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Jacob's POV – Battlefield – Part 2

"Emmett - oh, God," Bella gasped as she ran over to him and grabbed him up into her arms. It was quite the sight really – tiny, little Bella holding up a hulking body like Emmett's with no effort at all – but nothing about this moment was funny.

"S-she was crazed. She tried to kill Jake," he sobbed, "I couldn't let her kill Jacob."

Emmett had killed his own wife to save my life, he had sacrificed what meant most to him in this life… for me.

"Something was wrong with her, I'm so sorry. She wasn't herself… shhh, Emmett…" Bella whispered to him as she ran her fingers through his hair in a comforting and motherly way, Esme would be devastated that one of her children was now dead. "We're here Emmett, we're here."

Who else had we lost? Were there more?

My attention left Emmett for one moment as I glanced around the field. Alice was sitting on the ground; Jasper's arms wrapped tightly around her as she sobbed tearlessly for her fallen sister, Bella had sat down on the ground with her arms wrapped tightly around her brother as he sobbed tearlessly into her chest. Edward kneeled down next to Emmett as he continued to sob and Carlisle just watched his children closely, his own body wracked by sobs – venom tears covering his eyes – tears that would never fall.

Leah, Quil and Embry were stalking around the field along with Peter and Charlotte and they picked up pieces of random – non-friendly - vampires and piling them onto the fire as Paul and Jared sniffed the air, looking around the field with frantic eyes. My eyes widened as I realized that some of my pack was missing -

"Where's Sam?" Leah asked as she glanced around the field suddenly – her eyes connecting with mine as she became frantic with worry for our brother. "And Seth – where is Seth?"

"I'm here," Seth hollered as he burst through the trees in human form – his forehead was cut and bleeding and he was clutching a hand to his left side where there was a pretty nasty gash that was bleeding as well. He used the arm that wasn't occupied with covering his wound and pointed back through the trees. "Sam went that way – chasing after Aro."

I phased quickly and looked back at Carlisle, grabbing my ribs tightly - At least one broken… I didn't have time to worry about that now, there was still a vampire to kill – and I'd be damned if I was going to let this one slip through my fingers. "Carlisle," I called to him. His eyes met mine and then looked down toward my bruising ribs. "Don't worry about me right now – can you tend to Seth? He's pretty banged up."

Carlisle nodded as he walked away from the pyre that held his daughter and sent to Seth – carefully looking over his wounds as my eyes found my pack's once more. I opened my mind to Peter and Charlotte as well as my pack – the Cullen's needed to take this time to grieve and I wasn't going to pull them away from that.

"Paul, Jared, come with me. We're going to find Sam," I ordered, "Peter, Charlotte – can you back us up? And Leah, Embry and Quil – scent the area and make sure we didn't miss anyone. We'll meet back here when we've taken care of this – got it?"

I didn't wait for anyone to answer – I phased again quickly and howled loudly as my ribs cracked under the pressure of the phase. Damn – definitely broken. My eyes began to burn and the red haze settled over them as my body trembled with hate. I took off running toward where I could feel and hear Sam – my back up right behind me. The taste of anger and malice burned heavy on my tongue as I ran, my body pushing itself toward Sam as fast as it could. I could literally feel the hate pouring from everyone else that was with me – this was no longer just a quick fight – this was going to be a slow and painful torture. This was personal...

We were running fast – paws digging and vampire feet silently whipping through the trees toward the battle that was now taking place - the air whipping around me as I followed Sam's scent, over-laid by Aro's sickly sweet stench. They were close; I could sense Sam… I could still feel him.

"They're over there," Paul huffed as I heard the snarls and growls.

We broke through a line of trees and saw them – locked in battle, Sam's jaws wrapped tightly around Aro's arm that was still attached – with a loud sound or iron twisting; Sam relieved him of his remaining arm. I couldn't help the sick smirk that pulled across my face as I watched Sam wrap his jaws around Aro's left leg -

"Sink some teeth in him, Sam!" Jared cheered as we saw Aro through Sam's eyes – the fear finally appearing on Aro's face as he realized he wouldn't win.

Aro twisted away – his leg now missing a small chunk as he sunk into a crouch and hissed loudly – his eyes locking with mine. Sam growled and Aro's attention went back to his attacker - They were circling each other now, and Aro had pieces missing from other parts of his body – and I smiled again with satisfaction as I realized he was still sporting the claw-marks I'd embedded in his chest – like they were burned there. Sam was wild with hate – anger was rolling off of him in waves.

"Stop fucking around man, take him down!"

"Paul, shut the fuck up… don't break his concentration," I ordered as we drew closer to the two menacing figures.

Sam was stalking Aro like his prey and I could feel his anger burning up inside of my body – layered with my own. Sam could feel me – the want that I had inside of me, to destroy the vampire that had threatened to take away everything that I loved.

"Jake – you want him?"

It wasn't a question really – Sam knew the answer. But if we let up for even one moment, I knew Aro would capitalize on it and run, or worse… hurt Sam or one of my other brothers.

"Rip out his throat, Sam," I growled loudly as we stopped in front of the pair of stalking figures, "But we'll all get the rest of him."

He nodded once and lunged at Aro, teeth bared and knocking the vampire to the ground with his massive paws. Sam held him down on the ground as he leaned down and wrapped his jaws around the leech's neck and tearing away his throat with a loud scraping noise followed by Aro's loud and gargled screams.

"Jared, start a fire – then join us around the leech," I ordered, "Peter and Char, you want in on this?"

Peter snickered at my side and nodded. "You know I do, pup," he laughed loudly as his eyes turned dark – his lips pulled back over his teeth as he stalked forward.

I didn't need to look at anyone to know what was going on around me – I knew my orders were followed about the fire as the smell of burning wood invaded my nostrils. I inhaled deeply as I phased back into my human form – an evil smile pulled across my lips as I looked down at Aro - my eyes fixed on the injured vampire lying on his back underneath Sam's hulking frame.

"Not so cocky, are we now?" I grinned.

He made a sick gargling noise in his throat as his eyes burned into mine. And that's when I heard it – his voice invading my mind. He knew - he hadn't been lying when he'd said he knew my secret…

"You didn't get us all – and you'll never see your precious Renesmee again. You really should have taken inventory of us all," he said in my mind.

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

He simply laughed in my mind and turned his eyes away from mine. My blood was boiling as I looked down on him, I wanted nothing more than for him to die, but that wouldn't get any answers from him. There was time to torture him a bit before we finished him off…

"Jared, Paul, rip his legs off!" I snarled.

I felt the air shift as Jared phased back into his wolf form and he and Paul stalked forward. They took Aro's legs into their mouths and tore them away quickly as another gargled scream came from the vampire, his teeth snapping toward Sam's face.

"Now, talk!"

"They'll find her, and they'll take care of what I set out to accomplish. You can't stop it – if we don't succeed, someone will find her…"

"You have someone looking for her – you sick fucker," I growled lowly in my chest as my vision blurred for a moment. "This was a trap – so you could get to her."

"What?" Peter asked as his body went rigid – his eyes were now coal-black as he looked down at Aro.

"Demitri and Felix will take care of her," he laughed loudly in my head, so loudly that I flinched and almost wanted to cover my ears. It wouldn't help, no - because he was in my head.

He played us – made us believe that we at least had some form of hope – but the whole time he'd been playing us. And now my wife was in danger – because they'd fooled us – we were all so completely fucked.

"Demitri and Felix… you sent them after my wife?"

Sam, Paul and Jared all growled loudly as they snapped their jaws and I could see Sam sink his claws into Aro's chest.

"Finish him off, now! We have to get back home – right fucking now!" I growled as I turned on my heel and lunged forward as my body exploded into the wolf and I landed on all fours.

"Char and I can do that – ya'll should go and get back to little Nessie," Peter offered – I could hear Aro's last gargled scream as Peter and Charlotte took care of him - my pack ran behind me, their minds worried and full of questions as we ran back toward the rest of our group.

"We need to get there fast – gather the rest of the pack and anyone else who wants to come, I need to get to her," I ordered as I ran as fast as my legs would carry me – my mind was everywhere – how did we not see any of this?

I pounded the ground with my paws as I ran full tilt back to the clearing where I'd left the rest of the group, it wasn't lost on me that I could smell smoke and the sickly sweet smell of vampire as they burned. I felt and saw Sam, Paul and Jared coming up behind me as I ran. We had no time to lose if we had any hope of saving Nessie; it was all a fucking set up.

"Jacob – A-Alice… there's something wrong with Alice," Seth said as we entered the clearing again.

He was right, the pixie was laying down on the ground with her fingers pushed into her temples and Jasper was trying to soothe her as he looked around at all of us frantically.

"She saw… it's not possible. It's just not," Jasper whispered as I finally skidded to a stop near Bella and Edward, who were still with Emmett as he looked around at us as if seeing us all for the first time.

"What? What did she see?" I asked as I phased back quickly. Modesty was out the window at this point, naked or not, I didn't care. There were answers I needed, and I needed them now. And we had to get out of here and get back home…

"R-Rose - Rose is with Nessie," Edward whispered.

"What? I just burned her – Emmett killed her," I ground my teeth as I glanced down at Emmett's face. That was impossible – Rosalie couldn't be with Renesmee because I had personally put her body on the pyre and Emmett was sitting there clutching her Cullen crest in his massive fists.

"She's alive," Alice whispered brokenly.

Emmett's face twisted in pain as he glanced back at the fire where Rose's body had been thrown.

"That's not possible," I growled, "She's dead."

"N-no… Rosalie is alive…" Alice grunted as she writhed on the ground.

Emmett grunted as he turned toward his sister – the pain evident on his face. "My Rosie is alive? Please tell me you're not… please, is it true?" he sobbed.

"Emmett," Nahuel said softly as he crouched down near the sulking giant, "Your wife is alive – what Alice sees is true."

"But how is that possible?" Sam asked as he looked around the field at the faces of our group. "Jacob watched Emmett rip her apart and then he burned her himself."

"Isn't it obvious?" Peter asked as he and Charlotte appeared at our sides. "Ya'll didn't see what was happening and we lost our element of surprise because Aro had information from inside our little circle – he infiltrated us without us even knowin' it."

"Emmett, when you passed out that day that you were attacked – do you remember anything else?" Edward asked quickly as he stood up – his eyebrows drawn together in concentration.

"I-I just remember passing out after I saw someone coming out of the shadows – like I told you," Emmett answered with a shake of his head. "It was after that…"

He trailed off and looked up at Edward – his eyes turning black as pitch as he growled deeply in his chest.

"What - After that what?" Bella coaxed him.

"That's when I started noticing the changes in Rosalie," he spat out like the words tasted foul in his mouth. "They took her – they took my Rosie."

"Yes," Nahuel said softly – looking back around at everyone as they gathered around us. "They traded her out – for the shifter. She took Rosalie's place and infiltrated our group – the only give away way the changes in her attitude, especially toward Jacob."

Alice let out a high-pitched scream as her visions took over once more – her tiny body writhing on the ground as she got lost inside her mind.

"She's alive, Emmett," Edward whispered, looking down at his brother as Emmett's hands clutched tighter to his wife's' necklace. "Y-you killed the – shape shifter. The Volturi had her infiltrate our family, get close to us. She took Rosalie's place, just one touch, and she… almost flawlessly can mimic someone. But now we have to get back home." Edward whispered as he read Alice's thoughts. "It's hurting Alice to see…"

"Why does it hurt to see?" I asked gently.

I was in a hurry to leave, but they were like family… I couldn't just leave the pixie lying there in pain.

Edward cast his eyes to the ground and pain etched its way onto his face. He was concentrating as he read his sisters' mind – and he obviously saw something he didn't like as he let lose a growl. "They've tortured her - beaten her. It's too late – they're there. Esme and Rose… have been tortured, and now they're… Demitri and Felix are there…"

"No – not… Esme," Carlisle ground his teeth loudly as he locked his eyes on mine. "We have to save them. We have to get back to them, please."

I turned back around to see the rest of the vampires surrounding us, I couldn't be sure if they were all there – I didn't have time to think. Carlisle was right; we had more work to do…

"We have more to do, this day is not over," I ordered. "We have to go back and save them, and I know what I'm asking here. You are under no obligation to come with us – you've all already done so much. But we have to go – NOW! Decide, are you in or are you out."

I glanced around again as they conversed amongst themselves. This wasn't something I had been prepared for. The battle had gone well, injuries were minimal. But it wasn't over…

"They're going to try and… impregnate Nessie," Edward spat out, still staring down at the ground.

I couldn't stand here and listen to the rest of the vision, and I sure as hell couldn't wait for everyone to decide if they were with us or not, I turned around again and phased quickly, once again letting my paws pound into the ground as I ran back toward the only place I should have been… where I should have stayed. I had left her – and she was in danger – because of me. I had to make it in time… I just had to get back to her before they did anything to her.

She was my reason to stay alive – she was everything… and I just had to make it back to her before…

I was running for my life, toward the only thing left in this world that mattered. I couldn't make myself move fast enough, there was only one thing on my mind…

Nessie… Nessie… Nessie…

It was like the beat of my heart was echoing her name inside of my chest. I just had to be fast enough; I had to be strong enough. I had to get back to her. Failing wasn't an option when it came to her; it just wasn't even a thought that I would let pass through my brain. I was going to get to her, and I was going to save her from the future that Nahuel had seen… even if Aro was dead, there were still monsters after my precious Renesmee, and I would die before I let anything happen to her.

"Jacob! We're coming with you… we're all behind you," Someone hollered.

I didn't have time to care about whose voice it was, there was only one voice I wanted to hear, and I had to go faster… I had to get to her, to make sure she was all right. I had to make sure she was safe. I pushed myself to move faster – I couldn't slow down, I didn't have time to even concentrate on breathing – my only concern was getting back to Nessie.

God, please let me make it back to her in time… to all of them. I have to be man enough – I have to keep them safe - her safe…

My paws continued their brutal assault on the earth as I made my legs move even faster – there was nothing standing in my way… there was nothing that would stop me from saving my wife.

I shouldn't have left her – I should have stayed and kept her safe. I should have been able to sniff out the imposter.

My brain was in overdrive; I couldn't stop the thoughts and the self-hate… I had left her behind, and I had let her down. I hadn't kept her safe. I had broken my promise to her - to always be by her side and make sure no harm ever came to her.

"Stop it, Jacob… stop it right now," Edward scolded me.

"Get out of my head – I don't have time for this," I growled.

"You have time to throw yourself a pity party… just stop. Nessie wouldn't want you feeling this way about yourself. It's not…"

"If you say it's not my fault I'll pull your arms off and beat you with them. You know that I promised her - what kind of husband am I? Imprint, protector… I haven't done my job- I haven't kept her safe."

Edward sighed heavily as I heard footfalls behind me… all around me. I was being followed by numerous beings. The group – all of them – had followed. We were going to beat this – once and for all, we'd make it back and save them. Power flowed through my veins as I pushed myself even faster – my body flying through the forest faster than I'd ever moved before. My vision blurred slightly as the red haze covered my eyes once more and the now familiar tingle worked its way through my body.

We would make it back in time…

I pushed myself harder, the muscles in my legs stretching and contracting tightly… my breath coming in harsh pants as the scenery flew by me in a blur. I couldn't see anything around me; my focus was on her… My heart was still pumping to the beat of her name; it was rushing through my body and into my muscles - into my very being as I continued to run.

My eyes grew wide as I started to recognize some of the surrounding area. We were close, so close. My ribs ached, my heart was rushing and my head was fuzzy with emotion. I just had to get to her; I had to save her…

"We're almost there, we have to hurry."

Jasper…

I could see the clearing behind the Cullen's house, it was still a few miles off but I could see it. I could feel – I could feel her, the pull to her. She was alive, this much I knew, because the imprint was still there. I could still feel her inside of me – just like she'd told me I would.

I snarled loudly as I pushed myself harder still, my muscles were sore – but I didn't care. I couldn't stop; I didn't have time to be in pain. There was nothing else in this world that mattered, nothing but her. I jumped through the remaining trees and across the stream swiftly, my paws landing beneath me as I made contact once more with the ground as I made it across the water.

Just a few more yards - I could make it… I had to make it.

I could hear the group behind me, I could feel them all closing in behind me.

"I want them…They're mine!" I growled. The Alpha command in my voice rang out loud and clear and I could feel the will of the group behind me bend. There was nothing left to be said, I could hear the group behind me fall back as they obeyed my order.

I lunged across the front lawn and up to the house, jumping at the front door with both paws. The wood splintered and cracked beneath my weight and I came to a stop inside of the house.

Their scent was everywhere – they were here.

I let loose a loud howl as I leapt forward into the living room. The scent was making me sick to my stomach - it was unmistakable… Nessie's blood.

"Nessie…"

I called out to her in my mind – but no answer came. I could feel her; every beat of my heart and every step I took brought me closer. I could feel it… the pull of the imprint. But she didn't answer me.

"Ness, answer me…"

Still, no answer came.

I growled again as I sniffed the air. Traces of her scent where everywhere, her blood…

What had they done to her?

It was then that I turned the corner into the kitchen and saw - I saw her lying there.

I threw my head back and let loose another howl… this one was different. I needed someone here – NOW.

She didn't even acknowledge that I was there. She continued to sob loudly and hug herself tightly. She looked so broken and tiny as she lay there. She was curled into the fetal position, her body was wracked with heavy sobs and she was stripped completely naked. She was folded in on herself; her eyes clenched tightly shut and her lower lip trembling as she tried to cover her nakedness with her tiny hands. She was covered in cuts and bruises. An ugly gash ran across her left cheek, and her lip was covered in blood… and –

"N-no!"

There was blood seeping from between her legs. Long gashes were torn down her legs; blood was everywhere.

I was too late…