A/N: Ok, so I added a few details that should have been added in the first time I worte this, but forgot. I also added what happened to Jake after they left. All locations mentioned in this chapter are real places. I have actually been to one, and the others I researched.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

Jasper and Emmett's grip on me tightened when Aro had said my full name, and now the room was bathed in a red haze as I stared ahead. A new sensation was now pumping through my system, one I had never experienced before, and one I was always afraid of. This sensation was only tripled by Jasper and Emmett's firm grasp on my limbs, as I found myself slowly inching toward the two vampires that stood in front of me. A slight tug backwards and I found myself frozen in their grasp.

Adrenaline coursed through me, but had never felt this way before. My muscles swelled in anticipation, and I felt the need to move forward again, but Emmett and Jasper held me tightly against them. A dozen thoughts danced through my mind as the adrenaline pumped more quickly. Thoughts of the despair I experienced when Edward left me all those years ago. The loss I felt when I thought that Jacob had abandoned me when he went through his transformation. Other thoughts swam through my mind, but they weren't my own, they were ones of my victims and were the same ones I had held captive in my mind. All of these thoughts had slowly began to eat away at my mind and I knew one day the wall I had built within my self would eventually crumble. Hearing Aro say my full name was what brought down that wall. The last person who had ever said my full name was long since dead and buried. My father Charlie. His last words to me were, "I love you Isabella, never forget that." My father only used my full name when something was serious and he had wanted me to know at his time of passing, that no matter where he went afterwards he would always love me, forever.

'Charlie. I never forgot, and I never will,' I thought.

And with that last thought, I now knew what the new sensation was that coursed quickly through me was.

Rage.

I was enraged by the fact that Aro had stolen that memory from Jasper when he touched him. Jasper had stood by my side holding my hand as Charlie passed. And now he used that memory against me thinking that I would fall to the floor at his feet and beg for the life of my fallen companions. But little did he know that that memory would trigger the destruction of my wall and unleash the monster that I knew was hiding in the depths of my being.

I felt the floor shift under my feet, and Emmett and Jasper gasped as they loosened their grasp on me only slightly. I could see nothing but my father's face as he said his last words to me and that only caused the rage to flood my system more.

I blinked to clear away the memory of Charlie and I now saw Aro and Jane staring me with similar looks upon both their faces.

Amusement.

'We'll see who has the last laugh,' I thought.

They thought this was funny, but their expression changed quickly as they looked down at the floor as I took a step forward. I followed their vision to the ground that lay under my foot, and saw that the stone floor had cracked and ebbed under my weight. I looked up again at their faces with what I knew was a sinister grin and took another step forward. Again the floor shifted under my weight and I then felt the cracking in the stone. Emmett and Jasper each took one of my hands and followed beside me as I walked toward Aro and Jane. The floor quaked with every step the three of us took. I knew they could both feel the rage that radiated off of me. It was seeping out of every pore, and encompassing the three of us. The air shifted around us. I could almost feel the pressure drop in the room. It left an eerie feeling and a deadly silence.

The calm before the storm.

I knew I didn't necessarily need Emmett or Jasper to help me in what I was about to do, but the added power was too good to give up.

"Jasper," I said as I looked at Aro and Jane.

I saw him nod out of the corner of my eye and he let go of my hand. He knew what I was asking him to do, and as soon as he let go of my hand, I felt theair around us shift again. I saw Felix and Demetri drop to their knees behind Jane and Aro, and knew Jasper had drenched them in fear. A fear so debilitating, that they could only cower and huddle close together.

I looked down at Alice and Edward and saw that they hadboth fallen silent, and were no longer screaming in agony. Jane and Aro had pulled back their attack the moment I had stepped forward. Jasper stepped around Emmett and I and dragged Alice and Edward out of our way. Seeing Jasper pull them out of our way, I noticed they both looked ashen and drained.

New rage poured through me at this and Emmett and I took another step forward. The room quaked around us, and I saw little bits of debris falling from the ceiling above us. Aro and Jane looked up at the ceiling and I took the opportunity to close the gap in between us. Emmett and I took three quick steps toward them in a second and more debris fell around us. Aro and Jane blinked through it and shock appeared on their faces when they saw that we only stood a foot from them.

"Not so funny now is it?" I asked staring at Aro. He only blinked at me as he opened and closed his mouth, unable to respond to the destruction I was now causing around him.

"What's wrong Aro? Death got your tongue?" I snapped. He blinked again, and I saw arrogance wash over his face.

I looked at Jane for a second and saw the same arrogance splashed across her face as well.

"I seriously doubt that you could defeat me without holding Emmett's hand," he sneered.

My eyes snapped back to Aro's and I felt a small pang of doubt at his words and the rage receded slightly. I looked up at Emmett as he continued to stare at the two vampires in front of us. Could I really let go of Emmett's hand and fight him one on one? Surely I could, couldn't I? I looked back at Aro and the doubt must have showed because the quaking ebbed slightly.

"I see doubt in your eyes Bella," Aro laughed.

I heard Jane snicker next to him. The doubt Aro hand planted in my head was starting grow, and I quickly glanced back at Jasper. He was hugging Alice against him with one arm, and had the other around Edward's shoulders, holding him up under his arms. Edward was sagging against Jasper. I looked back at Alice as she too was sagging against Jasper. They both looked nearly lifeless as they tried to hold onto him. I couldn't let myself fail to save them, and all it took was one look into Edward's beautiful green eyes as he stared back at me and any doubt I had previously, quickly dissolved. I watched as he mouthed, I love you, and I turned my attention back to Aro.

Aro looked back at me with the same arrogance as before and I felt the rage boil once more. Emmett's hand squeezed mine as I know he felt it too. A renewal of the power and strength that radiated off of both of us caused the room to quake once again.

"Your display of power is not one I am afraid of. You could never defeat me on your own. I know Emmett's strength fuels your own, but are you strong enough without Emmett holding your hand?" Aro asked

I thought about for a second, and knew that I was. When I had touched Emmett before, it had only been the tip of my finger, and even after I retracted said fingertip, I could still feel the added strength and adrenaline coursing through me. With my body now pulsing with rage, I knew I could, but I wouldn't let Aro know that. I drew Emmett closer to me so that the sides of our bodies were touching. This only seem to cause the power between us to build and it was almost to much to contain.

Having seen me draw Emmett into my side, Aro said, "You are weak, just like your father was Isabella."

"You really shouldn't have said that," Edward whispered.

Feeling the power crest, I screamed wordlessly. Ripping my hand from Emmett's, I lunged forward crashing into Aro, sending him to the floor with me straddling him. The force of my body colliding with his into the floor caused it to crack and shatter slightly, creating a crater. I bunched the collar of his shirt in my hands and brought his face within inches of my own. I stared at him for a second then reared back, letting go of his collar with one hand and snapping it back with a closed fist into the ground next to his head. The floor collapsed under my fist and I punched straight through it. It created a small shock-wave, sending Felix and Demetri crashing into the wall behind them. I heard a rumbling come from above us, but didn't pay any attention to it.

Aro flinched at the sound. "Still think I'm weak?" I spat at him. He turned his head slightly and saw my hand and most of my forearm was still in the floor next to his head. He looked back at mewith wide eyes, but I saw something flicker in them just as I felt a stinging sensation pierce my right side. My eyes widened as I removed my hand from the floor and leaned back looking down at my side. I blinked as I saw Aro's hand was closed around the hilt of Jane's knife that was now sunk hilt deep into my body. I heard a collective gasp in the room around me.

"Yes, I do," he said twisting the hilt, causing the blade to shift painfully into me. I gritted my teeth as the pain shot through me, but it only added to my rage.

I closed my eyes, inhaling deeply through the pain and closed my hand over Aro's. Steeling myself, I opened my eyes and stared at him as I twisted his hand back and forth, causing more shifting of the blade within me. I had become numb to the white heat that danced under my skin as I felt my blood seeping into my shirt. Aro's eyes widened once again as I slowly pulled his hand and the knife from my side.

Holding his hand and the knife away from us, I leaned back over his body. I could feel him struggle against my hold on his hand, and it only made metighten my grasp on it more. Aro gasped when I felt the bones in his hand break under my grip.

"How is this possible?" Aro croaked.

"Pain only adds to the rage," I whispered, "and you just made it worse for yourself. Turnabout is fair play."

Gripping his hand tighter, I pulled his hand closer to his body. The tip of the knife scrapped against the skin of his neck, causing him to hiss. I leaned away from him slightly, as I could feel my strength starting to wane from the loss of contact from Emmett. With one last deep inhale, I tightened my grip on the collar of his shirt for leverage as I gathered the last of the rage and strength I had and plunged the knifehome until the hilt bruised his neck, and yet I continued to push his hand and the knife further into the side of his neck twisting it back and forth until I felt the bone of his spine and let go. Aro coughed and gagged on his own blood as it flew out of his mouth, causing it to splatter across the front of my shirt. Aro's other hand began to claw at the hand that still held onto his collar. I was weakening quickly, and started to slump forward slightly.

I felt arms snake around my ribcage under my arms and pull me back away from Aro's body as he continued to cough and gag around the knife that was still lodged in the side of his neck. I sagged against the chest of the body that had pulled me away from Aro, closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

'Home,' I thought.

"That's right, darlin'," Jasper whispered as he cradled me against his body. I opened my eyes to see a rather large puddle of blood was now spreading out from under Aro's body. He was still gagging and coughing while trying desparately to remove the knife from his neck, but failing miserably.

"Where's Jane?" I asked.

I saw Jasper extend an arm and pointed to a pile of rubble that was only a few feet away from where Aro was laying. I blinked several times and focused on the pile of rubble and debris and that's when I saw a tiny hand sticking out from under a rather large stone. I looked up at the ceiling and saw that it had collapsed, right on top of Jane.

"Is she?" I asked.

"Not sure. You know how much damage we can take, but I haven't seen her move since the ceiling came down. You sure pack one hell of punch Bells," Jasper whispered kissing the top of my head.

"So that's what that noise was?" I asked half laughing.

"Yeah, you sure can bring the room down," Emmett said.

I looked over Jasper's shoulder and saw Emmett standing there laughing with both Alice and Edward each laying over a shoulder. His arms were holding them around the backs of their thighs as he walked toward Jasper and I. They just kind of dangled onhis broad shoulders like they were dead.

I stiffened slightly at this sight, and Jasper said, "Don't worry. They're ok, just too weak right now to stand on their own."

Jasper scooped me up into his arms, and looked at Emmett.

"What should we do with them?" Emmett asked pointing his chin in Aro and the others' direction. I looked up from Jasper's shoulders and over at the fallen vampires.

"Leave them. This should teach them not to mess with us again," I said leaned my head back against Jasper's shoulder. I felt Jasper nod, and he turned with me in his arms and walked out of the room.

Exhaustion began to sweep into my body and my eyes fluttered.

"It's ok Bella, rest. I'm calling Jacob as soon as we're out of here," Jasper said softly.

"Where is here exactly?" I mumbled.

"Something near Needles. It's a very remote town in Southern California," he said.

"Kay," was the last thing I mumbled before the darkness of exhaustion swept over me.

My body was vibrating as I felt the night air whipping my hair across my face. I could hear the sounds of the freeway around me, and I inhaled softly. I blinked several times, allowing my vision to clear away any remnants of exhaustion. I could see the landscape in front of me changing with every second I blinked. I felt the cool leather of the seat I was sitting in, and realized we were in our SUV. I could hear Jasper's voice in front of me. I lifted my head from the headrest and stared out the window.

'Where are we?'

"On our way back to Seattle," Edward said softly placing a hand on my knee.

I looked down at his hand, then followed his arm up until I saw his face. Alice's head was resting in the crook of his opposite shoulder, his arm was sitting perfectly around her small shoulders, hugging her to his body. I smiled at this and I was happy to see her finally reunited with her brother.

"Are you going to tell me how you do that?" I asked looking back at him.

"I could only hear you when your shield is down and that only seems to happen when you are barely conscious. I must say, it is rather odd that you can pass out," he said softly squeezing my knee slightly.

I smiled at him and placed a hand over his. He turned his hand over so that our palms were touching and intertwined our fingers.

"So how much trouble am I in?" Edward asked, chuckling.

"Heaps," I said squeezing his hand.

I looked down at my shirt and noticed it had been changed. I twisted my torso slightly to the right and felt the bandages that were wound tightly across my mid-section. I noticed that both of my arms hand been re-bandaged, but they were much smaller than before. It looked like I had tried to commit suicide, because the gauze only covered my wrists.

'Great. Now I look like a head case,' I thought sourly.

"Who changed me?" I asked to no one. I felt Edward squeeze my hand. "Jasper did," he whispered. I just nodded in response and looked at the seat in front of me.

I leaned forward and peered over the seat in front of me. Emmett's head was resting against the headrest with his eyes closed. I removed my hand from Edward's and placed it on Emmett's shoulder giving it a slight squeeze. He opened his eyes and turned to me, with a lazy grin across his face.

"Hey sis," he whispered kissing my temple.

"Hey."

I turned my hand and saw Jasper talking quietly into his phone as he drove.

"Who's he on the phone with?" I asked softly.

"Jacob. He isn't exactly happy to hear that Edward's back in the picture," Emmett laughed.

"Pfftt. As if he ever had a chance with me," I said.

"Is that Bella?" I heard Jacob ask loudly.

"Yeah man, she finally woke up," Jasper said smiling at me.

"Let me talk to her."

"Alright Jake, no need to get your boxers in a bunch," Jasper laughed passing me the phone.

I grabbed it and cradled it against my right shoulder leaning back against my seat.

"Hi Jake."

"Bells! I heard you kicked some major Volturi ass!"

I laughed softly, "Yeah, I guess I did."

"Remind me never to get on your bad side," Jake said.

'Will do," I replied.

There was silence for a second before Jacob spoke again. "So, is it true?" he asked.

"Is what true?"

"That the leech is back?" Jacob asked.

I felt Edward stiffen next to me and I turned to look at him. He kept is attention on the road ahead of us.

"Yeah, it's true," I smiled. Edward visibly relaxed at my words and placed his hand on my knee again.

"Oh come on Bells, how could you let him back in after all he did to you?" Jacob asked.

"He helped us back there with the Volturi, Jacob. And besides, you don't know what was said that night, so you have no idea what I went through. You only saw the aftermath," I said.

"No Bells, I heard everything he said."

"What?" I asked gritting my teeth and tightening my hold on the phone.

Edward's hand squeezed my knee and I looked at him. He stared right back at me, a worried look plain as day in his eyes.

"How would you know that Jacob?" I asked still looking at Edward.

"Because I -, " Jacob started, but was cut off when the phone magically disappeared from my ear and was now against Edward's. Alice had lifted her head from Edward's shoulder and was now looking at me. I shook my head at her, saying I didn't know what was going on and then I looked at Jasper in the rear-view. He looked back at me with a small smile saying that everything was going to be ok.

"You promised me mutt, and part of that promise was when I came back, that I was to tell her what happened. At least now I know that one of you kept their promise," Edward said snapping the phone shut and handing it back to Jasper.

I crossed my arms across my chest and stared at Edward as he leaned back against the seat. I know he felt my eyes boring into the side of his head. "What?" he asked quietly looking at me out of the corner of his eyes.

"Are you going to tell me the details of this promise?" I asked.

"Yes," was all he said. I shook my head at him and turned to stare out the car window again.

"So what happened after we left the bar?" I asked watching the scenery change by the minute.

Jasper cleared his throat and I looked at him through the rear-view mirror. "Felix showed up about 45 minutes after we left. He and Jake got into it, but Jake had already alerted Sam and Seth, so there really wasn't anything that Felix could do, but cut his losses and run. The bar is pretty trashed though. Gonna take a couple of days to get it back to what it was."

"But that shouldn't be a problem, not with Edward back in the picture. He always was the fastest of us. He could probably get the whole thing donein one day," Emmett said.

"We'll see," was all I said before my gaze turnedback out the window.

Several hours and more than 1000 miles later we entered Oregon and I was officially starving. Jasper must of noticed my eyes as he stared back at me through the rearview, because he took the next exit entering the small town of Grants Pass.

"Thank God. I'm starving!" Emmett boomed from the front seat.

"When are you not hungry Emmett?" Alice asked.

"Only at the bar. I never eat our customers," Emmett laughed back.

Everyone laughed but Edward. Of course he wouldn't get the joke, it was one of the bar rules not to eat our customers. It wasn't that their blood didn't taste good, it was just that alcohol mixed with blood didn't, plus Emmett made the mistake one night of snacking on a pretty blonde, and the memories were so terrible he practically begged us to kill him. Needless to say, none of us touched a customer after that night.

After pulling into the Riverside Inn, Jasper hopped out saying that he was going to get us two rooms and that he would be right back. Emmett and Alice exited next leaving only Edward and I in the car. Silence hung in the air, and I shifted in my seat, turing toward the window.

"Bella," Edward whispered.

"What?" I snapped.

"Please look at me," he whispered again placing a hand over mine where it lay on the seat between our bodies. I looked down at his hand, then at his face. I still felt the electricity of his touch, even after 80 years.

His eyes were sad as he looked at me, and I was no stranger to the sadness I saw. It was the same sadness I saw in my own eyes when I looked at myself in the mirror the day after he left. The same sadness that hung heavily in my heart, even now as I looked at him. The hole that was once very present in my heart was threatening to rip open again as I looked at him.

"I can't.....I can't do this," I whispered grabbing for the door handle, and pushing the door open.

"Bella please," Edward pleaded, not letting go of my hand.

I ripped my hand away from his, suddenly furious at him for pleading with me. I stepped out of the car and turned to him, seeing him moving across the seat, but stopped with one foot on the pavement when he saw the expression on my face.

"Don't like when someone walks away from you when their pleading with you, do you?" I asked.

"No," he whispered looking at his foot on the pavement.

"Now you know how it feels," I said walking away.

A/N: Stay with me, their confrontation and Edward's explanation is coming up next chapter!!! Reviews are better than Bella's comebacks!!