"Lets run and talk." Was all I said to him as I took off into the forest. I could hear his paws thudding against the ground behind me. "Start from the top, Jacob. Where is she now?" She's fine for now. Quil and Seth have her in a safe location, but Edward they are coming fast. Both packs are trying to fight them off but they are strong and I don't know how long they can last. You'd better call Jasper and Emm…but before he could finish his thought I had my cell phone out. "Emmet! Get the others and meet us at the Quileute border, now!" I screamed quickly into the phone. Screw the line! Jacob thought loudly so I said "Come around to the south-east you'll pick up our trail there, follow it!" "Yes!" Emmett screamed a little too enthusiastically and I snapped the phone shut. You were right, he thought as we ran , they did come for her. Just like you said they would. I didn't enjoy being right about this."Is she ok? I mean is she scared? Does she know its them." I asked a little frantic. Seth has told her everything, I can see her through his mind. She is worried about me…um well….us, but you know her she's trying to be brave as always. Of course, now I could see it too. She did look more worried than anything.
We both skidded to a halt because he could hear the fighting now as clearly as I could. We both turned to see Emmett, Jasper and Alice enter the clearing. "The others were hunting" Alice explained " They are coming as quick as they can. Dammit! Jacob and I thought at the same time. Carlisle's ability to reason with the Volturi scum would come in handy right about now. We all started toward the fighting at full speed. I could see them now. It was Demitri, Felix and about 5 others from the guard. I leapt immediately for the closest vampire. He, whoever he was, tried to take a swipe at my shoulder but I grabbed his entire head in my hands and twisted it off. I could see to the left of me that Jasper had done the same. Slowly one by one we were taking them out until it was just Jacob lunging at Felix and Demitri who Emmett and I had been trying to pin to the ground. I could see Jacob grab Felix by the throat and swing him into a tree. Alice started tearing at his limbs until he was nothing more then a pile of squirming body parts. Emmet, Jasper and I were trying to hold Demitri down, he was the last left. To my right I could see Carlisle and Rose finally arrive. "How can we help?" Carlisle shouted. " Start the fires! We need to burn them now!" I yelled back "If you don't want to join your friends you'll stop it now!" Emmett screamed. Demitri squirmed and tried relentlessly to break free, to no avail. " Why don't you just kill me?" Demitri spit through his teeth. I looked him dead in his blood red eyes. " Go and tell Aro, he cant have her! He can send all of Volterra and she will be safe. You cant see her can you, Demitri? You only found her now because weare here, but we wont be for long and neither will she!!! I'll move her far away from here, far away from me and my family. Somewhere even you will not be able to find her, because she renders you useless ,just as she does me and Jane." He stayed completely still. We allowed him to rise to his feet but Jasper and Emmett still held his arms and I stood eye to eye with him. " I will give my master the message" he said coldly. "Do, you really think he will stop trying though, especially now after you have killed so many of his dear ones? What of your family Edward? Do you put them all in danger for this, this human? Jacob let out a long fierce growl. So did the rest of us and then his face seemed to soften. "Very well, then I'll go." he said with a wry smile turning up his lips. "Allow my brothers to escort you out of Washington.." I said waving at Jasper and Emmett. They dragged him backwards into the trees until even I could no longer see them.
As soon as they were out of sight I turned to Jacob. He was sitting next to Embry and Leah watching the burning bodies of the rest of them. I let my mind become one with the packs. I could hear them all they were saying. We're ok. She's ok. We're ok. She's ok. It was odd that the pack had become so protective of Bella since Jacob had never actually imprinted with her, but then again who was I to judge. Jacob got up and shifted into his human form. He pulled on a pair of black basketball shorts. For Christ sake I really didn't need to say that. He rolled his eyes at me probably guessing from my face what I was thinking. "Good looking out, man" he said patting me on the shoulder. I just looked toward the ground, my face a frozen mask. "It…It was for …Bella." I managed. Thanks all the same, he thought. He made a disgusted face. "Man you vamps even stink while you burn!" My face turned up in a smile, just slightly. I couldn't help it the boy took nothing seriously. " We should meet somewhere and discuss how we plan to proceed." I said bringing his attention to the matter at hand. "I agree, but I will have to bring her. No way she's gonna want to miss this." My stomach turned at the thought of being face to face with her. Usually I prepared myself for a month before our visits. I just nodded my head. I'm sorry man, I know its hard. I need you to help me keep her safe. You know how hard it is for me to say that, but its true. He looked at me with eyes full of pity. Was I that transparent? I'd better compose myself before I saw her. I could handle a lot of things but I could not bear the thought of her and Jacob feeling sorry for me…..together. I shook the thought from my head. "Yes, of course we'll help you. Bella is still like a….I swallowed hard….sister to us." Jacob looked at me skeptically but moved on. "We'll meet in the clearing where we fought the newborns." he said both to us and his pack. "Tonight at midnight." I said in agreement. We all disbanded and went our separate ways for the moment. I ran back towards the house with Carlisle right next to me and Alice swinging from the trees above. They were both trying to get my attention but I was lost in thought. Obviously I heard them to but I did not wish to answer. My mind was somewhere else. Consumed with the thought of seeing her.