Chapter three

The buzz of the carnival was a difficult thing to ignore. Dispite the circumstances Jasper seemed happier than ever, only that's because he really is effected by the feelings and emotions of the people around him and besides me, everybody here was enjoying themselves immensely.

"We should come here next year, bring Nessie, she'de love this!" Jasper beamed. "Hm, yeah maybe... Jasper this is where it happens" I said, the sun was beginning to set and there was still no sign of the man with the grey eyes.

"The center pole itself" Jasper said leaning against a giant pole, I looked up and it stretched right to the cieling. "Candyfloss stand" He said tilting his head to the left where a great big jolly man stood twirling candyfloss on a stick.

"And the crowd would be there" I said pointing to an empty ticket booth, a sign read 'Circus 7pm'. I looked at the clock on my mobile, 6.10pm.

"Can you see him?" I asked, because I certainly couldn't.

Jasper shrugged "Maybe he's not here yet"

My phone rang in my pocket, "Where are you guys?" Edward asked. "Inside, where are you?" I asked. "Outside" he said, "Helpful." I muttered.
"Sorry, I'll be in as soon as I can. So what does this guy look like?" He asked.

"He was tall, taller than you at least with grey eyes and dark hair" I said, "You dont realise how many guys out here are taller than me with dark hair, and I'm not prepared to get close enough to any of them to see their eye color" he half laughed.
"Erm, okay. He had a long jacket on with inside pockets, I think it was green?" I said looking at Jasper.
"It was black" Jasper whispered.
"Okay, it was black" I sighed, rolling my eyes.

"Your completly hopeless Alice, I'll see you inside" Edward said as he hung up.

"Who wears green Jackets?" Jasper teased, I ignored him. Everything in that shop was the same horrible shade of green and I was too busy really to notice the colour of his jacket.

"I have a green Jacket" I mumbled. I did. My wardrobe was like a rainbow, so beautiful – the result of years of bored weekends alone in Rome, Paris and New york before Jasper came into my life.

We kept searching until Edward arrived at 6.25pm, this man was nothing more than a pathetic coward, not showing his face like this. A brutal man who can't even look into his victim's faces.

"Did you see what kind of bomb he had?" Edward whispered, we didn't want to frighten the people.

"No, it was just like a parcel in a brown paper" I said, shaking my head. Did it really matter?

He shrugged, "I'm just trying to piece together why anybody would do this"

6.45 and still no sign.
6.55 .... nothing.

"Where is this guy?" I moaned, the carnival was becoming too much. I had the worst headache ever, I rolled my eyes to the cieling. There he was, looking straight down at us... at me. He was looking straight into my eyes. He was stood on the platform the preformers used, a thin metal ladder stretched up the distance.

I looked away, hoping he wouldn't do anything drastic. "Jasper!" I squealed. Jasper and Edward were by my sides, "Don't all look up at once, but I know where he is" I whispered.

"You do?" Jasper said looking up, I had to hit him really hard with my elbow so he'de look back down. "Sorry" I whispered.

"Jasper you really have to get out of here" I pleaded. This man had a bomb. This suddenly wasn't safe anymore and I couldn't have him at risk like this. "I have to do this alone" I whispered.

Edward and Jasper looked at me as though I was on drugs, "You expect us to sit back and watch?" Edward looked really offended.

"At least wait at the bottom" I said looking mostly to Jasper, his face fell. "Your not going up there!" he said raising his voice to more than a whisper. "I have to" I told him and left his side, heading for the ladders. I looked up and it seemed his own way down was this ladder as the tight rope only lead to an identical platform like this one.

He was looking away now, at first I thought he had dissapeared but he was there alright. I gripped onto the cold metal bars and looked up the never ending ladder, I felt a surge of fear build up in my throat. Jasper's hands suprised me, as he clung to my body.

"Please don't do this" he whispered in my ear. "Please, Alice" he repeated. I looked into his golden eyes and felt how he was hurting, "Come with me" I asked, finally. Part of me really didn't want to drag him into this – the selfless Alice who never seems to get listened to, but the selfish Alice wanted him to come with me.

We climbed the ladder at a normal speed, a speed I guessed a human would climb a ladder at. My stylish shoes were proving awkward with my human speed, the heel kept getting caught behind the bar.

"Don't move" Jasper said when we got to the platform, the man with the dark coat jumped and turned around. "Woah man" he said as Jasper growled at him. His eyes were full of regret and fear as he looked behind him and saw the long drop that awaited him.

"What's a guy like you doing up here?" I asked, wondering if he would confess – he seemed weak like an easy nut to crack.

He took a small step back, "Don't come any closer" the panic filled his voice. "I have a bomb" he stumbled on his words.

"Why would you want a bomb?" I asked, "Why would you want the people of Forks to suffer?" he was beginning to anger, as was I.

"Seriously lady, I'll bomb this place" he said looking behind him again, he was completly trapped. "Don't call me lady" I said taking a few steps towards him so I was in his face.

"Somebody call security! She's going to push him!" A lady screamed. We looked down and saw an old lady pointing at me, then suddenly all the faces were looking up at me – some gasped. Was was I painted to be the bad one?

"The police are coming" Jasper sighed looking around in all directions for a quick escape. The police didn't really bother us, but Carlisle prefered when we stayed on the straight and narrow.

A grin spread across the man's face. "You'll get blamed for this" he laughed, a tear of relief in his eye. I heard clunking as somebody with heavy feet started climbing the ladder, numerous people. I didn't have any time anymore, this was it, what it all came down to. I couldn't just let this man walk away freely. I wouldn't.

"We'll have to break through" Edward suggested. We all looked up to the red thin plastic roof, if we sliced through it it would hide our tracks and we could escape unconspicuously. In theory.

"After you" Jasper encouraged, Edward stood on the railing and cut through the plastic. It made a horrible noise but it was well and truely cut open, an escape. He jumped through in a dissapointingly non-human way, I hoped nobody noticed his monster jump.

"Come on, Alice" Jasper said stretching out his hand to me. "Leave him for them, it's their Job" he said taking my hand, his eyes were pleading.

"I was always one to take matters into my own hands" I said lifting the man effortlessly and throwing him idly through the gap in the plastic, hoping Edward would catch him. If he didn't how much would it matter? Not alot.

I heard a gasp and turned to see the head of a police officer who had reached the top of the ladder. "Quick" Jasper encouraged. I leaped through the hole, not caring how unhuman my jump had been, Jasper by my side.