I'm really sorry about all that...but I think I've got my life sorted out enough that I can keep writing. Of course, it would help my self-esteem if people would actually review my stuff. -hint hint-

HAH! I know what I'm doing with this fic now!!!!!!!! As in, I know why the Order went back to that specific time!!!!! Well...not that I didn't know before, but now I know more of it. I had the reason, but I didn't have a very good reason for the reason. And now I do! If any of that made any sense at all to anyone other than me...anyway, for this chapter, I was originally going to do the mission first and then continue, but I realized that I suck at writing missions...so I'll just continue and have Isabel tell everyone what happened later, kay?

Chapter 4

Isabel

I open my eyes, and am confused as to why I'm in one of the healing chambers. I do a quick check with my healing skill; I don't seem to be hurt. I look around to see Arkarian, Ethan, and Matt sitting in chairs on the other side of the room. All three of them are sleeping, but then Arkarian opens his eyes, and as soon as he sees I'm awake, he's right beside me, hugging me.

"Isabel, you're alright," he says.

I hug him back. "Yeah...why am I in here, though? I don't feel or look hurt..."

He smiles. "You were healing yourself while you were unconscious, but you were hurt pretty badly. I'm actually surprised that you managed to survive long enough to completely heal yourself."

My eyes widen. "It was that bad, was it?"

He nods. "Yep. So, what happened? Ethan and Matt have no idea, since they were busy fighting their own battles when you were attacked."

Memories come rushing back to me. Waiting in front of that house, watching to see when something was going to happen. Going inside, searching through all the rooms. Not finding anyone or anything at all. My fear that we were too late, that the Order already did whatever they'd come to do. Us, being ambushed.

I shiver. "I was fighting two Order soldiers, and a third person came up between them."

He nods. "That's what Matt and Ethan were saying," he says.

I shake my head. "No, she didn't come up to fight me...at least, not right away. She said something to the other guys, I can't remember what it was, but that's how I knew she was a girl." He looks confused, so I elaborate. "I couldn't tell before that; she looked so much like a boy. She was really small...actually, I think she was pretty much the size of Alice."

"Was she...human?" he asks. I shake my head.

"No, I knew that from the start. She had blood red eyes, though, completely different from the Cullens. Anyway, she said something, and the guys I was fighting left. Then she started talking to me, saying that if Matt, Ethan, and I – of course, she didn't call us by name – didn't leave and butt out of their business, she was going to...actually, I don't remember what she said she was going to do."

He looks confused now. "Well, how did you get so hurt, then?"

"I think it was when I said that I didn't care, and that we were going to make sure things happen the way they're supposed to...she didn't like that too much. I remember that she whistled, and then a really tan guy came up...that's all I remember."

Arkarian sighs. "Well, maybe one of the Cullens will be able to help us understand this better," he says. "But for now...are you sure you're okay?"

I nod. "Yep. Nothing wrong with me anymore."

"Okay. That's good. Get some sleep, okay?" He kisses my forehead. "I promise to be here when you wake up."

I nod and close my eyes. The only sign of me having healed myself – well, the only one I can tell, at least – is how incredibly tired I am. Of course, that could also be because I was just on a mission...oh well.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

I wake up for the second time today, and the room is suddenly full. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is sitting or standing in here, both the Named and the Cullens.

"Well, it's about time you woke up," Rosalie says. "We were thinking of starting this discussion...meeting...thingy without you."

Bella slaps her arm. "Come on, Rose, be nice."

"Um...I think I'm missing the reason why everyone's crowded in this not-so-small room," I say.

"To see if anyone here can shed some light on what happened to you during the mission," Arkarian informs me. "Now, why don't you explain to us all what exactly happened?" He comes over to be beside me, and I notice that it seems everybody is in a circle. I tell the group my experience, and when I get to the point about the small girl, Edward growls. I turn to him.

"Jane," he says. "She's a member of the Volturi, and I think all of us hate her."

"A member of the what, now?" Rochelle says.

"Volturi. They're pretty much the vamp's royalty," Emmett tells her. "Self proclaimed, of course. They enforce our 'many' laws, and get to decide all the major things that go on. Not many of us like them. They're evil."

"Anyway," Arkarian says, gesturing to me, "Continue, please."

I continue, and once I tell them about the tanned guy, Bella interrupts me. "Was he wearing a shirt?"

Everyone looks at her as if she's insane. "Um...no, I don't think so...why?"

"Was he just wearing shorts?"

"Yeah...seriously, what does it matter what he was or wasn't wearing?"

"Did you see anything else before you blacked out? About him or your surroundings, or anything?"

I blink. "I remember claws...teeth too, I think...and fur. Black fur."

Bella groans. "Are you going to tell me what's with all these odd questions?" I inquire.

"Hang on," Alice says, "Black fur?"

"Yeah..."

She turns to Bella. "You know them better than I do; do any of them have black fur?"

Now I'm really confused.

"Um...Sam does," she replies.

Rosalie snarls. "I knew those mutts were no good."

"Rose, calm down," Edward says. "All this means is that Sam's not who we all thought he was. But, then, he has changed quite a bit in the past year and a bit."

"Edward, think!" Bella exclaims, rounding on him. "If Sam's gone bad, don't you think the rest of his pack would follow?"

"Seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" I ask, frustration getting the best of me. I hate not being in the loop.

Bella sighs. "We think we know who that guy was," she says.

"Yeah, I got that much. Some guy called Sam."

"We have these friends..." she starts, but Rosalie growls. She looks at her, then continues, "Okay, well I have these friends...they...turn into wolves."

"Werewolves? Are you kidding me?"

"Not exactly werewolves, per se, just shape shifters who happened to choose the form of wolves."

I roll my eyes. "Whatever. Still werewolves in a sense, right?"

Bella nods. "I like to think of them that way. Anyway...it seems that one of them, the Alpha of one of the two packs, is the one who attacked you."

I nod slowly, trying to take it all in. "Okay...I think I get it. But what are we going to do about this?"

"We can't do anything yet," Edward says.

"What?!" Bella asks, shocked. "Can't we get a message to Jacob, or something? Tell him to watch out for Sam?"

"We don't know for sure if it was Sam, or if there's another, newer, wolf with black fur."

"Why would more wolves pop up? We're gone!"

"I don't know, I'm just saying that until we're absolutely, 100 percent certain that Sam has joined with the Volturi, we can't do anything to stop him."

I groan and flop back onto the bed thingy I'm sitting on. "Who really cares about any of this? So many ifs and if nots...are we actually going to do anything right now?"

"Is she always this cranky?" Emmett asks.

"No," Ethan says, "just when she's been woken up too early, if she's kept out of the loop for too long, if there's nothing happening, if she's not allowed to go on a mission, if someone tries to tell her what to do too much...actually, yeah, she pretty much is."

I look up. "If it was anyone but you, Ethan, they'd have a bloody nose by now."

He just laughs. Everything goes quiet.

"Okay, now I'm with Isabel," Rochelle says. "Are we going to do anything, or just sit/stand around here all day, discussing what we could possibly do in the future?"

Alice's face instantly brightens. "In need of something to do?" she says.

Bella groans. "No, please...don't say it..."

"LET'S GO SHOPPING!!!!!!!"

"Yep, she said it."

There, I'm really sorry about the insanely long wait. Review, and give me suggestions as to what should happen on the shopping trip!