Previously…

"How would you know if you lock her in her room? Do you realize what would happen if there was a fire? She'd die because of you. Do not pin all of this on me, sir. Riley deserves to make her own choices," with that, I walked out the door. That was probably the most disrespectful I've ever been in my life. Wiping tears away, I curled into a ball outside her window. I tried to listen to what they were deciding, but my sobs were too loud. So then I ran, ran until I couldn't remember why.

Chapter14: Begin The Fight

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. SM owns all

A/N: You'll hate me after reading how short it is. Sorry. It came sooner than normal though.

Seth's POV

We paced the grounds, wondering when they'd get here. Hopefully Riley's flight took off safely. We gave her parents the tickets yesterday. They were going to be hidden somewhere in the mountains of Colorado. The wolves were even more nervous. The Cullen family could plug their ears, hopefully blocking out Alexandria's voice. We could not. I didn't need to. She couldn't control me. But I knew I'd be facing a lot of pain. We were relying on Jasper and Emmett to take care of her quickly; if not, then Bella hopefully. In the week before, we confronted her and Wyler. Bella concentrated hard enough and blocked out the sound. Edward didn't sit well with putting Bella, a decent but not great fighter, into battle on her own.

Then, we heard them. There was not going to be any stopping point like with the Volturi. It was just going to be full blown. I thought; why didn't we call the Volturi again?

We didn't trust them. Alice was afraid that if too many of us were already injured, they would finish us off and take Alice and the other gifted ones, Jake reminded us. I glanced around. Ryan was being forced to fight. If I had a say, I would have left him locked up, but nobody was there to watch him. Hopefully he couldn't break through the alpha command mid-battle.

Suddenly, a large rock wall sprouted ten feet in front of us. This was it. Hearts racing, we relied on our other senses to place them. Then suddenly, we were standing in a pool of liquid dirt. The vampires hopped out quickly, but wolves were the best of swimmers. We did our best to paddle and keep our heads above water, but it just wasn't working. As a few of the main fighters went to meet them for battle, Esme, Rose, Bella, and Ness grabbed our necks and pulled us to the solid ground. The rock wall was slowly going away as large chunks of rock were being thrown at people. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the one who turned it to water. She was sitting against a tree, her head between her hands. Sarah went after her as the rest went into battle. Then, suddenly, a large whitish wolf jumped into the clearing. Instantly, a new mind popped into our pack.

Miss me? Leah snorted, attacking Damian. I barked in approval as I headed for the most loathed one. Randall. He seemed to be waiting for me as well. For some reason, they hadn't sung yet. Maybe they just loved a good fight. Either way, it was working well for us.

"Where's your pretty girl, Seth my boy?" Randall taunted. I snapped at him. Jake reminded me to not let my emotions control my battle strategies. "You know, I think her left breast was smaller? Do you agree? Oh wait, you probably didn't-," I cut him off with a loud growl and leaped. Mid-air, he caught me; slamming me, head first, into the ground with much force. I slipped out of his grasp and bit at his arm before kicking him in the chest, thoroughly sending him far into the forest. I wanted to go after him, but then a cry made my bones shiver. Ness was panting in a headlock of one of the nameless Pirates. Jake howled, but he was busy.

So I jumped on the leech's back, biting at his shoulder. Ness and I fought together and managed to rip his head off. Just as I was catching my breath, I was aware of large arms encircling my body. I knew this move. Quickly, I jumped and fell on my back. It hurt, but it hurt Randall more.

Alice suddenly gasped. All heads snapped to her and then the body lying at her feet. Jasper's head was on the ground. A growl ripped through us. Edward was suddenly switching to Wyler, who Jasper had before. Then came the horrifying noise that haunted my nightmares.

Everyone froze. Randall had his hands pushing my jaw apart. As Alexandria continued to sing, it kept getting worse and worse. I withered away from him in pain, rolling on the grass. My howl was continuous, trying anything to block out the noise. Sadly, the Cullen family was still held into place as their earplugs didn't seem to be working. But Bella. Bella was headed straight for Alexandria before she could call out any demand to her clan to kill us. I tried to help, but my bones felt like they were shattering.

"Riley! Now!" Bella yelled before coming into contact with the vampire. She wasn't expecting this, so her chilling, raspy voice momentarily stopped, giving Alice enough time to grab Jasper's body and head and sprint to the woods. Nobody blamed her, but we just lost two good fighters for a few seconds.

I was still confused about what Bella said, but then the horrid song began to play, along with a rip. I managed to get her into view. Bella's body was torn in half, an unlit lighter dangling above us.

"Who shall it be? The annoyance or the killer?" the witch sung at top voice. Once again, I couldn't get my body under control. I wanted to die. I wanted to just die to get it to stop. Suddenly, my body shifted and I was human again. Shit! That was a bad thing, but at least it helped me block out the noise. I had control over my body, but I had to fight through the pain. I could do it! I lumbered clumsily over to the source of the music. Not expecting anything from me, she sung, "Kill the Cullens. Kill the wolves. Kill the Cullens. Kill the wolves. Save Seth for last, for he has a special treat!"

It all happened around me like a movie. They started with the Cullens. Rippp. Riiipp! Pieces upon pieces were scattered around the place as mindless zombie-like vampires did the work. Everyone was decapitated. I reached Alexandria's feet as the first wolf, Luke, had the breath squeezed out of him. No! I was late. If only I could go faster!

But faster meant more noise. More noise meant more pain. More pain meant less concentration. Finally, just as they reached Leah, I clamped my hands around Alexandria's disgusting throat and squeezed, putting her in a head lock. Instantly, the wolves were let free. Thankfully, no matches had been lit. Suddenly, Alice and Jasper jumped into the clearing. But I was in no condition to phase. My ears were ringing. I couldn't hear a lick. Working fast, she pulled my arm behind my back.

I fell to my knees, crying out. Everyone who was capable, which wasn't many, was busy fighting the others. Preparing for the deathblow, I closed my eyes. It didn't come. But a nail raked itself across my throat. Suddenly, my nails were being pulled forcefully. The pain was unimaginable as she ripped off the first nail, then the next.

Then, I fell on my stomach. My shoulder was dislocated next. Randall came to join the blood bath. Then they broke my foot. A punch to my balls had my lunch coming back up. In the final moments of what I thought to be my life, I gained some victory as the vomit landed on Randall. They continued maiming me with a punch to my stomach. Tears fell hard on my face as they literally ripped a chunk of flesh from my chest. With an annoying snap, my finger was pulled back so far that the bone just broke clean off. I couldn't feel it anymore. My rage was high as my screams fought back in defiance.

Then they did the most unimaginable amount of pain by stretching my right leg over my head, further and further, until a sudden jerk made my bone break. My screams echoed the courtyard. Seriously, I thought I was going to pass out. I'd never felt anything like that. On a chart from 1-10 it was 40.

Alice ran full speed to us with a look of murder on her face. I knew what she was going to do. She was going to stop my pain. But that wouldn't work. Alexandria would start singing then. I couldn't do it to them. They'd all die.

I somehow croaked, "Get…Alexandria." Alice hesitated. "Do it!" Alice did as she was told with a look of guilt. Randall took the lighter, and dropped it on my good leg. Slowly, the flames danced their way down to my foot. It was horrid. After so long, it got to be a numb burning sensation.

"Riley! Dammit, now!" Alice screamed at the top of her lungs. Randall placed his arms around my neck, ready to break my neck.

"For Olivia," Randall hissed. I closed my eyes, crawling to my good knee through the pain. I didn't want to die like a fool. My body was physically shaking, but it wasn't because I was ready to phase. My energy was gone. My muscled were torn. My bones broken beyond repair. My head was bleeding. If only I could have seen Riley one more time. Please, please let her be safe. His cold hands gripped tighter. I took a deep breath and prepared to see the light and be with my mom and the rest of the pack. It would be a relief. I lived for way too long. It made since that death had to be this painful. I died trying, I thought to myself; hopefully Riley could live with that.