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The wolves didn't need an invitation. They launched themselves at the vampires. I heard Emmett mutter finally and went after his own vampire. I shot a quick glance at Jasper. His golden eyes were trained in on Maria. She had an eerie smile on her face and I wanted nothing more than to slap it off.

"She's mine." Jasper whispered to me as if he read my very thoughts. I nodded and spotted another vampire to strike. The vampire looked to be around twenty. He was wearing a Bullet For My Valentine shirt and his black hair was spiked. His nails had been painted black, giving off a very gothic look. He lunged for me and I easily sidestepped away. It was hard to concentrate on his movements because of the wolves messing with my visions, but this vampire seemed very predictable. He ran towards me again and reached his hands toward my limbs. I once again maneuvered out of his grasp.

"You're prolonging the inevitable." He sneered. "Why don't you give up and I'll make your demise less excruciating."

We circled around each other. I'm sure an outsider would think we were performing a dance.

"You know Maria's just using you. She'll have you killed within a year." I told him.

"I don't give a shit about Maria and her army. I just love the fight."

"Why?"

He sneered at me. "Because once in my life I have the power to make people suffer."

"You got teased in school?"

He laughed at me. "No little girl, I did not." He titled his head a bit to the left. "Your boyfriend's in trouble."

I knew he was baiting me. The desire to check on Jasper was becoming crucial but he taught me never to turn my back on an enemy. I also didn't have a vision of Jasper getting hurt, so I'm trusting in that.

"He can handle himself. After all, he was in Maria's army for a long time."

"He left?" He sounded surprised but then shook his head. He rocketed toward me and I barely was able to move out of his reach. He was attempting to break my concentration. I couldn't allow that.

"Yes, because he knew there was a better way to live." Okay, so I was stalling by trying to convince Mr. Rock guy that there was more to vampire life than killing humans.

The vampire laughed. "I highly doubt that."

I was getting tired listening to him. He wasn't going to see reason, so I charged at him. I reached for his neck but he anticipated my movement and grabbed my arm. He used my own energy against me and slammed me into a tree. I heard the tree snap as I collided into it. The vampire's hand held tightly on my arm. He pulled me up and punched me with his other fist. I couldn't let him win, but it was getting hard to block his attacks. In under a few seconds, his hands were around my neck. I knew I was going to die.

I heard a roar coming at my left. The next thing I knew, I was on the ground. The vampire had been torn in half. The wolf walked over to me and stared at me. I gave him a smile and petted him on the nose.

"Thanks Jacob." I said. He seemed to nod and then ran off to join the other wolves. Jasper was instantly by my side. He wrapped his arms around me.

"Are you alright?" He asked, pulling back and cupping my face with his hands.

"I'm fine. Are you?"

"Of course." He smiled.

"What happened to Maria?" Jasper helped me up and I looked around. There were a few fires already going burning the bodies of the dead vampires.

"I was fighting her when two of her crew attacked me." My eyes grew large and I looked at Jasper's hands. He felt my distress. "Alice, I'm perfectly fine. They didn't touch me."

I wrapped my arms around him. "I don't want to lose you."

"You won't." He kissed the top of my head. "I have Jacob to thank for keeping you safe."

"I'm sure he's just ecstatic that he's getting to kill vampires."

"You got that right!" Jacob walked up behind us in his normal human form. He was shirtless and sweat was seeping down his chest. He shot us both a smile.

Emmett came up beside him and clasped Jacob on the shoulder. "That was one hell of a fight, eh bro!"

"Oh yeah!" Jacob laughed and gave Emmett a high five.

"We Cullens aren't so bad, are we?"

Jacob pondered for a moment. "Aside from your smell, I think you're okay."

Emmett laughed again. "Yeah, well you don't smell so great either. Still, we make a hell of a team."

"Yes we do!"

I sighed feeling a slight bit of pressure in my head. Jasper turned all his attention on me.

"What's wrong darlin'?"

I put my hands to my head and massaged my temple with my fingertips. "My head feels funny."

Jasper easily lifted me off the ground. "Let's get you home." I could only nod. The pressure started to increase slightly. I was pretty sure this is what a headache feels like. Too bad I can't take an Advil like humans. I laid my head against Jasper's chest as he ran us both home.

We caught up with my family on the way back. Carlisle insisted on checking me over as soon as we arrived home. The pain in my head wasn't easing up and tightly closed my eyes. I knew Jasper felt my distress and he sent calming waves over me. I clung to them as best as I could. I heard the front door opening and Carlisle told Jasper to lay me down on the couch.

"Alice, open your eyes for a moment." Carlisle replied. I did as told and I noticed that he was in full doctor mode. I could also make out the worry behind his golden eyes. Esme walked over to the couch and reached for my hand.

"What can I do?" Esme asked. I'm not sure if she meant Carlisle or myself. Carlisle answered for me.

"We need to keep her calm."

"Calm? Alice?" Emmett laughed. "We'd have better luck keeping Bella from tripping on everything."

"Funny Emmett." I said closing my eyes once more. "Carlisle, why does my head hurt?"

"I'm not sure Alice." His honest answer wasn't what I was looking for. "I think you need to rest though. No running around, no getting overly excited."

"In other words, be Edward." Emmett supplied. To which Edward kindly slapped him.

Jasper had been sitting quietly on the end of the couch. He was trying to keep not only his but everyone else's emotions in check. He stood up.

"I'll take her upstairs." He reached underneath me and carefully lifted me in his embrace.

"Hey Jasper, no getting Alice overly excited!" Emmett smirked.

"Hey Emmett." I smiled at my brother. "Leave my Jasper alone and go play with Rosalie!"

Of course, my brother just laughs as Japer carried me to our room.

Jasper gently set me down on the bed. I leaned against the pillows as Jasper pulled a blanket over me. It's funny how something simple as a blanket can make you feel secure. Jasper spooned up next to me putting his arm around my stomach. He gently kissed my cheek. He used his gift to relax me. How I wish at that moment vampires could sleep. I would have been asleep in seconds. Instead, I cuddled next to him and we laid there in silence for what could have been an eternity.

Our little sanctuary didn't last too long though, I could my family talking downstairs. My headache had finally eased off. I stole a look at Jasper. His golden locks where hanging over his eyes and he smiled at me.

"Hey beautiful. How are you feeling?"

"Much better." I leaned over and kissed him. "Guess we should check what they're doing downstairs."

He shook his head. "No, if they need us, they'll come get us."

"You really want Emmett barging in here?"

Jasper laughed. "Not especially, but I'm sure he's busy um." Jasper paused. "What did you say, oh yes, busy playing with Rosalie."

I smiled and kissed him again. "I love you." I pulled the blanket off me and got up from the bed. Jasper didn't move. "Are you just going to stay there?"

He nodded. "I'm fairly comfortable."

"Okay. Suit yourself." I blew him a kiss and turned around to go out the door. He was up and at the door at vampire speed.

He took my face in his hands, leaned down, and kissed me. I pulled away grinning. "I thought you were comfy."

"I was, but then my wife got up and I got pretty lonely."

I gave him a pout. "Aw, that's too bad." I grabbed his hand. "Come on, let's see what they're discussing."

I could make out Bella's voice and Jacob's when we reached the stairs. They were standing in the kitchen.

"Are these headaches normal?" Jacob was asking.

"Not that I know of." Bella answered him.

Jasper and I made our appearance and Bella rushed into my arms.

"Oh Alice! I was so worried about you."

"It's okay Bella. I'm fine." I pulled away from her. "You don't need to worry about me so much."

Bella's face turned red and she glanced down at the floor. "Sorry, it's just I can't really help it."

"It's okay. I had plenty of people watching out for me." My eyes focused on Jacob and Emmett in front of me.

"Jacob told me. Apparently he and Emmett are best buddies now."

"It's pretty weird." I admitted.

"Hey! I'm standing right here." Jacob commented.

Emmett nodded. "So am I!"

"I know." I grinned at them.

Bella looked back up. "So, why is Maria wanting the wolves?"

Jasper sighed. "It could be a lot of different reasons. One, she knows how strong the wolves are and wants them destroyed. Or she wants to try to convince them somehow to join her army."

"I'm gonna go with the first one." Jacob said. "You know the "kill them all" thing." He used his fingers as quotation marks.

"That makes the most sense to me as well."

Bella shook her head. "But why Forks?"

Edward came inside and wrapped his arm around Bella. He nodded at the rest of us.

"I think it's because of us." Edward said. "Maria doesn't seem to like that we've managed to have a family here."

"She could be after Jasper."

Jasper shook his head. "I'm not entirely sure she wants me Bella."

I agreed. Maria seemed much more interested in the wolves. "I'm thinking that she's wanting to control the pack somehow."

"Great, like I don't have enough going on in my head." Jacob rolled his eyes.

"It's only a theory Jacob." I told him. "I've been wrong a few times lately."

He didn't say anything for a few moments. Then he turned to Edward. "I'm going to keep my eyes out for Maria and any other strange vamps in the area."

"Thank you."

"She needs protection." He pointed to Bella.

"She'll have it." Edward swore.

"Okay." Jacob turned and left the room. We watched him leave and then joined the rest of our family in the living room.