Right, so this would have been done a lot sooner but RL happens! Lol. So not only was it my sons 3rd B-day, but he also started pre-school. And...I also got the news that my son has a sub mucous cleft palate(which is prob the reason why he can't say consonant sounds) which means that he might have to have surgery in the near future. So even though he will be okay, it has been a very draining week.
If this chapter sucks, I apologize!
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My eyes fly open. I am immediately blinded by the light. I blink back tears as my eyes burn from the salt water they had been exposed to. Come on, I think. Focus. Dammit! I have to be able to see. I need to know what's out there. Come on Bella, there won't be anything there when your eyes clear. Everything will be fine. It was just a dog or something that growled in a menacing and terrifying way. Crap. This can't be happening. Please let this not be happening. I force my eyes open despite the pain, willing my vision to clear. Willing for this all to be a dream. Just a bad dream.
The sight before me causes me to open my mouth in a silent scream as the thing that has plagued my dreams, as of late, appears. Definitely not a dream. She emerges out of the water like some type of sea demon. She must have swam here. There was no other reason I could think of as to why she had walked out of the water fully clothed. Plus there were only two ways to get here, either from the water or from the beach. How far had she swam? And why go through all the trouble?
Her whole body was dripping wet. Water must have been dripping into her eyes, but she never even flinched. She just stared at me with a look of cold fury on her face. Even with my blurry sight I would recognize that bright red hair anywhere. Victoria
She looked down on me with what could almost be described as a child like grin. All her teeth bared in a very intimidating kinda way. It was terrifying and only made my fear of her increase. There was nothing human looking about her at all. She looked more like an animal, tense and powerful at the same time. A predator. She truly looked like the vampires out of scary movies. Only this was very real, and I was very defenseless. Pictures of James floated through my mind. She was in his coven. Does she blame me? Why was she here? Well apparently it looks like I'm going to be her next dinner. I was her prey.
So many thoughts ran through my mind, flickering between the Cullen's and my father, but mostly I thought that this time there will be no one to save me from the crazy deranged vampire. This time I did not have the support from the family who I had thought loved me. It will be as if I never existed, he told me. But here was proof of that world, of him, right in front of me. It made the ache so much worse. It made the reality of the situation much more grim. I was alone and scared out of my mind.
Just then Jake shows up by my side. Oh god no, Jake, she'll kill him. I forgot he was here. He has to get out of here, maybe he can save himself."Jake, run!" I try to scream but it comes out a little more than a whisper. "No Jake get out of here".I try to push him away with my left hand. I can't even move my right one. I can hardly lift my head to see what's going on.
Jake doesn't even face me. He is concentrating so hard on Victoria, he's shaking. He was actually shaking. He had a look of pure murder on his face. I wanted to tell him that this was not the time for bravery. I opened my mouth to warn him again, but then Victoria started to speak.
"Well, well, well Bella! What a wonderful surprise to see you here. So nice of you to...drop in" Victoria says with a sickly sweet voice.
"Don't you talk to her you leech. Get the fuck back now. You will not touch Bella". He growls out. What the heck is he talking about. What is he doing? Oh my god were going to die. I use all my strength to lift my head up. Jacob reaches down however and places a possessive hand on my shoulder. Effectively halting my movements.
"Hush up pup, this does not concern you. You see I owe a certain vampire retribution for his actions. Her Edward caused me to loose my mate and now he will loose his." she says sounding very triumphant. "I was worried there for a moment that I had wasted these last few months following this stupid child. She very near denied me my sweet revenge. I must say I'm glad you rescued her. Although you did a lot of hard work for nothing. She will die today regardless of your effort to save her."
Jacob's body is definitely vibrating now. I don't know what to do. I can't move. I don't have any strength left. I want to keep Victoria talking so maybe he might have a chance to escape, but I can't speak. Nothing will come out. Besides Victoria is no longer focusing on me, but on Jacob. All I can do is watch the exchange between them and hope for a miracle.
"Edward is not her, mate. He left her here. They are gone. What revenge can you achieve? You should have taken the warning to stay away from our land, stupid bitch. Do you think because I'm alone that I'm not a threat to you? Tell me how did it feel when we killed the other bloodsucker you were with? Do you even care? You get any fucking closer leech, and I will tear you to pieces and light a match". Jacob growled all of this out while taking deep shuddering breaths. What he said cut me up inside. He was right, I was not Edward's mate. She will not get revenge because Edward doesn't love me anymore. I would die for nothing.
Why is Jacob talking like this? What does he mean killed the other bloodsucker? Does he know what she is? If he did, then he must know about the Cullen's. Oh, no. Before I could ponder this any longer Victoria snapped.
"Hahaha, you think you are a match for me, dog? That bitch is MINE! If you get out of the way I promise not to kill the rest of your little village". She spat at him. Before I knew what was happening Jacob reared back on his legs and jumped forward towards her. I wanted to scream NO but my voice died in my throat when in mid air he turned into a huge brown wolf.
"AAARrrrrggghhhh" my scream reverberated off the cliff walls, piercing the silence, creating birds everywhere to take flight. This can't be happening I found myself thinking for the second time today. I couldn't even process what was going on in front of me.
What the hell was that? Jake is a wolf. How? Oh my god. Oh my god. No, he's going after Victoria. He lunges right at her which she quickly dodges. Before she gets completely out of the way he grabs her by her hair and brings her down. Victoria quickly recovers and claws at Jacob's face. I watched entranced as my Jacob and Victoria circle each other. She lunges at him missing only by a few inches. Jacob turns quickly and growls at her.
She laughs at him. "Your just her pet dog. It's quite funny really. The Cullen's kept her as a pet and now she keeps you as a pet. You must be so proud, dog". Victoria taunts him, hoping to get a rise out of him. Unfortunately it works, and his movement seems to become more erratic. It's hard to keep my eyes focused on them. The extreme panic coursing through me leaves me paralyzed. I am helpless to watch my best friend take on a vampire right in front of my very eyes. No words of encouragement will come, no brilliant plans enter my mind. My friend is a wolf and he is fighting for my life. Is everyone I know some supernatural being in secret? Is Forks some kind of breading ground for the supernatural? I'm a little pissed off. Why does this happen to me?
A horrible whine brings my mind into focus. Oh no, no, no, no. I see Jake lying on the sand about 10 feet from Victoria. She must have thrown him. His wolf body looks slightly contorted. No please not Jake. She started advancing on his prone form. I refused to let her get anywhere near him. I used all my strength and sat up. My head spinning a little from the sudden movement. Since I couldn't move, the only thing I could do was call her attention away from him to me. I would gladly give myself up if it gave him a chance to get away. Deep down I knew he would never leave me here to be killed, but maybe I could buy a minute or two to regain some of his strength
"You BITCH!" I shout. Surprised Victoria slowly turns towards me. It almost seemed as if she had forgotten I was there. When realization dawned on her, she looked like she had just won a prize. I just stared at her not backing down. I was trying not to show the fear I was feeling so I said again "you bitch, it's me you want. Why don't you just take me and leave."
"What's the fun in that human? I'm not sure I should kill you just yet. Maybe I should let you watch this dog of yours die. Hmm? But then again he is as good as dead as it is." Victoria said, venom coating her every word.
"The only one who died because of me was James. You say your his mate? Then why did he tell me he wanted me before he was killed? He said he chased me so I could be his new mate. He wanted to get rid of you. He was sick of you. That was why he wanted me so much." I lied. I had to say something. I could see out of the corner of my eye Jake getting up. He was approaching her but she never noticed because she was too filled with rage at my words.
"NO, YOU LYING BITCH. HE LOVED ME...." and with that she attacked at the same time Jacob did.
I flinched back, closing my eyes waiting for some type of impact. It never came. I could hear loud growls along with that same awful tearing of metal sound I heard in Phoenix. Suddenly warm hands grabbed my shoulders, I screamed out in surprise. I could no longer hold in the screams that had been bubbling in my chest since I saw Victoria rise out of the water. I started chanting Jake's name over and over again.
"Bella, Bella open your eyes. It's okay your safe. It's over." A very familiar voice told me. I didn't want to believe it. Was Jake okay? Was it over? How could Victoria be dead? She had to be alive, waiting to kill all of us.
"Bella, for god sake, the vampire is dead. Open your eyes, we must get out of here." the same voice said quite sternly.
Opening my eyes I looked up into the same familiar set of brown eyes who had saved me once before. I looked around taking in the scene before me. Their were two others here on the beach with us. One huge guy and one wolf. I looked around trying to find Jake.
"Jake" I squeaked out. My eyes came upon the brown wolf that I knew to be Jake by the shore. He was being helped by the huge guy, who was kneeling by his side. Is he okay? Before I could ask the man I knew as Sam, I think, answered my silent question.
"He will be okay. We heal quickly. We must get you to a hospital now." He said we heal quickly, not he heals quickly. Jake had mentioned Sam to me and how he had, something like a small gang of kids. Maybe it wasn't a gang. Maybe it was a pack. And he was the leader. Well, I don't care how much authority he thought he had, I was not going anywhere unless Jake came with me.
"No, I'm not leaving Jake. He saved me. I won't leave till I know he's okay." I responded, looking him directly in the eye.
He stared at me for a minute, then nodded his head to the other boy down the beach. I watched as he approached Jake the wolf and nodded to me. Jake turned to me and slowly limped towards me. It was a little intimidating having this huge giant wolf coming towards me. I had to keep reminding myself that this was Jacob, my Jake. I didn't care what he was, just like I never cared what the Cullen's were. He's my best friend and he saved my life twice today.
I can see chunks of Victoria's body lying on the sand. The other wolf, a grey one, is picking them up and placing them in a pile. Jake never makes eye contact on the way over, almost as if he is ashamed. When he gets near me, I reach out with my good arm and stroke his fur. My eyes tear up, and I have to blink several times to clear my vision. "Jake" I whisper. The wolf nods his head. I am very aware of the look he gave Sam, behind me, when I asked him. As if he was asking permission to acknowledge himself to me.
"Are you hurt bad?" I ask. This time he nods his head no. I don't believe him and when I touch his front paw, he winces in pain. I just stare at him. He is hurt because of me. I did this. This is all my fault. I brought Victoria here. I was the one she was after. It was my fault we were down here in the first place.
I should never have been as weak as I had been. How would I ever be able to repay him?
I sigh out loud and tell him "thank you". He touches his nose to my cheek. It is one of the sweetest gestures I've ever had. I will make this up to him, I vow.
I rubbed him one last time making him promise(well shake his head yes anyways) he will meet me at the hospital. Then I allowed Sam and his friend to pick me up to put me in their truck. Jake watches me the entire time. Sam lays me down in the backseat of his truck. I should be in tons of pain, but I am too cold and too tired to feel anything. All the adrenaline that was running through my body when dealing with Victoria is gone, leaving behind extreme exhaustion and numbness. Sam starts the truck, driving away from the awful scene. Before I closed my eyes I could see purple clouds of smoke rising into the sky as I listened to a wolf howling into the fading blue sky.
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