A/N: Hi everyone! I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks but honestly, I've been completely exhausted. Plus, I have huge stacks of books I've been meaning to read and I've been digging into those as well. But you guys deserve to know what happens in the fight between our favorite werewolf and least favorite bloodsucker! Enjoy, and please check the AN at the bottom for something important!

Disclaimer: I really do want to own Embry Call, but unfortunately he belongs to Stephanie Meyer. Oh well, Kiowa may be mine someday. We'll have to see.

Embry POV: I wasn't fighting the red haze from my eyes anymore. If the leech made one more move he'd be wolf chow in ten seconds. My hand wrapped itself tightly around his throat, restraining him from trying to snap at me.

"You think she loves you?" he growled between his teeth. "She doesn't. Bella's just too soft, and she doesn't like to hurt people's feeling. She's pretended to accept the imprint because she's settled for you. I left her under the impression that I'd never come back, but here I am. Poor, sweet Bella will be completely thrilled to drop her act and let me kill you."

That was all it took. As I felt my bones start to break and shift into my wolf form, I jumped out the window not wanting to risk Charlie finding a grizzly sized dog and a vampire duping it out over his daughter in the middle of the night. With a final roar of anger, I felt myself morph completely.

Edward was in front of me then, smirking like he'd achieved some big feat. "Oh that got you, did it? What, are you that doubtful in her love for you?"

You sick, egotistical, vile, parasite! I bellowed at him in my mind, knowing full well that he could hear me. I happen to know how much she loves me, and more importantly, how much she hates you! Bella will never go back to you, so I suggest you let me burn your sparkly self to pieces before things get really ugly.

The bloodsucker chuckled darkly and shook his head, edging toward me now. "Embry Call, you do not know as much about Bella as you seem to believe. She will come back to me when I offer her the one thing she's always wanted: Immortality."

I staggered back in shock, shaking my head as I realized what he was doing. You're lying! Bella would never have wanted to become one of you!

"Yes she would," he argued arrogantly. "If she loved me enough."

I let a roar fill the air as I charged toward him. Within a moment's notice, I had Cullen pinned to the ground and I took a snap at one of his hands. If you've ever tasted a glass of sugar mixed with acid, that was what filled my mouth when I bit it off.

A hard lump of stone connected with my stomach, and I flew backward whimpering as I felt my ribs crack. In the same instant I felt the bones in my front right paw shatter, and the last thing I heard was. "Goodbye, Embry Call. Bella will be glad you're gone," before it all went black.

Thirty minutes later:

Embry! Wake up, kid! Man, how has he not heard me by now?-Paul

I dunno, do you think we should take him to the docs in La Push? Or to Sue?-Jared

Guys, we can't afford this right now! We need to phase back and help him, his heartbeat is too slow and his accelerated healing isn't as accelerated as it should be. At the very least, we need to get him back to his house with his mom and Bella, and then Sue can come take a look at him. I just don't want him to still be here… if anything happens to him.-Sam

I let out a pain filled whimper to let the guys know I was awake and they all seemed to start at the fact.

Em! Jake's relieved voice filled my head. Thank freaking Taha Aki you're awake! Are you okay man?

No, I couldn't keep the groan out of my thoughts. Everything hurts. I can't breathe.

Everyone went mute for a beat. Sam was the first to break the silence. We need to get you home. Can you phase back?

I began to think of the happiest day of my life then; the day that Bella and I admitted our feelings for each other. I remembered the way she looked at me, how she'd been overwhelmed with happiness when I told her I felt the same way she did, the way her hair smelt of freshly picked strawberries.

Suddenly, I was human again, lying in a curved position on the ground with tears streaming down my face. Even though everything had hurt before, it felt as if I was on overload now. Stars blurred my vision as I fought with the intense stabbing pain pulsing through my body.

All of a sudden, the familiar human forms of Sam, Paul, Jared, and Jacob were surrounding me, lifting me from my place on the ground. Although they were gingerly putting pressure on my back as they held me, I couldn't help but let out a cry of agony.

"It's going to be okay, Em," Jake whispered. "We got you, buddy."

"Where's," I groaned, ignoring him. "Where's Bella? Is she okay? Where'd the leech go?"

Opening my eyes again as the silence came back; I saw them all looking very uncomfortable. "Look Em," Paul said, placating. "As soon as he got you, Jared and I tried to chase him down but he took off and disappeared into the mountains."

I cursed under my breath mildly. "Is she still with Quil?"

Jake nodded soberly. "Yeah, and from what Quil's been saying when he checks in, she's hysterical and your mom's nearly as bad. He hasn't checked back for about an hour so nobody knows what's happened to you, but they will soon."

"Guys…" I said, grunting as another shot of pain crept up my torso. "If I don't get through this… please… help my mom, make sure she's happy with Joshua. And please just tell Bella I love her. Take care of her for me."

Jake looked about ready to throttle me as those last words came out of my mouth. "Don't get all sentimental on us now, Call! Fight! You can't just give up, Bella's waiting for you back home and she needs you to be okay! You've got to pull through this, bro!"

I wanted to reply to him, but I was unable to find my voice. Sleep was coaxing me into its' arms, and I went with it willingly.

Bella POV: I was sitting on Embry's couch, curled in a ball and squished into Quil's side. When Quil had gone to check in with Sam again about ten minutes ago, none of the guys had been phased, not even Em. Quil tried to reassure me that everything was fine, and they were probably just burning tiny Edward pieces. As appealing and amusing as the mental image was, what if he was only saying that to ease my anxiety? What if Embry was hurt? Or worse, what if he were… dead? I shuddered at the thought and my eyes filled with tears.

Quil seemed to notice almost instantly. "Bella sweetheart," he said. "Don't worry alright? If something happened to Embry, Sam would've told me by now. And even if he had… died," he choked over the word before continuing. "You'd know. It would cause you extreme pain and sorrow almost instantly because of the imprint. If he were injured, you wouldn't know because he'd be okay. We heal fast, so it wouldn't be a problem. Okay, Belly Bean?"

Knowing my voice would give away any doubt I was feeling, I simply nodded against his chest. I wasn't the only one that was afraid for my Embry, though. Tiffany Call and Joshua were curled up on the loveseat with their heads bent towards their laps, no doubt extremely worried about their son.

I couldn't find it in me to despise Joshua Uley at that moment. He looked genuinely concerned about the fate of his son, but he was still stupid for running away from a problem that was going to end up shared with us all in the end anyway.

Just as I was about to say something to them both, the door to the house burst open and we all whipped around to see who had entered.

Sure enough, Paul, Sam, Jacob, and Jared came in quickly, surrounding each other in some sort of square.

I bolted to my feet within the blink of an eye. "Where's Embry?" I demanded. My question was left unanswered, because at that exact moment my eyes landed on the tuft of silky black hair that could be seen from a gap between Paul and Sam.

"Em!" I gasped, terrified as I tried to sandwich myself in between the guys to get to him, tears streaming down my face rapidly now. "What happened to him?"

Sam carefully adjusted Embry further into Jakes arms before coming to stand in front of me. "Bell," he whispered softly, grasping my shoulders. "Edward knocked him unconscious. His accelerated healing has slowed, not to a normal rate but it's not fast enough. We need to get the Elders here to help him before…"

"Before what?" I sobbed and when he paused I pushed hard against his chest. "Before what, Sam?"

"Before it's too late," he said brokenly before going to help the guys place Embry in his room.

Tiffany's hysterical screaming sobs were the last thing I registered before I hit the floor.

A/N: Okay, I know you guys will hate me because that's an awful way to end a chapter, but I promise you'll get more by Wednesday because I have the day off! Do you guys think Em is going to be okay? And will he be able to wake up and talk to Bella? Questions, questions all to be answered in the next chapter if you review! And about the important thing I mentioned, my friend is an aspiring writer much like me and she has an original story on Wattpad that's really amazing! It's called The Darkness awaits and her penname is vov123456. Her and I would really appreciate if you guys could check it out and leave her some feedback! If you do it I'll make sure to try and update by tomorrow or Tuesday! I love you guys! And Happy Easter!

Thanks for Reading!

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