A/N: This is a fight scene and this is also the longest chapter I have written. 10 pages on Word. And over 5000 words for just the story itself.

I found pictures of the cars that the Thorndykes and the Scotts drive and I will have the links posted on my page, so go check them out. (These pictures look exactly like the cars in the story)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight. The Twilight Saga respectively belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

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Learning to Breathe

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Chapter 5

Battle Wounds

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I looked into the dark, golden eyes of the fierce some creature. There was rage, power, and hunger and no matter how hard I tried to look away; I couldn't. It was like I was staring death in the face, but this time, I don't think there was a way out. My knees started to shake uncontrollably and I felt Edward having to hold me up. His eyes never left the creature in front of us. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the others crouched down too. Snarling. But their warnings only made the creature angrier. I could feel my breathing starting to accelerate as I gripped onto Edward's shirt.

It started to stalk towards us, growling louder. The massive paws were slowly lifting up one at a time and setting back down with ease. It's muscles were rolling under it's fur as it was coming closer. The ground under the claws shifting with the weight. Edward started to hiss and in return it slightly opened it's mouth to let a deadly hiss escape from it's throat. It started advancing faster.

Another loud roar was heard from our left and we saw the other creature, that had been thrown earlier, running strait for it's opponent. The one in front of us saw it coming but it was too late to act. The creature slammed into it head first and hard. There was so much force that the other one was tossed across the clearing. This new being had to have so much leverage, to be able to do it's attack, that it was now standing on it's hind legs, supporting it's upper body. It was tall. Taller than all of our heads. It swayed a little bit before it's front end landed with a soft thud underneath it. The only comparison that I saw was this creature and the previous one was that this one had black legs and the tip of it's tail was black. Otherwise the features were exactly the same.

"Fang." I heard Edward whisper and the creature turned it's head slowly to face us.

I looked into the eyes of this creature and saw something different. Compassion and a different sense of power. Not nearly as fierce as the creature before. Somehow I believed that this 'Fang' didn't want to fight us.

I looked up to Edward with questioning eyes. How did he know what it was called? I looked around and found the others with the same look on Edward's face. It was like they all had seen a ghost. I went back to observing this marvelous creature. It was very lean, yet had plenty of muscle to give even Emmett a challenge. As I looked at it closer I realized it was breathing heavy. Very heavy. And against the dark blue coloring of it's fur I saw red lines some darker than others. My hand found it's way up to my mouth. It was blood; fight wounds. They were from what happened before we got here. I saw that Fang kept looking back and forth between everyone of us, but mostly it's eyes were watching Edward. It's expression was the same as the vampires around me.

"Fang!" Alice shouted. And it turned it's head sharply, to look forward.

It roared loudly and started to balance on it's hind feet, but it was too late. The other creature barreled towards Fang and grabbed it around the neck with it's fangs, and tossed Fang to the ground. Once on the ground the other creature slammed both of it's massive front paws on Fang. One on the middle of it's body and the other where the head and neck connected. Fang was being pinned down.

It started to squirm around under the weight. The other creature started to snarl at the movements and pushed harder on the neck. A loud screech type roar was coming out of Fang's throat. A sound of pain. I cringed and Edward pulled me to him. Fang started to strike out with it's hind legs and it's tail was flapping wildly. It's front paws were moving around too, trying to lift itself. This only made the other one angrier. It's muzzle wrinkled and those gruesome white teeth appeared. A deathly snarl escaping through it's teeth.

Suddenly it's head shot down and gripped Fang at the junction of it's shoulder and neck, piercing the skin. A loud yelp shot itself out of Fang's mouth and a breath pushed it's way out of my mouth like I'd been hit in the stomach. I cowered when I saw the other creature staring at us with hungry eyes.

Fang was still fighting but not as much. Had it lost? Was it giving up?

The other creature lifted it's paw off of Fang's head and started to pull it's head up with it's teeth still gripping on tight. If I didn't know any better I would've swore that this creature was smiling. Chills flashed up my spine.

Emmett crashed out of the forest and hurdled towards the scene. The creature let go of Fang and it's head plopped down on the damp ground. The bulky vampire pulled his right arm back and shot it towards the creature throwing it back towards the middle of the huge clearing. It landed on the ground with it's back to us. It wasn't getting back up. At least, not for a while.

I looked back to Fang and it's breathing was faster. I saw the puncture wounds on it's neck; they were deep. Now that it was free it wasn't getting up. It wasn't even trying to get up. Every few seconds I could hear a soft whimper slip through it's lips and I could now hear it's hasty breathing.

"Emmett! Are you insane? The other one could've annihilated you!" Alice shouted at her brother. I noticed that she putcould've meaning that she didn't know.

Emmett ignored Alice and looked back towards us, "Edward we need to get her up." He started walking towards Fang.

Her?

"Bella. Stay with Alice. Jasper watch our backs." Edward ordered us as he let go of me and Alice grabbed a hold of me.

"Alice?" she didn't look away from the scene going on in front of us, but I knew she could hear me. "What's going on? How did you know it was called 'Fang'? And how do you know it's a she?"

I felt a cool hand on my shoulder. I turned my head and found it to be Carlisle's, "All your questions will be answered when we're in a safer spot."

I nodded and turned back to watch Edward and Emmett struggling to get Fang up on her feet.

They were pushing on her back to try and make her sit up but it was hard, even for them. Finally her head started to move back and forth to shift the weight. Finally she got her front legs out in front of her and shifted her body. When her body twisted into view I saw the full damage of the wound on her neck.

"C'mon, Fang. You gotta get up." Emmett was saying trying to make her stand up.

"Carlisle, the venom's in her system." Edward said through clenched teeth.

"It wont kill her…" Carlisle said.

"It might not kill her," Alice said watching as Fang was trying to get her hind feet under her body, "but it will make her weak." How did they all know this?

I heard some chuckling coming from in front of us and saw that it was Fang, "You have a lot of questions. Even for a human."

Did she just talk?

"Yes, I can talk." she said through a smile. I was wondering how someone could be smiling when they were about to be killed.

She winced as she finally got her hind feet underneath her and hoisted her weight up. They finally got her up. She stood about as tall as Edward and Emmett's chest. So she wasn't huge but she wasn't small either. I saw that her legs were a little wobbly and was having somewhat of a hard time standing straight. Her weight would shift from paw to paw in an effort to keep herself up.

Her head abruptly shot up and was looked back past Edward and Emmett into the middle of the clearing. The other one was up and looking at us. It was tougher than I thought. I was sure that Emmett had knocked it out for some time.

Fang started to snarl and growl, showing her fangs to the other one. Fangs, I mused, now I knew where she got the name. They were intimidating and surely fit her.

"This is what you resort to? A group of vampires?" the other one mused. Now I found two things out; the other was a he and it could also talk.

Fang's response was a loud growl.

I noticed that Edward and Emmett stood where they were. This terrified me because they were right in the middle of these two creatures.

The other one took one step and jumped into a sprint for Edward, Emmett, and Fang. Fang limped out in front of the two vampires to protect them even though she was obviously in pain.

"Edward." I whispered.

"They'll be okay." Alice whispered in my ear, "She won't let anything happen to any one of us." Somehow I believed it.

The other creature took a huge leap for the three beings, and I cringed but still believed what Alice had told me.

Just then something dark slammed into the other creature and threw both of them into a jumbled ball flying in mid air. They landed and I saw that there was suddenly two of them on the ground. Both of them got to their feet and were staring each other down. Snarling and growling. Just like with Fang and the other creature; there was hardly any difference. The only comparison was that this new one was a lighter blue and had white on it's feet and tail rather than black.

"No!" Fang shouted and they started fighting again. Jaws were snapping near throats and claws were tearing skin. It reminded me of when Jacob and Paul had fought in front of me. But this was somehow much more gruesome.

She tried to move but was immediately halted and her back end fell down in weakness.

Edward and Emmett were trying to get her back up, "Fang you can't fight; you're too weak." Emmett told her.

She growled at them and they were both taken back, "You don't understand," she growled, "Stark will kill him if he gets the chance." She was alertly watching the fight. Smacking jaws were heard echoing around us. Loud growls were bouncing off nearby trees. And pounding of large paws smacking against the ground reached our ears.

"Fang you're badly wounded." Carlisle said from where he stood.

She turned to look at him and compassion flooded her features, "I know Carlisle. But trust me, I've had worse." She knew his name. Does she know everyone's name?

A loud roar was heard and then a big thud. I saw the creature with the white legs fly over close to us and smacked with a hard bang against one of the trees. I looked over at the creature and it wasn't moving.

"Sonic!" Fang shouted towards the creature. So Stark was the other one that was fighting everyone else.

She looked from Sonic, to the darkness of the forest and started to growl. A menacing laugh was emitting from the blackness. Then Stark busted through and was running towards us. Fang started to snarl and took off before Edward and Emmett could catch her. The first thing I realized was that she was fast. Very fast.

I ran out to Edward and hugged him close to me.

"Bella! It's not safe in the open." But I didn't care, I just wanted to be with him.

I turned and saw Sonic laying on the ground at the base of a tall Maple. He - I was assuming it was a he - wasn't moving, although he was clearly breathing. Which meant he was alive. I had an urge to go over and see him but my legs weren't responding. I was too infatuated with the battle going on in front of us.

Fang and Stark were circling waiting for the right time to pounce. Both had their lips curled back exposing their fangs to each other. I watched as the muscles under their fur rolled with each step. Finally Stark made the first leap and they were standing on their hind legs swiping at each other with their claws. When they weren't swiping they were snapping jaws at throats. Stark came close to getting Fang's but she quickly smacked him with her paw and left a nice trail of claw marks running down his face.

He landed on the ground and winced at his new found marking. Fang set down on the ground and snarled at him. They were staring each other down now. Just staring at each other and growling.

I saw Stark look at us from the corner of his eye. He smiled and I clutched Edward's shirt. His reaction was to growl back at the menacing creature.

I hadn't realized that the rest of the Cullen's had made their way out into the open. Esme and Carlisle were over by Sonic, who still wasn't getting up. Carlisle must've been examining him.

"So this is the coven of golden-eyed vampires that I've been looking for." it wasn't a question Stark asked. It was a statement.

A low snarl came out through Fang's clenched teeth.

"Well, this just makes my job that much easier. Not that it would be too tough in the first place." He was pretty cocky of himself, "And Fang you being here, just makes it more delightful. Like getting two birds with one stone." The way he talked made my stomach turn. It was delightfully sounding but, menacing. The way the words rolled off his tongue made it sound like this was a casual talk.

"The only way you're getting through them is if you get through me." Fang challenged him.

Stark's eyes narrowed towards her and a sly smirk spread across his lips, "Trust me that can be arranged." He was stalking closer to her, "You already have my venom in your system, and even though it wont kill you, it will make you weak for sometime. However for them -" he nodded towards us, "- they'd die within a couple of minutes."

Venom? Like vampire venom, but this was deadly to even the vampires, but it wasn't effecting her?

"Trust me you won't get that close to them." She growled. Then she launched to him. They were standing up again and were snapping. I watched every detail of the fight going on in front of me. I was scared, I'll admit, but I was also baffled. Here were these two creatures, that I can't even put a name to, fighting for their lives. And Fang seemed solely interested in protecting us rather than herself.

Stark had mentioned that he was looking for the golden-eyed vampires. But why? Why was he looking for the Cullen's? To destroy them? For what reason?

I watched as they were now using their tails to fight. Smacking them at each other. I would think that it must've felt like a thick whip hitting you, added with those spikes there was bound to be some major damage done. I looked closely at the two now that they were at another stand still. They were both bloody and had cuts and scrapes everywhere. Some faint and hard to see and some deep and painful-looking. So far it was a tie on who had the most. The four claw marks on Stark's face is what really stood out to me. They nearly missed his eye and went over his lips. And what stood out on Fang were the puncture wounds Stark had given her earlier. Each of them left their own marks on each other.

"Alice," Edward whispered, "can you see how long she's going to last?" I was guessing he asked because, apparently with the venom in her system, she was getting weaker by the second.

Alice's jaw tightened, "No, but it can't be much longer. She's breathing too hard and her heart-beat is accelerating. The more she moves around, the faster the venom will spread. She can't fight for more than a couple of minutes."

I looked over to Emmett to see his fists tightening. He looked like he was about to pounce when Alice gave out this information. Rosalie was trying to comfort him. My eyes glided over towards Carlisle and Esme. Carlisle was still looking over Sonic and she was watching him work. I didn't know what he was doing but, Sonic was still out which couldn't be a good sign.

Stark and Fang were, again, at another stand still. Lips curled over fangs, deep throaty growls escaping through their teeth. I didn't know how much longer this would last but I knew they were both getting tired.

"Fang," I heard a grumbled voice, "Do…do it. Now!"

I looked around to see who it was and saw Sonic getting up. Or at least trying to. He looked badly hurt. I saw some blood run down from his back and along his torso dripping to the ground. I felt a familiar nausea, but held my ground. I couldn't be fainting now when we could be in danger.

"Fang…change!" Sonic shouted from a sitting position.

I looked over to the fighting creatures to see Fang staring back at him with fear in her golden eyes. Somehow she didn't want to do what he was telling her.

Stark took his opportunity and leaped for Fang. Luckily her reflexes were fast enough that she dodged the attack. She was staring back at him and looked as if she were concentrating on something. They were now parallel to us and we could get a full view of their bodies. I saw that most of Fang's cuts were healing rather fast while Stark's were still pretty fresh.

"You might want to keep that human close to you."

All of us looked over to Sonic who was staring back at me. I met his gaze and tried to figure out what his motives were. After a long while he finally tore his eyes from mine and looked back to Fang.

"What is he talking about?" I whispered to Edward.

Edward shrugged his shoulders and wrapped both arms around me to follow Sonic's instructions.

At that moment I felt a little uneasy. It felt like a strong electric current went straight through me and left me a little numb. I looked to see that Fang was snarling with her eyes shut and Stark was slowly backing away but kept a fighting stance. I watched as her whole frame was trembling and her eyes pinched tighter. Then her fur exploded into a different color. Pure black. The way her fur changed reminded me of when Jacob morphed into a werewolf. The light bounced off her new fur and gave off a tint of blue. And her once black legs and tail were now snow white. All cuts and gashes were gone and her energy seemed to pick up.

She stood tall and her eyes opened up slowly to reveal crimson red irises. I had to shake off the fear that swept over me when I saw those eyes. The eyes of a killer is how I would identify them.

Sonic seemed to tense up a little bit when Fang changed.

I watched as her lips pulled up into a grin and she turned to look at me. I froze in fear. The first time I looked in her eyes they were compassionate but these…these were a different set of eyes. They held the same characteristics of Stark's. Power hungry.

Stark let a throaty growl come out and Fang turned her head to him. She opened up her mouth and let out a fierce some roar. Stark's ears pinned back from the sound and Fang shot off after him. He got up on his hind legs and began to swat at her but he missed. She was too fast for him. I watched as she weaved herself between his massive paws and found his throat with her teeth. She flipped him on his back and had him now pinned to the ground with her fangs digging into his neck now. Does that mean she was now injecting him with her venom?

Stark started thrashing around under and before one of his paws could catch her she jumped off him, landing on all four feet with a soft thud. She stood there for a while standing tall with her chest extending out, her head held high, and her tail gliding back and forth behind her. Stark was now having a hard time getting back up. But he managed to do it. He turned around to face her and I saw the damage that she now inflicted on his throat. At first sight, I hid my face in Edward's shirt to wipe away the image. But it was still there. Deep gashes from where her fangs pierced him and the small stream of blood that was oozing down his chest. It made me wonder how these things could go on and on with those types of wounds and not even give the slightest hint that they're in pain.

My head poked up from Edward's chest to see Fang smirking at me. She looked like she was mocking the way I hid from the sight. Her eyes shifted over to Stark when he snarled at her.

That only made her smile more, "That was fun." her voice was now a sturdy, angelic sound, "We should try that again some other time. You know when I can actually fight you in a fair battle." they way she was talking had my knees trembling. If it weren't for Edward, gravity would've already taken it's claim on me.

He growled more at her smugness.

"I suggest you take this time and flee." she informed him. She lowered her head and snarled at him.

He roared a loud booming sound and turned on his heals and headed straight into the forest. I watched as he was slightly limping on his way through the trees.

I wasn't paying any attention and turned my head to look back at Fang and she was three feet away from us. Edward held me tighter and I felt a low rumble build in his chest.

"So you are the reason he is down here?" her angelic voice reached my ears.

I stood there staring at her for a moment. The rest of the Cullens were watching her carefully. I saw Jasper grab a hold of Alice and Emmett to Rosalie. I realized that Edward wasn't the only one that was on high alert. Sonic too, was watching and looked like he was getting ready to pounce.

She slowly turned her head to Sonic and a low snarl escaped through his throat. A toothy grin embedded itself on her face and her face turned back to me. I saw that even though her back was a couple of inches shorter than me, she was still able to look me straight in the eyes. Her feet started to pick up and she was stalking close to me. Edward held me tighter but I was guessing afraid to make any sudden movements. The predator always attacks when the prey makes the first move.

She leaned in closer and inhaled deeply. I listened as the air went through her nostrils making a soft wooshing sound, "I don't get it." she said looking me over, "You're just an ordinary human girl. What makes you so special that Stark would come down here personally to find you."

She made it seem like he was the type of being that would send someone else to do his dirty work. Then she looked at Edward and the puzzles seemed to fit into place.

"You're not Fang." I heard Alice state.

The crimson eyes looked over to the little pixie and nodded once, "You're a fast learner." she mocked. "My name's Nazo. I am the darker side of Fang. And when I mean darker, I mean I'm not afraid to kill something." she smiled.

This 'Nazo' made James look like a saint. She wasn't afraid to state that she was a killer and I saw it in her ruby eyes. This creature I wouldn't turn my back on.

"Alright Nazo," Sonic told her as he hoisted himself up to his feet. He staggered a little trying to turn around and face us. "You've had your fun, now bring Fang back." he growled.

Nazo laughed a little and sighed. I watched as the dark black of her fur eased back to it's midnight blue state. The white on her legs and tail darkened up and turned black. Her head raised up sucking in a deep breath and then let it go when her head came back down. As her head lowered her eyes opened up and I saw the crimson wipe away to the golden tone. She was back to normal, wasn't she?

"Yes, I'm back to normal. If you would call this normal." she looked at me as she talked.

What the…,I questioned myself, did she just read my mind?

"Yes, I can read your mind." she smiled back to me. A chuckle came through her lips.

"You can read my mind?" my eyes widened at her.

"Did I not just say that?"

"What Bella means," Carlisle piped up. He was walking over to us with Esme molded to his side. Sonic was also following behind, limping on one of his legs, "is how are you reading her mind."

Fang looked back at him and I saw her breathing hitch, "Carlisle," it sounded like a word of relief, "I…uh, don't know why?"

"Because, I can't read her mind." Edward said as he ease his grip around my torso.

Her eyes brightened up, "So you finally found someone that you couldn't get into their head, huh?"

"Very funny, as I recall I used to be able to read your mind too." All of the Cullens plus Sonic gathered around us as we were now discussing being a mental mute.

She smiled, "Yeah, well, since I can read minds I'm now able to block others from my thoughts. No more snooping through my head Edward."

His eyes narrowed at her. How did she know all of this and why are they talking to her as if they'd known her for years?

Fang looked back at me and it looked like she was showing me sympathy for all my unanswered questions. I wasn't so used to someone reading my mind and to tell you the truth, it is kind of creepy. She laughed at my thoughts. I would have to talk to Edward later.

A whimper came from her mouth and I hadn't realized that the mark on her neck was still there. All the others were gone but that one still remained. It looked like it was causing her a lot of pain.

Sonic trotted over to her and her body stiffened when he got close to her. I had to do a double take when I thought I saw her eyes flash back to garnet.

"Sonic," she exhaled and her eyes closed.

"What?" he stopped his motions and looked at her as if something was bothering her. Which something was apparently.

"Bl…blood." she said through gritted teeth. She swallowed hard at the word.

He looked at her and her eyes opened up and she looked afraid. He looked over him self and found the blood from the wound on his back when he was thrown. She inhaled deeply and walked over to his side. I watched as she sucked air through her teeth and opened her mouth and blue air rushed over his wound. My eyes were about to bulge out of my head if they weren't already. Sonic's wound began to close up and was soon gone. The wound was completely gone. There was no trace of it.

He smiled at her and said a low thanks. She nodded and then her eyes shut and a hiss weaved through her teeth. Her frame started shaking and looked like she was having a hard time keeping herself up.

"Fang?" Sonic asked. Worry covering her name.

Fang's legs caved in and she fell to the ground, hard. I cringed as I heard her head make a loud thud against the ground. She stayed there for a moment and her eyes never opened back up.

"Fang!" I shouted. And even I was shocked that I was the first one over to her limp body.

I heard the inhale and exhale of her breathing and saw the rise and fall of her chest. She was breathing. But she wasn't waking up. Sonic meandered over to us as did the rest of the Cullens. Edward kneeled down to where I was and put his hand over her blue fur.

"She's alright." Sonic told me, lowering his head down to look at Fang closely. "She's just very tired. And at the moment…very weak. Their venom doesn't kill each other, but it sure does a fine job draining energy."

I nodded up at him and then looked back down to her. She looked peaceful. Like she was dreaming happy thoughts. My hand ran close to the wound on her neck and I could feel the heat emitting from it. It could easily resemble the heat Jacob always runs at.

"What do we do now?" I looked up to Carlisle.

My question could get a number of answers at the moment. But the meaning of my question was, what can we do to help Fang?

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A/N: I hope I did a good fight scene. What it was supposed to be was Fang and Stark basically trying to not get into too much of a fight be still have a fight (sorry if that doesn't make sense). But luckily I put in enough detail that I don't think it came out too bad. What do you guys think of this chapter?

Also: I'm thinking of doing something like Midnight Sun…doing this story also from Edward's perspective. What do you think? Yes or no?

Thank you for everyone reading this and being so supportive of it. I'd also like to say thank you to my friends at my school…Priscilla, for getting me involved in Twilight in the first place and for being so supportive of me…Yessenia, Isabell, Lisa, and Carlyn for getting Priscilla interested in Twilight and for always looking forward to new chapters. Thanks guys!