Infinity

Chapter 1

Rating: M (for language)

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters or plots. Cassie belongs to me.

So this is my first Twilight fanfic here. I'm so excited! I recently got back into Twilight, and a certain Volturi tracker got my attention ;) So, here's the fanfic I literally came up with out of nowhere. Enjoy!

Madness by Muse hummed like a lullaby from my phone, echoing in my silent car. I was driving but did I care? Hell, no. I picked up my phone and didn't bother looking at the caller ID.

"Yeees?" I asked, dragging out the word.

"Cassie…Cassie, it's Alice," came the frantic voice on the other end.

"Oh, hey, Alice, long time no talk. It's been a—"

"There's no time to catch up!" she interrupted me, quite rudely, may I add, but because she sounded desperate I let it slide.

"What's got you strung higher than a…something?" I said, fumbling with whatever the old saying was.

"Seriously, Cassie," Alice said, almost pleading now.

"Okay, okay, just tell me what's going on." I glanced in my mirror to see if anyone was coming up behind me on the quiet road, before turning onto an intersecting road leading to some town called North Falls.

"I saw a vision."

"Yeah, well, you see visions all the time," I told her, glancing in my rearview mirror as I saw a car coming up behind me. The sun had set and had I been a human instead of a vampire, I would have worried about having another car on the road with me with darkness approaching.

"It was about you."

"That makes it only slightly more interesting. If you saw me killing a human, then you don't have to worry about it. I've never once thought about killing a human, I'm too empathic for my own good," I said, narrowing my eyes as the headlights drew closer. I had a serious thing against killing humans, and I wasn't going to be pleased if I had to do something to this poor chap who thought he could come up on me and attack me on a lonely road.

"The Volturi are after you."

Now that was a game changer. My voice clogged in my throat, but it wasn't like I knew what to say anyways. What could I say? Oh, good, I'm going to be paid a visit by some ancient vampires. Nah, humor wasn't exactly the road to go with on this one. But I hadn't broken any rules…I was distracted for a moment by the headlights veering to the other side of the road, and then the car was speeding past me. My vampire vision allowed me to see that the guy in the car shot me a fleeting glance as he raced past. He probably memorized my license plates, but it was his funeral if he decided he wanted to try something funny later.

"Cassie?"

"I'm here."

"Where are you?" Alice asked next.

"Shouldn't you know that?" I asked, spotting a house up ahead. At least I was coming to civilization now.

"I know where they'll find you if you don't act and change your future," Alice said.

"And where's that?" I asked as more houses appeared alongside the road. I had lost sight of the guy who'd raced ahead of me, but there was another car coming in from behind now.

"Some place called North Falls. I looked it up, and there's one in New York and last I checked you were in New York," Alice said. If I were still human, that would have sent chills up and down my spine, but instead it halted my unnecessary breathing.

"Um, yeah, I kind of just entered that town," I said softly.

"You need to get out of there!" snapped Alice. "Aro wants you for your power, Edward read his mind!"

"Well that would have been nice to know!" I all but shrieked. "I thought I'd somehow managed to break a rule and they were coming to destroy me!"

"Cassie, you need to get out of North Falls. Go to some remote place, just hide away for a little while," Alice said. She then hissed. "Damn it, that's not going to work. They're sending Demetri after you, the vision has changed."

"Last I checked, I've never met Demetri, and his power centers around finding people he's been in contact with," I said, pulling over into a small, discreet motel. The sun was completely gone now, so I wasn't at risk of glittering like a diamond for everyone to gawk at and then run away screaming from.

"Edward knows you. Edward went to Volterra, and Demetri was in the room with us when Bella came to save Edward from getting himself killed and then Aro became aware of you. Demetri picked up on your trail from Edward. He can track you anywhere now."

My blood would have run cold if I had any left. Demetri, the world's most powerful tracker, could track me now. Thanks, Eduardo, this is the best present you could have ever given me, I thought wryly. I didn't even ask about who this Bella girl was that Alice mentioned, I was so panicked by what she said.

"That's just so fucking wonderful," I said humorlessly as I got out of my car. I had a suitcase full of stuff that I dragged around with me, to make it look more authentic that I was a woman traveling the country, and lugged it out of my trunk to bring in with me.

"Are you still driving?" Alice asked urgently.

"No, I stopped to stay the night at a motel," I answered.

There was a pause on the other end of the line, and I wondered if I had left Alice at a loss for words. It wasn't often you heard about a vampire spending the night at a place meant for sleeping and holing up while you stayed in a place for the time being. Vampires don't need sleep, and yet I was going to stay where people expected you were going to sleep.

"Cassie." Alice sounded annoyed. Maybe she was having a bad day and hoped to end it by doing some sort of public service shit by helping me avoid the Volturi.

"What?" I asked innocently, entering the motel with my suitcase and phone shoved between my ear and shoulder. The attendant – a dude with a very small and pathetic ponytail – looked up as I entered and stared, mesmerized by me. I ignored his staring to pull a wad of cash out of my pocket, to pay in advance for my stay here.

"Usually you'd be reacting immediately to one of my visions, especially if it concerned something even remotely like the Volturi," Alice said.

The guy looked at me curiously, and I held out the cash. "That's enough for a two-night stay, plus a little extra you can keep for yourself," I told him.

"You are not staying at a motel!"

I ignored Alice for a moment, watching the guy nod and take the money. He ducked behind the counter to search for a room key to give me, and probably to see if he even had a room. This motel seemed like it was fairly busy, for a motel, at least.

"Cassidy Leigh Daniels! Do not ignore me right now!"

The guy straightened up and held out a room key, which I took, being careful not to brush my fingers against his. Being touched by an ice-cold vampire would be a bit of a shock for him, and based on the expression he currently wore, he didn't need that kind of shock. He'd probably have a heart attack, even if he didn't look much older than twenty-one.

I gave the guy a tight-lipped smile, turned, and left the lobby area, heading back outside to search for my room which was apparently Room 41.

"Cassie!" Alice roared on her end of the line.

"What?" I asked snappishly.

"Please, please, please consider leaving North Falls! I don't want to see you enslaved by the Volturi!" Alice pleaded, sounding very desperate.

"There is no way I can be enslaved by the Volturi," I reassured her. "I'm always perfectly aware of anyone and everyone's intentions around me, even if I can't see visions like you can, and that awareness lets me be resistant to some vampires' powers."

"The Volturi only takes the best," Alice reminded me. "They won't have just anyone forcing you to join them. There's a reason they're sending Demetri, and Felix, too."

"Fuck, they're sending Felix too?!" I hissed, managing to keep my voice down despite the spike in my emotions. I was irritated, frustrated, and afraid all at once.

"I thought I mentioned that," Alice said innocently, mocking my earlier tone.

"Now is not the time to mock me!" I said, finding my room and swiftly unlocking it before entering. "Time is of the essence! When are they going to be here?"

"Less than two days. That should give you enough time to start moving to some other location, or at least start heading towards us and we could meet you somewhere," Alice said.

"No," I told her firmly, "I'm not dragging you guys into this. Like you said, you've already had a recent run-in with the Volturi. You don't need to become involved with them so soon again." I tossed my suitcase onto the small sofa facing the TV. Most of my night would probably be spent in front of that TV, since I don't sleep.

"Are you sure?" Alice whispered.

"I'm sure," I said. "This involves only me. It's unnecessary for you guys to get yourselves into trouble."

Alice hesitated on the other end, before she spoke, "Promise you'll leave tomorrow morning?"

"I already paid the guy for a two-night stay…"

"Cassidy!"

"Alright, alright! I'll leave tomorrow, if that'll make you happy," I relented.

Alice sighed. "Thank you. I feel better knowing you're not going to stay there like a sitting duck."

"I pretty much am a sitting duck even if I'm on the road," I grumbled.

"Well…yeah, pretty much, but at least you're not just sitting there waiting for them to come to you," Alice said.

"True," I admitted. I plopped down onto the couch and turned on the TV, automatically turning to channel surfing to find something decent to watch. I could hear Alice talking to someone on her side of the line, but I ignored what she was saying in favor of settling on watching the news.

"Cassie?" Alice returned less than a minute later.

"Yeah?"

"Be safe, okay? Call me tomorrow when you're on your way out of North Falls," Alice said.

"Alright," I agreed. "I'll be sure to let you know."

"Make sure you do. Bye, Cassie," Alice said.

"Bye, Alice." The line went dead as soon as I uttered the words, and I tucked my phone into my jacket pocket. This is going to be an interesting few days…I thought.

The good thing about New York was the terrible weather it had. Even in late May the weather was crap and it was rainy when dawn broke. The clouds didn't look like they were going to relent anytime soon, but I still piled on the layers to make sure as little of my skin was exposed as possible in case the sun decided it wanted to make an appearance.

It wasn't the same dude that was there last night. Instead it was a different guy, a little older but still no less mesmerized by my appearance even when I was hidden under countless layers of clothes. I hauled my suitcase along behind me, holding out my room key as I approached the desk.

"I'm checking out. Room 41," I told him curtly.

"Of course," he said. "Give me a second." He typed something into his computer after he took the key, then looked at me curiously. "It says you paid for a two-night stay…"

"Last minute change of plans," I said. "Sorry. Keep the money, though." I turned on my heel and strode out of the lobby, dragging my suitcase and with my phone in a gloved hand. I had a feeling I'd get some strange looks, having so many clothes on that you'd usually see during colder months but I didn't care. As soon as I was in my car, suitcase tossed in the trunk, I started the ignition and peeled out of the parking lot, heading for the opposite end of the town to leave. I didn't know where I was going, but I guess that was the point when someone was tracking you.

I pulled up Alice's number to call as I drew closer to the edge of town, putting my phone on speaker and setting it in one of the cup holders. It rang once before Alice picked up.

"Cassie, thank god."

"What, did you think I was high-tailing it out of here at the crack of dawn?" I asked.

"No! The vision changed, Demetri and Felix will be there today, around nine in the morning," Alice said. I glanced at the clock; seven-thirty. I still had time.

"Were they originally driving a car?" I joked.

"Yes." And she was dead serious, too.

"Oh, wow. Must be running now, huh?" I said, slightly baffled my joke turned out to be true. Who would have thought vampires would have wanted to use a car? I then remembered that I was driving a car.

"Please tell me you're leaving North Falls as we speak," Alice said.

"Don't worry, I'm just leaving. Don't know where I'm going, it's a work in progress, but I'm on the outskirts and heading farther away every second," I told her.

"As much as I appreciate you trying to lighten the mood, it's not working," Alice said.

"Sorry," I mumbled. I turned onto a random road I came to, not really bothering to see what road it was or where it was leading me. Randomness would probably be my friend right now.

"Where are you heading?" Alice asked.

"I have no idea."

"Good."

We both fell silent for several long moments, but it was nice. I focused on the road, taking in the sights around me for future reference. Hey, maybe I'll need to remember this place for some reason. It could happen!

"The vision changed again," Alice said suddenly.

"Oh, yeah? What is it now?" I asked.

"It shows you running, but that's all I see. I can't see who's chasing you, but we can both guess who it is, and I can't see anything that tells me where it is," Alice said. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine," I said. "Next time I'm being chased by someone and I'm running away from them, I'll think of your vision."

"Cassie…" She sounded exasperated with me, but I didn't blame her. I could be a tad difficult to deal with, considering my tendency to turn to sarcastic humor in situations like these.

"You know you love me," I said with a laugh.

"I'm not saying anything," Alice said.

"Just let me know if the vision changes again," I said. "You should probably get back to your family."

"Alright."

Huh, no arguments. Usually, when Alice is like this, she doesn't go without any arguments.

"I'll talk to you…sometime," I said.

"Okay. Be safe, Cassie, and let me know if something happens," Alice said.

"You'll probably be calling first to let me know about it before it happens," I said.

"True…But please, be as safe as you can, call me if you need to talk. Bye," Alice said.

"Bye." I hung up first this time, refocusing on the road. My gloved hands were tight on the steering wheel, but not to the point where I would disfigure it. I'd made that mistake before, and boy had it been difficult trying to explain that one to a mechanic. I think I'd settled on a story involving how I had some older brother on steroids who got a tad angry and took it out on the car's steering wheel. Sounds like a story I'd come up with.

An hour later I was still driving along the same, seemingly endless road, never turning once until I swerved onto a street that came up suddenly on my right. A sign read "NEWARK, NEW YORK – 10 MILES." Good enough, I thought. It was getting close to nine, so Demetri and Felix would almost be to North Falls by now. Unless they found a detour to bring them closer to you. That was a terrible time for my conscience to pitch in a few unhelpful words.

And, of course, thinking about that made me realize just how pitiful this attempt to escape was. Demetri was the world's greatest tracker. He can follow me everywhere, and not once lose my trail. It was why the Volturi had him; they only took the best, and Demetri was the best at what he did. And, apparently, I was the best at what I did if they wanted me.

Or you're just the first vampire they've heard about who can do what you do.

Great, conscience, way to make me feel better. Either way, the Volturi still wanted me. And in my books, that wasn't good.

It wasn't much longer before I was entering the outskirts of Newark, New York. Just like North Falls, it was a small town, with quaint little neighborhoods and a motel that looked to be in better condition than the one I stayed in last night. A gas station was positioned strategically across from the motel, and was attached to a donut shop. I used to love donuts when I was a human. Now they were just blah.

It had taken me maybe an hour and forty-five minutes to get to Newark, which meant that if Demetri and Felix left North Falls as soon as they entered at nine, and it was almost nine-thirty, I still had about an hour and fifteen minutes to get moving again if I needed to.

Luck just didn't seem to be on my side.

The old car I'd had since the 90s wasn't in the best condition, I'll admit that, but it had survived all these years with me and I wasn't going to let it go. My parents gave me this car when I was sixteen in '92, so yeah, I was going to be attached to it. But when it started making a horrible rattling sound, I knew I was screwed.

The only luck I had was when I found a repair shop. I just barely managed to roll in before my car spluttered and died on me. Two guys came out right away, hearing the awful noise it gave out before dying, and I got out of the car, still clad in layers upon layers of clothes and probably looking very suspicious.

"Having some car troubles, miss?" called one of the guys, a greasy guy with long hair tied back in a ponytail. He looked like he was in his early thirties, while the other guy was probably eighteen.

"Yeah," I said. Based on the awestruck expressions that crossed their faces, they probably thought they were listening to an angel talk. "It's an old car from the early 90s, think you can repair it? I'm not sure what's wrong with it."

"Of course we can, pretty lady," the younger guy said. His nametag said Robbie. The long-haired dude was apparently named Jason.

"Thanks," I said, ignoring his compliment. "How long should it take?" Jason had ducked underneath my car to check a couple things out while I pulled my suitcase out.

"Probably a couple hours at the most. Hope you don't got to be anywhere, miss," Jason said, reappearing and wiping the grease from his hands with a towel he had thrown over his shoulder.

Nah, I'm only running from two vampires who want to drag me back to their cult of a coven so I can join them and help them continue to rule the vampire world.

"No, I've got time" was what I actually said.

Newark was a pleasant town, small and quiet and with people who would look at you but not talk to you unless you talked to them. I didn't talk to anyone, of course, but they gave off that vibe.

I had dropped my suitcase off at that motel, being forced to get a room. Demetri and Felix were coming for me but there was no way in hell I was leaving behind my precious car. That baby was a gift from my parents for my sixteenth birthday. It was the last thing I had left from them that I could hold onto. I wasn't going to abandon it.

I kept anxiously looking at my phone to check the time, and also to watch for calls from Alice. It was strange that she hadn't called to alert me of my car breaking down. Maybe she was busy with having visions for something else. Probably something to do with that Bella girl. She sounds like the type who'd bring trouble with her, I thought.

It was nearing ten-thirty. I had very little time before Demetri and Felix got to Newark, if they weren't here already. It wasn't like I could use my power to track them. Sure, I could sense people with it, but they had to be relatively close to me for it to work. I was working on being able to use it over larger distances – when I was a newborn people had to be right next to me – but this new development meant I couldn't exactly focus on developing my power further.

Then my body stiffened as I turned a corner, body coiling as I sensed them. They were here, and they were coming for me. And from what I could tell, they had been tailing me. For a while. They had been just out of the range of my power for me to be able to tell they were there, and with all the human blood around me, I hadn't been able to pick up on their scents. I shuddered at the thought of human blood.

You're so screwed, Cass.

I didn't need my conscience telling me that. I knew I was screwed the moment Alice told me in the first place that Demetri was tracking me. In case I hadn't mentioned it before, he's the world's greatest tracker. You can't just hide from someone like that, especially when he was part of the Volturi. It was worse considering I'd never met the guy so I had no clue what to expect from him.

They followed me for twenty minutes, through every twist and turn I took and despite all the people who walked past me. They were relentless, I would give them that, but I never gave them the satisfaction of knowing they put me on edge. I never looked back once, not even to see what I was up against, because that would tell them they made me nervous. What confused me was only one had negative-like intentions, while the other seemed…confused. Like he couldn't decide if what he was doing was a positive or a negative thing, or if he was just genuinely confused. My powers had grown recently so that I could pick up on the emotions involved with the intent, but it only worked with some emotions so far. Confusion was one of them.

For the entire day they tailed me, sometimes drawing back so they were out of my range and other times getting a little bit closer to me. They were trying to intimidate me so I would come quietly, but Cassidy Daniels didn't go quietly. I would fight them the whole way.

I wasn't going to head back to the garage to pick up my car, not when Demetri and Felix were right on my tail. I would have to throw them off, run back to get my car, and take off. I'd be leaving my suitcase at the motel, but I could always get more stuff later on.

Dusk had fallen, and my wandering led us into a very quiet and eerie section of the town. There were old, worn-down houses with no life inside them, and that made me extremely nervous. I was even more nervous when they dropped out of my range, and when I turned around to look, I couldn't see either of them. My eyes narrowed. Where the hell did they go? I wondered, turning around.

And I came face-to-chest with one of the red-eyed angels from hell.

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