Chapter 23

Thanks for everyone who participated in I Love Edward day. I was really pleasantly surprised by the number of people who said they would do it. Thanks to everyone who participated. This chapter is dedicated to Emily, Tegan and everyone else who told me that they would participate in Edward day. Me and my friend made T-shirts and handed out papers that said I love Edward and handed them out to people. It was awesome!

Sorry if this chapter doesn't really make too much sense. I really had only planned up until last chapter, so I really have no idea what is going to happen this chapter. Should be interesting to find out!

So here's your Edward day present and you Superbowl present. GO GIANTS!!!

This chapter might not turn out like lots of you guys wanted it to be. I'm sorry, but I couldn't fit everything in that I wanted to. So, I am going to use the brilliant idea from Emily, or at least most of it. Thank you!

Also, because it took a while to get out, it's extra long just for you guys!

Not Stephenie Meyer, own nothing, haven't you all heard this before??

Previously;

"I brought help," He said simply. I looked behind him for the first time and saw many familiar faces. Not of the original pack, but of their sons. They all had such striking resemblances to their fathers that I could tell exactly who each of their father was.

There was a Quil-looking type, one who looked just like Embry, and another one who was another Sam. They were all here. To help me.

The first smile I had had in a long time rose to my lips and I didn't cover it. Instead, I asked, "You guys ready to do this?"

And their answering smiles and nods actually made me believe that we could win this.

BPOV

I took a deep breath. This was it. The moment, where Victoria would get what was coming to her. Well, if all things went according to plan. And, with this crazy plan that we had come up with, I wasn't feeling all too confident at this moment.

Kevin, sensing my anxiety, shot me a reassuring smile my way. At lest, I assumed that he was trying to. All the boys now resembled giant wolves. I had told them to change, because I knew that we definitely have no chance at all without them as wolves. Although they were strong humans, I knew that humans would stand no chance against these vampires.

We were standing outside of the door leading to the room in which the Cullens were now in, with Victoria. I wonder if she really will let them out? Or was it just a plan to get Edward to suffer, and then kill everyone else.

Edward. He thought I was dead right now. I would have to find him right away before he does something stupid because he wants to find me. That's just what I need right now.

I looked questionably at Kevin, asking with my eyes whether we should go in now. He nodded his big shaggy head and with his eyes, told me that we should go now, before it was too late. He was right, I said mentally to myself. His black eyes, how they reminded me of Jacob's.

I sighed, and looked straight ahead at the door. I took one last glance back towards the wolves, and then pushed open the door slowly. Once inside the room again, I shivered. Oh, how I hated this room. I stood right by the door, no wanting to venture any further then this.

The occupants of the room had not noticed me yet. I stood their, trying to take in the scene before me. The Cullens were all out of their cages now. Their faces were all determined, save for Edward's whose was just unbelieving and uncomprehending. I could understand what he was feeling. He had just seen me die, (Or so he thought.) He had seen it with his own eyes, but still couldn't believe it. It just hadn't sunk in yet. He couldn't—or wouldn't believe that I was really dead.

The newborns had apparently been all let out of the under-the-cage hiding spots, where they were going to kill whoever Edward had chosen to die. Since he had chosen for me to died, the newborns that had been in the area below where their cages were, were now out of their enclosed area and were in a line with Victoria at the head.

"Well, now that we have that brat out of the way," Victoria was saying. Almost all of the Cullens eyes flashed when Victoria called me that, except for Edward, who was not noticing anything at this point.

"I know that I promised that I would most definitely let you guys go after I had killed your little friend," Her smile grew. "Oops, I lied." Alice's eyes hardened and I could tell she was concentrating hard on trying to see the future, to see anything that would help them get out of this. But, even if Victoria's little friends power-blocking abilities weren't working, I knew Alice's physic abilities wouldn't work because for now, the werewolves would be involved.

"Get ready to die, Cullen family." I saw the Cullens get prepared to fight, Jasper pulling Alice behind him, and Chris doing the same for Mary. When Emmett tried to do so for Rose, she growled at him, and moved to stand side by side with him. Edward had moved to a sitting down position, and his head was in his hands. He was curled up into a ball. My heart ached as I saw that he was not even getting ready to fight, he would just take whatever was coming to him with no arguments.

"So, my faithful army," She faced away form the Cullens now and turned to face her army. I knew that I would have to act soon. I could feel that the moment was coming to reveal myself. "Get-"

I strode into the center of the room. "Do you really want to try that?"

A unison of gasps followed my statement. I looked up to see the Cullens staring at me, wonder in their eyes. "But Bella's dead," Emmett exclaimed, confusion distorting his features.

"No, BELLA'S ALIVE!!" Alice cheered, rushing to her feet and jumping up and down, clutching Jasper. While Alice and Emmett continued to have a fight about whether I was dead or alive, Emmett stupidly taking the side that I was dead, contrary to the evidence otherwise standing right in front of him, my eyes were only for Edward.

At the sound of my voice, Edward's head had flown up from its position on his hands. . An expression crossed his face that I did not recognize, it may have been shock, or love, or a strange combination of the two. Even in his present state, his beauty was breathtaking. His golden eyes feasted on my face, as I'm sure mine did too. I could now tell what the expression on his face was now, it was love. Complete and total love. As in, I'm never letting you out of my sight again love. "Bella," he whispered under his breath.

Someone, I guessed it was Mary whispered, "Emmett and Alice, would you two shut up! Can't you see they're having a moment?"

At that moment, Emmett must have decided that I wasn't a strange sort of mirage and that I was actually alive, he decided that he needed to come hug me. Everyone else seemed to follow his lead, but even as they took their first steps towards me, the newborns took a menacing step forward together. That sent everyone shrinking back to their original positions. But even the terrifying expressions on the army's faces couldn't stop Edward. He rushed towards me and suddenly I was back in his arms again, and for a moment, it seemed like this was the only right position in the world, and that everything was perfect. Of course, as Edward bent down to kiss me, my fantasy world shattered.

"Everyone stop," Victoria ordered. I looked behind Edward and saw Victoria for the first time since I had came into the room. Her expression showed nothing but loathing as she glared at me. I saw what the most menacing thing about her was. In her left hand, she held the very same gun that had killed Jeremy. Edward eyed it, and then stepped protectively in front of me.

"NO! You" Vicki screamed, pointing a finger at Vicki. "Told me the Bella girl would end up dead! So I could have the boy all to myself." Pressed up against me, Edward visibly shuddered. I didn't blame him. "You lied to me! And now I will get my revenge!" And with that, Vicki, driven mad by jealousy and anger, (Though I couldn't be sure that she had ever been sane in the first place,) decided that it was time to overthrow Victoria.

With a strangled screech, Vicki leaped up into the air and jumped on top of Victoria. Victoria responded with a yell, and the fight was on.

Wow. A fight between two madwomen. That's not something that you see every day. I got ready to spend a couple minutes watching Vicki and Victoria battle it out with each other with Edward, but the newborns had other plans.

One of the smallest ones ran up to the rest of the Cullens and attempted to bite Rosalie. She responded by jumping out of the way. Suddenly, a war broke out.

Newborns were everywhere, matching up with other vampires to fight to the death. Then suddenly the wolves were there too, I didn't know how they knew when to come in, but I was too grateful to say anything. Edward was trying to fight another newborn, so I rushed to his side and tried to help him.

Suddenly, everyone froze. I craned my neck to see why everyone had stopped fighting. Then I saw what happened. Vicki had the gun.

"Everyone freeze," Vicki ordered. Too late. We were all already too scared to move.

I knew that Vicki was too unpredictable, and with a temper too. Not a good combination when she was your archenemy holding a gun.

"Vicki," Edward spoke from next to me. "Put down the gun." His voice was velvet soft and I saw Vicki fighting the urge to do exactly what he said.

"No," she spat. "You never loved me. It was always her. Even though I was so much prettier and smarter and altogether better then her, you still chose her. And now, Edward Cullen, you will pay." I saw my chance, the only chance that I would receive to get this over with. Vicki's eyes were focused only on Edward. I slowly began inching away from Edward and around to the back of Vicki.

"You will pay for everything that you have done for me. You will feel the pain that I felt, only magnified by one hundred. First I will kill you so called love, Bella." Edward's fists were clenched together tight. "Then slowly, I will kill every member of your family. Then, I will marry you and spend forever with you. If you try to escape, I will kill you too. So watch as I slowly do away with your family." Her grin widened.

Victoria was on the floor, disbelief plain on her face. She had an empty look in her face, the look a madwoman gets when she realizes that her evil plot had failed. A look of desperation flashed across her face, and I knew that she knew that it was near the end for her.

"Now, I will start by killing Bella. And this time I will make sure that she is killed this time." And now she finally tore her eyes away from Edward and looked at the now empty space beside him. Panic flared in her eyes. "Where is she?" She screamed out franticly.

"Right here," I said, for I was now directly behind her. She spun around to face me and in one fluid motion, I pulled the gun out of her grasp.

"NO!" She screamed. But she could not say anything else because I had now pointed the gun directly at her. I looked behind her and saw the faces of the Cullens, blank with disbelief. And Edward's face, beaming with pride. He moved to a spot next to me.

"Be quiet," I ordered calmly. "And you," I gestured to Victoria. "Stand up." She stood and walked over to Vicki to stand next to her. It seemed like she was giving up, whereas Vicki was prepared to keep fighting to her death.

I took a deep breath. Now it was time for them to get what they deserved. I handed the gun to a grinning Edward, then ran up to Victoria and kicked her. Then I did the same to Vicki for good measure. "Ow!" Vicki screamed and Victoria began jumping up and down, clutching her hurt toe. (AN; I knew Vampires really wouldn't get hurt from this, but the mental image of Victoria jumping with a broken toe is pretty funny to me)

But neither of them made any move towards me, probably because Edward was still carrying the gun.

"Do either of you know what you did to me?" I shouted, my anger flaring. "I actually said no to him! Do you have any idea how hard it was to do that? Do either of you idiots have any idea how much pain you put me through? You don't even deserve to still be alive. Either of you!" I nearly shouted.

I held the gun out for Edward to give it to me. He passed it over to me. I held it in my hand, fingering gently. With my luck, it would probably go off and I would shoot myself by accident. "So now you guys will get what's coming to you."

I cocked the gun. But there was something that scared me about it. It was too powerful. I didn't deserve to have the power to end someone's life. "I can't do it, even though I should." As I said this, I knew that I had made the right choice. I really couldn't do this. I couldn't willingly kill someone. "Edward?" I asked.

He knew what was coming. "Of course," He replied to my unspoken question. He would kill them. I passed the gun over to him, but being the clumsy person that I was, accidentally let go of it before Edward's hand was there. It fell to the floor and a BANG went off, echoing around the room.

Someone fell to the floor, shot. The single bullet that had exploded from the end of the gun had hit someone. It was Victoria. I could hear her scream once more and then suddenly it was as if all the life was pulled from her. Victoria was dead.

Suddenly, there was a mad struggle for the gun. Edward and Vicki were both reaching for it. I couldn't tell who got it.

Suddenly, all the newborns who weren't dead yet all sprang in the air, reaching for the Cullens. But the werewolves were faster. I watched as all of the newborns were met in the air by a wolf, or two. Suddenly, they were all torn into shreds. Someone had started a fire, and all the parts of the newborns were thrown in, creating a sickening aroma that filled the air.

Edward and Vicki were still battling for the gun. Suddenly, as if by magic all the wolves left, not stopping to say goodbye except for Kevin, who let out a small noise, which I took too mean as, come visit soon. I nodded. Why were they all leaving.

Suddenly, the big door flew open. Vicki stopped moving towards the gun and instead stood shocked still. Edward took the chance and got the gun.

I didn't blame Vicki for being shocked. I was pretty shocked too, as I saw who was behind that door.

My longest chapter yet. I hope you guys liked it. I didn't really like how Victoria died, but Bella couldn't kill her and I didn't want Edward to. Please review! That took forever! REVIEW!!!

Jamie