Nobody moved.

'Bella!'

The cry of pain came from Edward – he followed the trail he had seen Sophie and Victoria take and disappeared among the trees, closely followed by the howling and roaring Jacob Black.

…

Oh my god, Bella, no –

Bella, Bella, please, don't –

What… the…

'What the hell did we tell you!'

Everybody, vampires and werewolves, turned their heads to Alice. She was breathing quickly, her hands clenched in fists, her gaze still fixed on where Edward and Jacob had disappeared. She had a nasty, bleed-less cut on her white leg, and her shirt was torn and dirty with the wolf's blood.

'We told you! We warned you!' Alice shouted, looking around at every vampire. Rosalie crossed her hands over her chest and lowered her head. 'All Rose, Bella and I – we all told you Sophie was not of trust. And now look! It's our Bella who's in grave danger! Our Bella! For the sake of her, for Edward's sake, no matter what a sucker he is, for our sake – trust us!'

Jasper gave a deep breath and nodded, staring at the floor. Emmett punched his right hand with his left fist.

'I will not let those bitches hurt Bellsie!' he shouted, frowning.

'We must stop them,' Rosalie said quietly.

'And what are we waiting for?!' Alice screamed, and all the vampires immediately were on guard, 'Let's save Bella!'

And with a loud cheer, they were gone in a flash, leaving the werewolves alone in the forest.

…

So.

Yeah, so.

Sam?

First of all – who's hurt?

I think that blonde broke my leg – can't move it properly.

If she were a human, I'd say – geez, ain't she hot!

Jared, concentrate, please.

Quil?

I… I don't think I can move at all.

The smallest, brown wolf was lying on the floor, not moving.

Quil!

What -?

It was that black-haired leach. You can't imagine how strong she was.

Come on, pussy, I had the bear man –

Paul, this is no time for jokes.

Jacob left us. To go after that girl.

What did you expect, Jared? He's in love.

But she's a vampire.

You are a werewolf, Embry, and you still love human Ariadna.

Sam! Shush –

What can we do about it? The boy loves her, no matter what she is.

And what can we do? Sam, the vampires left, Quil's gravely injured, the raving vampire appeared once again, and Jacob left after her.

I'll tell you what we'll do.

Every werewolf turned around to face him. His head was down, staring at Quil's immobile body.

We're on Jacob's side. We're gonna save Bella Swan.

WHAT?

Sam, are you –?

I am perfectly fine. Jacob is one of ours, and we must be with him whenever he needs us – and this is the moment he most needs us. As well as the vampires. We all knew Bella – she was a kind, honest, tender girl. And if anything happens to her – Jacob would be devastated. And I can't stand any longer his unhappiness.

Oh, please, you were the one telling him to fight –

But I say that no more, Paul. Besides, Victoria has been our primary target for too long, and now that we have her here again, at our mercy, is our time for revenge.

And that means –

Yes. We are going to join the vampires in this.