Chapter 3

Torture

The entire family rushed upstairs to the bedroom; Renesmee was lying beside the bed, her throat wrenched by hollering cries, but as I placed her back on the bed, I tried to calm her but the pain would not stop. Her screaming was almost constant for three and a half hours straight; Carlisle thought maybe she was having contractions, but in the case of a half-breed; the pregnancy had only lasted about two and half weeks instead of three – she was too early to be delivering.

Bella and Rosalie came to the conclusion that Jane was the one torturing her; luckily Alec and I managed to come between them before Rosalie could force her against the wall.

"Jane, stop it!" Bella cried. "Enough! Please, PLEASE!"

I turned to Jane as she confessed.

"Brother, I swear to you I'm not harming her. I may be sadistic but I would never." Looking at her consuming innocent eyes, Jane's words spoke the truth – though as usual Rosalie was not convinced.

But it was proven for even after Bella fixated her shield over everyone, Renesmee was still in pain; my poor Renesmee couldn't rest a moment she was in so much pain, and as the infant continued to grow in the hours that followed so did her suffering. Jasper then came into the room after Renesmee had asked him to get a fresh cold cloth for her head; but then I saw the look on his face as he felt something other than Renesmee's pain.

"It's the foetus." He calmly stated. "I can feel was its feelin', and it's not happy."

Edward and I looked down at Renesmee; and as it was with me, Renesmee, and my cousins – we could hear the foetus's mind.

"What's happening to it?" Renesmee howled. "Is it alright?"

I knelt down as if to hear its mind more clearly but the reception was the same.

"Father, more room…" it said.

I looked at Nesmee. "It's cramped." I touched her face and projected the child's thoughts into her mind so she could hear. "It's saying there's not enough room." I continued.

At the sound of my voice it calmed a little but then came a second mental voice.

"Sorry, Mummy."

"Need more room."

Bella, Jacob, and Rosalie looked on worryingly as Edward and I stared at each other and instantly we spoke simultaneously.

"Twins!"

"'What?'" they gasped with Renesmee.

"Its- they're not happy, it's cramp, because there's two of them." Spoke a shocked Edward.

I leant down beside Renesmee and comforted her by rubbing her stomach. The twins liked the feel of it and then Nesmee's suffering steadily decreased though it still remained at a painful degree, though at the same time a strange aura of happiness was forming around my wife. The happiness aura helped to calm her but even with that, and Jasper soothing her; it still struggled to outweigh the torturing pain Renesmee was under.


Renesmee's POV

Oh my god, I had never felt a pain in my life; I could honestly say that being away from Ambrogio for a year and a half was almost bearable compared to what I was going through now – Gino told so times about Jane's power, I had never experienced it before but from what I had heard and what was happening I think I had a pretty good idea what it was like.

Though I know, for Gino's sake, Jane would never do anything like that to me and especially now because of the pregnancy; but as hard as the burning feeling was, it scared me a little more not knowing where or who it was actually coming from. But twins! What a miracle we were having twins! Dad had called the Denali coven to tell them of my progress and advising them to come sooner as everyone believed I was going into labour, though it didn't feel like they were coming; besides it was too soon.

Gino lay beside me rubbing my stomach, it helped with the pain, as well as having Uncle Jasper in the room; I could tell the twins liked the feel of their father's touch, because I did – there was nothing softer, more soothing to me than Ambrogio's touch. And as a steady week passed by, aside from the pain, at the same time at all times I felt almost unusually happy; there was just no reason for it, it was not the happiness for my husband or my children but another kind of happiness – it was light and weightless, something that couldn't be explained – still it was not enough to make the pain disappear but I was just happy.

Everyone was baffled and worried but none were so more concerned for the children than Carlisle; my pregnancy had lasted it's month, I was only late by five days, but still Carlisle tried to make sense of it – it just wasn't like our kind to be late. Luckily, from all the commotion I could hear from down stairs, the Denali coven had arrived.

"Gino, can you help me up?" I asked. Gino, of course, helped me sit up as they all came into the room, along with Dad; Tanya's was the first golden lock of hair I saw come through the door.

"Awww, you poor thing." Came Tanya, as she brushed her palm against my forehead. "How long has she been like this?" she asked Daddy.

"Ever since we could hear the minds of the children. So about a week." He replied with half a smile.

"Twins! Oh Renesmee, hang in there sweetie." Crooned Kate.

All of a sudden I moaned anxiously as I felt a blow close to my pelvic bone and then another against my rib which made it crack.

"Oh my god, Renesmee." Came Kate. "Are you alright?"

I clenched onto Gino's hand, as my rib healed I nodded as convincingly as I could but I knew just how much Gino, Daddy and Jasper could see what I was trying to hide from everyone. I felt Jasper's mood swing control as Gino placed a cold clothe over my head and asked me to lie back down.

"Breathe, Nessie." Came Jasper, "Just breathe."

I nodded and as I looked up I could see Tanya scowling at Gino for some reason, from the corner of my eye I saw Gino scowl back at her; I touched my husband's hand and he briefly showed me what had happened.

"Your just like your father; always causing pain to others." Tanya had thought.

But Gino had read this and replied to her with his mental voice. "My father is a noble vampire; and he nearly sacrificed himself to save Renesmee's life."

Tanya's face then looked a little confused but then Eleazar came to her side, with a crooked smile on his face and amazement in his eyes.

"Well I never – another mind reader in the family. It's as if Aro and Edward's gifts have come together in the same body; even with some of Renesmee's gifts." Eleazar seemed almost pleased to see Gino's extra abilities.

I re-realised that he had the talent of seeing the gifts in other vampires and the potential in human beings; then as I snuggled up to Gino, his body went stiff for a moment.

"Eleazar, would you be able to do something for me if possible?" Gino asked, Eleazar replied his question with a nod. "Would it be capable for you to see if our children have any gifts?"

All eyes turned to him; and I smiled at the shear genius of my husband's idea. Everything would make perfect sense if the twins were gifted.

"You think that the twins are gifted?" asked Daddy.

"Well it might explain Renesmee's overpowering pain and strange aura of happiness." added Jasper.

Eleazar seemed intrigued by Gino's idea; he then came and sat down on the bed beside me and slowly I watched his eyes widened.

"This… this is really something. Um, it seems that personality traits in them have already amplified – from what I can see; one has the power of physical pain…" he began.

"Well, that would explain the torture." replied Jasper.

Eleazar continued. "Yes, but it's not like Jane's or even Kate's, it's, um, it's – I don't know I can't really be specific at this point. But the other – it's extraordinary – they're almost absolute opposites; for the other causes comfort."

"So one causes physical pain and the other causes physical comfort; I think we have a case of good and evil twins." Smiled Gino.