Chapter 13: The End

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Well, here it comes, the final, finishing chapter… Enjoy it, guys! Hopefully you won't end up bitter at how long it took me to update and take an equally long time to review… Enjoy:3

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I waited for the impact to come, to feel the suction pain of anti-matter as it slowly destroyed me, but the more the seconds passed the more the pain wouldn't come. I thought I heard a snarling sound and smelled a fairly familiar scent, yet I wouldn't open my eyes.

"Filthy dog! You meddle in my affairs yet again?!" screamed Jason. That was when I forced my eyes open. Above me was a giant, snarling mass of reddish brown fur. My mouth gasped the first word that came to my mind.

"Jacob?" I stared with disbelief at my beloved werewolf as he forced Jason backwards with a strike of his huge paw, the dark mass of anti-matter disappearing from his hand. I didn't tell Jacob where we would be, I didn't even tell him when Jason and I would start to fight, but here he was in all his powerful glory. I saw him turn his head towards me and even though his face was contorted with anger, his eyes were full of compassion and worry. He turn towards me and nuzzled my neck, licking up my chest. I couldn't help but chuckle a little.

"I'm happy to see you're alright too, Jacob," I told him, scratching behind his ears, which I knew he liked. While Jason was recovering from the sudden shock of having an uninvited guest I filled Jacob in on all the details. I'm not sure if he understood everything that I told him, but he growled and snarled in all the right places. I watched as Jason stood up, angrier than ever.

"Dirty mutt! I'll make you regret fooling with me!!" Jason shouted, but by the time he had charged up enough anti-matter in his hand, Jacob had swatted him away again. I had to admit, it was amusing seeing Jason, Mr. High and Mighty, get beaten up by a giant wolf. I actually felt tempted to let Jacob take over, but it was my fight, not his. I didn't want anything to happen to him.

And then it happened.

Somehow Jason had surprised Jacob by charging anti-matter into his other hand when he wasn't looking. In one swift movement he had smashed the dark ball into Jacob. A loud whine was heard as he was sent flying backwards, colliding harshly with a tree.

"Jacob!" I screamed, flying towards him. He didn't seem to be severely wounded, but he was knocked up a bit. I stroked his head and he leaned into the touch. I sighed, shaking my head. "Please, my love, don't get involved. I know how much you want to help me through this, but this…this is my fight. I have to stand up for myself. If I rely on others to take care of my own problems then what kind of person would I be? Not only would I hate myself, but I wouldn't be able to grow as a person, so please, understand…"

Jacob didn't answer for awhile, but eventually he closed his eyes, a sign of submission. "Thank you," I muttered. "Now please, get away before---"

"Before what?!" Jason exclaimed. I slowly looked towards him. He seemed to have grown further insane. "Your little play thing wants to join in on the fun so let him, I say! Not like it would make much of a difference! I'll get you back one way or another."

I stood up, angered. "What the hell is up with you?!" I asked. "Why do you want me so badly all of a sudden? Why the hell did you decide to come back into my life now, of all times? Especially after what you did to me! I cannot believe your gaul!"

Jason sighed and looked at the ground. "We've been through this Bastion…"

"Well apparently not enough if I'm still repeating the damn question!" My aura flared up in white hot light. The heat could be felt from several feet away. I heard Jacob whimper, but he knew I had to do this on my own, so he left quickly. I would tell him everything later. Jason had seriously pissed me off. It didn't help that he started laughing again.

"What?! What's so freaking funny that you have to laugh in a moment like this?"

"I just remembered!" he shouted in a psychotic voice. "I didn't tell you about my plan, did I?"

"You mean besides having psycho children with me?"

Jason looked at me with a wide grin. "As a matter of fact, yes. To put it simply, I'm going to darken the world, making it safe for all vampires to live and roam freely. Meaning no more humans…"

My mind was blown by the clichéd plan. He wanted to take over the world?

"From the expression on your face I take it this surprises you." Then his smile vanished. "For years we vampires have been forced to live in the darkness, to forever be condemned by humans, shunned even! We have never been given a fair chance to live in peace! They don't want anything to do with us…and yet we're so much more powerful…why is it that we don't do anything? Why don't we just exterminate the human race all together? That would most certainly get rid of the problem…"

"Yet it creates another," I muttered and Jason's expression changed. "Vampires can only live for so long… You cannot breed… Only humans can reproduce..." The sick grin reappeared on his face. "Half humans work too…"

The reality hit me like a brick wall. Jason was planning on using me to create the world he has always dreamed of. I pushed aside the shock as another problem came to mind. "You can only form so much anti-matter, and consuming the world with it would only result in catastrophic events such as severe storms, the weather changing, and even, in the worst case scenario, being knocked off its orbit and wandering space aimlessly."

"I've already thought of that. Black magic came to me as the answer. Also…I may not be able to create enough, but this is where you come in again. With our powers used in the correct ways we would be able to darken the skies with perfect ease!" He threw up his arms in the air. Now was when I could no longer hold back the shock. All Jason needed was me and he would create the world he always dreamed of. I was the key to the nightmare of all humanity. I slowly closed my fists, the light almost burning in temperature.

"I won't let you get away with that… No way will I ever take part in such….in such…" I charged up a fist with pure light and, in a move faster than even normal angelic speed, shot a blast from my fist towards Jason. "Such a gruesome idea!" The blast had caused a gigantic gust of wind to blow the other way in recoil, blowing off several leaves and branches from completely healthy trees. I was sure the attack would do some damage. I was wrong.

The attack suddenly disappeared, sucked into a giant ball of anti-matter. Apparently Jason had been holding back on how much control he had over his powers. I hadn't seen the attack he had launched, but felt it as more of my energy was sapped out of me. I fell to my knees, gasping for air. I looked up to see a small dark space over me that suddenly disappeared. Jason hadn't even moved his hands.

"Give in, Bastion. It's a futile effort to resist me…"

I looked up at him, body aching and tired, eyes full of fury and passion. "Mark. My. Words. I shall never follow you nor love you again. I would sooner die…"

Jason frowned. "Then what happened a few minutes ago? You hit me with a direct attack yet I received no damage. What was that one fact about Angels? …Oh yes, they cannot hurt the ones they love…" My body froze. Even so, I was hoping you didn't say that…but if that's what it must come down to then rest assured, Bastion, I shall do everything necessary to obtain you."

My eyes widened. Jason was going to kill me. As soon as I had finished my statement his mind had been set. I had come into this battle wanting to kill Jason and ended up finding out I was the one to be killed. I stumbled to my feet, gasping, when Jason surprised me again with another charging attack. I couldn't move. My body felt numb. For one glancing moment I wished Jacob was still here to help me…

"Bastion!! Move!" screamed a familiar voice. It was enough to snap me out of my trance and I moved out of the way right on time, barely dodging the blow. What happened next astounded me. One moment Jason was next to me, the next he was engraved into a tree that was at least twenty feet away. I turned around to look at who it was, seeing Emmett give me a thumbs up.

"Emmett!" I yelled hugging him around his neck. He laughed and hugged me back. What a time to be having a brotherly moment…

"What are you doing here?" I asked, surprised he knew where to find me.

Emmett growled at Jason as he started getting up, but put back his attention towards me. "Alice had a vision, it was pretty bad, so we came here to stop it."

"What did she see?" I asked. I knew about Alice's visions and I also knew that so far they always came true… Emmett looked away and I got the picture.

"…That bad, huh?" I asked. Emmett merely nodded and I smiled. "Listen, I'm not going to die okay? No matter what happens, I promise."

"Not if I can help it!!" Jason screamed, charging towards us. Emmett and I weren't able to react fast enough, but someone else was. Jason was sent backwards once again.

"Emmett, next time you go off to save Bastion, bring me along, alright?" Edward stated, one of his signature grins on his face.

"Edward!" Emmett and I screamed simultaneously, hugging him like we had each other not too long ago.

"Let me guess, Alice?" I asked and he nodded, only briefly hugging back before pushing away.

"You too are too touchy," he stated, a serious look on his face, but we could tell he was joking.

All three of us went on our guards, though, when we heard Jason groaning. He was slowly standing up and he looked as though he was in pain.

"Why…?" He groaned, then he forced his voice to become louder. "Why does everyone get in the way?! Why won't you just let me have you!?"

"Family," was Edward's only reply, and it even puzzled me. "I have to admit, having Bastion around makes me nervous sometimes, especially around Bella considering what a danger magnet he could be, but he's family. We may be vampires and he and angel, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a Cullen just like the rest of us, and we look out for our family." I couldn't believe my ears. I was…family…?

"Exactly," Emmett chimed in. "Bastion is like a brother to me, sometimes the little brother, other times the older with how wise he can be, but he's a brother none the less, and I'm very protective of him because of it." I felt like crying. They thought of me as family… I've never really had a family before… Something in my body, mind, and soul seemed to click then and all of a sudden my anger disappeared, replaced by this overwhelming feeling of power. Not only did I have a family now, I had a partner in life, a love… The light radiating off of me seemed to increase ten fold, yet despite it I knew I needed more power.

"Thank you, you two," I stated, my voice sounding more powerful than ever. They turned around and looked at me in awe. "Thanks to your words I now know what it feels like to be truly whole…but this is my fight, and just like Jacob I'm going to have to ask you to please leave this to me."

"But—"

"No, Emmett, I'm sorry. Please, try to understand. This is something I must do."

I saw the look on both their faces. They were disappointed, but understood that this was something I had to deal with on my own. They nodded, and Edward sped away, but Emmett stayed a moment longer, looking at me.

"Don't die," were his only words, before disappearing too. I felt glad I didn't have to answer him.

"Finally," Jason stated. His whole body was now covered in darkness. I knew that the next attack would be the one to decide it all. He was already charging up his fist with utter darkness.

I looked up at the night sky. From the look of the stars and the white moon I could tell it was midnight. Such a beautiful sky, I thought, before looking at Jason. A magic circle appeared under me and the light continued to intensify. I opened my hands and in my left appeared a bow made of pure light, and in my right one arrow of pure, white light. I glared at Jason.

"It isn't too late, Jason. Give up your hopes now and we won't have to do this." Jason didn't reply, which told me he had every intention of following through with his plan.

"So be it," I closed my eyes a the arrow charged up with more light, preparing the final strike.

Edward, I sent out through my mind. I knew he would be able to read my mind. I need to tell you something.

I know, was his reply. I smiled. Edward always knew.

Tell him…tell all of them… Jason began charging towards me, a giant ball of darkness in his hand and I shot the arrow. I'm sorry. The arrow collided with the orb, and everything within miles exploded in light and darkness.

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