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WARNING: It's rated M for a reason people!

A/N: Still loving the reviews!

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No mercy for the bad if they want it
No mercy for the bad if they plead
No mercy for the bad if they need it
No mercy from me

Tell no truth and tell no lies
Cross your heart and hope to die
Never give what you can't take back
Scratch like a cat
Inject your venom
It'll be your last attack

--AC/DC--

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"Bella! Bella! Wake up! C'mon!" Jacob shouted, jostling the limp figure that lay in his arms. Her head lolled against his shoulder. No response. He turned in the kitchen, looking. For what, he didn't have a clue. He felt really weird. Like the earth was spinning. He went down to one knee, still clutching the love of his life in arms. "Shit . . ." he mumbled. He shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs from his head. He looked down at the unconscious Bella, and her face swam before him. He went back on his heels then and crashed to the floor, Bella's body laying across his. And that was all he remembered.

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Alice gasped.

"What? What is it?" Edward demanded. He didn't understand why Alice said that he couldn't go to Bella.

Everyone gathered around her, and suddenly she started crying.

"Oh, my God!" Edward shouted. He could see her thoughts. Even though Alice couldn't see Jacob, he knew that both of them – Bella and Jacob – were in extreme danger.

"I-I'm sorry!" Alice cried, wiping at her tearless cheeks. "They manipulated my visions! Made-made me think everything was all right!" She sobbed and clung to Jasper.

"What is it?" Emmett asked then, Rosalie clutching his arm.

"The Volturi. They have Jacob and Bella. Victoria was a diversion . . . she is working with them . . ." Alice whispered. Edward suddenly let out a howl and not even Jasper's calming sensation could reach him.

"Where? Where are they?" he asked, fists clenching and unclenching. He wanted to rip apart something.

"I-I can't see. I can't be sure they're still not manipulating me," Alice said, shaking her head and rubbing her temples. "Jasper, you've got to clear my mind."

"They've come to see if Bella has been changed," Carlisle said. Everyone turned to look at him, understanding coming to their faces. The only way Edward, Alice, and Bella had escaped the Volturi last year was they had promised to change Bella. Now the Volturi had arrived to see if they had kept their promise, which obviously they hadn't. Esme wrapped her arms around Carlisle. She closed her eyes and sighed with sadness. They had been foolish to think they had time before Aro came to check up on them. Caius. Alec. Jane. Esme shuddered at the thought of that last name. Obviously, they knew who was doing all the manipulating of minds. For all of Jane's childlike looks and ways, she was anything but childlike. She was powerful. A force to reckoned with. And in the company of Alec . . .

"Fuck me," Edward hissed, "I can't stand here doing nothing!"

"Let Jasper clear my mind," Alice said, "then I will be able to guide you. To where . . . Bella and Jacob are."

Edward nodded tersely and watched as Jasper led Alice to the couch, and they sat down. Jasper placed his palms on each side of Alice's face and closed his eyes. Alice's closed, and for Edward it was the most agonizing five minutes he had ever spent. A 100 years was nothing compared to THIS waiting. Bella could be dead . . . or worse.

Suddenly, Alice's eyes flew open and she gasped, "I can't see them at all!" Jasper kept his hands on her face and asked, "Are you sure?"

Alice dropped her head.

"What? What?" Edward asked urgently.

"There is only one place where I wouldn't be able to see Bella. La Push," Alice finished, looking at her older brother.

"Fuck me again!" he howled. The fucking treaty with Jacob's tribe! The Volturi didn't have to worry about some damned treaty. But would Sam's pack understand the urgency? Suddenly he didn't give a damn about treaties. Treaties be damned. Bella's life was at stake. He would just take action and explain everything later.

"Emmett," he said, looking at his burly younger brother, "Let's go."

"That's what I'm talking about," Emmett said, rolling his sleeves up.

"Wait!" Rosalie cried, grabbing Emmett's arm. "You two can't go running off expecting to take on the Volturi by yourself!"

"Rosalie's right," Carlisle said. "We're all going."

Rosalie whipped around and hissed involuntarily. She had never questioned Carlisle's authority. Not once. Until now. Bella was nothing to her. Except a pain in her ass. Carlisle didn't react, only looked steadily at the beautiful vampire standing before him. Rosalie hesitated only a second before saying, "Fine."

To the garage, they ran.

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Jacob awoke to a metal taste heavy on his tongue. He groaned and rolled his head. He was laying on a hardwood floor and there were log chains wrapped around him. Suddenly he remembered. Bella. He jerked his head up and groaned again. A small laugh trickled to his ear. "Bella?" he whispered hoarsely.

The laugh came to him again, and this time he was able to look to his right and see the flaming red hair and the porcelain white skin. Victoria. She was sitting in a comfy chair not but a few feet away, one leg carelessly thrown over one of the chair arms. She smiled wickedly. She swiveled her body so that both booted feet were planted on the floor, and she leaned forward her elbows resting on her thighs, hands hanging lazily over her knees. "I see the wolf has finally awakened," she purred. She had flawless features. Bright, shiny red eyes, creamy white skin, and of course, her wild red mane being her best feature.

"You bitch," Jacob growled, "Where's Bella?" He could feel his body temperature rising and his temper flaring.

"Tut tut," Victoria said, rising to her feet and walking the few paces to stand before him. She gazed down at him. "You better hold that temper in check. No phasing. Your Bella's life depends on it . . . Wolf."

Hence the chains. Turning into a wolf would bust him right of them, but if he didn't change . . . Fuck. He did slow breathing, trying to calm himself down. All that mattered was Bella.

"Where is she?" he asked again. Victoria smiled slightly, a thoughtful look on her face. "Safe . . . for now," she replied. Then she knelt down and ran one long finger down Jacob's jaw line. He flinched and jerked away. She laughed. "I do love a challenge," she purred, "and you're certainly that."

Jacob growled low in his throat. "Get the fuck away from me," he hissed. She frowned slightly. "Doesn't the puppy want to play?" Suddenly, Jacob spat on her and before he could even blink, he felt the sting of her slap and the pain of her nail tracks. "You fucking werewolf," she hissed, "you don't know who you're messing with." And with that, she vaulted to her feet and left the room, slamming the door behind her. He heard the lock click. He laid his head back on the floor, and he could feel the blood where she'd scratched him trickling down his jaw. Shit. What was he going to do? The only way he could communicate with the pack was to phase, but if he phased, then Bella was good as dead. Fuck. Where were Edward and his damn vampire family?

EDWARD! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?! his mind screamed.

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Edward pushed the gas pedal to the floor, and if he wasn't careful, his foot was going to go straight through the floorboard. They were all piled in the Hummer, Emmett and Jasper riding shotgun, and Carlisle, Esme, Alice, and Rosalie in the back. Edward was not on the main road, he was taking an old hunter trail that ran from the Cullens' property to La Push. They couldn't risk the police catching them. Suddenly the Hummer went air born, sailing over a creek bed and crashing down on the other side. The vampire family were all harnessed in, so there were no tossed bodies. Not that it would've mattered. It would take a lot more than a fast and furious Hummer ride to damage them.

"I hate not seeing anything!" Alice said. Edward knew they would be crossing the boundary soon. Alice couldn't see, but he could hear; and he couldn't help but grin maliciously. Suddenly, he heard the wolf's voice.

FUCKING VAMPIRES!!! I HATE VAMPIRES!! FUCKERS!!!

"We're almost there," he said. "I hear Jacob."

"Bella! Do you hear her?" Esme asked anxiously.

"I never can hear her," Edward reminded Esme. He clenched his jaw. God. If anything had happened to her . . . he would have his vengeance. Of that he was sure. But for now, he would concentrate on getting her out alive.

It was amazing how the Hummer dodged tree after tree. And any felled one, Edward simply crashed through. He realized why this vehicle was used in military maneuvers. He could feel Jasper's magic working overtime, trying to keep everyone calm and under control. Suddenly, the Hummer broke through the trees, and they were on the beach racing up the coastline in the direction that Edward heard Jacob's mind.

"When we get there Edward," Carlisle said from the back, "You must let me handle this. You are too out of control. I lived with the Volturi, I understand them."

Edward didn't reply. He gripped the steering wheel tighter and damned the Hummer for not going faster even though he had the pedal smashed down to the metal.

"Where the fuck is this place?" Emmett asked, peering through the windshield and the hazy weather. It was a normal day for the region. Gloomy, rainy. Who knew it was the middle of summer. Certainly no outsider.

Just then a large beach house appeared out of the fog. It sat back near the tree line, the beach its front yard. It looked deserted, though not abandoned. The owner obviously paid to have it maintained. Was this where Bella and Jacob were being held? Would this be where they met their deaths? All of them?

Well, that was something that Edward was not about to let happen. Not by a fucking long shot.

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Stay tuned for Chapter 6!