Chapter 1

I ran. I ran for everything I was worth. Everything that meant something to me. And I couldn't believe that barely an hour ago I was eating lunch with my father. Carefree and unexpecting. Knowing that they didn't know I was still alive. Not caring that I was pretending to love a vampire. Pretending that I hadn't shared a life with his brother, Emmett.

"Hello, Alex." a man I thought I had killed greeted me after I answered the door. The air had hitched in my throat and instantly action plans and vantage points were going through my head at an alarming rate. My heart beat matching its pace.

My grip on the door tightened when I heard the man that thought I was his daughter ask me who was at the door. I didn't answer. Just stared back at the black haired, green eyed monster a second too long. He moved to reach behind him and I knew what was coming all too well. I shut the door fast, locked it, bolted it and grabbed my fathers 9 mil from his belt by the sill. I ran to the living room and reached behind the TV, grabbing the syringe. Promising myself to feel guilt later I ran to Charlie as he was taking a bite of fish and jabbed the syringe in his neck. He fell to the floor instantly unconscious.

I ran out the back door and kept doing that. Running. It always found me. No matter where I went, what I looked like, who I became, I always ended up running. Despite the name changes, the physical changes that made me look like a completely different person, or where I was on this earth, they found me, and made me run. They enjoyed the hunt, enjoyed making me run. But secretly, I had them right where I wanted them.

Air squeezed through my windpipes as I ran. The muscles in my body working diligently with my rough request. Pushing to fulfill my every need no matter how much it would make me regret it later. One foot a yard in front of the other, arms bent and level to my chest working oppositely from my legs. Air in through my nose and out through my mouth. All working together with the will and determination of a Green Lantern put me one step ahead of them.

I saw the road to the Cullen mansion up ahead right as I heard the disgusting buzz of their wannabe sports cars. I didn't look back; I knew what I would see. Looking back would only slow me down and confirm my fears. They were gaining on me, and I had them right where I wanted them.

I cut into the woods and ran to the road that lead to the Cullens home. As I gained on the house they turned onto the road. Finally, I saw the house and made a split second decision.

"EMMETT!" I yelled. My breath became rugged and loud. "Emmett!" I yelled again getting closer to the house. I was still under the Bella persona but my hopes were that his training made him act on instinct. Hopefully he still had his human ones. The Cullens were all beginning to pile up on the front porch. The only one I couldn't make out with them, was Emmett.

The small silver sports car broke through the line of trees just as Emmett came through the front door after finding the sharpest thing he could. The car had stopped and three men get out with guns bigger than Emmett's arm. Looking back to the Cullen family just in time to run right into Carlisle.

"Inside now!" I yelled. "Emmett! The knife!" I yelled at him just before he could file back into the house with his family at my orders. I knew they didn't want to listen to me, a human, but the amount of authority I put in my voice was enough to make the Hulk listen to a two year old.

Emmett threw the knife at me as I pushed the Cullens back through the door. Taking the kitchen knife I began to fight back. One roundabout kick and a jab to the abdomen got the first guy down. But I lost focus and the other two came up behind me. They knew how I would react so they pinned me the only way they could. Holding my arms and shoulders down to the ground and both kneeling in the crook of the back of my knee.

I screamed and writhed around to put on a good show, and it worked. The next thing I knew the Cullens were running towards me just as I felt the butt of their sniper rifle hit either side of my head. I won.