Chapter 10: Losing hope

"Jane, your friend?" Mike asked.

I scowled. "No she is definitely not my friend. Alice, when is she coming?"

Alice grimaced. "In about five minutes, she knows Mike is with you and she thinks that this would be the perfect time to get you."

I gasped and tightened my hold on Mike. I started to talk to myself trying to calm down.

"Wait!" Mike said bringing me out of my slow spiral to insanity. "Jane wants me? Why?"

My face crumpled in pain and I had to work from keeping a storm to start. "To get to me Mike. It's a long story, but it's my entire fault. I should have never left; I should have just sucked it up!"

Mike seemed confused and cupped my cheek with his hand and brushed away imaginary tears. "I don't really know what you're talking about but what do you need me to do to help?"

I cocked my head. "Help?"

"Two minutes." Alice reminded me.

"I'd do anything for you." Mike smiled. "Even if it meant dying."

My heart swelled with love but I knew this wasn't the time for things like that. I wished he wouldn't think like that. I needed to save Mike now or I would never be able to save him. What can I do? She wouldn't have come alone, would she? No she's not stupid enough for that.

Or she could be…

Jane had just walked into the clearing that was starting to fill up fast and I didn't smell any other vampires around the area or on her.

"Hello Mike." Jane said looking at my one true love.

I felt Mike's indecision. "Hi."

I hissed at her when she gave me a smug smile. "Mike, get behind me and don't move from that spot unless I tell you."

Mike moved. "Gwendolyn dear do you think that these sorry excuses for vampires can help you?" Jane sneered crouching slightly.

I saw Emmett crack his knuckles ready for a fight. I couldn't say I felt much different. This girl was getting on my nerves. Carlisle and Esme soon joined our little party and the fun began.

"Do you think that a sniveling piece of trash like you can keep up?" I snarled.

Emmett, of course, was the first one to run and jump with a roar, I started a thunder storm to cover up the sounds that were being made and started my concentration on the lightning bolt that would wipe Jane off the face of the earth.

But while Emmett was great in the strength department his finesse was something to be desired. He went down in pain and Rosalie and Esme tried distracting Jane while Jasper, Alice and Carlisle started on their own maneuvers.

Jasper was trying to find the best way to get to Jane without her seeing him, while Carlisle helped Alice go for another direct attack at Jane.

Rosalie went down after Emmett got up and tackled Jane. Jane jumped put of reach into a nearby tree and then went after Alice and Carlisle.

Jasper went after Jane but she had hundreds of years experience over his and she ended up spinning him over and kicking him in his stomach to the ground.

I heard a loud crack as Jasper landed on his back but he got back up again and went at it. Alice was always one step ahead Jane but also one step behind as Jane was always out of her reaches, being familiar with Alice's power.

I was starting to get depressed but I was also close to getting my lightning bolt to the right amount of power. I tried to keep check that Mike was always behind me as I kept an eye on Jane just in case she got past my defenses.

But nothing in all of the world could have prepared me or what happened next.

Jane faked left and got past Esme and Carlisle coming towards me. Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper ran after her but Jane had gotten them all to their knees with one glance.

I turned ready to get Mike but I was too slow. By seconds she had grabbed him and had her lips at his neck.

I felt time freeze. No, she had gotten to him…this couldn't be happening. It just couldn't. I took a step forward in shock. But Jane smiled and licked her lips making my whole body turn to stone.

"No, no, no Gwendolyn. You wouldn't want me to hurt your precious toy would you?" Jane kissed his neck and I saw him shudder in disgust.

I felt pure rage fill every part of my body, leaving no room for anything else, but I couldn't go to Jane and kill her in a slow painful death like she deserved. Mike was too close. I could never hurt him.

So I bottled my rage. "What do you want Jane?" I snarled.

My hair was whipping around in the wind as I glared at the body of pure evil holding the best thing that had ever happened to me in her claws.

"It's not what I want, it's what Aro wants." She laughed. "And Aro wants the Cullens…dead."

I heard gasps behind me and I turned. All of them were watching me. I knew they were all wondering what I was about to do. I didn't really know myself.

True, Mike was my one true love, but the Cullen's took me in when I was running form the most dangerous covens in the world.

I fell to my knees, it was too much pressure. My life had never been so difficult before this. It was easy, kill some vampires, eat a meal and do whatever I wanted for an eternity. Some would call it bliss. If I could just go back to that time…

I stood up slowly keeping my head down. It was going to be difficult but I could do it. I looked up to meet Jane's glistening red eyes

"Okay, Jane. If you give me Mike I will kill the Cullen's." I replied my voice deadpan. It would be hard…

Jane smiled in triumph and let the stunned Mike go slowly letting him stand only a few inches from her. "I knew you would see it our way."

I turned around and made eye contact with Jasper. I nodded my head infinitesimally in Mikes direction and then looked in the forest. Jasper nodded in understanding.

"I am sorry Carlisle, but this is the only way." I said quietly pleading with my eyes for him to see.

Carlisle eyes widened only the slightest bit. "Gwen, I hope you know how disappointed I am."

I nodded. "I know, but I have to do this…NOW!"

I spun around and concentrated all my energy on the spot that Jane was on. The lightning bolt streaked out of the sky and hit its mark lighting up the whole area.

I heard Jane scream in pain and then it was quiet except for the crackling of the fire on the earth.

I breathed a sigh of relief and fell to my knees once again.

I had done it. She was gone. The Volturi had no power over me any more. I was free. I could be with Mike forever without them interfering.

My head snapped up. Carlisle and Esme were talking quietly. Rosalie and Emmett were kissing, and I couldn't see Alice and Jasper.

"Where's Mike?" I asked aloud.

All eyes turned to me and then to the forest where Alice and Jasper where walking out of. Jasper looked a little worse for ware with charred clothes and his hair was smoking but other than that he looked fine.

But I couldn't say as much for the body he was carrying.

Jasper stopped in front of me and handed me Mike's charred body.

Half of his shirt was in ash.

His face was burnt.

He wasn't breathing.

I stopped breathing altogether and collapsed for the third time that day holding Mike in my arms.

He was so light.

Like a feather.

He was just a human and I had ruined his life because I was selfish.

I should have just let Mike live a normal human life and tried to get myself killed like Edward had tried.

I should have done everything in my power to keep what happened from happening. He was…he was…

"Dead." I whispered.

The storm over head turned into a torrent of water raining down on me and my lost love. I knew I was dead now, when he had died he had taken my last bit of hope with him.

A/N: THIS ISNT THE END OF THE STORY SOTORY DO DON'T WORRY, I PROMISE TO GET ANOTHER CHAOTER DONE REALLY FAST.