Disclaimer: I am grateful that we are allowed to do whatever we want to other writer's characters on this site. Thus I do not own Twilight or any areas mentioned in this chapter. I do not own any sentence structure or unique wording. I do however, own Even, Kelsie, Conner, Raya, Julian, Habakkuk, Hannah, and any other characters that you might not recognize.

Italian Heartbreak

Jane was sitting in her room still wet from her hot shower. Demetri was taking forever to get back. Yes, he was annoying; yes, he seemed to follow her around the castle. But, he was good at what he does.

She could hear Heidi faintly singing from the library. It was usually a blast when the masters were gone. No one to say "no you can't sing in the library! It's a library your supposed to keep quiet!" or "Don't slide down the banister!" or her personal least favorite thing to hear, "don't go sock sliding! It's improper!" Marcus being there didn't really hamper anything. He just didn't care anymore. She had heard a rumor about why he was so passive, but it was anyone's guess.

Distantly, she heard a thump and skid. Demetri was back! That must mean that he found Kelly! Yes! Oh how she wanted to make that girl pay. No one messed with the Rosencrantz twins and got away with it!

Jane jumped off the bed and out the door. She ran past the Library door, through the Hall of Mismatched Art, down the treacherous stairs and made it to the receptionist's room. The whole way she listened to Demetri and Kelly arguing. They were talking about movies and that made no sense at all. What had he done?!

"This was Gianna's room. You'll stay here for now." Demetri was obviously speaking to the girl. Then he quietly said, "Jane, not now. It will be more satisfying if she is rested when you break her."

"Thanks. I guess it would be better if I just stayed here right?" This had to be Kelly. She sounded so young, how could she be a problem? No! She killed your brother! She gets no sympathy!

"Yes, we wouldn't want you running into Jane by yourself. That would not do well in keeping you alive and hale." WHAT?! He had just told her to wait so she'd be stronger and more satisfyingly breakable!

"Good night Deme." Deme?! Weird.

Demetri walked out of the room and placed a finger to his lips with one had and pushed Jane in front of him with the other. Every time she would start to talk he would shush her. Finally they were at the high guard's chamber. He bent down, looking into her eyes.

"Jane, I am playing her. She thinks that I'm keeping her safe. I'm just letting her think that so that she will let her guard down. Don't worry. I'm on your side of this," he said sincerely.

"Why can't I take her out now? I've waited a year!" Jane exclaimed throwing her arms in the air.

"Because if you wait over night, her body will heal and she will think that she will be able to fight you. Victory will be sweeter if she is at her full potential. I promise." He didn't raise his voice in response. He never did. Well, he did once, but that was when Alec blinded him.

"Fine. But if you ask more than this of me, I will not honor that." She turned to her room and slammed the door shut.

Revenge was almost fulfilled. She could smell the girl, yet she was honoring her friend's request. Whom Demetri was playing she was not sure. It would be sweeter if the girl started out strong. Well, at sunrise the next day she would go. That would give her plenty of time to rest.

Jane almost giggled with excitement.

In the "human wing", Even was sitting in some shark's pants in the shark hall in the shark castle in the shark city! As if you couldn't tell, she was getting rather frustrated with this. Memories were attacking her from everything she touched, pushing her to a breaking point. She limped away from the bed, avoiding the human receptionist's memories. She was emotional enough without any additional.

"EEEE!" She released her stress vocally.

Breathing in deeply, she placed her broken foot on the ground and collapsed from the pain. Her forearms hit the ground and she couldn't move. Suddenly, it seemed as if a thousand feet were trampling her. Running this way and that, thousands of years worth of memories hit her at once. Every vampire, every human, every insect for close to three thousand years tried to step on her at once. She wouldn't need to wait for Jane to kill her, the feet would first.

Distantly she heard herself scream, not like she had at the Cullen's, but one short burst like a trumpet from her soul. Then she was crying. The pain was so great that it ripped her wall apart. For the first time in a year she was crying. Part of her brain was ecstatic, the other part didn't care. She was crying from physical pain. She was crying from spiritual pain. She was crying from emotional pain.

One year's worth of tears, plus the extra tears that come from lost of beloved ones, poured from her body. She tried to muffle the sound, but it did no good. Sobs racked her body, intensifying the existing pain.

She saw dawn come, but that made no difference.

Jane entered her room right as the sun rose. The girl she had vowed to kill was lying prostrate on the floor sobbing her heart out. Jane smiled. She focused all her hatred on the girl, but saw no difference. She concentrated harder. No change. It was as if the girl had that scum Bella's talent.

"Get up!" she ordered. Even paid no heed. "I said GET UP!" Jane couldn't fathom why the girl was ignoring her.

Even sobbed on, and an hour more passed before they slowed. She sat up, taking care with her foot.

"So you're the infamous Jane-shark. I've heard tales of you." Even's voice sounded raw.

"Shark? Yes, I am Jane Rosencrantz, utmost in the Volturi guard." Jane smirked thinking that now she could harm the girl. Nothing happened. Jane could tell that she wasn't being blocked, but her power wasn't working anymore. "What manner of gift have you that mine will not touch you?"

"Gift? I have not a gift that would hamper yours, witch-pain." Even slowly raised herself to her good foot, then sat on the bed. "I suppose you are going to kill me now?"

Jane faced the girl who had the gall to sit next to her. The young girl had electric blue eyes, and matching blue circles underneath them. Her cheeks were stained with red. And she looked slightly different from the picture Alec had sent her just before he was not. "No, you are going to tell me what happened one year ago when my brother died."

"No! No! I won't!" Even scrambled back from the vampire. "I cannot relive that night!"

"You will or stay in this very room until you die!" Jane said intensely without raising her voice above a whisper.

"Then I will die."

Jane stopped breathing. She had to know what happened! A different strategy struck her. "If you lived a year not knowing what happened to the last member of your family, would you not want to know? I need to know what happened to Alec. He was the only true family I had left."

"Yes I would want to know. But you do not know what it is that you ask of me! This feat is too great!" Even shuddered. I cannot relive that night. I have not the strength for it.

Jane was desperate. "Please."

"No."

"Please tell me what happened to my brother, my twin, my only solace in this world!" Jane was no longer in full control of her emotions. They were taking over her.

"I don't think I can!" Even was mentally fighting herself. 'I can't relive that night!' 'Yes I can! I must! I will never heal if I don't' 'I don't want to heal! I want to hurt if that means keeping him!' 'If Jack or Jason died I would want to know how! Give Jane this little piece. It will help me more than it will help her!'

"I will wait until you think you can. I will wait to hear the whole of the matter before I act. I will be silent now." Jane crossed her legs and prepared herself to wait.

Even's eyes widened. She had to tell now. She wanted to tell. It was almost like the story itself was trying to pour from her mind.

Screwing her eyes closed, she saw that night almost one year ago, exactly. She saw Raya, in her blond-haired glory. Raya was the epitome of beach-beauty. She had dark skin that made her sun-bleached hair glow. Even saw her, well, sister pull her forward laughing at Even's expression.

"It was a beautiful evening. Raya," her voice caught. "And I had just made it to the Gulf of Mexico as the sun set. There was a virus running through the city, so we were slotted to run boarder patrol. When we got into the barracks to meet up with the rest of our team, Bean had caught it too. There was no replacement, so we razzed him about it. He couldn't move without throwing up. And right before we left Bean said 'Bro! You gunna ask her or not?' Connor" she gasped, "and I had been dating for five years. He, ssff, got down, well, not on one knee, because we don't have knees, and proposed. I said yes of course. Then Bean had to ruin the moment and ralph. Then their mom came in and shooed us out. By the time we got to the boarder Connor was wishing he was sick.

"'How can two girls talk so much about one dress? It's not like its gold-inlay or anything. Is it?' Connor looked so frustrated; he always looked adorable when he was frustrated. We spread out along the boarder like we were supposed to, but Raya and I continued our discussion. Then Connor said that he felt a presence coming. He had a telepathic gift. He couldn't read other's minds unless he was with a yard of the person, but he could tell when a humanoid mind came within a mile.

"We each assumed the 'ready' position: triton points facing the shoulder opposite the dominant hand. I was scanning through the minds of the fauna trying to see what was coming our way when I couldn't anymore.

"That was the most helpless I'd ever felt. I couldn't hear, see, taste, smell or feel. It was like my brain had been shut off. I couldn't move. This seemed to last for an eternity. Then I felt as if my heart was being ripped out of my chest with a white-hot post-hole digger.

"I blinked and could see. Raya was floating away, though it didn't look just right. Then it hit me. Her hip that is. I balked. Then I felt the pain again and turned. The light brown-hair shark was attacking Connor."

Even paused. She was shuddering; the worst part was coming up. She could see Jane's twin attacking. His face lowering to Connor's neck.

Taking a deep breath Even started again. "The shark was lowering his mouth to my fiancé's neck. I had dropped my triton, so I had to dive for it before I could attack. I knocked him off before I thought Connor could be bitten. He-"

"Alec." Jane interrupted to say.

Even nodded. "Alec turned to attack me. I could tell he was trying to shut me down again, but he couldn't. I waited until he was almost on me before attacking. I parried his arms, throwing him twenty or so feet away. He rushed back faster than I anticipated. He ripped the triton out of my hands and I kicked at him with my fin. He spun 'midair'. While he tried to right himself I dove after him. He wasn't able to hold my triton long. He threw it away from him and lunged at me before I could reach it. His hands were coming straight for my face. I grabbed one and twisted it behind his back. I, of course, had the advantage. Unfortunately sharks don't tire. Alec pulled out of my grasp and chopped my liver. His hit sent me spinning. I rotated twice then stopped myself. He was heading back toward Connor.

"I knew I wouldn't be able to stop him if I didn't get my triton back. God must have moved the triton. It had been point down in the sand, but suddenly it was right there. I grabbed it up and tore after Alec. I caught up to him in time to spear his leg and pull him away from my Connor.

"Alec roared and said, 'It's too late. I already killed him and you will die too, Halfling.'

"I twisted the triton and his leg came off. I replied, 'The only one who will die will be you, blood-stealing SHARK!'

"He had a harder time attacking me with only one leg. I realized I couldn't stab at him without whacking myself in the face, so I back-flipped out of the way. He managed to grab the edge of my fin as I flipped. The minutest part of it tore off, but it was so painful. I drove the triton right into his chest, twisted slightly and triggered the flame."

Seeing Jane for the first time since the beginning of the tale, Even realized that she should explain a little. "I am mer, and we have long ago developed the technology to produce fire hot enough to burn a vampire, or shark underwater." Jane nodded.

"I rushed to Connor's side. He was bleeding from the neck. Alec had bitten him. I held him close. He wrapped his arms around my waist. I had fought Alec for only three minutes. That meant that I had twenty-seven minutes with the man I loved.

"'Babe, you have to end it. Please, baby, it hurts.' Connor said. I didn't say anything. I couldn't. In twenty-seven minutes he would be a monster worse than the Immortal Children. 'Even. I don't want to be a monster. Please stop it before I am. I refuse to be the first Neptus to be a shark.'

"I couldn't argue with that. But I couldn't make myself act. I just held him. Five minutes past before I realized I was saying 'I love you' over and over again. When he asked a third time, I said 'I can't! I can't kill you!'

"'You have to. There isn't time to get someone else. Augnhhhh. I can't take much more.'

"'I can't!' I held him closer. He tried to talk again, but I stopped him with a kiss. We were both crying. I held him like that for twenty-six minutes. The whole time he was prep-talking me. I knew what I had to do, and he let me know that he was okay with it. In the last second, with Connor moaning from pain, I drove my triton into his chest and killed him. Hhnck, h-hi-his eyes right before they dimmed were s-s-so peaceful. He—" Even's throat closed around a sob. "He was with God. He was okay. I wasn't. I grabbed my triton, shrunk it and ran. I was home within an hour and a half. The usually took two and a half hours. And then I stopped." Even zoned out, tears silently pouring out of her eyes.

Jane was in shock. She had never heard told of her brother being so cruel. And where was his back-up? Why was he alone? Why would he take a picture before hand? What provoked him to do this act? She turned to Even.

"If you saw a picture of Alec would you be able to tell me with complete certainty that he was the same vampire you killed?" She was grasping at straws. If there was another vampire with his talent, Aro would already have him. "Please?"

"Wha? Oh, yes. I would," Even tuned in, and coughed. "Do you have any water? I feel like I haven't had anything to drink in a year…"

Jane stood up and grabbed the young girl's hand. Together they made their way to the never-before-used, state-of-the art kitchen.

AN: I wasn't going to end there, but it felt right. I think there will only be a chapter or two left! Oh tis so sad. Don't worry, I'll start a sequel in this particular part of Even's life.

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