Jasper and Alice were almost done cleaning the kitchen; Jasper threw the old piece of pizza in the trash and was in the process of putting the stove back in place when he heard a loud thud. He turned toward Alice; she had heard it as well. Jasper walked out into the hallway just in time to see Bella fall the rest of the way down the stairs.

"Whoa! Bella, are you ok?" Jasper said, catching her before she hit the last step. "Alice!" he called, carrying Bella to the couch. Jasper noticed that Bella was trembling uncontrollably and her eyelids were fluttering.

Alice was in the room, beside Jasper in the blink of an eye. "Jasper, what happened? Bella? Bella, can you hear me, sweetie?" said Alice, gently slapping Bella's face.

"Make it stop." Bella moaned, coming to, a little.

"Make what stop, honey?" Alice asked a look of concern on her face, as she saw the beads of sweat begin to form on Bella's forehead and nose. She had a fever.

Bella grabbed her own arm. "Make it stop! Please, it hurts." It was then that the vampires noticed that Bella's body seemed to be twitching.

Bella began to close her eyes when Jasper shook her awake. "Bella, did you take something that you shouldn't have? Any pills? If you did, you need to tell me what, and how much you took. What did you eat or drink today?"

"The water." She mumbled in reply.

"The water? What water Bella?" Jasper repeated.

"The glass of water that I gave her." Alice said to Jasper. "Bella, did you drink the water I gave you?" But Bella's eyes were closed. "Bella, sweetie. Wake up honey."

Bella's breath began to come in shallow, raspy, shaking gasps. It was like she was going into shock, her body giving up and shutting down, wasting all of its energy reserves to keep her heart beating.

"Jasper, I'll start the car, you carry her and be with her in the back seat. I'll call Carlisle on the way there." Grabbing her keys she started for the door.

"Wait, what about Edward? Hell, who are we kidding? We don't even know where he is. What are we going to tell him?" Jasper asked.

Alice turned around, her anger clearly painted on her pale face. "We don't need to tell him anything. If Bella did this to herself….there is no need for him to worry. And like he said before he left town, he didn't want anything to do with her anymore." Alice said, lips pressed in a thin line. "Get her in the car; I'll grab the glass of water in her room."

Once on the way to the hospital, Jasper periodically began to shake Bella awake, but she kept drifting back into unconsciousness.

"Alice, she just won't stay awake."

"Keep shaking her, no matter what; don't let her go to sleep." Alice started to bite her bottom lip.

"Wake up Bella." Jasper ordered again.

Bella's eyes opened for a brief moment, but they rolled into the back of her head. Her body began to shake, feverishly convulsing, kicking this and that, her head thrashing from side to side, up and down.

"Alice! Drive faster! I think Bella is having a seizure! Drive damn it!" Jasper yelled as Alice sped up to 120.

They came to the hospital in no time; Carlisle was there to meet them. Emmett had come along as well. Alice gasped and covered her mouth with her hand as they put a tube down Bella's throat. A nurse jumped up on the gurney, straddled Bella and began CPR as Carlisle pushed it as fast as he could without making people suspicious, down to the ER.

Jasper put his arms around Alice in a defensive hold while Emmett held her hand. "Do you think it's ok to call Edward now?" Jasper whispered into her ear.

Alice took a deep shaking breath and shook her head. "No. He wanted to be out of her life. Simple as that. No one calls him; he doesn't need to know, hell, he doesn't even want to know. Where ever he is right now, he's with a girl. I saw him and her walking out of a park together, his arm was around her. Edward doesn't make gestures like that, not with strangers. He has obviously moved on, Edward doesn't deserve to know." And with that she broke free of the boys' grasp and walked away.

It was a couple of hours before anyone was allowed to see Bella. It was twilight outside. Carlisle pulled Jasper and Alice aside to ask what had happened. Emmett, not wanting to see Bella all by himself, joined them.

"We don't know what happened up stairs. All we know is that she fell down the stairs, I caught her. I set her down on the couch she was trembling like crazy, and then her muscles started to twitch. She had a fever; it sounded like she was having trouble breathing…" Jasper rattled off, he was a little overwhelmed by the whole ordeal. He pulled himself together as soon as Alice began to sob next to him.

Jasper pulled her head close to his shoulder, rubbing her back comfortingly. He looked at Carlisle. "What did the tests say about the water she drank?"

"They weren't good; we found high traces of Zinc Phosphide in her urine and bloodstream."

"In English, please?" Jasper asked.

"Zinc Phosphide is a common ingredient in…in rat poisoning."

"Oh, my God." Emmett's shock was apparent.

Alice's body began to shake harder as she buried her face in Jasper's shoulder, to hide the sobs that came harder. Not a tear was shed. "I should have seen this coming!" she said, her voice rather muffled.

"We're done here Jasper. You guys can visit her now." Carlisle kissed Alice on the cheek and went to see his other patents.

Bella was sleeping as they all shuffled in. She was hooked up to a ventilator, to help her breathe, though Carlisle was sure that she could breath on her own, he didn't want a relapse of what happened in the house.

The boys stood there awkwardly as they watched Alice kneel beside Bella's still form. She reached out and held Bella's hand, her monitor jumped a bit, then went back to normal. She acknowledged the touch at least, Alice thought. Although Bella's subconscious probably thought that it was the cool touch of Edwards fingertips instead of Alice's.

"Just call when you need us." Emmett said, putting his hand on Alice's shoulder before exiting the room.

"Yeah, you just say the word and I'll be right beside you." Jasper kissed the top of her head and left to follow Emmett.

"I am so sorry Bella." Alice whispered. "I should have seen this coming. Edward loves you, you know that right? He was just upset and confused. We talked to him, yelled at Rosalie, but he still left. Bella, I don't know…I don't know what to do. I just don't know-"

But Alice was interrupted as the window on the other side of the room shattered, revealing the wild haired Victoria. Once the females locked eyes on the other, the fight began. But Alice was on the losing end. Being caught by surprise Alice was stunned for a moment, which was when Victoria decided to strike. Victoria's body hit Alice's so hard that it sounded like two boulders clashing together, the impact sent Alice sprawling to the floor. Victoria stood, ready to strike again, when Alice tripped her, grabbing a handful of that wild red hair and smashed her head to the floor. Victoria, acting like nothing had happened grabbed Alice's head and slammed it into her knee, then to the corner of the side table, rendering Alice unconscious.

Victoria acted quickly, pulling all of the IVs and needles out of Bella's arms, ripping the breathing tube out of Bella's throat, making her cough and gag uncontrollably. Slinging Bella over her shoulder, Victoria fled once more through the window, just as one of the other vampire kids came into the room.

Jasper was the first to enter, rushing towards the window, trying to catch a glimpse of who had just jumped, then to Alice. He began to shake her, begging her to wake up. He was followed by Carlisle and Emmett. Upon noticeing Alice's condition Carlisle ran over and put a smelling salt under her nose. Emmett was the first one to realize that Bella was not present.

"Carlisle, she's gone!"

Alice's eyes shot open and she began to scramble to the bed, where Bella was no longer laying.

"Victoria…she…Bella's gone." Alice muttered as she scrambled around.