Alice's POV

I couldn't believe Kachiri would do something like that. She seemed the most tame out of her whole coven! And I couldn't believe I didn't see this future. It was probably Nahuel blocking it. I sighed as I walked towards Kachiri. She looked so vulnerable, there on her knees, with her face ducked into her chest. But if she could just kill Huilen out of the blue, she could do the same with me. Better to keep a strong defence first.

I looked back, stealing a peek at Jasper with his arms around Nahuel. He wasn't always like this, he never was, actually. He must've felt deep pain, to physically contact someone else to comfort them. Usually, he just sent them a wave of calm, and they would cool off.

My eyes focused themselves back to Kachiri. She suddenly moved from her unapproachable position on the floor to a crouch. My body showed no weakness. I've already seen the future, and I was going to win. I've already seen the burning pile of limbs beside the biggest tree nearby. I hated fighting, but it had to be done to keep myself alive. I would try to keep her alive. No guarantees, though.

"Kachiri," I spoke in a quiet but firm voice. I wasn't sure how close we were to civilization. "Why would you do such a thing? Kill Huilen, hurt Nahuel, and possible cost the lives of my family and many others!" I gave up on the quiet voice. It simply couldn't do here, just like the way my outfits didn't fit in with the forest.

"You said you needed help," she snarled, "Here's your help."

"But why did you kill Huilen! We needed her too!"

"She was getting in the way. Over protective. Just like you and your mate there. Over protective of your so called family. Can't you just call it a coven?"

"No," I retorted, "Because we are a family. We love each other so much we would sacrifice our lives for them. And all you do…" my voice broke. I pulled myself together before I started sobbing tearlessly.

"Like I said, she was getting in the way. She wouldn't let Nahuel go help your coven."

"You could've waited for us." My voice suddenly lowered. It was becoming menacing instead of angry. So Jasper wanted me to kill her, not scream at her.

"You said you wanted to act fast. I did act fast." She was twisting everything I said around.

"You really want it don't you?" I said in the darkest tone I could manage.

"Want what?" she asked, with curious eyes suddenly glowing. For an Amazon, she was extremely stupid. Huh. She was right.

"So you said you aren't the brightest, eh?" I quoted her. She gave me a puzzled look. I quickly flashed a grin at Jazz, hoping Kachiri would notice. Then she would know what was coming. Better to make it as painful as possible. If she were the last creature I killed, I wanted to have fun with it.

It was extremely unlike me to think like that. I was never much of a sadist, but when someone ruins my perfectly unorganized plans, it's a whole other story. I sounded like Jane.

I slipped from my casual stance to an offensive crouch. Jasper was suddenly beside me, and Nahuel was still quietly sobbing by the other tree, but at least he was able to stand up.

Kachiri slowly backed off. Her confident bright crimson red eyes were now turning into a vulnerable deep burgundy.

Jasper didn't need Edward's ability to know my plans. We talked with our eyes, silent but effective. Rose and Emmett on the other hand, did everything quite physically. No need to elaborate on that.

My mate lunged at Kachiri at a speed that was fast even for a vampire, making him completely invisible for two seconds. Even though I wanted to take my time and slowly tear her apart, Jasper reminded me that we didn't have the time. We still had a chance at that time.

I heard the ear-splitting shriek from Kachiri when Jasper tore off her arm. I jumped on her shoulders and twisted her head off like a loose screw. Another deadly scream.

"Go to Nahuel," Jazz said to me as he started the fire. I quickly nodded and sprinted to the half-vampire. His hands were covering his ears with horror, his eyes filled with pain and fear.

I put my arm around him and picked him up and cradled him. I ran about a mile away, then set him down on the ground, and he curled up in a ball and started sobbing quietly.

I rubbed his back soothingly. "Tell me what's wrong," I said quietly, trying not to startle him, "Maybe it'll make you feel better."

"I couldn't," he tried to say through his sobs, "I couldn't stand to see…" I understood without him saying the whole thing. I should've taken him here before we started to hunt Kachiri, I said to myself.

"I'm sorry," I said, "I should have taken you away earlier…"

"It's okay," he whispered. He pushed himself slowly off the ground and wiped away his tears. Nahuel straightened himself and held his head up high. His eyes were still partially swollen and red from the tears, but he stood tall and proud.

"Now give me a minute to see if Jasper is done with…" my voice slipped into silence. I let my visions take over and searched for Jasper. The burning pile of limbs was becoming smaller. The crackling fire would burn to unrecognizable vampire ashes in the rainforest, and would gradually wash away with the precipitation value in the area.

"We should head back now," I said after a couple minutes of solace with Nahuel, "I don't want to waste any time. Would you still like to help my family? You don't have to, if you don't want to."

"Of course, I don't want any more murders happening."

"Murder is an understatement in this case. I would call it Massacre." I laughed lightly at my cold joke. Nahuel just nodded.

"Want me to carry you? It'll be faster," I wicked out a smile that usually made people laugh and comforted. It wasn't a "usually" kind of day.

"No, I'm not so slow myself." He avoided all eye contact with me.

"I'll run slower so you can keep up." He scowled at the ground then. I didn't think it was offensive, but he might have thought otherwise.

"I have to warn you," he said while we were running, "Kachiri might be stronger than you think she is."

"Don't worry, Nahuel. Jasper will finish her. I've seen it."

"Well, you're the future seer. Better not bet against that."

"Kachiri isn't the smartest out of them anyway. She wouldn't think of anything Jasper can come up with."

"It's all a mask," he murmured.

"What do you mean?"

"She's the most manipulative being I've ever met. She makes Celia Van Der Woodsen look like Ghandi."

"Van der Woodsen?" It was a stranger's name, which was quite uncommon for a person like me.

"Gossip Girl character. But that doesn't matter. She plays with your feelings!"

I laughed half-heartedly and picked up speed. Nahuel was able to keep up. "That's Jasper, silly. He can control your emotions." I smiled at him, but his forehead still contained lines.

"I didn't say emotions, Alice. One minute she acts like your… what do you Americans call it? Best friend, yes?"

"Best friend. Someone you can share secrets with."

"Yes, that. Then the next, she murders your loved ones and someday, she'll kill you!" He stopped running. I didn't know half-vampires would get tired, so I sprinted back to the place he was resting.

"Do you need to rest?" I said, concerned.

"No, I'm fine. I can't scream and run at the same time I guess," he looked at the ground. So he was afraid to show weakness, afraid to be too human. He didn't know how much we wanted to be, though. If we were, we'd be happily under our graves right now. But then again, I would be just left to rot after James drained me if the old vampire hasn't changed him. I wished I could meet him.

"I'll carry you. Something is changing. I don't care if you'll try to thrash out of my arms. I'll just hold you here with my mighty grasp. Arms of steel, baby!" I tried to cheer him up, but you could definitely hear the tension in my voice.

He didn't say anything. Nahuel just got into my petite arms and blushed the whole way there. We were also completely noiseless.

The future was suddenly changing. It was becoming an ominous blur. That was when I really started sprinting. I was getting anxious for my Jasper now. Maybe Nahuel was right. Maybe Kachiri was just a really good actress. We all were. After a couple hundred years of living a fake life, you develop a talent.

"How old did you say Kachiri was?" I said, afraid of the answer.

"About 300. I was still the physical age of 12 when I first met her." She has been around almost as long as Carlisle. She would have almost as much knowledge too. Now I was really scared. I tried to dig for more information.

"So you've known her for long?"

"Yes. Then threatened Huilen that she would kill me if we told people her secret."

"Secret? What secret?"