Yes, pun intended :D

Sorry for the abrupt ending, I wrote the beginning weeks ago and only remembered that I hadn't finished it yesterday...

Told from Bella's POV. Thanks for reading and the reviews/favourites, really appreciate it!

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'What are you doing here?' I asked Jane icily, at the same time wondering how Alice did not foresee this.

Jane shrugged. 'You break the rules, we come.'

'No rules were broken,' I insisted, warily watching Felix on her right.

'Is that so?' Jane replied with awful sarcasm, and then gestured at Valentine. 'I don't recall ever seeing this handsome fellow around, perhaps you had some innocent reason for creating him?'

It took me a while to understand what she was talking about. 'Oh, him,' I said quickly, 'he's not a vampire. Er, we, um, found him somewhere a while ago. He shows no response to blood so he's not a vampire!' Even before I spoke, my words sounded like a childish excuse.

Jane nodded sceptically and turned to Valentine. 'Boy, tell me your name' she ordered. For an answer Valentine pointed his gun at Jane.

Literally out of nowhere, Demetri appeared at launched himself at Valentine. He sidestepped, but wasn't fast enough, and the gun went flying from his hand. Valentine then aimed a vicious swipe at Demetri with his golden claws and sent the vampire staggering. A moment later Valentine was on the ground at his feet. I stared in confusion, until I noticed that he was shaking slightly as though trying to control himself.

Jane.

Her face was lit up with a malicious smile as she tortured him. Instinctively, I pushed out my shield to cover Valentine, but my shield had no effect on him, just like Edward and Alice's abilities did not work on him. But why did Jane's?

'Stop it!' I cried, unable to watch Valentine suffer any longer.

'I'll stop when he answers me,' Jane replied without looking up.

I felt so helpless. If I attacked Jane, Felix and Demetri would rip me apart on the spot. My shield was not physical; it did nothing to repel other vampires. Well, better to die fighting than doing nothing, I told myself, and shifted into a crouch.

A stunning blow knocked the side of my head and sent me sprawling. I picked myself up, only to have a pair of hands constrict around my neck like a vice. It was Demetri; one casual twist of his wrists could easily break my neck. I held myself still and glared at Jane with hatred.

'Oh, so is this your new boyfriend?' Jane teased, pausing. 'Why are you so protective of him?' When I gave no reply she rolled her eyes and returned her gaze to Valentine. I cringed, expecting to him cry out in pain, but instead an unearthly howling filled the air. It was a sound I'd only heard once before; a sound that sent hair rising; but one I recognised.

'What was that?' Jane asked suspiciously.

'It's the devil,' I gloated, watching Valentine's glowing form. Jane followed my gaze; then leapt back in alarm. In an instant blinding purple light surrounded his body. When the light dimmed, out stepped the monstrous form of a demon. It held out its arm, and purple light swirled around it. A moment later the swirls solidified into a gigantic four barrelled gun. Its wrathful golden eyes swept past me and focused on Jane, who began to edge back in caution.

Felix rushed forward, evidently intent on attacking the demon. The next second the demon's wings had unfurled; one edge of it slammed into Felix and sent him flying. Undeterred, the mountainous vampire rushed back at the demon a second time. The two circled each other warily like two wild beasts.

'Kill it!' Jane screamed. I glanced at her face; she was frowning in concentration, and it appeared that the demon was immune to Jane's ability. Demetri released me immediately and launched himself at the demon. The two crashed together with a colossal crack, and Felix leapt into the fray not a moment later, intent on ripping its wings off.

With a shattering roar of rage, the demon threw the two vampires off its body and took to the air. It fired several blasts; all missed but vaporised the surrounding trees. A wave of hot air rushed over me.

Demetri took a running leap and managed to latch on to the demon's foot. It snarled at him and began to swerve wildly, trying to throw him off. Eventually, it glided to the ground and lashed out its heels. Demetri, dangling from the end, crashed into Felix on the ground. He lost his grip and fell, sending up a spray of dust. The demon aimed its gun at the prone vampire, but Felix pulled him out of the way, resulting in a large crater where Demetri stayed previously.

The demon seemed to be well occupied, and more than a match for both Felix and Demetri, so I took the opportunity to attack Jane, who was standing at the sides watching with a shocked expression.

'Big mistake,' I said softly as I knocked her to the ground. 'You should've brought more backup.'

'Bitch,' she spat, and aimed a swipe at me.

I avoided her easily. 'You can't fight well, can you?' I taunted. 'Never had to fight, I suppose. You're a coward.'

Jane gave a shriek of rage and rushed at me. She tackled me to the ground; I twisted in her grip and managed to pull out a lighter from her pocket. Her nailed screeched horribly against the back of my hand as she fought to pull it out of my grasp. I quickly clicked it in the hopes of burning her alive, but grabbed my wrist and jerked, causing me to drop the lighter in pain. When she reached for it, I lashed out my foot, kicking it away into the trunk of a tree, where it snapped in two.

'Idiot!' Jane snarled.

'No, you,' I said grimly and cuffed her face. She stumbled backwards, then leapt up and sank her teeth into my arm. I yelled in pain and grabbed her hair to pull her away, but she only clenched her teeth tighter. With a savage jerk she broke free, taking a large piece of my arm with her.

Unbearable pain crippled me. There was no blood, but my arm felt as though it had been sawed off. I curled on the ground, clutching my arm.

'Bella!' I heard someone yell my name in the distance. I weakly raised my head, but Jane's fist smashed solidly into my nose, and I fell back down. Dimly, I noticed a crawling piece of white marble making its way toward me. My arm, I realised. I reached out for it, only to experience a second wave of pain as someone crushed my fingers…

That someone was suddenly pulled out of my sight. I drifted in and out of consciousness. Eventually, the pain resided. My fingers healed and the piece of my arm missing reconnected. Slightly confused due to the pain, I raised my head again to see what was happening.

Edward was on the ground, cringing in pain. I quickly threw out my shield to protect him. Distracted at Edward's sudden immunity, Jane turned and saw me standing before her. Hate twisted her pretty, innocent face. I bared my teeth at her and prepared to strike once again. Jane looked between me and Edward, realising the battle was lost. I moved to block her exit, just as Edward threw a small object at her head.

Jane gave a scream of pain as her hair caught fire. I turned my eyes away from the gruesome sight –

'You know, I've never actually seen a catfight before,' Edward commented lightly, as though oblivious to all the fighting around him. 'It was quite amusing until you got hurt.'

'Edward!' I wrapped my arms around him tightly, afraid to let go. He laughed with relief as well, and raised my head to kiss me.

'Now really, is this the best moment? I mean, wouldn't you rather watch Chaos flatten that fatso?' We broke apart and saw Cid openly grinning at us. He motioned at something beyond us with his spear, and we turned to look.

Several trees were on fire and there were a few large craters that littered the ground.

'Wow, what happened?'

'That demon thing Vincent turned into managed to shoot Demetri with his gun, and then Sam's pack finished off Felix.' Edward grinned broadly, 'you know, it'll be a long time before the Volturi disturb us again.'

'Really?' I said skeptically. 'Where is everyone? And what happened after all that mist? Was anyone hurt?'

Edward's smile faded. 'No one was killed, but a lot of the werewolves have been quite badly injured. Carlisle's looking after them now. He says they'll make a full recovery within a week –'

'What about Alec and the others?'

'I don't know about Alec, but Vincent managed to nail a couple of the Volturi guys. Quil says he saw Alec running away, but he didn't give chase because Jacob called him back. I wouldn't worry about the Volturi anyway; we've managed to take out the bulk of their forces, so it'll be a long time before Aro considers bothering us again.'

'What happened with the mist then? And how come Alice didn't see this coming?' I pressed.

'When Vincent killed that vampire last February, his mate went to Aro to enlist his help in seeking revenge,' Edward explained. 'But since she never saw him get killed, Aro couldn't extract information about Vincent's morph from her. So essentially, Aro underestimated us. As for the mist, Aro managed to create another vampire who had an ability similar to Alec's, only it clouds vision. Alice couldn't see into her future, and anyone who associated with her was blotted out.'

'How did you figure all that out?' I asked in surprise.

Edward laughed and tapped his head.

'Oh, okay,' I said, a bit shocked. 'It's just hard to believe that the Volturi won't trouble us in a long time.'

'Even harder to believe that it'll be Halloween next month?'

'Huh?' The sudden change of conversation confused me. 'What does Halloween – oh!'