Sorry guys, was gunna update yesterday but I had so much work to do for English... Hope this chapter isn't to puke inducing XD

Jasper

Barely a minute had passed before Alice took off after Tania to the girls' bathroom. Edward frowned, looking at the ground as if he was trying to work something out.

"Edward?" I asked, fearful something may be going on.

"Alice… she thought she saw the forest for a second and then she didn't get to see… she thought something was going to happen and then it changed. It's so confusing…" he trailed off, not looking up.

Carlisle was suddenly worried. However it was already too late.

In that moment I heard the familiar thumping of Tania's heart in her chest, counting down how long she had left to live.

"Tania's gone, he took her! He came from nowhere!" I heard Alice's voice.

No. Not yet. Caroline couldn't have my Tania, not then, not ever.

Alice burst back in through the doors and I rushed past her, despite Carlisle's attempts at beckoning me back. There was nothing I could do and I knew, but I didn't want to believe it.

Apart from Tania's bag on the floor, the girls' bathroom was completely empty.

Storming back into the drama hall, I wanted to scream. How were we supposed to find someone who avoided Alice's visions and Edward's thoughts, who could disappear and reappear wherever they wanted? The only way we would ever find Tania was if Caroline wanted us to, and then it would be a trap.

Tania's mother was also coming back over to the group after conversing with Mr Gates, asking if anyone had seen her daughter. Alice quickly made up a story that she said she'd had a headache so she had stepped outside for a minute to get some air. The story would work, for now. How were we supposed to cover it up? Reveal the truth – that she had really gone outside and someone must have taken her? How long would it be until we even got her back?

Nevertheless, she headed off through the doors to try and find her. None of us could stop her, and it was probably best we didn't, although Alice went with her, glancing back at us.

"I let her out of my sight for five seconds-," I started, angry at myself.

"This isn't your fault." Esme said firmly.

"It doesn't matter what happened before," Carlisle pointed out. "It's what we do now that counts."

"We should go to the woods. She's going to want to force me to watch her die. There is no other area where she could do that and be so closed off." I exclaimed speedily.

"Emmett and I will head towards the city. She was running around there before." Rosalie suggested, her face now completely serious.

"We can't all go off at once." Esme said, worriedly. "We have to think of something to tell her mother."

The six of us exchanged glances, but none of us spoke.

"We can't tell her the truth." said Edward.

"But what can we say as a lie?" Rosalie asked.

"Perhaps Esme and I should stay. None of us have to know anything about this. We can offer to look for Tania." Carlisle spoke.

"And then?" questioned Emmett.

And then if this goes horribly wrong, there won't be a police report of all the gruesome details, I thought, bitterly.

"We'll just have to go along with it." Esme said sadly, taking Carlisle's hand.

I ran to the woods. The sky never really seemed to completely submerge the surroundings in darkness, giving off a very dark orange from the pollution from the city. Stars were not so visible, but it was also winter and so the clarity of the sky was less. My eyes stayed alert as I glanced around, observing the tiniest detail in case I saw even a whisper of the smoke.

I did not follow the scent of Caroline, for she was so difficult to catch, and so deceitful. Instead I breathed in, searching for the smallest sign of Tania's.

Nothing.

I deepened into the woods, smelling almost every tree, desperate to find something, even if the other nomad had disappeared soon after. I could not believe there wouldn't be a trail.

Hoping I would be able to find something up high, I climbed a tree, balancing sloppily on the branches, not caring about leftover snow and ice. Some birds fluttered away nearby, having been startled by my hunt.

From above I could see the small forest was still aside from the slight whisper of leaves in the breeze. Caroline, her friend, and my Tania were nowhere to be seen. No blue smoke, no pounding heartbeat of fear, no emotions. Nothing. It was like she had completely disappeared from the Earth.

I ran for hours around the trees, circling the woods in different directions, checking everywhere once, twice, three times. Edward, who had been pretty much around the whole town, down alleyways, to deserted houses, joined me, confessing he had not found anything either.

There was not even a sign, and I wondered how far they had gone. They could be on the other side of the world for all I knew, and scouring the area may be completely pointless.

Finally, we all met up on the outskirts of the woods. None of their emotions implied anyone had seen anything, which wasn't helpful.

"This is hopeless." Edward said, bluntly. "They could have gone anywhere. Caroline isn't going to reveal herself until she wants to."

"Maybe so," replied Carlisle, "But there is still every chance we'll find them somewhere."

"We haven't been able to find any sign in the city." Rosalie said.

"Or in the area." I growled.

Alice suddenly gasped.

Edward quickly fixated his eyes on her, probably determined to know what she had seen before Caroline's power affected her, however this time, Alice didn't forget. The vampire hadn't wanted her to.

"In the clearing, like before, I recognise the place – it's where we trapped her. Caroline and the other vampire, they're holding her as their prisoner. She's about to make you watch her die." She blurted out, rapidly.

"Do you know when?" Carlisle asked her.

She shook her head. "No, wait," she changed her mind. "The snow, it's starting to melt properly. It's light – during the day, maybe tomorrow."

That was the last thing I heard, before I was running again, towards the clearing where the nightmare had seemed to begin. There I stood on the branch of a tree above, gripping tightly onto the bark, and there I waited for my love.

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