Bella

Sulpicia's words repeated over and over again as I followed Felix through the halls.

They will kill each other.

Choose and choose soon.

She had to be wrong. They would never do that. I couldn't let them fight over me. It was crazy. How could I choose? Edward wasn't the same anymore. I still loved him, but he broke me and if it wasn't for Jacob I would have died in Forks.

I never thought I could feel anything for anyone else. I swore Edward was and would be the only one.

We neared an underground gate where Jane, Alec, Edward and Jasper waited. Whatever was going to happen with Edward and Jasper it wouldn't happen until after we avenged Alice. That much I knew.

"I assume we're ready." Jane looks at me and I want to hide somewhere else. I've never seen anyone more disgusted than her. I don't know what I did to piss her off so much, but she hates me.

Felix nods and we leave the locked iron gate, travelling through dark tunnels. I focus on the mission which still hasn't been explained. I'm sure Jane told Edward and Jasper the plan. I'll find a way to help when the time comes. I refuse to be helpless.

We travelled for hours until the tunnels ended and we stood in the forest.

The same forest that changed everything.

"What's the plan?"

Everyone's blood red eyes stared at me.

This time it's Alec who speaks.

"Edward and I will go first through the sewers…"

"Too late!" Felix hisses and jumps through the air, over Alec's shoulders.

I can hear them now, hundreds of steps.

"Go, destroy the complex, we'll handle this," Jane orders and follows Felix.

I look at Jasper and Edward who both nod and take off towards the sewers. I follow.

The smell hasn't changed. I know it's stupid to be thinking about how bad it smells instead of fighting, but I can't help it.

Edward holds up a hand hallway through the sewer. "There are four guards around this bend. Two are werewolves."

I prepare myself. I'm not the weak Bella Swan I used to be. I can kick some major werewolf butt.

We turn the corner and leap at the guards. I land behind one and grab his head, instantly breaking his neck, surprised at how easy it is. Jasper slams into one of the werewolves, flipping sideways in the air as he grabs the werewolf's fur and flips it on his back. Edward takes that cue to dive onto the upside dog and tear him in two.

A gun goes off, aimed at me. The bullet bounces off my skin like a ball and I rip the gun out of the man's hands. His eyes are wide and for a second I hesitate.

Edward doesn't give me the option to wait. He tosses the human like a doll. Its body breaks against the concrete walls and its eyes slip back into his head.

"We don't need to kill them. They're just humans," I say.

Edward looks at me. "Humans who will kill us."

There was no point in arguing with him, not now.

I turn around to help Jasper who is wrestling with the last werewolf. Between both of our strength, the fight is over in seconds.

"Now what?" I step over the dead bodies and run after Jasper and Edward who are reaching the end of the sewer.

"We blow it up," Jasper says and guides me towards the ladder leading into the complex.

"With what?" Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any bag of explosives. "And how do we get out once it blows? I thought vampires are vulnerable to fire."

"Don't worry, Bella. Just follow us and do what we say."

I glare at Edward. He's always treating me as a weak breakable doll. Well, I'm not weak, not anymore.

Jasper senses my irritation and his hand secretly squeezes mine as Edward flies up the ladder. The sensation fills me with longing and strength. I glance at Jasper's eyes and see he understands.

Jasper saw what I was capable of back at the lake.

When we reach the inside of the complex it's eerily quiet. Edward's brow furrows and he looks left than right. "I don't hear anything," he says and he sounds confused.

I try and listen.

I can hear the whir of computers and electricity pulsing through the complex.

And voices.

"There." I point right. "I can hear someone."

Jasper and Edward both look at me, and then take off in that direction.

I guess newborns hear better.

We turn left, then right, then right again until we reach a metal door. Edward throws his hand out to stop us. "It can't be," he whispers.

The door opens and inside two male vampires, who resembled Egyptian gods, smiled.

"Finally, we've been waiting for you."

Edward looks back at Jasper.

Something passes between them, but I don't know what.

"What you come in and talk to use, Edward?" One of the vampires says. His voice is richer than velvet and I'm hypnotized by his deep eyes and bronze skin.

Edward turns to me. "If you still care anything about me, listen to Jasper."

"Edward, what are you talking about?"

He doesn't wait for me to answer. He steps inside the room, closing the door behind him.

"Edward!"

I try the lock, but even with my strength it doesn't budge. "Jasper!"

Jasper stares at the door, almost dazed. "We need to move."

"And just leave him here with them? Who are they? How do they know him?"

"Bella, we need to go. Now."

"No."

"Edward will be fine. They won't kill him."

"How do you know that?"

"Because Edward told me."

I stare back at the door, torn.

"We still have a mission to complete. He'll be fine. Trust me. I need your help Bella. I can't do this alone."

Jasper holds out his hand and I take it, realizing that I've finally made a choice whether it was the right one or not.