Sorry I took so long to put this out. I've been pretty sick lately but anyway, I LOVE YOU PEOPLE. You are AMAZING. I finally broke over a thousand hits and 31 reviews. Did I mention your awesomeness? If not you are AWESOME!!!!! Well on with the story.

Me;I owns TWILIGHT!!!

SM;Nuhuh I do.

Me;I'll buy Edward.

SM;No, in fact if you don't disclaim it I'll sic Emmett on you.

Me;Okay, I don't own Twilight.

Bella POV.

I was trying violently to slow down my breathing and heart. Neither one was slowing. Within seconds the vampire and the Sam guy burst out the hospital doors. The vampire conversed with the Sam guy for a second and they headed in opposite directions. The vampire headed towards me with his hands out.

"Please come down, you're going to get hurt." He said it like he almost cared, I snorted derisively at the thought of vampire actually caring about a human. My ears picked up a small thud and I hissed as I noticed Sam starting to climb the tree. I only had a few seconds so I spotted the branch I wanted and stood slowly. The vampire opened his mouth but before he could say anything I leapt.

For a great half-second I was flying, and then I landed on the next branch. I heard the gasps below me, but I ignored them and focused on my task of tree hopping. It was a game and a method I used to escape from vampires. As I leapt on to the next branch I felt my rhythm begin to take hold and I forced it away. When the blessed rhythm took over I wasn't aware of anything around me. And right now I needed every sense on the highest alert. I heard the leaves rustle as the vampire began to glide through the trees, following me. I growled under my breath and threw myself forward to the next branch. I couldn't go as fast as I could when I was running though, so when I felt like I could, I changed course and leapt to the ground, barely pausing to land in a crouch before getting up and running.

Once more a rhythm threatened and once more I pushed it away violently. I just ran faster and heard a crashing noise behind me, then an eerie quiet settled over the forest ans the only sound available was my own breathing. I pushed faster, I had to get to my backpack. I never left without it. I changed directions as I passed a subtle mark I had made in a tree. Finally I caught sight of my black backpack, stashed in a tree. I breathed a sigh of relief and ran to it. I swung it up onto my back and grinned at the familiar weight. Breathing out I pushed off from the tree and ran more. I could now hear pursuit behind me. I pushed back the dizziness again and forced myself onward.

I don't know how long I ran, but it was now time to stop running and start tricking. I made for a river I had spotted. I sighed and took off my backpack. Then I jumped into the river, I had to hold my breath for a minute before I surfaced. I climbed out of the water and found some mud. I sighed again and rolled around in the mud for a few minutes to disguise my scent. It may have been silly and vain to think a vampire would chase after me for my scent but I couldn't help remembering those chilling words. I'll hunt you forever little Isabella. I shuddered and picked up my backpack, running again. It seemed ever since I had come to Forks that was all I did. Just running.

I finally got to a clearing and I couldn't take another step. My body was rebelling against moves I could normally preform with ease. I let out a soft whimper and collapsed. I leaned heavily against the big rock at the edge of the clearing. My eyes rolled back in my head and I fell into unconsciousness with an exhausted groan.

Edward POV

I was listening to Debussy and musing about the girl when Carlisle called.

"Edward, who else is there?" He asked in a frantic voice.

"Esme, Alice and Jasper." I answered, curious to the tone of his voice.

"I need you all to come down to the hospital. We had a patient escape and we need to find her." I know Carlisle cares about his patients but finding one should be easy enough for him to do on his own.

"Edward it's the girl from the clearing." The instant I heard that I was on my feet, I called for Alice, Jasper and Esme. I told Carlisle we would get to the hospital in a couple minutes. After giving Jasper, Alice and Esme a brief explanation I ran outside and into the air. A few moments later and we were in front of the hospital. We had barely landed when Carlisle ran up.

"Her name's Ericka," I frowned at that, she didn't look like an Ericka. "Sam dragged her out of the ocean at La Push after she dived off the cliff." I saw her face in his memories. Her eyes were wide with anger and fear. I watched in disbelief as she tried to injure Carlisle. Then as I watched her face I realized the intent wasn't injury. It was distraction, Ericka knew very well that we couldn't be hurt but that hadn't stopped her. She was desperate to get away, and a desperate human isn't rational. I watched as she ignored Carlisle's warnings and leapt from tree to tree as if she were a squirrel. She did this as if it were a regular pastime.

"I can't see her," Alice said.

"What?" I asked without thinking.

"That's just it, I can't see her, It's driving me insane." I just nodded and we took off down her trail. We didn't fly just ran, just looking for her. I kept seeing her, that terrified face, those angry eyes. Full of pain and a knowledge beyond her years. I had never seen that before in a human. She had seemed so intent on just running. I noticed that Carlisle had stopped suddenly at the river. I inhaled and realized the scent was gone. It grew fainter but still there in the river, but it disappeared in the mud pile at the bank. Ericka was a very smart human, she knew just how to trick our senses. Hiding in the foliage and rolling in the mud, I wondered just how long this girl had been running. Carlisle gave the order to split up and I took off towards the La Push border for some reason. After a few minutes of running I came into another clearing and stopped in shock.

There at the edge of the clearing lay Ericka. She was unconscious and I started to move towards her yelling for Carlisle. Ericka whimpered suddenly and I stopped. Her head rolled and her brown eyes flashed open. The instant she caught sight of me she jackknifed to her feet. Her back hit the rock as she backed away slowly. I had the strangest urge to wrap my arms around her and hold her tightly, to reassure her that she was safe. Carlisle rushed into the clearing and Ericka hissed angrily. Once more the urge to protect her came on strong. Instead I settled for checking her over with my eyes again. She was favoring her right knee, putting her weight on her left leg and she gripped the rock, hard. She shook her head at something and sighed, a resigned expression flickered across her face before being wiped clean.

She gritted her teeth and placed both hands behind her on the rock. Then a feat of athletics I'd never before seen from a human she jumped upwards, spiraling her body to the back of the rock. She landed in a neat crouch on the top of the rock and gave us a mocking grin before running off. Again.

HAHA Happy now? Hope you guys enjoyed that one. Just a little minor cliffy. I'm going to try going for 10 reviews before I supply the next chapter.

Me;Haha I'm going to buy Edward

SM;Nope I own Edward and I always will

Me;I'll share. PWEEEEEASSSSEEEEE!!!

SM;Nope.