Summary: In the first chapter.

poorasdirt: Well here it is, the final chapter. I'm just glad I got it done before the fourth. I am going to write a sequel to this since this whole long tale isn't finished but I won't be posting anything for a month at least if not longer. I know what I want to do next and I have a few notes down but for the most part I don't even have a complete outline of the next story. Anyway, I would like to thank all of you that have reviewed, favorited, and/or alerted this story.

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As Bella made it out of the woods, she couldn't help the slight smile grace her lips at the sight of her friends. Dante was holding a candy bar over Grant's head trying to make the boy jump for it. While that was taking place, Dolph was sighing and Madison was laughing hysterically. Hiro for his part was leaning casually against a nearby tree with his arms crossed looking bored, but Bella could see the faint twitch of his lips suggesting he was suppressing a smile. She stood there for a minute just taking in the sight of her adopted family being themselves. She noted Dante had a few bruises and Grant looked a bit drained, but otherwise they were all safe. She had a few reservations about sending Dante after Jasper, but she had faith in his abilities. She was glad to see her faith hadn't led her wrong, but she would make sure to get him to train more, rather than laze around the house.

"Dante just give him the candy bar already." Bella said rolling her eyes making Dante turn to her with a grin.

"Ah but senorita where is the fun in that?" He asked while Madison stopped laughing.

"Bells you're alright!" Madison said rushing up and nearly tackling her friend. "So what vampire threat do we have to take out now?"

"How did you know we had another vampire threat?" Bella asked curiously wondering how her friend figured it out.

"Come on, I may be blond but I'm not that stupid. I know the Cullens weren't really behind all the attacks on us but they did provide an annoying obstacle. So what's our next big bad target?" Madison asked while Bella looked at her boys. Dante had given Grant the candy bar and was now giving her his full attention. Dolph had turn to her with a curious but patient look on his face. While Hiro had stood up and now gave her his undivided attention as well. Grant for his part was eating his prize but still waiting for what she had to say.

"Well it seems the real threat behind all the attacks is a coven called the Volturi. They are supposed to be considered royalty in the vampire society, what they say goes sort of thing. I don't have a lot on them information wise, just they are said to have over thirty members and live in a town I guess called Volterra in Italy." Bella said with a shrug.

"So we're going to war?" Dolph asked curiously.

"I guess you could say that. If you don't mind helping me that is, I understand if you walk. I personally want to get rid of every vampire on the face of the earth, but that will take time and power. Even though I know for certain we have just fewer than a hundred covens left, we still haven't made extra certain that they haven't tried to bolster their numbers." Bella said with a frown.

"Well I for one wish to help you." Dolph said looking to the others, Hiro nodded in agreement; Dante just grinned looking like he was going nowhere, and Madison rolled her eyes at the thought of leaving Bella alone to face this upcoming battle. Grant for his part just smirked knowing wherever his mother would go he would follow, even if Bella tried to leave him with one of his other uncles or his adopted grandmother.

"Well with that settled we should head back to the motel and plan our next move. We ought to call Felix as well to give him the scoop and see if he can't find any information on Volterra." Madison said getting nods from her friends before they went to get on their bikes. A rain storm was coming and none of them particularly wanted to drive through it.

Once they got back to the motel they went straight to Bella's room. Bella set up her lap top to call Felix, while the others debated what they wanted on their delivery pizza. Bella didn't really care as she heard the five debating over having sausage or pepperoni. She didn't have to wait long for Felix to appear on her computer screen. "Hey Bella, what can I do for you?" He asked curiously.

"I need you to look into possible vampire activity around Volterra, Italy. Well if you're up to it." Bella said with a slight smile not wanting to demand anything of her friend.

"Sure, I take it you found the source of your vampire problem. What about the Cullens?" Felix asked curiously.

"They're gone." Bella said getting a grin from her tech savvy friend.

"That's good to hear. Did you have any injuries on your side?"

"Dante has a few bruises but otherwise we're all fine. They're currently trying to kill each other over which pizza topping they want on their dinner." Bella said looking over her shoulder at her friends. Madison was partially in her liquid form trying to strangle Hiro, who was wrestling Dante; while Dolph stood nearby holding the phone, and Grant cheered them on. "So far I think Dolph is winning." She said with a smile. "I'm not picky so long as there are no anchovies, they already know that."

"Yum, so is the information about Volterra all you need? I have some stuff to tell you by the way." Felix said with a grin.

"Yea, what do you have for me?" Bella asked curiously turning back to the man she could practically call her older brother.

"Well first I looked up that one woman you wanted me to, Mrs. Waters. She's a forty-three-year-old lawyer with a firm here in Seattle. From what I can gather she's all legitimate with her practice and quite on the straight and narrow. She grew up in Forks with your dad and seems to have been in business with him for some time. She doesn't register as a mutant on any of the databases I've checked so it's safe to say she's one hundred percent normal human. There is a reference to her being a top notch sharp shooter; she used to compete in recreational shooting. I also managed to find that she took some self defense classes back in her twenties after she was mugged on her way home from work. All in all she comes off as a normal if not slightly dangerous human lawyer with a reputable practice." Felix said getting a nod from Bella. "I'll email you her current contact numbers."

"Thanks, there are some questions I have for her. Is there anything else?" Bella asked curiously glancing over her shoulder when a pillow hit her in the back of the head.

"Sorry Bells." Madison said sheepishly before going back to trying to pummel Hiro.

"Well yea, there is one thing you should be aware of. I took the liberty of monitoring that military base in the woods; you know the one that Dr. G was using before? Anyway, I managed to get some footage from the security system, the wench has shown up. From the looks of it they haven't started to move just yet but I wouldn't put it past them to try something with you all there." Felix said getting a nod from Bella.

"Great, thanks for the heads up. We weren't going to be staying here much longer anyway. Is that it?" Bella asked curiously.

"For now it is, I'll see you guys in Seattle." Felix said before they ended their webcam conversation.

"Alright boys and girl, can you settle down? I have some important news to make that doesn't involve pizza toppings." Bella said turning to her friends who went from rough housing to simply regarding her. "HYDRA is indeed in the area. Felix picked up Dr. G on the surveillance camera when he hacked into that base a few miles out of Port Angeles. This means we're going to have to pack up and ship out quickly before they realize we're here."

"How long do you think that will take?" Madison asked curiously.

"How about we leave tomorrow?" Bella suggested as her friends shared a look.

"That sounds fine, we'll be heading back to Seattle first I presume." Dolph said getting a nod from Bella.

"So we have to get down to business don't we?" Dante asked with a sigh knowing fun and games were over for now.

"I'm afraid so my friend." Dolph said with a smile.

"What do we need first?" Madison asked making Bella look up at the ceiling in thought.

"I think we should agree to stick together from now on. Sure it will slow down the hunt for vampires but we will need to refine our teamwork if we're going to face the Volturi. They're a big coven from the sounds of it and going in to a situation like that individually would be suicidal." Bella suggested looking down at her friends who seemed to consider what she said before nodding in agreement.

"We should check our map and start with smaller covens." Hiro said from his quiet corner of the world making Bella smile.

"I don't see why not, it'll be good practice for when we do go for the big boys." Madison said bouncing up and down.

"We can figure out which coven to go after first when we get to Seattle; it'll give us some time to map out our next move and we will have an easy escape route should Dr. G show up." Dante said calmly and none of the other's really disputed that claim.

"So Dolph order dinner, we'll start to pack up to go. I'm going to call Angela, Sue, and Billy to tell them I'm leaving town tomorrow and will stop by to say goodbye." Bella said getting a nod from Dolph while the others began to disperse to pack up their belongings.

Early the next day Bella pulled the truck into Billy's driveway after saying goodbye to Sue and Angela. Madison opted to go with the boys in the truck Bella bought to tow a trailer for their bikes. So it was only her and Grant in her old truck. "I'll be right back kiddo; you can wait here if you want." Bella said looking down at Grant with a smile as her adopted son yawned.

"Okay mère." Grant said cuddling down into his chair. Bella smiled as she stepped out into the light rain and made her way towards the small red house to knock on the door. She didn't have to wait long for Jacob to let her in.

"Hey Uncle Billy!" Bella greeted giving the man a hug. "Sorry I couldn't stay longer but some stuff came up."

"I know how it is; you don't have to explain it to me." Billy said with a smile. "Just take care and stay out of trouble."

"I will, if I'm back in the area I'll make sure to drop by. I can't forget about my honorary uncle after all." Bella said with a smile. "Take care of yourself and don't let Jacob's whining get you down." She added getting a chuckle from him.

"I won't, make sure you take care of your boy and sister." Billy said sternly getting a nod from the still smiling Bella. "Don't forget I enjoy postcards either."

"I'll keep in touch, you don't have to worry." Bella said before giving him one last big hug and heading towards the door.

"Bella wait." Jacob said when Bella got to the front door. "Do you really have to go?"He asked looking slightly dejected.

"Yes Jacob I really have to go." Bella said with a sigh mentally grumbling at how much he looked like a kicked puppy.

"But why? You could stay here." Jacob asked looking at her with a frown.

"I really can't. I have obligations outside of Forks. Even if I wanted to stay here I don't think I could. While there are a lot of good memories there are just as many bad ones. Sure it would be great to have Grant go to a real school but I just can't be here." Bella said desperately wanting to explain exactly why she couldn't stay in Forks but just knew it wouldn't go over well.

"But couldn't you make more good memories?" Jacob asked with a frown almost determined to make Bella stay.

"Jake, it's just not that simple. Trust me, if it was I wouldn't leave this place for the world, but my life took off when I did five years ago. As weird as this is going to sound, my road trip isn't finished just yet. Not because I don't want it to be, I'm really getting sick and tired of moving all the time. It's just I've never found a place where I'm comfortable enough to stay. I don't know, maybe I'm a bit crazy but after dad died I just didn't feel like Forks or La Push were my home anymore. I tried staying with mom for a while but that didn't last long either. Believe me when I do finally find a place to settle down Billy and Sue will be the first people to know." Bella said with a smile, mentally adding that as soon as HYDRA was no longer a threat and she somehow dealt with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s interest in her, she would definitely find a place to park herself. That didn't include her new war against vampires, but she had time.

If what she saw from her great uncle, grandfather, and uncle was true she knew eventually her healing factor would freeze her aging process. She was hoping it wouldn't, but she had a funny feeling that that hope was a false one. The only consolation she had was it seemed Madison was in the same boat she was in. The blonde didn't change much over the years appearance-wise due to the fact she constantly used her powers. Conrad had theorized that because Madison's mutation allowed her to break down her cellular structure and reconstruct it perfectly back to its previous state, it was similar in part to Bella's healing factor. Well, that's how he put it; Bella just figured Madison subconsciously maintained her body at her prime. Bella and Madison knew there was a very good chance they would outlive their boys. The only thing they wished was to see them die of old age after long fulfilling lives, rather than by some traumatic event when they were still relatively young.

"I don't want you to go Bella." Jacob said in a slight whine wanting her to stay there with him. All it got was a sigh from the woman before she looked up at him in determination.

"Jacob Black let me go." She said making him blink. "I'm never going to come back here to live. I will come and visit, but as soon as Sue and Billy are gone I probably will never set foot on this reservation again. The only other time I'll be in Forks after that is when I go visit Angela. You really need to let me go, not just physically but mentally as well. I know you have that crush on me, and I do love you but not in that way. So just let it go and find someone else that will love you better than I ever could. You're like a dear cousin to me, and I don't want you to end up a sad lonely decrypted old man that never found happiness in life because you remained hung up on me. Yea it hurts, yea you're probably going to be angry at me for a while if not forever, but I can't love you and give you happiness like you want me to. There are millions of people out there Jake, I've seen them, I'm sure there's one person out there that is way better suited for you than I am."

"I know but it's just." Jacob began to explain but Bella smiled and put her finger to his lips.

"You don't have to say a word. I know how you feel." Bella said with a look of understanding in her eyes that made Jacob relax and nod. "Just promise you'll do something with your life that you love and that will make you happy. If you do find that special someone I don't mind wearing a bride's maid dress so long as I can bring Madison and Grant along for the party."

"Okay Bella." Jacob said with a sad smile feeling a bit dejected but otherwise amused. He wasn't sure if he'd invite Madison to his wedding if he ever had one. He'd seen what she was like on sugar on a normal day, he didn't want to know what she was like drinking. While he had nothing against the blonde woman personally, he just would rather if he wasn't in the same vicinity as her if she got a little more crazy than normal.

"Good, now Billy's got my cell phone number in the address book next to the phone. I can't say I'll always pick up but if you need to talk to someone outside of the res, I'm always a call away. Take good care of Billy and tell Seth to not give his mom hell. He wasn't there when I was over so I didn't get to tell him that." Bella said before giving Jacob a bear hug. "I can't say I won't miss you."

"I'll miss you too Bella." Jacob said with a sad smile as she pulled away and opened the front door.

"Oh, which reminds me, next time you see Sam tell him the Cullens are dead." Bella said with a smirk before slipping out of the house. Jacob blinked as the request registered in his head, before jumping and rushing after the brunette woman. However, when he exited the house her truck was already going down the road and away from La Push once more. He stood there watching as the truck turned the corner and was gone out of sight.

"She knew, holy hell, she knew!" Jacob exclaimed in awe. His mind still couldn't comprehend just what the woman knew, but that was beside the point. All that mattered was the Cullens were dead, the pack would have to check that, and Bella was already on her way back to where it is her feet take her. Though, something deep down in Jacob's gut understood Bella knew there was something off with him and his friends from the reservation. He also figured she knew Sam was their ring leader and that whatever they did or were was to protect their land from vampires.

"Jacob, are you alright?" Billy asked seeing Jacob standing outside looking in the direction Bella left in.

"Yea, I'm just going into shock." Jacob answered absently wondering if Bella was serious about never coming back to Forks unless to visit or it was absolutely necessary. If she did he would have to ask her just what she knew and how she knew it. Until then, all he could do was shake his head and go back into his house.

While Jacob was going into shock, Bella smiled mischievously as she drove down the road. Grant was asleep by her side and the radio was playing. She honestly hadn't wanted to tell Jacob that the Cullens were dead but figured he deserved to know. At the very least, she knew she wouldn't be returning to Forks for a few years at the earliest, unless something happened to Billy, Sue, or Angela. Now all she had to do was focus on the upcoming adventure ahead. From what they figured last night they had roughly ninety-three covens left to take down and that didn't include the Volturi. Bella knew it would be difficult to get all the vampires, but she figured along the way she could find a way to detect if the vampires were increasing their numbers. If she couldn't do it personally she wasn't above persuading someone to do it for her.

"You know Grant; your mère can be one hell of an evil bitch when she wants to be." She muttered quietly to the sleeping boy. She grinned when she didn't receive a reply, even if she wasn't expecting one. So with a new sense of accomplishment and duty, Bella Swan left Forks Washington behind her for yet another road trip. All the while she hoped this upcoming adventure wouldn't somehow be the death of her or her friends.


YAY! Haha, Bella pulled a fast one on Jacob. They're off and they have quite a bit of adventure still in front of them. I think in the next story we will get a better understand exactly when all of this is taking place since I know there wasn't much of that in this one. From the way things are looking the next story will be Bella vs. the Volturi and then I'll write one more where we see Bella vs. HYDRA. The next one will obviously not have a lot of interaction between the Xmen but the one after that will probably have a few more encounters. I don't think Bella will have a love interest in the next one either I'm still debating it. I don't know, anyway tell me how you liked this story overall, I'd be glad to hear what y'all think.

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