SM Owns Twilight

Part Two -Chapter Nine: Pain

Song: Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin

Edward POV

The sun would be setting soon. All day I'd run the woods trying to pick up Leah's scent to no avail. I had come across a sickening familiar one, Victoria. Damn it all to hell, and back. I didn't have time for her shit, and to protect, Leah.

If I got my hands on her, I was going to kill her and finish with it. After the hell, James put our family through, it would be no loss to the world to end her pathetic existence. Her scent was too near Jasper's for my liking. It meant she was watching us.

It was also near Jasper's that I picked up Leah's scent with the other wolves and followed it to the Quileute border. I heard the cry of pain from a distance and ran, never was I more grateful for my speed. I skidded to a stop right at the border. A fire cast shadow on those that stood in the clearing.

"Phase, damn you." A hard blow to the left side of her face sent Leah flying through the air to land in a heap. Taking a shaky step, she stood, spitting blood out of her mouth.

"Ah, so the leech has arrived, and at such a good time. So what's more important to you, bloodsucker, her or your family. It's your choice. Cross the border and I'll make sure your whole family burns."

"Grab her." Sam shouted at the other two who had yet to phase. Jacob Black stood in the back, his hands clenched into fists and his eyes closed.

"They're going to kill her, Edward, for being with you. I tried to stop him, but they threatened my father and sisters. Sam wants control of the tribe. Dad's not doing to great, Edward, I couldn't . . . He means what he says Edward, he wants all of you dead. He figures with you and the rest gone, that Jasper won't be a problem to kill on his own." I heard Jacob voice in my head as if it was my own.

I watched as they grabbed Leah by her arms and hair, holding her upright. She was breathing heavy, and I knew they caused further damage to her ribs. My hands clenched so hard into fists that I could feel venom running down to hit the ground with a hiss.

"Edward, go, please." She looked up at me through her hair, her dark eyes pleading with me. I fell to my knees, my fingers mere millimeters from the border. I loved her so much, but could I let my family die, because of me, yet again. Better to die now, with her, than to watch them perish because of me.

"Edward, go, please.' Sam taunted Leah and I, then struck with a closed fist. I heard the crack of bone and grabbed the tree for support. He'd broken her jaw. 'Come on, Eddie, come get your bitch so I can kill you and that superior father of yours. Lucky for all of us, your guardian is out of town. How fortunate is it for all of us, that your family is down their best fighter? Come on, come and get her, oh wait, you've already had her. If your stench on her and in her is anything to go by."

The boys holding her arms dropped her on the ground, her jaw hanging oddly. I was on my knees as I watched Sam kicked Leah in the stomach over and over until blood was gushing from between her legs.

"You do know she's barren right, or at least she is now. She can't even be a proper bitch in heat like her cousin. Good lay though, wouldn't you say Eddie, or at least once was. I don't plan her living long, a pack is only as strong as its weakest link, and Leah is our weak link. Better to cull her now" Sam lifted his foot to strike a killing blow and I didn't think twice.

Tackling him through the air, I slammed him into a tree that went down with both of us. Quickly I was up and one my feet, the other two had phased and were snarling. Jacob Black had yet to move. Sam was up and within seconds in wolf form.

They started circling and leaped stupidly at once in different directions. Quickly I dodged out of the way as they flew into each other. It would have been comical at any other time. The only thing it did was piss them off. I knew if even one of them got a hold of me, I was history.

Barely, I missed Sam's huge jaws as he dove for my head and swerved out of the jaws meant for my thigh. Even with my speed, I knew I couldn't keep this up for long, but I would try to hold them off for as long as possible. In the next five minutes, I got in some good hits, but knew the wolves were starting to tire of the game.

Stupidly when Jacob moved from his position toward Leah, I turned and felt the huge jaws latch onto my leg. The weight threw me forward. The dual bites almost severed my legs and I knew I was done. I wouldn't even be able to run with Leah, now if I had to.

Just as Sam's huge wolf form stood on top of me, ready to sever my head from my body, I saw the other two wolves phase into human form, quickly adding wood to the fire already going. I was so close to Leah. Reaching for her hand, I touched her fingers with mine. This was my fault, and I deserved to die for it, not her.

Knowing she was close enough to hear was a small blessing. "I love you, even in death I will love you. Even one day with you, is worth dying for." Tears flowed from her open eyes as she fought the pain to spend a few more moments together. I closed my eyes when she did, waiting for my final death to come.

I didn't even open them when a fierce roar ripped through the clearing, my head too filled with pain to search for the owner. I knew I'd never heard it before and went back to praying for a swift death.

I felt two hands slap my face and looked up at my sister. Emmett was standing just behind her. I could hear fighting, and looked to the sound as Rosalie lifted me. Leah hung in Emmett's, her body limp. The roar I'd heard was Carlisle's and he was fighting with a precision I'd never seen, let alone known him to have.

"Oh, yeah, Carlisle said and I quote, fuck the treaty. I think he's been hanging around Jasper too much." Emmett's voice was a laugh as he too watched in awe.

Within moments I watched as Carlisle landed a kick to one werewolf's rib cage causing an explosion of power, the wolf yelped and went down, not getting back up. The next wolf went for his back and Carlisle swung around and landed a roundhouse kick to its head sending a wolf flying into the trees where it too lay still. Sam lay human on the ground, obviously phasing after a blow I had not seen.

"Did you think you could destroy me and mine, whelp? You have no idea who you are fucking with." Carlisle stood over Sam, his eyes onyx, his fists tightened.

"Do you think you can take me, vampire?" Sam quickly phased and lunged, but Carlisle was waiting, dodging the blow quickly. Sam flew past Carlisle and came about to lunge at his side and growled in frustration as Carlisle spun away.

Reacting quickly, Sam was up. Coming at Carlisle from the front I watched as my father grabbed the huge werewolf by his neck, squeezing until I could smell blood flowing. It wasn't a killing blow, but close. Never in my wildest imagination have I seen Carlisle this visceral. In his mind I saw battles and victories that he'd hidden from me. For the first time in my existence I felt and saw fear through the eyes of my father's victims. Carlisle was not the man I knew. He was dangerous and deadly, every bit, if not more so than Jasper. Carlisle dropped Sam onto the ground.

"She is not yours, as a member of my pack, I get to choose who lives and who dies. She imprinted on a vampire, a sentence punishable by death." The voice sounded twinged with pain as Sam struggled to stand.

"She has mated with my son that makes her mine. I will kill for her, just as I would for my son. Be lucky that I am letting you live. Leah is no longer under your care, and if you ever come near her again I will kill you."

Sam had bet on Carlisle passivity and won when he turned to face us. He lunged for my father's back, intent on snapping Carlisle's neck in half. In a bend that could have been in the Matrix, Carlisle bent backward and Sam flew over him and unfortunately into Emmett and Leah, sending them both flying.

In one last-ditch effort, Sam shook off the loss and swiftly stood over Leah's form as she rolled toward him from the fall. His massive jaws were ready to take her head from her shoulders. Faster than any of us could have anticipated, Jacob Black phased and attacked, his mouth on Sam's neck and biting though tissues, tendon and bone, killing Sam instantaneously.

In a few moments, Jacob was back in human form and looking at all of us. "I'm sorry that I didn't act sooner. We have lived in fear of Sam for months, since Jasper beat him on the beach. He threatened the life of my father and sisters, and I believe others as well. He was supposed to be our leader and instead was a dictator. He and Leah were together once, and I think he beat her up a few times. He imprinted on Emily and shortly after she comes home with a clawed face. When he smelled Edward on Leah he went ballistic. He'd been riding her hard since she phased. There's only ever been one female before, and legend has it that she was the most powerful. Sam was afraid that Leah was the same. I think he's been trying to kill her for months, but she's stubborn and blamed herself for not being strong enough, or fast enough for the pack."

Jacob stood looking at the ground ashamed of everything that had happened and that it had taken him this long to stand up.

"You are the rightful leader, Jacob. It's in your blood. You would do a good job for your people if you can find the strength." Carlisle faced Jacob.

"We have a lot to discuss and with the tribal leaders. You will take care of her." He looked at Leah, barely hanging on in Emmett's arms and at me instead of Carlisle.

"With my life. I love her, Jacob." I hated that I was in my sister's arms because the damage to my legs was too severe for me to walk yet.

"Yeah, well you loved Bella too and look how good that turned out." He tried to stop the words coming from his mouth, but at the last instant gave in.

"Yes, it turned out for the best. Jasper loves her enough to give her what she wants and that is to be one of us. I loved her enough to let her go. I'm happy for them, all I ever wanted was her happiness and her happiness is with him. I plan showing Leah how much I love her for the rest of my existence." I wanted so badly to be the one that was carrying her, but we needed to get her home.

"If you're taking over as pack, can you make her phase?" Carlisle put in the request and I was glad. Leah's heartbeat was starting to fade, and I didn't want to lose her, just after finding her.

"I'll try, but I don't know if it will work." Jacob's words came just as the other two came from the woods, both still in their wolf forms and limping severely. "Leah, phase." His voice was strong and I head the sigh from Leah's chest and she phased into her wolf form, right in Emmett's arms.

"Hey, dad, look what I found. Can we keep her?" Emmett laughed as we groaned. I couldn't wait until Leah healed to give him hell.

"Emmett, not now, or ever again will you treat or call your sister, a pet." Carlisle growled his annoyance. 'Well Jacob, it looks like you have a long road ahead of you, son. I wish you the best. As soon as Leah heals, we will all be leaving. I don't know when any of us will return, but we will notify you first. I will tell Jasper to do the same. At any point you would like to discuss the treaty, your father has my number." Carlisle began ushering us toward home as he briefly began checking Leah's condition in his head.

"As far as I'm concerned, the treaty is dead. When you are here, you will be treated as friends, and family. You have one of us among you now, and that makes you one of us as well." Jacob turned and started putting the fire out that Sam lit.

A/N: Yes I know long time no update. I had to take some time off with my kids being home from school. I hope that the Edward/Leah pairing is not upsetting to some. It just happened while writing and the werewolves will come back into play later in the story, as I am not done with them just yet.

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