Numb But Moving

Chapter 11: She'll Win?

Thank you for being so patient. My computer crashed making me lose everything that i had up here so i didn't have access to the next couple of chapters, thus leading to the writers block. I couldnt remember what was in any of the chapters. Alas my computer troubles are over and here is the next installment. Besides that my real life problems have slowed down and i'm able to focus on this story and the next one i'm writing. It's been a pleasure and continue to vote and comment because it's what keeps me going.

xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo—xo

EPOV

The female vampire leader we hadspoken with before remained understanding at our reasons to not fight, fortunately. But she did ask that we remain out of the way of the fight that would be taking place, for our own safety. We chose to follow and yet, not follow her advice. We were standing near the top of a hill, watching the field below where the fight was supposed to take place.

Bella was coming and planned to fight. My sweet innocent Bella was no longer completely innocent; she had killed so many other vampires, causing a massive force to rally against her. I didn’t blame her for her actions. In fact, if I was as reckless, self sacrificing, and powerful as she, then I would probably attempt to rid the world of all those bloodthirsty vampires that believed their soul reason for being was to feed off innocent humans. Or destroy those who created an army of newborns just to fight off any possible threat to their feeding grounds.

It wasn’t until the sun had already set that I finally got a clear train of thought regarding the situation at

hand.

Bitch sent a messenger. Like she can just call us all to her, like we’re her minions. Ha! We’ll show her, definitely, we have more than one person with extra gifts. We’ll tear her limb from limb and dance around her ashes. Just till midnight, that’s all I have to wait. Then I’ll make sure I’m one of those to sink my teeth into her.

I could hear the smile in the mental voice of the vampire somewhere down in the field below me. I let out a roar of fury, beyond angry that someone, anyone, would talk about my lovely Bella in such a way.

I knew by looking at the numbers in front of me that there was no chance my Bella would come out unharmed or – I cringed at even the thought – at all, if she were to throw herself into a battle with them. I had seen the ease with which she had taken care of the Volturi guard, but I also knew that there had only been three against her and they all had probably been ordered to do her no permanent damage, so it would have been an uneven match from the beginning. Also, there was the fact that Bella did nothing more than immobilize the guard. In this kind of battle she would actually have to dismember and burn all of her enemies, or they would just heal and rally against her again. I had heard the story from both Bella’s and the Volturi member’s mouths about her massacres, but I still scoffed at the idea of Bella actually being able to viciously kill anyone – even the bloodthirsty vampires before me.

Lost in me own thoughts, I didn’t notice the quick passing of time until Alice nudged me. Her face was tight with worry because she couldn’t see the results of the battle. Actually no, that was wrong, she was upset because she couldn’t see where Bella was coming from. The plan was to grab Bella before she came in sight of the battle waiting for her, and run. No one besides the messenger knew exactly what she looked like, so it wasn’t like they would be able to hunt her down successfully. That meant if we could get Bella before she did anything too dangerous, then we could live happily in the North, away from all this conflict.

I looked down at my own watch to see it was only a half hour until she was supposed to arrive. My nerves were completely shot by now. My eyes and mind were both searching for any tell of where she would be. I couldn’t stand losing her, not now. Not when I knew I could spend eternity with her, if she’d have me. I had lived for too many years, empty and lost, thinking that the love of my existence, my soul mate, was dead and forever gone to me. I would not, could not, live like that again.

Steeling myself, I made the decision that I would stand with Bella if I could not reach her before she was spotted. I knew I would not probably last more than about two seconds against the hundreds of vampires before me, but I refused to live without her and if she were to die in battle I would want to die right beside her.

I hoped it wouldn’t come to that, I hoped I would have the chance to explain everything to Bella – my reasons for leaving, how much I loved and love her, how much I can’t possibly live without her – that I would have the chance to spend eternity with my love, but as I saw a very familiar figure seem materialize out of nowhere into the field before me, I knew I had no choice. A flash of lightening showed Bella’s face set and covered with determination. She eyed the troops with almost amused eyes before wiggling her fingers slightly and pursing her lips. She was ready for battle.

As I started to move forward a wide eyed Alice stepped in front of me. I thought she meant to ward me away from my certain demise and was right, but for different reasons. Her eyes stayed wide as she spoke quietly. “Look.”

And I did.

My family and I were standing around a ridiculously large bonfire. We were all smiling to one another, radiating absolute happiness. Looking closer, one could see various vampire body parts lying around that my family and I were still collecting. There was no sign of the massive army in front of us besides their ashes and lose appendages, and we were happy, all of us.

I stared back at Alice, awed into speechlessness. I knew Bella was powerful, but was she really that powerful? Strong enough to wipe out several hundred vampires that planned to simultaneously attacked her? The memory of Demetri and Felix flying away from Bella before they had even touched her flashed through my mind. Yes, my Bella, my sweet special Bella would be the only vampire I would believe that about.

I smiled as I sunk to the ground. All strength seemed to have left my legs at the strong sense of relief I felt. I knew Alice could not see the exact result of the battle, because she could not see Bella, but she could see us after the battle, and if I was that happy then Bella was alive and well.

The rest of my family – save Alice – rushed forward to me, murmuring words of comfort, believing that I was mourning for the love I would surely lose. I smiled at them and shook my head, amusement running through my system. They all looked to Alice, questioning my sanity in their thoughts and hoping she would be able to enlighten them upon the reason for my mood shift.

Alice had only managed to tell them that Bella would in fact win this battle before a loud crash resounded. My eyes snapped to the field, willing myself to remain calm and not distract Bella from her fight but nothing had happened there. I was momentarily confused before Alice Spoke.“Of course. She chose to fight during a storm. What a smart girl.” The pride and adoration was obvious in her face and voice. It appeared Bella had chosen this location and time for a reason. Looking at the sky confirmed that a massive thunderstorm was just beginning.

I looked back to the field before us just in time to watch my lovely Bella walk –human paced – closer to the waiting army. Her eyes flicked over the mass of vampires before a cocky smirk spread across her face. It only took one word for all hell to break loose.

"Come.”