So, we're going to break the pattern and stay at the Cullen house for another chapter. I think you guys kind of have the idea of what's happening at the lab. This chapter is the longest yet! Yay! Lots of stuff happening, lots of information. Enjoy!

EsPOV

The Denali clan arrived within hours, ready to do whatever they could to help. Renesmee and Jacob decided to go to South America to talk to Nahuel and see if he might know anything about Sampson. Maybe, since they were both hybrids, they had crossed paths at some point.

"I think the only thing we can do is start searching." Tanya said.

"Carlisle's going to take his vacation time from work and then we'll start mapping out where we need to look." Jasper said. "That way we aren't wasting time searching blindly."

The next day, we started packing for our search. We filled backpacks with extra clothes and anything we might need, not knowing how long we may be gone. Emmett and Rosalie got the Jeep ready, so that Sydney could ride in there when we found her. We hoped that she would be in good enough condition to do so.

Once everything was packed and ready to go, we headed out. We followed the trail of her scent as far as we could into Canada. We continued for days until it was lost when we came to a river.

"Dammit." Carlisle muttered.

"We knew this wouldn't be easy." I told him. "At least we have somewhere to start."

We continued in the same direction, hoping that we could pick up a scent.

"Emmett and Rosalie are going to pull over." Alice announced.

"Why?" I asked.

"They have something to tell us."

Alice led us to the rest stop where they were parked.

"What's going on?" Carlisle asked.

"Ness just called." Rosalie said. "She and Jake found Nahuel and he knows Sampson and his family. They're bringing him here to help."

I hated having to stop, but if we were honest, we weren't making much progress. The time we lost waiting for Nessie, Jacob, and Nahuel would surely be made up for with the information Nahuel could provide us.

And so we waited. There was nothing else for us to do but wait. We checked into a hotel and waited. We all knew it would take days for them to reach us. All I could think about was Sydney. What were they doing to her? Was she okay? Were we close to her?

We tried to distract ourselves, but could never do so. Every time I tried to think of anything besides Sydney, I felt like I was betraying her. I felt like everything in me should be focused on finding Sydney, but how could I do that when there was nothing that I could focus on to get us any closer to finding her?

Days passed painfully slowly until Nessie and Jacob had made it to Canada with Nahuel.

"You don't know how happy we are to see you." I greeted Nahuel.

"We are very grateful for your help." Rosalie added.

"I am happy to help." He said.

"What do you know?" Carlisle asked as we all sat down, ready to listen to Nahuel's information.

"Sampson is the son of one of my father's colleagues. They've been working together in the study of human/ vampire hybrids." He explained. "My father, Joham, wanted to further study the reproductive capabilities of hybrids. When I was unwilling to participate, he began breeding, for lack of a better word, until he was given another son. He had already had Sampson attempt reproduction with one of my sisters and was successful. He wanted to see if it could go a step further. I remember him saying that he wanted to see if a hybrid could mate with a human and what that outcome would be. I would guess that your Sydney was the result of this experiment. You must have gotten to her before they could.

It saved them the effort of raising her to just let you do it. So now they've decided to take her back for more experimenting. "

"By experimenting... You mean..." I said slowly. He nodded somberly. "Oh my God."

"Do you know where they are? Where they could be?" Jasper asked.

"As long as he has not changed the location of his lab from the last time I visited him, I should be able to lead you to them."

My first thought was to leave and start searching immediately. But, I took a moment to compose myself.

"Well, you all have had a long journey. Get some rest and we'll get started in the morning." I said, getting up.

I hated having to wait, especially now that we were so close to being able to find Sydney. But, I knew that Nahuel wouldn't be very helpful if he were tired. So we continued to wait through the night. Jacob, Renesmee, and Nahuel were asleep. I walked through the room. The others had gone hunting.

I passed the window and saw Seth sitting on the windowsill looking up at the sky. He had been so quiet during this whole trip, I had almost forgotten that he was with us.

"Seth?" I asked. "I thought you were asleep."

"I couldn't sleep." He said. He had been crying, but he was trying to hide it. "I told Leah to just stay in Forks for now."

"Seth, are you alright?" I asked, sitting down beside him.

"I'm fine." He lied.

"Are you sure?"

"This is all my fault." He sobbed quietly. "I should have protected her from him. God, if I had just stayed awake for a few more hours, this wouldn't have happened. Esme, I'm sorry. It kills me to know that I'm the reason she was taken."

"No, no, Seth." I soothed, turning his head to look at me. "You heard Nahuel, they've been planning this for a long time. It would have happened sooner or later."

"But, I could have-"

"Don't blame yourself. We've all done it, while none of us are at fault. We have to stay strong if we're going to find her."

"I never realized just how much I loved until she was gone." He admitted. "Since she's been gone, my whole world has just caved in and there's a hole in my chest where she used to be."

I had never realized how much he loved her. How much she meant to him. I guess he had done his best to make sure no one else knew. I felt so selfish for making him feel that way.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"For what?"

"For making you hide the way you feel about Sydney." I told him. "We're gonna find her. And when we do, when you feel like the time is right, you can tell her how you feel about her. If anybody loves her, it's you. And I'm glad that she's had you."

"Thank you, Esme."

I pulled him into a hug and he returned it. After that, he was able to sleep, and I went back to worrying.