"Exactly" said Emily sliding a knife out of her boot as she lunged out at the shocked Jacob, driving the hunting knife in with a gruntal primitive yell, tears streaming down her face, blurring her vision as she drove the knife in deeper, whispering Sam's name all the while.
With a shattering of wood the door burst in, and Edward ran in tearing Emily off Jacob. He stood in front of Jacob, a defensive position full of angry intent, glaring down Emily with furious intensity. Emily took stock of the situation, took one look at Edward stellar furious golden eyes full of protective furiosity and ran off. Edward was about to go after her but he heard a pained cry from Jacob, he rushed to his side.
"Jacob" he said kneeling beside him "Why didnt you fight back? You could have easily taken her."
Jacob couldnt meet Edward's worried stare.
"Jacob," Edward said growing angry as he read Jacobs mind "You let her stab you! didn't you? as some form punishment for Sams death."
"I deserved it!" he shouted "I deserve it all, I killed Sam, I ruined Emily's life, I'm no better than those wild wolves on the mountains."
"No you don- Jacob!" Edward exclaimed noticing the pooling blood "Why aren't you healing‽"
Jacob shifted slightly and Edward saw the long gash in Jacob's side. It was worse than he had previously thought. A jagged mess running down the side of his ribs, an angry red like the scariest bull, the shiniest ruby, the fastest flowing river, furiously streaming blood down Jacobs side at an alarmingly fast rate that scared Edward to no end.
"The...knife...it...was...poisoned" Jacob puffed out, taking breathes between words, Jacob's strength was fading, and fast.
Edward panicked, freaking out at the sight of all the blood "What can I do that will make you heal? What can I do that can fix this?"
"Find Emily...Find the knife...The pack will know what to do." Forced out Jacob, breathing heavily before falling unconscious.
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Edward sped off as fast as his legs would take him. He was reluctant in leaving Jacob, but he knew he must, or Jacob wouldn't survive. On the way out he bumped into Carlisle, and Alice holding Abigal. He paused briefly, slowing down momentarily, before Alice nodded, reading in her mind that she heard everything, and they would look after Jacob and Abigal whilst he got help. He then sped off to find Emily, he knew if he didnt find her quickly Jacob would die, and it would all be his fault. After all the only reason Jacob and Sam where fighting in the first place was because of him. If he never met Jacob Sam would probably be alive, and Emily would have had no reason to stab Jacob, he wouldn't be bleeding out in the sofa at this very moment. Edward buried those troubling thoughts for the moment, and sped even faster, following the trail Emily had left in her wake. He ignored all else but his critical goal of saving Jacob.
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He caught up to Emily outside her home, she was in the process of opening her door and bringing a mysterious plastic bag inside. He slowed down enough only to slam her into the wall, the bag dropping and splitting down the side, the knife conveniently clattering to the floor, still stained with Jacobs blood. Emily met his cold hard stare with a empty one, devoid of all emotion and personality.
"Do it. kill me." Emily said barring her throat "I don't care, I'm dead already, just kill me quickly, make the pain go away."
Edward stepped back with great difficulty and reluctance. It took so much in him to not just comply with Emily's request and kill her, "but that would be wrong." Edward sternly told himself "As long as there was still hope for Jacob." a voice in his head told him "As long as Jacob lived, so could Emily." He picked up the knife and took Emily by the arm. Agreeing with the voice in his head he stole a car, and placed Emily in the drivers side. He then started the car ignoring Emily's pained pleas drove off to the quileute encampment.
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He burst through the halls doors, with a splintering and smashing of wood and glass "The second time that day he had broken a door in" Edward noted, he wondered when his life had declined to this, breaking down doors in order to save his loves life. The heavy wooden doors banged against the walls in the hall as everyone turned to look his way. Almost all of the elders wrinkled their nose in disgust at a vampire in one of their sacred halls.
"You shouldn't be here." one women loudly stated.
"Jacobs hurt, he is dying," he said in way of explanation. The hall stilled in silence, all the elders and pack members turning to hear what Edward had to say, and see who he was dragging behind him. "And she is the one responsible." he proclaimed throwing Emily on the middle ground between them. She landed hard on her knees, sobbing in front of the elders, and pack members alike.
"Is this true?" piped a female elder.
Emily bowed her head in silence, stilling her cries for the moment.
"Speak up." commanded the oldest and most respected male elder.
"Yes it is true. I stabbed Jacob, he des-"
"Silence." commanded the same elder as the room erupted in concerned talking "No more shall be spoken unless commanded." he at once turned to the rest of the pack, and the elders formed a tight group to discuss the situation.
After 10 minutes of this Edward could stand no more. He punched the wall, gaining everyones attention.
"Jacob. Is. dying! Do. Something. About. It! Stop wasting time when there is none to waste!"
"Hold up a minute. We need to discuss the situation further." a few elders nodded, but some of the pack shuffled closer to Edward in silent agreement. A dirty look from some of the elders stilled their movement though.
"You've discussed this enough, you are just wasting time. Can you help him or not‽"
"Emily," she looked up, fear and unspilled tears in her eyes "what did you do to Jacob?" Edward clenched his fists, he was almost at breaking point. He tried to calm himself, knowing his anger wouldn't help anything here. Emily stayed silent, she didn't seem to hear him at all, she was somewhere else entirely, far, far away.
The eldest elder turned back to the other elders to do some more unnecessarily discussion. It was then Edward caught onto what they were doing. He knew they hated him, but he didnt think they hated him enough to put Jacob's life in danger. Letting go of all restraints, he pulled out Emily's knife from the waistband of his pants and threw it, embedding it in the wall near the head of the women elder who spoke first. The counsel stepped back in surprise.
"It was that knife that she stabbed him with." said Edward deadly calm "Jacob said it had poison on it. Now, do you know know how to cure him or don't you?because I'm on my last scrap of patience, and very soon I'll do something we will all regret if this continues."
"Of course, I just need to examine the weapon" said the youngest elder, who had an wild untamed appearance, that made him appear older than he already was. Looking visibly shaken he carefully removed the knife from the wall and turned it over, examining the blade and wiping Jacobs blood from it. He took one last look at it and passed it to the oldest elder. Whispering to him in urgent harsh whispers, the oldest elder nodded and sent the youngest elder to the back room. He limped away, an old injury that caused him trouble. He brought back a clear solution that had a faint red tinge, it hurt Edward's eyes to stare at it for to long.
"It's a simple enough poison," Began the oldest elder" lethal to no one else but our own kind and the lycanthropes."
"Wolfsbane." interrupted the youngest elder "It's coating the blade. If you look closely you can see a faint blue glow, and even smell a smell like copper, but other than that its virtually undetectable to the average human."
"Is there a cure?" Edward worriedly asked.
"Of course," said the youngest elder "It is curable enough with some fireweed -which is what I'm holding here- but it must be administered within 3 hours of poisoning or it's ineffective."
"How long has it been since Jacob has been stabbed?" pipped Seth from across the room, looking worriedly out the window at the sinking sun.
"Two and a half hours" Edward replied, his mind going blank as he realised they didn't have enough hours left to get back in time to save Jacob.