Chapter 11

"Rescue: Part 1"

In the course of my life I've needed rescuing more times than I'll ever care to admit. From the moment I was born my life was intertwined with chaos. Someone or something was always trying to get me; that or I was putting myself into stupid situations that rendered me helpless after I'd pushed the boundaries of a half-ling beyond their capabilities. Growing up I'd watch Nahuel who I'd visit with every couple years run through the jungle like the cat he is named after, fearless and confident in every step, every jump and every movement he made. Unfortunately I was never anywhere near as capable as he was and not for the lack of trying or training I just simply was not born as strong as he or his sister; even Jennifer, whose frame essentially mirrors my own. Though I hadn't seen them in years as I laid here in bed, awaiting the night of The Underground to come, I couldn't help but wonder what the female children of Joham might have done in this situation. Would they have fought more than I had? Would they delight in the opportunity to potentially produce a child of their own? My guess is Serena would most definitely be running this place. That girl would have been Priah's worst nightmare aside from Maysun who would quickly have found a way to kill everyone. Jennifer, well this would never have happened to Jennifer so that was impossible to ponder. Unlike myself, Jennifer would never have stayed as far away from her family as I had.

Why did you HAVE to go on a "babymoon"? Look what you've done now Renesmee… All these people… All these lives and this history… Gone because you wanted freedom during your most vulnerable time in your entire life since infancy… Why?

The morning was dark as usual, lit by fires and small oil lamps that went through the towns and the castle. The town was quiet as the light of the moon had begun to fade away. A while ago I had learned from Stella that Dane has an opening atop the towns that is opened to allow the moonlight in and closed in order to extinguish the daylight. How Stella and Killian would integrate to the giant world that awaited them topside worried me. It would take a while for their eyes to adjust properly. Not to mention even if my family can smuggle them out eventually the Volturi will come for them as Stella most definitely possesses the gene to create Werewolf offspring. I hate to think about it but unfortunately it would be in her best interest to get sterilized the second we get an opportunity. As I looked over at her sweet face, one that mirrored her sisters, I knew I would rather the pain of her sadness over the pain of her death. I hadn't dreamed of Jacob all night nor did Jacob Jr but I could tell my leg was almost fully healed; a sign that told me it was almost time.

Before I went to wake Stella I realized Killian was gone. My heart sank until I heard the familiar sounds of his footsteps racing up the door. As he entered the room I realized both guards were sleeping which was extremely odd. They always switch out whenever they are tired in order to minimize the risk of me escaping or plotting an escape.

"Killi-" As I began to speak Killian quickly put his finger to his lips and motioned me to be quiet.

I obeyed out of curiosity. Killian dragged both men outside and disarmed them. I watched as he tucked both weapons under his belt behind his back and I realized he was sweating and his heart was beating fast. Killian then locked the door to my room's multiple locks, three that I didn't even know existed and I couldn't have been more confused.

"What is going on?" I whispered once the doors were locked.

Stella woke up before he had the chance to speak, she simply smiled and said "Good morning," to her Father and I before heading to the bathroom to wash up for the morning.

Once the door shut behind her Killian came to my bedside so quickly I almost jumped back. His face was drenched in sweat and his breath was essentially a wheeze. It was as if he had just run a marathon.

"Renesmee, I locked the doors to the armory and I sedated both of the guards, we only have-" Killian looked at his watch then continued, "Gosh, less than 5 minutes now. Get dressed quickly! I'll wrap the babies up."

"Wrap them up?" I replied as I hastily got dressed, deciding to trust him rather than simply asking questions as I could tell he was quite serious and perhaps frightened. "For what?"

"They're coming. You're family." Killian continued as he tightly wrapped Jacob up. "A lot of them are coming.

I wrapped Ann tightly and Killian quickly but carefully used a large wrap to secure them both to my chest. Thankfully they had both recently eaten and were both fairly tired. My boobs were sore but I decided to ignore the discomfort since they were both content.

"I hate to ask this of you Renesmee but please… No matter what happens to me, please make sure Stella survives whatever comes next." Killian whispered, turning white as a ghost as he looked over at the bathroom door.

Before I could reply an alarm went off that rang through the whole castle. It was certainly made to send off a warning and my heart raced with fear as the loud ringing continued. Though I wanted to plug my ears the babies began to wail so I did my best to sooth them both. Stella came rushing out of the bathroom and ran straight into her Father's arms.

"What's going on?!" Stella shouted.

"My love, I need you to stay with Renesmee. Whatever you do, do not leave her side! Swear to me you will stay by her, now!" Killian ordered.

"I-I swear." Stella replied, as startled by her father's seriousness as I was in the moment.

"They'll be coming for you. Priah and her guards. But it's already too late. By now Renesmee's rescuers will have reached the outlying towns I'm sure." Killian looked at his watch once more before continuing "Two minutes."

A large thud at the door sent us all backing away towards the balcony. As I neared it I could hear it… The sounds of war and the chaos and destruction that come along with sounds of humans shouting some begging for their lives of Werewolves howling as they fought for their homes and families. I wanted to turn around to face it but I couldn't. So I held my babies tight and closed my eyes while I prayed that it would all end soon. Stella unfortunately did turn and her screams of terror sent tears flowing from my eyes.

"Don't look out there Stella! Please don't look!" Killian said as he hugged his daughter and pulled the curtain shut as best as he could with one arm.

A second thud at the door sent me to my knees.

"Let me in! I must save the child!" Pariah's voice screamed.

"It's Priah Daddy! She came to save us!" Stella shouted, her eyes overflowing with tears.

"No, she's here to save Ann and only Ann. We can't let her in." Killian replied softly as he ran his fingers through her hair and held her tighter to keep her from running towards the door.

Then came the sounds of gunshots going off down the stairwell. Priah and a swarm of guards burst into the room having broken the multiple locks. Priah ran towards me and as I stood up to back away Killian instinctively shoved me and Stella behind himself. I watched as Priah's face lost its light from behind Killian's shoulder while Stella screamed in horror. Priah's body raised and dropped before us and behind her, holding some of Priah's spine and heart stood my mother. I was in pure shock and didn't know what to think or do at the moment so I just stood where I was behind Killian and continued to watch as my Father and Mother massacred the 10 guards who continued to shoot at my Mother and Father. When it was over and the room was silent I still just stood there. I didn't run to them, I didn't even say hello. I just stood there and stared. It had been so long that I almost felt like I didn't know them or perhaps that they didn't know me. My Mother kicked their final kill to the side and my Father and her then came to stand in front of Killian, Stella and myself. Stella was crying so hard and loud that all I could think was please shut up. Not that I meant it in a heartless manner but her crying was certainly not helping the babies calm down any sooner.

"Hello, I am Killian Cook. This is my daughter Stella Cook from what I understand you are here to rescue this one," Killian motioned towards me with his hand, "But I do ask that you please spare the two of us as well. We have done nothing but treat her and her children with love and respect from the moment she was brought to The Underground."

"Children?" My Mother asked.

"Yes. Both are healthy and I have done all I can to ensure their safety whilst they have been among The Underground and in the care of myself and what is left of my family." Killian replied.

"We're her parents…" My Father said, still quite confused I'm sure from my lack of a response.

"Oh…" Killian replied at a loss for words before looking over to me.

Silently I walked out from behind Killian. As I stepped toward my parents I remembered I was barefoot and felt embarrassed that I hadn't dressed myself properly as I stood in front of them for the first time in over half a year. Then I realized I hadn't yet brushed my hair or my teeth and I probably looked and smelt terrible. My face was hot as my mind picked out flaws of my own presentation. They came close and examined both of the babies and myself like we were foreign objects. My mind was racing with vain thoughts of what they might comment on and visions of them picking me apart flashed through my mind as I began to panic. I'm not sure why as I knew this wasn't who they were. I forced my mind to release images of happy times in order to remind myself of the warmth they had shown me all my life through their cold exteriors as I sheepishly met their gaze. Their eyes were filled with both concern and confusion, my father especially. Once I realized he was reading my mind my face got even hotter and I began to feel faint as my negative thoughts took hold of my mind.

"We don't have time for this, Bella will carry out Renesmee and the infants. I'll support you Killian on my back and carry the girl in my arms." My Father said, finally snapping us all out of a rather awkward moment of silence.

In a moment I was in her arms as my mother excitedly picked me up. Immediately I felt like a child, though I myself was carrying upon my chest two of my very own children. I could feel my father's hands securing my hair in my mothers arms which was nearly knee length as I hadn't cut it once since I had been brought to this awful place.

"Perhaps you should just take Stella, I'd-" Killian began.

"What?! Did you see what that man just did to the guards?! Daddy please don't let him take me!" Stella cried out.

"Stella, please calm down. They are here to help!" Killian shouted.

I could feel myself take a deep breath and my mother kissed my forehead gently, I watched her eyes as they continued to examine the babies.

"Again, we don't have time for this. You're Alpha is looking for something or maybe it's someone… I can't tell exactly there is simply just too much going on right now. However he is ordering Werewolves to the tower as we speak. We need to leave now if you want to survive this at all." My Father replied, getting annoyed and impatient.

I imagined the blood in the room was overwhelming my Father's senses making it harder to concentrate on his talent. I knew it was certainly overwhelming mine but I quickly packed that thought away as I knew the more I thought about it the more he would be forced to think about it. There were certainly enough thoughts of bloodlust surrounding him as is right now, he didn't need my voice tacked onto the list.

"Stella, my Father's a good man. Let him carry you and we will all get to stay together. Please Stella for Ann and Jacob... For Amina and Greyson… They wouldn't want either of you to die here today." I said, turning my head to look at her as much as I could.

Stella took two deep breaths to try and force herself to calm down and allowed my Father to pick her up. Killian looked funny as he held onto my Fathers back in an awkward position. I asked my Father to keep them safe as we departed from the room but he made no que to let me know he heard me. Perhaps he didn't want to make a promise he wasn't sure he could keep. We raced through the castle, Stella and both babies cried the entire time in fear as the three of them had no idea what was going on naturally. I decided there wasn't much I could do but hope for it to all be over soon. I listened to Stella's cry intently to make sure my Father was near us. Killian made a sound here and there but for the most part was silent and hard to spot which made me feel anxious. As we entered the outskirts of the town we came upon a ledge past a large clearing of land that overlooked the town. I saw Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie and I immediately let out a squeal. I was so happy to see them that as soon as my Mother's legs came to a halt, I ran right up to Rose and gave her a giant hug. Her voice cracked as it did when she wanted to cry but couldn't and she looked me over and soon found her eyes on the babies. Rose looked at me, her face filled with confusion and a question I didn't quite know how to answer yet. But one I knew I would have to answer soon regardless.

"This is my son Jacob Jr and this- This is someone else." I said looking down into Ann's large brown eyes watching her tiny face as her small lips quivered as she slowly began to calm down.

For the first time I let some of the truth slip from my mind and I heard my father gasp and make a few other unpleasant sounds. My Mother ran to him as he backed away searching for answers.

"He has to die… We have to kill him." Was all my father said before he and my Mother took back off to join in the fight.

I knew what they had to do and more importantly I wanted someone, anyone, to do it or to make sure that it was done.

"Edward! Bella! This is not the plan!" Esme shouted out after them, Carlisle stopping her from chasing after them.

"The plans changed Esme. We need to get the five of them out of here now." Carlisle ordered.

"Esme, there are two babies on Renesmee chest, we need to get them to safety. Renesmee has been down here for too long. It's time to take her home… Finally." Rosalie said with a smile.

I filled Rosalie's arms with Ann and Esme's with Jacob Jr kissing them both on the head as I handed the over gently. I then took Stella and Killian by the hand and walked her over to my Grandfather.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not leaving until I know he's dead." I said before jumping off the ledge and running off towards the town that was now mostly on fire.

Smoke filled the air making it hard to breathe as we were underground and it was still night outside. I could hear my family cry out my name but I didn't turn back. Knowing that Dane was dead was the only way I could continue to live. Ann needed to be safe for however long she had to live on the earth and I wouldn't live a life of fear nor impose one on my children. Our lives couldn't restart until Dane's had ended.

The towns were littered with the bloodied bodies of humans and Werewolves as well as a few Vampire corpses in fires. As I passed by a large fire I jumped as I saw the head of Caius or what was left of it staring at me as his body burned within the flames. A Vampire woman with long white hair who I had a distant memory of watched in awe whilst knelt before him as his body burned. I walked past her quickly and thankfully she remained in her position, not once looking up as I passed her by. I needed to find Jacob but my nose was confused now as my Vampire half was drawing me to the massive amount of blood. Just then I caught a whiff of something wolfish and to my surprise Uley jumped down from a roof and stood in front of me in her Wolf/Bear form while another Wolf who's coat reminded me of Sam Uley's ran up to meet her.

"I need to find Jacob. Can you please take me to him?" I shouted at Uely, not willing to waste any time with pleasantries.

Uley eyed me for a moment which made me uncomfortable as my head became light while my thoughts began to race again.

"Uley… Things have been very bad here. I can not allow him to potentially die without seeing him again. You can try to force me to leave but I will not go without a fight." I cried out my eyes just barely holding back tears.

Uley grunted and took a deep breath before bowing down. I thanked her profusely and held on tight as she jumped from roof to roof.. Soon we were at one of the tallest rooftops that overlooked the gates. We were nearly at the forefront of the war and to my surprise there were more Vampires than I could have ever imagined fighting against the Werewolves as well as at least 40 Shape Shifters. I took a deep breath and listened as the black Wolf found his way up to the neighboring roofs.

"Uley, can you call him? Please?" I asked, tears falling from my eyes.

Uley let out a grunt before reluctantly letting out a large howl that filled my soul with light. I fell to my knees beside Uley as I watched my giant warm brown wolf whom I had loved from the day I was born depart from his pack and rush toward us. With Seth of all wolves by his side. Jacob had told the truth, he was a dream walker and he had come to rescue me, finally.

As Jacob came near Uley helped me down from the roof and I watched as he shifted out of his wolf nearly tumbling to the ground before we finally found ourselves in each other's arms. Jacobs' skin was hot, it almost hurt my own as I found myself tightly wrapped in his embrace. But I choose to ignore the pain because if I had to burn in the arms of anyone I would want it would be his. We laughed and cried and kissed as many times as we could in the short moment we had together.

"I told you I was coming! Thank you for holding on." Jacob whispered. "Where's the baby? Wait- You're not even supposed to be here! Where's Bella and Edward?" Jacob asked, his voice becoming frantic.

"They're going to kill Dane." I whispered.

"What? We can handle the Werewolves! God! This wasn't the plan! Uley, why would you bring her here?!" Jacob shouted at Uley who stepped back.

"Please don't yell at her! I asked her to bring me here!" I shouted back.

"Why?! Do you have any idea how much danger you're in right now!" Jacob continued.

"Jacobs I couldn't live with myself if I didn't tell you the truth… The truth of why they brought me here… You deserve to know." I replied, my voice beginning to break as I spoke.

"There is time for that later-"

"NO! You need to see now, while I'm still feeling brave enough to show you… If anything happens- Jacob I can't live without knowing that you knew the whole truth of what happened here… What that Monster has done… " I repealed as tears of embarrassment now filled my eyes.

"Alright… I'm sorry. Please, show me." Jacob replied, trying to calm himself.

As I reached my handout I hesitated when I realized the large pack must be connected somehow, if I told Jacob I'd be telling all of them as well… Fear ran through me and I shuttered as I looked into Seth's wide eyes.

"They all want to know exactly why they're here too, Ness, they're your family. Nothing you show me will ever change that." Jacob whispered as he gently kissed then put my palm onto his cheek.

With a deep breath I replayed bits of the more terrifying moments since I'd been here. Including the night I was kidnapped by Dane and images of his white wolf form with his glowing green eyes, the chains I woke up in, my rushed marriage to Dane and how he had made me eat the hearts of the two people who were brave enough to try and help me escape. Finally I showed Jacob a short scene of my false wedding night to Dane along with an image of Ann's birth. Though I didn't share every moment it was more than enough for Jacob to get a clear picture of what had happened. The complete violation that my body had become a victim too at Dane's hands. Jacob tore his head away from my face, his eyes filled with tears. I looked around and realized all three of the Shape Shifters where crying as well. Seth had backed away from Jacob and turned to puke.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I just couldn't live with myself if I never got the chance to tell you the truth… Jacob, I'm so sorry!" I shouted as Jacob backed away and shifted into his wolf. "Jacob, I love you! I'm so sorry!"

Though I couldn't read his mind I knew that he was scared and most definitely detached from himself as the images were certainly floating around in his head. I could feel it a distance from who he is to who he knew he needed to be right now to accomplish what was to come next. The end of King Dane. Uley scoped me up in a position that I couldn't escape and we watched as the three Shape Shifters ran off to rejoin the battle. The blackish Wolf nuzzled Uley before taking off alongside Seth who looked at me with sadness and whined as he left to catch up to Jacob. I cried out his name and begged Uley to take me back but she held me tight as we ran back through the town passing Vampires who were chasing and killing that last of the humans who called out "Save us Queen Renesmee!" and "Help!" as I passed by. My body went limp as it filled with the overwhelming feeling of being completely helpless. Soon I found myself feeling extremely tired. I could still hear screaming and crying and the crackling sounds of fire and swift Vampires destroying the town as I dozed off in Uley's warm arms. As my eyes closed while my body succumbed to mental exhaustion all I could think was, Jacob… Please live…