Can I Really Freeze Time, No, But You Yes!

Come Out, Come Out, Where Ever You Are?

There were two more of the family's houses violated, one of Jasper and Alice's little town getaways, also one for the original houses Carlisle and Esme had bought, while Edward was off on his god complex period. Similar tableaus were set up in both, for Jasper a decapitated male, dressed as a cowboy, sitting in the study reading, blood was once again everywhere and the head nailed beside the wording

'Even The God of War, Needs to Look Over his Shoulder'.

In poor Esme's beautiful home it was a headless woman, dressed in her clothes with an apron on, sitting at the extravagantly laid dinner table, set for seven people, blood covering all the surfaces as per usual now and

'You Soon! Destroyer of Families, Mother of None'. 

It was obvious Carlisle was reminding them all he was watching them, totally unaware they were watching him much closer. Meanwhile, in his Edward persona, which he found harder and harder to drop, to become himself to exact revenge, young women were turning up, broken, mutilated, tortured but not drained or decapitated.

This was the work of Edward's mind and not Carlisle's, so far they were spread about and well apart, there appeared to be nothing linking them as the work of a serial killer as yet, so the police were not being alerted to any strange occurrences. He was constantly moving and as soon as he did two of the merry band set off to check out the houses in that area or close by.

As yet, Peter, the wolves nor Aro had had a warning, but that was about to change. The wolves were about to receive a horribly grizzly reminder, in the form of a pregnant female wolf, her belly slit open by vampire hands and all the cubs spilling out dead beside her, straddling the now-defunct treaty line.

Emmett had eventually found where the recently selected woman, who were also meant for torture were being held and they were freed by the Canadian law enforcement, luckily before they were shipped out to the hideout in Russia, Emmett made sure the paper and electronic trail leads back to Sykes, Sykes & Colbert, taking them down and getting control of all Carlisle's assets, thus leaving him with nothing, they were hoping to slow him down.

All the homes he once owned had been burned out, demolished, or donated to charities in a highly profiled manner, again with the hope it would stop him doing anything rash to bring down the might of the Volturi on him before he had finished his perceived vendetta. Three weeks had past and they decided that it was time to reel him in, they could not allow any more humans to suffer at this madman's hands, so Alistair was going to phone him, let him know they had all returned to Jasper's ranch.

That for once Bella was showing up on his radar, she must be being changed he would say, as there was no other explanation. So everyone but, Bella, Esme and Alistair were going to the ranch to wait, Bella had managed to shield Garrett and Charlotte's scent so they and Peter would be the ones to catch him, while the rest acted like bait.

Everything was in place to catch him and immediately destroy him, Peter informs Aro of the plan and he dropped the bomb that Carlisle was to be captured but not destroyed till Aro had read him, that kind of put a dampener on things and irked a couple of them seriously. So the trap was set and the bait had to wait until he turned up, Bella was incensed she was not allowed to be there and convinced Esme she too should get her retribution on Carlisle, even Alistair had wanted to see him burn for separating him from his mate for so long.

Peter was adamant she could not be anywhere near there as it was too dangerous, and so Bella pulled the mate card and told him if he wasn't going to treat her as his equal, she wouldn't be there when he returned, it was an obvious lie but Peter knew she was right, she wasn't a weakling, but a strong resilient woman and his mate. So like any man faced with losing his world, he caved and they too joined in the waiting game.