An eerie silence was slowly spreading through the woods. Nothing dared to move. It seemed as if nature itself was holding its breath. It was literally the calm before the storm. But nobody could anticipate the ferocity of the upcoming storm. Not even the sensitive ears of both species surrounding the trap were able to pick up anything. Not even insects.

Until late at night both vampires and werewolves had planned the upcoming battle diligently. They both knew that nothing should go wrong. For all their sakes. It had helped of course a lot that they had several centuries' old war veterans among them. They knew many strategies and the wolves knew the terrain.

Jacob was planning on killing as much leeches as possible. Each killed vampire was one less to hurt Bella or his tribe. He wanted to see her again. Old Quil who rarely left the confinements of his house had ended his solitude as there has never been a pack the size of now and he had talked to the spirits. Jacob still had doubts about talking to the spirits, but on the other hand his pack and vampires are also creatures of legend. They had been forced to create a whole new commando structure as there were too many people sharing their minds. There were now several packs connected with each other through their Alpha Billy Black. Billy was able to mentally connect the other alphas mentally and the alphas were able to give commands to their pack members. But together they formed one big pack. Through his first transformation Billy had become the Chief Alpha. Sam, Jacob and Jared were the Sub Alphas of the other packs. Quil had told them that he should expect another Bella coming home than he was used to as the spirits had foreseen that she would come back differently. And he had also told them to not trust the Cullens as they were having an ulterior motive with Bella. When they had tried to question him further he had refused to say more.

"Prepare! They are coming!" he heard his father's voice in his mind while transferring it to his members. He even sent them a mental picture from his surveillance spot high up the mountains. They had spotted the army and the fight was about to begin any second. Alice had placed a blood trail of Bella's blood together with a blouse she has stolen from her room.

The Cullens were waiting in the clearing ready to kill the newborns. The other ones were surrounding it in almost a circle. The only way inside the clearing was the blood trail laid out for the newborns. The wolves were in the second circle further away because their odour or stench as the leeches had called it, would have overlaid Bella's delicate "flowery" scent. All they needed to was to wait until they were all in the huge clearing. His heart was beating faster. Out of anticipation or fear he did not know. All he knew was that he had to protect his pack and kill as many vampires as possible. Unfortunately they were also bound to the treaty which meant that they could not kill one of the other vampires fighting the newborns as collateral damage. He only hoped that they would see it the same way.

All of a sudden he could see several leeches appear in the clearing, who stopped once they saw the waiting Cullens. This was their deadly mistake as they were dispatched from all sides within a blink of an eye. Some of the Vampires hiding in the first circle were attacking together with the Cullens. Loose limbs and heads flew left and right through the air and were caught by vampires and wolves. Jacob was in a state similar to a blood rush. All he could see were the vampires that he tore to pieces together with his pack. The cracks of the vampires torn apart only heightened his lust for the hunt and kill. None of the leeches had been able to scream or warn the others as everything was happening so fast and more and more vampires were constantly streaming into the clearing only to be dispatched by them. Through his father's eyes the packs were able to see who they should attack next and when. Their smell was revolting and he looked forward to burning them. The smoke would cleanse the air from their stench. "Leah, watch out!" Jacob shouted to her in his mind but she had blocked him out completely as she was lost to the same blood rush. He could feel her pain as one of the four escaped newborns was trying to crush her body and to kill her. Seth completely terrified of losing his sister lost focus and rushed towards her only to be caught from another one. Jacob knew that he could not rush to help them in time to safe them, but he had to rescue them. The Cullens seemed to not notice their predicament. The pain was getting worse as Seth was also experiencing bones getting crushed. Sam, having decapitated another one left the rest of the body to the younger wolves and ordered several older wolves to attack the four escaped newborns. Jacob, waking from his stupor which could have been a fatal mistake ordered some of his pack to do the same. After a very sever and harsh joint fight they were able to finally defeat the four vampires, which were the only ones left in the clearing. There were four big piles of torn limbs and heads of vampires. Emmet looking satisfied like a cat which had swallowed a canary started to burn them by using flamethrower. Where had got this device all of a sudden was a mystery to the wolves.

"The redhead and Riley are trying to escape!" Billy informed them sending them a mental image. "Young ones guard the wounded and bring them to the Rez! The rest follow me!" Jacob snarled and transferred the commands to the other alphas. "We are ending this now!" They speeded after the two escaping vampires who were not allowed to escape otherwise they would come back with another army. They could not let that happen. Some of the Cullens were following them. Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie stayed back in the clearing and wanted to assess the wounds of the two wounded Clearwaters but the young pack members did not let them pass. They had been ordered to protect them! Old Quil had warned them of the Cullens after all.

Edward was able to catch up with Victoria first and tackled her to the ground. Riley, hearing her heart shattering cry stopped and tried to help his lover by attacking Edward. He sent him back flying against a stone wall full force. The redhead leapt up and tried to escape once again, but was pinned down again by a very angry, blood thirsty russet coloured wolf. It seemed that her luck has run out, but she would not give up with a fight! He was pinning her to the ground with his monstrously big paws. But luckily for her he was not paying any attention on to the rest of her body as he seemed to only be interested in her face. Is he looking for fear? She would not give him the satisfaction. What is he waiting for? This has to be a male wolf! Completely ignorant to her other parts of her body. As he was holding her wriggling form down, waiting for his pack to catch up with him he failed to notice that she was about to do something with a terrible effect on his health.

She shot her feet up to Jacobs form and began to squeeze his lower back, braking parts of his hip bones. As she was not able to get further because of his size. Feeling his hipbones braking he howled in pain and almost let Victoria get away but being one Alpha he was able to block out his pain for a second, snapped his jaw at her throat and ripped her head clean off. He would never underestimate a vampire again! Bah! She even tastes like filth! I have to wash my mouth as soon as I get home.

In the meantime the rest of the Cullens dispatched the younger vampire Riley before he could harm their brother, while the other pack members were dissembling the other parts of Victoria's body in order to burn them. They had survived. He could not believe it. Realizing this, the pain came back full force and he had to lie down. It hurt so much. He was lucky having such a size; otherwise she would have broken his back too. But it hurt! Counting his pack members he realized that he was not able to make out the minds of the Clearwaters! Were they mortally wounded? Were they dead? Getting on his feet again moving as fast as his injuries allowed he moved back towards the clearing. Through his father's eyes he could see the most peculiar thing. The younglings were protecting the Clearwaters while Carlisle tried again and again to get to them. He pleaded to them that their bones were healing wrongly and would make them cripples if they did not let him help them. "Let him through! But keep an eye on him!" Jacob ordered them while hobbling to the clearing. They had transformed back to their human forms, which was why he was not able to hear them. But they were curiously silent which could only mean that their bodies had shut down. The other vampires were just standing around and looking at the display. Sickly sweet smoke was everywhere wafting around the clearing. Unknown to them they had had silent spectators throughout the whole event.

It was horribly silent in the major control room of the Hub. Early in the morning Barton had called all the important players in this case to the major control room as the satellites had showed a culmination of the events. Coming from the Cullen house and from the reservation vampires and wolves were gathering around a huge clearing in two circles. The huge mass originating in Seattle, obviously vampires, was also moving towards this clearing. It seemed like the wolves and the vampires stationed in Forks were preparing to fight together. But according to Bella Swan they were mortal enemies. Why were they fighting together?


The mood in the Hub had been very bad after the meeting where Natasha had presented her findings. Phil was absolutely worried about Bella and had vowed to never let her out of his sight again. Ever! But Fury had ordered them to not tell Bella anything until the right time which left Phil in a nervous constitution. Phil knew that his boss would use this information to secure her loyalty and determination to become one of them. They were currently all standing in the back of the control room. Phil on Bella's right, Fury on her left side. She was already in a gray S.H.I.E.L.D. jumper and black sweat pants which were a gift from the agency. Phil had not been able to convince her to stay in the hospital wing for much longer after her tremors had stopped and she had asked for something really substantial to eat and not "hospital food".

"I could eat a whole cow!" she had told them with a joyous glint in her eyes. This was more the Bella Phil knew.

But now she was displaying small signs of distress and worry about several beings seen on the screen and it seemed as if she could differentiate the wolves from each other. He knew she was a very empathic person, but she was definitely wincing more for the wolves; especially as two were injured. "No! Leah! Seth!" she whispered worriedly without paying attention to her surroundings. There was also a huge display of some gifts. They were able to spot one blonde vampire who electrocuted the others in order to paralyze and to dispatch them. Another vampire with red eyes had manipulated the nature around him as they were able to detect a small hurricane thrown at one of the attacking vampires. A few vampires loosing focus where also been able to make out.

Each wolf and each vampire moved completely coordinated and it almost seemed as if they were dancing a deadly, but marvellous choreographed dance. The whole surveillance was recorded and Fury planned to use it to study the vampire species thoroughly and to terminate as many vampires as possible in the future.

Bella's eyes were glued to the screen when she discovered a redhead which was chased by a russet wolf. "Careful Jake!" she murmured. So the wolves are the natives. Curious. Fury thought. When she saw him howl because of the red head Phil had to calm her down by putting his left hand on her shoulder. It was pretty obvious that this wolf meant something to her personally.

The big screen was now devided into two parts. One was focusing on the original battle field, while the other focused on the group with the red head. When the russet wolf finally ripped the head of the vampire Victoria Phil heard Bella sigh with relief. Victoria was dead! She could never harm anyone she loved again. It was finally over. She could finally bury her parents properly. She could live again without fear. Really live again. Without the interference or supervision of an overprotective, creepy boyfriend. But on the other hand she did not want to stay in Forks again. Or Phoenix for that matter. Too many bad memories. She wanted more out of life than to marry much too young and staying unhappy until eternity. The smoke on both battlefields made further surveillance nearly impossible. The technicians were trying their best to enhance the visual field, but without much success.

"Carry on with the surveillance!" Fury ordered walking out. "Miss Swan, Agent Coulson, Barton and Romanov. I need a word in my office."


Carlisle almost finished helping the badly injured wolves, had had unfortunately to break several bones of the two Clearwaters again for them to heal properly. Esme was helping him bandaging them as she had gotten the unused first aid kit from their garage.

"Hurry up, the Volturi are coming! They cannot see the wolves!" Alice whispered scared which caused the wolves to hoist their three members up and rush away quickly. "Quickly, Faster!" she urged them. The Cullens had informed the wolves partly about the Volturi and their immense hatred against werewolves; they definitely had no desire to meet them so shortly after this battle. Unfortunately for them their odour was still mingling with the smell of the burning piles.

"Quite impressive! It is not often that we are rendered useless." Came a seemingly sweet voice through the thick fog, followed by several dark shapes.

"Would you have come half an hour ago, you would have fulfilled your purpose." Carlisle standing in front of his family and the other vampires answered calmly.

"Hm." Alec said. "A strong army of newborns dispatched by another army of elder vampires. Fortuna has blessed you. But I think that that was not all? Was it?" Don't tell me there were no hairy creatures! I saw them.

"We simply had the advantage of having war veterans and one former trainer a newborn army on our side." he answered. Please believe it and leave.

"I doubt that. It smells as if you had some furry aid." Jane wrinkling her nose asked again. "You know that we do not like anything furry and what happens to those who side with barbaric creatures.

Carlisle gulped. Have they seen the fight? Are they testing me? Do they know who the wolves are? Is the reservation in danger?

"Tell me, where is your precious Isabella, Edward? Aro is looking forward to seeing her again in Voltera." Felix asked in a very low but dangerous tone. My orders are not to harm them yet. Why? They have clearly broken the Volturi's trust and sided with dogs! This commission better be good.

"We have her brought to safety from Victoria. But we have not forgotten our promise to turn her." Edward answered him.

"Don't forget your commission Carlisle." Jane reminded him. "We don't give second chances and we will definitely watch you closely now! You know what happens if you should fail!"

With that they turned and walked away from the remaining vampires, letting them ponder about their subtle threats.

"Carlisle?" Esme asked carefully "What commission?"