Chapter 11.
Alice sat up straighter. She knew she had not imagined this. She had seen it. Pressing her palm up against the wall she strained her ears. If only she could hear it. Proof that it existed. There was a vibration from somewhere outside the walls. Alice's teeth gleamed in the darkness. It was about time.
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"So how does it work?" I asked when we had settled ourselves back on the road. Liam had stopped by an empty house and came out with a loaf of bread and some jam. It wasn't Swiss Chalet, but I ate it as if it were the best thing I had eaten in months. Because it was.
"What do you mean?" Liam asked, looking at me through the corner of his eye.
"Your stone. The thing with the soul inside."
"Not inside, Isabella. It is as a whole."
"Oh. Well.. how does it work?"
"I don't. It's our greatest weapon, yet our greatest enemy. If that makes any sense at all." He looked at me, a slight grin on his face. I smiled back.
"Okay." I murmured. It didn't really answer my question. I looked up from the ground and made out a wall edging its way beside us through the trees. My heart skipped a beat, and I was nervous. I knew that this was our destination. Liam felt my body tense and he squeezed my hand.
"You can wait out in the trees if you'd like?" He whispered. I shoke my head.
"No. I need Edward." Liam didn't answer me, but his fingers gripped my hand tighter. We came to a gate and Liam stopped. He pressed his hand up against it, and suddenly it shimmered. One moment it was there and the next it had completely disappeared. I opened my mouth. Liam chuckled, leaning over and placing his fingers underneath my chin, closing my mouth. He closed the distance between my lips and his for just the slightest of seconds; just the slightest of a sting. He let go of my face and turned to where the gate once stood.
"Let's go." He murmured. And we walked through the wall and into the forest beyond.
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Jasper jumped over the wall as if it wasn't even there. Rosalie and Emmett behind him. They stood on the other side and just stared into the trees for a long moment. Emmett was the first to get restless.
"When does the ass kicking happen?" He said. Rosalie couldn't help but smile. Jasper's face didn't change. Closing his eyes, he could see her face. Somehow he knew she could see this.
"I'm almost there, baby." He whispered, and then he ran. He ran at full speed, dodging trees and rocks. Everything was a blur around him. Rosalie and Emmett were only a half step behind him. When he came to the wall of the large building, he didn't even stop to take a good look at it. He just ran right through, right into it. A heart shuddering quake shakes the ground and the walls, and two robed men come dashing into the room—followed by dozens more.
AN: I know its short, but the next chapter is kind of part one of the conclusion, so stayed tuned! :P:P
