Charlie wasn't there so the nomad found himself frustrated when he was greeted with an empty house.

I came out of the vision with what felt like a pounding head. My line of sight cleared and I looked down at Bella who was still sleeping peacefully. I kissed her on the top of the head gently before I calmly squirmed my way out of her grip. She murmured something, grabbing at the empty bed next to her, settling again after a few minutes. I looked over her for a moment longer before walking out of the room, making sure to close the door softly.

Edward had already heard what had happened and what was going through my mind so he was outside my room, waiting for me patiently.

"Edward" I said with a worried expression

"I know" He nodded

"He's after her Edward and I don't know why. It can't just be the smell" I shook ran a hand through my hair quickly, a nervous habit that Bella had passed onto me "We have 7 minutes before he gets there"

"It probably is just her smell though Alice" Edward reasoned

"I feel like I've seen him before though" I replied "Like I know him from somewhere"

"He doesn't look familiar to me" Edward said furrowing his eyebrows

"Okay what's going on" Jazz asked as she appeared at Edward's side "I can feel the stress radiating off you both"

"We need to go; the nomad is going to be at Bella's house in" I paused and looked to a clock "6 minutes"

"Well why are you two just standing here talking then?" Jazz asked "Let's go"

"No, Jazz I need you to stay here with Bella. I'll get Emmett to come with" I replied "I need you to keep her calm for me"

I rushed out to grab Emmett; I knew his strength was going to come in handy.

"So what do you want me to do?" Rosalie asked as we walked out towards the door

"I need you to stay here and protect Bella" I begged "Please. If she wakes explain to her that I will be right back"

"I'm not going to lie if she asks where you are" Rosalie said shaking her head "She should know"

"I know" I replied "Emmett?"

"Let's go get this nomad" He said with a smirk

I was all too aware that Emmett was actually looking forward to killing this nomad, if I was honest, so was I.

We quickly left the house and made our way to Bella's.

Suddenly I was thankful that Charlie was out and Bella was sleeping safely in my bed.

Edward beat me there seeing as he was the fastest and Emmet followed me.

We reached the Swan residents and I could just smell the nomad even from the outside.

He was inside my girlfriend's house, coating it with his scent.

A growl emerged from my throat as we jumped into Bella's room, a movement that had become second nature to me.

We heard movement downstairs so we quickly followed but he wasn't there once we reached the first floor. I ran back upstairs and paused as I saw him by the window, smirking at me.

His eyes were intent on me, just begging me to follow him. He looked like he had just fed as well so I knew he was strong but I wasn't thinking.

He was wearing no shoes and old clothes with a long blonde pony tail. His expression was hard and menacing as he quickly jumped and I followed.

I knew it was stupid to go by myself but I knew Edward would be on his way and I just wanted to tear the nomad's head off.

I chased him deep into the woods and suddenly he stopped and turned to face me. He took me by surprise, making a split second decision to pause.

I pounced on him but he just moved to grab me by the neck and push me against the tree. I heard a crack; the tree was breaking with the force he was applying against me

"You smell much different than you did last time" He sniffed my neck and growled "I can smell her all over you, you know that right?"

"You stay away from her, from all of us or we will kill you" I managed to croak as he covered my small neck with his hand

"I was wondering when you would catch me" He smirked

"Why are you here? Why were you in the house?" I snapped as I struggled to get out of his grip but he was too strong

"The human, she means something to you?" He smiled before he paused "You don't remember me do you?"

"Am I supposed too?" I snapped

He looked familiar to me but I wasn't sure where and I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that

"You know, I couldn't believe that I found you after it's been so long. Who would have thought coming to a small, miserable town like Forks would lead me to you" He spoke as he applied more pressure to my neck. I could feel my skin cracking slightly, which almost worried me but I knew my body could take much more punishment than what he was applying "I spotted you when the other vampires you were in the woods, looking for me"

"What are you talking about?" I exclaimed while moving under his grip, silently praying that Edward would turn up very soon

"I've been watching you with her as well" He said tilting his head "You seem to be very fond of this girl. I don't understand how you can be so close to her and not want to kill her all the time"

"Who are you?" I exclaimed

"You managed to get away from me once but this time I want to see if you're as strong and as brave as the doctor who turned you was" He hissed "You really should remember me Miss Brandon. I'm the one who gave you the opportunity to meet this human. Though I had to kill the doctor once he had changed you, he kind of ruined my fun. She smells almost as good as you did; does she want to be like you as well?"

"Alice!" I heard Edward call as I heard a huge clap.

Edward had shoved the nomad away from me, freeing my neck from his grip.

Emmett soon followed and I heard growling but I noticed that the nomad had disappeared from sight and I could do nothing but stare at the empty space he had been standing in.

"Alice" Edward whispered as he stood in front of me, he pulled me into his arms but I just stood against him, my head resting on his chest "I'm so sorry"

I blinked a few times with a blank look on my face before I finally realized what had happened

"You should have killed him!" I exclaimed, pushing myself away from my brother

"You are the one who had the chance" Edward mumbled with sympathetic eyes "I'm sorry we didn't get here sooner. We were distracted; I heard another vampire's thoughts"

"Another vampire?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows "What do you mean another vampire?"

"I don't think he's alone Ali" Emmett said quietly

"I can't let him get to Bella...Edward, I just can't" I said shaking my head furiously "He said..."

"I know what he said" Edward nodded and he looked to Emmett "We both do"

"I can't believe he's here" I shook my head

"He was interested in you but now he's interested in Bella" Edward

"He said that he has been watching Bella and I" I replied shaking my head in confusion "I..."

"We should get home" Edward interrupted "Let's get you back to Bella"

I nodded slightly and I took off without saying anything else. Edward and Emmett followed me, Edward could have overtaken me but he decided to let me lead.

We arrived home to see Bella sitting in the lounge room with Rosalie, Jazz, Esme and Carlisle. Her eyes locked to mine immediately as she shot up from the couch to run over towards me.

She threw her arms around my waist, pulling me close to her but I felt numb as I remembered what the nomad had said to me.

She pulled away after a moment, eyes wide as she noticed the large crack in my skin running from my collarbone to just below my chin.

"I'm okay" I whispered weakly

Bella eyed me curiously as she placed a hand on my cheek, stroking it gently with her thumb. I couldn't help but lean into the warmth of her touch

"Baby, what's going on?" Bella asked furrowing her eyebrows

"I need you to sit down please" I whispered

"Is everything okay?" Bella asked as I could see she was beginning to really worry

"Please?" I asked in a strained voice

Bella nodded and she went and sat down on the couch, as I had requested. Though she sat on the edge of her seat, only barely sitting in fact

"Bells I had a vision when you were asleep of the nomad going into your house while you were thankfully here, sleeping" I said and Bella nodded, clearly someone had filled her in about that already or I would have thought she would be just a little more shocked than that "And I managed to catch him but he pushed me up against a tree. It was weird, he made no effort to try and kill me but he wasn't all that friendly either. He sniffed at my neck...telling me that I smelt different from last time...saying that he could smell you all over me."

"Wait, why would he say you smelt different from last time?" Jazz asked

"She's getting there" Edward replied "Just let her talk"

"I knew he looked familiar. That I had seen him before" I mumbled, dropping my eyes down to my hands as they fiddled with each other "I mean I don't remember anything about my human life but something about him just felt strangely familiar"

"What's going on Alice?" Carlisle asked patiently

"Sorry" I blinked a couple of times before looking up at my father "He said he'd been watching us, Bella and I. He was here just to hunt until he spotted us after we went looking for him. He said he couldn't believe his eyes once he saw me...he couldn't believe it because he's the one who was going to kill me in the asylum. He's the vampire who forced the doctor to change me"

"Alice" Jazz whispered immediately, in a soothing voice as she appeared next to me "We'll find him. We'll find him and we'll make him pay for this"

My sister pulled me into a hug and I shook slightly against her but once again I just felt completely numb.

I peered over Jazz's shoulder to see Bella had made her way over to me but she hadn't attempted to touch me in anyway. She seemed very cautious, not wanting to invade my personal space as I clung to my sister but all the same she was standing by to comfort me when I was ready

"He said to me that Bella smells almost as good as I did...I don't think he's interested in me anymore, I think..." I buried my head into Jazz's shoulder as I trailed off, I couldn't speak any longer

"He came back to Forks after we chased him because of Alice but now that he's seen how much she cares for Bella" Edward explained for me "I heard what he was thinking and he wants to turn this into a game. He figures that Alice owes him for getting her changed so she could meet Bella. So now he wants to try and force Alice to change Bella in order to save her. He's playing a game with her now"

"Where did he run too?" Carlisle asked standing slowly

"I'm not sure. By the scent I would say he ran through La Push again" Edward said "He seems to have noticed that we don't follow him past there"

"Tell him about the other vampire Edward" Emmett replied quietly

"Other?" Rosalie raised her eyebrow "Em what do you mean by other?"

"I would have gotten to Alice a lot quicker than I did but I was distracted. I heard someone else's thoughts. A woman's thoughts who was outside the house" Edward said, folding his arms "She quickly disappeared as she noticed us come outside so I followed where I saw Alice leave"

"We have no time to lose then. We're already a good 15 minutes behind but we have to look and see if they are still around. Emmett, Rosalie, I'll go with you to check the woods to see if we can see exactly where he went or if he's still here somewhere. Esme, Edward I want you to go to Bella's house and stay there to make sure he doesn't go back" Carlisle said "Jazz I want you to stay home with Alice and Bella. Look after her; she must be in a great deal of shock. She is in no frame of mind to defend Bella by herself if the nomad comes back again"

"Of course" I heard Jazz say

"Bella, do you think you would be able to call Jacob Black and find out whether they have seen anymore vampires through La Push?" Carlisle asked

"Yeah...sure" Bella replied in a shaky voice

No one said a word but everyone left the house at the same time and went to where they were told. Jazz stayed standing with me in a hug while Bella called Jacob.

They had noticed two vampire's coming through their lands but they weren't aware of anyone leaving. Once Bella was finished Jazz stayed few moments longer until she muttered something about going to check the top floor.

I fiddled with my hands again distractedly but I felt Bella step into me, placing her hands on my arms, rubbing them very gently.

"I know it's a stupid question and I probably know the answer to it already but are you okay?" Bella asked, bending slightly to level her eyes with mine

"No" I shook my head as I met her eyes with mine that if it were at all possible, would have been filled with tears "No Bella, honestly I'm not"

"Baby" She cooed painfully as she wrapped her arms around me tightly, which strangely made me felt very secure and safe "I wish I could do something to help like everyone else is"

"You are" I mumbled into her shoulder as she rocked us back and forth slightly "You have no idea how much you are helping already"

"Do you want to talk about it?" Bella whispered "I want you to be able to talk to me baby"

"I'm just a little shocked" I shuddered slightly in my girlfriend's arms "Why did he have to find me? Why now? When I just found you and I'm finally happy. Why would he bother after all this time? Why didn't I see all of this coming?"

"It doesn't even matter Al. What matters is that no one is going to let him near you" Bella said kissing me on the top of the head "I know I can't do anything to protect you but I'll try babe"

Shaking my head, I broke from her grip to stand at arms length of her

"Bella it's not me I'm afraid for. He's going to try and come after you" I continued to shake my head "He wants to play a game and he wants to make me pay for escaping him last time"

"I trust you" Bella replied quickly

"I'm not going to let him touch you; I'll protect you no matter what" I shut my eyes tightly, leaning my forehead against hers

"I want you to take care of yourself first though" Bella mumbled defiantly as she breathed slowly, placing her hand on my waist "You have to be selfish and take care of yourself first. You have to look out for you before me"

"Bella you're my mate. I love you. I'm never going to be selfish when it comes to you" I spoke

"Can we go up to your room please?" Bella asked, she pulled her forehead away from mine "I want to talk to you up there"

My eyes opened slowly to see her still right in front of me, staring straight through me with. Her eyebrows furrowed with worry, she bit her lip as I felt her arm leave my waist to take my hand in hers

"Sure" I nodded

We walked up to my room very slowly, Bella closed the door and I moved over to look out the window

"So you don't really remember him?" Bella asked from behind me "I mean I know you said that he seemed familiar but you didn't remember him when you saw him?"

"I'm glad I don't" I said with a sad smile "This would be even worse if I did"

"You have no idea how much I want to hurt him for this. For coming back and doing this to you" Bella said with a sigh "But I can't do anything to protect my girl"

"You don't need to protect me, I can protect myself" I said turning around to face her "Besides, there are 7 of us and only 1, maybe 2 of them, we should be able to handle it"

"Then why are you so worried?" Bella asked taking a few steps towards me "If you guys can handle it, why are you so worried?"

"Although my family should be able to handle it, I have a bad feeling about it and when I have a bad feeling about something, generally something bad is going to happen" I replied "I just wonder if he knows something about my ability because he knew to run through La Push, he knew to make split second decisions. We should have been able to find him and kill him by now but we haven't been able too. That is what has me so worried"

"I'm sure your family will figure it out" Bella nodded "I'm sure you guys will be able to get him"

"I just froze" I admitted after a pause, shaking my head "I probably had a shot at killing him myself but I froze"

"No one can blame you for that though baby" Bella said quietly, reaching over to take my hand in hers again. She was standing a lot closer than what I had thought

"He could have killed me too" I admitted nodded "He could have killed me when he got me by the neck if he wanted too but he didn't"

"Why did you just let him get you by the neck Alice? I could have lost you" Bella said quietly as she intertwined out fingers together

"I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry, I was angry that he was in your room and I let it get the best of my concentration so I just followed him without bothering to get Emmett and Edward. I was just so angry because he was in my territory, your room. Which I honestly do consider my territory...my territory with other vampires anyway. I know that sounds stupid but you know that vampires can get very possessive and territorial. That's just how I am and I know it's a problem" I replied shaking my head "And the back of my jacket was ruined by the tree I was pushed against"

"The crack on your neck..." Bella began before I interrupted

"Will heal" I nodded "I'm going to be fine. My jacket, maybe won't make it through"

"I happen to like that jacket" Bella smiled slightly "It looks really good on you"

I smiled sadly as Bella leaned her forehead against mine for the second time in only a few minutes, she shook her head slowly

"Don't...don't ever lose your concentration again" She shut her eyes tightly and her leg began to twitch slightly as she bounced impatiently. I had learnt that she only really did that when she was nervous or anxious about something

"I'll try" I mumbled

"I trust you" Bella said as she brought her lips a little closer to mine

I nodded slightly before pressing my lips to hers softly, inhaling her scent which seemed to calm me down a little. She pulled away from me after a few moments, breathing heavily "You should have a shower, you've got tree bark all in your hair"

"Ruined my hair too" I grumbled

She brought a hand to my hair, pulling a piece of tree bark out to show me

After a moment of pause, Bella separated from me to sit at my desk, clutching a pen in her hand

"I'll wait out here" Bella said

"I won't be long love" I said nodding