So many of you have been trying to guess which old sci-fi movie I might be using here. Well keep guessing because it isn't any one movie. I've taken bits and pieces from several movies that I have enjoyed and splashed them together adding our favorite boys in the mix. This chapter gives you an idea what is really going on in the city of Voltu.

Disclaimer: I own nothing from the Twilight world. The plot and original characters are mine.

Thanks again AuntR for pre-reading.

Voltu

"He is a threat to everything!" Caius pointed out heatedly. "We cannot allow him to continue, no matter his abilities. And he could very well be the 'one'! That's all the more reason to include him in this year's elimination."

"It's not a matter of if he is the one," Aro looked calmly at his brother. "The Prophesy clearly stated there were siblings and we've stopped that from ever happening." His smug assuredness rankled at Caius.

"Are you sure," Caius growled the question looking in his brother's direction. "Some of us are weaker than the others and don't always follow the rules."

Marcus knew exactly what his brother meant. He was weaker because he still had more human emotions than the other two. If Caius ever truly suspected that he hadn't stayed strictly to the rules…Marcus would be dead. He had no doubts about that.

Caius was the only one of the three that was truly afraid of The Prophesy, of course that could be because his death was outlined specifically. To Marcus, that made Caius the weaker link. His fear would betray him in the end.

"None of that matters," Aro said regaining control of the situation before it got out of hand. And with Caius that could happen at any moment. "Long ago we set this cycle in motion. The world was destroying itself and we saw it coming. We prepared and we used their fears and need for a strong governing body to take control of this area and we made it our own. Nothing and no one can change that now. We knew there would come a time when there would be larger numbers of deaths to explain away to the little people. This is no time to change our direction. We can't allow them to live past the age of twenty nine. They would begin to notice that we three don't age with them. The last five cycles have gone well because the number of disappearances was smaller. Disease, runners and irrational murders could easily explain them away. This cycle is different."

Marcus eyed his brother carefully wondering where he was going with this train of thought. They all knew this was not going to be an easy cycle and explaining the deaths of two hundred or more people had to be calculated and proceeded with carefully.

"Marcus's research paid off well in being able to create more fetuses and this group is the result of that," Aro nodded approvingly towards his brother.

Marcus winced inwardly. Never show an emotion, he knew better. Aro's referral to his discovery made him sad. It wasn't his at all. They all knew it had been Carlisle's discovery that had made the incubation period shorter and made the possibility of more fetuses produced at once. He missed Carlisle. He had been a brilliant scientist and a good friend. No one had friends anymore. It wasn't safe to allow anyone to really know you.

"I think we should continue with the original idea. Send the letters and go ahead with the mass elimination. Victoria and Maria are prepared at the Reassignment Station and we all know they can handle what needs to be done. I don't know what I'll do when their time comes and they realize we've lied to them," Aro stated as if he was talking about something as simple as what he would eat for breakfast.

"Then we'll leak the rumor of the possible virus killing people all over the city," Caius asked drawn back into the plan. Aro nodded his head and turned to Marcus.

"Will Jane and Alec be ready to harvest the items we need from the donors," Aro asked. "There will be many more this time. Is there enough storage capacity for the sperm, eggs and blood?"

"Yes," Marcus murmured his answer. He shivered at the mention of Jane and Alec. They were young, barely twenty, both exceedingly intelligent, both incredibly evil and both against the rules. They had been created from a donor eggs and Aro's sperm. Caius didn't know that but Marcus did and he knew Aro favored them.

"How soon after harvest can transfusions begin," Aro's voice brought Marcus back to the present. Aro could sense the dread in his brother and he watched him carefully. He wondered when Marcus had last regenerated his own blood supply. Without continued regular regeneration, they would slowly begin to feel emotions again and they all knew that. Sometimes it led to madness and Aro didn't want to see that happen to Marcus. He might not be able to control him at that point. They also believed that if they stopped regenerating, they would begin to age again and Aro was not going to age and die, not for anyone.

"Two weeks," Marcus added in a monotone voice. "Then there will be enough for transfusions to done as often as every two weeks for a year."

"Damn that's a lot of blood," Caius said with an evil cheerfulness.

"I think you should be the first Marcus," Aro said watching for his brother's reaction. He might have missed it had he not been expecting it; a tiny look of disgust and fear. Marcus didn't want to regenerate but he didn't want the others to know that.

"Alright," Marcus answered hopelessly. He rose from his chair and added. "I'd best go make sure the lab is running smoothly."

When Marcus had cleared the room, Caius finally spoke, "Something is wrong with him. I mean he's always been strange but now…" his words trailed off.

"Don't let it worry you. I'll handle it when the time comes. Make sure the letters go out, especially Jasper Whitlock's," Aro added as both men rose from their chairs. "But first give him the assignment we discussed last night." Caius frowned at that statement.

"I wanted to do that one," he nearly pouted. "I wanted to be sure she was brought back here. Are you sure he will bring her back?"

"No and that's what we need to see. A mercy killing is totally against everything he has been trained to do. If he lets her go or doesn't complete the assignment as we need him to; he will have to be eliminated quickly," Aro said. "If he does bring her in or makes a clean kill on a runner, then I want you to assign him to bringing in Carlisle Cullen. There are very few Trackers that we could trust to do that correctly. If we lose him in the first batch of donors, then we'll send Felix. He is nearly as good as Jasper."

"Carlisle, our old friend has to be stopped. I refuse to let him take one more person from this city," anger spiked in Aro's voice.

"If not Jasper, then Felix, will find him and find out how he is getting out of the city with them. When Carlisle is returned we'll take care of all our problems at one time. And we'll have a direct path to the outside and…we can destroy them too," the bloodlust could clearly be heard in Caius's voice. Aro smiled.

Outside the private room where the three brothers met to discuss issues of government, Marcus caught his breath and then walked quickly away. He headed to the procreation building without noticing anyone around him. He greeted no one along this way. Though every person he passed stopped and bowed their heads in respect to one of the Three who ruled their world. He could care less about ruling Voltu. Something had to be done quickly or he would lose them both.

How could time have passed so quickly? It seemed only yesterday that he had seen them created. Watched the egg split causing the twin fetuses to emerge. He'd done his best to hide them by separating them from each other and he had the file on their growth under lock and key. He'd thought no one would suspect. He had brought The Prophesy to life and never even realized it until it was too late. Twins, a boy and a girl and he had used his own sperm to create them. He had broken so many rules but he would not let them die, not now. He had no choice. He had to find Carlisle, warn him and beg him to get them out of the city. And he had to do it before Caius sent Jasper after Carlisle.

Next chapter we'll be going on assignment with Jasper and he'll be meeting some new friends.

Thank you all for the reviews and alerts. Good news is you've gotten 2 chapters pretty quickly and you'll probably see another one by the end of the week. Bad news, I'm taking a much needed vacation from my day job at the end of next and won't be posting for two weeks after the next chapter is up. Sorry. But we'll be right back on track after that. See ya soon.