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Chapter 12: The attack
We all spent two hours comforting Tanya's sisters. They were truly besides themselves with the news that not only had their sister betrayed the family but she was going to kill them to boot. They felt guilty that they hadn't seen it before. The fact that Tanya was off her rocker had totally missed them. Well not totally.
They had caught her at times, talking to herself, to some one named Edward. When they asked what she was up to she simply said nothing. They were sorry for not making the connection. They didn't know what to do. Neither did I, Tanya had slipped her rocker but I hated the thought of having to kill her. I would though, without hesitation.
Kate and Irina went out side to decide if they should stay or not. They couldn't bare the thought of having to kill their sister. They were thinking about the fact the Tanya had killed them in the vision. It didn't sit well with them.
I just left them with their thoughts. Carmen on the other hand was with us, no matter what Tanya was up to. She stood by her husband without a word. I could read her thoughts, she was truly sad that Tanya had gone rouge, but she could live without her. She couldn't live without Eleazar; there was no question about that. Her outlook for her mate was the same as mine. The world might as well stop turning if something happened to our significant others.
I glanced at Bella, who was sitting on the couch next to Alice. They were watching the werewolves trying to get a proper count. She looked up and I winked at her. She smiled and winked back while biting her bottom lip.
I loved her and this was one of two very real tests of the family's strength. I was proud to be by her side in all this. She made me strong. Her very presence made me think that nothing could stop us. If my dead heart could beat it would pump faster and faster at the thought of us finally being married and together forever. That in it's self was something to fight for.
"There are about twenty-seven wolves in the clan-pack. I'm guessing that the Shaman's brother is the only one with special powers, but I could be wrong. Carlisle, it's crazy but they act just like normal people." Alice said to my father. She was having moral issues with having to kill off a whole clan of werewolves. Carlisle was having the same dilemma, but got over it quickly at the thought of Esme tied alone in that room.
The thought of them even putting their hands on her was enough to send him over the edge. "Alice, they are not thinking of us in the same way. They are going to attack and kill us tonight if we don't have a plan. I know that we are normally very peaceful people but, my sweet daughter, they are not going to let us just exist. They want us eradicated. We have to stop this before any others get hurt after us."
He spoke the truth but only in half. He didn't want anyone else to get the revenge that should be his. He wanted the blood of all of them. This was not the mild mannered Carlisle that I had come to know, love, and respect. This man before me was not just a father figure a loving husband and town doctor. He was a true vampire. For the first time in his long life he let his monster take the charge and he wasn't going to pull it back until this threat was over.
I can't say that I blamed him. They were ultimately after my Bella. I would kill just as many as my father to keep her safe. And if the Volturi didn't have it coming, they did now. It was time to end their tyranny. It would be a pleasure to rip them to shreds.
Alice looked at him with shock on her face, "Shouldn't we even try to talk to them. I mean they made a deal with the…"
But Carlisle cut her off. "They didn't just call us on the phone to tell us they knew we were here, Alice. Do you remember what Seth looked like when they threw him through the window? They did send us a note or even flip us off as they drove by. They nearly killed him, worse than that they tortured him for two days before they threw him away. Then they decided that wasn't enough, they kidnapped your mother, my wife, and tied her to a chair with chains. So no there will be no talking. I'm tired of people thinking that my family is weak because of our lifestyle. Aro thinks that I'm building an army to destroy him, and you know what? He wanted a fight, he has one." With that he got up and walked way from us.
Alice looked at Jasper, who had been controlling Carlisle's anger through the whole conversation. She shook her head and got up. She put her hand on our father's shoulder, "I'm sorry. I just thought that you would want to take the diplomatic road before the violent one. I didn't realize that you were just as angry as the rest of us. Please forgive me."
Carlisle turned around he sighed heavily and looked into Alice's blue eyes, "There's nothing to forgive. You truly make me proud, for at least considering a humane way in the first place. But do you see? There is no other way?" Alice nodded and hugged Carlisle tight.
I took this moment to ask a question that really needed to be answered. "What do these beast look like? I mean Eleazar, you're the only one to ever come across them right? What should we expect?"
Eleazar looked at each and every one of us. "Call in your wolf friend Jacob, make sure he is in wolf form. I will show you."
I nodded and walked to the door to ask Jake to join us. I thought it would be prudent to ask Sam too, so that all were aware of what we were up against. As I walked past Rosalie I heard her thoughts on the subject, "great someone call the stinky puppy, I'll get the air freshener." Rose always so bitter, but I knew that she appreciated the pack being here to help us.
"Jake" I called out the door, "will you and Sam come in here in wolf form we need a visual aid." I heard his thought before I saw him, "sure, sure, but make sure the blonde leach is there. I know she secretly wants my doggie style."
I laughed at his mental visual of Rose lusting after him. He was so wrecked. I looked out and saw one black wolf and one russet brown wolf coming out of the tree line. I turned and walked back to the living room, leaving the door open of course. I think we've lost enough doors in the last two days.
Jake and Sam walked into the house and into the living room. I started to chuckle when Jake spun around and laid right in front of Rose ass first. Then he started wagging his tail so hard that it made his lower body wiggle at her. "You know you want this Blondie." Rose hissed at the sight and rolled her eyes like she knew what he was doing. God I missed this. I had missed so much while in my twenty year coma. I promised myself to make time to catch up later.
"Okay, the werewolves are two times the size of these wolves." Eleazar began sensing the tension. "Their claws are as sharp as our teeth, but it's the mouth that we all have to be careful of. Once they have you in their teeth just struggling will tear you apart. They walk on two legs instead of the four, and unlike these wolves here their saliva is deadly to a vampire. I saw many fall just days after being bit by one. No fire and no ripping apart is necessary for them to kill us. They do that for fun. Best keep that in mind when we fight. Stay clear of the mouth."
He stopped to think, "I don't think it works the same for the shape shifting wolves though, but just in case I think that we should double up on the fighters per werewolf, more if at all possible." We all agreed. I looked at Jasper; it was time for his plan.
We all listened to the plan as Jasper relayed it to us. The vampires would choose a clearing in the woods and lead the werewolves there. The shape shifting wolves would be about ten miles to the north of us, Bella masking their scents. It would take no time at all for them to get to us when we needed them.
Zafrina would make the werewolves think that the moon was not full. Because their moon would still really be full they wouldn't change back but they would be confused as to how the moon changed so fast.
Bella would bring in heavy cloud cover and torrential rains to confuse them even more. Then Bella would mask all of our scents and we would split up with our partners. The wolves would be signaled and all hell breaks loose. Hopefully it would work without a hitch. It was a simple plan, but these werewolves were not known for their smarts. They worked on brute strength.
After all was gone over and over again, we headed for the clearing that we wanted to fight in. It was far enough from the house and town, perfect for our needs. I looked up and saw the sun slip behind the trees. It would be about two hours before the moon rose high in the sky. We needed to prepare. Damn Tanya and her distractions, I hope we had enough time. If not I really wanted to kill her myself.
"Hey I get first dibbs." I looked over the clearing and saw Bella. She smirked at me and we ran back to the house together. I wondered to myself if she had it in her to kill Tanya. "Watch me." She thought. That made me shiver. Killer Bella, Not a pretty sight to picture, But… Sexy as hell.
Alice, Bella and I walked out to the forest edge to talk to Sam. As far as we knew they were up to speed on the plan of the other clearing but we needed to let them know about the hidden scents and the fact of the signal.
Sam met us in human form right outside the trees. "Sam, we needed to go over some things with you. Bella is going to hide your scents from the lycans. What you need to know is that you all will not be able to smell each other. You will be able to smell the lycans and us till she covers us but not each other. I know how important that is for you all." Sam was nodding.
It was like he totally understood what I was telling him. I truly respected him and his leadership abilities.. "Is that all Edward?" he asked.
"No…The signal will be the word now. But… it won't be spoken but a thought. Bella will push it into our minds without alerting the lycans. Do you understand?" He was looking at Bella with amazement in his eyes, "Damn Bella, what else are you packing? Whatever, I don't want to know. We will be ready. Good luck to your family." We shook hands, "and to your." I said with real affection.
As we walked back to the house again, Bella and Alice both stopped. Their eyes looked at nothing at all. I tapped into their minds: "We were all dead except Bella. She was holding my head in her lap rocking back and forth. In the tree line something was coming for her. We had lost…"
I looked at them and questioned the vision. "What went wrong?" Bella was still and silent. She still wore the shock of the vision still visible on her face. I looked at Alice. She had the answer. "Bella, Zafrina doesn't have the power to keep the lycans confused. You have to give her a vile of your venom." Alice was right but I knew why Bella hadn't.
"I can't Alice; I don't have time to milk a whole vile. I would have to bite her to get it to her in time." Still Alice didn't see the problem. I had to explain it. "You remember the effect that it had on you and Jasper, well at all the places that Bella would have to bite Zafrina would be in close proximity. The passion would be too much to control and Bella would be in the line of fire as it may be." A light went on in Alice's head. "Really.. You mean… Zafrina would try to…"
I just nodded my head. "That's disgusting…well sort of." Bella looked appalled and I tried to do the same but I was kind of interested. That is until I felt the slap heard around the world, to the back of my head. Now I knew what Emmitt went through. I looked with shock at Bella, and then my shock turned to chagrin. She knew what I was thinking; I shrugged and walked back to the house.
"Well," I said, "we still need to do this no matter what happens."
"I guess you're right." Bella conceded.
Zafrina didn't think that I was as right as Bella did. "What do you mean that you need to bite me?" She was standing in the guest room where we had requested to speak with her. She was crouching in the middle of the room ready to attack anyone who came near her. I needed to call Jasper into this about twenty minutes ago and even he was having a hard time calming her down.
"If I bite you Zafrina you will get the power boost of your life." Bella had been trying to reason with her, but as far as it was going it wasn't working.
Zafrina was from the Amazon jungle. You would think that with all the healing solutions that they used in that part of the world this would seem reasonable." Bella, I don't know what kind of crap you are into but you are not marking me. I'm not into women."
That got my attention. She was not scared of the outcome she was scared that this was sexual in nature. I held in a chuckle, I couldn't help it. In her mind she was trying to rationalize being marked by a woman. She was homophobic, and it was truly ridiculous. I had to remind myself that she didn't know Bella that well and so of course she would react this way. She had always kept clear of Rose and Emmitt because of the rumor of their escapades. Now this, it was too much for her.
Plus the fact that we had to be shielded by Bella as soon as the topic came up. Zafrina put a picture of rotting humans after Bella and I. They were strong and going to eat us. And for some reason we were scared. Alice, and I were screaming on the floor before Bella realized what was going on and shielded us. "Zafrina, we are not trying to let Bella make you we need you to be at the top of your game. This will only help you out in the long run." I was trying to be a diplomat about all this. It was elevating to fast and it was going to blow up in our faces if we weren't calm.
Bella had different thoughts. She was truly pissed." Like I would want to mark you. You think that I want to make you my bitch? I have better things to do with my time then to plot on making you mine. I could be fucking the hell out of Edward in the shower right now, because from where it stands we lose. I would rather his cock in me right now so that I know that I had a great time before I died then wrestling with you!"
I looked around the room. Alice and Jasper were staring at Bella in astonishment, good I wasn't the only one. Emmitt could be heard down the hall," Hellz Yeah that's a great idea. Come on Rosie we have work to do." With that I heard a door slam. Well isn't that special, Emmitt gets the booty and I get to standoff with killer Zafrina. Must be my lucky day.
""What can I say? I'm a natural." I shrugged at Alice and Jasper.
As we were recovering from Bella's rant, I caught Bella's thought. Now, I'm going to bite you and you are going to let me Do you understand? Zafrina and I answered at the same time, "Yes, Bella."
Bella turned to me and smirked, snap out of it Edward. I shook my head and was embarrassed to be under her mind control so easily. Of course just the thought of Bella's bite had me shivering in anticipation.
Bella turned back to Zafrina, I guess that she was shielding me harder because I did catch the next thought but it had no effect on me. This is something that you want. Isn't it Zafrina? Zafrina nodded and stood up. She walked over and laid on the bed in the room, waiting for Bella.
Bella looked at Jasper, " I needed you to focus all of your energy on her for the next thirty minutes. I don't want her to feel a thing. Hit her with a neutral feeling and keep it there. It has to be pretty big to overcome my venom. But if you don't she will attack me sexually." Jasper and I paused, we both had images of hot girl on girl action running through our minds.
Bella cleared her throat." If you guys are finished?" I had to get out of this room. I could watch everything from my room… by myself… With the door shut. Bella had her back to me I would make my escape now.
"Edward if you touch that door knob I will not give you sex for a year." I froze, a YEAR, WHAT THE FUCK. A year is not that long for a vampire but it still is A YEAR.
"I wasn't going anywhere". I thought knowing that she knew different. But she didn't acknowledge the lie.
Bella made the first bite on the right wrist, and the intensity was instantaneous. Even though Jasper was focusing straight on Zafrina it radiated threw the whole room, he was shooting her with the biggest doses of neutral emotions I had ever felt. I bet the whole house felt it. There was calm, sympathy, compassion, anything else that you could think of. Zafrina's face was emotionless from all the emotion that she was feeling. I wondered if a person could overdose on emotion. That was a question to start a debate with my father, not for the here and now.
After Bella had both wrists and ankles, she went for the jugular veins in both sides of the neck. By this time Jasper was having a lot of trouble keeping Zafrina from sexually molesting my love. I wished there was something that I could do. Moral support was great but damn.
Bella got through with the jugular veins, and now the test. Bella looked at Jasper, "You have her right? I would hate to have my head between her legs and you let go. I have to get to her femoral artery. We are almost finished."
"Just hurry, your venom is strong I'm mentally fried." Bella didn't hesitate, she lower herself down Zafrina's body and raised the skirt that she was wearing, just high enough to get to her femoral artery. Still the action was erotic and I was getting a semi just watching. I felt bad instantly because Zafrina was in an emotional stupor. That was borderline rape. Well… sort of, anyway.
Bella did it as fast as she could. I could tell instantly that her venom was almost done with the transformation. Zafrina's skin brightened just a bit and we waited for her to open her eyes. Bella looked at Jasper and winked,
"Let her go Jasper, we wouldn't want to keep her from the best part of the transformation, now would we?" Jasper smiled and the feeling in the room shifted instantly. With an explosion that both excited and embarrassed me, Zafrina's orgasm came with the fire of hell. It was all I needed. I had to leave, sex or no sex I needed to get out of the room before I did something stupid.
Bella came out shortly and we decided to wait outside. Zafrina made her way to the tree line with the wolves and bid her ardors. Wow, I sat there and wondered why I had to be privy to that fiasco. Bella spun around and looked at me with a cocky expression on her face' "Because you were right, and it was your idea." And with that she was silent again.
The sun was setting and it made beautiful colors across the sky. The reds and oranges blended in perfectly with the blues and purples. The sun was sliding down behind the forest and all I could think was if this was going to be my last sun set then it was truly a sight to behold.
The company was a plus. I stood in the yard behind my home with my true love and friends and family. They all waited patiently for the moon to rise and the true horror of the night to present itself.
The Indian pack was already in place about twenty-five miles to the north. They were awaiting or signal. We had determined the signal would be the loss of our scents. Then they would know to circle outside perimeter. Their scents were already being shielded by Bella.
Bella's other job for right now, was to blow the wind from the south to the north, where we were. That way we would not be surprised when the werewolves came. We would be well ahead of them leading with our own scents to the place where the battle would take place. We could lay and wait for them then.
Irina and Kate had made up their minds on the circumstances of their involvement. Because of the fact that their sister was scheduled to kill them in the fight with the Volturi, they would not stay for that fight. They wanted to help with all that they could but the fact was either Bella or Tanya was going to die or they couldn't stand to see the end. After this fight they would head home to mourn the loss either way. They would wait for news.
Carmen and Eleazar were going to fight no matter what. Eleazar felt a need to finish what was started so long ago. After seeing what had transpired in the last four days he knew that if Bella had been left alone in the first place none of this would have happened. I think he needed closure.
Carmen on the other hand would follow her man to the ends of the earth if she had too. Her love for him was undeniable, but she was also very nervous to be coming up against such formidable foes. She never denied that she was scared, but her fear was overcome by her bravery. She was a very lovely person.
I loved my family. Through all that I had seen and done in my life I couldn't explain how I got so lucky. I thought back to my human existence trying to remember my family. My father was a good hard working, fair and loyal man, and that was all that I could remember of him.
My mother was a lovely woman, much like Esme. She was a loving and understanding. I could talk to her about anything. That's what I remember most. Not the conversations but that I felt safe talking to her. I remember that I loved her very much; I remembered that I respected my father, but my heart was always my mother's.
I would have to ask Alice and Bella if they could see anything in my past life. That way I could remember. It pays to have family members who can see the past and future. Right now was not the time. Something else to add to my list of things to do when and if I don't die, find out what my human family was like in the past.
I looked at Bella. She was smiling at me. I looked at her with the question written all over my face. "I'll give you your answers later, I was kind of curious myself." She thought. I wanted to ask her if she had already looked but hey… a time and a place.
Through my pondering I hadn't realized the moon rising and it was the fullest and clearest I had ever seen it. They would be here soon I could feel it. If I had a heart the still beat within my chest the adrenaline would be coursing through my veins.
As it stood I was nervous. I really didn't like the fact that Bella would be fighting in this battle. Let alone any other. Call me ridiculous if you want to. But I just got her back and this whole situation really sucked.
I went over the plan in my head. Emmitt and Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme, Eleazar and Carmen, Alice and Jasper, Kate and Irina, Kachiri and Senna, and Bella and myself made up two teams. The Irish and Egyptian covens would be here in the next couple of days, but it was okay we would need them for the next fight most defiantly.
Zafrina was with the Indian pack. She was being guarded; she complained a lot about that, she would fight when the pack revealed themselves. We needed her to confuse the werewolves and we promised her that she could show then anything that she wanted in the process. I think she's a sadist, but she also scares the hell out of me so I would never tell her to her face. This plan had to work. There was no fixing it if it didn't, we would all be dead. Not a happy thought.
Again and again I went over the plan when I caught the scent of musty earth and rotting leaves. I smelled wet fur and dirt and knew what it was. The smell was ten times stronger than the Indian pack wolves. I fought not to scrunch up my nose and dry heave.
Vampires couldn't throw up but the dry heaves hurt none the less. If I listened hard I could hear their paws hitting the ground as they approached from the south. They were quiet and if we had not been aware that they were coming we would have been caught off guard. Their ability to conceal their sound was impressive. The fact that Bella had changed the direction of the wind helped us too. If not we would have been slaughtered.
We all turned towards the sounds that sounded like they were getting louder but in all actuality were getting quieter. I was guessing that as they got closer they were being more careful. The smell was getting stronger and more repulsive by the second.
Emmitt whispered to me, "How do we kill then?" Shit with all the planning we had never thought about asking the most important question.
We all turned to Eleazar, "The way the guard did it was to just tear them to pieces and burn the parts. We all figured that if we couldn't come back from that neither could they." He shrugged.
It made perfect sense to me, messy but it served its purpose. Alice was going to be pissed that all of our clothes would be torn to shreds and dirty, but hey she got to replace them so she wouldn't complain that long. We all nodded in agreement not trusting that our voices wouldn't carry to the Lycans. That's what we took to calling them to separate our wolves from them.
The Lycans were about two miles from the house and it was time to start making the trail to the clearing. We stood next to our partners and started backing away from the oncoming horror. Before long we were at a full run.
We made sure to rub against trees to lead the way, but not too many to make it obvious. The Lycans weren't far behind us. The thoughts were erratic. I couldn't follow them. Even in my heightened state I couldn't follow, it was like nothing that I had ever heard before. It was like they didn't use their minds just their instincts. They were just following the pattern that we put out for them. Well that works in our benefit.
I could hear the snarls like they were catching up, but we were almost to the clearing. We would get there with a perfect amount of time to hide out for the fight. As we reached the clearing Bella stopped. She was ready to get this party started. Next thing I knew I could no longer smell anyone. I sprinted up a talk fur tree with Bella and the others did the same in other trees. There we waited for the arrival.
Aside from the sniffing and snarling that was coming from the Lycans there was no sounds from us. We all held our breaths and waited for the first sign of them.
We don't need to breath but it really is uncomfortable. A vampire's sense of smell is a life line for us. It lets us know what's coming. Our eyes were great but the smell let us sense what we couldn't see. But not breathing was necessary for us to keep the element of surprise.
The first lycan that entered the clearing was fascinating. He was tall, actually he was impossibility tall. He (or she for that matter) was well over eight feet tall, and stood on its hind legs. It looked like a man but with an over, over abundance of hair. The lycan was not dressed except for the fact that its fur was so thick it had no need for them. It walked on two legs and not four, but its knuckles looked like they could walk also.
I saved the face for last. I was horrified by what I saw. This beast had the mussel of a dog but with razor rows of teethe. It had drooled like that hooch dog in that movie with Tom Hanks. It's ears were large and perked, but its eye are what got me. They were black as night but there seemed to be a glow that emitted from them. It quickly shot glances around the clearing looking for its target. This beast was pure muscle. This was not going to be a walk in the park.
As I made my assessments (I'm sure everyone was doing the same) I head exploded with one word, NOW!
Okay, this was it. We had reached the point of no return.
Sitting in the tree with Bella by my side we watched as the Lycans filed into the clearing. At first when the first Lycan came into the clearing I thought that they had no rational thought. I was wrong.
The first thoughts came pouring in. Most of them were of the loss of scent. But there was one of the beasts' thoughts that stood out from the rest. The thoughts were female, in nature. "He'll be back to get us soon. When he finds him… I have to understand.. this is for the best …our kind has to survive." It was a strange pattern of thought. It could only mean one thing. The leader was not here.
I looked at Bella, "Not now Edward we will figure it out later. We have to survive this first." I nodded in agreement. This was going to suck.
The thoughts started to call the same thing right away. "THE" MOON IS GONE…WHAT IS GOING ON… WHY ARE WE STILL CHANGED?
They were getting more confused by the minute. This was the perfect time to start the first wave of attack. Bella and I slowly lowered ourselves from the branches that we were sitting in. We stayed as close to the shadows as we possibly could, moving like fluid through the dark towards our fist target. I tracked the other vampire's thoughts. They were doing the same as us, creeping through the night, not alerting our opponents the fact that we were even there.
The Lycans were all staring around looking at the full moon but not seeing it. Then some of them started shaking, cowering from some unknown foe. The howling started immediately after. In their minds they saw unspeakable things. Things that I myself was scared of seeing. I was so afraid that I let my instincts take over, I totally blocked out the horrible things that I was sure Zafrina was having a field day showing them. I needed to remind myself that she was on our side, thank god.
The others were in place, as were Bella and I. It was time, the wolves were in position. No one was getting out. This was going to be a bloodbath. I looked at our first target. I knew that I didn't have to voice which one Bella could read my mind. This Lycan was on the forest floor writhing in horror. Bella and I snuck up behind him. Bella started shaking. What was going through her mind, but before I even looked up the weather changed, wind and rain picked up. Bella was masking our sounds in order for us to make our move. What a smart, beautiful, very sexy … well let's just say that I love her.
We snuck up on the lycan and grabbed him. He was so lost in his own thought that he didn't even fight us. We each grabbed an arm and pulled. With a little exertion we ripped his arms off and as I pulled on his legs Bella pulled off his head. He was dead. Now this was fine and dandy but some of the others that didn't scare so easily noticed what we were doing. That can't be good.
They started to rush us. We needed to keep together but there was going to be no way we could double team them anymore. This was going to be one on one. "WATCH THE TEETH!" I yelled for all to hear. The element of surprise was no longer on our side. So bring it on.
They rushed us all. It was a free for all. I could hear the minds of the wolves. They were making short work of the horrified lycans. I think I would tease Jake about it later. First things first, kill then tease.
I crouched down and bared my teeth at the first creature that charged me. I tried to read it's mind to find out it's first move. I instantly knew there was going to be a problem. It's mind was pure instinct. There were no rational thoughts, just the instinct to kill. I couldn't follow his moves. I would have to move on pure instinct myself. This was not going to be fun. The beast was even uglier close up then it was far away. This creature had wild eyes. Snot running out of it's snout and drool running out of it's jaws. Messy son of a …
The beast charged me and I leapt out of the way, landing on the balls of my feet before dropping back into a crouch. Maybe flying by the seat of my pants is not so bad. I smiled at the monster. He leapt at me again and I jumped on his back. I gripped his head and road the bucking bronco. I could feel the muscles slide underneath the skin and fur. The power was almost electric.
I reached around to the front of the beast careful as I could be to stay out of reach of his teeth. I hooked my thumb under his sternum and pulled down. My nails sunk into his skin like a butter knife into butter. I felt lycan go rigid right before I heard the sound of his intestines falling to the forest floor. I knew he was suffering so for mercy purposes (not that I cared) I broke his neck and ripped it off just to be sure.
After killing two more I noticed that lycan pack was thinning out. I took time to see how everyone else was fairing. I first looked for Bella. She was finishing off two lycans at one time. Her moves didn't remind me of a animal like we so often compared ourselves to. Hers was like the Matrix. She moved like Trinity, just as fluid and just as lethal. I was in awe and proud at the same time.
Carlisle and Esme were still working on their prey. I watched and was astounded at how alike their fighting styles. They were like twin cobra snakes. Slow and deliberate. They were timing their strikes at the last possible minute.
I watched Esme more than my father. I could tell that she had a lot of aggression that had rose to the top and bubbled over. Her anger radiated off her and she killed with as much passion as she loved. She kind of scared me, so I looked for Alice and Jasper.
The evil pixie was not in my immediate eye sight so I looked for her in the minds of all around. I found her dancing around the forest with her hands and clothes soaked with blood. The killing dance of Alice, scary. Jasper was strategic, he killed with a purpose. They were going to be just fine.
Rose and Emmett we engaged in a horror film. They were both laughing and plowing down the lycans one after another. Emmett used his brute strength, throwing the lycans around left and right. When the lycans landed they were missing limbs like heads. Hey no loss there. Rose was straight out of VCW. She was a kick boxer with heels. I watched her put one of them in the head of a charging wolf. I read her mind and over and over she was picturing Jake at the end of her leg. I swear she has issues.
I didn't see a problem until I got to Eleazar and Carmen. Eleazar was using all the training that he had acquired in the guard. He moved with a swiftness that even a vampire had trouble following. In his wake was dead lycan after dead lycan. It was truly fascinating. But Carmen was opposite of everyone. I could tell that she was scared and she fought like it. She moved to slow and her strikes were sluggish. She was fighting one lycan and it had already hit her many times. She was spinning around and by pure accident she caught it's head and ripped it off. She turned proudly and looked at Eleazar to show him all that she had accomplished.
Just as Carmen turned a loud roar came from behind her. I couldn't believe my eyes. A tiny lycan, about four foot in height jumped up and tore her head from its neck. Carmen's body fell to the ground with a loud thud. I stopped, I looked at Emmett and Emmett looked at me. At the same time we both said, "A midget werewolf? What the fuck?"
In a gruff heavily accented voice the lycan acknowledged us, "They call me Nacho Libre." I almost wanted to laugh but the circumstance of his bloating was not a laughing matter. Carmen was dead.
"When the hell was somebody going to tell me that they could talk?" Emmett complained looking dejected.
I just shrugged at him, "You didn't get the memo?" Before turning my body towards the little furry murderer
Eleazar witnessed the death of his bride and went into a rage. With quickness, he ran to 'Nacho Libre' grabbed hold of his rib cage and ripped it from his chest. He them grabbed hold of his heart and whispered to him, "A heart for a Heart." And pulled it from his body still beating. The tiny lycan fell to the ground right besides Carmen's headless corpse, as did Eleazar. There he would stay for the remainder of the fight.
Looked around and watched as the rest of the lycans fought in vain like the hounds of hell. The fight was over within minutes and in front of me was such carnage that even I needed to take a breath to try to hold myself together.
Jasper and Emmett caught my attention after a few minutes. They had captures two of the lycans. I looked at them questioningly. "Bella's orders, she wanted a pair of mates to find out where their leader went." I nodded not sure if my voice would betray the worries that I had for all of our souls after this display of power.
As we started the fire to get rid of the remains of our adversaries, Eleazar came to the fire and laid his deceased wife in the flames. "Rest in peace my love; I will never let your memory die. I let you down in life and for that I'm truly sorry. Rest in peace, my love." He sunk to his knees and quietly started to sob.