Jake

The room was spinning; I couldn't focus on what was in front of me. I felt Nessie drop to the floor but my gaze wasn't moving from the space next to the broken table where the hand laid, pale and still. With all my concentration I attempted to put one foot in of the other, praying that whoever was laying there wasn't one of the Cullen's. Easing my way over, I slowly peeked around the corner of the table and what I saw chilled me to the bone. There was nothing attached to the hand. It was just a hand.

My stomach began to heave as I slumped to the floor next to the detached body part. All I could wonder is who that hand belonged to; whose hand had been torn off in the fight. Braving another glance at it I tried to imagine that it didn't belong to any of the Cullen's. It was pale so it was definitely a vampire, which I suppose is a good thing because it can be easily reattached I'm sure, and it was tiny and frail looking. Definitely was a female's hand I was sure of it. There were no rings on it, but it was the right hand so that didn't really help. Please don't let it be Bella's, please don't let it be Bella's, I continued to say to myself. I couldn't bear the thought of her hand being torn off. Still once I imagined the others fighting, I couldn't bear the thought of Alice or Esme's hand being torn off either. It was too cruel. Rosalie it wasn't so bad, I could deal with it, so I just told myself it was hers.

Cautiously I reached out to touch it, irrationally fearing that it would somehow snatch my hand if I came too close. But it didn't, it just laid there like a detached hand should. It was cold and hard, and very gross. Then my thoughts began to come together as I remembered why I was here on the floor next to a hand, the Cullen's were gone, they were taken. And Nessie…Nessie!

I spun around and saw Nessie staring over my shoulder, wide-eyed looking at the hand. Obviously she had expected someone to be attached to it also.

"Nessie? Nessie honey it's okay." There was no answer.

"Nessie it can be reattached it's alright I promise…" As I began to get up, her eyes started to roll to the back of her head and she fell backwards. I caught her in my arms just in time and laid her gently on the floor next to me.

This was bad, very, very bad. As I stroked her forehead, trying to think of a plan, something lying on the carpet caught my eye. Reaching over I picked up a bundle of short gray hair. Examining it closely I came to a sudden realization, it was werewolf hair. Looking around me I began to notice it everywhere, in a variety of colors too. I moved around the floor picking pieces up, brown ones, gray ones, black ones, silver, ones, everything. My heart began to beat uncontrollably as I put the pieces together. Did werewolves do this? Were my brother's responsible for this? No they couldn't be. They couldn't do this to the Cullens, they wouldn't…

But then I remembered what happened earlier tonight to Seth. Clearly someone was able to control him and make him act completely out of control. Clearly someone wanted me dead along with Nessie and I'd bet my life that it was the same person, or better yet vampire who was responsible for all of this. Suddenly Nessie's eyes popped open and she sat up looking very confused. Then she saw the hand and began shaking. I wrapped my arms around her and covered her eyes.

"Nessie, it's going to alright. I'm going to find whose responsible for this and everything with be okay, I promise." She continued to sob in my arms and I wished that I had an actual plan to go along with what I was telling her. But I didn't even know where to start.

I figured the best place to begin is to try and confirm my belief that my brothers were hypnotized and responsible for taking the Cullen's. If it is true then if I find them then I find the Cullen's.

"Nessie I'm going to change into wolf form for just a few minutes okay? I just need to check something." She didn't look happy about me letting her go but she nodded and turned her head as I took my shorts off. Then I was on four legs and sniffing the area thoroughly. Yeah, just what I thought, definitely my brothers, I recognized their smell. I poked my head out the front door and called out to them with my thoughts. I didn't get any answer. Great. I needed to find them.

"Jake." I spun and Nessie was standing by me, her face the saddest and most frightened I've ever seen it. I walked slowly towards her.

"We need to find them Jake. We…" She began to sob more as I comforted her the best I could in wolf form. She brushed her fingers through my fur as I bent my head into her chest. I needed to find them and fast.

Then suddenly there was a voice. My ears stood up as I walked towards the door again listening closely.

"Jake what is it?" Nessie asked, leaning out the door also.

I tried to concentrate, paying attention to the tone of the voice and what direction it was coming in. This wasn't easy; it was only a faint whisper.

"Kill him." I heard and it definitely sounded like Sam. Kill who? Me?

"What about the girl?" Another voice said; Embry maybe or perhaps Paul.

"Bring her here alive." My heart sunk. Seeing that every other female involved in this that I could think of was already taken, I'm guessing that they are talking about Nessie. And they most definitely want me dead so this could be a problem. I needed to get her somewhere safe. Somewhere where no one will find her so I can deal with my brothers. I nudged her backwards into the house, trying to think of a place where she would be safe.

When she had her back turned I changed back into my human form and put on my shorts quickly. I was pretty sure Nessie caught a glimpse of me before I was able to pull them up but that was the least of my worries.

"I need to hide you." I told her as I grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the back of the house. Where in the world could I hide her where they couldn't detect her scent?

"Jake what's going on? Why do I need to hide?"

I stopped and took her shoulders, trying to cover up my panic.

"My brothers are not themselves. Someone has control over them and they want to take you somewhere."

"Jake stop talking to me like I'm a child. I need to know what exactly is happening. I can handle it now. I'm okay." I looked her over and she did appear to be more stable. She wasn't crying anymore and had an almost determined look on her face like she was ready for anything. I knew she needed the truth.

"Alright. Well that vampire that's been attacking you, I think she has some mind control over my brothers and I overheard Sam telling them that they are to take you back to him, alive. But I need to find a place to put you so I can deal with them…"

"So you can deal with them? Jake you can't fight them alone! You'll be killed!"

"I'm not worried about me right now. They are after you and I'd rather die than have you…"

Suddenly her lips were on mine and my whole body seemed to relax. She pushed me lightly against the wall and held me close, her lips never leaving mine. Then as she backed away slowly, still leaning into me, she whispered, "I love you Jacob. And I'm not letting anything happen to you. If they want me then they can try and take me. But I'm not going to let you die. We are in this together." She gazed into my eyes as I continued to stare into hers. She was brave, it was clear. But just like her mother, she took it to a level of foolishness. There was no way I could let her risk her life like that.

"Nessie listen to me…"

"No Jake, you listen to me. I can't go into hiding knowing that you could be killed. It just won't work. I'm staying with you."

"No. Nessie we need to get you somewhere safe…"

"I'm not leaving you…"

"Yes you are! Nessie you are my life! If anything happens to you!"

"Jake you are not going to have a life if you try to fight them yourself!"

"It won't matter! They will kill me whether you are here with me or not and then they'll take you! I can't let that happen!"

"And I can't let you fight them on your own. I'm not leaving you. You won't make me I know it."

"The hell I won't!"

I was about to pick her up when there was a shuffling coming from the kitchen. Someone was coming through the back door. My body stiffened as I gently pushed Nessie behind me.

"Who's there!" I yelled. Oh no, oh no damn it! They were already here and we were trapped.

"Show yourself!"

I began to back away, my heart thudding out of control. Then what sounded like a bunch of pans dropping to the ground rang through the house. But to my shock and relief a tiny voice cursed softly during the clamor.

"Damn it!" It was a female and it didn't sound like anyone threatening. Peering past the wall into the kitchen there stood Emily in the middle of the kitchen surrounded by pots and broken dishes. Her face lit up when she saw us.

"Oh Jacob! Nessie! You're alright!" She beamed at us but for some reason I felt myself continuing to back up. What if she was under the vampire's control also? What if this was a trick?

"Look you have to help me, something is wrong with Sam and the others. I tried to talk to him but he won't listen to me. He just keeps talking about killing you Jacob and capturing Nessie. It's like he's been hypnotized or something." I didn't know what to believe. She appeared to be the same Emily, just a bit more frazzled. I looked over at Nessie and she shrugged.

Emily tip toed towards us, avoiding the pots and dishes on the floor. I continued to back up a little and this confused her.

"Oh no Jacob I swear it's really me! I figured the Cullen's would know what to do and could help so I ran over here but…where are they?"

"They were taken. We think by Sam and the pack." Nessie said. I was still wary about giving out information to Emily. I wanted to trust her, I really did, but my mind kept telling me not to trust anyone.

"Oh my gosh." Emily said as she put her hands over her mouth.

"Do you know who's doing this? I mean Sam would never hurt the Cullen's and neither would the pack…it just doesn't make sense." She said, thinking things over.

"You haven't seen any of my family Emily? You didn't hear Sam say anything about them?" Nessie asked, now seeming a bit desperate for the information. I looked over at her, trying to signal her to stop asking questions but she ignored me.

"No, not at all. Sam has been going in and out of the area and he won't tell me what he's doing. He won't even speak to me. I don't…I don't know what to do…"

"Wait a minute, where's Harry?" I asked her.

"He's over at Sue's house, she's babysitting tonight. We were supposed to go out to dinner and a movie but obviously there's been a change of plans. I just don't understand who could do this?"

"It's a vampire." Ugh Nessie! I nudged her but she once again ignored me. Then I looked Emily over and saw the sheer panic in her eyes and the shocked expression she was wearing. It was apparent that she had no part in any of this, or at least I believed so right then. I began to ease up on her.

"A…a vampire is doing this? But I don't understand…how…why?"

"Look Emily I don't really have time to explain everything but they want me dead and they are after Nessie. We have to hide her."

Emily, who had been staring down at the cluttered floor, suddenly jerked her head up and her eyes were bright with an answer.

"I know a place. It's in La Push. No one knows about it except me and Leah. We used to play there when we were kids. It's a safe place, I don't think they will find her there. We can all hide out."

Nessie looked up at me, touching my arm and telling me how badly she wanted me to come with her and Emily in her vision.

"Nessie if I come with you, they will be ten times more likely to find us. They know my scent."

"They know my scent too. No matter what they'll find us but we just need to get away from here. We need to find my family." I knew she was right but I kept feeling like staying with her would just make things worse.

"Please Jake." We didn't have time to debate. They would be here any minute.

"Alright we have to leave now, Emily where exactly in La Push is this place?"

"It's right off the beach, not far at all. Follow me."

I threw Nessie over my left shoulder and then threw Emily over my right. There was no time to waste. Emily pointed me in the right direction and I ran as fast as I could, praying we wouldn't run into anyone on our way.

It was beginning to rain and the ground was getting slippery under my feet. Luckily Emily said we were almost there as she pointed me to a part of the beach I had never even known existed. It was in the surrounding wooded area but closer to the rock walls then I had ever been before.

"How much farther?" I asked her.

"Not much farther. Just continue around the bend and then put me down. It's not easy to find the entrance." I nodded and once I made it around the bend I put them both down, staring at a large rock wall that stood before us. I had no idea where the entrance could possibly be located, it looked like pure solid stone to me.

I waited for Emily to show us where the entrance was but she just stood there staring at me. Her eyes looked like they were in pain. My mind suddenly realized something was not right here. Nessie wasn't looking at her, she was inspecting the stone, studying some markings on it.

"Emily? Emily are you okay?" I asked her but there was no answer.

"Jake…Jake come look at these markings…I think they are…" Nessie said, turning around. But before she could finish, Emily suddenly fell straight forward, head first onto the floor. I didn't react in time out of pure shock. What the hell?

Then everything began to happen all at once very slowly. Nessie's scream rang through the air as she knelt beside Emily whose head was bleeding profusely. Then there were several howls that seemed to come from every direction. Then I looked towards the direction of where Emily had been standing and in the distance stood a short figure, dressed in red with long blond hair. I didn't recognize him or her but they weren't that close. As I spun around I found myself along with Nessie and the unconscious Emily surrounded by my brothers, who were closing in on us quickly, growling.

My head began to get fuzzy, I didn't know what to do. I looked down at Nessie and picked her up off the floor and held her close. There was no way they were touching her. No one was laying a finger on her. I prayed that Emily was alright but by the looks of her head wound she was hit with something really hard. Looking back towards where the blond figure stood, he or she was no longer there. My body was convulsing and I knew I should probably change into my wolf form, but I needed to be able to communicate with Nessie. I held her tightly, trying to reassure her without words.

"Jake…Jake…" She began to whisper. She wasn't crying but she was definitely panicking, as was I. Then a voice came from behind us and we both spun around to see three people standing before us. One was pale as a ghost with long black hair and black piercing eyes whose expression was a mixture of hatred and amusement. On her right was a tan girl with long blond hair and a long red dress on that looked more like a nightgown then an actual gown. Her eyes were black too but they weren't wearing the expression of hunger or thirst like the first, they were just angry and focused. On her other side was another girl but this one had long brown hair and the same eyes and skin color.

The two girls next to the pale one were definitely not vampires, I could tell by their scent, but they wore the same angry gaze as my brothers had right then while staring us down. The middle one stepped forward laughing to herself. Nessie gasped as I felt her body tremble next to mine. Glancing over at her, she wasn't afraid like I expected, she appeared to be angry and upset. Almost like she knew this vampire.

"Nessie, Nessie, Nessie. It's great to see you." The one in the middle said, walking towards us. Nessie hissed at her, which don't believe I had ever seen her do to someone. I defensively stood in front of her as the vampire chuckled and circled us.

"I see you brought your knight and shining armor with you. How cute."

"What do you want Brianna? What is this all about?" Brianna? She knew her name?

"You know her?" I whispered.

"We went to school together. Oh Nessie you remember Danielle and Tara right?" Brianna said as she pointed over at the other two girls.

Nessie shook her head in what appeared to be disbelief.

"What have you done?"

"The real question is what have you done? I didn't want to have to involve all these people Nessie. But you left me no choice. How else could I have gotten to you? You have such a big family so I needed a lot of help." Suddenly anger boiled inside of me. It was all starting to come together. Clearly this was the vampire who wanted Nessie dead and she had the Cullen's somewhere. She had gotten them out of the way just like she had gotten my family out of the way. Nessie started to make a go for her but I held her back. Who knew what this witch was capable of?

"Where are they! What did you do to them!" She shouted struggling against me.

"Oh please Jacob, it's Jacob right? Let her go. I would love to see her try and attack me. It would be quite amusing." Brianna giggled and then kicked over Emily. My blood was pulsing through my veins as the anger in me was about to explode.

"Don't touch her!" I shouted at Brianna.

"Who? Her?" She pointed down at Emily.

"I don't know why you care about her. She's the one that lured you here."

"Yeah and under whose control?" Nessie retorted. Brianna just smiled amiably and then shrugged.

"I can't help it if I wasn't given my own resources. It's not easy taking out both vampires and werewolves on my own."

"Taking out…" Nessie said, her voice shaking.

Brianna walked towards us once again, eyeing us both down.

"Taking out." She said, a wide smile etching across her face. I felt Nessie give out next to me, landing on the ground. It wasn't possible. The Cullen's weren't dead. There was no way. Even against my brothers it wasn't possible that they could all lose and not one of my brothers die. But there they were all of them, no damage done it appeared, All I wanted to do right then was rip this vampire to shreds but I knew the second I went for her, she would have my brothers kill me. I was pretty sure she was planning on doing that real soon anyway. I stood there debating and she continued to look at me as though reading my thoughts.

Then she nodded behind her at the two girls who immediately moved forward towards me, taking me by my arms and thrusting me against a tree. Even if I turned into a wolf right then, it would have been pointless. They were unbelievably strong especially for such tiny girls, obviously a part of the special gift that Brianna was capable of giving them. I couldn't move as they pinned me against the bark, their nails digging into my skin. This was it, I couldn't believe it. I looked over at Nessie as I struggled against them. She had tried to run towards me but Paul jumped in front of her along with Embry, Quil, and Sam who had formed a circle enclosing her in.

"Jake! No! Jacob!" She cried trying to push her way through them but it was pointless. Brianna walked towards me smiling, and raised her ice cold hand to my face. She held her hand on my cheek and closed her eyes. I closed mine, afraid to see what she was planning on doing to me all the while hearing Nessie screams. I couldn't take hearing her in pain so I suppose it was good I was about to be killed, I wouldn't be able to handle it much longer.

I felt Brianna's two cold hands lay on both sides of my head and then suddenly everything went black.

Hey everyone, sorry I know it's been a while. College really has me busy but I'll really try to update soon now that most of my exams are done. Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading and reviewing!