Dark side of the Moon

Disclaimer: Characters and settings are the property of Stephanie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.

This is a continuation of: Finally Free... I would recommend reading that to understand this story. Possible x-over with Smallvile.

~ I ~

"Charlie it's almost Seth's graduation! I still haven't heard anything from Leah; have you?" Sue inquired as she fidgeted with her hands. She watched her fiancé flitter around the tiny kitchen. Sue noted that Charlie wouldn't even look at her when she talked about her daughter. 'He refuses to talk about my kids, but we can talk about his daughter and her thing.'

"Nothing, the same as the day before and the day before that," Charlie responded shortly. His shoulders tensed up, as he moved around his tiny kitchen. Moving just a bit quicker, he brushed past her.

"She promised Seth that she would be there," Sue stated as she clung to that hope. The hope that her daughter would come home was flittering away more each day. 'She promised him, she even if it was only in writing. Leah always kept her promises.'

"We both know what her promises are worth," Charlie dismissed carelessly as he picked up his car keys.

"I want to file a missing persons report," Sue declared in a fit of anger as she watched Charlie prepare for his nightly visit to her daughter. Alone, he rarely wanted her to go with him. 'Charlie can't stand the tension between Bella and me. Let alone my unease around his so-call granddaughter.'

"Come on, Sue. You want to waste the tax payer's money looking for your run away daughter?" Charlie grumbled as he shook his head.

"And if it was Bella that was missing?" Sue demanded hotly finally annoyed with Charlie's behavior.

"I would have filed a report already," Charlie stated coldly as he glared at Sue. "But we're not talking about my daughter, we're talking about yours."

"I'm going to the station and I'm filing," Sue stated as she brushed past him.

"Is Emily not talking to you again?" Charlie huffed as he reached for his jacket.

"This has nothing to do with Emily," Sue snapped as she strode back into the kitchen. Taking a deep breath, she real good look at the man she planned to spend the rest of her life with. 'Why did you leave me, Harry?'

"Please, you only get concerned about Leah when you're on the outs with Emily," Charlie declared as he put on his jacket. Unknowingly he echoed the same thing Harry had said days before he passed. "I'm going to see Bella. Go to the station if you want, but I'm telling you. If Leah wanted to be found, she would have called or showed up." With that Charlie stalked out the door, slamming it as he left.

With a shaking hand, Sue reached for the phone. It rang several times before her son picked up. 'I should have filed sooner, but I was hoping that she would call.'

"Seth, come get me," Sue whispered into the receiver. She clutched her hand around the receiver and held her breath. 'Please don't abandon me. I need you now.'

"Mom?" Seth questioned softly as he champed on some food.

"I need to go to the police station and file a missing persons report on your sister," Sue said shakily. 'My baby, my precious baby has forgot the sound of my voice. How could I have stayed away for so long?' Tears leaked out of her eyes as she tried to control her emotions.

"Don't go anywhere! Don't let anyone talk you out of this. I'll be there as soon as I can," Seth rapidly agreed.

~ II ~

A sleek black sedan rolled up in front of the Black residence. Its very presence was ominous. After a heartbeat or two, the driver's side door opens. Emerging from the vehicle was a well build bulky military like man. The stylish business suit and avatar sunglasses, presented a cold front. In his meaty hands he gripped a folder.

"Susan Clearwater?" he grunted coolly with a sneer on his face.

"What's this about?" Billy questioned, every instinct yelling at him to be careful. 'Oh great sprits, if this has anything to do with Leah. It will be the first time I would be grateful for Jake imprinting on the half breed.'

"Susan Clearwater," the man demanded coldly.

"That's me," Sue snapped feeling uneasy with the stranger. She was momentarily relieved when Billy reached for her hand. Giving his hand a squeeze she painted a tight smile on her face.

"Let's take this inside," the strange commanded as he gestured to the house. "Where we can speak, alone."

"Anything you want to say to my wife, you can say in front of me," Billy informed the stranger, coolly. Purposely, he moved his wheelchair closer to Sue. He observed that the cold man wasn't please with this development.

"Inside," he ordered coldly.

Turning his wheel chair, Billy easily gestured for Sue to enter his residence. He breathed just a bit easier when she played along with him. As he rolled inside, he quickly turned so that he could keep his eyes on the stranger.

"What's this about?" Sue demanded upon taking a seat close to Billy.

"You filed a missing report on a Leah Clearwater," he grunted as he tossed the file at her. "I'm here to inform you, that she is dead." The man smirked down at the couple before twisting his head around to inspect the room.

"What?" Billy gasped as he eyes widened. "How?" he stuttered as he tried to process what was happening.

"How long has she been missing?" the stranger demanded instead.

"You can start by answering our questions!" Billy shouted angrily. He thumped his hand against his wheelchair. "Tell me how Leah, my daughter died!" He heard the telling noise of Seth's wolf wine and prayed silently that he wouldn't come in the house. Sue exploded into sobs as she clutched the folder to her chest.

"It is in the folder, you will find that our records are complete," the stranger dismissed as he snorted at the couple in front of him. "Have a good day." He turned and proceeded out the door.

"Don't just walk away! Where's her body?" Billy demanded as he wheeled himself after the departing man. "Come back here!"

~ III ~

"He's lying," Edward hissed from the shadows of the house, his freezing cold hand covered Seth's mouth. Hearing the boy whimper, Edward stated bluntly. "He's also extremely dangerous. Leah is alive, but not for long."

"Seth, keep silent," Jake ordered softly using the Alpha command as he too started to shake. "Edward?"

"How dangerous is he? Where is Leah?" Sam demanded softly as he stealthily as he moved further out of the house. Ever since Leah left the reservation, he felt dead inside. Most his pack were aware that something was wrong with their Alpha, but only Jared his trusted Beta knew that since his imprinting Sam was slowly dying inside.

"Oh god, he saw my daughter grow," Edward inhaled sharply, his golden eyes widened in fear. "He's reporting it! We need to leave, they're coming!" Quickly Edward let go of Seth as he prepared to race to his daughter.

"Who's coming?" Jake demanded as a chill raced up his spin. "Talk leech!"

"Tell me about Leah!" Sam growled his wolf raising to the surface he quickly slammed Edward into the side of the house, preventing him from leaving. "Leah," Sam's voice rumbled dangerously.

"She's good as dead," Edward whispered as he clawed at Sam's hand. "She's to be executed tonight; they want to use her as an example to the others."

"Others?" Billy demanded snapping the boys out of their pissing contest. "What others?"

"I need to leave! They're coming for Renesmee. I need to leave!" Edward shouted as he pushed at Sam's thick wrist. "I have to save my child!"

"We will help save her in exchange for help with Leah," Sam offered rather generously since it was well known that he hated the leeches. "Tell us who is coming?"

"There is no helping Leah! Even if you were to extract her from their laboratory, she would be dead within hours! She was a liability. The pack has moved on!" Edward hissed as he barred his teeth.

"We protect our own and never leave any one behind!" Billy snapped angrily.

"Oh please, you obliterated Leah's self worth," Edward laughed coldly as a devilish smirk graced his stone face. "Or did you think I didn't know that Jake and Sam over here, ordered her to be Emily's maid of honor? You didn't give a damn when she was here; now that she's dying you care? Spare me your excuses… and you say that we're the cold ones."

"Go save your daughter," Sam snapped as he reluctantly let Edward go. He watched as the leech raced away. "Jake it's your call, she's your imprint," Sam stated hollowly as all feeling left his body. 'I'm a walking corpse. Leah...please, fight and come back. I need you.'

"Where's this laboratory?" Jacob demanded as soon as he caught up with Edward. He watched the stoic man pick up his child. It took Jacob a second to realize that he didn't feel anything towards the half-vampire. 'What the hell? I should feel something for her, shouldn't I?'

"The government laboratory is a mountain base, located in the Montana Mountains. From what I could see in his mind, the place is huge. It would take you years to break into it and even longer to locate someone inside," Edward sneered as he cradled his child to him. "You're so damn stupid Jake. You were there at her birth. If the imprint was real you would have felt the pull then. I have to admit, Bella's idea was ingenious."

"Good luck, you're on your own," Jake growled loudly as he backed away from the pair. Racing away, Jake shook his head, trying vainly to clear it. As he rushed into the forest, he phased within seconds. Throwing his head back, he let lose a tortured howl.

'Jake, what happened? Is it Leah?' Seth's voice entered his head. Several other voices echoed the same sentiment.

'Dude I heard that the vamps are under attack! What the hell is going on? Are we going to help them?' Embry questioned as he raced towards Jake.

'I'm not helping them,' Paul stated coldly as his voice joined the group mentality. 'What's the word on Leah?'

'Be silent!' Jake alpha commanded everyone who had phased. 'Round up all pack members. Paul, Jarod and Quil take everyone to the sacred lands! Move people! We're under attack!'

'You got it,' Quil replied calmly.

'What about the Cullen's?' Brady asked softly.

'What about Leah?' Seth dared to ask.

'Sam, you're with me. We're going to see if we can extract some information about her from the meat suit. Seth, Collin and Brady follow behind them and make sure that none of the cubs are lost,' Jake ordered as he snarled at Sam.

'Why?' Jared wondered with dread.

'Because like damn fools, we allowed ourselves to be branded! The second we phase out of wolf form the mark on our arms will single us out! The government didn't know where to find us, until Sue filed a missing person's report,' Jake hissed as his anger and frustration gave him more power. 'We don't know what the government knows about us and I'm not taking any chances!'

'What about our families?' Collin inquired.

'I want all cubs to phase into wolf form, hauling ass to the sacred lands! NOW!' Jacob roared out his Alpha command forcing everyone to swiftly depart.

'Our families will be fine. Jake and I handle the government man and help the Cullen's,' Sam coldly stated as images of the man's throat being ripped out flashed down the mental link. 'Do nothing that would jeopardize the safety that Leah has bought you with her life.'

'Stay safe, howl if you need us,' Jarod commented as he forced several cubs to move faster.

'Bite him extra hard for me!' Seth sobbed as his voice moved further away.

'If we survive this, we're going to have a long overdue talk,' Jacob snarled at Sam, Jacob forced himself not to attack him. His ears twitched as the sounds of machine gun firing along with loud popping noises.

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