Jacob, in all his deadly glory. More powerful than any vampire or werewolf combined, more deadly, more angry, more beautiful. After i'd left him, i'd followed him. It was a sick game of cat and mouse. I couldn't confront him. Especially not after having him wake up alone, and seeing how that affected him, how bitter he'd become and how fast he'd become it. But i couldn't leave him alone, i never did anything all the way. I watched him from a distance and knew for a fact that his power was equal or maybe even greater than mine, and i was the most powerful vampire in existence. Before he'd become a werewolf, he had already surpassed Emmett in size, and had Emmett been human back then he could have probably beat him in a competition of brute force. Also, as a werewolf, he'd surpassed Sam in stature before i'd changed him. Him, as vampire and werewolf combined gave him all the advantages of the strongest of werewolves: size, power, jaws, claws; and the advantages of the strongest of vampires: skin stronger than diamond, teeth (and in his case, claws) stronger than diamond as well. And, he had venom. Also, his natural anti-vampire defenses were intensified. My vampire powers had no effect on him. I couldn't control his mind, i couldn't read it, i couldn't see his future, i couldn't cause him pain with my mind, i couldn't use any of my offensive powers on him. The only powers that'd work against him would be the ones i used on myself: my shield (physical -another power i have- and mental), my ability to clone myself, (a power i took a while back, from Maria's latest helper after Jasper), and my super speed and super strength even by vampire standards, and my telekinesis.
He lunged at me with an unimaginable speed. I dodged just in time. He snarled ferociously and crouched, preparing for his next attack. He was huge in his vampire wolf form, apparently the transformation had made him even bigger. It became a dance, and nothing in the world existed but us. The Cullens were terrified, they had realized by now that i was the strongest vampire in existence and, for lack of a better way to put it, were scared shitless by the fact that it was apparent that Jacob wasn't lying when he claimed to be my equal. Jacob kept lunging and i kept dodging. It would look like we were dancing in circles to anyone watching. A perfectly choreographed dance, we never touched each other.
The Cullens chose then to snap out of their haze and join the fight. Edward got in front of me as quickly as i'd ever seen him and foolishly attempted to kick Jacob. The Cullen's interference, Edward's in particular, sent him over the edge. He slammed Edward with his paw mid-kick. Edward, not nearly as big or as strong as Jacob, went flying into the trees. I used this distraction to get on top of Jacob.
"Is this really how it'll end, Jake?" I asked. "I don't want to kill you. I'll climb off your back, away from your neck and out of this hazardous position, if you just turn around and leave." I finished, my voice deadly. He was like this because of me, and the things i did to make him like this are my biggest and my only regrets, regrets i'll take with me to hell shall i ever cease to exist. He fixed me, i destroyed him, and i have to live with it. I loved just as much as i hated Jacob Black.
"I'm not going to kill you. That was never my plan. If i do that, i still have to live with everything you've done to me. No, I'm going to kill everyone that means anything to you, the Cullen's, maybe even the Volturi. I've already proven how easy it is to draw them out of Volterra and we both know i could destroy any and all of them quite easily. Then, when you are alone in the world I'll laugh. I won't do that now though. You took your time destroying everything i had. I'm leaving now." He turned and began to run away, i jumped off of his back the instant he reached the trees. I returned to the Cullens, who were crowded around Edward, making sure he was okay.
"You are just letting him get away? Just like that? You are just as weak as you always were." Rosalie started off screeching but then switched into a mocking laugh. I was emotionally exhausted, i thought i had lost all emotion when i entered Volterra for the first time, I wasn't used to this much feeling. My face held an old, tired expression as i said:
"Jacob is my equal and i am the only one who can hold my own against him. We are most likely the two most powerful creatures on the planet. I can't be protecting you from him and still expect to survive myself. If it's him I'm up against you are nuisances." I explained to Rosalie in an even tone. "You are his targets, not me. He wouldn't give me that escape, i didn't give it to him. I just saved your asses, be grateful." I finished crudely. I wasn't in the mood to deal with her, or any of them for that matter. In the past 24 hours, my whole past has come and blown up in my face.
Rosalie and the Cullens were taken aback, I never spoke that way to them, they still had a lot to learn about me. Edward was looking at me, as though with new eyes, he was realizing i wasn't breakable anymore, that i truly wasn't the child he left.
"What do we do then?" Jasper asked after a few moments of tense silence.
"We go back to your house and regroup. I told Jacob everything when i was human, so he would probably be under the impression that it would hurt me most if Edward were to be killed, he'd probably save him for last, he hates you, you know." I was speaking to Edward now. "He'd probably want you to feel pain too, he'd kill your whole family one by one and you last, to hurt both of us." Now i turned my attention back to Jasper, "Jacob would know that i'd guess that, so he probably wouldn't go in order, just by who is more convenient."
"So what, we're doomed?" Rosalie asked, now with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Honestly, i wouldn't know. I'll do what i can." I stated simply. Carlisle then suggested we continue the conversation in private, so we went back to our cars and proceeded to the house.