Chapter 5.

The Chase

William's POV

I shouldn't have come here. I must've ruined everyone's life here. I am putting every single life in danger. It's all my fault. My fault.

I was running in the woods searching for Bella, Alice, and Jacob. I had to help with something didn't I? I kept trying to listen to hear any sign of them. Why am I such an idiot? I am a huge idiot.

Everything's my fault.

Even though I didn't kidnap any of them, it's my fault my brother is taking the innocent Cullens one by one. I don't know why he would take the werewolf though. It is just cruel. My brother is completely insane.

My father dispised him because he wasn't like any normal vampire. He was powerful. Vicious. Deadly. When my brother was turned into a vampire, he was crazy. He nearly killed our whole entire town.

He kidnapped most of the village people, tortured them, and then fed on them. It was absolutely wrong to my father, because the Humphrey family only fed on animal blood. I can see what my brother can do to his hostages.

I was one of them. I don't know why my brother would take vampires though. I do not know what is going on in that cruel, disgusting brain of his. Just thinking about how he can hurt the poor, small, innocent Alice, and the harmless, caring Bella, and how he's hurting Renesmee's boyfriend, and seeing how she would react if she found him dead... I can't even imagine.

I want to kill myself right now. I stopped running and sat down on a large rock. I ran my hands through my hair in disgust. I hate myself.

If I kept better watch at my evil brother back in California, he wouldn't be causing all this trouble. It was the evening, and we just came back from hunting, when me and my father found my brother feeding on a human being on our dinner table. My father was furious.

He threw our piano at my brother. I had to strangle my old father just to make him stop. After my father had agreed to stop, I escorted my brother to his bedroom where I locked him in.

I was about to walk down the stairs, but I heard something knocked down in our broom closet. I was going to ignore it, but the door broke open. I peeked down the hall to see the commotion. There were bodies. A dozen bodies lying pale and cold on the floor with the broken door lying under them.

I was disgusted.

I was about to go down the stairs to tell my father but he was right behind me watching the pale bodies with wide eyes. There were bite marks on their necks.

All their nails were gone. So were their eyes and legs. I looked away from the disgusting sight. I turned around and marched to my brother's bedroom, followed by my angry father. I opened the door, and he was gone. Dissapeared.

The window was wide open. I ran to the window and all I saw, was my dead gardener, lying on our lawn holding a piece of paper.

I immediately ran down to our garden and saw that our gardener had a bite mark on her neck, and she was also pale. I snatched the paper from her hand and read it.

You can never catch me dear brother. You can also never run from me. I hate you. I will always be stalking you in the shadows killing your loved ones one by one. So don't bother in making new friends. I will kill you someday. In fact, turn around. Father is very tasty.

I quickly turned around and saw father. Lying on the steps pale. His arm was chewed off and someone bit his neck. His eyes were staring straight into the sky, and his mouth was open in horror. On his forehead was a taped note saying:

I will always be more powerful than you will ever be.

I'll be watching you.

-Kaleb

After Kaleb killed my father, I have been moving from city to city. My brother has been following me in the shadows ever since. I have always wanted revenge against him, but he has always beat me to it.

Just when I make friends with someone, he kills them. That's why I am afraid of losing everyone I know here. I blocked my power away and headed back to real life.

I started pulling on my hair just thinking about what might happen to the innocent Cullen family, until I felt something rush by. I jumped because it went by so fast I could barely make out what it was.

I quickly got up and went to where I saw it go. I took a deep breath and smelled a human. Not fully, but it had blood running through its veins.

I looked straight ahead to where the strange figure dissapeared, until I looked on the ground of the forest floor. The sunlight was shining in this particular spot I was looking at. I bent down and saw something.

It was a strand of hair. I slowly picked it up and saw that it belonged to the person that passed by. It was reddish-brown. I raised the piece of hair to my nose. The smell was very familiar. It was Renesmee's. She was the one running by.

I felt a lump in my throat.

She didn't listen to me. Renesmee completely ignored my orders. What does she think she's doing? Running around the forest like a toddler who just learned how to walk?

Does she not understand how dangerous the woods are right now? I felt anger running up and down my spine.

I immediately ran in her tracks and tried to hear where she was.

Renesmee's POV

I ran up to where Seth and Leah were arguing. They were both yelling at each other at the same time. It was pretty noisy.

I sighed and said, "Hey.."

They completely ignored me and kept going on. Except this time they argued even louder. They were acting like I wasn't there.

I noticed that Leah had several leaves in her hair, while Seth had a big rip through his shirt, along with a cut on his ankle. They both looked pretty muddy. The storm must have caused it.

A little louder, I said "Hey."

They still continued to ignore me.

Impatiently, I finally yelled "HEY!"

They finally took the time to stop arguing and looked at me.

At the same time they pointed to each other and said, "It was his/her fault!"

After a few seconds, they both looked at each other in disgust and started yelling at each other again.

I sighed and ran between them, spread my arms out between them, and yelled, "STOP!"

When I turned my head to my left, I saw William standing there. He didn't look too happy. Leah and Seth quietly backed away from me.

"What do you think you're doing?" William said sternly.

"I was just..investigating.." I said.

"I thought I told you to stay in the house." He replied.

"Well, I couldn't help it.."

"Renesmee! Do you know how dangerous it is out here right now? A lot of people have gone missing, okay? And I don't want you to be one of them!" he said.

I looked up at him and did the puppy face and gave a little pout.

"I was just trying to help, Willie.." I said as I took his hand.

He sighed and looked into my eyes. I managed to get my eyes a little watery.

"Okay. It's just that.." He let go of my hand and looked away.

"It's just what?" I said as I tried to look into his eyes.

"Nevermind." He turned around and walked away.

"William! Tell me!" I said while following him.

"It's nothing, okay?" He turned around and faced me with a serious look on his face. I have never seen him so scared, and confused. What was wrong?

For some reason William was looking at something behind me. To see what he was looking at, I turned around. It was Leah and Seth. They were standing there akwardly not knowing what to do.

"Hey guys, why don't you head over to Billy's to see how he's doing, and i'll meet you over there." I said quickly.

Leah and Seth quickly turned around and ran into the woods.

I turned around and saw William walking away. I followed his steps. After a few minutes of silence and walking, we sat down at a nearby river on a log.

"Why don't you tell me everything." I said as I took his hand. I don't know why I keep doing boyfriend/girlfriend things with him when I have Jacob.

Bella's POV

I groaned in pain. Where was I? My back was aching. I can't even feel my legs. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't. I felt like there were 100 pounds on my eyelids. Everything was so painful.

This was rare because vampires usually don't get hurt unless critically abused. All I remember, was that I was running back to the cottage when a big storm came in.

I collapsed to the ground, but then something put their arms around me, and took me away. I tried screaming, but I was gagged with something sticky. I finally managed to opened my eyes and saw darkness.

I put my palms on the ground I was sitting on, and tried to get up. Everything hurt. I heard my leg crack as I slowly rose from the solid ground. I looked around and saw nothing but darkness.

I tried walking straight ahead, but I crashed into something. I groaned in pain, again. I reached out my hand to touch the solid object I ran into. It was smooth. Completely smooth. I ran my hands up and down the smooth surface of this strange object.

After a while, I realized it was a wall. But why couldn't I see it? I walked the opposite direction and felt another wall. I ran my hands down the side of the wall, hoping to find a door handle, or another surface and after a few minutes, I gave up. Where was I? In a hallway? A closet? Why couldn't I see anything.

I sat flat on the ground. I started crawling with my left hand sticking ahead of me just incase I bump into something. I kept crawling..and crawling until finally, I felt something. It was a leathery surface.

I set myself down and touched it with both hands. They were leather pants. I can smell it. The leather pants were on a strange man that smelled like werewolf. But he was a vampire. He was a vampire that smelled like a werewolf.

I finally realized what was going on. This man kidnapped Jacob. He also kidnapped me, and did something to my eyesight.

I quickly got up and tried running in the opposite direction, but I ran into another wall.

"Don't even bother trying." The man said in a smooth, amused voice.

"Who are you? And what did you do to Jacob?" I said in a shaky voice.

"You don't care about your sister-in-law, too?" He said.

"Who..Who did you take?" I said angrily. What was this man intending to do?

"The little one. The one that can see the future."

He took Alice. This insane, maniac, vampire took Alice, Jacob, and me.

I started breathing in and out quickly. After a few seconds I said, "Let us go! We have done nothing to you!"

"I don't think so. My brother did something to me, and I intend on getting revenge on him through you and your little friends." he said sulkingly.

"William. William is your brother? I thought.."

"Yes. You thought I went missing. I actually ran away from him. I hated him. Do not speak his name in front of me or else you will not have your fingers anymore."

This man is insane! What does he think he's doing? I bared my teeth and took a charge against him. Or I thought I did. I ended up biting the bare ground.

"Nice try, but i'm standing over here." He said amusingly.

I growled at him angrily. This was out of control.

"Why are you hurting us? Jacob, Alice, and me have no relation to you brother!" I said angrily.

"I know, but Little Miss Future can ruin my plans, and so can you. The werewolf I took for fun. Just imagine your daughter's reaction when she finds him dead.." he said.

"You did not kill him!" I yelled angrily, and gave a snarl.

"No, no, no..I didn't. I need bait don't I? I didn't kill him. Yet."

I gave a loud growl and charged at him with my bared teeth, but I ended up leaving a big gap on the ground. The man was laughing.

"Fiesty, aren't we?" he said laughing afterwards.

Renesmee's POV

"Wow." I said. William had just told me his story. I was amazed. He had gone through a lot. I had no idea how insane this "Kaleb" brother of his was.

This insane vampire had killed his own father.

Kaleb was extremely dangerous and powerful. He has been stalking William since forever, and has not let it go since. It was suprisingly shocking.

"It is shocking." he said.

I realized that I was holding his hand.

"Wow. So, you think that Kaleb captured Alice and..Wow. He is really insane."

"Yeah. Pretty much." He said looking down.

I felt really bad for him. William blames it all on himself, when it isn't even his fault. I looked at him and saw sorrow and loneliness in those hazel eyes. I put my hand on his shoulder and set my head on his stiff shoulder. He was very tense. I never saw him so depressed. It made me feel the same way.

"You don't have to feel depressed. This is my problem. Not yours." he said as he looked at me.

I was still holding his hand. I released my hand from his. I felt such sadness for him. God, he was so beautiful. His hair was as long to his eyebrow. It was golden-brown. I bent my face down to see his eyes, and slowly pulled my lips to his. Why was I still doing this? I feel so guilty yet so innocent. I hate myself for loving this stranger. Yet, I still love Jacob with all my heart, but my heart also belongs to William. I still have no idea why I am cheating on Jacob.

William pulled away from me and put his forehead on mine. His eyes were closed as I looked up into him. I felt the butterflies in my stomach as he bent down to kiss me some more. It was all so tender.

After a few minutes, he finally leaned back and scooted away. For some reason this situation feels familiar. Like my mom choosing between Jacob and my father.

It feels like i'm going through it now, but instead of my father being a choice, William is put in his position.

This was very ackward. I finally looked away from his face and stared at the mountains.

This was so wrong.

I was meant to be with Jacob. He "imprinted" on me. And I felt the same vibe, but why?

Why was I now in love with some other random vampire I knew for a couple of days? It seems so wrong. Wrong. I don't want to feel this way about William, but I can't stop.

I feel so drawn to him. Something I also felt with Jacob. It was all so confusing. I was dealing with what my mom had to also deal with. Like mother, like daughter.

I was still gazing at the pretty green mountains until something grabbed me from behind. William was looking the opposite direction from me. I tried to let out a scream, but all came out was a little muffled scream.

It was still enough for William to hear. I was pulled away silently and pulled quickly across the woods cut by twigs and branches. I finally heard the roaring and screaming of William's voice in front of me.

I was dragged behind the back of this person that was taking me, and I could see William trying to catch up.

I tried to move my hands, but I was tied up by some type of rough material I didn't know about. I was also gagged by some slimy, gooey stuff.

I was so dazed.

Everything happened so fast. I was dizzy. I tried to pull my hands out to William who was running behind. What was happening?

I managed to hear William scream, "Let her go, Kaleb!"

He had an angry expression on his face. I was being kidnapped. By Kaleb.

The insane Kaleb that fed on human's blood. The Kaleb that tortured about everyone William knew.

I was suddenly scared. Kaleb was climbing up trees, and jumping off of them with me on his back. He was making a bunch of obstacle courses for William.

I was so angry at this Kaleb for taking me. William was cut all over from the limbs of the of all the trees. Pushingly, I managed to put my hand on Kaleb's back.

I quickly thought,

Kaleb! You psycho! Put me down! You son of a-

My hands fell of his back and snapped. Kaleb had whiplashed to get my hand of his back. I guess he couldn't handle my insults. I groaned in pain.

William eventually caught up when he heard my crying and I saw his body jump on top of mine. I felt Kaleb's body under mine, as I fell flat on the floor.

Or at least I was expecting the floor, but I was floating away from Kaleb's, and William's body. I was confused for a minute. Were we dying and falling to heaven? Were we dead and going to hell? What was going on?

Why was everyone drifting away? I realized what was happening. We were all falling off a cliff. We were all spread apart.

I managed to pry my hands loose with all my strength, took out my gag and tried to reach for William while we were all falling. I finally caught a glimpse of the evil Kaleb. He had dirty blonde hair and dark black eyes.

He had hair up to his mouth. Kaleb had black leather pants along with a matching leather jacket that was bloody. I started screaming and shouting while calling William's name. W

e were falling and falling. How tall up are we? It seemed to be taking forever. Finally, I saw the ground and got nervous. I started screaming. I felt the cuts of the leaves of the trees as I was falling closer to the ground.

I got cut by several limbs and branches. I saw a few raccoons and a bird's nest as I was falling. After several cuts, I finally fell flat on the ground with a loud thud.