Chapter 8: Plans to Italy
EPOV
It seemed like the room was filled in silence as Carlisle and Alice registered that the Volturi had taken Bella during her time of escape. The silence was thick with tension and confusion. Before Carlisle cut it when he spoke, "The Volturi has Bella?"
I nodded not trusting my voice. Alice let out a gasp before her eyes stilled. My eyes snapped over to Alice just as she was having a vision. I locked onto her thoughts but they were all fuzzy and didn't make sense. I can tell Alice was just as confused as me because she blinked a couple of times, her face scrunching up before she sat down, her head in her hands. "What's wrong Alice?" Carlisle asked walking over to Alice and checking her over.
"My head hurts so much and I can't see a thing in my vision. Everything is so loud and blurry", she whispered closing her eyes again. Carlisle looked at me before standing up and went over to Emmett. "Call Rosalie, Jasper, and Esme come home. We need to talk about what happened and what's about to come".
"I'm on it" I said picking up my phone and pressing my speed dial to each one of them.
It wasn't a long wait as everyone showed up the next couple of minutes. Jasper was the first to arrive, probably because the moment I called him, he knew something was wrong. He came into the front door and immediately rushed over to Alice. He knelt down in front of her, covering his hands over hers. "What's the matter Alice?" he asked trying to soothe her. I felt a wave of calm relief flow over me as he tried to relieve the strong tension inside the room.
She just sighed loudly and leaned into his open-armed embrace. He pulled her onto his lap and let her rest as we waited for Esme and Rosalie. Esme came in and her thoughts were floating with worried words. She came into the office and gasped as she saw Emmett on the office desk. "Carlisle! What happened to Emmett?"
"That's exactly what I want to know," he murmured wrapping some gaze onto Emmett's shoulder. Right when Carlisle put alcohol on Emmett's bruise, Emmett's eyes snapped up and he jerked his body to sit upright. But once his body was in a sitting position, he groaned in pain and laid back down. "Good to see you up and about Emmett" Carlisle chuckled, "You never were the one to stay still".
"What happened? My shoulder hurts like hell and I feel like I've gotten a massive headache" he groaned as Carlisle finished up on his shoulder. He got up and that's when Rosalie walked in. She looked up from her nails and looked around each one of us but stopped on Emmett, taking in his injury. "Emmett, what did you do this time?" she asked the least surprised.
He chuckled before sighing, "I have no clue. By the way, does anyone know were Bella is? I saw her and - " his hand shot up to slap his forehead. Frantic, I looked into his thoughts but they were all jumbled around but I couldn't see Bella. Glimpses, but no real image of her. I needed to know she was all right, ok. I ran up to him and shook his shoulders a bit, "Emmett, please tell me you remember! Anything! What happened to Bella?" I yelled fear in my voice.
"What do you mean 'what's happened to Bella'?" they all shouted in unison. I sighed letting go of Emmett and turning to face them. All of them had shock in their tones and in their expression.
"It's a long story," I murmured running a hand into my hair.
"We have time," Carlisle, answered shortly, "We'll never know what to do unless we get the story on what happened". I growled in annoyance and my hand balled into fists.
"We don't have time! That's what I'm saying!" I yelled out, "The Volturi came by earlier today and took Bella with them. We have to get her!" Everyone let out a gasp except for Carlisle and Alice.
"How can that be?" Esme asked, "I thought it was a done deal that you'd turn her into a vampire when it was the right time. And as long as it's done they won't disturb us or Bella".
I shook my head, my voice dark as I answered, "The rules don't apply to their game now. The Volturi think I've taken their deal as an understatement and didn't mean it. And now, Bella's the price to pay"
"What should we do? We have to get Bella before something bad happens" Esme said worriedly, holding onto Carlisle's arm. He kissed her forehead gingerly as to not upset her. "Well think of something but first things first. We have to get to Italy and quick. Alice, call up the airport and reserve four tickets to Italy."
Alice got to it quickly and dialed Port Angeles airport into her cell phone. I blocked their thoughts stepping outside of the office to think. I walked down the stairs and out onto the backyard porch. I sat down on the rocking chair set up in the back and felt a wave of sadness wash over me. The rocking chair reminded me of the one Bella had in her room when I used to visit her during the night.
Just then, a gush of wind passed me and then I felt something smooth against my neck. "Get away from me Tanya," I all but growled at her. Her laughter swirled around me and then I felt myself on my back, her legs straddling my waist. She leaned down and her lips were close to my ear, "Aww, but don't you like it like this Eddie? It seemed like you enjoyed yourself earlier today."
I pushed her off and kept my eyes on the ground before walking over to the water fountain in the backyard. She danced around me with the lightest of touches on my body. I grabbed her arm and stopped her pushing her up against a tree. I grabbed both her wrists and pinned them above her head.
"Listen to me and do what I say" I snarled into her face, "Get the hell away from me and leave me alone. You've already put so much damage in my life I don't need anymore with you around. Just stay away from me. If you come back, I will kill you. There's no doubt in that because the only thing that's keeping me from killing you is that you're a part of my family and if I killed you, they'll either be mad or grieve over the fact that you'll be gone. But once they know the story, they'll understand why I did it." I pushed away from her, walking towards the house again.
"You can this a threat? Please, Edward, you can do better than that surely. But listen to me Edward, even if your family or your precious Bella did know what happened, it wouldn't change the fact that something happened. I'm not even sure if Bella can stand the heartbreak after seeing our little show back in the room. She nearly broke down by just seeing us together. But we don't have to worry about that little human anymore, she'll be killed by the Volturi and then you and me will be as happy as we can be" I froze right then and without turning me head asked, "How do you know the Volturi and why do you know Bella's missing?"
She jumped in front of me happily, "OH! Don't you know Edward? My families had connections with the Volturi for years! I invited them over just after the wedding. They were curious as to see you and Bella, so I invited them and they came right over. They left earlier today but I had no idea they were taking her with them! I thought, they'd kill her but whatever they're planning will be so much better and - " I slammed her onto the ground, feeling all the pent up anger as she went all happily with her story. That was why the Volturi had come over. They wouldn't just show up uninvited and especially out of the blue. All the reasons were because of Tanya and I had every reason why to hate her. She'd torn Bella and I apart, called the Volturi to come over, and had Bella taken away from me. I covered one hand over her eyes and lifted my arm to pull back. Just when I was about to pound down on her, a solid figure crashed into me and pushed me off of Tanya and into a tree.
I looked up from my floor on the ground and saw Rosalie helping Tanya onto her feet. "What are you doing?" I hissed in anger. Rosalie shot an angry look at me and screamed, "What am I doing? What are you doing! Taking advantage of Tanya?"
I leaped up onto my feet and ran right to her, faces an inch apart, "You think I want some little slut like her? I'm doing what I should've done the moment she arrived in Washington! She's been an annoying pest and a bother to me. She's the reason why the Bella ran away, why the Volturi came, why Emmett got hurt and why Bella's taken!"
By know, everyone was outside and listening to our argument. It was a good thing we lived in the outskirts of town so no one would be able to hear us, even from Forks. It would've been a bigger crowd around our fight.
"What?" Rosalie asked shocked. She turned to Tanya who was backing away from the half circled we formed around her. "Tanya, tell me this isn't true". Tanya's red-blooded eyes shot to look into Rosalie's eyes and she smirked, "Of course it's true. I wanted Edward and they only way to get him was to get rid of that ugly, little human girl. She was just in the way."
They all froze before Alice took action and jumped on Tanya. "You little BITCH!" she screeched, grabbing Tanya's strawberry-blond hair and pushing her down before sitting on her stomach and starting to punch her face. It took us a moment to take in what was going on before Jasper came down to grab Alice from behind and lift her off of Tanya but of course, Alice wouldn't let go tugging on Tanya's hair along with her.
"ALICE! LET GO!" Jasper yelled, tugging on her harder. Emmett came behind Tanya just as she was going to grab Alice's hair.
"YOU GUYS ARE ALL CRAZY!" Tanya screamed before fleeting the backyard. Jasper still didn't let go of Alice while she was thrashing around, trying to get him to loose grip on her until she could escape and chase Tanya. It only took three minutes for Alice to calm down before Jasper put her down.
She ran upstairs and into her room, slamming her door loudly. Jasper sighed and I walked up behind him, "Give her some time to herself, she needs to think". He nodded and went back into the house. Rosalie just stood on her same spot but then turned and walked deep into the dark forest. I guess she needed time to think over what just happened. Emmett just stood there smiling before he came up to me, putting an arm over my shoulder and walking towards and into the house.
"Damn, if I'd known that would have happened I would've called for a bet!" he chuckled; I nodded along before getting out of his grip to go upstairs. I walked into my room and felt a pang of pain hit me, as I smelled my scent and Tanya's hit together in my room. I walked back out, slamming the door before going over to Alice's room. I knocked on the door and heard her, "Come in".
I walked in and joined her on the bed lying down. "That was some fight Alice" I said chuckling. She propped herself on her arm and smirked at me, "Thanks. I just wished I could've sensed that something had happened before this whole thing started."
"I do too. But she used her powers to cover up our ability to know what to expect or happen. If someone has to be blamed it should've been me, I guess I just didn't pay attention to the signs she gave me. If I'd known, I could've prevented it."
"It's not your fault, you need to stop blaming yourself. It was Tanya's fault for deciding to meddle into someone else's life and cause trouble in there life. You need to stop wallowing; you have to get ready soon. Our plane leaves in at six in the morning tomorrow. Forget about the past and move forward. If you keep thinking about all the bad things in the past, it will make your future just as bad if you over think things. Don't worry, everything will be fine. Things won't go back to normal but you can rebuild the bridge and hopefully cross over." Alice said softly.
"Thanks Alice", I smiled at her and pulled her into a hug. She hugged back and I just let myself be lost in her embrace. If Alice said things would be fine, I'd trust her about it. Besides, everyone knew never to bet against Alice, right?
Alright. That was the chapter! :D You should give special thanks to a reviewer named Mamato (?) sorry if I spelled it wrong! She gave me the strength to write up this chapter :] I mean I would have posted it a month late but I finished this chapter! YAY! . It's summer time so I should be able to review as much a possible! HORAY! Anyways, review please!
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