Wish for a Redo

JacobxBella

Rated M

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the franchise, as it belongs to Steph Meyers

Wish for a Redo

Chapter 25

Bella's head was spinning as Lauren ran through the woods to their destination, the scenery going by her in a blur. She really wished she wasn't thrown over Lauren's shoulder upside down like this, it was making her feel even sicker than before. However, the sickness she was feeling was soon doused away when cold water fell on top of her, soaking her instantly and causing her to gasp aloud at the shock. She was then taken from Lauren's shoulder and placed roughly on her feet before being pushed forward. She stumbled and fell to the cold, rocky flooring of the cave that they had entered, right behind the waterfall that they had spoken of. Looking up Bella looked right into the dangerously glinting red eyes of Victoria.

Victoria was giving the brunette a very sinister smile before saying, "Well, well. If it isn't the little human that ruined my life. I was expecting your father, but you are a much better prize." Looking up at her companion she said, "Good job, Lauren."

Lauren shrugged before looking away, seemingly uncaring of what was about to happen. Bella had to give her props, she was being an amazing actress. Even though she herself knew that Lauren was acting the part so Victoria wouldn't be suspicious, she couldn't stop her limbs from trembling as she stood up and backed away from the vicious redhead. Victoria let out a dark, amused chuckle and shook her head.

"I don't know why you're backing away; you're not getting out of this alive," Victoria said, "And I'm going to enjoy beating you down before killing you."

Bella forced herself to stop her shaking before saying, "I've done nothing to you to warrant you coming after me."

A furious look came over the redhead's face. "Yes, you did! James was killed because of you! My mate was killed by your wretched, human-loving vampires! And it's all your fault!"

"No, it isn't! He didn't have to come after me, but he chose to! He chose to and it got him killed! Maybe if you had stopped him, then maybe he'd still be here and you wouldn't be coming after me when it wasn't me that killed him! If you want revenge, take it up with the Cullens, not me!"

"SHUT UP!"

Victoria snarled and rushed Bella, pushing her harshly into the cave wall. Bella let out a cry of pain as she slammed into it, her head whiplashing and hitting the stone wall. She fell to the ground and could feel her skin tearing on her hands and forearms. Lifting her hand to look at it, she saw it bleeding and she closed her eyes to will her sudden nausea away. Suddenly she was yanked by her shirt from behind, the neckline of it digging into her neck as she was lifted from the ground, only to be slammed back down further into the cave, though not far. The impact was so hard that she felt her wrist snap and her forehead hit the stone flooring, blood immediately pouring out of the wound that appeared and dripping down her face into her eyebrow and eye. Bella wiped the blood away before turning to face Victoria, looking past her to Lauren, only Lauren wasn't there anymore. She wasn't inside the cave at all. Fear gripped Bella at that, but then she thought that the blonde was probably alerting the Pack to what was happening. She just hoped that she would return soon.

Her hope came to fruition when Lauren stepped back through the waterfall into the cave. Her red eyes widened briefly widened before she schooled her features. In an even voice she said, "Victoria, stick to the plan. Don't kill her before you get a chance to execute it."

Whirling around to face the blonde, Victoria hissed at her before saying, "You know what, Lauren? You've been a pain in my side since I turned you. You don't have what it takes to be one of us. And I'll deal with you the moment I finish with her."

Before Lauren could say anything else, Victoria ran to her and smashed her head into the stone wall. Not giving her time to retaliate, she ripped Lauren's arm off and threw it aside, then she slammed her to the ground and viciously ripped her leg off. Lauren screamed as Victoria ripped her limbs off, Bella horrified and feeling as if she could throw up at the sound of her limbs being ripped from her body. Leaving the other two limbs intact, Victoria picked Lauren up and kicked her out of the cave, through the waterfall and out of sight.

Turning to face Bella again the redhead said, "Now, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you in the worst way possible, and then I'll finally have gotten my revenge for James."

Bella scrambled back as Victoria advanced on her, her heart beating rapidly in her chest as the vampire stalked at her. However right before Victoria could reach out and grab her, she suddenly fell to the cave floor, letting out a cry of pain and surprise. Turning to look at her feet, Victoria was horrified to see that her feet had disintegrated right where she had been standing. Bella too was surprised to see this, but even more surprised to see Lauren riding along the back of Jacob, her hand glowing orange as she held it out to Victoria as she used her power on her with the rest of the Pack behind them.

"Jake! Lauren!" Bella called out in relief.

Victoria's red eyes widened in realization at what was happening before hissing at Lauren, "You! You sided with these overgrown puppies against me!"

Lauren's present glare hardened and her hand glowed more, her fingers slightly curling as she destroyed more of Victoria's legs up to her knees, Victoria crying out in pain as her marble skin crumbled under the blonde's power. Bella took that moment to stand and try to run to the Pack, only to be grabbed by her ankle. Falling to the ground, Bella quickly turned her head to see Victoria had her by the ankle and was trying to bring it closer to her mouth to bite her. However, before the redhead could, Embry pounced on Victoria, causing her to let the brunette go. Bella stood back up and ran into Jacob's side, sinking her hands into his soft russet fur. Jacob turned his head and nuzzled Bella's neck before looking at Quil and saying something to him, Quil nodding and walking over to Bella, nodding his head towards the waterfall. Understanding what he wanted, Bella went with him to the exit of the cave, looking back briefly to see Lauren slip off of Jacob's back to grab her discarded limbs and reattach them as Jacob, Sam, Paul, and Jared all advanced on Victoria. Quil nudged Bella to send her through the waterfall, the brunette stumbling into the falling water just as Victoria's screams met her ears, the wolves growls mixed in with them.

Bella stumbled through the water as Quil went back to join his brothers and over to the edge of the lake, dropping to her knees and she splashed her hands in the cool water to sooth her irritated and split skin, as well as helping her swollen wrist from where it had snapped. The adrenaline she had previously been feeling to keep her from noticing her pain was quickly going away and soon Bella felt lightheaded. She took some deep breaths to calm herself and keep herself upright, but soon her vision started to darken around the edges. Before she knew it, she was falling forward and the last thing that registered before falling unconscious was the splash of the water as she fell into the lake and the cool water going over her head.

The moment Bella had stepped through the waterfall Jacob growled at Victoria menacingly, ignoring her hissing and snarling from where she was pinned to the ground under Embry's massive paw. As he stalked towards her Victoria said, "She isn't worth the effort of keeping her alive! She's nothing! You should have just let me kill her; we'd all be living our lives without that pathetic burden walking around!"

"Don't listen to her, Jacob. She's just trying to get under your skin," Sam said from where he stood by Lauren, making sure she didn't turn rogue. Lauren, having a feeling that was what Sam was doing, glanced up at him from where she was holding her leg to her hip, allowing the broken sinews to reattach and harden back into place. Her arm was lying next to her other leg, waiting to be put back in place after the leg.

Victoria jerked to get away from Embry, but he stood firm on her. Growling she wrenched her arm up harshly, elbowing Embry in his muzzle. Embry yelped as his muzzle cracked under the pressure, causing him to back off of her and transform back into his human form, his hands coming up grab his nose and cheekbone. Victoria took that chance to try and run away, but with Lauren having disintegrated her legs from the knee down, she just ended up falling in front of Jacob. Looking up she saw the russet wolf's massive teeth bared at her, those powerful jaws opening and showing all the teeth in its mouth. Realizing that escape was impossible and her death was eminent, Victoria screamed as Jacob clamped down on her head, her screaming only halting when he took her head off. Jared and Paul moved to finish tearing the redhead leech apart as Quil went over to check on Embry, whining a little at seeing Embry's bloodied face. Jacob spat out the leech's head before phasing back to human and putting his cutoffs back on. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a small pack of matches and struck one, dropping it on the pile of dismembered limbs. As the vampire's body began to burn, erupting in blackish-purple smoke with a sickeningly sweet stench, he bent down and grabbed Victoria's head by her hair. Holding it up he looked into her red eyes, taking in the absolute horror in those eyes. He thought about taunting her, rubbing in her face that she had been defeated, but instead he tossed her head in the burning flames, the fire burning a bit brighter than before.

"Jake, we're getting smoked out, let's go," Sam said, having phased back to human and gotten dressed, along with the rest of the Pack.

Nodding Jacob headed for the exit, stopping briefly to look at Lauren who was now standing, slowly moving her reattached leg back and forth. When the blonde looked back at him he said, "Thanks for not turning on us."

Lauren nodded and said, "No problem."

Paul looked at her arm that she was carrying before asking, "Are you going to reattach that arm any time soon?"

She didn't answer, instead looking at the waterfall. She frowned a bit before looking at Jacob. She didn't say anything at first, but then she said, "Bella."

Jacob frowned as well and walked through the waterfall, the others following behind. Jacob's eyes widened as he saw his girlfriend floating in lake face down, her pale skin looking paler than usual. Running into the lake to get her he yelled, "Bella!"

A constant beeping noise caused Bella to frown in her sleep before she began to wake up. Opening her eyes a little she snapped them shut again as blinding white light assaulted her eyes. Counting to ten in her head she slowly opened her eyes again, feeling confused as to where she was. However, as she took in her surroundings it quickly dawned on her where she was: the hospital.

Groaning she tried to sit up a bit more than she already was, hissing softly as she put pressure on her wrist. Looking over to the window she saw that it was dark outside, meaning it was nighttime. She looked over towards the little couch in the room was and laughed softly as she saw Jacob asleep on it, his large form looking ridiculous sprawled on it. Next to him in the chair was her father who seemed to be dozing off and trying to stay awake.

"Dad," Bella said, getting the man's attention.

Charlie looked over at her before standing and rushing over to her, nearly tripping over Jacob's legs as he did. The movement jostled Jacob awake and he frowned at Charlie before his eyes landed on Bella. Grinning brightly, he said happily, "Bells, you're awake!"

Bella smiled and nodded as she allowed her father and boyfriend to give her hugs. Charlie quickly filled her in about how he had been called to let her know she was in the hospital due to injuries sustained from cliff-diving and nearly drowning on his way back with Billy from their fishing trip. Bella glanced at Jacob for that story, knowing that wasn't true but sounded completely plausible. After Charlie was done talking and telling her how glad he was that she was alright, he then grounded her for two weeks before turning on Jacob and scolding him for his idiocy in letting Bella dive off a cliff. Jacob sat next to Bella on the hospital bed and took the scolding before Charlie eventually stopped and left to inform Billy and the Pack that was waiting in the waiting room that Bella was awake.

The moment the police chief was gone Bella said, "Nice save for what happened. I'm sorry my dad scolded you, though."

Jacob chuckled and kissed her sweet lips before saying, "It's fine, honey. Besides, I'd rather have him scold me for that than if he found out we had sex last night in his house while he wasn't there."

Bella blushed and giggled before nodding, knowing that the scolding Charlie would have given would have been painful to sit through and just as embarrassing. She snuggled into him for a moment before saying, "Victoria's dead."

"Yes, she is. You're completely safe now."

"And what happened to Lauren?"

Jacob was quiet for a moment before saying, "She had originally wanted us to kill her as well, but we…we couldn't do it. It's one thing to kill a vampire on our lands that are trying to harm people, but she helped us and was asking to be killed, and it just didn't feel right to do so, even though Paul was insistent in just carrying out her request. I couldn't do that and—I can't believe I did this—I recommended that she go find the Cullens and join their coven. I told her that perhaps they could give her a sense of purpose in living her new existence. As much as I hate to admit it, the doc vampire and his wife are as human as a vampire are going to come and I think Lauren will be just fine with them to help guide her."

Bella looked up at Jacob in awe, her heart touched by his actions. He didn't off Lauren like she had wanted and instead pointed her towards the Cullens for refuge. He didn't have to do that, but he did. Her heart swelled with love and pride for the man next to her. With a smile she whispered, "You're amazing, Jake."

The Shifter blushed lightly before smiling and holding the brunette close to him. Bella snuggled into his embrace and the two of them sat in silence for a while before it was disrupted by Jacob's stomach growling. Laughing Bella gave his firm abdominals a pat and said, "Go find yourself some food, wolf boy. I'll still be here when you get back."

Jacob chuckled and nodded, giving Bella a kiss on her cheek before getting up from the hospital bed and walking out of the room leaving Bella alone. Bella smiled after him as the door closed, but it soon slipped from her face when Maggie appeared next to her bed, looking almost completely transparent and she looked exhausted. Alarmed at her appearance and a sense of dread coming over her, Bella asked, "Maggie, what's wrong?"

Her conscience said nothing at first, then she said, "You did it, girl. Everything that you wished to redo has been done. That means that time is up, Bella."

Bella shook her head frantically as she said, "No! No! I can't leave now! I don't want to! I want to stay here with Jacob! I don't want to go back! Maggie, please!"

Maggie gave her a sad smile before moving to sit next to her on the hospital bed. Taking Bella's hands in her own she said, "Everything is going to be alright, Bella. Everything you did here wasn't all for nothing."

"Yes, it was! Because now I'm going to be sent back to my unwanted wedding day!" Bella cried as tears filled her eyes and spilt down her cheeks.

"Have I ever lied to you?"

"Well, no but-"

"Then trust me when I say that it all wasn't for nothing." Maggie smiled at Bella, her image shimmering and seemingly going in and out of focus.

Bella's eyes widened and she said softly, "Maggie."

Maggie gave her a seemingly tired smile before saying, "I'm alright, Bella. And when you return, I won't be with you as your conscience anymore. I…I'm not going to exist anymore when you return."

"W-What do you mean?"

"Just know that if I could, I would do this for you all over again. And I'll always be with you, right here." Maggie placed her hand over Bella's heart.

More tears fell down her cheeks as Bella realized her conscience was saying a final goodbye to her. Her chest heaving to try and control her emotions, she whimpered out, "Maggie, no."

Tears began to fill Maggie's bright blue eyes as she said softly, "I'm sorry, girl."

Bella began sobbing, hugging Maggie close to her as she cried in her neck. She didn't want to lose the white-haired conscience, she was like her sister. She was a part of her and she didn't want her to go away. In a tear-filled voice she said, "Maggie, please don't do this. Don't leave me."

Maggie's tears fell as she pulled away from Bella, giving her a sad smile. Gently taking Bella's face into her hands, she brought her face close to hers before placing a soft kiss to her forehead, Maggie glowing bright blue as she did so. The moment her lips touched her forehead, Bella gasped as she felt a jolt run through her head, the feeling causing her to flinch. When Maggie pulled away from her, she started to shimmer once again, this time completely fading. Right before disappearing completely Maggie told Bella, "Be happy in this life, Bella. Be happy and live freely."

Bella watched as Maggie disappeared in front of her eyes, her image leaving behind blue shimmering lights before those too disappeared. It was completely silent, so much so that Bella couldn't help but say, "Maggie?"

There was no response and Bella knew in her heart that her conscience was forever gone. She felt her heart constrict in pain for the sister she just lost, and she closed her eyes as her tears continued to fall down her cheeks. A moment later Jacob walked back into the hospital room. He looked at Bella in concern and walked over to her, taking her into his arms as he asked, "What's wrong, honey?"

She didn't answer him at first, but instead asked, "Remember how I told you that I'm not from here, but from another timeline?" At Jacob's nod, she continued. "Well, my time here is up. I have to go back now."

Jacob's eyes widened before he said, "No. No, you can stay. You can stay here with me and we'll be happy together. You have to, Bells."

"I'm so sorry. But know that I love you. I love you so much Jake, and if I could, I'd stay."

Jacob looked at Bella trying to figure out what to say. However before he could Bella began to slowly vanish before him. Grabbing her shoulders he said, "No Bells, don't leave me."

Bella looked down at her transparent hands before looking back up at Jacob. She gave him a heartbreaking smile before gently taking his face in her hands and pressing her lips against his one last time. Jacob returned her kiss desperately, not noticing how a tear slipped out from his closed eyelid and down his face. When Bella pulled away she whispered, "I love you, Jake. Never doubt or forget that."

"Bella," Jacob said as she became even more transparent. Right before she was completely gone he whispered, "I love you too, honey."

The last thing he saw until they were completely gone were those chocolate brown eyes of Bella's that he adored and would never see again.

Author's Note: The story's not over just yet, but it's almost done. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for what comes next. I promise, Bella and Jacob's story isn't done just yet. Love, SehunsBae37.