Chapter 23

Through Cassie's eyes

I was headed out of the Cullens house, glider in tow, when Bella vomited up blood. The rest of that night was chaos. Edward shouted out medical commands to Alice and Rosalie, who were pinning down Bella's wildly twitching body.

I remember Jake and Edward moving to her aid. Jake performing CPR, Edward biting her open. Rosalie took the baby.

"I'll get her blood pumping." I told Jake. "You get her breathing." I realized something. All of this training I had gone through I had gone through for fighting, killing. I had learned how to create electrify through my palms and fingers to strike someone. I had learned how to bend their blood, moving their body to my will. I had learned how to choke someone by controlling the air that went in their lungs. Using these things for good would be totally different from killing someone.

I'm a human crash cart, I thought.

Edward began to bite Bella, Jake breathed for her, and I worked as her heart.

"Go then." Edward growled, pushing Jake away. "She's not dead, she's going to be fine." Edward and I had not lost faith in her yet. I took Jacob's place, concentrating on both breathing and her pulse. Didn't doctors usually shock their patients to life?

"Do it then." Edward said, moving away from Bella's mangled body long enough to press a voltage into her heart. A few more breaths, a few more bites, a few more volts, and I could feel her heart working again.

After some moments, I realized that I had brought my sister back from the dead. Huh, all of this killing, and I brought someone to life.

I left Edward with the fact that Bella was going to live, and headed downstairs. Something that I had barely registered when I was saving Bella was that Jake hadn't left the house. He was starring at the baby in Rosalie's arms.

He was hers, I thought. I had never been so angry in my life. If there was one thing I could count on was the hatred Jacob felt towards the fetus. I thought that I would never be left alone with that.

But now, with the fetus out of its mother's stomach, she was loved by the world, even Jake. I hated that. No one should ever be forgiven for doing something like that thing had done to Bella. But this monster was going to be rewarded with a devoted werewolf.

By the time Bella woke, she left the house for hunting before anything. The Cullens had decided Bella would see me before she saw the half human. I could defend myself, the monster couldn't.

She was first going to see Jake, to see if he could stand her enough to look at her, at least, I think. They never told me what their meeting was about. I waited near the front of the house, hoping she wouldn't smell me. I wouldn't want to hurt my own sister.

The Cullens moved inside, forgetting about me. Bella went to see Renesmee, and of course, Edward could deny her nothing. I could feel her hold the thing. I was half hoping she would eat it or something, then I realized it would hurt all of the Cullens, so I quickly took that thought back.

Stuck outside with the two wolves, I sat on the porch steps, my head resting in my hands. Sighing, I looked at Seth and Leah.

"I wish I could hear it." I told them Leah rolled her eyes, and Seth whined. Since I didn't speak werewolf, I just sighed and went back to concentrating on what they were doing.

Bella lunged for Jacob, but Edward stopped her. I stood anxiously. I would have gone inside if they hadn't come outside.

"How dare you imprint on my baby?" Bella hissed. It was weird, hearing my once human sister hiss, but I quickly accepted her as a threat to Jacob, and I was ready to protect the Alpha. Jake said something about listening to him.

"Why should I listen?" Apparently, I wasn't the only evil one around.

"Because you were the one who told me this. Do you remember? You said we belonged in each other's lives, right? That we were family. You said that was how you and I were supposed to be. So… now we are. It's what you wanted."

They argued about Jacob being a pedophile, and Jake defended himself against the shrieking banshee.

"Run away while you still can." Bella hissed. I was moving closer. I don't think she even knew I was there.

"C'mon Bells! Nessie likes me, too!"

"What… did you call her?"

"Well, that name you came up with is kind of a mouthful and—"

"You nick named my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?" And she lunged for his throat.

I was ready for it, and so was Seth. I struck my heel to the ground, and whatever earth was in between Jake and Bella had risen up, solidifying to keep a vampire at bay. Seth smacked face first into it like Bella had. I could feel Jake stagger back, not expecting a chunk of rock to appear before him.

Bella made it about four feet into the rock on one lunge. I could feel her shifting around, as if she didn't know how it had gotten there. I bent her out and place the rock back into the ground.

"You." She lunged at me. Maybe it was anger or maybe it was bloodlust that lead her to pounce, but whatever the reason, I wasn't about to let her attack me. I had her in a block of ice before she had even heard me gathering water. She was mid lunge, struggling against the ice. I unfroze it, and let it follow her where ever she "swam."

Finally releasing her from the water, I smiled.

"Just because you're a vampire, doesn't mean you can beat me." I grinned. "You went for Jake's throat, didn't you? Did you know vampire venom kills werewolves?"

"Sorry, Seth." I muttered as he straightened out his broken nose. Maybe I should have known he was going to help Jake.

"It's cool. I thought it was kind of funny." He grinned at me. Seth was so cheerful, so nice and innocent. I decided I would stay away from him, in hopes I wouldn't ruin that.

Renesmee sat on Bella's lap, giving her the rundown of the days she missed. Suddenly, Jasper grabbed Bella and Edward grabbed it. They admitted they had freaked out.

I decided it was time for me to head back to the house, after all, I couldn't get any sleep here.

Alrighty, so, insert Renesmee. Tell me what you think!

MZ: Thanks for the review. I appreciate the criticism and the honesty. I'll try to keep it in mind as a write. I never really went to explain it or spell this out for you, but Edward allows Cassie there for the same reason Jacob is still there. Bella loves them, even if either one of them do hurt her. And sorry if Cassie seems like a know it all. Ot made sense to me seeing how benders are the "secret police" or the mythical world. I guess she would know a lot, but not everything. Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy when Cassie meets her match.

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