Emptiness // Emmett Cullen

Chapter 13

Rosalie and I burst into a fit of giggles and Carlisle made a home run. Jasper stepped up to bat next and I rubbed my cold hands together. Alice threw the ball and he smashed it before sprinting off. I watched as Emmett climbed up a tree catching the ball before landing and throwing it to Esme. "My monkey man" I said to Rosalie who smirked.

The came continued and I watched as Alice froze in the middle of the field with a distant look on her face. After a few moments she turned towards the woods. "Stop!" She exclaimed and a confused expression came to my face. Within seconds Emmett was by my side. "We have to leave" He pushing me towards his jeep. "W-What? Why?" I said confused.

"It's too late!" Carlisle said and Emmett turned to me. "Babe what's going on?!" I said scared. "Malory get your hair down!" Edward demanded and I pulled my hair out of the bun. "Just stand close to me" Emmett said and I wrapped one arm around around his torso and rested the other one on his chest as he wrapped one tightly around my waist the other in a clenched fist by his side.

I watched as three figures emerged from the woods walking extremely fast over to us. "Try not to breathe too loud it will draw more attention to you" Rosalie said as she stood beside me and I nodded trying to calm my nerves. As the three figures stopped in front of us I saw it was two guys and one girl. One guy had dark skin and dreadlock, the man beside him had blonde hair pulled back into a low ponytail. Next to him was a girl with fiery red hair.

I averted my eyes from the blonde one. "I believe this belongs to you" The one with dreadlocks said as he held up the Cullen's baseball. He threw it and Carlisle caught it. "Thank you" Carlisle replied. "I am Laurent and this is Victoria, and this is James" Laurent replied. "I'm Carlisle and this is my family" Carlisle said.

I felt eyes on me and saw James staring at me. Emmett held me closer to him and I looked up to see his glare harden as he gently squeezed my hip. "Hello" Laurent said. "I'm afraid your hunting activities have caused something of a mess for us" Carlisle said. "Our apologies. We didn't realise the territory had been claimed" Lauren said.

"Yes well we maintain a permanent residence near by" Carlisle explained. "Really? Well we won't be a problem anymore. We were just passing through" Laurent said. "The humans were tracking us but we lead them east. You should be safe" Victoria said. "Excellent" Carlisle said. "So, could you use 3 more players?" Laurent said as he let out a light chuckle.

"Oh come on just one came" Laurent pleaded and Carlisle let out a sigh. "Sure. Why not? A few of us were leaving. You can take their place. We'll bat first" Carlisle said before throwing the ball to Victoria who caught it. "I'm the one with the wicked curve ball" She said smugly. "Oh well I think we can handle that" Jasper said and Laurent laughed.

Everyone began to walk to the field except James who tilted his head as he eyed me. A small growl emanated from Emmett's chest and James began to walk away. As Emmett and I were about to walk to his jeep a breeze blew and I felt my eyes widen in fear as James stopped and sniffed the air before turning to Bella and I.

"You bought snacks" He said before crouching down. Emmett growled and shoved me behind him. Within seconds the Cullen's gathered around us ready to attack at any moment. Rosalie was crouched in front of Emmett inches from Victoria. "A human?!" Laurent said as he, James and Victoria crouched ready to strike.

"The girls are with us. I think it best if you leave" Carlisle said. "I can see the game is over. We'll go now" Laurent said as the Cullen's continued to glare and hiss. "James" Laurent said as he stood up. James glared at Emmett and gave me one glance before walking away. Victoria hissed before appearing at James's side as the ground walked away.

"Get Bella and Malory out of here. Go" Carlisle said to Edward and Emmett. Emmett turned to me and took my hand in his before pulling me to his jeep. I climbed into the backseat with Bella and Edward climbed into the passenger side before Emmett sped off driving through the woods. "What?! Now he's coming after us?!" Bella said panicked.

"Listen to me, James is a tracker. The hunt is his obsession. I read his mind. Our reaction on the field set him off. We just made this his most exciting game ever. t3b " Edward said and I gasped. "W-Wait wait so what's going to happen?! What are we gonna do?!" I exclaimed in fear. "We have to kill him. Rip him apart and burn the pieces" Emmett said as he drove.

"Where are we going?" Bella said. "Away from Forks" Emmett replied. "We'll get a ferry to Vancouver" Edward said. "I have to go home. Now. You have to take me home" Bella said. "Me too!" I interjected. "You can't go home. He's just gonna trace your scents there. It's the first place he's gonna look" Edward argued.

"But our families are there. We-" Bella started only to get cut off from Edward. "It doesn't matter!" Edward exclaimed. "Yes it does! They could get killed because of us!" I exclaimed. "Just let us get you out of here first alright!" Emmett snapped. "It's my dad! We have to go back! We'll figure a way to lead the tracker away somehow. I don't know we have to do something" Bella pleaded.