Love Is Death

Life has been getting better since the Volturi left my family in peace. Tanya's family are over there losses from what could have been a bloody battle and the start of a great war that may have brought the humans attention to our lives. In other words, the end of humanity.

Renesmee has grown but not much. It's only been about a year and a half. Charlie and Sue are staring their lives together while Renee and Phil are happily expecting a new bouncing baby boy. With all this happy change I forgot how bad things can get. With this new blanket of happy wrapped around my family and shielded us from the fact that things could be very deadly and painful. And I was about to remember.

Chapter 1

"Thanks for letting me take Renesmee to the beach Bells." Jake said.

"No Problem Jake. I know how much she likes it." and it was true she did. Them running on the beach playing tag looking in tide pools for little creatures seashells. Napping in the while Jake was in his wolf form to keep her warm. One of the best things about Jacob was that he was protective of Renesmee but he still let her have fun.

Jake looked around me towards the staircase. "Thanks to you to." I didn't need to look to know who he was talking to. But I did any way. Edward was on the bottom step leaning against the wall. His arm were crossed across his chest, his hands balled into tight fist as if he would rip Jacob's head of if they loosened the slightest bit. Which was most likely true.

The thing that made me worry most was his expression. It was something that only someone as crazy as the Zodiac killer could have pulled of. Run Jake run! was all I could think. I had to get him out of here. Edward was about to reach his limit. "Alright you two have a good time!" I said as I closed the door.

Edward visibly relaxed once his enemy was gone. I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around him.

"Why do you do this? You know he's going to be part of the family one day. Shouldn't you be getting on his good side.?" I asked him.

From behind I heard a deep chuckle. "You two," Emmet said from the couch. "sound just like me and Rose a year ago." As Emmet laughed I noticed Rosalie fidget uncomfortably. Neither one of us liked to talk about the time we spend hating each other. But since Renesmee was born she forgave me for almost ruining my life. In her eyes of course. But I have every thing she wanted. A good husband, a loving child, and an all in all great life. Not to mention immortality on top of that.

I waited for Edward to comment but when he didn't I looked at him. His attention was on the TV. There was a news special on. Now that I think about it the news has been on all day. I felt a shock go through me as I saw the head story. Vampire Crimes. Had one of our kind lost their mind and went on a killing spree? Then I heard what the reporter was saying.

"It appears that all along the northern border line ,hospitals are being robbed and people are found missing and killed. But hospitals arn't being robbed for the usual prescription pills, no these criminals are bloodthirsty. Literally. Hospitals have reported missing at least twelve gallons of fresh blood. More than enough to fill six human bodies. This has become a problem. Blood doesn't last to long in storage and with the freshest of it gone the list of patience waiting for a blood transfusion is getting longer and longer. But the questions remain the same. Who are these people and how are they doing it? It may be a shock to you that some people really consider themselves vampires and feed and donors blood. Any of these people could be a possible suspect. Right now it is unknown…… wait we have breaking news America. A hospital in Port Angeles has been robbed. It is assumed that they will head towards Forks Washington next. FBI will be an route to apprehend the vampire criminals."

"Jasper." Edward called without taking his eyes off the television. "Yes." Jasper said flying down the steps with Alice in tow. "And before you can say anything else we were watching it too. What do you thinks going on?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing." Edward mumbled.

"What do you say, Carlisle?" Alice asked.. Just as she said that Carlisle walked through the front door. We were all so busy trying to think of this new problem we hadn't heard the car speeding up the drive. He4 came in and sat down heavily on the lazy boy before propping his feet up. He looked absolutely exalted. Which was something new considering he never tired.

after rubbing his temples for a few seconds he let out a sigh and began to speak. "The FBI is running us ragged. They're every where. Always making sure we check our blood supply by the hour. They're installing some new security cameras so anything they miss will be caught on tape. As for the culprits, I have no doubt in my mind that they are vampires." We all guessed that.

"But," Emmet began. "what are they stealing blood bags for is they're taking people.?" It was a good question but Carlisle didn't miss a beat answering it.

" I think that these vampires are trying to become …better in a way. We feast on animals to sustain our thirst so we don't kill humans. They try to feed upon blood to keep from killing."

"But people are still missing ." Jasper commented.

"Yes I know. Remember how hard it was for you to quit your human diet? Perhaps that is how they are Cold blood doesn't quit nourish our bodies the way fresh blood does. It might leave a yearning for something better."

I had to say that this made perfect sense. Who wants cold food when you can have a hot, fresh meal. I looked at Jasper to see what he thought of this. I could tell he was thinking of when he first tried the Cullen's. His slip ups, times he was so close to ruing what he tried so hard to build. Yes. He knew how hard it could be to stick to a new food style.

"Okay we know-or at least think we know- why they are doing this. What about the rest of the puzzle? Why aren't they being more careful about this? The Volturi are going to get involved if they don't stop. Not to mention they're headed straight for Forks." The looks I got told me something we all were thinking. Not again. If they got involved this would be their third visit. If they thought we were causing trouble and disturbing the peace we might be in for a painful death.

We all knew it but not one of us dared say it out loud. Same with the fact that we knew what we might have to do. We might have to kill these people.

"If they show up here we can tell them of our life. They might want to join. But if they don't I fear we must go to extremes. From their behavior I'm beginning to wonder if they fear the Volturi at all. The only other answer I can think of is that they might me rouges, abandoned by their creator or creators and formed their own coven."

The second made a lot more sense. Who in their right mind wouldn't fear the Volturi? But why were they headed straight for us. I was going to voice this when Rosalie did it for me.

"For that," Carlisle began to answer he. "Could have many different reasons. They could be tracking their creator just as much as they could be looking for us. If they came across others of our kind they might have been told of us and they could be seeking help. They could also be looking for help from a loved or trusted one that takes residence near us."

They all made enough sense. If I woke up a different creature with only a few others like me I'd might go looking for someone I knew. That gave me an idea. "They know each other." I stated out loud. And they all looked at me like I was crazy

"We already discussed that Bella," Emmet said with a confused look. "They probly meet up after they woke up and found themselves changed."

"No no no, I mean that they had to have known each other before they were made. If they're looking for loved ones what's the chance that every single one of them has family in this place. I mean even if most of them had family here at least a few would have family elsewhere. But the only place missing blood are in a beeline headed straight for us. Plus they always take about the same amount of blood each time, around twelve gallons. New born or not I doubt that any vampire goes around draining six or more bodies a night. I think that there are maybe six of them. Remember they said that most blood stolen was twenty four gallons. That would be about twelve bodies enough for each of them to have two people. And I don't think they ran into anyone. It's summer not that many of us around at this time."

I watched them go from confusion to understanding they knew what I said made complete sense. But we still didn't know if we would have to kill them or not.