A/N Sorry I'm taking so long to write these. I've had some writer's block. ^^ For those who are also reading "Leah's Last Stop," I wrote the next chapter, but didn't like it. I have to re-write the second half. So, maybe later this weekend I'll post. I've also had a sore throat and cold. I know – excuses, excuses. *heh*

Anyhoo, thanks for reading and your reviews. I hope you enjoy this long and action-packed second part. ;)

Chapter Twenty-Nine – A Wild Weekend in Seattle, Part II

"She has to be around here somewhere," Leah sounded panicked.

The three of us followed her up and down the planked walkway of the waterfront. We glanced in between buildings, people, everything and anything, trying to find a small girl that weighed no more than 70 pounds and running away from us.

"Leah," I finally grabbed at her arm. "Leah, hold on a sec."

"You saw her, right?"

"We all saw her." I wanted her to calm down. "Leah, you need to stop. She doesn't want to be found obviously. We've been looking for half-an-hour."

"How could she disappear? We're all creatures that should be able to smell or sense her. Go into your vampire mode and track her down. Act like she's a food source and hunt her."

We all went blank. Alice spoke before I had a chance. "Are you insane?" She grabbed her other arm, "and speak more quietly," Alice whispered. "You say you imprinted but don't you all imprint with your future… um," she looked to me, and then quieter, "mate?"

Esme cleared her throat. We all turned to her.

People walked along the walkway and a few finally started to pay attention to the four women talking about vampires.

I said, "Let's go somewhere less populated" still holding to Leah's arm, leading her away.

It was me on one side and Alice on the other. We both pulled her along to the end of the plank walkway, through an opening in the railing, and then to the beach and toward the pier.

Walking across the sand, we all stopped where it was quieter and less crowded, underneath the pier.

"I don't understand why I imprinted," Leah said, sounding so confused. "I'm not supposed to. I don't get it. I'm such an anomaly. Why am I the only female wolf? Why was I made so different? And now I'm imprinting with little girls. What kind of weirdo does that make me? I'm also supposed to be a pedophile now? As if I wasn't weird enough…."

Esme, Alice and I, glanced between us, unsure which of us should speak.

Esme took the lead, "There has been a premature imprint already regarding you – with Jacob. I understand that maybe…" she breathed, "Leah, I know losing your children was very difficult. Maybe it's too soon to be going out and…"

"You think I'm having a bout of wishful thinking?" Leah sniped. "This is just in my head."

"It's just…" Esme held Leah's hand within both her hands, "oh sweetheart, I know that sometimes our minds play tricks on us. We all do this – try to attach ourselves to something familiar. We do this to get by and past our hurt."

"Like you think that Alice and Rosalie are you daughters – but they're not. You're simply fulfilling your own fantasy, right Esme?"

"Don't be mean," I told her. "Leah, we aren't your enemies."

"I'm," Leah's gaze fell downward. "I'm sorry – I'm so sorry Esme - I'm just so on edge. I've never felt this way before. I don't understand this. I don't…."

Leah walked off, the wind whipping her hair wildly. We watched her. She looked like she was in such turmoil. I guess we all did feel sorry for her. She had become a part of our family and I know I wasn't sure how that happened. How'd we adopt this wolf girl into our lives?

Leah finally turned to us, "Maybe… it was too soon for me to get out. Maybe you're all right." She looked to each of us, and let loose a small chuckle, "If you all could see the looks on your faces right now – it's a mix of pathetic pity and you think I've lost it."

Alice smiled and peeped up, "It's because we care. Let's not ruin the rest of our stay and go back to the hotel – get ready for the dinner at the top of the Space Needle – and just try and have fun before we have to leave tomorrow. We'll all act like we're eating around you."

"That's such a waste of money." Leah was always so practical.

"It's my money to waste," Alice locked her elbow into Leah's. "Forward ho – bachelorette party part two."

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We dressed in nice casual wear: Esme, Leah and I wore boot cut jeans, heels, and blouses with blazers; Alice wore a cute, frilly little peach-colored dress with a matching sweater and purse. She always stood out.

Timothy spotted us in the lobby and ran up to Alice. He was a thin, overtly helpful, young man. "Be careful when you're out ladies," and then he shuddered, looking like he wanted to tell us more.

"We will," I said.

"By the way, did you hear?"

He did want to tell us more.

"No," I answered.

"Some tourists were attacked near the waterfront last night."

"We'll stay away from the waterfront," Alice told him.

"I heard it was horrible. Someone is out there preying on tourists. So, be careful."

"We will," I told him.

Little did he know we were the predators and not the other way around?

"Thanks for the heads up, Tim," Alice said.

We left and caught a cab to the Space Needle. After being dropped off we stared up at the needle. It looked like an alien space craft that was left behind. We rode up the outside elevator 607 feet high in the sky. The skyline was an array of lights that took on a yellowish orange tinge. There were just so many lights.

Once we were seated I looked over the menu. Alice told Leah, "Save room for dessert, we're getting you the Lunar Orbiter."

"What's that?" she asked.

"It's… something you have to see."

Leah stared at the menu, her eyes wide. "Oh no way – this is too much."

"Order what you like," I told her, "don't worry – just enjoy."

"You sure? We could just go to a burger joint. I'm good with that."

"This is your time. You're getting married in a week. You enjoy yourself."

The waiter walked up and she ordered the Petite Kobe Top Sirloin.

Esme ordered a salad, Alice ordered a soup, and I ordered an appetizer. We told the waiter we were on a diet and Leah had been in a coma for a month and needed the food. I don't know if he believed us.

After he left, Leah barked, "Gee guys, thanks for making me look like a pig."

"Wait until you have to eat what we order. I hope you have your wolf appetite back."

We laughed.

The restaurant rotated a full 360 degrees as we sat. The skyline was beautiful tonight and we could see the silhouette of the islands and mountains in the distance. Leah ate quite a bit from each of our plates, without others noticing, just to make it look like we ate. She really had grown an appetite.

She told us, "If I do this again only one vampire at a time."

She made us laugh again.

Alice ordered her the dessert. The waiter brought out a strange ice cream sundae that had smoke floating all around it – the Lunar Orbiter. They would bring out a glass bowl of ice cream with chocolate sauce in one bowl placed in a second bowl, and then pour hot water into the second bowl, making a vaporous aura lift like clouds and smoke around the dessert.

Leah laughed, "That is freaky. All that for a sundae," she waved her hand across the smoke, "that's so cool Alice."

"I knew you'd like it."

Leah ate the whole thing.

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We left the restaurant and walked along the sidewalk. There was an amusement park nearby and we discussed going inside.

Leah didn't feel up to it. She had eaten quite a bit. We would go back to the hotel and watch a movie. Weren't we an exciting bunch?

Suddenly we all perked up. I know I heard a scream. It came from further south.

"Is that someone at the park?" Leah asked.

We all listened carefully.

Leah looked over, her head rose like when a dog hears a siren in the distance.

"There are vamps nearby," she said suddenly.

I said the obvious, "Yes – us."

"No – I mean evil vamps." She grinned, "Follow me. I can feel it inside. I'm going to change. I'm finally going to change into a wolf."

"No – are you crazy? In the middle of Seattle?! Port Angeles was bad enough." I felt panicked. We didn't need this happening again.

"They're hurting someone," Leah said, sounding very forthright and heroic.

"Then let us handle it," I told her. "Alice?"

"On it."

Alice was ready for a fight.

"Esme, please stay with Leah," I said.

"Wait, Rose – Alice, I don't think you should be doing this."

"We'll just check it out," I told her and we took off before Esme could complain.

We ran up a building, to leap across the tops. We talked as we ran side by side.

"I knew something was up when Tim told us about the killings."

"Newborns?" I asked.

"I'm not sure."

"I'm surprised you didn't foresee this."

"It came out of nowhere – what do you think I am – phone-a-psychic?"

We headed toward the beach, further south to the myriad warehouses at the harbor. We entered the area, the density of people out on the weekend dwindled significantly in this area. Everything was shut down in the evening. We leapt over a fenced area, still smelling, sensing fear, blood, but no more screaming.

"Why are we here?" I whispered. "This doesn't seem right. It's so quiet."

"I guess we're now like those super heroes in the comics – Blade or whatever."

"I'm missing a ninja sword."

"Oo, that would be fun. I'd love to carry a sword."

"Your strangeness never ceases to amaze me."

We walked along the back of the warehouses. It was dark and smelled strongly of fish.

Alice and I spun around when we sensed what was behind us. It was a large grey wolf – it was Leah.

"Leah, what are you doing here?" I asked.

She nodded her large head and then took off, so we followed. Esme was soon next to us. "Sorry," she whispered, "I couldn't stop her. She kept running and changed suddenly. I guess wanting to hurt vampires is too strong of an urge."

"Oh my gosh!" Alice suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Both Esme and I stopped, worried.

"She ruined that really nice blouse I bought her." Alice was pouting. "Did she mess with the shoes too?"

Esme and I glanced back and forth between us - we couldn't believe she was thinking over that now.

"Where'd she go?" I asked. "And how big is this place?"

We heard growling and what sounded like fighting so headed in that direction. It was further toward the water. I hated water. We sunk like bricks in water.

We came upon Leah the wolf, attacking three vampires. I'd never seen them before. There's no way she could take on three. What was she doing? They were ganging up on her and would kill her.

I leapt into the fray, Alice following behind. I grabbed an older man and threw him backward toward Esme. A tall young blonde girl jumped on me and Leah bit at her, swiping her down with a claw. Alice occupied herself attacking a young male with black hair. His moves were fast and he and Alice took their fight to the side, flying into a warehouse.

Esme yelled loudly, "Everyone needs to stop! STOP IT!"

We all turned to Esme. The older man stood beside her.

"Look – this isn't our area – we need to stop!" Esme spoke, and the man looked in agreement with her.

He spoke to the younger two vampires. "We're all vampires - let us hear what she has to say."

Esme looked so in command.

The dark haired guy stepped forward, pointing at Esme, "Who do you vamps think you are? You don't give us orders."

We stood, waiting to hear what Esme had to say. I looked over to Leah; she had blood all over one side of her fur.

"We're only visiting," Esme said, "and heard that someone was in danger. We didn't realize there were active vampires in Seattle and didn't intend on invading your territory. You do understand that you need to maintain a low profile?"

"Like bringing a giant wolf with you when you attack? Yeah." The blonde growled at Leah, who growled back at her.

"There are rules you need to follow, even if you are nomads." Esme looked to the older man, who seemed to be the leader. "I'm Esme Cullen and this is my family. We're peaceful vampires who live northwest of here. Where are you traveling from?"

"Utah," the older man said, "I'm Grant and this is my nephew, Christian and his fiancée, Liv."

"We're vamps – we don't have rules." The young male scoffed, followed by his fiancée by his side who sneered. "Are you three with the wolf? Seriously? Is it a full moon? Taking your dog out for a walk?"

"She isn't a werewolf," I answered. "She protects humans and realized you were feeding on them. How dare you think you could just wantonly go about killing humans? You're going to draw unnecessary attention killing in the same area two nights in a row."

"It's a big city."

I looked over at the three dead bodies on the ground, blood filling the area. We'd been so busy fighting I hadn't paid attention to the smell earlier.

"You don't eat humans?" Liv asked me.

"We don't. We hunt animals."

The man, Grant, spoke up, "Humans are more deserving of this than animals. Those three probably lived a worthless life. They were drunken revelers. What makes you think you're special and can come and lecture us? You should go back to wherever you're from and eat your deer. We can take care of ourselves."

Leah growled. She did scare me when she was a wolf. I guess it was a natural fear within me. However, I walked over and stood besides her, glancing over to see how badly she was hurt.

"We could kill that wolf in a second," the black-haired one said. "In fact, leave and let us finish the job. Vampires are a higher order on the food chain."

"What a bunch of pompous asses," I said.

"You can stay too," he said. "Weak vampire out-of-towners who think they can come here and lecture us about how we should live."

The two younger vampires laughed at us.

"He's right. We should go," Esme actually agreed. "This isn't our fight."

Alice and I both wanted to object.

"Leah, please come back with us. We're going."

"The wolf has a name?" The blonde one laughed mockingly. "Leah? Here doggy…." She pursed her lips and whistled.

Leah leapt at the blonde one, pinning her to the ground. Oh shoot – why did she have such a bad temper?

Christian instantly went to protect his girlfriend, and I went to protect Leah. Alice jumped in, and we were all fighting again.

Alice jumped in front of Leah and that's when the male had her in his teeth, riding her to the ground, clinging to her back, biting down at her neck - doing Alice's trademark maneuver. I wondered if that was his special gift – mimicking the one he was fighting.

I ran over to help Alice and the blonde one gripped me by the hair hard. She fought like a girl. I spun and then we were hand to hand, neither one letting up. She was strong.

Leah bit down on the male, getting him off Alice, lifting him in the air, and then threw him into the water. He hit like a stone, a loud splash following.

Alice lay on the ground. Liv left me to run and find her boyfriend in the harbor, and actually jumped in after him. She wasn't very bright. I ran down to Alice.

Grant stood beside Esme. They both stood by talking intensely.

Grant told us, "Take care of your own and we'll leave." He left for the harbor, yelling, "Christian, Liv – let's go. We've fed – let's go now. I'll meet you at the beach."

Liv and Christian were still in the water. They'd be in the harbor for awhile. They both would have to walk across the bottom toward the beach.

The leader looked back at Esme. "I'll consider what you said."

I wondered what Esme said to him.

Leah fell to her side, panting, her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth. Her whole left side was bleeding. Alice scooted besides her, holding to her own neck. They both sat on the ground.

"Man, those teeth sting," Alice said. "I was about to get the upper hand. He blindsided me."

"Sure," I smacked her on the arm. "You going to be okay?"

"Just a flesh wound. It will mostly grow back."

"Leah?" I asked, "You going to be alright."

Leah sat up, nodding, with Alice lying against her fur. Alice grinned, "Leah reminds me of a dog I once had."

"You never had a dog," I told her.

"But I wanted one."

I think Leah the wolf laughed.

"Well, this was a fun night," Alice stated. "What will we do to top it off?"

"At least Leah is a wolf again," Esme said. "We can be thankful for that. Smart move tossing him in the water, Leah - I'm glad you chose the least violent route."

Leah snorted. I'm not sure that's what she meant to do.

"What did you tell the vampire?" I asked Esme.

"I told him keep a lower profile. And if he hunted animals he wouldn't have to keep looking over his back. I also told him if he didn't call off attacking my family I would make sure the Volturi got a phone call."

"It's good one of us used our head." I appreciated that about Esme.

She looked over at the dead bodies. "It's too bad we were too late to help them. Grant told me they'd go to another city. We need to get out of here. Leah, can you make it back over the fences and then change back? Are you still healing?" Esme asked her.

She stood up and nodded her large wolf head up and down.

Alice stood, holding to her neck. "Don't tell Jasper I messed up."

"I won't," I said, "but I think he'll notice the hole in the side of your neck."

Esme looked over Alice's neck. "It looks like he was working on removing your head. I think it will only leave a small scar."

"All this time and I have to get an ugly scar on my neck. You know how difficult that will be covering? Oh," she sighed. "And the wedding is next week."

Leah loped over, and then licked the back of Alice's head.

"Thanks – but dog slobber isn't helping."

We all leapt back over the fences and found a quiet place for Leah to change back. I left to retrieve clothes and the car, and then check out of the hotel. We decided to drive back tonight. It wouldn't look good to go back to the hotel since Alice had a bite out of her neck, and Leah would take the rest of the night to recover from her wounds.

At least it took Leah's mind off that little girl she thought she imprinted with.

A/N I know, sorry. I'm horrible at writing action. As always, let me know your thoughts in the reviews. : )