A/n: Hey all! Thanks for the reviews. I know that I said there would be delays and I was in the very least honest with you!

I don't own Twilight, Stephanie Meyer does.

This time I wrote listening to a show called "Live in the Lobby"; on WUOG fm (yes that is part of my name):

The two I listened to were: It's Elephants and Young Goodman Brown

Editing music:

Sugababes - "Too lost in you" (not typically my style but it felt right)

Blondie - "Call Me"

Cowboy Mouth - "What'cha gonna do?"

I don't know how long I screamed and clawed at the ground. It was a primal, deep anguish from my soul that enveloped every inch of my body. Every cell screamed in rage. Bella was gone and she was in danger. I had once again been unable to protect her. The ground under my fingers was pulverized into loose dirt but the ache continued. I didn't know what we would find if we found her again and if she survived she would have to deal with the loss of Brady. She was so fragile and broken already, how would she cope with the loss of one so young who died trying to save her? Sobs wracked through my chest and I screamed again. I was only vaguely conscious of the world around me.

"Edward," Carlisle's voice came from behind me and forced my thoughts back into a more constructive pattern.

"Jasper and Alice just called. They were able to track them to a group of warehouses but they don't know which one. Alice's visions of Bella aren't dark anymore but they're still unclear." His thoughts shifted and I became instantly suspicious.

"What aren't you telling me?" I couldn't look at him.

You need to be prepared for what we might find. He thought before replaying what Alice told him over the phone:

'Carlisle, I can see her now. She's sleeping in an office but her arm doesn't look good.' Alice paused and took a rough unnecessary breath. 'The fingers on her right hand are blue and she's clutching that arm to her chest.'

'How long?' Carlisle voice echoed his thoughts in the memory.

'It's a few hours away, anywhere from three to eight.' She was guessing.

The memory ended and Carlisle placed a hand on my shoulder. I felt the weight of the world crash down with it. If Bella's hand was turning blue in a few hours, then we didn't have much time to find her. Her arm needed to be fixed and the blood flow restored before there was any permanent damage. Carlisle's concern was the same as mine.

His phone beeped in his pocket. Her flipped open the oblong black box and studied the screen. I looked at it through his eyes; the screen registered one missed call but neither of us recognized the number. The phone beeped again showing one new voicemail.

"Bella," My voice came out as a strangled gasp.

I don't think so. "How?" Carlisle's face crinkled showing his skepticism outwardly.

"She was in an office. Maybe she found a phone?" I offered.

It's doubtful that they'd leave her alone with a phone. Carlisle dialed his voicemail box and I waited impatiently listening to his mind while he navigated through the menu to his new message. I could barely restrain myself by pacing back and forth. Then he got to the message.

"Carlisle, it's Bella. Something's happened, I woke up alone and injured in what I think is some sort of warehouse. I've found some paperwork that says 'Anderson Shipping' but I can't find an address anywhere. I think - I think that Edward was with me when I was taken. I don't know what's going on, just please find me Carlisle. Please, I'm hurt and afraid." Her words ran together in a much more rapid succession than a normal human would comfortably speak them. Bella was clearly shaken up and afraid; I could almost hear her accelerated heart rate and feel the perspiration on her skin. I could also hear pain in her voice. Her arm and head were hurting, but the pain wasn't solely physical, she didn't know what had transpired and was concerned for me.

I automatically called Alice. My fingers had dialed the number before Carlisle hung up the phone. She answered on the first ring.

"Yes, I saw the message." She blurted out.

"Is there an Anderson shipping there?" The strain of the situation could clearly be heard in my voice.

"Most of these buildings aren't labeled Edward and before you ask, they've been to every possible building in the area. Jasper says that Ari and Adrianna are very thorough when it comes to covering a trail." Her voice was pained.

"Please Alice, find her." I begged.

"We'll find her Edward. I promise we'll find her." Alice hung up.

Carlisle pulled up the web browser on his phone and looked up Anderson Shipping. I took his lead and looked up the phone number. Unfortunately, it led to a dead end. The number was unlisted but Carlisle found a hit on a possible location. There were three warehouses nestled together. I sighed, we still didn't know which one she was in.

Rose and Emmett emerged from the trees with Esme. My anguish had been so consuming that I hadn't noticed Rose and Emmett's absence. All three of their faces were creased with worry and I was bombarded with their thoughts.

Any news? Esme walked straight to Carlisle and phrased her question to him.

So, where are we going. Rosalie made a show of pulling her hair into a pony tail and rolling up her sleeves.

I have what I need. Emmett smirked. Let's go kick some butt and get out girl back. He pulled a pair of gloves out of his pocket and clapped them into his palm a couple of times.

My phone chirped with a text message from Alice:

Got Carlisle's search information.

Found the group of warehouses.

Bella in more danger than I thought.

Come now!

"We need to go." I looked up at my family just as Carlisle's phone chirped. I caught one phrase before his mind focused on something else:

Don't tell Edward...

I growled and took off after Alice's scent. I knew from experience that pulling information out of Carlisle was nearly impossible and if the situation was dire then I didn't have time to waste attempting to pull information from my father's mind. In general, Alice would only withhold something dire; so, I ran.

I'm right behind you. Emmett didn't wait for an explanation. Just like Jasper, he charged straight into whatever danger my Bella had found. At that moment, I appreciated their willingness to do anything for the family more than I could ever explain. They didn't love Bella the way I did, or even the way Alice loved her but they accepted her as their sister and loved her in their own way. They were genuinely concerned and their support meant a lot to me. Carlisle had always looked on her as a daughter; his efforts in saving her went without question. Rosalie's willingness to assist shocked me though. She and Bella were just too different and couldn't relate to each other, like oil and water, but Rosalie ran slightly behind Emmett. My family was with me.

Esme is staying to tend to the wolves. Carlisle pushed himself to run next to me. I wasn't running at my full speed because I needed them with me, to keep me from tearing the buildings apart in my search. Someone had to hold me back.

Someone has to explain what happened to Brady to them when they wake up. I thought that Esme was the logical choice. She wants to help but...

"Carlisle, she's never fought before. Esme would be more liability than help." I voiced the thought before he could complete it. He nodded in agreement.

The warehouses were further away than I had anticipated. Alice and Jasper had to have run faster than I thought them capable of in order to reach them in the short amount of time that it took them. The four of us flew through the forest and over what could be described as either a very short mountain or a very tall hill. Our destination nestled in close to the base of the hill. A highway passed directly in front of the industrial buildings allowing easy access and a small town lay just beyond that.

Alice stepped out from behind a building and signaled us to stop at the tree line. We were still far enough away that I couldn't make out her thoughts clearly unless she tried to tell me something. She and Jasper moved up the hill at a speed that would have made them undetectable to the keenest of human eyes. The sun emerged from behind the clouds a fraction of a second before Alice and Jasper made it to the trees. The flash of brilliance as their skin glittered was brief enough to go unnoticed by the town below.

My hands wrapped around Alice's arms before she stopped moving. I effectively pulled her to a halt and Jasper tensed. He felt that I was a danger to her, but Alice's eyes registered no shock when they met mine. She had already seen my reaction.

"Show me Alice." I whispered.

"No." She replied.

"It can't be worse than what I'm imagining." I growled.

"If I show you, it doesn't change." She hissed back. Her mind flicked through several images of Bella but she passed over each of them quickly enough that I couldn't register the full image before she had moved to the next. Alice was scanning her visions for something to show me. My hands tightened around her arms and a growl sounded from over her right shoulder. Alice held up a tiny hand. "I can handle Edward."

Alice found several images of Bella that she deemed 'acceptable' to show me. She was offering me what little comfort she could grant. She flicked through the images slowly and repeated them like a video set on loop until my hands on her shoulders loosened.

Trust me and listen. I love her too and I have to make the choice that's best for her. The one that keeps her alive. She showed me five of the images again, more slowly this time:

Bella greedily eating canned ravioli with little drops of sauce in the corners of her mouth.

Bella folding the waistband of a pair of suit pants and stapling them to make them fit her tiny waist.

Bella staring down Adrianna and winning.

Bella standing outside, eyes closed, her hair blowing in the wind. (Something seemed wrong with that image, something about her skin and face but I couldn't place it.)

Bella and I standing in a meadow. My hand gently grazing down her face with her eyes closed again. She leans into my touch before moving in to find my lips and kissing me.

The last two images shimmered with uncertainty. Alice couldn't guarantee that either would actually occur. She included them to show me some hope that there might be a future for Bella. I clung onto them even knowing that they might not come to fruition. They were all that I had.

We have to be careful to make that happen. Jasper has a plan that will work if you can bring yourself to follow along with it and not lead with your emotions. I want this to work as much as you. Alice turned to Jasper and signaled him to take charge. He hesitantly stepped forward. Jasper looked to Carlisle and then to me for confirmation that he had the floor. We both nodded at him to continue.

"This is going to be far from an easy task." Alice says that this will work but rescuing Bella from this particular coven is going to be risky. I'm not sure that she could have chosen a worse situation to fall into. Jasper dropped his arms to his sides; he had very little confidence that any plan would work to successfully rescue Bella. "I know two of them well, I trained them. Ari and Adrianna were among the last set of newborns that I trained for Maria. I've called Peter to see if anyone else had heard of them or their mates. He and Charlotte have had contact with the coven."

"It seems that all four of them are gifted. Adrianna can freeze a vampire or kill a human with a touch. Her ability tricks the brain into believing that it doesn't have contact with the body. The shock is enough to kill a human but it merely incapacitates one of us. We used to use her extensively in battle; her only job was to touch as many vampires as possible and others would come in behind her and dispose of them. She wasn't a very skilled fighter before but she may have improved with time.

"Ari is a tracker. She can sense minds and what someone is currently doing but she is incapable of reading thoughts. Her ability is also limited to a very short distance. What is troubling about her being near Bella is her propensity to toy with her prey before feeding. She would keep her rewards alive for days as she played with them when I knew her. We have no reason to think that she's hurt Bella but it is possible. Ari is also an excellent fighter. She's very graceful and wastes no movement in battle.

"That brings us to her mate, Colin – the red head -"

"He and Ari can communicate telepathically, can't they?" I interrupted. Jasper nodded.

"That's just cheating." Emmett mumbled.

"Interestingly enough, according to Peter, he can only do it with her." Jasper explained. "It certainly explains Emmett's difficulty with them earlier today." He nodded to Emmett who appreciated the recognition that his loss wasn't entirely his own fault. "Mark is able to assess ones weaknesses and strengths just by watching or speaking to him or her. Peter spent a little time sparing with him and found the match to be rather challenging. He's also the newest and possibly least committed member of the coven. He behaves as Adrianna's mate but Peter said that Charlotte doubted whether or not the two were actually mates.

"I only have one more piece of information to pass on before we discuss strategy. The situation goes beyond Bella. Adrianna invited me to join them during the fight earlier. She and Ari have a vision of dividing the Northern United States in the same way that The South has been divided. They're tired of migrating and they want to set up territories. We cannot allow that. So, you see, there is much more at stake here than Bella's life. I don't think that they intend on feeding off of her. They may have wanted that in the beginning but I think that their new plan may be to use her somehow. She might be bait to bring us in, or they may intend to change her and use her as a newborn fighter or a bargaining chip with the Volturi. The possibilities are endless when it comes to Bella.

Jasper finished in silence. Time seemed to stop for a moment as we considered his words. Six on four had seemed like an easy win before but now a victory was uncertain. Bella was caught up in the middle and being used as a pawn. How were we to get her out of this and prevent this dangerous coven from exerting any power.

"Jasper, Alice said that you had a plan." Carlisle spoke and we turned to listen to our battle hardened brother.

"I need to find out what they're doing." Jasper's voice was strained and unhappy. I really don't want to do this. "So, if you agree, I'm going to go tell Adrianna that I want to join them." The two of them really are despicable. I'm going to do my best to convince them that I'm done with our lifestyle and ready to feed on humans again.

"Is there another way?" I gave him a serious look regarding his thoughts.

"No." Alice has seen disaster in every other plan I've come up with. "It's the only way we're going to find out."

"What if I get close enough to the buildings to hear their thoughts. Then I could find out -"

"Ari." Jasper interrupted my panic with one word. "When you get close enough to sense her; she will sense you."

And then it's over. Alice tried not to show me, but an image of Bella splayed on a beige carpet completely drained of blood slid across her subconscious. My fists were clenched. I pulled in a ragged breath at the sight. I'm sorry Edward, I didn't want you to see that. You have to listen, we need a spy.

"No, we don't need a spy Alice." I growled.

"Edward, we don't have time to play the game where you go through every possibility that Jasper and I have already discussed while you watch Bella die in my mind over and over again while you change your mind!" Alice's anger was intense; it exploded from her with the force of a bomb. "Trust me. Trust me Edward. It's the only way. Jasper has to be on the inside."

I went through other possibilities in my head and Alice shoved me into a tree. The tree groaned; she continued to push on my body with her small but surprisingly strong hands. Her eyes bore into mine as decision after decision quickly played out in her head. Her nails dug into my arms a little more tightly after each time she watched Bella slip. In two instances, I accidentally killed her while fighting Ari. That was when I stopped.

"This is our only chance!" She gave me a final shove and moved away. "You stubborn jerk!" Alice sobbed. Sometimes it was easy to forget how much seeing the future, particularly when it was bad, weighed on Alice. I had just forced her to watch Bella's demise in about fifty different ways, all of which she had probably already seen with Jasper.

Enough Edward, enough. Carlisle's thoughts chided me. You're pushing Alice too far. She isn't a machine.

I nodded to him.

"What was that about?" Emmett stepped between Alice and me.

"I'm sorry Alice." I chocked out the words and tried not to sob.

"Just listen to me next time." Her voice was high and strangled. Jasper wrapped his arms around her and smoothed her short spiky hair with his fingers.

Control yourself, being my brother only affords you so much leeway when it comes to Alice and if you push her like that again I will tear your arms off. Jasper rarely threatened me but Alice was his weak point and I had pushed things too far. He was soothing her emotions and whispering in her ear.

"Fine, what's the rest of the plan?" I gritted my teeth. There was only one path out of this and sending Jasper into a hornets nest filled with temptation to rejoin his old life was the only way.

"I will gain their trust and then convince them that you want to negotiate territory in exchange for Bella." He looked grim. "When we meet, Carlisle will take Bella to examine her and bolt. Then, we fight."

"Five on four." I muttered.

"We can win five on four." Emmett's bravado shone through his voice. "It'll be too easy." He smiled.

"Emmett, four trained fighters, two of which are veterans of newborn conflicts in the South, two telepathically linked fighters and one very gifted male who gave Peter trouble sparing against us. Not to mention the fact that we can't touch one of them without being incapacitated. These aren't good odds." I narrowed my eyes at him.

I have gloves! Don't be such a drama queen.

"Do you remember Peter beating you in five seconds flat?" I stared at him.

"I could come back after I move Bella to safety." Carlisle suggested.

"No, Bella is going to need you." Alice shook her head.

We can do this Edward. The thought came surprisingly from Rosalie. Don't doubt me, I can handle myself. Her eyes flashed dangerously.

"Does everyone else agree to the plan?" Emmett asked. "Show of hands." Everyone raised a hand except for me.

"Fine." I grunted. "Fine!" My hands balled themselves into fists and Jasper sent me a shot of calm loosening them. "We're low on time; let's get going." I still felt like this was the worst possible idea.