Bedlam

Chapter Eight

...Hopeless time to roam
The distance to your home
Fades away to nowhere
How much are you worth
You can't come down to earth
You're swelling up, you're unstoppable

'cause you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere...

- New born by Muse


"It's a car, just a car!" Carlisle explained to her in a panicked tone.

He didn't know how to handle this creature, none of them did.

"Carlisle," Edward said in a hushed tone, afraid of startling her again. "I think Emmett's jeep scared her."

"I'm sure you're right," he replied while running a hand through his hair. He turned to Alice, "How does she know my name?"

The petite vampire raised her arms up to the sky. "How should I know?"

"You didn't see any signs of her coming in the first place?" he asked her desperately, clawing at straws.

"Nothing, I just couldn't stop myself from colliding with her while Jasper and I were hunting, and then BOOM!" she made a motion with her hands. "My visions grounded to a halt completely, and Jasper had to fight her off!" she cried while rubbing her face with her hands.

Jasper looked towards the girl – who was still on the floor – and moved a little in her direction, before taking one straight back as she hissed savagely.

"I'm telling you she's feral!" he shouted while jabbing a finger in his direction. "She attacked Alice and then me!"

"Yes Jasper, now I need you to calm down," Carlisle replied without even taking his eyes off the girl who was in the middle of his living room floor.

"Easy for you to say," he hissed under his breath before moving back towards his mate.

Esme sent him a scolding look but didn't make a sound.

"What did we miss?" Emmett asked as he entered the room, Rosalie on his heels.

The burly vampire stopped dead in his tracks as he caught site of the female on the floor.

He whistled, "Wow, well would you look at that Rosie?"

"She's the one we were after?" Rosalie asked in a high pitched voice. "But she's utterly barbaric!"

"And that's why we needed to find her before she cross the treaty line!" Edward retorted in an angry tone.

"You're scaring her!" Carlisle shouted above their growls.

And true enough, the vampire was mewing like an abandoned kitten, lost in a huge world it knew nothing about.

"Carlisle," she whimpered as she covered her face with her hands. "Carlisle…Carlisle…"

He moved swiftly towards the creature and knelt near her – not too close but in arms reach.

"It's alright," he soothed. "They wont hurt you."

"She can't understand you," Alice said after a moment of them studying the creature's still figure.

"What?" Carlisle asked, looking towards his daughter.

"She…doesn't understand what we are saying."

"I don't follow…"

"Carlisle! Look at her! She obviously doesn't have a clue what is going on, all she can say is Carlisle and even then she has the most peculiar accent I've ever heard – not from Europe I can tell that much.." she rambled.

"OK, OK, I've heard enough." Carlisle sighed. "Esme?" he turned to his mate for assistance.

She strode towards the girl and crouched next to Carlisle.

Her hand wasn't shaking as she reached towards the girl, but as soon as her fingertips touched the girls shoulder the most heart wrenching sound erupted from her.

It shook the house more than Emmett's jeep had, Rosalie clung onto Emmett as Alice clung onto Jasper while Edward just held onto the dining table.

Esme and Carlisle stumbled backwards from the girl in shock, landing next to each other with dazed expressions.

"It burns!" Esme suddenly screamed, waving her hand up and down.

Carlisle immediately caught it and inspected it, a small flickering on Esme's skin gave away what was burning her.

"It's venom," Carlisle stated in horror and awe.

He immediately put his mouth to her hand and sucked the venom off before it could do any damage.

"There, all better," he said tiredly.

"H-how did she do that?" Rosalie asked from Emmett's side.

"I…don't know," Carlisle frowned.

"It was after she screamed, the venom appeared from nowhere," Edward murmured mostly to himself.

"A power maybe?" Emmett said.

"Possibly." Carlisle nodded.

Jasper suddenly collapsed backwards, hitting the wall before sliding down it – gasping.

"Jasper?" Alice shrieked.

"I don't know what's happening," he bit out before letting out his own feral growl.

Nobody had noticed the girl was sitting bolt upright, eyes glazed.

Everybody fell silent as they noticed the girl standing up, she crouched while putting a palm to the Earth.

"What happened to her eyes?" Esme murmured as they watched her moving across the room towards Jasper and Alice.

"It's like she's possessed," Carlisle whispered.

Her hands felt their way towards Jaspers face, Alice had backed away slowly as she approached.

Jasper flinched as her hands travelled over his face, touching every scar and bite mark on its surface.

He suddenly let out a big sigh, and slumped backwards. Alice rushed forwards to prop him up, he wasn't unconscious but looked drained all the same.

The girl was still frozen in the same position, hands out, like she was still feeling Jasper's face.

And then a sharp buzz penetrated all their hearing.

Clamping his hands over his ears, Carlisle watched as the others copied his motion. Except the girl.

As the buzzing receded, so did the mist covering the girl's eyes.

She looked around herself in confusion before looking at Jasper.

She studied his face for a second before looking at Alice.

"Jas…per," everyone in the room took a sharp intake of breath. "Al – Alic – Alice…"

She frowned at them both before nodding.

And that's when she fainted.


Sorry it's a bit short, but I kind of liked this chapter, i bet it confuses a lot of people!

And how can vampires faint?

Pixie dust of course...not.

Until next time!