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Here's chapter 12!

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Chapter twelve – Worries

Emmett's P.O.V.

"Emmett, Edward, Jasper, come here, please," Carlisle said quietly from his office.

Edward, Jasper, and I exchanged confused looks, but ran up to Carlisle's office anyway.

"What is it, Carlisle?" Edward asked as we stepped into the office.

Carlisle looked grim, "Sit."

We sat.

Carlisle took a deep, unneeded breath, "I have bad news."

"What is it, Carlisle?" I asked. "Did someone find out what we are? I swear, Elizabeth didn't tell anyone!"

Carlisle waved his hand to silence me, "No, no. Calm down, Emmett. No one knows what we are."

I relaxed back into my seat.

"Then, what's wrong?" Jasper asked, "What has you so distressed?"

"Why are you singing Asking All Them Questions in your head, Carlisle?" Edward asked. (A/N: Go to Youtube and type in Asking All Them Questions. Funniest fucking video ever!)

Carlisle stared at us wearily, "I assume you all remember James?"

"You mean the bastard that tried to kill my Bella?" Edward said bitterly. "Yeah, I remember him. I remember killing his sorry ass!"

He and I high-fived each other.

"Carlisle?" Jasper said. "What is it?"

Carlisle had become even more weary when he heard Edward gloat about killing James.

Carlisle hesitated and then said bluntly, "James isn't dead."

Edward stood up with a roar, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT DEAD?"

Jasper and I jumped up to restrain him.

"Just that," Carlisle said. "I saw him at the hospital. He was gone before I could do anything."

"But," Edward had calmed and now sagged against us. "How is he alive? I remember, quite clearly, helping to rip him to shreds."

Jasper and I helped him back into his chair.

"Reincarnation," Carlisle said. "When a vampire is chopped up an burned, sometimes part of them isn't burned completely—it can be an arm, a leg, a finger, a toe, it doesn't matter as long as part of it is still intact. If that does happen, the vampire's soul is caught in a world between the land of the living and the land of the dead. That must've happened to James. If another vampire is killed, and the same thing happens to them, then the two souls can combine to form that person. It depends on whichever soul was stronger as to which should will be dominant. James may have some characteristics of that other vampire, but for the most part, he will be James."

Edward put his face in hands, while I sank back down in my chair.

"I'm calling Alice," Jasper said. "She and Bella are in Port Angeles. We need all the help we can get."

"One more thing."

Jasper stopped in the doorway and turned back around.

Carlisle looked me dead in the eyes, "Now, I can't be sure about this, but… I think James may be targeting Elizabeth."

I stood so quickly that my chair toppled over. Edward and Jasper each grabbed one of my arms to restrain me.

"How do you know" I growled, panic starting to rise in my chest. What if James was after Elizabeth? My Elizabeth? Would I be able to protect her? Would she die at James' hand?

I started to tremble at the thought. No! She would not die! I would make sure of it!

"Calm down, Emmett!" Jasper said. "She won't die!"

"How do you know?" I asked Carlisle again, completely ignoring Jasper.

"Think about it, Emmett," Carlisle said gently. "He's already going to be upset at us for kill him, but when he finds—or if he's already found out—out about Victoria… Well, he can't kill Bella now, and it would be kind of hard to kill all of us, so he's going to aim for the most vulnerable thing close to us: Elizabeth."

"Jasper," I said. "Call Bella and Alice. Like you said, we need all the help we can get. I'm going to call Elizabeth and tell her to come here so that we can protect her."

Jasper nodded and walked out of the room.

I picked up my phone and dialed Elizabeth's speed dial. Carlisle and Edward watched me anxiously as I paced the office.

"Hi, this is Elizabeth. Sorry I missed your—"

"Damn it!" I hissed.

"Alice and Bella are on their way," Jasper announced, walking back into the room.

Carlisle and Edward nodded at him while I tried Elizabeth again.

Voicemail.

"Where is she?" I said. "Do you think—"

"Don't think like that," Jasper interrupted, placing a hand on my shoulder. "She's probably at home."

At that moment, we heard Bella and Alice come into the house.

"Jasper!" Alice called.

"Carlisle's office!" he called back.

Alice and Bella walked into the office with equal looks of confusion. Edward stood and took Bella in his arms. Jasper did the same with Alice.

"Edward, what's going on?" Bella asked, looking up at him.

"do you know where Elizabeth is?" I asked, interrupted Edward's response.

Alice nodded, "She, Bella, and I were in Port Angeles. We were at the Mexican Restaurant when Jasper called. She said that she was about to head home, so we left."

"YOU LEFT HER THERE BY HERSELF?" I roared, surging to my feet.

"Edward, Jasper, fill them in, will you?" Carlisle said as he and I bolted full speed out the door.

We were at her house within three minutes. There were no cars or anything at home.

"Call her again, Emmett," Carlisle said quietly. "James hasn't been here."

I nodded and dialed Elizabeth's number again. This time, she answered.

"Emmett," her voice was soft, hesitant.

"Elizabeth!" I gasped in relief. Carlisle walked closer. "Where are you?"

"I just left Port Angeles."

I could tell by the sound of her voice that something was wrong.

"Baby, what's wrong?" I asked. "What's happened?"

There was a long pause on the other end. Finally, she said quietly, "I'll tell you when I get home."

The line went dead.

I looked at Carlisle, "That didn't sound promising…"

Carlisle placed a hand on my shoulder, "We'll just have to wait until she gets home and then ask her what happened."

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A little while later, Elizabeth's Ford pickup drove into the driveway. I bolted out the front door as Elizabeth slowly stepped out of the truck. I pulled her into my arms and she buried her face in my chest. "Are you alright, love?" I asked her gently as Carlisle came out the front door.

She nodded.

"C'mon," I said. "Let's get you inside."

I didn't know what had happened, but I knew that I wasn't going to like it. Elizabeth was pale white and looked as though she'd seen a ghost.

We walked into the living room with Carlisle and sat down on the couch.

"Elizabeth," Carlisle said gently. "What happened at Port Angeles?"

Elizabeth rested her head on my shoulder and wrapped her arms around my waist, "Alice and Bella told me about what happened with James when Bella was human. Then Alice got that phone call and they left. I was at my truck and I saw that you were calling. I was trying to unlock my truck when someone said from behind be, 'I see you've met my dear friends, the Cullens.' I turned and it was—"

"James," I growled, holding her closer. "He's alive."

"Yes, but how?" Elizabeth asked Carlisle.

And so Carlisle told her about the reincarnation stuff and everything. When he was finished, Elizabeth looked thoughtful, "I think I've heard of that… somewhere…"

I held her closer and rested my head against hers. "Did he do anything to you?" I asked.

She shook her head, "He just threatened me. And I quote, 'I hear you are the newest human in the Cullens' little family. You see, I have an old grudge against the Cullens. But… I can't very well kill the one that I really want to kill, and I can't kill all of them, either, can I? So I'm going to hurt the one thing close to them that I can kill: you. I will torture and kill you and I will generally make your life a living hell.' And he was gone. He didn't even touch me. And that confused me more than anything."

A low growl escaped my throat and I held her as tight as I could without suffocating her.

"He will never hurt you," I whispered fiercely in her ear. "I promise you that."

Elizabeth only sighed.

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