Chapter 11
"Edward. Finally." Alice said, running toward us at full speed. She threw her arms around first me, then Bella. "We thought something bad might have happened to you guts."
"Edward." Bella demanded. "What is going on? Tell me." I glanced at Carlisle to see if I should tell her what had really happened or I should make up something fictitious. He nodded and so I told her everything I knew.
"What did Victoria say?" she asked when I had finished me explanation.
"She said she would get us back for what we did to James and she is going to use William to do it." Carlisle explained.
"Who is William?" Bella questioned.
"A vampire we met while we were hunting." Alice intervened for me. She could tell I didn't want to admit the whole story to Bella. "He has a very special gift we've never heard of before."
"What is it?" she persisted.
"He can vampires to humans again." She replied. Jasper jumped at this. Alice obviously hadn't told him the whole story either and Rosalie glared at Emmett.
"Everyone here is fine." Esme confirmed. "None of us have become anything we weren't before we left." This was the truth. We were all still vampires, even if William had almost succeeded in otherwise.
"But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take William seriously. He is very dangerous." She continued.
"How can we compete with something like that?" Bella asked, great concern in her voice.
"You don't have to worry about competing with anything." I said. "And the first thing we should do is take Victoria out. If we can get rid of her, maybe we could convince William to join Denali or even the Volturi. They would be thrilled to get him."
"Yes, Victoria. How are we going to get rid of her?" Jasper asked. "She's avoided us this long, what's to say she can't avoid us for longer, or even worse? What if she gets tired of avoiding and decides to attack?"
"She did sneak into the house without us knowing. What's to say won't do it again? They could easily infiltrate the house." Emmett said.
"No." Carlisle raised his voice and spun around to face Emmett. "They won't because we aren't going to let our guard down like that again. Ever, and they'll know that."
"The we'll just have to go and find them." Jasper insisted. "They should learn that they just can't attack us and get away with it. Victoria alone has caused enough trouble for us. What will happen when William learns that he doesn't have to take crap from her?"
"He'll retaliate." Alice said, her voice as weak as a mouse's.
"Right." Jasper confirmed. "He'll retaliate and come after us himself. I say we take this to the Volturi and let them take care of him."
"Jasper!" Alice shouted. He spun around and instinctively threw his arms around her.
"What is it?" he purred to her.
"He's going to retaliate." She persisted. Jasper looked perplexed.
"When?" Esme demanded.
"I don't know." Alice admitted. "But it will be soon. He's already planning how he will do it."
"We had better find them fast then." Carlisle said. "Edward, Rosalie, and Alice, you come with me. Emmett, you stay here and make sure nothing happens to Bella and get everyone out of here if something goes wrong."
"What about me?" Jasper asked. "I'm not letting Alice go after those monsters without me."
"Yes you are." Carlisle said. "You are too angry right now Jasper. We can't risk you losing control of your temper while we're in the middle of something." Jasper pulled his lip back and snarled at Carlisle. Alice was quickly at his side, hugging him tightly and kissing him on the face.
"I'll be fine . . . don't worry . . . I'll come back to you. I always do." She whispered to him. He stopped snarling and kissed her back. When he let go, Alice skipped back toward the hunting party and they left.
