Ch. 10: He Was Handsome
The Cullens were shocked.
"What exactly did you see?" Carlisle asked.
"I saw Edward meet another vampire in the forest. They argue and the other vampire attacks and kills him. Jacob finds the other vampire and Edward's body, attacks him and is killed himself." Alice's face broke out into a sad expression as Jasper lost hold of her emotional state for a moment while the news hit him. The Cullens exchanged shocked and grieved expressions.
"What did this vampire look like?" Snapped Emmett, "We need to find him and what's left of Edward."
"Should we even try to find him? I don't know how one goes about prosecuting another vampire for murder." Rosalie took a gasp of breath before continuing to speak. "I doubt we should involve the Volturi, but I don't know how else we could legitimately bring consequences to our Edward's killer! Who made our Nessie and our Bella widows!"
Jasper continued to focus his mood-altering ability on Alice, who remained calm and gazed into her husband's eyes.
Carlisle broke though the chaos of Rosalie and Emmett's confused calls for retaliation with his voice. "Alice," he called, Rosalie and Emmett fell silent, "what did the strange vampire look like?"
The other Cullens all looked to Alice. "The vampire was tall, dark-haired, and blue-eyed. He wore a leather jacket and dark skinny jeans; he was very handsome, but he was drinking and slightly crazed." Alice took a steadying breath and continued, the shudder of emotion passed from her to Jasper. "I heard him talk to himself about getting back to Mystic Falls after he was finished burning the bodies."
"Then I have a place to find him," said Jasper.
"Indeed," hummed Carlisle, "I agree with Rosalie that we should avoid contact with the Volturi as much as possible. I can't be sure how they would react to our situation, and involving them would put them in a position to attempt to poach any of us for our talents, I'm sure Caius would love another opportunity to obtain Alice and her ability."
He paused a moment to steady himself emotionally, "Jasper," Jasper turned to him in acknowledgement, "Go to Mystic Falls, it must be near where Edward was hunting to replenish our blood stocks, make contact with Nessie and Bella, and find out the circumstances surrounding Edward and Jacob's deaths. Avoid coming into contact with the other group of vampires. I'll decide what we'll do once I find out more about the situation."