Sadie had been sitting as still as she could in Tanya's arms as the blond vampire ran for both of their lives. The cold wind seemed to bite at her cheeks, and she resisted the urge to shiver. For some reason, she felt that any movement that she made would help propagate the smell even further, and they'd be found.
Sadie looked into Tanya's face. The blond vampire had a slight look of desperation on her visage, and her eyes gleamed with fear. The expression did nothing to assuage Sadie's feelings of terror, and only helped to magnify them.
Looking away, Sadie instead glanced over at Mark, who was right behind them, spreading his scent. Almost as if he sensed her, the great wolf looked up, and licked his chops before wagging his tail half-heartedly.
This small gesture was enough to keep Sadie from losing it completely as they raced through the freezing cold tundra, running from the incredibly loud and gory battle taking place behind them.
The battle was so loud that even Sadie could still hear the awful sounds of screaming and grating metal, as if a bunch of cars were being ripped apart. Sadie was reminded of all the movies she'd watched where there were crashes or falling buildings. It was that loud.
The wind blowing in her face prevented her from looking where they were going, and fear kept her huddled up in Tanya's arms. Sadie was terrified that a vampire might eventually smell them, and begin to follow.
However, before she could spend longer on that thought, she heard a sudden thump. A whine followed, and Sadie glanced back to see her best friend crumpled on the ground and a man running after her and Tanya.
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Tanya heard the thump as the vampire behind her landed on the wolf. But, she couldn't stop and help him up. She knew that if she stopped now, the girl in her arms would be compromised, and then, their doom would follow, so she kept running, as fast as she possibly could, through the icy land.
Tanya wasn't prepared, though, for the vampire to catch up to her so quickly. He leapt at her, and she fell. Sadie flew out of her arms and landed with a groan on a nearby heap of snow.
Tanya turned around, and faced the vampire. She instantly recognized him as the tracker who'd instilled so much fear into the Cullens' frozen hearts. Demetri…
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Sadie groaned as she landed on a small pile of snow. She definitely had not been expecting that, and could only be grateful that she'd landed on the snow and not on ice or on a tree. Rolling over, she felt a wet warmth on her forehead, and a strange liquid invaded her eyes. Sadie raised her hand and wiped whatever was clouding her vision away, and gasped as she saw blood coating her palm.
However, that gasp didn't compare to the scream she made a moment later, as she glimpsed Tanya and another vampire battling each other over the cold ice. Their feral snarls and tearing teeth were too much for Sadie, and she scrambled backwards, only to crash into a furry mass right behind her.
Horrified, Sadie glanced up. Relief flowed through her as she realized it was just Mark, in his wolf form, standing protectively over her. He glanced down at Sadie, and made some movements, indicating that she should get on his back.
Sadie stood up, using Mark's huge wolf head as her support. As soon as she was steady, he knelt in front of her. Sadie clambered onto his broad back, and held on as Mark began to run.
Tanya's screams gradually died as they got further away from the battle. It was obvious that she hadn't been victorious. Sadie shuddered, and held onto Mark's fur even tighter. At the speed they were moving, it would be bad if she were to fall off.
A crash sounded right beside them, and Mark came to a standstill, nose in the air, trying to find where the vampire would attack next. Sadie sat, frozen with fear and with cold. She knew that close by, the horrible vampire man lurked, trying to find a way to defeat them.
Without warning, a figure leapt in front of the motionless pair. His teeth were bared, and he growled gutturally. Sadie shuddered as she looked into the glaring red eyes.
She jumped slightly as a rumble under her startled her. Mark was growling so viciously that it frightened even her.
The vampire only grinned at Mark's attempt to scare him off, and leapt.
Once more, Sadie found herself flying through the air. This time, however, she didn't land as badly as she had last time. Mark had managed to drop her carefully before attacking the vampire.
Sadie could only stare at the gory battle before her.
Mark tried to get a grasp on the vampire's throat, as quickly as he could, so he would be able to disable the vampire. However, the vampire was too strong and smart, and wouldn't allow the wolf's teeth to meet in his skin. Instead, he used his fingernails to rake Mark's fur, leaving deep gashes in the canine's abdomen.
Mark howled and once more attacked the vampire, using his teeth to sever one of the creature's hands.
The vampire snarled and threw Mark off himself, with his superhuman strength.
Mark's body arced through the air and landed on ice, quite a distance away. The vampire, taking advantage of this, grabbed a nearby tree and threw it at the werewolf.
Mark, who'd been trying to get up, received a sharp blow to the spine, and with a deafening crack, collapsed under the massive trunk of the tree, whining piteously.
"No!" Sadie screamed as she saw her friend get mercilessly pummeled by the vampire. However, this only earned her a vicious glare from said creature, as he began to stalk slowly towards her, licking his amazingly red lips slowly, probably savoring what she would taste like.
Another crash startled her, and someone leapt on top of the vampire who'd just been feet away from Sadie. Help had finally arrived.
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Edward's face was contorted into a terrible grimace as he battled the vampire who'd put his family in danger time and time again. Demetri had just no qualms against threatening Edward's true love and his daughter, he'd proved that often enough. Edward was just so sick and tired of the sadistic vampire. That moment, he swore he would end Demetri's pathetic existence once and for all.
(A/N) Yeah, I'm sorry this took so long, but things have been sort of hectic lately. On the other hand, Happy April Fools! And no, this was not a joke chapter, just in case anyone was wondering. This is completely serious. Anyways, enjoy, read and review! Reviews make me happy! And the happier I am the faster I update!