I won the arm wrestle...again for the fiftieth time.
"Hand it over" Jasper said laughing at Emmett. Emmett pulled 20 pound out of his pocket and handed it to Jasper.
"Thank you" Jasper smirked.
I'm sure you'll win next time" Edward said smugly tapping Emmett's shoulder.
"Yea right" He whispered under his breath. Everyone laughed.
"I heard that" Emmett growled throwing a pillow from the couch at him.
It hit Edward's head. Edward stood there stiffly then turned around. Edward leapt onto Emmett with full force. I heard them both knocking on the ground. Edward was winning. Then Emmett. Then Edward. Then Emmett. Then....
"ENOUGH" Carlisle yelled. "Both of you get up, say sorry and shake hands." They did what they were told and both got up. Everyone stood there watching. It was like watching an action film.
"I'm sorry my wife beat you at arm wrestling, Emmett" Edward said purposely holding his hand out.
"I'm sorry I don't like beating women" Emmett snarled.
"Ohh, 50 times seems like a lot of times to let someone win Emmett don't you think?" Edward said clearly winning this argument.
"Not if it your trying to be a gentleman, It's not" Emmett replied.
Edward smirked. "Ok, enough is enough" Carlisle finished. "Shake hands now" This was the first time I had saw Carlisle act like this. He was always so nice and calm. They both shook hands very firmly. Edward was still smirking and Emmett was ready to pounce on Edward.
"Right back to business" Carlisle said calmly. He held up today's newspaper. I noticed the headline read:
Who is responsible for all these vicious attacks in Port Angeles?
I immediately knew what it was about. Carlisle passed the newspaper around for us all to read the article. He handed it to me and Edward. The article was very short. It read...
Lately Port Angeles residents have been attacked. There have been over 25 killings in the past 2 days. Who are they? and What are they? Are these attacks connected to the Seattle attacks? Here Police chief Charlie Swan yesterday told us...
"We are all trying very hard to discover who or what these things are. This is getting close to home. 25 innocent people have died already including 3 of our officers. Examinations have showed that all the people killed have had a bite mark scarred on them somewhere on their bodies which has caused their deaths. This tells us that whatever these creatures are they are not human! It was not long ago all the attacks were happening in Seattle and now Port Angeles. We have so far come to the conclusion that whatever these things are they will stop at nothing. We think that the attacks in Port Angeles are linked to the attacks in Seattle. We are very disappointed to announce that we have no new leads. We believe the public have a right to know everything that is happening so from today onwards there will be updates on this case from my fellow officers. I'm sorry we cannot do anything better to help. Thank you for your co-operation."
Edward passed the paper onto Alice and Jasper. He looked at me probably to see my facial expression.
"We...We...We have to stop this Edward, for us and for Charlie. We have to stop this now!" I finally said getting myself worked up. I hated that Charlie had to go through this and knew that the fact the police can't do anything would be killing him.
"We will" Edward said rugging his hands up and down my shoulders. "If it is the last thing I'll do."
Everyone had finished reading the article. "What do we do now?" I asked.
"We have to prepare ourselves. We can't fight without getting prepared. This is going to be tough, very tough. If we are going to stand a chance at stopping this we are going to have to focus. 100%" Carlisle said looking around at all of us.
Everyone nodded. "Bella, we need you and Edward to practice holding your shield for longer." Carlisle pointed out.
"Ok" I said.
"Alice, we need you to concentrate on your vision. Any little detail will help" He said to Alice.
She just nodded. "Jasper is there anything else you know about fighting that we don't" Carlisle asked.
"No" Jasper said disappointed he couldn't help anymore.
"Ok, Jacob I think now will be a good time to call the pack and get them over here." Carlisle said.
"Ok I'll be right back." Jake said running swiftly past us and out the door. He ran into the forest and disappeared amongst the trees to phase. He was back in a matter of seconds and as he entered the house he said,
"Everyone is on their way."
Nessie was still in Rosalie's arms. She was rubbing her eyes and yawning. "I think it someone's nap time" Rosalie said to Nessie.
"I'll just go put her down" Rosalie looked at me.
"Thanks Rose." I replied. Sam, Jared, Quil, Embry, Seth, Leah and Paul were outside in their human forms. Esme volunteered to stay with Renesmee.
"Thank you" Edward said smiling at his mum. We all walked outside to meet the others.
"So what's going on?" Sam asked. This was the first meeting we had had about this situation. Jake filled them in one everything that happened since Jake came to tell us what was happening.
"Ok, I understand. I saw the newspaper this morning. They are closer than we thought" Sam revealed.
"Exactly. We now need to make the most of the time we have left" Carlisle interrupted. The wolves nodded.
"We are ready when you are Carlisle. Ever since they first tried to cross the land we have been on our guard. We haven't heard anything from them since, until now" Sam explained.
"We won't need much time either." Carlisle replied. "Right now though we need to be on our guard at all times. We all need to remember there is a child involved in all this as well and it is her they are after. There are 16 of us and four of them but in this case numbers don't matter. This will be our hardest challenge yet. We need to take that into account."
"So we will be back when you are ready." Sam said.
"Thank you. It is much appreciated" Carlisle politely thanked them shaking Sam's hand. An hour had gone past, Renesmee is probably awake now, I thought to myself. The wolves walked back into the forest and disappeared amongst the trees. Carlisle, Jacob, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper went into the house. Edward and I slowly followed behind them. Renesmee had woken up and was sitting in Esme's arms. Jacob and Carlisle went over and sat beside them. Alice and Jasper sat on the other seat with Emmett and Rosalie. Edward and I sat on the last seat. I sat on his lap and he put his arms around my waist. I thought Emmett was going to make a snide remark or something but he didn't.
"Nessie did you dream of them?" Jacob asked her. She looked at him and stretched her arms out. "No" she said entering Jacob's arms. She touched Jacob's cheek and showed him what she saw. She took her hand of Jacob's cheek.
"She didn't see them. The only thing she saw was Edward and Emmett fighting" Jacob chuckled. Renesmee stared at Emmett and stuck her tongue out. She stared at Edward and smiled. Edward laughed at her and put his thumbs up. She put her thumbs up and started laughing with Edward. They bonded so well, it was so sweet.
"Alice have you seen anything?" Edward asked her.
"The only thing I have saw of them was a picture but it was only of Emma, Ryan and Karl. Jason wasn't there and all my other visions are working fine. It's just this one thing I'm not seeing" Alice explained.
"When did you see this?" He asked.
"Outside when we were talking to the wolves." Alice told him. "It was only a glimpse."
"I've got a conclusion as to why Alice can't see anything" I said getting excited.
"Surprise us" Emmett asked sarcastically.
"Ok then prepare to be surprise, Emmett" I replied not letting him win. I thought my conclusion was actually pretty good.
"What if..What if they control who sees them. I mean what Renesmee saw was true as the paper told us earlier and Alice can see everything else so there is nothing wrong with her vision. Edward when you told me about their powers you said that Jason has no precise powers. Are you sure? What if he does? What if he can control what we see?" I asked proud of my conclusion.
"Bella, I think you could be right" Alice said.
"Why do you think that Alice?" Edward said looking at her.
"I didn't tell you guys this because I thought it was stupid and thought my vision was playing tricks on me but now that Bella thinks this everything makes perfect sense. After Renesmee showed us what happened I had a vision. It was Jason. He was just standing there laughing and not saying anything. It only went on for about 3 seconds and it happened when you and Bella were in the kitchen" Alice explained to Edward.
"Maybe Ryan played a part in this too" I said. "Maybe he was making Alice feel bad and that's why she thought her vision was stupid."
Everyone stared at me. They knew I could be right.
"Alice, anything else you see you have to tell us. It doesn't matter what it is just tell us. We need to know." Edward said.
Alice nodded. "Then maybe Bella is right" Edward said looking at me and smiling.
I smiled back and saw Emmett staring at me in amazement.
"Well, are you surprised Emmett?" I asked him sarcastically.
"Absolutely, Bella, you know I always knew you had a brain in there somewhere" He asked smugly.
"Ohh ha ha well not all of us are stupid" I smirked.
"Now I know that none of us are stupid and you have just proved that" He said suggesting I was stupid.
"Well not all of us needed to repeat high school more than once to show it" I said.
He rolled his eyes at me and gave in. I felt Edward kiss my cheek.
"Congratulations" He said of my conclusion and my victory against Emmett.