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Chapter Twenty-Six- November 2018: Emmett

There's no need for you to say a word

Your sacrifices for me to take a turn

I hope you're sailing free and on your way

And I hope you think of me each day

And now I'm standing here alone

Still holding my head up high

The time has come for me to leave

It's the only way to survive

Standing Alone by In This Moment

I drained the last of the blood from the bear's neck and dropped him. I laughed at myself as I realized that I was covered in blood. Graceful eating was not one of my strong suits. Even Bella had it down. Though she seemed to be made for this life. She never even had the newborn bloodlust that we all went through. Carlisle said self control was her talent.

Edward was certainly happier now that he was getting some. He was must easier to be around. Speaking of getting some I wonder what my Rosie was is up to.

I loved the way she acted when Annie was around. So carefree and happy. I couldn't wait to see her again, even though it was just a few hours since I last did.

I started to run home when I first knew I wasn't alone.

It was vampires. Quite a few of them and none that I recognized. I started to run faster, but was knocked down.

A bag was thrown over my head and I was dragged away. I tried to fight, but there were at least four of the unknown vampires holding me.

"We have your wife, make a move to get away and I will call to have her killed." A menacing voice told me and fear ran through me.

Were they telling the truth? I didn't want to risk it and loose the most important thing in my life.

Rosalie…

I watched out the window for Emmett to return. I knew I should have gone hunting with him, even if I didn't need to go. Annie told all of us to not go alone. Emmett would be alright though. If anyone could go alone it would be him.

I waited another few hours and decided to call him. He should have been home by now but he wasn't. His phone rang and rang until it went to message.

Now I was worried. Emmett always answered his phone, something was wrong. Without thinking I left the house following his scent.

I came across a spot where he obviously had gotten his bear. I smiled to myself a little and decided to call his cell again.

I heard the ringing on my end then I could hear the ringing from the trees a few yards away. I smiled to myself and walked over there expecting to see him waiting for me.

The only thing I found was his phone and panic saturated me. I picked up my phone and dial Annie's number, because something was very wrong.

Annie…

I heard my phone ring from the bedroom. I knew Paul would answer it because he was in there while I was finishing some dishes.

I dropped the plate and it shattered against the floor when I heard rose's distressed voice on the other end. I ran to the bedroom and ripped my phone out of Paul's grasp.

"On my way." I told her and left the house despite Paul's protests. I ran until I met her back at the Cullen's where they were all standing around her. She had not told them what was going on.

I went to her and she wrapped herself around me.

"An…Annie." She sobbed and a new kind of guilt went through me.

"If I would have just stayed away none of this would have happened." I whispered and everyone was looking at me. "I am going to get him back." I told Rose and left.

And I would. As I ran to the nearest airport that would get me to Italy I knew that people were going to die today. And those were the ones that fucked with my family.

I had never felt this much anger in my life.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out Paul's ring then placed it on my ring finger.

I was probably going to die today, but I would do it as Paul's fiancé.

After what felt like a lifetime the plane was landing in Italy. The second no one was watching me I ran until I reached the entrance.

They were waiting for me.

As I entered I turned off everyone's powers. Even mine. This was going to happen right.

"Ahh, Annie you finally decided to join us." Aro said as I walked in.

"You are so weak." Robert told me. "And so predictable." He sneered at me and looked into the corner of the room. I followed his gaze and saw Emmet bound by rope and other vampires.

"Let him go." I growled and the room tensed.

Aro nodded and they released Emmett who came to stand next to me.

"You can leave now." Robert told Emmett.

"No." he told them.

Then Luke came out holding a small vial and Robert smiled at him.

"Here he is." Aro said and then they both looked at me.

"Annie, it is time you completed your destiny," Robert told me.

Paul…

"Annie! Come back here, what's wrong?" I yelled after her but it was no use.

I almost ran after her in just my boxers but thought better of it and threw on some pants and a shirt. I left the house in a hurry. I didn't even know where she would be, but starting at the Cullen's house was a good start.

I used Annie's bike and got there in record time. I walked in to only find Jasper and Carlisle standing on separate sides of the room. I took a seat on the couch and looked at Jasper. He shrugged.

"Esme and Alice went to find Rosalie." Carlisle told me.

So we were going to wait.

The morning sun faded into the night and despite my best efforts I fell into a restless sleep I woke up as Esme and Alice were helping a sobbing Rosalie into the house. Edward and Bella had joined us as well.

"What's going on?" I asked and they all looked confused.

"We were hoping you would know." Carlisle told me.

"Rose, please tell me what is going on." Esme begged.

"They… they took…. Emmett's gone!" She wailed and the room went still.

"Who did?" Edward growled.

"Robert." Alice answered. "And you will never guess who he is working with." She said and we all watched her. "Aro."

Esme gasped and Carlisle shook his head.

"We have to go after them." Edward said.

"No. Not all of us." Alice said and then her eyes glazed over and Edward gasped. "How were you able to see that?" She asked Edward and he still looked like he was trying to digest what he saw.

"How long have you known?" he asked her and Alice looked away. "How long Alice?"

"For two years, and you can see why she didn't want anyone to know."

"Stop! Just tell me." Rose cried.

"I don't think…" Edward started but Rose shot him a dark look.

"Rose I keep on having a vision of Annie dying, saving us." Alice whispered and I felt like I was shoved under water.

I couldn't breathe, I couldn't move and nothing would process.

"She said it is either her or all of us and she sacrifices herself." Alice continued.

I looked around and noticed everyone staring at me.

"If we can't all go after her, who does go?" Bella asked.

"I only see Paul, Emmett and Rose there. Bella you and Edward will have to stay here, if they see Bella they will not let her go and that will cause other problems. Carlisle, Aro doesn't have a problem with you and if he sees you it could cause him to feel that your clan is a danger to him and he will want to destroy us. And Jazz, it is okay. I understand." She finished. I didn't quite understand it but I didn't care, we had to go.

"So me you and Rose, then let's go." I told her, because I was going to do everything to change that vision.

Alice…

The flight was miserable. Especially since I had the vision of everyone going home, everyone except Annie. Rose was a little relieved Emmett was okay, but devastated that Annie was not I the vision and Paul…

Well Paul was bound and determined that I was wrong.

I hoped he was right.

By the time we actually got there I was anxious. What if Annie didn't come home?

She had become such a permanent figure in all our lives that I couldn't imagine a life without her. My mind kept on going back to Paul and what would become of him if she didn't come home with us.

I couldn't even imagine it.

Paul followed us to the entrance, and I could tell he was nervous.

Things were different in the city, the sky was darker. No people littered the streets. It was strange. We cautiously walked to the entrance that Annie took me to last time and I led Rosalie and Paul in. the doors opened automatically and we entered the room. Last time it was empty, but not this time. Just about every vampire was in here, and now they were staring at us.

Most of them wrinkled their noses at Paul. I could faintly hear Annie's heartbeat, so I knew she was okay for now. Rose and Paul obviously noticed the same thing.

Paul relaxed a little and then headed straight for the doors that we went into last time. A vampire names Felix grabbed his arm before he could reach the door.

"No one is allowed to enter." He warned and a very angry Paul, who was now shaking, ripped his arm from the vampires grasp and dared him to stop him with a deadly look.

I swear he even made his teeth grow slightly, because the look on Felix's face was utter terror. We entered the room and much to my surprise we saw Emmett and Annie were the only ones in the room. Well almost, Luke was in there as well I finally noticed. He was obviously having a private conversation with Annie, but that didn't stop Paul from bounding over to her and wrapping her in a hug. Luke looked at her left hand in disgust and left. Then I noticed a small ring placed on her ring finger.

Paul held on to her like she was his life line and on the opposite side of the room Emmett and Rose were doing the same. I missed Jasper, but all these emotions may be the death of him. that was why I made him stay home.

After a minute, I realized about the same time Paul, did that Annie was not returning the hug.

He pulled away holding on to her shoulders when we noticed she was crying.

"I am so sorry Paul." She whispered.

I watched as she pulled him down and kissed him lightly on the lips then rested her cheek against his.

"I will never forget you." she said so low that I barely heard it and before I could realize what she was doing Paul dropped to an unconscious heap on the floor.

His breathing was steady as Annie stared down at him sobbing. She leaned down and placed the ring on her finger in his pocket.

"What did you do?" I screeched and she flinched.

"Just take him and go; please you all have to go." She begged and all three of us stood our ground. "Please don't make me, don't make me make you leave."

"Annie, no offense but I would like to see you try." Emmett said with a smirk.

"I will miss all of you terribly." She said then turned away from us.

My legs started to ache, and my head started to hurt slightly. I couldn't figure it out until I saw Emmett go to pick up Paul. She was making us leave.

Rose started protesting, as did I, but then I found that I had no urge to talk. My head screamed and I could feel my heart breaking for her as she was forced to banish us from her life so ours would be saved. I saw Aro walk in as the doors shut, but we continued to walk. We walked until we were outside of the city and Emmett was finally able to put a conked out Paul down. We all stood there unsure of what to do next when Paul started to wake up. Once he opened his eyes he jumped to his feet.

"What the fuck?" he yelled and none of us acknowledged him. "Where am I? Why am I with you? A bunch of blood suckers." He finished making Rosalie and Emmett flinch. After all Paul had become family to the three of us so hearing him use such a rude name hurt.

"You don't know why you are here at all?" Emmett asked.

"If I did I wouldn't have asked." He said. "Stupid Leech." He muttered.

"She deserves whatever she gets in there." Rose said, but as soon as it came out she gasped and covered her mouth.

Emmett wrapped his arms around her as she cried into his shoulder. We knew she didn't mean it, but what if we could have helped.

"Did you kidnap me?" Paul asked.

"Shut the fuck up." Emmett told him. To my surprise Paul did. "What do we do?"

"We do what she said, and leave." I told them and rose frowned at me.

So we started to walk. Paul followed silently behind us. He was unsure if we would kill him or not so he kept his distance, but knew we were his way home.

We walked for hours. More or less just wondering. Paul would hurl insults each time anyone tried to make conversation do we just stopped talking.

We heard Paul stop, probably to go pee. We continued to walk not wanting to disturb him when I heard him call my name.

"Alice!" he said again and I ran back to where he was, Rose and Emmett on my tail.

He was holding the ring in his fingers and just staring at it as the last bit of sunrays bathed it in light.

"Paul?" Rose asked.

"We have to go back." he whispered.

"How is this possible?" Rose asked me.

"Because he imprinted with his heart not his head." Emmett said quietly and we were stunned with his insight.

"She made me forget." Paul said, but Rose was quick to fix it.

"So you wouldn't get hurt."

"I told her I could never forget." He said.

Without anyone saying anything we started to run back. Since we walked before it only took an hour to get back. Paul rushed to the same place we went to before and we followed closely.

The once packed room was empty and we slowed to a walk. You could hear voices from the other room.

"Drink it!" We could hear Robert yell. "Or we will kill her."

"No! Don't, you know they can't." Annie screamed.

The doors were open and we entered the room. Robert stood next to Luke who was holding a half empty vial. Felix was holding Annie a few feet away while Aro and Marcus watched from their chairs.

They seemed oblivious to us.

"Felix." Aro said and Felix leaned down and licked Annie's neck then bared his teeth.

Luke took the stopper off of the vial.

"Luke Stop!" Annie screamed. "Please don't."

Aro nodded and Felix went to bite down on Annie's neck.

Emmett and Paul ran toward him but stopped when nothing happened. Felix's teeth couldn't break her skin.

Luke looked relieved Paul looked happy and lovesick and Robert looked pissed.

"You can't die, you weren't lying." He said and turned to Luke. "But you can."

He thrust a blade into Luke's abdomen and we watched in horror as it sunk into his skin.

Robert grabbed his shoulder as he thrust the knife in deeper. "I have been lacing your deer blood with the toxin my old friend." He turned the knife then pushed Luke off of his blade.

Annie threw Felix off her with such force he smacked the back wall and ran to Luke.

"Oh god Luke, don't die." She cried and the room just watched the incredibly intimate moment with horror.

All except Robert, who looked delighted.