Really short update, you'll see why at the end of the chapter.

I know most of you didn't like 17, and I don't disagree with you. It was plaguing me the most, I debated it for about 2 months. I swear, ask Amber and Labbit. It has to be done. I'm sorry. I promise things won't get much worse, it's just going to be somewhat long to the happiness. Please stick with me! I swear there is a reason behind all of this!

Since that was so intense I would say you should all take a break and read the crackfic I posted last night {contradicting contractions}. Smile for a second, and then come back and we'll get going again. I've been trying to post more and more funny stuff so if you need to you can have something to smile at. Or if you are just done with this insanity go read Satin and Revolvers. It's set to be good and dramatic, but not nearly as angst.

Oh and I posted an entry for the Age of Edward Contest: Sieg der Liebe. Please read it and review for me. I promise I'll try to update more quickly next time for you.

Your revenge is coming loves.

Sm still owns the names and certain characteristics.

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EPOV

I walked into the house a smile plastered on my face as I waited to tell Bella the good news. We could start moving in now, and everything she had dreamed could come true now.

An eerie silence greeted me as I heard the sounds of a movie coming from the living room.

"Bella?" I called out, wondering where the hell everybody was at.

If Emmett made them go out for pizza again I was going to be pissed. Last time the pepperoni had given Bella indigestion and kept her up all night. That was definitely not good for the baby.

"Hey, where is everybody?" I asked only to be greeted by the silence around me.

Heading towards the living room I immediately noticed something wasn't right. Even from the hallway I could see that the coffee table had been moved, and I gasped upon reaching the entry way.

Rose was on the ground, blood covering her clothes. My heart hammered in my chest as I hurried to find Emmett and Bella.

Turning around I began to head back the direction I came. The hallway was dark causing me to trip over something. Flipping the switch on I saw Emmetts body beneath me, a trail of blood lead from the kitchen notifying me that he had not moved to the hallway on his own; he had been dragged.

Vomit caught in my throat as I tried to fight away tears. My brother, my protector, the person I had looked up to all my life was laying lifeless before me.

All of my thoughts turned to Bella. What if she was dead too? I felt as if a weight crashed down on my body as I quickly checked the bedroom. I noted signs of a struggle, but found no Bella. Clutching the door frame for support I felt the tears began to fall down my face when suddenly a single shot rang out behind me.

BPOV

Chris clamped his hand over my mouth as he shoved me into the kitchen. I tried to hold back a sob as I heard Edward walk into the living room followed by a sharp intake of breath. He had found Rosalie.

I listened as he moved back through the hallway, heading to where we had just been as Chris pushed me into the living room. I strained to hear any sound coming from Edward, and suddenly heard a thump. He had fallen? Oh God, he must've fallen over Emmett's body.

My chest tightened, I didn't even want to imagine the look on Edward's face when he found his wall of a brother lifeless on the floor.

A tiny sliver of light ran down the hallway towards us, and I waited to hear any sort of noise from Edward. Instead all I heard was a deafening silence that seemed to split my heart in two.

My mind began to wander. I wished Edward would just leave, get out and safe himself now. It was my fault that two members of his family were killed, he should just cut his losses and go. But I knew he never would, and my heart rejoiced at the thought that he would stop at nothing to keep me safe.

As my mind battled with my heart a shot resounded through my head.

"Fuck," Chris said, as I felt his body slowly slide to the ground behind me.

I turned slowly to find Rosalie holding the gun with a vengeance in her eyes like I'd never seen. Reaching down slowly I ran a finger under Chris's nose to find he was no longer breathing. I pressed my fingers against his neck searching for a pulse, and cringed at the contact.

Memories flooded back of my life with him: drugs, prostitutes, death. My life had been run by sadness and fear. Now my captor lay before me lifeless, and I felt as though shackles were being lifted from my body.

I looked up to Rose as tears streamed down her face, the gun still trained on Chris. Her hands were shaky, and I rose slowly my hands in front of me. I didn't want her to shot me by mistake.

"I told you, you would never hurt anyone I love again," she said quietly as the gun slipped from her fingers to the floor.

I moved to her quickly wrapping her in my arms. She sobbed openly now as she clung to me for dear life. Sobs coursed through my own body as everything that had just happened began to hit me.

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Time seemed to be moving in slow motion.

Edward had rushed into the living room, relief and pain covered his face. He was relieved to see Rosalie alive, but pained at all that had been suffered and lost here.

He had wrapped both Rose and I in an embrace as we stood there sobbing. And just like that time seemed to move into fast forward mode.

Alice came home followed by screams, sobs, and phone calls. Paramedics arrived all too soon, and I was forced to be checked out, and I listened behind me to Rosalie panic while paramedics tried to put Emmett in a body bag.

The police were full of questions, but I could only stare at them in disbelief, and they quickly gave up letting me know they would be questioning me after the shock wore off.

Edward was by my side the entire time, and I saw he worry etched in his face as the paramedics let us know we wouldn't know if the baby had been effected until I could get an ultrasound. I knew I should care, should be worried, but my body had been bombarded with so many emotions for one day.

Part of me wanted to sing from the rooftops. I was free. Me. For the first time in my life freedom actually held a meaning to me. Chris was no longer there to loom over me, threatening my life and any chance at happiness.

Yet still I knew Renee would be looking for me and if Chris had known where I was she would too. I wanted to believe the police would be able to protect me, but I knew too many had been bought off and would easily give me up.

The biggest part of me wanted to just curl up and cry for all eternity. I had brought death and pain to Edward and his family. Their son was dead because of me, their daughter in-law scarred for life.

Tears welled in my eyes as I looked out of the back of the ambulance into the darkness surrounding us.

I should've never gone to Edward's apartment. If I hadn't told him about the baby he never would've gotten involved. Emmett would still be alive.

Edward stroked my hand softly causing me to turn and look at him. He smiled slightly, and even behind all his pain I could see true happiness in his eyes. How could he be so happy when I was the hurricane bringing pain and destruction into his life.

"The babies going to be fine, I just know it," he tried to console me, as he obviously thought I was upset over our child.

I smiled tightly back at him as I turned my attention back to the window sorrow flooding my body. As the ambulance turned a corner I watched as dawn began to break and wondered if any of us could ever be happy again.

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I hate to do this. I think this is the shortest chapter ever but I'm leaving this in limbo, it's your guys call now. I can effectively end this story in about…oh two or three chapters after this if you're ready for the angst to just be over. Or I can stick to my original plans, we can have some more angst, but also more chapters. I'm honestly leaving it up to you all now so review and let me know. Sorry for the short chapter.