Edward growled as he threw his back against the metal door. He was using all his strength to keep his pursuers from following him in. He gave a warning snarl but they didn't heed it, and so he continued to push away their onslaught.

"Come on!" cried a female voice from the other side of the door. "You are so ridiculous!"

"Over dramatic," agreed a male voice and then there was a growl as he tried to push open the door once more.

"I don't want to see you two!" Edward yelled.

"We don't care if you don't want to see us!" the female replied. "I am your fucking sister, Edward Cullen!"

Edward hated it when Alice played the family card. He stood up rigidly straight and stepped away from the metal door, watching with vindictive satisfaction as Jasper fell face forward onto the floor. Alice jumped gracefully over her lover so she could reach Edward. She stood there amazed for a moment, drinking him in, before giving him a hard punch across the jaw.

He growled as he turned away from the small girl who was presently standing there steaming.

"What was that for?" He yelled at her.

"For making us track your sorry scent! For making us follow you here! For making us break into a blood bank! And lastly for making us pound down a door into a blood freezer!" She yelled at him.

"I didn't make you do that!" Edward said, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Our love made us do it, Edward! Our love and hope - for the both of you!" Alice said, her anger fading as she grinned.

Edward felt a cold throb in his stomach as he looked at his sister's wide fading gold eyes. Jasper was at her side suddenly, holding a satchel of blood happily, his pockets bulging from where he packed more.

Alice turned and furrowed her brow, seeing the blood. "Is that human?" the accusing note hidden well, but still detectable.

"No," Jasper said, slightly offended. "Its animal, they test on it in places like this."

Alice beamed as she took out a satchel of blood from Jasper's pockets and looked on it approvingly. She hadn't fed since they had left to find Edward over a week ago.

Edward felt forgotten and so cleared his throat to get back on track. Alice looked back on him and threw the satchel to him. He looked at it, perplexed.

"We need to celebrate!" she exclaimed. "You're coming with us, Edward."

"I'm not going anywhere until some one explains things," Edward growled stubbornly, crossing his arms over his chest.

Jasper turned to Alice sympathetically. "He's been in hiding for months, did you really think he'll let up so easily?"

Alice sighed and shrugged before turning her eyes on to Edward. They were large and burnt into him.

"We were recently in Seattle," Alice began, and the cold sensation in Edward grew. "And we were at that club for vampires who like to gossip. It was something to do and Jasper thought it was best seeing as you were looking for Victoria. We thought we might get wind of her and be able to go with you as you continued to search. I worry about you now that your all alone..." She broke off, angry at things she couldn't control.

Jasper cut in. "We ran into our old friend Laurent!" Jasper explained and Edward's face lifted.

"Did he say where Victoria was?" he asked, the monster in him straining at its leash, crying out for the vampire's head.

"No, but he told us about another vampire." Jasper began, but Alice cut in.

"He knows a new born named Ophelia, who recently joined Tania's clan." Edward didn't see anything spectacular about this information, though Tania wasn't known to have fresh new born join the ranks due to the attention they could draw from their instability.

"Edward," Alice breathed, her eyes alight. "She is like none I have ever heard of. A new born, but has no craving at all for human blood. Not even a hint of desire!"

"How is that possible?" Edward asked.

"We're going to find out!" Alice beamed.

"We immediately went to Carlisle, because we thought he might want to meet her, to learn from her." Jasper explained. "But he immediately thought of you, Edward."

"What..." Edward's brow creased.

"Bella!" Alice yelled and it was as if she had shot him. Edward turned away and clenched his jaw.

"Oh god," Alice breathed, her arms suddenly wrapping around Edward. "I forgot! I'm so, so sorry! Edward..."

"What... about... her..." Edward said finally when he remembered how to speak.

"If you learn from this new born, you could train yourself better. Maybe, even, if you tried really hard, you could even be with her again. No cravings." she said.

"I can't," Edward said in a strangled voice.

"Edward..." Jasper began but Edward gave a huge growl and he spun around quickly, ripping a newspaper out of his jacket pocket.

"A few weeks back... I saw her." Edward said in a deeply sorrowful voice. "I thought I was dreaming... She..."

"What did you do?" Jasper asked, no emotion in his small voice.

"Nothing!" roared Edward. "I watched! I fucking watched as she was... changed." the last word came out as a sob.

"You changed her?" Alice asked, unable to hide the small bit of hope growing in her.

"No," Edward said tightly, trying to stop his body shuttering and his chest as it tried to dismantle. "Someone else did."

There were two audible gasps from Jasper and Alice.

"But who..." Alice stuttered.

"Who dared," Jasper flared up. He had love for Bella too, they all did, but the males who loved her had a more possessive side.

"Like I said, I thought it was a dream," Edward continued. "But then I awoke and I had her blood all over my shirt. I was there, but I couldn't do anything, she was protected from me... but for once I was probably the lesser of two evils."

Alice wanted to interrupt, but Jasper placed a warning hand quickly on her shoulder. Edward was passed listening to what they thought of his and Bella's relationship. He was too deep into his tale.

"Look," he sighed, and he handed Jasper the newspaper. "Three gruesome deaths toll up in New York. They think its the work of a serial Killer."

The whole room was silent as they absorbed what that meant.

"Are you sure?" Alice whispered. "I don't think Bella would be..."

Edward clenched his jaw at the name and Alice fell silent for a moment, she never realized that Edward was in such a bad shape. She thought that maybe, if anything, these months away might have dulled the pain...

"She wouldn't put herself out so young, she knows better then that." Alice whispered.

"Alice is right, Edward. She wouldn't hurt another human." Jasper said. "She's probably hiding out somewhere..."

The blond didn't like the idea of poor Bella hiding out in a rank cave for years on end... surviving on rats and dwelling on what could have been.

"Who knows what she'll do... she's a monster now..." Edward said.

In a flash Alice's face came so close, Edward had to back up in fright. Her beautiful round face twisted in anger, her black eyes growing even darker as she tried to claw at him. Jasper had his arms round her waste, her body pulled flush against his own as she struggled.

"Don't you dare!" she screamed. "She isn't! You broke her heart! And you have the... audacity to call her... I hate you! I really hate you right now! Even if Bella is changed, she's still Bella! She'll never be a monster!"

Finally she calmed down enough so that Jasper placed her on the ground, but still kept his hands firmly on her side. Edward held himself momentarily, then he broke down. The vampire stumbled forward, sobbing hard. All anger disappeared from the room as Alice jumped forward and wrapped her arms tightly around Edward's heaving form.

"Its ok, brother," she whispered into his bronze hair.

"I was hanging around here hoping to catch her... to stop her..." Edward said in a strained voice. "I'll come with you. I can't handle it anymore."

"I don't think it was her," Jasper said to Alice as they followed Edward out of the freezer. "Those killings, I mean."

Alice sighed as she wrapped her arm around Jasper. "I think he was looking for something to lead him to Bella. He heard about the serial killer, and tried to fit in an explanation to give him hope..."

Jasper felt her sadness and placed a kiss on the top of her head while he subtly lowered her pain. They both watched Edward as he stalked ahead of them, the glass crinkling under their footsteps where he and Alice had broken in.

"What do you think this Ophelia can do for us?" Jasper asked. "Now that Bella..."

"If anything we all learn a little bit more when it comes to resisting the humans' blood. That could be beneficial when we find Bella." Jasper replied, looking ahead thoughtfully. "Even if Edward doesn't go out to find her, we can. We both love Bella, and we need to help her now."

Alice nodded against Jasper's stone hard chest.

"Have you tried looking into her future? Tried to see her?" Jasper asked softly.

Alice shook her head. "I can't seem to see her... I know she's moving around, like existing, but I can't see her or anything actually helpful."

Jasper lowered the aggravation that began to spike in her. She didn't need that right now. Not now that they had Edward back. They should be a cause of celebration. Wait until Esme saw him! And Carlisle...

In the distance the Empire State building loomed over them and around them people bustled by, unaware.

Soon things would be changing.

(A/N) Sorry it took me so long to add this up. I actually wrote a REALLY long chapter where you see the convo between Alice, Jasper and Laurent. But this is much better. Expect another chapter ion a few hours, I am suddenly really eager to write the rest of this story.

All hail summer vacations.