EPILOGUE

3rd Person POV

After Edward flung her into the bolder, Victoria raced through the trees her natural gift allowing her to feel that Edward was not in pursuit so she assumed that he was with the wolf. Those Cullens were the strangest vampires she had ever come across, however she had no doubt that he would be hot on her trail soon. When she attacked Jacob, she heard a howl off in the distance and instinctively knew that it was too far east and not near the others. She was already near the water so she decided to take a swim up north around the small peninsula and come back south closer to the lonely howl. Victoria emerged from the water and wrung the extra water from her clothes, normally she didn't care, but she wanted to be able to move easily.

As she moved quickly the terrain began to get more rocky as the elevation grew higher and higher. Her gift was evasion and so she didn't normally pursue danger, but her instincts told her that this was where Bella would be and as she got closer she began to smell her. It was different, with the faint smell of wet dog mixed with multiple different smells that Victoria knew to be the Cullens, especially Alice. Bella baffled Victoria and she couldn't figure out how one human girl could have such an impact on her.

To Victoria humans were stupid and weak, she could murder hundreds in a matter of minutes if she wanted, how Bella remained alive was quite a mystery. She wanted Bella to suffer for being simply a pain in the ass, but even more so Victoria was curious about Bella. How was this girl able to surround herself with things that most humans considered to be monsters?

Victoria laughed thinking about how easily she could manipulate others, from Riley who believed that she loved him, to Irina and her hatred for the wolves. Victoria first met Irina not long after Laurent never made it back to her. She thought that he had returned to the other strange group of vampires, so Victoria went there in search of him. Laurent was not there, however Victoria learned that the Cullens had left the area and so she knew that Bella was unprotected, she never dreamed that the wolves would prove to be such an obstacle.

The next time that Victoria visited Irina, the Cullens were back and had informed the Denali's that the wolves had killed Laurent in order to protect Bella. Irina knew that Bella was important, but she didn't think she was more important than Laurent. She hated the wolves and over time her hatred grew and grew. So when Victoria came with a plan to take out the wolves Irina instantly agreed. Irina had no idea that Bella was also a target, her only focus was the wolves and she never dreamed that the Cullens would actually help the wolves. Had Irina thought about Bella's involvement, then she might have known that the Cullens would help, but she didn't think about that.

Tanya, on the other hand, did think about that, and she refused to take part in attacking the wolves. She had a lot of sympathy for Edward and his love for Bella. Before she started the vegetarian life style she remembered getting attached to her human partners and felt sad when she wasn't able to control herself and they ended up being killed. It was having those feelings for humans that led her to experiment with the vegetarian life style. Tanya also knew that Bella was currently involved with one of the wolves because the Cullens tried to get Edward to come there for a visit when Bella first left him, but he refused to leave. She just had a gut instinct that she would regret it, if she decided to get involved.

Kate didn't like the idea of fighting the wolves either, but also didn't like Irina going alone. She knew that with her gift, she could come and her goal was to keep her sister safe. However Kate had no idea that there were so many wolves and as they began to tear Irina to pieces she felt she had no choice but to attack. She wasn't really trying to kill Embry, but didn't really know how much would be needed to incapacitate him. After Leah knocked her away, Kate stayed up in the trees until Jacob called Jared and Leah to go help Paul and the Cullens with the last newborn 'family'. Jared grabbed Irina's torso and Leah grabbed her head with her while Quil was watching her legs. Kate wasn't sure what to do and ended up chasing after Jared and Leah. Irina was discarded with the other newborn pieces and after Sam died she was burned. Kate wanted to go save her sister but the Cullen family held her back, while Paul and Jared growled and snapped at her. Jacob being attacked by Victoria distracted the wolves and it wasn't long after that that they heard Seth's howl, so Kate was then forgotten.

Victoria felt confident if the Cullens had not gotten involved then her army would have completely decimated the wolves. Once Victoria knew she was heading in the right direction she climbed up into the trees and began to softly float from branch to branch, trying not to jostle or give away her approach. She could feel that Edward was once again after her.

Edward followed her scent to the water and then assumed that she would head south towards either La Push or Forks. So Edward ran along the shore line, but he was running the wrong direction.

Victoria did not know that, but could feel Edward's pursuit which made her nervous and anxious. She saw Seth and Bella, she was awake, sitting at his side, and running her hand down his back. When the battle started, Seth kept flinching, while he watched his sister and brothers fighting and his movements kept Bella from sleeping. Alice and Bella continued to ask Seth yes or no questions, and for the first time he wished that he could speak in wolf form.

When Alice wasn't asking Seth questions she was trying desperately to see her family, especially Jasper. If there was ever a time that she was desperate to see his future it was then. She would get flashes of Jasper tearing apart a vampire, but then one of the wolves would get involved causing her to loose the image. It was extremely frustrating for Alice, and her head was starting to hurt trying to see things that were either fuzzy or just simply not going to appear. Alice probably should have been watching for Victoria's decisions, but she had to choose because she can't see two futures at the same time and Jasper was her priority.

There was a strong wind that helped disguise Victoria's movements and because Alice was worried and distracted trying to see her family, no one noticed Victoria getting closer and closer. Had Alice not been there or Bella not have so much vampire scent on her, Seth probably could have smelled Victoria coming, but with him already sitting with one vampire, smelling another one coming would have been more difficult. Victoria felt that, if she could incapacitate Alice and kill the dog, then she could take her time with Bella, and not have to rush it. She saw Alice leaning against the rock, with her eyes closed, deep in concentration as Victoria leaped from the tree, landing over Alice and immediately tore her tiny head from her body. Then she ripped Alice's arm and threw it at Bella, but Seth's paw smashed it into the ground.

Bella screamed and Seth howled fiercely as he stood over Bella, while she scampered behind him. Seth could feel that Leah and Jacob were on their way, but it didn't help him know how to fight and protect at the same time. He felt so unprepared and he was scared that he was going to let Jake down by not keeping Bella safe.

"You're next, dog!" Victoria hissed, and leaped at Seth who dodged once, but then instantly Victoria pounced again landing on Seth's back. He tried to buck her off, but he also had to try and be aware of where Bella was. The wolves smelled so terrible to Victoria that she really didn't want to bite another one, so instead she used both of her hands to squeeze hard on Seth's shoulder crushing the bones there. Seth whimpered as Victoria continued to move down his back crushing as many bones as she could. The further Victoria went the harder it was for Seth to remain standing and ended up crumbling to the ground.

"No! Please, stop hurting him!" Bella screamed as she scrambled to her feet. "You only have a few seconds before the rest of the pack and Cullens know you are here. Take me instead." Bella wasn't sure what Victoria had planned for her, but based on the warning the Laurent gave, it was going to be something slow and painful. Bella just hoped that it was slow enough that Jacob could find her before Victoria finally killed her.

"You really are a stupid girl." Victoria hissed, as she sprung towards Bella. "Climb on and I'll let him live."

Bella leaped onto her back, praying that she wasn't making the stupidest decision of her life.

Author's Note: The whole point of this is clarification, so let me start off by saying that this battle and where Bella is taken from is all real places. http:/mapq dot st/lw5pRC

The battle takes place just north of Ozette Lake. Bella is being hidden at a peak, called Snag Peak which is just east of where the battle is taking place. When Victoria hears Seth's howl, she figures out where Bella is and swims north around Neah Bay and then comes back south to where Seth and Bella are. When Edward tries to find Victoria he assumes that she is swimming to possibly First Beach back in La Push, so he heads south along the water front.