Piper: I'm so sorry that you all had to wait so long for this chapter, but school has started and I had a big week of readjusting to do. Sorry!

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Chapter 25 - Immortal Combat

Bella Swan

Our eyes met and the world seemed to slow around me. My red eyes pierced his own, and my arm tingled over the crescent moon scar on my arm. I remembered the pain when he had bitten me there, and how much the fire had hurt. I remembered thinking about how I might've gotten my chance to be with Edward in a sick and twisted sort of way, but Edward took the venom out. I was disappointed then, but now I was glad that I wasn't changed then. I wouldn't have met Caius as myself, but as Edward's mate. Who knows what could've happened then.

"Nice to see you again, Bella," James said in a taunting tone, his eyes searching over my pale skin. I pushed down the disgust I felt, and lashed out. He caught my fist by the wrist, grinning as me with a crazed look in his eyes. The hunt he had made for me long ago was reignited again, I could tell, but this time it was just my death he was after and not my blood.

I hissed and kicked out, hitting his stomach with the heel of my foot. He went back a few feet, releasing me from his grasp. He snarled, his face turning more sinister. We both ran forward, flinging ourselves teeth first towards each other. My claws dug into his shoulders as we collided, and I dodged his teeth before sinking my own into his arm. He hissed in pain as venom filled the wound, and frantically pushed me away. When he found that I was stuck tight, he pulled back a fist that I wasn't aware of, and drew forward.

My face exploded in pain when his fist hit the side of my face, and I found my self detached form him and skidding across the ground. I readied my heels and slid to a stop, feeling a decent sized crack down the left side of my face. I shook my head to clear my thoughts as my skin began to reattach, the crack slowly disappearing. We locked eyes once again, and I let out a deep breath through my nose. We both circled around, and I was about to move when I felt something come at me from behind.

I twisted and jerked in the persons grasp as they grabbed me from behind, swinging out blindly. I sunk my fingernails into the person's rocky skin and managed to turn my self around, only to see James. I was confused, stunned into a motionless stare for a few seconds of silence. He had moved so fast to be behind me. It almost seemed impossible, even for a vampire. Maybe he had speed also. How many powers could he posses?

My thoughts broke as another presence appeared in front of me, and I turned to see James yet again. I chocked in surprise, and looked between the two closing in on me. They were both...James. I couldn't even think before they both struck, pulling at my body. I hissed as I felt my arm crack as it began to tear away from me, and I could feel some of my side cracking from one of the James clenching their claws into my side. Just as my arm was about to snap, the James tugging it was suddenly tackled.

I fell to the ground and rolled away from the second James, and looked towards my savior. Edward looked at me from his struggle, and spoke quietly, "If you are truly happy with him, then I will be happy for you. You have moved on. It's my turn."

My stomach turned, and I was going to reply when a suddenly shift of wind made me look back towards my James. He was lunging, and I had no time to move. He collided with me, and we rolled. His teeth sunk into my shoulder, missing my neck by a few close paces. I growled, clawing and scratching anytime I got the chance. My teeth dove for his neck, but he managed to slither out of the way just in time. My teeth grazed his chest, tearing his leather jacket easily, and cutting into this chest. The sting of venom made him hiss, and he kicked me away forcefully. I rolled, and jumped to me to dodge his lunge.

We began a dodge and attack dance, weaving in and out of other fights. We eventually began to pounce into the trees, dodging and weaving up in the leafy tops.

I found myself struggling to keep up, but pushed myself further. I had to fight with all I had, to keep the life that I been given graciously, no matter how much I might've screwed up my life before this one. I was given a second chance with Caius, and I wasn't going to give it up.

No matter how hard I tried, I began to slow. James struck me across the face, and I barely dodged a swipe at my stomach. He easily dodged my claws, and dove for my neck. Things seemed to slow down as his teeth neared my neck. I tried to move, but I wasn't fast enough. And I braced myself for the worst as his breath hit the skin of my neck, and I could almost feel his teeth when he was suddenly pulled away with a jerk. I fell onto my bottom, and my eyes snapped open in shock.

Caius snarled, taking James by the throat and slamming him into the nearest tree. I caught my breath, and shakily stood watching them carefully. Caius's black eyes met James's, and he threw him against the tree with a growl. The force broke the tree straight in half, and I watching from the corners of my eyes as it fell. Caius squeezed his neck, and I could see that it was about to crack. My emotions sky rocketed in anticipation, but I was blow away when the air was suddenly knocked out of me.

I turned wildly, swiping at however had tackled me. I hit the ground, the person's body on top of mine. I hissed, and swiftly clawed at the boy on top of me. He was young, pale skin and choppy black hair. He looked hysterical, but I had this aching feeling when I looked into his eyes, and something just yelled at me that bloodlust wasn't what was making him so frantic. We both clawed and kicked, before I managed to kick him off and I lunged. I took the young boys neck in my hands and lifted him off his feet. I squeezed, and then hesitated.

He looked into my eyes, his black ones filled with such a sorrow that my dead heart seemed to throb painfully in my chest. His hands around the wrist of my hand that was choking him with loosened up almost as if defeat. He opened his mouth, and said in a broken whisper, "Have you...seen my brother?"

My heart went out to this boy, and I was torn. I didn't know what to do. My heart wasn't trained to kill children, vampires or not. He was so young; he didn't deserve the life James made him have. I was conflicted on what to do.

"Bella, kill him," Aro's voice floated to my ears, and I looked around. I saw everyone looking at me, the field empty of newborns except for the one in my grasp. Everyone was watching me, as venom built up in my eyes. The broken look on his face made my chest hurt.

The boy seemed to notice that the fight was over, and venom built up in his eyes. He squirmed slightly in midair, and let out a hoarse cry, "Tristan?" The boy seemed hysterically upset, almost as if he had just lost everything. He probably had. If his brother was in James's army, then...

"Adair?"

We all looked towards the tree lines, as a short figure loomed in the shadows there. A boy exactly identical to the one I was clutching slowly moved into the clearing. He shivered at our stares, and looked at the boy I was holding. He moved forward, but stopped when some of our party growled in warning.

I swallowed, and looked towards the boy in my hands. He was looking towards his brother, his eyes saying the good bye he shouldn't have to give. My chest tightened and I found it hard to breath. I looked at the faces of the Volturi, Cullens, and Denali. They were all waiting for me to make my move. My lips pursed as I met Caius's eyes, and he moved closer slightly. I apologized to him with my eyes, and scooped the boy into my arms, releasing his neck. He looked at me as I carefully cradled his body in my arms, for he wasn't much smaller then me. I moved across the clearing towards hi brother.

Caius growled, stepping forward, but I kept moving. A couple of people reached towards me, but Alice held up her hand to stop them with a small smile on her face. I placed the boy on his feet, a couple of feet away from his brother. He looked at me, and I nudged him forward. The fear in his eyes didn't leave, but it didn't stop him from running forward and embracing his brother tightly. I stepped back, away from the two hugging brothers.

Caius was next to me in an instant, and I was wrapped up in his arms. I hugged his torso, and waited to hear Aro's decision about what we would do with the two innocents. I had no say over their deaths, but I at least gave them their last moments together as a family before their sentence. It hurt me to think that I couldn't do more for them, that I couldn't do more to help the people James used.

I looked over Caius's shoulder at the two boys, and waited for what could be the worst.

Piper: I hope all of you liked it; I tried really hard to make this good. I'm sorry if you hate it.

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