Disclaimer- I do not own Twilight, this is a purely fan made story, however, the plot and the characters Rebecca Medachi (Athena), Connie and Annalise Blitz are mine, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 6- Far From Nowhere
Rebecca:
"I don't want to leave." I sighed sadly, my hand brushing against my backpack. I had accumulated more than could fit in it, but it was all I could afford to take with me.
"I'm sorry Rebecca…" Annalise muttered, giving me a brief hug. "I wish you could have stayed longer."
"Me too."
I closed my eyes, and the fire in my candles blinked out. I picked up one of them, it had a wolf howling at the moon carved into the black wax. I had liked this one particularly, because the wolf seemed so free… It was the only candle I would be bringing with me. Annalise sighed from somewhere behind me.
"You really gave this place life." She said, staring at the walls, and the decorative paint I had done, as well as the neon green bed sheets I bought, because I didn't like the ugly crème colored ones.
"We're going to miss you." Connie mumbled.
I drew in a shaky breath and stuffed one more tee-shirt into my tiny backpack. I managed to fit three pairs of jeans, two of shorts, and five shirts. Other than that, I had my fake ID's, my candle. Annalise silently pressed a small silver chain into my heart. It was a bracelet, with one charm, a rectangular English flag. I hugged her one more time.
"I'm going to miss you guys to." I muttered.
They hung their heads sadly as I walked by them, my grey cloak swirled as I moved. I only wore it because it could mostly hide me face and features unless someone really knew me. As I opened the door, and the air rushed in, I smelled to late the scent of another vampire. Frozen in place, my eyes widened as Demitri shot me a victorious smirk.
"Athena." He said coolly, tilting his head to one side.
Connie lunged forward, his arm was around my neck in a split second and he snarled at Demitri. "Back off or I kill the human." He growled. Shock was written all over Demitri's face.
"She was kidnapped…" He muttered.
"Back up!" Connie snapped, his grip tightening. I gasped loudly, I didn't think he realized at he was actually hurting me.
"You kill her and you'll have the entire Guard after you!" Demitri hissed.
"Well before now you weren't even close were you?" Connie sneered. Annalise snapped to his side, a animalistic hiss slipped from her teeth. I squirmed and thrashed, putting on a show, and looked at Demitri pleadingly, I had to play along.
"Asino!" I managed to choke out, my voice contorted and breathless from lack of air. Annalise cuffed me, and light lit up my vision momentarily.
"Stop!" Demitri said, slightly panicked. "Don't kill her, she is incredibly important."
"Can't… breathe….!" And I wasn't kidding. Demitri mouthed the word 'fire' at me. To put on a good show, I let fire trickle to my fingertips, making it as weak as possible. It flickered multiple times before finally dying. Demitri blinked in shock.
"Okay, okay!" Demitri stepped aside. That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.
"Rebecca… Rebecca…?" Annalise shook me awake.
"Ugh, Connie… what part of 'humans need oxygen' do you not get?" I groaned.
"Um… I was being convincing." He said innocently. I opened my eyes, it was dark, almost pitch black. I took a deep breath through my nose and instantly regretted it.
"Oh gross!" I shrieked, "Where are we a sewer, y-" Connie clamped his hand over my mouth.
"Yes we're in a sewer, I'm sorry for the smell, breath through your mouth, Demitri is somewhere above us so shut up." He whispered quickly.
As my eyes adjusted, I stood up, and instantly felt dizzy, "Oww…" I hissed, "Damnit Annalise."
She sent me an apology look. "Come on, if we move quick enough we can catch a plane from France."
"France?! How the f-" Connie clamped his hand over my mouth again, I sighed, "Right," I tried again in a whisper, "How are we getting to France?"
"Swim the channel, duh." Connie said as though it were obvious. "You can swim, right?"
"Of course I can!" I hissed defensively, "I just hate water."
"Deal." Annalise huffed, "We either swim are you have to fight, which means they figure out that you weren't actually kidnapped."
I was silent, "You realize now… the Guard wants your heads on metal spikes, right?" I asked slowly after a pause.
"Well…"
"Thanks." I said sincerely.
"No problem." Connie said. We sat in silence for about three minutes before we could no longer hear footsteps. "Move." He hissed under his breath. We dashed down the cement walkway of the sewer, there was a dim light, moonlight seeping in at the end of the tunnel. I could smell open air, and seawater, the former making me soar, the later making me sick.
The tunnel ended abruptly, and dropped almost twenty feet before there was water. I leapt into the air and took a last moment gulp of air before hitting the water. AAAAHHHH COLD, GROSS! EW!!! My mind and body shrieked in protest. I swam to the surface, shivering and twitching, my body trying it's best to get used to the dark, cold, slimy water I was in. Connie surfaced next to me and started shaking with laughter.
"Hahaha, it's so funny, haha, fuck you." I snapped angrily, my teeth chattering so violently they clicked together about ten times per second.
"Alright, come on blaze girl, let's go before you freeze into a popsicle." Annalise chirped. And we started swimming. At first it was no problem, mostly. Because swimming was easy and rhythmic. But then my legs and arms started going numb with cold. I was struggling to keep up. Connie dropped back and supported me for a while so I could take a break.
My entire body was shaking and quivering. "C-c-c-can't-t we just st-t-teal a boat-t?" I stuttered.
"Um, well… no?" He managed.
"Okay, well… back off for a second then." I managed. He let go and I sunk back into the water. Flames roared from my hands and engulfed me. The water around me warmed and bubbled. I sighed as feeling returned to me feet and hands.
"Alright, let's go before someone notices you turning the channel into a Jacuzzi." Connie chuckled. The rest of the way across was as much a nightmare as the first part. By the time we got to France, I was shaking so bad I could barely stand.
"New rule," I said, my teeth clicking together, "from now on I plan the escapes." I kneeled down on the cool sand.
"Well if that's true, where to now?" Connie asked patiently.
"Does anyone… have like, a directory of all the vampires who are, and were, alive in history?" I managed, nearly biting my own tongue clean off in the process.
"Hmm… well depends." Connie said slowly.
"On what?"
"On whether or not you feel like being dinner for the vamps who take care of the archives." Annalise murmured. I sighed heavily. Great. Well this just sucked.
"You know what? No. I'm not giving up that easy." I said standing up, "No way, I've always wanted to find the asshole who made me the way I am, and a couple of bloodsucking bastards aren't enough to get in my way anymore." I thought it was a great mini speech until I got really dizzy, hiccupped, and spit a bunch of sea water out on the beach. "Ugh, fuck the ocean." I groaned.
Annalise laughed and caught me as I stumbled around. "Alright, Romania bound then." She said cheerfully, "Russia first… then through to Romania because we got Volturi swarming all other routes." She said thoughtfully.
"Russia it is." Connie nodded, we walked onto the shore like drowned rats, and began searching for a way to get plane tickets to Russia.
Less than three hours later, when I was completely exhausted and sleep deprived, we were in a small hotel in France. I was rubbing my hair vigorously with a towel, trying to dry it. Annalise, who's beautiful blonde hair made me slightly envious, braided her own hair expertly in a very fashion-conscious way. I brushed mine then put it into a tight, official looking French braid that's only purpose was to keep it the hell out of my face. Felix called it a soldier-braid, and he liked to twirl it around in his hand, laughing and tickling me at the same time. Heidi thought it 'didn't do justice to my pretty face' and Jane was the one who had taught me how to do it.
A sore aching was brought to my heart as I remembered my odd, dysfunctional family.
"Oi, girlies, if you're done trying to pretty we need to get going." Connie called from the other end of the room. Annalise chuckled and I grabbed my backpack, my bow had barely fit into it.
We were Russia bound.
Shorter, yes, however I hope you still enjoyed it. Review? And sorry for the delay, my computer died, and had to be sent back to Dell, and now I have a computer that is limping along, and will probably crash again. :(
