"Tempus let her go!" Carlisle yelled about to take a step forward.
"Take a step and I will crush her. It will be easy, she is human after all. I can feel how warm her body is, I can feel her blood pumping through her veins and I can hear her heart pounding in her chest." Tempus boomed his voice echoing through the small mock hospital room.
"What do you want?" Carlisle asked, never taking his eyes off of Esme.
"You know what I want. Give me the child." Tempus hissed, holding Esme tighter, causing her to moan in pain.
"She is not here." Edward spoke.
"Impossible!" Tempus yelled. He looked over at Rose who was standing slightly behind Emmett. Unwilling to admit she was scared. "I couldn't help but notice the girl escaped. When I saw she was gone and the baby was nowhere to be found. I realized I underestimated the willpower she had. I figured she took the girl with her. "
"As you can see, we don't have her here, now please." Carlisle started to say.
Esme's face contorted in pain, before letting out a loud moan, leaning her head down. Carlisle held himself back with all his strength.
"Please give me back my wife." he pleaded.
Tempus let out a deep gruff laugh." I still don't understand how a vampire could fall in love with a human, let alone get her pregnant."
"Papa Carlisle?" a small voice shyly rang behind the group.
Everyone moved slightly aside to reveal Renesmee standing there.
"And you already have another child?" Tempus assumed.
"Yes, I am their daughter." She stated, standing tall. Edward reached for her, but she moved aside, staring at him before walking towards Carlisle and taking his hand, which he accepted happily, seeing her plan unfold in a flash.
"But how?"
"Because of us." Benjamin answered. "I was able to help them conceive with my powers."
"But your powers are Manipulation of nature, we are dead, how could you possibly." Tempus was interrupted by Renesmee letting go of Carlisle's hand and making her way over to him.
"Nessie." Edward said quickly.
"Please sir, let go of my mama Esme. She has so much love and compassion for us. She may be human and my Papa Carlisle is a vampire, but I am half of both of them." She stated, not standing an arms length away from him. "Listen to my heart, I have an irregular heartbeat, or I can show you if you prefer."
Closing his eyes he listened. He could hear Esme's heart beating fast in her chest. She was terrified. Listening closer he could hear an offbeat heartbeat. Opening his eyes he locked eyes with the little child in front of him. "But, how is that possible."
"No one knew it was, not until she was born," Edward said proudly. "Their love for each other is what made this possible."
"But."
Before he could say anything else, he felt a lukewarm hand touch his arm, immediately there was a flash of light and he was watching a story unfold in front of him. He saw a blur of faces before they cleared up to reveal a tired looking but very happy Esme staring down.
"Would you like to hear your favorite song?" Esme asked, her voice echoing through the memory. Her voice continued to echo but was laced with so much passion it could make Tempus's own heart start to beat, as she hummed You are my sunshine.
Another flash and he saw Esme and Carlisle looking down at him with nothing but a smile. "I can't help but love her so much." Esme said
"I know, about time we have a pair of little feet running around. Someone we can watch grow up and not have 100 year old teenagers running around arguing all day." Carlisle jokes.
"Maybe, just maybe, we can have another set running around." Esme said hopefully.
He watched and Carlisle leaned his head down slightly and kissed her forehead lovingly. "I love you my darling."
Tempus was brought back to reality once Renesmee let go of his arm.
"You see, they are not bad people." She tried to convince him.
"You.. You have powers?" Tempus asked.
"I am both Human and a Vampire. I have a beating heart and can eat human food, but I also crave blood and I carry special abilities. I am special, much like the love these two have for one another." She said, standing tall. "Please, Mama Esme is going to give birth to my baby sister very soon and this stress can't be good for either of them."
"I will get what I came here for!" Tempus demanded.
"We can't get you Gracie because she is not here, As you can see Rose is here without her. Feel free to tear apart this entire place looking for her, but please let Esme be. Let me help her give birth to our Daughter." Carlisle begged.
Tempus stood there for a moment, thinking over everything he was told. Suddenly Esme leans forward as far as she can with Tempus still holding her and she screams. Her pain was felt throughout the entire room.
"Please." Renesmee pleaded.
After a moment of hesitation, Tempus's face soften, and he releases his arms quickly causing Esme to collapse onto the floor, catching herself with her arms out in front of her.
"Esme!" Carlisle rushed over, holding her gently in his arms.
"I will be back." Tempus announced, standing tall in the doorway.
"What more could you possibly want from us?" Rose yelled, her voice still weak from her encounter.
"You have allowed me to look around your house and that is exactly what I plan to do." he snarled, before turning and exiting the room.
"That son of a…" Emmett Growled
"Carlisle." Esme moaned in pain. "The baby..is coming."
Carlisle nodded, carrying her quickly over to the hospital bed on the other side of the room.
Once she was settled he walked sound to the foot of the bed and moved her legs slowly then lifted her hospital gown. He saw the baby crowning.
"Esme, my love, I am going to need you to push." Carlisle encouraged.
Esme leaned her head back against the pillows, grateful for the mild relief the cold pillowcase was giving her. So much was going on she could barely keep up. She could barely hear Carlisle's words until he repeated himself when she didn't move.
"Esme, push!"
She took in a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could. She had a million things running through her mind. Where was Gracie? Where was Bella? Were they together? Were they safe? How was Rose? What did that monster do to her? Can they change Alice back? Was Tempus going to go after her little girl?
"Mom." Edward stepped forward when she took another breath in as she waited for another contraction to hit before pushing again. "You need to calm down. Everything is going to be okay."
"Edward, how can you be so sure?"
"I can't but somehow everything works out, no matter how much we make ourselves miserable in between. So for now, let us focus on everything and you just focus on everything and you just need to focus on having my little sister." He smiled.
Esme gave a little nod and felt another contraction coming on. She heard Carlisle gave her more encouragement to push. With a deep breath in she pushed. She felt her entire body burn with pain. Something was wrong but she kept going, trying hard not to scream out in pain and scare the rest of her family. Though she figured Edward was reading her mind regardless.
"You're doing great Love! She is almost here!" Carlisle gushed. He looked at Esme's face and noticed something off, but their baby girl was almost here.
With one last big push, Esme felt all her pain stopped, though her entire body still burned. She looked down and saw Carlisle cutting the cord. She couldn't hear anything, not even her baby crying.
"What's… What's going on?" Esme cried, her voice weak.
The whole room felt tense while Carlisle was cleaning the baby up and clearing out her airways. Suddenly a loud baby cry filled the room and everyone let out a breath.
"Why hello there my beautiful girl." Carlisle gushed, wrapping her in a blanket.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Esme exclaimed, breathing heavy. The burning was getting worse. She wanted to scream but she had no energy left. She saw Carlisle turn around with their baby wrapped in a little pink blanket. She couldn't help but smile as a tear ran down her cheek.
Carlisle looked down at his beautiful daughter. Though she was nearly minutes old he knew she was going to look like Esme. His heart never felt more full, he felt like he could cry, if only he could.
"Mom?" he heard Edward's worried voice.
Looking up his face still smiling he saw Esme laying there with her eyes closed. "Esme? Esme what's wrong?" he asked, rushing towards her.
"Dad, please let me." Rose stepped forward, reaching for her baby sister.
Handing his daughter over, he placed his hand on his unresponsive wife's neck. After running many tests in a matter of minutes he looked toward Edward. "What is she thinking?" he watched as Rose put his daughter in a little crib in the corner of the room.
"She..is only screaming. Something is burning. Dad I think she is turning back into a vampire, but the way her thoughts are going, she is going through the change faster than the normal rate. Maybe a matter of hours, if that." Edward said, looking back at his mom.
Stroking her face, Carlisle couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. He hated the fact he put her in pain a hundred years ago but for her to go through that same pain yet again, broke his heart.
"You were right."
They all turned to see Tempus standing in the doorway of the fake hospital room. "The child is not here. I owe you an apology."
"Mistakes happen, I'm sorry your mission has failed." Carlisle stated, never taking his eyes off of Esme.
"I have not failed the mission, I will only need to improvise." Tempus stated, walking further into the room.
"What do you.." Carlisle finally looked up to see Tempus walking into the room.
"My mission is to bring a child back to the Volturi, a human child." He snarled, his face twisting into an evil grin.
"No!" Carlisle yelled, about to lung forward. In a blink of an eye Tempus ran over and grabbed Renesmee.
"Wait!" Edward screamed. "She's not fully human, she is half vampire, you can't take her!"
"Oh, I know. I am well aware of the half human, half Vampire hybrid that was birthed into the Cullen Coven, only I believe I heard it was you and your wife who had the baby, while she was still human." Tempus stated, the same evil smile painted on his face.
"What do you want?" Carlisle asked, afraid of the answer.
"I want a human baby, and from what I can hear, that child that was born is fully human. Give her to me!"
"Never,"
Carlisle lunged forward and wrapped his arms around Tempus, missing Nessie. He has his arms wrapped around Tempus's center, causing him to fly back, hitting the ground. Renesmee took the opportunity to run to her dad, who grabbed onto her and turned to look at Jasper.
"Get her and Alice away from here!" He demanded,
"No, dad please come with me! I'm scared." Renesmee pleaded.
"I don't have time to argue."
"I got her." He heard Emmett calling from behind. He ran and grabbed Nessie before she could protest, with Rose right behind him.
"Please, come with me, you will be safer away from here." Jasper said, taking Alice's hand.
"I trust you." She smiled back, accepting his hand. He turned and she jumped on his back as he rushed them down the stairs.
Edward turned back around to see his father had his hands wrapped around Tempus's center, Tempus was still on his back, struggling to get up. "Give me the child!" He demanded.
"No, that is my baby girl, you need to leave my family alone!" Carlisle screamed, his voice echoing through the entire house.
Edward had never seen his father act so vicious. He held Tempus down, but had a hard grip on him, it started to leave cracks in his perfect skin. Tempus leaned his head back slightly and bared his fangs. Leaned down and plunged his teeth into Carlisle shoulder.
Carlisle let go of Tempus falling back in pain.
"Dad!" Edward called, running over to tend to his father.
"Now, let me grab what I came here for." Tempus announced victoriously.
Carlisle and Edward were both about to get when they heard a loud rush of wind. They looked toward where Esme had been laying, to find the hospital bed empty. They looked around but found no trace of her.
Tempus began reaching into the crib when he felt a heavy weight suddenly on his shoulders.
"Think again." Esme whispered in an angry voice. She had both feet on his shoulders, her hands underneath his chin, holding his chin like a bicycle strap on a kids helmet. "You will go and leave my family alone. The Voltori is use to disappointments"
"I vowed to them." Tempus started, his voice weaker then before.
Edward and Carlisle should see small cracks forming from Esme's grip.
"Now you can make a vow to us, to leave my family and Gracie's family alone!" Esme demanded.
Tempus tried to shake her off, but Esme was stronger. She held her body in the same exact position.
"I WILL BRING HER BACK!" He yelled, his voice covered in rage.
"Over my dead body." Esme said, her mama bear voice engaged.
Without warning, Esme pulled with all her might and ripped Tempus's head off of his shoulders. She jumped down and watched his body fall to the ground before looking over to the crib and picking up her baby girl.
"Esme." Carlisle said softly, still in shock at what he just saw. "Esme, my dear are you alright."
She continued to look down at her beautiful baby girl. "Yes, I am perfectly fine. Especially now that I am able to hold my baby girl." She cooed.
"Esme." He said again, causing her to look up. He saw her eyes were a deep, bright red. She was thirsty. "Esme, I believe you have turned yourself back into a newborn vampire, which is where all your strength came from, but I know that also means you are incredibly thirsty. Please, come with me and we can go get a couple deer."
Nodding, Esme looked back down at her baby girl. "Mom, I will take her." Edward smiled. "Let me get to know my new sister."
Esme smiled, and handed her baby over to her eldest son. She turned back to look at her husband.
"Ready?" He asked, reaching out his hand.
"Ready!" She exclaimed "Ready to finally beat you in a race."
With that, they held hands and ran as fast as they could toward the woods.