Okay, yeah, an update. Yay, last chapter. I personally hate it. But I hate all my writing, if you haven't picked up on that yet. So yeah… read and review, please.

"So, when do we die?" I asked with sarcastic excitement. I was sitting against the wall of the room they'd thrown half of us in. Edward came and sat next to me.

"My guess is they'll just keep us here until we change our minds," he explained. "So, we'll be here a long time. Oh," he said quickly, glancing at me, "unless you want to join, which would be your decision of course," he added as an afterthought.

I rolled my eyes. "No thanks."

"So tell me, why is your family so powerful? Your powers aren't exactly anything traditional."

"I don't know," I sighed, unable to hide my frustration. "They never told me."

"Um, I know," Nick said quietly. All heads turned to stare at him. "Aaron, Marie, Amber, Ayla, and…Saira," he began, saying the last name with difficulty, "were the first five Millards. I was after Saira. They told me everything, and for awhile, I thought I'd join with them. But I couldn't." He looked away.

"Aaron was changed by Aro," he said after a minute. (That was totally coincidence when I named Aaron… didn't realize the names were that much alike.) "Aro found out that Aaron's ancestors were sages. This was awhile ago, when the Volturi were still building up power by converting new members. Aaron, when he was changed, awoke some of the sage inside of him -- what Aro had been going for. But he didn't get all the powers. With each person he's bitten, he's given the person a sage power. Hence your control of elements, my control of weather, Amber's force fields, and Saira's teleportation, along with all the others."

"But…has he been part of the Volturi all this time?" I asked incredulously. He shook his head.

"Aaron wanted power, but he couldn't get it. So he left. Aro told him if he brought someone powerful to join -- or at least, imprison them so they may change their mind later -- he could have a place of power, instead of his position in the guard. So, he's brought you."

"Wonderful, I'm a bargaining chip," I grumbled. "So, anyone have a plan?" I asked the room. No one said anything. I wondered if Carlisle would have a plan. But he, Esme, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie, and Mark were in another room somewhere.

"Fine," I sighed. "We'll try my plan." Edward looked at me curiously.

"No," Alice said firmly. I glanced at her and raised an eyebrow. She was opening her eyes. "It won't work completely, Bella. We'll try another plan."

"What do you mean, completely?" I asked her.

"Well, we'll all escape with your plan," she said quietly. "But you won't."

"Well, I am the reason you're all here," I said quickly. "So…" Edward growled viciously.

"Bella, didn't you learn your lesson with James?" he hissed. I winced.

"But this is different," I protested. "Alice saw you guys getting away."

"Never go by just my visions, Bella," Alice said softly.

"We know the enemy," Edward explained. "He'll kill us all. End of story. New plan."

"Fine," I hissed. I was wondering if I should just turn myself over to the Volturi anyways. But I worked on a new plan. "Okay, just follow my lead," I said after I thought of one. I hesitated. "You're sure they don't want us killed?"

Edward nodded slowly. "Yeah, I'm sure, but why?" he asked.

"Edward," I said clearly and loudly. "Do you smell smoke?" He shook his head and I gave him an exasperated look. His eyebrows shot up in understanding.

"Yeah, what is that?"

I flicked my hands a bit and a small fire started at the end of the room. I beckoned everyone to come close to the door. Everyone seemed to have caught on by now. I willed the fire bigger and closer to us. I started pounding on the door.

"Let us out," I shouted. "I can't control fire that isn't mine. It's spreading! Do you want us to die?" I tried to sound frantic, and I guess it worked. I heard arguing voices, then a fast set of footsteps. The door opened partially to reveal a member of the guard.

"Follow me to the room you'll be moved to," he said in a bored voice. I stepped over the threshold and punched him in the face.

"Dang," I whispered in awe at the unconscious guard member. "Didn't think it'd be that easy. Thought they'd send a stronger person. Come on," I said, gesturing the others to follow me down the hallway. I flicked a finger at the fire as we ran, and it went out.

"Alice, you know where they are?" Edward guessed. She nodded and has us follow her down the hallway. She stopped us in front of a door.

"Here, Bella." I snapped my finger and the door went up in flames, turned to ash in seconds. The rest of our group stepped through the door and joined us. Seemed like we'd been doing that a lot recently. We ran down the hallways, trying to find the exit. We were a few hundred yards away, the door in sight, when Saira teleported in front of us.

"Leaving so soon?" she asked in a glum voice, beaming at us. "I don't think so." My eyes started glowing red and a fireball appeared in my hand.

"No, Bella," Nick whispered behind me. "I'll take care of this."

"Nick," I said slowly. He started to walk forward, but Mark and Richie grabbed his arms. He shoved them off.

"Nick…," Saira said sadly. Don't make me--" She cut off as she saw the electric spakrs coming out of his hands. "Nick," she said quietly. He shot the lightning bolts at her, but she just teleported a few inches to the right. He shot more at her, over and over, but missed each time. She finally teleported behind him and grabbed hold of him. She hesitated and let go.

"Go, you guys," she whispered. We didn't move. "Go!" she hissed.

"What will you do, Saira?" Nick asked her desperately.

"I'll be fine here," she assured him. She turned to teleport back when he grabbed her arm.

"Come with us," he pleaded. I shot him a disbelieving look. She looked away.

"I can't," she whispered.

"Then I'll stay with you," he offered, his eyes lighting up.

"Uh, Nick," I started to say.

"No, Nick," Saira murmured. "Go with the others. Don't betray them like I did." She wrenched free of Nick's grasp and teleported back to the Volturi. Nick ran back the way we came without a word.

"Nick!" I hissed. "Are you crazy?" I tried to run after him, but Edward and Alice grabbed me.

"Let him go," Richie said quietly behind me. "He hasn't gotten over her betrayal. He still loves her. We can't stop him." I sighed.

"Let's go," I said finally. We ran through the door and found ourselves outside. We all breathed sighs of relief. Carlisle looked around.

"This way," he said, taking the lead. We followed him through the town until two cars pulled up with Alice and Esme driving. I hadn't even noticed they'd left. I squeezed into the car that Alice was driving with Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie, and Edward. Carlisle, Olivia, Mark, and Richie got into the other. We were all silent on the ride to the airport.

"You okay, Bella?" Edward asked me on the plane. I nodded. "You sure?"

"No, I'm not sure if I'm okay," I snapped sarcastically.

"A simple 'yes' would have sufficed. I was just making sure."

"I know," I sighed, leaning against him. He put his arm around me. "Are we out of danger now?" I asked, exhausted. He laughed quietly.

"Only thing left is Victoria -- but that's not really danger. A pathetic threat, maybe, but not danger," he said, smiling.

"Edward?" I asked uncertainly, looking away. "Are you sure you won't leave again?"

He tilted my chin up to look at him. "Do I look like someone who would leave you?" he asked sweetly, his eyes staring lovingly at me.

"No," I said honestly. "You don't."

"Why do you keep asking, anyways?" he wondered curiously.

"Truthfully, I don't know. I guess I'm just paranoid, with the betrayal from the Millards, and then Nick left to go with Saira, and everything else."

"I love you," he whispered, kissing the top of my head.

"I know," I sighed happily, resting my head on his shoulders.

That was so cheesy… Anyways, I'm writing another fanfic now. It won't be posted for a little while, though. It's basically all the scenes Jacob's in from Twilight and New Moon (and some others) from his point of view. Just thought I'd try it. I probably would have gotten a lot of it done on choir tour like I did with my current fanfics (both finished, yay) but I didn't have the books and I needed dialogue and everything. So yeah, keep a lookout for that. Review please.

-Ayode-