Chapter 53
Jacob's P.o.V.
"It has been six days since the mass vanishing that took place at Port Angeles just this past weekend-" I quickly shut the TV off and threw the remote onto the couch, looking up at Jared. He paced around, shooting death glares out the window. Seth was talking to Brandon.
"Guys, I made food," Esme said, walking into the living room. No one listened. The Pack's barely left the Cullen's house in the past week. Leah's slowly getting worse, and I've tightened our patrol schedule.
Jared suddenly growled and everyone jumped. Kim reached out to touch his shoulder and he relaxed a little.
Kissing her cheek, he said, "I'm going out. I'll be back later." He ran out the patio door. Kim flopped onto the couch and placed her head in her hands. Jazmyn moved to put her arm around her shoulder. That's when Seth and Brandon came inside and Carlisle rushed downstairs.
"Her water broke," he said. Everyone's heads shot up and I froze. So did Alice.
"Jacob, don't leave yet," she said after a few minutes. "Jazmyn. Go up with Leah. Someone's coming. We need to go to the backyard before they try and sneak in." I looked at Jazz and she nodded, running up the stairs. Seth went with her. Then I followed Alice outside. Carlisle, Sam, and Emmett came with us.
We stood at the entrance of the forest, looking at Alice. Suddenly, something rancid shot up my nose. I growled and was suddenly on alert, Sam doing the same. Emmett hissed when a red-eyed vampire came out of the forest, while Carlisle and Alice's faces were calm.
The vampire was a girl with long blonde hair. She ran her hands through it and placed a hand on her hips.
"Now we could do this the easy way or the hard way. I know that she's starting labor. I can smell the blood; churning inside of her." She smiled deviously and licked her lips. "Choose. My masters don't like to be kept waiting." Her masters? "Oh, and to make things even more interesting, I'll settle a trade. Oh, girls!" she called. Sam glanced at me.
Hand in hand and perfectly in step, they walked out. But they were different. Their black hair was longer. Shinier. They looked older. At least fifteen. They were gorgeous.
But the thing that got me was their eyes. Their blood red eyes. I shook my head and took a step back.
"It can't be..." I found myself whispering. They were looking at the first vampire. I cocked my head. "A-Ashley?" I squeaked. She whipped her head around to face me and smiled, her sister doing the same.
"Hi, Jacob," they said together. The other vampire stepped forward, making Emmett hiss again.
"What'd you do?" he yelled.
"Just a little re-altering. Nothing big." She waved her hand, dismissing the subject. "Now. The easy way is this: turn over your mate, and we'll return your girls." Everyone turned to look at me. The vampire examined her nails like they were the most interesting thing in the world at that moment.
I thought about Leah. She was in pain right now. In labor.
I looked at the Twins. Their faces had changed. It was like they were telling me not to take them. Keep Leah, Amanda was mouthing.
But I wanted them back! I wanted them safe!
The vampire shot her eyes at me when I'd gone about two minutes without making my decision.
"I guess it'll be the hard way then." She snapped her fingers and we were suddenly surrounded by ravenous, snapping vampires. The main one cocked her head and smiled.
"Jacob, we're outnumbered," Sam whispered to me.
"No we're not." I phased, ripping out of my clothes. Sam did the same. I howled and the Pack exploded out of the Cullen's house. Carlisle ran back inside, Alice on his heels.
"She's ready to push," Seth told me quickly.
"No. She needs to wait for Carlisle," I thought.
Evangeline, Edward, Rosalie, Esme, Jasper and Sue joined us.
"Ash?" Brandon thought, seeing his imprint.
"Amanda! Ashley!" Jared exploded out of the forest and started running towards his sisters.
"Jared, you need to stay focused. We need to keep them all out of the house," I commanded.
"What are we going to do?" Syanne thought. Her thoughts flashed to Jayah and Kyle, crying inside. She turned back to me.
"Attack," I commanded. Everyone lunged towards a vampire, starting to take them out.
I ran full speed towards the blonde, but she grinned at me and disappeared into thin air. Two more vampires stood in her place. The Twins. I didn't want to fight them. They leaned towards me and patted my head.
"We're on your side," Ashley smiled at me. "No one's going to get to Leah." Amanda nodded and the two ran off, still holding hands. They let go of each other long enough to take out two vampires at once.
"Yes!" I thought, running off. What happened next seemed to be a blur. I saw a flash of blonde hair running into the house. Then a piercing shriek shot through the air. Then I smelled blood. Everyone froze, and the vampires suddenly started moving around more.
I shot off to chase after the blonde, leaving behind my Pack to fend for themselves.
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Jazmyn's P.o.V.
"Sue! No!" Esme screeched. I watched as Sue's eyes turned blood red and she started to hiss, walking towards the source of the blood.
"Mom!" Seth ran towards his mom. Quil stopped him.
"I'll get her. You two work on taking out the others."
I ran off and tackled a red head. He hissed into my face and I growled, ripping his head off. I threw it across the back lawn and ran off to help Syanne.
"They keep coming back!" Embry thought loudly.
"But everyone's too busy to start a fire," Sam said.
"Teasha..." Collin thought. He barked three times and Teasha ran out onto the porch, freezing when she saw what was happening. He howled at her before tackling another vampire. She caught on fire and then reemerged in her bird form. She flew up and then dipped down, her wings catching on fire. A mass of vampires started to burn, and there were less.
"Yeah!" Collin cheered, and took down two more leeches.
"Jazmyn, take Seth and get the other imprints to safety," Jacob thought. "Take my kid and Kyle with you."
"Okay." Seth and I phased and ran in, grabbing Jayah and Kyle. The only other imprint here was Kim and Claire. There was another shriek, and then a growl from Jacob. A blonde vampire hissed and was thrown down the stairs.
"Go!" I screamed, and the kids started to cry.
"I'll get into the car, you two go back out and fight," Kim said quickly. "Come with me, Claire." I kissed Jayah's head and ran outside with them. Seth threw me the keys to Jake's Rabbit and I handed them to Kim. She climbed into the car and Claire climbed into the back. I strapped in Jayah and Seth strapped in Kyle.
"Drive. To La Push. Emily's house. Don't come out," Seth told Kim. She nodded and then pulled out, speeding down the highway. We watched them and then Seth pulled me back to the side of the house. Another shriek from the house and then the smell of blood became stronger. Pretty much all the vampires had been burned except for two that Esme and Jasper were holding off. Ashley and Amanda covered their noses and Sue held hers, too. Everyone was so busy with a group of vampires that they didn't notice one heading towards the house. Seth told me to stay and ran towards it. But before he could phase, the vampire whipped around towards him. Seth froze and the vampire leaned forward.
Suddenly, the air was filled with the sounds of snapping, cracking, and popping. I watched in horror as bones shot out of his back and legs. My imprint started to choke and then he fell to the ground.
"SETH!" I screeched. Sue saw her son fall to the ground and her eyes turned redder than they were before. She stood perfectly still as all the leeches that were left were lifted high into the air. I stared up at them in disbelief, everyone else doing as I did.
Sue's hands clenched into fists and the vampires shattered like glass. Each and every one. Their remains floated towards the huge fire and fell into it. Then Sue ran to Seth. She cradled him in her arms, sobbing tearlessly.
I found myself by her side, crying into his chest. He reached up and stroked my shoulder.
"Jazz..."
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Jacob's P.o.V.
"There's no turning now," Alice said. "Your coven is gone. You're outnumbered." The blonde seemed to get the message and she looked scared.
"Irene," she snapped. A girl appeared at her side. She was the one that I'd seen on TV countless times before. The missing girl from Oregon. "You can keep the girls. You can keep your baby and your mate...Oh, wait. She'll be dead by the time the demon is born." The blonde smiled. "But we'll come back. This isn't over." Irene and the blonde disappeared and Leah screamed again. I phased, pulled on my shorts, and ran inside the room.
"The baby's coming fast. She's already lost a lot of blood. Too much," Carlisle explained to me. The sheets were soaked in Leah's blood, and she panted hard on the bed. She looked week. Alice and I rushed to both sides of the bed. "Leah, you're going to have to push again."
"No! I can't!" She shot up from the bed but Alice and I pushed her back down. "LET ME GO! LET ME GOOOO!" she screeched.
"Leah! Just push! One more!" Carlisle yelled. This was the first time that I'd heard him do that. I cupped Leah's face into mine.
"Do it for me," I told her. I kissed her cheek and she nodded.
"You're dead when this kid is out of me," she hissed.
That's the Leah I know.
She leaned forward and Carlisle counted.
"...Nine. And-" He stopped and pulled something up into his hands. "You can relax Leah." I kissed my imprint over and over again and Leah breathed slowly in and out. Carlisle handed Alice the baby and looked at Leah. His eyes widened.
"Oh, no..."
"What?" I shot up.
"She's hemorrhaging badly."
"Jacob? W-what's happening?" Leah's breathing became labored and she started to sway.
"Leah...!"
Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell onto the pillow.
"LEAH!"
Jazmyn's P.o.V.
I started to cry and Sue sat up. I held Seth close to me and he stared up into my face.
"My baby, my baby..." Sue sobbed tearlessly. Everyone else flew to where we were.
It must've looked pretty epic right now. A giant fire in the background, debris everywhere, snow falling softly from the sky. Me holding my dying boyfriend.
He coughed, spitting up blood. I noticed that his breathing was off. It sounded hard. He looked at Sue.
"I can't feel my legs," he said quietly. He laughed a little. Sue took in a breath, but didn't let it out. Sam kneeled down.
"Let's get him inside to Carlisle. He'll help him." I nodded and Sam took a hold of Seth on the other side. We started to lift him up but Sam cursed and let go. "His back is bleeding. There's a lot. If we move him, it could be bad."
"But if we leave him, it could be worse," I said. Seth coughed out more blood at that moment and I wiped off his chin with the end of my shirt.
"It's healing," he whispered.
"We'll wait a few seconds, see what happens then," Sam said.
"I can't be here," Ashley said, running off into the forest. Her sister ran after her and Esme followed them.
"I'm sorry, honey. I have to go, too. I don't want to lose control," she brushed his hair back and Seth nodded. "I love you." He only nodded again and Sue sprinted off.
"Jazz, let's try again. Quickly." We lifted him up and then ran inside and up the stairs. Carlisle took Seth from us and set him on a bed next to Leah. She was hooked up to three different machines and Alice was holding a bag. She had her lips pursed and watched blankly as Carlisle started working on Seth.
He looked like he was in pain now.
"Jazz..." he breathed.
"How much blood has he lost?" Carlisle asked.
"I don't know. It was a lot," I answered, looking at my red stained arms and clothes. I looked back at Seth, he seemed to be turning pale.
"I don't feel good," he whispered.
"Seth, son, you need to stay awake for me." Carlisle took his arm and plugged a needle into it. "I don't have enough equipment for this...I should've been prepared. The closet!" He ran at lightning speed out of the room and then came back with three rods and monitors.
Seth gripped my hand, and I noticed that it became weaker and weaker. I started to hold onto it tighter.
"I'm tired..." Seth whispered. His eyes started to droop.
"No! You heard what Carlisle said: stay awake," Sam shook him. Seth either didn't hear or didn't want to listen and his eyes closed more. His chest stopped moving. I couldn't hear his heartbeat.
"You two need to leave," Carlisle ordered. Sam nodded and helped me off the floor. Instead of kicking and screaming, I let him pull me out.
This was the second time that I'd watched my imprint die.
It'd probably be the last.
You guys probably hate me right now. So, this is the first and ONLY time that I will allow flames. BUT ONLY ON THIS CHAPTER!
P.S. Things will get better, don't worry!
~SashaFierce12.0