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Chapter Fifteen

"What do you mean they're in trouble?" I questioned Alice, who was clearly scared about something. She just got a vision about the girls in danger, and I was scared out of my mind to learn what it was.

"A few of the guards got away, and they're on their tail! We need to get to them," Alice announced fearfully. "They plan to avenge Aro and the rest of the guard!"

"Where are they!?" Emmett barked, clenching his fists in anger.

"Somewhere in the woods," Alice said, trying to think hard. "I don't know where exactly, but they aren't too far from Forks. We can make it in time!"

"We'll I'm not going to stand here any longer, I'm going," I said as I stalked towards the forest.

"Wait no! Bella! There's more!" I ignored Alice as I ran into the woods. I didn't want to waste any time. This meant life or death for my daughter and niece.

I ran through the woods at the speed of lighting. My daughter was all I thought about as I ran the trail that smelt the strongest of Jacob and Seth. I couldn't lose Renesmee. I couldn't lose Emalie. I couldn't lose Seth or Jacob either.

Somehow I was regretting this whole escape plan for the girls. But, if they stayed I know they would have gotten hurt or even killed.

Emalie doesn't know how to fight and she's still a small child. Renesmee, on the other hand, knows some fighting skills, but she's a hybrid. Sure, Nahuel did pull through the battle with minor injuries, but he's been around longer than my daughter has. He has more experience than she does when it comes to vampire battles and fighting. Renesmee is strong in my eyes, but a thousand year old vampire who is skilled in fighting could hurt her with a simple smack of his hand.

I was the fastest next to Edward, but I was beating him right now considering he's wounded. Emmett and Rosalie weren't too far behind us with Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, and Esme.

I kept running through the woods like a madwoman, until I heard the piercing scream of Renesmee and Emalie.

"Which way was that!?" Emmett cried out as we all stopped at a clearing.

"That way!" Alice yelled, pointing to the north. "But, Bella, please wait!"

"What Alice!? They're in danger!" I cried out, clearly frustrated. "I need to go!"

"Just listen Bella! Please there is an important detail you're missing here!"

"What!? Just spit-"

"Victoria is there!" Alice yelled at me. I froze hearing those words, and so did Edward.

Victoria.

"No," I whispered.

"I can't be," Edward muttered under his unnecessary breath. Alice shook her head at him.

"It is. Very. She wants revenge." Alice breathed. "I've been trying to tell you that. Victoria is alive and well. She's helping the guards right now. The guards and Victoria both want revenge."

"NO!" I screamed. I then started to run through the trees, ripping through the leaves and branches. I wasn't going to let anybody kill them, not even Victoria. How did she find us anyway? How long has she been planning this day?

We reached the scene where Jacob was growling along with Seth at two Volturi guards. Renesmee was holding Emalie close as she growled at none other than Victoria.

"Victoria," I hissed at her. She stopped and turned around to face me.

Victoria still looked the same as she did all those years ago. Bright fire truck red curls, blazing red eyes, and an evil smirk that could send chills up someone's spine.

"Isabella, I see immortality has treated you well," She remarked as she backed away from Renesmee and Emalie, and began to stalk towards me. I snarled at her as I began to stalk towards her.

"I heard the Volturi were in the area to come and visit you my dear, so I decided to pay a visit as well to see you get demolished. But, sadly that didn't happen...So I thought I could just take matters into my own hands." She looked at Renesmee and grinned evilly. Renesmee looked back at me with a scared expression as she pulled Emalie closer to her.

"Don't touch my kid," I threatened her.

"Or what? Your mate is going to harm me. My dear, you see you took James from me. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Someone is going to die, whether you like it or not."

"No!" I roared as I lunged at her. I pinned her to the ground and began to growl in her face. I tried to take her head off, but she just pushed me off.

Emmett launched himself at one of the vampires trying to attack Seth and Jake while Alice and Jasper go to join them to take care of the second. Rosalie heads over towards Renesmee and Emalie and steps in front of them, protecting them from any forces. Renesmee has Emalie's head on her shoulder, covering her eyes from the battle happening right now.

I tried to corner Victoria with Edward, but she's began to run away.

"Victoria! You won't get a chance like this again!" I yelled at her as she neared the edge of the clearing.

"You want Bella and I to feel the pain as when you lost James," Edward spoke up, gripping to his injured arm. "You want us to feel what you have felt like for the past sixty-eight years. It wasn't Bella who got James killed, it was me! All me, Victoria!" Edward yelled at her. Before I could say anything, Victoria was in full motion. She lunged at Edward and pinned him to the ground.

"Edward!" I screamed as I launched myself at Victoria, ripping her off of my mate by her red curls.

"Don't even think about it!" I growled as I pushed her away.

"My dear, you've gotten strong," Victoria spat as she got up from the ground. Her red hair was all covered in snow and she was grinning evilly at me like a crazed psychopath.

"I have, and I'm not scared of you," I said to her as I walked around her in a circle. Victoria merely threw her head back in a laughter before looking at me with evil eyes.

"Well you see, Isabella, it's such a pity to see you like this. Too bad this is it for you." She cackled.

"What are you talking about?" I seethed. That's when I felt arms grip onto me. I look to see it's a vampire with sandy blonde hair and bight red eyes.

"Did it ever occur to you that I might have brought back-up?" Victoria said as she ran over to me. "Goodbye, Isabella."

"Bella!" Edward's yelled as I then felt him take my arms off. I screamed in pain as I fell to the ground. That's when, for the first time in sixty-eight years, I felt blackness consume me.

The last sound I heard was the screaming of my family.

So this is what death feels like.

(Edward's POV)

The moment I saw Bella collapse on the ground I launched myself at Victoria's helper, Riley, and took his head clear off. All I saw was red when I attacked them. I made sure there was only the pieces left.

I couldn't think straight. My Bella was hurt. I couldn't tell if she was gone or not, but I knew she was in pain. All that was racing through my head was I could have done something, but I didn't.

"Bella!" Emmett bellowed, snapping me out of my thoughts, as he ran over to pin Victoria down.

"Mom!" Renesmee screamed as she broke free from Rosalie's protection and ran to Bella's side.

"You're dead," I spat, looking right at Victoria. She was currently pinned down under Emmett's grip. Victoria wasn't escaping this time.

"Fine, Edward. Kill me. I'm just finally going to get the satisfaction of you spending the rest of your eternity in absolute misery!" she snarled at me.

"Go to hell," I seethed. From there I let my monstrous side out. I then ripped her neck off with my teeth and took her arms off. When I was done with her, I was breathing heavily as I just stared at her pile of body parts. I just quietly took a match and threw it right at her body, letting the flames consume the bitch.

"Dad! Aunt Alice! Uncle Jazz! Uncle Emmett! Someone! Help!" Renesmee screamed as she looked at Bella. Tears were streaming down her face as she gripped to Bella's dissembled body. I ran to her side with Carlisle not to far behind me.

"Please tell me she's not dead. She can't be dead. She can't!" Renesmee sobbed as she gripped tight to Bella.

"You need to let go of your mother, if you don't then we can't look at her," Carlisle said to her softly. She shakes her head and Carlisle sends me a look. I sighed as I went to take Renesmee off of Bella.

She was crying and screaming as I took her away from Bella. My heart was aching seeing my daughter and mate like this.

I hushed Renesmee, pulling her away, and began to try to calm her down. She was absolutely hysterical.

I looked over to Jasper who sent a nice calming wave over to her. This made Renesmee relax a bit under my grip and I go to pull her into my chest.

She curled up like a small child as I hold her there, hushing her as tears streamed down her cheeks.

I look at Bella with Carlisle. She had a crack in her beautiful porcelain face and her arms were off. It was hard to see someone so beautiful, dissembled in such a gruesome way. I am glad the woman who did this to my Bella is in hell right now, rotting away.

"She's not dead," I said to Renesmee as reached out to stroke Bella's hair.

I would feel if Bella was dead. I know I would. I would feel like a part of me has died. I could still feel Bella's love still penetrating.

She isn't dead. She can't be.

Emmett was at Bella's side as well with Alice and Jasper. I could hear Rosalie bring a screaming and crying Emalie out with Esme and Seth. Jacob was here only because Renesmee was still here.

"Will she be okay? Why is she not responding?" Emmett asked Carlisle, panicking.

"You can do something? Right? She's going to be better?" Jasper asked as well.

"Of course she will. She's in shock. Her body shut down when they tried to take her head off. She's fine, but she might be unconscious for a bit. Her body shut down so the venom can heal all of her injuries and give her strength. I promise, she'll be fine," Carlisle said. "I'll fix her arms when we get back to the house along with some of the other injuries."

"I'll get her," Emmett announced, cradling Bella's head in his hands. I was a few moments away from protesting this until Emmett stopped me. "Edward, take care of Renesmee, anyway one of your arms isn't exactly in the greatest shape either." he pointed towards my messed up arm Aro screwed with.

I nod at my brother and he nods as well. I then watch as Emmett picks up his sister in his arms before running away with Carlisle. I pick up Renesmee with my good arm and run right behind Carlisle and Emmett with the others following.

Emmett brought Bella into the office right away and Carlisle was able to fix her up in no time. Right after her he quickly sowed my arm.

Now we had to wait. The worst part of this all.

Bella was laying down on the medical bed Carlisle had in his office. It was the same spot Rose delivered Emalie, and now it was the spot we would be awaiting the awake of my mate.

Bella looked so peaceful as she just laid motionless on the bed, just like she was asleep. You might compare her to Snow White.

Renesmee sat down next to Bella and went to grip her mother's hand. I sat down right next to her, not saying a word as I looked at my daughter.

"You know, it's kind of hard picturing her like this. She was always the strongest in the family...I just never thought she'd be like this," Renesmee murmured as she gripped tighter to Bella's hand.

"I know," I said softly as I wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She sighed and leaned against me. Soon her shoulders began to shake in small sobs, so I pulled her into a hug.

"Shhh, it's okay. She'll wake up. I promise," I mummer into her bronze hair. She buried her face into my chest, and I go to rub her back soothingly.

I lift my little girl in my arms and hold her so she was on my lap. I then begin to hum claire de lune softly to her. Her sobs became less violent as I rocked her close. Her head was resting against my chest as we both looked at Bella.

"Do you think she's going to be okay?" Renesmee asked me again.

"Yes, dear. Don't worry. She's going to be okay," I told her gently, stroking some of her curls.

"Alright," she mumbled, but she still gripped onto me with all of her strength.

I heard the door creek open and could sense someone enter the doorway. "Are you guys okay?" Alice's voice asked softly. I nod and so does Renesmee, our gaze not leaving Bella.

Alice then stepped into the room with Jasper right next to her. Emmett, Rosalie, and Carlisle enter right behind them.

"No sign yet?" Jasper asked, looking warily at Bella. I know he felt guilty just like the rest of us. Bella was his sister. They loved one another like siblings for many years now, it must be hard on him and Alice too.

"Yeah," I answered Jasper softly.

"How come I feel like I can never protect her?" Emmett said quietly as he looked at Bella.

"Emmett, this is something that is my fault. I pissed Victoria off. It's my fault Bella is like this," I muttered.

"It's my fault too, if I maybe waited, I could have gotten a vision and-"

"No, Alice, this is not your fault. It's not Dad's or Emmett's either," Renesmee spoke up, shaking her head. "It's no ones. Mom...Mom was just trying to protect our family. She was trying to protect me, she was trying to protect dad, Emalie, Uncle Emmett, Aunt Alice, Uncle Jasper, and everyone in this family. It's no ones fault, okay? Well, I mean, if we want to point fingers, then hell I blame Victoria, but other than that we can't blame ourselves. We didn't know Victoria would attack!"

I rubbed her shoulder as she stood up in front of the whole family. Renesmee sighed before collapsing in the chair next to me and burying her face into my shoulder.

"Renesmee does have a point," Jasper spoke up. "Let's try not to blame ourselves for this. Bella wouldn't like that. I know Bells, and she wouldn't want us to worry."

"Yeah, you do have a point," Emmett said, nodding with the rest of the family. "I just want my sister to wake up, that's all. I won't point fingers as long as she wakes up."

We all let out a small chuckle before turning back to look upon Bella, waiting.

We stayed there for what felt like a forever, that was until I noticed Bella's fingers showing off tiny signs of when her fingers began to wiggle, and then her hand.

Emmett frowned and pointed to her hand, "Did you guys just see-"

"Yeah, her fingers just moved," I said quickly.

"It's a sign she's waking up," Carlisle gleamed. I grinned as we all looked at Bella, anticipating her awake.

It all happened within seconds from there. Bella's arm moved again but then her eyes flew open. She gasped for air as if she was drowning and stood up pin straight, looking all around the room wildly.

"Mom!" Renesmee cried out.

"Huh? Renesmee? Edward? What's going on?" Bella asked, looking all around. She was a bit jumpy, but she should be fine.

"Calm down love, Victoria hurt you really bad," I told her, pushing her down gently onto the bed. Bella nodded, wide eyed, trying to take in her surroundings.

"She's dead, you have nothing to worry about," Emmett told her.

"Thank god," Bella breathed in relief, fully relaxing her body.

"You had me worried," Renesmee sniffled.

"Oh, sweetie." Bella sighed and went to pull Renesmee towards her body, holding her tightly in her arms. Renesmee rested her head on Bella's chest as she gently stroked her bronze hair. "I'm sorry angel."

"It's okay. You scared the crap out of me," Renesmee murmured.

"I am sorry again, angel," Bella told her, hugging Renesmee tighter to her.

"Belle, you scared all of us...I didn't think I would be able to protect you," Emmett mumbled.

"Em, I didn't expect you to," Bella said to her brother. "None of you. It was an accident. I'm better now, aren't I? No reason to be angry with yourselves?"

"Yeah," Emmett agreed as he went to rub her arm.

Bella turned her head and looked up at me with her big topaz eyes. I sigh in content as I go over towards her, letting her pull me towards her. I go to place her onto my chest with Renesmee snuggling up to her mom, causing my arms to wrap around my two favorite girls.

Looks like we are going to have a forever, and I was going to make sure my forever counted with Bella.

I knew what I had to do, but first I needed to talk to Emmett.

A/N: Okay, so you guys like? Like the drama? Did you like the EdwardxBella or EdwardxRenesmee moments? Do you find my questions annoying, just kidding. I hope not though...Anyway sorry for the lack of updating. As you all probably know, I have five stories in progress plus I have school, sports, and a bunch of other stuff in my life that makes it impossible for me to update sometimes. Like the past two weekends. I love writing, don't get me wrong, I just have not as much time as I did during the summer. BUT, guess what, Christmas vacation is coming so...I will be trying to update all my stories when I'm not with my family.

So anyway, in the meantime, please review and be on the lookout for more updates :)