A/N: Hey! So not much to say really apart from, this chapter is not one of my favorites but I hope you like it anyway and thanks to all the people who reviewed! :D

Seth's POV

Chapter 35:

I launched myself at Paul while out of the corner of my eye I saw Embry and Quil go for Jarrod and Jake and Leah lunge at Sam.

I didn't understand what had gotten into them! Even the suggestion that they kill Kala's brothers was terrible and just wrong. I mean, Ryan was Leah's imprint and every wolf knew the unspoken rule that you did not, under any circumstances, even think of harming another wolf's imprint. And, as we all knew, any wolf who ever killed another's imprint, even if it was accidental, would be forced to fight the wolf who's imprint they killed.

We all knew the story and for those of us who had imprinted, we knew why the two wolves had fought like they did.

When Sam told us that he intended to kill Kala's brothers and I saw the hurt, anger and pain in my imprint's expressions it made me want to hurt Sam badly for doing that to Kala, so I couldn't even imagine the anger, pain and betrayal Leah must have felt.

And when I saw Sam hurl Kala, my imprint, across the clearing and into a tree. I wanted to kill him in that moment. I don't think I've ever felt such extreme anger and hate towards another person before. When I watched Sam wrap his filthy hands around my soul mate's neck and her eyes widen in fear. Well… I was definitely more beast than human then.

But I needed to focus on Paul now because even though it was Sam that I really wanted to fight, Leah and Jake were taking care of him right now and I was stuck with Paul.

I dodged another one of his bites and skipped nimbly around him, aiming my own blow at his hindquarters.

Paul was heavier than me and probably a better fighter, but I was lighter and faster than him which meant we both had our advantages and our weaknesses.

I was finding it really hard to avoid stepping on Kala's brothers while I fought Paul but I knew from the stories Carlisle had told me that if any of us did accidently step on one of them they would not be injured. They were too far into the transformation. It was too late for Sam, or anyone else, to kill them easily now.

As I thought this I realised that meant we were fighting our old pack mates for nothing and so did the rest of my pack. Jake, Leah, Embry, Quil and I stopped fighting and backed away from Sam, Paul and Jarrod and Jake talked to Sam through their mind link explaining the plan we had made when I went to find Leah and the others.

Jake had already rung the Cullen's and they were on their way, the Denali clan following. We would bring Ryan, Seb and Tom to the Cullen's house and wait with them for the Cullen's to come back and when they did they would help teach the newborns their way of life and how to resist the urge to drink human blood.

We also hoped that for the first year or two, while the brothers learnt to control their thirst, they would move in with the Denali clan, if they allowed it, who would help them learn and adapt to the vampire lifestyle.

Of course this meant that Leah would be moving with them and that Kala would have to spend at least a year away from her brothers with only a few, short visits but she would understand that it was for her safety. Either that or let Sam kill them.

At the thought of my beautiful imprint I turned to go to her and examine any injuries she had. I was almost certain she had broken her hand when she punched Sam that time, the exact same thing Bella had done when she was human.

But when I turned to where I had last seen her, lying horribly crumpled on the ground at the base of the tree she had been hurled into, she wasn't there. I turned in an urgent circle to see if I could see her anywhere else in the clearing, maybe she had moved, but I still couldn't see her.

Fear trickled into me as I sprinted over to where I had last seen her, still in wolf form. The others didn't notice, Leah was lying on the ground next to Ryan, her head on his stomach, trying to sooth him. Embry and Quil were standing behind and to the sides of Jake who was still explaining our plan to Sam.

I sniffed around the base of the tree and smelt Kala's scent mixed in with the much stronger, sickeningly sweet smell of a vampire, and not one I knew.

I froze and this time instead of fear just trickling into me, it gushed into me like Niagara Falls.

She's gone! I shouted in my mind so the rest of my pack members could hear me loud and clear.

They all spun their heads towards me and Jake ran over, Embry and Quil following.

Jake breathed in and wrinkled his nose growling, Vampire.

We have to follow them! I can't believe I didn't notice! I should have gone and helped her right away instead of fighting! I'm so stupid! I'm a horrible imprint! She's going to die! They'll kill her! We have to find her Jake! NOW! I shouted in my head and had already started running, following the vampire's scent, before I had even finished speaking.

I dimly heard Jake tell Embry and Quil to help get the brothers to the Cullen's then follow after us while Leah stayed with them. I also heard but didn't really pay attention to the fact that Sam was going with Jake and I to follow the vampire's scent while Jarrod and Paul took care of the Rez.

I ran faster than I had ever done before, desperate to find Kala before the vampires hurt her. I couldn't believe I had let this happen! While I was stupidly fighting with Paul, practically my brother, a vampire was kidnapping my imprint!

I shuddered as I imagined all the things they could be doing to her now, drinking her dry, or torturing her… Stop thinking like that Seth, she'll be fine, we'll find her. Jake told me.

But we didn't find her. After about an hour of searching Quil and Embry joined us and for another four hours after that we had run nearly to the Canadian border before we lost the scent completely. It was like they disappeared off the face of the earth.

Even after we lost the vampire's scent we kept looking for another hour after that until Jake said we were just wandering around in circles, all dead on our feet, or paws, and would need to go back.

I protested and said I wanted to keep looking; vampires had my soul mate for crying out loud! But Jake wouldn't let me. He said he would get the Cullen's to help us look for her when they came back but until then we would go back home and wait.

By the time we got back home it was early morning and I was ready to collapse. Of course, I didn't, I went straight to Kala's house to see if she had been there at all but there was neither sign nor smell of her. I then ducked in at home for about an hour to tell Mom what was happening, she cried along with me and demanded I take her with me to the Cullen's house. She was still uncomfortable around them but she was adamant that she needed to look after Leah.

So the two of us went to the Cullen's house together. They were still on their way and Jake said they should be back by noon but Leah, Embry, Quil, Jake and of course Kala's brothers were at the house.

Much to Mom's protests, Leah refused to leave Ryan's side, not that I blamed her, if Kala were here, in the process of becoming a vampire and in extreme, unimaginable pain, I wouldn't ever leave her either.

But she wasn't here, and I had no idea where she was, or if she was okay, or if she was even alive.

It had been a few hours since we had come to the Cullen's house but I hadn't been able to sleep, every time I did I had nightmares of horrible all the things that could be happening to Kala right now.

After a while Tom stopped screaming long enough to ask in a gasping and jerky voice where she was I had the pain of reliving our useless search as I told him that I had no idea where his twin was and that there was a possibility that she was no longer alive. I couldn't bring myself to say the D word.

By the time the Cullen's and the Denali clan got back it was three in the afternoon and I was itching to get going again and look for Kala. It had been too long since I'd seen her beautiful, deep blue eyes, heard her melodic voice.

As soon as we heard their cars pull up we all jumped up from our positions around the house and went out to meet them. Except for Leah and my Mom who were still with Ryan, Tom and Seb.

I hadn't seen the Denali clan in a while, they had come down to visit the Cullen's a few times since the Volturi's visit where their sister was killed but they still weren't as comfortable around us as the Cullen's were.

Garrett and Kate had gotten married soon after the Volturi incident but Tanya was still 'single and lovin' it' as she tells everyone but I secretly knew that she wanted what Kate and Carmen had.

When we got outside Nessie ran straight into Jake's arms as he swung her up in a hug. I had to look away because it reminded me too much of Kala, not that I would swing her up in a hug, just the love in their eyes, even if Nessie still looked only seven or eight. She had grown again.

We greeted them all and went inside, Carlisle and Edward ran straight upstairs to where the brothers were to check their progress; Emmett and Rosalie went up to their room to 'finish unpacking' and the rest of us settled in the living room.

"Where's Kala Seth?" Nessie asked me innocently.

I locked eyes with Jake, he hadn't told them? When he shook his head in apology I sighed. I hate this. I missed Kala. I wanted her back. Vampires had her right now and I was sitting around doing nothing.

"Gone Nessie." I whispered, tears springing to my eyes for the millionth time.

I heard a gasp from upstairs, Edward knew. "Gone? Where did she go?" Nessie asked me again.

Why couldn't she be asking Jacob this? He was her imprint! I didn't want to do this again, it was bad enough telling Tom.

"V-Vampires. We think it was the ones that attacked us. They took her, we followed their scent but it just… disappeared. I-I don't know where she is." I chocked out.

Nessie gasped, Bella whispered, "Oh Seth…" Alice ran and hugged me and said, "We'll find her Seth. Don't worry. I'll try and see…"

Then Alice got that look in her eyes as she searched the future. I hadn't thought of that, if Alice was able to see Kala then we would know where she was and could go after her straight away!

I waited expectantly for Alice to come back to the present, holding my breath. When her eyes focused again she looked both sad and irritated and I knew she hadn't found Kala.

"I couldn't see her… which means she could be…" Alice trailed off and looked at me horrified.

I stiffened, "She could be what Alice? She could be what?"

"Dead." Alice whispered.