You know what, I'm just going to give you the next chapter already.

I'm not even going to give you an excuse. That's wasting time…though I do have a lot of valid ones. I am so sincerely sorry. I really, truly am sorry. I suck for not updating for so long. Months…Okay, I know the trust ship has probably sailed a long time ago but I really do want to make it up to you so I'll try to stay tuned in with this story and update A LOT. Enough waiting, don't you agree?

This is dedicated to all of my readers and fans, you have no idea how much this all means to me.

Mike's P.O.V.

Yes, they were coming closer. Any moment now and they'd all be in my trap. Just a little bit further…

Jasper's P.O.V.

(A/N: New limit for myself and this story. Maximum point of views per chapter is two so it's Mike & Jasper for this chapter. Sorry about that. I hope it'll be less confusing this way.)

Something wasn't right. I slowed down in an attempt to put some more distance between myself and Edward. The pain he felt when Rose became coherent was unbearable. I couldn't focus with that much pain. I skidded to a stop as I realized what the problem was. Where was Alice? I thought she would've been one of the first to go after Bella. My instincts told me that this was too easy, something was about to happen.

"No Jasper," my common sense said, "you guys worked so hard to find this lead."

However, I still couldn't erase that thought in the back of my head. I hesitated for a moment before going back the way I'd come. I had to find Alice first…

Mike's P.O.V.

Hm…something was wrong…I contemplated this for a moment while sitting in an old tree, my vantage point.

"A-ha!" I thought as I recognized the problem.

There were only four vampires approaching…wait, no, three…What was going on? I had expected all of them to come. Dammit! They had to make everything so freaking complicated all the time. Ah, well…regardless of that minor setback…this was going to be fun. I knew I was enjoying myself a little too much.

I smirked mischievously as I saw three blurs in the distance. I had amazing sense. "Well," I thought climbing down swiftly, "let the games begin."

Jasper's P.O.V.

I had been running for thirty seconds when I heard the frantic voice of my wife. This propelled my forward and I went noticeably faster.

"Alice, honey, what's wrong?" I asked as I reached the small clearing, gasping suddenly as I was filled with a variety of strong emotions.

My petite wife had her arms around me before I could finish that sentence.

"Oh, Jasper…" she sighed. I could feel the relief literally coming off her in waves.

"Alice, what's wrong?" I asked gently, stroking her back with my thumbs.

"You…" she paused here to take an unnecessary breath. "You weren't going to come back."

"What..." 'What do you mean' was what I had started to ask but my beautiful wife continued. I was having a hard time believing anything was wrong with her arms wrapped around me like that. I was like worry and pain ceased to exist when small, amazing, perfect Alice was there.

"It was so terrible. You didn't see it coming, none of you did. It was…oh my god…" she said quickly. At the end of her sentence, her mood shifted into hopeless despair. "Jasper," she asked lightly, almost fearfully, "where are the others?"

I gasped, suddenly catching onto what she had said.

She didn't need another answer. "Oh my god…Jasper, they're not going to make it. They're not going to see it coming. They're going to be DESTROYED!" She was in hysterics by the end of her rambling, her eyes wild.

"Alice, honey, calm down please," I said quietly, placing my hand on her shoulder. Once she did, I asked her, "Now, what can we do?"

She went into business mode immediately. The woman was truly amazing. "He's fast as a new vampire, like scary fast, even for one of us. I think he could outrun Edward. Maybe we could divert his attention and save Bella…" I saw the danger in her eyes, the hesitancy she had while she spoke. How many of us would be destroyed?

"Where is she?" I whispered quickly, solemnly. I trusted my wife completely.

"She's in a small meadow, near a cave, I think. There's a spring nearby. Move the rocks and you'll find her in the cave. He spread her blood out so you can't rely on your sense of smell."

I sighed and said, "You're not coming." It literally brought me pain to give the pixie-like girl I loved so completely any pain at all.

"No." She set her jaw. "I have to. I'm not letting you go out there alone. You'll have no chance if he…"

I knew that she was right but I couldn't let her come with me. All I could think about was never being able to see her beautiful face, her quick, graceful, yet undeniably attractive lope, to never see her squealing in excitement for simple things like shopping or because Bella was coming over. I couldn't stand it. I wouldn't be able to deal with it if she was destroyed—I flinched as I thought this—by that vile, stupid Mike Newton. She had to be here…even if I wasn't.

"No," I said sternly but my eyes were pleading with her. "Please Alice. I can't lose you."

Her eyes softened a bit and she whispered, "Well you're not going alone."

She looked to her left and I followed her gaze to Emmett and Rosalie. Oh, I had forgotten they were there. "Emmett," she called softly.

"No, I'm not leaving her," he said, not taking his eyes off Rose who was still mumbling to herself.

"Alice, I'll have to go alone. I have to at least try to save Bella and the others," I pleaded with her again.

She was about to say something when Rosalie with her voice low and clear said her first sentence since we'd found her. "Emmett, go, save Bella for me and I'll stay with Alice."

"But…" he began to protest but she silenced him with a kiss. I kissed Alice silently as well and waited for Emmett to say he was ready.

He sighed, obviously torn when Rose said, "Please just go…and be careful."

Then we were off, running as fast as we possibly could. "You can do it, Jasper." The wind carried my wife's sweet voice to me.

"I love you too," I whispered before focusing on the task at hand.

Ah, well…there you go…I suppose it's better than nothing right? I have the next chapter started so…we'll see when it gets finished…