Suddenly there conversation ended by a creak of the door behind Emmet. "What's going on…?" asked the small whimper of Ivy.
Chapter Seven
Emmet's POV
"It's nothing Ivy," I told her, my voice shaking with blind rage. I tried to keep my voice soothing as possible; she didn't need the stress. "Go back in the room and I'll be in there in a few minutes."
"Actually Ivy," Jasper said lightly, smiling at her, a smile that Ivy might have detected as friendly but I knew all too well that it is the smile of a hunter, a cold blooded killer who was luring in his victim, "I was thinking you could join us for a moment to talk about some family issues."
I turned my head slightly towards Ivy. "Go back in the room, Ivy," the punctuation in my voice rang clear and I knew she would be detecting danger soon. My stance was a protective one but it seemed like I couldn't shield enough of her. My arms were spread out wide, my legs apart and my back pressed against her small, weak body.
"Come sit down with me, Ivy," Jasper said coolly, inviting her in.
"No, Ivy," I said firmly, "go back in the room. Don't listen to him. Listen to me, I love you." The confusion in her face filled, her eyes almost watering with mystification.
"Calm down, Emmet. All I want to do is talk to her. That's all. She could be seated with you the whole time. No need to scare the poor girl. You have me word." I bared my teeth at him. Ivy's eyes were shifting from Jasper's figure to mine. Over and over again. She was deciding. A war was going on in her head. Her eyes slid to Jasper's and she glanced at me apologetically. She shifted her weight, ready to step towards Jasper.
"NO!" I roared, shoving her into her room and slamming the door behind her.
"Emmet!" she shrieked, her fists pounding at the door that I was holding close. "Let me out or I swear to God I'll break it down myself." Try, I muttered bitterly in my head, rage blinding me. I turned my glare from the door to Jasper.
"If you touch a hair on her head I will rip you and Alice into pieces. Don't think I won't."
"Leave Alice out of this," Jasper growled and lunged for the door. Suddenly a flash of black hair stopped him. He fell to the floor in plain confusion. He glanced up at Alice who guarded the door with me.
"Alice!" Jasper roared. "I told you to stay upstairs and in your room! Don't make me make you because you know well I will!" He lunged for her, grabbed her shoulders and pinning her to the ground. She struggled against him violently, but he didn't budge. I moved quickly to Edward, slamming him into the wall and jumping back to my stance in front of the door.
"Emmet!" The pounding coming from inside the room was louder. Before I could register there was a window opening and feet landing softly on the ground. My heart pounded. She landed perfectly but we were on the third floor. I threw the door open, preying it was only my imagination but alas, Ivy was nowhere to be found. I roared, angrily. There was no sight of her as I glanced out the window. I returned to Edward and Jasper who were struggling to contain Alice. Finally, Alice gave up, panting and pleading. She wrapped her body around Jasper and buried her head in his shoulder.
"Please don't hurt her, Jasper," she pleaded. "Ivy's my friend. I love her." When both of them were momentarily distracting I ran for the window but Edward stopped me cold in my tracks.
"Don't you dare," he hissed. I glared at him then gave one longing look at the window.
I sighed, giving up. "Can't we just talk about this," I begged, "calmly?" Edward and Jasper exchanged looks but both of them nodded eventually.
We were all crowded around the living room, tensions high. I ringed my hands the same way Edward did when he was stressed out. I kept glancing out the window, hoping I would find her peering in. But she never did. My hand itched to call her and to conform she was okay. "Emmet," Edward started off softly, "something's not right with Ivy. Look what she did to Rose. A human couldn't do that. She's hiding something and she could be a potential danger to this house hold. Jasper and I won't have that."
"Please, Edward," I whispered, "I love her. I love her just as much as you love Bella. We can't just kill her. We can't."
"Then what do you suppose we do? Talk to her. That doesn't really have an effect."
"Please, I beseech you; I'll do anything it takes to keep her alive, anything."
"Anything?" Jasper's eyebrow raised, and I could tell his mind was boiling with the possibilities. I nodded helplessly.
"Well…It's possible we could contain her—"
I stopped him dead in his tracks. "You mean put her in a cage! Treat her like some freak at a circus! That's outrages! It's against human rights!"
"She's not human!" Jasper bellowed, standing up. "A HUMAN COULDN'T DO THAT TO ROSE! A HUMAN WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE ELECTRICITY COME OUT OF THEIR HANDS! A HUMAN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIGHT OFF ROSE! A HUMAN WOULD BE DEAD BY NOW!" His breathing was deep and labored, his eyes in a sharp glance and his hands contracting into claws. Once he was calm he sat back down, pulling Alice back in his lap. Alice fought against his hold but he kept it firm. She wiggled and clawed and pushed but he wasn't giving up.
"Okay, okay," I muttered. "So then what is she?"
"I don't know. I wish I did. I really did. But I don't."
If I could cry I would have. "Then what the Hell happened to her while I was gone?" Jasper just shook his head sympathetically, feeling the pain I felt.
We were silent; my hitched breathing was the only sound filling the room. "Is that my only choice? Cage her, contain her, restrain her or she'll die?" Jasper nodded soberly.
"I'm afraid so."
I sighed, rubbing my face in anxiety. I thought about it but it was an easy decision to make. She wouldn't die. "Fine," I whispered, "but if anyone has to do it I want to."
"Don't hurt her," Esme sobbed softly.
Carlisle finally jumped in. "How are you planning to do this?" I held my finger to him, cautioning him to wait. The idea was formed in my mind.
I grabbed my Black Berry out of my pocket, Ivy's number on speed dial. It rung four times before she picked up, the rings long and drawn out. I placed it on speaker phone; everyone could hear it without it but if one of them wanted to say something she could hear it too. "Hello Em," her voice was surprisingly cool. I immediately jumped when hearing her voice.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Baby, what's going on?"
"I'm fine. Are you okay?"
"Baby, you scared me. Please come home. Nothing will happen. I know you're scared—"
"I'm not scared," she snapped.
"Where are you, baby?" I asked, peering once out the window.
I heard Ivy laugh. "You aren't going to find me by looking out that window." Everyone in the room stiffened.
"Baby, just come home. If you need me to come and find you I will," I went on like she never said anything.
"Oh I'm fine to come back by myself."
"Kay' Poison," I called her by her old nickname.
"Oh and Emmy," her tone was extremely light, almost angelic. "You won't ever be able to contain me. You want to know why? Because I'm the hunter now, you are my prey." The line went dead.
The line went dead.
The line went dead.
The line went dead.
The. Line. Went. Dead.
We couldn't contain her.
We were no longer the hunters.
She was.
"Shut off all the lights," Jasper said, his voice ringing with finality.
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