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Edward looked behind him. Carlisle, Emmett and Rosalie had accompanied him. Esme had wanted to as well, but they all thought it'd be wise for someone to stay back in Forks just in case.

"How far, Edward?" Carlisle's caring voice came.

"Not long," Edward muttered. He looked up at the signboard. They were approaching Mississippi. Edward knew Alice was around here. The Cullen's had gotten worried and had decided to look for her.

"Where is she?" Rosalie asked, concern ringing in her voice.

Edward shrugged, annoyance building up in him. He kept on running, trying hard to block out the thoughts around him and concentrate on finding Alice.

"Quiet."

Hearing Carlisle's soft voice, Edward, Emmett and Rosalie all stood still at once, their senses heightened. Edward stepped back slightly, so that the four of them all stood in a small circle.

"Do you hear that?" Rosalie asked, her eyes darting towards the trees. Edward nodded.

"It's coming from there," Emmett's low voice sounded, and reading his thoughts, Edward knew where he was pointing to. The four Cullen's all relaxed as they picked up the speed and ran towards the sound.


Alice blinked.

"Someone's coming!" James hissed, beside her ear, "Did you call them?"

Alice shook her head. The side of her head was hurting very badly. It was as if someone had hit her with a hammer over her head. It was extremely painful – even for a vampire. Hearing a hiss, she felt Victoria's constriction loosened. Blinking, Alice took in her surroundings.

Emmett and Edward were wrestling with James. Rosalie had Victoria pinned down on the ground and Jasper and Carlisle were trying to calm the scene. Alice immediately turned to where Marissa and Will were. There were deep gushes all over his pale face. He still did nothing to fend himself from the crazed vampire that was Marissa.

Suddenly, Alice felt all calm inside, as if nothing in the world could cause her stress of any sort. Jasper. Alice turned, and saw that Carlisle and Jasper were both standing on the roof of the small house. Carlisle's hands were outstretched, as if to signal defeat.

"Stop this, now," he said, calmly. That was so Carlisle – always calm. Of course, everyone under Jasper's spell just stood awkwardly. Rosalie was still pinning Victoria down, but Victoria was not fighting against it anymore so it was easier for Rose. Emmett had James' arms pinned against his back, and Edward stood in front of James.

"Now, when Jasper releases you all you will –" Alice had tuned out the rest of his words, because she had a strange vision just then – Victoria and James were both walking in a forests, only Alice didn't know where. Edward, able to see her vision, kept his mouth in a straight line.

"And we can talk about it."

Alice had snapped out of her trance just to hear the last words that came out of Carlisle's mouth. She then felt Jasper's ability washing over her, and no doubt everyone else did as well. When all was back to normal, Rosalie stood up, hauling Victoria as she did so.

"Carlisle, what do I do with her?" Rosalie asked. Victoria didn't bother to fight against Rosalie – she knew that she and James were dead soon, so there was no point. James must've had the same thought, because he merely bowed his head as Emmett ushered him forward.

"Please stop," Carlisle said, facing Marissa. Alice wondered what Marissa was going to do, but she couldn't ponder much more, because just then, Marissa turned and snapped Will's head – snapping his neck. Alice's eyes and mouth widened in horror.

Before anyone could do anything else, Edward ran to Marissa and held her arms behind her back. She trashed as hard as she could, and countless amounts of swear words escaped her lips. She tried to break free from Edward, but obviously, his grip was too tight.

"Marissa, just stop," James said, sneering, "We're outnumbered."

But Marissa didn't listen, because at that time, she spun around and somehow got out of Edward's grasp. She then made a run towards Alice – who was too shocked to defend herself. But before Marissa had gotten to the pixie-featured vampire, Jasper had placed himself between Marissa and Alice. As Marissa neared him, Jasper placed a hand on Marissa's face and her neck. He then swiftly turned and there was a bone-crushing sound and when Alice looked at where Marissa should've been, all she saw was a lifeless and headless body.


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It has been a while since I updated. I've been putting it off. As you can probably tell, this chapter was one of my not so good ones. Gosh, last I updated was last month/year! XD

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