Chapter 11
We stood out in the dark night, staring into the dark forest in front of us.
The wind was fierce, but it had no affect on us. My eyes wondered to all the family members. Carlisle and Esme stood close to each other looking for any signs of movement around us.
Emmett stood at the far end on my right, I watched his face as he stood like he was made of stone. He looked at ease, his arms folded over his chest.
Rosalie stood in between me and Emmett, she stood a little closer to me which was unusual, as she was always close to Emmett. Mainly to keep him out of trouble, but instead she was almost stuck to my side.
Jasper stood on my left with Edward next to him. Edward had a stern look on his face, he looked as if he was annoyed with something.
I finally looked at Jasper, who was stood only millimetres away from me. His perfect face was as stern as Edwards'. I watched as his eyes darted over every inch of the forest in front of us.
My hand gently grasped his, when I did this his eyes left the woods and looked down at me.
He gave me a reassuring smile.
"Everything's going to be fine." he whispered to me.
Why was everyone saying that? If I didn't know that everything was going to be fine then how could they know.
I didn't respond to what he said, all I did was squeeze his hand.
Surely he could feel the tension roll off me, surely he knew how I felt about this. The fact that there might be a chance that he could get hurt, or that there was a chance that I could lose him forever.
My gaze left him as I saw Edwards eyes look towards me and then back to the forest.
Edward was obviously the only one who knew exactly what was going on in my head. Hopefully he could make a bit more sense out of it than I could.
I felt so confused, I didn't know how I should feel. I didn't know what was going to happen, I didn't know if these vampires were here to kill Jasper or to kill me and take him back to Maria.
This was defiantly her work, it had her stench all over it.
Newborns doing her dirty work for her.
Wanting to get Jasper back and kill me for turning him into a kind and gentle creature who didn't hurt humans anymore, or wanting to kill Jasper for leaving her for me.
Either way it spelled out bad news either way.
I was so grateful at this point in time that I wasn't human, if I was all this stress in my head would have brought on a heart attack.
But still, even though my heart wasn't working fully, it was still under attack.
I'm sure a stroke wouldn't be as painful as what I was going through now. I shook my head and tried to regain my focus as the scent of the newborns and the leader got stronger.
The tension in the air was thick. My eyes became more focused as the outlines of the newborns came into view.
They walked out of the trees and revealed themselves.
They stopped only a few yards away from us. The leader looked over us all carefully.
He was just as big as Emmett was.
His eyes set on Jasper, his mouth lifted up in the corners. There was a loud hissing coming from the newborns as they grew more and more impatient.
Seven Vs seven.
The wind blew across my face, then, they lunged forward.
Emmett, Edward, Rosalie and Jasper all lunged towards them at the same time. There was no time to think about tactics, it was all or nothing. Thinking on my toes wasn't really my strong point as I usually knew what was going to happen, which normally gave me time to plan.
But there was no time to think of anything as a newborn charged towards me.
I only had my instincts to guide me now. I dodged out the way of the small newborn, he could of only been 15 or so when he was changed. but it didn't bother me as it should have, because either way he was here to hurt Jasper.
I jumped over him as he stumbled slightly, turning on my foot I grabbed his neck and slung him over my shoulder towards the trees.
I looked around me quickly to see how the others were, I would of helped them but the newborn had made a recovery and ran full pelt at me.
I stepped to the side as he ran passed me. Before he got away I grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground.
He cried in pain as I put my foot on his chest and wrenched his arm off.
I threw his limb towards the woods and grasped his neck in my hands, twisting it harshly off his body.
I quickly ran towards Jasper who was fighting another newborn. As I ran up to Jasper, he shredded the newborn to pieces.
I looked around and noticed that the leader wasn't there.
The number had decreased, as Emmett wrestled with the biggest of the newborns, Rosalie and Esme battled with a small red headed newborn, whilst Edward and Carlisle took down the last two.
Me and Jasper stood searching the darkness for the leader. He was a big guy, but he was very good at disappearing.
He hadn't run off because his scent was still fresh in the air. He was close. But how close?
I suddenly found out, as I was thrown to the ground.
I hit the ground with a loud thud, it didn't hurt but it had taken me by surprise. I lifted myself onto my knees as I looked for the reason for my falling. At that point time froze.
I realized it was Jasper who had thrown me to the floor.
He'd pushed me out of the way, I then saw the leader land on top of Jasper.
Jasper had put himself in danger to save me. This all happened so quickly, yet I saw every detail in slow motion.
I saw the leader land on Jasper. I saw Jasper land on his knees with the leader's arms wrapped around him, almost trying to crush his bones.
I saw Jasper struggle under his grasp. I then saw something that struck my heart with such force that it practically shattered under the pressure. My vision came true, the leader's lips curled back over his teeth as he bit hard into Jaspers neck.
Silence filled the air, the screaming from the newborns were gone. The wind was still.
All I heard was the horrifying scream of pain that left Jaspers throat.
This happened in seconds that it almost didn't seem real. But it was, all he pain, all the hurt, everything was so very real.
The leader's teeth left Jaspers neck, and his grip loosened as Jasper fell to the ground.
