Once outside, the guards let go of me. They gave me a little push as if they wanted me to run away, so I did. I sprinted as fast as I could, but the guards mostly kept up. It was insane how fast I was going. We were in a rundown part of some town with buildings rushing past me, yet everything was still in focus even in the dim moonlight. If anything, it was in even more focus than before. I could see each loose pebble on the road as I ran past it and read every street sign down the street for as long as it could go. After an eternity locked up, running at full speed felt exhilarating and empowering.

With the blow of a wind, that same heavenly scent - even stronger than before - filled my nostrils. Without even thinking about it, I chased off in the direction of the scent. I didn't know what it was, but I knew I needed to have it again. Nothing was going to get in my way. As I got closer, the sounds of a city got louder. I could hear cars and people talking.

I ended up in an alley where some guy was doing some sketchy stuff in the dark. I didn't pay attention to what it was. I heard the thick, slushing liquid pumping around and launched myself at him. Warm nectar guzzled down my throat, somewhat easing the long-lasting burn. When the source ran dry, I dropped it to the ground and instantly sought out more.

Fortunately, his friend appeared and was my next victim. With each new person I drained, my throat felt better and better. Finally, the guards had decided I had had enough and grabbed ahold of me. I growled at them and fought with everything I had, but I couldn't outdo the four of them. Dragging me all the way back to my prison, the only thing on my mind was how to get more of that divine liquid. The memory of the taste and feeling consumed my mind.

When I was thrown back in my room, I finally calmed down enough to realize what had happened. I drank those men's blood, and I liked it. Was I a vampire? I couldn't believe that I had killed people. It was so horrible, but at the same time, it felt so good. On some level, I even wanted to do it again. No! I wasn't a killer, or at least I didn't used to be. Whatever I was now, I guess I was a killer. What would my life be like now?

For a whole day (don't ask how I knew), I tried to sit completely still thinking it all over, yet I still hadn't come to a conclusion. There were no more of the usual interruptions as no one came in to give me food nor did I need to use the bathroom - part of being a vampire, I assumed.

Interruptions to my deep contemplation did come in the form of my clothes. Whenever I accidentally took a breath, the blood that stained my clothes flooded my senses and sent me on a blood craze. I'd scream out, demanding more blood and pounding on the walls. After a while of holding my breath, which I apparently didn't need, I'd finally calm down some. As the burning in my throat got worse and worse, it became harder to ignore sending me off on another craze. I wasn't even in control of my own body anymore.

Apparently, neither were the others. With my enhanced hearing, I could now hear every sound the other vampires made. They too would pound on the walls and scream for blood which would set off others as well. I wasn't sure if knowing that I was acting in a similar fashion to them was reassuring or not.

Being locked up was even worse than it was before because freedom seemed so close now yet still so far away. After what could have been months, I finally got a taste of the outside world only to be thrown back in this horrid place. If only someone could drive a stake through my heart.

Finally, the door opened back up, and I quickly stood in front only to be nose to nose with the same four guards as last time. The routine repeated where I went out, sucked some people dry, and was thrown back in this room to wallow in guilt at murdering people but also wanting to go out and do it again.

On later trips, I tried to avoid people, but the guards kept steering me towards the city. As soon as their scent became present, I was unable to stop myself. After feeding myself, I promised myself to try and restrain myself harder next time, but by the time I was let out again, my throat was hurting so bad it almost wasn't worth it to try.

Kody's POV

"Will she make it? What's she look like? Will she be okay?" I loaded Alice with questions I knew she wouldn't necessarily be able to answer. I was so nervous. I was supposed to be there for Naomi when she transformed and adjusted, but now she'd have to go through it all alone. What would she think when she realized what she was? Would she still want me when she realized that I was just like her? That was assuming we'd get back to her, but I refused to believe otherwise.

"Calm down, Kody. I can't figure anything out when you're like this. Not much is going on— wait!" Alice's eyes glazed over as she got another vision, hopefully this time a good one. "They're letting her out to go hunting…but not the good kind," Alice whispered the last part under her breath in despair.

Thinking of Mia hunting people caused another spike of panic to hit me. That thought hadn't even come to me before. It was just another reason to worry about her reaction to me.

"Wait, wait! She's in a city. I can see the street signs. Look up these street names," Alice commanded me as she wrote some down.

Practically ripping the paper out of her hands, I flew over to the computer and typed away. "Right here. The city's right here."

Ending the vision, Alice came over to look at my results. "You're right. We'll go there right away and start looking around. They're locking her back up in the same building, so we'll narrow our search down to near the city."

"I hope she's there and okay," I lamented once again as everyone whizzed around preparing. We knew we'd be facing several vampires, so we were calling in any friends we could to help. We still didn't know why they took Mia, but it couldn't be good. Putting a stop to everything there would have been a good idea whether my mate was involved in it or not.

I didn't want to wait for everyone to show up, but my family claimed it was the smartest option. We couldn't go in alone, and the longer we waited, they more cities Alice saw my mate hunting in to narrow down our search. Our target building now had to be in the center of all the clusters of cities.

Allowing my mate to continue hunting like this, I knew would only make her feel worse about herself and us. It was like I was reliving my first time as a vampire all over again - rampaging through the city, drinking any human in site, not knowing what other option there is. It was even worse for Mia since she was still someone's captor.

After a week, our house was full of vampires who could get here in the shortest amount of time, and Alice had locked down on what she thought the building was. Although it would take even longer, we had to run instead of fly since all these red eyes couldn't be surrounded by humans for so long. Because of Alice, they all knew Mia would be okay waiting a little bit longer, but I didn't think they were accounting for her emotional state.

"Goodbye Renesmee," Bella said as she and Edward hugged their daughter goodbye.

"I don't see why I can't go. I want to help Mia too," she complained at being left behind.

"And if not her, why not me? It's been too long since I've gotten to kill some bloodsuckers," Jacob added.

"If you go, how are you to ensure that your wife will stay at home and not follow us to fight," Edward explained to him. Even after all these years, he still hadn't completely accepted Jacob being his son-in-law.

Jacob sighed but nodded in response. "Anything for Nessie. Good luck guys." He went to hold her hand as we all started to run off to save Mia.

As we got closer to our destination, everyone was getting more anxious for a fight while I was anxious to see Mia again. Alice, who was riding on Jasper's back to focus on her visions, was trying to see the most successful way to attack based on Jasper's suggestions of strategies. She was constantly monitoring the vampires' every movement as well as ours which in hindsight wasn't the best strategy.

"Okay, so one group is going to go in and attack them straight on. Another group is going to be waiting for the second wave while the final group is going to try and sneak in from behind," Jasper started explaining to us as we stood right outside where they would be able to detect us. Edward, now being able to read their thoughts, was fine tuning the strategy with Jasper and Alice.

I should have been listening to the plan, but all I could focus on was looking for Mia among those prisons. Being reunited at last and hugging her with all my strength to ensure that she was okay was all I wanted to do at this moment.

"What about all the newborns locked up?" someone brought up.

"As soon as they notice us, they're going to release some of the more controlled ones to help them fight us off, so we'll have to kill those. As for the other ones, we'll either have to kill them too, or people will have to volunteer to help teach them the rules. That can be decided after," Alice explained sadly.

The silence that followed was filled with the strongest anticipation and optimism, no doubt thanks to Jasper. The major could finally fight against other vampires and use his powers to build the army's morale again. At least it was for a good cause this time.

Finally, the first group charged in. My family was all part of the third group, so that we could try and look for Mia since everyone would be, hopefully, too distracted to notice us.

"Don't worry, Kody. You'll be reunited with Mia before you know it." Esme, always the mother, was there to reassure me as I was practically jumping with nerves. It was a completely human mannerism, but I couldn't help it. Mia made me feel so human again.

At last, it was our turn. We stayed in the back of the group as we entered the fortified building. Collisions and snarls up ahead alerted us to the battle. Body parts were being ripped off and thrown all over the place. Edward, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett all rushed in to help out. The rest of us started our search.