Imprint From Out Of Town {Staul-StilesxPaul}

Chapter 36: Jake

Victoria, Sam's thoughts snarled as the pack all registered Jake's howls of pain.

I turned to find Jake across the battlefield, Edward racing towards him as the red headed vamp-bitch squeezed the life out of him. Victoria stood behind him, crushing Jake's wolf body between her arms and snapping more bones by the second. The sound was sickening to behold paired with Jake's howls.

Jake, we all thought at once.

Ahh- so she's the one that's killing me. Finally getting her revenge, Jake seemed to sense it was Victoria crushing him as we all moved in what felt like slow motion to get to him. Maybe she will leave my family alone now, just fade away to another part of the planet, wreaking havoc on someone else. Jake's mind grew hazy, clearly beginning to loose consciousness. From lack of oxygen or pain, we couldn't tell.

Every mind in the pack with screaming for our brother, panicky and desperate as we raced towards him.

Edward got to him first, of course he did. Ripping Victoria off of his mate with an angry roar unlike any I'd ever heard- it was bone chilling. As soon as she released him, Jake's body phased back to human, flopping to the ground as his screams filled the air. Edward was precise with his movements, ripping her from Jake and using the momentum of the maneuver to also rip her head from her body. It was quick, and Edward barely registered her body hitting the ground before he had moved on to his mate.

I scanned the clearing, realizing all of the bad vamps had been dealt with. Good. I looked back to Jake's eyelids squeezed tightly closed, his grunts and screams of pain still filling the now still air. Edward's hands flitted around Jake's body, not daring to touch.

"Shh- shh, you're okay baby. You're safe, she's dead. Shh, oh Jake I'm so sorry," Edward's tortured voice was saying.

"Edward- you have to get him out of here," Alice said urgently, now standing at her brothers shoulder.

"The Volturi," Edward whispered in anger.

My heart stuttered in my chest, my eyes instinctively looking for Stiles as my blood ran cold. The pack knew of the horror show that was the Volturi thanks to the Cullen's explanation. Stiles had come to stand next to me without my noticing, and his hand now reached for my fur as Jake's pained cries could still be heard.

"Who are the Volturi? How can we help?" Stiles asked in concern, his brows furrowing as he looked at Jake and he clutched my fur a little more tightly.

I could somehow sense the confusion in him, his dislike for not knowing exactly what's going on. He's the research guy, he's always the only one that actually knows exactly what's going on. To not be in the loop drove him nuts and made him incredibly anxious. He was bouncing with nerves at not having been answered, but not wanting to make it seem like that was important in light of what was going on either.

"We've got him," Sam said to Edward, standing in his human form now.

I took the hint, gently stepping away from Stiles and phasing myself. I quickly pulled my shorts on and went to stand next to my alpha. How would we get him out of here?

"Edward and I will be along shortly," Carlisle spoke gravely. "His accelerated healing is going to be a problem. Stiles- you all must leave as quickly as possible, we will explain later."

My stomach felt queasy as I realized what that meant. Jake's bones would heal in the wrong places... they would need to be- rebroken. I shivered.

"I'm so sorry my love," Edward whispered against Jake's forehead. "I'll be there as soon as I can."