Chapter 7 - The Fight

"This is your warning," I said, "Let her go and leave, or else we will attack," I hate that Carlisle makes us say that. I knew that she wouldn't leave until she killed somebody.

"We? Whose we?" She said in a playful voice. "All I see is a pathetic, heartbroken vampire."

What the hell was she talking about? Could she not see Alice? But then it dawned on me. I turned my head around quickly and back again. Alice was no where to be seen.

Just go with it. I heard in my head. And then I saw her plan. it was perfect, but I don't think I can be that patient.

"Well, this pathetic vampire's about to kick your ass straight to hell," I said, deciding if I was going to have to wait that long, I might as well tease her a little bit.

No, Edward! She can't get angry! Alice thought. And I saw the outcome of what would happen if she did. I had to calm her down.

I heard a small growl coming from Victoria and had to get her to calm down quickly.

"But, tell me this," I said quickly, "Why'd you pick her? She's not Bella, you know."

She smiled. "Oh, I know. But, I have to admitted, I'm a little shocked that you haven't figured that out yet. You, with your freaky little "gift", should know why I picked her rather than Bella," she said as she moved closer to me, bringing Grace with her. "But I'll tell you anyway. You see, if I'd taken Bella, it wouldn't hurt you as much. You already lost her, so you already felt that pain. But I still want to get my revenge on you. So I picked her" - she yanked Grace's hair. Grace whimpered, but she didn't scream - "You see, I know that you still love that pathetic human. And she loves this creature. Bella would never forgive you for letting me kill her only child. And having her hate you is even better than the pain that would've come if I'd killed her. that pain would turn into anger. But this pain, this pain will stay. Bella will always remind you that you let it happened and you will get to relive the pain you're gonna feel tonight forever."

I gritted my teeth. I couldn't wait any longer. I wanted her dead - or burned - now.

Just wait a little longer. Alice thought. I knew what would happen if I didn't, and that kept me from attacking, but I wanted to so badly. I could barely stand Victoria even touching Grace.

She smiled. "What, no come back?" she said, teasing me. "Oh well, makes my job easier."

She lowered her head down to Grace's neck. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to attack, now.

Edward, stop! You have to wait! Alice thought quickly when she saw my decision. I saw what would happen, too, but I didn't care. I needed to get Grace away from her. Alice would find someway to do that while I dealt with Victoria.

I leapt at Victoria, knocking her away from Grace. Grace was slowly falling backwards when Victoria let go of her. She was trying to keep her balance but couldn't. Before she hit the ground, however, Alice caught her in her arms.

Victoria flew a few feet in the air, but landed on her feet as gently as a cat would. She stood ten feet away from me in an attacking position. I growled at her while getting ready to attack also.

Her mind was raging with questions. When did she get here? How come I didn't pick up her scent? (I wanted Alice to answer that question, too.) And the last question, how am I going to get the girl back? After that, everything was silent. Bu be the look of her face, I'd say she's still thinking. And if she's thinking, I would be able to hear her. But I couldn't. There could be more people like Bella, but I could hear Victoria's thoughts a moment ago. It was like she put a wall around her mind that I can't break through.

Victoria smiled at my confusion. "Don't like being deaf, do you?" she said in a teasing voice, "You'll see that I learned a lot in the past 20 years."

I saw what she was going to do when she said that in Alice's head. I moved to the right a couple of steps as Victoria flew past me.

"You might have learned a lot, but that still won't help you," I said.

She growled and was about to leap again, but not at me. Alice, seeing what she was doing, quickly got in front of Grace, trying to block her with her small body.

Alice leapt at the precise time Victoria was flying through the air. They met in mid-air, both falling to the ground with a loud thud. they both quickly regained their stance and attacked again. They were moving to fast for my eyes to see, but I saw what was happening in Alice's mind.

Alice was winning. Every time Victoria attacked, Alice moved a step or two in the opposite direction. Then, Alice would get the best of her and bit her while she was flying past her, slowly ripping her apart.

While they fought, I looked over at Grace to make sure she was okay. She was still standing with her arms around her stomach and looked like she was going to faint.

Seeing no physical damage on her, I went to her and my arms around her to make sure she doesn't fall over. She looked so scared and she was shaking like crazy. I could tell that she was worried about what was happening between Alice and Victoria.

"Grace, listen to me," I said calmly. "Alice is going to be fine. We won't let Victoria hurt you or even get neat you."

She looked up at me. Her eyes ere filled with fear and worry. Some of it disappeared when she saw me, but I didn't want her to be afraid. I wanted her to be home, happy and safe, and not here, where the next few minutes, she's worrying about whether she's going to die or not.

She's not going to die. I reassured myself.

But what if Alice can't -

SHE'S NOT GOING TO DIE! I screamed at my conscious.

I looked at Grace. She was still terrified. I wanted to make her relax a little bit.

"It's going to be f -" I started, but was drowned out by an ear-piercing scream.

Grace screamed and jumped at the sound of it. Now she was on the verge of tears.

"Grace, it's okay," I said, trying to calm her down, "Alice wasn't hurt. She's fine." I said that to reassure both her and me. Both Victoria and Alice were too far away to hear them.

Then I heard Alice. She was fine. She caught Victoria off guard and ripped her arm out of it's socket. And when that happened, Victoria dropped all her defenses. The wall across her mind was broken.

She was coming back here. She losing hope, though. She couldn't even touch Alice. She was coming back to see if she could finish the reason why she came to Forks.

"Grace, close your eyes," I said. I don't think that seeing Victoria with a missing arm is going to help her very much. She followed my direction and closed her eyes, her heart beating wildly now.

I blocked Grace from Victoria's view as she came stumbling across the field. Alice was right behind her, holding a severed arm in her hand.

She couldn't find anyway around me. She thought about how she could retreat and re-plan her attack.

"Why leave now?" I asked her, "This is just getting fun. And besides, do you want to go back and wait another 20 years when she's right here in front of you?'

Grace's heart rapidly started to beat more when I said that. I wanted to comfort her and say that it's alright. But with Victoria standing so close, I couldn't afford to keep my eyes off her for even the slightest moment.

Victoria growled. She wanted to rip me apart along with Alice, who disappeared again.

I laughed and said, "What's stopping you?"

She growled, but I didn't care. I saw where Alice was and I had to get Victoria angry enough to attack me.

She didn't know where Alice was and that caused her to delay her attack on us. She was afraid of being attacked from behind. I had to get her to stop thinking about where Alice is.

"He never really loved you," I said, thinking that this is the only way to get her to attack. "You would had known that if you could hear inside his head. He didn't even think of you. He was thinking about his encounter with Tanya. You remember that, don't you?"

She growled more fiercely this time. She was having flashbacks of James and she knew I was right. I felt her fury grow. She wasn't thinking about Alice anymore. All she was thinking about was me.

She leapt at me. but instead of attacking her or moving grace out of the way, I just stood there. Grace screamed when she flew at us, but I knew she wasn't going to be harmed in any way.

Then all of a sudden, something big hit Victoria as she was in the air. She was knocked to the right of us and landed on her back. Right when she was hit, I was running towards her. I went for the neck. I had to decapitate her as quickly as possible to make her immobile. She screamed but it faded away gently as her head was removed from her body. But I didn't stop there. I torn her other arm out and then ripped her in half at the waist. I wanted to make sure there's no possible way he could reassemble herself before ewe burn her.

By the time I was done shredding her apart, Alice had already started a fire and began to throw Victoria in it. I picked up her head and threw it in, watching as al the orange hair burned with the motionless face.

I started to gather more body pieces, but Alice stopped me.

"no, I got this," she said, "Go and make sure Grace doesn't pass out." She took the parts that were in my arms and threw them into the fire.

I looked over at Grace. She was still standing in the same spot, wide-eyed and with her mouth hanging open.

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