Rekindling What's Meant to Be

JacobxBella

Rated T

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the franchise, as it belongs to Steph Meyers

Rekindling What's Meant to Be

Chapter 21

The atmosphere in the airport was tense, very tense. Many people were looking, wondering what in the world was going on that demanded the police there, and so many of them at that. Was it a robbery or a kidnapping they were trying to stop? No one knew, but many figured they would stay to watch the fallout. Alice was having trouble seeing what was going to happen, and that was because she knew the wolves would be present. All she could catch were glimpses of Edward and Bella, and it was hard to tell what was going to happen. All she could see was Bella's tearstained face contorted in pain and her screaming, and Edward's future disappearing for sure after the glimpses of him she saw. It was making her anxious and her emotions fraught as she tried to keep it all together while anticipating Edward's arrival with Bella.

Feeling his mate's distressed emotions, Jasper sent a temporary wave of calmness over Alice before turning towards Rosalie. Getting his twin's attention, he murmured to her, "Alice's emotions are very high right now."

"As they should be," Rosalie said flippantly.

"Rose, please."

Rosalie sighed before asking, "What do you want me to do about it, Jasper? I can't do anything about how she's feeling, but you can."

"But I can't stop the visions that are making her feel this way. And it won't stop her anxiety from continuously rising. I think it might be best to send everyone out, all the humans that have nothing to do with this anyway."

"What, are you expecting a bloodbath?"

"Aren't you?"

The blonde vampires stared at each other in silence, both of them having the same thought. And that thought was that things were bound to go south quickly and there indeed would be bloodshed of some sort. At least, metaphorically; Edward wouldn't be able to bleed when he was ripped to pieces. They both expected it to happen—lowkey hoping so for Jasper, high key for Rosalie—and wanted to prevent as many casualties as possible for those involved and not involved.

Closing her eyes Rosalie briefly before opening them and nodding. Walking over to Charlie she said, "Charlie, get your men to send these spectators away. Get them out of the airport right now. What's is bound to happen soon isn't anything they or your fellow men in blue need to witness. Despite all of this, we are at risk of our secret being outed because of our stupid brother's actions. Not just us, but the Pack as well. Please, send them away and your men as well. If anything, have your men out there waiting for them to show up."

Charlie considered what the blonde had said before saying, "I'm sure he'll find another way inside past my men."

"Don't worry, Charlie. I'll make sure he ends up right where we are," Emmett said as he stepped up to stand next to his mate. With his usual smile he said, "Trust my Rosie, she's always thought rationally."

"I'm the only one that does," Rosalie said looking at Emmett, her mate grinning brightly down at her.

Charlie knew Rosalie had a point and knew that they had to act fast. Nodding he turned to Mark and gave orders for him and the rest of the policemen to escort the people in the airport out, employees included, as well as to wait for Edward Cullen to show up. As that was happening, Esme told Carlisle that she was going to head to the control room, already planning to cut the feed from the cameras so they didn't catch anything. Carlisle nodded and allowed her to leave before turning back to watch the scene in front of him. Charlie watched his men do as he ordered, though he felt a sense of relief seeing the tall tan men walking towards them in the airport, a certain one leading the group. Finally, Jacob and the Pack had arrived.

Jacob walked over to Charlie and asked, "Who's idea was it to make everyone leave?"

Rosalie cleared her throat, raising an eyebrow at Jacob when he turned to her. Nodding to her he said, "Good call, Blondie."

"I know," Rosalie remarked, though there was no malice in her words. Her golden eyes shifted behind him and widened a bit before she asked, "Sarah?"

Sarah turned to the sound of her name and ran over to Rosalie, wrapping her arms around her in a hug while exclaiming, "Aunt Rosie!"

Charlie blinked in surprise at his granddaughter before turning to Jacob. "Jacob, what the hell? You brought Sarah here?"

"She refused to be anywhere else, Charlie," Jacob replied. "She wants Bella back like the rest of us and refused to wait for it to happen."

"Dad's right, I did grandpa," Sarah said letting go of Rosalie. "I'm not going to wait idly by for news. We're getting mom back, and Edward Cullen can either leave without her or die."

Carlisle and Alice gasped at the young teen's words, not believing that she would say such a thing. No one else seemed to care much about Sarah's words, knowing that when it came down to it, Edward was either going to leave emptyhanded or die. He had crossed the line this time—more so than the last times—and nothing that was said or done would be enough to appease the Pack, especially the Alpha. Ignoring Alice and Carlisle's horrified expressions, Jacob glared at them and said, "Edward Cullen has threatened my daughter, purposely hurt her, and has kidnapped Bella. None of that will go unpunished and I will see to it that his miserable existence is put to an end."

Alice wrung her hands and pleaded, "Jacob please! Let us take Edward and go! We won't come back, we promise!"

Sam glared at her and spoke up saying, "Your promises mean nothing to us. Even if you did, that won't stop that creep from coming back. You've given him free reign to do what he wants for too long, now we all have to suffer the consequences."

"And as the mother to our Alpha's child and his mate, Bella is one of us. She's Pack and she's family, and she won't be returning with you or wherever Cullen plans on taking her," Embry said, Quil nodding in agreement next to him.

"And Sarah won't be returning either," Seth said, his body shaking with rage, his mind still replaying Edward breaking Sarah's wrist. "I should have killed him for what he did to Sarah."

Leah placed a hand comforting hand on her brother's shoulder, understanding he was feeling awful for not being able to protect his Imprint at the time. She also knew that whatever respect he had once had for Edward disappeared the moment he Imprinted on Sarah and found out what the vampire had threatened Sarah's life to keep Bella with him. It was disgusting he would say he'd do that and it made not only Seth and Jacob, but the entire Pack more protective of Sarah than they already were. Now this had happened with her and Bella and everyone was out for blood.

Quil turned his head when a sound caught his attention. It was faint, but he heard it. It sounded as if the policemen were pulling out their guns and shouting, Deputy Mark barking orders as well. It seemed as if Edward had finally arrived with Bella. Looking towards everyone he said, "Look alive, everyone. This freak show is about to begin."

Edward kept glancing at Bella, frowning as she refused to look at him from her position in the passenger seat of the car he had rented. The words that she had screamed at him still burned him to his core, more so because he had been able to hear the truth behind them in her voice, see it in her eyes. His sweet Bella no longer loved him, no longer wanted anything to do with him. It didn't matter though, because she would always belong to him. She was his wife, his Singer, his mate, his property, and he'd be damned if he allowed Jacob Black to have her again. He cursed the stupid wolf and his love child for taking Bella away from him. But he knew how to keep her with him forever, and that was if she was a vampire. He could just turn her himself, but he found it better to take her to the Volturi and have Aro do it. All he had to do was mention that Bella planned on not fulfilling her promise to them to be a vampire, and they would make sure she kept it for her. His hands would be clean of it and he and Bella could spend eternity together, whether she loved him or not.

As he turned into the airport, Edward reached over and placed a loving hand on Bella's shoulder, ignoring how she flinched away from him as he said, "Don't worry, love. We'll be out of this godforsaken place soon and will soon be on a flight to Italy. And after visiting Volterra, we'll start our new lives together."

Bella finally turned to look at him with tears standing in her eyes, though they did nothing to conceal the blatant hatred and disgust she held for him. In a hard voice she lowly said, "I will never forgive you for this, Edward. You've ruined my life, and I allowed you to. I will never forgive myself for it, and I will never forgive you for continuing to do so now."

She said no more, choosing to turn back towards the window, shaking the vampire's hand off her shoulder. Bella couldn't believe that this is where her life now stood. Nothing had changed at all in the last thirteen years. She was still at Edward's mercy, no able to get away from him and having her life enchained, not able to break out. Even at thirty-one, she was pathetic. The only relief she had was that her precious daughter would be safe despite her horrible, selfish actions that led them to this point. So long as Sarah was safe, she supposed she could live the rest of her soon-to-be damned life in a bit of peace. But if Edward really did get away with this and had her turned, the first thing she would do as a newborn was kill him. She wanted her selfish husband dead, completely dead and no longer walking this earth.

Edward frowned at his wife before turning back to the road. He pulled into a parking space and got out of the car, moving to the passenger side and grabbing Bella's arm, pulling her out of the car as well. He began pulling her towards the entrance of the airport, only to find a large crowd of people. Edward blinked in confusion while Bella stared in shock, especially hearing that the entire police squad was there. Gasping she turned towards Edward who had also heard the same remark, and quickly tore herself away from him before he could tighten his grip more on her arm. She ran through the crowd, pushing people out of her way as she ran towards the men in blue, never so happy in her life to see policemen. Spotting Charlie's trusted deputy, she called out, "Mark!"

As soon as Deputy Mark laid eyes on his chief's daughter, Edward reached out and grabbed Bella, yanking her towards him and to another entrance. The policemen called after them, demanding Edward stop and release Bella, but the vampire did no such thing. Even as shots began to ring out, Edward dodged them all and quickly slipped into the airport with Bella in tow.

Grabbing the brunette, Edward picked her up and took off running to the terminal for the flight to Italy, only to stop upon turning a corner. Bella looked up as well and was never so happy to see the big burly vampire standing just three feet in front of them. Panting slightly, she breathed out, "Emmett!"

Emmett grinned down at Bella before turning his attention towards Edward. With crossed arms he asked, "Where do you think you're going, little brother?"

"Little?" Edward hissed before asking, "What are you doing here, Emmett?"

"You already know, Ed."

Faster than Edward had time to decipher, Emmett grabbed him by his arm in a vice grip, making him practically drop Bella and he proceeded to pull Edward along, Edward pulling Bella after she regained her footing on the floor. The three of them walked through the quiet walkways of the airport, getting closer to the terminal where the rest of the Cullens, the Pack, Charlie, and Sarah were waiting. Along the way, Bella noticed that the security cameras hanging about didn't have the red light on, and she determined that they weren't recording anything, making her wonder if they had stopped working or if someone had purposely turned them off. Her mind settled on the latter, and it made a horrible feeling settle in her gut. Before she knew it, she, Emmett, and Edward had stepped into the terminal and were met by some of the people she couldn't be happier to see.

Chocolate brown eyes landed on matching ones and Bella gasped before calling, "Sarah!"

"Mom!" Sarah shouted, making to run towards her but was stopped by Seth. Edward's already tight grip on Bella tightened further and he scowled at the Pack before looking at his family. He noticed that Rosalie was standing off to one side, Jasper to another, and Emmett behind him. They were spread out, making sure he had no way to escape without running into one of them first. And with the Pack there, it would make it harder. Looking at his sire that was standing in front of him, he asked, "Is this really necessary, Carlisle?"

Carlisle gave his son a pained look before saying, "Edward, you and I both know you've crossed the line. You've broken the treaty, harmed the Alpha's child, and kidnapped his mate."

Edward snarled before growling out, "Bella isn't his! She's mine! She's my mate!"

"No, I'm not," Bella said in rebuttal, futilely trying to get out of the vampire's grip.

Getting in her face, Edward hissed, "You shut up."

"Hey!" Jacob shouted, stepping forward. Glaring at the leech in front of him he demanded, "Let Bella go right now. She's not going back with you. She doesn't belong with you; she belongs with us."

"She's never belonged with you and never will."

Alice stepped up and pleadingly spoke, "Edward please! I know you love Bella, we all know that. Just tell them that you didn't mean any of this to happen and we can go away and never come back. You're just being a concerned husband, that's all."

"Oh my God, shut up Alice!" Rosalie shouted at the pixie-like vampire, causing Alice to jump a little. "It's this goddamn coddling and excusing of his behavior that has us in this mess in the first place."

"You shouldn't have let Sarah come here! You went against Edward's wishes!"

"I did right by Sarah by letting her come here! And Bella was finally free!"

"Stop it," Charlie demanded, silencing the two vampires. Looking at Edward he scowled and said, "I've never liked you, you little son of a bitch. And now I especially hate you and always will. Give my daughter back, damn it! I'm not letting you take her away again!"

Edward looked at everyone before turning to Jacob. "She has a promise to fulfill, you know. We're going to fulfill it, and you won't stop us. It will happen."

"Edward, stop!" Bella pleaded. "It doesn't matter anymore!"

"Yes, it does! Stop defying me!"

Shaking his head, Jasper said, "Believe it or not, her promise to the Volturi is null and void by this point. She's had an Alpha's child and is his mate; a war will be started if you turn her."

"You don't know what you're talking about, Jasper! You wanted her turned to stop your bloodlust around her!"

Quil let out an exasperated huff before yelling, "Dude! Give it up already! It's done, it's over! Your plan to take off with Bella failed! Let her go and get the hell out of Washington!"

Paul sneered at Edward saying, "This is your last chance, bloodsucker. Give Bella back to us now or we won't hesitate to kill you."

"And your little family won't be able to stop us," Jared said glaring as well.

Edward stared around at everyone surrounding him and Bella. He turned his attention to Jacob who had silently stepped up to him, towering over him as he usually did before the Shifter bent down in his face and said threateningly, "Last warning, asshole. Let Bella go."

Seeing he was surrounded with no way out, Edward saw that he had no other option. Growling at Jacob, he said menacingly, "If I can't have Bella, no one can."

Jerking the brunette closer to him, Edward exposed her neck and quickly sunk his teeth into it, Bella's bloodcurdling scream filling the air as tears fell down her face, the venom burning like lava as it entered her bloodstream.

In that moment, many things happened at once. Charlie took his gun and fired a shot, hitting Edward right in the eye with the bullet. As the vampire's head titled back slightly, his grip on Bella loosened allowed Jacob to take her from him. The Pack sans Leah erupted into their wolf forms, charging Edward who was being held from escaping by Emmett and Jasper. Rosalie and Carlisle were by Jacob's side to attend to Bella, Rosalie yelling at the coven leader to save Bella. Alice was standing there watching and screaming in horror as the Pack surrounded Edward, Esme wrapping her arms around her as the little Seer crumpled to the ground. However, amidst all of this, Sarah began to tremble and shake, her form vibrating violently. With a scream that soon turned into a snarl followed by a howl, the young girl burst out of her clothes as practically white fur burst from her skin, the tips gold and shining brightly. She howled once more before charging towards the vampire that had bitten her mother, leaping over Sam and Paul and completely clearing them, landing on top of Edward and shoving him harshly to the ground. With a snarl she clamped her large jaws onto the vampire's marble neck, her teeth sinking into the stone flesh and swiftly ripped his head off, throwing it away.

The Pack watched in shock and pride as their youngest Pack member completely dismembered Edward Cullen, throwing his limbs here and there until he lay in pieces. When she was finished, she hurried over to her parents while Seth, Embry, and Quil gathered the remains of Edward and Sam phased back to his human self, taking a lighter from Charlie and setting fire to the dismembered body. Leah, who was standing next to Charlie and keeping him from being too close to where Bella was currently lying in Jacob's arms screaming as the venom continued to travel throughout her body, looked at Carlisle and screamed, "Do something! Save her, damn it!"

Carlisle nodded before looking at Jacob saying, "Hold her steady. Rosalie, be ready to rush Bella off to the hospital."

Jacob held Bella steady as Carlisle placed his teeth where his son had put his on Bella's neck, and began to suck out the venom as quickly as possible. As he did, Jacob looked into the chocolate brown eyes of the woman he loved and said with tears in his eyes, "Hold on Bells, okay? Just hold on, honey."

Bella stared up at Jacob, not able to reply as her vision blurred before her eyelids shut completely, her being consumed by darkness.

Author's Note: Here it is, the standoff with Edward vs everyone else. I hope this chapter was okay and that you all enjoyed it. Please stay tuned for what is to come next. And believe it or not, but this story is nearing its end. Also, I just got a new tattoo on my inner arm and it hurts to rest it on the table to write this chapter, but I did it lol. Again, I hope you all enjoyed this story and will read what is to come next. Love, SehunsBae37.