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Our Dawn
Part V
Epilogue
Jacob Black
36. The Final Judgment (Dies Irae) – Part Four
During that hunting I couldn't stop myself from thinking that one day I would no longer hunt vampires, I would no longer lead my pack and I would no longer protect my people because running right beside me were my successors.
Harry and Will were doing a great job so far. What they lacked in experience they had it on speed and endurance and I was proud even if that meant that one day I would have to hand over my position to one of them.
As we were heading north, the rain and the wind were becoming stronger. Washington State wasn't the typical state where you would spend your holidays but this was extreme. We were used to bad weather, lots of rain even during the summer, and very cold and wet winters but this was something else, probably a tropical storm.
'There's only one way to get this leech.' William said. 'We need to build a security perimeter.'
'Okay, what's your idea?' I asked him. My kids were putting all of their efforts into this.
'I know where Joham's going. Reading the patterns he's been showing us, I'm sure he's going straight to the storm.'
'You read patterns?' Embry asked.
'Sure, it's easy.' Will said proudly.
'No, it's not.' I told him. 'It's one of the hardest things we do. You can only read patterns when you know your enemy extremely well because only if you know him and his technique, you can guess what he's about to do. And you don't know Joham that well.'
'We all suck at reading patterns.' Quil added.
William smiled internally.
'I've always known I'm awesome.'
'So you know what he'll do…' Embry started. 'How is that going to help us? Are we going to the centre of the storm too?'
If Will was going to suggest that, I would have to step up and take the lead again. A vampire would survive being hit by a storm, a hurricane or a tornado but we were a very different story. They were immortal but we weren't.
'Guys…seriously…we can't follow him. If this is really a tropical storm, we can…die.'
'We're pretty aware of that, Sully.' Harry said. 'But that's exactly what he wants. He thinks the storm will slow us down and we'll stop hunting him.'
'I'm kind of tempted on agreeing with him…' Josh confessed. 'No way we can go straight into that storm and expect to keep chasing him. The wind is too strong.'
'We're not going to go straight into the storm.' Harry announced.
'What's the plan?' Sam asked.
'The square tactic.' William explained. 'Ever heard of it?'
'Vaguely.' I confessed.
'If we set a security perimeter and make him stay in the middle, we'll be able to catch him.' Harry explained.
'So we're just going to circle him, right?' Embry asked.
'It's the same principle but to surround him in a circle will be too obvious and if he guesses what we're trying to do, he'll try to change directions and we'll have to think of some other way. If he sees wolves ahead of him, he'll know what we're doing.' William informed.
'So we need help.' I realized. 'We don't have enough wolves to do a square formation.'
'Someone needs to be ahead of him, and come his way from the north, while we're behind him.' Harry said.
'Let's see what I can get.' I howled and I wasn't surprised when Leah was the first wolf to answer my call followed by Seth.
She was excited about our plan to surprise the leech and capture him but the news she told us were too serious for us to call the rest of the pack. La Push was being consumed by a huge fire and eight of our members were needed there.
'We can still ask the Cullens for help, right?' I questioned. Though I doubted that eight vampires would be enough to help us out following the plan.
'Bella, Esme and Carlisle went to Forks, they're trying to help.' Seth announced. 'But we can ask the rest of them…'
'Unless…' Leah began. 'We talk to Aro, he's on his way to Quillayute Airport as we speak but he can send his army to help.'
'So they did show up?'
'Yep.'
'Are they taking the vampire kid with them?'
'Yes. The big boss is over the moon. You should've seen him…'
Personally I would rather have killed the vampire child before they arrived but at least they were leaving and no one had been tortured or killed. So I guess things had worked out alright.
'As long as they recognize us as their allies. I can't be chasing Joham worried that we'll be attacked by the Volturi too.'
'Don't worry Jacob. We'll talk to Edward and we'll join you as soon as possible.' Leah promised. 'Kids…behave and do what your father tells you.'
Fifteen minutes later Leah and Seth were back with news. Not all of them good. The Cullens had accepted to go with Leah and Seth to the Quillayute Airport to talk to Aro. The vampire elder was ready to fly out of the country but he listened to Edward and sent six members of his Special Guard plus seventeen new members of his coven to help us. Some had special abilities, like a vampire woman named Sage and a guy named Shannon.
Edward and Jasper were keeping a close eye on them because they could turn unstable since they had never been anywhere near wolves.
'So, where are Rosalie and Alice?' I questioned. Through Leah's thoughts I could only see three Cullens running up the coast to Neah Bay. I knew Bella, Esme and Carlisle were helping at the Reservation or in Forks but I didn't see the Pixie and Blondie anywhere.
'There was a small problem…at the airport.' Seth explained. 'They had to stay there.'
'The Volturi are staying?' Sam asked, not happy with that.
'No…actually, they left already. I mean the elders, Scarlett and a couple of members of their Special Guard.'
'So what was it?' I asked.
'We'll talk about that later.' Seth promised. 'Trust me, it's better this way.'
'Miss Sadistic and her evil twin brother are in charge.' Leah said referring to Jane and Alec.
'Great.' Everyone knew I was being ironic.
'How the fuck did they take-off in these weather conditions?' Josh thought to himself still thinking about Aro.
No one answered.
'We have about an hour before the tornado hits us full force.' Seth announced.
'So what's with all this rain and this wind? Is this some kind of a warm up?' Quil asked frustrated. He hated to have his fur wet.
'Pussy.' Paul laughed.
'It's…uncomfortable alright?' Quil defended himself. 'Almost as much as stepping on shit.'
'You're still a pussy, Quil. No one is afraid of a storm.'
'Fuck off, Paul! And it's a damn tornado!'
'Let's focus, guys. We're close now.' I told them. We were running for too long. Everyone was getting anxious by the minute.
'Okay, it's time.' William ordered. 'Five of us in each side of the square, excluding the four edges: one on north, one on south, one on west and the last one on east. The rest will disperse in case he manages to pass through us.'
'Can you pass on the orders to the Volturi?' I questioned Seth.
'Sure. Edward's right beside me, he'll tell them.'
As soon as Edward understood our plan, Seth and Leah came to join us with the Cullens, as the Volturi went up farther north to be able to turn around and close in on Joham.
'Can you see him?' Embry asked.
'I can.' Harry replied. 'Just like Will said, he's going straight into the eye of that storm…'
'When will we be ready to close in on him?' Paul asked.
'As soon as the Volturi are in position.' Harry said.
We were ready for action and anxious to end this hunting from hell so when Edward announced the Volturi were ready too, we began to move. Though it was my job to lead the pack, I decided I should allow my kids to have that honour. They had proved to be in shape and we were there because of them, so it was only fair they could finish what they had started.
We moved slowly, following Harry and William's orders. We all knew we had to catch Joham before he entered the tornado perimeter.
When the leech realised what was happening he was surrounded by wolves and vampires and we saw in his eyes he was trying to find a way out. This wasn't the kind of situation he could deal with just a speech. If he wanted to escape, he would have to fight.
He explored our weakest points and tried to take down Sully and Josh, but Embry, Sam and Emmett joined the two wolves and managed to keep Joham inside the secured zone we had established.
Then he turned west and ran in Leah's direction. Maybe he thought a woman was easier to handle. Any other woman probably was but not mine. Leah was going to give him hell if he messed with her. Besides she was still furious about what had happened to Seth earlier.
'He's attacking one of us at a time to see if the others leave their positions.' William said. 'We're going to be next.'
'I have a plan…When he attacks you I'll leave my position to help you…' Harry announced.
'But if you do that, he'll find his way out.' Embry said.
'Jared will take my place and then the three of us can take him down for good.'
'I'm ready.' Jared agreed with Harry's plan.
'I'll push him towards you, Will.' Leah said.
'Let him come, I'm ready to take him down.'
The plan would have worked if the Volturi hadn't interfered. They were eager to join the fight, and they wanted to be the ones to capture Joham. Edward tried to warn them to keep their positions but Jane ordered the others to attack Joham when he was occupied fighting against both my sons.
Miss Sadistic, as Leah called her, was confident that her subordinates had all the special abilities needed to catch Joham but she forgot that a moving target, fighting against two wolves wouldn't be that easy to get. In fact, when the vampire that had the ability to immobilse a person tried to get Joham, she ended up immobilising Harry and Will instead.
Now that the formation was broken, we all joined the fight. It was the only thing to do to prevent Joham's escape.
'I can't move!' William roared while Harry was cursing the vampire who had done that.
"It will wear off. Just hang on in there." Edward said.
"Alec! Where is he?" Jane yelled at her brother.
"There!"
"Do it now!" She ordered.
"Jacob, tell everyone to stay back. Alec's going to use his power!" Edward yelled.
Not all of us managed to avoid Alec's power in time. The ones who weren't affected were me, Leah, Seth, Paul and Sam as well as Edward, Jasper and Emmett. Everyone else lost their ability to hear, speak, see, smell and feel. For that brief period of time, some of the Volturi managed to corral Joham and a fight followed.
Of course everyone forgot that he was more than three hundred years old. A vampire that old could still fight disposed of his five senses. He just had to keep on running and that's what he did until he was blocked by Edward and Emmett. Together they managed to grab him and I really thought the fight was over however Jane came forward and used her power on the three of them.
She didn't care who was fighting on her side as long as she could inflict pain on someone. When she whispered the word "pain", Edward, Emmett and Joham bent down in agony but the next minute, Joham stood up and left running again. He hadn't felt any pain, he was just faking.
"How could he escape my power?" Jane was astonished that her power didn't work on Joham.
"Your brother just used his power on him…" Edward explained. "And his power prevents its victims to feel anything at all, remember?"
'Now it's up to us. Paul, Sam he's going your way!' I warned my pack mates.
Chased by the Volturi, Joham was running blindly towards Sam and Paul but he suddenly regained his senses and went left to avoid Sam's teeth. Then Paul saw an opening and jumped over Joham sending both of them to the ground. When he finally managed to get up, the leech was already running again but his left arm was on Paul's mouth.
"Keep that arm with you dog." One of the Volturi ordered.
I joined Sam, Leah and Seth after Joham. Leah was the fastest wolf in the pack and she knew that if the leech managed to reach the cliffs on Neah Bay, he would be able to escape. Vampires were fast swimmers.
Before Joham could jump into the ocean, Leah used her speed and agility to reach him. Only when that happened, Joham bit her on the shoulder and she failed to keep him from the edge. With one last movement Joham jumped and took Leah with him.
I was pretty sure I screamed as Leah fell into the ocean's waters. It wasn't the fall that frightened me but the rocks under the water. We could heal fast but we were mortals.
'She must have returned to her human form.' Sam said when we stopped hearing Leah's thoughts. I was trying not to freak out and in that precise moment, Jared howled, calling us.
'Jake! Harry attacked Jane! You better come now!'
'Go! I'll get Leah.' Seth told me as Sam and I turned around. What the hell was that kid doing? To attack Jane was suicide and could end our agreement with the Volturi.
The scene that was unraveled before my eyes was too weird for me to even comment. Jane was lying down on the forest floor, her hair all messed up and her black cloak wrapped around her body. Harry was on his human form on top of her, his hands around her wrists locked over her head.
"We had him, you stupid girl! You should've kept your position like you were told! You shouldn't have made the other leech use her power on us!"
Jane hissed furiously and called for her brother who was being kept away by the rest of the pack. I could see he was debating on using his powers on all of us, but he had orders from Aro not to.
"Let her go!" Alec yelled.
'Let him kill her, dad!' Will begged.
'She's using her power on Harry but he's holding on.' Jared stated. He was right. Harry was in pain but his rage was overcoming Jane's power. 'You better stop this or someone will get hurt.'
I phased back and put my shorts on. Then I pulled Harry away from Jane who stood up immediately and began fixing up her clothes and her hair.
"I should kill you for this, you mutt!" She growled.
"You almost killed us all when you left your position, you dumbass!" He spat back and tried to reach her again. "Let me strangle her, dad."
"That's not a good idea." I grabbed his shoulder. "We can't attack them…unless we want to start another war, and quite frankly I just want to go back home."
"I should've ripped her head off when I had the chance."
The rest of the Volturi and the Cullens were arriving.
"So, he escaped again. Way to go Jane."
"It wasn't my fault, Chelsea."
"You were in command." Chelsea opposed.
"So, where is he?" Asked a vampire who was now carrying Joham's arm.
"In the ocean." I informed.
"Well…it doesn't actually matter. Now that we have this, we'll catch him sooner or later."
"How?" I asked.
"If you take off a part of a vampire's body that part will reattach itself to the body as soon as possible. In this case, Joham ran away but his arm will try to go to him the same way his body will search for the missing arm." Edward explained. "This doesn't happen often…but it has happened before."
"So…you're going to take that arm to Volterra and wait for Joham to go there so he can have it back?" I asked.
"That or we'll ask Alistair to find him." Jane told us. "He has finally accepted to join us. He's probably in Volterra as we speak."
"You and your mutts can go home. We'll take it from here." Alec added walking towards his sister. Soon all the Volturi were around the twins.
"Aro won't be pleased." Chelsea whispered.
"He's not going to be displeased either." Jane opposed. "We won't go back empty handed."
"You need to control our new members better."
Jane glared coldly at the vampire beside her.
"And you should know your place, Chelsea. Which is way below me." Jane said. "And don't worry about the new members, they'll be punished for their poor performance today…"
Some of the new Volturi seemed worried after that threat.
"Tell Aro we'll get in touch later." Edward told Alec who nodded.
One by one the Volturi began to leave. Jane and Alec were the last ones to turn their back on us.
"By the way, pup." Jane said glaring at Harry. "If you ever touch me again, I will personally rip your head off."
Harry grinned.
"I'm not scared of you, Miss Sparkles. The next time we meet you better do what you're told."
"Mutt." She growled.
"Succubus."
Jane opened her mouth again but Alec pulled her by the arm.
"Let's go Jane or the others are going to think that you grew fond of this pup."
Jane glared one last time and followed her twin brother.
"We should go too." Jasper said when the Volturi were out of our sight taking Joham's arm along with them.
"I'm going back for Leah, she fell over the cliffs trying to catch Joham."
"There's no need, I'm here."
I sighed when I heard her voice. Seth was helping her because she had a bleeding leg and there was a huge bruise on her shoulder.
"Are you alright?" I asked hugging her.
"I'm fine but I think I killed the rock." She joked and I laughed.
"Come on, I'll take you." I offered.
"What? Are you going to carry me back to La Push in your arms?"
"Why not? I've done it before."
"No, you didn't."
"Yes, I did. The day Sue and Charlie got married."
Leah probably recalled that small incident when she hurt her leg trying to fight a vampire alone.
"I guess chivalry isn't dead yet."
Of course Leah didn't let me carry her all the way home, especially in front of our children but I had to help her walking. It took us a few minutes to get to our lands since the weather conditions weren't helping at all. On our way I resumed what happened before the Volturi left so that Leah and Seth could know what had happened. Leah was amused and proud when I told her that Harry had tried to kill Jane and had managed to take the pain she inflicted him better than anyone else.
We found Rosalie and Alice at the Quillayute Airport waiting for us. Worried about the situation at La Push I decided to send the pack there, except for Leah and me.
"Sam, just make sure they stay with Sue or my dad, alright?" I asked. Will and Harry had proved to be good fighters but they were still kids and now I wanted them safe.
"Sure."
"But dad, we want to help in the Reservation." William opposed.
"Only if Sam thinks it's safe." I told him.
"Okay." They both agreed on my terms and turned around.
"Harry, Will…" I called them before they could leave. "You did a good job today. I'm proud of you."
I saw a smile on both of my sons' faces that turned into a cocky grin.
"Well, you'll need to be replaced soon, since you're getting old." Harry joked.
"Oh, really? Since I'm so old, maybe I should stop giving you an allowance and maybe you should start working, a little more income wouldn't hurt…"
"You're not that old." Harry corrected.
"Good to hear that son." I gave him a slap in the head and we both laughed. "Behave and do what Sam tells you to do."
"Sure, sure." They said in unison.
Now it was just me, Leah and the Cullens. And the small problem we had to solve at Quillayute.
"So…what happened here?" I asked.
Leah held my hand.
"It's going to be hard…but you have to do it." She told me.
"Do what?" I was confused.
When we walked inside the small airport I noticed the metallic scent in the air. There was a middle-aged woman sitting on the couch of what was a small waiting room for the passengers. There was a vending machine and a small table with last month's magazines. On the back there was a restroom and in the middle of the room there was a desk. It was the workplace of the receptionist: Wendy Kunftmann.
"Wendy worked here all of her life." Alice told me. The woman seemed in a daze and she was wearing a bandage around her head. "She's in shock…" Alice added.
"Why?"
"Vampire attack." Rosalie answered.
"The Volturi?"
"Maybe…we don't know exactly. My guess it was one of the new members of the Volturi. I think he couldn't control his thirst and did it even against Aro's orders." Alice explained.
"Did he bite her?" I asked.
"Not her…But there are five other employers in the control room upstairs."
"She saw everything." Rosalie announced. "We've told her she hit her head and imagined the whole thing. She's confused. I think she's going to need a sedative."
"What are we going to do?"
"We called Carlisle already. He'll know what to do." Alice assured us.
"Okay…So we can go home, right?"
"Actually…the five guys were attacked, they were bitten."
"I know, Alice. They're dead."
"No, they're not. In a few hours they'll start turning into vampires." She informed. "See the problem now?"
"Shit!" I cursed. Alice was probably right. That was the work of an amateur. A young and reckless vampire.
And because of that vampire five innocent people were about to turn into blood sucking leeches and I had to decide their fates. Those men probably had families, people who loved them. I read their names on their desks when I reached the upper floor. There was an ex-marine, David Hughes, and four control operators Tim Johnson, Marc Humphrey, Charles Chains and Kevin Lynchen.
"You have two options, Jacob." Edward reminded me.
"I know…" I sighed. "They won't be humans when they wake up, will they?"
"No." He said plainly. "But they can learn how to be like us. Carlisle is a good teacher, you know?"
"It doesn't work for all of you…It didn't work for Lisa…"
Edward was quiet.
"If I let them turn, they will be just four more vampires on the loose."
"But if you kill them, you'll feel guilty for the rest of your life." The mind reader concluded.
"If you kill them, you'll be saving lives and you'll be easing their pain." Jasper told me. "They're in pain right now and soon it will double."
In the end I didn't actually have an option. Jasper and Rosalie were fast. The men never felt a thing.
A few minutes later Carlisle, Esme and Bella arrived. As the doctor was taking care of Leah's arm and leg, Bella told us the fire in La Push had finally been put down and everyone was now searching for a safe place to stay for the night. The next couple of hours the tornado could increase intensity and if that happened so would the damages.
When we left the airport to go to La Push, Carlisle promised that Wendy would be alright and they would take care of everything so that no one had any suspicions about the five bodies that would be found hours later.
Since the Denali coven had also left to meet Carmen in Alaska we called off all the patrols for the night. Leah and I stayed in the Reservation to make sure everything was alright. I allowed the rest of pack to spend the night with their families in a safe place.
Since our house was still standing we decided to stay home and convinced the twins to go to Forks with Seth. While my sons were gathering some clothes and Leah was checking the house to see if it was really safe for us to stay, I took the opportunity to speak to Seth alone.
"Today you were definitely one of the best out there. If Sam wasn't my beta, I would promote you to that position."
"Thanks… I only did my job."
"But there's something worrying me."
"What?"
"She's not one of us. Don't assume she'll stay here forever." I knew Seth would understand my words. His relationship with Dominic's sister couldn't go any further.
"Don't worry about me, Jake. I'm not a teenager."
"You need to be careful. She belongs to another tribe, another pack and she has a family."
"I know that, but she's also a Quileute."
"Part Quileute and she's Lance's mate. Just like Leah is my alpha female, she belongs to Lance."
"Lance is married."
"Two years from now, he won't resist the mating season and neither will she. They'll become mates."
"Unless she stays with our pack."
"I don't see how, Seth. It'll be too complicated."
"It's easy, just let her stay. You allowed Josh to stay with us, why not Gwen?"
"Josh was alone, he needed us."
"So does she."
"Leah told me what happened to her but…she has a brother, two sisters and a father in Campbell. She'll be fine."
"If she goes back, they'll find out about her past and what she did to that man. She'll go to jail."
"She killed a man, Seth."
"She killed the man who raped her. She was just a kid when he... Imagine it was Sarah. What would you do?"
I lowered my eyes. If that was Sarah I would kill the bastard.
"We all make mistakes, Jake. She knows she committed a crime but she killed a rapist, not an innocent man." He insisted. "I know it's wrong to take someone's life but… he also took something from her. He took her childhood."
"You're falling for her, Seth. That's why you want her to stay. That's why you're defending her and that's why you think you need to protect her."
"I'm not." He denied firmly. "She's only a friend."
"I know how it feels. I denied I was in love with Leah for a long time." I confessed. "Look, I don't blame you…she's a beautiful young girl but you're playing a dangerous game here. She can't stay in our pack and as soon as I can, I'm going to talk to the Heiltsuk council to get to the bottom of this. So you better stay away from her."
"Is that an order?"
"An advice. Many things can happen if you don't control your emotions."
"So you want me to control my emotions? That's funny." Seth smiled. "What do you think it will happen if I don't?"
"I don't know…I just don't want to see you heartbroken."
"Why would I be heartbroken Jacob?"
"Because I can't have a female wolf in the pack. What do you think it'll happen when it's mating season? All the non-imprinted wolves will feel attracted to her, they will fight for her…Is that what you want?"
"No."
"And I haven't even mentioned the imprint."
"I haven't imprinted."
"Exactly. Do you want to hurt her like Sam hurt your sister?"
Seth clenched his fists but remained quiet.
"I'm sorry Seth." I added. "Just…be careful and make sure you make the right decision."
To tell Seth to forget about Gwen was unfair on my part, especially because I had been on that same situation years ago. It was unfair to ask him to give up on someone when I had done precisely the opposite. I had fought for Leah like a desperate man. Everyone thought I was making a big mistake but against all odds we were happy.
So it sounded wrong to do that to Seth but I didn't have a choice. As much as I would like to help Gwen, she had a family and a pack to take care of her and I didn't want to risk future battles within my pack because of a female.
Outside the wind was still pretty strong but the intensity of the storm was actually decreasing despite what the authorities had predicted. Maybe in a few hours they could cancel the alert and everyone could return to the Reservation.
"So now what?" Leah asked. "Should we…secure the house?"
"I don't think the storm will intensify. I think we're safe."
Leah approached me and hugged me tightly and for the first time that day I didn't feel worried or angry. Things didn't go exactly like we wanted to but we were alright. Sooner or later Joham would be caught and things would return to normal.
"Is it really over?" Leah asked not sure that we were actually safe.
"It is." I replied kissing the top of her head.
"I was afraid." She confessed.
"Me too." I admitted.
"It has started, Jacob. From now on this will be Harry and William's lives."
"I know, but there's nothing we can do. We are what we are but I promise I'll be here for them, always."
"We could leave."
"Leave?"
"We could have a normal life and give our kids a normal life too. They don't deserve to spend their time chasing vampires and to risk their lives for people they don't know."
I knew this wasn't Leah talking, it was just her fear of losing our children.
"We could delegate our responsibilities on someone else and have a quiet life…" She stopped suddenly when she noticed I wasn't talking.
"This will never happen, right?" She inquired.
I nodded negatively.
"We've got too many people depending on us." I said.
She sighed.
"Well it doesn't hurt to dream…" She smiled and pulled me into the couch. "We have the house for us tonight…What do you want to do?" She asked seductively.
"A warm bath is out of the question, right?"
"Well I guess the bathroom's roof that's on the bathtub will complicate things a bit…"
"In that case, I guess we better just try to rest a bit. We'll have a busy day tomorrow."
Of course we didn't rest and I ended up showing Leah the handcuffs Paul had offered me on my last birthday. We got a little carried away after that. We took our time with the foreplay because it felt way too good to stop. Actually she got me begging for more a couple of times. Leah clutched my shoulders, nails digging into my back as I kissed her exposed neck. I nibbled her collar bone right over the mark that I'd done years earlier.
To love Leah was as easy as breathing and I would never grow tired of having her body covered with mine or having my hips between her soft thighs. A new fire was burning inside our bedroom but this one I didn't want to be put out. At least not until I had her screaming my name which happened a few minutes later.
Leah fell asleep a few hours later, in my arms. Lying there with her I dreamed with a bright future and when the morning came the sun was shining and I knew everything would be alright as long as we're together. Forever.
To be continued in Dies Irae – Part 5...
A/Note: This chapter was a pain in the ass. I changed a few things from the original in Portuguese to give it a little more structure. The next chapter will be the last one. Thank you again for all your support.
Take care, Kari