Start of the end

Bella POV

It was only a short time before our escape would start and I was starting to get nervous. When everyone would be asleep, Steve would wake the students and lead them outside, where the Cullens would be waiting for them to drive them as far away as possible.

It was my task to make sure the getaway would work out perfectly. That meant that no camera could see us, and that the cars would be ready. And to reach the cars, I had to sneak in to the garage first. And that might just be a problem.

Since they keep most of the weapons in the garage as well, that is the most secure part of the school. I knew most of the codes, and the others I could hack in a few minutes, but it was still a risk. If the alarm went of, we'd be dead.

So now I was waiting until I could wake up Steve, who was fast asleep in the corner of the room. I envied him. I was sure I wouldn't be able to sleep on this kind of moment.

Then I realised it was time. The bell that told us it was time to go to bed had gone a few hours ago, and this was the time most of the people would be asleep. Well, beside the vampires of course.

I put my hand on top of Steve's mouth, and he immediately woke up. When he saw me he nodded, and I knew he had seen me and wouldn't start screaming. I removed my hand and took a few steps back, to allow him to fully wake up.

Steve grasped his bag that lay beside him, and was filled with weapons, and jumped on his feet. We both ran to the door.

As we exited our room, we both went in a different direction. I ran downstairs, while Steve ran towards the first door. All the students, about forty people, slept on the second floor. The teachers slept on the first floor, except for the vampires who 'slept' on the third floor, and the classes were on the ground floor. And in the basement was the garage. I wasn't even going to try to reach the basement by taking the stairs. The stairs were made of metal, and made a lot of noise. But I had found another way.

There used to be a emergency exit, long ago, that lead to a stair. They had removed the stair, because it allowed people to get inside a bit to easy, but the door was still there. Of course it was locked with three locks and an alarm, but I could take care of those.

It only took me five minutes to open the door, after which I bound a rope around the railing for the window beside the door. I tight the other end of the rope around my waist. Then I walked out. I put my feet against the wall, which allowed me to climb down relatively easy.

It only took me a couple minutes to reach the ground, after which I untied myself and ran towards the garage door. I entered the code and ran in.

I soon discovered it was even easier then I had expected. I remembered all the codes, so it didn't take long to get inside. After that I thought about riding outside with a yellow Porsche. Since I thought about driving away, Alice would see it and realise the garage was open. After that, Emmet, Jasper and Edward would run inside to help Steve getting everyone out. The remaining Cullens would prepare the cars and check if we had enough room for everyone.

I hoped Steve's part was working just as well.

Steve POV

I watched Bella run away for a few seconds, before I continued my part of the plan. I knocked on the first door, and waited for someone to answer. That didn't take to long. Since everyone knew about this plan, everyone was ready to come with us.

Richard, aka Danny, opened the door. I looked at him questioning, to ask him if he was ready, and he nodded. I stepped aside, and watched him and Brandon, his roommate, walk into the corridor. After that we all took a new door.

It didn't take us about ten minutes to wake everyone up. Soon after that, the three Cullen boys ran in. I smiled when I saw them, because it meant that Bella's part of the plan had worked. The vampires each took a student, pulled them on their back, and jumped out of the emergency exit. A couple of other students used the Bella's rope, that she had left there hanging, to climb outside.

I was watching everyone getting out, when I felt a presence behind me. I quickly turned around, to see James there standing. I cursed softly when I realised that all the Cullen boys were downstairs right now, taking everyone to the garage. There were only a few students left, and none of them were amazing fighters. I nodded to them, signalling that they had to get out.

And that was when it hit me.

I was all alone.

And James eyes were black.

Alice POV

I smiled, realising that everything went according to plan. Rosalie, Esme and Carlisle were already leading a few cars outside. They would run with the cars, leading the way and protecting them from possible vampires that might follow them, like Victoria.

But until now that seemed to be unnecessary, since there was no sign of any vampire in the room.

All the students knew exactly what they had to do, so I had nothing to do until the last cars would leave. So I used my free time to check on my family.

Emmet, Edward and Jasper where just running from the emergency exit toward the garage and back. There were no problems there, so I continued with Rosalie and my parents.

They weren't followed, I was sure about that. There was no traffic on their way for a couple more miles, so that wouldn't be a problem either.

Bella was standing beside the emergency exit, helping everyone down, and leading them in the right direction.

Suddenly I frowned. A little girl ran towards Bella and was talking to her, using sign language.

James is upstairs, he's attacking Steve!

I knew Bella well enough to understand her next move. And I was right. Bella gave Jane a simple order.

Run that way, when you see one of the Cullens, tell them about this.

After that she climbed up again. I was about to run towards her, when I got a new vision. Victoria was attacking Jasper, Emmet and Edward. They would be able to handle her under normal circumstances, but apparently Victoria had changed a few teachers a couple of days ago. The newborns were thirsty, and there was only one source of food nearby: the students.

My brothers and husband tried to protect them, but their were five newborns, and Victoria was fighting along.

What was I supposed to do: Let Bella and Steve die, or the eight students who were still outside?

I'm sorry Bella! I thought as I jumped on of the newborns who was attacking Jasper.