Aro felt something stop him as he lowered his jaw to Zach's body. Aro jerked away and a feeling that he had never felt before overcame the Volturi leader.

He let his hand rest on Max's forehead and he began to see everything Max had seen. He came to the realisation that the children in front of him were no older than 14. This made it impossible for him to turn them into full vampires.

They would not be fast enough, nor strong enough and their powers would be weak. Aro did, however, decide to try a theory of his.

He was researching the possibility of creating a hybrid but he did not know how the hybrid would feed or sleep. Aro put the syring into his mouth and pulled 20ml of venom. He then injected each of them with a venom syringe.

Aro began pacing around the room, knowing that the children's blood would and could send many of the castle occupants into a mad rage.


Hours passed and the sun was beginning to peak over the city when Zach and Max came around.

Aro was beside them in the blink of an eye.

"Aro, what time is it?" Max asked groggily

"It is 07:00," Aro answered as he noticed that their eyes had barely changed wondered if he should inform them that they may be hybrids

"We are what?!" Zach growled

Aro looked confused before recognition started to dawn.

'I would love to test you' Aro thought

"Test us how?" Max demanded

"You can both read minds!" Aro exclaimed

Zach and Max stared in disbelief as they began to chuckle at their earlier assumption.


"Come," Aro said with a wave of his hand

The teens followed wordlessly and soon entered the main hall. All the vampires snapped up at the sound of a heartbeat.

"What are the puny humans still doing here," Ciaus asked at vampire speed

"We are not puny!" Max seethed

"And you will not be anywhere near our throats!" Zach grimaced

Ciaus stood still. He could defenitely hear a heartbeat but they could read his thoughts and hear him at vampire speed.

Aro drew everyone's attention as he began to explain, "I have injected venom into their systems. Enough to make them develop powers and enhanced hearing and sight."

"We are part vampire, does that mean we havta drink blood?" Zach asked, dreading the reply

"I do not know but we can find out," Aro decided as he rushed out and fetched some human food from a nearby picnic.

"How does it smell?" Ciaus asked as he recoiled from the smell

The teens on the other hand inhaled the scent deeply as they dug into the chocolate cake with gusto. That answered Ciaus.

"You do not feel sick?" Felix asked as he watched them in disgust

"Nope," Max managed to say

"Then it appears as though you don't need blood as your vampire abilities are mostly mental," Aro concluded

"Good," Zach said with a contented sigh

Max's hand accidently brushed over Zach's and for those few seconds the two could feel an enormous power surge through their bodies.

"Aro?" Max asked as she inched closer to Zach and let their bodies touch

First, both teens felt a jolt of electricity before emotion became prevelant.

"What happens when you touch?" Aro enquired

"It is kinda of weird, almost like we can..." Zach trailed off as he couldn't explain

"Focus on Felix," Aro ordered,

"Let all the power you are feeling move onto him," Jane said as she smirked

The two nodded before focusing on Felix and they watched as he began to writhe on the floor.

"I believe that you have the ability to store the power of any other vampire you come across. Mind reading, however is yours." Marcus marvelled

"That means that they have all our abilities?" Ciaus questioned in doubt

"Yes, it would appear so," Aro said happily. He had two super weapons yet he did not feel the need to exploit them.


For the remainder of their time in Italy, Zach and Max were coming to terms with the abilities and learning to control them better.

There were very few incidents although a few times, visiting vampires launched themselves at the teens before one of the Volturi members stepped in.

As the end of their vacation approached rapidly, the teens began to wind down. Aro came to the conclusion that the teenagers could return to America with the promise that in four years they will return and join the Volturi guard, if they so wished.


When they landed in America, they had smiles plastered on their faces as they saw Jenny, Gibbs and most of the team waiting.

'Wonder if they had fun?" "I hope they were fine," "They look happy," "Gaming buddies are back!" "Can't wait to pull the new prank on them!"

Ah, mind reading was fun, Zach thought happily before glaring DiNozzo

Max laughed as she caught DiNozzo's thoughts as Zach glared

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