Here´s the next chapter - I´m not totally satisfied with this myself - but I´m tired of rewriting it over and over and over...

Last chapter was not a huge succes - 1 review and 5 deleted the story from their favorite story and 1 deleted me as favorite author.. :(

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Liberation

Edward Cullen

My moment had finally come. Now I could safe my family in more ways than one. Alice would never have to worry again about The Volturi coming to find her. Bella would also be safe – and my precious Nessie, no one would ever lay a hand on her. Demetri was going to die – and I would be the one to kill him.

I growled in anticipation. I could not wait to get my hands on that low life.

As I ran towards my target I felt the adrenaline kick in. The collision happened so fast and we both bounced off of each other and fell to the ground. I was quicker than him to get up again and used that to my advantage. I kicked him down again and with a piercing sound of ripping metal I snapped his right arm of.

Demetri winched but he never screamed. His thoughts were focused on the match, losing this match was not an option for him. He was trained to endure pain and remain focused. He was trained to kill.

After a lot of circling around and occasional hits I was joined by Jacob and Seth. Demetri never stood a chance. The three of us had him in pieces in a matter of seconds. We gave Seth the honor of throwing the pieces in the fire, since Demetri was one of the two who were responsible for Leah´s death.

"You will never hurt another family ever again," Seth whispered angrily as he threw the pieces one by one into the fire.

Jacob and I came to stand beside Seth and we bowed our heads, we paid our last respects to Leah before we went on with the next fight.

I looked around and noticed that Bella, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Esme and Carlisle were nowhere to be seen. I started to panic just a bit when I heard a calming voice in my head.

"Don´t worry Edward. We have gone after Aro. I´ll let you know if we need any help. So far the future looks good," Alice had seen me panic and reassured me. I had to smile a little at her remark on the future.

"Let´s go kick some more bloodsucking ass," Jake thought. I grinned at him.

"Oh sorry Edward."

"It´s OK. I want to kick some bloodsucking ass too," I said with a smile.

We ran over to Emmet, but he refused any help.

"Go help the others," he hissed. "This one is mine!"

"All right Em, just call if you need any help," I said. I knew he would be just fine. He just loved to play and this time he could play with something other than his food.

"Don´t count on it," he flashed a childish grin at me and was hit in the head by Felix at the same second.

"HEY!" Emmet shouted. "That wasn´t very nice!"

The fight between Emmet and Felix continued and we ran over to Kate, Carmen and Eleazar who were fighting Afton and Corin. With the six of us against the two of them the fight was over before it really began. This was actually a little too easy.

How Aro had thought that he could win this was beyond me. I had tried to read his mind when we first came face to face in the field this morning, but he was blocking me out by thinking of what he would do if he had Bella, Alice and me on his guard. He knew that would piss me off. And he knew that it would never happen.

Before I had time to do anything else a panicked voice rang loud and clear through my head.

"Edward. We need you! NOW!" Alice´s thoughts and visions hit me like a wrecking ball. They had had the upper hand in the fight. Aro, Marcus, Renata and Heidi were not the problem. Caius was however about to turn the tables around.

"Jake, Seth. We need to hurry. Follow me," I said.

Both of them didn´t ask why, they just nodded their heads and followed me.

Most times it was a curse to be able to read your family´s thoughts from a distance too, but this time it was a blessing. I was able to find their position pretty quick from Alice´s thoughts. It was a good thing that we knew the woods surrounding the field so well.

We came across Charlie´s scent on our way to the others and that infuriated the three of us. He was still alive, but he wouldn´t be for long if we didn´t win.

I heard Esme shouting NO in her head and watched through her mind as Carlisle was being thrown through the air and slamming against a tree. He didn't get up. Esme lost focus on Marcus and only had eyes for Carlisle. Marcus didn´t move even though he had the perfect opportunity to kill Esme. Caius on the other hand came up behind Esme and whispered in her ear:

"First I take out the queen and then the king is open."

And then the only thing Esme saw was blackness, she could still hear what was going on around her though so she was still alive.

"Checkmate," I heard Caius´ voice proclaim.

Before anything else happened we had arrived to where they were fighting. Carlisle was running towards Caius with vengeance in his eyes, he thought Esme was dead. We had to do something before Carlisle would end up dead.

"You and I go help Carlisle, Edward. And Seth you help out Rosalie," Jacob thought.

Seth and I nodded and ran off towards our targets. Caius had not seen or heard us come because he was so focused on Carlisle. His thoughts were clear; he had beaten the leader of the feared Cullen coven mentally. It was only a matter of time before he would have beaten him physically too. He mentally snorted of the phrase family instead of coven.

Jacob ran to the left and I ran to the right, when we both were in line with Caius we started to charge. In a deafening roar of thunder we collided with Caius. Caius crashed to the ground but both Jacob and I were left standing. Carlisle was still running towards the scene so Jacob and I crouched down and held on to Caius who struggled to get free. We pulled him to a standing position and waited for Carlisle to arrive.

Carlisle stopped in front of us and looked Caius straight in the eyes and said:

"Nobody touches my wife!"

Carlisle then growled possessively. The sound of ripping metal followed and Caius' head landed in the fire started by Alice. Carlisle threw the headless body in the fire and bowed his head.

"How did it come to this?" he thought. Of course he would hate having to kill anyone, even the most sadistic creature of our world. Carlisle had always had the most kind mind and heart I had ever come across.

Carlisle´s focus then shifted towards Esme who was now sitting up and watching in awe how her soul mate took out the biggest threat. They ran towards each other and hugged each other.

"I love you," Esme whispered in Carlisle´s ear.

"I love you too," Carlisle answered. "I thought I had lost you."

"Never!" Esme said in a firm voice.

This was off course followed by a passionate kiss so Jacob and I turned our attention towards the others. The danger was not over yet.

Jacob joined Seth and Rosalie against Heidi and I joined Bella.

Bella locked her eyes with mine and smiled. She was never really in any danger in this fight. It just took a long time because of Renata´s defensive skills.

I heard Alice in the background trying to join the fight against Aro, but as usual Jasper wouldn´t risk her getting hurt. I rolled my eyes at that, Alice couldn´t and wouldn´t get hurt.

She gave up trying and ran over to Carlisle and Esme instead.

"Get Charlie out of here," Alice said to Carlisle. "We´ll be fine. Don´t worry." She flashed her big I-know-it all smile.

"Off course," Esme answered. "We´ll take him back to the house."

Alice nodded and joined Jasper again.

Just as Carlisle and Esme ran back to the house with Charlie in Carlisle´s arms Bella and I had successfully disposed of Renata. Bella threw her body parts in the fire and looked up at me and smiled. She looked like a goddess even with her hair all messed up and her clothes ripped here and there. Frankly this woman turned me on – even at that point.

My eyes started to turn dark from lust and Bella noticed right away. She leaned close to me and placed her right hand on my chest while she whispered:

"Later, stud."

Ouch, that woman was playing with fire. And she was damned good at it too. She always made me feel like the sex craving teenager. But who was I to complain?

Before we knew it Seth and Rosalie joined us by the fire with the body parts of Heidi. This left only Aro and Marcus. Marcus had never left his place once during the fight. It almost seemed like he didn´t care – almost. I would have believed that if I hadn´t been able to hear his thoughts.

He was talking to himself in his mind it seemed – or rather he was talking to his dead wife. Calling her to him.

"Finally Didyme. We can be together again. Come and get me – save me from this hell on earth. Please save me. I don´t know where it all went so terribly wrong. Please forgive me – please save me."

He kept chanting that sentence over and over in his head while he was starring blank in front of himself. He wanted to die. He wanted to end this. That was unexpected, I mean I had always thought that he seemed indifferent but I had never imagined that he hated his life. I knew how he felt though – I could not go on without Bella either. An eternity without her by my side would be hell on earth for me too.

Marcus was no threat to us right now, so therefore we all went to join Jasper in the fight against Aro. Between the two of them it had been an even match, both had gotten bite marks and cuts and so forth but now Jasper didn´t stand alone. Or at least now he had someone beside him he wasn´t overly protective of. Bella stood besides Alice and watched as Jasper, Seth, Jacob and I all stood before Aro.

"You are foolish to think that this is the end," Aro spat at us.

He looked at me and opened his mind to let me in on the secret he was keeping from me earlier. The plan all along was to separate us from each other. Divide and conquer. He knew he had brought enough witnesses to destroy us all if we were to split. But he didn´t know what had happened back at the field after he had so cowardly left.

I kept my face straight and just glared at him. He smirked back thinking he had won. He thought he had beaten us.

Alice stepped in front of us and Jasper moved to her side right away. I smiled at her plan.

"I told you. You´re standing at the end of the path," Alice said in an innocent voice. She played her part well while she slowly lifted her hand for Aro to touch.

Aro curious as ever took the hand and we all watched his reaction as he watched a replay of the events back in the field. His face changed from self-conscious to beaten to intrigued.

"What a remarkable gift," he whispered.

Alice dropped her hand and stepped back besides Bella.

"Yes, Keith is very special and very valuable," I answered him. Aro was thinking of all the possibilities that Keith´s gift had for a guard like Aro´s. Facing death and all he could think about was gaining a new power to his guard.

"It´s over Aro," called a weak voice from behind us all. Bella, Jasper, Seth and Jacob all turned in surprise. Both Alice and I didn´t need to look. Marcus was finally participating in the events.

"Don´t be ridiculous," Aro answered him. "This is far from over. We cannot allow this form of behavior in the common vampire community. We must uphold the law."

"The law is a joke Aro and you know it. You have always bended the law in your own favor and this has to stop. It has to stop now."

Aro growled at Marcus.

"Aren´t you a hypocrite?" Aro spat.

"Perhaps. But I will not participate in this any longer. This is it for me. The Cullens can do whatever they see fit to me. I count myself lucky if I should die today," Marcus answered him.

I had never heard Marcus speak with so much passion in his voice. Before today he had seemed dead, but now as he looked in the face of death he seemed very much alive. He was fighting for his beliefs.

"As you wish," Aro spat with venom in his voice as he jumped towards Marcus.

"Promise me you´ll finish this today, Cullen," Marcus thought as he looked me in the eyes.

I nodded at him and watched as Aro tore Marcus apart piece by piece and threw him in the fire. None of us could have granted Marcus his wish for death, but we would not stand in the way. He wanted this. He never fought back after my nod.

Aro tried to escape afterwards but without luck. I had caught up with him in no time and Jasper, Seth and Jacob came from behind seconds later. Jasper held on to the left arm and Seth bit down on the right. Jacob stood behind him ready to strike.

"Think about it Edward. You and I, rulers of the vampire world. Upholding the law – together. I´ll even let you father in-law live without interfering," Aro tried to convince me both out loud and through his thoughts.

I had a hard time not laughing. He was down by a million to one and he still thought he could win.

"I think I´ll pass," I answered trying to sound intrigued while stifling my laughter.

Aro growled and barred his teeth.

"I told you to never bet against Alice," Jasper said. And with that Jacob ran full speed into Aro´s back making Aro lose both his arms. Aro fell to the ground and Seth dragged his body towards Bella and Alice.

We pulled Aro off from the ground and made him face the girls.

I nodded to Bella who gave me a puzzled look but then smiled back as she realized that we would give her the honors of finishing the job.

Without a word Bella moved forward and stood right before Aro. She turned to me and nodded. Seth and I forced Aro to his knees and with a movement so fast that any human wouldn´t have seen it Bella tore the head off of Aro´s body. She tossed the head in the fire and turned to walk away. Damn that woman was hot.

We threw the headless body into the rising flames. This was finally over.

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