A/N: Hello, everyone! How have you been? It's been a while. A lot has happened. As it was, I had written myself in a corner and it took me almost a year to figure out a way to get myself unstuck. Anyway, I've started a new writing schedule so hopefully, I can write more than I did. I'm coming up with other stories in my head too. I'm still trying to figure out how to put them in writing.
Three months have passed. We still have no news about what happened to the Cullens. I wanted to go back and check but Jane was against it. We don't know if the Volturi already left and took the Cullen's property in Forks as their own.
The Cullens have properties all over the world under different names. They named the properties after the identities they used in a particular location. For example, Esme Cullen's previous aliases include Esme Platt, Elda Platt, Elda Cullen, Adler Platt-Cullen. At one point, she even used Karu Midori in Japan. She had properties under all of these names throughout the world.
At the moment, Jane and I were in Arizona. We're living in the land owned by Tony Masen-one of Edward's properties. Jane said it was only right to use my mate's house. We didn't know if any of them were alive, held captive, or dead. Jane and I thought that they were locked up. Worse. It did cross our minds that they're dead.
Today was the Vampire Hour. Jane and I set up the trap to capture one of the vampires who would be coming out to feed. Jane was initially hesitant about it as I would be using myself as bait. She would be far from me so vampires would think I was an easy target.
I grabbed some weapons I would need in order to incapacitate a vampire. Included in my prepared weaponry was Edward's vampire stun gun still on the testing phase. Human stun guns didn't work on vampires at all. Edward tweaked it so that it could work on vampires. It worked by emitting heat instead of electricity, incapacitating them for a short time. For now, it only works for a couple of hours. However, I could attest to its effectivity whenever I used it on Emmett everytime he tried to trick me on a wrestling match.
Jane and I left the house and walked for a couple of minutes anticipating for Vampire Hour to start. After that, she left me to hide. I walked for another twenty minutes when the siren signaling the Vampire Hour rang throughout the whole neighborhood.
I kept walking but made sure that my senses were alert. I needed to be ready in case any vampire approach me.
Finally, a vampire came. He was the one responsible into turning me into a vampire hunter. He was the one who had bitten my best friend. I was ready. I grabbed the wooden stake hidden on my side. I was aware that he was faster than me but I was ready for this.
I fought the hunter in a way that I had always fought them-using incantations to even out the playing field. But there was something strange about this man. His techniques seemed to be someone who had experienced war. It reminded me of sparring with Jasper. I did my best to figure out his weaknesses. I couldn't see them.
That was when I used the stun gun. With one push of a button, he was frozen in place. I secured him with the special rope Edward had given me-something strong enough to keep a vampire locked in place.
"Jane!" I shouted.
In less than thirty seconds, Jane was next to me. He looked at our bounty and sighed.
"James, long time no see," Jane said.
End Notes: So, James showed up. What's his connection to Jane? We'll find out more about him and his connection with Jane on the next chapter. It's currently being written.