A/N: So, I know I said I'd wait for 5 reviews fr this story, but I think I've made my reviewing readers wait long enough Cough*DragonRider250, belmo18, xxQuixQuixBabix, and Amber*Cough. So I decided to update for them. You guys are awesome!

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EPOV

"BELLA!" I screamed as he shoved the long blade straight through Bella's leg.

She fell to the ground gasping, but otherwise didn't move…

I had never felt a greater fear in my entire life than what I felt now. My angel, my love, my Bella was lying on the ground, bleeding and in immense pain.

James started laughing and I growled. I could hear my family doing the same.

I couldn't take it and took a step forward. Immediately his hand was on the blade still in Bella's stomach and he was twisting it. She screamed and I stepped back.

NOW! I heard Carlisle think.

I wasn't even thinking. I just reacted.

I lunged at James while he was standing up and we slid across the floor, him on the bottom. My hands were wrapped around his throat and his were around mine. He tried to kick me off when we stopped sliding, but he wasn't going to lose me this easily.

Not after what he'd done.

I listened to the thoughts of my family for a split second to see what they were doing.

They had gotten Bella to a sheltered corner of the factory and were removing the blades.

Good. This fight's mine…

I stomped down on the upper part of his leg and heard the satisfying crunch of the bone. He hissed in pain, but he deserved so much more than that.

He shoved me off him with so much force I hit a nearby girder. I ran back over to him and kicked him in the stomach. He leaned over for a second, but then gave me the same blow, sending me into the air again.

I landed on my feet and charged him, ramming him into the wall. He grunted and punched me in the side of the head.

It made me a little dizzy and he took the chance to punch me in the stomach again. I partially got out of that one, but he still clipped me enough that I felt it.

Edward, hurry!

I grabbed the arm he punched me with and twisted it behind his back. I kept pulling it up until I heard a pop and knew I'd dislocated it.

He screamed again and punched me in the side of the face with his other hand. I didn't let go of his arm. I pulled and twisted with all my strength even though I was still dizzy from the last few blows. I spun around while pulling on his arm and heard the rip of his skin and the scream from his pain as he flew across the room.

I ran over to where he had landed and dropped his arm. He hadn't gotten up yet, but he was starting to move around again. I flipped him over so he was on his back and grabbed his other arm. I made quick work of this one by putting my foot on his chest and dropped it near the other one.

I put all my anger into his legs and they came quickly, too. By this time, James was just screaming and flailing as much as he was able to.

I knelt down next to his head and looked at him.

"Your love drove you insane. She blocked your vision of the world for so long, you didn't know what to do when she was gone. You didn't see what was wrong with her actions because all you saw was what you wanted to. Her perfection. Because of that, you thought she could do no wrong. In this, you have my pity. But you didn't learn from her mistakes. You embraced them. And for that, you will get her fate."

And with that, I reached down and ripped off his head.

I took the matches Carlisle gave me before we entered and gathered some dry wood. I put all of James into the pile of wood and lit one of the matches. I threw the rest of the full pack and tossed it in the pile as well. I put the match on the pack and made sure the wood caught.

When it did, I ran over to where my family had brought Bella. She was bleeding from multiple injuries and it looked like they were having trouble being near her, but loved her too much to hurt her more.

I got down on my knees beside her head and looked at Carlisle, not knowing what we could do.

"I see what you're thinking son, and there is only one way to save her. If you don't, then she's going to die in a few minutes."

"I- I can't do that to her. I don't want to lose her, but I don't want to curse her to live this life either." I whispered.

I felt Alice looking at me. I turned to look at her and she had an astonished look on her face.

"You would just let her go? Even with how much the two of you feel for each other?" She asked.

"Edward, if you can't make up your mind, then just think. What would she want? What would Bella want you to do?"

I know exactly what she would want. She'd want me to change her. She'd never want to just die like this. But can I really condemn her to live this kind of life?

I tried to think, but my mind kept coming back to that. She would want to be changed. She wouldn't want to die and leave us.

"Edward, you're running out of time. She's lost too much blood to last much longer. You have to make your decision." Carlisle reminded me.

"I-"

"Edward…" I looked down at Bella's face to see she was looking at me. Her eyes were barely open, but I could still see that chocolate brown in those bright eyes I had come to love.

The bright eyes that were dimming, taking my love farther away from me.

I knew what my decision was.

I lifted her arm up to my mouth and I bit Bella.

As soon as I did that, Carlisle bit her other arm. I knew what he was doing. It would take less time for our venom to spread through her body if there was more.

I looked at her face as Carlisle continued to bite her. I put my hand on her bleeding cheek and rubbed my thumb across it a few times. Then I looked down at her neck. Her neck that had been sliced twice. Carlisle had finished with the rest of her body by then, and returned to her original position.

As soon as he did I bit down on her neck, knowing he'd tell me when to stop.

Her blood was as good as I always thought it would be. Maybe better. Realizing this, I was glad I had waited until Carlisle was across from me again.

He put his hand on my shoulder sooner than I expected and told me to stop. When I started to panic, thinking I couldn't, I felt everyone else behind me, as well.

I realized just how much I loved my family just then. They gave me the strength to pull away when I didn't think I could.

I looked down at Bella's face. I couldn't believe what she had been through in these last few hours.

She had started this evening going to a beach party. She had no cares in the world. She was just an ordinary high school senior. The sun had still been up when we arrived there. Now Bella's human life was ending and the sun had just set. In three days, she'd wake up to a completely different life.

I looked around and saw that everyone was staring at Bella's poor, mangled body, deep in their own thoughts. I didn't look, though. This time was personal and I wouldn't invade it.

I could smell the fire burning and stood up. We had to leave before the humans noticed the smoke leaking through the holes in the ceilings. I picked Bella up and everyone stirred.

"We have to get her back to the house. Plus, someone's bound to notice the smoke." I said.

They stood up and we walked out the front doors, and then ran home.

***A/N: So, as I said I really need to hear from you guys on this. I have the rest of this story written and there are only going to be 12 or 13 chapters to the whole thing, so it's almost over. Now, what I need to know is this: Should I...

a) write a sequel

b) write another story (eventually going to happen anyway...)

c) continue this story at all (need to know if you even want me to finish it...)

I have an idea for a sequel, but I might write it as a separate story. I also have other ideas, so don't worry!

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