The thought of going into Port Angeles in my current condition was enough to give a person a heart attack—if they had a beating heart to stop. Several times over the past few days I got into wrestling matches with both Emmett and Jasper over their betting. I refused to let either of them win.

Surprisingly, it was Rosalie I wanted to win. She was the only one involved in the betting that thought I wouldn't slip up. Her confidence in me was surprising. Even after the conversion she had been cold to me, still bitter that I had a choice and still gave up my human life. It was still encouraging though to have her on my side in one thing.

On Saturday morning Alice and Jasper slid into the front of Carlisle's Mercedes. Emmett and Edward got in on opposite sides of me in the back. We decided that first we would drive through the city with the windows cracked down as a preliminary test.

Just ten minutes outside of Forks Alice's cheerful face suddenly went rigid. Before anyone could say anything Jasper had pulled over to the side of the road and had Alice's face cupped in his hands. I felt incredibly calm right then and knew he must be calming Alice's nerves.

A few minutes passed with Alice still in a daze and I began to worry she was seeing the Great Massacre of Port Angeles.

"Um, Alice…" My voice was weak and I couldn't finish the question I wanted to ask. How many was what I wanted to know, but I couldn't bring myself to accept defeat. I would start running to Antarctica right now if she said she saw me hurt anyone.

Suddenly a grin flickered across Alice's face. "Bella, I don't think you need to plan running all the way to Antarctica yet. That wasn't what I saw. It's just…" She hesitated; it was never a good sign to me when Alice was unsure of herself. "Well, we're going to run into Irina in Port Angeles and I don't know what she wants. She keeps changing her mind on what she wants to do so I don't know if she plans to go home to Tanya, or spend time with us, or anything."

Everyone in the car breathed out a sigh of relief and Edward spoke up, calming my nerves, "You worried us Alice. It's just Irina and she's not exactly someone to worry about, she's a friend. It will be good to see her again and she can meet Bella!"

That seemed to settle it and we continued on our way to Port Angeles. Just before entering the city Alice told Jasper to make an unexpected left. Another 3 miles down the road and we pulled over at what looked like and abandoned airstrip. Next to the one large hanger was a silver Volvo that looked exactly like Edwards. I raised an eyebrow and looked at Edward. His lips were tight and he was frowning.

"Something's wrong here," he said between gritted teeth.

"What do you mean? It's just Irina, even if she wanted to pick a fight over the whole Laurent thing she wouldn't dare with all of us together." I wasn't convinced that Emmett didn't expect a fight though. He always had a glint in his eye when he thought a fight was about to happen and I could see it now.

"There's more than just Irina. There's somebody inside that hanger who will not stop humming 'Rocket Man'. I don't like this. Irina is hiding something from us. She's reciting all of a Midsummer Night's Dream to herself."

Alice frowned and finally chirruped, "Let's go meet her. I can't see anything bad happening…yet."

That last comment made me uneasy but Edward was already sliding out of the door with his hand gripped in mind. He bent down and whispered in my ear, "No matter what, don't let go of my hand."

All I could do was nod my head as I followed him. The last I had heard of Irina was that she was still bitter over the Pack killing Laurent to save me. I never got the impression that Irina and I would ever be friends.

Even though we were on opposite ends of the runway I could already see her eyes bordering on black. It was still a bit disorientating to have such improved eyesight. I always assumed I was closer to things than I was. Edward kept making fun of me for being the clumsy vampire in history. Still, the hint of gold still present in her eyes was comforting. I startled myself at time when I looked in the mirror and saw my red eyes staring back at me.

Just as we were about to cover the last several yards to Irina, Alice gasped, Edward froze, and an enormous growl erupted out of all of them. The doors to the hanger had swung open revealing a person in a black hooded cape that brushed the ground that was just hoping back inside the cockpit of some type of small aircraft.

"HOW DARE YOU!" The roar erupted from a furious looking Edward crouched next to me.

I was dazed. I had no idea what was going on but I didn't like it. Instinct took over and I found myself crouched like a bobcat ready to pounce. A guttural snarl slipped from between my lips. Any other time this would have shocked me but I didn't like the way Irina was looking at my family. She looked smug and I wasn't going to let her hurt my family in any way.

The man in the cockpit lowered his hood and that's when everyone but my self froze.

"I'm sorry Bella, I should have seen. I'm so sorry Bella." It was Alice sounding more morose than I had ever heard before. This wasn't good at all.

Edward was shaking his head looking broken whispering "No" over and over again.

"It appears to me Edward dear that your little pet has a date with Caius. Alec and I thought we could give her a private flight there." A sneer spread across Irina's face. This wasn't an offer, it was an ultimatum. I didn't need anyone to explain. It was clear in the way Irina was holding herself.

I wasn't about to let Alec hurt my family. As long as Alec was in a plane back to Italy with me, he couldn't unleash his powers on them. There was nothing to think about.

"I love you Edward." I stepped forward towards Irina, not knowing when I would see my family again.