A/N: Okay, I'm so sorry that I haven't been updating, it took me a really long time to crank out this chapter and I know that it's pretty short but it actually gets us somewhere. So, I hope I still have all you guys that used to review, I hope you guys haven't deserted me. Please stick with me and I promise I will try to get out the next chapter sooner...but I'm not sure. Please forgive me, but anyways, I hope you like the chapter. :D
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 21
The Battle: Part 2
Angel POV
It was totally silent in the house, even with the other vampire and werewolves sitting right next to us. We had all congregated to the living room and despite our outward appearance of nonchalance, I knew that most of us were worried sick about the others. The imprints of the La Push wolves had also come over, they were mostly just sharing in the silence.
Emily had also brought over a couple of batches of brownies, probably trying to distract us. We'd forced ourselves to put smiles on our faces, accept the brownies, and try to actually get them down our throats. It didn't work.
I would keep getting flashes of the battle every couple of minutes and whenever I saw what was going on, I felt like vomiting. By becoming a vampire or a werewolf, my sense of smell was heightened and so was my eyesight.
I could smell the blood lingering in the air and turning the ground scarlet. The wounded on our side were pulled out of the battle so that they could heal on the sidelines while those on the other side were left on the ground to either die or have their bodies desecrated.
It truly was a horrible sight.
Eventually, I locked myself and Nudge in my room, because she was probably the only person who could understand what pain I was going through and she insisted. Nudge comforted me while I hoped that the love of my life would return to me. Yes, I did just say that I loved Embry. Sure, I'm a nine-year-old, I'm supposed to have pretend boyfriends, play with dolls, and whatever. But when you were a mutant like us, everything was different.
Nudge went to the bathroom and I finally had the chance to escape. I locked the door behind her and then moved swiftly towards the window. While looking over my shoulder in case Nudge came back, I cracked open the window and jumped out. I fell towards the ground and then halfway down, I spread my wings.
It was almost painful as my wings strained upward and caught the wind. I used the hot air currents to glide lower to the ground and navigate where I was going. Even for it being a forest, the trees were widely spaced enough that I could maneuver without worrying about catching my wings on a branch or anything.
I heard howls and yells in the distance and set my course about that way. As I went farther into the forest, the foliage started to become thicker and I was eventually forced to move on foot. I quietly folded my wings up against my back so that they wouldn't get in the way and then I started to run towards the sounds which were getting louder every minute.
There was a clearing ahead and I immediately slowed down, moving behind a tree so that they couldn't see me. Slowly, I moved my head to the side and peered out from behind the tree. And there it was.
The whole battle was going on, contained in the clearing. It looked like the outer ring of our people was still partially intact but inside of that, chaos was raging. There was debris covering the ground and I silently kicked myself for not bringing anymore explosives or something that could help me.
I looked for Embry, the gray wolf with darker spots on his back. My wolf. I couldn't see him in the fray until suddenly, two vampires who were fighting, jumped to the side. Then I saw him, He was snapping his jaws at a vampire who was half his size.
I was frantic as I tried to get to him but was caught off by a vampire in my way. "Ah, you're that little mind-reading girl Lord Aro told us to catch." His eyes glinted as he moved toward me. I tried to move away but tripped on a tree root.
His shadow fell over me as he bent over to grab me. I scrambled backward and he came forward even more. I brought my arm back and then smashed it into his stomach, hopefully knocking him out. My super strength really did even all this out, although I felt a couple of bones break. Thank god for fat healing too because I felt my bones mold back together in my hand. It hurt but I stopped myself from screaming and moved forward, trying to catch a glimpse of Embry again.
Another vampire blocked my view again and I quickly unleashed my powers on him. Taking over his mind and sending him to another werewolf who was looking for an opponent.
Somebody grabbed my arm and I felt it bruise up. This time though, it was Sam. He had this weird look on his face when I turned around to look at him, as if he had no idea why I would be here and he was too tired to figure it out. "Angel?"
I nodded at him and pulled out of his grip, probably just bruising my arm more. I looked down on it and noticed I had more cuts alone my legs and arms, cuts I hadn't even remembered getting. I shrugged it off.
I moved toward him again and was stopped. Not again!!!!!A vampire had felled his werewolf opponent and had snuck up on me apparently. I tried to punch her like I had to the first vampire but she dodged it and grabbed my arm, crushing it. I fell backwards and she slashed her long nails down my other arm while I was healing. Usually that would just make shallow cuts but with her vampire strength, they ripped through my arm, causing me to bleed heavily.
She stepped hard on my leg and unbearable pain shot through it. One of the bones had punctured my skin and now all I saw was blood everywhere. Something struck her on the back and she fell forward onto the ground. Behind her stood another werewolf. It nodded at me and then turned to another vampire.
I pushed up with my arms, ignoring the pain and then staggered forward. I could still see Embry but this time, he was lying on the ground with blood pooling from a deep gash in his side. As I tried to get to him, all I saw was red. I reached an arm out but the tide of fighters closed in around me and then everything went black. It seemed like only a second had passed when I heard a panicked howl cut through the air, dulling every other sound, then that faded too.