Title: Unexpected Gifts

Author: Mrpointyhorns aka Blemery

Rating: R

Status: Complete

Part: 8

Pairings: Multiple Pairings. Angel/Spike (if they work it out) Jacob/Edward (Established), the normal pairings within the Cullens. There will be an emphasis in Sire/Childe relationships of Carlisle/Rosalie, Angel/Emmett, Jasper/Spike/Alice, Bella/OC

Warnings: AU, Slash,

Spoilers: A little bit for Quickening, but not much this is pretty AU.

Summary: The Fallen have disappeared but they've left unexpected gifts on the daughters of man. Now Jacob his pack and the Cullens have to deal with a bunch of infant murders and that threat of the fallen's offspring. Unfortunately, Alice, Jasper, Edward and Emmett went to LA to visit their uncle Spike. While there they meet Angel, Cordelia, Fred and Gunn. Everything is going well until a very pregnant and very angry Darla shows up.

Beta: Nope. I could use one. Anyone interested?

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by someone else. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Chapter 9

Spike woke up before Angel. He was rummaging around the kitchen for a cup of coffee when Esme found him. He looked over at her. "Have any coffee?"

"Sure. Would you like me to make something? I know you like to eat." She asked as she set about making the coffee.

"Thanks luv. Where's Alistair?" Spike asked.

"He's lying down in our bed. Don't worry I put pillows up so he should be safe." She pulled out a pan and a few things from the fridge. "Do you think your team will be hungry when they show up?"

"It's still afternoon. They won't show up until closer to sunset, but they might be hungry when they arrive." Spike pulled out his lighter. He leaned against the counter and flicked it on and off. He had not smoked since Alistair was born. He didn't even want Alistair to smell the smoke on his clothes.

"Well, I know Jacob will eat something if I make it, but I don't know how many of his friends are going to show up tonight." Esme frowned.

"You're really great you know that." Spike smiled at Esme. "You remind me of my own mother. She was so good to me. I loved her even after I was turned."

"That's very unusual. I never sought my family to kill them, but I know that if I would have run into them I would have, but for your kind that need is stronger right?" Esme asked.

"It's powerful. Peaches killed everyone in his entire village. When we turn humans usually the first thing they kill is their family. Partly because vampires tend to pick out humans that are scorned or hurt by other humans, and partly because the turned vampire want to give up all of what made them human including their family." Spike smiled softly. "I didn't really turn out right."

"Oh Spike you turned out fine to me." Esme touched his cheek. "You know Carlisle would never allow Angel to come here if it wasn't for you. He really values you. I don't know Angel very well, but from what Carlisle has told me he created you perfectly for him."

"Yeah, but the bastard never let me know that. Angelus was the worse thing that ever happened to me. I can never get away. I don't even want to. I would fight tooth and nail just to be the dirt on his shoes, which believe me that's what I am." Spike groaned standing up straight. He looked at Esme. "If I could get away like Carlisle and create this life that he has. I would."

"Siblings always want what the other has." Esme squeezed Spike's shoulder. "I love Carlisle, but I always knew that he always felt torn and questioning. He would talk about the volturri and they never got on, but I never understood why. I just figured I was too young, but I think he always questioned leaving. If he left too soon, if it got better. He was alone for so long after he left. Even when he was with the volturri they were never his family. He never trusted them or worried about them the same way that he did for Angelus or even Darla. He's felt okay with his leaving since finding Edward and I, but that's before he met you. I think he regrets not knowing you, or being there for you."

"I could have used him around for the last century, but if he never met even one of you…"

"The two of you are making me sick." Jasper said as he walked in. "I warned you about brooding Spike."

"Sorry luv." Spike stepped away from the counter. "I can't help it Esme just makes me want to confess all my problems."

"She sort of has that way about her." Jasper hugged her with one arm. He pulled out a coffee cup and poured a cup for Spike adding in the sugar but no cream. He handed it to Spike.

"I think we have some things to talk about too. I don't think Alice is ready to admit this, but Cordelia?" Esme asked.

"She hasn't confessed anything, but I feel something. Cordelia is a little more clueless, but I think she feels the allure of her as well." Jasper explained. "I really like Cordelia too. I think she is a good addition if that's how Alice feels."

"Because of the visions, or just the shopping and personality and knockers?" Spike asked.

"I was thinking more of all of those." Jasper shrugged his shoulders. "She couldn't even take waiting for her. So she and Rosalie went out to hunt."

"Animals?" Spike asked.

"That's how we do it here. Not as civilized at you Brits." Jasper grinned.

"I get my fights crushing demons." Spike reminded.

"You boys." Esme shook her head.

Bella was on her way back from visiting the new girls. Although she felt bad for them, and protective of them however she refused to get close to them. Now that she might have a chance to continue her life as part of Edward's family she couldn't ruin that. She had been wrong about not listening to the Cullens. If she had been a better person she would have apologized, but she had been scared and hurt. She held her pride for too long. She was just grateful that Edward was willing to forgive her. If only he would see how much she loved him. How they needed to be together. She knew that he loved Jacob. She could see that, but was it really more than he loved her? Shouldn't they be together? They would look better together and they weren't natural enemies. Their families didn't hate each other…okay so his family didn't hate her family, Charlie was just being protective. That wasn't hate. She had stopped trying a while ago. Nothing she did would change his mind, and it was too hard on her to continue to put herself out there. So maybe she had lashed out a little bit. Angry about not being Edward's she tried to hurt him too by going with Talmai. She knew it had hurt him. She could see that well enough even if his feature remained as stony as ever. However, hurting him had done nothing. Now she was stuck in this mess and she didn't feel better about causing him pain. She felt worse. Still he forgave her that had to count for something, right?

She stopped at her truck her gaze landing on Alice's car as she pulled into the motel parking lot. There was no way Alice was here to see her right? The last she knew she was still out of town and probably more mad at her for what she had done to Edward than Edward was. Alice didn't even look at her when she stepped out of the car. Jasper wasn't with her, none of the family was. Bella looked concerned. She knew that the Cullens had been avoiding Forks because of the fallens' offspring. Alice had to be aware of the dangers, but usually trusted her visions to keep her safe. Still, Bella wondered if the rest of her family knew that she was there.

Bella watched as she stepped out of her car. Alice turned to look straight at her. She didn't smile or wave, but she didn't bare her teeth either. She stayed neutral as she locked her car and walked over to the motel's stairs.

"Alice." Bella followed her quickly.

"I'm not here to talk to you Bella." Alice's voice wasn't cold but it was void of the normal charm that Bella knew. It was obvious that she didn't care much for Bella of late.

"I don't care about that. I don't think you should be here. It's not safe." Bella followed her up the stairs and down the outside hallway.

"Is that a threat?" Alice turned to Bella. She stood her ground, but Bella wasn't afraid. It wasn't like before with Rosalie.

"Not from me, but the new ones are here and they're not safe yet. They could attack you." Bella warned. "And there are the others."

"What others?" Alice asked.

Bella shrugged. She didn't know. More and more people were moving into Forks, and they always made her feel stranger. She stuck to the other girls and wasn't worried about an attack, but she knew they might not be safe. Alice wasn't protected like Bella was.

"Look…"Alice started pointing a finger at her. But she dropped it shaking her head. "I'll be fine."

"Okay." Bella stepped back. She really didn't want to push Alice. She just wanted to warn her.

"Are you leaving?" Alice asked after a moment.

"Well…I was going to, but since you're here…"

"Bella we're not friends anymore. You betrayed me, the entire family, I don't trust you." Alice still held her ground defensive in a way that she'd never been towards Bella before.

"Edward…"

"He accepts your mistake and he forgives you. You're too young and inexperienced. He knows that, but that's because of who you are to him not because what you did is somehow that easy to forgive." Alice explained.

"What I am to him? I'm just his friend, the same as you are. Maybe even less you're his sister aren't you," Bella said. She was starting to get anger. She'd already accepted that Edward had Jacob, and Alice was always doing this. She was always encouraging Bella. Bella sometimes felt like she had been more hurt because Alice kept feeding her hope, but it was never going to happen.

"Bella you have to stop associate us with humans. We follow some of the rules, but not all of them. Our family structures are very different." Alice looked a little less defensive when she said that. Like she was Bella's friend again helping her once again with some little problem. "That's what happened with the fallen too. You thought about them like you would if they were human, but they weren't. You had the advantage because you knew they weren't, but you didn't use it."

Bella blinked. She stared at Alice. She realized she made a mistake with the fallen along time ago. She thought it was because of her vengeance on Edward or because she lusted for power, but maybe Alice was right. Maybe she had approached them wrong. She was just using revenge and power to justify her actions; those two were less controllable emotions. Maybe it was everything all together that created the problem she was in now. If that was the case, then what did Alice mean? What didn't she understand about these people that she had considered part of her family?

"Can we talk later?" Alice asked.

"I thought you didn't trust me."

"I don't trust you, but you're still part of the family. You have to earn my trust again, but that doesn't mean we can't talk." Alice gave a small smile.

Bella nodded right away. "Of course. I am sorry!" She hadn't apologized to Alice directly yet and the effected really seemed to help most of Alice's defensive manner disappeared immediately and her smile grew.

"Alice? Are you looking for Cordelia?" A man wearing glasses said with a British accent. He stood in the doorway of a room they were standing in front of.

"Uh no. I have it. I was just talking to my friend, Bella." Alice pointed to Bella. "Bella this is Wesley."

"Nice to meet you." Wesley held out his hand.

"Wesley," Bella took his hand. She looked at Alice unsure of how she knew this man.

"Wesley, this is one of…" She stopped talking.

Bella reached out and touched her arm. "Alice?"

Alice turned looking over the motel's railing into the parking lot. Bella followed her gaze. Alice was looking at a Silver Impala across the parking lot. No, not an Impala. Bella squinted trying to see inside the car. She couldn't make out who it was until the driver door opened, the passenger door opened as well. One was Mike Newton, Bella knew that Alice wouldn't be concerned over him so she looked to the second person, Katura, the new gym teacher. Bella really liked her, she always let Bella and the other girls sit out from class even though they didn't have any notes about being allowed out of class due to their pregnancies as none of them had really been to a doctor.

"That's the new gym teacher." Bella whispered.

"She's not human." Alice looked over at Wesley for a split second. "I'm not sure what she is."

"It's hard to say from here." Wesley pointed to Mike. "Isn't a little weird for a teacher to bring a student to a motel?"

Bella's eyes widened. "You don't think…but that's so gross."

"He's in more danger than just being grossed out, Bella," Alice warned.

"I'm calling Angel." Wesley said starting to move back into his room.

"Wesley, he's not going to be able to get here in time, it's the middle of the day." Alice looked over at him. "Does Gunn have his weapons?"

"He packed everything he could even though Carlisle said that he had enough. But if we don't know what she is…"

"She's looking over here." Bella whispered to them.

Alice turned away from Wesley looking down to the parking lot, Wesley returned to the rail to look as well. Katura had her gazed fixed on Alice. She was still on the other side of the parking lot so Bella couldn't see her well enough to know her expression but the way Alice stood rigid frightened Bella. Neither moved or said anything they just stared. Mike looked up when he couldn't get her attention. He saw Alice and Bella. He waved at Bella, but then realized his mistake looking between Bella and Katura like a kid caught eating snacks before dinner.

"She looks almost harmless. She's very beautiful," Wesley noted. Bella could agree with that, she had been in school with Katura for the last month and she didn't feel uncomfortable around her. She wasn't frightened by her even though there was a rumor about that said she threw Rosalie across the field.

"Wes, Alice? What's going on?" Bella looked up a girl not much older than her stood a few feet away. She was in pajama pants, a tank-top that was covered by a jacket because a tank was much too cold to be outside in.

"Cordelia!" Alice looked frantically between her and Katura. "Go back into the room okay."

"Wes?"

"Uh…I think that teacher, is some kind of bad guy and trying to sleep with that student." Wesley pointed to each in kind. "Oh and this is Bella. Bella this is Cordelia."

"Really demon teacher, yawn, bore, been there done that. Don't tell me she's the gym teacher?" Cordelia moved over.

"That's right." Bella nodded. How did Alice know all these people?

"What did you say her name was?" Cordelia looked at Bella when she asked the question.

"It's Katura."

"Hey! Katura! Yeah you. We know what you are and what you're doing! So get the hell out of here, oh and leave the boy." Cordelia yelled.

"Cordelia!" Wesley and Alice yelled at her.

"I'm trying to get some sleep and this, whatever it is, was keeping me awake." Cordelia complained.

"We don't even know what it is!" Wesley yelled.

"Yeah well, if it was dangerous don't you think the bad creature that knows that we know what it is wouldn't just be standing there staring at us?" Cordelia asked. "Last time I checked big bads usually do things big and bad!"

"Cordelia it's still really dangerous. We don't know what she's capable of and you just taunted her." Alice looked at her frantically.

"But…she is doing something." Bella pointed out as Katura was now on their side of the parking lot and hurrying up the stairs.

"Gunn!" Wesley yelled. "Gunn get out here."

Alice pushed passed Cordelia and Bella heading off Katura as she reached the top of the stairs. Mike was on her heels following here. "What is going on?" He asked but everyone ignored him.

Katura clashed immediately with Alice lashing out at her. Bella scrambled back further to give them room to fight. Katura was slower than Alice and Alice used her speed to get around behind her to try to get an advantage. Katura whipped her hair around revealing the face of a vicious hyena. Mike fainted falling back on the stairs and sliding down to the sidewalk below.

Katura's jaws locked down on Alice's shoulder. She shook her head like a vicious predator trying to get the flesh from the bone. Bella heard the sound of bones cracking and breaking. Alice growled viciously.

"Oh god that is so creepy." Cordelia made a face. She looked at Wesley. "Well?"

"I know what it is now. I think it's a Kishi demon but I thought they were males." Wesley nodded. Cordelia looked at him to continue. "Uh…not sure how to kill it."

"Well can't you get it to leave or something?" Cordelia asked.

"Heads up!" Gunn yelled. He was down the hall at the room farthest from where they were. Fred was standing between him and where the rest were standing. She hurried back into her room as Wesley and Cordelia ducked. See this Bella followed them.

Bella looked up to see a large stave sling hurdle overhead. She turned her head to see it pierce the flesh of Katura or the Kishi whatever. The hyena face let out a yelping cry when it hit her just below the shoulder blade. She letting Alice go. Alice hurried back holding her right arm with her left one. She didn't move too far away and kept her eyes on Katura.

The gym teacher looked at Gunn and then Alice and the rest of the people in the hall way. She backed away jumping down the stairs and hurrying across the lot with a stave still in her chest didn't even bother getting in her car there was no way that she would be able to sit with that thing in her. She just kept running across the road and into the neighborhood across from them.

"Well that thing is gone." Cordelia stood up.

"It's still out there, running around amongst the helpless people of Forks." Fred called as she peaked out of her room. "You're not going to throw anything else are you?"

"No more, Fred." Gunn said. He held a big axe in hand though as he and Fred made their way over.

"Alice!" Bella was on her feet. She ran over to Alice putting an arm around her shoulder. "Are you okay?"

Alice began to shake her left arm still holding her left. "I-I haven't been injured like this, for, for a long time."

"It should heal though right?" Cordelia asked.

"Should." Alice nodded.

"You don't think it will turn her into a were-hyena vampire hybrid?" Fred asked.

"I don't really know a lot about Angola demons." Wesley walked back into his room. "I don't think I even brought my books on South African demons. I didn't think we'd need it."

"That's bad right? I mean just that weird creatures from different regions are coming here right?" Cordelia asked.

"Probably."

"Bella, my phone is vibrating." Alice spoke up. "Can you grab it for me? It's in my purse." She pointed to her purse that was lying on the landing haphazardly.

Bella nodded she made sure that Alice was okay on her feet and then went to the phone. "Hello?"

"Bella!" Edward said more afraid than he had ever heard her. "Let me talk to Alice."

"Edward…"

"Not now!" He snapped.

Bella turned around reaching out to hand the phone to Alice. She wasn't standing there however Alice had gone into Wesley's room with Cordelia and Wesley. Fred and Gunn we're on the ground looking over Mike who was still out cold. Bella wondered if he was even alive. Bella returned the phone to her ear. "Edward she's busy."

"I don't…" Bella heard the unnecessary intake of breath and then the slow release. "Jacob and I are on the way. Seth and Leah are still on patrol and should be there before us."

"Okay, but that Kishi demon think ran into the neighborhood. We're okay."

"Jacob…" Bella couldn't quite hear what they were saying but Edward returned quickly. "Okay Jacob's letting Sam know. He can get the message to Seth and Leah. He's rounding up the rest of the pack as we speak." Edward explained.

Bella nodded. She could think well enough to speak, and unfortunately Edward couldn't even do her the favor and figure out what she was trying to think of. "What about your family?"

"Jasper…I have to go Bella. We'll be right there." Edward hung up the phone without a goodbye that wasn't very characteristic of him, but Bella knew this situation wasn't either.

Bella put Alice's phone back in her bag and held on to it. She looked into Wesley's hotel room. He was looking through some books at the table in the corner. Cordelia was sitting beside Alice on the bed. Alice was still holding her arm, but it was looking better the venom was working. "We don't have any blood here."

"I know." Alice nodded. "I'll be okay until I get home."

Cordelia reached forward and touched a strand of Alice's hair. "If you can't drive I can get you over there if you like."

"I want to wait…" Bella looked away. She knew she was close to Alice, but it wasn't like that. Alice was looking at Cordelia in a way that she never did with Bella. Bella had seen that look before, but she didn't know where she'd seen it before. She just knew that it confused her and that made her uncomfortable. She walked away from the door and over to the stairs. She looked down them. Fred was going over Mike carefully assessing him. Gunn sat on the steps above her watching the distance to make sure Katura wasn't coming back.

"Mike." Bella hurried down the steps. She knelt down beside Fred and Mike.

"Is he a friend of yours?" Fred asked as she continued to work, not bothered by talking and working at the same time.

"Yeah, from school. I'm Bella I don't think we were introduced with everything." Bella held out her hand.

"I'm Fred and that's Gunn." Fred introduced not stopping to shake hands.

Bella looked up at Gunn. He smiled at her. "You're a friend of Alice's? But you're human right?"

"Yes…how do you...know?"

"Well you didn't faint when you saw two-faced over there and you aren't freaking out now either, so we figured. They're not trying to turn you into a vampire are they?" Gunn asked his voice quiet and low.

"No, Edward refused to," Bella admitted.

"Well Alice and the other vampires showed up all looking for Spike and she in particular is acting really weird. Wesley says that she might be doing some weird ritual courting thing with Cordelia," Gunn explained.

"But Alice has a mate that's Jasper. She's probably just attracted to Cordelia's blood like Edward was with me, but he choose Jacob," Bella explained.

"Gunn what are you doing?" Fred looked up at him.

Gunn didn't respond to Fred. He kept an eye on the road. Fred returned to her work. Bella looked between both of them. "So she wants to kill Cordelia?"

"No. I don't know how it works really. Some humans have blood that is more attractive to one vampire or another. That's like my blood and I'm not dead am I?" Bella asked.

Gunn grunted and stopped speaking.

Bella looked over at Fred she dropped her eyes to Mike. Maybe she should call her father or did she have his house number? Could she get a hold of his parents? Was that even a good idea, what could they tell them?

The roar of an engine was heard well before the Volvo came into view. Edward took the turn as sharp as he could without lowering the speed. He sped the car into the closest parking space he could find. He and Jacob stepped out of the car at the same time. Edward was on his phone, but he was still focused. He waved at the group and nodded at Bella. He stepped around Gunn hurrying up the stairs Bella saw him go into Wesley's room, but she couldn't see the room from the angle she was sitting.

Jacob crouched down beside her. "Bells." He reached out and she leaned to the side hugging him and he returned it. She shook a little when she realized how vulnerable she was until he was there putting his arms around her. "Shh it's okay. Everyone is on their way. Edward panicked a lot and when he called the Jasper the emotion uh…radiated."

Bella smiled turning her head to lean on his shoulder and look up at him. "But what about you, Edward said that you were rounded up the whole pack."

"Well a human was attacked right." Jacob glanced over at Mike. "Even if he is a marshmallow."

"A marshmallow?" Fred looked up. "Sorry I'm confused."

"Mike doesn't do scary well. He's kind of um…weak even with movies and video games and everything." Bella explained.

"Oh." Fred nodded. "Carlisle is a doctor right, because I'm a scientist I can see that he's well really hurt, but not really better than you can?"

Jacob nodded. "Yeah, he's a doctor. Is it okay to move him though?"

"I don't see any chance of permanent injury. It was actually lucky that he fainted before he fell because his body was relaxed so he wasn't injured as bad as he could have been." Fred explained.

Jacob looked at Bella. "You're going to be okay for a minute?"

"Yeah." Bella moved away standing up. She looked over in the direction she saw Katura run. She didn't see anything, and she couldn't hear sounds of fighting or anything. Did Leah and Seth catch up to her?

Jacob stood up as well. He leaned down picking Mike with an arm behind the knees and around his shoulders. "Oh wow you're really strong." Fred stood up too.

Jacob smiled at her. "Muscles aren't for show." Gunn stood up to let him by following the girls up the stairs to Wesley's room.

He put Mike down on the other side of the bed that Alice, Edward and Cordelia were sitting on. Edward had one arm wrapped around Alice's waist holding her carefully because although she would be alright her injury wasn't healing because she needed more blood. Cordelia held Alice's hand. They were talking about some celebrity that Bella couldn't careless about probably to distract Alice from her injury.

"Edward," Jacob went around to his side of the bed. "I'm going to meet Seth and Leah."

"Jacob…" Edward looked at him. "It's so dangerous."

"If she's the same thing that attacked Rosalie then we can handle her, but I don't want to take any chances the rest of the pack are too far away to do anything and your family won't be here in time either."

"I'll come with you." Edward started to stand.

"Stay here with Alice and Bella. She might circle back." Jacob instructed. "I won't be long."

"Fine." Edward didn't argue. He sat down. "But don't block me out."

"I won't." Jacob promised. He glanced at the room and then at the door thoughtfully assessing the risk of where he could shifted. Finally, he pulled off his shirt and shucked out of his jeans.

Cordelia stared wide-eyed as he dropped his briefs kicking them in Edward's direction.

"Yikes!" Fred yelped catching an eye full too before Jacob shifted into an over sized wolf. He was through the door quickly and he leapt from the railing because taking the stairs was too cumbersome.

"That's fascinating." Wesley jumped up grabbing his journal and a pen.

"Wesley you're supposed to be looking up these things." Gunn refocused his attention. "You can do your weird stuff later."

"Wow that was amazing." Cordelia turned to Edward. "Is that because of the wolf or…"

"Uh..." Edward looked at Alice she wasn't any help as she just laughed at Cordelia's comments on Jacob's body.

Bella frowned. "Okay what gives?" Bella turned to Edward and Alice. "It took me months to drag out this information from you and these people who I've never heard of before know all about you and they just watched Jacob shift! Aren't you worried?"

"Bella," Edward smiled at her. He moved closer to Alice giving her room beside him. She hesitated before sitting on the edge of the bed next to him. "This is Angel and Spike's team. I know Jacob told you about them."

"He did mention them. But I was busy and they were in LA. I didn't really pay attention," Bella admitted.

"Oh Bella." Edward kissed her temple. She closed her eyes briefly. She knew it didn't mean anything to him. He just did that with her and to his sisters too although not nearly as much with them. "Angel and his team are here because of, a vision."

"The army that the Nephilim are building? I remember when Jacob told me about that." Bella looked at Edward wanting real answers.

"Yes they're here for that, but Bella they're not going to hurt you or your child. They're just here to protect the people from the demons that are moving in. Demons attract more demons and to protect against them if they return and to hopefully stop them from making anymore offspring." Edward explained.

"Oh my gosh! Is she one of the girls?" Cordelia asked.

"Yes." Bella looked her dead in the eye, but when that didn't scare her she looked away.

"Don't worry it's not the first time we've dealt with demon babies or partly demon babies. We can beat this." Cordelia promised.

"Can I ask you some questions though?" Wesley asked. "I mean after this Kishi is stopped. We don't have that much information on them and this way we can gather what we can before they show up again."

"Well…" Bella touched her stomach. She didn't want to do anything to put her baby in danger and whether that was the baby's doing or her own she didn't care. However, she did admit that she made a mistake and she was angry that Talmai wasn't what she thought. That he made her weak and used her as a vessel. She wanted to keep her baby not give it to Talmai to raise no way. She wanted to stop their plans too.

"You can trust them Bella." Edward promised whispering in just her ear, Alice probably heard but no one else. "I've lived with them. I know they can be trusted."

"Okay." Bella agreed. She stayed beside Edward and he didn't leave Alice's side. He wasn't really with them though. Bella could tell that he was inside his head, inside other people's heads. He was focused on the thoughts of others, Jacob's was a given, Jasper if not all of his family, the other wolves maybe, Katura. Alice didn't seem to mind. She and Cordelia were talking to each other. Bella looked over at Wesley he was back at the table looking over some old books, Fred was with him. Gunn was leaning on the door's threshold looking out of the motel room. Then she looked over at Mike who was still unconscious. She wondered if he would be okay. Would remember anything? He was one of her friends at school over the last year and this. He wasn't like the Cullens or Jacob, but he was important to her as well.

"Hey…guys there are like twelve of those wolves standing in the parking lot." Gunn looked into the room. "It's a little weird."

Edward stood up. "I'll go down there." He looked at Alice. "Will you be okay?"

She nodded. "I'm good."

Bella stood up. "I'm coming with you." Edward only nodded. She followed him pass Gunn and down the stairs to the parking lot below. She had never seen this many of the wolves out like this. She didn't even know that Jacob's pack was this big.

Sam, Embry and Quil shifted into their human forms and dressed before they reached them. Bella hurried over and hugged Embry. It was the first time she saw him since he was injured at her house. "Hey vampire-girl." Embry hugged her back.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Bella pulled away. She wasn't as close to the rest of the pack as she was with Jacob, but she felt closer to most of them than she did to her friends at school.

Sam cleared his throat stepping in front of Quil and Embry. He spoke, "Jacob's caught up to Leah and Seth. They have that thing on the run. They're too far off to circle around and cut off her escape."

"I know. At least she's out of town. Jacob was able to stop her when they met before, so the three of them should be okay." Edward looked over the pack. "But there is no reason to turn around, we meeting tonight anyway."

"Do you think you'll need all of us?" Quil asked.

Edward shrugged, and then nodded. "Probably not, but because Angel and his team will be here for a while and we'll all be working with them it's probably best to have everyone around for the initial meeting."

"I agree." Sam nodded. "There is no sense of being too cautious especially when a human has been hurt."

Edward's emotions didn't show on his face, but Bella thought he was surprised, shocked because Sam had agreed with him. It was the right decision, but that hadn't stopped Sam before. Edward started to say something, but was cut off. The wave of fear rolled over all of them, well before the screeching tires sounded or the smell of burning rubber registered even to those most sensitive to sound and smell than Bella was. The pack started to shift especially the ones that Bella hadn't seen in their wolf forms yet. Sam remained the most calm but he was frantically looking the wolves in the eyes to keep them from panicking and lashing out. There was no reason to be afraid. There was no real danger the feeling of fear came from fear alone.

"Jasper." Edward looked up the road. "He's worried about Alice and he's really freaking out."

"Is that a problem?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, actually it's a huge problem. He's not in control. I've never felt his power like this and if he sees Alice the way she is now he is going to flip. He might not care who is responsible, he might just start attacking anyone close to her." Edward sounded so concerned. "But Emmett has a cooler with blood in it in the backseat. We can hold him back if one of you can get the cooler up to Alice. Then we will only need a few minutes while she heals. As long as she's okay when he sees her he'll be able to relax and be reassured."

"Alex." Sam looked over at a huge russet wolf. Alex shifted and changed before moving over to Sam. Alex looked like any of the res. kids. He looked like he was Seth's age though. Was the wolf gene forced to change kids younger and younger because of the new dangers in town? "You're the fastest on foot get that blood up there, understand?"

"Okay." Alex nodded. He stood ready.

"Thank you Sam." Edward said softly. He was surprised before that Sam was being agreeable and easy to get along with, but the fact that Sam was helping Edward's family made a big difference. The wolves accepted Edward, but the rest of the Cullens were usually ignored at best.

"We owe your family one of our own." Sam looked over at Embry. Even though he said it was because of that Edward didn't quite believe him. Sam never before gave any vampire help.

"Edward, maybe we should have Alice go into one of the other rooms. Just in case Jasper does get upstairs there won't be anyone in the room for him to attack." Bella suggested.

"That's a good idea." Edward agreed.

"Is there enough time?" Quil asked.

Edward pulled out his cell phone and called Alice. She answered after a couple of rings. "Alice, I know you feel that. Can you get in another room?" Bella couldn't hear what Alice said, but Edward hung up the phone and Bella saw Cordelia let Alice into the room next to Wesley's then she returned to the other room. "Don't get in the way Bella."

"I won't." Bella promised.

"Okay they're almost here. Emmett's driving and he might not realize how out of control Jasper is, so I will head him off first. Emmett should figure it out quickly and help me. Alex don't worry about the car break into it if you have to, but you shouldn't."

"What do we do if this does work?" Sam asked.

"If we can't hold him then you can do what you need to in order to stop him." Edward looked at Sam. "Please try not to hurt him, but if he goes after one of the humans, or one of you directly, then we'll understand."

Sam nodded. "We will try our best. I don't like to admit that we have anything in common with your family, but if something happen to Emily, it's understandable that he'd want to do something and lose control. But when he loses control…"

"Yeah, I know." Edward nodded. They weren't human none of them were and losing control meant not knowing one's strength. If a human lost control and went after the closest person next to them, it would probably be a far fight, but it wasn't with Jasper. "I'll let Gunn know that if he tries to get into Wesley's room that he can use deadly force."

"Edward." Bella moved away from Embry and Quil. She walked over to him. She knew it was hard for him to even think about his family in that way, but he knew that as a true leader he had to plan for mistakes. She wanted to make sure he was okay, but before she could reach him Emmett pulled up. The feeling of fear was even stronger. There were other feelings too, rage, revenge, desperation, but fear was the strongest. If all emotions came from fear and love then all other emotions were muted by these two emotions. Jasper's door flew open smashing into the front of the other car it was embedded into the hood.

"Jasper." Edward went right up to him. "Listen to me. Alice is fine. She's okay I promise, but you need to calm down before you see her."

"Get out of my way." Jasper growled.

"Whoa my car!" Emmett yelled opening his own door and around the other side of the car without Bella being able to see him move.

Alex rushed to the driver's side back door and opened it. He pulled out the cooler where the blood was being kept. He picked it up easily and hurried to the stairs of the motel. The wolves covered him blocking any path up, at least one that didn't involve fighting.

"What is this Edward? Setting your dogs on me?" Jasper's voice was louder than Bella had ever heard him. Jasper wasn't one to lose his cool, but she wasn't surprised that this would be the one time.

"Come on Jasper, you can see Alice when she comes down here and not before." Edward put a hand on Jasper's shoulder. He glanced once and Emmett and his brother nodded. "Just wait a minute."

"You wait!" Jasper leaned down head first he charged Edward causing him to flip over Jasper's back. Jasper started towards the Motel, but Emmett was on him. He grabbed Jasper around the shoulders and held him back, but Jasper struggled and kicked. The movements became too fast for Bella to see. There were blurs and yells and Edward joined his brothers in the fight. They were worse than animals. Bella had never seen them like this and it frightened her.

"Bella come back." Embry whispered. She turned looking at him. They were watching the fighting too, probably seeing more than she was even though she was much closer to it. She started over but was stopped by a cold hand on her throat.

"Jasper!" Edward yelled.

Bella gasped trying to look behind her, she couldn't see him, but she knew who it was. The Embry, Quil and Sam shifted in front of her lunging to do what they could but Jasper pulled her back. "No! Don't come any closer."

"Jasper, stop it. You can't do this." Edward growled from behind them.

Despite all of this, Bella didn't feel afraid, well not more so then the fear that had been coming from Jasper since before he arrived. He wasn't even squeezing her neck or anything, just holding it in case he needed too. He was using her as a shield as bait to get what he wanted, but she didn't feel like he could hurt her. Was it because he wouldn't or because of the child inside her, because of the rituals she had preformed.

"No closer." Jasper snarled back, leading Bella and himself towards the stairs. Bella knew she was okay but the wolves didn't and they pulled back unsure if they could do anything without injuring Bella. She knew that Jasper couldn't get up the stairs, not yet, it wasn't long enough. She slipped her hand inside the pocket of her jeans even though she touched the cool wood of the crucifix inside. Even though she was no longer vulnerable because of the blood rituals, she still kept a crucifix on her, it helped ward of many demons, including werewolves and vampires. She circled her hand around the cross gripping it. She pulled it slowly from her pocket but once it was out she wasn't slow anymore. She pushed back stabbing up under Jasper's ribs and spinning around freeing from his grip when he roared in pain and grabbed for the piercing wood in his abdomen.

Bella turned and ran as fast as she could up the stairs, she didn't turn around until she reached the door of Wesley's room.

A few feet away from the stairs Edward and Emmett held Jasper on his knees in the parking lot. He was still struggling to get away to get upstairs, but it was obvious that he was in pain. He didn't pull the crucifix out and it burned his flesh. The added pain helped Edward and Emmett keep Jasper under control. Bella felt bad. She still didn't think Jasper would hurt her, he was just using her, but what if he did freak out even more when he saw Alice and her injury. She would be the closest person to him and the most likely to get hurt. She couldn't let that happen, she wouldn't allow it, the baby wouldn't allow it. She felt a flutter in her stomach confirming her suspicions the baby was helping her.

"Bella." Alice stepped out of the room next to her. She looked completely better her arm working perfectly. Maybe it was still sore a little but she didn't let on. "Did you stab him?"

"Yes I'm sorry." Bella looked at Alice hoping that she hadn't lost the ground that she gained earlier.

"Edward said to do what is necessary right?" Alice smiled sadly at her. "I don't want to say that I'm okay with you stabbing my husband like that, but in this case it couldn't be helped."

"Did you see it in your mind, if I didn't stop him would he have hurt someone?" Bella asked.

Alice shook her head. "My visions are fuzzy lately; it's because of the fallen I think. They're somehow keeping seers from seeing the future they're putting into action. We'll talk about it later Bella." Alice nodded down to the parking lot. Jasper could see Alice and he was starting to relax, the wave of fear and pain was starting to subside.

Alice led the way down to the parking lot, Bella followed along with Angel's team even Wesley stopped reading to come downstairs.

"Alice," Jasper smiled when she stepped onto the parking lot. She walked over to him and only when she was hugging him did Edward and Emmett let go.

"There is still blood upstairs." Edward said looking up at the landing. Alex was standing up there and he took the information as a cue to bring the cooler downstairs with the rest of it.

"Here I can help with the crucifix." Wesley said crouching beside Jasper. "I've never quite seen a vampire fight for his mate before. Angel and Darla fought each other a lot, but he fought with Wolfram and Hart to help her…"

"Darla isn't Angel's mate." Emmett interrupted.

"Oh right…"

"Still his sire though, that's pretty important." Fred pointed out. Edward and Emmett nodded in agreement.

"Do you mind?" Wesley asked point to the wound.

"No." Jasper looked a little embarrassed about his unusually behavior, but he didn't say so. He just looked away when Wesley extracted the Crucifix without causing more damage."

"You're more grr than Angelus, but you're not as scary as him." Cordelia said trying to help Jasper not feel so bad.

"That's right working with a vampire for a boss you learn that sometimes you're going to have to maybe perhaps stake your boss." Wesley agreed.

Jasper nodded understanding what they were trying to do, but he didn't seem to care he was still hugging Alice to him as close as he could possibly do so. He didn't care how he acted all he cared about was Alice and that she was safe.

Jacob had caught up to Leah and Seth just outside of town. They had followed the Kishi demon as she weaved in and out of homes as she tried to lose them. Jacob was listening and following able to take shortcuts and back alleys hoping to corner her. He was unable to, but he was glad to have Leah and Seth beside him. They followed her into the woods. She crisscrossed the highway back and forth. She was always trying to lose them, trying to out smart them. It was a good move, in a field the wolves would catch up to her, but in the woods where the trees were tight and the wolves had to make quick turns to keep up with her trail she was able to stay ahead of them. They hadn't even spotted her; at least they didn't think so. Nothing hyena faced seemed to be in front of them, but her scent was obviously not human. They stuck to the trail. They were basically quiet in their minds as they followed her. Jacob didn't need to instruct, hunting was natural and they had plenty of practice with Victoria and James in the last year or so.

They could hear the rest of the pack as they arrived at the motel and so they were aware when the situation with Jasper escalated.

Jacob didn't even think about going back. He knew that the group could handle one vampire, even if they couldn't actually kill the vampire. They couldn't lose focus.

Then they darted over the highway, Seth was well across and Jacob and Leah were on there way, the shriek of tires on asphalt pricked Jacob's ears. Jacob skidded to a halt right into the hubcap of Edward's Expedition.

Leah!

Jacob was on his feet immediately going to the front of the car. She was definitely hit. But this was a car; no matter how fast Carlisle was driving she wasn't hurt. In fact the dent in the front of the car and the headlight was across the road. Leah was already standing shaking off the injury. Seth go, she'll be okay.

Hurry. Seth caught the trail again and kept moving.

"Jacob." Carlisle and Rosalie were out of the Expedition now. Carlisle knelt beside Leah, but she turned her nose up at him. "We're so sorry."

Jacob shift, even though he didn't have any clothes with him. He still needed to talk to Carlisle. Leah looked at him once and then took off after her brother. "The pack and everyone else are at the motel. Jasper is causing trouble, but Paul says that Edward has it under control."

"We sent him and Emmett ahead with the blood. It's still light out so we had to get Angel into the car under a blanket. Spike and Esme are at the house. Are you three going to need more help?" Carlisle asked.

"No, we are pacing ourselves we can wear her out and catch up to her, take her out." Jacob explained. "We might not be back in time for the meeting though. Edward and Sam can speak for me until I get back."

"Alright. Oh and Angel says that it's best to avoid the Kishi's hyena face. If you can try to outwit her she will use her human face to trick you into leaving her be or seduce you them she'll attack," Carlisle explained.

"I won't be seduced." Jacob glared.

"It's one of her powers Jacob. As much as you love Edward her powers may overcome that. Seth might be even more vulnerable."

"So you're saying that it's best if a girl approaches her?" Jacob asked.

"That's right." Carlisle nodded.

"I'll come. She was my gym teacher; I know what she looks like. Leah and I won't fall for her tricks. We can outsmart her." Rosalie smiled.

"We're thinking alike." Jacob nodded. He looked a Carlisle. "You don't mind if she comes with us?"

"Rosalie's strong," Carlisle nodded. He looked at Rosalie. "Be careful though, I don't need two sons losing control today."

"Okay." Rosalie agreed. Jacob shifted and Rosalie followed him into the woods. It was easy for him to follow Leah and Seth's trail so he led the way. Rosalie worked out the plan as they ran. Jacob relayed the information to Leah and Seth as they caught up to them.

A/N: I hope you guys like this. There is one more chapter then I thought there would be. Then I'll be on to book three! There will be even more monsters in that I have a monster book but if you guys have any monsters you want to see then please let me know.