AN: OMG I messed up! Thank you anonymous reviewer Confused () for letting me know it was Alec not Alex. I feel like an idiot now. ^.^" The mistake was widespread enough I felt the need to change it, so this is an edit lol. Oh, might as well do the disclaimer. I don't own Twilight or any of the characters. I wish I did, but I don't.
Jane stared at Alec, eyes scared. She had never felt so powerless as he stood over her. She shivered, broken inside. No one would come for her, she would not be saved. She would be forever trapped with Alec, who would announce they were together. Why? Was all that she had done so wrong she deserved all this? Yes, she took joy in other's pain, yes she took joy in suffering and the loss of life. Why had Alec turned out so wrong? He had been so sweet, and now he was violent and abusive. Jane had burn marks up and down, everywhere. There were pieces of her missing. This was why her power was so uncontrollable recently. Aro was constantly telling her to tone it down when torturing people, but she couldn't. All the pain in her was pouring out. No one knew. She covered with long sleeves and a floor length dress. Her face and hair were the only things not subject to Alec's torture, for she couldn't hide them. Jane slumped on the floor, defeated. If she were human she would be crying, but she's not so she can't. Alec walked out, claiming she wasn't fun anymore, not putting up a fight.
As he left, Jane stood up, looking at the tatters of the dress she had been wearing up until a few minutes ago. Or was it hours, seconds, days? She never knew, for when Alec was around, there was only rage and pain. People claimed she was fickle, wearing the same thing only once. However, the truth was she couldn't wear anything more than once, it was always destroyed. She went to her closet and pulled out another dress and painfully slipped it on. Her soul was in shambles, like all of her old dresses. She walked to her bed and sat on it. It had been a whole year Alex had had her. Now, she was broken inside, lost. A resolve firmed in her eyes. No more! She used to be the most feared by everyone, causing pain without hesitation. She stood up, back strait, chin up. She swept out of her room and down the hall, sending younger vampires to cling to the wall in horror. Jane was back.
She walked through the whole magnificent complex, seeing everything through clear eyes for the first time in so long. She turned a corner and hit someone. She looked to see who it was, and there he was. Alec. The one she had been searching for. Jane looked coolly down her nose at him as he stood up. Alec opened his mouth to speak, eyes blazing with fury. Jane quickly cut him off. "It's over between us now. I can't take this abuse anymore. Leave me at once." Alec roared in fury and tried to blank out her vision and responses. However, she had anticipated this and sent massive waves of the pain she had felt for so long at him. He instantly crumpled to the floor, screaming. Jane stopped the pain after just a minute and walked away.
Alec lay there panting, wondering at the massive strength of this little girl. He made a vow to himself to hate her forever. He stood up and, with a calm mask hiding his seething anger, walked away. He went up to his room and closed the door. He sat on the edge of a chair, thinking.
Jane was so elated, and at the same time devastated. She had broken up with Alec. But now what should she do? She was alone in the world. Her wounds needed time to heal. She couldn't let anyone know how weak she had been, succumbing again and again to Alec. He had been torture, and he had tortured her. She walked through the halls in silence, wondering at this turn. Her head was so lost in everything that she didn't notice anyone coming until she ran into them. She jumped, eyes widening slightly. Looking at the person in front of her, she bowed deeply, apologizing. For, the person she had bumped into was none other than Marcus.
"Stand up straight, child. No need to bow to me." He said with ease, and Jane cursed internally. Of course Marcus would know, damn his ability see sense relationship strength. Actually, he had probably known for quite some time. Why hadn't he done anything? Jane hadn't realized she had asked that out loud until she heard him answering. "I did nothing because I thought you needed to recover your strength. You would be quite unhappy if I had intervened. You would still be broken, and Alec would still have great power over you. No, this was something you had to do yourself." Jane stood up all the way, her head tilted a bit to the left, looking at him in wonder. Marcus was truly wise. That his wife had died had probably helped that, for he was bored all the time, and thinking. He was truly powerful, one of the three rulers. Jane smiled slightly, thinking about this. Marcus shook his head and started to walk off. Jane called after him, "Wait!" He stopped. "You know…what all he did to me?" Marcus nodded slowly. "Well….I need help….getting back to how I was….please?"
Marcus stood perfectly still for a long time. Jane kept looking at his back for a while, then looked down. Just as she was turning, Marcus responded. "Alright. I'll help you." Jane looked up smiling at him as he turned around. "Thank you Marcus!" He nodded and walked off. Jane practically flew up the stairs to her room. She opened the door, walked in, and quietly closed it behind her. She flung herself on her bed and hugged her pillow tightly to herself. Honestly, she had no idea why they all had beds, but they did. Maybe for the couples…..That got her thinking about Marcus. Did he like her at all? Well, she hoped so, because she realized she had just fallen for him.