A/N - Thanks for the support you guys. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chaper and I hope you do this one as well.

Disclaimer - I forgot to add this last chapter. I do not own Twilight or any other book in the series. So I don't own the characters. I just own the idea.

Chapter Two -

Jacob's Pov -

Sam and I were out with the rest of the group hunting down a vampre in the woods North of Forks. I had a suspicion it was that Victoria character Balla has been so afraid of after we took down Laurent earlier in the year. All of a sudden I got it. I would recognize that smell anywhere.

Definitely Victoria, and close.

Then I heard a scream that chilled me to the bone. We all raced over, growling and planning the whole way. And then I saw her.

"Bella! Oh my God!"

She was barely recognizable. Bites all over her neck, broken bones, and scratches all over her body.

"Jacob! Get over here!" I looked over at Sam and saw the true extent of Victoria's rage. Charlie, dead on the ground, gun in hand, always the sherriff. A tent crumpled on the ground, and the blood. This wasn't just a feeding, it was a massacre.

I was so furious I immediately changed, along with everyone else. But I told them I wanted to handle this on my own. They were hesitant, but eventually caved in. They knew I could so they all left. Once they were gone I began howling and crying like never before.

Edward's Pov -

"Edward, I just saw something I think you should know about." Alice's voice alone sent a chilld through me that made me even colder than normal. She knew I would immediately see it in her mind.

"Holy crap Alice, what the Hell?" It was a vision of Victoria killing Bella and Charlie. I raced off towards their campsite without second thought. I knew my car was faster, but not much, so I ran. As fast as I could, not even breathing the whole time.

I made it the whole 20 miles in 7 minutes. But I was too late. I couldn't hear anything but grieving, a grieving person I was repulsed by. I stepped through the trees into the clearing where just moments before my Isabella has been enjoying a weekend with her Father. And now, I couldn't even bring myself to say it. I looked around at the rest of the campsite and that was when I saw him. What was that dog doing here? Oh right, he and Bella became friends while I was gone.

I had been so wrapped up in my own emotions I hadn't even noticed that he was there, and sitting over her body no less. Seeing him there, crying and half-naked, I had the strongest feeling of understanding. Until he looked at me.

Jacob's Pov -

"What are you doing here, bloodsucker?!" I screamed. For a brief moment my anger overshadowed my intense sadness.

"It appears i'm here for the same reason you are, dog." He tried to be cool about it, but even Helen Keller could have heard the mourning in his voice. At that moment I realized just how much we had in common. Huge secrets we could tell no one else, a love for the girl laying dead in my arms, and, I guessed, a burning desire to avenge her death.

As he got up to leave I quickly asked where he was going.

"To my house. Someone has to tell her mother about this and arrange a funeral." I could tell how much it hurt him to even be near the site."Stay here and protect her, I'm sure even a Werewolf can do that."

"Wait! Don't leave just yet!" As much as I loathed him and all the Cullen, I need to be with the one person who understood the depth of my loss.

"What, is that job too hard for you?"

"No, never mind." I couldn't appear too weak, and that erotic dream was still wreaking havoc with my mind. I had accepted being bisexual. The dreams were becoming more frequent and harder to deny.

But surely I wasn't in love with a Vampire? every fiber of my body screamed no, but this was too similar to my dream for me to be comfortable. Thankfully he left quickly to return to his "Family", more like a cabal, but as he was leaving, I couldn't help but wish he would stay.

Edward's Pov -

I could barely bring myself to move, much less run home. I wandered aimlessly, contemplating what just happened. I knew I had to accept what happened, otherwise I would go crazy. But that didn't help the emptiness in my heart where there once was joy. I wanted to die right then and there, but first, her death had to be avenged. I would kill Victoria the first chance I got. This thought stymied the aching depression enough to allow me to hurry home and inform everyone what happened. Alice had told them what she had seen, but once they all saw my face they knew it was true. Esme came over and put her arm around my shoulders as the sobs rocked my body. Emmett offered to help me clean up the campsite so no one would find it and suspect the truth, but I said I already had someone.

"Who?" Carlisle asked.

"Jacob Black." I replied."He found her before I did."

"What?! But he's one of them. He'll kill you!" Screamed Rosalie

"No, he can't. The treaty prevents it, otherwise it would be all-out war." I assured her.

"Well, still, he's a Werewolf!"

"Yeah, but there's something different about him. I don't know what it is, but I don't think he's like Sam and the others." I couldn't put my finger on it, perhaps it was just the depression putting my emotions in chaos, but when we were talking, I don't know, I just wanted to help him, as if going through this state of mourning with someone else would dull the pain. I asked Esme to call Bella's mother and see what she wanted done as far as arrangements. Once that was settled I began walking back to the campsite so I could deal with the mess there.

Jacob's Pov -

Once Edward had left, I began cleaning up. I moved the bodies, careful not to damage them any further. Once that was done, I gathered everything else up in the remains of the tent, ready for the nearest dumpster. I started putting dirt on the blood, as much to clean up as for Edward's sake. Bella, oh it hurt to think of her, had once told me how her blood tempted him more than anyone else's, and I wanted to remove that temptation. My mind was on autopilot, completely distracted from the world.

It was all I could do to just stay here and wait for Edward to return. Being this near the scene made me want to lay down and cry, but the tears wouldn't come. It seemed as if the universe wanted to bring me down. Just as our relationship, or lack thereof, was becoming good again, she was torn away from me. It just seemed so unfair. Then I heard Edward returning and prepared myself for a whole new set of emotions. We silently agreed that he should carry Bella back to town, and I would get Charlie. I could tell it was a strain for him, but out of defense I didn't offer to help. Even if I had, I don't know if I would have carried her, how he ever did it amazes me. We arrived at the coroner's office and and explained they had been attacked by the wolf pack in those woods. How ironic that I had been mistaken as one of those wolves, and blamed for killing those people, even if we were trying to save them. After that we went back to the woods to decide what to do next.

"Obviously we can't let her live now," He said, "This was the final straw."

"I agree, but she's already had a day's head start. Even for us, it won't be easy." I replied.

"Why do you say "us", as if you're coming with me?" He exclaimed.

"I guess I just assumed..." It was true, I did assume that from this point on, we were in this together.

"Even with your extra powers, you're tracking skills don't match mine, Edward, it would take you twice as long without me."

"I can find her just fine, Jacob, with or without your dog senses." It was odd because that was the first time he had said my name, and not some insult.

"Well, whether you want me to or not, I'm coming. Bella was my best friend, and I have just as much right as you to avenge her."

"Fine, just meet me here in an hour, and don't slow me down."

Thus, the hunt was on.

Edward's Pov -

I got to hand it to him, he wasn't late. An hour later, as promised, there he was, nothing but the clothes on his back and a pack of matches.

"Sure I can't talk you out of this?" I wondered aloud.

"Once hundred percent." Came the reply.

"Well then, don't slow me down." For the next six hours not a word was spoken, just the sound of our footsteps and quiet grunts as he determined which way would lead us to Victoria.

As much as I hated to admit it, he was right about his tracking abilities. That bitch was too far away for me to sense her, but at least he kept us on the right track. We continued on this way for a while, until I sensed he was getting tired, so I asked if he wanted to stop for the night.

"Oh, thanks. I thought you'd never ask." Damn mortal weakness.

"Fine, find a place to sleep and I'll keep watch." He climbed up a tree and I followed, bitter that he had to sleep at all. The fury of my beloved, my Cantante's, death was so fresh that even if I was mortal I felt as if I could go all night. These thoughts kept my mind occupied until a snore brought me back to attention.

I glanced over at Jacob and realized it was the first chance I had gotten to really look at him. It was as if he had no body fat at all. You could see every muscle on his chest, perfectly outlined, and I was forced to admit that, based on my minimal romantic experience with those of my own gender, that he was attractive. At the same time I realized the situation he had gotten himself into. He was so young and had challenged one of the most formidable opponents imaginable. Not only was Victoria supernaturally strong, which both of us were, but she was a beast backed into a corner, making her doubly dangerous. At that moment I felt a need to protect him. I realized that no matter what our differences were, we were a team now, and that we would both make sure the other arrived home safely at the end of this.

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