A/N Please forgive me for being so late in posting this. I have been working crazy hours, and just now have a few days off. I need to say thank you to my beta KareBear1965, she made this readable for you guys. There is a surprise in this chapter, one that I'm hoping will be one of those "Well, I sure as hell didn't see that one coming." There is more than one POV, it was necessary. Let me know your thoughts. Enjoy.

I still do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Major/Jasper POV

"It wasn't Jasper she was seducing. It was me." I told her.

She said nothing, just stared at me. I knew that she needed to whole truth in order to deal with Jasper. So, I told her everything. I understand Jasper better than he understands himself sometimes.

You see, as the Major, I have known about certain vampires that have powerful gifts. Some are actually talked about, and feared throughout even the vampire world. Of course, I myself have been the very object of some of those conversations.

Yeah, most vampires that are at least my age or older have heard of me. Most even fear me, and do not want ever to meet me. They had every right not to want to run into me. I would kill first, and forget about asking fucking questions. Since I have met my mate, I have changed.

I had heard of this vampire from some of Carlisle's friends. Eleazar and Garrett being two of them. This Vixen was older than I am, fuck, she was older than Carlisle.

I had heard of her right after I left Maria with Peter and Char. A nomad that we had met, had actually watched her in action. All it takes is a touch from her, and the male is hooked. He will kill to have her, even if it is his mate he kills. No male has ever been immune to her gift.

I recognized her by the descriptions I had heard, as well as the lust that was pouring out of her. Of course, I couldn't be certain, at first. It was when she was doing her damnedest to touch me. Maybe I should rephrase that. When she was trying to touch Jasper.

Jasper knew who she was as well. He wanted to deal with her on his own. I knew that our mate would be coming. I know her, and she would come to seek us out to talk to Jasper. My instincts to protect my mate overruled everything else. I had to fight Jasper a little, but I finally was able to get out to take care of this bitch.

I'm not gonna lie and say that she didn't affect me, she did. It was almost overwhelming to me just how much she was affecting me. I wanted her, badly. Yet, because of all of my military training, both as a human, and vampire, I could still have enough control to take her down, before anything happened.

I was just about to do that when our mate showed up. She acted before I could, and had that fucking bitch torn apart before I could move. As soon as the fog lifted from me, I allowed Jasper to come back. I think now maybe this was a huge, fucking, mistake.

He was already in bad shape from the emotions of dismissing his daughter, and then his mate. Then, he had the feeling useless bullshit, on top of that. He wasn't in a good place, emotionally. That's the main reason I took over to take care of Vixen.

But like I said the bitch was affecting me. When she started kissing me, and then put her hand on my cock, I almost lost it. I really tried not to moan, but it felt so good, what she was doing. I knew that I needed to pull away from her to gain some sort of control. That was when my mate struck.

I quickly explained all of this to my mate. I also told her how this bitch had come up to me and started talking about being lonely and needing someone. It was Jasper at first. As soon as I felt that I knew who she was, and what she would do, I came out.

She never knew that it was the Major she was dealing with. It wouldn't matter to her, except that maybe she might not have come on to me if she knew who I was. It was usually the ones that either didn't know who I was, or thought they could win against me, that would willingly try anything with me.

Stupid, fucking, bitch. She actually thought that she could seduce me, get me to kill our mate, and then just fucking walk away. She was more stupid than the fucking twins that sent her. Yeah, I knew it was them, or at least Jane. I also knew that this bitch would come.

Felix knows the twins very well, and he knew that they could work it so that they could destroy a vampire without having to deal with them, themselves. He had warned me privately to look for this bitch to come to me. Apparently, Jane and Alec had used her many times, and had destroyed many vampires this way.

I know that it looked bad when our mate walked up. The bitch had removed all of her clothes. The whole scene that she walked up on was me trying to fight her, get control, and rip her apart.

I had almost lost complete control before she did that, but I knew our mate was watching. It helped with me getting control back. Unfortunately, my mate struck before I could. She had used her shield, and that caused my senses to come back in full force.

Watching her taking down the bitch was a huge turn-on for me. I wanted nothing more than to rip her fucking clothes off and fuck her hard. But, I could feel that she was hurting. The knowledge that she was in tremendous pain, and it was caused by me kept me from doing just that.

That and the fact that there were others around stopped me. But, my mate was in pain, and the most important thing right now was to take care of her in a way that would stop it. Yet, I had no clue as to how to do that.

I watched as she collapsed, sobbing, and then as others tried to comfort her. I knew that she needed to know about who it was that the bitch had been dealing with, and tried to talk to her. When I saw that she was hurting so badly over what she had seen and heard, I knew it was time to let Jasper back out. I would merge back with him; he would need me to help with what he was feeling. I let him back out.

I knew that once she was able to talk to me that we needed to get out of there. It was so fucking hard to do what was needed though. The worst part was she didn't want me to touch her. While I hated that, I also understood. She was in pain, and I would have to give her the time to deal with her emotions. I would do anything for her, if it stopped the pain.

She did something that shocked me though. She asked for me to let the Major out. It wasn't the first time she had asked for him. I know what she was doing, and it made me even more proud to call her mine. Once again, she looked beyond her own pain, and did what she knew would be better for Jasper.

Unfortunately, Jasper was in too much of his own pain to really be able to run. To be able to get the fuck out of the area, in a hurry. It didn't mean that I wasn't feeling the same way, I was just able to function outside of it.

Once we got there, I knew that she needed to know the truth. She would be able to work through her emotions better, and be able to talk to Jasper. So, I told her everything. I told her that I knew this bitch was probably coming for me; that Felix had talked to me privately.

He had gotten a phone call right before I left. Yeah, I did leave because I was feeling like my mate was ignoring me, cutting me out of planning. I had stopped running years ago. Now, if something like this happened, we talked about it privately.

Felix had those that he trusted watching Jane and Alec. They were also watching Aro, and Caius. The phone call was about this bitch that Jane had sent. She would be watching, waiting for a chance to catch me alone. I would be the first target.

If the plan had succeeded, then, whatever male she could catch alone with their mate, would be the next victim. She was to use her gift on every male until, the family had been destroyed. Even if the mate was there, she could still use her gift on them.

It was always better when the mate was with the male. All she needed to do was get the female to touch her. They would become sick, upon touching her. That would give her enough time to touch the male, who would then want her.

After telling our mate everything, I knew it was time to merge back with Jasper and let our mate deal with the pain. I was hoping that she would be willing to talk, now, instead of later. I needed her, badly. I needed to hold her, and feel her emotions. Since she had killed Vixen, she had kept her shield up, hiding her emotions from me.

I knew that she knew that it was the Jasper she has lived with since the Major, and I had merged. I told her how very sorry I was for everything. She didn't say a word, not one fucking word came out of her beautiful mouth. She just stood there, not moving.

She was just staring down at the floor. After a minute of this I said, "Baby, please, talk to me. Put your shield down so I can at least feel you. I need to feel you, baby."

When she looked up into my eyes, I knew what she was feeling. I could see the anger, the rage, in her eyes. Oh shit! She was beyond pissed, and it was directed at me! What. The. Fuck!

I thought that she understood that I wasn't at fault for what the bitch did to me. I actually cringed at the look she gave me. I looked down at the floor for just a second. That was all it took.

I looked up just in time to see her launch herself at me. She had me pinned down on the floor, with her arm pushed into my throat. The growling, and snarls that were coming out of her mouth would have normally turned me on. This time, I actually felt fear at her reaction. I knew that with her position, one wrong move on my part, and she would remove my head.

I could have easily reversed this, but I would allow her to do whatever she needed to do to me in order to feel better. Even if it meant losing a limb, or even my head. I was shocked at the next words out of her mouth, "How could you do this to me, to us? Do you think so little of me, or is it that your stupid fucking male ego won't allow you to fucking think straight? I know that it wouldn't allow you to listen to your daughter, or me, earlier. You know for someone who is supposed to be some bad assed vampire, you can be so fucking blind, or stupid. Which is it?"

I had no clue as to what she was talking about and told her exactly that. At least, I tried to; it was hard trying to talk when her arm was pressing against my throat. So, I sent her some confusion, mixed with curiosity. It got the message through.

"You said that you knew about this fucking bitch, that she would come after you. Did it ever fucking occur to you that maybe, just fucking MAYBE I could have gone with you, helped you. You know, maybe I could have used my shield to keep her gift from working on you. She would have never known I was there. If you had told me what was going on, then I would have gone with you, and we could have taken her down WITHOUT her having to touch you, or kiss you, or fucking put her hand on your cock!" She snarled.

She went on to say words that hurt more than anything, "Maybe you wanted her to seduce you. You are tired of me, and you wanted to kiss someone else, have them naked, in your arms. You wanted her to touch your cock, kiss it maybe, then fuck you senseless. You didn't want me there because you knew that you could get fucked by someone prettier, someone who fucking turned you on," she was screaming.

Now she was being irrational. I needed to get this shit stopped, right, fucking, now. I had flipped her over before she could even blink. I grabbed her hands and put them over her head. I needed to get her to listen to me, "Baby, please listen to me. I didn't say anything to you because I was afraid that if you went that she would touch you, and make you sick, or worst-case scenario, I wouldn't be able to stop myself, and end up killing you. I just couldn't risk putting you in danger. You are my mate; I fucking love you more than my own life. I didn't want you to get hurt." I realized just a little too late that was the wrong thing to say.

She was already hurt, and got even more hurt when she saw me with the bitch. I realized then that the only way I might be able to get through to her was to let her feel what I was feeling, about everything. So that's what I did.

I let her feel my remorse over how I treated our daughter, and then her. How I felt when I found out about this bitch, and not wanting to hurt her. I let her feel how it sickened me to think that I had kissed this bitch, and moaned as she stroked me. I let her feel that even the fact that I got hard because of this tramp, made me want to bleach my cock, even though she had never touched me without clothes covering me.

I also showed her how I felt when she put her shield up at the meeting, that I felt useless. I was mostly saddened by the thought that she was shutting me out. Then I showed her the pride I felt, and how turned on, I got when she took the bitch down. Lastly, I let all of the love, desire, trust, and comfort that I got when she was with me flow over her.

The next words out of her mouth hurt me more than just about anything else had, "You broke your promise to me. You have never broken a promise to anyone, except me. You promised that we would ALWAYS talk to each other about shit like this, or anything that was bothering us. You told me that if something came up like this that you would talk to me about it, before doing anything. You fucking lied to me! You broke your promise. How am I supposed to trust you?"

"I didn't lie, at least not intentionally, but you have to understand that; first of all, there wasn't really any time to talk to you. Secondly, you were kind of busy with your shield up, discussing plans. Felix let me know that the bitch was on her way; actually, she was just waiting for me to leave. Of course, she was expecting you to be there with me. As soon as I knew she was waiting, I left. It was the perfect opportunity. Most everyone was ignoring me. I was feeling like shit for my actions, so I just decided to go for it. Felix knew what was going on, and would have followed me shortly, to make sure I was able to take the bitch out."I explained to her.

"And just what the fuck were you going to do if you couldn't resist her "charm"? How do you think I would have felt if I had walked up on the two of you fucking, with you enjoying every fucking second of it? Or, what if one of the kids decided to follow you instead? What would you have done, if you had fucked her period?" she asked me.

"Felix was supposed to watch for someone to follow me, and either try to stop them, or warn me. He was also going to follow me after a few minutes. He would have stopped me, all it would have taken is for him to get her away from me. Then again, he was also going to bring others to help him hold me down, if necessary. Why did he allow you to follow me?" I asked her.

"He didn't, at least not knowingly. He saw me go up to our suites. I guess he assumed that I wasn't going to go after you. I didn't see him when I came downstairs. In case you haven't noticed, I'm wearing your favorite dress. I went to change before coming to you. Alice saw me finding you, and alerted the family, and then Edward and her came after me to try to stop me," she explained.

She went on, "They both told me that if I went there that I would find you with the bitch. I was supposed to stay back and let them along with the other family members deal with Vixen. Alice said that if I went in, that I attacked Vixen, and then you attacked me, and killed me. But, I thought about that slut touching what was mine, and I lost it. Fortunately, I used a different tactic than what Alice had seen, and therefore, changed the outcome."

I pulled my beautiful mate up and then into my lap. I needed her to know that I was truly sorry for everything, "I'm so fucking sorry for everything, baby. Maybe if I could just get rid of my fucking ego, then I wouldn't be such an asshole."

"I think that we both have been under way too much fucking pressure. All of this shit is just too fucking much for anyone. Why can't we have any peace? I know that we are both so fucking worried for the kids. I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I was ignoring you, cutting you out of the planning. This Jack is supposedly already on his way here, and we needed to get the plans going before he gets here. I was pissed off at you, still; I should have made sure that you were there in the group before putting my shield up. Please forgive me?" she said.

"Only if you can forgive me. My concern when Laya was trying to talk to me was getting a plan going. How in the hell was I supposed to know that she had a plan? Then again, maybe if I had asked her what she wanted I would have listened. I'm a royal fuck up as a dad." I whispered.

"No, you are a dad who makes mistakes just like every other parent does. You are the best dad to our kids. I couldn't ask for a better father for them, than you. They think so too. Did you see your son's face when the two of you came back from fighting, and killing Vergil? He was practically glowing. He, had fought by his dad's side, and won. Yeah, I might have been fucking pissed off because the Major had put his life on the line. When I saw how proud and happy he was that he had helped you, I couldn't stay mad."

"Don't even get me started on Laya. She worships the ground you walk on. At the same time, she is willing to stand up against you, when she feels that you are wrong. She is her father's daughter, and in her eyes, you are perfect. Oh, she knows that you can be wrong about shit, she still sees you as the best, most perfect dad ever!" she continued.

"I wish that I knew what I had done to deserve you, and the kids. I don't deserve any of you, but I refuse not to accept what I have been blessed with." I replied.

"Sometimes, baby. We don't get what we deserve, we get what we need and that is unconditional love, and acceptance," she whispered.

"Does this mean that you have forgiven me?" I asked.

She just nodded, kissing my neck. Now if I can just convince her to let me have my way with her, "Does this mean that now we can have wild make up sex?"

She said nothing, but I felt some mischief coming from her. Next thing I know she is up off of my lap, standing in front of me. Before I could react, she took off, yelling, "Only if you can catch me, Major!"

Oh, my mate was wanting me to chase her. I think that I might be able to handle that. But, she was gonna have to pay for teasing me by running. Yeah, I'm thinking that I just might have to spend some extra time with her, naked, teasing her right back. I always knew she would be the death of me, but what a way to go!

Peter POV

It's been several days since Jasper, and Bella had been "killed". Everyone was doin' their part to try to make it seem real. The kids were stayin' in their rooms, for the most part. It was easier to watch them.

The only time they were out for more than a few minutes was when Felix had to go and talk to Aro. Between Ethan, Laya, CJ, and Krissy, they were able to "fix" it so that Aro only found what we wanted him to know.

Aro did read Felix, at least he thought he did, and was satisfied that he was still loyal to him. Actually, Ethan put most of the right thoughts into Aro. It was quite interestin', Aro did read Felix, but was pickin' up what Ethan sent him. He never even realized the fuckin' truth.

Krissy bein' there, well she did her part. Ya see, no one but us knew that Ethan, Laya, CJ, and I were there. We just stayed out of sight. Krissy was there to be formally introduced to the brothers, as mate to Felix. She just took Aro's gift, and let Ethan, and Laya, make it seem to Aro that he was actually readin' Felix. It worked!

As far as Aro knew, Felix hated the Cullen's. They expected him to follow their diet, and almost demanded that since Krissy was part of the family, he would have to stay with them if he wanted to stay with his mate. Of course, none of it was true; we just needed the brothers to believe it.

This got Felix in on helpin' Jack to kill us. He would be workin' with him closely, which is exactly right where he needed to be. Now, if only we could get Jack to help it seem like we were being killed.

Of course, the family had to play the part of grievin' for Jasper and Bella. Just like we planned, Aro, and Caius thought that Jasper killed his mate wantin' to be with Vixen. Then the family came in, saw what had happened, and destroyed Vixen. Jasper couldn't handle what he had done, and walked into the fire that was burnin' his mate.

Edward said that Aro knew who had sent Vixen, but said nothin' to anyone. It was just two less vampires, and probably the most dangerous ones at that, that Jack wouldn't have to take care of. So far, everythin' was goin' accordin' to plan.

Laya, and CJ were havin' a really hard time. They had to pretend that they were hurtin' over the death of their parents. In a way, it was real to them. They couldn't see them, or talk to them, until it was time to fake their death.

They were also beyond pissed at the fuckin' demon twins from hell as they put it. Yep, that's what they were callin' them. It was makin' it even harder on them because they couldn't do nothin' about any of it. While they never said anythin' even I could tell they were hurtin' for their parents.

There was to be a meetin' in a few minutes. To make sure that no one could hear anythin' we were to all meet up in Carlisle's private suites. It was still sound proof, and there was gonna be some major information talked about.

Marcus was gonna be there, as well as Felix. They both had somethin' to share with us, important shit. Carlisle also had some news, as well as some vampires to introduce us to. Apparently, a shit load of his friends had finally arrived.

The Denali coven were here, as well as the Irish coven, who consisted of Siobhan, Liam, and my favorite one, Maggie. She was my favorite cause; she had a gift that was similar to Laya's and Jasper's in one way. She could tell when someone was lying. Fuckin' awesome gift!

The Amazon coven were on their way. Carlisle said they would be here right before the meetin'. Zafrina also had a fuckin' awesome gift. She could make vampires see things, and while it was only in their heads, they would think it was real.

The nomads here in America as well as in Europe had been harder to track down. Fortunately, Carlisle had been able to get in touch with Garrett and he in turn tracked down some others. Garrett, along with Mary, and Randall would also be here in another hour or so. They were bringing others with them, but had no fuckin' clue as to who they were. Carlisle wouldn't tell us.

The ones in Europe had been finally found and would be here in another day or so. We would just have to catch them up to speed, once they got here. Since we didn't know when Jack was supposed to be here, we were hopin' that we would have time to let everyone know the plans.

In the meantime, the kids needed to hunt. They have been eatin' that human shit they call food, but they are still half vampire, and needed blood as well. I promised to go with them, so they could hunt.

Ethan, Char, Lexi, and Krissy were gonna go as well. Felix didn't really want to be separated from his mate, but he wasn't too keen on huntin' animals yet. Nobody was judgin' him though. He has been a vampire longer than Carlisle has, and has always drunk human blood.

Char and I were just goin' along to keep an eye on the kids; you know, make sure trouble didn't find them. Also, to make sure they didn't find trouble. I have never seen two kids so prone to findin' shit to get into than Laya, and CJ. On second thought, let me rephrase, Laya finds the shit to get into; CJ just follows her.

I will never complain though. No sir, you won't ever find me complainin' about those kids. I love em' as if they were my own. Now, that they were havin' to pretend that their parents were dead; I was findin' them hangin' around Char and I more and more.

I fuckin' hated what they were havin' to go through. It made me want to rip some fuckin' heads off, starting with the two assholes who thought they could rule the fuckin' world. On second thought, maybe I should start with Jane, and Alec.

Everyone finally came out and after makin' sure the kids were alright we took off. We wanted to make this quick, so that everyone would have time to come back and get cleaned up before the meetin' started.

This was gonna be a very interestin' meetin'. My "knower" was tellin' me this. All I knew is that there were gonna be some fuckin' surprises. It was gonna be a shock to everyone, especially, the brothers once they found out.

They wouldn't be findin' out until it was too late. That's all I knew. Sometimes, I fuckin' hated my gift. It wouldn't tell me everythin' I wanted or needed to know, no fuckin' details. I do know that Carlisle had told CJ that he might have to use his shield to keep the brothers from smellin' the visitors.

I can't fuckin' wait to see who it is.

Carlisle POV

I had decided to sit here quietly before the meeting to think over everything that has happened. I'm so grateful for my family whom have forgiven me for not telling them everything. I hated doing that but it was necessary at the time.

I'm the leader of this family, and its up to me to make hard decisions sometimes to protect everyone. Now, I'm doing it again, not telling the family everything. It had to be done this way in order to make sure that it would work out. No one in the family would have agreed to this.

So now, here I am once again faced with having to tell those that I love the most in the world, that I once again, withheld information from them. I'm hoping that once they see, and hear everything that they will understand why I did it this way.

Marcus knows about it. It was his idea. While I agree that it was a very good one, I still didn't like the fact that I had to hide this from the family. The main reason for doing so was to make sure that I would have the cooperation of those involved.

There was also the fact that since most of the newer family members had no idea about these things; I didn't want to make them any more uncomfortable than they will be. With the two most dangerous family members gone, at least from our presence right now, it would have made things even more stressful.

Once I have explained everything to the family and others who will be present for the meeting, then I will introduce the plan that was added to what we already will be dealing with, as well as those that are involved.

The only other person that knows the truth is my mate, Esme. I had promised her never to hide anything from her unless her life was in danger. She was worried about me of course. Worried that I might not be able to handle the ones involved.

I must admit that I myself would be worried if it wasn't for Laya, and Jasper. Their gifts will keep everyone calm; I hope. Of course, it will be just Laya until we take them to the private compound. Still, her gift will be most useful when the time comes for everyone to meet.

When Marcus first told me of his idea, I didn't agree that it would be worth all of the trouble we would go through. But, I did agree to make contact and see if these people would even be willing to hear us out. So, with a great deal of reluctance I made the call.

Fortunately, when I did call they already knew something was up. They also, reluctantly agreed to meet with Garrett since I couldn't come to them. He explained everything to them and they quickly, yet very reluctantly, agreed to come.

I can only hope that everyone will stay calm until everything has been said. Garrett called a few minutes ago and said that they were here, and were heading to the area where we would meet them.

It would still be at least an hour before the meeting was over, so they decided to hunt while waiting for us. I was grateful that Garrett was able to handle his part, as well as he was. I knew that it wasn't the best of circumstances, but he understood just how important it was that we win this fight.

Daniel, the "scent destroyer" for lack of a better term had met Garrett and the group he had with him. He would make sure that none of Aro's or Caius's guards would be able to smell them. If they were seen though, that could complicate things.

Esme came in and told me that everyone was here, and waiting in the living room of our suites. I told her that I would be right in. I wanted to say a prayer that everything would work out for the good of both vampires and humans. I couldn't be sure that God would listen, but I needed at least to make sure that I had done all I could, to make this work.

I got up and headed to the living room. Marcus was there talking with several family members. He had told the kids how very sorry he was for the situation with their parents, and that he would change it if he could.

I went around and greeted the Denali's as well the Irish coven. It was good to see old friends. I could only wish it had not been under these circumstances. While I wanted to stay and catch up, we needed to get this meeting done and over with as quickly as possible.

Marcus would go with us to meet Garrett and the ones he had brought with him, but he couldn't be gone long. Aro, and Caius always thought he was permanently depressed because of the loss of his mate. I often wondered how shocked they would be if they knew the truth.

While he was deeply saddened by his loss, he was not bored, nor was he depressed. He knew in his heart what his mate would have thought about what Aro and Caius were doing and would want him to live on so that it could be stopped. This was his sole mission, to make things better for all.

He had gotten especially close to Laya, and CJ. I felt that they both helped him to feel better about what he was doing and even made him feel almost human again. I know that he has laughed more with those two than I ever saw him laugh the whole time I was here.

I quickly made my way to Marcus, and we started the meeting. First, we had to update everyone as to what had happened, up until now. We also informed them of the fact that the family would be "killed" off one or two at a time, if we could get Jack to help us.

It was time for Felix to give his report, "Aro believes me to be loyal to him, and has asked me to help Jack achieve his goal, which is to destroy the whole family. Aro says that the Cullen's and Whitlocks cannot be trusted. With Jack on his side, he firmly believes that he can destroy Caius and of course thinks that since Marcus never argues and just goes along with everything that he will side with him. I also found out that Jack is to be here in two days. He's flying in by helicopter, and I'm to meet him when he lands."

He wasn't done, "I have to take him to Aro first. After that he is to be allowed to feed, and then I'm to show him around. I do have some exciting news, its something that we can use to get him to help us. This is just what we needed, and believe it or not, it was Aro, who provided it himself. I know why Jack does as Aro asks."

Even I could feel everyone's excitement over this news, "Please continue."

"When I pick him up, I have to deal with the sole reason he bows to Aro's every whim. He does have a mate, but there's more. She is human, and they have a daughter. She is almost two now. Of course, she looks much older; she's just like Laya and CJ. They are coming with him, so that Aro can make sure that Jack will do everything asked of him. If he doesn't, he gets to watch his daughter be tortured, and killed. His wife too. Only I and Aro know where I'm taking them. Once Aro has seen that Jack is doing as he has been told to, then I will be moving them to another location. Jack isn't supposed to be with them until he's proven himself," he stated.

"Then we need not to, only make sure they are safe, and protected; we need to make him understand that we will keep them safe, so that Aro cannot harm them or threaten them again. Maybe we can have Laya, and CJ, meet the girl and the mate. Unless, Aro is going to keep it a secret." I said.

"He is, at least until the family is dead." Felix replied.

"Then how about we speed up our deaths, and then go and get both mother and daughter out? We can take them to our secret compound, and maybe fake Jack's death. Felix in the meantime can be our spy, and bring news while we continue to train. Does Aro know that the vampires that are here now, are here? Does he even know they're comin'?" Peter asked, looking at Carlisle.

"He only knows of the Denali's coming, and he thinks it will be another day or so before they get here." Carlisle explained.

"Carlisle, we should inform everyone of the extra help that have arrived along with Garrett so that we can continue this meeting with them." Marcus said.

Carlisle asked Marcus to lay the foundation of the news, then he would continue, "I want everyone to understand that this was my idea. Carlisle actually argued with me about the dangers involved in asking for these people to come and help. It was too good to pass up. While there is real danger in doing this, the success of this mission is of the utmost importance, therefore, out weighs any danger to ourselves. Carlisle, you finish. Please do not blame Carlisle for not saying anything, we needed to make sure that they would help us first."

"This time I am not going to say I'm sorry for not telling anyone about the ones that have come to help us. We needed to make sure that they would even listen, let alone agree to help. You need to also understand that most of you don't even know that they exist, therefore, how could I tell you about this until I knew for sure that they would come. Once we knew they were at least willing to come and take a look for themselves to see what was going on, we wanted to wait until most of the vampires that were coming to help us were here so we don't have to repeat the same story over and over." I told them.

An Hour Later. . .

Most of the vampires, including a couple of my own family members were NOT happy with the news. I had a feeling that this would happen. I completely understand. If I was in their shoes, I would feel the same way.

Once I told them, the arguments started. Most of the males that had mates, were worried about them being around these people. I myself wasn't worried as I knew most of them, at should I say I knew of them.

I understood better than anyone what made these people do what they did. That's why I finally agreed with Marcus even to ask them for help. They were good fighters, but they would still need much training. They were young, and some had never fought anyone or anything.

There was one more problem, neither Jasper, nor Bella knew that these people would be here. Jasper knew about them. I'm not sure if he ever told his mate about them or not. They were never brought up in a discussion, at least not when I was around.

They needed to be told, and it was now up to me to make sure they knew, before they went to the compound. It was best if they stayed away until it was time to act. They were right now being shown the areas that we could show them.

Daniel, Garrett, and some of Felix's trusted soldiers were taking them around. We wanted them to see for themselves what we were fighting for, and exactly what we were trying to stop. Once they were done, then we would all go and meet them. That would be the hardest part of all of this, trying to keep peace, and calm at the forefront of the meeting with them.

I just got off the phone with Jasper. I'm happy to know that all is well with him and his mate. Apparently, they have been having a seventh honeymoon, or is this number eight? I think that Jasper is trying to make it up to Bella for not being able to have a real honeymoon after they got married.

I was a little surprised that he took the news, as well as he did. He seemed to agree that while there was danger in letting them be here, it almost assured us of victory. He was worried about Bella's reaction.

He had never told her about these people, simply because there was really no need, and the subject just never came up. The problem came in with concern over the safety of these people around the kids. Bella, not knowing anything about them was probably going to cause her to get angry, thinking that the kids were in danger around them.

Jasper felt that there would be more danger around Bella, because of her temper. Problems could arise if she got angry around these people, and they felt threatened by her. He said that he would have to use his gift on her, until she felt comfortable around them.

After that phone call, I was informed that they were waiting for us to come to meet them. I had become increasingly nervous about all of this. Bella wasn't the only one that had a temper. Anyone, that got out of line could become a target quickly, and end up dead.

I got up and went back to where everyone was waiting for me. Peter was the one to set my mind at ease, "Carlisle, please relax. While I know nothin' of these people, I do know that this will work out. I can't tell ya if we win, but I can tell ya that this just feels "right" somehow. It's a good thing to have them here helpin' us. Just make sure to have Laya use her gift, and keep everythin' and everyone peaceful and calm."

I thanked him for telling me this, and it did help to know that this was going to work out. With this last thought, we headed out the door.

Daniel was a very busy vampire. He had spent the last hour and a half, destroying the group's scents so that no one knew they were there. Now, he had run back to meet us. He had to go behind us and destroy our scents as we went. We didn't want the wrong vampire to follow us.

It only took a few minutes to get there. I had already spoken with Laya, and asked her to make sure to keep sending out calm to everyone. CJ would be ready at all times to put his shield up. He knew if any arguments broke out that his shield was to go up immediately protecting us. I wanted no one injured during this meeting. We were supposed to be allies, instead of enemies.

Once we were there I greeted Garrett, as well as Zafrina, Kachiri, and Senna. Then I made my way over to Mary, and Randall. Garrett said that he had been able to show the group the human town, the training area but not up close on that one. They had also been shown from a distance, the hybrid town, and had been able to go right into the breeding area, because Felix "closed" it for the day, so no vampires were there. We needed them to see everything in that area.

Laya said that they were enraged and wanted to just kill us all, and forget about any truce to fight together. They were mostly enraged because they had to leave the humans alone and not try to save them. But, they had promised not to act until they heard us out completely.

I have to say that I'm completely overwhelmed at the number of people. I had been told that there were only seven, yet standing before us was a total of sixteen. I guess they knew something big was up.

I addressed everyone, "Let's start with the introductions, and then we can get everyone up to speed from both sides. Everyone, these are the Quileute's. They are from La Push, in Washington. You know them as shape shifters. I asked them please to remain in their human forms until we were done with the meeting. At that time, I believe that you will better understanding as to how they could be useful in this fight."

"This is Sam; he's the alpha of the pack. Jacob is his second in command. I only know these two, so I will let Sam introduce the rest. Sam, its good to see you again. I only wish that it was on better terms." I told them.

I went around and introduced all of the vampires. Once I was done then Sam introduced the rest of the pack. He told us that they knew something big and bad was coming because they started shifting, a few months ago. There had been only seven, but suddenly they were all shifting, even the younger ones.

That told them it was worse than they originally thought. Then he asked why the pack shouldn't just kill every vampire here in the whole compound. He was seething with rage even with Laya using her gift. Maybe we should have waited to show them the breeding area.

We explained everything we knew up until this moment. I also told Sam that we felt the same rage as they did over what was going on, but in order to stop it, we needed to bide our time until everything was ready, and we could fight the ones doing this.

During the discussions, I had noticed that Laya, and CJ both had drifted closer to some of the pack members. The one called Paul was starting to shake uncontrollably, and I knew he was about to shift. He apparently, did not like the kids getting that close.

I told them to step back, but Laya had reached out to the female; I believe Leah. I think she just was curious as to why she was the only female of the bunch, and wanted to talk to her. But Laya has always been one to touch others, as well as things that made her curious.

This is exactly what I had been afraid of. A simple misunderstanding turning bad. Before anyone could react, the one called Paul had shifted and there stood in his place, the largest wolf I had ever seen, and he was headed straight for Laya.

Just as he launched himself straight at my granddaughter, I heard a deafening roar, and watched as Bella launched herself at Paul. She came out of nowhere, and I knew by her roar that there would be injuries.

A second later, I heard what could only be the sound of bones being crushed. Next thing I knew, I hear another roar and Jasper comes crashing through the trees and straight into the fight itself.

This was not good. Fortunately, CJ had shielded us, so we were safe at the moment. The ones in the fight though had changed. Paul was now laying on the ground in his human form, screaming from the pain of his bones being crushed.

The two now fighting were Jasper and Bella. A second later we all heard what we knew was the sound of a vampire having a limb ripped off. It was stopped suddenly by Laya's screams of pain.

Then, she passed out. . .

A/N Please let me know what you thought about this chapter. Did you like the wolves being brought in? I would really love to hear your thoughts, it will help me to know if I should keep the wolves involved or not. If you sent a review, and I didn't get back to you, please forgive me. I had to choose weather to reply or write a chapter, when I had free time. Thanks to all who did review, and I promise to reply to all of them this time. I'm off this week. Thanks to all who added this story to their favorites and alerts, love you guys.