AN: Alex and I have decided to do two final chapter dumps. Today you'll get chapters 11-14 and on May 16th you'll the last two chapters. From here on out be prepared for character death. I'm so ready for the reviews and the hate. It fuels my hate fire to write more. Enjoy and please review.

Chapter 11

BPOV

"You can't stop now. I thought you didn't get tired?" Thor's eyes are shining with humor.

I flop onto the ground and spread out like a starfish. "I don't … but I still feel like I need a moment. It's weird."

"Bella?" Tony's voice calls out from inside the cabin, and I turn my head toward it. "Can you come in here for a second?"

"You can have your rest now, Isabella." Thor chuckles.

I leap up from the ground, resisting the urge to flip him off, and head for the cabin. I walk in and feel immediately on edge—my nose turning up at the odd smell in the room.

"What on earth is that?"

"I'll resist the urge to make a joke right now." Tony smirks, and I roll my eyes.

Steve looks concerned. I make my way over to him, and he smiles at me.

"What's up?" I tilt my head. "And what is that smell?" I say, scrunching my nose.

"It's probably this." Tony hands me a piece of folded paper.

"Unless you found it in a dumpster, I don't see how it can be this." But it has to be. It smells like a gym bag full of sweaty clothes that have been inside for three years and rotten eggs.

"Just take it." Tony holds the paper out to me between two fingers.

I take the paper from him and unfold it, the smell coming out tenfold as I do so, and it makes me recoil and gag. It takes me a split second of looking at the note to know who wrote this.

"We're coming for you both."

"This is Edward's handwriting, and this is human blood." I take a deep breath. I'm trying to wrap my head around several things at once—like how this human blood mixed with Edward's scent is repulsive—but Steve smells like a five-star meal. Mostly, I need more information and time to focus.

"Where did you find this?" I ask as I read over the note a few more times.

Tony looks at Steve, and there is silence.

"Somebody tell me. Please?"

Steve answers. "It was found in your quarters at the tower."

I'm momentarily stunned into silence. Edward has found me. No one is safe from him.

Knowing instantly that he has to be somewhat nearby, I drop the note and dash back outside.

"Thor!"

He comes out of the tree line. "Yes, Isabella?"

"We need to carry on with my training." I roll my shoulders.

"Finished resting?" He smirks.

"You're right. I don't need to rest, and we have pressing matters. There's no time to lose."

Thor looks confused, and I can tell that Steve and Tony have joined us outside, and they all appear to be having some sort of silent conversation. After a moment, Thor seems appeased and joins me in the clearing.

"All right. Let's go."

"I would just like to go on record as saying that I think this is a terrible idea." Uncle Tony is standing across from me with his arms crossed over his chest. "And I'm generally the one promoting the bad ideas."

"I agree with Tony," Bruce pipes up.

Steve shifts underneath me as I sit on his lap. "Me too, doll."

"I also think it is unwise," Thor spits through a mouthful of Pop-Tarts.

Natasha and Clint are on speakerphone with us as they drive up to the cabin. "Clint thinks it's a hilariously bad idea." I can just make out his laughter over the line. "I hate agreeing with Tony Stark on anything, but I have too here."

I sit there looking at everyone and realizing for the first time that they might not trust me.

This "family meeting" sucks.

When Tony showed me that note yesterday, my mind started reeling. I was certain the three Cullens would arrive any second to attack. When they never showed, I began to have second thoughts about whether the note was actually from them or not. I wanted to get their scent so I would know when they, or whoever it really was, was close to the cabin.

But I was confused about something. "Why didn't they just track me here to begin with?" I ask the group at large, and when no one answers, it hits me. "How did I even end up here?"

"JARVIS brought you here," Tony says as he sits down on the couch next to Bruce. "I was working on the rescue suit for you, and all the suits are equipped with JARVIS' AI. I remembered what you said about Alice and her abilities, so I just told JARVIS to make the best decision."

"That still doesn't explain how—"

"He's an AI, not a human," Tony explains as he leans forward. "He can think, but he doesn't actually have a brain or emotions, both of which are needed to make decisions. I took a gamble that the little one—Alice—wouldn't be able to read him."

I gape at Tony for a moment. No one had come remotely close to this cabin in the couple weeks that I'd been here. We'd been so lucky in that regard, and since it seemed that, except for Steve, I was a natural "vegetarian"; things were going well.

Of course, now with this imminent threat, things were about to change.

"Genius," I mutter. "Charlie always said you were a crazy genius."

"Well, I do have my moments," he adds with a smirk.

It breaks the tension a bit in the room, and we all laugh a little until I stop and my ears perk up.

"Someone's here." I stand from Steve's lap and listen. "Two heartbeats. It's Natasha and Clint."

Steve stands as well. "Good, now you can shut up about learning how to launch off the shield. Nat can teach you."

He nudges me in the ribs with his elbow, and I grin. When I hear Clint's laugh and Natasha's husky voice, I relax significantly.

Riding up in the elevator, I can feel all of us on edge. Bruce remained back at the cabin with Clint, but Natasha joined me and Steve, along with Thor and Uncle Tony, to go back to my quarters at the tower.

When the doors slide open and we all step into the hallway, one of us finally speaks.

"I still don't like this," Tony says with worry in his voice.

I roll my eyes. "It's going to be fine. I won't let anything happen to you or anyone else."

Steve squeezes my hand, and I can hear his heart beating faster than normal. I link my fingers with his and squeeze his hand as well before letting go.

I step forward so I'm level with Thor, who is standing by the door already. I turn back to grin at Steve, who has pulled out his shield. If I could sweat, I would be. I could smell something was off before we even went inside.

Steve comes to stand next to me, and before I can warn him, Thor speaks. "Not a wise idea, Captain."

"I don't care."

Thor sighs but doesn't say anything and pushes on the door to open it. I'm not prepared for the scent that immediately greets me, and I should never have thought smelling another vampire's scent for the first time wasn't going to overwhelm me.

It smells too sweet, sickly almost, and even though I haven't seen him for years, and especially not since I became a vampire, I can tell this scent belongs to Edward. A growl begins low in my throat, and I crouch down, ready to pounce, ready to protect my mate.

"Bella?" I hear somebody say my name, but my instincts have taken over, and I am not paying attention.

The growl becomes louder and rumbles out of my throat, somebody moves past me in my periphery to stand in front of me, and I stand to my full height, continuing to growl. Tony is standing in front of me wearing one of the Iron Man suit gloves with his repulsor lit and focused on me.

"Bella. You need to stop."

"Tony, don't do that," Steve pleads. "She isn't herself."

I continue to growl, and the elastic band that has been holding me together inside since I changed snaps so I feel the need to protect Steve.

Suddenly, Steve is beside me on the floor, and the band settles down almost as quickly as it sprang up to begin with. All thoughts about the vampire scent are gone, and I'm on my knees on the floor beside Steve.

"Oh, my God. Are you okay?" I pick up his hand.

He looks at me with a dazed look on his face, but then grins. "You just knocked me over."

"I didn't mean to!"

"What the heck just happened?" Tony exclaims.

I let go of Steve's hand while he gets up off the ground, and I look at Thor, who is grinning from ear to ear.

"Bella just released her shield." When all of us remain silent and staring, he continues, "Many cold ones have secret gifts. Bella has told us that Edward can read minds and the other two can see the future and control emotions. Bella is a shield. It's most likely why Edward couldn't read her mind."

"That's ironic," Tony quips, and I roll my eyes. "The two lovebirds—both have shields."

"Shut up, Stark," Steve barks out from the floor.

I ignore both of them. "I didn't even know I could do that!"

"It was quite marvellous," Thor says. "We need to practice with it. It will change the way you fight."

"Before you make too many plans, what about the reason we came all the way here?" Tony says.

"Oh, right. The scent belongs to Edward. He was here on his own and must have left the note." I try to calm myself down. "So, where are Alice and Jasper?

All I can really think about is the fact that Edward, who has gone insane or feral or whatever, had gotten into the tower with some of the most advanced security systems in the world.

"How did he get in?" I ask Tony as I turn around to face everyone.

"I … I don't have an answer for you, Bella." Tony actually looks ashamed, and I put the thought out of my head.

"But you said there were no casualties here?" My relief is palpable when they all confirm that no one was injured. "Okay, good."

"Then it's time to get to work," I say and nod to Natasha. "Let's kick this up a notch."

As we ride the elevator down and walk out of the tower, I feel eyes on me, and I wonder when Edward will strike.