"Alice?" Jasper wrapped his arm around her waist. "What is it?"
"I want to get him... them... out," I said loudly.
"Why didn't Aro send more to help?" Esme asked.
"Because Aro doesn't know they're gone," Edward said, looking pitifully at me. "They left without telling him, because..."
"Because he wouldn't do a thing!" I cried. I don't think I felt so vulnerable in my life. My heart was broken apart and I didn't even care about my image. I was known for being a torturous demon by every one of our kind, but that part of me fell apart as this catastrophe crashed down upon me. Alec never loved me, and I respected it, but I wouldn't sit around while some humans tried to run tests on him. "He says that without him being there to help, we would be at too much of a risk of exposure and I... I can't just..."
Emmett's face turned to shock as I positively collapsed on the empty love seat below me, almost shaking with sobs. The rest looked sadly at my pathetic figure as Felix put his arm around my shoulder and squeezed.
"Me and Jane were the only ones that was ready to help Alec, but Demetri found out," Felix went on for the Cullens. "At first we thought he would forewarn Aro, Caius and Marcus of our departure, but instead he asked to help. He told Hedi, but she didn't want anything to do with it."
"She promised not to tell anyone," Demetri said in a flat voice. "But also promised if I was snubbed by the Volturi in the end, she wanted no part of me."
"Proof that the demons have hearts!" Emmett chuckled darkly.
"We will do what we can to get Nessie and Alec out," Carlisle promised. Emmett smile returned and he clapped his hands together.
"Okay!" he boomed. "So what's this plan all about, now?"
"Settle down, Bigfoot," Felix muttered. "Don't get your panties in a twist. We were getting to that."
"Oh, don't you worry your little halo about my panties," Emmett snorted.
"We know where they're keeping them. It's about ten miles east from here," Demetri cut in. "We got some blueprints of the place," He reached under his cloak and pulled out a blue scroll. "It's pretty big, but we know what room they're in, so it shouldn't be that hard."
"At first," I said, gathering myself. "We'll go in quietly, but if people see us, we need to get rid of them..."
"I'll just be going," Charlie grunted and made his way to the door.
"Dad!" Bella called, and he stopped. "I'm sorry!" He turned.
"It's all right, Bells," He smiled. "It's going to take time to process, but it'll be all right. Love you!"
"Love you, Dad!" Bella called as he stumped out.
"Bye Charlie," all the other Cullens called.
"Anyway," Esme said. "Get rid of them? Why?"
"The only way to get them out is being ourselves, and they would not hesitate to expose us!" Demetri said.
"But is killing... is it really necessary?" Carlisle asked with a wince.
"Yes," All three of us said together.
"Fine," Edward says. "If it comes to that, I will be like that, but we ask you to do that part. Many of us have clean or almost clean records and we'd like to keep it that way."
"Our pleasure," Felix smirked.
"Yes, yes, of course," Emmett sneered. "Dear old Felix doesn't mind ripping off a few heads to get to his boyfriend."
"Sissy won't for his little niecey," Felix laughed darkly.
"I don't have to, when you're doing the dirty work," Emmett boomed with laughter.
Everyone, me included, rolled their eyes.
"Anyway," Demetri said sharply, rolling out the blueprints onto the coffee table in the middle of the circle of couches. "Here is were they are." He pointed to a small room marked in white. "It's in the back, so I'm guessing we would only have to take out only a few humans. This mark here is a window, about a foot wide." He ran his index finger over two small dashes to indicate the window. "The building is made of stone, but it's at least a foot thick and at risk of exposure, we need to make it look like, either, it was a break-in planned and worked by humans..." He looked at Edward, who's face was intent in his thoughts... or someone else's thoughts. "Or we can make it look like there was no break in."
"You're suggesting we break through the rock and then tidy up so it looked just the same as before?" Jasper asked clearly. I nodded. "That's awfully dangerous to exposure. We have a limited amount of time, and if they had any proof it was taken apart and put back together in less than five minutes..."
"It's why precision is essential," I said smoothly. Yes, I decided that whole meltdown would not happen again.
"What about cameras?" Bella said quickly. "I'm sure they have those."
"Possibly," I said. "Before we start, I'll try to get Alec's attention to paralyze those people.
"What about the bodies?" Rosalie asked. "The people you're supposed to be attacking. Are you going to make it look like humans or..."
"The latter," Felix said. "We'll take them later and burn them."
"In the dead of night," Emmett said dramatically. "And make a bonfire like some sick ritual..."
"I think tomorrow morning," Edward said, looking at Demetri. "We should do it. The longer they are there, the worse."
"How many of us do you need?" Esme asked softly.
"At least these three," Felix nodded to Emmett, Edward and Jasper.
"I'm going," Bella said sharply. I considered for a moment, then nodded.
"I'll stay with Esme and Carlisle," Rosalie said.
"The future-teller would be useful on the sidelines...," I said, thinking.
"Maybe I should stay with Esme and Carlisle, too," Alice said. "To tell them what's happening..."
"No, Alice," Carlisle said, squeezing his wife's hand. "You should help get Nessie out. Don't worry about us." Alice nodded appreciatively.
"Now we–," I paused and sniffed the air, but gagged as i did it. It was the dogs. Disgusting mutts.
"Yeah," Edward said darkly. "We have to live with it every day."
A moment later, three people burst in the room, panicked.
"It was them!" Jacob yelled. "I knew it!"
He made for us, but Carlisle stepped in front of Jacob, his hand on his chest to stop him attacking.
"It wasn't them, Jacob," Carlisle said calmly. "But Alec was taken, too, and we're going to work together to get both Nessie and Alec out."
"I'm going," he said quickly.
"You can go if anything goes wrong and we have to get to them the long way," Demetri said icily. "But you would be much too conspicuous for what we're planning."
"He's right, Jacob," Bella said calmly. "We're first going to try and sneak them out. If it doesn't work, we'll send Alice to get you, Seth and Leah. Then, if you want to come..."
"I will," He snapped. He sat down at the empty couch. He evidentially was very close to Bella, to listen to her like that.
"So," Felix said. "Unless anyone has any more outbursts–"
"Yes," Emmett interrupted. "Everyone let off all that steam."
"–Tomorrow it is."
