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Here is another new chapter for you to enjoy. I hope that you like it. I haven't gotten to write a lot in Alice's point of view and I saw this as the perfect opportunity to do so.

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Now, on with the story...

Chapter 37: Alice's Despair

As I watched my family members wander around the hotel suite, my heart was becoming filled with pure guilt. I had let Bella get kidnapped by James and Laurent and now Edward was in so much pain. How could I have been so careless? Bella was my friend and I let them get to her without any trouble. I worked so hard with Jasper to keep her safe and now she was no telling where and there was nothing that I could think of doing that could help at the moment.

I walked back into the room that would have been Bella's and curled up on the bed with her sweatshirt. Some prophet I was. I couldn't see this happening to her. I had a responsibility to keep Bella safe and now she was gone and I was completely clueless to what to do save her. I knew Edward was going to play James' little game, but I knew he didn't want to take that much of a risk with Bella's life either.

James was playing dirty. He wanted Edward to hunt him down and to keep us out of the fight so he was planning on having Laurent hunting us. There had to be a way to help Edward get Bella back without those two figuring out what was going on. I just knew that we had to find a way to get Bella back. She was too important, even though Edward or Bella were oblivious to the fact.

"Alice?"

I looked up to see Rosalie slipping into the room. She came over and laid down next to me. I let my eyes fall upon the pillow of the bed, but I could feel her eyes watching me. I couldn't figure out exactly what was going on with her at the moment, but I figured it would have to do something with belittling Edward of his love of Bella.

"I'm worried about Edward, Alice. I have never seen him like this and he is becoming rather destructive."

I looked up to see her eyes, and it was clear that she was really thinking that, not being her normal sarcastic self. I was too preoccupied to speak though. I had to try to figure out where Bella was and I didn't have time to deal with Rosalie Hale at the moment. I normally didn't get this way with my family but it was clear that I failed part of my mission and I need to get it together. I didn't want to get into my concerns with her either, she wouldn't understand, especially since Bella's destiny was still shrouded in secrecy from the rest of the family with the exception of Carlisle.

"Alice, please talk to me."

I finally realized that I wasn't going to get much accomplished with Rosalie there so I figured I needed to take care of what was going on in her head.

"Rose, I know. Edward is in love with her. How would you feel if someone took Emmett away and you didn't know where he was or if he was hurt or not? That is exactly how he is feeling right now. Now with James threatening all of us on top of that, it's a lot stuff for a person to deal with."

"I know. I just am worried that we are going to end up exposed if we are not careful."

When those words came out of her mouth, I felt as if something snapped inside me. I was never one to get that angry, but the thought of Rose being more worried about us than Bella being hurt, especially since we were talking about my only human friend was more than I could handle at the moment. I knew that most people saw me as the pixie, but there were times that I was like everyone else and that meant that I would get mad and tell people what I thought at that moment.

"Is that all you worry about Rosalie? That our cover as teenage humans is going to be blown? Edward is about to fall apart out there because he has lost the most important person in his life and here you are telling me you are worried about our cover being blown. I don't have the time to deal with this. Leave. I don't want to hear you right now."

I must have had a look of fire in my eyes because Rosalie looked as if she was about to choke on something and she stood and left me there and shut the door behind her. I put my face down in Bella's sweatshirt and closed my eyes. Edward was right, she did have a very unique fragrance about her.

I didn't know how long I stayed that way either, but I heard the door open and I looked up to see Jasper come into the room. He came over and like Rosalie, was laying on the bed looking into my eyes.

"Don't be sad, love. We'll find Bella."

"I know, but that doesn't make me feel any better since I am at fault for losing her in the first place."

"Alice, what is going on with you? You have been acting weird for a while and I have been worried and you won't talk to me about it."

I put my face back into Bella's shirt. I felt as if I could scream. I hated this. I had been hiding this from my husband. We were supposed to be partners and completely equal, but now with me hiding Bella's destiny, I had changed the playing field of our relationship. I wanted to spill everything I knew to him and let him know, maybe I would be able to think more clearly about what was going on. I knew that I had to help find Bella, but with this secret hanging over my head I couldn't think or do anything without fear that the secret would come out.

I felt Jasper move over in the bed and wrap his arms around me. I felt safe there, but I knew that I couldn't be safe, at least not until Bella was safely back in the arms of my brother. I had to think of something. I had to help Edward get ready to search for Bella. I had to help get her back, or I would never be able to live with myself.

I looked up into the eyes of my beloved and kissed him on the nose.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Being you. It means more than anything in the world for me."

His sparkling smile always made me happy and seeing it now brightened my spirits. I was lucky to have him with me and I was going to make it to where Edward would have Bella always as well.

The room's silence was then broken by a tap on the door. Carlisle pushed the door open slightly.

"Alice?"

"Yes…"

"Can we talk for a moment?"

Jasper got up and walked to the door allowing Carlisle past him and he pulled the door to as he went. He then came forward and had a seat on the side of the bed. I didn't even sit up. I didn't care at the moment. Being in that specific spot made me feel closer to Bella.

"Alice, you know it's not your fault that Bella is gone."

"I'm not a very good prophet, Carlisle."

"You are not perfect, Alice. None of us are. I wonder now if we should have told both of them the truth from the beginning. Maybe Bella would be here at Edward's side."

"I don't know. Maybe."

"Alice, we have done what we thought was the right thing up until this point and we have to deal with the consequences of our actions. We made a mistake, yes, but now is the time to fix it."

"How do you expect us to do that?"

He sat there for a moment and did not speak. I watched his eyes as he was thinking about the problem at hand. I could tell that the secret was getting to him too and that it was going to have to come to an end eventually.

"I know that we need to keep Bella in the dark for a while. For Bella to find out that she is the reincarnation of an ancient woman that is supposed to bring the end of the blood thirsty vampires of the world is a lot to take in."

"I would say so."

"I also think that if Edward found out that he would become very upset and possibly try to do something that might end up hurting both of them."

"That is true."

He stood and began to pace back and forth in front of the foot of the bed. I had seen him pace before but this was different than the normal pacing from my father figure.

"We are going to have to tell Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper about Bella. That will give us a few more pairs of eyes to keep an eye on her when we get her back and it will help us keep track of Edward too."

"How are we going to tell them without Edward finding out?"

Suddenly from the other room, we heard a crashing sound. Both of us rushed from the room to find Edward sprawled out in the floor. Esme looked terrified and everyone else was just as shocked. Carlisle bent to the floor to check on him.

"Edward? Can you hear me?"

His body was twisting in pain from something and then it suddenly stopped. Edward opened his eyes to see both Carlisle and myself standing by him. He spoke softly but we could all hear what he said.

"Bella."

Carlisle looked up to meet my gaze. He looked even more confused than I was at the moment. I then went silent to everyone around me and tried to push my thoughts out so he could hear them.

Edward… what about Bella?

I could have sworn I felt her.

How?

I don't know. It was strange. I felt weak and disoriented. I could have sworn it felt as if I was tied down somewhere too.

Edward, you have to think… did you see anything?

He sat there for a moment staring at me. He didn't say anything for a while. I was hoping that he might remember something. It was becoming clearer that the bond between Edward and Bella was becoming stronger and it was that bond that was going to help us find her.

I crouched down beside him and touched his hand. I wished I could just walk in his thoughts and find out what I needed to know. I watched as his eyes were full of thought and worry. I wanted nothing more than to wipe the pain away from him and bring his beautiful Bella back to him, but it was going to be more challenging than that. That was when I felt something inside myself. I could have sworn that it felt as if I was leaving my mind and going deeper into Edward's.

My mind was wandering deeper into the depths of Edward's mind and that was when I saw what he saw. He had seen a room of a run down building. The paint pealing away from the walls, and a variety of gang like symbols painted on its walls. I then saw the eyes that glowed brightly red in a doorway. The most shocking thing was what I heard. I heard the voice of the hunter.

"You, my dear, are the Queen. The reincarnation of Valkyrie herself. I never would have thought that I would see the day that she would return."

My thoughts plunged back into my own mind then. I turned back to Carlisle and my expression must have told him that I seen something that wasn't that good.

"What is it, Alice?"

"He knows."

"Who knows?"

"James. He knows about Bella."

Edward pulled himself up off the floor and stared down at where I was. His eyes showed how much confusion that was going on. His voice though told me more.

"Alice, if you don't tell me what is going on right now, I will look in your mind for myself and you know I don't like doing that. So you can willingly give me the information or I will take it from your mind."

I glanced to see Carlisle staring at me. I knew I had to protect the secret, but if Edward truly wanted the answers he would pluck them from my mind. I turned to see everyone one else staring down at me and that was when I felt as if my mind was getting ready to fall apart. I could not do it any longer. Edward had to know.

"I'm sorry, Carlisle, I have tell him."

Carlisle looked at me and nodded his head, telling me that it was okay to tell. I wasn't going to reveal everything, but enough to help him find Bella. The main part of the secret would have to remain secret for the time being.

"You have been wondering why I have been so secretive. You remember passing through Forks, before we even considered actually living here?"

His eyes showed that he was trying to recall the moment and when he appeared to have recalled the moment his eyes looked back at me in confusion. When I was sure he knew, I continued.

"You went up to the woman and admired her baby. Do you remember what the baby's name was?"

He stood there for a moment as I pulled myself up to my feet. I kept my eye contact with him, not wanting to break my concentration on what was going on in front of me. His answer was barely a whisper.

"Isabella."

"Edward, you met Bella that day and on that day I saw her in a vision as she is now. You were meant to find each other and you have a bond. Call it magic, call it destiny. Both of your paths were meant to cross. That is why I have been so secretive. If I would have told you that day that you had just met your soul mate, would you have believed me?"

"No, I wouldn't have."

"You should know that people say that you can just sense stuff when it's about someone you care about. That is what is happening. Bella, even without her knowing she is doing it, is calling out to you. It is her love for you that is calling out to you. I could feel it, especially when I just touched your hand a moment ago. I also had a small vision."

"Of what, Alice?"

"A room, pealing paint, graffiti, busted furniture, and glowing red eyes."

"James."

The growl that came from my brother's chest was clearly heard by everyone. The thought of James touching Bella was driving him insane. I just wished that I could see where the room was. That was when I my mind blanking and…

A sign… East St. Louis. A crumbling house. Street sign, Walnut. Bella tied to a chair. Edward throwing James to the floor. Laurent lunging at Bella. Bella's scream.

I jerked when I came back to the reality that was going on around me. The stares from those around me told me that they could tell I was having a vision too. I honestly wished that I could just go back to having the regular old visions of before I realized my role in the prophecy of the Queen. I turned to Edward and told him what he wanted to know.

"Edward, Bella's in East St. Louis in a house on Walnut Street. I even saw Bella. They have tied to a chair in one of the rooms."

Edward began to look at me rather funny.

"When did you start having such concrete visions, Alice?"

"I normally don't. Maybe I am just getting more in tune with Bella. I honestly don't know. It shouldn't matter though how I got the vision, but I had it and now we know where Bella is."

"You are right."

After the stressful moments had passed, we all finally sat down around the main room of the suite. Now that we knew where Bella was, it was time to make a plan on getting her back. I watched Edward though, I worried that he would just jump from his spot in the far chair and run out the door looking for Bella without a thought. Finally, Carlisle spoke which brought an end to the tension of the room.

"We now know where Bella is and its time we plan what we need to do. We can't go busting in there because if we do they might hurt Bella and none of us want that."

I glanced over in the direction of Rosalie and I noticed she was staring off into space. She could really care less if Bella was hurt or not. Luckily Edward wasn't noticing Rosalie's crabbiness or I would have bet with his mental state he might have tried to really hurt her. I just knew that we had to be prepared to deal with whatever happens, even Rosalie being herself. Carlisle was pacing back and forth around the room which was really starting to make me nervous. I then felt Jasper come over and wrap his arms around me. With him near, it felt as if my worries begin to slip away. Carlisle finally stopped suddenly and turned to stare at me.

"Alice, do you think we can distract James' friend long enough that Edward can get in there and save Bella?"

I sat there for a moment. Honestly, I didn't know, but I knew that I didn't want my brother going in there alone. I felt responsible for losing Bella in the first place and I wasn't going to let him go in there alone and get hurt. I looked around the room and realized that if I wanted to go that Jasper would want to as well, and then the rest of the family would fall in line and want to go.

"Carlisle, I don't know. I don't think Edward should go alone though."

Edward's response was pure rage. I had never seen that much fire in his eyes and they were flashing with it now.

"I can save Bella. Alone."

I watched him begin to dart for the door and I moved in front of the door to stop him from leaving. I knew that he wouldn't do too much to me, especially since we were in a hotel full of humans.

"I never said that you couldn't rescue her alone, Edward. I mean I don't want you to get hurt and I think someone should go with you, that's all."

He glared at me. I knew that he wasn't really mad at me either, he was just upset. I began to push some of my thoughts to him, I knew he would hear me.

"Edward, I am going to come with you."

"No, you can't."

"You can either let me come with you or you will have the entire family following you."

"Alice, Bella is my responsibility…"

"And Bella is my friend. I have to help you. Let me, please. Everyone else will not know."

I watched his eyes as I could tell he was thinking about what I said. I could hear his thoughts, only when he wanted me to hear them. It was a nice thing we could do, especially since I didn't want everyone else knowing what was going on. I was worried that I would have to go against his wishes and just follow him. I wanted him to know I was there for him.

"Fine."

It was time to put a plan into motion. Bella had to be saved and we were running out of time. Even though James' game didn't start for a few hours, we had to get our roles in the game into motion. I turned back to look at Carlisle, I realized that he too was concerned and I was betting he realized what I had done with Edward, since Edward had calmed down considerably. He turned toward Edward and stood in front of him. Edward's eyes reached his though he said nothing. I could tell that Edward was preparing for what he had to do. He was planning on killing James when he found Bella. It wasn't in his nature to kill, but when James threatened Bella, he signed away his life. Carlisle crouched down to be eye level with Edward and finally spoke.

"Edward, I know you have to do this. Don't be reckless. Be safe. The rest of us can take care of ourselves."

Edward did not speak, but nodded his head. He stood and walked toward the door. He turned back to me and spoke out to me from his mind.

"I'll meet you out front."

"Okay."

He turned the knob of the door and was gone. I turned back to see Carlisle embracing Esme. I knew she was fearful for her son. I watched as Emmett pulled Rose close as well. Rosalie's eyes met mine and I could tell she was worried as well. Not for the safe return of Bella, but for Edward. Jasper looked at me with sorrowful eyes. He could feel my sadness and he must have known that I was going to do something. He stood and came forward and wrapped his arms around me. His embrace was heaven, and I had every intention of being back in his arms soon. He leaned in close enough that no one would know and whispered to me.

"Be safe, my love. Bring them both home."

I leaned in and kissed him gently on the cheek. His eyes sparkled brightly and I could have gotten lost in them, but I had a job to do. I looked back to see the rest of my family distracted by their worry and that was when I pulled the door open and slipped out.

As I went through the hallways of the hotel, I wondered what Jasper was saying about me disappearing. I knew he must have been telling them that I went to hunt or something along those lines. I knew he wouldn't tell them that I was going out to meet Edward and begin hunting down James and Laurent.

I crossed the lobby and was out the doors within a minute. Luckily, it was a cloudy day and I saw Edward leaning up against the rental car. I watched his eyes as he examined me. He was wondering what I hadn't told him too. He didn't know anything more than he was tied to Bella somehow. I hated doing this to him, but I knew he couldn't handle the truth, at least not yet. Bella was the one that would bring the end of the Volturi and it was his destiny to keep her safe until the time came for her to do so. It made my heart break knowing that the day would come that he would find out Bella's path. It was hard to know so much, and not be able to reveal it to the person that needed to know the most.

"You ready?"

My eyes turned to meet his. They were full of fire that showed the world how livid he really was. I knew that this was going to be a challenge. We began to walk to where we were out of the sight of the humans and we began to run. I didn't keep up in complete pace with him, because I needed the solitude too. I watched him running, realizing how truly graceful he was… so lion like.

Then suddenly, I had a flash of a vision in my mind. It wasn't something that made any sense, but I knew it meant something though…

Edward throws James to the floor. Laurent lunges at Bella. Bella screams… and a flash of white light…

Then nothing more. What does it mean? What were we getting ready to get into? I looked up to see Edward was gone from my sight. I let my thoughts leave me and I began to run, in hopes of catching up with him before he reached East St. Louis.