Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I obviously do not own Twilight. Stephenie Meyer does. Nor do I own the song lyrics for the chapter title (Reverse of Shades by The Windupdeads).

Seconds turned into minutes. Minutes turned into hours. Hours turned into days. Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into years.

She didn't know how long she was trapped in that damned dark cell. She might not have been crazy before but now Mary Alice questioned her own sanity. Every single day, the darkness engulfed her in what seemed like eternity. She didn't know how long she was there. Memories from her 'normal' life were fading... The depression from being locked up was eating away what was left of her.

Ever so often, the same stunning man would hold her hand and walk her outside around the big field. The clouds would cover the sunlight; it threatened to rain every single time she was outside. He would ask more about Mary Alice, asking her about her family and friends. She never responded. He continued to persist, even calling her only by her nickname, Alice. And that's the only thing he called her from the day they met.

But after an hour or so in the sun, the stranger would always bring her back to her cell. A long time ago, Mary Alice pleaded and cried for him to steal her away from this wretched place. She clutched to both his legs (shuddering at the coldness of his skin through his clothes) and sobbed.

He daintly removed her and set her on her bed, shaking his head and mumbling incoherrent words.

That was the day Mary Alice lost hope. That was the day Mary Alice began to lose her sanity.

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A While Later

James hid in the shadows of the largest building. A smirk appeared on his mouth. After eight months of smelling the sweet, sweet blood of the tiny lunatic... He was finally ready to attack. His eyes followed the vampire that was absolutely in love with the crazed girl. The dumb brute would ask her questions, the same ones every day, in attempt to know her. Couldn't he see that she was too lost to even recognize what was in front of her? Nevertheless, the desire the stupid vampire held for some fragile human was simly satisfying. Whenever a challenge was presented to James, he couldn't help but accept. Stealing the little freak away from her obsessor seemed like an amazing feat. It was a wonder how the old thing could last thing long in a place infested with insane maniacs.

His eyes followed the two, his mouth watering at the alluring scent of her blood. His muscles twitched; he wanted her right then and there. But it was too early.

James' eyes were black. He wouldn't attack now, but he would attack tonight. He starved himself to thirst so he could enjoy the pureness of her blood to full extent. The venom in his mouth was building up, his teeth eager to pierce through that smooth and creamy neck of hers.

Yes, he would feed tonight.

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Mary Alice let the man walk her to her bed. She looked away as he bent down to kiss her cheek but shivered as his cold lips touched her face.

"Thank you for accompanying me today, Alice," he whispered into her ear. She ignored him. "I've got to take care of some business now. Please stay and enjoy yourself." With that, the man left and Mary Alice was left all alone once more.

She let out a blood-curling scream and pulled at the loose ends of her very short hair, accepting the pain as she ripped many out of her head. It was all too, too much. Pictures of monsterous, but beautiful people fighting appeared in front of her eyes. She inhaled deeply, her throat raspy and cracking. Her breaths then began to come out in quick, rapid movements. Her chest heaved quickly up and down as she saw body of a limp girl in a man's arms, her blood dripping from her neck. That couldn't be her. No, that couldn't.

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The man heard her screams as he stayed at the door. He wanted to go help her, but he couldn't. Something stopped him. He did not know what.

Soon, the screams stopped and he could hear the quiet sobs as Alice experienced another one of her 'visions.' He sighed before shaking his head and heading towards the exit. Quickly walking into on of the largest buildings of the asylum, the man glanced at his next assignments for the night. He turned around to head back into another area where the less crazed oddities were.

But a tight, inhuman hand gripped his shoulder and caused the vampire stopped. Growling, he wrenched the hand off and twisted into a crouch. His eyes narrowed at the blonde vampire in front of him.

"What do you want?" he snarled, baring his teeth.

"Your little obsession, Amos," James responded in the same tone. "She is quite tempting with her scent and all. How could you resist her these months you've been specially looking after her?" A smrik flitted across his face as he challenged the love-crazed vampire in front of him. "I just want to sink my teeth into her."

"No!" Amos snarled, launching himself at James. They both went flying into the opposite wall, Amos grabbing James' neck and gripping it tightly. "You will not drink her blood," he whispered.

"Watch me," the blonde challenged.

With that, he punched James in the face and chest with all his energy before throwing him into the wall opposite from them, several hundred feet away. The wall crumbled, covering James with rock and rubble. Amos couldn't kill James now... A fire in the middle of an asylum would just attract all the officials and administration to call external force that would make the situation worse.

So he ran.

Amos ran to Alice's room, ripping the door open with his bare hands. She was sobbing in her sleep, whimpering every now and then. He picked her up, hiked her over his shoulder and ran down the hall. He knew her scent would be left all over the halls, able for James to track. But that didn't matter. He wrenched another door open, now using his large ring of keys to open a rather heavy, five-inch steel door. He locked it shut behind him before turning the dial on a lock set in front of him. Once it sprang open, he used another key to open that door. Shutting it with a snap behind him, he let Alice down from his shoulder.

The room was completely black, just like her own cell. No light entered nor left the room, but Amos could see Alice clearly as if she was in a room full of light.

She was stirring awake now. In a few seconds, her eyes opened abruptly. She sat up, gasping. Sweat dripped down her forehead. Everywhere was dark Her eyes couldn't see anything but she felt someone next to her. Someone incredibly cold.

His arms immediately circled around her tiny waist, his mouth next to her ear. Mary Alice shivered as she felt his cool breath.

"This is the only way, I won't let him kill you," he whispered. Shocked at his words, she attempted to wriggle out of his grasp. He was too tight. "I'm sorry Alice, but I can't lose you."

Mary Alice stopped, her mouth dropped open. "What?!" she asked, frightened. "Please let me go. I just want to go," she pleaded. The darkness frightened her. Monsters would be jumping at her anytime soon.

His lips moved to her throat and she remained there, frozen at the intimacy this person was giving her. She was scared out of her mind and couldn't hold back a scream.

"I am letting you go," he murmured against her skin. "I'm setting you free from the chaos that has eaten you alive."

Then all Mary Alice could feel was the excruciating pain that burned her neck, her body, her heart...

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It had been two days since he bit her. No sign of James. But he couldn't be dead. Amos had not killed him and he knew that James would be back. But when? To revenge Amos for changing Alice? He didn't know and he didn't want to leave Alice all alone to go search for that vile monster.

Amos looked over at the girl writhing and whimpering in pain several feet away. He could feel her heart beating faster and faster. The venom was spreading throughout her body, burning away the blood inside her veins.

Everything inside him wanted go over there, to hold her in his arms. He couldn't though... The pain she felt was too much for him to bear. But maybe, maybe he could cool the fire inside her body with his own. Amos began to move toward Alice's body but his ears caught a sound several yards away from the room.

"James," he growled, immediately crouching over Alice. He had finally come. The movement was outside the door now and Amos knew that the steel door would not keep the ravenous vampire behind.He was ready to kill him.

The door smashed open, falling down with a thunderous boom as it hit the ground. Alice screamed. Light poured into the door and James stepped inside, a malicious grin playing on his face.

"You can't have her," Amos snarled, settling into a deeper crouch. "She's not human anymore, James."

"Ah, I've noticed." James shrugged, smirking. "I figured that out when her scent started to fade from, oh, I don't know, several hundred feet from here?"

"Then why did you come?"

James smirked. "Because you took the thing I wanted from me. And I'm going to have to kill you for that."

The old vampire growled. "Not before I kill you."

Once again, Amos launched himself at James. But this time, he was ready. He threw Amos over his head before slamming him into the wall.

This time James gripped his enemy's throat.

He brought his face centimeters away from Amos. "I see your weak with hunger. Too bad love saved you from killing her. You're a fool. She was the sweetest human I ever smelled. And you took that away from me." Amos groaned when James shoved him deeper in the wall. "You know, Amos, I'm stronger than you. I would have just drank her blood."

There was a sickening crack as Amos' head rolled on the floor. James shook his head and laughed mercilessly. "Stupid fool," he murmured, before picking up the disconnected body and head. He turned around to leave before looking once more at Alice.

Her face was contorted in pain and his smile grew. "Well, won't you make a lovely vampire."

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AN: I hope you guys liked the second chapter! I attempted to make it longer than the first, but I was never one to write long chapters haha.

It was REALLY fun for me to write this chapter, I do not know why. Probably because I have always wanted to hear more about Alice and her life.

Anywho, feel free to leave a review! Thanks a lot for reading :)

I will definitely update as quickly as I can!