MORTAL LIABILITY-----Chapter #30
MORTAL LIABILITY Chapter 30
Chapter 30
Jacob POV:
She lay -sleeping- next to me, both her hands held on to one of mine; she hugged it tight to her chest. Her hands were cold, I guess it didn’t matter how hot my skin was; her temperature would always be colder. I listened to her breathing; I could faintly hear her heart beating steadily. Her face was expressionless, but every once in a while it displayed a different emotion. I studied her features; she was perfect. Her pale skin seemed to glow in the darkness, only making her that much more radiant. I couldn’t understand what her mom’s problem was. The corner of her mouth twitched upward a little. She mumbled a curse, her voice made me smile. She mumbled something else in a foreign language. She groaned and I pulled her closer. She put one of her hands on my neck, chills ran down my spine. I doubted she was awake. With my free hand I brushed her scarred cheek with my thumb.
She frowned; her lower lip began to tremble, her heart beat stopped. Her eyes burst open, her eyes were a bright, fiery red; she was horrified. She froze in that position, her eyes glowing in the darkness. I put my hands on either side of her face.
“Nat, Natalie” I called, she didn’t move. Was this it? Was this what she was talking about? A drop of blood fell out of the side of her mouth. Her eyes cooled down to their normal color.
“Natalie?” I said, my voice shaken with shock and terror. She gasped and leapt up; she flew off her bed and sprinted to the door. It took me a second to organize my thoughts.
Natalie POV:
It was dark in the cabin, I didn’t have my glasses on, and so everything looked blurry. I knew what I saw; I knew I might be too late. It was Bella or me, I knew one of us was going to get hurt, possibly die, it will be me. I reached my parent’s bedroom door; I threw it open and ran in.
“Natalie? What’s wrong?” I heard Bella’s voice; her voice was a bit groggy.
“Bella, where is Edward?” I almost shrieked, when I realized he wasn’t there.
“What’s wrong?” she was fully awake now, she sounded terrified. I could see she was standing up.
“Bella, get down…now!” I yelled, I ran towards her, I shoved her to the ground.
“Natalie!” I heard Jacob yell from outside the room, but it was too late now, there was a loud crash and the wall in front of me shattered and a large animal leaped in. It missed Bella by inches. It hit me with amazing force. I crashed threw the window and hit a tree. Before I knew it, the beast was there with me, it’s claws stabbed my diaphragm; pinning me to the tree, suddenly another animal came out of nowhere, shoving my attacker away from me. The sharp claws ripped threw me. I fell to the ground, I shrieked in agonizing pain. That all just happened in seconds. This was exactly what I saw. Only threw somebody else’s eyes. I wheezed. The snow only made the pain even worse. I could feel my warm blood staining my clothing and the snow around me. Crisp wind whistled around me, I shuddered, cursing afterwards. Time seemed to slow down; the branches seemed to move in slow motion in the wind. I coughed, blood dripped down my face. It became harder to breath.
I heard footsteps coming towards me, Jacob knelt beside me. I stared up at him gratefully, I focused on Jacob.
“Natalie! You’re okay, you’ll be okay” he said loudly, there was desperation in his voice, I wanted to speak to him, but I choked on the blood that bubbled in my mouth. He saw the wound; the large rip that started from my torso and ended in my rib cage.
“You’ll be fine, you’re okay!” he mumbled, he seemed to be speaking to himself now, trying to reassure himself. He picked me up a bit so my back was leaning against his lap; he wrapped some kind of material around my waist, to help stop the bleeding. I couldn’t quite scream anymore, so my reaction to the pain was strange. He took my hand and squeezed it.
“What the hell did you do?” I heard Edward yell from behind me, followed by Bella’s shriek, “You were supposed to be protecting her!” he continued, rage was obvious in his voice. I felt cold hands feeling the wound, I groaned. “Look at what you did, she’s dying!” Edward’s voice was terrifying, Jacob didn’t answer. She’s dying, she’s dying. The words echoed in my mind, I felt tears gather in my eyes. It wasn’t that bad, was it? Nothing fatal…something that can be mended, it always has been like that. How is this injury different from the others?
“Edward!” Bella wailed. Bella blew it; all my excuses didn’t make sense anymore. I was dying. Every second that past, I came closer to death. Every drop of blood that leaves my body, made my fate even more of a reality. My wheezes slowed a little. I tried to speak, but I just coughed up blood. I didn’t tr I knew what I had to do, or what Edward had to do. Bite me, I thought in English as clearly as possible.
“No, I can’t, you know that” he hissed, I could hardly breathe any more. Bite me! I thought again. He didn’t answer that time; Suck out the god damned venom after, just trust me! I thought,
“I don’t know, I’ll find Carlisle” he was panicked now. Now! I thought almost in a shriek, I felt Edward take my hand. I lost my breath. I felt his teeth sink into my wrist, he pulled them out instantly.
“What did you do? You filthy leech” Jacob thundered, the burning pain began in my wrist. I could breathe again, I could see. My blood bubbled like acid in my wound, I screamed. I looked up at Edward; he stared at me, mesmerized. I rolled onto the ground, hoping the snow could put out the fire in my body.
I rolled onto my wounded side, Jacob and Edward were fighting, I couldn’t hear them. Suddenly their heads snapped up and Edward leaped over me, there were awful snarls. I looked over, there was another beast. The color of bark, I knew this creature. Utter rage rushed through me. Despite the agonizing pain I stood up. I could feel my strength, I stared at the wolf, I was determined. I knew exactly what I could do; I knew exactly what I wanted. I studied the face of the wolf then thought of the man. The wolf phased back to a human. I smiled. I walked forward.
“Edward leave” I ordered, my voice was shaken, but furious, it reminded me of my mother’s voice when she was mad. I didn’t like it. Edward stared at me. He ran towards me, he grabbed my bitten arm, I tugged it away.
“One minute” I said, I knelt down beside the animal, he was shocked. I slapped my hand against his throat. I didn’t squeeze, I thought of his death. The veins in his neck bulged out. He gagged and wheezed. Then he was dead.
I was pleased with myself for a moment. This wasn’t me; I realized how this was so Abby. This was Abby, not me. This scared me. The last thing I wanted to be was Abby; a killer, a true survivor. I looked down at the dead thing. Dread washed through me, I killed somebody. I let out a jagged breath. I placed one hand on his heart and the other on his forehead. I bit my lip in frustration and pressed down. His eyes burst open then closed again. I could hear his heart beat.
Edward tugged me back away from him. I felt Jacob put one of my arms around his shoulders, and he put his hand on my waist. I looked up at him he kissed my forehead. I felt Edward stab his teeth into my arm again. I gave a pained grunt. The acid-like pain disappeared slowly, but then was replaced by the old pain of my wound. I cringed, I dropped to the ground. Didn’t I heal?
“What’s wrong?” Edward muttered. Jacob was on the ground with me now.
“Did you get all the venom out?” Jacob growled, I grabbed his trembling hand. I put my other hand where my wound was supposed to be. I was healed; it was just the pain that was left.
“They need help with Ellen; Dog get Natalie out of here. She’s going to try…” he said, trailing off at the end, so she was going to kill me. Jacob put two hands under me to lift me up.
“No, I don’t want to be held” I forced myself to say, he lifted me up anyway.
“What about Bella?” Jacob asked, I tried to struggle but the pain made me quit.
“Esme has her” Edward said, and then he was gone. Jacob began to run. The horrid pain didn’t die. I rubbed it with my hand; maybe I could stop the pain. Maybe there was still a drop of venom in my system and I could stop the pain. But I knew there wasn’t.
Eventually I decide to give up. I wrapped my arms around Jacob’s neck; I rested my head on his shoulder.
“You scared me back there” Jacob pointed out,
“Hmm” I mumbled, I tried to relax, but when I began to breathe through my diaphragm, I wheezed and curled into a ball again. “I thought you were dead” he added,
“I’m-fine, god-dammit” I muttered through gritted teeth, he laughed a bit, “What you did was so stupid” he commented, I sighed.
“I’m a stupid person” I agreed, he laughed again.
Suddenly my head throbbed and my throat stung. I began to feel ill. I knew what this was, Ellen was killing me. The pain in my head became worse. I yelled and wrapped my arms around my head. I couldn’t hear anything but an awful high-pitched screeching. I squeezed my eyes shut. Every breath I took gagged me. Every throb felt like I was being hit with a hammer. I opened my eyes, it was black. I couldn’t see. I closed my eyes again. I could feel myself fading now. My jagged breathing slowed and the pain seemed to take over me.
The screeching was suddenly replaced with a scream and then everything disappeared. +comments please
Chapter 30
Jacob POV:
She lay -sleeping- next to me, both her hands held on to one of mine; she hugged it tight to her chest. Her hands were cold, I guess it didn’t matter how hot my skin was; her temperature would always be colder. I listened to her breathing; I could faintly hear her heart beating steadily. Her face was expressionless, but every once in a while it displayed a different emotion. I studied her features; she was perfect. Her pale skin seemed to glow in the darkness, only making her that much more radiant. I couldn’t understand what her mom’s problem was. The corner of her mouth twitched upward a little. She mumbled a curse, her voice made me smile. She mumbled something else in a foreign language. She groaned and I pulled her closer. She put one of her hands on my neck, chills ran down my spine. I doubted she was awake. With my free hand I brushed her scarred cheek with my thumb.
She frowned; her lower lip began to tremble, her heart beat stopped. Her eyes burst open, her eyes were a bright, fiery red; she was horrified. She froze in that position, her eyes glowing in the darkness. I put my hands on either side of her face.
“Nat, Natalie” I called, she didn’t move. Was this it? Was this what she was talking about? A drop of blood fell out of the side of her mouth. Her eyes cooled down to their normal color.
“Natalie?” I said, my voice shaken with shock and terror. She gasped and leapt up; she flew off her bed and sprinted to the door. It took me a second to organize my thoughts.
Natalie POV:
It was dark in the cabin, I didn’t have my glasses on, and so everything looked blurry. I knew what I saw; I knew I might be too late. It was Bella or me, I knew one of us was going to get hurt, possibly die, it will be me. I reached my parent’s bedroom door; I threw it open and ran in.
“Natalie? What’s wrong?” I heard Bella’s voice; her voice was a bit groggy.
“Bella, where is Edward?” I almost shrieked, when I realized he wasn’t there.
“What’s wrong?” she was fully awake now, she sounded terrified. I could see she was standing up.
“Bella, get down…now!” I yelled, I ran towards her, I shoved her to the ground.
“Natalie!” I heard Jacob yell from outside the room, but it was too late now, there was a loud crash and the wall in front of me shattered and a large animal leaped in. It missed Bella by inches. It hit me with amazing force. I crashed threw the window and hit a tree. Before I knew it, the beast was there with me, it’s claws stabbed my diaphragm; pinning me to the tree, suddenly another animal came out of nowhere, shoving my attacker away from me. The sharp claws ripped threw me. I fell to the ground, I shrieked in agonizing pain. That all just happened in seconds. This was exactly what I saw. Only threw somebody else’s eyes. I wheezed. The snow only made the pain even worse. I could feel my warm blood staining my clothing and the snow around me. Crisp wind whistled around me, I shuddered, cursing afterwards. Time seemed to slow down; the branches seemed to move in slow motion in the wind. I coughed, blood dripped down my face. It became harder to breath.
I heard footsteps coming towards me, Jacob knelt beside me. I stared up at him gratefully, I focused on Jacob.
“Natalie! You’re okay, you’ll be okay” he said loudly, there was desperation in his voice, I wanted to speak to him, but I choked on the blood that bubbled in my mouth. He saw the wound; the large rip that started from my torso and ended in my rib cage.
“You’ll be fine, you’re okay!” he mumbled, he seemed to be speaking to himself now, trying to reassure himself. He picked me up a bit so my back was leaning against his lap; he wrapped some kind of material around my waist, to help stop the bleeding. I couldn’t quite scream anymore, so my reaction to the pain was strange. He took my hand and squeezed it.
“What the hell did you do?” I heard Edward yell from behind me, followed by Bella’s shriek, “You were supposed to be protecting her!” he continued, rage was obvious in his voice. I felt cold hands feeling the wound, I groaned. “Look at what you did, she’s dying!” Edward’s voice was terrifying, Jacob didn’t answer. She’s dying, she’s dying. The words echoed in my mind, I felt tears gather in my eyes. It wasn’t that bad, was it? Nothing fatal…something that can be mended, it always has been like that. How is this injury different from the others?
“Edward!” Bella wailed. Bella blew it; all my excuses didn’t make sense anymore. I was dying. Every second that past, I came closer to death. Every drop of blood that leaves my body, made my fate even more of a reality. My wheezes slowed a little. I tried to speak, but I just coughed up blood. I didn’t tr I knew what I had to do, or what Edward had to do. Bite me, I thought in English as clearly as possible.
“No, I can’t, you know that” he hissed, I could hardly breathe any more. Bite me! I thought again. He didn’t answer that time; Suck out the god damned venom after, just trust me! I thought,
“I don’t know, I’ll find Carlisle” he was panicked now. Now! I thought almost in a shriek, I felt Edward take my hand. I lost my breath. I felt his teeth sink into my wrist, he pulled them out instantly.
“What did you do? You filthy leech” Jacob thundered, the burning pain began in my wrist. I could breathe again, I could see. My blood bubbled like acid in my wound, I screamed. I looked up at Edward; he stared at me, mesmerized. I rolled onto the ground, hoping the snow could put out the fire in my body.
I rolled onto my wounded side, Jacob and Edward were fighting, I couldn’t hear them. Suddenly their heads snapped up and Edward leaped over me, there were awful snarls. I looked over, there was another beast. The color of bark, I knew this creature. Utter rage rushed through me. Despite the agonizing pain I stood up. I could feel my strength, I stared at the wolf, I was determined. I knew exactly what I could do; I knew exactly what I wanted. I studied the face of the wolf then thought of the man. The wolf phased back to a human. I smiled. I walked forward.
“Edward leave” I ordered, my voice was shaken, but furious, it reminded me of my mother’s voice when she was mad. I didn’t like it. Edward stared at me. He ran towards me, he grabbed my bitten arm, I tugged it away.
“One minute” I said, I knelt down beside the animal, he was shocked. I slapped my hand against his throat. I didn’t squeeze, I thought of his death. The veins in his neck bulged out. He gagged and wheezed. Then he was dead.
I was pleased with myself for a moment. This wasn’t me; I realized how this was so Abby. This was Abby, not me. This scared me. The last thing I wanted to be was Abby; a killer, a true survivor. I looked down at the dead thing. Dread washed through me, I killed somebody. I let out a jagged breath. I placed one hand on his heart and the other on his forehead. I bit my lip in frustration and pressed down. His eyes burst open then closed again. I could hear his heart beat.
Edward tugged me back away from him. I felt Jacob put one of my arms around his shoulders, and he put his hand on my waist. I looked up at him he kissed my forehead. I felt Edward stab his teeth into my arm again. I gave a pained grunt. The acid-like pain disappeared slowly, but then was replaced by the old pain of my wound. I cringed, I dropped to the ground. Didn’t I heal?
“What’s wrong?” Edward muttered. Jacob was on the ground with me now.
“Did you get all the venom out?” Jacob growled, I grabbed his trembling hand. I put my other hand where my wound was supposed to be. I was healed; it was just the pain that was left.
“They need help with Ellen; Dog get Natalie out of here. She’s going to try…” he said, trailing off at the end, so she was going to kill me. Jacob put two hands under me to lift me up.
“No, I don’t want to be held” I forced myself to say, he lifted me up anyway.
“What about Bella?” Jacob asked, I tried to struggle but the pain made me quit.
“Esme has her” Edward said, and then he was gone. Jacob began to run. The horrid pain didn’t die. I rubbed it with my hand; maybe I could stop the pain. Maybe there was still a drop of venom in my system and I could stop the pain. But I knew there wasn’t.
Eventually I decide to give up. I wrapped my arms around Jacob’s neck; I rested my head on his shoulder.
“You scared me back there” Jacob pointed out,
“Hmm” I mumbled, I tried to relax, but when I began to breathe through my diaphragm, I wheezed and curled into a ball again. “I thought you were dead” he added,
“I’m-fine, god-dammit” I muttered through gritted teeth, he laughed a bit, “What you did was so stupid” he commented, I sighed.
“I’m a stupid person” I agreed, he laughed again.
Suddenly my head throbbed and my throat stung. I began to feel ill. I knew what this was, Ellen was killing me. The pain in my head became worse. I yelled and wrapped my arms around my head. I couldn’t hear anything but an awful high-pitched screeching. I squeezed my eyes shut. Every breath I took gagged me. Every throb felt like I was being hit with a hammer. I opened my eyes, it was black. I couldn’t see. I closed my eyes again. I could feel myself fading now. My jagged breathing slowed and the pain seemed to take over me.
The screeching was suddenly replaced with a scream and then everything disappeared. +comments please