Dusk was only two hours away as they arrived in Biloxi, Mississippi as they stopped to take a hotel. Alice walked to the management her usually bouncy movement waited down by the weight of the unknown.
"Four rooms, please." Alice laid the golden card on the counter. The lady looked at it then back at Alice her eye were half covered in blue eye shadow. Alice knew what she was saying before the words left her cherry red lips.
"I'm sorry all rooms here are filled." Alice sighed and picked up the card. "But if you want there is a hotel down by the old nineteenth century homes." Alice hadn't expected that.
"Nineteenth century? Around what time do you know?" Alice asked politely. The lady typed something in her computer and turned the screen to Alice.
"nineteen-ten, nineteen-twenty. Around that time, but I don't suggest actually traveling into that area." She turned the screen back around and leaned against the counter, and whispered. "Some say it's haunted." She laughed a high pitch squeak, and turned to look threw a stack of papers behind her.
"Haunted?" Alice raised her eyebrows. If the lady only knew what she was talking to then she reconsider.
"Yes, the old Asylum is down that way, and rumor has it many terrible things took place." The lady behind the desk seemed uninterested as she began twirling her dye blonde hair. That's it!
"Thank You." Alice turned and walked quickly back to the car. She was seated in the driver's seat of her Porsche when a voice whispered.
"Welcome home." In the same instant Alice turned her head the voice was gone. Jasper opened the passenger's side door.
"What's wrong?" He asked when he noticed she was grapping the wheel rather tightly.
"Nothing….damn voices." Was all Alice muttered as her husband sat down. She threw the car into drive and headed down the road. She was picking up speed when she pulled to a screeching halt at the edge of the new town. A deserted ghost city lay beyond its limits.
Dust had now fallen as Alice walked forward this time it was no dream or vision. What she saw was real. Jasper put a hand on her shoulder, and she gave him a reassuring smile.
"Bella, and I will stay…"
"Edward!" Bella hissed, and Edward sighed.
"Fine." He muttered angrily as he took her hand. Alice walked forward with a sense of uneasy confidents. She walked at human pace; not daring to mess up the serene calm that had fallen over the forgotten town.
"Ok, I'm here!" Alice yelled, but no answer came. "For God Sakes! After all the trouble you have put me threw you can at least show your face!" She yelled into the dark, but her voice was the only one that echoed back.
"Alice, dear are you sure you weren't seeing the future?" Esme questioned taking a step towards her daughter. Alice shook her head, but didn't look back to her.
"Positive." The Cullens had travel into the center of the town almost when a low mencacal voice broke the air
"Well, Well, Well what do we have here?" The Cullens turned around and were met with a coven of vampires. The one who had spoken was rather sickly looking, and had the appearance that he had crawled out of his grave. His clothes were matted with dirt as he sneered arms crossed at the Cullens.
"Looks like we have visitors, Slim." Another one of the vampires smiled taking one step forward.
"It was rather nice of them to bring us dinner too." Slim said stepping closer. Edward growled and pushed Bella behind him.
"Don't you even think about it!" Edward growled with rage in his voice.
"Aw, You is mighty protective of that piece of meat don't yea think." The second was a bit more build the then first, but still had a zombie light appearance. The Cullens surveyed their area and noticed the large number of vampires in front of them.
"We don't mean no harm, if you would let us pass peacefully, then…" Carlisle tried to negotiated, but the vampires let out a sick laugh.
"You leave when we say you leave." He growled as all of them took a step forward.
"And you will leave them now." A female voice called from behind the Cullens. Alice turned to look as three girls walked out of the shadows at the end of the street.
"We ain't bothering you we just want that tastey mouth watering…."
"Leave." She said again in a calm terrifying voice. The vampires took one step back as the three took a step forward. "That's right you so much as place one toe over the line and I will rip you limb by limb before burning the remain in the deepest pit of hell." The Cullens were now surrounded on one side there was the massive zombie looking vampires, and the other was the three girls. Who by the sound of them may be more of a threat then the massive coven.
"Fine, we'll leave…." Slim turned around and walked threw his coven, but then as quickly as he did he sprung at Bella. She had moved to Edward side, and he didn't have time to get to her before…..
The girl who had spoken materialized in front of Bella, and Slim hit her square on and fell back.
"I warned ya, Slim. One toe over the line." She smirked as she kicked his foot. There was no actual line from what Alice could see, but the vampire's eyes widened.
"Be merciful." He inched back in fear; Edward took Bella and put her completely behind him.
"One toe over the line." She repeated her words were and eerie calm as the vampire scrambled to his feet. He took off running before he had full stood up and the rest of the vampires followed, but one vampire lagged behind, and took a look back. His messy brown hair blowing in the breeze as he took off after the rest of them.
"Thank You." Alice watched as the girl pasted the Cullens and went back to the other two. She held up her hand.
"No need for that. They were over the line." She said as she turned to walk. "You may went to leave with that girl now before they decided to try again." The two girls never spoke, but followed the first. The first one had medium length brown hair past her shoulders. The girl to the right of her had red hair that reached her shoulders. The girl one the left had blonde hair that didn't quite touch her shoulders, but this one turned her head slightly and looked at the Cullens. She then tapped the one with brown hair's shoulder and whispered something in her ear. The brunette looked back slightly then shook her head. The blonde's hair slipped off her shoulder and hung loosely at her sides.
"Wait!" Alice called seeing this may be the only chance she had to find some real direction. The girls stopped and looked at her arms crossed. "I need to know where I can find Asylum papers." The brunette walked forward and then vanished reappearing a few steps away from Alice.
"If that is what you seek then you must search for them in the Asylum. Only the bravest vampire venture in there, and most of the times it's the ones who belong there." With that the girl and her friend vanished into the seeping night. Leaving the Cullens in the broken down street alone.