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Chapter Nineteen

Francesca's POV

Emmett's death had ruined everything.

Francesca had plans for him and his family – plans that were shattered as soon as his head fell off of his body. In frustration, she had fled, hastily leaving a lit match in the grass to hopefully burn Emmett's body. Francesca didn't stick around to watch, but instead made her way through the fading shadows and up to the Cave. By now, Jasper Cullen should have arrived. But examining the scene, Francesca saw that something had gone wrong. Oddly shaped white rocks lay strewn across the floor, some parts of the rock wall were crumbling, and some had little crevices that stretched a few metres. White scratches adorned the cave, ceiling, floor and walls.

Francesca didn't need to look closer to know that the white rocks were dismembered body parts. After millenniums of seeing this, she didn't find it gruesome anymore.

Further down, the huge steel doors had collapsed – they were lying motionless on the cold, hard ground, dented and ripped to near shreds. Inside looked untouched, aside from a couple specks of nearly unnoticeable dust on the white floor.

Francesca walked slowly down the bright white hallway, examining the doors as she passed. She sent out a mental probing wave to search for other vampires, but she found nothing. Francesca took a familiar turn and silently entered a small room. There was no light, and so she produced a match box from her pocket. The tiny scraping of the box as it opened was thunderous in the silence and echoed off the walls. Hands moving in a blur, she lit a match quickly and returned the little box to her pocket.

The tiny flame only illuminated a miniature space around itself, but it was enough to help Francesca see everything in the room. She approached the little trap door on the ground and reached her hand over to unlock it. But the titanium locks were already open, and the door sat at a disturbed angle. Francesca's eyes narrowed and she lifted the door open. Inside she saw the lights were on, but there was no one inside.

Alicia had escaped.

April's POV

The moment they escaped the valley, April threw herself into Jason's arm in a cold embrace. He comforted her quietly as she cried into his shoulder.

Jason had come from nowhere – opened the trap door from above and peered in. April, at that moment, couldn't move. She was frozen by Francesca's dark powers. Her bloodlust had left her, and after a sickening scream from outside, her movement returned to her. April followed Jason outside, not asking about the charred body parts scattered around the cave entrance. As they had taken a longer route around the valley, April noticed a fire raging, and with her enhanced sight she saw movement next to it. Alice, Emmett, Francesca and a human stood near the growing fire. Survival instincts kicked in and April unwillingly left them to their fate in the valley.

Now, she pulled back from Jason's chilling embrace and faced him.

"Thank you." She whispered. He nodded.

"It's fine. I couldn't leave you with Fran– that vampire." He stopped what he was going to say – Francesca.

"How do you know her?" April demanded, starting to walk through the trees. Jason followed quickly behind.

"I don't." His lie was obvious. Even as a human he had never been good at lying – his altered state didn't help that.

"Oh come on, Jason, you know how bad you are at lying. Just tell me." April insisted, looking back at him. His eyes quickly averted her gaze and dropped to the floor. They quickened their pace.

"I..." he sighed in defeat. "Yes. I know her. But I can't tell you...right now. Later." His tone suggested finality, and so April didn't pursue the subject any longer. After a couple minutes of silence, their walk slowed. She hung back to walk beside Jason.

"Who helped you? Get in, I mean. You're a new vampire, and I'm sure you haven't been trained to fight that quickly." April didn't look at Jason, but instead focussed on the path ahead of her. He paused a moment before answering.

"Uh...April, don't get mad...but it was Jasper. Jasper Cullen, the one who -"

"Changed you." April finished in a grim tone.

"He was captured as well – but he got out. He found me as I reached the valley, and stopped to tell me not to go this way. I told him that you were in there. I...caught your scent. After a little while, he decided to help me." Jason paused.

"He said that he was going after someone in there too." He glanced at April, wondering if she knew, probably.

"Alice. Alice and...Emmett!" She breathed. Her eyes suddenly widened. "Alice and Emmett!" she repeated. April came to a halt, causing Jason to stop, too.

"What is it?"

"We have to help Alice! She was with Francesca and...Oh God. How could I have left them?" without waiting for a response from Jason, she turned and dashed off back in the direction of the valley.

"April!" he called. "April, wait!" With his newborn-vampire speed, Jason was able to catch up with her easily. He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to a halt.

"April, you can't go back there." His tone was low and serene. "They'll kill you." April shrugged off him his hand and shook her head.

"No. I have to help Emmett!" she yelled.

"Why is this boy so important to you?" Jason snapped, following April as she started to leave. She came to a stop and turned on him.

"Because, Jason, he's my brother!" April turned again and ran for the valley, leaving Jason behind with a wide open mouth.

The last thing she heard before she entered the valley was Emmett's scream.

Alice's POV

Alice grieved over Emmett's death, but she held her emotions inside. Right now, she needed to concentrate. Carrying Bella and Emmett's body was tough – not because they were heavy. That wasn't a problem. Her arms were short, and so it was near impossible to support both bodies.

With her vampire balance, Alice was able to carry them both without letting them touch. Bella, after a long fit of screaming, had reduced her noise to pitiful sobs. Alice felt the need to comfort her, but ignored it, picking up her pace as she bounded to the valley's exit. The fire was now far behind her, but Alice took no chances that Francesca might come back. As she approached the gap between the colossal boulders, something white flashed up to her. Faster than it, Alice dropped Emmett and Bella and leapt into a protective stance in front of the human. When she saw the face of the vampire approaching, she gasped and ran into his arms.
"Jasper!" she whispered into his ear, hugging him tighter.

"Alice," he breathed. "I'm so sorry. I – I lost control and –" Alice cut him off by pulling back and placing a small finger on his fast-moving lips.

"Shh." She murmured. "It's okay. I know." Jasper looked over her shoulder and caught sight of the scene. The raging flames in the far background, Bella lying crumpled on the floor, sobbing miserably. And Emmett. Headless and unmoving. His eyes widened slowly and he walked past Alice, crouching next to Emmett. He placed a hand on his chest and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. When his eyes opened again, he stood and walked over to Bella. He kneeled and rubbed her shoulder, looking into her eyes.

Alice knew what he was doing. He was sending calm thoughts into her head, comforting her. Bella nodded and pulled her knees up to her chest, taking deep breaths and keeping her gaze fixed on the grass right before Emmett's body. Through the valley's entrance, another figure joined them. Jasper snarled at his supposed enemy, but Alice held a hand out.

April stopped abruptly and looked around. First she noticed Jasper, and she glared for a moment. Next she looked at Bella, and simply looked like she couldn't care less. Finally, she caught sight of Emmett.

April's piercing cry of pain filled the valley, echoing off the rocks. It drowned out the crackling of the spreading fire. The girl was at Emmett's side in a moment, leaning over him and weeping.

"Emmett..." Alice caught some words. "No." Still sobbing, April lifted a shaking hand to take hold of Emmett's head. Alice looked away as she heard the crunch of his skin and when she looked back, his head was...reattached. But it was too late. Emmett was already a corpse. There was no way April could align his throat perfectly. It was too late.

Jasper was the only one in complete control. He gave out orders swiftly and efficiently, telling Alice to carry Bella and April to follow behind. Jasper himself carried Emmett, and the group made their way quickly out of the valley. Outside a car was waiting, engine on. The driver's window rolled down slowly, and a familiar head poked out. It was the man – 'Jason' – who had been bitten by...Jasper. Alice looked up at him, but his face betrayed no emotion. April approached the car and mouthed quick words to him, before nodding to the others. Without any words spoken, everyone got inside. April sat up front in the passenger seat, Alice and Bella in the second row, and Jasper in the back row. It was a large car.

"Where to?" the driver said in a grim voice.

"Home." Jasper murmured. Jason turned completely around to look at Jasper. At first, he glared. But it softened as he thought of something else.

"I'm sorry." Jasper broke the silence after an hour of soundless driving. His words were obviously directed at Jason, even though they were at opposite sides of the vehicle.

"Don't be. Wasn't your fault." Jason muttered, keeping his eyes on the road.

"But it was." A cheerful, familiar voice popped out of nowhere. Everyone looked behind them, to see Bella, with a change of clothes, sitting in the spare seat next to Jasper. Only an instant later did Alice realise it was not Bella. It was Francesca.

Bella's POV

Bella barely took any notice as to what was going on in reality. In her mind, she kept seeing Emmett's face. His twisted look of pain in his final moment.

All she could feel was coldness. Her arm no longer hurt. Everything was so cold...

She just couldn't process the fact that Emmett was gone. Dead. Killed. And Bella couldn't keep the guilty thoughts out of her head. He died trying to save her. She had wanted to die earlier. In the valley. But Jasper had approached her, and convinced her not to somehow. Outside of her mind there was talking. A gasp. Bella ignored it, eyes shut. With a shock, Bella realised that Jasper had used his gift on her. It angered her that someone had messed with her mind. It was like he was controlling her. But she didn't fight it. She couldn't do anything. She was frozen.

Bella unwillingly opened her eyes, and let them wonder.

Just my luck, she thought. In the pocket in front of her, she saw something sticking out. Taking a deep breath, she tried not to jolt around as the car she had somehow gotten in pulled to a stop. Bella's hand crept to the seat pocket and pulled out the little pocket-knife and held it tightly in her hand. It was closed. Suddenly, the scenery changed. She had been pulled out of the van at an immense speed, and was now sitting in the muddy grass with two people in front of her, blocking her view. Bella opened her hand and took out the little knife, opening it.

"I love you, Emmett." She breathed, before putting the knife in position.

"You died," she mouthed, tears spilling. "For me." With those words, Bella dug the knife into her chest.

Let's all be sad now... :'(