Bitten

Timeline: This takes place towards the end of Eclipse while they are out camping and Victoria arrives.

Bella's POV

Edward was trying to convince Riley to realize that Victoria was only using him, he meant nothing to her yet he was as loyal as a dog.

Riley's jaw tightened, and he squared his shoulders. His eyes emptied; there was no more confusion, no more suspicion. There was no thought at all. He tensed himself to attack.

Victoria's body seemed to be trembling, she was so tightly wound. Her fingers were ready claws, waiting for Edward to move just one more inch away from me.

The snarl came from none of them.

A mammoth tan shape flew through the center of the opening, throwing Riley to the ground.

"No!" Victoria cried, her baby voice shrill with disbelief.

A yard and a half in front of me, the huge wolf ripped and tore at the blond vampire beneath him. Something white and hard smacked into the rocks by my feet. I cringed away from it.

Seconds after Seth attacked Riley, Edward saw that Victoria was distracted and without wasting any time lunged at her as fast as he could. Victoria though wasn't as distracted as she looked, she was ready for Edward.

Riley was able to throw Seth off of him long enough to return to his feet and with that time he lunged at Seth, appearing as nothing but a blur. He sent a kick into Seth's shoulder and he let out a loud yelp and backed off.

Edward and Victoria were positioning themselves, Edward being careful not to leave any holes that could lead Victoria to me. Victoria thought she saw one but Edward quickly closed it and grabbed Victoria's arms and slammed her through a tree. She quickly returned to her feet and landed a kick to Edward's chest but he held on to her leg and they both flew into the woods.

Seth grabbed onto one of Riley's legs and started to swing him in a circle, attempting to rip the leg off he slipped through the giant wolf's teeth. Riley got up and charged at Seth as if he wasn't hurt at all. Riley jumped in the air, too high for Seth to grab him and as quickly as he jumped, he descended his foot down on Seth's spine, he let out a blood curling cry.

Seth rolled back onto all four legs and tackled Riley; it was amazing how something so small could be as strong as a big wolf. Seth clawed at Riley's chest, blood was flowing onto the ground but Riley did not show any signs of weakness, he was either going to win or die trying. Riley landed his knee on top of Seth and had him pinned down.

I was so scared, I did not know what was happening between Edward and Victoria and Seth was going to lose his fight, right in front of me. I grabbed a sharp rock and tried to gain all the strength in me to distract Riley, even with my own blood.

As I raised the rock I stuttered, doing this to myself did seem as easy as I had thought. But as I was thinking about this Seth let out a low whimper, then I knew that it was either now or never. I raised the sharp rock and sliced it into my arm and Riley seemed to freeze.

Just as I was looking at Riley, a noise came from the distance that was charging our way. Seth quickly flipped Riley over and grabbed him by his neck and threw him aside and came running at me.

I had no idea what Seth was doing but he was he turned his attention away from Riley, I stood still not knowing what was happening. As Seth got closer he leaped towards me, I thought he was going to attack me but before he made impact with me he hit something else.

Seth was rolling on the ground with something else fighting back, it was another vampire. He must have been hiding in the trees just encase something didn't go according to their plan. The vampire jumped back and regrouped with Riley. The new vampire was tall and very strong; he had long black hair and had a blank expression on his face, void of any emotion. He looked hungry.

"You look like you could use a hand, brother. One wolf too much to handle?" said the long haired vampire tauntingly at Riley who had no response other than a snarl.

All of a sudden Victoria came running back but Edward grabbed her by her hair and swung her towards the other two vampires. Edward stood side by side with Seth.

"Do not touch the human, she will die by my hand" Order Victoria, she looked hypnotized by the sight of my blood, I tried to cover it up with a rag but it was no use, they all smelled it.

Edward ran towards the three vampires and kicked Riley's head and he fell onto the long haired vampire and he turned his attention to Victoria. Seth had taken this opportunity to jump on both of the downed vampires and grabbed Riley's arm and used him as a bat while he hit the long haired vampire.

Victoria jumped into the trees and Edward followed. They were both rebounding off every tree in sight. Edward threw kicks that landed on the trees and as he did it made a loud crack noise, as if someone was setting off fire works. After every missed kick, punch, or slash Victoria countered with another but Edward didn't get hit, they were going in a circle of rapid punches and kicks, tearing the trees apart. They were moving so fast that I could barley keep track of what was happening, I kept track of where they were by listening to every crack I hear and by the exploding sets of bark falling down the sky.

Seth was taking turns attacking both of the vampires; he was charging at one and then turned to attack the other. This routine was working quite well, the vampires seemed slow in compared to Seth.

Seth charged at Riley and head butted him and Riley flew backwards. As he turned to the other vampire he had changed his route and got behind Seth. He swiped Seth's hind legs with his razor like nails and Seth yelped and used his front legs to jump back. Seth had his back to me and I could see that he was not able to use his hind legs as effectively now, they were bleeding and it looked as if he may have torn a tendon. Seth would be much slower and in much more danger.

The two vampires slowly crept towards Seth and backed him to a solid rock wall. Seth knew that he had no choice so he focused all his energy on Riley and pounced on him as quick as he could. As he jumped he let out a large roar, using his back legs to jump was obviously painful. He tore into Riley's chest and all I could hear was skin being torn off and a cry from Riley.

Before Seth could do any lethal damage the long haired vampire kicked Seth's ribcage and Seth flew to the side. Just then Victoria slammed to the ground with Edward grasping her neck but before he could deliver the final blow Riley got up and tackled Edward.

Edward threw him off and towards Seth where he grabbed him in mid air with his teeth and started swinging him back and fourth. Edward proceeded to lunge at Victoria who was tumbling to her feet. The long haired vampire looked panicked, he did not know who to help, his brother or his leader Victoria. His eyes were wide open and blood red, his eyes were swerving back and fourth as if he were playing out the scenarios of helping one or the other.

Just then the long haired vampire jumped on Seth's back and tore at the back of Seth's neck. Seth released Riley and tried to shake off the long haired vampire but he would not budge, he was trying to rip out Seth's throat. Riley came back, who looked as if he were loosing consciousness and charged at Seth with his shoulder leading. Both the long haired vampire and Seth were tossed to the right. Seth rolled over the long haired vampire, shoving his face in his blood covered neck. The vampire looked mesmerized by the sight of all the blood on his face and lips. He looked in front of him and began to drool a bit and without warning sank his teeth into the back of Seth's neck. He tore off a chunk of skin and flesh and Seth let out a heart breaking cry.

While the long haired vampire was feeding he let his guard down and Seth was able to grab both of his legs. When he tore the long haired vampire off of his back he tore off a piece of his neck because of the vampire still biting. Seth stomped his front paws onto the long haired vampire's chest and used it as leverage as he ripped the vampire in half. Seth threw the dismembered legs towards the rock wall and made a loud, scary roar. He was furious and in pain, he ran towards Riley full speed but was too enraged too launch a precise attack. Riley dodged and was punched Seth in the jaw, he flew back clearly in pain and stumbled back up.

I knew Seth was in trouble so I balled up the bloody rag I used to wipe off my arm and threw it at Riley who was preparing to run at Seth. He noticed and looked down at the rag and then up at me. Without even thinking Riley ran towards me but Edward jumped down but Riley seemed to ignore Edward and tried to run passed him, Edward grabbed onto Riley's arm and then threw it in the air, disrupting Victoria incoming attack. She landed a few feet away and then jumped in the air as Seth lunged for her back and then at Edward, but Edward jumped too and Seth grabbed onto Riley's head and tore as hard as he could. When Edward jumped he caught Victoria mid-flight and lunged at her throat and tore, he collapsed to the ground and made one final effort to kill me but Edward used his hand and razor sharp nails as a dagger and stabbed through Victoria's chest and into her heart. She fell to the ground, lifeless. I looked over at Seth to see a blood and gruesome sight.