Thank you very mush T. Rose, my beta reader, Without whom this chapter would be full of misspellings, bad grammar and undecipherable punctuation. Not to mention a couple of ambiguities. Thank you

Based on the characters created by Stephanie Meyer, in her Twilight Saga series of books

HOME BY TWILIGHT

Chapter 11

Jacob/wolf had the two deer locked in empty stalls. He paced the barn while he waited for Nessie to arrive. The horses had all been released in preparation for this, and also in the case that Martin chose to attack the barn as a diversion. Everyone had already been told that all structures can be replaced. No energy was to be wasted on putting out fires. Everything important had already been placed in the basement. Under no circumstances was anyone to deviate from the plan.

"The plan," Jacob/wolf snuffed. "Just waiting and watching.

Leah was on the far side of the house from the barn. "Does Cory have wolf-speak?"

"Don't think so, Jacob thought back to her. Paul and I can hear each other, when they get close enough. I didn't get anything from him.

Quill came charging into the yard after running a circuit around the designated perimeter. "All clear," he reported to Jacob, then gave a nod, and Embry took off for his circuit.

"Why can't I run perimeter?" Seth complained. "I hate being stuck up here." Seth had been stationed in the loft of the barn. Should a problem occur, he could easily escape, and he had good views of the cluster of buildings around the house.

"Use your nose, Seth," Jacob told him. "You stand the highest. I can feel the breeze up there. Use it. Try to locate a direction these freaks can come from."

Seth hung his head for a moment. "Sorry, Jacob, I didn't..."

"Forget it kid. Just remember, we all have a job," Jacob looked up at Seth. "When it comes to protecting Nessie, no job is a small job. You have a good nose. I expect you to use it."

Seth raised his head and made his rounds around the openings along the upper level of the barn. He walked to a window, stuck his nose up to a corner of the opening, took a good sniff, and then slunk down to go to the next one. The trick was to catch a scent, but not give away his position.

"It's nasty!" Renesmee protested. "What good is a deer, unless you get to chase it first."

Edward was getting exasperated with his daughter. "You can't hunt right now," he tried again to make her understand. "It's just too dangerous."

"Mom!" Renesmee pleaded with her mother.

"Okay dear, let's make this simple. Are you hungry?" Bella asked her daughter.

"Starved."

"Do you want to feed off Nita and kill her?"

"Mom! No! How could you even think of something like that?"

"Then you will stop this fussing. You will walk to the barn. And you will enjoy the deer that Jacob has for you." Bella stood and stared down at her daughter.

Renesmee studied her mother; arms crossed, angry stubborn look in her butterscotch eyes. "Mom," she started quietly, then with a long suffering sigh, her shoulders sagged and she gave in. "I'll do it," she announced standing, "but I won't like it."

"We don't need you to like it, baby girl," Edward put his hand on his daughter's shoulder. "We just need you to stay strong."

Together, they walked down the stairs and out to the barn. Edward noticed that Rosalie was as good as her word. She refused to accept any position that did not have her protecting Renesmee. Her pigheadedness nearly started a fight, while they discussed the best way to deal with Martin and his pack. She would do rounds of the exterior of the barn, until they were done. But she would not allow herself to be too far from her niece.

Renesmee and her parents entered the barn, Edward made sure the door was closed tightly behind them. Renesmee ran to Jacob/wolf and scratched his furry head. "My Jacob," she whispered to him.

"I swear, Jacob," Bella began, "If you could purr, you would."

Jacob snuffed at Bella and turned and led Renesmee to one of the deer. Reluctantly she entered the stall and quickly dispatched the deer. With its neck broken, she began to feed from its throat. When she had drained it, she stood up and faced her family.

"I'm OK now. I really don't need the other one," she announced.

"But we don't know when you will be able to feed again, or how much energy you may need in the next couple days," her father told her.

"Go ahead, dear," Bella encouraged her daughter. "Finish the other one."

Renesmee jumped to the other stall. The second deer was panicky, having smelled the blood of its herd mate. It recognised Renesmee as a predator and was terrified, but Renesmee quickly brought it down and fed from its throat as well.

Renesmee didn't have the energy to jump out of the stall. She was simply too full for the leap. She left the stall by its door and buried her face in Jacobs neck. Edward leaned over, picked up his daughter, and placed her on Jacobs back. Together, they went back into the house.

Jacob carefully walked down into the basement. Edward took his daughter off Jacob, and gently placed her on one of the beds that had been moved to the basement for her and Nita. He looked over and saw Nita was still awake. Edward smiled at her, as her leaned down to kiss the forehead of his child.

Before Edward and Bella left the basement, Edward gave Jacob a warning look. Jacob nodded, and laid down on the rug that had been placed between the beds for him. There was only one entrance to the basement and Jacob kept his nose facing it. He would stay there with Renesmee and Nita until the fighting started, and all of the werewolves were accounted for. Then he would join in and Rosalie would stay with the girls. She had already taken up her post near the doorway.

"Seems like an awful lot of worry over four or five werewolves," Leah thought to Jacob.

"Look at what they're after," Jacob started. "They want the kids. One tiny mistake and they could be dead. I'd rather be over-prepared than risk losing either of them." Leah went silent, and continued her rounds.

Cory and Jenna talked quietly as they paced the upper floor of the house.

"Quite a crew you have assembled," Cory said to Jenna.

"It wasn't on purpose," Jenna replied, as she sat on the ledge of one of the windows. "I just wanted Bella to know me as her mother. I wanted her to feel safe, so I insisted that she bring her friends. I would have preferred that your progeny waited a couple weeks, before they decided to act like fools while I had a house full."

"I'm sorry, truly sorry. If I had known what they were planning, I would have handled them before things got so out of hand. I don't want to lose your friendship, Jenna. Jenna? That is the name you are using now?"

"It's the name Bella knows me as. I've been her Aunt Jenna since she was born." Jenna looked out at the night and smiled.

"What makes you so happy? I almost never see you smile."

"Seeing them together; Bells, Edward and Renesmee. What a name. One day soon, before they realise it, I'll be calling that big red wolf Grandson-in-law." Jenna lost her smile and began to frown. "I just wish this was over with. You said he only had three or four others with him. So where the hell are they?"

"Martin may only have a handful of men with him, but they will be the best of the lot. They'll be big and heavy handed. And of course they'll be the most vicious and obedient wolves of the pack."

"He has to know that there's no way he can defeat Jacobs pack. Does he know that Bella, her family, and friends are all vampires? How can he possibly believe that he can win?" Jenna began to pace again.

After Renesmee had fed, Seth continued his rounds as instructed. He was the first to locate a direction.

"Jacob, I got one!" he relayed to his Alpha.

Jacob raised his head, "Direction?"

"North. Well, just east of north. It's only one."

"Quill, take Jasper and Alice. They're over in that direction... Good job Seth, but don't stop. There's more than just one." Jacob reminded the youngest member of his pack.

Quill was with Alice and Jasper in a matter of seconds. He snuffed at them and took off in the direction Seth had given him. Alice, smiling merrily, grabbed Jasper by the hand.

"Shall we, Lover?"

Jasper's face took on a serious visage, as he bounded after Quill with Alice at his side. As they ran, her smile turned in to a mask of scarcely controlled rage. Jasper smiled at her, his obscenely horrifying pixie. He could only marvel at her beauty. But he had other concerns this night. Jasper looked forward and sniffed the air, trying to locate the single werewolf.

Edward listened carefully and let Bella know everything he was able to pick up from the wolves. Bella gave a small smile as she listened to the 'play-by-play' coming from her husband.

"They found him … he's transformed back to a man. He's big. Quill has circled around behind him. … Jasper is talking to him. He says he wants to surrender. Alice just wants to kill him."

Bella charged into the basement at vampire speed to find Jacob. "Tell Quill to tell Jasper to wait. Keep him there," then she raced to the top floor to talk to Cory and Jenna.

"Do you think one of Martin's chosen would be surrendering?" Bella asked him.

"No!" Cory stepped toward Bella. "It would only be a trick to discover how our defences are laid out. He would have taken only the most obedient." Cory took a deep breath then looked Bella in the eyes. "Kill him. One way or another, they all must die. He'll be of no value as an information source either. Give the order, Bella." Cory looked at Jenna for a moment. "I give the order to execute him." Cory stood up straight, as he gave the order to destroy one of his progeny.

Bella nodded and raced back to the basement and told Jacob what the decision was. She was with Edward by the time Jacob finished relaying the message. Edward continued his narration of the event.

"Quill had changed long enough to tell Jasper. … Too late," Edward smiled a terribly fierce smile. "Alice didn't like the look of it. Before Quill finished talking to Jasper, he had started to change, and Alice ripped his head off. Jasper has him as now. He's got his heart. … They're starting a fire."

"One down, three or four more to go," Bella leaned into Edward and he wrapped his arms around her.

"Got one headed for the fire," Seth yelled into Jacobs mind a few minutes later. "Moving fast and coming from the east."

"Embry, you should be getting close. You got him?" Jacob asked.

"I'm right on his heels," Embry told Jacob. Seth had it right. He was coming from the east, headed straight for the fire."

"Was?" Jacob was curious by Embry's choice of words. He saw nothing in the minds of the members of his pack, to indicate the second werewolf was dead.

"Yeah, I guess Jasper decided that he wanted heads this time." Embry gave a small chuckle.

"Two down," Edward whispered to Bella, as they watched the distant fire flare up and burn brighter.

Edward's head was suddenly filled with noise. Leah and Seth yelled at the same time as three large werewolves lept into the yard from the south. Jenna and Cory jumped from the fourth floor, calling out war cries. Emmett stepped out of the house, to stand with Bella and Edward.

"Martin's not here," Cory called to Edward, and Bella charged to the basement to make sure that Jacob stayed there. Jacobs part of the plan had been simple; under no circumstances was he to leave the basement, until all the werewolves were accounted for.

The defenders in the front of the house made quick work of the three werewolves. Despite what their pack leader had told them, the Quileute wolves were much larger than they were ready for. With the vampires working with them, they never stood a chance. Then there was Jenna.

"Where is Martin," she demanded of the werewolf she had securely fastened herself to. She had her legs tightly clamped around the wolf's hind-quarters, one arm wrapped around his throat while the other hand held his muzzle tightly. If he were to change he would still be completely under her control.

The werewolf laughed at her, as he squirmed and fought to free himself.
"He's getting those tasty treats you got stashed in that house," he proclaimed, as he tried to return to human form. He did not get the chance to finish. Jenna twisted his head and broke his neck. Cory, finished with the others, slammed his fist into the chest of the werewolf, and ripped out his heart.

Emmett had started a fire and the others began collecting body parts and throwing them into the fire. In the heat of battle, with the rage level high, more parts than were necessary got ripped from their anatomically correct position. Clean up took a few minutes. The humans Bill and Tony even came out to help. Connie came out to stand with Esme, and watch the fire burn away those that had threatened her daughter.

They watched as the fire flared high. Embry had returned from his perimeter check, and Jacob sent Leah out next. Jacob was not letting his guard down. Not with Martin still out there.