Chapter Thirteen 'Nomad Vampires'

Three vampires stepped out of the woods with fog surrounding them. One was darker than the others and had long dread locks. One of them was a woman with strawberry blonde hair that went to their shoulders. The last one that followed behind them was a man with blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail. They were the nomads causing all the problems near the town of Forks. Once Max came back into the town they went into hiding in the woods. But now it was time to come out again.

"Where are we headed James?" The dark one asked looking behind him.

"Into the woods," the other male replied. "We are going to cause some hell," he said with an evil smile.

"James is that safe," the dark one replied.

"Laurent quit being such a baby," the female stated causing to grow.

"Now Victoria don't upset Laurent," James said. "He hasn't had any breakfast," he said jokingly.

"Sorry Laurent," Victoria said as the three of them descend into the woods. She was the first one not noticing the trap in front of her. Her shin hit the transparent string and three viles shot into her.

"VICTORIA!!" James yelled out.

"What the hell is this?" Victoria asked pulling out the viles from her body. She began to feel weak collapsing in his arms.

"Victoria," James said. "Dead man's blood," he said looking at the vile. "He still here," he said with a low growl. "I am so sorry," he said letting his human side slip out.

"Kill him for me," Victoria said with hate in her eyes.

"I will," James said. "You want me to make it quick?" He asked causing her to nod. "Start a fire," he said receiving a nod from Laurent. He snapped her neck howling at the pain of losing his lover.

"I am sorry James," Laurent said firmly.

"You don't need to be sorry," James said. "But Max will be," he said heading into the words. Laurent following behind him knowing that he would need some back up.

Bella woke up a few hours later to find Edward still by her side. He ran his hand through her hair and she smiled up at him. "How are you feeling?" He asked.

"A little better," Bella said sitting up. "I feel better if I had a gun," she said.

"Bella," Edward said. "Just get your rest first," he said causing her to sigh.

"He's not going to stop until he is dead," Bella said firmly. "I have to destroy him," she said in a firm voice. Edward kissed the top of her head and looked into her eyes.

"I don't want you to have to kill anyone," Edward said causing her to look into his eyes.

"I have to do it," Bella said. "For you, for your family, for my father," she said firmly.

"First of all its our family," Edward said. "And you being alive is enough for me," he said. "I don't need you going off to avenge my death," he said firmly.

"Edward," Alice said. "We have to go hunting," she said firmly.

"Are you insane?" Bella asked sitting up.

"Chill Bells," Jacob said walking into the room. "My people will be watching them," he said causing her to sigh. "Don't worry I'll bring him back safe and sound," he said smiling.

"Good," Bella said. "Because I don't want to have to kill you for failing me," she said with a smile on her face and he just laughed at her.

"I'll be back," Edward said. "You stay in bed," he said firmly.

"Yes sir," Bella said causing him to kiss her forehead. The Cullen family headed out into the woods to do some hunting not knowing when Max would finally be taken care of.

Jacob and some of his wolf friends went out to guard them as they hunted. It was disgusting to watch them but it had to be done for Bella. Back at the house Bella slowly got out of bed. Her legs were still weak but she had to get Max for all that he is done. She didn't have a gun but there was an archer in the garage. It belong to Carisle but she didn't think he would mind if she borrowed it.

"I am sorry Edward," Bella said to herself knowing that Edward would be pissed. She loaded up the archer and then took the other arrows with her.

She took one last look at the house and then head out to find Max. She knew he would be out in the woods doing his morning routine.

Jacob had watched the vampires feast on their prey and scrunched his face. "You know if I didn't care about Bella," he said. "That is just gross," he said shaking his head.

"You don't have to look," Emmett said whipping the blood off his mouth.

"Right," Jacob said turning around and Seth came running.

"Jacob," Seth said out of breath. "There is a dead vampire," he said. "I think it was one of the nomads but I smelt two more," he said causing him to snicker.

"Maybe they will take care of Max then," Jacob said firmly.

"How far away are they?" Edward asked coming over to him.

"About a few miles," Seth said causing them to nod.

"We better get back to Bella," Carisle said coming over to his son.

"You can't," Alice said with her eyes darkening. "She's not there," she said.

"She left," Edward said. "She's going after Max," he said in anger then howled.

"Let's get you back to the house," Jacob said. "And we'll go from there," he said causing all of them to nod their heads and they rushed back to the house.

They nomads had been searching the woods for hours looking for Max. Then something hit Laurent slicing his neck off of his head. "LAURENT!!" James yelled out then growled.

James turned around to see a gun pointed directly at him with Max on the other end. "You killed my boy," Max said glaring at him.

"You know," James said. "You figured you'd build your army before going against me," he said with a smirk on his face.

"Why?" Max asked. "I got you right where I want you," he said causing him to laugh. James grabbed a hold of his arm snapping it sending the gun to the ground.

"Goodbye Max," James said turning his back to him. "Say hello to your son for me," he said before biting into his neck. A tree limb snapped causing him to look up seeing Bella standing their.

Bella went to shot an arrow at him and he just laughed charging after her. She went running knowing that she might not get away from him. But she wasn't going down without a fight.