It's a bit late, but happy birthday Veronica ;)

This chapter took FOR EVER to write.. you better appreciate it. love yew tashie!

Seth's point of view

He had taken her. I couldn't believe it! How could I have been so stupid? I had seen the pictures in his house, and I still had let him take her. I knew I shouldn't have slept!

I ran faster. The trees blurred around me as I followed the scent. I was concentrating so hard on the scent, that I wasn't watching where I was going. I slammed into something. I could hear it grunting as we rolled over each other, only stopping when we slammed into a tree. I jumped up, trying to see who I had smashed into.

It was one of the bloodsuckers, the leader of their coven. I growled, and was about to continue following the scent when he called out to me.

"Wait!"

I impatiently turned my head and looked at him.

"Seth is it?"

I nodded my wolfish head and he continued.

"Listen, I think I know what it is. The thing we've been chasing!"

I was about to start running again. I didn't care what it was, I was going to kill it! How dare it take Katie!

"Look, Seth, you can't take it on your own, no matter how much you care about Katie."

Somewhere in my subconscious, I felt someone morph. Sam. I was aware of his thoughts, as he was aware of mine.

The blonde leech looked at me as I had my internal conversation with Sam.

"I know where she is, with the thing that was in the forest." I thought to him.

"Good. Where are you now?" he asked.

I showed him a mental image, and told him what the leech had told me just now.

I could feel his approval, "Go with him. The rest of the pack will meet you at their den." He thought to me.

I sighed, this was just taking longer, and It had Katie! There was nothing I could do against Sam's wishes though, because he was the leader of the pack. I felt him morph back, and I did the same. I looked icily at the bloodsucker in front of me. "We go to your place. The pack will meet us there."

He nodded, and started to run in the direction I had come from. I suppressed a groan as I morphed to follow him. This was going to take forever!

When we finally arrived there, all of the bloodsuckers were waiting outside, except the really big one, Katie had said his name was Emmett or something. I morphed, and the female leeches gave me strange looks. I stood with my arms crossed across my chest, and the blond one, the one that looked like one of the girls in Embry's playboy magazines, said "Dog, I know you don't usually dress, but put some pants on."

My stomach twisted, as I remembered all of the times Katie called me Dog, and told me to put pants on, though admittedly, she said it in a much nicer way. I glared at her, mad, because all of the time we were standing here doing nothing, Katie was in the clutches of that asshole somewhere in the forest.

"Did you even bring any clothes?" the same girl asked.

I hadn't. As soon as I had realized that Katie was missing, I had morphed, jumped out of her window, and started tracking. "No." I told her, trying to control my temper.

"I don't know why you're here. You come running up here, wanting our help, and you're not even dressed."

I lost it. "Dammit! Do you think I want to be here!?" I shouted at her, my hands bunched up into fists at my sides. "Katie is somewhere in the forest, alone, probably cold, in the hands of some obsessed freak who isn't even human!"

She raised one eyebrow at me, and I was about to jump on her, to hurt her. I didn't care that the rest of her coven were standing right next to her, I just wanted to hurt her. Just as my legs tensed, ready to jump, I felt a warm hand on my shoulder, and I turned to see Sam standing behind me, holding a pair of cutoff jeans identical to the ones he was wearing. "Put them on." he growled. "Now."

Sam looked at the leader of their coven, "Carlisle." he nodded as I put the pants on.

The blond leech nodded back, "Sam."

We all heard a rustling in the trees, seconds later Embry and Quil appeared, wearing jeans.

They came over us, and there was an awkward silence. All of the leeches seemed so calm, but the rest of the pack had heard from Sam what was going on. Embry clapped a hand to my shoulder, whispering "Sucks man." Quil came up on the other side, smiling grimly at me. "We'll get this bastard."

A moment later, Leah appeared by the trees, wearing shorts and a sports bra, as she ran up to us. "Sorry guys," she said, shaking out her damp hair. "I was in the shower."

The leader bloodsucker, Carlisle, started to talk. "The thing in the woods has taken Katie. Which means he left a trail to where he kept her. And I think I know what he is."

He rapidly explained that he was probably a demon, which would explain why we were getting mixed scents most of the time. The demon had possessed André, so the good, or human, scent that we were getting was him, and the bad scent was the demon.

I shifted from foot to foot. "Okay, everyone gets it. Can we please go now!"

"Hang on." Bella interrupted. I groaned, and she glanced at me. "I think he's got Emmett as well."

Carlisle thought for a moment. "It would be possible…"

"But that would probably mean he hasn't fed." Alice said. "And with Katie so close…let's just hope he doesn't get hungry while she's close."

"Can we go now?" I asked. I knew I sounded like a little kid, but not being with Katie was driving me insane. Since I had met her I had rarely left her side, even though she thought differently. Some people call it spying, but I felt like I had to be near her to feel whole. It was a strange feeling for me, because since my dad died when I was about 10, I had never really felt the need to be around someone all of the time.

"We need a plan." Started the stupid Carlisle guy.

"Screw this." I muttered as ran for the trees, this time remembering to take off the jeans before I morphed.

I ran to where I had lost the scent before. It was still there, but it was growing faint. I snarled grimly and started to track the demon.

Three hours later I was thoroughly drenched, and still following the trail. It was a good thing that It had such a rare scent, because the rain had started to wash away all other signs of It's presence.

I stopped, confused. The faint scent had completely disappeared, replaced by a fresh one. Which was impossible. Unless the demon was…

My trail of thought was interrupted when something smashed into my back, knocking me off my paws. There was a heavy weight on my back as I struggled to stand.

I was right.

The demon was here.

I managed to squeeze myself out from whatever the demon had thrown at me. I blinked in surprise as I saw what it was. A tree. With roots and all, a strange purple glow fading away from it.

A voice seemed to come from everywhere at the same time. "You're our meat now…"

I looked around, trying to see where it was coming from.

"We're going to EAT you!" the voice called.

The moon was illuminating the forest, making the trees glow with a strange pale light. One tree even had a strange…purple glow? I remembered the tree from before, with the same purple glow.

I jumped out of the way, just as the tree that was glowing smashed into the place where I had been standing.

"He moved… he's smart." The voice hissed. "How should we eat him?"

I saw a glimmer of purple light out of the corner of my eye, and jumped again, just in time.

"We'll eat him…"

I ducked, just as something flew past my ear.

"RAW!" The demon's voice echoed around the trees as things started to fly at me with blinding speed.

I dodged a small rock, and started to run. If I could find the demon, then I could kill him and find Katie.

Katie.

The reason I was out here, running from flying objects. Something hit a glancing blow to my right flank, and I ran faster, the demon taunting me the entire time. "We'll feed him to the girl… yes… and the bloodsucker can have some of him… and we'll finish him off, we will… but the girl will have the first bite." The demon's screeching laughter seemed to come from every direction.

I looked around, again trying to see where he was. I thought I saw him somewhere to the right, so I stopped and turned. Just in time to see a huge rock speeding through the air towards me. It hit me right on the muzzle, and I flew backwards, landing belly up. I tried to roll over, when a tree landed on me. I struggled to get free, trying to evade the things that were coming towards me, glowing purple. A rock landed on one of my paws, and I howled in pain, looking towards the skies.

There, framed by the stars and an odd purple glow, was the demon. It's eyes were glowing bright purple, and it's pointed teeth were displayed in a grotesque grin. The sight of my enemy gave me strength, and I felt a growl rip through my throat as I escaped from under the tree.

I ran, avoiding the glowing purple missiles that were being propelled through the air at me. I tensed my muscles and jumped, pushing myself off a tree trunk, and landing on a sturdy branch. Without giving him time to realize what I was doing, I launched myself from the branch into the air, and towards the demon.

I snapped my jaws, searching for his throat, but I missed and my teeth latched onto his arm instead. It must have surprised him, because he dropped a few feet before he regained height.

I was hanging from his arm, dangling far above the ground by my teeth. He tried to shake me off, but I growled and tightened my grip on his arm.

It took a moment for me to realize that something was wrong. There was a numbness spreading through my body, from my teeth to my tail. I saw the purple glow start to spread over my muzzle, and a strange thought entered my mind. 'let go,' the voice said. 'don't worry, everything will be fine,' it continued. I let my grip on the demon's arm slacken, but then I remembered why I was doing this.

Katie.

I remembered what she looked like when I had last seen her. She was asleep, with her silky black hair covering her face and splaying over her pillow. I had moved her hair away from her face to get a better look at her, and she smiled at my touch. My eyes had been drawn to her lips, which proved to be too much for my self control. I could still feel her soft lips on mine, and I could hear the way she had murmured my name in her sleep. I stretched myself on the bed beside her, and she subconsciously moved towards me. I had fallen asleep thinking that life could scarcely get any better.

I had a sudden realization about what had happened. When I woke, I felt oddly numb, and it took a while of running before I felt normal again. That numbness was the same as what I felt now. 'Let go,' the voice whispered in my mind, but I realized that it was impossible for me to let go as long as Katie was in danger.

I snarled, and clamped my teeth onto the arm again. I heard the demon's mocking voice, "Oh he's a tough one… but we can break him…"

The purple glow had started to recede from my muzzle, and I scratched at the demon with my front paws.

He let out a scream of pure agony, and he looked at me with his glowing purple eyes. "You won't survive this night!" he screeched, and I felt my eyelids being forced shut. All I could see were purple shapes, and no matter how hard I fought, I couldn't open my eyes.

Something smashed into my side, at the same time as something slashed across my muzzle. Something cut into the soft skin of my belly, and I suppressed a yelp of pain. Whatever happened, I wouldn't let go. If I let go of the demon, I would let go of Katie, and I couldn't do that. Not even if I wanted to.

"We shouldn't kill him now…" he hissed in a confident voice.

"Why not? Lets kill him now!" his voice seemed a bit higher.

"No! We kill him later. We want him to be fresh for the girl." the first voice hissed again.

"But…"

"NO!" he was arguing with himself. And the side that wanted to eat me later was winning. That was a good start.

Something sharp sliced across my shoulder, deeply. I could feel the blood flowing from it running down my body.

My last thought before I blacked out, was that he was talking about Katie as if she was still alive. I hoped that he would let me talk to her before he killed me. I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for not being able to save her. I had tried, but I wasn't good enough. If I could see her one last time, then I could die in peace.

When I came to, the demon was crouched on the ground next to me. I had morphed back into my human form, not being strong enough to maintain the wolf form. The demon was poking me, and I flinched away from his touch.

He had found the cut-off jeans that I had discarded when I morphed, and he forced me into them.

"Put them on."

I painfully slipped into them, wincing as the rough denim scraped against my many cuts and bruises. He looked at me suspiciously. He must have decided that the huge slash that ran diagonally across my face from under my left eye, over the bridge of my nose, and under my right ear wasn't good enough, because he punched me in the eye. I staggered, seeing bright lights. He punched me once more, in the stomach. I felt the long cut there start to bleed again as I blacked out for the second time.

I came to for the second time when I felt myself being jostled. It hurt like hell. The purple haze was surrounding me, and it was almost impossible to move. I managed to crack one of my eyes open, the other was so swollen I didn't even want to think about it.

I saw one thing that lifted my spirits. Katie. The demon was carrying me, and we were in some kind of hut. She was laying against the wall, with that buff vampire next to her. Despite the look of horror that covered her face, I was happy. Now that I had seen her, I could die in peace.