DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters.

A/N: OMG! We're almost done! There's probably 1 or 2 chapters left from the first book. Of course, I still have a lot of idea that's waiting to be written down covering the whole Twilight Saga, we haven't even explored Bella's origins yet! So there's more to come! I'm just not sure if I should mark Twilight Collision complete and start a whole new story for the next books or I may just continue it so it's one looong story. What do you think? Anywhoo… here you go. Enjoy!

update: major rewrite in this chapter

PREVIOUSLY:

The longer we were not able to find Bella, the more she was at risk outside.

It was already starting to get dark and I was starting to lose hope when Carlisle's cellphone rang. It was Alice and the panic in her voice was clear.

"Edward, I saw him! He's with Bella!"

Carlisle and Esme were instantly at my side as they listened to Alice give us the direction where she saw Bella confronting James. The address was an abandoned warehouse near the port in Tacoma and Alice and the others were already on their way.

"You're location is too close to civilization. You're going to risk exposure if all of you venture on foot" Alice warned.

"We don't have time to go looking for a car and move in human pace! She might not make it through the night!" I burst out. We were wasting precious time. All I wanted was to be with Bella and having anyone see us running in inhuman speed was the least of my worries.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I turned around, I was met with Esme's determined face.

"Carlisle and I will look for a car and we'll meet you there as soon as we can. Edward... go save Bella." The love I felt for my parents swelled a thousand folds. Here I was, out of my wits end, blaming myself for what was happening, on the verge of breaking down and fearing for the worst possible thing that could happen to the woman I love while the two people who raised me as their own stood determined that I would be able to do what I needed to do to protect her.

"That will work" Alice confirmed.

Carlisle looked me in the eye, trust and confidence filling his mind "Edward... go"

No matter how damned I believed our existence were, I would always be thankful to have the family that I have now.

The only thing then that came to my mind after Alice ended the call was to run and run I did.

I ran as fast as my vampire speed could take me, I ran as if my life depended on it, Bella's life depended on it.

They say that if people die, their whole life flashes right before their eyes but it wasn't my life that was flashing before me, it was Bella's.

From the day that we found her in the crater, how her scent was the sweetest thing that I have encountered from my existence;

To her waking up and finding out who and what we were;

To her decision to stay with us even though she knew what we were;

To those long nights where she let me stay with her and I would watch her sleep and those days that we were together and enjoyed each others company;

To the moment where I showed her what I looked like in the sun, confessing my love for her and realizing that she loved me in return;

To the night where she first showed that she was not just an ordinary human;

To the time we went back to the place where we found her, and her memories started to return;

To the moment where she declared that she wanted to stay with me, here with my family;

and to the last moment that I saw her before she ran off to her death.

I was not dying but with what the love of my life was facing, I might as well be.

I thought back to her insistence to fight earlier. She said that she wanted to fight, that she can fight. I believed her, I will always believe in her but I also believed that it was not enough to face off a vampire. Right now though, I wanted it to be true. I wanted her to be strong enough to face the hunter or at least strong enough to hold him off until I arrive.

It was too much to ask for a human but it was the only way.

But what if I arrived too late? It hurts to think about it, but I had to. This was a different pain that I felt. Before, when Bella decided she wanted to go home, it had hurt, but I knew that somewhere, she would be alive. In a different world but still alive.

This time it was different... The pain shook me to my core like it was ripping my entire being apart and I realized that I would not be able to continue my existence if Bella was gone. If Bella dies, I would have to find a way to follow her because I would not be able to exist... without her.

I have come to that decision just as I could see the dock in front of me. It was already dark, and no one was around. I scanned the area for any signs of life like thoughts of a dangerous hunter or the heartbeat of the woman I love but there was none. It was unnerving.

I bound towards the rows of warehouses when it came to view, focusing my mind and my senses to catch the thoughts of a sadistic vampire and when I did, I let out a growl when I realized that I was in the wrong side of the dock. They were at the far end of the location and I was still too faraway to be of any help but not too faraway to see what I see in his mind and I almost cried out.

James and Bella inside the abandoned warehouse.

James was circling Bella who stood poised and without a single hint of fear. James was curious yet annoyed in his mind that she was not cowering in fear. He wanted her to scream, He wanted her to beg. She was not giving him what he wanted, so he decided he wanted to play with her a little longer.

I could smell her from his mind and he wanted so much to taste her, but not before he was done playing.

"Once I'm done with you I'm going to tell that coven how I slowly took your pathetic little life" He taunted, and Bella shot him an angry look which he found funny.

"Leave them out of this!" Bella crouched in a fighting stance and James laughed. This was not his idea of fun but he was suddenly enjoying the idea of a human making an attempt to fight someone like him.

"Then beg… for your life" His velvety voice spoke.

"No" She said stubbornly.

James disappeared in the shadows and Bella tensed, ready for any attack. I knew where he was but Bella probably didn't.

I was almost there and frustration was getting to me as I wondered why I couldn't seem to be fast enough to save her. Why does it feel like time was running in slow motion?

He lunged for her from her side, hands raised with his claw-like fingers itching to tear flesh but Bella sidestepped. He was distracted by the idea that a human like Bella was able to avoid his attack that he failed to see her reaching out her arms in front of her and then a blast of fire assaulted his face.

He stepped back before the fire was able to damage his marble body. Her actions had shook him. If he hadn't been fast enough, the fire would have caught his body and he would have been burned and there would be no stopping the fire until it would consume him alive. Of course, she still needed to tear him apart before she can fully destroy him but the idea that the girl intended to kill him... insulted him and he was seething with rage.

How dare the human think that she can fight an immortal being? He roared in anger and made a lunge for her. Bella held out her arms again, ready to use the canister and the lighter that she was holding but James changed directions and landed behind Bella. Before she could turn around, he grabbed her by the collar and threw her towards a trailer.

The trailer shook on impact and left a dent to where her body hit the trailer and she fell on the ground.

"That trick is not going to work on me the second time little girl" He snarled in amusement.

Awww, I hope I didn't kill her… there's so much I wanted to do to…

"It was worth a try" she said casually as she slowly stood up like nothing happened.

He stood there dumbfounded. How?!

And then we smelled it. Something in my chest rumbled. The monster inside me had never been this eager to come out.

The building came into view and I desperately looked for an easy way in.

Inside, Bella saw the change in his features and glanced at her arm. A small trail of blood trickled under her arm sleeve and she tore the sleeve to reveal a small cut. That was when she noticed that she had landed near a few glass shards.

She picked up one glass and with one swift motion, she slashed her arm deep enough for blood to flow freely. Without taking her eyes of her attacker, she smiled a calculating smile... then all hell broke loose.

James launched himself towards Bella with the only thought of draining her of her blood.

I leaped towards the window, my thoughts screaming for my body to stop because It was no longer me who was in control. I was no longer there to save Bella. The monster inside me has taken over and was there to take what was rightfully his in the first place, her blood.

That few seconds that it took for me to land, I was able to see everything clearly.

Bella trying to get away from his attack but was not fast enough this time and he had caught the the remaining sleeve of her hoodie.

James dragging her towards him but Bella used his arm for momentum to jump and kick him on the chest, sending them flying away from each other with James unceremoniously thrown to the ground while Bella landed on her feet.

James anger was bursting, furious that a mere human was able to throw him like that and made another attack.

Bella was ready this time as she crouched in anticipation then jumped as soon as James closed the gap. She landed on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck in a choke hold just as Rosalie and Emmett arrived just in time to grab each of his arms to keep him from clawing at Bella.

James was thrashing as Bella's bleeding arm was just inches from his mouth, but her hold was strong.

Bella turned towards my siblings beside her who nodded in understanding as if they have been doing this for a long time and with synchronized movements, the three of them tore the vampire apart with one metallic screech.

I realized that I had been frozen in place since I landed minutes ago as I took in the chaos around me. I had stopped breathing which was the reason that I was able to keep the monster from finishing what James had intended to do.

Bella let go of the head while Rosalie and Emmett ripped the rest of his body parts. Carlisle and Esme was already there and was looking for something to set his body on fire. He found the canister and the lighter that Bella had used earlier and used that to start a fire.

Esme went to Alice's side to make sure Jasper was okay. They were at the other side of the warehouse and I could see Alice in the background trying to calm Jasper who stood rigid at the entrance because of the smell of Bella's blood.

Amidst the chaos, Bella, stood there, panting like she just ran a marathon and then as if sensing my presence, she turned to my direction. Pure relief was reflected in her eyes as she smiled... and then she collapsed.

AN: Yey! I got the action scene down! where... that was intense.. I think I used up all my imagination there XD

Poor Edward... here he was contemplating suicide if Bella dies only to see her kick James's ass!

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