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Previously:
Then I heard a voice, "BELLA! I finally found you…"
"Shit. Alec…"
"I got it, don't worry," he assured me.
I spun around to face my best girlfriend and her husband.
"Bella, I can't believe it's you!" Alice exclaimed.
The cloud of Alec's ability made contact with the couple and I automatically cut off their nerves and senses. They both fell to the floor with a thud and were as still as a vampire could ever be.
"Aro, can I have a piece of paper and a pen?"
"Of course," he said as he handed me the items I requested. My used to be chicken scratch was transformed into perfect penmanship.
Dear Alice,
I'm so terribly sorry.
If I didn't have to do that I wouldn't have.
Just know that I love you, so much.
Remember that, and please don't come looking for me again.
I need time to sort things out with myself.
I need you to promise that you will forget about this note and you will destroy this.
Love,
Bella.
I folded the paper and placed it in her hand and secured her grip on the paper.
"Alec, how long will they be unconscious like this?"
"I don't really know. My power is just so they won't feel much when they're being ripped up mentally by Jane."
"Okay, thanks," I laughed.
"Anytime."
"I'll be back, Aro," I said quietly to him.
"Okay."
I took Alice and threw her over my shoulder and I carried Jasper. I walked outside and placed them both on the floor and began to mend their nerves and senses. It didn't take long.
"I love you both. You're the best family of vampires forever," I whispered. I finished the last nerve and made sure the brain started up.
Then I ran away quickly back to the Volturi lair, making sure they didn't see me.
Alice POV.
I opened my eyes to see Jasper on the floor with his eyes closed.
Was I sleeping? No, that would be impossible. Unconscious? Maybe… Someone's gift probably. I shook Jasper lightly and his eyes flew open.
I noticed my hand was clenched against something. I opened it and it was a small piece of paper. I unfolded it and read it with Jasper.
Dear Alice,
I'm so terribly sorry.
If I didn't have to do that I wouldn't have.
Just know that I love you, so much.
Remember that, and please don't come looking for me again.
I need time to sort things out with myself.
I need you to promise that you will forget about this note and you will destroy this.
Love,
Bella.
"Should we look for her again?" Jasper asked.
"No… Respect her wishes. Can you burn this or something?"
"Sure."
"And remember to forget this completely, especially when Edward's around."
"Yes. Of course."
Jasper burned the paper and we headed home, our mission to find Bella, failed.
Bella POV.
"Bella, can I speak with you?" Aro asked a couple days after Alice came.
"Of course."
"I would like to experiment with your powers."
"Experiment?"
"Yes, like seeing the extent that it can be used to do."
"Oh, I get it."
"Yeah, so we already know you can use your powers on vampires and people; now I would like to try using your powers on other living things like plants and perhaps some animals."
"Well, okay, I guess. Just tell me what I need to do Aro."
"Very well," he said as he pulled out a bonsai tree. The tree was split in the middle and the tiny stump was left with the top of the tree on its side. "I would like you to try to fix this tree. Do whatever is in your power to fix the tree."
"Okay."
I placed my fingers delicately on the top of the tree and fit it into place. Then I used my right hand to make it stable while my left forefinger and middle finger softly rubbed where the tree was cut. I did this for a minute. I took my hand off and the outside looked as if it were never cut in half in the first place.
"Wow, good job Bella!"
"Thanks. But the problem is that I don't know if the tree is actually alive. I only know I fixed it from being cut in half and that it's veins and all are fixed so it can work properly. But I don't know if I can revive it from the dead."
"And that is your next challenge."
"What?"
"You are going to try and revive a dead person. I figured people would be easier because they have a very distinct heartbeat."
"And where are we going to find a dead person I can experiment on?"
"The hospital of course. There are bound to be people extremely close to death there. Or we can go to the morgue if you prefer."
"The hospital is fine," I said. "Maybe I can try to make one family happy again."
I went to the Volterra Hospital by myself since someone in a black robe would be a bit awkward.
(Italian is translated at the bottom of the chapter. Translation isn't perfect because I used dictionary(dot)com. )
"Ciao," I said to the receptionist. "Dadella probabilità fate passare della gente qui in quella via?"
"Tristemente, sì. Abbiamo provato il nostro meglio maquello non era abbastanza. Penso giù nella sala 46 là sono una madre e un bambino che hanno perso il loro padre o nonno," she said.
"Grazie," I replied and I headed down the hallway towards room 46.
When I got there, I found a mother crying her heart out and a small boy weeping close by.
"Scusarlo," I said. "Penso che possa aiutare."
"AIUTO? È GUASTO! CHE COSA POTETE AIUTARE CON?" she yelled at me.
"Sto andando provare qualcosa e se riesco, avrete vostra una parte posteriore amata."
"SE DANNEGGIATE I SULLA SUA TESTA, LI BATTERÒ CON GARBO ALLA MARTE!" she screamed.
I simply smiled, "Non lo danneggierò. Prometto." Psh. As if she can beat me to death. I mentally laughed.
I walked over to the man lying on the bed. He wasn't old so he must've been the father and husband of the two people in the next room. The heart rate machine was beeping a never ending beep.
I placed my hands about three inches above his body and swept my hands from his head to his feet. I was shocked. By that simple test I knew exactly what was wrong with him.
This man had kidney and liver failure. He had gotten a transplant for both, but the body rejected them. The new ones also failed too. The brain was working hard commanding the heart to get more blood around the body and to try and help the kidney and liver work. His heart stopped from too much exertion.
I started my experiment with his kidney and liver. I placed my hands above his liver first and tried to bind the liver to his body. Then I attempted to make the liver compatible to the body by taking some blood and moving down the veins and arteries toward his liver. I rearranged a couple cells to make the liver work with the blood. Damn. That anatomy class I took in London that one time really did come in handy. Who knew?
I swept my hand three inches above his liver and found that my work had paid off. The liver would work with the body. It wasn't perfect, but it was enough to keep him living. I looked at the clock and the liver
had taken me about 15 minutes. I placed my hand above his kidney next. They had taken his left kidney out and only replaced the right one, which didn't work out so well.
As my hand passed over the kidney, I saw the image in my mind. In my mind, I saw each little detail that was broken. I mentally put all the pieces back together slowly to ensure that it was done accurately. And when I checked with the body again, the kidney was nearly perfect. It looked exactly like the one I fixed in my head. I was finished with the liver and kidney. Now I had to start the heart back up.
I placed both my hands on his chest, above his heart and wondered how I was going to restart the heart. Then I felt a pulse go through my hands to his heart. Since when can I give off pulses? I'm not even supposed to have a pulse. I was baffled, but continued. Rhythmically I send more pulses through my hands to his heart. I kept my left hand over his heart and sent pulses. I placed my right hand on his forehead and encouraged the brain to start working.
I felt a slight twitch of his finger and I heard the brain stirring and working again. His eyes fluttered and I removed my hands. I let out a sigh of relief and I heard the woman and child peek in the room to find her husband and his father sitting up and breathing. I glanced at the clock. It had taken me about 50 minutes. They rejoiced merrily and I quietly stepped out. The child ran up to me and gave me a great big hug.
I stepped out of the hospital into the light rain. I was satisfied by my work and ran back to the Volturi hideout.
"So?" Aro asked. "How'd it go?"
"Wonderfully," I replied.
"You revived the dead?"
"Yes… I did," I said with a slight grin on my face.
"Congratulations!"
"Thanks," I smiled, accepting the compliment. "So? What's my next task?"
"A car engine."
"Hm. Is that so?"
"Yes. We have one that is broken and one that hasn't been working for over 10 years."
"So I'm supposed to fix a car…" I raised one eyebrow.
"A car engine," he smiled.
"Okay, whatever…"
The broken engine was fairly simple. I just had to reconnect some tubes and wires although replacing the parts would've been much simpler. The one that hasn't been working for a decade or so was a bit harder. It was old and rusted and the wires were tied together. But eventually, I was able to mend both. As I lived with the Volturi longer, Caius seemed to give me so many more errands while Aro was training me. Aro had some weird tasks. For instance, after I practically fixed everything, I had to start cutting and breaking things. It was strange things from slicing a piece of paper in half to cutting a steel wall. After many trials and a lot of time, I was able to see the extent that my abilities could go to.
70 years later: Ooh, it's going faster now! :D
Caius has been piling documents and errands on me for the past 70 years and frankly, even with my vampire speed, it's too much! I wouldn't that Caius too much, but I do thank Aro very much. Aro helped me find my limits and he pushed them. My ability was stronger now than ever. Every single day, I would hear cries of "Bella!" mostly from Jane and Caius. And some days it would just be my name over and over again. And it's one of those days.
"Bella!"
"Bella! I need you over here."
"Bella, can you come here?"
"Bella! Hurry!"
"Bella. Come."
"Bella."
"Bella! Now!"
I swear. I think they just do that to annoy me.
"BELLA!!"
"I'm coming!" I shouted.
I ran to each and every person that called my name and by the time I went to everyone, my arms were loaded with documents or items of some sort.
"Bella, I'd like to speak with you," my current favorite voice called.
"Of course," I said. "What do you need Aro?"
"Well, 70 years ago, you said you came to sort things out, right?"
"Yes."
"And I think that we've been piling too much stuff on you. I think you're stressed out."
"And where are you going with this?"
"I thought you could actually use a decade or so to just get away from here and go back to your home town or something."
"So is this like vacation?"
"I guess you can call it that," he said.
"Oh, I really shouldn't," I hesitated.
"Oh, but I insist," he smiled.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
And with that, I packed my Ferrari and headed to the airport. I bought a first class ticket to Seattle. I was finally going back home; back to my home in Forks, Washington.
Carlisle POV.
"Family meeting," I said. I knew they could all hear me. We gathered around the unused dining table, with me at the front.
"And you called us here, why?" Edward asked.
"Well, it's been a while since we moved. And I think people are beginning to become suspicious. Many of my co-workers have been commenting on how I look the same. So I was thinking that since we still have that huge house there… We could move back to Forks."
"Oh, dear. That would be lovely," my darling wife, Esme said. "I can start those renovations I've been planning."
"I would prefer not…" Edward said. Of course. That's where she died… Although I was skeptical about that ever since Alice talked to me, but Edward didn't need to know that.
"I think it'd be great," Cassidy smiled. "I miss that house. It was so homely and nice."
"I don't really care," Rosalie said.
"No comment," Jasper and Alice sung in unison.
"Oh hell yeah! Let's go!" Emmett shouted. I smiled. Typical Emmett.
"So then it's decided," I declared. "We are moving to Forks, Washington."
English Translation:
"Hello," I said to the receptionist. "Do you by any chance have any people in here that have passed away?
"Sadly, yes. We have tried our best but that wasn't enough. I think down in room 46 there's a mother and a child who lost their father or grandfather," she said.
"Thank you," I replied and I headed down the hallway towards room 46.
When I got there, I found a mother crying her heart out and a small boy weeping close by.
"Excuse me," I said. "I think I can help."
"HELP? HE'S DEAD! WHAT CAN YOU HELP WITH?" she yelled at me.
"I'm going to try something and if I'm successful, you'll have your loved one back."
"IF YOU HURT A HAIR ON HIS HEAD, I WILL GRACEFULLY BEAT YOU TO DEATH!" she screamed.
I simply smiled. "I won't hurt him. I promise." Psh. As if she can beat me to death. I mentally laughed.
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