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Nobody else seemed to notice our new predicament. They were all still wrapped up in Alice's deadly premonition.

Jasper looked bewildered. It must be a strange thing, to think your soulmate's just died and now they're attacking a member of your family. Still, his grip on Alice was strong.

She was heaving breaths, her small chest rapidly rising and falling. Her ruby-red eyes glinted with a thirst for my demise. I felt a cold shiver run down my spine as I looked into her wild eyes. Here was one of my best friends in the world, and she wanted to destroy me.

Carlisle stood in front of her. When I looked away she returned her focus to him, staring at his calm face.

"Alice?"

"I am not Alice." She continued breathing heavily.

Carlisle raised his eyebrows slightly and frowned. "Then would you care to tell us who you are?"

Alice's-no, not Alice, some other godforsaken creature that had taken over her body-eyes narrowed.

"You do not recognize me, Carlisle?" The voice sounded wounded, and eerily familiar.

"Caius?" Carlisle' tone was pleasantly surprised. I blinked, trying to comprehend what was happening.

Caius' voice calmed down substantially. "Ah. You do. Very well, I suppose you will want to know what I am doing, speaking through this tiny female?"

"If you will."

"We have come for the girl." Alice/Caius' eyes darted to meet mine. My mouth suddenly went dry. Here I was again, at the mercy of the Volturi. I heard Edward snarl quietly as he stepped forward.

"She has been turned. Do you not recognize one of your own?" The undertones of anger in his words were evident. I looked fearfully between him and Caius, knowing there was nothing to be afraid of but wary all the same.

The plane lurched under our feet. I glanced at the floor briefly, then looked up to meet Edward's tawny gaze.

"Look into her eyes," Edward pressed. "They were brown before."

Alice/Caius squinted at me. "She bears the thirst. As well as the ruby of the irises." Caius turned back to Carlisle. "We were coming to be certain. I apologize for my overreaction."

"No worry. Thank you for visiting," Carlisle said pleasantly.

Alice/Caius nodded. Then Alice spasmed, and fell to the floor.

Emmett broke his grip on her as Jasper dropped to her side, anxiety radiating from his golden eyes. Her eyelids fluttered, then flew apart. To my and everyone else's great relief, her eyes were the topaz they were supposed to be.

"What happened?" Jasper's voice was rough.

"I-I don't know," she answered, rising shakily to her feet. "All of a sudden, I got a vision, and at the end I was gone. I watched as Caius replaced my body, then I blacked out."

"What was your vision?" Carlisle asked, a hint of urgency on his words.

"There was a fight. Between the-"

She never finished her sentence. The plane had lurched again and everyone was thrown to the floor like rag dolls.

"What's going on?" Jasper asked, alarmed.

"Edward forgot he was flying the plane," I answered hoarsely. Jasper's eyes went wide.

I ran to the window where I had stood only minutes before, pressing my nose to the thick plastic. The glinting, choppy waves I had seen were swirling up to meet us.

"We're about to be very wet," I choked.

A horrified silence followed my statement. We all stared at each other, trying to draw inspiration for a plan from the wild fear we saw in each others' eyes.

A squawking radio interrupted our panic.

"324! 324! What is your status? I repeat, what is your status? Over!"

Carlisle strode to the cockpit, grabbed the little black communicator, and pressed the button.

"This is 324. We are going down. Over."

That was all he had time to say before the plane slammed into the water's surface, cold black water rushed in through the broken windows, and we all were flung into the open ocean.

I had squeezed my eyes shut when the water came pouring in, so when I opened them again, I was engulfed in frigid, dark water.

Blinking, I turned my head to my right. I could see our plane sinking into the depths of the oceans. Something pale flashed in my peripheral vision and I twisted in the water, meeting Alice's stare.

She smiled at me and motioned upward. I nodded. Air. Despite the fact that breathing wasn't necessary it was very uncomfortable to be without the feeling of oxygen flowing in and out of my lungs.

Not bothering to look for the others, I started upward toward the murky light. When I was close to the surface I doubled my efforts, sucking in air when my head broke through the choppy waves. I heard Alice coughing and sputtering beside me. As soon as the feeling of airlessness passed, I dove under.

Had everyone else made it to the surface? Is it possible for vampires to drown? I pondered these as I searched for the rest of my family. I glanced around and saw something white suspended in the water below me. I swam toward it, looking for distinguishing features. Long blond hair billowed around her face and seemed to shimmer. She watched as I strained to her.

I pointed upward, mouthing "Alice is up there." Bubbles came pouring out of my mouth and upward. Rosalie understood, though, and began to push herself upward. I turned toward where the plane had sunk and saw Emmett and Jasper swimming up. Carlisle and Esme were farther away, but closer to the surface. Carlisle seemed to find me out of the corner of his eye and looked at me. I pointed frantically to where I was and he nodded. He grabbed Esme's hand and started pulling her over to where I was. As soon as they were close to the area where Alice was, I nodded, satisfied, and looked back over the ocean.

Why was I taking charge like this? Usually it was Carlisle or Edward that took care of situations like this. My eyes widened.

Edward. I still hadn't seen him.

I swam as fast as I could to where Alice and the others were. When my mouth was clear of water, I started screaming.

"Edward!"

"He's not here yet, Bella," came Alice's response.

My stomach sunk to join the plane.

"I'm going to go look for him," I said, diving back underneath the waves. Someone tried to grab me, but missed. I began swimming toward the rapidly sinking plane. I was still vampire fast, even in water, and I got to the plane quickly enough. The door had been ripped off the hinges, so I was able to float in without much difficulty.

Bella? Is that you? Edward's lovely but alarmingly weak voice filled my head.

Yes, I answered, relieved. Where are you?

Trapped beneath this damn couch. The water pressure is making it difficult to remove.

I swam around the cabin for a minute before I located him. He smiled, but something about his eyes told me something wasn't right.

I'll pull, you push, I instructed through my thoughts.

He did what I asked, and we were able to pull it away, not without effort.

What I saw beneath the couch made me gasp, the issue of being underwater forgotten.