I'm back! I know it's been well over a month, almost two, but I did it! I have been busy with moving and all that jazz. But, now that I got my computer back, I'm ready to update again! And this is the last chapter of this story. I was originally going to make this two, but I couldn't find a cut off point. So, you finally find out James's plan and what's up with him. To my readers who are still with me, thank you for being patient! Enjoy this thrilling conclusion

Note: Still Stephenie's characters. I know, bummer.

Disclaimer: There is language in this chapter. I couldn't go without putting some words in it.

Disclaimer #2: Sorry, if any of this makes doesn't make sense. I hope it does!


I was breathing heavy and I could feel blood dripping from my nose. I wiped it on my shirt, and turned around the corner of the cabinet. When it seemed like nobody was coming after me, I ran back out into the living room to find Bella.

I could hear screams of terror and screams of pain. The sight before me was awful. Laurent was still on the ground. Jasper was pounding the poo out of him. There was blood dripping from Laurent's face. I saw Riley standing on the couch, trying to fend off Rose. Emm was standing in a protective crouch around Bella in the corner. Bree was hovering over them. Victoria however, was no where to be found.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?" It was then that the chaos stopped. Jasper stopped kicking Laurent. Riley stood motionless on the couch. Rose froze in place. Bree whipped her head around and her eyes got huge.

James had returned.


EPOV

It was like the world had stopped. James's face was that face your mom makes when she is very angry with you. His eyes were just slits and he looked like he about ready to explode.

He started to come forward away from the door. He stalked past me, his boots echoing on the wooden floor. He had his arms crossed across his chest. He stopped just in front of Laurent. James, knelt down next to Laurent's head. Jasper side stepped out of the way. Jasper's face was a mask of indifference. He wasn't showing any emotion.

James surveyed Laurent's torn up face. James lifted Laurent's chin and rotated his head back and forth before dropping it on the floor. Laurent winced.

"You pathetic, bastard." James stood up and continued on.

He made his way over to Riley. He simply pushed Rose out of the way. Not caring that he had knocked her over. He grabbed Riley by the forearm and yanked him off the couch.

"Moron." James slapped him across the face and continued on.

He finally made it over to Bree. He simply shoved her out of the way.

"Useless." He pushed Emmett out of the way with more force then needed and knocked him into Bree and they both fell to the ground.

"You're all pathetic, morons!" James's harsh voice boomed out. I jumped from the sound of it. "How could you let this gangly, scrawny, weak little bunch of kids take over like this? Huh?" He looked around at Riley, Bree and the broken Laurent. None of them made eye contact.

"You guys are all lucky Victoria called me. She saved all your asses! If she hadn't of called, telling me it was like World War 4 going on, you all would have been dead. Most likely." He eyed Laurent. "So, you can thank Victoria, for me coming back sooner." He grabbed the bridge of his nose and breathed deep for a few seconds. I'm guessing he was trying to calm down. He opened his eyes, wider then slits and walked back over towards Riley.

"I want you," he pointed to Bree, "and you to get these kids wrangled up. NOW!" He ordered. Riley nodded and grabbed Rose off the floor. Bree, having gotten up off the floor, grabbed Emm. They dragged back off to the bedroom where we were this morning. Riley came back out and grabbed Jasper and took him there too.

James looked at Laurent. "I want you, to get your ass off this damn floor and go wash your face up. You look like hell."

"James, I can't move." Laurent said

"You can't move? What do you mean you can't move?" James was getting angry again.

"Well, I think I have a few broken ribs. And that little bastard," he pointed to me, "kicked me in the balls, hard."

"Boo hoo. Drag your ass to the bathroom then. I want your sorry ass out of my sight. You disgust me right now." James said, walking away from me and stopping near me.

I peaked around James's legs and saw Laurent crawling, or scooting across the floor, leaving a trail of blood behind.

I looked up at James's face and he had the ugliest smirk on his face.

"Now you. How did you get of your ties?" He lifted me up by the collar of my shirt. I just turned my head away from him. I wasn't going to answer to him.

"Don't want to talk eh? Giving me the silent treatment? Well, it doesn't matter if you answer me or not." He chuckled darkly, and let go of my shirt, dropping me to the floor. I landed on my ankle. And it wasn't the way you want. It twisted the wrong way and pain shot through my leg. But, I didn't acknowledge that I was hurt.

Riley came back out of the room, followed by Bree.

"They are taken care of sir." Riley said.

What did he mean by taken care of? My brain raced to the worst thought imaginable, but I quickly pushed it out of my mind.

"Good. We can now begin." James said. "Take him back to his chair. And don't, let him get away again." James eyed Riley and sauntered over to Bree.

"Since Victoria is no longer available, you will take her place." James said to her.

"But, it won't work it-" Bree started, but was cut off when James touched his finger to her lips.

"Shh. It'll work. Trust me." He smiled at her, then glanced at Riley. "Well?"

"Oh, right." Riley picked me up and brought me over to the chair I was tied up to before. He had an uneasy expression on his face.

"Now, where is Bella? My beautiful Bella?" James said, scanning the room. His eyes landed on her huddled up form. She never left the corner she was corned into.

"There you are." He smirked and evilly walked over to her. "You are going to do just fine." He said as her caressed her. I wanted to punch his face in.

James picked her up, without her putting up a fight. He brought her over to the chair she had been tied too. She looked over at me and our eyes met. She looked like she had utterly given up. Her chocolate brown eyes were full of sadness and exhaustion. Her face was drawn and very pale, paler then her usual pale. I felt helpless.

"Now, where were we before I left and chaos ensued?" James said, he tapped his chin with his index finger. Riley and Bree just finishing retying our arms to the chairs. Only this time, they were tied to the arms of them.

"Ah, yes. I was about to start the ritual." James said. My face must have looked confused because he chuckled.

"Oh, little Edward, you have no idea what is going on. I'm surprised, little Bella hasn't told you. Cause I know she over heard me talking." He smiled at her.

"What I'm doing here, tonight, is the immortalization ritual. I'm going to make myself endlessly young." He said. He leaned back and sat down in a chair that Riley had pulled up behind him. Riley then went and taped his arm at the elbow to the chair.

Behind him, Bree was dragging out a large machine with a bunch of tubes and wires coming out of the top and bottom on a small cart.

"Where do you want this, James?" Bree asked, panting. It must be really heavy.

"Right in the middle of this little, circle." Bree pushed into the middle and then vanished again.

"You look in shock, little boy." James said, clearly enjoying what was going on by his joyous facial expression. I didn't know what was about to happen, but if it involved tubes and wires, it wasn't good.

"To make myself, blissfully young, I must take the blood of an innocent and blood of the young. And, you, Edward, are the young. And Bella, my beautiful Bella, is the blood of the innocent." He winked in her direction. James was making me uncomfortable by the minute. He has to take blood? But why from me? Why from Bella? He could have taken any child on planet Earth. But instead, he targeted Bella. And, I fell right into his trap.

"Why did you Bella?" I finally said.

"I knew that question was coming." He smiled.

Bree came back out with three individual bags in her hand. She placed them next to the machine.

"And the answer to your question, Edward, is a long one. So, I'll explain it the best I can. And with as little, big words as possible. So you can understand." He just insulted my complex 6 year old mind.

"Once upon a time, I was a police officer. In a little town called Forks. This was many years ago. Oh, about 10 years ago. And, I was one of the top ranked police officers in the county. I was next in line to become Chief of Police of Forks. But, little did I know that someone else would swipe that out from underneath me. His name, Charlie Swan. Now, we were on the force together. We both had the same shifts. We'd begun to get close.

"Of course, in a town like Forks, the dull boring town it was, not a lot of action ever happened. So, it was hard to show what you could really do with a gun. So one night, me and Charlie decided it would be a fun idea to go and drive up to Seattle and find some action. We made it a bet. The person who made the first arrest, would be Chief of Police. We shook on it. And we were off.

"We made it to Seattle and were just cruising in our police cars, when the radio went off. Apparently, there was a robbery in progress down the local grocery store. Why anyone would rob a grocery store is beyond me. But, it was probably the best we were going to get. I turned on my flashers and zoomed off.

"I could see Charlie in my rearview mirror tailing me. He heard about the robbery in progress too. I ended up beating him to the Super Foods. I got out of my car and rushed into the store. I had my gun held in a ready position. I turned down isles looking for the suspected robber, but he was no where to be found. I retreated back outside. And I noticed that Charlie's car was gone.

"I raced back to mine and listened on the radio. It turns out, the robber had gotten away and was speeding down I 5. I cursed to myself and gunned it. But I was to late. Not only had Charlie gotten the robber, but he also had managed to find the murderer of 2 unsolved cases a couple years back.

"He basically got the Chief of Police position handed to him on a silver platter. And I was nearly pushed a side. I had been forgotten. I was no longer the best out there. Charlie was not only a town hero but he was recognized by the city of Seattle, as the town hero. It made me sick. He was getting all the attention that I should have had. So, I ended up quitting the force and few days later and went into hiding."

His eyes returned to the present and he looked completely miffed like it had all just happened again.

"Now, Bella comes into the story a little later. Once I heard that he had a daughter and that she was the most important thing in his life. I knew I had my revenge. I was going to kidnap his daughter. But, it kept getting pushed back because I needed a motive as to why I had to do it besides revenge. Because what was I going to do with a child?

"I wouldn't kill her. That would be a mess in itself. I didn't want to go to prison. So, I came upon, my brilliant scheme by mere accident. I had read about it in a book, and decided that there is nothing I couldn't do if I lived forever. So, I had my motive. And here we are, 10 years later." He finished with making a grand gesture with his untapped arm to the room around us. "And you, just happened to be an extra little bonus. I only needed Bella, but now, I'll be twice as strong."

I let the story soak in and it all kind of made sense. He was just doing this in spite of his former friend. He just wanted revenge. He wanted him to feel what he felt when his life and happiness was taken away from him. He really was a crazy man.

"Now, for this to work," James said, "you're going to have to be absolutely still. This machine right here, is going to suck out a quart of your blood. And put into one of those baggies. Same thing for Bella."

The whole time James was telling me and Bella this, Riley was hooking up the bags and setting up the tubes. Bree, seemed to pull something out a cloth case. It glistened in the faint light of the room. It was a knife.

"What should I do with this?" Bree asked.

"You're going to have to cut open your, mine, Edward and Bella's arm's while their blood is being drawn." James said, while Riley hooked a needle into his arm. Once it was in place, Riley came and started hooking me up to the death machine.

I didn't look when the needle was put into my arm. I felt a sharp pinch and then that was it. Instead, I looked at Riley's face. He looked like he was in pain. Like this was killing him inside. He looked at me briefly, then moved onto Bella.

Once we were all hooked up, Riley walked over to the machine and was about to push the button to start it when, he stopped.

"No. I won't do this."

"Yes you will." James said sternly.

"I have put up with your shit long enough James. This, is ridiculous." Riley said, crossing his arms like a child.

"Riley, I don't want to have to do anything stupid. Stop being ridiculous and start the machine." James said, in a voice that was final.

"No." Riley said, standing by his decision.

"No?"

"No."

"NO?" James yelled.

"You heard me. I'm done with this stupid game of yours." Riley said.

"Bree?" James said.

Bree looked over at Riley and then back at James.

"James, I-"

"Bree, come on now. Don't give up on me too."

Bree walked towards Riley with shaking hands and looked Riley in the eyes. "I'm so sorry." And she stabbed him in the gut.

He cried out in pain and collapsed on the floor.

Bree stepped back slowly, the knife dangling from her fingers. She had tears in her eyes.

"Good girl." James said. She looked at him and nodded. Then she pressed the button that Riley was supposed to push.

The machine came to life and started humming.

"Perfect." James whispered.

Blood was starting to be sucked up into the tube connected to my arm. It was an odd feeling. It felt like something was sucking on my arm. It was like a vampire.

Before it could take a considerable amount out, the front door was busted open with a loud bang.

"PHOENIX POLICE FORCE! EVERYONE PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!"

About 10 men with guns came rushing into the room. They all split up and started checking out the house. 2 cops came over to where we were and one grabbed and handcuffed Bree and dragged her away.

"James, you are here by under arrest for the kidnapping and mistreatment of children." The cop pulled the needle out of his arm, untapped his arm and handcuffed him.

"Sir, how do you turn this machine?" Another cop had wondered over and was inspecting it. "Never mind, I found it." He pushed the button that halts the machine.

"Hey little guy, let's get this thing out of you." The cop knelt down and untied me. I looked over and saw someone else working on getting Bella free. She was in tears.

Once I was free, the cop grabbed my hand and lead me away from the machine. I was a little headed so I swayed a bit.

"Can I get a medic over here? We have a stabbed victim!" A lady cop yelled.

"We need one in here too! It looks like his man took a beating." Laurent.

Everyone was rushing around, trying to get James out of the building. He was putting up quite a fight, but they managed to get him out and into a police car. It was kind of ironic. I giggled to myself.

"Edward!" It was Roses voice. She came running and wrapped me up in a hug.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah. Are you?" she asked.

"I think so." I released the hug and looked at my arm where the needle was, a little bit of blood was still coming out.

"Were you guys just hugging or are my eyes broke?" Jasper said, with Emm coming up behind him.

"Me and him? Hugging? Psh. That is absurd!" Rose said, backing away from me. I just rolled my eyes.

It was then that I heard, the voice I never thought I'd hear ever again.

"Edward? Rosalie? Emmett? Jasper?" We all turned around and saw out mom and dad standing in the kitchen entry way.

We all sprinted towards them and embraced in one giant hug. Kisses were passed around on our heads by our loving mother.

"Oh, my babies. I thought I lost you guys forever!" Our mother said in between kisses.

"You guys scared us half to death when you guys weren't in your beds." Our dad said.

A group sorry was said. It just felt good to be back with my family. But someone was missing. . .

"Brubers! Sester!" Alice came toddling over from out of her stroller. She tried to hug us all with her small arms.

"Alice!" Rose said, and grabbed her little sister and wrapped her in a hug.

We all laughed.

"We have to go talk to the cops, but we'll be right back, okay?" Dad said. We nodded and they headed off.

I looked away from the little Alice reunion and scanned for Bella. I looked over and saw her hugging her dad. Police Chief of Forks. And I noticed a lady and another man standing next to him. That must be her mom. But, I didn't know who the man was.

Bella must have known I was looking at her, she smiled at me and then tapped her dad on the shoulder. He let her down and she came walking over to me.

"Hi." She said

"Hi. Are you alright?" I asked

"Yeah. I just have to get my arm checked out." She said, looking down the similar mark I have on my arm.

"Me too." I said.

"I wanted to say thank you. For the attempted rescue." Bella said, blushing a little and biting her lip.

"You're welcome for my almost rescue. I wish I could have saved you though." I looked down at my feet and then back up at her with a half smile.

"It doesn't matter that you didn't save me. At least you tried. And trying counts in my book." She smiled at me.

I didn't know what to say back. But, I was saved by her parents coming over.

"Come on Bella. We have to go to the police station." Her mother said.

She just nodded. "See you later Edward." She waved at me and she disappeared out the door with her parents.

I looked after her and smiled to myself. I was technically a hero to her. I had almost saved her life. And that was good enough for her.

"Alright guys, let's get out of here." My dad came back and scooped up Alice into his arms.

We all followed after him out to the Hummer parked outside. The sun was shining up in the sky. It seems like forever since I've seen the sun. It was nice and warm. And it made me happy. I smiled up and the sun and let it heat up my face.

Me and my siblings are climbed inside the huge vehicle, I had to have some help. Once we were all situated, dad started the engine and we were off. We were going back to Forks. Back to the life I wanted to start living again. Back to my 6 year old paradise.


I do have an Epilogue planned. And, I won't disappoint in that. That will also be the part where I make my final speech. And it will not be a month away. It will most likely be this Friday. I plan on it. Thanks for reading, like always xoxo