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And this one is another favourite of mine!

Hey guys, since it takes so long to reply to each one of your super reviews, would anyone have any objections if I just answered the frequently asked questions like I did last chapter? I'll do it again this way but if you prefer it like it was, sing out.

Have the titans left the city unprotected?

No, they have Titans south looking after it. They just havn't mentioned it yet.

Could Raven become a vampire? Could Beastboy, could starfire, could Cyborg?

No Raven couldn't. She's half demon, which is above vampire on the food chain. And her dad and all the demons would be pretty insulted and probably come up (down?) from the underworld and try and kill whoever did it. Beastboy could, cause he's still human. Starfire couldn't, cause she was never human, and now that I think about it, it might be a good idea for Cyborg, since his body's all messed up and half of its missing. Just the way I see it.

Why does Beastboy smell 'sickly', like he hasn't got much time left? IS HE GOING TO DIE?

About that; Beastboy's powers are the result of a disease right? Therefore he would smell all diseased and dying, even though his body is perfectly all right with it. So no, unless someone kills him he'll be fiiiinnnneeee.

Jasper's last names?

Hale/whitlock. Hale is the cover he uses to fit in as Rosalie's twin, and its the name on all his current fake documents. Whitlock is his actual last name.

And just so you guys know, I switched my computer mouse so it doesn't have the back button on the side. and by back button, I mean it goes back a page, not backspacing. I do know how to use the backspace button. Backspacing would be fine, but going back to the previous page and deleting everything on the one you were working on is not.

Jasper Hale

I thought back to our kiss.

I had very nearly lost control and ripped her clothes to shreds. I had been seconds away from it maybe. She had smelt and tasted so good. I had felt like all our conversations and arguments had led up to it, almost as if Alice were right and it was meant to happen.

My throat began to burn up again with that same hunger. Not for blood, but for flesh. To have her.

But it couldn't happen.

Raven was physically strong, but she wasn't strong enough to be in a relationship with a vampire. She would end up bloody and bruised. We'd fight all the time. It would tear the family apart. She wouldn't come willingly either.

She hated us. Me and Alice, more specifically.

"Hi."

I spun around to find another vampire directly behind me. Instinctively I started snarling, bared my teeth and prepared to attack but less than half a second later I realized it wasn't one of the vampires making newborns and relaxed my defensive position.

Dante stood in front of me, unaware of his fate.

"I just wanted to thank you for saving my life." He said conversationally extending a perfectly pale, previously tanned and blood covered hand.

Dante was much like he had been human, with all the improvements that came with immortality. All the blood was washed out of his blond dreadlocks and his eyes were the expected dark, threatening crimson. He was built like me, lean and muscular, about the same height as well. He had the same easy smile I imagined he would have had as a human, doing whatever he had originally been doing in the forests.

"Don't worry about it." I replied, betraying none of the uneasiness I felt in my voice. I had been thinking about him mere seconds ago, and his sudden apparition had unsettled me. Did he have any idea that in less than a day a pixie-like being would show up and tell him the future? "I didn't really save your life exactly."

Dante laughed loudly, the sound so loud it put me on edge again.

"Yeah, Rosie told me all about that."

Rosie?

The silence that followed his words stretched out into the night, but he didn't seem bothered with conversation. He just stood next to me, humming slightly, staring out towards the trees.

"Its funny how things happen." He mused finally. I raised an eyebrow but kept my mouth shut. I didn't want a discussion about how things change so suddenly, or how ironic life is.

"Do you think you'll stay with us?" I asked instead. If he did we would have to move away from Forks to give him a chance to grow up. I had been told by Edward that this was what happened when a newborn appeared, since I had no first-hand experience of being changed by Carlisle myself. Alice and I had just shown up at their house one day, unlike the way the rest of us joined the family. Of course it may be different again with Dante. He was changed by an unknown and now-deceased vampire, and a newborn at that. Newborn never changed humans, because they couldn't think past dinner. Dante may want to hear the rules of the Vulturi and then be on his way.

Dante shrugged.

"Depends. I gotta meet the rest of the family first don't I?"

That should be an event.

I felt Rose coming towards us. Her emotions were typical of when she was around Raven. Musky confusion and sharp dislike.

"You shouldn't be here." She sighed, as if Dante were a naughty child. A grin spread across his face exactly like said child caught in the act.

"I wanted to see if I could handle being close to the humans."

"You shouldn't take risks. And you can't if you want to stay."

Dante shook his dreads out of his eyes.

"Fine. But as you can see I'm doing pretty good."

It was true. I should have paid more attention to his emotions before considering we were in close proximity to bleeding humans, but now I thought about it he seemed fine. He didn't seem hungry at all.

"Well you've just fed." Rose muttered like a disgruntled babysitter. "We have to get out here now." She grabbed Dante and pulled him toward the forest.

"You might want to get back in there soon." She said to me, her eyes suddenly becoming much softer than usual. "Tell her to leave if it's too much."

So now everyone knew about Alice's letters.

"She can come and go as she pleases." I replied flatly.

"It's not her house."

I grunted and went back inside, dragged by a part of me that seemed to always know best. I had to face her. I had to know I was okay with what I was choosing.

Raven Roth

Emmett groaned loudly, causing every human to jump about a foot in the air. The sliding door at the back of the house moved quietly and Jasper walked in, back straight as a board and as good looking as ever.

"More house guests?" He asked Esme. She nodded.

"Apparently s-."

A loud furious knock on the door drowned out the last word. Apparently the person behind it was extremely impatient, because before even the vampires had moved to open it, there was a painful splintering sound and the door was knocked down.

"Hey!" Emmett protested. I don't think he cared about the door, he just seemed to dislike other people displaying testosterone.

Through the threshold stepped three huge Native American men, and the looks on their faces were so panicked I didn't immediately recognize one of them as Jacob. They spotted the three girls and the looks melted off their faces. The way the front two were acting, they had just been informed their world wasn't going to end.

"Emily!"

The word had somehow taken on the tone of a believer, a rejoiceful cry that echoed around the room. But the man didn't simply let it end at that. He repeated her name over and over again, rushing the couch and scooping the woman up bridal style. The man behind him was quieter verbally, but his look was no less ecstatic as he knelt down in front of Kim, taking her hands in his and stroking them like he couldn't quite believe his luck.

For some reason, no one but us Titans found this strange. Starfire was even visibly upset. Possibly because no one had gained quite that level of adoration for her.

"Bella! Bells! Are you alright?" Jacob asked her, his thick eyebrows meshed together in concern as he completely ignored the other men.

"I'm fine." She protested, though it was clear by the look on her face that she was far from it. Jacob frowned but didn't ask her again.

The room was almost stretched to capacity, even though it was pretty large for the average family den. Though the wolves didn't even seem to notice, except for Jacob.

"uh...hey." he greeted the closest newcomer to him, Cyborg. He nodded in return, still finding the inhabitants of Forks untrustworthy.

Thank Azar someone had their head screwed on right when it came to Vampires and Werewolves.

"These are Raven's...friends?" Carlisle told Jacob and asked me at the same time. I jumped. When did he get there?

"Hey Sam, can you shut up for a minute? What was that doc? Friends of Raven?"

"Yep." Emmett answered roughly, taking a break from looking irritated to glare at me. I glared back, my face probably much more terrifying than his because he broke his eye contact off and settled on the couch in the next room, flicking the tv on to some sport or another.

"What are they doing here?" Jacob asked pointedly, raising his thick eyebrows.

"They know all about vampires and werewolves." I sighed. The two men took a break from cooing over their women to glare at Carlisle.

"How do they know? It's not safe."

"I'm assuming Raven told them, if they can't tell themselves." he sent a sideways look at Cyborg. Miraculously, he seemed to be on the same page as I was regarding what we should and shouldn't tell the Cullens.

"Good assumption." 'Victor' replied, smirking as if he really had been able to tell by himself. It was good to give everyone the impression that all the Titans shared my powers.

The wolf pack members glared.

"I hope you won't be giving anyone who lives here any trouble." Sam said threateningly. Emily grabbed his hand to calm him down.

"As long as anyone living here doesn't give us any trouble." Beastboy said, his voice deeper than usual. Remarkably, he had picked up on what we were doing, and seemed to be having fun with it. I raised an eyebrow in amusement.

"They won't. Are you planning on staying long?" Jasper asked icily.

I didn't like his tone. He had gone from wanting to talk to me to wanting me gone.

But then I wanted him gone too. The most sensible thing for me to do was leave with my friends and wait for Robin at our temporary apartment. We could leave. It was clear the Cullens and the wolf pack had the situation under control.

"Jasper!" Esme whispered with a stern look. Tsk tsk, being rude to the guests.

As if her words had physically hurt him, Jaspers topaz eyes became as wide as a deer's. He seemed to stumble over nothing, one of his hands shooting out to hold himself up on a side table. The legs promptly collapsed under the power of his hand and Jasper landed lightly on the ground.

Everyone stood absolutely motionless and silent except for Starfire, who gasped. How...?

It was the most graceful, dignified fall I had ever seen in my life. But it made my stomach twist with unbridled concern. More than concern. Fear.

He was a vampire! They didn't fall down!

Jasper seemed to regain himself, pushing himself up off the ground with dizzying speed, landing on his feet in half a second, crouched down as if ready for battle.

In the next moment I felt it coming too. A wave if murderous hatred than made me want to throw up to rid myself of the feeling. Jasper must have felt it first, more keenly. A tsunami of rage, ever closer. I shivered, my mouth slightly agape. Even though I could still see in front of me, it was unfocused and unimportant. What was important was the fact these negative emotions would be here soon, as would the person or thing feeling them.

As if a sudden sharp cold wind tore through the room, everyone shivered, even the vampires and werewolves. It took me longer than Jasper to realize that suddenly one of our number were missing. A haunting scream, building in terror, broke through the silence coming from behind the house.

"Emily!" Sam barley breathed, his voice indescribably horrified, staring at the spot in his arms where she had been a mere moment ago.

The location of the hatred had moved and a new emotion had been added to it. Elation.

The wolf pack and the vampires tore through the door, leaving my team, Bella and Kim behind.

"What's happening?!" Beastboy asked. Bella jumped over the back of the couch as gracefully as Bella could, her face white with fear.

"A human life is in danger." I replied gratingly. Without our leader, I was struggling to choose how to respond. "Starfire, Beastboy, leave your rings on but do the usual!" I yelled in place of a battle cry. Cyborg nodded and slid his thick silver ring off his index finger, his form shimmering before changing back to normal. Shinning armor, one red plated eye and his cannon extended and ready.

Beastboy phased into a snarling green tiger and pounced out the door, followed by a floating Starfire. I ran, trying to conserve energy for my powers. I didn't know what I could do now without passing out. I had done so much already today- too much. Bringing that boy's soul back to his body and healing his snapped neck in the woods had taken almost everything out of me.

In front of me stretched a line of people and three giant wolves, all crouched down for a fight. I wondered why they weren't moving, until a loud gasp from Starfire made me look in front of the line of trees at the forests edge.

A vampire with thick flame-colored hair stood clutching Emily around the neck, a stunning male on each side. She looked wild, her thin white nightdress torn and dirty, while her scarlet eyes shone in the light from the waxing moon.

Bella was trembling behind the shield of vampires, no Edward to comfort her. This must be the Victoria she was talking about.

I wondered why she would do this. She must know that she can't escape alive. Even if she kills Emily, none of them could escape five vampires, three humongous wolves and the Titans, though she didn't know what we could do.

The large black wolf at the front of the triangle formation they had created howled in pain and frustration. The redhead burst out in a fit of crazy sniggers that disturbed me deeply for some reason. It only lasted a few seconds until they died back down into a wide indulgent smile, but it was a terrifying sound.

"Let her go." Carlisle said politely but firmly, his hands raised in a sign of peace that was conflicted by the hostile looks of his coven. Jasper looked like he was about to break rank and try to attack. I could tell from his face he didn't approve of Carlisle's approach.

"Gladly." The vampire said in a sweet, beautiful voice. It didn't shock me. Even Rosalie could speak pretty words. "Just hand over Bella and I'll give her back good as new."

Bella Swan stiffened at the mention of her name. Her trembling ceased, but her face dropped.

Jacob howled in protest but the largest wolf dropped his head. Somehow, we all knew what he was thinking. From his submissive posture it was obvious he was contemplating it. The entire coven, even Esme, let out a ripple of snarls. The man on the right side of the red-head hissed in response.

"Who are you?" Carlisle asked louder, his eyes narrowed slightly. The woman tightened her grip around Emily's neck, causing her to whimper, her scarred face scrunched up in fear. Not the hostile and proud young women I had meet before.

"My name is Susanahh, and this is my mate Braxton. The man on my left is a friend."

"What do you want with Bella?" Esme broke in. Susanahh's face seemed to darken, become sinister and almost insane again.

"She knows what she did."

"But we don't."

Susanahh huffed in frustration.

"I'll explain it one more time, and then you'd better hand her over if you want this one to live." She shook Emily lightly, so she didn't snap. "Bella is directly responsible for my Sister's death. Edward too. I'm here to finish what she started, to avenge her!" At this Susanahh became upset. Empathically and visibly. She bit her lip and that seemed to calm her down a fraction.

"Your sister?"

"Victoria!" She shrieked, her calm state gone as fast as it had appeared. "The girl you killed!"

Silence. The Cullens killed a girl?

"It was self defense. She was hunting us down." Jasper answered my mental question coldly. Susanahh laughed humorlessly.

"Whatever you say. Nothing is going to change my mind. Now choose! Bella or this one!" She shook Emily again, harder. All three wolves threw up their heads and howled.

They all had interconnected minds. They all felt each other's pain and listened to each others thoughts. Jacob 'loved' Bella, but Sam loved Emily. Either way, all of the pack would get hurt. If it came down to the pack's desision, Emily, as the alpha's mate, would be the one to survive. But I knew that they really had no choice in the matter. In the end, the Cullens would rather Emily, and their truce with the wolves, die, than Edward's happiness.

"We'll kill you." Emmett said loudly. He didn't seem so keen for a fight now that he understood what was at stake. Someone would have to die.

"By the time you get over here this one will be dead and I'll be far away. That's my talent. Didn't you notice before? I'm very fast. It's almost magic, how I can disappear in one place and reappear in another."

"We'll kill your mate." Jasper snarled. Susanahh snarled back.

"He didn't even want me to come here tonight! Though you've killed innocents before, my sister for example, he has done nothing! Your grudge will be with me when I'm through!"

There was nothing they could do. I knew they wouldn't kill her mate. Sam whimpered to Emily. She locked eyes with him, and I had to look away. It hurt too much to see it.

"Oh, don't look so forlorn." Susanahh muttered, noticing the exchange. "At least I picked the one that looked the most damaged. See?" She inclined her head at Emily's scared cheek, and then at Kim, standing behind the wolf pack with wide terrified eyes. " There's nothing wrong with that one's face."

Sam growled viciously deep in his throat. I didn't particularly like him, but the pain he would go through when she died would be too hard for him to bear. I couldn't imagine what losing my best friend Robin would do to me, or even losing Beastboy.

No one could save Sam from that but me.

Could I do it though? Could I even attempt to help them? I had no energy left at all. I could only feel a spark of my powers inside of me. But I was a hero, apparently. It was my job, my duty to try. I owed the world this.

I decided.

Jasper Hale

Emily would have to die. It was the only way to save Bella.

I wished Alice were here to see what would happen in the future. It might have given us an extra clue on what to do. How to handle this. None of my training dealt with hostage negotiations.

I would still try and chase her mate down, no matter what Carlisle says. If we could somehow get a hold on him, and keep him still, we would have ammunition against Susanahh.

"Anyone want to make a decision?" Susanahh hissed. "I don't really want to have to kill this one, she hasn't done anything wrong!"

My thoughts were interrupted by Raven. I hadn't paid much attention to her and her friends since we had left the house, but now I could see how different they truly were. The bubbly female, Kori, was hovering above the ground, her eyes glowing a faint emerald. Crouched low on the ground, almost invisible, a vivid green tiger was waiting. Victor was covered in some sort of technologically advanced armor, staring at Susanahh with disgust. Raven, looking the same as she always did, violet hair ruffled slightly in the wind, stepped forward.

She shot her hand out without warning, her eyes glowing white and dark energy curling protectively around her hand.

"Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" She cried. A shield of black erupted around Emily, contouring to her shape, sliding in between Susanahh's hands and Emily's body. Confused, Susanahh tried to break it with a hard flick of her fingers. It should have broken Emily's neck, but instead the shield absorbed the blow. With a snarl she dropped the human girl on the ground. The shield expanded immediately, putting moire distance between them. Braxton pulled his fist back and punched. Nothing happened except for a muffled grunt from Raven.

I turned my gaze to her in panic. She had no energy left after today. All because I had lost control.

Her face was sheet white and tendrils of hair stuck to her forehead with sweat already. Her expression of concentration was slowly turning into a grimace as she struggled to keep the shield up against the vampires.

Susanahh snarled in frustration and lunged recklessly for Bella. Even with her speed, there was no way she would get through. Bella was behind us. She'd have to kill us all. Her mate saw sense and grabbed her arm before she could run to stop her. Susanahh growled and spun around, her red hair blown like a whip in the air. Angrily, she pushed Braxton into a tree with what looked like all her strength before running again. The tree creaked in protest and fell over with a loud crash in towards the forest. The other male joined her, his blank face suddenly battle-hungry. I crouched down to attack. Even if they got one of us, they wouldn't get us all and they'd never get Bella.

Susanahh pounced on Esme and anger errupted in everyone. She was our mother and without her this family would crumble. The Male tried to take down Emmett, but Rosalie attacked from the side, tackling him off. Carlisle let out a growl. The only one I had ever heard from him. Ever.

Now that Susanahh was in the battle, her mate seemed to be just as blood-thirsty as the other male. He lunged for me but I dodged him easily, the wind whistling in my ears. He pounced again but I spun him around, grabbing hold of his arm and pulling. The familiar sound of boulders cracking in half resounded as I ripped it clean off. My 'heart' felt strangely heavy. Fighting was what I knew, and I was damn good at it, but I was sick of violence, I had had enough for an eternity.

Carlisle pulled Susanahh off Esme. His face seemed all wrong. Angry. It made my skin tingle eerily. The green tiger flew at Susanahh but she flung it into a tree, the same way she had with her mate. A wolf took the tiger's place, and she had to result to running to escape it. She was right- it was almost like she was teleporting, how fast she moved. One second she was a hair's distance away from Jared's teeth, the next, she was sprinting at Raven. I made a move to jump in front, but Braxton barreled towards me snarling. I kicked him in the chest and grabbed his hair. I pulled towards me, he pulled away in an effort to escape and...

Rip! His head went the same way as his arm. I spun myself around, throwing the head off to the side, away from its arm, trying not to look down the casm of his neck. Vampires wern't so pretty on the inside.

With a pained cry Raven threw out her other hand. Another shield burst forward, but this time it was in front of her. Susanahh hit it directly, but it held. Only just though. The point of impact was littered with tiny glowing cracks, stretching out to the ends of the shield threateningly. Raven seemed to sway on her feet, and Susanahh ran forward again, enraged.

I watched in horror, and then in awe, as Kori flew forward and tackled Susanahh to the ground. Somehow she didn't seem to be hurt. Somehow, Kori was able to wrestle Susanahh to the ground.

It was impossible, but I was watching it happen.

Could Raven do that if she tried?

"Stay there away from Best Girlfried Raven and new friend Bella!" Kori ordered, straddling her and pinning her hands down. The look on Susanahh's face was priceless. Suddenly a strong arm closed around my throat and I found it impossible to take in the air. Braxton was back for more, in his one-armed determination. I could feel his love for the crazy Red-head. That made sense. It was the only reason a nomad Vampire would have gone into this fight. They were outnumbered, and now the human girls were safe, they had no advantages.

I flipped Braxton over my head and slammed him down on the ground. Unfortunately the dirt was soft. Turning around quickly, I saw the other male apprehended by Emmett. Carlisle was worriedly checking Esme and Bella over. The wolfs were converged around Emily, blocking her from view. Rosalie was standing by, impatiently brushing the dirt out of her hair.

"What?" She asked me when I caught her eye. "A girls got to look good."

I laughed lightly and shook my head. Victor had the green tiger slung over his shoulder. It was barely conscious and clearly hurt. Raven took a shaky look around. I saw with a twisting pain in my gut that her nose was bleeding from the effort, her face a severe pale grey. She caught my eye, hers blank and tired. Suddenly they widened and she made a move back.

The headless, armless Braxton had lumbered forward when I had my back turned. Growling I grabbed the corner of his shirt. I knew it wouldn't stand the pressure and just as I assumed it would it ripped. Thankfully, it provided a small distraction. Braxton turned his torso around and I was able to spin him around and kick him in the chest again, just as he stretched his hand out to grab her. This time I used all the strength I had. Maybe it was how I was raised; to protect women in distress. Or maybe it was just that his target had been Raven, and I couldn't let that happen.

"No!" A human voice yelled from the threshold back into the house. I didn't turn around to check who it was, instead I watched Braxton fly across the backyard and hit the back of the garage. It dented and Rosalie went to hold him down, her teeth gritted.

Raven let out the breath she was holding in and promptly keeled over. I caught her before she hit the ground, as her eyes fluttered closed.

"That better not have dented my cars Jasper!"

"Sorry Rose, but it has." A beautifully high voice announced from where the human yell had come from seconds ago. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I knew that voice. I revered that voice. I took my eyes away from Raven's blood splattered and pale face and moved them to Alice's perfectly clean and relieved one.

Next to her, Edward was already making a run for Bella. Next to him, Robin looked like he had just avoided a heart-attack by milliseconds.

"Edward!" Bella yelled. Alice smiled half-heartedly at me. I dropped my eyes back to Raven.

Alice, Edward and Robin are back!

I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writting it, cause this one sure was fun.