Carlisle POV:

My family and our friends where back in the clearing. We had decided to train a little bit more abd also give Edward and Bella some much needed privacy.

I had just been flipped over Jasper's shoulder when Alice froze. Her eye's widend. "BELLA! No!" She looked at us, "Back home now!" My phone rang. It was Edward, a sense of dread filled me. "Hello Edward-"

My dead heart froze when he spoke the next words. "Bella had been shot. I need help."

We all turned and ran to the house. Jasper and Emmett got there first and we all so in slow motion Jacob Black attack Edward. My two sons tackled him before he could reach Edward and I rushed to his side. Esme ran and got towels and my medical bag. Alice and Rose stood around us protectivly.

Edward was pumping her chest trying to get her heart to restart. My heart clenched. Bella might not make it. "Come on Bella... Please..." I took over the pumping while he continued giving her air. "You bite her?"

"Seven times." We heard a small flutter, and breathed a small sigh of relief. Her heart had restarted. He held the now soaked towel to her chest while I listened to see if I could hear where the bullet was. Shit. It clipped her heart, the venom better spread fast or she will not survive.

We all froze when her heart stopped and her body fell limp. I couldn't move. Edward backed up and collapsed next to her. "No. No! Carlisle! Do something." Esme, Rose and Alice gathered around him and I started pumping her chest again. I refuse to fail my son and daughter. God damnit I refuse.

A few seconds later three more vampires arrived. Felix, Dimitri and Lunacia.

Lunacia POV:

Felix, Dimitri and I were about a mile from the Cullen's house when we heard several broken sobs. Dread filled me as we sped toward their house.

The sent of blood hit us as we crossed onto their property. Dimitri froze, "That is Edward's mate's blood."

Shit. Forget pleasantries, we rushed in and I saw Carlisle hunched over the girl that I had seen a couple months back. "Come on Bella. Please restart your heart. Give the venom time to spread..."

I looked around and saw to males standing over the corpse of a naked tan human, while Edward was curled up into a little ball crying.

"Edward!" I walked up to him and handed him something Aro had given to me before I had left.

"Here." Aro said handing her a metal syringe. "Edward will have trouble bitting Bella. Tell him to fill this with his venom then to inject it straight into her heart. This is strong enough to hold it."

Everyone looked at me and I held the syring out to him. "Fill that up with your venom then the moment Carlisle can restart her heart, plung that into her."

He nodded numbly and quickly filled it to the top with his venom. Carlisle was still pumping her heart. "lovely...to see..you again...Luna...cia."

"You too Carlisle. Can you restart her heart?"

"Slim chance of that. I don't have a diffibulator."

I nodded then snapped my fingers. "Jumper cables!"

The blond female jumped up and ran to the garage, Carlisle picked Bella up and we all followed. Edward looked lost and confused. His mate is technically dead. I would not want to be in his shoes right now.

Carlisle laid her down on the floor and the blond handed him the cables. He unbuttoned Bella's shirt and placed the cables where they needed to be. "Now Rose."

Bella's body jerked as the electical current went thru her body. But no heart beat. "Again Rose."

Still no affect. He sighed.

"One more time...please Carlisle..." Edward begged in a broken voice. Carlisle nodded and Rose did it again. We all rejoiced when we heard a faint heartbeat. Edward lunged forward and plunged the syringe into her chest. "Please work." He begged as he fell down next to her. "Please..."

Carlisle placed a comforting hand on his shoulder before looking at me. "Thank you for your timely interferance Lunacia."

I nodded. "I am glad that I arrived when I did." He nodded and motioned back to the house. "Shall we adjorn to the living room?"

I nodded we all walked to the living room. Edward be t down and scooped Bella into his arms. "Carlisle?"

Carlisle placed his hand on his shoulder. "Take her to your room. I will go call the police " he sighed, "This is going to kill Charlie."

Edward nodded and we all moved to the side so that he could pass us. Carlisle motioned for us to sit. "Lunacia, let me introduce you to my family. Esme my mate, Rose my eldest daughter and her mate Emmett. Then we have my other son and daughter, Jasper and his mate Alice."

I nodded to each of them. Just then two other vampires burst through the door. "Where is Bella?!" The woman asked frantically. She looked like an older version of Bella.

Carlisle held his hands up. "Renee, Your daughter was shot by Jacob Black. Edward injected her with his venom but her heart stopped before it could fully spread."

Renee gasped and collapsed against the man and letout a small sob. Carlisle continued. "We were able to get her heart started again after a minute. If you listen closely you can hear it struggle for the next beat."

"Phil?" She asked holding onto her mate. Phil looked in the corner where the dead boy laid. "If he wasn't already dead I would have killed him."

"Get in line." A voice growled from the stairs. Edward was glaring at the body and let let loose a loud snarl before he turned back to us. "We are about to have company. It is Sam, Seth, Quil and Billy Black."

Carlisle stood and opened the door. "How do you want to handle this Edward?"

Edward just walked past him out the door and leaned against the railing. "No fighting. Black acted alone. Bella would be pissed if she found out that we fought." he growled out as three boys and an elderly man stepped from the truck that had just pulled up.

Edward POV:

I laid Bella on my bed and had to stop myself from cleaning her up. Carlisle was thinking of playing her death off as a crime of passion. Jake tried to shoot me but missed and hit Bella. Jasper and Emmett tackled him while I tried to save her and Jake ended up slamming his head in the wall, the tv slamming down on him killed him. That wad what the offical story would say. That sounded good to me.

I tensed when I smelt wolf nearby. I took a deep breath and picked up their personal scent. It was Sam, Seth, Quil and Billy. I looked down and had to tear myself away from my mate. She will be fine for a few minutes. Right?

I walked down the stairs and told Phil to get in line. I told them that we were about to have company and then Carlisle asked how I wanted this handled, I knew what Bella would say. She would not want us to fight, not after all she had put in on getting us to work together.

I leaned against the railing and clenched my hands tightly to ignore the urge to rip them to shreds. Sam helped Billy down while Seth and Quil stood there looking up at me. I looked at Billy and curled my lip at him while letting loose a low growl.

He nodded and looked at Sam. Sam looked at me. "Bella called me a few seconds before everything happened. I know what Jacob did. I can never appologize enough for what he did."

I growled and clenched the railing. "She died. He shot her and she died before the venom could take hold. We were able to restart her heart but it failed again. We had to jump start it jumper cables. Even now her heart is struggeling to pump. If it cannot pump, the venom will not work. There is a high chance that I will lose my mate thanks to that deranged flea ridden mutt."

Sam nodded. "So I take it you killed Jacob?"

"No." His eyes widended. I smirked. "My brothers did."

Sam nodded again. "I understand. May we take the body with us?"

Carlisle stepped up to my side and spoke. "Not yet. Officer Marks is on his way here to investigate. He will take Jacob and Bella to the hospital." I turned to glare at him. My mate is not to be moved.

He patted my shoulder. "Just for a day until we can find a jane doe to take her place." I growled and shrugged his hand off me. I walked back inside and up the stairs slowly.

I sat next to the bed, holding Bella's hand and listening to her heart beat. When I heard the sirens I slowly picked her up and carried her down the stairs. I placed her back on the floor the way she had been earlier.

Emmett and Jasper eached place their hand on my shoulders and offered me their support.

Carlisle showed Offficer Marks in and he gasped when he saw Bella and Jacob along with the damage done to the living room. My brothers had made it look like there had been a struggle.

The paramedics rushed in and Carlisle rushed to tell them what happened. "Edward, go with Bella." He told me and I just nodded. He and I climbed into the back of the ambulence and it rushed off. I guess they were taking Black in the next one.

We stopped at the hospital and they rushed Bella into the OR. I sank down against then wall and placed my face in my hands. I gnored Esme when she arrived with clean clothes for me. I ignored Alice and Rose hugging me. I ignored the nurses who came to see how I was doing. I just concentrated on Bella's heartbeat. I tensed everytime her heart stopped. After two hours in the OR and no less then five crashes, they were able to stabalize her.

Carlisle came out and headed straight over to me. I shakenly stood up, Esme held on to me. He pulled me into a hug and whispered that she was still alive. Alive, but in a coma.

He led me to the ICU where she would be staying and I sat down in the chair next to it. "Edward," I looked up at him. I was not leaving her sight for any reason. He handed me the bag of clothes Esme brought, "you might want to change before somebody thinks that you killed somebody."

I looked down and noticed that my pants were soaked with Bella's blood along with the sweater I had thrown on. "Go change and clean up. I will watch Bella." I nodded and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

Three minutes later I was back and by her side. ,"Dad..." Carlisle looked up from reading her chart, "Yes son?" "Has the Chief been told yet?"

Charlie POV:

I chuckled as I hung up the phone. It was so much fun teasing those two. I am happy for them working out their problems. Thanks to the morphine I was almost pain free and wide awake from sleeping all day. I slowly reached over and grabbed the deck of cards from the tray and started playing solitaire.

I must have dozzed off because the next thing I knew, Carlisle and Marks were in the room. "What's up guys?" I asked cheerfully as I carefully sat up. A sense of dread hit me when they shared a look.

"Um, Charlie... I don't exactly know how to tell you this." Marks stutterd out. Now I was worried. "What happened David Marks?" Marks gullped and looked at Carlisle. "Dr. Cullen?"

Carlisle sighed and looked at me. "Jacob Black came to the house a few hours ago and tried once again to make Bella leave Edward. She refused and he shot her point blank in the chest. Luckily Edward was able to slow the bleeding down." Bella...had been shot?

"Where is she?! Please tell me she is still alive!?" I asked starting to get out of the bed.

"She is in the ICU." I slowly turned and looked at him. "Details. Now." I looked at Marks, "What about Jacob Black?"

David look uncomfortable, "He was killed when he tried to attack Edward when he was helping Bella." I couldn't bring myself to feel sorry. That bastard had betrayed my trust in him and had shot my daughter.

I looked over at Carlisle, "I want to see my daughter." He nodded. "Let me find you a wheelchair and then I will take you." "Thank you. Is anyone with her right now?" "Edward refuses to leave her side." "Good. At least she is not alone."

A few minutes later I was being wheeled to the ICU.

"Paging Dr. Cullen, Paging Dr. Cullen. You are needed in the ICU."

He grabbed the handles of my chair and hurried my along. "Esme!" Esme was standing nere the nurses station. She hurried toward us. "Take over for me." She nodded and grabbed the handles from him while he took off running.

"Esme...please tell me Bella will be okay..."

She silently placed a hand on my shoulder. "Carlisle is doing everything he can to save her." We entered the doors to the ICU and we paused when we saw Edward leaning against the wall with his head bowed.

"It might not be enough." He whispered horsely when we stopped next to him. He lifted his face and his eyes were blank. "She crashed a minute ago and they can not restart her heart."

We jerked when we heard the tell tale sign beep of the heart monitor. We looked toward the doorway and saw A few nurses walk out breathing a little easier. They nodded to me, "She is a fighter Chief." That's my Bella.