Twilight: The New Storm Chapter Eight When Are They Coming?

[Dale Flannery]

Chapter

Eight

Week two

Day one

When are they coming?

 

The next morning Dale woke up at six in the morning and sat up in his bed and thought to himself if the Volturi want my ass there goanna earn it, he got out of bed and grabbed his uniform and put it on then grabbed his nunchaku’s and escrima sticks and I pod and quietly went down stairs and headed out the back door and went to where his bag was sitting when he was there he sat his escrima sticks down and his nunchaku’s then he looked around to see if anyone was around. Outside it was barely getting light out and he could hear the Cullen’s were still in the living room and there was light coming from an outside light. Dale took out his I pod and started his music along with his training, he started with jumping jacks and running in place and then knuckle push ups which kind of hurt because it was concrete on the ground. By now he was warmed up to do leg stretches trying to put his legs as far apart as he could, he almost did the splits, by now it was about seven in the morning and it was day light outside it was cloudy and no sun Dale closed his eyes and focused on his stretching and the little pain from not doing it in a long time, with his ears he could hear the birds and his stomach growling and then he heard foot steps coming his way from two people or should he say not two people but two vampires. Edward and Bella were walking up the path to the house Edward was giving Renesmee a piggy back ride on his solders. Then Edward saw Dale sitting on the floor doing the splits with his legs, as they walked up to Dale Edward asked “Boy Dale you are up early.” But Dale did not answer he was still in focus. Edward looked at Bella and said “Gosh that hurts me just looking at it.” Bella looked at Dale at that time overhearing what Edward had said he opened his eyes and smiled, Bella said “Come on take five and let’s get you some breakfast.” With that Dale turned off the I pod and stood up, then walked back inside with Edward and Bella. They all three walked into the kitchen and in the kitchen was the rest of the Cullen’s; Carlisle looked at Dale and said “What are you doing out there?” Dale replied “Nothing.” Bella replied “He was training.” And Edward said “And he was doing something to his legs that did not think was possible he was pulling his legs apart like they was a wishbone.” Emmett replied “That’s good because in baseball we are going to win again with Dale on our team” then Jasper said “No way Dale is on our team today.” And as the two started arguing Esme put a plate of food in front of Dale and Dale said “ahhh, ninja breakfast!” Carlisle was puzzled and said “Ninja breakfast?” Dale replied “Yes, breakfast that vanish quickly with out trace.” Esme chuckled and Carlisle looked at what Dale had on and said “So what is that you are wearing?” Dale replied “It’s a ninja do bock.” Bella asked “But don’t ninja’s hide there faces?” And Dale replied “yep.” And with that he pulled out the mask that goes over his face and put it on now all you could see of Dale was his eyes, then Dale said “I don’t like wearing it because it tickles my nose.” Then Dale pulled it off and started eating some more. Later after Dale was finished eating they had to wait Emmett and Rosalie went out hunting so the baseball game had to wait, while they waited Edward and Alice was trying to teach Dale how to play chess and every move Dale made Alice would move back saying “That would be a mistake” and Dale had a funny look on his face and replied “The mistake is play chess with a person who knows your moves before you do.” Edward just chuckled and with that Dale moved a pawn forward and Alice replied “That is a mistake.” Dale said “He’s a pawn he’s expendable.” Alice again moved the pawn back and moved another piece and then Edward moved and then Dale would pick out another piece to move and it would start over again. Soon Alice took the game over from Dale and tried to beat Edward, soon it was late in the afternoon and Charlie stopped by to see Renesmee and Bella. Bella asked “Charlie would like to spend time with her while they went and played baseball since the last time she didn’t have much fun there.” And Charlie replied “Sure, I‘ll give Jacob a call also, I just know he would love to see her too.” And soon Charlie and Renesmee went to Charlie’s house for visit. As soon as Charlie left Emmett and Rosalie got back from hunting Carlisle told Dale to go and get his Baseball uniform on. Dale went as fast as he could and of course he got his Ipod and his Nunchaku’s also his escrima sticks and ran down stairs by then everyone was getting into the vehicles and Dale ran and threw the stuff in the back, Jasper looked at what Dale threw into the back end of the vehicle and asked “Dale are you preparing for battle?” Dale looked at Jasper and said “Well when you are playing baseball against a team of vampires who might lose it just might come in handy.” Emmett walked by and over heard Dale and said “You tell’em high five.” and with that Emmett and Dale high five and got into the vehicles soon they were heading for the field where they play baseball.  Once they got to the field they played as the same teams as before , Carlisle , Rosalie and Jasper were up to bat but Dale could not play out field because when the batter hits the ball it went too far for him to run and get it. So he just sat and watched and as he sat there he started thinking about the nightmare he had and what would of happened if who ever it was had caught him, so instead of him watching the game he got up and walked to the vehicle and got his nunchaku’s out along with the sticks and his I pod and walked away from the vehicle  walked into a middle of the little clearing and where he was he still could see Edward and Emmett in the field going after the baseballs that went there way. Dale thinking now would be a good time to vent some steam and do his martial arts in the field, he took his I pod out of his pocket and put the ear pieces into his ears and started his music the first song had a real good beat. Called “Can’t stop Rockin” Then Dale closed his eyes and sort of felt the rhythm of the beat and then he put the I pod back into his pocket at the same time he picked up his nunchaku’s and put them in his back pocket and started doing his martial arts training but it was like a dance spin kicking, punching, jump front kicking, butterfly kicking next he pulled out the nunchaku’s and started using them like he was fighting a invisible person. Then he threw them down went into a somersault rolled and picked up the escrima sticks and started using them as well, What Dale didn’t know was that as he was in his own little world, Emmett who was in the field was watching Dale doing full combat all by himself in the small field behind the vehicles, to Emmett it looked like he was fighting an invisible opponent. Then Dale did a back flip and landed on his feet which shocked Emmett he was so in groused in what Dale was doing he didn’t see the baseball and it hit him on the head which didn’t faze him in the slightest, Edward walked over to Emmett and asked “what wrong what are you doing?” then Edward saw Dale doing forward flips right toward one of the vehicles suddenly he did a double flip and landed right on the hood of one like a cat out of a tree. That’s when Dale noticed that he was being watched, Dale looked and saw that the whole game was stopped as everyone was looking at him. Which took Dale a little by surprise because he was in his own world when he was suddenly brought back to reality and seen that everyone was watching him? They all had the same look on there faces and the field was quiet, Dale suddenly smiled and said “Hi, guys!” Then as fast as he could climb off the hood of the vehicle, Emmett looked at Edward and said “Ha, ha, did you see that!”  Dale quickly turned off the music and put the nunchaku’s and the escrima sticks and put them back into the vehicle then went back to where he was sitting.

Over the course of the game it turned out that Dale’s team was loosing to Carlisle’s team when Dale was sitting on the bench he came up with an idea he told Esme to call time out and he ran to where Alice was standing on the pitchers mount and said to Alice “I have a plain to beat them.” Alice replied “wow, what is it?” Dale said “We will start using hand singles so Carlisle and the rest will not know what were up to.” And as Edward started to go to bat he read Alice’s mind and told Emmett who replied “That’s a great idea.” Edward went up to bat and made it to third base next it was Dale’s turn at bat and Alice threw it slower for him since he was just a human and he made a base run. Next it was Emmett’s turn at bat, suddenly Dale looked at Edward and hand signaled that he was going to steal second base, Dale was watching Alice like a hawk as he took a big lead off of first base he had one foot on the base and was almost doing the splits. Then when Alice threw the ball Dale ran as fast as he could to second base and he made it as Emmett hit it out into the woods Dale kept running Edward was already home and Emmett was right on Dale’s tail and they all three made it home there was some cheering all except Alice who was still on the mount twitching. Then Alice said “The Volturi are going to be here tomorrow, and Aro is coming with them they will be here in the baseball field when we meet them.” Dale looked at Alice and he looked afraid, as soon as the game was over, in the vehicle Dale was riding home with Emmett and Edward in the front and Dale and Jasper in the back and on the way home they were talking about the game until Emmett asked Dale, “Dale what were you doing in the small part of the field? It looked like you were fighting something that wasn’t there.” Dale felt embarrassed he kept looking out the window trying to avoid the question, Edward said “Dale its ok you can tell us you don’t have to be embarrassed about what you were doing.” Emmett replied “Yeah, Jasper you should have seen him, we could see him while we both were in the out field, and who ever he was fighting he was kicking there ass, man.” Dale replied “I just got carried away listening to this I pod thing one of my favorite martial artist once said Martial arts and music share the same principles Both wrestle with a complex harmony and allusive melody, one of my hero’s said that and he is right because when I was in the field I could hear the martial arts in the music I was just practicing what I learned when I was younger.” Jasper looked at Dale and said “You have great skills for a human and for my brother who could be dangerous to us if he is made one of us.” Emmett looked shocked he said to Jasper “There is no way Dale could or would hurt us!” Jasper replied “If he was thirsty and was one of us he would do anything.” With that Jasper and Emmett started arguing about what Dale would do then Dale replied “I would not or could not use what I know in an attack method on anyone, it has been drilled into me that martial arts is for defense only, I was not trained for attack so in my brain would know this and if I did try I was told that it will not work in an attack and I would lose.” Which ended the argument once they were home, the Cullen’s were discussing what they were going to do and what Aro might do all along Dale is pacing a hole in the floor with worry. Carlisle said “Hopefully Aro might just want to talk and that’s it.” Edward replied “And if he doesn’t?” Carlisle said “Then we will take it from there.” Bella replied “I could ask Jacob to get the pack together and come tomorrow to the field.” Carlisle said “That’s a good idea; I just can’t imagine that Aro would want to fight over something as minor as this.” So Bella called Jacob on the phone and told him what was going on at the same time Dale was still thinking of making a run for it and head back to Seattle he knew in the city the Volturi would never find him there with all the people there. But still he was happy where he was having a mother again and a Dad and something new he never had brothers and sisters, and of course he knew as fast as they were he would never be able to escape even if he wanted to. Soon it got late and as soon as Bella told Carlisle that Jacob and the other wolfs would be there in cases they were needed. Dale was tired so he went to his room and put in a Kung Fu movie and started watching it when there was a knock at the door and Alice opened the door and asked “Can I watch the movie with you?” And Dale replied “Sure.” So Alice walked over and sat in a sofa chair while Dale laid on his bed to watch the movie and as it got later Alice looked at Dale and he had fell asleep watching the movie, as soon as the movie was almost over Jasper came in toward the end of the movie and Alice turned the movie off and covered Dale with a blanket as Jasper and Alice left the room.