Chapter 14

"Whoa!" That was the only word I could otter after looking at the living room. Although I could tell they cleaned it up somewhat, the place was still in complete mayhem. The havocked couches and other furniture were piled together in the corner, the walls were ruined with dents here and there, and scratch marks were scattered across the wooden floors.

The wall that separated the living room and the dining room suffered the most damage. There was a huge hole in the middle of it. From the size of it, it looked like someone was thrown through the wall. And sure enough, when I peeked through the human sized hole, there was a pile of wooden rubble on the floor that used to be a dining table. Debris covered the ground.

Poor Esme. This must be a horrendous sight for her to look at.

"How are you feeling Bella?" Carlisle asked. I turned to look at him and smiled. He was beautiful. All of them were more beautiful than I could say. My human sight did not do them justice.

"Fine." I replied. "What happened? Who changed me?"

With my new vision, I caught the hesitated glances between my family members as if they weren't sure who should answer my question. But they all glanced in the direction of one person. Edward. So I turned to him for a reply.

"We're not sure." Edward whispered. "It could be Irina or Victoria." He spat the last name out with venom. His expression was absolutely livid. But his boiling anger dissipated as quickly as it erupted when his eyes met mine. He turned away from my worried gaze with different emotions flickering across his face. With my new enhanced vision, I was able to identify most of them as they flash across his flawless face. Anger, sadness, disappointment, guilt…

That last one bothered me the most. Typical Edward, always shuttering the blame on himself. I made my way over to his side. "Edward, are you okay?" I asked while stroking his cheek with one hand, trying to comfort him. The electricity stung my fingers once again but I ignored it.

"Me?" He asked, sounding incredulous. "Why should you worry about me? This was all my fault! How could I be so stupid?"

I sighed. It was just as I suspected although the details were still blurry in my memory. I took Edwards hands in mind and beseeched for him to explain. "What happened?"

He sighed too before explaining. "Jasper and I went hunting and separated when we found our own kill. When I finished, I went to look for Jasper but then I smelt you, or at least I thought it was you at the time. It was very similar to yours except I could smell that it was a vampire. I thought another vampire had captured you so I followed the scent. It led me north. When I was finally able to catch up to it, I was shocked that it was you. A vampire you. The shock quickly wore off as soon as I read her mind. It wasn't you. It was her talent that deceived me to believe it was you but it was my talent that had her killed. I've never been more grateful to be able to read minds than at that very moment. I found out that this was a trick that Victoria plotted out. She used that girl's smell that resembled yours to lure me away so I wouldn't be able to protect you when she attacked us with her army of newborns. I killed that girl and ran home. But I was too late. I found you…bitten, not too far from the house." He finished and turning his face away once more. He whispered "I'm so sorry."

I cupped Edward's face in between my hands, forcing him to turn back and look at me. He complied. "Edward, you couldn't have known. She had it well planned out. What matters now is that everyone is okay." He gave me a curt nod which I didn't believe for one second but let it go. I will help him to forgive himself in time.

"What happened to Victoria?" I asked, truly curious.

"She got away." Jasper answered.

I nodded. I knew she most certainly will be back for me again. She'd made it clear how much she craved for my death. But to what extreme will she go to next time? How many newborns will she create? Surely she can not be so naïve as to think defeating eight vampires will be easy and she must know that we will not fall for her tricks the next time. And should we even sit around waiting for the next attack? Shouldn't we stop her from creating another army of untamable bloodthirsty vampires?

I shuddered at the thought that Victoria was out there feasting on innocents. I hope she will not be as cruel as to torture them like she did me before turning them.

"We'll get her Bella." Emmett said with conviction laced in his rough voice. And I couldn't agree more. I looked at the expression on everyone else's faces and they showed just as much determination. I love how fierce my new family was.

Family. As I though of that word, I was bombarded yet again with more memories.

Brown curly locks…brown eyes…police cruiser…a two bedroom house…fishing…

"Charlie!" I shouted. My father. "What are we going to do with Charlie? He must be worrying sick." I turned to Edward, worried, but the look in his eyes confused me. He looked…pained. "What?"

He hesitated. "I'm sorry Bella. We found him dead at the house. His blood was drained. We also found…" He continued to speak but I heard nothing. I was completely frozen in shock. No! This could not be!

"Aaahhh!" I screamed while bolting out the back door.

I did not care that I tore the door completely off. Nor did I care for the sticky sweet smell in the air that made my nose wrinkle. I only took note of the invigorating rush of wind that blew against my face as I pushed myself to run faster. I wasn't sure where I was headed but I knew who. Victoria! There was no doubt that it was her doing. And she was going to pay. I will definitely see you again Victoria, but this time, I'm coming for you!

A/N: Ah! Don't hate me for killing Charlie. I love his character too but I needed to add more fuel to the fire somehow. This was not what I intended for this chapter, I originally planned to reveal Bella's power here but I felt like it was a good place to stop. So catch that in the next chapter. Until then...review please!