Chapter 36

It was night time and Esme put up a tent for me to sleep in. We were staying near the clearing, so they could be ready to fight the newborns.

"Promise me that you'll be careful." I said to Jasper as we laid in the tent at the clearing. I was the only one with a tent, but Jasper was sharing it with me.

The other Cullen's were out on watch, making sure no one would show up early. Jasper was laying by my side, brushing my hair throw his fingers. I wasn't cold, due to the battery operated space heater Alice bought me.

"You know I'm always careful." He replied and placed a gentle kiss on my forehead.

I heard the wind blowing, shaking the tent a bit. I curled into Jasper as a slight chill got me.

He took my blanket and covered me a bit more. Jasper kept placing small kissed on my head, knowing it made me tingly and happy. It calmed my nerves, but it didn't take my mind off of things.

"Just promise me." I said and looked up at him.

Jasper chuckled and looked down at me. "I promise, Lori."

"Good." I replied and nuzzled my face into his chest.

I knew he would be careful, but I still would like to hear him promise me these things. Maybe it was too human, but it made me feel better.

I watched from the bushes as the Cullen's all stood out in the opening. I was wearing Jasper's jacket so I didn't freeze to death. Alice was the closest to me, because she would know if there was going to be a newborn that came after me. We all knew they would come after me, because of my scent. I was there for a distraction. If I didn't move from my spot, then I would be okay. That's what Alice told me and Jasper ordered me to stay.

The newborns finally showed up. I could see the looks on their faces change when they realized that the human wasn't there. Some fought to keep control and others just couldn't handle it. They ran towards the Cullen's. The Cullen's ran towards them as well.

Jasper made the first punch, knocking the head off a newborn. It was hard to keep track of everyone, because they moved so quickly. Punches were being thrown, legs were kicking, and a lot of newborns were dying.

Emmet smashed a newborn and grabbed another one by the head, twisting it, and breaking it off. I saw the shards of the newborns body come off. The inside of her were like crystals. No blood came out when she had her head torn off. Do vampires not bleed?

Finally, the werewolves showed up, jumping over a huge bolder, and immediately attacking the nearest newborn they could bite. All I could hear was the snarling of both vampires and werewolves, the sound of loud cracking, paws padding and thumping on the ground, and screeching sounds of the newborns' body parts being torn apart.

Esme picked up a newborn that was alive, tossing him up in the air after flipping, and throwing him into the opened mouth of another werewolf. I think it was Jacob. He finally showed up.

Jasper came running towards newborns after he helped Rose. He grabbed a newborn by the throat, picking her up, and smashing her into the ground. Standing up straight in one swift motion, he turned his hand into a fist and punched another newborn in the face, knocking his head off. He was so good at that. I now had the weirdest lady boner I've ever had. Why was watching Jasper fight so hot?

Suddenly there was a werewolf on the ground. A newborn had their arms around it and started to crush the werewolf. Jasper saw this and ran right to the helpless wolf, killing a few newborns along the way.

I knew that the time wasn't right to be checking out Jasper, but that man had a nice ass.

Once he got the newborn off the werewolf, successfully ending the life of the newborn, the wolf and vampire exchanged looks. To me, the wolf looked thankful. I couldn't see the look on Jasper's face, but I knew he had to of felt slightly awkward and heroic at the same time.

I don't know why I kept thinking it was Jasper doing this. When I finally saw the look on his face, I knew it was Major. His eyes were thirsty for killing. He was in his protection and fighting mode. I've never seen anything like it. I really like this side of my love.

His head turned and mine did too. There was a newborn running after Alice. He took off after them and tackled the newborn onto the ground. Major took a hold of the newborn vampires' wrists, while stepping on his back. He yanked hard and the screeching sound of nails on glass was audible to me. That was the sound of the newborn losing his arms.

Two newborns stood out to me. Carlisle and Esme both walked up to them, but they weren't fighting. They just glanced at each other. They were both young girls, but one looked very familiar. She looked like my sister, but an older version of her. I haven't seen my sister in years.

As I watched her, I knew it was her. That girl was my sister and she was a vampire. The change from human to vampire made her look doll like. No wonder I didn't notice her from the beginning.

I stood up and walked out to the opening. I put my hands to my mouth to yell for her, but Alice was already by my side, taking me back to where I was.

"What are you thinking?" She hissed out and frowned at me. "She's not your sister anymore. She's lost in the hunger and she's a vampire child."

"She's not a child…" I muttered.

"It's not right still. She's under the age of what is accepted. It's against the rules." Alice stood up and ran back to the clearing to help fight, leaving me alone.

How could I just sit here and watch my little sister fight? Am I no better of a person if I let such a young person fight a battle she can't win?

I saw her lock her gaze to someone. Her lips curled up in a snarl. I moved my sight to see who she was looking at. It was Jasper.

My heart stopped when I realized what she was going to do. He wasn't looking at her. He was fighting vampires left to right. Would he see her coming? She managed to get away from Carlisle and Esme, sprinting towards Jasper.

This wasn't my little sister. This was a monster. The hunger and killing look in her eyes were directed to Jasper and he was paying attention to the three newborns that were attacking him. I knew he told me to stay back. I knew he wanted me out of this fight, but when I saw her coming towards him I had to intervene.

I don't know what came over me, courage or stupidity. I made the decision as I stood up to stop her from attacking. Alice wasn't near me at this time. The vampire that was the nearest to me was my sister, but she didn't know I was there. She was too focused on Jasper.

I ran out as fast as I could, facing my sister dead on. She wasn't stopping, but I wasn't going to get out of the way. Everything was moving in slow motion to me. The dirt that was being kicked out from behind her as she ran towards me was moving in slow motion. The impact of her stone hard body hit me directly.

"No!" I heard Alice scream out.

I felt my bones crack and possibly break from the pressure. Her nails dug into me, tearing at my flesh. She threw me off her and I felt a tree hit my back. There was so much pain all over my body. Did she know it was me?

The cold frost covered ground immediately turned warm and slushy when my blood flowed out of my body. I watched helplessly as the fight was going on. The newborns smelled my blood and so did the Cullens. There was a second of pause while they looked for the source of the smell.

"Lori!" I heard Jasper's voice call out for me.

I saw him move in a swift and quick motion killing each vampire that had gotten in his way to get to me. One of them was my sister. I watched as her head came clean off her body, flying high in the air, and making a thud noise once it hit the ground. The fight was over within minutes after my impact on the tree. I couldn't feel sorry or sadness at that moment. I couldn't feel anything. Either the pain stopped or my body was used to it. I knew I was in bad shape. I could see it on the Cullen's face when they came over to me. My eyesight went blurry as I felt my body giving in to the darkness. My heart was beating hard, trying to keep me alive.

"The Volturi are coming. We need to get her out of here." Alice yelled out. "They'll smell her blood and-…"

"I know!" Jasper shouted. "Carlisle, please help her."

My eyes wandered to Carlisle, who was examining me. He was wrapping something around my waist and wrists. Those were the spots where my sister had grabbed onto me.

"This is the best I can do for now. I'll have to do more later when we get rid of the Volturi. Paul, can you take her with you?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes." The deep voice of Paul spoke. "I'll carry her while the others carry Jacob."

What happened to Jacob? Did he get hurt? Is he okay?

Jasper was in my sight and he looked so worried. If he could tear up at all, I think he would be right now. I could hear a few words coming from him when he spoke.

"Don't…she's important…I swear…" He was looking from Paul, to me, to Carlisle. "Need…alive…"

I croaked out a sound. I was so weak. My vision started to see double and I began to cry. I think I was crying. I don't know. I wanted to.

"Shh…" Jasper said as I saw his now triple hand caress my face. "Paul will…" I couldn't hear the rest.

There were murmurs of familiar voices around me. I felt my body being lifted up by strong arms. This embrace was warm and I knew it was Paul.

In the distance I heard his voice calling for me, telling me to hold on. My eyes are so heavy though. Why not just let them relax? Slowly, my mind started to drift off and darkness consumed me.

A/N: Dun dun dun! How mean am I? Hehe~ Happy Holidays! XD