Ok just as I promised, here's chapter 15. This chapter might be a little shorter than I wanted it to be, so I apologize for that. And I also apologize if you all expected more action and drama in this chapter, but didn't receive it. (Oh and I don't wanna spoil this for anyone, but I just thought I needed to tell you all. There WILL be a sequal to this story. And I've been thinking of writing two more stories as the sequal! But I'll have to finish this story first!) Anyway, here's chapter 15. Hope you all enjoy! :)

The Hawk turned and tried to strike below. Its main target was Bella. It spread its talons wide to try and grab the female serpent, but it soon had to fly back up in the air. From down below on the ground, Jake was shooting at the hawk.

As women and children were trying to go inside a building for safety, the men such as Rango, Wounded Bird, and the rest of the posse got their guns, got some cover from a nearby building, and started shooting the bird as well. However, Beans insisted she should help as too, which was a major concern for Rango.

"Now Beans, this is an emergency! This is just too dangerous for women and children!"he said.

"Just because I'mma woman, doesn't mean I don't know how to use a gun!"she persisted.

"But Beans, I need ya te make sure everyone's inside and out of danger! And ya know I can't do that AND fight the hawk at same time!"

She was about to object, until he interrupted her. "Please Beans, I need ya te do this fer me and the town! I'm contin' on ya!"

She sighed, then nodded and went inside, along with the rest of the women and children. Once she was inside a building, Rango heaved a sigh of relief, and started to shoot the hawk. Each time the hawk got close, Rango and the rest of the men would shoot it, and hope they hit their target. But each time it tried to dive, the posse would just waste more and more bullets.

Jake growled to himself. He couldn't get a good hit at the bird. Soon he got so frustrated, he shot randomly for a little while. Bella noticed this, and frowned. She wanted to know where this hawk came from. And it was pretty obvious it was after her. However, there was something about this hawk that seemed very familiar, but she couldn't quite put her rattle on it . She then had a strange feeling. She actually wanted to question the hawk herself! Since, she was its main target, why not go face to face with it, head on.

Then she had a crazy idea. A life threatening, stupid, crazy idea.

But first, she needed to get out of Jake's coils. Which was easier said than done.

She looked for a good opportune moment, when Jake wasn't looking and the hawk was at a safe distance away. When she finally found that moment, she bolted out of his coils.

Jake was more than surprised at her sudden movement, and when she started to slither towards the open street, a moment of panic and worry washed over him. "What the hell are ya doin'! Get the fuck back here woman!" she heard Jake yell at her.

But she payed him no heed, and slithered to the middle of the street. She saw the hawk circle around, and made a loud screech. Now it was step 2 of her crazy idea.

"Hey Bird Brain!" she yelled at the hawk. "Look over here!"

That immediately got his attention. Once, the bird spotted her, it headed straight her way. She got ready, and waited until the hawk came close. Jake saw that and his eyes opened wide, then he yelled at Bella to come back.

"Bella! Get back here ya crazy woman!"

She ignored him. And just as as the hawk came closer to her, Jake came out of the building, and raced towards Bella. The hawk opened his beak wide and prepared to grab Bella, who prepared to do something of her own. Jake knew he wouldn't make it in time, and yelled at her.

"BELLA!"

Just when the hawk was about to clamp his beak down on her, Bella quickly moved to the side and used a part of her coils, to wrap around the hawks neck, and threw him down to the ground. The hawk fell head first and rolled forward until it landed on its back. The impact caused sand and dirt to fly everywhere and made everyone cover their faces so no sand can get into their mouths and noses. There was so much sand, it looked like a sandstorm hit the entire town.

Soon everyone started coughing and waving the sand out of their faces. When the sand finally cleared way, people looked around to see a shocking sight. The hawk layed still, with belly facing up. Near the head, was Bella, who was breathing kind of heavily.

Bella then grinned triumphantly. Her plan worked! She then slithered towards the hawk's head, and slithered to the side of it. Before she could do anything else, she heard a familiar voice from right behind her.

"Belle! Are ya alright!"

Bella turned around and saw a very worried and slightly angry Jake. She nodded to him.

"I'm fine! Really!"she called to him. He immediately slithered towards her.

"What the hell were ya thinkin' woman! Ya could've been killed by that damn hawk!" he exclaimed.

"I know! I know! Ya don't have ta remind me! I just...wanted to try something." she said, looking back at the hawk. He raised a brow at her. "Try what?"

She continued to look at the hawk, and spoke. "I don't know why, but this hawk seems very familiar."

He narrowed his eyes at her. "Whatdya mean 'familiar?'"

"I mean like, I've seen this hawk before. But I...I just can't remember." she explained. "I know I've met him before, but..."she trailed off, shaking her head. He looked at her for a while. "So ya didn't kill the hawk." he said, a bit disappointed.

She shook her head. "No. I wanted to have a little talk with this big fellow, before I end his life." He raosed a brow at her. "Talk?"

She looked at him. "Well, I'm pretty sure you all noticed who this hawk was after." His faced immediately darkened when she said that, and tightened a part of his coils around her.

"I wanna know why it was after me Jake. And its hard to interrogate someone when they're up in the air and your stuck on the ground."she said with a little pout. But she soon started smiling when she saw him roll his eyes.

"So what now?"he asked.

"Now, all I need to do is wait 'till this big guy wakes up, then I'll interrogate 'em!" she said. He raised a brow at her. "That's it?" She tilted her head in confusion. "What?"

"That's yer plan?!" he asked. "Uh...yeah!"she said.

He sighed and ahook his head. "Well then tell me, how are ya gonna interrogate 'im when he wakes up?"he asked. She opened her mouh to answer, then quickly shut it when she realized she didn't have an answer.

He saw that, and sighed. "Ya don't know, do ya?"She lowered her head, in shame.

"No."

Meanwhile, the hawk, slowly opened its eyes. His vision was a little foggy, but it was quickly going away. His vision cleared, to reveal a Bella with her back turned to it. Once it realized who she was, he quickly snapped out of his dazed state, and narrowed his eyes on her, and made a loud hearing the loud sound, Bella spun around and saw the hawk, trying to grab her with his beak. But before he could reach her, Jake immediately pulled her out of the way before it could get her. The hawk rolled over until it was right side up, and made and attempt to grab Bella.

However, Bella spun around and slapped it across the face with her tail, causing it to stumble backwards a bit. But it just quickly shook his head and lunged at Bella. He grabbed her by the tail, literally ripping her out of Jake's coils, and lifted her up in the air. She screamed the entire way, unable to free herself from the Hawk's beak. The hawk then flapped its wings, and started flying up in the air, with Bella still in its beak.

"BELLA!" Jake yelled from bellow. He desperately started shooting the hawk, trying to make it go back down. Soon he was followed by the ret of the town, who also started shooting the hawk. But so far, none had made a direct hit, and the hawk kept on rising higher and higher into the air.

Bella tried with all her might to free herself from the hawk, but she couldn't. No matter how hard she pulled and tugged, she couldn't break free. So she had no choice but to use her last line of defense. She then turned to the hawk, and sank her fangs in its neck, injecting her deadly venom in its system. The hawk screeched in pain, and dropped Bella.

Bella tried with all her might to slow down her fall, but she couldn't. She then landed on top of the clock tower. But she soon found herself slipping off the giant building. A moment of panic washed over her. "No! No!" Then she finally slipped.

"NO!"

She closed her eyes shut, and braced for the hard impact. But instead of falling on hard ground, she fell on something soft and cushiony. She opened her eyes and found herself on top and rapped around Jake's coils. She sighed in relief.

"Nice catch!" she commented while smiling gratefully. But before he could say anything, they both snapped their heads up to see heading straight towards them. He carried her out of the way, just in time before the hawk crashed landed onto the ground. Once again, sand and dirt exploded everywhere due to the impact. People were coughing and waving all the dust out of their faces. When the dust soon cleared up, they saw a familiar shocking scene.

The hawk was once again, layed on the floor, except it was sprawled out on its stomach. It was breathing heavily and was twitching quite a bit, due to the venom that was spreading through its body. It also made a few croaking sounds every now and then, due to all the pain that it felt. It cracked its eyes open just a bit, and closed them. He then opened them again, but his vision was blurry. When it finally cleared, he saw a long silhouette standing right in front of him.

Bella kept her eyes firmly locked on the Hawk's eyes. Her expression was firm and serious as she looked down at the bird. Her eyes showed no mercy at all.

"Well, now that your finally grounded," she started to say. "There are these questions that I've been meaning to ask you before you die," she narrowed her eyes at him. "Who are you? Why are you here? And who sent you?" Her voice was strong and serious, with a tone that would scare many.

The hawk looked up at her with tired and exhausted eyes. Then he looked down at the ground, knowing he had no other choice. "He sent me."

Bella's ears perked up when she heard him answer. "Who sent you?! In fact, who are you?!" she exclaimed.

"My name is Silas." he answered.

Bella thought for a moment, and gasped out loud when she finally remembered who he was. Then she started shaking. "Your... Silas?" she said in a hoarse whisper.

Jake noticed her sudden change of mood and immediately got concerned. "Belle what's wrong?" She didn't respond and just stared at the bird. Memories flashed through her mind. She remembered all the battles her father made her fought in. She would remember that he would make her fight with hawks and even make them try to kill her. She remembered this one battle where she nearly killed a certain hawk. But managed to not do so. Silas was that certain hawk.

"But how are you here?! How did you find me?! Did..." she trailed off. "Did he..."

Silas looked up at her with sorry eyes then nodded. "Your father sent me. He sent me to bring you to him."

Bella's heart immediately stopped when she heard his response. "What?"

"In fact, he's here already," he turned his head and looked behind him. Bella followed his gaze, and was horrified at what she saw.

There in the distance was Dalanar, and what seemed to be an army right behind him, all armed to the teeth. There was also some who carried chains, that seemed too familiar to Bella, and brought back more horrible memories. When Bella saw her father, he was grinning evilly at her, which made her face grow pale.

"Hello Bella!"

Well, this was chapter 15. I'm SO, SO, SO, SO sorry by the way, that this chapter took forever! :( I was SUPER busy with 2 projects that were due the exact same day and I hadn't even started on them yet, so I just had to finish them. (sigh) But as soon as I was done, I quickly worked on this chapter. Again, sorry if this wasn't as good as you thought it would be. And I'll try to finish the next chapter soon, just be patient with me ok. (And just to remind you all, there WILL be a sequel to this, I just need to finish this story first.) Anyway, please review! I really appreciate them, and I don't care if you just wanna say you liked this or not. Please Review! :)