Chapter 22

Bella's POV

It had been a month since Jordan decided to leave us and live with the pack up in La Push, and we would all be lying if we said we didn't miss his presence in the house.

That day when we returned from hunting, to find our television burned down to the ground leaving nothing but ash, and a nervous Jordan after recently discovering a new power, well I don't think any of us really expected any of it, especially for him to leave so suddenly.

Ever since Jordan transformed that first day, Nessie was starting to slowly accept the concept of him leaving. As much as she didn't want him to, she knew that it would always be a possibility.

But Ness, and probably the rest of us, thought we would be waiting a few more years for him to make his decision. So when he sat down infront of us and told us that he had a power, which in comparison is more dangerous than Caitlin's, it was like he needed no extra thought, that he was moving and that was final.

Still, the idea of him having a power was still a shock, but also fascinating to us. Who knew that a werewolf was able to have supernatural powers? Carlisle's still amazed with it, and believes his theory on the genetics which caused him to have the power seems the most reasonable answer.

A few days after he left, Jordan called us (as promised) and started to say how great the pack life was. It was good to know that he wasn't being left out because he was different to the other wolves, and this acceptance by them just helped ease Nessie's worries.

Even Jacob was surprised to see some of the pack still living in La Push. No one from his original pack was there to his disappointment. He knew that they were still out there and even change to reconnect with their wolf side every so often, but most of them had managed to imprint and grow old with their loved ones; even Leah Clearwater decided to settle down in the end.

From what Jacob knew about the reason the pack was still there, was there were a couple of Nomad vampires who seemed to almost constantly visit the small town of Forks – apparently to see a coven of vampires who were spoken about a lot - i.e. us. Their constant reappearances caused the gene in some of the La Push residents to change, hence the reason why the wolves were present now, and also a few years ago when I went to Charlie's funeral.

When Jordan called us, he would tell us of this one vampire who showed up more often that the rest. The usual red-eyed, human eating vampire, however they could never manage to catch her. He explained to us that she had some sort of ability of being undetected, like they never realised she was there, couldn't smell her scent, and that she was purposefully using it against them. That she was fully aware of what she was doing to them.

This of course caused Nessie to worry, thinking that Jordan was too young to be dealing with this sort of thing and he was incapable of defending himself against what she assumed was an experienced vampire.

He would just remind her that he had his vampire-destroying power.

Jordan hadn't told us yet if he had used his power against someone else yet. He hadn't specifically tried it when he was in his wolf form, and he was worried that he wouldn't be able to use it unless he was in human form. When he would call every week, he would usually tell us about anything that happened, or if he had used his power yet.

Jordan had promised to call again and Nessie and Jacob were anticipating his call. We usually all sat in and spoke over the loud speaker so we could say hi, but eventually we let him talk privately to Ness or Jacob.

"The phone will ring in 17 seconds." Alice called out and we all went into the front room. Emmett was already there playing on a brand new games console, on a new, bigger plasma television. I guess he got something out of Jordan's power.

As predicted the phone rang and Ness pressed the answer button and put it on loud speaker.

"Hey honey,"

"Hey mum, let me guess, Alice knew I was calling?"

"To the second." Alice responded happily.

We all said hi then and Nessie started the conversation.

"So how are things up there?" Ness asked.

"The usual, but is it always this exhausting? I'm tired all the time."

"Comes with the job." Jacob said to him, "Why, have you been patrolling a lot?"

"Yeah, the pop-up vampire has been coming in and out of town recently, and we've been really close to catching her, but she always slips out of our grasp."

"Why do you call her the 'pop-up' vampire?" Caitlin asked him slightly amused.

"Because that's all she does, she pops up when we least expect it. Not like she is there one minute and the next she's not, it's more like a trick of the mind. Like you are aware of her but don't really pay much attention to it, you just keep on going and ignore her. Eventually it doesn't work and we can see her, but only for a second as she disappears again."

"So do you think she has an ability?" Nessie asked.

"Think it, we know it. She pulls it on us all the time. She just hasn't used it to her advantage."

"Wonder why that is?" Jacob thought to himself, and Nessie hit him in the arm, "Don't think of things like that?" Nessie scolded, "I'm glad she hasn't."

"Mum, she's been doing this since I've been here, I don't think she will be attacking. She keeps her distance, it's just like she's watching, waiting."

"Well that's strange." Caitlin said and some of us nodded our heads in agreement, "Have you used your power yet?" She asked enthusiastically, changing the subject.

"Oh yeah, that's another reason why I wanted to call you all. It was just yesterday to be honest, but we were all busy I didn't have a chance to call."

"Well what happened then? Give us the details." Emmett called, turning his attention away from the game and to the phone.

"It was just another patrol really, and we caught onto a new scent. Half of the pack decided to follow it, but the other half, including me were told to transform back and go home. I transformed back and was walking back through the forest when I smelt its scent. He was so close, but it was mixed with another scent, and I realised it was blood.

"When I found him he was snacking on some unsuspecting hiker who must have got lost in the woods. The poor guy was long dead but he heard me approach and saw me. I guess I just acted on impulse instead of thinking things through."

Jordan sighed and then continued "I know I should have transformed as I would have been safer, but I just had this flash of anger and the urge to just kill was so great, that as he was charging for me I just swung out my hand." Jordan paused and the whole room was silent as we listened intently on the story.

We heard Jordan take a breath on the other line and he continued, "The same thing happened to him with the TV. The orange flash, and then suddenly the flames and the dust. I didn't actually believe I had killed him until I realised he was no longer charging at me.

"After that the guys were a lot more trusting in me, that I wasn't just a fifteen year old boy who was incontrollable as I had recently transformed, it was like I gained more respect from them. I think they thought because I had a vampire family that I was incapable of destroying another one of your kind."

"Well we're happy that you're alright, but be extra careful next time. Remember Alice can't see what's happening with you so we're trusting you to look after yourself." Nessie told him, and I took a quick glance over to Alice who was staring off into space. She must be having another vision.

"Will do mum, speak to you soon, bye."

We all said bye to him, but Alice suddenly came back from her vision and called out for Jordan.

"What's the matter Alice?"

"This vampire you were talking about before, does she happen to have jet black hair that ends at her shoulders, looks to be somewhere in her twenties, usual white pale skin and blood red eyes, and does she normally wear black clothes with the odd cloak sometimes?"

"Yeah that pretty much describes her. How did you know what she looks like?"

"I just had a vision about her." She said perplexed.

"Huh, that's strange. Was there anything that we can use to find her?"

"No, sorry Jordan, it was still a bit fuzzy. But I'm confident she won't be troubling you again."

"Kay thanks Alice. Bye again everyone."

There was a second round of goodbyes and then the line went dead as he put the phone down. We all turned to Alice then who still had a confused look on her face.

"Why is she leaving?" Edward asked, already seeing the vision Alice just recently saw.

"Why? What was it?" I asked, wondering why Alice got confused over a vision. If it was of someone random then she would usually ignore it.

Alice turned around so she was speaking to everybody. "Basically, all it showed was this girl in the woods, the 'pop-up' vampire as Jordan says, but she was remembering what happened yesterday with Jordan. She had this smirk on her face and suddenly made the decision to leave the place after seeing everything that she needed to see."

"Which was?" Emmett asked encouraging her to continue.

"I'm not sure. It could be Jordan or it could be about the vampire he killed. It could even be about the hiker or none of them at all."

"But she's leaving because of one of those things?" I said and Alice nodded.

"But Alice there's still something you're worrying over." Jasper told her as he put a hand on her shoulder.

She sighed and said, "I just can't help shake this feeling that there is more to the vision. It wouldn't be important if I hadn't seen it. I mean I just happen to see her, and she's leaving. I have this feeling that whatever her decision is in relation to, I think it is partially about us. She was watching Jordan after all."

"Maybe it is just one of your random visions." I said in an attempt to ease her worries, "It could just be that she is no longer going to be terrorising Jordan and the pack." I added hopefully.

"Perhaps Bella is right." Carlisle told her, "Don't worry yourself over something small like that. If you have another vision that's still about her, then tell us okay?" Alice nodded, "For the time being, Esme and I need to go out to the shops." Alice's eyes suddenly lit up at the prospect of shopping, "Just for supplies Alice, nothing else. Call us if anything happens." With that he and Esme left the house leaving the nine of us in the room. We heard the car leave the driveway and everybody went back to what they were doing before Jordan called.

Emmett clapped his hands together and stood up from the couch, "Games finished." He stated, and then rubbed his stomach, "I'm going to get me some bear, anyone want to come with us?" He asked and looked around the room.

The burn in the back of my throat wasn't so bad so I passed on this hunt, I could last for a few more days. Edward must have had the same idea as he stayed with me on the couch, and put one arm around me and held my own with his other. Nessie and Caitlin shook their heads but Alice stood up, "I'll go, I need the distraction from that vision." She said, offering her hand out to Jasper who had stood up also, took it and went to leave the room.

But as Jasper grabbed Alice's hand, her expression changed once again and as she was walking her eyes were wide as she watched another vision. But suddenly Alice just froze mid-step and was staring ahead as she had the vision. Edward's hand tightened around my own as he saw what she was seeing.

Her face turned to one of horror and she gasped as she saw whatever was going to occur in the future. "They're coming back." She whispered, still watching the vision that was unfolding before her eyes, "The Volturi are coming back."

Everyone suddenly froze when Alice muttered those words, and the happy mood that was previously here from Jordan's talk quickly evaporated into one of fear; well that was what I was certainly feeling. Each time we met with the Volturi, the vampire royalty from hell, it always ended with some threat of their next visit, or a warning on how we live our lives. Never has it been just a normal visit, and from looking at the panic on Alice's face, this was not going to be purely a social visit.

Yet I couldn't think of anything that we had done wrong. No humans knew of our secret. The last person anybody told about us being vampires was me to my dying father, but that was just over fifteen years ago and I don't think they even knew about that.

Our killings were inconspicuous, and they were of animals anyway so it wasn't like there had been a dramatic drop in the number of deers in a certain region, and none of us had lost control when being around a human as none of us have drank human blood for a very long time.

If they weren't the reasons for there visit, and they were the main rules, then what did they want? Was it something that they considered as a threat and wanted it sorted out, like our coven size or the fact we have a partnership with the wolves? Did they want to try and separate some of us, persuade us to join the guard?

I felt Edward squeeze my hand in comfort, probably in understanding of what I was currently thinking of at that moment. I leaned into him and rested my head on his shoulder as he placed his other arm around me and started to rub it affectionately up and down my other arm, even though I knew this was probably worrying him as well.

"Alice what can you see?" Jasper asked worried, who was still facing her, his arms either side of her, but she wasn't looking back into his eyes but rather looking forward, her eyes wide as she continued to watch the scene that was unfolding before her eyes.

"The woman." Alice said, "The vampire who was in La Push, she's part of the Volturi."

My eyes widened and I heard Nessie gasp in shock, knowing that this vampire had been watching Jordan for just under a month, and being a part of one of the biggest threats to our family.

"She was sent here, to keep watch on us, all of us. She knows about Caitlin's power, and that Jordan's a wolf. She followed him to La Push, she saw him use his power and then went back to tell the others.

"They see him as a threat. Aro, Caius and Marcus, they want him dead, as well as Caitlin." Alice stated, "They're going to come here-" She suddenly froze and I saw her eyes flicker to me briefly as she went from the vision back to the present.

"Bella shield me." She ordered abruptly and I was about to ask why but she cut me off, "Do it quickly." She pleaded, so I extended my shield and wrapped it around Alice, looking to Edward knowing he was the reason why I was ordered to shield her.

Edward was suddenly concerned, but slightly irritated not being able to see the vision like he normally can. I kept the shield around Alice, whose expression had changed and she looked more than panicked, she was extremely distressed at what she was seeing and not even Jasper's soothing affects could calm her down.

I'm sorry for the half-cliffhanger...again. Want to know what happens in the next chap, for example why Alice wants to hide the vision...stuff like that. Well the next chap is complete, so if I can possibly get more reviews then the next chap will be up quickly.

Heres another sneak peek
"You didn't just see their decision did you?" I guessed, and she shook her head.
"It's not their intention to get us involved, but their hoping that because we're family that we will fight."
I wasn't surprised at that. Ever since the incident with Nessie all those years ago, the Volturi were sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for some sort of excuse to see us; either to persuade some of us to join, or ultimately to kill us all.
Knowing that the Volturi were returning to Forks to try and find Jordan and kill him, there was no doubt that we would defend him, even though this time around there was a high chance that it wouldn't be ended with a discussion.

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Jaimie x