Chapter 10

Ok, here's the update. A small Volturi contingent attacked, and lost badly, being forced to retreat. Renesmee is having secret encounters with the prisoner, Alec of the Volturi, who is actually showing affection for her. Jacob tried to imprint on Ren, but Damien used his angelic ability to cancel the imprint, almost driving Jacob insane. When he attacked Damien, he was kicked to a tree, and forced to retreat as well. This chapter may be mostly wolves, because I'd have to deal with them eventually, but I'll do it my way. Do enjoy, and hope those of Team Jacob don't find all this too hateful. Ah well, such is life, right?

Inversion

Bella:

Damien had told me a little about Adam, and this would be our first meeting with his ward, Bree. I did notice that she was looking at Damien from her place, next to Adam, and she blushed whenever he spoke.

He was telling Adam, "We haven't really had too many incidents of animal attacks for a while. I'm convinced that whatever it was had nomadic tendencies. I'm still searching for the missing hikers, but I'm willing to bet that if we haven't found them by now, we won't."

Adam nodded, "That sounds about right. I do have to tell you about one fellow I've been looking for. He calls himself the toothpick killer. I'm not going to go into details as to why he calls himself that."

Charlie cleared his throat, "Would you mind not talking cases on the table?"

Damien inclined his head, "I'll ask you for that file, later."

I nudged him, "No serial cases, baby."

Damien looked over at me, "I know, I know. Easy, babe."

I caught a glimpse of Bree sighing as he said that, and I almost grinned, "So, Bree, are you going to be going to Forks High?"

She nodded, "I'm starting next week, even though it's like mid-march."

I shrugged, "That's nothing to worry about. I started at about the same time last year. It turned out just fine for me. Right, baby?"

Damien smiled, and I saw Bree looking at her plate nervously, as he asked, "Is your dinner ok, Bree?"

She whispered, "Yeah, everything's good, thank you."

He looked to me, "Well, if you like we can skip to dessert, right Ren?"

Ren lit up, "Really, dad?"

He chuckled, "Only for tonight, punishment's rescinded. Go serve yourself, and Bree, could you?"

She hurried to take her plate to the kitchen, and grabbed Bree's as well. I leaned on his shoulder, making my dad clear his throat. So, I sat up, and we moved to the living room.

Bree sat at the table with Ren, and I could see she was still eyeing Damien for a good long time, and blushed when she shook his hand as she left with Adam.

Emily Young

As I made breakfast for the pack, they were all talking about how Jacob's imprint had been cancelled out. The guys were just furious about it because it meant that their own connections could be changed too. Sam was out gathering others to actually hunt down Deputy Summers when they got the chance. They were whispering to each other, too until I looked over at them.

"There will be no whispering because there are enough secrets in this house!" I called out.

They looked over at me smugly, and continued talking. Not surprising considering that this is what had become my life the moment Sam had imprinted on me that fateful day on which Leah introduced us. I hated the turn of events because I felt like she now hated me, but I guess she was also worrying about other things with her father having his heart condition and all. Seth came in just then, and told the pack that Sam was calling them to gather at the cliffs at La Push beach.

As they left, Seth came up to me, and told me, "Leah told me to come get you, since we're going into town. Sam told her to take you, too, so you wouldn't have to go by yourself later.

"I can't do anything by myself around here." I muttered bitterly, and then saw him giving me a sorry look, "Yeah, ok. I'll be right out, ok?"

When I got there, Leah gave me a bit of a scowl, and asked, "So, are we ready, your highness?"

"That's not fair, and you know it."

She shrugged, "Hey, I'm just the chauffer, here. My opinion doesn't really matter here, so. Which market do you want to go to?"

I tried to sound casual, and said, "I was wondering if we could stop somewhere else, if that's cool."

"I'm at your service, madam pack leader."

"Would you be cool with taking me to see the girl that Jacob tried to imprint on?"

We were already on the road by now, as Seth was playing a portable game behind us, seeming to block out everything he had heard, which was good. I didn't need him listening to what I was asking Leah.

"Renesmee Summers? Why do you want to see her?"

"I want to talk to her mom. She what she did to chase Jacob away."

She shook her head, "It wasn't Bella who removed the imprint. It was the deputy, didn't you hear the guys bitching about it?"

"Well, maybe I can ask her how he did it?"

She seemed like she would've stopped the car, but she actually drove faster now, and looked at the road intently, "Are you sure you want to do this, Em?"

"He would be yours again, Leah. I don't want to be the reason you're unhappy, or to stay in this place any longer. I have no control of my life, and it's just making me feel like I want to just leave. I can't, though, because I know they will come looking for me. It is so not fair."

She sneered, "Who said Life was fair, Em? Even I didn't know what happened, and it still hit me pretty hard. By the time I tried to react, it was too late. I don't even know if this deputy can help you. Maybe it was just a fluke."

I closed my eyes, "God, I hope not. I just want to give it a try."

She looked over to me, briefly, and seemed to understand, then turned to the road ahead, "Yes, ma'am. Be there in ten."

Bella:

I sat on the couch with our daughter as Damien talked to her. He was looking rather calm, despite how he must be feeling within. He looked at our daughter again, who was pouting, her arms crossed as she regarded both of us.

"Ren, I'm going to ask you one more time. How serious is this with Alec?"

"Dad, I already told you, we haven't gotten that serious, yet."

He chewed on that a moment, and continued, "I'm trying to consider your feelings for this boy, Ren. I want to trust you, but you are making it really hard for me if you don't tell me what's going on. I can't help you like this."

"Well, dad, it's not like we've had sex, you know?"

"Are things going that way, Ren?"

"Dad!"

I put my hand on his shoulder, "Baby, let me handle this. Why don't you go talk to her boyfriend for now?"

He raised his hands in a mock gesture of covering his ears, "He's not her boyfriend, yet. God!"

Ren actually ran to hug him, "Really, dad? You're going to give him a chance?"

He hugged her back, "I'll talk to him, and see what his deal is."

"Thank you, daddy!"

He gave her a nervous look, "Don't thank me, yet. I haven't made my mind."

He looked over to me, "I'll be back. Just talk to her about the other stuff she has to worry about. Just talk to her about the physical, and body stuff, you know?"

"Dad!"

"Seriously, Ren. Your mom has to cover that stuff with you, and I can't be here for that."

I went over to him, and hugged him, "I'll handle the rest, baby. Just go talk to the guy."

He blew out a breath, and turned to Ren, "Alright. I'll be back."

As soon as he left, I put my hands on her shoulders, and told her, "First of all, I need to know how you deal with your growing pains."

She looked puzzled, and then she nodded in understanding, "Well, I get a stomach ache whenever I phase to 15. Is that what you mean?"

"That just means you have to keep your body at a certain age so you don't have to go through that so much. So, you can stay in this body, and let it grow naturally to your full-grown state, or you can pick your age, and stay there."

She gave me a serious look, "Were you 17 when you met dad?"

"Yeah, about there."

She phased to her 17-year-old body, "There. I'll stay like this. Mom, does this mean you won't be able to home-school me?"

I shrugged, "Actually, we'll have to, now. You won't be able to go to an elementary, but once you're done with that, we'll send you to Forks High. We'll have to register you as my sister, or something."

She giggled, "That'll be cool."

We heard a knock at the door, and when I opened it, I saw 2 girls I hadn't met before. Both of them were college-aged, but one of them had a large scratch on the right side of their face. There was also a teenage boy behind them.

"Are you Bella Swan?"

"Who wants to know?"

"I'm Emily Young, and this is my cousin, Leah Clearwater, and that's her brother, Seth."

"Great. So glad we got through that."

Leah rolled her eyes, "Told you this would be a waste of time."

I looked between them, "What's this all about?"

Emily took my hand in both of hers, "I need to know how you were able to free your daughter from being imprinted on."

Leah nodded when I looked to her, as I said, "You both better come in."

The three of them walked in and Ren looked at them curiously, as Emily walked up to her.

"Did you see Jake when he imprinted?"

Ren made a face and looked at me over Em's shoulder, "What's she talking about mom?"

She put her hands on Ren's shoulders, "How did you get rid of the imprint? I heard your dad did something, but I'm pretty sure you might have something to do with it, too."

Ren pulled back from her, "Mom, this girl's weird."

I shook my head, "Be nice, dear. These are guests."

Seth looked up from his game, "Hi there. Seth Clearwater."

Ren smiled politely, "Good to meet you. As for whatever you're talking about, I don't know anything about it. I was out cold. My mom would know."

Emily looked gloomy, "I just want to know how she got out of it."

I walked over to her, "Have a seat, why don't you?"

Once they obliged, she explained, "I've had to deal with this for years, now. I thought that if someone found a way out, there would be hope for me, you know?"

"Well, actually, my fiancé was the one who cancelled out whatever Jake did to her. I could do it, too, but since I'm only part angel, it wouldn't be so clean. I might end up just driving him nuts, or he might just blow his brains out if I do it wrong."

She reached forward to take my hand again, "That's good enough for me."

I cleared my throat, "You don't get it. I could do it, but mine would have adverse effects. It might just end up killing your boyfriend."

Her gaze was intent now, "I'm telling you, now, I don't mind. It might be the only way I can leave."

"Just a moment, ok?"

I heard Charlie arrive, and he saw the newcomers as well. "Hey Emily, Leah, Seth. Good to see you. What's up?"

I got up and pulled my dad aside, "Dad, I think we might have some kind of abuse case going on here. I don't know the details, yet, but this really stinks."

He became pensive for a moment, and turned to me, "I'll try talking to them."

I nodded, "Dad, they want to talk to Damien, but I'm not sure how he'd be able to help. I'm going to see him with Ren. Could you just talk to them?"

He gave me a gesture to go, "Well, get back as soon as you can. Maybe, we can get them to fill out a report."

I looked back at Emily, "She looks like she really needs to talk. Do you think you'll be able to help her out with all that?"

"I'll give it a go."

"Thanks, dad. Come on, Ren."

I called Damien, and told him I was on the way, as Charlie sat down to talk with the girls.

Damien answered, "Great, I need you two here, anyway. Get to me ASAP."

Damien:

I walked into the cell where Alec was being kept, and took a chair to sit in front of him, just after I relieved the guard that was watching him. He gave me a nasty glare as I sat down.

He sneered, "What do you want?"

"Well, you see, that's what I want to know. I've just been informed by a very close friend that my daughter has been seen making rather romantic advances on you."

"What's that to me? She's a stupid little girl who doesn't know what she's getting herself into."

I nodded, "Right you are. With that in mind, she is currently in confinement in the cell adjacent to this one."

He heard Ren scream, "No! Leave me alone! What do you want?"

I watched as his face seemed to drop the façade of his cold exterior, "What are you doing to her?"

I shook my head, "Well, you see. She's a traitor for actually consorting with you, as I'm sure you understand."

He heard her scream more, and as I turned my back, he yelled, "Leave her alone, now!"

"Why should I?"

"She's your daughter! You can't be serious! Leave her alone!"

I turned to regard him over my shoulder, "I would gladly give the life of my daughter to save this world. It's a worthy sacrifice. The good of the many and all that, right?"

"I'll tell you whatever you want to know! Please!"

I turned to him now, "What would you give to save her?"

"Please! If you kill her, you'll find me coming back from Hell to deal with you, and everyone here!"

I yawned, "How mellow-dramatic. Do you realize that you're in a very terrible position at the moment?"

"Let her go! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!"

"Everything?"

We heard more of her screams, and he actually called her name, "Renesmee!"

I pulled up my cell, and dialed a number, "Alright. It's done, bring her in."

He looked up, his face still stricken, "You were toying with me?"

I shrugged, "I needed to see what you would do. I'm pretty convinced that you do care for my daughter, and that takes a lot for me to admit."

Renesmee came in, and ran over to him, "Alec! Oh my god! Are you ok?"

He looked confused, "Am I ok? Weren't they just torturing you?"

She looked to me angrily, "Dad, was that really necessary?"

I met her gaze evenly, "Completely. I will allow you to have a moment alone. I must tell you now, though. Once he leaves this cell, all your meetings will be supervised every time, do you both understand me?"

They both looked to me, "Yes, sir…"

With that, I left and found Bella with a serious look, "We need to talk."

Emily:

I talked to Chief Swan, and I told him about how the past few years had been going with Sam. I tried to tell him that there was nothing he could do, but that was when Sam came in with Quill and Jacob.

Sam grabbed my arm, "What the hell are you doing here, Emily?"

Charlie stood up, "Hey, easy now. There's no reason for anyone to be treating a lady like that."

Sam growled at him, "Stay out of this, Charlie!"

Chief Swan shook his head, telling him, "There is no need to take that tone with me. Hey, where are you taking her?" He followed us out as Quill and Jacob dragged Seth and Leah out with me.

I heard Billy Black speak up, and I closed my eyes in dread, "He's right. This isn't your problem, Charlie."

"Yes, it is, especially if Sam came onto my property to forcibly remove a girl who clearly did not want to go with him. This is trespassing, and I'm pretty sure there are a lot more charges I could name."

I heard the low multiple growls of the wolves as they came in to surround us. I saw Charlie look up, reaching for a weapon that wasn't there. Before he could do anything, I looked to Sam and told him, "I'm coming with you. It doesn't have to get nasty."

"Emily-" Charlie tried to say.

I looked at him, "It's ok. It was worth a shot. Thank you for listening."

I was put into Sam's car, and he drove away, now yelling, "What the hell did you tell them, Emily?"

"Doesn't matter."

"Of course, it does. Do you realize what you could've done to the pack?"

"Doesn't matter."

"Ok, shut up, then. We'll talk at home, and you better tell me everything, or we will have to force it out of Seth or Leah."

I turned to him, "You leave them alone! They weren't part of this. They only came with me."

He turned his contorting growling face to me, "SHUT UP! I'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER, I SAID!"

I turned away, "It's my fault. I'll tell you whatever I said. Just leave them alone."

He calmed down a bit, but I could see he was still breathing hard, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that you have to understand my position. If the tribe gets any attention, it'll bring a whole bunch of trouble the tribe doesn't need. You understand that, don't you?"

Resigned, I said nothing.

"DON'T IGNORE ME! I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!"

I shook my head, "I'm sorry. I'm listening."

He continued on about how he was trying to protect the tribe, and how the police would just complicate everything if brought into it. I didn't hear much after that, because I fell asleep shortly after. I suppose he didn't bother to wake me because he was relieved just to get me back to the house, where he could control me.

Seth:

Sam was putting his face into mine, he was shouting, "What did you tell them?"

I pulled back, "I didn't say anything."

He turned to Leah, "Why did you take her there?"

She snapped at him, "Because I wanted to!"

He growled into her face, "WHY?"

I spoke up now, "Think of what you're doing to her, Sam."

Sam turned on me and raised his hand, "YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, YOU LITTLE PUP!"

Just then, my dad came in and told Sam, "You leave my kids alone. You're scaring them."

Sam turned on him, his face became huge and black as he roared at dad, "YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, OLD MAN!"

Sam struck him, making Dad fall back, and reach for his chest as Sam changed into a full wolf in my living room. I didn't care anymore. Leah and I rushed over to him.

"Dad? Dad!"

He looked up at me as Leah held his head, "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you from all this."

"Don't talk, dad. Just lay still ok?" Leah tried to soothe his chest as my mom came into the house.

Mom called, "What's going on here, Sam?"

The wolf roared at her, and she ran over to us, "Harry? Harry, come on!"

My mom was talking about getting him to the hospital, but instead my dad died right there as Sam stood on all fours in the living room, snarling at us.

Leah stood up, and she phased into a large white wolf, and I found myself doing the same as we stood against Sam.

I could hear him now as he seethed, "You would stand against me?"

Leah snapped her jaws at him, "Get out!"

"Do you realize what I am now that you've phased?"

She put her face in his, "We are not in your pack, Sam!"

"Of course, you are, now that you're one of us!"

"Shut up, and leave! You're not welcome here anymore!"

He raised his head to the air, "Fine! Seth, come on!"

I snapped my jaws, too, "I'm not going anywhere with the guy that killed my dad, so no!"

He growled at me, and tried to snap at me, but Leah bit him on the neck hard, drawing blood. He howled and pulled back trying to shake Leah off, but couldn't. She held on until he finally started pulling back to the open door. He roared as his head swung from side to side to shake Leah off. She finally let him go so he could leave, and as he left, we both went back to our human forms. Sam did too, but his neck was bleeding badly as he yelled at us, "You know what you've done?"

Mom was crying, but she kept her voice low, and hateful. I'd never heard her so angry, "Get out, already. You killed my husband. You've done enough."

He shook his head, "I can't leave without the two new members of my pack."

Leah stood in front of my mom and me, "Get lost. We're Omega. Deal with it."

As Sam left, we all went to my father, and called an ambulance as we watched him until the authorities arrive. Leah was making another call.

"Leah, what's up?"

She looked at me, "I'm calling Bella. She needs to know what's coming."

I looked at her, "What do you mean?"

She just looked at me, and waited for Bella to pick up on the other end. I could now read her thoughts. She had seen why Sam had sent a pack to Charlie's house to find Damien and rip him apart. They were also ordered to kill Charlie if he got in the way.

Charlie:

I looked around, surrounded by wolves, and Billy seemed so calm it was disturbing. I looked to him as Jacob shoved Seth into one truck, and Leah into another, and I could've sworn that I had never seen either of those kids so scared in all the years I'd known them. The trucks left, and they both looked out at me, so frightened.

"Billy, what's going on?"

"Nothing you need to worry about. This is family business. Just go back into the house and call for your deputy, right now."

"Why would I do that?"

"Your deputy has interfered with us, so you're going to call him now so we can settle some business with him."

"I'm not going to do that, Billy. I don't know what's going on, but this is getting kind of scary."

I felt one of the wolves nudge me roughly into the back.

Billy now spoke in a grave tone, "This is not your concern. This is between us, and Bella's friend."

"Well, I want to know why you're wanting me to call him here with all these wolves here."

Billy sighed, "We're going to tear him apart, Charlie. I tried to let you leave, but you're not giving me a choice."

I reached into my cruiser and pulled out my pistol, "You're going now, and you won't touch my son, or my daughter! Now leave!"

Billy waved a hand at one of the wolves and I felt one of the wolves right behind me. The wolf's breath heavy and stinking as it opened his mouth, and its teeth rubbed against my shirt.

I was ready to die at that moment until I heard the Impala's motor revving as it drove off the road and onto my driveway. I heard the radio go on at maximum volume, as I heard "Rock of Ages" from Def Lepard.

Gunter glieben glauchen globen
All right
I got something to say
Yeah, it's better to burn out
Yeah, than fade away
All right
Ow Gonna start a fire
C'mon!

Bella got out of the car, "Sorry guys. I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

I heard Damien's voice, as he called out to them, "Stand down, now!"

The wolves whimpered as they lowered their heads to the ground. Bella ran to me with Ren, and a new kid wearing a long black robe.

He spread his wings, and in a quiet voice. He swept his eyes at them, and told them, "I hereby relinquish your Imprint."

They howled at that, loud and rather painful one. It was like listening to them howling in mourning.

He commanded them, "Now go!"

They ran into the woods, as Damien walked up to Billy, "I want you to leave now, too. Don't come back. You're not welcome here."

At that moment, I saw the Cullens also arrive with a red-haired girl and some local kid as they stood next to Bella.

The big one called to Damien, "You ok, dude?"

"I got this, Emmett. Thanks for showing up."

He looked to me, "Charlie, this is our first and last line of defense. These are our friends."

I looked around at everyone as they all surrounded the house in defense mode, I guess, while the redhead talked to Bella, "It's a good thing you called us."

Bella smiled, "Thanks for showing up. Take shifts, and keep up the perimeter."

I looked at her as she walked over to me, "Bells, what is all this?"

Damien came over to join us as Billy left with one other fellow, and told me, "I think it's best if we discuss this inside."

Bella:

It would've been inevitable that Charlie would find out what was going on. I started from the beginning, from the point where Edward saved me from the truck, and I went briefly through his attempted courtship on me. I told him about what had actually happened in Italy, and about how they had almost killed Damien. I also told him about how I wanted to find a way to turn the tables, and finally, I told him about how Alec had developed a relationship with Renesmee.

He looked at the two of us, and looked so sad, "You two have been trying to go through all this alone?"

I shook my head, "We weren't alone, dad. We had each other. It was how we survived everything for so long."

Edward spoke up, "They have us now, too."

He looked over to Edward, and told him, "I don't want to hear a word out of you, understand me? You placed my daughter and son into a very dangerous situation and for that, I will never forgive you. For now, be glad that they are both willing to let you stay around them at all."

Carlisle spoke up, "We would protect them with our lives, Charlie. You must know that."

Charlie shot him a look, "I almost just got torn apart by a bunch of werewolves, just a moment ago. How do you think that makes me feel about vampires?"

Victoria quietly added, "I'm sorry about placing your daughter in such peril. You must know, however, that your daughter has given me a reason to fight. I don't think I would've come this far without either of your children."

My dad let out a deep breath, and placed one hand on her shoulder, "Thank you for protecting my daughter."

She shook her head, "Thank you for bringing her into the world. None of us here would've come this far without her."

Damien placed his hand on my dad's other shoulder, "She's right about that, you know? I don't know what I would've done without her."

Dad sat down, "Alright. So, what's the plan?"

Damien looked to me, "Alec here wants us to reason with the Volturi. He thinks there might be some way to come to an accord of sorts. Ren agrees, and she wants to help him try. We're willing to back her play, but we're ready to strike if negotiations fail."

Alec shook his head, "They won't. Aro is very reasonable."

Marcus looked over at him, "I'm sorry, my boy, but you don't know Aro as well as you think. You have to know that, right now."

Alec turned to him, "I'd like to try. I owe him that much. Besides, my sister is still over there. I can't just leave her after all that's happened."

Just then, we heard another voice, it was Adam, "Are you all having a party without me?" He spread his wings, as well.

Damien looked to him, "Adam, are you in this, too?"

"Hell yea. I've been looking for some payback against vampires."

I looked around at everyone, "So, what's the plan?"

"Guerilla tactics, babe. We might need to use the town as cover."

Charlie nodded, and said, "I can sound an evacuation, and tell everyone there's a gas main scare under the city that just got called in as a bomb threat. I'll tell the other troopers to clear everyone out."

I put my arm around my dad, "You might need to go, too, dad."

"When do you think they'll get here?"

I took a guess, "Probably in a week. So, wait on the evacuation call."

We heard Leah telling us, "Would you help us, first?"

I went over to her, as she cried, "Sam…he killed our dad, and he's got Emily."

Adam told my dad, and Sue Clearwater to stay with a contact of his, who ran a junkyard, just out of the city. His name was Ash Stamos, and he had actually changed his name to that. He had known all about the wolf and vampire activity in the area, and had chosen to remain in solitude. Another casualty of the fight around my house had been my truck, which Emmett and Rosalie had agreed to fix. I told them to do everything they could for it, and at least give it a new paint job. Edward had offered to give me one of his cars, but I told him not to worry about it. Damien and I had the Impala. Leah had a plan, she would go into the woods to find Sam while Damien and I got Emily out of the house where she was being kept. She was going to challenge him for leadership of the pack, and Adam would cover Leah to make sure it was a fair fight. Just before he left, Adam gave Leah a sample of his blood. He then followed her, since he was armed with a sniper rifle equipped with silver bullets. Seth was to stay with his mother at Ash's.

Damien and I went to the house where Emily was being kept, and were met with resistance as the wolves gathered in front of us.

We looked at each other a moment, and were about to charge when we heard another voice, it was Alec, "Let's do this the easy way, shall we?" black mist emerged from his hands, engulfing them. When the smoke pulled back, the wolves, that stayed to guard, were all on the ground, lying limp. I went in to get Emily, and she sat in the back with Ren and Alec. We took them to Ash's and told Ren and Alec to stay with Charlie, Sue, and Marcus. Victoria and Riley lead our troops into the woods, leading the active wolves to chase them, as Leah searched for Sam. We made sure do our part in baiting the wolves. Before we parted, we held each other.

"You ready?" he asked.

I gave him a dead serious look, "All that damn training, I better be."

He chuckled, "Yeah. I know you are. Good luck out there, babe."

I pulled him in for a kiss, "Good luck, yourself, hotshot. Don't make me come in and drag your ass out."

"Oh, I know you will, but I'll be fine…and babe?"

"Yeah?"

"Kick some ass."

We parted, and ran into the woods, looking for trouble.

Leah:

I found Sam by the logging yard, but he had at least two more wolves with him, waiting. I saw Bella come out from one end, and Damien came out from another direction. The wolves gave chase, but Sam stood his ground. As he watched them leave, he turned his muzzle to me.

"Come on out, Leah. You know now, I'll just have to kill you."

I snapped my jaws at him, "You can try, but it's going to be a very painful dogfight."

We charged at each other, and I took hold of Sam's pelt, just above his leg. He tried to snap his jaws around my leg, or any of me that was exposed. He tried to raise his massive paw to rip out my jugular, but I wasn't there. I hadn't expected Adam's blood to give me such strength. I realized then, that his blood had made my wolf form stronger, and I realized that it was the angelic magic that had given all of us the power to protect myself. We continually clawed at each other, trying to get in any blow that would knock the other out. Finally, I opened my jaws wide as he tried to bring one paw down on my muzzle. I took the paw into my mouth, and bit down hard, drawing blood in torrents. He howled, trying to bite at my neck too. But I turned my muzzle up just in time to bite at his jugular. He gave a strangled growl and I bit into the bottom of his muzzle as well. I snapped my jaws onto his muzzle over and over, making him pull back. One of the wolves tried to come to his assist, but Adam shot him in the leg. After a long and tiring battle, we both phased back into human, but I was the only one still standing as he rested on his hands and knees.

"This means nothing, bitch."

A wolf came out of the woods to attack me, and Bella appeared out of nowhere, kicking it away. "I got you covered, Leah."

Damien walked out of the woods with the other wolf, totally knocked out, and phasing back into Quill. He walked over to Sam, grabbing him by the back of his bleeding neck, "You're not going to phase, anymore."

The wolves of Sam's pack now gathered to see their fallen leader, and looked to me as I phased one more time.

"Let this be my decree. I am Alpha now. I decree that you can imprint on the person of your choice. However, you must have consent of that person first, and they must not be under 15. One more thing, anyone forcing their imprint on someone, like Sam, will be exiled, or destroyed by me, or the angels. No exceptions."

The wolves that decided to stay gave a howl in reply.

Chief Swan's squad car pulled up just as I phased back into human. Damien took off his coat, and wrapped it around me. Charlie pulled Sam from the ground, "Sam. Why, fancy meeting you here."

Sam gave him a vicious look, "You have no idea what you're dealing with." He stood up, waving his hands in the air and roared, but didn't phase. He looked confused, hurt, and tried it again. Charlie, though, grabbed one of his arms, and slapped the cuffs around it. He pulled it behind his back, and then pulled the other arm into the cuff.

Charlie led Sam to the car, "Samuel Uley, you are under arrest for the murder of Harry Clearwater, as well as the abduction of Emily Young. The families of both are pressing charges. There's also assault, battery, kidnapping, trespassing, aggravated assault on a police officer, attempted murder. You're going away for a long time."

"You can't arrest me. This land is ours."

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to you by the court. Do you understand these rights as I have read them?"

Sam yelled at Charlie, "You can't do this to me. Billy will bail me out in a week."

Charlie shoved him into the car, "Oh, well he's under arrest too, as an accomplice to obstruction of justice, as well as concealment of domestic abuse. Say goodbye to Forks, Sam. You'll never see it again." He shut the door, looking over at me. "It's over, Leah. You can go home, now."

Bella:

We saw Emily off as she got onto a bus that was California bound. She hugged us both, just as she was about to get on.

"I want to thank you, both."

Damien shook his head, "You have nothing to thank us for. You could have done this without us."

She shook her head, "No, I couldn't. I really tried, too."

He inclined his head, "Well, it was your courage that pulled us to you. You coming to talk to us, that was brave."

She turned to me for a moment, "I can see why you love him so much. I hope I meet someone like him."

He chuckled, "You'll meet someone better."

She shook her head, "I doubt that, but I'll be on the look out. Thank you for everything."

I finally hugged her, "So, what are you going to do now?"

"I'm going to finish school. I got a scholarship to UCLA. So, I'm going to be out there for a while. You know, I might not come back to Forks."

I nodded, "That's ok, though. Live your life. Be free. Send us postcards, though."

She smiled, "Oh, I will." She got on the bus, and the door closed.

I looked over at him, "Think she'll be ok?"

He nodded, "She'll be better than ok. She's got a lot to catch up on."

I wrapped my arms around his waist, "I love you. You know that, right?"

He kissed me deeply, and we heard a knock from the bus as Emily gave us both her thumbs up. We waved at her, as he said, "I love you, too, Bella. I know things have been rough, up until today, but it's all worth it, just to be here with you, right now."

I smiled at that, "Ditto."

I sat at the meeting table with Victoria covering our battle strategy for the upcoming battle. I looked over as Leah, and Seth joined us. She placed a hand on my shoulder, squeezing it as she sat on my other side.

"Do you mind if I join?"

I shook my head, "Not at all. What's up?"

She smiled, "My pack will fight with you, anytime, Commander."

I gave her a funny look, "Oh, hey, none of that."

She raised her chin up as she looked to me, "You've earned it. Whatever you decide goes. So, what's on the agenda?"

I wrapped my arm around her, "Stay and find out. Don't worry about what you missed. We'll cover it with you later."

Damien now got up, as Victoria pointed him out to take over the meeting.

Victoria approached us, "Welcome to the army, miss…"

Leah smiled at her, "Just Leah, is fine."

Sam went to prison for murder one. He's spending 25 to life in Washington State Penn, and he's made a lot of new friends. They all drag him around like their little lap dog, and now they demand to be kept informed of where he is at all times. Billy Black went to jail when the police found out that he was an accomplice to several counts of aiding and abetting several incidents of spousal abuse, as well as concealment for the past ten years plus. He was also found for concealing incidents of statutory for several members of Sam's pack, past and present. He is currently wheeling himself through the halls of a Washington State Maximum Security hospital. I heard Jacob decided to start his own pack with the remnants of Sam's pack, but they wouldn't follow him. From what I heard last, he imprinted with another girl in southern California. She was 8, and she freaked when he followed her home. Her father called the police, and he's currently spending 30 to life for possible count of statutory. The rest of the pack dispersed. Leah found new members that were only too happy to join her pack, and follow her decree. They are part of our army, now. Hopefully, we'll be ready for the Volturi when they come for us again.

This is Commander Isabella Marie Swan-Summers, we will be in contact again, shortly.

Continued…

Alright. I have managed to get the wolves to a place that's comfortable for my fan fic. Believe me, it was hard to work them in, without me wanting to deal with some of the issues. Also, I'm hoping that some people appreciated the fact that it was Bella's turn to keep a cool head, as she dealt with one crisis to the next. Feedback, comments, and such, please. See you soon. Still got some more to cover. This might be out to twelve chapters.