EDWARD
I stood in the clearing with Roxanne next to me. Everyone, except Jacob, was in their position. We were waiting for him to come and tell us the wolves were ready. I was very worried. There was a good chance that this plan wasn't going to work. I think we all knew it and we were all unsure of what was going to happen. Jasper was trying to keep everyone calm but his own worry was effecting his ability.
I looked over at Roxanne and concentrated on her thoughts. She had noticed how worried I looked. She was racking her brain for a way to reassure me that everything would work out. She wanted to tell me that the plan was going to work but knew the was a major possibility that it wouldn't. She felt so horrible that she couldn't give me a garuntee.
"Don't worry about it." I told her. "I know how much you care and how much you want this to work." Before either of us could say anything Jacob's thoughts entered my head,
"I'm on my way. The boys are all where they're supposed to be. I should meet you guys in a minute."
"Jacob will be here in a minute. The other five are in position." I informed Roxanne.
"Good." she replied. "It's almost time."
Not even a minute later, Jacob emerged from the trees in human form. He took his position behind Carlisle and began to mentally prepare himself for this.
"Edward, start focusing on my mind now." Roxanne told me. "He'll be here any second."
I nodded. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I felt the tension in the group rise as twilight fell on the clearing. Sure enough, a second later, Kyle appeared in the trees just inside the clearing. He was holding a tied up Bella by her hair. I surpressed a growl at the way he was carelessly dragging her across the field.
She looked terrible. Her face was tear stained and dirty. She had several brusies on her face and her lip was bleeding. She was wearing only her jeans and a lacy black bra. She looked utterly terrified as he dragged her towards us. I couldn't help but growl at her appearance, I wanted nothing more than to tear him apart myself. I felt Roxanne hand close on my wrist to hold me back if she needed to. I closed my eyes trying to calm myself.
"Calm down." Roxanne thought to me. "He'll pay for what he's done I promise. It's show time!" She said out loud to the family.
Kyle came to a stop about fifty feet from Carlisle. It took everything I had not to try to get a read on him. I continued to focus on the calming thoughts that Roxanne was sending me. As well as the waves of calm that Jasper was sending me.
He'd get what was coming to him. I just had to be patient. Still, it wasn't easier standing there and not doing anything whille Bella was trembling in his grip. I was vaguely aware that of when Carlisle started speaking.
"Bella, are you alright?" he questioned trying to keep his calm.
"Y-y-yes." Bella stuttered out and I fought the urge to go after him.
"Come on, Bells." Kyle taunted. "Why don't you tell them the truth?"
Bella's shaking increased at his words. Once again, I found myself fighting not to read his thoughts. I wanted desperately to know what he had done to my angel.
"Keep it under control." Roxanne's thoughts told me. "He's just trying to bait us."
That was easier said than done. It was so hard for him to stand here and do nothing while Bella was still in danger. I heard Jacob's thoughts running along the same lines as mine as he froced himself to remain calm enough not to phase too early. It also made me feel better that my family was struggling with the urge to attack as well.
"Let's just get to the reason why we're here." Carlisle said trying to keep things from getting out of control. "You have something we want and we have a few things that you want. Is there anyway we could negotiate some kind of trade?"
"See there's one problem with that." Kyle stated. "I still want what I already have."
He brushed his lips against Bella's earlobe causing her to flinch. I let out another low growl.
"Edward, relax, please." Roxanne thought desperately.
I could hear how difficult this was in her thoughts but she had no idea what I was going through. I was supposed to protect her and I was completely helpless right now. She had no idea what that was doing to me.
"Don't give him anything!" Bella yelled.
"Shut up!" Kyle yelled and yanked her head back.
She let out a small whimper of pain but didn't react in any other way. I felt myself dropping into an attack crouch. I was now ignoring the calming waves the Jasper was sending me. I could hear Jacob mentally debating whether or not to scrap the plan and just attack. Roxanne's hand was the only tthing keeping me from doing just that.
"Bella, you know if it helps you will do it." Carlisle stated.
"But it won't!" she yelled. "He'll just kill you anyway!"
"Stupid slut!" Kyle yelled and shoved her to the ground.
It seemed he had forgotten we were there. He started kicking her in the stomach. Her struggle to get her breath back coupled with her whimpers of pain finally sent me over the edge. I wrenched my arm from Roxanne's grip and went tearing after him. I was vaguely away of my family yelling for me to stop. All I knew was that I had to get her away from him.
I saw a large russet blur almost level with me and knew Jacob must've lost it too. Before I got close enough to get to Bella, I was thrown back to the ground. I hit pretty hard but all that mattered was getting to Bella. I got up to try a different attack until I realized, Bella wasn't there anymore and Kyle was looking like he wanted to rip someone's head off.
I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that Jacob had succeeded in his part of the plan. Even if it was prematurely.
ROXANNE
I felt so stupid and guilty in that moment. I was so worried about our tempers ruining everything that I forgot to account for Bella. She wouldn't have known that we had no intention of giving him our powers. She wouldn't have known not to say anything about it.
Had she known, she wouldn't have just given away Kyle's plan and pissed him off. I watched helpless as Kyle shoved her to the ground and started kicking her. I felt Edward wrench his hand from my grasp.
"No, Edward!" I yelled trying to catch a hold of his wrist again. He was too fast for me though.
The entire family was yelling for him to stop. They didn't want anything to happen to him or Bella. Things happened fairly quickly after that. I notcied a large russet blur running alongside Edward. I wasn't sure if Jacob too had lost control or if her was trying to save the situation.
Kyle used one of his powers to throw Edward back to the ground hard. He, however wasn't fast enough to get back to Jacob. Jacob managed to get to Bella's side and she crawled onto his back. He took off into the woods before Kyle could figure out what happened. The family breathed a sigh of relief.
Kyle looked back at us with pure rage on his face.
"I'll find her and she'll pay for all of this." he growled as he turned away.
They family had surrounded him before he had even taken two steps.
"If you want her, then you'll have to go through us." I growled.
Kyle laughed.
"That's going to be pretty easy." he said. "I mean, I could take you all down with one swipe of my hand. But you are all helpless. Even the ones of you with powers can't use them against me."
"We'll see about that." I said and leapt at him.
He used his powers to throw me back to the ground but I gave the others a clear chance to get behind him. Unfortunately, he was prepared for a behind attack and used his shock to bring both Rosalie and Emmett to the floor. I noticed Edward try to launch another attack but suddenly, I was plunged into darkness.
I was aware that it was Kyle using his illusions on us but there was nothing I could do to stop it. I called out for any of the others trying not to move to much. No one answered me and I knew they were all stuck in their own darkness and couldn't hear me. I should've been utterly terrified but I wasn't. In fact, I smiled to myself. He was distracted by us. He was so concentrated on using his powers against us that he wouldn't notice an unexpected attack.
"NOW!" I yelled as loud as I could and prayed they could hear me outside the illusion.
I just stood there not moving or talking. I just prayed that the wolves had come. I wasn't sure how long I stood there before I heard the terrible sound of a vampire being ripped apart and my senses came back to me.
We were once again standing in the clearing. My entire family was standing there looking utterly confused. No one appeared to be hurt though. For that, I was grateful. The wolves were there as well. They were standing around a pile of limbs which I assumed were Kyle's.
The family wasted no time in collecting the wood to start the fire. I just stood there though, unsure of how I felt. It was over and he was gone forever. He couldn't hurt me or Bella or any other inoccents ever again. I was relieved yes but at the same time, I felt as if someone had ripped my heart out. I wanted to cry tears of joy and sadness. I just wasn't sure which I wanted more.
Once the fire was started and all of Kyle's limbs were burning, Edward walked over to me.
"How do you feel?" he asked putting his arm around me.
"I don't know." I answered honestly. "I'm relieved but I'm hurting. I didn't think that I'd care the day he met his end. Ande yet, here I am wanting to mourn a monster. How digusting is that?"
"No." Edward stated. "It's not disgusting at all. He was an important part of your life. He was there for him when you needed him. Even if it was for all the wrong reason. You loved him even after all the horrible things he's done. You can't help that fact. Yes, he was a monster but he was also your friend and lover at a time. And it's okay for you to feel sad about losing that part of him."
I nodded.
"I'm glad it's finally over though." I said. "For both Bella and I."
"Speaking of Bella," Emmett said from behind me. "Where'd Jacob take her?"
"La Push." Edward answered for Sam. "Sam's going to have him bring her to our house when they get home."
Carlisle looked meaningfully at the pack.
"Thank you for everything." he told them.
"There's no need. Bella's as much a part of our family as she is yours. We're happy to do anything to protect her." Edward translated.
With that, the pack disappeared into the trees and we headed back to the house to wait for Bella.
A/N: There you all go. Everyone finally got what they wanted. The arse got what he deserved. I hoped you enjoyed it. I also hope it didn't go too quickly. I'm still working on my fight scenes. I'm not good at the deatails with them. I hoped you enjoyed it all the same. Please review and tell me what you think.
