If you want Seth's point of view on his change, check out "Thunder." It's kind of a compilation to this, or vice versa. The points of view change a lot, it might be hard to keep up with but necessary to this chapter. I wanna thank my Beta for this chapter too, Resiliency.
Sam's POV
Seth and Leah were the needed, new additions to the pack, so that made things easier to an extent. However, Harry took quite a shock from it, causing him to have a fatal heart attack. We had quite the mess on our hands. Not to mention Bella was missing and so was the leech. Jake was absolutely freaking out.
"Sam! Can I please go down to the beach, please! She might be down there…and the vampire is still down there! Gosh…she could be in trouble!" He cried out.
I sighed. "Not yet, Jake. We need to get Leah and Seth to phase back first and they certainly will not do that anytime soon considering how stressed they are about their father. Please help me out." I said as I walked over to the door. Emily raced over and pecked me on the cheek, I smiled. Even in a grim situation she could lighten my mood.
That mood was shaken as I stepped down the porch stairs and into the woods that weren't far from my house. I could hear Jake leaping down the steps behind me and his footsteps crunching on the gravel.
"Please! You don't understand Sam, I love her! Or…maybe you do understand, but still! I have to go!"
I sighed and put my hands in my hair, tugging so hard that it was painful. His breathing hitched behind me, and he gasped. I turned, about to tell him to settle down again but then my own eyes widened.
Rain was falling in torrents around us, but we had ignored it. Now that I paid attention, it was practically a hurricane outside. The waves were crashing across the shoreline and beating the rocks. A lone human figure stood at the top of the cliff. The cliff-diving cliff. Jacob broke out in a run before I could stop him. I yelled for Paul and Embry and started after him.
I could hear his breath coming in gasps, not because of exhaustion but because he was shocked that a human would be stupid enough to cliff-dive today, of all days. Anyone with their eyes open could see the weather was horrible. I silently willed the figure not to take the step. It could be suicidal.
They took the step.
Jacob's POV
That one step, why did she have to take the step? I knew it was Bella. It had to be. I could see the brown hair flying, her body twisting in the air. I hitched up my step, running as fast as I could. It wouldn't be fast enough, I knew it.
I then saw the flash of red. Oh no…not Victoria. Not right now. No!
Sam's POV
Oh no…We couldn't let this human's life be ended by the vampire. Oh no. I caught up with Jake. He looked at me, his eyes wild.
"Victoria! Bella!" he exclaimed. I felt my nose wrinkle up in distaste as the vampire smell hit me and my eyebrows wrinkle up in confusion as I tried to decipher the sentence.
"What? Jake, slow down." I said, but he wasn't paying attention to me anymore. As the figure it the water, he cried out.
"Bella! No! Bella!" He screamed. I then realized the figure was Bella Swan. Oh no.
Jacob's POV
I ran down to the shore and leapt in, ignoring Sam's protests. I cut through the waves effortlessly, coming closer and closer to Bella with each stroke. I watched her struggle from afar, unable to communicate to her that I could help her. Then she went under…and didn't come back up. My eyes widened. Did she die? No. She couldn't die. Charlie…it would kill Charlie. What about me? I knocked that thought from my head promptly. I needed to focus on Bella.
I continued swimming, easily surpassing any records held in the sport. I reached the spot where Bella had disappeared and dove down. I held in my breath easily and searched violently for her: body heat, movement, scent, anything. I finally struck something warm and yanked her to the surface immediately. Then I began a heady stroke back to shore, where Paul, Embry and Sam were waiting. They encouraged me on, the waters still weren't safe.
I stumbled onto the sandy beach not much longer, still cradling Bella in my arms. My heart almost stopped. She was unresponsive. I couldn't give up though, she deserved better than that. I set her down quickly and set to work. Damn it! What was that thing…CPR! What was the formula? Who cares! I started shoving on her chest, probably with more force than necessary. I didn't even comprehend it. All I knew was that Bella wasn't breathing and I had to change that.
After I shoved near her heart a few times, I leaned down and blew my breath into her mouth. I barely noticed that our lips connected. The only thing I was conscious of was that she still wasn't breathing. I went back to pumping. One, Two, Three, Four. Two, Two, Three, Four. Three, two, three, four. Four, two, three, four. Five, two, three, four. I leant back down to blow in. Her lips were so cold. As I brought myself back up I called to Sam.
"Hey, come rub her arms! Embry, put her head in your lap, keep her head warm. Paul, why don't you go see how Seth and Leah are doing?"
To my shock and surprise, each of them listened without a word. Before even a few seconds had passed, Paul had made himself scarce, Bella's arms and legs were warming up and her head was cradled safely. One, Two, Three, Four. Two, Two, Three, Four. Three, two, three, four. Four, two, three, four. Five, two, three, four. Before I needed to give her air, a cough resounded through her chest. I heaved a sigh of relief, air I didn't realize I was holding in. She's alive! Thank god. Embry turned her head to the side as she puked up seawater. I tried to reprimand her…but all that was going through my mind was how close I was to losing her, My Bella, My Angel.
I'll try to update soon.
-Spack
