A/N: It's been a while hasn't it? Oops, sorreh about that:')
In better news there was a great response to the last chapter, so thank you all for your reviews and support, they make my day, :D

So Edward and Bella are together… but what's this?! Uh oh, there seems to be some nomads on the loose! Whatever could happen? Hehe *evil grin*

I've had an eventful month if anyone cares. Broke my finger, sprained my wrist, fell over in the shower and got told off by a hobo. Brilliant, eh?

I don't own Twilight, Stephanie Meyer does. Although I do own a nifty 'Breaking Dawn Part 1' Robert Pattinson poster and a Robert Pattinson calendar. Honestly I love my friends; they just get me.

Chapter 9

CPOV

For most parents, catching their son and daughter in a tryst of passion on the family room couch would lead to multiple lessons on the etiquette of relationships and how you are not meant to become romantically involved with your siblings.

I'm not most parents.

Not that I'm perfectly okay with the idea of my baby girl dating my first son, I can tell you I'm not. Isa just found us, she just came back to me and now I'm already handing her over to my son. Gosh that sounds odd. As long as he loves her and treats her right. That's all a father can possible ask for… right? Well, it's all this father's asking for. Now even though I'm not completely happy with handing her over so soon, I'll be damned if any nomads think they're coming in to destroy my family's life. I don't know what Alice saw, but from Edward's reaction, I gather it isn't going to be a pretty meeting.

'Edward, how bad is it?' I asked him mentally, rearing to do anything I could to protect this family. He simply shook his head, his eyes full of fury. I knew that now he's in this anger state of mind, I'd get no sense from him. I turned to Alice and raised an eyebrow inquisitively. She sighed before speaking.

"Three nomads, coming our way. I don't see what they want, or if they're in passing. What I do know is that we will be confronting them; there's no preventing that. I also know that this confrontation will end badly. I just don't know who for; us or them."

"Wait, wait, wait. You said three Nomads. Like Eddie said, there are eight of us; we could easily take them down. I don't get why you're stressing so much?" Emmett asked. I'm glad he did as I wanted to know the answer to this also.

"What's stressing about this Emmett, is that it's Carlisle that starts fighting them. From there on Alice can't see the result," Edward finally said, coming out of his angry stupor. His words finally registered with me, and apparently with the rest of my family.

"Carlisle?!" they all shouted, except Isa, who shouted 'Dad?!', all nearly in sync. I was just as shocked as they were. Of all of us, besides Esme, I consider myself to be one of the least volatile vampires. Something must have really set me off.

"Damn right something set you off Carlisle," Edward grumbled.

"Alice, do we know when these asshats arrive Ali?" Isa asked bluntly.

"ISA!"

"To be fair Dad, if they can make you of all people lunge for a fight, the likeliness of them being asshats is very high," she said matter of factly. She has a point, but still…

"However true that may be, cussing isn't ladylike,"

She shook her head and tried to subtly roll her eyes. It didn't work. I ignored it for the moment, considering there were nomads threatening my family.

"How long until they get here Ali?" Jasper asked, kneeling down beside Alice.

"Three days, tops. Maybe two,"

"Okay, so we face them. We'll be fine, if we have the right frame of mind," Jasper planned. It really is handy having Jasper here; his military days come in helpful in these situations. We decided to have a family meeting later on in the evening, to discuss how we're going to go into this. For now though we all decided to spend some time with our mates; though this threat doesn't seem large, it's large enough to make us protective of our mates.

"I don't see why it's Carlisle, of all people to start the fight, it just doesn't make sense!"

My beautiful Esme was becoming more and more agitated as we sat around the dining room table. We had no use for the table, but it's serves a useful purpose as our meeting area. Though we may have to find a new area if Emmett keeps slamming his fists down on its surface, proving his points.

Esme worries that these nomads are extremely dangerous, or at least have very dangerous abilities. I'm beginning to think that myself; I don't know why it's me lunging for a fight. Jasper sat in his seat next to Alice, his face thoughtful and careful.

"I don't understand that part either. Either they have a gift that can control people, or they do something that really ticks you off. Maybe they threaten the family?" he contemplated, scratching his chin slightly.

"Doesn't explain why he wants a fight though. I mean, we've met plenty of nomads who disagree with us, threaten us. He's always been so collected, in control," Rosalie chips in. They continued to discuss the likely cause for my anger, as if I weren't in the room listening to their conversation. I listened as they plotted, thought and then plotted some more. It's rather annoying to be spoken about as if you're not in the room.

Eventually they came to the decision that one of the nomads must have a power that would control actions. No one thought of an excuse as to why these nomads would come to us and use their power for a fight; then again, no one asked for a reason. I suppose we'll have to wait and see for their reasoning, considering Alice's visions still aren't giving us any more details.

Fog covered the clearing where this confrontation was taking place. It was rather ominous; hinting towards the less than friendly meeting that would soon occur. Alice had been able to determine that the meeting would take place three days from when she had the vision. Which brings us to the clearing, stood on our defences, waiting for the nomads.

"Are you sure this is the place Alice?" Esme asked from her place beside me. Jasper and Edward had worked dutifully to come up with a formation for us to stand in; strongest at the front, weakest in the back. I stood in the middle of Edward and Emmett at the front of our 'V' shaped formation. Emmett flanked my right for his brute strength. Edward flanked my left due to his mind reading advantage. Jasper stood behind Emmett; though his gift wasn't as obvious, it's extremely useful, plus he has excellent battle knowledge. Isa, sweet Isa, stood behind Edward, her back tense. We'd tried to place her further back, but she vehemently refused; assuring us she could hold her own in a fight. I didn't much like the sound of that, but agreed to her placement. Alice, Esme and Rosalie filled in the rest of the 'V' shape. Though they weren't weak, Rosalie and Esme had no advantages and Alice was kind of our secret weapon. Keep Alice safe, let Edward inform us of any visions she has that can help us.

"Give it five seconds Esme,"

I counted down the seconds in my head. As I hit '5' three figures came through the fog and into the clearing. They advanced in their animalistic prowl until they were opposite us. Our size didn't seem to intimidate them.

"This is quite the greeting," their seemingly leader spoke. He had a slight French accent and thick black dread locks hanging down his back. Ruby eyes set in olive skin appraised each member of my family.

"That it is. I'm Carlisle; this is my family," I introduced calmly.

"A pleasure. I am Laurent. This is my coven, James-" he gestured to a lean bare chested man. His filthy blonde hair hung in a low pony tail at the nape of his neck. His eyes were black and glowering; I couldn't decide whether he was hungry or angry. Perhaps a mix of the two? "-And this is Victoria," He pointed to the remaining female. Her hair was a blazing mass of red waves, framing her narrow face. Her eyes, also, were a deep black.

I could feel a set of eyes on my face, so I turned to face them. James' eyes lingered on my face, then roamed my family. As he came to Isa a menacing grin stretched over his lips. A soft growl emanated from Isa, alerting Victoria to the stare down. Once again, as her eyes rest on Isa, a menacing grin took place on her cat-like face. I watched Isa from the corner of my eye as she crouched slightly and continued to growl softly in her throat.

"You- you bastard!" she growled. I turned, shocked by her reaction; did she know these nomads?

"Oh, come now. That's no way to greet an old friend," James spoke, grinning widely.

That voice. I know that voice. I know that sick, sick voice. The voice that tormented me over all these years. The voice of the man who left me burning in the sewer and stole my daughter. Him.

"There's nothing friendly about you, you sick son of a bitch!" Isa screamed at him, crouching lower, snarling. I was all but ready to join her. My own snarls joined Isa's, my own crouch sinking lower.

"Loo, Vicky. Seems like dear Daddy here remembers us," he laughed maliciously. Her own taunting snickers did as they intended; they taunted me. Waited for me to attack. Willed me to lunge for the sick bastard who stole my ten year old daughter and left me to change, alone.

"Remember you? You've taunted me for years you bastard," I spat, ignoring the muted gasps of my family. Carlisle Cullen does not cuss.

"What's going on?" Emmett demanded, Laurent nodding his head. Hmm, I guess he wasn't involved with these cruel, cruel beings back then.

"What's going on? Why don't you tell them Daddy? Tell them how you were useless in protecting your only daughter; or yourself for that matter," Victoria teased. And not in the friendly manner. "Or you, Isabella? Hmm? Tell your precious Daddy how you cried for him. How you begged for him? Tell him how defenceless you were against us,"

"Shut, the fuck up, you sick, demented bitch," Isa snarled, her body tensing to lunge forward. Each of Victoria's words stabbed at my heart. What did they do to my precious girl?

"What's the fun in that? Tell them how weak you were. Tell them how you soiled yourself at the age of 16," James continued. They made my daughter soil herself?! What else have they done? I didn't want to know; not from them anyway. I growled deep in my throat and launched myself at James. He's had this coming a long time.

I flung us across the clearing, snarling and biting at James anywhere I could. He fought back feverishly, his hands hard and gripping, forceful and demanding. But he will not defeat me. No, not again.

"I killed you and your little daughter. And I'll do it again," he taunted.

"The hell you will," I ground out before biting at his arms, ripping one of them savagely from his body, before throwing it towards my family. I vaguely saw Esme and Alice set it alight, getting a roaring fire going. I could see Victoria and Laurant being restrained by Emmett, Jasper, Edward and Rosalie. I could hear Isa's screaming at Victoria, releasing her own fury.

My attention swung back to James as he attempted to bite my neck. I could feel my animalistic instincts that I worked so hard to hide, coming back out in full force. I pinned James beneath me before removing his other arm, slowly and painfully. His screams of pain filled my eardrums. I brought my teeth down to his neck. "You've had this coming a long time," I whispered, then sunk my teeth into his vile flesh, snapping his head from his body. I quickly shredded the rest of his body, then gathered it and ran to the fire my family had started. I threw his body in with vengeance before facing my dear ones. They looked at me in awe and slight discomfort, whereas Victoria was seething with anger. I did just kill her mate after all. Though my animal side was shrinking further away, I still felt no remorse. Laurent looked scared for his life, though he wouldn't be harmed today.

"You killed my mate! You son of a bitch!" Victoria screamed at me, struggling to free herself from Emmett and Edwards grasp. Isa scoffed from her place in front of Victoria.

"And you are you're mate stole me from my father, basically tortured me for seven long years, then left me for dead. You stole my fathers daughter and your little mate left him for dead. You expect remorse? You want revenge? Too bad it's me getting the revenge then isn't it?" Isa spoke softly, menacingly.

"You can't do anything, stupid girl," the red haired demon sneered. I watched with the rest of my family as Isa once gain scoffed. I watched with my family as a hazy blue light seemed to radiate from Isa's skull. We watched as the hazy blue light wrapped itself tightly around Victoria. Isa hadn't moved.

"Any last words, Vicky?" Isa asked condescendingly. Victoria didn't have a second to reply however, as the hazy blue light tightened further. Ripping sounds came from Victoria's body as her limbs began to fall away from her body due to the pressure. A feral scream rose in the demons throat.

The scream died out as soon as her head ripped from her body.

Pieces of Victoria fell to the ground, mangled and un repairable. The blue haze retreated to Isa's skull as she calmly collected Victoria's body and threw her onto the blazing fire. I watched Isa in awe along with the rest of my family as the purple smoke blew above our heads. Slowly Isa turned to face us, exhaust clear on her face.

"Let's go home," she sighed tiredly. She retreated to Edwards arms, just as Esme clung to my bicep.

"Umm, what do we do with him?" Jasper nodded to Laurent who remained still in his grasp. I sighed then turned to Laurent.

"I don't want you hunting in this area; it would bring unnecessary attention to my family and I." I told him. He nodded, then told us he was going to head towards Alaska. We bid him a goodbye and warned him again not to hunt until he was far away from Forks.

"Now we can go home," I said. No one gave any argument as we ran in silence back to our home.

A/N: Again, sorry that took so long to get up. Hopefully the longer chapter will please you all!

Carlisle may seem a little OOC towards the end of this chapter, but I hope you understand the reasons for that. I'm sure you would be a little more than pissed off if a vampire stole your daughter, then basically killed you.

Thank you for the great response to the story so far! I'd love a review, how'd you think the fight went?