Changing Tides
Ch 28- Crash
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"Are you sure you want to do this?" She asked me
"Hell yes." I replied.
"Ok, but I'm going to whoop your ass."
"Yeah right, I bet you crash into the wall"
"We'll see."
The light turned from red to green, and we were off. Maybe it was childish of us to be racing go-carts, but after she beat me in two rounds of mini golf, I was feeling a little emasculated and I needed to beat her at something. Though once I actually squeezed myself into the little cart, I realized that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
I had her beat in the first lap, but I got a cramp in my leg from being so crunched up, that I lost focus for a split second and she zoomed past me. Ok, it was time to stop playing around, this was serious, there was no way she could beat me at this too, I had to win otherwise I'd never hear the end of it. I was right on her bumper, but the damn cart wouldn't go any faster, in fact it seemed to lose power probably due to my weight; yeah that's it, my weight made it impossible for me to win.
Her smug expression turned into full out laughter as I had trouble getting out of the cart when the race was over.
"That wasn't fair; I'm too big and heavy for those things." I complained.
"Well it was your idea, and I did warn you." She smiled, and I swear everyone around us stopped for a moment just to stare at her. She was so mesmerizing, like she was a light and the rest of us were moths.
"Hey baby, want go another round?" Some guy walked up behind her and asked.
"Uh, no." Nessie said annoyed with the human who was obviously about to hit on her.
"Oh come on sweet heart, I bet I can show you a far better time than you're having at the moment."
"Hey man, get lost." I told him calmly.
He ignored me and kept advancing on my girl. "Damn you're hot. Why are you with Goliath, when you can be with David?" He said then whispered to her "David wins you know." He grabbed her hand, and she surprised me by not pulling away, in fact she actually looked like she was enjoying the contact.
She leaned into him and said quietly. "Oh, but he's not Goliath." She said seductively "You are." She gestured to his man parts, and he looked pretty smug.
"Damn right I am." He said. What the hell?
"And that would make me David" She said before twisting the hand he was holding her with so hard, that he fell to the ground and cried out in pain. "Oh look you're right, David wins every time." She said cockily, then grabbed my hand and led me away from the human nuisances.
"Did I ever tell you how sexy you are when you take people down?" I said to her
"Yes, but you can keep telling me if you'd like." She reached up and kissed me.
"God, I love you." I couldn't believe how much my life has changed over the years; I really just wish my father was still alive to see what he did for me by asking me to go back to school. Maybe somehow he did know, maybe this was his plan all along.
"I love you too." She kissed me again. This was what life was supposed to be, two people loving each other and no one else; balanced. I guess it sucks that it took me so long to realize that, but in truth, it was impossible to feel this sooner than I did, because she didn't exist yet and there was no such thing as true love before her.
"So, we did dinner, and the mini golf thing, do you want to hit up the movies now?" I asked her.
"Is there anything sweet and romantic playing?" She asked
I pulled out my phone and looked on the internet to see what was playing. "Uhh, 'Punch Face 6', 'Saw 15', 'Teddy Bear Adventure', oh here, 'A Morning of Tears'. Do you want to see that?" I asked her.
"No way, I hate those sappy love stories; let's see one of those gory ones." She said with a smile.
"Why did you ask about the romantic movies then?"
"I just wanted to know what not to go see." Yep, that's just one more reason why I love her.
We didn't really watch the movie, we spent most of the time kissing; but hey, it's a little hard not to when were sitting in a dark room for so long. After the movie, we were planning on going somewhere to commit fornication like Nessie requested, but my cell went off and it was Seth saying that we needed to meet back at the Cullen house. Damn it, I guess we should have done Nessie's wish earlier in the evening.
We got to the Cullen house, and my pack was there too, so we figured something must have happened.
"Hey, what's going on?" I asked Edward as he came to meet us in the living room.
He kissed Nessie on the top of the head, and then answered me. "Greg got a message from his mother in his dream."
"Really, so what was it?"
"The Romanians, they want more witches; they'll be coming here to try and capture Greg and his coven. As far as I could tell from the dream, the Romanians aren't aware that we're here so they aren't planning on this turning into a battle, so that will work to our advantage." Edward explained.
My thoughts immediately drifted to Nessie; she was tough, but there was no way that I wanted her anywhere close by when this all goes down.
"Bella called Charlie, and we'll be sending Renesmee back to Washington before the battle starts." Edward answered my thoughts.
"No Daddy; I want to be here, I can help, I know I can." She protested.
"Sweet heart, you know we can't let that happen. You being here will just be a distraction for all of us, and we can't afford to be distracted." This was one of the instances where Edward's over-protectiveness was a good thing.
"This whole thing is stupid, why don't you just contact Aro, and tell him what's going on so he can handle this himself." Nessie said.
"We already did that. Aro knows but he decided it would be best to stand their ground in Volterra instead of initiating a fight here."
"So in other words, Aro is hoping that we fight and lose some of our numbers, before they join in." I stated remembering the Volturi's stance when the newborns attacked.
"Exactly" Edward said.
"Wonderful." I sighed. "Well, I'm going to contact Sam and see if he'll send us any of his pack."
"That's a good idea, thanks Jake." Edward said. "Jasper and Carlisle are looking for any of their friends willing to help as well."
I called Sam and let him know what was going on, and it definitely worried him. He understood the danger that this fight could bring to the whole world if we lost, so he decided he wanted to come himself.
The next day, Sam arrived with Paul, Jared, Collin, Brady, Quill, and Tommy. I didn't really know Collin, Brady and Tommy very well, but the more the better I guess. Between both packs, there were seventeen wolves currently, and with eleven joining in on the fight, that only left six back in LaPush to protect the people and My Nessie, which worried me, but was still our best option.
"So when is this all going down?" Sam asked Carlisle.
"Well the dream wasn't clear, but we know it will be soon. We're hoping Greg's mother can send another one before the actual attack occurs." Carlisle explained.
"Shouldn't we go to a more obscure location to draw them away from the humans here?" Sam asked
"Unfortunately, we really can't. The Romanians don't know that Greg's mother is sending him messages, so if we aren't here, then things could get a whole lot worse."
"So where are we going to fight then? If we fight out in the open, the humans will see and isn't the whole point to us fighting the Romanians is to keep humans ignorant?" Sam asked
"Well, they will be attacking the school because that's where they think the witches are. The forest that surrounds the school is unpopulated, so hopefully we can draw the fight out there." Carlisle planned.
"Ok, so how do we avoid them attacking the school all together?" Sam was starting to get frustrated with the lack of a better plan.
"Babe, it's time to go." I whispered to Nessie. I was going to fly with her, then escort her to LaPush before flying back to help in the fight.
"Ok." Ness went to kiss her family good bye and the tears that rolled down her face just about broke my heart. I knew she was worried about her family, but she understood why she couldn't stay as well.
"Jake, I was thinking." Edward said as we were about to leave. "Maybe it would be better if someone from your pack was back in LaPush, just so we can stay connected there because Sam's pack isn't connected to you. I'll still be able to hear what's going on back there through Sam, but you might be more comfortable if you're connected to her as well."
"Yeah, that's a good idea." I got my pack together to see who would be most willing to miss the fight. My first thought was to send Quill back, so he can protect both of our imprints, but he was the second fastest of us behind Leah, and we could really use him here.
"I'll go." Leah offered. That surprised me; Leah never opted out of a fight, so I knew she wasn't doing it out of her own fear.
"You can't Lee." Seth said "Whoever goes has to take Jake's plane ticket, so they'll have to use his ID too. Don't get me wrong, you are pretty masculine, but I don't think they'll buy you as Jacob Wolfe."
Leah punched Seth's arm for calling her masculine. "Ok, so who's going to go?" Leah asked.
"I'll go." Seth offered. "I don't love ripping up vamps as much as the rest of you do."
"Sounds good, thanks Seth." I said and Leah smiled. Apparently this was what she was hoping would happen if she volunteered; as tough of an exterior that she had, she was still just a protective big sister inside.
"Wait, so you're not coming with me back to LaPush at all?" Nessie seemed upset.
"This is better anyway; if I go back with you then there is a chance I'd miss the fight." I told her.
"I know." She said, and apparently that was her plan all along. Women; always with their ulterior motives, jeesh.
"Babe, I have to fight. I'm one of the strongest wolves and I'm needed here." I told her sympathetically. I knew she was worried at the fact that her whole family and I, are all going to be here risking our lives, but I just hoped she understood.
"I know, but I just can't stand the idea of being so far from you." She started crying again.
I wrapped my arms around her. "I know honey; I don't want to be away from you either. Ok here's what's going to happen, we're going to kick some Romanian asses, then we're going to go to the 'all important' prom, I'm going to get an awesome score on my SAT, we'll graduate, then we'll get married and move into an apartment by the college that you decide we should go to. We'll stay there for four years, and then we'll move back to Washington and open a car restoration business. Ok?" I said to her. She looked up at me and smiled, then kissed me passionately.
"Promise me." She demanded.
"Prometo, mi amor" (I promise, my love) I told her. "Allí no es una fuerza en este mundo que me podría impedir volviendo a usted" (There isn't a force in this world that could keep me from coming back to you.)
"Ok Romeo, it's time." Edward said and patted me on the back before pulling Nessie in his arms and she kissed him on his cheek.
"I love you daddy." She said with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I love you too."
Bella was last to say goodbye to Ness and they held each other tightly before Bella whispered something about her little nudger, whatever that means. I was going to drive Seth and Nessie to the air port, so I'd say my goodbye there; it was better done away from her parents anyway.
I made Seth drive, so Ness and I could sit in the back seat and kiss the whole way, and because I wasn't paying attention to the road, I didn't see it happen. One minute my lips were on hers, the next minute the tires made a loud screeching noise and started spinning before the whole car flipped in the air and rolled down an embankment.
We must have hit hard, because it would have taken an extremely powerful blow to knock me out. I had no idea how long I was unconscious for, but when I woke the first thing I did was reach over to check on Nessie. I could feel her hand, but with all the twisted metal of the car, it was hard to see her face.
"Ness!" I yelled for her, but there was no answer. I squeezed her hand and tried to shake it to wake her, but she was completely limp. I started to panic.
If I had been a normal human, there is no way I would have been able to get out of the car, because I was completely pinned, but I wasn't a normal human. I used my whole supernatural strength the pry the mangled steel frame away, so I could break free. I had minor lacerations, but nothing serious, so I was able to easily run to Nessie's side and pull her out as well. She too had cuts on her face and arms, and I realized that was the first time I ever smelled her exposed blood and there was a definite vampire smell to it. I guess that with her thick skin, the smell was never strong enough to seep through, so I wasn't able to smell it before. I lifted her out of the car and cradled her into me while crying out her name.
She didn't stir so my fears started overtaking me. Edward had said that if she was ever in an accident that it wouldn't hurt her anyway, so why wasn't she waking? I could smell the gas, and I knew that there were sparks from the wreckage, so I reluctantly laid Ness at a safe distance away and went back for Seth.
Seth was also unconscious, and he was buried deeper within the car. It was like the whole front of the car wrapped around him, as if he drove at top speed into a fifteen feet deep solid wall. What the Hell happened?
I pulled at the car pieces ferociously but carefully, knowing it could explode at any moment, and finally I got to Seth and was able to free him. The guy was heavy, so I had to drag him from the danger, and I laid him on the side of the road. I could see his breath, so I knew he was going to be Ok and his cuts were already healing; I just didn't understand how any of us could have cuts in the first place.
"Damn it, we didn't know there was going to be two wolves, no wonder they're not dead, we didn't make a big enough spell for two." I heard a voice say from the other side of the wreck. I looked up quickly and saw a white van parked by where I left Nessie. I scrambled as fast as possible towards them, when the wreaked car exploded. I ran around the inferno, but I wasn't fast enough; they loaded Ness into the van and sped away. I screamed after them and tried to phase, but for a reason I didn't understand, I couldn't. It was like the connection between my human form and my wolf, was broken and phasing was impossible.
"NO!" I screamed after them, but there wasn't anything I could do. I chased after the van in my human form, but it was like with every step I took, I became weaker and weaker until my speed and strength was no greater than that of a normal human's. I fell to my knees and panted for air, feeling completely weak, and the pain from the accident coming to me strongly, I was more injured than I previously thought.
I could feel the darkness taking over; in fact I was fighting it with every last ounce of energy that I had left inside of me, but it was too strong and the last thing I thought of before I blacked out, was My Nessie.
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