Well it's the story of the two

Always on the move

They got nothing left to lose

'Cept their guns and their wounds

Now they're crossing borders

Sheriff's posse on their tail

They'd rather die together

Than be stuck up in a cell

Chapter 26: Bonnie and Clyde

Bella POV:

"Fuck! I had them! I was so fucking close!" My body was absolutely shaking with anger. Seething, I punched the nearest wall, shattering it and my hand. I sat down and watched it start to heal.

"Once again, you prove yourself disappointing." Of course Vladimir and Stefan decided to show up after my epic failure. I growled at their presence.

"Are you incapable of shutting the fuck up?" I was already beyond pissed at this day, I didn't need them here making it any worse. But they merely sneered at my comment.

"Oooh. Someone's a feisty little wolf today. Does the doggy want to come out and play?"

"Back off." My words came out rough, control wavering.

"Easy there puppy. We're not here for any trouble. We just came to watch the supposed downfall of the Volturi."

"Yeah, well it's been postponed." I moved to go around them, shoulder checking Stefan as I did so. But he grabbed me and spun me around, his joking face had dropped.

"Postponed, or cancelled?"

"Delayed." I yanked my arm out of his grip and continued to walk to the other side of the room. My skin was crawling with their close proximity. "And I would be doing a lot better if you weren't breathing down my neck all the fucking time!"

"We want to check on the progress of our investment Miss Swan."

"I am not your investment."

"But you've taken our advice I see."

"So what? I'm free to make my own decisions on how I go about my revenge." They just continued to leer and it was fueling my irritation. "Look, I've had a really shitty day. Now if you could please have some decency and leave me alone, that would be great."

"No problem Miss Swan."

"We'll be in touch." The two left just as fast as they had come, leaving me alone to fume as I had requested.

Where to begin? There were so many reasons for my frustration.

Fucking Liam and his inability to think things through. If I hadn't been able to get to him in time, who knows what would have happened. Sometimes he acts like the kid he was before all this crap. He can't do that shit, not now.

Then there was the man in charge. Colt. Why on Earth did he agree to bring Jake into this? He could have been killed in an instant. Or worse. Jake is just a kid. I can't be mad at him for going along. I'm sure he was excited as all hell to get the chance. Someone with a level head should have put their foot down on it.

The combination of drinking human blood and being away from Alice for so long was not a good one. My emotions were close to the surface, any minor incident would leave me upset. So this disaster of a day was too much for me.

Eventually I made my way back to my makeshift apartment. The building had been abandoned with minimal supplies, but I made it work. I wasn't supposed to be here for that long, but now that might have changed. Things were pretty up in the air at this point.

I managed to cool off a bit more and grabbed a bag of blood from my personal supply, drinking it in silence to rest my mind. I needed to start from scratch tomorrow morning, and that required a good night of sleep. After punching my crappy little cot into a more comfortable position, I rolled to sleep.

The sun woke me up the next morning, it was much too bright for my liking. Without even noticing, I growled at it. I growled at the fucking sun. Good lord. Who knew drinking blood would make me this crabby all the time. It was like having a constant killer hangover.

I would quit but I knew I couldn't. The job that I set out to do needed to be seen through, and then there was the problem of quitting cold turkey.

So for the time being I was stuck with my control hanging on by a thread.

After a couple hours of debate, I decided to stay a few more days in town. My plan was to get in touch with Benjamin. I had done so successfully. The two of us could easily finish off the Volturi, that I was sure of. The problem now however, he had fled once he saw I wasn't going to make it in time. Not that I blame him at all for it, I would have done the same. Unfortunately I have no idea where he went. I knew he'd be back for his family, but so did the Volturi.

They were hanging around as well. This made my job of tracking down Benjamin again particularly difficult. Every step I took had to be thoroughly thought through.

Five days went by like this. My muscles were shot to hell with their constant tension. I knew I needed to hunt as soon as possible as well. But it was difficult to do so when I had to plan my every move for it, and my mind hadn't had any proper rest for a long time. Eventually I grew too weak to go on without, so I planned a trip to the nearest hospital for a little raid on their blood supply.

I kept my hood up and head down to keep a low profile, I didn't need wandering eyes from any humans. That could blow things for me. But I know how to break into a place real well.

With a full backpack, I started my way back to my building. Front door in sight, I mistakenly took a breath of relief, only to have all the breath knocked out of my body seconds later.

"Funny to meet you here, 173952."

My mouth went dry as I came face to face with Alec and Demetri. I was completely and utterly fucked.

There were two of them, both experienced and skilled fighters. Then there was me, who hadn't even had the chance to feed yet.

They had backed me into the corner of an abandoned alleyway rather quickly. I was busy trying to think of any way to get out of this alive.

"You're not going anywhere this time."

"Well, you know what they say. Third time's the charm." I was trying to stall, anything to give me more time to think. They both chuckled knowing exactly what I was doing.

"Oh how I've missed that attitude. I can't wait to wipe that smile off your face." Demetri took a step closer towards me and I knew it was now or never.

"I'm afraid you might have to wait a while for that." I went for broke and lunged at him.

By some stroke of luck, I caught them off guard with the ballsy move. Demetri's arm was ripped off before Alec was able to pull me away. But I wasn't going down without a fight, I never would.

Since Demetri was already injured, he was now my main target. If I could get rid of him it would only be Alec and I, and Alec doesn't like when he can't use his gift.

"Get her off me!"

"I'm trying!" But my desperation was too strong. I kicked Alec back into a wall and beheaded Demetri. Success. "You bitch!" Alec, now fuming, tackled me hard for the damage I did.

We struggled for several long minutes, each getting multiple good hits in. He had broken a couple of my ribs and I had ripped off a few of his fingers. But he finally pulled the upper hand and pinned me against the wall with his good hand wrapped around my neck precariously. We were both panting and out of breath.

If this was the way I went down I could live with that. I knew I gave it my all. Alec smirked and reached for his cell phone.

"Aro will be so pleased to hear of your return." He was about two numbers in to dialing before his head was ripped from his body, consequently dropping me on the ground in utter shock.

"No. He won't." I squinted up at the person who had just saved my life as they spoke to Alec's body.

My heart stuttered to a temporary stop. Alice, my Alice, was standing over the scene, eyes blazing, lighter in hand. It was honestly the sexiest thing I've ever seen.

I stood up without taking my eyes off of her. She was pissed, that I could tell easily. At me and at the danger she had just demolished. But I didn't care. There was only one thing on my mind at the moment.

She must have noticed the look in my eye, because our bodies met in the middle and collided, lips desperately claiming the other.

The fire returned to my veins, the one I hadn't felt in ages. I wanted her. I needed her. Now.

Seeing as she didn't know where exactly to go, I led her into my place, all the while keeping her body and lips firmly attached to mine. She only pulled away for a moment, gasping for unnecessary air.

"I'm still mad at you."

"I know." I nodded and went back to my previous position.

There was going to be a fight later, that's for sure, but now was not the time. The sexual frustration had reached an all-time high in our relationship. The bubble was ready to burst, it couldn't take it anymore.

I pushed her against the wall, the bed was much too flimsy for what we were about to do, and ripped the shirt off her body as if it were made of butter. Alice moaned into my mouth at the feeling of air across her bare chest. She dug her nails into my back and tore the shirt I wore into shreds, leaving small cuts in its place. Her hands raked their way down my abdomen where she made a move for my pants, but I grabbed the intruders and pinned them above her head.

"No." I growled out distractedly. Alice struggled for a few seconds, but let me have my way. She rolled her head back to give me more access to her neck. However, I only sucked on it briefly before tearing her jeans off. The onslaught of emotions I had been feeling for the past several weeks all seemed to team up and make me extremely sexually aggravated by this woman in my hands.

Alice released a groan of pleasure and relief when I began to rub her clit with my thumb, teasing her entrance with my fingers. She started to quietly chant my name the harder and faster I rubbed.

"Inside." She finally growled at me. "I need you inside of me."

I could tell from the way her words and legs trembled that she was seconds away from coming. And she was oh so clever. The moment I distracted myself complying her request, she snuck her free hand down my pants.

Now we were both leaning on each other, panting and crying out at the sensations that we were deprived of for so long. I vowed right then and there that I would never go more than a week without touching her like this.

"Oh fuck! Bella!" Her muscles clamped down on my fingers, immediately bringing on my orgasm in turn.

It was long overdue. The feeling may have lasted hours, or a few seconds, it felt just the same.

I had squeezed my eyes shut, and when I finally came back to the world and opened them, I found that we had both collapsed into a heap on the floor.

All the energy left in my body was drained. The day had been very long.

Alice knew me all too well and propped me up against her, pulling us into my tiny cot. She even wrapped a blanket around us as she snuggled into my side. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought the past seven months hadn't happened. The position was so familiar and comfortable, I almost forgot about our looming fight.

"Are you going to start yelling?" I whispered into her hair. She sighed and softly rubbed the bruises on my neck that Alec had left.

"No, not yet. We can hash it out in the morning. Let's just enjoy tonight. You look like you haven't slept in weeks." I smiled and kissed her forehead gratefully.

"Thank you."

"Just go to sleep Bella. I'll be here when you wake."

The next morning came much faster than I had wanted. I would much rather have spent more time in our embrace than start our day of fighting.

Alice must have been thinking the same way, because when she noticed I was awake she just continued to play with my hair.

"I missed you." Her voice held vulnerability in it, and it made me feel worse.

"I know." I sighed, knowing exactly where this conversation was headed. "I missed you too." My fingers caressed her face softly and she closed her eyes contently. "Alice -"

"Don't." She put a finger to my lips to hush me. "Don't say it. Can't we just stay like this? Why can't we be together again? Like this?" To make her point she leaned over to kiss me tenderly. I got lost in her again and almost forgot what we were talking about. But I remembered with a pang of guilt and pulled away, sitting up as I did so.

"You have no idea how much I want to. I do. But nothing has changed since- since I left." I couldn't bear to look at her when I admitted what I had done. "I still need to protect you. Protect us."

"I can protect myself pretty well Bella. And in case you forgot what happened yesterday, I'm pretty good at protecting you too."

"How did you find me?"

"Liam said you had had a plan, and I know you. If you had a plan that wasn't finished, you would stay until it was. And I was right. Thank god I got there in time." She sat up with me and stroked my newly healed neck. But I shrugged away from her touch. I didn't want to get addicted to it again, not when I needed to leave her.

"You're in danger when you're with me. I don't want that for you."

"Yeah and so are you."

We sat in silence again. I knew she had a point. She had several great points. I honestly had no case for myself anymore, especially after yesterday. And fuck, I really wanted her to stay. Deep inside of me, I never wanted to let go of her.

Alice suddenly got up from the bed and went over to my forgotten backpack by the door. She rummaged in it momentarily before returning with a blood bag in hand.

"Here." She handed it to me gingerly. "You look like you need to feed. In a bad way." I looked at her with disbelief etched all over my face. She only smiled and touched the circles underneath my eyes. "I put two and two together."

"But -"

"I don't one hundred percent agree with your decision, but it was yours to make. And I know you probably did it to build your strength and stamina, yes?" I nodded dumbly. "Well, as long as you don't lose yourself, I'm ok with it." She pushed the bag further into my chest, encouraging me to drink.

It felt weird to feed with her next to me. I wanted to do my best and look as in control as I possibly could.

But she sat silently with no judgement passed, waiting for me to finish. I felt a thousand times healthier after the nourishment.

"Better?" She asked, taking the empty bag from my hands and tossing it aside.

"Much. Thank you."

"Good." She chirped happily. "Now, do you want to argue more about my staying, or would you rather just admit that you need me?"

"Alice, of course I need you. I'd never dispute that fact. But I need you safe as well. When you're with me, here, you're not."

"Neither are you."

"Yes, but it's different for me."

"How so?"

"Because I can't die!" Did she seriously not understand this? I was truly immortal, she wasn't.

"Trust me, you can." She whispered solemnly, reaching out to place a hand over my chest. I groaned, knowing exactly what she meant.

"It's not the same Al."

"It is for me. I can't love someone who's incapable of it. It would break my heart to look into your eyes one day and see no life, no spark. It would kill me."

"Al –"

"Come on Bella!" She jumped out of bed and started bouncing around, a telltale sign of there being too many thoughts racing around her head. "Just stop fighting me and think about it for a second! We could do this together, be a real team! You and me, traveling the world together and killing whoever stands between our goal and us. We could be fucking Bonnie and Clyde!"

"Yeah, and that story ended real well."

"Oh just shut up." She huffed out at my rebuttal. "Why can't we? We don't have to leave each other's sides, you wouldn't have to be worried about me."

"What about hunting?"

"You can go with me."

"Like last time?"

"Dammit Bella, we're not kids anymore! We've grown up a lot since then! We've been together through thick and thin, I think we can handle a little hunt. Besides, you drink human blood now. You shouldn't even be tempted by animal blood."

Shit she was good. She had a counter for every damn thing I said. I didn't know what to do. My head said no, but my heart said yes.

Alice knew I was having a serious debate in my mind, so she came and sat back down next to me, taking my hands in hers.

"Please. Please don't leave me again." I eventually let out a long sigh of defeat and looked up from my lap into her eyes.

"Alright Bonnie, what next?"