1We made a sweep through town and again around the perimeter of the county. There still was nothing to indicate danger of any kind or anything perilous looming in the darkness. It was a short night with three of us to cover the small area. We convened back at my home, and as promised we made the call to our parents.

The first thing mom did was ask if we had hunted. Then she asked if I had checked on the human female. We confirmed both of those and also that we had covered the entire area very well and found nothing to concern us. This news seemed to placate her a bit. Dad got back on the phone and I asked him the main questions that were on my mind from the beginning of their explanation this afternoon. Why was I connecting to this human? Our species was not in any jeopardy. We had not lost any large amounts in the past few years. Why was I suddenly finding myself in this position? The only thing he could come up with was my move to the America's. I had taken myself away from my homeland and away from any communication with those of my kind with the exception of my immediate family. He did however, promise to consult with the Elders on the situation.

I was perfectly happy in my situation, I had no intentions of mating and forcing a female to put up with my lifestyle of never knowing if I would return from a battle or not. I needed no further intimacy than I had with my brothers and parents. They knew I loved them, I needed no female to tell me she loved me or to make myself whole. I had too many things going in my life to worry about another. And maybe if I continued to tell myself this, I would be able to convince myself.

I lay in my bed in a restless night. I was so used to not coming in until the wee hours of the morning, it made it very hard to keep my mind from going over and over the recent happenings. First off, I had to make sure and keep a respectable distance between myself and the human. Second, even if I had some sort of connection with her, there was still some reason I was called here from across the country in alert mode. Somewhere in the near future there was tremendous danger to the human race, of that I was certain. And thirdly, mom had said that every vision that Naomi saw, had come true. This concerned me in a whole new way. I went over and over the vision I had when I took her hand, trying to break it down and find anything, anything at all that would help.

BPOV

I lay there in my own bed finally, it had only been one night in the hospital for observation, but it felt like eternity until I was home again. I thought I would have fallen asleep fast, after being up most of the night talking with Edward, but I couldn't get my brain to shut down long enough to get to sleep. It must have been the concussion making my mind skip, but there were things in our talk that just didn't add up. I may have drifted off to sleep a few times and just didn't remember it all. I do remember him holding my hand almost the entire night, and talking softly, which he explained was to keep from hurting my head. He seemed to be genuinely worried about me. I mean he came to the hospital in the middle of the night just to check on me. But there was more than that, the way I felt so calm and relaxed when he was sitting there, and the way my heart began to jump when he stood to leave. I didn't want him to go. I had no idea where he worked or if I would ever get to see him again, and to tell the truth, I very much wanted to see him again, and I couldn't even tell you why. I knew very little about him, but for some reason I trusted him.

EPOV

I had tossed and turned for what seemed like an eternity and finally I gave up and got out of bed and got dressed. I eased out so I wouldn't disturb my brothers. Intending on having a bit of a run to clear my head and wear myself out, I went to La Push Beach and followed the coastline as I ran. The new moon on the water was quite a breathtaking view. I tried to close my thoughts off as I ran, but they kept going back to her. How in hell had this girl, who I had only known for a day and a half, worked her way into my head like this? I looked up and realized how far I had gone and turned to head back. Once I reached La Push I turned and traveled through the woods again. As I got to the edge of the wooded area I realized where I had ended up. I was only a short way from her house. The next thing I knew I was squatting on a tree limb and peering into her window.

She was tossing and turning as bad as I had been. I could tell she was mumbling in her sleep. She kept raising her hand as if reaching for something or someone. Then her body became rigid and she shook with fear. I knew she was dreaming of the accident. She was trying to scream out but her voice was frozen with terror. I couldn't stand to watch it. I had to do something. I reached to test the window and it was unlocked. I entered her room silently, knowing if I woke her up it would only add to her fears. I knelt on the floor by her bed and began to stroke her hair softly and talk to her in a quiet whisper. I told her I was there and she was ok. I told her I would always protect her. She immediately calmed and stopped the tossing. She reached her hand to me and I took hers carefully. She turned onto her side and held my hand to her cheek as she went into a deeper more peaceful sleep. I sat there on my knees just holding her hand and feeling the warmth of her breath on mine. Her petite body finally able to relax, with just that small gesture. I looked down on that face. Jesus, Edward what have you gotten yourself into?

I only stayed there a short time to make sure the dream had passed. Then I eased my hand free of hers and bent to place a feather light kiss upon her forehead. Left by way of her window and ran on home. Of course my brothers were up and pacing the floor when I arrived, fully expecting a detailed report on where I had gone. I tried to tease my way out of it by telling them I didn't know they had taken my parents place now. I sat down and told them how I couldn't sleep and had taken a run. Nuff said, I didn't think there was any need to cause them any more frustration about my little visit. I guess since they knew I never slept well in my younger years, they accepted my excuse and went on.

The next few days were rather boring compared to the first of the week. We laughed and visited and made the normal rounds of the area still searching for anything that was out of the ordinary. Nothing was happening and I had almost talked them into going back to their territory when Carlisle called me back. He had spoken to the Elders for me and explained everything that had happened. They seemed to be massively distressed about our situation. It seems that the last time this happened was right before the war with the shape shifters. To the Elders this was some sort of omen. Great, now I was stuck with house guests for a longer period. I truly didn't mind my brothers being there. I missed not getting to be with them any more, it's just like any other time, you feel that you have to change your own way of doing things to accommodate the others in the house. I knew that every single move I made would be scrutinized. Carlisle was threatening to bring a team of the Guardians to America and Emmet was wanting to find a place to initiate a training course so we could be on peak performance. I had to make them all step back and slow down a minute before doing anything rash. It was one vision and we had no idea if it would come to fruition. I got Carlisle to agree to wait until we had some sort of verification before coming. I got Emmet to agree to just work out at the gym as usual until we found danger in our area. Jasper was easy, all I had to promise was that I would not leave the house without one of them with me. So more of less I was being babysat for the first time in almost a hundred years.

I suppose there was one good thing that became of their being paranoid. I got to check on Bella quite often. I would make runs by the school in the mornings to watch as she arrived. I would swing by her home late at night to see if her light was on. I would blend into the shadows to watch as she went shopping. I learned many of her likes and dislikes just by observations. All of which were supervised by my brothers. We began going to the local gym to work out daily. It was not the same as our training but it kept us in shape and ready for anything. We checked in with Carlisle every other day, even though it had become customary to have absolutely nothing to report.

We were doing our normal rounds in the evening, nothing at all had shown up for weeks and it was beginning to irritate me that I had drawn all this attention for nothing. I caught up with Jasper and Emmet and we headed over to the gym to get in a few hours of training. We were a few blocks from the gym and for the second time in two months, I fell to my knees. This time I heard no screams, I felt no pain, I just saw Bella being dragged to a vehicle with her hands and feet tied. My brothers ran to me and bent over me in protective mode until I collected myself enough to tell them what I saw. No further words were spoken, we all headed straight to her house.

It was quiet here, middle of the night, no one was awake. We did an area scan and I saw two men in a panel van two blocks down the road, just sitting there. They were waiting on something. We stayed out of sight and kept them in surveillance. After a bit, a car arrived from the north. A man got out and went to the back of the van and tapped. When they opened the van for him, we moved in closer to hear what was being said. Apparently the man who arrived was named Frank and he had been in trouble with the law here in Forks. Now he had a grudge against Bella's Dad and intended on using her as bait to lure him away from town so they could kill him. It was a well thought out plan as far as they knew, but they didn't count on us.

Emmet was chomping at the bit. This was like a play date at the park for him. We knew the meadow they were to meet at and waited until Frank left. Then we snuck back to Bella's house and waited. They picked the lock and went in. I spoke to my brothers as we coordinated our movements. Jaz, let me get in there then make a drunk call to the house number and pretend to have the wrong number to wake up the Chief. Emmet, wait around back for when I flush them out and make sure that it looks like they tripped coming out. He was actually giggling under his breath as he waited. I snuck in behind the goons and was careful to keep out of their sight as they milled around taking their time to check for valuables to pocket. I wasn't going to confront them yet, I just wanted to make sure Bella stayed safe, after all I had given her my word.

Jasper was right on cue, the phone rang loud and shrill. The tough guys almost messed their pants as they jumped and began running around like an old black and white movie of the Keystone Cops. They were panicking and I was having a hard time keeping from laughing out loud. I heard the chief answer the phone and then hang up mumbling about crazy drunks calling for rides home at this hour. The goons headed to the back door and ran out as fast as they could. After several loud bangs and verbal pained yelps, I was pretty sure Emmet had surprised them. Then the chief came running downstairs with his pistol drawn. He saw the front and back doors wide open and heard the goons still whining out back. I snuck out the front and circled around in the shadows to meet Jasper and Emmet. We watched as the chief handcuffed the goons and called for backup. Bella had run downstairs to see what the ruckus was about but her dad made her go back inside immediately. My heart skipped several beats when I saw her standing there.

We headed back towards my house and stopped at a payphone to make an anonymous call to the police station about Mr Frank in the meadow. We wanted to make sure he got caught, even though he wasn't there to do the dirty work he was the reason behind the aggression.

I knew the chief would still be doing paperwork and I wanted to check on Bella to make sure she was ok there by herself. Since we were all hyped on the adrenaline it was no problem to talk them into going back with me. So I ran over there again, with my babysitters along with me. The Chief had left one of his deputies parked in the drive to watch for her until he got back home. We sat in the tree and made sure she was back asleep and safe before we went home.

We sat in my den going over the events as we laughed at Emmet's reenactment of the backdoor adventure. As the first guy ran out he was tackled by Emmet, the second man was coming so fast that he couldn't stop and he ran right over his buddy. Emmet said he had to move fast to catch him because he was laughing so hard. Then he ran around the side of the oak tree to watch the chief come out and almost step on them both. He had laid a broken tree limb on the back steps to make it look like they had tripped on it as they ran out.

We called Mom and Dad to fill them in on the happenings and it seemed to make them more comfortable. Mom said, it was great that it had been so simple and we could rest easier now. Dad stopped her and drew her attention that I had not been near Bella when this happened and had not used my body to protect her as in my vision. My brothers and I just looked at each other. He was absolutely right, this was nothing at all like what I saw. So were my visions going to be precise and factual or just a mode of telling me Bella would be in danger? Would we still live out the first vision I had as well?

It was another fitful night of sleeping for me. Tossing, turning, dreaming of Bella, waking every few minutes to look at the clock. I sat up and swung my legs out of bed before the sun broke through. It was no use. I wanted to check on her again. I walked out of my bedroom and there was Jas and Emmet sitting on the sofa. I looked at them questionably and they stood and said they assumed I would be wanting to go back to check on things first thing this morning. These two knew me far too well.

BPOV

First the phone rang, but before I could get up, my dad had answered it. By his grumbles I concluded it was a drunk needing a ride home from the bar. I just turned over and snuggled back in my covers. Then there was a loud crash out the back of the house and we both jumped up and ran to the hallway. My Dad had his gun drawn and told me to wait there. He went downstairs and I grabbed my robe. I waited like he said, until I heard him calling for backup on his phone. I ran to make sure he was ok and see what happened. Just as I looked outside he yelled at me to go back in. I was barely in the doorway, and could just see two men standing there handcuffed together with my dad's gun aimed at them. Fear flooded over me and I ran back inside. I went upstairs and threw some clothes on, from experience of being my Dad's daughter I knew my home would be over ran soon with deputies.

They took fingerprints off the door locks, they towed a van that was parked on the road. They took a statement from me and my dad told me to stay at the house while he went to the station to book these guys and fill out paperwork. He told one of the deputies to sit in the driveway until he got home so I wouldn't be alone. This had to be the craziest thing that happened to us ever. I had heard my dad talk about home break ins and such, but never would I think they would break into ours.

I went upstairs to my room and peeked out the window to make sure the deputy was there. Then I took my shoes off and crawled back in bed fully dressed. I laid there a long time just thinking. I wish Edward was there. He had made me feel so calm after the accident at school. I wondered where he was, what he was doing. I bet he was sleeping soundly in his bed. I wondered if he ever dreamed of me. I really wish Edward was there with me.