(PPOV)

"Who is Demetri's mate Isabella? Furthermore, how do you know?" I asked as we were running. I was on her left, Edward was on her right and Jasper was just a little behind her. I'm guessing he was enjoying the view. As I thought that Edward let out a slight laugh. My suspicions were confirmed when Isabella let out her next question.

"Enjoying the view Major?" She purred out not even looking back at him.

"Of course I am Darlin'. It's a mighty fine view if I may say so myself." He growled out.

"Enough you two. Now sweetheart can you answer Peter's questions?" Edward asked getting us all back on track. I'm guessing Major's thoughts were starting to get to him otherwise he probably would have let them continue on with their banter.

"Of course I can. Tanya is Demetri's mate and I know because I am a sponge. I absorb everyone's powers as soon as my little shield comes in contact with them. I've kept my shield down since we made contact, but it was already too late because I had it up right when I walked into the cafeteria. I once ran into a female vampire that had the ability to see anyone's mate. Since I know Demetri I was able to see his mate and I've had dealings with the Denali's before. I also know who Kate is mated to and who Irina is mated to. I also know Alice's and Charlotte's. I can play match maker later if the ladies would like." At the end of her explanations I heard Alice and Charlotte both say a Hell Yes and so did Isabella. I simply laughed. It would be like those two to think about romance when we were headed into a possible fight.

"I think that's your answer Sugar." I said. We were just now entering Denali and we could all smell Maria's scent along with her sister's and the newborns. Isabella stopped immediately and closed her eyes taking in deep breaths.

"She has ten newborns with her at the house, but Lucy and Nettie aren't at the house with her. We've got to go now. I smell spilled venom." And with that she took off. She was fuckin' fast. It looked like Edward was able to keep up with her, but the rest of us fell behind. She had obviously kept her newborn speed just like Edward had after his year mark.

As we entered the clearing where the Denali house was we were greeted with chaos. Tanya and Irina were on the ground both missing their legs. Isabella was trying to keep the newborns off of them while trying to keep herself from landing in the same position. Edward was holding his own, but his shirt was ripped. Eleazar and Carmen were fighting well together and taking out any newborns that came their way while Kate was shocking them which caused them to hit the ground and then she was dismembering them.

"Fuck!" I heard Isabella hiss out as a newborn came for me. A newborn had come up behind her and ripped her left hand off while she was beheading another newborn. Jasper quickly took care of the one that got a hold of our mate. The Cullen's were picking up pieces of the newborns and starting a pyre.

"Watch for Isabella's hand." Jasper yelled out. Apparently they hadn't found it yet which caused me to panic a bit until I heard Edward.

"I've got it." Edward yelled and raced over to her to help her put it back on. I raced over once my own newborn was taken care of. I needed to check on my mate. She not only had the ripped off hand, but she had several new bite marks which caused a low growl to form in my chest. I could heard the same thing from Edward.

"Darlin' you've lost too much venom from this wound and the bites to be able to put it back on with your own venom. I can do it for you, but it's goin' to hurt like a bitch." Jasper said as he leaned down to where she was sitting. He wasn't fairing much better with the growl in his voice.

"I know cowboy. This isn't my first rodeo you know. I can't believe I let that little shit get the drop on me like that. God, if I did that down south I'd be dead." She hissed out as Jasper reattached the severed hand. I cringed when she screamed. We all knew how it felt to have a limb removed. Just as we were about to ask what happened we heard Rose scream. A newborn had gotten overlooked and bitten Rose on her shoulder. It didn't look like she could get the damn thing off of her. Before anyone had time to react Isabella was up and behind the newborn with her teeth sunk into its neck. It quickly let go to deal with the vampire that was attacking it. Isabella quickly jerked her head and removed the newborns head.

"Teach you to fuck with my family." She spat out.

"Thank you Isabella." Rose said as she ran up to her and hugged her.

"No problem Rosalie. No one messes with family. Freakin' little shits need to learn this." She said as Rosalie let go of her and she tossed the newborn into the closest pyre.

"You okay Darlin'?" I asked her as I came up behind her. I picked up her hand that had just been reattached to inspect it. She had full use of it again, but had another scar that was still pink.

"I'm okay cowboy. Not the first time I've been torn up and it won't be the last." But before she could say anything else her cellphone rang.

"Demetri! Where the hell are you? Do you know how worried I've been you little shit? You disappear without as much as a fuck you and no call. Ass!" She seethed. I found this slightly funny. She was tearing him a new one.

"Sorry sis, but it's not like I can call every time I go missing. Where the hell are you? I've been with the Volturi the last 6 months. We're having problems with the Romanians again. They've got over 200 hundred newborns at their castle in Romania and we've heard that isn't even half of their army. We're kind of screwed if we can't get back up." We heard him say through the phone. This was not good.

"Well shit. I've got my own problems with Maria and her sisters. We just took out a small contingent of newborns that were going after the Denali's up in Alaska. What is it with these idiots?" She responded back.

"Why the hell is she going after them? I know she's got all that information, but what's the point? The only ones with talent are Eleazar and Kate, but they've never fought in a war. Shouldn't she be going after the Cullen's and Whitlock's instead? Or even after Edward Masen." He questioned. Isabella growled when he mentioned our family and she got even louder when he singled Edward out.

"Shut the hell up Demetri. Peter, Jasper and Edward just so happen to be my mates. You know what that means. Everything just got even more personal for me. Something isn't right though Dem. Maria's always been crazy, but to come this far North herself is out of her regular element. She usually stays in the South and lets others do her dirty work for her. For her to come up here is out of her norm and making me very edgy. What's going on Dem?" She asked as she eyed everyone around her. I could almost guess what was going through her mind. She was trying to think of ways to keep everyone she cared about safe. It was the same thing going through my mind and I could guarantee it was going through Edward's and Jasper's minds as well.

"I don't know what's going on Iz, but it's something serious. I'd feel better if you and your mates got the hell out of America right now. Take the Cullen's, Whitlock's and Denali's somewhere safe. Aro's even sent the wives away. You know it's bad when the wives are sent outside of the castle." With that sentence my "knower" went off saying we needed to move now. Isabella looked me in the eyes and nodded. She jerked her head to the others. I got the hint. She wanted me to get them moving and get them moving now.

"Alright people. We need to leave now. I don't know if you've been listening to Isabella's conversation, but Demetri is her brother. He is also part of the Elite Guard of the Volturi. Aro has sent the wives away from the castle which means shit is getting real. Demetri has warned us out of America. I don't know about you all, but I'm going to take his advice. I would even if he wasn't my mate's brother. Maria has already attacked ya'll once and I know she will again. Pack what you can fit in a backpack that you can carry on your back. We'll be headed back to Forks to get stuff for us and then we'll figure it out from there. We're going to be a big coven travelling together. We'll draw attention. Hopefully we won't run into anymore shit." I said as the Denali's ran to pack clothes. Tanya and Irina would need to hunt along with Isabella, but we could do that on the way back to Washington. I walked back over to my mate who was now surrounded by my brother's. She was very stressed.

(JPOV)

I felt my mate's fear spike. It sounded like the Romanians had decided to rise up against not only the Volturi, but any coven that drank from animals. They viewed us as abominations to the vampire race. They also wanted to expose us to humans so we would be out in the open. Most thought this was a very bad idea, but there were some of our species that liked it. I couldn't see the benefit of it. Yeah we could stay in one place longer, but that also meant that our feeding habits would be known and be under scrutiny.

"Dem, do you realize what the hell that would do to all of us? I mean we'd have the freedom of not hiding anymore, but with today's technology they could kill us in minutes. They have flame throwers now for Christ sake. It isn't like it was when we were human." Isabella was ranting to her brother. She was scared, but determined. She was a true warrior at heart just as much as me or any one of my brothers. Edward seemed to agree if his emotions were anything to go off of.

"Of course I agree. She kept fighting with her hand missing. She protected Tanya and Irina while fighting off newborns. She got one off of my back before you guys showed up. The damn thing had his teeth ready to rip my head off. I'd go in to battle with her any time. We've heard stories about her before, but they're nothing compared to seeing her in action." Edward said reverently. He worshipped her which was a feat in and of itself. He had the hardest time with our past, but he was a great man. The three of us have had each other's backs for decades.

"I would too brother, but I'm hoping another battle won't be necessary. I doubt I'm going to be granted that wish though." I sighed out as I ran my hands over my face. I knew we'd be fighting again. From what it sounded like it was inevitable. As I looked over to our Isabella she looked close to tears, if it were possible. As I was thinking this she hung up her phone.

"Fuck we need to go and I mean go now." Isabella said frantically.

"Where are we headed Darlin'?" I asked as she came up to us. Her emotions were all over the place and they were hard to get a read on.

"I honestly have no idea Cowboy. Honestly, it would be best to live as nomads right now. The Romanians have over 200 newborns at their base in Romania, but the Volturi don't think that's all. They happen to think that Maria and Carlito are helping them. Intel says Maria has six different camps set up with over 150 newborns at each camp and Carlito has double that. There's a lot more to this than any of us know though. I just have this feeling that this is all bigger than just the damn domination of humans. Why so many just to take out the Volturi?" She pondered at the end. I didn't know how the Denali's and the rest of my family were going to take the whole nomad thing. None of them have ever lived like that really. Well, except Eleazar and Carmen.

"We'll default to you Isabella. You've never steered us wrong before." Tanya said as she came walking out of the house with a campers backpack on her back. The rest of the Denali's all nodded in agreement. My family looked apprehensive however.

"Can we take cars? I mean, that would be alright, wouldn't it?" Rose asked. She didn't like not having any luxury. This was going to be a real wakeup call for her and most of the family.

"Honestly, it wouldn't. Cars will slow us down plus we have to have the money for gas which will require using bank accounts. Dem said that the Volturi think all accounts of "Veggie Vamps" are being watched. I know this will be inconvenient, but so would being dead." She deadpanned. Honestly, the Cullen's need to learn to trust a veteran of the Southern Wars. They've never really trusted Edward, Peter or myself either. As this thought ran through my head Edward and Isabella looked at me. It's true. They both nodded.

"We'll follow you Isabella. We have no reason to believe that you would lead us wrong." Carlisle said. Finally stepping up to be the coven leader I see. I love Carlisle, but he is in no way a coven leader.

"Now that that's settled let's go. We need to be back in Forks and gone before tomorrow morning. I also need to have my chat with Sam. What I want to do is have someone carry a pack with money in it. I can clear out my account that I started in Forks. You all can clear any accounts you want because I doubt the money will be there when we get back. The Romanians seem to be working towards something, but no one knows what. This has to be more than just taking over the vampire world. Paul, have you heard anything from the Pack?" Isabella asked as she looked at the shifter. He hadn't phased back to wolf since we left.

"No I haven't, but I haven't phased since we left either. I'll do that now." And with that he phased, but as soon as he was a wolf he tossed his head back in a mournful howl.

"What is it Paul?" Isabella asked frantically as she ran up to him. He put his big, furry head on her shoulder and had golf ball sized tears running down his muzzle.

"He's too upset right now to shift back sweetheart. It seems that there were more newborns then Sam thought. The humans on the reservation have been wiped out and the pack is still fighting." Edward explained, but once she heard that she took off.

"Shit she's fuckin' fast. How the hell does she do that?" I asked as we took off after her. Edward was in the lead, but even he couldn't catch up to her since she had the head start that she did.

"What the hell is going on with this world right now? I mean seriously?" Tanya asked as we were running. I couldn't answer her though. I had no idea what was going on. Shit seems to be hitting the fan from all sides.

It took us over an hour to run back to La Push and when we got there it looked like a war zone. There were fires everywhere and body parts were laying around, both human and vampire. I noticed that Sam's Emily was one of the ones that was actually still alive. She was huddled next to a tree with Sam standing in front of her. I approached them cautiously, but Sam still growled. I knew why he was growling at me so I didn't take it personally. I would be doing the same thing if it were my mate.

"It's alright Sam. It's me, Jasper. I'll help you protect your Emily. Once we dispose of this little contingent we'll get out of here. We'll make sure everyone that is left is safe. Alright?" I asked while beheading a newborn that was trying to bite Sam. He simply nodded his head as he lunged for another newborn that was trying to get around him to Emily. We heard a roar and I noticed several newborns had Peter pinned down and were biting him. Isabella rushed over and took two off of him while Edward took another one leaving Peter to deal with one. He quickly beheaded the little shit and tore his limbs off.

"Fuck that hurt." He said as Isabella came up to him. She was licking the wounds that she could reach closed so he would stop losing venom. He was hissing, but also running his hands through her hair letting her know it was okay for her to continue. I was distracted enough that a newborn was able to come up behind me and bit into my bicep tearing a chunk of the skin off.

"Fuck!" I growled as I backhanded the little shit into Edward.

"Fucker got you, didn't he?" Edward laughed as he beheaded the little shit. He thought it was funny.

"Yeah, he got me. Damn it. That shit hurts." Just as I said this Peter and Isabella walked up. Peter had a few more bite marks and so did Isabella. The last fact pissed me the hell off. Fuckin' newborns and their damn biting. Isabella picked up the missing piece of my bicep and held it so it would fuse back on.

"Damn Darlin'. A little more warnin' next time would be kinda nice." I said as I hissed.

"What would be the fun in that Cowboy?" She laughed.

"Hey Isabella. We've got someone here for you." Tanya and Irina called out. All of us looked over toward them and what we saw had our venom boiling. Lucy was secured between the two. Isabella growled ferociously and her eyes turned onyx. I let the Major take over and I noticed my brother's let their other egos take over as well.

(Captain's POV)

That bitch had the nerve to leave her sister behind. The family had yet to notice that they were dealing with the world's four deadliest vampires. Peter, Jasper, Edward and Isabella were no longer here. In their place were Captain, Major, Sergeant and General. Carlisle and Eleazar were the first two to notice and they quickly dropped to their knees with their necks bared. Everyone else soon followed suit including the wolves.

"We have such good followers, don't we Captain?" The General purred out.

"We sure do Darlin'. Now, what are we going to do with this little bitch?" I asked as I ran my hand through her hair. Seeing her like this was getting me hard and I think she knew it because she looked down at my crotch, back to me and then winked. Little vixen.

"Focus Captain!" Major barked out. General just snorted.

"I'll get you back for that." I growled out and then stepped into formation with the other three.

"Well well well. What do we have here?" General growled out as we started to move forward a bit.

"Looks to me like we got ourselves a little prisoner Darlin'. What do you think Captain? Sergeant?" Major asked. He was taunting the little bitch. Lucy loved to torture all of us after we were punished and never had any mercy.

We both just nodded. Too angry to say anything more, but also wanting to make sure we answered.

"I think we might Major. Remove her limbs girls. She won't be needing them." General ordered. Normally Major wouldn't let anyone take the reins, but this was different. He wanted to see what our girl would do. Irina and Tanya quickly removed Lucy's arms and legs.

"Should we burn them General?" Tanya asked as she moved closer to a pyre that had been lit earlier.

"What do you think boys? Should we burn her limbs? It's not like we're ever going to put her back together again." She said as she walked up to Sergeant and let her hands roam over his chest. Damn it I wanted that to be me. Sergeant started purring more and more as her hands made more passes. Each pass got closer to his jeans and the very prominent bulge there. I was getting jealous.

"Don't worry Captain. I haven't forgotten about you. Once we get all this shit settled here and get moving we'll have time for the four of us on a hunt." She purred and then turned back to Lucy.

"Where's our sister headed Lucy?" The General asked. I knew Lucy wasn't going to say anything yet and if the General had my gift then she knew it too.

"I'm not telling you shit you traitorous bitch. You've taken our sister's pets and…" But she didn't get any more out before a slap was heard throughout the clearing. It didn't hurt, but it was very demeaning.

"Call my mate's pets again and I'll rip out your shriveled up heart then I'll force it down your throat." She growled. Damn that was sexy.

"Let's move her down to the beach girls. I've got an idea." She said as they walked off toward the beach. It was visible from here, but just out of our hearing range if they weren't yelling.

"We'll stay here General and clean up any missing pieces." I said as I watched her walk away. I couldn't keep my eyes off her ass.

"Damn Captain. You keep that shit up and I'm going to be humping the nearest tree." Major growled out.

"I can't help it. Damn mind reader got a rub down over there and got my mind wandering." I said as we started picking up stray pieces. Sergeant was laughing, but I could tell he was uncomfortable. She had teased him and then quit without helping him out. The wolves had turned back into their human forms and were helping pick up stray limbs.

"What do you think our next move is going to be? I know she said the life of a nomad, but where? We very well can't go through Texas or Mexico because of Maria and Carlito, but South America would be a good spot. Plenty of jungle for our diet unless we go back to human." Sergeant said as he looked around making sure none of the wolves would hear us.

"It would honestly make sense. We're stronger on human blood and if we're going up against the shit Dem said we would we're going to need all the strength we can get. We'll have problems with the Cullen's though. Carlisle's never had human blood and neither has Rose. Em, Alice and Esme have had their slips, but that's it. They've never willingly taken a human life. We could go with the low life's, but I have a feeling Carlisle would have a problem with even them." Major said. I had a feeling he was right, but before I could say anything we heard a scream come from the beach. At first we thought it was Lucy, but then we heard Irina and Tanya scream as well.

"Shit, that first scream was Isabella." Sergeant said as he took off.

(Major's POV)

What greeted us on the beach made me growl out. Irina was missing her legs and was propped up against a drift log. Tanya was missing both arms and was next to Irina. Isabella was surrounded by six newborns. Four of them had a limb each, one had his hands around her neck and the other was taunting her. They were so caught up that they didn't notice both covens behind them. They were slowly pulling her limbs making the muscles and tendons tear causing her to scream out and whimper. I looked at Sergeant. We have to do something before they tear her head off. It'll take her longer to heal then we have if they get her head. We can let her limbs fuse back on as one of us carries her, but she's going to need human blood. I said to him mentally. He simply nodded. I ran for the two newborns that were on her left while Sergeant went for the two on her right. I noticed Captain going for the one that was at her head and Eleazar went for the one that was taunting her. I heard the sound of metal tearing, but I didn't know if it was the others tearing apart the newborns or if it was Isabella. I couldn't focus on that right now as I had my own fight to deal with.

The first newborn was dispatched easily. The second was a bit older and had a little more experience. I tore off his right arm first which seemed to be his more dominant one to use. His left soon followed and then his head. I threw them into the fire that someone had started and then looked for Isabella. Captain had her head cradled in his lap while Sergeant was putting her left leg back on. I spared a glance to the Denali sisters to see that they were being tended to by the Cullen's.

"General are you alright?" I asked as I walked back over to the three. She simply nodded.

"She can't talk yet. She'll need human blood to heal Major. She's not going to heal on animal blood and the quicker we get it to her the better." Captain said as he attached both arms at the same time. Isabella let out a silent scream.

"I'm sorry Angel. I know this hurts like a bitch and if I could take the pain from you I would, but I can't." I noticed Peter had come back to the forefront of their mind. Edward seemed to be back as well. I guess I should let Jasper back too.

(EPOV)

It seemed we all came back at the same time once we were through with the newborns. Isabella needed our help. When Major and Sergeant attacked the newborns that were holding Isabella her limbs were pulled off in the process. We all knew it was the only way, but we still felt like shit for doing it.

"How are you feeling sweetheart? I know it hurts like hell and I'm so sorry that we had to do that." I said as I ran my hands over her looking and feeling for any other injuries that we might have missed. She took my hand and began writing I'm ok. Need blood on my hand. I knew she couldn't talk yet. The bastards had pulled her head hard enough to damage her windpipe. Her shield had automatically gone back over her mind so I couldn't read her either.

"Carlisle! Isabella is going to need human blood. She can't heal enough with animal. We all know animal blood dulls our instincts and our abilities. She needs it and in all honesty I'm not going to let her suffer a longer healing period just for your sensibilities." I told him. I was honestly tired of hiding myself, but I was only doing this right now because my mates' health depended on it. I saw Peter and Jasper nod along with what I was saying. I had no problem feeding from criminals, but the Cullen's would have never allowed it. We could have worn contacts for the red eyes, but it wasn't allowed.

"I have some donated blood at the house. We need to stop there anyway. If you can carry her that far we'll get the blood for her so she can drink it while we pack." Carlisle said as I picked up Isabella. She whimpered when I touched her legs.

"I'm sorry sweetheart. I know it hurts. We're going to get you some blood and then you'll be as good as new. Will you allow me to carry you for a little bit on our journey?" I asked as I looked down at her. I felt her move her hand to my chest, which had long since lost its shirt, and write Yes.

"Thank you sweetheart. Just rest now. We'll be back to the house soon." And with that we lapsed into silence as we all took off for the house.