Disclaimer- All recognizable characters belong to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer, whereas all new characters belong to me.

Chapter 21- Impossible

I ran down the stairs, Edward was moaning in pain. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Nicholas had a brother. I'd never even heard of him! Nicholas or Annebelle never mentioned him once. I heard the clattering of knives and the sounds of fists hitting stone skin. As I peeked around the corner I saw everyone fighting away Nicholas' evil henchmen vampire goons. I lowered Edward to the ground softly and whipped out my sword. " If you value your head I suggest you stop now." I shouted calmly. Everyone turned to me; the main goon stepped forward with a grin on his face. I recognized him. I also remembered I didn't like him.

" Noleen, what a surprise. My master will have a fun time ripping you apart." He said. I smiled innocently and walked right up to him.

" He'll have a hard time doing that seeing as how I just beheaded him." His grin dropped and his eyes glazed over with fear. Then he bent down to the floor and literally kissed the ground by my feet. " I was happy to see him dead too, but what the hell are you doing?" I questioned him.

" It's true then, what the books say. You are one of the great ones. I am at your service Noleen."

" I thnk you have me mixed up with somebody else dude." He shook his head fervently and stood up. He turned to the other vampires and barked a sharp order in Latin.

" You're mistaken. It's said that a vampire will be born with the powers of a master one. That is you. Is it not?" He asked me as soon as they were gone.

" Well. . . Yeah."

" So you see, everyone either wants you as an alliance or-"

" Dead." I cut in. He nodded his head and went to walk up the stairs, all the while reiterating that they were at my service. " Well, then wait." I spoke up before he was gone. He turned to me and waited for me to speak. " Take Lin up to her husband Tai and send them home afterwards. Keep someone there to watch them." He nodded his head once and waited for Lin to hug and say goodbye to everyone. Then he followed her up the stairs.

" Edward!" Esme cried out and dropped beside him. Everyone crowded around him, I pushed them aside and stood in front of him.

" Back up, he needs space." I ordered.

" What happened?" Carlisle demanded to know, completely ignoring my last comment.

" Nicholas poisoned him."

" You can't poison a vampire." Rosalie huffed. I turned to her and resisted the urge to flip her off.

" You also said you can't shoot them and I proved that wrong by shooting you didn't I?" That shut her up, and the look on her face was hilarious.

" How?" Esme asked.

" A dead man's blood. It's an old method to kill vampires, hasn't really been around in a while."

" Then how did you know about it?" Jasper spoke up. He was still holding Alice tightly.

" Annebelle used it quite often." I replied simply. " We need to get him home."

" Is there a cure? Can you get it out?" Emmett asked, looking scared for his brother's life. I shook my head no.

" There has to be a way!" Esme shrieked.

" The blood is already too far into his system. And I can't suck it out because then it would kill me. See my dilemma?"

" There has to be something." Carlisle stated.

" If there was don't you think I'd do it?" I yelled. " There's nothing!"

" We can't just give up!" Emmett shouted.

" Well what do you suggest we do!" Lanina shouted back. " Noleen's right, there's no way to cure this."

" There has to be!" Esme spoke up, her hand on Edward's forehead. " I won't let him die."

" Then what do you suggest? We turn back time?" Travis sighed, looking tired. Well, I had two people on my side. Suddenly I thought of Bob, hoping he'd know something. I grabbed my cell phone out of my pocket and dialed his number quickly. After much arguing he admitted to finally knowing a cure. And not one I liked.

" I'm sorry Noleen." He whispered.

" Yeah. Me too." I whispered back and flipped the phone shut. I turned back to the Cullens' and put my hands on my head, trying to calm down. " He needs to go back home." I said after Carlisle asked me what happened on the phone.

" Tell us what he said!" Esme yelled. I faced her calmly, my face as smooth as stone so I wouldn't give anything away. Edward touched her shoulder lightly and smiled.

" Don't worry mom. Everything will be alright." He said softly. She gripped onto his hand tightly and sobbed. Lanina pulled me aside, her eyes glaring into my eyes. I knew she wanted to know what the "cure" was. She wanted to know if maybe there was some hope. I shook my head no and lowered my eyes to the ground. Her hand lifted up to her lips and she let out a small gasp. Then she hugged me tightly and whispered, " I'm sorry." In my ear. I nodded my head and smiled weakly.

" You know me, I'll be okay." I replied quietly.

" Yeah." She responded, knowing as well as I did that I wouldn't be. The only cure Bob knew of was death. . .

He tossed and turned, his face scrunched in pain. We'd gotten to the Cullens' home shortly after three. Edward had been in pain for the last two hours. I put my hand to his forehead, it was burning hot. I wrote it off as that it was the blood going through him that made him hot. I put a cool, wet rag on his forehead and kissed him gently. Everyone was downstairs, awaiting what was to come. They were giving me time alone I knew. Alice was still quiet, not really talking about what happened. Although I think she knew I knew what had gone on and what she had seen. " Oh Edward." I whispered and bit my lip. " I'm so sorry." He smirked weakly and laughed.

" It isn't your fault." He said and rubbed my cheek with his finger.

" Why are you laughing!"

" Because, you sound like I did twenty years ago." I smiled at the memories of him blaming everything on himself. I kissed his burning forehead and sighed. " I love you Noleen." He whispered.

" I love you too Edward." He closed his eyes and tried to concel his pain; it didn't work. A dry sob broke through me. Edward opened his eyes.

" Don't cry love. Here-" he patted on the space next to him on the bed, " lay with me." He said. I climbed onto the bed and put my head on his chest. He put his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. " It'll be okay."

" I can't lose you Edward." I cried.

" You won't. I'll always be here."

" You know what I mean damn it. You can't expect me to just go on without you again. I just forgave you and-" He put his finger on my lips and smiled .

" You're strong Noleen." I shook my head.

" Not that strong." He let out a cry of pain and thrashed about. I sat up and brushed the hair out of my face; I could practically feel the terror rising in my body. " Edward!" I yelled. " Fight it! Come on baby fight it please!" I sobbed. He screamed and scratched at his chest.

" Get it out!" He yelled. " Get it out of me!" I just stood there in shock, there wasn't anything I could do. He let out one more scream and then laid still. My eyes opened wide and I smacked him in the face and shook his shoulders.

" Edward! Wake up!" I screamed, shaking him wildly. Then I cried out and dropped my head onto his cold chest. " Edward no!" I sobbed. " EDWARD! WAKE UP!" I yelled again, wanting him to just open his eyes and say something; anything. Then I heard it. At first I thought I was imagining things. But then I heard it again and again. I opened my eyes and watched in shock and a smidge of horror as his chest rose. He was breathing because he had too. I'd heard his heart beat. And it was getting stronger by the second.

WOW, did you see that coming? Bet not ;) R& R, just wanted to get that out of the way. Which obviously if you're reading this, you read the chapter so I guess it should just be R for review. Hmm. . . ANYWAYS. Hope you liked it! I liked typing/writing it. Cause I knew it was a shocker. NOW, for some answers for your questions!

shadowed truth- another cookie! Gee thanks!

Scotia- I agree, blood guts and violence just brighten my days :) Heh, well at least writing it does.

brwneyedgrl- Thanks, I am known for my twists and turns

decompressionperiod- Aww, thank you so much! I'm so glad you like it and I hope you continue to like it :)

Eilish - The plot is mostly about how Bella changed and everything. I just needed something to support that, enter master vampires, lots of chaos. Etc, etc. Hope this helped :)

lost in romance- So far Lanina only has the one power, that when she gets angry she can throw things around with her mind and once she learns to control it, she'll be able to do it whenever. I don't know if she'll have another power, we'll see. Haha

Eclipse-Lover- A cliffy is when a chapter ends with a major twist or shocker that leaves you staring at the paper like WTF, WHAT JUST HAPPENED! UPDATE RIGHT NOW SO I CAN FIND OUT! Haha, I hate reading cliffies, but love writing them as you can tell.

Okay, just so you guys know, I'm putting up another chapter to my silent lucidity, so if anyone here read that and liked it and wants to read more, it'll be up in like, Half an hour I think. Haha, other than that I think I'm finally done talking.

Until next time!

Faith

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P.S Please disregard any errors, there probably are some so. . . Haha.