caius.
"Many women loose their virginity through false promises, boy." He replied bored.
Eric straightened up and glared daggers at the Mafia boss.
"Really? And just how many of those women who loose their virginity through false promises have that night recorded in secret and at risk of being loaded on to the internet?" Eric added angrily.
All the men froze at Eric's words.
"What?" Aro asked darkly, hoping he had misheard.
Edward moved forward pulling a piece of paper out of his jacket pocket and handed it to his father.
Carlisle read the piece of paper and his face became darker and angrier with each word.
"When was this?" He asked as he handed the paper to Charlie.
"Sarah found it waiting in her locker after school." Emmett replied darkly.
Charlie's face went deep red as he passed the note onto Caius. One by one, the note made it's way round every member of the Cullen/Volturi crime family and each face went either deep red or the palest of white but their eyes were all the same. Murderous rage.
"Surely that little prick doesn't have the brains to come up with something this sick?" Charlie put to the teenagers.
"I think we should never underestimate potential enemies from here on out Charlie." Jasper replied.
Nobody said a word after that, they were all too disgusted. After a few minutes of the men silently seething, Bella came back down with a look of pure relief on her face.
"It's negative." She stated simply, causing Eric to instantly collapse into himself with relief.
"What's negative?" Carlisle and Charlie demanded at once.
Bella merely rolled her eyes.
"Guess." She replied simply before heading back upstairs.
While the teenagers breathed out a sigh of relief, the men looked even more murderous. Charlie's face darkened in a way that not even Emmett had ever seen before.
"Gentlemen," Aro began in a calmer tone than what he was actually feeling. "I think we best get eyes on one Michael Newton so we can do to him what the Godfather did to the horse."
"Woah! Hold on a second here people." Emmett suddenly jumped in, his hands raised up in front of him as if someone had just pulled a gun on him. "While we agree that the little punk deserves a good ass kicking and a slow and painful death, it's a rather...aggressive answer to a childish form of behaviour." Emmett scolded us, resulting me in looking at my son as though it was the first time I was really seeing him.
"Who are you and what have you done with my son?" I asked half joking half seriously.
"Hey, if most of you guys weren't planning on going medieval on the little dirt bag I wouldn't have to be the responsible one here." Emmett replied with dignity. "Wait a minute...what am I saying? The little bastard is blackmailing Sarah into sleeping with him whenever he wants his dick scratched. Forget everything I just said, I'll get the stakes set up." Emmett replied with a quick change of mind before starting to walk towards the back door.
"NO!" Bella shouted from the stairs making everyone look round in shock. But were more stunned at the sight of Bella, Rosalie and Esme all wearing the same expression of sternness.
Emmett looked at her as though she'd just kicked his puppy and the poor thing had landed on Emmett's X-Box.
"But...b...but...scum bag needs to pay!" Emmett whined.
Bella gave Emmett a glare that reminded me painfully of my mother.
"And he will but it will be on Sarah's terms." Rosalie instructed us firmly.
Several men looked like they were ready to protest but Esme beat them all to the punch.
"Before anyone dares to go against this or do something off book you will do well to remember that should he figure out you guys are responsible that it will be Sarah who'll be suffering even more than she is now." Esme said at once.
I saw that some of the others contemplating a response but another glare from all three of them silenced everyone.
"I trust you have something in mind, ladies." Aro replied after a brief pause.
Bella and Rosalie smirked evilly.
"Firstly, Dad. Its going to be in your stern medical opinion that Sarah stay home from school for the next two weeks. Exam stress really is harmful after all." Rosalie instructed Carlisle with a not so innocent smile.
"While you three," Bella chimed in looking at Emmett, Edward & Jasper "are going to continue your surveillance of the little twerp. In the mean time Alec, how old are you exactly?" Bella asked Alec.
"19. Why?" Alec replied cautiously.
"How are you acting skills?" Esme asked with a smirk.
I almost feel sorry for Newton now...Almost.
Third Person's POV
It had only been a few hours since Emmett, Jasper, Edward and Alec had picked up the surveillance on Mike Newton and they were already bored. They had already given Alec a full run down on the kind of person that Newton was, but given Newton's blackmailing antics for sex Alec already knew exactly what kind of ass he was dealing with.
"Does he normally come out this late?" Alec asked, his head pressed against his passenger window in complete boredom.
"Normally, no." Edward replied, equally bored.
"Blackmail is bad enough but why the fuck has he come to the park in the middle of the damn night?" Emmett asked the car at large but not really expecting an answer.
"Maybe he's hoping to watch someone get laid so he can get tips." Alec suggested, though he had a feeling it wasn't completely outside the realm of possibility.
Emmett smirked.
"That camera better be on stand by, Sarah should have the pleasure of the little bastard getting the shit kicked out of him." Emmett threw back.
Jasper suddenly sat up alert.
"Heads up, Newton's got company." He told the car and the others were quick on the alert, breaking out listening and recording equipment.
All four teenagers put headphones on and stayed silent as they listened to the conversations.
"Who are you?" Newton asked annoyed.
"Me? I'm the man that's going to make you rich beyond your wildest dreams." The stranger replied.
Newton said nothing but the four teenagers in the car had the feeling that dollar signs were now flashing in Newton's eyes.
"How's that then?" He asked, trying and failing to act casual.
"Oh, it's simple enough. Over the course of the next few weeks I want you to pick the best looking girls in your class and invite them to a party. In exchange I will pay you...let's say $400." The stranger offered.
"$400!" Newton repeated greedily.
"Per girl." The stranger added as an after thought almost, as if he felt the pot needed sweetening.
"Wait a minute...this sounds like pimping." Newton replied for once sounding unsure of himself.
"Come Mr Newton, let us not pretend that you have a moral compass. You are blackmailing a certain student for sex after all," though they couldn't see the two very clearly the occupied car felt as though Newton had tensed all of a sudden. "would it make you feel better if I told that all the girls have to do is look pretty? Throw in some smiles and laughs and hand out drinks? They in turn will be well paid for the evening." The stranger said in a soothing tone.
While the occupied car saw right through the bullshit, Newton however did not.
"So...they're just playing waitress for the night." Newton stated.
"Exactly, you merely get a very generous finders fee." The stranger told him.
"When is the party?" Newton asked.
"Halloween night, my boss has very strict costume requirements for the waiting staff. Angels, playboy bunnies, the rebellious school girl look, cheerleaders. None of this vampire, fairy, wood nymph or any other such silly supernatural nonsense though." The stranger instructed and clearly sounding very pleased that he had successfully recruited Newton to do his dirty work for him.
"They girls I get to agree to this may need an advancement for costume and make up purposes, you know how vain high school bitches can be." Newton told him carefully.
"Of course, my employer expected nothing less. Once you have a sufficient number of girls...10 I believe he needs, I shall send you a card to use so that the girls can go shopping and get everything they need." The stranger replied coolly.
"Alright then. How do I get in touch with you?" Newton asked.
"Rest assured Mr Newton, I will find you soon enough." The stranger replied before promptly taking his leave.
A few minutes later Newton took his own leave while the teenagers in the car were a horrid combination of beet root red and pale white.
"Tell me that didn't just happen." Jasper whispered dangerously.
"Believe me, I wish I could." Emmett replied.
"Who was that guy?" Alec asked.
"Something tells me that we just had our first glimpse of the illusive Royce King II and he's just recruited Newton to take over from James." Edward answered, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"What does this mean for James' son?" Jasper asked suddenly very worried and deeply unnerved.
Neither of them said a word. What was there that could be said?
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the update regardless of how long it took.