Chapter 13 - Help! Jake! Please!

Everything went by in a blur. My mind was busy processing and my body was left to run on autopilot. Esme ushered Nessie inside the home while I was left outside conflicted. I was torn between the need to stay with Nessie and to urge to scour the entire island until I found those freaking bloodsuckers so I could personally rip them to shreds.

I was still outside fuming when Carlisle placed a hand on my trembling shoulder. "Edward and the others are on their way," he started. "We will find them Jacob, but it is crucial we do not do anything drastic while we are still possibly outnumbered."

I nodded, partially in agreement partially because I was too angry to respond any other way. He pushed me lightly toward the house.

Any other time, you know in which everyone's life wasn't in grave danger, I would have really admired the beautiful house Esme designed. Though I shouldn't expect anything else from the over the top group of vampires.

I spotted Nessie, and she smiled weakly at me, coming up to grab my hand and lean her head against my shoulder. I gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, though I was anything but calm.

"Now we simply need to wait patiently. We don't want to start an unnecessary fight, especially with Charlie and Billy missing…" Carlisle explained, sitting himself by Esme on the loveseat.

Nessie and I sat on an opposite facing couch where her head returned to its place on my shoulder. Her palm rested on my thigh. Jake, I'm scared, she communicated with her gift. I reassuringly rubbed circles on her back. She must have been tired because she quickly drifted to sleep. Somehow I too managed to fall asleep.

When I woke up it must have been early in the morning, because the sun still wasn't out. Esme and Carlisle must have left a small light on for us, because it was the only light in the room. Nessie was still fast asleep at my side, and I don't know how she was able to sleep so soundly in that uncomfortable looking position. Speaking of uncomfortable, my neck was seriously tense from the unnatural position I myself slept in. Ouch.

I eased Nessie off of me and moved away from the couch. My stomach growled. Leave it to me to be hungry at a time like this…Food could be good though, I wouldn't want to fight on an empty stomach and with the other Cullens on their way who knows when I will get to eat again? That was all the convincing I needed. I took one more look at Nessie to make sure she was safely slepping on the couch where I left her, and the then headed into the kitchen. On the counter was a note. We are hunting nearby, pancakes are in the refridgeratior. Esme signed it. Esme would know that I would be hungry when I woke up. That's why she's one of my favorite bloodsuckers, she's a god in the kitchen. Not that I'm a picky eater…but whatever. I ate the pancakes quickly.

As I was putting my plate in the dishwasher, I heard a stirring outside the kitchen. Carlisle and Esme must have returned. I went out to greet them and that's when I realized my mistake. Carlisle and Esme weren't in the living room. Nobody was. Nessie was gone.

I didn't waste anytime. I launched out the front door, phasing without a second though. I ran in my wolf form in circles around the house trying to pick up a scent—anything that would help me find her. Eventually I came across Nessies scent, leading into the high cliffs of the island, deeper in the jungle. I followed it, racing past palm trees and leaping over streams.

I bet it is that Lavrenti is behind all of this. I hate him with every ounce of my being. He's disgusting, that damn leach! I will kill him personally and happily watch as his limbs go up in flames.

I'm running at top speed, physically unable to push myself any faster. I have been going up hill for a while and suddenly the path ran out. There was a cliff, with a drop taller than the one in La Push. I panicked for a minute, thinking for sure they jumped over, but then I heard her.

"Jake!"

I spun around to see Nessie trapped in the arms of none other than…Jelena?

Vera and Mixim were behind her, knee deep in steam. I growled through my teeth at them.

Nessie struggled to free herself, but she was no match for the full vampire's strength. "I see you found us, I was wondering how long that was going to take you," Mixim said with a maniacal chuckle. I growled louder and began moving closer to them threateningly.

"I wouldn't come close if I were you," he continued. He motioned something to Jelena and she stepped behind everyone so she and Nessie were waist deep in the stream. "You know, it may not seem like it, but this…how you say it, river? Is actually very deep. And I assume half vampires need to breathe eventually, yes?" Mixims accent thickened.

Suddenly, Carlisle and Esme appeared from the treeline into our clearing. What took them so long?! They took in the scene, me in wolf form frozen in front of the three vampires one of which is holding Nessie hostage.

"What is the cause of this?" Carlisle asked, always unassuming.

He shouldn't be asking them anything; he should be clawing their eyes out and getting my Nessie back!

Mixim laughed as though the cause was obvious. "We want the girl, obviously."

Carlisle stepped closer to him, "What do you mean, Mixim?"

Mixim let out an exaggerated sigh, as if the process of explaining his crazy plan was too exhausting to consider. "She's a valuable asset to any coven, there are many…things…she can do that full vampires can not."

Things? What things?

Oh.

Reproduce.

They want to use Nessie, my imprint, to reproduce more hybrids?! I couldn't contain myself anymore. I lunged at them.

I landed with a crack on Mixim and the rest of the world blurred away. Mixim pushed and clawed his way at me, trying to get me off him, but I was determined to rip his head off. I was vaguely aware that behind me a different fight was taking place with the others, but I was too absorbed in my current attack. Neither Mixim nor I had the upper hand in this fight, and we were both getting nowhere. His fist collided with my ribcage, and I felt one or two crack, but I didn't hesitate and gripped my jaw down on his other arm, successfully ripping it from his body.

One second I was on top of Mixim, about to tear his other arm off, and the next I was sprawled across the clearing, nearing the edge of the Cliff. Vera had ripped me off him and she was now helping him reassemble himself.

"If that's the way it must be, then nobody can have her," Mixim exclaimed. Jelena then moved back completely into the stream and was being enveloped in the dark water.

"Help! Jake! Please!"

As her head slipped below the surface I saw my past nightmares coming true. I didn't have time to react because suddenly I was falling over the edge of the cliff, Mixim had snuck up beside me. I quickly phased as my fingers gripped the ledge and he loomed over me.

"It seems there's nothing more you can do," he said, the bottom of his boots edging toward my fingertips. Just as he was about to step down, Edward slammed into his side, knocking him to the ground. Bella appeared at the top of the cliff and helped me up.

"Jake, go!" she yelled, pushing me toward the stream where I could now see bubbles approaching the surface as Nessie used the last of her oxygen. She could hold her breathe longer than a human, but still needed oxygen and fast.

The distance from the cliff ledge to the stream seemed to stretch further and further as I rushed to her. Around me the other Cullens had arrived and were ripping Mixim and Vera to pieces. Emmett had already started a fire.

I dove into the stream, which actually was much deeper than it appeared. There was no light under the water, and I blindly searched for Nessie and her attacker. Nessie must have heard me jump into the water, as her arm was reaching out toward me and I gripped onto it tightly. Jelenas grip was tighter though. I struggled to pull Nessie from her grasp, but underwater I was less coordinated and I couldn't fight her easily.

My eyes became adjusted to the lack of light while my lungs burned with the lack of oxygen. In one last attempt I yanked Nessie with all my might away from Jelena, and suddenly she was free. Jelenas head had been pulled clear off, but I didn't have time to stay around and see which Cullen did it. I quickly pulled Nessie to the surface and out of the water.

Her eyes were shut and she didn't seem to be conscious when I laid her down on the side of the stream. "Nessie! Nessie, come on wake up!"

I pushed on her chest, trying to get the water out of her lungs, and I was reminded of the time when I had saved Bella from the water after she went cliff diving. "Come on, come on," I continued growing desperate.

I started to panic more and more as her eyes continued to stay shut.

"Let me," another voice said, moving next to me. I looked over to see Lavrenti hovering over my Nessie. That's when I realized it was him that had helped me free Nessie from the member of his coven. And I realized I made a mistake in judging him so harshly. He was the one able to actually help my imprint, not me. So I moved over and let him attempt to bring her to consciousness.

He performed what looked like CPR, figures that he would know how to do that, and finally her eyes opened with a cough. "Jake?" she asked.

"I'm right here, baby," I said, grabbing her hands. She looked from me to Lavrenti, confused, but not questioning anything. There would be time fro that later. I looked up to see that Mixim, Vera, and Jelena was burning in the middle of the clearing.

The Cullens had won again.

AUTHORS NOTE: So this chapter just sort of happened. There will be only one more chapter until the end...I can't believe it's came this far! I feel my writing style has for sure changed since I first began this. I don't know if that's good or bad. I know I personally have changed a lot since I began...so the story naturally would too. I hope you look forward to the next chapter, please review! Reviews make me happy!