"No!" I roared but I was not the one to save the life of Renesmee Cullen.
Alice was there, one second she was on the stairs, the next she had flown, like a ballet dancer in the air, across the room. Her tiny form slid across the floor, her stylish leather boot came up, cracked absent the side of Sam's open jaw, breaking it for sure. I ran then, took Renesmee in my arms and shot towards the stairs.
I found my path blocked by another wolf, I didn't have a clue which mongrel this was, Paul, Jared, Embry?
who cared, I'd kill them all.
I held the crying child in one hand, and with my other I struck the wolf in the jaw, sending it crashing through the banister and to the floor. It yelped in pain and another ran to his aid, the wolf growled and tried to pursue me until a blonde haired figure dropped down before my eyes, ducked under the wolf's sudden attack and kicked it straight in the chest, propelling it like a sling-shot out through the front doors, into the other, awaiting wolves.
"Get Renesmee out of here!" Jasper shouted, I turned and Esme ran to me, wrapped her arm around me and we both ran for the stairs. As I passed the office (Which had been turned into a medical bay for Bella) I stopped and, hesitantly handed the baby over to Esme.
"Rose?' she asked urgently.
"Go, I'll catch up.'" I told her.
"I'll head north, to Denali, there are too many here for us to win." she said, I nodded and she hugged me quickly, being careful of the child in her arms and she gave me a long look before she hurried up to the third floor and I could hear her open Edward's balcony. She would jump out, away from harm and run. I ran into the medical bay, it was a sight.
Bella's thin, fragile corpse lay, legs open, bloody and lost on the table. I couldn't see what colour her skin was under the blood. I couldn't tell if Edward had bitten her, trying to inject venom or if it was wounds conflicted by the angel, who was on her way to safety.
I could smell...her blood. I pushed the thirst away with all my might and tried to keep my humanity. Then I could hear a heartbeat, a beat that was getting faster, slowly though, but rising.
"Bella!" I say in an excited tone. I ran to her and held her flimsy, dead hand in my own, she was cold, for a human. And I kissed the top of her forehead. I looked into those eyes, empty, lost.
"It's okay, Bella, we'll keep her safe, and when you wake up, you will too." I said. I turned and ran for the stairs. Emmet was next to me then, holding me into an embrace.
"Renesmee?" he asked.
"Esme took her, she's heading to Denali, what's going on?" I asked, hearing no fighting downstairs, no heartbeats, no wolves?
"Oh no, they all ran, for the woods, they heard Esme!" He shouted. I turned and was about to run for the window, crash right through it, no time for doors when my family was in danger. But before I could move I did hear a heartbeat, faint. I ran straight down the steps to see Edward running in through the back doors, Carlisle next to him, dragging a human Jacob across the floor.
Jasper and Alice stood together, Alice had a bite wound across her neck, fierce, it was healing though. I growled at Jacob.
"Esme!" Carlisle gasped, scared for his soul mate.
"They've gone after her!" I yelled, we all headed or the doors but just before I left, Edward, Alice and I were the last in the room.
"I can't leave Bella alone! Alice, will you?"
"Go, she'll be okay with me." Alice said, I nodded and Edward and I turned to run but just before we did I saw Edward leaned down, grab Jacob by the throat and throw him like a rag doll at the wall, his entire body crashed straight through the bricks with the amount of pressure.
I watched the blood tinkle out of his mouth, his ears. Brain damage for sure, skull fracture? who knew...but his heart beat was slowing...quickly...until there was nothing to hear. Edward nodded to me and we ran out and straight in the direction of Denali. Following the scents of the wolves who hunted a lone vampire.
Esme.