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-M.F.

I propelled myself out of the bed and rushed for the door when the sound of shattering glass and wall deafened me briefly.
I whipped my head around and a cold hand was at my neck, pinning me against the wall.

"Oh, God. You smell better than I remember," the vampire said before something crashed into him and we fell to the ground, his hand still clutching my neck.

"Edward, he's still holding onto her!" I heard a woman scream, and suddenly I was released. I crawled so my back was against the wall as Alice flew through the huge hole where the wall with the window looking out over the sea had been.

"Cordelia!" she screamed, coming to stand next to me before I could blink. Two werewolves were in on the fight now, dragging the rabid vampire out the way he had come.

"No! NO!" I heard him yell as they pulled him away.

It was quiet and still for a few seconds before I tried to stand up. Bella was beside Alice and I noticed Sue was standing just outside the room.

With a scream I fell back to the ground as Andre burst back into the room, Alice and Bella rebuking him as two other vampires (too blurry to identify) came back for him, this time Alice going with them.

Bella rushed over to me and helped me off the ground. I let out another scream as I felt pain rake through my right leg.

I looked down and saw and eerily long piece of glass sticking out of my calf, just below the back of my knee. It went right through my pajama pants.

"Ohmygod. Ohmygod!" I screeched, feeling hysterics begin to rise. I would have collapsed if Bella didn't have one arm around my waist in an iron grasp.

"I know, Cordelia, I know. Sue!" Bella called, forcing me to walk out of the destroyed room. "Deep breaths, Cordelia, just take deep breaths."

Sue appeared by our side as we exited the room, and Bella nodded toward the glass.

"Oh," was all Sue said. "Okay, let's put her in my room." She led the way to the opposite side of the hall, and swung open the door. "Put her on the bed face down," she instructed, all business. "Cordelia, scooch all the way up and grab a pillow. You'll need something to squeeze and bite and I would rather you do that to a pillow than to yourself."

Bella put me on the bed and I crawled a foot or so up the bed and grabbed a pillow like a good little in-pain-girl.

I winced as I felt them roll up my pants to see the wound better. "Do I need to take them off?" I asked, hoping that, even in such a painful situation, they wouldn't have to cut my pants. They really were my favorite.

"No, I think this is okay," Sue answered, rolling the pants all the way up to my mid-thigh. "Wow," she breathed, unaware I could hear her. "Bella, I need you to get some towels. And my tweezers from the bathroom along with the disinfectant. Grab the heavy-duty first aid kit from the attic too." There was a strange breeze and then Sue was talking again. "Thank you. I need you to hold her down while I remove the main glass."

I felt hands press down on my right leg and back, and braced myself for what came next.

"One, two, three!" Sue counted down, yanking on the number three. I bit down on the pillow and stifled a scream.

"Okay, good. It looks like it came out mostly in one piece. Cordelia, this next part is going to sting quite a bit."

I did my best not to make a sound, but a whimper or two came out while Sue was digging through my wound with tweezers, retrieving every last little piece of deadly glass. She dug deeper, mumbling, "I see you…" With an "Aha!" she yanked out the piece she had been chasing, and I screeched.

I felt a cold and on my back as Sue began to apply the disinfectant. Then, she wrapped up my injury and said I was all done.

"About six inches long, straight down your calf, and a half inch wide. Your wound, I mean," Sue said, gesturing to the pile of glass on the bed beside her.

I heard a cough at the door and looked up to find Seth standing there, a pained expression on his face. I rolled down my pant-leg as he walked into the room and Sue and Bella walked out.

"We have to go. You all set?"

"We're leaving? Why?"

He looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "The perimeter has been breached."

"You play too many video games."

He rolled his eyes, smiling. "Because I don't have enough drama in my life. Now, are you ready?"

I sighed and nodded. "My bag is all packed."

He turned and showed me that it was on his back. "Okay, let's go then."

"Where are we going?" I asked as I stepped down from the bed. Then, with a yelp of pain, I landed back on it.

Seth whirled around quickly, then saw me sitting on the bed. "What?"

"Um, nothing," I lied, standing up slower this time. I put less pressure on my right leg, the pain coming slowly.

Seth noticed my hesitation and I gave him a brief smile.

I looked down to the floor, then felt myself being tossed over his shoulder. "Seth!" I cried.

"You can't walk," he said simply, and I was very aware of the fact that my butt was very close to his face as I dangled over his shoulder.

"Put. Me. Down," I demanded with all the dignity I could muster. Unsurprisingly, I couldn't muster very much.

"Nope, don't think I will." He began to leave the room and headed for the stairs.

"Seth!" I yelled again, with the same result.

It could be worse, I thought. I'm not sure how right now, but I'm sure it could be.

He stopped at the bottom of the stairs, then Sue spoke to my butt.

"Cordelia?"

I grunted in reply.

"Wow, I didn't expect him to have to kidnap you to get you to go to Jacob's," Bella's voice marveled.

"Oh, is that where were going? I was willing to go without a fight before he threw me over his shoulder."

"You can't walk," Seth said, sounding exasperated.

"Details, details," I muttered nastily.