AN: This chapter is from Bella's POV and it is about what happens when she gets off the plane. The timing overlaps with the end of chapter 3, so Alice and Emmett won't come in until later.

Disclaimer: Have you gotten the point yet? I'm not Stephenie Meyer, so I don't own Twilight.

Chapter 4: Deadly Solitude

BPOV

I stepped off the plane, and took a look around the airport. What do I do now? I have no idea where to go, I thought to myself. I had no idea where Tanya's family lived, and there was no way I was going to be able to find a group of vampires without some idea as to where to go. I supposed that I would have to rent a car. I sighed. I had enough money, of course, but I had really wanted to save it. This was the only downside to taking a plane, though I'm sure if I had brought my truck, it would've been more expensive with the low gas mileage it gets.

I stepped outside, and looked around. Alaska was already covered in a couple of feet of snow, even though it was only early November. Great. Now it's going to be even harder to find Denali with having to drive through this snow.

I went to the car rental place and told the woman behind the desk that I would just take the least expensive car that was available for three days. I figured that by then, I would be able to get to Denali, find out if they knew where Edward was, then get back here to return the car, and figure out what to do from there. She handed me the keys once I paid, and I left the main building and went to the parking garage to get my car.

As I walked into the dank garage, the eerie silence began to make me uneasy. There should have been employees here to help me, but nobody was there. In fact, there were no customers there either. All of a sudden, I had an intense urge to get my car, and get the hell out of here. I ran to the parking space that the car I had ordered was in, but before I could go around the side to get in, I saw something laying behind the back wheels.

When I walked around the car to investigate, what I saw made me want to retch. It was a dead body, with the limbs bent at unnatural angles. From the clothes he was wearing, I assumed that he was an employee. I panicked. I couldn't believe that I had been stupid enough to come here without protection. I had promised Jacob that I would be safe, and that I would try not to get hurt, but right now, I knew that I was probably going to die. There was some sort of psychotic serial killer on the loose. They had killed this man, and they were probably going to kill me too. But it doesn't look like they have a gun, my mind pointed out. They didn't shoot this man, so maybe you can fight them off. I knew that it was unlikely, given my extreme klutziness, but the thought still gave me a small measure of confidence. That didn't mean, of course, that I was planning on staying to fight, it was merely a last resort. I scrambled to get inside the car before whoever it was could find me. As I opened the door, however, I heard a high pitched voice behind me.

"So we meet again Bella Swan." Was the brilliant cliche that my killer seemed to have come up with for her big opening line. I whirled around to see the owner of the voice. My mouth dropped, and my stomach lurched as cold terror shot through me. I looked into the face that had haunted my dreams, ever since I had found out that she was looking for me. Flaming red hair framed a predatory grin. The crimson eyes bore into mine, her gaze piercing.

"Victoria." I choked out. I was terrified.

"Yes." she sneered. "It's me. Where is your precious boyfriend to protect you this time?" My eyes welled up at this comment.

"It's not like that with us anymore. He left me." I just managed to force the words out. It still hurt and the hole in my chest tightened every time I thought about it.

She scoffed, "Don't think that your lies will get you any sympathy from me." Then she snarled.

"I wasn't..." I started, but I didn't have time to finish because then she pounced. She reached for my arm and twisted it behind my back until I heard a crack in the bone that I couldn't feel through my terror. Before I was aware of anything else, I was flying through the air. My head cracked against the concrete and began bleeding. I managed to open my eyes enough to see Victoria stalk toward me and take a bite out of my neck. I could feel the fire burning through my veins and as I slowly lost consciousness, I heard two voices that I had really missed, but I was sure that I was imagining it. I heard a high pitched shriek and a deep enraged growl. Then Emmett and Alice both shouted my name.

The last thing I remembered was Victoria being ripped away from me as everything went black.

EPOV (Emmett)

Once Alice and I arrived at the airport, we smelled Bella's blood coming from the car rental garage. At first, I just figured that Bella had fallen down again, because that tended to happen a lot with her. Alice and I followed her scent to the garage. It was strong, but mixed in with it, I could smell another scent, I growled loudly as I realized that it was one of us. A vampire, I mean. I thought I recognized the scent, but I wasn't entirely sure. But before I could register what was going on, Alice gasped.

"Victoria!" she croaked, and dashed at vampire speed towards the garage. Once I realized what was happening, I was right on her heels. We arrived at the site of Bella lying on the cement, head bleeding, and arm twisted at an unnatural angle. Victoria was bent over her with her teeth sunk into Bella's neck. I released a roar of fury as Alice shrieked, and we both reflexively yelled Bella's name. I ripped Victoria away, but she ran off before I could get a good shot in. I would've gone after her, but I was too concerned about Bella to care about Victoria. I turned to see Alice hovering over Bella, who was motionless on the ground.

"Alice?" I asked softly, Alice turned to face me, her expression terrified, but lost at the same time. "Is she..." I trailed off, not being able to ask the question that I needed to know the answer to.

Her expression looked strained, "No. She's alive... barely. But Victoria..." She was interrupted by Bella, who began thrashing from side to side and shrieking.

"Fire!" Bella yelled. "Stop the fire! I don't... want... this... not without... Edward..." It was almost impossible for her to get her words out. But the last word was just a whisper.

"Bit her." Alice finished. "And I don't think we can save her this time." She added quietly. "And even if it was possible, I don't think that either of us would have the control." Shame crept into her voice at this, and I knew she really wished she could help Bella.

"Alice, we need to get her out of here until someone comes to investigate." I said reasonably. Trying to stay calmer than was strictly possible, given the situation, all the while, trying to figure out what the hell we were going to say to Edward. He would kill us if he found out that we let this happen. Well it was his own goddamn fault.

Bella was screaming in pain, and I cringed. Maybe Edward would be right to blame us. It felt like our fault. If we had only been there a few minutes earlier, this could've all been avoided. Plus, Bella looks like she's in so much pain. Not just physical pain, we all had to go through that. I'm talking about emotional pain. She just kept saying Edward's name, then whimpering. She was also muttering about how she didn't want this, and how it was all wrong and it should've been Edward.

After a few minutes of Alice and I discussing what to do, Bella started asking us where Edward was. She obviously was in a lot of pain, but he was all that she could think about. Damn she was tough. I could hardly even move my mouth, let alone talk when I went through this.

"Bella, honey," Alice began softly, as if speaking to a hysterical child, "We don't know where Edward is, but we're going to go back to the rest of the family, and when this is all over, we'll help you find him, okay? But for now, we're just going to need you to be kind of quiet okay Bella?" Bella seemed to gather her strength to nod and then made her best attempt to keep her voice down.

"We're going to need to take her back to Denali. We need help to figure out what to do." She said to me. "Edward's not going to be happy you know." She added really quietly. "And I feel bad for her, going through all of this alone."

"She's not alone." I scoffed. "She has us, and the rest of the family."

"Not the member that matters most." Her voice was gentle, and she looked sadly at Bella, "And I think we're all going to regret that."

AN: So, Bella's turning, I have some ideas as to what she'll be like as a vampire, but I'm not quite sure about her power yet so if you have any suggestions, they would be helpful. Please review!!

P.S. I just wanted to thank those of you who have reviewed already. There may not have been many, but they still helped me write. So thanks again.