A/N: I feel like you deserve an extra chapter this week since I didn't update for you last week. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 36: Escape

Jacob POV:

Since we've been back in Alaska, all we do now is pack little things up like our pictures and stuff. We wouldn't pack too much since we're going to keep this house as a vacation home. Nessie told the family the news and they were happy, but also a little sad that they wouldn't see all of us everyday. Carlisle and Esme flew down to Forks to make sure the house is ready for us and that Edward and Bella's home will be in the process of getting built.

I did a pretty good job not thinking about moving out here while phasing with my brothers. They would've told their imprints and it would've gotten to the whole tribe before we know it. Nessie and I are keen on making this a surprise for everyone. I can't wait to see the look on their faces.

"Jake Jake! He rolled over!" I heard Nessie squealing.

I stopped paying attention to the box I was filling up to see my boy looking confused yet really happy because his mom is proud of him. He even did a happy squealing sound like his mother.

"I'm so proud of you, buddy!" I walked over and kneeled down besides Nessie, "Before you know it, you'll be sitting up on your own and even crawling."

"C'mon Jay. Let's have a cup of blood with Mommy." Ness picked him and swayed with him, "I'll give you a taste this time, maybe you'll like it."

The Denali's came over last week when we got back and were delighted to meet our son. Of course since Nessie is their favorite, they stole a couple pouches of blood from Carlisle and put it in our fridge.

I watched Nessie pour her last blood pouch into a tall glass before taking a nice long sip. Edward made grabby hands at the cup, he must've got a whiff of it and wanted some too.

"It smells good, huh. This is O positive, my favorite." Nessie said as she dipped her finger into the blood and put in on Jay's lips.

Jay licked his lips and smiled contentedly. He's just so darn adorable with his mother's smile. Nessie didn't have to tell me, I got Jay a bottle and filled it with half of the glass of blood.

Nessie let me feed him while she did some more packing. I sat in the rocking chair and watched Jay chug down his bottle. Believe it or not, his eyes seemed to twinkle more than they do normally. Interesting.

"If you're anything like your mother, you will love mountain lion. When you're old enough, she'll teach you how to hunt."

Jay slowly blinked at me as if he knew what I was talking about. He's pretty smart, I bet he knows a lot of things he can't make his mouth say yet. It's crazy to think about how much I enjoy being a dad. Jared and Sam are right about how much fun it is minus the mini tantrums of course. There really isn't any bond like the one a father and his child share.

"You're getting pretty big, Jay." I said as I took the bottle from his mouth, "You're not just a tiny baby anymore are you."

He responded with a shriek of laughter.

"You're pretty happy aren't you. Keep it going, we like it when you're happy."

I let him play with his musical toy while I went outside to take a breath of fresh air. It was then I got a whiff of an unfamiliar vampire. I immediately averted my eyes to him and saw his red eyes, he looked as if something got stolen from him. I phased right then and ran towards him. If I could smell him, everyone else can.

I heard Nessie cursing under breath and holding Jay tightly against her as Edward, Bella, and the others were running towards our house. Alice froze when she got in front of our door and let out a scream. Shit, another vision.

I ran to the big house and saw it going down in flames, the vampire right in front of it. I instinctively growled at him as he walked towards me.

"Aro won't forgive this." He said, his voice thick with disgust.

With that he was gone. In a way, I'm happy that the Cullen's didn't have any personal items in this house but at the same time this is fucked up in every single way. I ran back to the house and phased back. Edward tossed me some shorts and I mentally thanked him. Everyone looked so confused, scared even. Jasper was on the phone with Carlisle and Esme telling them what happened and they were just as shocked. Renesmee was holding Jay, who is now asleep, close to her as she wept. Bella had her arms around her daughter and was whispering comforting words to her while Rosalie and Emmett were protectively hovering over them.

"What did he say?" Edward asked.

"He just said Aro won't forgive this." I stammered, "What does this mean for my family, Edward."

"We have to go to Volterra." Edward said, "We can't let them hurt Renesmee and Edward."

I agree.

"If you're going, we're all going." Alice said.

"They can't win." Renesmee wiped her tears, "We've worked so hard to get where we are. I won't let them tear us down."

I walked over to Nessie and kissed her temple, "We're a family. Once Aro sees that Jay isn't going to bring anyone harm, he'll leave us alone."

"I wish it was that simple, Jacob." Edward added, "You're a shape-shifter. A vampire's natural enemy."

"Then we'll be proof that shape-shifters and vampires can get along. Nahuel and Leah can be proof too." I turned around, "I've waited all my life for Renesmee and our son. I'm not going to let ignorance be the reason as to why my only happiness in life is taken away."

"Jacob's right, are we going to let them rule over how we live forever?" Renesmee said, "That isn't fair to any of us."

"We're family, we will fight just as hard as we did the first time now for EJ." Bella stood up.

It's settled. Once Carlisle and Esme return, we'd all go to Volterra and confront the Volturi. Alice would do her best to see the outcome of this, but we'll make sure we have a plan B just in case things go south. If Aro knows what's good for him, he won't tear up my family.

The Cullen's would stay here for the time being since their house wasn't exactly liveable. Jay seemed to like that a lot, we did our best not to show our think about being scared since he'd easily pick up on that. I told the pack what was going on and they agreed to be there for us for support. Unfortunately, the imprints couldn't come. We couldn't risk them getting hurt.

Ever since the incident, Nessie has been pretty shaken up. I'm more worried about her than anything. Her worst fears came true. I knew she cried about it when no one was watching and it broke my heart. Edward and Bella were watching Jay so Ness and I could go out and get more boxes.

During the car ride there, she just broke down and started crying. I immediately pulled over and held her in my arms. She has no idea how much it hurts to see her cry like that. I kissed her hair as her cries turned into soft hiccups.

"We're going to make it." I promised her.

"Jake, I feel so hopeless... What if our future is just too perfect, it isn't meant to be."

I pulled her away from me and looked into her glossy eyes, "Nessie, it is meant to be. I didn't bump into you at the Vampire Weekend concert for no reason. We didn't love each other for no reason. Our son isn't here for no reason. You said Alice had a vision of a fight against the Volturi when they were coming after you and your family right?"

"Yes but–"

"But nothing. If your family is willing to fight for you, they'd murder an entire country for Jay. Unless the Volturi wants that fate, they won't dare to fuck with us."

"I'm so scared, Jacob. I don't want our son to go through what I went through, I used to have nightmares about that when I was little about the fight that never happened between my family and the Volturi. I thought I'd never see them again, that hurts Jacob."

I wiped Nessie's tears and kissed her lips, "I'd rip the throats of every single one of those bastards before I let them lay a finger on you and our son."

"We won't let them hurt him."

I nodded and put the car back in drive and got right back on the road. If we could be strong enough for each other, we could be strong enough to protect Jay. The moment we knew he was there, we made that promise to him. Who were we to break that?

We got what we needed from the store and went straight back home. Jay was still safe, in fact he was playing with his crazy Uncle Emmett. Nessie thought it was adorable. The way Jay smiled at us when we walked into the room was priceless, that little man gets excited about pretty much anything. I don't ever want to see that go away.

Nessie showered him with kisses causing him to squeal in laughter as he held his hands up at the sides of her face. She really is the perfect mother. Watching them proved to me even more that there is no way some ancient vampire cult could take away something so precious.

That night Jay slept in the bed with us. We've been training him to sleep in his crib so we used the one I built, Nessie and I had a clear understanding that he would be safest closer to us. Nessie bounced him around the room and sang his baby beluga lullaby to him, much to his delight, and he was fast asleep.

"I'm gonna pump some milk, Aunt Rose volunteered to wake up with him." Nessie pecked my cheek before she walked into his nursery.

It was just me and my little man now. I laid my head down on the pillow and curved my arm around his small form. I hardly noticed myself falling asleep nor did I hear Nessie crawling into bed with me. I had no idea how tired I was.

I guess having something traumatic occur right in front of your eyes can be emotionally and physically draining.

Renesmee POV:

I woke up the next morning and I heard my baby boy babbling down stairs while watching Little Einsteins with Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme, they must've gotten back early this morning. Mom immediately came upstairs and hugged me tight.

"I'm okay, Mom. Seriously." I sighed onto her shoulder.

"Just making sure, Ren." she adjusted my loose ponytail, "Jake went out for a run."

"He loves having a morning run." I chuckled to myself, "I better get started on breakfast then, he'll be starving when he's back."

Mom decided she wanted to help me since she wanted to brush up on her cooking skills. We made smothered potatoes with cheese eggs. Pregnant me would've loved it but I think I'll pass and go hunting later with Dad. It did smell pretty good though for human food. I made sure to make Jake's plate looked nice and pretty as I wrote 'I love you' with ketchup on on his cheese eggs.

Jake came in perfect timing. I heard him phase back and walk in with just his shorts on. Mm, sexy. One of the cons of having my vampire family living with us temporarily is that I can't get away with fucking Jacob senseless. Uncle Emmett wouldn't let that go for the next two centuries.

"Smells good, babe." Jake kissed behind my neck.

"I made your favorite breakfast." I turned to face him and pecked his lips, "Enjoy, honey. I'm going to give Jay a bath."

I then walked into our living room and greeted my grandparents who expressed their condolences. With a family like ours, I'm convinced we're invincible. I picked up my son, who was just ecstatic to see me and walked to the bathroom.

"Do you like Little Einsteins?" I asked my son.

He responded by clapping his hands together.

"I'm happy you do, Blue Jay." I got his bath water ready.

I took him out of the onesie he was in and held him in the baby bath that we have in our bathtub. I made sure the water was at the temperature he likes, he smiled at me when I put him in the water.

"Mmmmm" he pursed his lips together.

"Can you say 'mama'?" I chuckled as I used the baby shampoo to wash his hair, "I think you'll be like me and will talk before you start walking."

"Mmm mmm!" Jay kicked his legs.

I laughed and rinsed his hair out, "We're going to make a big trip, tonight I think."

He tilted his head slightly.

"I don't want you to worry about a thing. Mommy and Daddy won't anything or anyone hurt you." I promised, "You're our world you know."

That got him to smile again.

"I bet you already know that though."

I finished washing up Jay and wrapped him up in a towel before going to the nursery. I saw that Aunt Rosalie put out Jay's rubber ducky footsie pajamas out and also a clean diaper.

"Thanks, Aunt Rose."

"No problem, dear."

Jay only fussed when I put his diaper on him as I expected him to. Silly boy just really hates diapers. He did, however, love his pajamas. Mostly because the fabric is soft on his skin. I held Jay close to me and look at his cute little face, Jake's features were starting to shine through.

"You're so handsome but you know that already." I gave him an Eskimo kiss, "You look more and more like your Daddy everyday."

"Daaaa?"

"Good job, buddy." I walked out into the living room, "You have my hair though, so there's something you have from me too."

"There's my little man." Jake made his way to us.

"He's starting to make words come out his mouth." I grinned.

"Mmm!" Jay kicked his little feet.

"Yes, Jay. I'm Mommy." I tickled his little tummy, "Can you say Daddy?"

"Daaaa!" He pointed at Jake.

"You're so smart, little man!" Jake smiled.

Grandpa Carlisle approached us and smiled a little. I know he was a little nervous about confronting the Volturi again, he doesn't like confrontation at all. I could see he was trying to be positive about everything that has been going on.

"Jacob, Sam contacted me and told me that everyone is ready to go. I will take one of the planes and pick them up and then meet with your guys in Volterra."

"Alright, so do we have a game plan?" Jacob asked.

"Edward will take the other plane and the rest of you will be on it. When we get there, we plead our case. If it goes well then we don't have to worry. If not, you phase, take Renesmee and the baby and run. We will fight."

"We want to avoid a fight at all costs." I said, "I asked Leah and Nahuel to be there as support to. Hopefully they come to their senses and let it go."

"I hope they do to, dear." Grandpa Carlisle put his hand on my shoulder, "We leave at sunset."

Jake and I both nodded our heads and Grandpa Carlisle went back to Grandma Esme. Jay looked up at us confusedly and I kissed his cheeks.

"Don't worry about a thing, buddy." Jake ruffled up his hair.

I sighed a little and held onto Jake's hand for comfort. I knew deep inside that we'd be okay, but this entire thing was just so crazy. The only positive thing about this is that after this is all done, any other children Jake and I would have would be safe from the Volturi. I wouldn't ever have to worry anymore.

This was just another step to make that happen.

A/N: After this chapter there will be three more chapter until the end of Part I! Leave your thoughts!