Aro POV
Alec stared at me. His wide red eyes filled with shock. His mind was a mess as he thought of what I had just said.
"No," he whispered. "No, no you're lying. You have to be lying. You can't kill Carlisle, NO! You're a liar! No, no, no, a million times NO!"
I gently brushed his cheek with the back of my hand, trying to calm him. He batted my hand away, pulling away from me so I couldn't touch him. He rushed to Carlisle, planting himself before him. He turned and threw his arms out.
"You won't touch him," his usually quiet voice rang out. "You'll have to kill me first." His red eyes bore into mine, daring me to make a move.
"Alec, bambino, please come away. Don't make this harder than it already is." I spoke softly, hoping to calm him before he did anything he may regret. Many people would find it laughable that a boy the size of Alec would threaten me so seriously. I would find it ridiculous as well if I didn't know of his gift.
My little son could take on the biggest, strongest vampire and win quiet easily if he needed to. His gift was powerful, making even the strongest of the Volturi guard approach him with caution. Even his sister, who could make the most harden criminal breakdown in tears of pain was no match for her brother.
Alec was able to block people's senses. He could make you blind, deaf, and numb to any touch, taste, or sent. When I first turned him he had a hard time controlling his gift. I had the misfortune of being blasted with his debilitating power more than once and it is terrifying to experience. You feel like you don't exist, everything just goes dark and when you open your eyes again hours, days, even months have passed. I was never under for long, but others, those who were a nuisance yet not quite deserving of death have spent years in the coma induced state my little one can create.
He has great control over it, yet sometimes when he is upset, like he is now, things being to slip through his fingers.
"Alec, you need to calm down. Don't do anything you'll regret later. Please little one, don't be stupid." Possibly not the best thing to say.
"Stupid? STUPID?! You're stupid! You and your stupid rules! Y-you...you just…you're a…you're mean! Mean and, and, and a bad, bad person." Hundreds of years old and he still talks like a little boy. "I won't let you touch him. You have to kill me, kill me before I let you hurt him."
Carlisle quietly walked up behind my fuming child, gently laying a hand on his still shoulders. "Alec," he whispered. "Alec, clam down. You need to think. Think before you act."
I could tell he was debating with himself on what to do. On one hand he wanted to protect his little human, keep him safe from the big, bad Volturi and Alec was helping with that. On the other hand, he wanted to protect his little vampire as well.
"Carlisle," I called out. "Maybe we should discuss this, calmly. Maybe we can come to an agreement?" My blonde friend glanced at me, his eyes distrusting and cautious.
"Please Aro, just let us go home. He won't say a thing. He isn't that type of person. He's smart; he knows when to keep his mouth shut. Please, don't take him from me."
Despite what you may have heard, I really don't enjoy doing this, especially to this man. Carlisle is my friend, at one point I considered him my brother. I don't delight in his pain. But he's being unreasonable! Foolish, stubborn man!
"You never should have gotten involved with that human Carlisle. You've been careless and look where it's gotten you."
"He is a child!"
"A human child! A child that should have human guardians! Someone who won't see him as a light evening snack, or something to stave off the hunger pains until dinner."
"I would never…"
"But you almost did. This evening you nearly lost control. You would have ripped him to shreds before you realized what you were doing. Killing your precious little son in one of the most terrifying ways. You brought this upon yourself Carlisle. You delude yourself into thinking that you are one of them, that you can live among them. But you aren't! And you can't. Not safely. You risk exposure every single day working in that hospital. But that wasn't enough. No, you had to feel human, didn't you! So you took a child in, swearing to do the impossible."
"I can protect him."
"Protect him? When you can barely protect him from yourself. Don't lie to yourself Carlisle, you too smart for that."
"I can protect him from you!"
I saw Alec out if the corner of my eye, hoping slightly from foot to foot, biting nervously at his lower lip. The fire I had seen moments ago had left him, yet there was still a small flicker in his red eyes. My own little one wasn't going to stand by if he thought I would hurt Carlisle in any way. How I wish we were back in Italy right now.
"Aro, I am begging you. Don't do this. He is only a child. None of this is his fault. Like you said, I was foolish enough to take the boy in, I caused this danger, and you can't punish him for something he had no control over. Aro please, just let my son live."
A small hand wrapped around my wrist and my head was instantly filled with the thoughts of my own son. He stood there, barely reaching my elbow, eyes wide, just staring at me.
"Papa, don't do this. There has to be another way. Maybe, if you turned the human into one of us…"
"NO!" Carlisle and I yelled together. "I won't have him turn into that!"
"Vampire children are too dangerous. He would wipe out the city of Chicago in less than a week."
"But I'm a child. I'm not dangerous." I raised an eyebrow. "Well, I can control myself."
"Even you were cutting it close bambino. You were a gamble. When you and you sister woke everyone in the castle was on high alert with orders to kill first and ask questions later."
"Then what if Carlisle promises to turn the human when he is older."
"Never." Carlisle growled, turning the slumbering child in his arms away from us.
"There must be something we can do!" Alec wailed.
"There is, Felix, Demetri, you know what to do." They rushed forward.
"No!" Alec all but screamed, grabbing onto the two burly vampires, trying to stop them. "No, I won't let you! You can't hurt Carlisle! You just can't you bastardi cazzo!"
"Alec that's enough! Now come here and stop being a damn nuisance." I grabbed at him, my arms winding around his waist, pulling him off the ground but not away from my soldiers.
"Alec, let go this instant."
"No!"
"Alec! I will count to three…one…"
"Run Carlisle! Get out of here!"
Demetri managed to tear out of Alec's grip. He lunged toward Carlisle. Carlisle tried to turn and run, but he was too slow. Demetri crashed into Carlisle's back, sending them both to the ground. Edward, who had been sleeping up until this moment, tumbled from his father's arms, landing a few feet away.
Edward barely had a chance to cry out before Felix sprang forward, rushing the little human. His hands grabbed Edward's head, intending to break the boy's neck to end this quickly. The poor child turned fearful eyes toward Carlisle, who was screaming bloody murder as he tried to scramble away from Demetri.
"Daddy," he whimpered softly.
Felix bowed his head. "I am sorry little one," he whispered. "Possa la vostra piccola anima trova il suo luogo di riposo in pace." He shot me a glare, not fond of ending this child's life. He readjusted his hands on Edward's head to get a better grip. Behind him Carlisle screamed. Begging and cursing, pleading and threatening, my poor friend began sobbing as I cruelly ordered the destruction of what he held most dear. '
Felix's hands twitched, preparing to carry out this deed when, he collapsed. He lay at Edward's feet, limp and life less.
"ALEC!" I roared as I turned toward him. His eyes were slightly glazed in concentration as he continued to deprive not only Felix, but Demetri as well of all senses. Carlisle shot up from underneath a now limp Demetri and hurried to pick up his wailing.
I stalked toward Alec, fuming. He opened his mouth to speak, but my hand connecting harshly with his face silenced him.
"Enough of this." I shook his roughly as I growled. "Stop this at once. Listen to me Alec, you know what will happen if you disobey me."
He shook his head and grabbed onto my hands, allowing me access to his thoughts.
"Alec don't you dare."
He gazed at me with sorrowful eyes. "I'm sorry Papa. Run Carlisle," he whispered. Things began to turn fuzzy. My hearing became muffled; I began to feel numb as Alec allowed his power to wash over me.
I gazed at those pitiful red eyes as my world began to fall into darkness. Mark my words boy, you will be sorry when I wake up.
A/N GAAAH! Well, that was painful. I'm so sorry that this took so long; I had no clue what I was doing with this chapter, as you may have guessed. So this will probably have one, maybe two chapters left before we can let Carlisle stop stressing.
Ok, so I'm having a bit of writer's block (can you tell?) and I don't know what I should right next. I'm still doing little one shots for An Apple a Day, so if there is any illness or injury you would like me to inflict on Edward, let me know. And at what age you think they should happen. So, back to new stories, I'm going to put a poll up on my page so you can vote on what I should do next.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone who reviews, favorites, follows, or just even reads this story. It is so helpful to know that people enjoy what I'm doing and it is awesome to hear your feedback. Sorry for the long A/N. You guys are awesome, again sorry to keep you waiting!
Possa la vostra piccola anima trova il suo luogo di riposo in pace- May your little soul find its resting place in peace (if Google translate is to be trusted)