Just as promised, here is the next chapter, just a day after the last post! Man I must love you guys....I do! Thanks for all the support concerning my family in Haiti! Anyway, I should clear somethings up, although Bella no longer has blood, the Volturi were smart enough to save a large quantity of her blood. Thanks for all the reviews...keep em' coming!
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BPOV
Maybe dreams did come true I thought as Jasper's lips moved against mine, I never even thought that something like this could happen. As much as I wanted to stay there locked in his arms and his kisses, we could still be in danger. I reluctantly pulled away from him and looked up into his eyes. A new fire burned behind it and I knew that I was the cause of it. Every touch pulsed with new warmth, the kind that made me not want to let go. He smiled down at me and pushed a stray hair behind my ears. There was so much I wanted to tell him, but some much that I couldn't. I had to remember why I had lied to Aro and the plan that I had discussed with Edward.
"How did you get back into the castle?" I asked him.
"Well after we left, I just couldn't think about anything but being with you. When I saw Demetri, Alec, and Jane leave, I took my chances with the guards that they had in the tunnels." I swallowed loudly.
"How did you get pass them?" he looked down and instantly knew that he had hurt them. "Did you kill them?" his head jerked up.
"No, I just dismembered them, they didn't see my face though." I closed my eyes as visions of Damien without his arm assaulted my mind.
"Damien," I gasped. I ran to the bathroom door and opened it guardedly.
He was sitting on the floor with a large book in his hands, I was confused…wasn't he mad at me? He looked up at me and smiled. Closing the book, he got up and hugged me.
"So he's the one huh?" he joked. I turned back and looked at Jasper, who had his eyes narrowed.
"Yes he is," I took his hand and walked over to Jasper. "Jasper this is Damien, Damien this is Jasper."
"It's good to finally meet the man behind the dreams," Damien smiled. "All Bella does is talk about you," I waited for my cheeks to burn red but the blush never came.
"Thank you for taking care of Bella," Damien looked down bashfully.
"Oh, well it's more of the other way around; I don't know where I would be without her." He looked up at me. "She's like the big sister I've always wanted." I smiled and squeezed his hand in mine.
"I'm glad to hear that," Jasper laughed and I swooned; it had been so long since I'd heard him laugh.
"So I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but what are we going to do when Aro comes waltzing in here to check up on his dearest Bella?" Damien half joked.
"We can just leave now," Jasper replied.
"No, no we can't, Demetri would hunt us down and you know it," I sat down on the bed, pulling the both of them down with me. "I talked to Edward on the phone and I came up with a plan,"
"When?" Jasper asked concerned.
"Right before I walked into the room, and well I think I have something that we might be able to pull off."
"Does it include fighting? Because I'm not much of fighter." Damien whined.
"Well sort of, look I know that whatever happens, I won't let anything happen to you, or you," I turned to Jasper and cupped his cheek. "I lost you once and I'm not going to let it happen again." He brought his hand up to rest on mine.
"Let me do the protecting this time okay," I sighed.
"Did Alice give you something before you left?" I hoped that it would be something that could help us.
"Yes she did," He fished in his pocket for about a second before pulling out a long vial with a note wrapped around it with a single pink ribbon.
"What does the note say?" I pointed to the white paper.
"She told me not to read it until the time was right," I furrowed my brows, why would Alice help us?
"Well I think I can speak for all of us when I say that the time is right, go ahead Jasper, read it." Damien rushed out.
Jasper looked at me and I nodded my head. Damien was right; we didn't have time to waste debating whether or not we were going to read the note. Jasper untied the ribbon, letting it fall into his lap. The note unfurled and pink ink was revealed.
"It's for you," he handed to me and I looked down to see that my name indeed was written on the top. I decided to read it out loud.
Dear Bella,
I know we aren't the best of friends or anything but Jasper deserves to be happy so I'm going to help you guys escape. You don't have much time, and yes I can see your future. It started to clear up on the plane ride to Italy, I didn't tell Jasper anything because I knew that in order for this to work, he would have to be clueless about everything. Damien is right, Aro will check up on you soon, you have about 6 hours until you he does so. This vial of poison that Edward and you talked about, it is just enough to slow down and weaken the Volturi. Demetri, Alec and Jane will be back tomorrow when Aro calls to tell them that you have escaped, he will tell them to drink the blood they have stored, for extra power. So now you know what you have to do, find the room behind yours where they store your blood and contaminate their supply. Hurry, anytime you waste can mean the end.
-Alice P.S Tell Damien welcome to the family, I will be waiting for him as well.
"What does that mean that she is waiting for me?" Damien asked.
"Looks like you're Alice's new mate." Jasper explained to him.
"Wow" We said in unison. I wasn't quite sure that I was comfortable with the idea of Alice and Damien being together. I clenched my fists and looked down.
"What's wrong?" Jasper squeezed my hand.
"Alice can't have Damien." I know I sounded a bit like a jealous girlfriend, but that wasn't it at all. Alice is a man-eater; I don't want her to abuse Damien.
"I think that's already been decided Bella, if it's meant to be, then we can't do anything about it." He told me soothingly.
"No, it can't be true," I half hissed. All of the sudden I felt something expand out from inside of me; like a blanket exploding from the tips of my fingers.
"Whoa where'd you guys go?" Damien asked panicked.
"I'm right here Damien," I spoke, but he didn't seem to hear me.
"Bella," he whispered "Jasper?" he looked scared. I turned to Jasper; he looked confused as well.
I was still holding hands with Jasper, so with my other hand I reached out to touch Damien. He jumped back immediately from my touch. He looked terrified, however I couldn't blame him. When I looked down at my hand, I had to stifle my own cries. My hand wasn't there. I turned back to Jasper.
"Can you see me?" I asked him.
"Yes, but I don't think he can see us," I shook my head.
"I don't get it, what's going on? Why can't he see us?" Jasper looked down at our locked hands.
"I think this is your gift Bella, you can make yourself undetectable….invisible." I smiled at him.
"I was hoping to have something along the lines of empathy," I joked. "So how do I stop it?"
"I can't tell you how, just try to find where the power starts," I looked back at Damien, he was a bit jumpy.
I closed my eyes and searched for the source of the power, I had nearly given up when I thought that maybe it wasn't something that could be found be rather something that I could control with just my own thoughts. Stop. I opened my eyes to see Damien staring back at me.
"What the hell was that?" His smile was back.
"That, is how we are going to find the room with my blood and how we are going to escape,"
"Can you try doing it again?" Jasper squeezed my hand. "We should make sure that you can control it before we go looking for this room,"
"Were you able to sense us at all Damien?" He shook his head.
"Not at all, I couldn't even smell you, it's like you just disappeared."
"Okay that's a good thing," I released Jaspers hand and stood in front of them. "Here goes nothing,"
I closed my eyes and focused solely on my thoughts on being hidden and unnoticed. I didn't have to look at the reactions of the guys to know that it had worked. I wanted to show Jasper how happy I was; I wanted him to know that our happy ending was just a few hours away.
"I'm happy too Bella,"
"You can see her?" Damien asked the same time I asked, "You can see me?"
"Yes, and yes,"
"What how come I can't?" Damien whined again.
"I just focused my thoughts on Jasper only." He smiled.
"Looks like you can also control who see's you," I closed my eyes and thought about how much had Damien helped me and how much I need and love him.
"Okay this is awesome. So I'm guessing you're still invisible but we can see you?" It sounded confusing.
"Take my hands, the both of you," I instructed them. The moment they took my hands I could feel a surge of energy.
"Are we invisible?" Damien asked.
"Yes, I think so," I could feel the warm blanket stretching to wrap around all of us.
"Are you ready?" Jasper asked me.
"I'm ready to spend the rest of my life with you." I wasn't going to give up so easily, especially now that I knew that my fate did not belong with the Volturi.
We walked down the long hallway, squished tightly together in a line along the wall. Jasper and I agreed that it would best if Damien was between us, it would be too risky to have in the lead or in the end. Although keeping Damien safe was one of my top priorities, I longed to be holding Jasper's hand. Of course he did not allow me to be in the end either-something about me only knowing where we would be able to find the room, but I knew better; he was set on protecting me.
Was I supposed to have some sort of six sense that would allow me to know where the blood was? Obviously when we got close enough I would be able to smell it, but it would be nice to know which turn to take when we would reach a fork in the road. When we reached the elevators we took the left that we had always bypassed when going upstairs. Hopefully their supply would be down this new hallway.
I didn't want to think about the risks because they were obvious without the thinking process. All the consequences were as clear as day; if we didn't succeed, both Damien and Jasper would be killed and I would be confined to a more guarded prison. I was quite surprised though, how easy it was to trick Aro. He was so desperate for my acceptance of my "fate" that he probably would've taken any lie that spilled out from my mouth.
"Which door should we try first?" Damien whispered.
On both sides of the hall stood two doors, one on the left, and one on the right. My first instinct told me to try the one on the left; it just seemed more logic. In my room, the tubes that collected my blood, disappeared behind the walls, so this should be where it would lead…right?
"The left," I whispered back.
"The left is always unlucky," I turned to Damien and rolled my eyes.
I exhaled loudly and turned the door knob slowly. We may have been invisible but that didn't mean that the doors wouldn't make noise. I pushed lightly and again I was blessed with a quiet door. The room was huge, about three times the size of the other room. The walls were black and I immediately realized that this was the room.
"Is that it?" Damien pointed to a large contraption in the far end of the room. I nodded my head but found myself frowning; the chambers were tinted with my blood but otherwise empty. I walked over to it, dragging Damien and Jasper behind with me.
"I think I know where the blood is," Jasper spoke. Now it was his turn to lead.
We followed him over to the right side of the room where the wall was really a huge concealed door. He was right; my sharp smelling senses perked up when the scent of my blood exuded from behind the walls. Jasper lifted his hand to open it but I stopped him with my hand.
"I want-I want to be the one," he nodded his head.
I took a deep breath in before sliding the doors open. I could not stifle the gasp that escaped my lips. A huge tank was practically overflowing with my blood. The dark liquid was slightly bubbled at the top where a long tube was connected and disappeared behind the wall. I could feel Jasper's calming waves hitting me at every angle, but nothing could make me push back the feelings that simmered inside of me. It was as if I was the one locked inside that reservoir, my blood was being held captive as well. Jasper was shocked as well; I could feel the pressure on my hand increase as we stared at the cistern of my blood. It was so much blood, too much for Damien, who I could feel was trying to tug away.
"Oh Bella," Jasper murmured before pulling my into his arms along with Damien. "I had no idea." Of course he didn't. He didn't know that I would spend a whole day strapped to my bed while my blood was sucked out of me.
"I'm okay, really," even as I said it I knew it was a lie. It would take years for me to forget this, to forget the exploitation and cruelty I received from the Volturi. "We have a job to do remember?" I said as I pulled away from him.
He handed me the long vial without another word and I took it from him, rubbing his hand in the process to let him to know that I really was okay. I got up onto my tiptoes and pulled lightly on the tube that extended from the top of the large tank. It slide out easily and I rested it on the side, careful to not let any extra drops of blood escape. I uncapped the poison and tipped it over into the blood. It fizzed a bit before dissolving completely. I got back down to my normal height and handed the vial back to Jasper. He grabbed my hand before I pulled it back to my side.
"You're shaking," he spoke softly. He was right; I could feel my whole body trembling.
This was too much for me, I thought that I could handle this, but all I wanted now was to be home, my real home with the Cullen's. My knees buckled beneath me and I waited to feel the hard carpet on my body, but I felt warmth instead. Jasper had caught me, just like he promised….he was protecting me. He lifted my up into his arms and dropped his hand to wrap around his neck.
"Can you manage to hold onto to Damien's hand?"
JPOV
"Can you manage to hold onto to Damien's hand?" She nodded her head against my chest.
"Okay Damien, this is it, no more games. Stay close to me and try not to panic if you see any one okay?" He nodded his head solemnly.
We left the room just the way we found it. I looked down at Bella as we trekked down the long hallway once again; she was still quivering in my arms. I knew that she had experienced some sort of abuse while here, but I would never guess that the Volturi would go that far just to get her blood. She is trying so hard to be strong but I can feel her underlying emotions; she is traumatized and by this experience. It will take a while for her to ever really be able to put this behind her.
"Are we taking the elevator?" Damien asked as we passed the silver doors.
"How far is the elevator from the main entrance that leads outside?" Damien smiled.
"Finally something I know, well we usually get off at the fourth floor, but there is a button labeled ML."
"Main Level," I nodded my head.
"Yeah, the door that leads outside isn't far from it." He said while pushing the call button.
"It's probably going to be heavily guarded." I sighed. Damien could really bring down our whole escape. "Don't panic if you do see anyone, just stay close and quiet. With Bella in her distressed state, she may not be able to hold the invisibility for long." Damien leaned over a placed a chaste kiss on her cheek.
"Hang in there Bells, we're almost free," Damien whispered into her ear.
The elevator dinged open and we stepped in. Damien jabbed the ML button and we lurched up in one swift motion. We passed two floors before stopping at the Main Level. I exhaled just as the doors dinged open. We were in the clear for now; no one seemed to be guarding these doors. We stepped out quickly but walked slowly down the hallway. Bella shifted in my arms, her hand locking tighter around me. She needed me and this time I wasn't going to let her down.
We continued to walk down the hallway, turning when Damien directed us to do so. However his directions were unnecessary now, I knew that the huge doors ahead with the light casting shadows on the walls, was the door that would allow our escape. As we neared the door, we all stiffened in unison.
Looked like luck wasn't on our side after all; the room was littered with Volturi minions. There were about three on each side of the walls. They were the vampires that were chosen to be the dispensable as they stood where attacks of rebellion would take place.
"Dude, how are they not going to notice doors opening?" Damien was right. We would need some sort of distraction.
"Grab that book over there." I pointed my head in the direction of a book on a small table near us. He picked it up weighted it in his hands. "Throw it behind us, hard," he grinned.
"This is going to be fun," he sniggered. I rolled my eyes the way Bella would if she were listening.
He lifted it behind his head with his free hand and then chucked it far into the hallway from which we came. We waited for the loud crash of something breaking and then exhaled when we heard the sound of glass shattering. Immediately all the guards fired past us, disappearing down the long hallway. It was now or nothing. We ran towards the doors, ignoring the shouts of the vampires who fell for our ruse.
"What was that?" One voice said.
"I don't know but whatever it was, it broke this," another voice spoke.
"Should we notify Master Aro?" We continued to run at an impossible speed.
"And tell him that something broke this vase and we don't know what or who is was? Yeah right, you know what he'll do,"
The voices grew more distant as we neared the door. I brushed Bella's cheek lightly, coaxing her to open her eyes. She pressed her cheek against my hand and smiled weakly. I had to fight the urge to bend my head down and kiss her. Damien looked up at me and nodded his head sincerely before flinging the doors open. Rays of light shone down on us but our skin didn't glitter at all. Bella's eyes fluttered open and she gasped.
"We're free?" she whispered.
"Almost," I whispered back to her. Damien closed the doors behind us and we sprinted away from them. We had to get out of the city and to the airport until we could truly be safe.
BPOV
This isn't the way I imagined my first time seeing the sun to be, but I would take it in anyway if it meant we would be safe and free. I looked up at Jasper as we darted through the city. His face was determined and beautiful. I had to fight off the urge to brush my lips against his, we couldn't afford any distraction.
"I can run too," I spoke into his ear. His eyes met mine and he smiled.
"Are you sure?" I nodded my head and in a rapid movement, I was on my legs running alongside Damien and Jasper.
"Glad to see you smiling," Damien nudged me. Was I smiling? Yes, with the wind blowing my hair back, I was smiling like a giddy child.
"We need to get to my car; we won't be able to run all the way to the airport." Jasper told us.
"You brought your car?" I asked him as we rounded another unfamiliar corner.
"Yes but it's parked far, we need to run faster." That would prove to be difficult. I imagined how silly we looked; running like there was a fire while we held hands.
I pushed my feet harder and found that I could run much faster than Jasper and Damien; they lagged behind slightly. I grinned back at them and pressed forward. We leaned left when Jasper did and bent right when he did. We left the city behind and now were running through a field of grass. It was so serene and peaceful that I had to wonder if Jasper was manipulating my emotions. Finally I could see that we had reached our destination. Parked behind a large shrub was a sleek silver car. Judging by Damien's reaction, it must be very expensive. We had to let go to get into the car, I let out a small gasp when I saw how truly attractive and beautiful Jasper is.
"You sparkle?" I said with a voice of adoration. He let out a small laugh.
"You do too," I looked down and let out an even bigger breath. Jasper pulled me into his arms and kissed me softly on the lips. "You don't know how long I've been fighting to do that," he drawled out.
"Me too," I said against his lips.
"Um, do you guys think you can you can suck each other's faces off another time? We're supposed to be making a quick getaway, remember?" I laughed and bent my head around Jasper's shoulder.
"Ha ha," I kissed Jasper one more time and got into the car.
"I think Alice and Damien will get along just fine," Jasper chuckled. I rolled my eyes; I still didn't like the idea of the two of them together.
The car shifted into gear and we were off. Jasper took my hand into his and kept one on the wheel. I squeezed his hand and smiled, being without Jasper was worse than being drained of my blood. I could take that pain but the thought of never being able to see Jasper, was unbearable. Now that I have him, I promise to do everything to keep him. I'd do anything to protect him, even if that meant killing the Volturi. I smiled secretly, imagining ripping apart Demetri. I would do that even if Jasper wasn't involved…it was time for war.
Looks like Bella has her game face on! I want to thank AshleyCullenHale3 for the amazing idea of bring Damien and Alice together! Thanks! :) Next chapter: Reunited and it feels so good....Bella and the Cullens come together for real this time. AND they call in some friends to help with operation K.T.V. aka Kill The Volturi. Please review, let me know what yall think, thanks.