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I'm... Not...Stephenie... Meyer... Duh...

Less than an hour after we sat down Emmett's jeep roared into the driveway and came to a frightening halt as I heard Emmett's door open and close so forcefully that I'm sure Rosalie will have to mend it back on. Emmett rushed into the house swinging the front door wide open and was almost shocked to see Esme and I sitting so peacefully.

"What happened?!" Emmett asked angrily as he ran towards Esme and I. We both shifted in the seat so we were sitting straighter.

"Emmett, calm down..." I demanded strictly.

"Why did Edward sound so...so...angry and worried on the phone? Why did I have to come here? What is going on?!" He was almost roaring at this point.

"Emmett, I will tell you what's going on, but I need you to calm down. We all need to remain as rational as possible right now." As soon as the words left my mouth Emmett was sitting in the armchair across from us sitting impatiently. His legs shook anxiously and he tapped his fingers on the arm chair rather than crushing by gripping it. Less than a few seconds later than Jacob sat down, Sam and a few other members of the pack came stumbling in all moaning and holding their heads. Sam even looked in pain. I glared at Emmett. He looked up like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

"Carlisle," Sam began sounding less like a leader than normal. I stood up to acknowledge our guests. "As much as I do appreciate the ride from the airport, if there is ever a time when one of you will be giving one of us a ride anywhere, please don't send him and especially not in that jeep. I do believe someone has a concussion after that ride. I had no idea that the trip called for off-roading." He commented.

I looked to Emmett scolding him with my eyes and muttered under my breath. "It doesn't..." Sam looked up confused and I waved my hand to dismiss the whole thing. I thought to walk in to the kitchen to grab some aspirin to relieve our guests of their headaches, but I turned to find Esme with the bottle and a tray full of waters. She really was the perfect mother and wife. One by one the pack walked over and grabbed a few tablets and a glass of water and downed it in seconds.

"Make yourselves comfortable." I insisted as they all found seats in the living room. "Sam, I see you didn't bring the entire pack?" I noted. I looked from wolf to wolf. There was Sam, Jared, Paul and Leah. Jared and Paul looked severely sullen and Sam looked like he was at breaking point. Leah kept her arrogant, resentful disposition in a chair farther away from anyone in the room.

Sam nodded, "I asked Quil and Embry to stay back on the reserve, they didn't need to be a part of their former best friend's execution. I also had Sue take Seth off the reserve 'to take care of some things'. Seth almost idolized Jacob, and I don't want him to see what he has become; the boy has been let down enough in his life." Leah's bitter laughter rang through the walls as Sam glared at her.

"Oops, sorry.." She said, unapologetically. Sam turned his attention back to me.

"I apologize on behalf of her rudeness, Carlisle." He said resentfully. I nodded. The room fell quiet as the wolves drank more water. Emmett graciously broke the silence and coughed obnoxiously and obviously to get my attention. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It really did feel like he was a toddler sometimes.

"Yes, Emmett..." I called on him as I would a small child.

"You were going to explain why I rushed home..." He pushed. I nodded as I walked a little closer to the front door to keep Emmett from jetting after Jacob like I knew he would do. Emmett looked at me sideways from the chair.

"Alice had a vision of Jasper about an hour after you left to get the pack and-" I was cut off by an eager Emmett. You would think I was telling A Christmas Carol to a boy on Christmas eve.

"Alice can't see mu-" Emmett caught himself and looked apologetically at Sam. He started over. "Alice can't see wolves... Jasper was with the mutt- I'm not apologizing for that-" I looked at Sam and he just shrugged. I assumed he understood the anger. Emmett continued, "so how could she have had a vision of him?" He spoke quickly and anxiously.

"Emmett, just listen, this is serious.." I said sternly. He looked at me with wide eyes.

"I-It was a serious question!" He retorted. I closed my eyes and sighed. I felt like I should be sending him to the principles office for back talking.

"As I was saying," I continued, ignoring Emmett as he pouted. "Alice had a vision of Jasper lying where we held Jacob. The door to which Jacob was being held in was in shards and Jasper was nearly unconscious on the floor with deep scratches covering him. I was called immediately, and Rosalie has been chasing Jacob," Emmett stopped looking like a young boy and stood up quickly and made a B-Line to the door. I placed my hand on his shoulder and shoved him into a seat as I stared into his eyes as I continued, "and I'm almost positive she has had no contact with him and has been unable to find him, due to the fact that my daughter can still see her." Emmett relaxed slightly.

Sam looked puzzled as he slowly asked, "I do not mean to insult anyone here, by any means, but doesn't your kind generally have a special talent of smelling...well...everything? If Jacob was in wolf from, his scent would be easy to follow for days. How is it that Rosalie- one of your older daughters I believe- is unable to find him?" Sam asked defensively and a low growl rumbled in Emmett's chest. My hand clamped tighter on his shoulder, hoping he would get the picture.

"He's been working with a rather 'talented' vampire that has gotten quite good at covering his and her tracks." I tried to clarify for him. Sam nodded in understanding as Emmett twisted his neck menacingly as if he was going to go out and find Jacob that simply.

"It also doesn't help that we were down to one spare person at the time to search for him.." I added simply. "Jasper, my second oldest son, is quite injured and is upstairs as we speak and is healing, the damages are quite extensive and he is healing slowly but well. Alice is with him and is in hysterics, which you can surely understand." Suddenly Emmett's body went from a menacing stance to a worried brother. He looked up to me with big eyes.

"C-Can I go see him?" He asked quietly. His eyes were wide and filled with concern. I released my hand on his shoulder and he ran upstairs too quick for human eyes to catch. The living room remained quiet as we all attempted to listen to what happened.

"Jazz..." Emmett whispered as he entered the room... "Shit, man... I'm so sorry..." He was quiet and Alice's sobs only increased. I tried to stop listening to give them more privacy.

Sam stood up and paced angrily and anxiously in front of the couch. Esme watched carefully from the love seat she still claimed. Sam was confused and furious which resulted in what would soon be a permanent engraving of his path. He shook his head. "I don't understand, Carlisle, what does this mean? What is going on now? Why are we here in the first place? I understood that we were to punish Jacob, but has Bella decided what to do with him?" Sam asked many questions and they all deserved answers.

"It means that the same man that raped my daughter, then kidnapped her and severely injured her to the point of almost death, as well as nearly killed my second eldest son is loose and it is going to be nearly impossible to find him. That is what that means." I answered his first question fiercely and Sam looked taken back and apologetic.

"Secondly, you were here to carry out whatever decision Bella made, which happened to be his decease and I can't say I do not agree with her decision. After what he did the first time, he deserved to be punished, but after threatening her many times after that and finally acting on his impulse and nearly killing her, I agree with her conclusion." My voice was full of resent, yet something inside me pulled at my heart. As demented as this boy had become, he was still another life that my family was somehow tied with. Sam nodded and remorse filled his eyes. As much as I wanted Jacob's death, my heart went out to Sam. It would be like killing one of my family members. Even if I knew it was for the good of everyone else, it would be nearly impossible to bring harm to them.

"Sam--" I wanted to express my condolences about his situation before he interrupted me.

"Does Bella know?" He asked as he stared blankly into the wall; a look of bitterness crossed his expression.

"She does not." I answered simply. Sam nodded.

"I need to be the one to tell her. I need to see her anyway. I need to see what he did to her." He thought out loud. He pulled his gaze from the wall and looked at me. "I think it would make more sense if it came from me, he was my responsibility and he did this, therefore it's my responsibility to tell Bella. Carlisle, can you drive me to the hospital?" He asked.

"Of course, Sam. Just give me a moment to say goodbye to Alice and Jasper." Sam nodded as I headed upstairs. I opened the door to Alice and Jasper's room quietly and stepped in to tell Alice where I was going. Emmett was no longer in the room and left Alice and Jasper alone. Alice's head was lain sweetly on his chest as both of their eyes were closed, blocking out the world around them.

"I heard you downstairs. I'm not leaving until he's healed." She clarified in a whisper without even opening her eyes.

"I wouldn't ask you to. You know where I will be if you need me." She nodded, eyes still closed as I shut the door and headed to my Mercedes where all the wolves waited patiently. I looked at the porch to see Esme sitting graciously on a wicker rocking chair and Emmett beside it with his phone in hand. I looked to him for any new about Rosalie.

"She couldn't find him. She followed the only trail she could find for a few hours. She said she should be home soon, I'm going to meet her here when she gets back. We'll come visit Bella when she gets cleaned up." Emmett answered my unvoiced question. Although he was just a big child, he loved Rosalie and he cared deeply for Bella and I knew he wanted Jacob dead as much as any of us.

I opened my car door and got into the black Mercedes and the wolves followed, loading in one by one. We all buckled in and I waved goodbye to Esme and Emmett. Esme smiled and Emmett nodded. And with that I drove to the hospital about as fast as I drove home. Sam's knuckles were white where he had been wringing his wrists out of anxiety and the other wolves were crammed in the back as the boys tormented Leah and I couldn't blame them.

I looked over to Sam during the drive as we neared Anchorage. "It's not your fault, you know? This isn't anyone's fault but his own." I knew Sam was taking uncalled for responsibility for the situation. Sam looked out his window and he nodded.

"Yeah, okay..." He muttered. I knew he blamed himself, but if we were going to stop Jacob he couldn't. I only hoped he realized that, before it was too late.