Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. I can't believe there is only two chapters left in this story. Holy crap! It's flown by so fast and I'm so happy with the positive enthusiasm I have seen. Thank you all so much! Here's some review shout-outs:

narley410: I know I'm mean, but the cliff-hanger was actually for good reason. I hate writing fight scenes and they take forever for me to do so I could either cut the chapter in half like I did or waste much more time trying to type up a fight scene at the end. I decided to give the people something to read while I tried to figure out the fighting haha.

WhisperInTheRain: That's pretty much the same reaction I had when I realized it was ending soon, though I have to admit this is the longest story (chapter-wise) I have ever written so I'm proud of myself.

ColorfulWorld: To be honest with you I've never read a story with OC/Bella either, haha. But I'm glad you like the story!

patch138: I actually didn't make the connection between the bear shifter form and Emmett until after I posted the chapter. Otherwise I would've made some sort of smart comment in there.

GreekDistance92: Maybe I will make another Nikel/Bella story if I ever get the inspiration to do another one. Right now though this is the last we'll see of Nikel outside of my original story.

Well enjoy the story, sorry but I'm not very good at fight scenes. Please note this will be the only chapter not in Bella's point of view for the whole thing. It was just easier to write since she can't really fight anyways.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the song Monster by Skillet (great band by the way) I do own OC's.

Chapter 16: Monster

It's hiding in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp
There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart
No one can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream
Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster

-3rd Person no P.O.V though sort of from Nikel's perspective-

It was silent as the sun rose above them all. It was a rare sunny day in Forks and the Vampires all glittered in the sun. There were 20 vampires on the opposing side most of them newborns. Of course with the Cruor's around it never stays silent long.

"My God, look at the sparkly Vampires. Are we having a fight or dance off? Somebody string one up we can use them for a disco ball," Zach stage-whispered to Sam who, in return, just rolled his eyes at him; sometimes it was better not to comment.

"Zach, you're a certain kind of special." Nikel grumbled under his breath too low for anyway, even the Vampires, to hear.

No words were exchanged between the two sides. No indicator that the fight was about to begin. Honestly nobody could say exactly where the first blow came from or from whom. It seemed like all of a sudden there was a giant clash of fighters. They were outnumbered of course 12 to 20 though, in theory, the odds were still in their favor. Newborns, though extremely strong, were also extremely stupid when it came to fighting. Plus Allina and Nikel could do a lot of damage, though their power was still limited since they weren't full grown. They would drain quickly.

Starting off with their powers Allina and Nikel both lit two fires along the outside of the invisible fighting ring. Of course hindsight is twenty-twenty and they probably should've just lit the vampires on fire but they could only do that so many before their powers were through. At least everyone could use the fires…hopefully not to the enemy's advantage as well.

Nikel froze to glance around at his family. Sam was in his prehistoric form again since it was the biggest and most vicious form he had. Much like his brother, Zach was also given a prehistoric form by Tabitha and was a Saber-tooth Tiger much to his obvious enjoyment as he used his long fangs to dig into a Vampires neck. Nikel rolled his eyes. Gabriel was in his Kodiak bear form and seemed to be shredding a Vampire apart. Allina was fighting them off in her own way though, until her brothers, wasn't really able to kill them.

The Cullen's were doing quite well as well. They managed to take down a couple of newborns easy enough, especially Jasper who seemed to know what he was doing.

Nikel blasted one of the newborns who came to close to him, sending him into the fire. He couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. It was then he realized he has yet to see the Red headed Vampire everyone was so worried about. Victoria; that was her name, he did a quick scan still not seeing her. Has somebody already taken her out?

It wasn't until he felt Loretta use her powers followed by a crash from inside the house he knew they made an error. His heart in this throat he ran into the house hoping for the best.

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"Are you sure you don't want to play, Bella?" Jamie asked as he shuffled the deck of cards again. Bella looked in between the two younger Cruor's really confused. How could they be so calm when there was a battle going on outside…one where their siblings could die!

"I think I'm going to be sick." She moaned instead from her spot on Nikel's bed. When everyone ran outside to fight Jamie and Loretta took Bella upstairs and into Nikel's room to keep her safe and out of the way. While they took out cards and began to play of speed Bella was left to freak out on the bed over the possibilities going on just outside.

"I don't think Nikel will be too happy to come in and see vomit all over his bed." Loretta commented, blandly as they began another round. Bella groaned and flopped down. Those two were impossible.

"You know you two really have to-"

"Shh…" Jamie interrupted her, holding a hand up in a stop motion. He leaned over towards the door, listening for something, "Loretta…" he murmured.

Quietly she got up and went over to sit with Bella on the bed. Now Bella was scared. The door busted open and Loretta immediately threw a Whammy in that direction. It hit the floor as nothing appeared before them. Loretta got off the bed and walked over to the door to inspect the floor. She frowned looking at it before turning to look at Jamie, shrugging. Faster than Bella could see Loretta was flung across the room seemingly from nowhere.

Everything happened really fast. One moment Victoria appeared in the room; the next she was thrown into Nikel's dresser –which made an awful crunch noise- and half on top of her was a huge Crocodile. Jamie had transformed for the first time.

Victoria swung her hand out in a slapping motion getting Jamie right across the snot, sending him off her. She then slowly got up and made her way over to Bella.

"What interesting company you keep, little human." She taunted, approaching the bed.

"You haven't seen the half of it." Nikel growled, about to send a Whammy at her. He stopped at the last second realizing if Victoria dodged the bolt it would hit Bella instead. He growled, "Fine then."

Instead he put his arms straight out in front of him and clapped them together. Before Bella's very eyes Victoria went flying…straight for Jamie. Jamie managed to shake himself out of his stupor fast enough to lunge up and bite into Victoria's head. Nikel went over to Bella then and blocked her view as Jamie finished her off.

When it was Nikel turned to look at him, "Perfect timing for the change there Jamie. Can you change back?"

The Crocodile hissed apparently not happy. Nikel nodded as if he understood, "Thought as much, as soon as everything's over with I'll get one of the boys up here to help you turn back."

He then turned towards Loretta and went to check on her. She was still breathing but out cold. Nikel knew they put a lot of pressure on the young kid today and figured she deserved the nap.

He turned away from her, "Jamie guard Bella, I'm going to go check on everyone outside."

"How did you know we were in trouble?"

Nikel turned to look at Bella, "We Cosmic's can feel when a blood relative used their powers if they're within a certain distance from us. I felt Loretta throw a Whammy. Now stay here, Bella." With that he left.

Bella got up just moments later and started for the door. Jamie let out a strange hissing noise and moved closer to her. She looked at him, "Yeah you try to stop me without hurting me. Good luck."

With that she bolted for the stairs. She made it down the steps before stopping. Allina came in first with blood matting her hair. She was full of dirt and Vampire guts. She didn't look up as she headed into the dining area.

Nikel and Zach came in next carrying a human form yet very still Gabriel. He was very pale and covered in blood.

The Cullen's stood by the door looking very solemn, they all seemed to come out alright.

"We'll talk to you guys later; you need to tend to your wounded. Like we said earlier; if you need help just call." Edward whispered and Nikel just nodded before finishing carrying Gabriel to the kitchen table much like they did Zach not too long ago.

The Cullens gave Bella a sad look before disappearing. It was then she realized something was wrong.

"Where's Sam?" She asked almost fearfully.

Nikel and Allina appeared back in the hallway again. Nikel didn't answer he just looked at Allina, "Do you have the energy to transport him in here? There's no way he can lift him with his injuries."

Allina nodded and in a thick voice rasped out, "For him, anything."

Together they went back outside. Bella decided to go into the kitchen and check on Gabriel and Zach. When she got there she noticed Zach was nowhere to be found but Gabriel was laid out on the table terribly pale but breathing. Seconds later Zach appeared in the doorway with a now human looking Jamie beside him.

"Loretta's still unconscious." He murmured to her before checking Gabriel again, "Dad should be here any minute now."

Allina and Nikel poofed into the room then and Bella gasped in horror. Now laying on the table next to Gabriel was Sam. He was badly bloodied and his face and left side of his body burnt terribly. Bella looked up at the two Cosmic Troublemakers fearfully.

"He's alive," Nikel whispered, "For now. One of the newborns got him from behind and stunned him into turning back. He was thrown into the fire but Allina rescued him."

"He'll be fine, Allina, Sam's strong." Bella tried to soothe her distressed friend, "Jonathon will be here soon."

No sooner than she spoke that Jonathon walked in and immediately set to work. While he worked a beautiful woman appeared in the room. She wore black high heel boots, black tight stretch pants and a black long sleeve shirt that hung off her shoulders and flared out at the ends. She was very pale with long white hair much like Loretta's and the palest blue eyes Bella has ever seen. On her back two White bat wings stood out.

Allina gasped when she saw her, "No Natas!" She hissed, approaching the strange woman.

The woman –Natas- spoke. Her voice was beautiful like a soft song as she looked at Allina, "My dearest friend you know I don't have a choice. You have an hour to save him it's the best I can do. If you can't…I must take his soul."

"You can't do this to me, Natas." Allina begged.

"He's not completely gone yet. He has a chance. I don't want to hurt your family, Allina."

Bella looked at Nikel confused. He leaned over to her ear and quietly whispered, "Natas is a Soul-Triever. She works for the afterlife taking the souls of the dead to fairy them where they need to go. They work alongside some Cosmic's so we got to her really well over the years."

After that everything was quiet. Nobody spoke as Jonathon worked vigorously to save his son all the while Natas remained almost like a bad omen. After what seemed like forever Jonathon leaned back away from his two boys and sighed.

"I did all I could."

It seemed like simultaneously everyone looked at Natas for the verdict. She stood leaning against the wall with her head down and eyes closed not moving. She looked eerily like a statue. Finally after much waiting she looked up at them.

"He's safe." She looked at the Cruor's, her eyes hard, "The fates have smiled upon you tonight. Such a rarity for them, I don't believe it will happen again. They are not that kind."

With that she disappeared. It took another moment to realize they were in the clear before a celebration broke out. Everyone started laughing and cheering for the all made it out alive. Allina went to Sam side and cried tears of joy as she held his non-burnt hand. Nikel ran over to Bella and scooped her up in his arms spinning her around. She laughed as she cupped his face in her hands and kissed him as hard as she could.

They were safe, they were alive. Everything else faded away as those two thoughts became the most important.

Well I hope you liked the chapter! Please review! The next chapter will tie up everything with the Cullens and of course, the races that Zach, Allina and Nikel are so excited for. It will be an…exploding chapter to say the least.

Here's a preview with three snippets for the next one just to upset everyone. They are in chronological order. The first one is a conversation, the second is an inner monologue if you will and the last is just once quote. Good luck.

Chapter 17 is called when you're gone, I wanna go too.

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"Well Bella my turn is up." Nikel said turning to me, "Kiss me twice for good luck?"

I laughed at the hopeful tone in his voice, "I'll kiss you once now and the other when you win." I teased, giving him a quick kiss.

He pouted, "You cruel, cruel woman."

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I stood there unable to move as my brain tried to process what I just saw. And what I was seeing now. Fire, lots of fire. Something inside me snapped. The Aero was on fire. Nikel! Where was he? Did he poof out? I turned to see the horror frozen on Allina's face and I knew he didn't. Before anyone could stop me I took off towards the burning car, screaming.

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"You can't take him from me, Natas. I won't let you."