Chapter 9: Plans.

Previously: "I don't know...I don't think there's anything we can do..." Alice said grimly, staring into the eyes of her family.


We all stared at the Cullen's. Our thoughts were all going a thousand miles per hour; we couldn't make sense of them. We couldn't tell one's thoughts from the others. We were talking in plurals.

"We have to tell the elders!"

"What about our families, our friends?"

"When are they coming? How long do we have?"

"Where will they go when they come here?"

"The meadow, that what's was in the picture—"

"That's where that other bloodsucker tried to kill Bella—"

"Laurent was Victoria's friend. She must still want revenge for James."

"We'll have to get to them first, we can't let them near the humans—"

"Wait!" Edward shouted. We all whipped our heads around to look at him.

"What?" One of us asked him. We were still too filled with panic to think clearly.

"We have friends in the north, in Denali. They can help us. Jasper has experience with Newborns, he can teach us and you to fight them."

We blinked in surprise at the same time.

Carlisle immediately pulled out a silver cell phone and dial a number. It was answered on the second ring. We could clearly hear a female voice on the other line greet Carlisle.

"Irena? We need you and your family's help. A nomad, the one I talked about last time? The one who wants to kill Bella? Yes, she is very serious about killing her. She has…made an army of newborns in Seattle and is going to bring them here in…"

He glanced at Alice.

"Three days." She whispered.

"Three days. We really need your help."

"There is something we would need in return…" Irena said on the other end.

"Yes, anything!" Carlisle said eagerly

"I-we would need to be allowed to kill those DOGS who killed my friend, Laurent."

Carlisle froze, his face filled with shock. We all growled. Including the Cullen's.

"I'm sorry Irena, but that just isn't possible. They are our friends now, and…Bella is one of them." He said in an irritated voice.

"Well! I guess you'll just have to fight without us!" She said angrily.

"I guess we will." Carlisle said.

Just then, we heard a door open on the other line and another female's voice:

"Irena? Who are you talking to?"

Irena hung up quickly.

"Well, that didn't help very much did it now?" Carlisle said sighing.

"Yeah…not very helpful. What's Irena's problem anyways?" Emmett asked.

"It seems that Irena and Laurent were a little more than friends." Rosalie told him with a roll of her eyes. Emmett could be so unobservant sometimes.

"Well what now? We have three days. We might as well start training," Jasper said.

"Although I don't know how well they can fight after only three days of training." He said looking at us.

We growled in annoyance.

"We can fight just fine! We could take on that army right now!" Paul shouted, talking in the pack plural. You tend to do that when you have ten other people, well wolves', thoughts in your head.

Chapter 9: Plans.

Previously: "I don't know...I don't think there's anything we can do..." Alice said grimly, staring into the eyes of her family.

We all stared at the Cullen's. Our thoughts were all going a thousand miles per hour; we couldn't make sense of them. We couldn't tell one's thoughts from the others. We were talking in plurals.

"We have to tell the elders!"

"What about our families, our friends?"

"When are they coming? How long do we have?"

"Where will they go when they come here?"

"The meadow, that what's was in the picture—"

"That's where that other bloodsucker tried to kill Bella—"

"Laurent was Victoria's friend. She must still want revenge for James."

"We'll have to get to them first, we can't let them near the humans—"

"Wait!" Edward shouted. We all whipped our heads around to look at him.

"What?" One of us asked him. We were still too filled with panic to think clearly.

"We have friends in the north, in Denali. They can help us. Jasper has experience with Newborns, he can teach us and you to fight them."

We blinked in surprise at the same time.

Carlisle immediately pulled out a silver cell phone and dial a number. It was answered on the second ring. We could clearly hear a female voice on the other line greet Carlisle.

"Irena? We need you and your family's help. A nomad, the one I talked about last time? The one who wants to kill Bella? Yes, she is very serious about killing her. She has…made an army of newborns in Seattle and is going to bring them here in…"

He glanced at Alice.

"Three days." She whispered.

"Three days. We really need your help."

"There is something we would need in return…" Irena said on the other end.

"Yes, anything!" Carlisle said eagerly

"I-we would need to be allowed to kill those DOGS who killed my friend, Laurent."

Carlisle froze, his face filled with shock. We all growled. Including the Cullen's.

"I'm sorry Irena, but that just isn't possible. They are our friends now, and…Bella is one of them." He said in an irritated voice.

"Well! I guess you'll just have to fight without us!" She said angrily.

"I guess we will." Carlisle said.

Just then, we heard a door open on the other line and another female's voice:

"Irena? Who are you talking to?"

Irena hung up quickly.

"Well, that didn't help very much did it now?" Carlisle said sighing.

"Yeah…not very helpful. What's Irena's problem anyways?" Emmett asked.

"It seems that Irena and Laurent were a little more than friends." Rosalie told him with a roll of her eyes. Emmett could be so unobservant sometimes.

"Well what now? We have three days. We might as well start training," Jasper said.

"Although I don't know how well they can fight after only three days of training." He said looking at us.

We growled in annoyance.

"We can fight just fine! We could take on that army right now!" Paul shouted, talking in the pack plural. (You tend to do that when you have ten other people, well wolves' thoughts in your head.)

"Yes, we can fight just fine, thank you very much." I said. i had gotten much better at fighting since i had almost drowned because of Victoria. i could probably take on a few vamps by myself, if i wasnt ambushed of course.(hehe..)

"yes, you can fight against fully grown vampires, but newborns are much, much stronger. they are crazed with thirst, and are hard to kill. now imagine fighting an army of them." Edward growled. i could tell he didnt want me to fight. We rolled our eyes at the same time. It's a wolf thing.

"Ok. we still need to train girls," Sam thought to us. "It couldnt hurt to be ready," he looked at edward. "we'll we train with you. when should we meet and when?" he asked.

"When is too late for you?" Edward asked us. We all laughed.

"Just tell us when, we'll be ready." Leah thought. we all nodded in agreement. we could stay awake for nights without sleeping. Come to think about it, i couldnt really remember when the last time i had slept was. Oh well.

Edward stiffened when he heard my thoughts. probably worried about me.

"how about tomarrow night? youshould all sleep so your rested. we'll be up most of the night showing you how to fight." Edward said quickly. Yep, he's worried about me.

"ok. we'll be there. i dont think we can spare anyone to sleep the whole night though. we need to protect the tribe, even at our own exspense. if losing sleep means that, than we will gladly do it." Sam thought to him.

"ok will somebody tell us whats going on? i, unfortunatly can't read minds, and neither can the rest of us!" Alice exclaimed all of a sudden. we had almost forgotten she was there.

"i'm trying to convince them to sleep today so they'll be rested for training, but they disagree." Edward explained to them.

Carlisle stepped foreward. "When is that last time any of you slept?" He demanded in his "Im a doctor so answer my questions" voice.

"umm..." we thought, trying to remember that last time each of us, as an individual had slept. it was hard to concentrate on one person.

"i slept...uhh.. how long ago? i think it was yesterday--I thought, but Leah cut me off.

"no, i fell asleep yester day on patrol. remember? i just colasped so it must have been awhile-- Leah thought.

"well i have no idea how long ago i slept." I declared. the others agreed with me, except Leah who had indeed colasped yesterday when she was patrolling. we had paniked, when her thoughts dissapered, but when we got there, we had seen her curled up on the ground, sound asleep.

To answer Carlisle, we shrugged. He narrowed his eyes at us dissaprovingly. "that could really affect your health you know." He warned us. we nodded, and promising we would sleep today, head home to La Push. The others left to go to their houses, leaving me and Jacob the last ones left. i was about to phase back into a human when jacob called my name with his thoughts.

"Bella?"