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BPOV

We stood in the living room, waiting. I could feel the tension vibrating through the room even though Jasper was fighting hard to keep everyone's emotions in check.

"How long Alice?" Edward asked, his hand tightening around my waist.

"They keep changing their minds. I think they should be coming through the trees over there in another minute." She said, gesturing out the window towards where the forest met the gravel driveway.

"Has anything changed yet darlin'?" Jasper asked as he rubbed his lips against Alice's temple.

"No, it is still the same outcome." She whispered and I felt a shudder ripple thorough Edward. He had seen Alice's vision, but refused to tell me what she saw. I knew they had told Jasper what to expect and it just pissed me off even more that I was being kept in the dark.

"You know if you tell me what to expect, I will be of much more help." I said, trying to struggle away from Edward's grasp. His arms were like steel bands around my waist, and even with my newborn strength I had a hard time getting free. My agitation increased the more I tried to get away, and I could feel my panic rising. What were they not telling me? Was someone going to die? Was Edward going to die?

"Bella, no." He breathed, as I started to really freak out.

Jasper moved away from Alice and tried to get me to calm down.

"Bella, sweets you don't want to know. We will do everything we can to keep Alice's vision from happening." Jasper could feel the emotions pouring out of me and he cringed back as the waves of devastation and fear hit him.

I was still fighting to get free from Edward's grip when suddenly Alice started screaming. I froze, whipping my head around as I watched my sister drop to the ground like someone shot her. I knew what that meant as I twisted my head back around to the windows and watched as three figures emerged from the trees. Victoria, in all her flaming glory was in the lead with Jane and Alec following behind. I could tell by the complete concentration etched on Jane's face that she was the reason for Alice's distress. Jasper ran to try and console Alice, but stopped suddenly, his entire body going limp as he crumbled to the ground. One look at Alec showed me that he was using his nasty gift to keep Jasper out of the way.

Victoria whispered something to the twins and they held back, staying on the driveway while she kept walking up to the door. I was trying to keep Edward behind me, knowing that if I was able to maintain contact with him I would be able to cover us both with my shield.

"Oh how sweet, the lovebirds have reunited. I am just so happy for you." She snarked as she came waltzing through the open door. She planted a swift kick in Jaspers side as she passed him lying on the floor. He jumped and a low moan tore from his chest. I was thankful that I was in front of Edward so I could hold him back as he tried to lunge for Victoria.

"No no little Edward. We can't have you losing your temper. You need to keep a level head so that after I destroy your little Bella, I will be able to leave you grieving in peace. I want you to feel the same kind of heartache I have felt everyday since you killed my James." She said as she strolled past Alice, who was still writhing in pain.

I had no idea what her plan was. There was no way she would be able to take us both. She was an idiot to think that I would sit by calmly and let her kill me. Crazy bitch, I think all of the red hair dye has leeched into her brain.

"Ok Bella, time to go now." She said as she gestured for me to join her.

"Are you fucking crazy?" I said, really wishing I had gotten a brain-to-mouth filter when I changed into a vampire.

"No Bella, I think you will do whatever I want." She said before turning her head and yelling out the door. "Riley!"

I shook my head, trying to figure out what was going on. Alice had never seen anyone else. How could they have gotten past Alice's visions? My thoughts stalled as I watched a blond vampire glide through the trees, his arm wrapped around the neck of a very someone very familiar.

"Esme!" I yelled and now it was Edward's turn to hold me back.

"You see, I took some precautions. I knew there was no way that you would come along willingly. Riley followed her when she went to take the child back. Don't worry, the girl made it back home safe and sound. I can't say the same about dear old Mommy." She said as she waved her hand towards Riley, and knowing what she wanted he released Esme only to swiftly wrench her arm from her body. Her screams filled the air as I watched her drop to the ground, clutching her armless side. Riley threw her arm towards the door, and it landed with a wet thump on the floor.

"I'll go. Please, just leave my family alone." I whispered as I tried to pull Edward's fingers from my arm, trying to look anywhere but his rich golden eyes.

"No Bella, please. You know Esme would never want this." He pleaded, desperately trying to get me to look at him.

"I know Edward. But I would never want our family to suffer if there was any way I could stop it." I whispered as I finally looked up into his face. My breath caught as I looked at the pain that was clearly etched on his face. I leaned up and placed my lips upon his, giving him one last kiss.

"I love you. I don't even think that eternity would have been enough for me to show you how much you mean to me." I breathed as I finally got my arm free from his grip and turned around to face Victoria.

"Leave my family alone and I will go with you." I said, trying to keep my emotions under control. I knew if I let myself look at Alice or Esme still crying out in pain, or poor Jasper trapped in darkness, I would lose it.

"Oh please, you lead the way." She said as she ushered me out the door. "Riley, keep lover boy busy so Bella and I can have some girl time."

As I walked down the stairs and onto the driveway, movement in the trees caught my attention. I was only able to catch a glimpse of familiar brown hair before I watched the figure descend on Alec, who was still distracted trying to keep Jasper under his control. Before anyone could move, Alec's head was torn from his body and it went flying through the air towards his sister. I heard Jasper's exclamation as his senses were returned and he and Edward tried to take down Riley. Jane jumped as Alec's head hit her right in the face. I knew the minute she recognized her twin's head because she started to scream. Her cries pierced the air as Alice finally quieted inside the house. A streak of blonde flashed before Jane's screams were cut short as her neck was snapped just as her brother's had been.

Only seconds had passed, but in that time Alec and Jane had been taken care of and I hoped that Edward and Jasper had been able to deal with Riley. I spun around to look at Victoria. Her face was a mask of rage. All of her plans were falling apart around her. Her hands flew up, burying themselves in her mass of fiery curls.

"Why? Why can't you just die already?" She screamed as she released her hair and flew towards me. I had no experience fighting and was too distracted to try and use my shield. As she raced towards me, all I could see was Esme's face as Riley tore her arm off. They had hurt my mother, my brother and my sister. It was time to defend my family.

I braced myself as Victoria hit me, her momentum throwing us backwards. I twisted in the air, managing to flip us over so I landed on top of Victoria. Her hands wrapped around my throat, tightening painfully. I squeezed my thighs around her ribs while trying to pry her hands from around my neck. I could feel her fingers loosing as I continued to apply pressure to her ribs. She screamed in frustration as I was finally able to remove her hands, and slowly crushed her fingers between mine. She launched her head up and bashed me in the forehead, catching me by surprise. My grip on her hands slipped and she used the freedom to push me off of her. I landed hard on my back, the gravel of the driveway grinding against my spine. I was blinded by red hair before I felt ripping pain flow through my chest. I had never felt that kind of agony. I looked up through the mass of curls to see Victoria trying to force her hand through the bone and muscles of my chest. Her fingers were digging through my granite skin and I screamed as she was able to breach my flesh. I pulled my knee up and planted my foot in her chest, throwing her off me. My skin was quickly mending, but the pain was excruciating as the muscles and nerves reattached.

Victoria was running back towards me as I slowly got to my feet. I could feel the fatigue gripping me and worried that I would not be able to hold her off much longer. I quickly jumped onto the low branch of the tree above me, hoping I could buy myself some time while my chest healed. The second my feet hit the tree, Victoria was next to me. Her red eyes were frantic. I tried to access my shield, but between the overwhelming fatigue and the pain, it kept slipping through my grasp. Hands gripped my hair tightly as Victoria pulled me down and swung me out of the tree. I hit the ground hard and Victoria was standing on my chest before I could even try to get up.

"Getting tired aren't you. Newborns may have great strength, but they also have terrible stamina." She said as she reached down and plunged her fingers into my nearly healed chest.

"I think since he ripped my heart from my chest when your Edward killed James, I should do the same thing. I might even let Edward keep your heart as a reminder after I burn you alive." She whispered as her fingers dug into my chest. I could feel her poking through my ribs, and I gathered all my strength to do the only thing I could.

"Edward. I love you." I cried as I felt her rip my ribs apart. My vision blurred as the pain became too much and all I could hear was my own screams.

EPOV

When Jasper shouted when his senses were returned, we did not hesitate as we descended on young Riley. I could tell that Victoria had fed him lies in order to keep him in line. He was such a love sick little puppy, he would do anything she commanded. Jasper took one side and I had the other as we immobilized his arms. Alice finally quieted and gathered herself up off the floor. She looked around dazed, and noticed us holding Riley captive. She did not hesitate in jumping up on his back and swiftly twisting his head from his spine. I reveled in the sound of his bones cracking. I had watched with Bella as he ripped my mother's arm from her body. Not only had I been forced to witness that, I had also been able to hear Esme's thoughts as it was happening. She was trying to tell me not to worry, to make sure I kept Bella safe no matter what. I knew that once Bella had witnessed what they had done to Esme, there was nothing I could do to stop her. When she pulled herself from my arms, I felt like my soul was going with her. I knew that if something happened to her, I would not hesitate in demanding that my brothers allowed me to follow her in death.

With Riley taken care of, we moved onto the porch in time to see Victoria throw Bella out of a tree, her tiny body hitting the ground hard. Victoria landed on Bella's chest, leaning down to whisper as she pushed her hand against Bella's chest. I started to move forward, but was halted by Alice's tiny hands against my chest.

"Alice, what is going on?" I demanded as I struggled to move past her.

"Just wait Edward." She said as she motioned for Jasper to help her hold me back.

I looked down at her as I heard Bella's screaming declaration of love, my mind sifting through her visions to find out what she had seen that would allow her to keep me from helping Bella. I had just latched onto the vision when Bella's screaming was silenced. I looked up in time to see Victoria go sprawling across the driveway. Bella was lying, unmoving in the dirt and suddenly I was alone on the porch. Alice and Jasper had Victoria locking in their grip as I slowly descended the stairs and made my way over to Bella. I looked up into the face of the person standing guard over my love. Venom dripped from the wound on her shoulder and her arm lay in the dirt next to her, but my mother had never looked so beautiful to me.

Emmett and Rose came running through the trees.

"Did you see that? That was amazing!" Emmett yelled as he carefully picked up our mother and swung her around in a circle. "You totally kicked ass Mom. I can't believe you hit her with your own arm. Didn't that hurt?" He asked as he set her back on her feet.

I kneeled down next to Bella as she slowly opened her eyes. Her chest was gaping open, her lungs and heart visible through the wound. I kissed her lips gently as I pulled her skin together to try and help the healing along. I could hear her hissing breath as the venom started to mend the skin and bone. She opened her eyes and looked up at Esme.

"Thanks so much Esme, I really needed an extra hand." She said, trying to laugh through the pain. I was still waiting for the pain in my chest to ease. I had come entirely too close to losing Bella today.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed all of the action. Only more drama to come. Instead of me giving you a recommendation, I want to know what you are reading. Tell me what fic you are reading right now when you review! See you Wednesday.