Incase you can't remember Delano controls electricity and lightning, Claudia is a powerful tracker, Evelyn can make you believe anything just by eye contact, Dante controls animals and Prudence controls fire (not creates it, just controls it) and can also make you feel incredibly thirsty... Now hold your breath this is a very full on chapter...
The next morning seemed like a dream. They barely spoke, just numbly got on with what they had to do. Jaq and Embry walked to the Cullens' picked up Connor and brought him back to Ben's. Jaq took one last look at his pale, scared face and kissed him on the head before leaving behind with his new friend.
Embry gave a small nod to the younger pack members hiding outside his house where they'd been stationed to watch Connor and the two of them set off for the clearing…
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Jaq gripped onto Embry's fur as Alice counted down the seconds.
"1 minute 20 seconds." She said in less than a whisper.
She thought about Connor, back at La Push where they had left him with Ben and the younger pack members. How worried was he? Was he okay?
Embry whined and Jaq moved closer to him.
"50 seconds."
She stared at the gap in the trees that Alice had pointed out earlier. The others did the same.
"30 seconds."
Beside her she heard Embry's heart rate increase and was sure that if hers was living, it'd be doing the same. She gripped Embry's fur even tighter and slowly six figures came into view.
First to appear from the mist was Delano. He ran at full speed into the clearing and stopped in the centre with an amused expression. He was just as she remembered him. His pale skin was tight against his bony face, which was framed by his long, below-shoulder length hair. He stared across the clearing at them, his blood red eyes forming a calculating stare.
He was followed by Claudia, Evelyn and Dante. Claudia joined Delano, standing next to him. She didn't look at him, instead adopting the staring he was doing, but where his stare was calculating hers was blank as if she had no thoughts at all. Physically she was very different to him. While Delano was tall, pale and thin, Claudia was small with olive toned skin. Her dark hair was braided and the way she stood reminded Jaq somewhat of a rag-doll.
Dante stood by Evelyn, his dark blond hair in an old fashioned cut and a white shirt that showed off his obvious muscles. He also had a huge Emmett-like grin on his face. Evelyn smiled serenely looking innocent and lovely as ever with her long dark hair almost reaching the top of her skirt.
Jaq purposely avoided eye contact, instead looking around for the scruffy, blonde pony tailed girl that was Prudence.
A second later she followed the others out, along with a huge silver-grey wolf. A shape shifter.
Jaq frowned confused. What the hell? Surely the Quileutes were the only ones with the shape shifting power? At least that had been what Embry had told her. Beside her Embry seemed just as confused, his puzzled expression fixed on the other wolf. On his other side the two packs were the same.
"Jaq," Delano hissed and she immediately turned back to the blood red eyes. "Nathan, you've made some new friends I see."
"So have you, I notice." Nathan nodded towards the other werewolf.
"A matter of convenience I assure you. Nothing more." He leered and turned back to Jaq. "Unlike you it seems. Your Jaq seems to be quite taken with that dog there."
Jaq felt a hiss escape from her lips. How dare he insult Embry?
Delano chuckled ominously.
"I assume you know why we're here?" He smiled innocently. "Especially since you're so well prepared. It's such a shame we'll have to …destroy it."
Behind him Dante laugh and Nathan hissed at him.
"So where is our young Connor?"
"You'll never have him Delano!" Jaq glared.
"Oh, we'll see." He smiled again. Beside her Embry growled.
Jaq could see that a fight was drawing close. The werewolf would complicate things – he had not been part of the plan – but the others would sort that out. It wasn't her problem. Delano was her problem…
She felt Embry tense beside her and she readied herself to pounce. She narrowed her eyes at Delano and waited for a signal.
"Just hand us the kid and you'll all get out of this alive." Dante said. But his grin said otherwise.
Jaq hissed.
"I think that was a no…" Evelyn smiled serenely.
With a slight nod of his head Delano signalled to the others. Dante stepped forward grinning and from the bushes a whole host of moose and deer stormed out towards Jaq and her friends.
Delano stood still with a sadistic smile on his pale face as the others stared the attack. Jaq hissed under her breath. How could he look so relaxed?
Avoiding the herd of mismatched animals Jaq ran, with Embry at her side, towards Delano.
"Ahh," He smiled. "Jaq and her canine friend. I was wondering if you'd come to me first. Oh and Nathan and another animal." He laughed as Nathan and Sam reached them.
"Don't insult my friends." Jaq hissed and pounced at him. The other three followed suit but he fought them off easily.
"Give me Connor, Jaq, and your friends will be safe."
"Never!"
Beside them Emmett, Carlisle, Jacob and Brady were fighting Dante with difficulty. True it was only a few animals but it was the amount that was the problem. They couldn't actually reach him through the mass.
"But they're losing Jaq." Delano drawled.
Jaq looked around the clearing and saw that it was true.
Colin was helping with Claudia but seeing his brother against Dante, he left her to help Brady. Together they managed to avoid the animals and actually reached Dante. But their efforts were in vain as he sent a horde of huge moose in their direction, throwing upwards into the air at high speed.
A few metres away Rosalie, Esme, Paul and Seth were taking on Evelyn with great difficulty - trying to fight whilst avoiding eye contact was immensely difficult. Seth accidently caught her eye and froze. Seeing her chance Evelyn pounced at him but Rosalie, realising what was happening, pushed him out the way and stopped her.
Leah, Alice, Bella and Quil were fighting Prudence. Leah managed to get a near swipe at her but seeing this, the werewolf left his fight against Jared and attacked her. Sam gave a loud whine and left Delano to help her.
Jasper and Edward were cautiously fighting Claudia, obviously ill-at-ease with the fact she was a woman. Her eyes were unnaturally focused compared to the blank expression she usually had. Alice wove close past her, partway through a fight with Prudence.
Claudia spun around and lunged at her. Jasper hissed and pounced on her, all problems with her being a woman lost. Without difficulty he brought her to the ground and ripped her head off.
Delano gave a strangled cry and stepped towards his dead mate.
"Who's loosing now?" Jaq grinned.
Nathan pounced at the frozen Delano but was carried off by a herd of Dante's animals. Seeing her open, Delano lunged for Jaq but Embry jumped in front, blocking her off and pulling him to the ground, getting electrocuted in the process.
He managed to keep him there for a moment but was eventually thrown off by Delano. He flew up into the air and landed in a heap some feet away.
"Embry!" Jaq left Delano and sprinted over to the mass of mahogany fur. "Embry are you okay? Please tell me you're okay. Please…"
Embry gave a loud groan and his eyes flickered open. Jaq gave a loud sigh of relief.
She looked up to the middle of the clearing where the others were still fighting. Embry struggled to his feet and Jaq saw Alice stop Bella and Quil from attacking Prudence. What?
They didn't seem to know what was going on either, their faces a picture of confusion, but Alice was smiling.
"We've got him." She whispered.
Jaq frowned in confusion and watched as Prudence made her way through the fighting towards Delano.
"Delano." She said clearly, making everyone freeze.
"Prudence what-…?"
"Delano, you're done." She glared at him. "Finished."
"What? It's…" He looked over to the silver-grey wolf. "It's him isn't it? That dog has turned you against me! I knew we should've left him to die!"
"Drake's done nothing. He's more to me than any of you are." She continued to glare at Delano. "You've turned me against you."
"Prudence…"
"Don't try your mind games on me Delano. I can't deal with this anymore. I'm not going to sit by and watch you do this again."
"Pr-…"
"You're done Delano." She repeated. She went into her bag pocket and pulled out a box of matches. She lit one and smiled at him. "Goodbye."
His eyes widened with fear and the flame grew bigger. Then, with the force of an oil explosion the flame turned into a fire-cloud and engulfed him.
Jaq stood frozen next to Embry. Had that really just happened? The others stayed still too.
"Prudence!" Dante yelled and she turned to him. Before she had bothered to answer him the werewolf – Drake – lunged at him and brought him to the ground. The other wolves jumped in to help and he was soon ripped to pieces.
The Cullens quickly pounced on Evelyn and held her to the ground. Prudence walked over to her slowly.
"Prudence you bitch!" Evelyn screeched. "You betrayed us! You and that stupid dog!"
"Hey Evelyn," Prudence smiled, ignoring her. "That dress you tried on yesterday, I lied. It made you look fat."
Evelyn gave some sort of strangled cry and continued to scream bloody murder. Prudence didn't bat an eyelid. Instead she lit another match and like Delano, Evelyn was engulfed in a cloud of flame.
Drake, finished with Dante, trotted up next to her and she buried her face in his fur.
"Oh Drake," She cried. "Oh god, Drake…"
Well.... I apologise for the uptight way that was written, I suck at all things action-y lmao...
I was initially going to put this chapter and the next together into one but this one got too long and... well... I haven't finished the next one yet haha.... -.-'
Right so, thanks to moviefreak12, jay-loo, Sasha88, shire.... and anyothers i've missed for all the new reviews/faves....
Umm well this story's almost over (sniff) and I've got a new one started up (I won't publish it 'til this is finished though) It's a Jared and Kim one and it'll only be about 6 or 7 chapters long... after that though I'm not sure what to do... I've got a million ideas but I'm not sure which to choose...
I was thinking either a EmilyXSamXLeah one... or a JamesXLily one (from harry potter) or a PaulXSomeone or a QuilXClaire.... I will eventually write them all but I'm trying to decide which first..... give me a comment on what you think..... The EmilyXSamXLeah one is more likely to be first but I may change my mind, I have a lot of the LilyXJames written already....
I'm also at some point going to write a SethXSomeone sometimes soon but you'll have to wait for that, I'm still deciding the story line...... I warn you though... it won't be as happy-clappy-sunshine-and-lollipops as the others.....
on a happier note check out my awesome friend Stonecoldheart27's new story with me in it!! :) isn't that awesome?! It's only one chapter long so far but it already rocks... ;)
must be 'cus i'm in it haha...
Okay so love you all (especially you Stonecoldheart27)
~ PepperX