Fated

Chapter 16

A/N: Sorry for the delay. I have taken ill. It may be a couple weeks before I can get chapter 17 out.

"What do we do now?" Jacob asks. Still holding Alice in his arms.

"How about letting me down?" Alice laughs.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Jacob asks.

"Yes. I'm fine." Jacob sets Alice on her feet. Everyone looks at Edward, who is rubbing a finger along either side of his chin, deep in thought.

"I would like to take Bella home where she's safe before we fight any more vampires, but they're going to notice some are missing so we have to attack them fast while we still have the advantage of surprise. Jacob, would you take Bella home?"

"Edward, you said you won't keep sending me off. There are so many of you to fight and keep me safe. Jacob did wonderfully protecting me. I will try to stay out of the way. Besides you need me when you catch one alive to see if I can get visions as to where the rest are hiding."

"She has a point, Edward. I can only see the future of whom I'm touching. Seeing hideouts is Bella's trick," Alice says.

Edward looks deep into my eyes. "Then I guess I have to hurry up and catch one of them." I smile at him.

We hear movement coming from the kitchen. Esme, Carlisle, and Jasper walk up to us.

"We took out 3 that were in the shacks. Hopefully, they were the only lookouts. Be careful, they have some weird powers," Jasper says.

Jacob, Alice and I look at each other. "We know," we all say in unison.

"I think there's about fifteen in the house. Two on the porch and two out back. Shouldn't be too hard," Jasper says.

"Jacob will you stay close to Bella and protect her," Edward says. Jacob nods. "Alice and I will take out the two on the porch. Esme and Carlisle take out the two out back and Jasper can you look around and take care of any we miss?" Edward asks.

"Sounds like a plan," Jasper says and we all walk out through the kitchen and out the back door. The Victorian house is down a long dirt driveway. We keep ourselves partway hidden by walking through the trees on either side of the driveway. Edward and Alice suddenly race toward the house. The two vampires on the porch must have spotted us. Esme and Carlisle take off around the back of the house. Jasper, Jacob and I continue to walk through the trees getting closer.

"I'll be nearby taking care of stragglers. Whistle if you need me," Jasper says and then disappears through the trees. I look at Jacob. He purses his lips together and blows but makes no sound and looks at me.

"Don't look at me. I can't whistle," I say.

By the time we get up to the house, there are two dead vampires on the porch and the front door is wide open. We hear a commotion inside.

"Edward would want us to wait here," Jacob tells me. I frown.

"Do you really want to wait here? You can protect me. Let's just peek inside," I say.

"Alright," Jacob says with a sigh. He knows arguing with me is no use.

We step inside the Victorian house. A huge room, with wooden polished floors that run wall to wall, dominates the downstairs. There are couches and chairs spread throughout. In the center of the room lies a fire pit lined in stones in two layers. A fire burning in between the layers. Lit torches placed inside a metal frame, line the outside. Inside stones are stacked to form a circle with a large S in its middle. To the left of the room, there is a large wooden staircase leading up to the second story.

Edward and Alice are each fighting several vampires at once. There are five dead on the floor. Two vampires pick Edward up by the neck, running, they slam him into the large, stone fireplace. His body embeds into the stones two feet deep. One vampire, with pure white hair, opens up his mouth and breaths out ice shards. They hit the stones and build a solid wall of ice over the fireplace 5 foot deep, encasing Edward inside. I'm so scared I grab Jacobs arm. The ice vampire hears commotions outside, probably Esme and Carlisle, and runs out the back.

"Why isn't he using his fire," I whisper to Jacob.

"I don't know. Maybe the ice is preventing him from getting hot."

Alice now has five vampires on her at once. Two have each arm, holding them out, stretching her. She is using her feet and legs expertly to kick each vampire that tries to come up close to her. Jacob is squeezing my hand so hard it hurts. He feels me wiggle my hand trying to release myself from his grip and he lets go. His eyes never leaving Alice. I can tell he's conflicted about protecting me and helping Alice.

"Go," I tell Jacob. There is one vampire coming up behind Alice, getting ready to jump up, probably going to perform Alice's own trick on her and try to remove her head. Jacob slams into him pushing them both completely through the wall and into the other room. I can hear them fighting.

I run up to the ice that is keeping Edward captive. If I can free him he can help Alice. I don't know what else to do so I feel the ice with my hands and find a crack. I look around for something to break the ice with. I grab the fireplace poker in both hands and slam it hard into the ice. Some ice chips away and drops to the floor. I keep chipping away at the ice while watching Alice fight the vampires.

I don't understand why Alice has not killed the vampires already. It looks like they are much stronger than her. But she is an original. Maybe it has something to do with these vampires gaining special powers. Chipping at the ice isn't working. I look around the room trying to find something to help Edward and Alice. I spot the torches lining the fire pit and run over and grab a torch, struggling to free it from it's metal frame, I eventually pull it out and run up to Alice. The torch is very heavy but I hold it up with both my hands, refusing to drop it. My arms aching, I ram the torch into the vampire's side that is holding Alice's left arm. He lights on fire instantly and starts screaming and turning in circles, smacking himself trying to put the fire out.

Alice twists her body, jumps in the air and lands on the other vampire's shoulders who is holding her right arm. She twists and pulls his head off and throws it to the floor. His body drops to the floor limp, next to the burnt vampire corpse. Another vampire backhands me in the face, sending me sprawling through the air. The torch falls to the floor and I land with a hard thud. The vampire then races back to fight Alice along with the other one. Jacob comes back through the broken wall and fights by Alice's side.

I get up quick. This is no place to stop to baby myself or take care of my ouchies, I tell myself and I run to the torch and pick it up and head over the ice wall. I press the torch against the wall. It's slowly melting the ice. I place it down on the floor to melt the bottom of the ice while I run back and grab another torch.

Jacob and Alice manage to kill one of the vampires on Alice and now there is only one left. He notices what I'm doing and runs over to Edward's ice wall. He stares at it, investigating, picks a spot and slams both fists into the ice. The ice shatters and sends cracked fragments spraying through the room. He grabs Edward, puts him over his shoulder and pulls him out and sets him on the floor then runs back to help Alice. Jacob performs Alice's special kill trick perfectly, killing the last vampire in the room.

Edward still looks frozen. He can't move or talk. I grab a torch and hold it near him, trying to warm him. Esme runs in the back door carrying Carlisle, encased in a block of ice. She sets him down next to Edward.

"Bella..."

Jasper comes in the front door and looks around, seeing Edward and Carlisle, a look of panic washes over his face.

"Bella...Bella. Listen to me." It's a voice inside my head. I look around the room. Doesn't look like anyone else has heard it. "Bella, you can't win. All your friends are going to die." I close my eyes and concentrate on the voice. Images slowly build in my mind. I see a vampire with yellow/blonde spiky hair, wearing a dark leather jacket and jeans. He's the same vampire I saw before in a vision. From his neck hangs a silver amulet with a circle etched on it's front and a large S etched in the middle. Selene's amulet! He's speaking to me telepathically! "Bella...Tell me you will come to me and I will let your friends live. Look around. They haven't got a chance to survive this."

I shake my head trying to rid myself of the vision and voice and look around the room. While I was having my vision 10 more vampires came in the room and have us surrounded. The ice vampire is in the center.

"Everyone get out!" Jasper orders as he walks toward the ice vampire, planning on facing him alone.

"I won't leave Edward," I scream.

"I won't leave Carlisle," Esme says calmly but determined.

"Edward, can you hear me? Edward, you need to get up!" He isn't responding. I'm panicking now. Looking around it looks like all the others are panicking too. Jasper is lashing out at vampires as they encircle us. One has gotten Alice in a headlock and she cannot move. Jacob is punching his sides and back trying to get him to release Alice but he isn't budging. The ice vampire begins to spit out ice shards again, aiming at Esme. Jasper jumps in front of her. He quickly becomes encased in ice and drops to the floor.

I'm holding onto Edward as he's slumped on the floor on his back. I've pulled him onto my lap. Tears streaming down my face. The ice vampire walks up to us. Jacob and Esme both race over. Jacob punches him in the back. Esme grabs for his head but he turns and hits her with a blast of ice. He turns to face Jacob. Jacob's skin begins to freeze.

A cloud begins to appear. It looks like everyone is frozen in time for a second while the cloud builds. It grows large and thick. I cannot see anything through it. I wish I was back home. Home safe with Charlie like I always used to be. Alice and I are the only ones not frozen and Alice is in a headlock by one of the vampires. It's up to me to save us but there's nothing I can do. I just want to go home to Charlie.

As the cloud begins to thin I can make out shapes in it. I see a couch and tv. I feel a soft rug under me. I look around. I'm in Charlie's living room at home still holding Edward on my lap. My throat is sore and dry. My nose is dripping blood and my head is pounding. I look around and see everyone is here. We're all safe but everyone besides myself and Alice are encased in ice blocks.

I try to stand but get dizzy and fall back to the floor. I see Alice resting her palms against Jacob's ice block. She turns to look at me. "Bella, Jacob's ice block is vibrating." We both watch as the ice shimmers and shakes. Little pieces begin to chip off and fall to the floor. Larger chunks now fall piece by piece. The last of the ice shatters and drops to the floor as Jacob is freed. Alice wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him deeply. I don't know which I'm more shocked by. That Jacob could break free of the ice when no one else could or Alice's impulsive kiss. I look back down at Edward. He doesn't look good and is frozen through.

"Jacob, do you think you can do that to Edward? I... I think he's dying," I say. Jacob races over and kneels down next to Edward. He wraps his arms around Edward's body tight and begins vibrating so fast he looks like a paint mixer. Slowly Edward's warm glow builds in his body. I stand up and back away to give them room. Suddenly Edward pushes his arms out straight hitting Jacob in the chest and sending him flying up into the ceiling. The drywall breaks and chunks fall to the floor and Jacob lands on his feet just as Edward's entire body bursts into flames. Edward stands up brushing drywall off of his clothes.

"That was close," Edward says.

"For who," Jacob says. Edward looks at Jacob.

"Both of us." Jacob nods. "Now let's free the others," Edward says. Jacob wraps his arms around Jasper and begins to vibrate as Edward's skin turns bright red and he stands in front of Esme. Her ice turns to water and melts away. Then Edward frees Carlisle the same way. Jasper, once free of his ice, pats Jacob on the back.

"Good job, newborn. I guess you are the only one of us who can move fast enough to vibrate," says Jasper.