Disclaimer: All Twilight characters belong to Stephanie Meyers, while I'm just teasing and bending them for a bit. No profit is being collected from the fiction contained within.
The storyline and non-Twilight characters are my creative fault and mine alone.
This storyline has women loving women. If this kind of love scares you, well darling turn around and go back the other way. There are plenty of splendid writers who delve into straight couple relationships; for the most part, I'm just not one of them.
The rating is M just to be on the safe side, do to the language and the possibility of the sex scenes becoming a bit graphic but no promises in that area. Oh, there will also be mention of threesomes and 'gasp horror' vampires and other supernatural creatures getting it on with each other.
All boo boos, snafus and misdeeds within the story are all mine and mine alone.
Authors note: **Warning** There will be several scene shifts in this chapter.
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A bitter cold was gripping the air and wrapping itself around the group as they silently stared at their destination. For the vampires it actually felt warm but for Leah, Jake and Sian the freezing temperature was severe enough to cut through their skin, even with their higher body heat. Unlike Sian's statement the night before the three were fully clothed thanks to Alice coming to the two's rescue with her vision of the day's weather. It was probably the first time the two were absolutely thrilled to know they would have to deal with sub-freezing weather.
Bella felt a small shudder run through her spine as she gazed at the outside wall that surrounded the ancient's home. The place gave her the heebie-jeebies not because of its resemblance to those castles from the old horror movies, but from the faint smell blood and death. There was also another odor brought forth from the wind that was making her nose wrinkle in disgust but she couldn't identify it at all. She wasn't alone in reacting to the odors.
"That's the werewolves you're smelling," Gabriella, sub-vocalized to the group as she noticed the disgusted expressions on everyone. "Time to make our move before the wind's direction changes and alerts them to our presence, but first this." She smiled and went everyone in the group giving them each a kiss on their lips lingering longer on Leah and Sian who were the last to receive their kiss. "Be safe." The lithe vampire murmured before disappearing from the group.
"You too," both Sian and Leah whispered at the same time to the empty space their lover had been.
This was a part of the plan that no one really liked, Gabriella was going to use herself as bait so they others could have those few extra-seconds to jump the wall. The moment she disappeared Sian, Leah and Jake immediately stripped out of their clothes and shifted to their animal forms. As soon as they changed everyone began running towards the wall.
Bella felt her body tense as the distinct sound of vampire hissing crept over the thick wall just as she and the others were getting to jump over it.
"What the hell," Meryatum's slick high tenor voice called out. "What are you doing to them?"
"Otto, Stephan, Dieter, get a hold of yourselves, you fools," Gerda commanded a few seconds later.
"Shit," Rosalie muttered as she and the rest easily cleared the ten-foot tall wall as both Sian and Leah let out a growl.
It was an understandable exclamation and one Bella was thinking as her eyes took in what was happening in the courtyard. Gabriella was completely surrounded by vampires and three men. Then she saw Edward and a growl escaped her throat as her eyes locked on the bronze-haired boy. He too had been caught in the lithe vampire's luring scent but even from their distance Bella could tell he was already shaking it off along with the other three men.
Keeping her attention on the just the newborns Gabriella hummed softly, touching their faces gently and in her deep rich voice she crooned to them. "He may've created you but you don't have to obey him. He's only using you." Her amber eyes stayed longest on Laura. "So young," she murmured sadly.
"Shut up!" Meryatum yelled as he rushed forward. "They are my children and they will only listen to me."
Even with the snow cushioning the groups footfalls it wasn't enough the muffle the sound of their impact to the snow covered ground. Meryatum's head snapped towards the noise, as did Gerda who quickly shifted into her sandy colored wolf form tearing the clothes she was wearing to shreds. Without a waste of movement she nipped at the three men who were trying to clear their minds by shaking their heads but still not moving into action before she pounced towards the lithe vampire.
The Teutonic female werewolf's aim was true, opening her maw in a wolfish smile revealing razor sharp fangs Gerda was sure she had the interloper dead to rights. She was wrong. Gerda hadn't seen how the nimble vampire had entered the courtyard. It was Meryatum's voice of shock that had made her come running from the villa.
Gabriella popped away a mere second before the werewolf muzzle reached her causing Gerda to crash into Mina, Annika and Laura. Which turned out to be a mixed blessing, her colliding into the three women broke the enchantment but it also riled Laura who tossed Gerda right into the charging tigress. A place the woman didn't want to be, since in nature tigers were the main predators of wolves and this instinct seemed to pass right along into the weres as well.
Sian's blue cat eyes glittered with anticipation as Gerda was tossed her way. It was like getting an unexpected prize. Having to take on a werewolf was much more to her liking, then tangling with a newborn vampire. Size for size Sian and the werewolves were pretty evenly match but she knew her tiger form was more powerful then the wolves, but a newborn vampire she wasn't so sure about. Of course, she would've taken on one of the newborns counting on her flexibility and razor sharp claws to give her the edge over their utter brute strength, but then the wolf came sailing her way.
The werewolf was completely vulnerable as she tumbled through the air and the tigress was more then willing to take advantage of her. Leaping into the air her jaws wide open she snatched Gerda by the scruff of her neck and bit down hard.
As delightful as it was to hear the howl of the werewolf's pain and the sound of bones crunching Sian was thoroughly disgusted by the nasty taste that was invading her mouth. 'Bloody hell, that has to be the rankest gore I've ever tasted.' Yet, that didn't stop her from chomping down even harder as the two hit the earth and rolled together. Before the two stopped their tumbling, Sian extended her front claws and sunk them deeply into Gerda, unleashing more pain into the woman.
If Gerda could curse she would've let loose a stream of swear words, directed at Laura for feeding her to the tiger who was going to end her five hundred years of existence. The sandy colored werewolf had pretty much given up any thought of surviving her match with Sian from the moment the tiger's fangs invaded her body. It wasn't that she didn't have a sharp sense of survival but as the pain lanced through Gerda decided she'd rather not fight the inevitable outcome. A quick death was all she could hope for as she felt Sian's claws sink deep into her torso.
Feeling the werewolf's muscles go lax, Sian realized the woman wasn't going to fight her and the tiger in her was mildly disappointed. 'Silly lass, there are more fights to be had,' chiding herself as she tore open Gerda's torso killing the woman instantly.
Jumping off the dead woman, the tigress scanned the area and spotted Leah and Jacob doing battle with two werewolves. Without a thought she tore off to help them.
(Scene Shift)
Even though the werewolves were not as big as Leah and Jake, they still had superhuman strength but what really made up for their lack of size were the years of experience fighting shapeshifters. The werewolves also had one more thing in their arsenal, their venom. It didn't have the viral potency it had on a human but the werewolf's venom still hurt like a son of a bitch when it invaded the body. This was a painful truth that both Jake and Leah were learning quite quickly.
Ducking his body down Jake avoided another bite from Dieter and was able to grab the werewolf's leg in his own jaws and crushed down hard. Hearing the satisfying sounds of Dieter's leg bone shattering and the werewolf's howl of pain, Jake growled with pleasure. 'Bout damn time, the bastard was on the receiving end,' he grunted to himself as he tried to ignore the stinging in his shoulder.
Knowing he had crippled the werewolf's flexibility, his ease of movement, Jake took complete advantage of the situation. Still clinging to Dieter's broken leg in his jaw he whipped his entire body and hurled the wolf into the cold rough stonewall. A thoroughly thrilling thwack greeted his ears as gray werewolf encountered the wall and another whimper of pain escaped from his opponent. Jake howled in triumph at the sound as he charged forward to continue his assault.
His celebratory exaltation was short lived as Dieter filled with adrenalin spurred by fear twisted his torso and slashed his left paw down Jake's face. Two of his claws pierced through the young shapeshifters left eye socket as he dragged his paw downward. Jake let loose his own agonized wail and as the pain lanced though him, his animal nature burst forth. There was no more Jake the young man filled with humor and introspection, there was only the wounded reddish-brown wolf and it was enraged to its fullest furor. He didn't feel his blood flowing, his wounds or the pain emanating from them. Oh no, he was on an endorphin high as he tore into the werewolf, who had just blinded his left eye.
Tackling Dieter, Jake snapped his jaw down on gray wolf's throat. Using his front paws Jake held the struggling werewolf as he twisted his head around ripping his foe's head from it's wolf body. Though the blood spurting from the dead gray werewolf smelled nasty to Jake's snout, it also smelled sweet because it spoke of his victory over the beast that had hurt him. Turning from the dead creature the young wolf had all the intention of helping Leah but instead trotting forward he stumbled to the ground. The endorphin rush was gone and all the pain he had been blocking shot through his system causing him to blackout.
(Scene shift)
Whipping her body around Leah snapped at the muzzle of the black furred werewolf. She was in pain and her blood was boiling with furor. After his initial attack, where the wolf had managed to bite her left hindquarters, the man or more correctly the wolf aspect had changed his agenda. Instead of attacking her, as he should've been, Stefan was trying to mount her.
'What is it with these fucking males,' she thought while continuing her frontal attack on him, rising up and smashing his head with her right paw.
If Leah had been privy to his thoughts as she had been with the Russian alpha she would've discovered that Stefan was completely surprised by his own actions. After breaking Gabriella's lure and seeing the attackers he was pumped to finally be able to kill after all the training they had done. As he bit down on the smaller wolf he was overwhelmed with her feminine scent. He had never encountered a female shapeshifting wolf. Her scent clouded his thinking all he wanted to do now was dominate the female not kill her.
Even though Leah was the fastest wolf of her pack, Stefan she found out was speedier and using it to his full advantage. Also her strikes to his slightly smaller frame were not causing enough damage to slow him down. The young woman knew she had to come up with something that would put her on the offensive instead of always being on the defensive.
'If I don't the pain from his bites will wear me down and I won't be able to fight him off,' she thought grimly trying to ignore the burning ache in her muscles from the werewolf's venom. 'What would Gabi do?' Then an idea, possibly a very foolish one and most definitely an absurd one, popped into her mind. 'Shit, here goes nothing.' Doing a quick spin, Leah ran, she ran as fast as her throbbing limbs would allow, she needed space between her and Stefan, for her plan to work.
Her burst of speed as well as her running away had caught the black wolf off guard it was an unexpected move from the brave sandy wolf. The few seconds it took for him to recover was enough for Leah to get the space she wanted between the two of them. When Stefan was seven feet away from her, the young woman shifted to her human form, surprising the crap out of the werewolf. His jaw dropped open and his tongue flopped out as he stared at the stunningly exotic six-foot plus nude woman.
Before he could formulate anything in his hormonal driven mind Leah kicked him soundly in the ribs, snapping several of them cleanly. Sure, it was dangerous to be in her human form, but the young woman reasoned she still had all her strength and could do considerable damage to the werewolf. Hearing the yowl from Stefan, Leah smirked, as was about to continue her attack when she saw Sian jump onto the black wolf with a roar. She watched in sick fascination as the white tiger using her teeth and claws sent fur, gore and blood flying everywhere.
(Scene Shift)
Rosalie had her sights on Laura but was intercepted by Otto much to her extreme displeasure. She really didn't want to tangle with one of the werewolves, not because she feared them more. Oh hell no, the beautiful blond actually had chosen to go after the stronger of the two, because she really hated the smell the werewolves. 'Fucking worse the damn mutts,' was all she could think as Otto knocked into her.
Thrown slightly off balance but not enough to send her to the ground Rosalie pivoted enough to plant her feet firmly on the ground. Snarling at Otto, the blond vampire let loose a head-cracking bunch to the side of the wolf's head as he lunged towards her.
"If I break a nail, I swear to God I'm going to turn you inside out before I kill you," she muttered glancing at her hands before chasing after the tumbling wolf.
Otto had chosen to attack the stunning blond because he thought the beauty queen was an easy target but he was wrong, very wrong. He would've have been better off sticking his tail between his legs and running away. Something he was discovering rather quickly as the blond began to unleash her furor on him.
There was inside Rosalie a fiery rage, one she carried with her from the last moments of her life as a human. It was this fire that her beast was tapping into when she attacked the werewolf. After several minutes of wailing into the wolf the beautiful vampire delivered a roundhouse punch to Otto's head that completely laid him out. She gave the werewolf no time to recover. Moving like lighting she cracked down on Otto landing on his back, her hands wrapping around his throat. There was no damn way she was going to stink her teeth into the nasty smelling creature beneath her. With all the force she needed Rosalie torqued the wolf's head snapping his neck bones first and then finally ripping it from his shoulders.
Tossing the head, the blond leaped off the body trying to avoid the spraying blood she wrinkled her nose in disgust, "shit what a god awful smell. I'm going to need a long shower and plenty of soap to get this stench off." Rosalie huffed as she moved further away from her kill.
Spotting her husband, Rosalie sighed and rolled her eyes at the big man who was hammering away at George with a huge ass grin on his face. "Emmett," she called out to her bear of a husband.
"Yeah babe?" He called back not taking his attention from the muscular man.
"Are you going to be finishing anytime soon?" She asked with a smirk.
The casual nature of their conversation wasn't lost on George whose face like Emmett's was cracked with tiny fissures. Hating the idea of being treated like a toy, he increased his efforts to defeat the larger man.
Emmett pursed his lips together as he felt George's punches land soundly on his chest forcing his feet to slide a bit on the snow-covered ground. "Dude, I'm giving you one more chance," he began softly as he stared into the crimson eyes. "Stop now and live but if you continue I'll be forced to get serious and kill ya."
Rosalie could only shake her head as she heard her husband's deal to the newborn. It was typical Emmett. As much as he enjoyed fighting, he was hardly ever consumed with bloodlust even during the deadliest of battles. Yet, she also knew her big bear of man wouldn't hesitate in finishing the vampire off if he rejected his offer.
"After I kill you and though your bitch is too old for my tastes, maybe I'll fuck before I kill her," George growled as he dove towards Emmett.
"Way fucking wrong answer," the big man thundered back as he bringing his fists together on either side of the other vampire's head.
He cracked George's head like it was a walnut. With a triumphant yell, Emmett latched his huge hands around the howling vampire's neck and with one clean jerk he tore George's head clean off ending the man's horrific pain. He then proceeded to rip the man's limbs from his body.
(Scene shift)
The cacophony of sounds being emitted from the villa would have in ancient times brought thoughts of the Olympians doing battle with the Titans for supremacy over the universe. Thundering cracks, shattering howls and screams of anger and pain bloomed in the air along with the smells of blood and venom. Yet, amongst all the bloodletting from the battle in the courtyard, there were two who were not participating in the melee.
The golden haired beauty before him flummoxed Jasper, when he had made his charge; she had just stood there as if deep thought. It was the perfect opportunity to act but the lanky blond found himself unable to follow through so instead he had dropped down into a defensive crouch waiting for her to spring into action.
After several minutes of the two frozen in their position Annika finally turned to look at Jasper and asked, "why were her eyes amber and not red?"
The young woman's question floored him. There was no malice, just curiosity in her tone. Looking up he found himself stunned by her angelic face, straightening up Jasper could feel a pull, a need to protect this woman. It was stronger then the one he had, had when he first met Alice.
"Gabi doesn't feed on humans, none of us," waving his hand in the direction of his fighting siblings. "Feed on humans, only animals."
Tilting her head, the golden haired woman pondered this for a few seconds while she studied the man before her. Annika could see some of the scars Jasper carried that spoke of the hard life he must have had and she felt her frozen heart grieve for the pain he suffered. She didn't even question her reaction; it just seemed natural, right to feel concern for the lanky man.
"Is it an easy thing to do? Does the blood of animals satisfy the craving, the burn that coats one's throat?" Annika watched in clear fascination as Jasper's eyes swirled to their soft golden hue.
Any other time Jasper would've been chastising himself for just standing there while the others were putting their lives on the line and he wasn't joining in, helping them. Yet, as he continued to gaze at the young woman he couldn't pull himself way from her. The draw to her was too strong.
"It varies," he drawled out slowly. "For me it wasn't easy to switch over but it was a choice I chose to make, because I no longer wanted to feed on humans. As far as satisfying well, I do find a mountain lion soothes the burn quite nicely." He answered with a tiny smile touching his lips. "I'm Jasper, by the way."
"Annika." She replied with a smile of her own. "I think I would like to try subsisting on animal blood then human blood. Would you be willing to help me?"
"I would be honored to help you." He answered softly.
Perhaps it was a strange place for a courtship to begin, but then again for an ex-soldier maybe it was just the perfect place to find love on a battlefield.
(Scene Shift)
"You remind me of a captain I had the misfortune of knowing," Gabriella remarked in her rich voice as she stared at the ancient who had ran into his villa. "He also pulled a rabbit, leaving his troops to fight without him."
"Cur whore!" Meryatum hissed at the woman who continued to thwart his attempts to escape. She had chased him through the villa and now stood in front of the hidden passage way that lead to his freedom.
Shaking her head, "so this must be how you were able to survive these thousands of years running like a chicken shit and cowering away in some hidey-hole no doubt. Tch, what a pitiful vampire you are."
"Why fight when you can have others do it for you," he remarked scathingly. "I'm a leader, a child of the gods, the high priest of Re, others are to serve me and as far as a pitiful vampire, you're one to talk. Do you lick their filthy arses after doing their bidding?"
Ignoring the insult she smiled at him, "ancient history, ancient gods who have moved on from this world as will you." Reaching down she pulled out the knives she kept in the hilt of her boots but these two were different then the ones she had used on the Russian shapeshifters. "Your time is long past old man."
Smirking as he glanced at the knives, "and what do you plan to do with those feeble instruments?"
"They're kaiken daggers, specially made for me. My venom along with some other interesting elements was used in the making of these blades by a master bladesmith from Sakai Japan in the mid 1800's. They're quite effective at cutting through vampire hide and since you're so fucking old I thought they might come in handy, so to speak." She answered her ink black eyes sparkling giving him a vicious grin. "I was going to be quick but then I saw her. A child, you fucking bastard…"
With a blink of an eye she vanished from in front of Meryatum whose eyes were already wide with fear nearly popped out of his sockets when he felt her weight on his back. He felt the force of those two blades being driven into his deltoids. As the incredibly honed daggers pierced though him, Meryatum let out a squeal as the effects of the specially crafted instruments invaded the area. It was like being stabbed by dry ice, it was so horribly cold it felt like his chest and shoulders were on bursting into flames. He wanted to reach up, grab the woman and throw her off his back but his arms wouldn't obey his command.
"My venom gives the blades strength," Gabriella purred into his right ear as her legs tightened around his waist. "But the elements Hariku crafted into them, well that's what makes these daggers so special." She grinned as she pulled the blades upward through the venom infused muscle and tissue. "I'm going to carve you like a turkey on Christmas," yanking the daggers out and thrusting them into the soft tissue connecting the shoulders and neck.
The ancient howled as the daggers torturously cut through him but not willing to give up using his legs, he propelled backwards hoping the crash would cause damage to the lithe vampire. That didn't happen, the moment before impact Meryatum felt the weight from his back was gone and it was only himself impacting it. Unable to use his arms to free himself from the wall, Meryatum tried to wiggle free with just the use of his legs but the task was proving difficult because of the pain he was in and his awkward position. He was like a turtle stuck on its back.
The odds of what happened next were right up there with a first time player winning the biggest lottery in history. If Meryatum had been able to witness it he would of cheered even through his pain. As Gabriella popped back in to the room, Laura who had been enraptured by her scent immediately tackled her. Before the lithe vampire could react to this new development, the young vampire sunk her teeth into the woman, slashing her throat and her venom poured into the wound.
For several minutes, Gabriella tried with all her might to dislodge Laura, but the girl's fingers had dug deep inside her back and the effects the venom was having on her body was making it even worse. Her gift was useless from escaping, if she teleported the girl would go with her as long as Laura's fingers stayed imbedded inside her back. She hadn't felt this vulnerable in years. The young girl shifted her attack and plundered the lithe vampire's open mouth before moving and gently biting the other side of the woman's neck. Suddenly, the venom began to feel like molten lava was being pumped into her bloodstream invading every part of her being. The horrific pain was just too much and a soul-shattering scream slipped from Gabriella's lips.
(Scene Shift)
The bronze-haired young man having finally overcome being startled at seeing his ex-siblings and Bella land before his eyes, let loose a snicker at his good fortune. He sucked in a breath of unneeded air as he gazed at Bella in her vampire form, 'god she's even more beautiful.' Sniffing deeply, he frowned in disappointment; though her scent was appealing it didn't call to him like her blood had when she was human.
Watching her run towards him he smirked, "ah my sweet Bella you're coming to me." His silky voice called out waiting for her.
Standing there closing his eyes he spread his arms out wide ready to embrace her, but it wasn't Bella who plowed into him but Alice. Except she didn't jump into his arms but rolled into his legs knocking him flat on his face.
"She's not your Bella," Alice spat out as she rolled to her feet. "Bella's my mate and always has been, you bastard."
Pivoting before he could recover she kicked him with such force he went sliding through the snow about twenty feet coming to halt when he slammed into the side of the villa. The switch had caught him completely unawares. He hadn't heard Alice's thoughts at all. Jumping to his feet he saw his tiny sister bearing down on him again. Narrowing his eyes Edward tried to probe into Alice's mind but it was like all he was getting was static from her. Opening his mind, his eyes widened in horror, there were no thoughts from anyone. For the first time since becoming a vampire the only voice he heard in his mind was his own and it terrified him for the moment.
What Edward didn't know was that Bella's ability to shield his gift had blossomed when she had become a vampire to encompass those around her. The young woman wasn't even aware of the change in her ability, which was understandable since she hadn't encountered any other mind readers after becoming a vampire.
Finally, though Alice's words, "Bella's my mate," seeped into his mind pushing away some of the confused terror he felt at not being able to read his sister's mind.
He shuddered in revulsion thinking about Alice and Bella being together. It was wrong; a perversion to God's laws and it sickened him. "No!" He screamed as he glared at his sister. "Bella's mine!"
Stopping her forward progress the smaller vampire gazed at her brother and shook her head, "she was never yours Edward. It was a lie you and Jasper conspired together. After you tried to kill me two years ago, I lost all my memories Edward." While she talked Alice began to dance around making her brother constantly follow her movements, "I didn't even remember who I was but I remembered Bella. Her warm chocolate eyes, her soft chestnut hair and the cute way she ducks her head when feeling shy. I remembered all of that and nothing else of my past life for two damn years."
Edward shook his head to cast away Alice's words. "Dear sweet Alice, your need to be loved, to feel love is corrupting you," he oozed out as he watched her. "It's a sin my dear sister and one you can't be allowed to continue. I saved you from committing the mortal sin of changing Bella into one of us two years ago."
"You saved no one!" Her ink black eyes narrowed into slits as she glared at him.
Suddenly Alice was springing in the air catching her brother off guard kicking him full in the face sending him tumbling backwards. The power behind her kick had completely crushed his nose, causing Edward to cry in pain. His hands instinctively went to his face covering his nose and he could feel and taste his venomous blood seeping from his battered nose.
"She was attacked by Victoria. You ripped her from those who loved her." Rushing forward she let loose another kick this one catching him under his chin, picking him up off the snowy earth and launching him like a rocket. "If I had been the one to change her I could've been with her through the whole process, comforting her, loving her but you stole that from her and me."
Edward may've touted himself as a fallen angel and been zealous in his delusional beliefs but his passion didn't match that of the avenging angel who was kicking the crap out of him.
For all his years Edward had never been in a real fight without the support of his family. In fact, the only beings he had ever killed had been humans and his attack on Alice two years ago had been his first time to try and kill a supernatural by himself. The bronze-haired boy had always been touted as the speedy Cullen and in truth he was the fastest, when it came to running. Yet, in close quarter fighting, Alice was quicker, only Edward's mind reading had allowed him to counter her moves.
During their melee he had been able to strike Alice a few times but nothing overly damaging The petite vampire though was like a whirling dervish from hell tearing into Edward sending crippling blows to his body and ego. He cast his eyes about trying to find one of the others to come and ironically save him from his sister. Edward saw that Laura wasn't fighting but walking to the villa. The girl was his chance; he knew she could easily handle Alice.
"Laura." The dark haired girl tilted her head and looked over at them for a second but instead of coming to Edward's aid she continued towards the villa. "Stupid bitch."
"No siblings to step in and save your ass this time Edward." The small woman remarked as she too watched the young girl ignore his plea.
Edward was crumbled on the ground unable to get his twisted legs to support his weight. "Why can't I read your thoughts?" His voice was rising in timbre from the panic that was coursing through him.
A feral grin formed on Alice's lips, as she understood that somehow Bella's gift was shielding her mind from her brother, making him blind to her moves. "Poor Edward. Your one advantage is gone. Now, you know how it feels to be helpless, to be the prey."
"I was trying to save you Alice, save the remainder of your soul," he babbled out. "Please Alice," pleading as gazed into the ink black eyes. "I don't want to die."
"You're already dead Edward," the petite woman answered as she leaped onto his back digging her fingers into his throat and using all her strength she tore his screaming head from his neck.
(Scene Shift)
If Edward had kept his eyes open he would of seen Mina who was baring her teeth in rage had intercepted Bella just a few steps from him. When Mina had heard her lover call to his ex-girlfriend she had stumbled backwards as if she had been struck hard. In some respects she had been, not physically but by an emotional dagger to her frozen heart. She had assumed those three words, "my sweet Bella," were words of love towards her. Words he always spoke with passion when he climaxed in her arms, but now she knew the truth. Edward wasn't making love to her, he was using her as a substitute.
Rage drove her, she was going tear the young woman to pieces, first and then turn that furor on Edward for humiliating and using her. Oh yes, the bronze-haired man would feel Mina's wrath like her dead husband had when she caught him fooling around on her.
'Stupid, stupid, stupid,' Bella yelled as herself for being so absorbed with attacking Edward that she didn't notice Mina leap at her until it was almost late.
At the last second she was able to move just enough to receive just a glancing blow from the woman instead of a full-blown head cracking punch. There was still enough power behind the hit to knock her off her balance. Bella recovered quickly getting her feet under and offered up her own counterstrike with a kick to the woman's gut, which sent Mina stumbling backwards.
As much as Bella had wanted to be the one to shred Edward to pieces, she was actually relived it was she who was fighting this newborn and not her Alice. The woman before her was like all newborns strong but there was an unmistakable furor in her that went beyond ordinary bloodlust.
"Bella, Bella, Bella," Mina chanted towards the girl. "Well Edward's Bella I'm going to kill you. Rip you to pieces in front of him."
Staring at the woman who knew her name a bubble of laughter exploded from Bella; "fucking unbelievable," she snorted as it dawned on her. The woman though slightly taller and definitely bustier the Bella, still bore a resemblance to her. "He couldn't have me so he found a sub how pathetic and you're willing to kill for him, even when he still tries to claim me as his, how even more pathetic."
Mina bristled at Bella's observation; "I'm not going to kill you for him. I'm killing you for me!" She screamed as she charged her hands extended giving the appearance of claws.
Bella roared in return towards the charging woman but all the training she had kept her rooted in her spot until Mina was practically on top of her. Pivoting slightly Bella used the other woman's own physical energy against her as she shoved her fist into Mina's stomach. The blow caused the newborn to stumble slightly but not enough to send her to the ground. Whirling around Mina's left hand connected with Bella's shoulder sending the young woman skittering to the ground. Trying to get the upper hand, she leaped towards Bella only to receive a knee in her sternum that the quick girl had used to shield herself.
Using the leverage she had Bella, threw Mina off her and pushed herself to her feet as the other woman struggled to do the same. Giving into her beast, Bella let loose a growl and pounced forward landing another blow but this time to Mina's face causing cracks to splinter across the woman's left cheek.
"Bitch," Mina cried out in pain as her hand unconsciously went to her ruined cheek. She couldn't believe the girl had hurt her. During all the practices with the werewolves none of them had done this type of damage to her.
"You've no idea," Bella answered facing the woman curling her lips back in a snarl.
Rolling her shoulder slightly, she could feel twinges of pain but ignored them. Jasper had done worse to her in their sparring sessions. It was one of the differences in the two young woman's abilities and it reflected in their combat styles. Mina was becoming more enraged with her pain allowing her emotions to control her actions. Whereas Bella just shrugged it off and continued to calmly study her opponent like she had been taught.
Taking her hand from her cheek, Mina howled and leapt forward. There was no style or thought to her attack. All she wanted to do was kill the girl before her.
Dropping into a crouch, Bella avoided the faster and stronger woman's blow, pivoting she kicked Mina's feet out from on her sending the woman sliding on her face through the snow. Flipping to her feet, Bella leaped into the air her knees landing squarely on Mina's back. Using her right elbow she crushed into the nape of the woman's neck snapping several vertebrates. Cracking bones and squeals of pain greeted Bella. Wasting no time, she brought her teeth down on the woman's throat and bit hard sending numbing venom into the woman.
"This isn't enough to kill you, just immobilize you for the moment" Bella whispered as she drew her mouth away from the woman. "You know I didn't come here to kill you but to kill Edward for all the suffering he caused me and my mate." Wrapping her hands around Mina's throat, "but then you had to try to kill me and that really pissed me off."
Feeling the young woman's fingers digging into her neck Mina growled out. "Fuck you!" It was the only act of anger she could offer, though there was a tingling sensation through out her body it still wouldn't move for her.
Without a word, Bella wretched Mina's head from her torso just seconds before Alice did the same to Edward. Hearing his short scream Bella turned her head and a smile spread across her lips as she observed his headless body. As she began to tear the vampire woman to pieces as instructed, she heard Gabriella's wail though muffled by the walls of the villa puncture the air. Bella felt her stomach wither as she watched Sian and Leah race towards the villa.
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I do hope the scene shifts were not too disjointed. I wanted to capture the various fight scenes between the different characters. Thank you to all who read and review this story.