Chapter four : Resisting Corruption

Carlisle's POV

This is two weeks into his torture in Italy .

" You are a fool Carlisle …. A fool " I whispered to myself . Why had I come here ? Look where I was , trapped in the darkest part of the Volturi castle . I cursed myself as I thought of the letter that had arrived for me form Aro not long ago …..

Dear Carlisle ,

We need you immediately here in Italy . Come alone and do not tell anyone that you are coming .

Your's truly ,

Aro

If only I had known what this who thing was about….. a shudder passed through my body as Felix opened the door of my cell " Guess what time it is , Carlisle ? " he asked with a dark smile .

I didn't respond , though I knew the answer . My torture time . Until I would promise to bring them Alice and Edward they would torture me . My dear daughter , Alice , could not see what was happening because they had a new vampire in the guard – one that could block her gift with their own 'alternate ' futures . Alice was seeing me as a black hole in space and that was it .

Felix interrupted my thoughts as he and another guard drug me out of the cell and up to the main part of the castle . I was forced into the court room once more like I had been everyday for the past two weeks at the same time to watch the same thing .

Humans being slaughtered and beaten .

I kept my eyes on the ground , trying to shut out what I knew was about to happen . I couldn't help but sneak a glance up though . It was a five year old girl and her mother . Horror and pain filled me at the fact that I could do nothing . I and not had any blood in over two months because I hadn't hunted before I came here and they had been sure not to give me anything here . They were determined to keep me weak . I could see my face reflected in the woman's eyes . A tall and handsome man with deep purple under his eyes and darker than coal black eyes with hunger and pain in their depths .

Aro entered the room , a vampire walking right behind him with a cloak on that kept his whole figure hidden from eyes . " Still not giving in , are you Carlisle ? " he asked . He walked over to the girl and her mother , smiling in his charming yet disturbing way as he stroked the woman's cheek . I saw her shudder from his cold skin . He had a thimble on his finger with a small blade on it . The smell of the woman's blood filled my nostrils as he scraped her skin .

Normally this did not affect me , but my extreme hunger caused my throat to burn as if there was a hot iron poker down inside it . As Aro continued to spill the woman's blood I could feel the other vampire's tense as they kept themselves under control . The vampire beside Aro was extremely tense , as if this was very difficult for him .

Suddenly a ear splitting shriek filled the air as Aro sunk his teeth into the woman's skin . The little girl was crying now , screaming , trying to stop Aro with her weak human strength . As Alec forced my head up so I had to watch , I whispered in Italian "" Il signore, li protegge mentre passano con Hell' fuoco di s. …. aiutili, benedicali, faciliti il loro dolore. Mostri loro i vostri kindess e prendali nella vostra cura…. prego il signore, li prende poichè avete fatto ogni altro essere umano che è stato macellato a causa di me ed il mio egoismo…. " Lord , protect them as they go through Hell's fire . .... help them , bless them , ease their pain . Show them Your kindess and take them into Your care .... please Lord , take them as you have done every other human that has been slaughtered because of me and my selfishness .... I prayed desperately . The screaming stopped from both woman and girl as they now laid dead on the ground .

" Carlisle … I do feel it is time that you meet a friend of mine " Aro said , turning to me now .

" And who would that be ? " I asked , barely keeping myself calm .

Aro smiled as the vampire beside him uncloaked himself " Charles Evenson , meet Carlisle Cullen . " he said with a wide smile .

I stared at the man before me . He had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes , he obviously had been handsome before becoming a vampire , as he was far handsomer than most vampires I had ever seen . He was about my height and weight , with around the same muscle mass .

It was not these things though that brought a hate from the darkest parts of me to front and center . It was what this very man had done in his human years …..

He was the reason why my Esme had suffered so much .

" So , you are the one whom my wife longed for when we made love ? " Charles asked me .

I snarled , struggling against Felix's grip now " Made love ?! You raped her ! Abused her ! Do not dare lie to me and try and make me believe that she loved you ! " I snapped back .

" She was mine to use as I wished …..but that is not why I am here to spend this time with you , Carlisle . My reason is simple : Legally I am still married to Esme , meaning I declare a fight . The winner is her keeper " he said simply to me .

I felt the dark smile spread across my face . I never had been a fighter , but I had always longed to meet this man for the simple reason of killing him because of what he had done to Esme . I was not a killer in the slightest , but the desire to kill Charles Evenson was amazingly strong . I needed to fight this man , I realized in surprise . I had always toyed with the idea that if I had ever met him that I would have managed to act respectably towards him , but I had known in my heart that such an idea would be impossible . " We fight then " I agreed .

As Charles lunged at me like he was shot from a rubber band Felix let me go . I met him in the middle as we tumbled to the floor with the sound of crashing boulders . He was so much more powerful than I was . My body that had been starving for two months now could not fight this vampire ……. Before we could get far into the fight though we were drug apart .

Aro smiled at me " So you do have typical vampire capabilities . I had always wondered if something had been wrong with the venom that had changed you …. " he said thoughtfully .

I snarled at him , revealing my highly venom coated teeth and my canines with their slightly pointed tips . A burning pain silenced me though before I began to scream from Jane's burning gaze . I could barely hear Aro's comments about how I could take this or I could hand my family over .

I would walk through hell for the rest of my life if it meant protecting my family . I would do anything to keep them safe from the hands of a murder who wished to possess them. As I was forced back to the darkest parts of the castle with Jane keeping her gift on me , the only thing that settled my mind was that : that my family was still safe for the time being .

****Might add/take away / wipe out this chapter later , not sure if I like it to much . What do you think of it my fans of this story ? ****