Bella and the Cullens stand tense to one side of the foyer as Laurent stands on the other.

"I've grown tired of his games and that's what he sees this as. He's got unparalleled senses, he's absolutely lethal, and he's bored. Finding you two protecting a human has sparked his interests again." Laurent nods towards Noah and Jasper before speaking again, "I've never seen anything like him in three hundred years. And the woman, Victoria, will back him. Don't underestimate her."

Dr. Cullen nods in thanks. Laurent looks at Edward, apologetic.

" I'm truly sorry for what's been unleashed here." He leaves, disappearing into the woods.

The side door opens as Edward and the Cullens enter, followed by Bella. The lights flip on to reveal a pristine garage; the Volvo, the red BMW, a black Mercedes sedan, an SUV. Everyone but Rosalie springs into action, opening cupboards for supplies - cell phones, extra batteries, maps, portable GPS units, changes of clothes, cans of gasoline, etc.

"We've had to fight our kind before."

"We're hard to kill." Noah says.

"But not impossible."

"We'll rip him apart with our hands, then burn the pieces" Emmett says with blood lust.

"I don't relish killing another creature. Even a sadistic one like James."

"If he doesn't get to one of us first."

Bella looks horrified at Rosalie's comment. "This is insane. You can't put yourselves in danger like this - for me."

"Too late."

Edward shoots Rosalie a look, but he grabs two sets of keys off a hook, throwing one set, lightning fast, to Dr. Cullen.

"I'll run Bella south, while you lead the tracker away."

"No, Edward - the tracker thinks you won't leave Bella. He'll follow you."

Noah steps forward, "I'll go with Bella. Jasper and I will drive her south. I'll keep her safe, Edward."

Edward agonizes. Frustrated with knowing what he should do and what he wanted to do. Edward finally surrenders his keys to Noah. Then he opens one of Bella's suitcases, pulling out clothes, tossing them to his sister and mother.

"Esme, Rosalie, put these on so the tracker will pick up Bella's scent."

Rosalie drops the clothes, bot hiding her disgust. "Why should I? What is she to me? Just a danger you've inflicted on us."

"Rosalie. Bella is with Edward. She's a part of this family now. And we protect our family."

She glowers, but picks up the clothes. Carlisle hits the door opener and the massive metal doors roll open. Dr. Cullen squeezes Edward's shoulder before he and Esme climb into the SUV. Everyone finishes loading up, climbing in cars - Amid this, Edward and Bella take a moment together.

"If any of you get hurt because of me."

"We won't, there are five of us, two of them. When it's done, I'll come get you." He pulls her closer, looking into her eyes. "You're my life now."

Bella curls up in the back seat of the car Jasper is driving. Despite the attempts Noah makes to bring her into a conversation to distract her, she stays silent. Eventually she falls into a restless sleep as she is too hot without Edward beside her.

A few hours pass and Bella wakes up with the sunrise. Her eyes are red from crying in her sleep. Up front Jasper is still driving and Noah is in the passenger seat. Jasper and Noah are holding hands and the simple intimacy in the act is too much for Bella to handle right now as she misses Edward.

She pulls out her cellphone, "Mom, it's me again. You must have let your phone die. Anyway, I'm not in Forks anymore but I'm okay. I'll explain when you call." She hangs up, then faces back out the window, watching the green, misty Olympic Peninsula speed past.

Jasper is sitting on the chair in the hotel room the three are staying in. He is staring at the blank TV while Noah is playing with his toys on one of the beds. Jasper looks up as Bella enters, looking at her cell phone.

"I wish he'd call."

"You should eat." Jasper tells her but Bella ignores the food. She sits across from him heavily.

"They could get hurt. It's not worth it."

"Yes. It is." Jasper insists.

She's taken aback. It's the first time he's really engaged with her without Noah starting the conversation.

"You've gotten hurt for Noah?"

"We've both been hurt to protect the other. I'm sure Edward has told you we weren't turned by Carlisle like the others."

Bella nods.

"We were in a place where it was either fight or die. Luckily Noah and I had strong gifts that helped us survive, but even then having clear attachments to each other was seen as a weakness. We protected each other because we knew what we had was worth all the pain."

They both look to Noah who was still playing. He feels the stares and looks up to smile at them.

"Edward's changed since he found you Bella and none of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you." He turns away from Noah's smiling face to look back at her. "It's worth it."

Suddenly, Noah drops his toys causing a clattering noise. Jasper goes to him, Bella follows.

"What do you see?"

Noah says worriedly, "The tracker. He just changed course." Jasper quickly sets a pad of paper and pencil in front of him.

"Where will it take him, baby?"

"Mirrors. It's a room of mirrors." Noah begins to draw at hyper speed, closing his eyes, trying to see it clearly.

"How do the visions work? Edward said his gift is strong, but not always certain."

"Noah is powerful. He has past, present, and future flowing through his mind." Jasper can see Bella can't really comprehend it. "Take it this way, if a choice leads you down a certain path he can see all the possible outcomes for every possible choice, and every choice you made to get to that point. The drawback is that he can get lost in those infinite courses, though I've been with him long enough that I can help him guide his visions to what we want to see and bring him back."

Bella looks over Noah's shoulder to see the drawing. "So the course James is on now will lead him to... a ballet studio?"

"You've been here?"

"No. I don't know. I used to take ballet lessons as a kid. The school had an arch like that."

"Was your school here in Phoenix?" Noah asks urgently.

"Yeah, around the corner from my house. But I haven't been there in ten years."

"Do you have any reason to go now?"

"No. Hell, no. I hated the place."

Noah and Jasper share a look, trying to figure this out. Suddenly, Bella jumps as her cell phone rings. She picks it up, sees the caller I.D. and exhales relief. She answers. "Edward. Are you alright?"