Here you go, a chapter at a timely manner.
Bella
"We can't give in," Emmett snarls. "And I know Nessie is ready for this." Even with Emmett's approval, I can't help but worry about her. Maybe we should put this off until another time—a time when we can hide Renesmee. She and Jake can run away together.
"Jacob wants to do this now," Edward says almost as if he is in my head. "He trusts that Nessie will manage on her own."
"She fights like a pro," Emmett adds. "She can almost take me. She's strong."
"So what will your decision be?" Caius asks from across the room sounding bored.
For some reason everyone looks to me. Even Edward is giving me this choice. I think about all the times I have watched Renesmee play with Jacob. She's always been strong. But would it be enough? I've seen her and Emmett fight, and she is definitely good. Once again though, would that be enough?
What if we surrender now? Well that's easy—a life of servitude to the Volturi. We can't give up. We need to fight for Renesmee. Hopefully Aro is bluffing. If he is not, somewhere across the world a fight is brewing. Please be safe Renesmee.
"We'll fight now. There's no sense dragging this out."
"I'm sad to see it come to this," Aro replies actually sounding upset. And then as if an unspoken demand is unleashed, the guard begins to move into formation. Aro, Caius, and Marcus are in the back with the wives. Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix and a few others are in front of them. The rest of the red cloaks belong to newborns and other Volturi guard that was prepared just for us.
In response to their movement, my family shuffles into a protective stance around me. Edward grabs my hand and squeezes it tightly as if to say he loves me. This could be the end. I may never see some of these people again, at least not alive. I take one long look around before preparing myself in my fighting stance.
Jacob
Men and Leah, this is it. Today we fight to protect our honor, our livelihood, and our women. Remember to be strong and courageous. Do not fear these leeches. They may be strong and fast, but we are stronger. And we have something worth fighting for. I thank each of you for coming out here to do this. I asked too much, and you all agreed. Thank you.
For those of you with imprints, I ask that you choose not to be a hero today. You must return to your women. For those of you that do not have imprints, protect your brothers. Today we must all fight as one, cohesive unit. And these vampires we stand beside are our friends. If we live through today, our lives will never be the same. So do your best to live, but know that dying here is an honorable way to go. I'm proud of each and every one of you. I will forever remember you as my family.
I end my speech to internal hooting and clapping. My men are ready. We are going to do this. I glance over to Bella and she meets my contact. I nod an affirmation of what we are doing. Looking forward and ignoring everyone else in my mind, I wait for whoever is to make the first move.
Finally, after a few prolonged seconds, Aro claps and his first line of attack goes on the offense. They run at us with the speed only a newborn can possess. There is a loud crash when they reach the very front of our lines. Emmett immediately throws a headless body across the room.
I only have time to watch that one little fight before some of the newborns reach our line. Sam and I stand at the front, ready to do what is needed. A blonde newborn runs right at me and the fight begins. I bite hungrily at her, but she's fast. She attempts to wrap her arms around me, but I catch her off guard by faking left and coming right. I bite her neck viciously and watch as she goes limp.
Around me the whole room has erupted in fighting. The stone walls are slowly crumbling as parts of vampires ram into them. As soon as I am done with the blonde, another comes at me. Leah cuts her off and attacks first.
I glance to the Volturi across the room. They are watching with curiosity and amusement. I'm going after Caius. He wants Nessie more than all the others so he is mine to kill.
In the moment of hesitation, most of the newborns have been killed. There are probably about twelve still in combat with various members of our troops. Before we can eliminate them all, the second wave of vampires comes. These ones are older, more experienced.
I soon realize that they have been trained. They fight with ease and expertise. As I fight as hard as I can with one, I see in my mind some of the others going down. Brady gets stomped on my one and I can hear his whole left side break. Seth breaks his paw, but the rapid healing fixes it quickly.
The vampire I am fighting is like Alice, small and fast. I'm having a hard time biting him because he dodges it. In a way we are dancing around. Finally he lunges in. His body crashes into mine sending us both rolling. He hits hard against my ribs as I try to regain control. He makes a bad move by straddling my thick body in hopes of hitting my face. I bite his hand completely off when it flies at my face. And when he screams out in pain, I kick him off with my front paws. In a flash I am up and tearing him to shreds.
In my head I see Colin fighting as hard as he can with one vampire, but another comes up behind. He's too far away for me to do anything. I watch as he feels a vampire latch around his neck. I turn to watch with my own eyes as a vampire snaps his neck like a twig. His voice inside my head disappears forever.
Something unleashes inside me. I run as fast as I can to that vampire making sure to kill all of them in my way. I finally reach him as he stands over Brady ready to kill. I catch him off guard by ripping his leg off from behind. I then proceed to roll him over. He looks me in the eyes as I tear each limb from his body. Finally I tear his head off in anger.
Jacob, I love to see the passion, but you need to calm down. It's Sam's inner voice chiding me for my anger. You accidentally knocked Zafrina down in your fit of rage.
Sure. Sorry. Another leech lunges but I knock him to the ground. A small fight breaks out as I aim for his throat. Soon I have him dead too. There is one left, fighting Rosalie. We all watch as she expertly tears this vampire apart. And now the room goes silent.
The Cullen's and others on our side reform their lines. We do the same in our numbers. Instead of coming at us, the Volturi waits. This is the part that will actually be difficult. We are now going to fight the absolute experts. If Bella falls, so does her power and we will all die, guaranteed. Jane and Alec are to be our priorities.
Emmett and Jasper are in the front of our lines. They begin to run full speed at the rest of the leeches. Everyone follows suit. When we hit their lines, Jane takes off running. She darts in and out of the fights that are taking place. I try to keep an eye on her, but can't when Demetri lunges at our line. We work as a team taking him down. It takes four of us to destroy him.
More comes after him and I lose track of Jane all together. That is until I feel a cold hand on my back paw. I turn just in time to see her pull my leg completely out of the socket in my hip. A howl rips through me as the pain envelops all rational thought. The healing begins within the second, but Jane still has hold of my foot.
She begins to drag me away from the fight. I look around begging someone to help. Everyone is busy though. The Volturi planned this. They knew how to get everyone busy so Jane could come kill me.
When she finally stops moving, I try kicking her with my other leg, but fail. She's fast. And then she does the one think I have always feared. She bends down to my still healing leg and bites down with her sharp teeth.
The pain is the first thing I notice about her lethal venom. It's as if someone has started a fire inside my leg. I scream inside my head and it comes out as yelps. Jane smiles a happy little grin as she watches me writhe in pain. She finally runs off to actually fight.
I close my eyes and wait to die, only thinking of Nessie. I think of all the things we could have been. We could have gotten married and had kids. And we could live forever, watching our kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids grow. We could have spent everyday laughing and kissing and sleeping in each others' arms.
My leg is no longer healing, I realize through all the burning pain. The venom has stopped my healing processes. It really is just a matter of minutes before I die now. I think of floating down a river. I think of the home videos my dad has from when I was a kid. I thin k about the video of Bella and me building a sand castle. I was four and she was six. In the video she only let me gather water because she thought I would ruin her masterpiece. I was so happy to be near her even if I couldn't really help. Lastly, I think about the day Nessie was born. I wanted to die. I was so depressed. And then I saw her and I have never felt anything other that joy to be alive since that day. But today that is over. Today I die.