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Chapter 12

We all hopped into my Jeep. To get to the Cullens' baseball field, we had to go off-roading a bit. We pulled onto a dirt path, and sped through the tall trees, narrowly missing them. Q was freaking out, shouting obscenities every couple minutes. I just laughed it off. When we got to the field, which was no more than a huge clearing, I could see the Cullens' and the rest of the werewolves standing around a large bonfire. I spotted Bella, and walked over to her. It was almost comforting to know that she was in the same boat as I was. Our loved ones were here because of us. They were preparing for battle over us.

I let out a loud sigh, as Jasper gathered everyone around.

"Okay, first thing you need to know about newborn vampires is that they are very strong, but they aren't the most intelligent. They have no skills. They are like children. They will go in for the easy kill, using their brute strength. As long as you don't let them get their arms around you, you should be fine."

Q and Jake had disappeared. In their place were werewolves. I counted ten of them all together. The last I knew there were only 7. The wolves looked at Jasper with intensity.

He continued, "Now, Emmett, could you please step up here and try to attack me. You're the best example of a newborn attack."

Emmett grimaced, "I'm no newborn. I have skill."

"What I mean is that you use your strength to attack. When you're fighting newborns, you have to go at them from the sides, or do something that would not be expected. You have to throw them off. Now, try to attack me."

Emmett smiled and ran at Jasper faster than I could imagine. I could barely see them, just the blur. Suddenly the movement stopped, and I could see Jasper on Emmett's back, teeth inches away from his neck.

"Dammit," Emmett shouted.

"See what I mean. You have to go at them from the sides." The wolves seemed to nod in agreement.

Their speed scared me. If Emmett and Jasper were that fast and that strong and the newborns were stronger and faster, there wasn't a question in my mind that someone was going to get hurt or killed tomorrow. I couldn't bear the thought.

"We don't know yet," Edward said, looking at Jake, "No. I don't want to do that." He paused, then looked at Bella.

"What are you guys talking about?" I asked.

He looked at Jake, then me, "We need to place you guys somewhere safe during the fight. We know where they are coming, but if they catch either of your scents, they could change their minds and trace you to wherever you are."

I was surprised. I didn't know I had a scent that could be traced.

"What if we're here? In the field. I mean, you all will be here, right? What are the chances of us getting hurt with ten werewolves and seven vampires around? And you guys could keep an eye on us."

"Absolutely not." Edward said. Jacob-wolf growled. "That would be unbelievably dangerous. If just one of them got by us…"

"But –"

I was cut off. Jacob let out a horrific growl, showing his teeth. It was scary. For a moment, I flashed back to Emily's scars. I had never been afraid of Jacob, but I was terrified.

"Cool it, Jake." Edward said, "There is no way. I wouldn't allow it, and you obviously know Jacob's response."

"Okay, so what's going to happen to us?" Bella asked.

"Jacob thinks that you will be safe at La Push. I don't know if I'm okay with that." He glared at Jake. "Listen, if we take them to La Push, and one of the newborns catches their trail, which would be easy because Makiya lives there, the whole reservation would be put in danger, and we wouldn't know until the massacre was over."

Jacob darted off into the woods. I knew he was angry. I got a sick feeling in my stomach, like he was leaving me again.

"He's coming back. He just wants to be able to talk to everyone, not just me and the pack."

The rest of the werewolves stayed very still. They were all staring at Edward and his family, which had gathered around us right after hearing Jacob's growl. Everyone looked prepared to fight, with Bella and I standing confusedly in the middle. Jacob ran out of the woods with a face I had seen only once before. That look of anger he had during our fight. Though, it wasn't anger this time, it was frustration.

"I will tell you this, you are not coming anywhere near this god damn field." He yelled at me.

"Okay." I said, defensively.

"As for them being at La Push, it's the only place that will be safe."

Jasper spoke up, "What if we put them in the woods, some place far away enough where their sent can't be traced, but close enough we can get to them if we need to. We can set up false trails."

"What about the trail that's going to lead them straight up to where they are?" Jake questioned.

"Well, I haven't figured that out yet." Jasper said, "Now that she's looking for both Bella and Makiya, they're going to be looking for the werewolves too. There's no way we could cover up that stench."

Stench? I had always thought Jacob smelt good.

"I think that Makiya's idea is the best. If we're both in the field, then there would be no need to cover our trails." Bella chimed in. Finally, someone is on my side.

"I already said that that was out of the question." Edward said. Jacob nodded to confirm.

"You know, they might be on to something." Jasper said.

"NO!" Jacob shouted. "There is absolutely no way either of them are going to be out here."

Edward's father Carlisle, a gorgeous man with blonde hair and pale skin like the rest, spoke up, "There has to be another way. We can't have them down here. Is there a way we could confuse the trail? Take them all around the forest. Leave their scent everywhere. Throw their clothes about."

"That might work," Jasper answered.

"It will work, but only for about an hour." Alice said. "They will follow the scent to the clearing, but split up to two groups of 9, coming from both sides of the clearing. We will be victorious, but it looks like two of them will be with Victoria. She'll figure it out, but after that, I'm not sure what she'll do. It's not clear."

"I know a place where we can keep the girls. If anything changes, we will know beforehand." Edward said.

"But what if she's wrong? What if Victoria catches on quicker? I'm not going to leave them unprotected." Jacob's voice was shaking, with either fear or anger, I couldn't tell.

"Alice is rarely wrong." Edward said, "But I agree with you. I can stay with the girls."

Jasper grimaced, "You are the fastest, we're going to need you."

"One of the wolves could stay with them, that way if something goes wrong, we would know about it right away." Jake offered.

"Okay. Meet me here tomorrow morning at 7. Make sure you bring some clothes that have been worn, Makiya." I agreed, though I was terrified. I couldn't believe that it had come to this. Tomorrow morning we would be preparing for the battle. There was a good possibility I wouldn't live through it. There was a good possibility one of these people whom I cared about would die protecting Bella and I. I wondered if she was feeling the same guilt and absolute fear that I was, but I didn't have time to talk to her about it. Jake and Edward said their goodbyes, Jake looked at the pack and agreed to meet them all back at the res.

We walked to the jeep in silence. He had his arm around my waist holding me very close. He asked for my keys, and I gave them up, with no argument. This could very well be the last night I had with Jacob, and I didn't want to spend it fighting over stupid things.

"Jacob, I love you" I whispered.

"I love you too, baby." He looked at me with those pain-filled eyes I recognized from the night I was assaulted at Mike's party.

"If something happens to me tomorrow…" He placed his finger on my lips.

"Nothing will happen to you, Ki. I promise. You're going to be fine." He looked at me confidently.

"But what about you? Jacob, if something happened to you, it would kill me." Tears were forming in my eyes. I had become such a crybaby since moving to La Push, but I guess at home I had never felt about anybody the way I felt about Jacob.

"I'll be fine. Stop worrying. We can take care of ourselves."

"If I had a dollar for everytime somebody told me to stop worrying."

"You know to quote a movie, 'Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but you never end up getting anywhere.'"

"I can't worry, Jacob. I can't even wrap my head around what's going on. In the past three months, my life has changed so much. I'm in love like never before, with a werewolf, whose friends with vampires, which go to my school. And there's another vampire that wants me dead. I'm scared, 100 percent terrified. I'm scared that my friends, my family, my boyfriend are all going to be killed because someone wants me dead."

"Stop it. No more talk about this. I promised you that we're going to be fine. Believe me. Please."

I didn't want to talk about it any further. So I agreed to drop the subject. I was still scared, and would be until tomorrow night when this was all over, but Alice said that they would be victorious and who would bet against someone who could see the future?

Jacob and I arrived back at the house. He had to go meet the pack, but said that he'd be at the house bright and early to pick me up. It was almost three o'clock in the morning. I was more tired than I realized. I went in, laid down, and, before I knew it, I was sound asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I found Jacob sleeping in the chair in the corner of my room. I grabbed some clothes and snuck out of my room. I didn't want to wake him. He looked so peaceful when he slept. I changed in the bathroom and went out to the kitchen where Aunt Michelle had a big breakfast on the table. Uncle Quil had already begun to dig in.

"Where's Jacob?" she asked.

"Umm…I don't know?" I knew the rules. No boys in my room.

"I know he's in there, Makiya." Busted.

"Look, I just woke up and he was sleeping the chair. Nothing happened. I swear." I explained.

She laughed. "We know. Q explained everything."

"He better stay in that chair. I don't know if I buy the whole protection thing." My uncle stated, looking up from his paper.

Protection. So Q must have told them everything.

"Don't worry about it. He's a little preoccupied to be thinking about making a move."

I grabbed two plates of food and went back to my room. I walked over to Jake, gently shaking him to wake him up.

"What?" He jumped up nearly knocking the plates out of my hands.

"I brought you breakfast in bed, well in a chair."

He rubbed his eyes and sat back down, "Thanks, babe. I'm starving." He devoured the entire plate before I had time to sit down and take a bite.

"Damn, you were hungry." I laughed, "Aunt Michelle has more out there if you want."

"Ok, I'll be right back." He walked out to the kitchen and came back with a huge pile of scrambled eggs, two biscuits, and a three sausage links.

"Geez, you weren't kidding about being hungry. Did you leave any food for everyone else?"

He smiled, "Michelle told me to take whatever I want."

My boyfriend wasn't just a werewolf. He was a pig.

"What time is it?" He asked.

"It's six-thirty. I grabbed some dirty clothes and threw them in a bag. I'm ready when you are."

"Well I'm done. Let's go. I'll drive."

My stomach was in knots the entire way. When we got to the clearing, Edward and Bella were already there. Bella looked as bad as I felt. We quickly went to work dropping our clothes places around the forest, rubbing up against the trees, doing whatever we could to throw off our scent, or at least make it everywhere.

Jake lifted me up, and we started running. Jake wasn't nearly as fast as Edward. We ran for about 45 minutes until we reached a small meadow. It was beautiful. Jake pulled out a tent from his backpack. The guys went to work setting it up. Bella and I had strict instructions to not leave the tent. Seth Clearwater would be there, in case we needed anything.

It was after ten. The dark skies looked almost eerie. It was as if they were made for a night like this. The clouds blocked the stars and the moon.

"We have to go now." Jake said somberly. "I love you so much. You're going to be fine. Just stay put. It should be all over soon."

Tears welled up in my eyes, I reached out to him. He grabbed me pulling me into his arms. He kissed me passionately. I never wanted to let him go.

"Jake, I have never cared about anyone more than you. You are my whole heart. Please be careful. Once for yourself, twice for me. I love you."

"I will. I promised, remember. I've never broken a promise."

He kissed my forehead and darted off into the woods. Edward was gone too. Bella and I found each other in the dark. We hugged, sobbing on each other's shoulders. We were two girls alone in the dark, praying our boyfriends would come back alive, praying that we would be alive to see them again.