Chapter Twenty Nine
Before I knew it I was being hounded by newborns, two on my back and another attacking me from the front. I rolled over a few times until the two vamps clinging to me fell off; I got to my feet quickly a dove at the closest one. We tumbled to the ground again and I snapped his head off, spitting what was left of it out. I took care of the remaining two fairly quickly; I saw Fable and Micah running just up ahead they were heading right for Adelie, panic ran through me and I took after them but before I'd even taken two bounds in that direction something tackled me in the side.
It's like being hit by a freight train, even Emmett hadn't hit this hard when we'd trained together. I feel myself slide through the mud and into a tree hitting my head hard. I wobble into my feet and have to shake my head to keep from losing consciousness. I look around but see nothing whatever hit me knocked me well into the trees and away from the battle, there's the stink of vampire, he's close, then something heavy lands on my back, all the oxygen is knocked out of me and the vamp pulls my head back about to break my neck. I twist and manage to turn onto my back beneath the huge newborn; this guy was rivalling Felix and Emmett for size. I kicked him off of me with my back legs and caught his arm between my teeth as I did ripping it off at the elbow.
The newborn screamed in rage and lunged at me, I jumped out of the way then reared up and slammed him against the tree, I bit his ankle and pulled his feet from underneath him he hit the floor with a thud and then I rammed my paws against his chest he grappled at my fur with his free and only hand, it was times like these that I wished it wasn't so dammed long. Lucky for me I had all four legs so I used my back one to pin his flailing arm, a snarl ripped out of me and I saw fear on a vampires face, that was always amusing, then I went for his head.
Newt: Skar you ok? That guy was huge.
Me: I m fine, don't worry about me just look after yourself stay with... Newt look out!
A Voltori guard in a black cloak dove at Newt and they both tumbled over, they stood facing off for a second and just as the guard made a second dive for Newt, Tali swooped in out of nowhere clasping the guard up in her talons. All that was left behind was rubble.
Me: Christ Newt be careful
Newt: sorry. Hey looks like Teague and Jaide are in trouble.
I honed in on Teague thoughts and Newt was right he and his brother were engaged in a fight with Aro and it didn't look good for them. I immediately started running in that direction.
Newt: I'm with you
Jake: like hell he is, Skar go! Newt you stay with Seth like you're told
"Jacob!" I suddenly heard Nessie scream in Jakes ear, Jake's concentration turned completely to his imprint and we lost the mind link. I wasn't sure what was happening but it sounded like Ness was in trouble too. I followed my orders and went to Teague and Jaide, they needed me, Jake wouldn't let Ness get hurt.
As I came up on Teague and Jaide I saw Aro grab Teague around the middle, bones crunched and I felt his pain wash over me as he howled in pain. I picked up speed running faster than I ever had and tackled Aro forcing him to release my friend. I couldn't hear Teague's thought's anymore I couldn't even sense him in my mind and that terrified me, it was like he wasn't even there. Aro was on me before I could get back up and he yanked hard on my tail, so hard infact I thought he might have torn it off. I felt excruciating, indescribable pain shoot up my tailbone and all along my spine. My limbs feel weak, they go limp and I collapse onto my front unable to move at all. Aro walks around me and bends to look at me. "Ah, your the one who came into my home and took my prizes away" he says, I assume by prizes he means Ness and Fable.
I search my mind for someone who's close enough to finish this asshole and see Jaide closing in. He leaped at him, but Aro didn't even flinch as if he'd seen the attack coming he just reached out and grabbed Jaide by the head as if it was nothing. I whined wishing I could help my friend but I still couldn't move, if anything I could feel a slight tingling in my paws and the tip of my tail but not enough to move. "You really shouldn't have done that" Aro says continuing to talk to me holding Jaide suspended in the air. I can feel Jaide panicking because he can't get free.
Me: Jaide try and relax it's gonna be ok
Jaide: he killed my brother!
I went cold, was it true? Was Teague truly gone? I'd thought he was just unconscious, but Jaide was right I couldn't feel him at all. A new wave of rage spilled through my veins and I fought my body to heal quicker. Whatever Aro had broken, it had paralysed me, I could only hope it was temporary and when I healed I'd be able to get up and kill him. "Foolish dog" he spat making my blood boil harder.
I saw behind him Marcus approaching he was walking along slowly gliding in that ethereal way they all did. A rabble of newborns lunged and grappled at Marcus but Demitri and Felix were right there disposing of them before they even came within an inch of their master.
Jaide continued to squirm and fight to get free of Aro's grip but to no avail, Aro turned his back to me to address Marcus obviously having heard him approaching. "Brother? Have you come to beg my forgiveness before I kill you?" Aro asks laughing slightly to himself.
"Aro, put him down?" Marcus tells him gesturing towards Jaide.
"Why? I think he's a rather nice piece of meat between me and your lap dogs" Aro says and I can just picture his sick and twisted smile. He sighs "Very well" Aro says. He moves so quickly I don't even see what he does but there's a nauseating snap, Jaide's whine of pain dies in his mouth and Aro drops him to the floor, he lays there unmoving.
Me: Jaide!
He doesn't answer.
The pack stops, we all feel it; it's different to Teague's absence from our minds, Jaide's is deafening. Blood pounds in my ears, my throat feels thick and and my breathing falters it's almost as if I can't breathe at all. I barely even register the fight that breaks out between Aro, Marcus, Demitri and Felix.
It doesn't take long for Demitri and Felix to grab Aro by his arms, they kick him the backs of his knees sending him to the ground in almost perfect unison. They must have done this a thousand times before restrained someone so one of the three elders could be the one to do the killing. "Demitri? Felix? Thank you" Marcus says smiling at both of them.
"Don't do this Marcus; we're brothers we're meant to rule!" Aro spat.
"I think we have all endured quite enough of your rule Aro" says Marcus.
"What do you hope to achieve without me you'll be over run, the armies of the south, the Romanians... Volterra will fall and you'll have nobody to blame but yourself"
"We would never let that happen" Felix growled angrily "Volterra is our home"
"Felix is right, but if that is to be my fate than I shall accept it when it comes" Marcus tells him.
"Perhaps you should follow your brothers example and try and die with a little dignity" Demitri smirks as Aro Struggles to free himself.
"We both know you won't kill me, if you wanted to you would have done after you found out about Didyme" Aro says. Marcus blurs forward at an alarming rate and grabs Aro by the chin just as the feeling starts to come back in my front legs. I've never seen Marcus look even angry before but right now he looks positively murderous.
"You're right Aro this is something I should have done a long time ago. This is something I should have done for Didyme" he says he punches Aro so hard in the face that all that's left behind is a sheared off stump.
Marcus takes in a deep and unnecessary breath then sighs in relief, "It is done" he whispers to himself and Demitri and Felix begin ripping up Aro's remains. Felix strikes a match and holds it up while it burns.
"Here?" he says "after the things he did to you, I think you deserve the honours" Felix says to Demitri. A ghost of a smile passes Demitri's lips and I have fleeting wondering of what Felix could have meant then my attention goes back to Jaide and as I drag myself to him I hear Aro's body go up in flames.
I reach Jaide and the feeling starts to come back into my back legs too, I nuzzle my nose against his side but he doesn't move, he's gone, we've lost him. I don't know what to do with myself, all around me the battle is drawing to an end, newborns are fleeing, fires are being lit all over the ground and then Jake is screaming in my head.
I rummage through the frantic and distraught thoughts of my pack brothers until I get to Jake's. It's Ivan he's stood over Nessie as she lies motionless on the ground. Jake's running towards them wondering how he got so far away from her but Fable gets there first jumping on Ivan and clawing at his back he pulls her off of him and sinks his teeth into her neck before Jake can get to them. Fable goes limp in his arms and starts to change back to her human self, unable to stay phased with the venom coursing through her. I see something in his hand, at first I think it's a knife but I realize it's a syringe.
Me: Jake the syringe!
Jake: I know he hit Ness with the same thing!
Jake forces himself forward faster and I see Micah limp in the direction Fable had come there's blood on his flank he must of gotten pretty badly hurt. It's too late Ivan injects Fable with whatever he'd injected Nessie with and despite her struggles Fable passes out hitting the floor just as Ness had. Micah pounces on Ivan despite his wound and Jake helps him finish the vamp off.
Micah collapses onto human knees, he rolls onto his side clutching his bloody leg and panting heavily. "Are they gonna be ok?" he asks Jake but he's still wolf and can't answer. Suddenly Jake whips his head around as a cry of agony and despair travels to him. In the distance Jake sees Edward screaming and dryly sobbing over a broken Bella, her head severed from her body as her mate desperately attempts to fix back on and then Jake phases out and I'm cut off.
Garret comes jogging over to me carrying a limp looking Teague over one shoulder just a moment later.
"Skar are you alright? What was all the screaming about?" he asks he doesn't give me time to answer even if I could. "Looks like Teague took a pretty bad hit, he's still breathing though, I think he'll be alright" he tells me. Garrett looks down at Jaide. "Is he alright? Hey you haven't seen me other arm anywhere have you? That bastard Santiago ripped it off" he says. I hadn't even noticed he had an arm missing; All I can do is throw my head back and howl, a few seconds later the rest of the pack joins me in my mourning, howling a farewell to our fallen brother.
