Chapter 8: Fight till you're dead

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James and Mandy rose the next morning ready and willing to fight. As soon as they were done stretching James led Mandy to the Cullens humble abode.

"Why do they have such a big house if there are only seven of them living here?"

"They're weird."

"Gotcha."

James and Mandy stayed concealed near the back of the house until they saw the first Cullen appear.

"You should be the first one out."

"Me, why me? In the fight plan we designated you as the first attacker."

"Yes, but they'll recognize me first. They don't know what you look like from the front yet."

"But when we hunt they've been following both of us. They know what I look like!"

"Just go!"

"Fine."

Mandy approached Jasper under the disguise of a sweet girl lost in the woods. James sneak attack that followed kicked the battle off with a bang.

"What's that going on outside?"

"Jake, you stayed with me all night? That's sweet. But where's Edward?"

"Sleeping downstairs. He couldn't stand the smell of my wolfness."

"You're conceited."

"I know."

"Didn't you guys hear that?"

"Yeah, what the hell's going on outside?"

"I don't know. C'mon let's go check."

"You're willing letting me come with you?"

"Just shut up wolf boy and get downstairs."

"That sounds more like it."

As Emmett, Jacob, and Bella arrived downstairs they realized that the battle had started without them. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice and the entire werewolf clan were attempting to beat up James and Mandy to no avail; the latter group was just too powerful for them.

"Why didn't anybody wake me up? C'mon Jake let's go!"

"I love being included! Eat my dust vampire scum!"

As Emmett and Jacob went to join the fight Bella ran to find Edward.

"Edward!"

"I'm right here my darling. I was just packing up the car. It's time we get you to Alaska."

"But we can't just leave the werewolves and your family alone. They're getting brutalized out there!"

"I understand your concern Bella but I'm thinking about you here!"

"Forget about me. Go and help fight. I'll drive to Alaska by myself."

"But, Bella…"

"But, Bella nothing. Is there a GPS in the car?"

"Yes."

"Is the address of this vampire family already in the database?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll be fine. Go."

"Marry me?"

"What?"

"I wanted to ask you last night but you were with Jacob and it just seemed like a bad time."

"And you think now is any better? We'll discuss this when I get back. Go fight. Now."

"Yes, baby."

As Edward ran to join the fight Bella hopped in Edward's car, hit go on the GPS, and high tailed her ass out of Forks.

While Bella was fleeing the scene Becca, Dana, and Sara crossed the border into Washington State. They wandered through the woods until they heard fighting in the distance. Being the curious girls that they were they wandered closer towards the sound. To their surprise they found Mandy, their long last pal, surrounded by wolves and pale, sparkly folks with really bad fashion sense.

"Why are they all fighting each other?"

"I don't know. But I'm gonna find out."

"Sara, no!"

Sara walked carefully into the fray. Just as she was about to approach Mandy to ask what the hell was happening Sam Uley delivered a blow to the head.

"Sara!"

Carlisle, being the bleeding heart doctor that he was noticed the attack that had just occurred, picked Sara up off the forest floor, and whisked her off to his office at the hospital.

"Where's that pale dude going with Sara?"

"I'll go try to follow you stay here and wait for Mandy."

"Got it."

"Good luck."

"You too."

"Just wish someone would tell me what's going on." thought Dana to herself as she watched the unexplained fighting continue.

James and Mandy continued to kick the crap out of the Cullens and their little werewolf friends. Mandy was so absorbed in the fighting that she didn't even notice that Sara had gotten hurt or that Dana was standing five feet away. She just wanted to dismantle the Cullens limb from limb and wouldn't stop until her mission was complete.

"Jasper, I thought you knew how to fight newborns!"

"I thought I did but this one's really feisty."

"No shit, Sherlock!"

"Alice, what do you want from me? I'm doing the best I can!"

"Try harder."

"Fine."

"We're totally kicking their asses, babe!"

"I know this is so cool! This is so much better than watching Buffy on TV!"

"Totally."

Edward could not believe the amount of pain him and his family were experiencing. They were all strong, capable vampires. This newborn and recently resurrected vampire shouldn't be able to cause this much destruction. Edward knew that the only way he could save his family was to call in reinforcements.

"Edward? Where are you going? The fight's not over."

"I know Rose but I gotta make a phone call real quick."

"You don't need to check on Bella. She's probably fine."

"I'm not calling Bella. I'm getting us some back up."

"Then hurry."

Edward raced inside the house, grabbed the phone off the hook, and dialed the first number that popped inside his head.

"Hello? This is Edward Cullen of the Cullen vampire clan. I need to speak with Aro. Don't worry, he knows who I am."

Within minutes of Edward hanging up the phone a black cloud appeared to be making its way across the Forks skyline. As the cloud drew closer those below could tell that this wasn't a cloud at all; it was a throng of vampires. As the vampires descended from the sjy Dana ran into the woods for sfety. Whatever was going on she decided that she'd rather not be a part of it. When the Volturi touched finally landed the fighting ceased. Everyone stared at the new arrivals; the wolves looked perplexed while the vampires, with the exception of Mandy and James appeared to be relieved.

"What do we have going on here?", said Aro as he walked towards the cluster of fighting mythlogical beings.

"Aro, these shape-shifters, along with my family are fighting these rogue vamlpires in the hopes that they'll go away and leave us alone."

"Esme, that's a childish thing to do. You couldn't just use your words?"

"Aro, you know for a fact that physical violence is the most effective."

"I was just kidding Esme. Honestly, you Cullens don't have a sense of humor. And who are these two, what did you call them? Rogue vampires?"

"I'm James and this is my mate Mandy."

"Hello, Mandy. En chante."

"Hi."

"Don't seem so pleased to meet me."

"I'm sorry. I just don't know who you are."

"James, did you fall for a newborn?"

"Yes, I did."

"I see. Mandy, my dear I am a part of the Volturi. We're the royal family of vampires. Basically, we make all the rules."

"Oh. Did we break any?"

"Not necessarily. But you're husband has managed to somehow to defy the laws of nature."

"Huh?"

"He explained to you how he miraciously rose from the dead, correct?"

"Yes. But we just decided to accept it as fact and move on."

"Well, you're much nicer than my brothers and I. We don't want to just accept it. We'd like to get to the bottom of this."

"What are you gonna do? Perform experiments on him?"

"No, but we have our ways."

Aro grabbed James and pulled him into the house. Mandy and the Cullens followed. The wolves, now thouroughly confused changed back into their human forms and fled the premisis. Dana continued to sit in the bushes and wait for her friends and the pale dude to return.

"This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder.", she whispered to herself as she sat alone in the chilly Forks atmosphere.

To Be Continued…

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