Aleera POV
We spent a whole week investigating two of our destroy storage lockers. They were in different parts of the city, but any evidence of who had done it was long gone. It also didn't help that Brandon got mouthy in Tokyo and got himself and Connor strung up like chickens and beat. So the rest of us had drop the search and go find them, and we had to handle that problem for the rest of the week. All the while looking for a solution to the vampire singer issue. It wasn't going well.
Someone had also broken into the house while we were in Tokyo. They'd ripped the door handle off, and then put a new door handle in. But we could see the chipped frame.
So we'd gone over the video footage to find out who it was. They moved really fast, but not fast enough. We'd had to slow the video down as far as we could, and most of the image was blurred. But we did however, catch their shape, skin color and hair color.
It was Edward Cullen.
Then we went through everything on the Cullen's, including their phone records. Edward had called the Volturi twice in the last week or so. Short conversations, that explained why we'd tracked the Volturi all the way back to Washington. But we werent sure what he was up to exactly.
Once the wire tap had been in place, we kept it on record. But it wasn't long until we got what we needed. "Everyone get in here!" Brandon shouted loudly.
I dropped my dress, tossing it on my bed and then rushing towards the security room. I had been getting ready for Bella's graduation, when we'd had an unexpected ambush, making me late. Bella didn't even know we were back yet.
Each of us filed in and Brandon turned the sound all the way up.
"Aro, it's Edward," i frowned, each of us sharing looks.
"Well isn't this a surprise, have you made a decision about young Isabella's fate. I'd hate to remain here in this dreadful country longer then necessary."
"-the fuck?" i muttered confused.
"Yes, but i need your assistance with something before this can be done," he said in an almost gleeful tone.
"And what might that be?"
"I know who attacked the castle."
"Oh shit," i said in fear.
"There is a girl interfering in my plans. Her name is Aleera, her and her family, they live together in Port Angelus, outside of seattle. Her and her human friends raided the castle, if you get them out of the picture, bring them to Volterra to be interrogated, you can do whatever you want with them."
Each of us shared uneasy looks, "and what do you intend to do about your mate?"
"Turn her," i clenched my fists, rage boiling. "When there interrogation is complete, kill them, and i will turn Isabella into a vampire."
"How are you sure it was them that raided my fortress?"
I snorted, "some fortress, couldn't even stop seven teenagers from breaking in."
"I've been watching them for a while, i couldnt get close to their home without them realizing it, but i've been following them for several weeks now. They have a storage locker with much of the equipment worn during the attack," see? Stalker. I knew it. "I was unable to follow Aleera herself, for she got suspicious within moments."
"Mother fucker," i said angrily.
"I believe we have a deal, we should be able to apprehend them within minutes."
Before the line disconnected, i was punching buttons into the phone. There was no answer to Bella's house or cellphone. We took off instantly.
Once we each got into our gear, it was only a matter of getting to Forks. "Alright, under no circumstances do you remove your helmet, for nothing. One person is bad enough and we dont know how many people know what the Cullen kid has done, if they know about us at all. Agreed?" We all nodded.
As we got close enough, Jace, Adam, Nate and i all went flying out of chopter, fitting perfectly through glass windows. People screamed, and then everyone was running. Adam cut his rope first, landing on a speaker halfway up the wall, it shook a moment, and as it steadied he began looking through the chaos searching out for the Cullen's. But there were too many people in the way.
Adam and Nate side by side, shooting at the wolves and cullen's. The shots were too wide most of the time. All of us were paranoid we'd hit a civilian.
I cut my rope, being the closest to the stage, and i jumped onto it. Edward barralled into me, knocking us both over under the weight. I jumped back up, defending the fast blow, and then struck out with an open palm, sending his arm outwards. I threw my other palm forward and into his nose, breaking it.
Someone wrapped there arms arouind me, and i jumped and kicked out as Edward got close. The force sent him backwards, as well as us. i elbowed the person behind me in the face, and the grip loosened. I grabbed her arm flipping her over me and twisted it. She cried out, and i jumped off of her when Edward flew at me again. I saw Bella, who was slamming through a back door. I followed after her. Edward collided with me again, sending us catapulting out the door and onto the ground. I jumped back up, kicking him hard and sending him flying backwards.
I ran after Bella, who was moving through the woods. I grabbed her, wrapping my arms around her and ran back for the parking lot. Everyone had migrated into the parking lot. Our lines dropped down, and i passed her off to Nate, who went up first.
I took a shot at Alice, as she closed in on Jace. I covered the rest of them, and then grasped my own harness clip and then i was jolted up and back into the plane. We didn't get very far. As we passed through a clearing, Connor tried to pull back, but we didn't have that much time.
A huge tree flew straight us, and we all bailed out, dropping to the ground. I kept Bella in my arms, pressed tightly to my chest and keeping her facing the air as we hit the ground. I lifted us up with lightning speed, pulling her behind a thick tree as the plane blew.
She struggled in my grasp, and i grabbed her hand, pulling and lifting my gun out. The Cullen's and the Volturi came in, circling and i shoved Bella into the center of the circle we made, turning our backs on her. She tried to run for the Cullen's, and Adam reached out, hitting her in the head with the end of the gun. She collapsed unconscious.
"Adam, what the fuck!" i shouted angrily. He said nothing, a second later a full fight broke out.
One by one each of us was knocked out until Nate and i were the last two standing. All our weapons were stripped away and we were shoved onto our knees. Our helmets were pulled off, and the Cullen's looked very surprised, aside from Edward and Alice anyways.
I turned to Aro, eyes gleaming in rage. "I hope you remember my face, because it's going to be the last one you ever see after i kill you."
"Oh my dear, such heart for a pitiful human," he said excitedly.
"Fucking freak," Nate muttered.
"I dont understand, who are you people?" Rosalie asked, utterly confused.
"There a Greek gang group, drug trafficking, bank robberies, assassinations, everything," Edward said darkly.
"Jealous that i got bigger balls then you Cullen?" i shot with a smirk.
"What are you planning to do with them, if not kill them?" Jasper asked warily.
"Question them, find my stolen property," Aro said smiling widely.
"You'll never find any of it," i said smirking.
"You dont mean torture," Emmett said horrified.
"If they dont tell me what i want to know," i snickered a little.
"You'll never get a word out of us," Nate said just as amused.
"There just kids," Esme said imploringly.
"They're murderers," Edward added, "Bella belongs with her mate not some low life lesbian."
I smirked a little, "you really believe Bella will be with you in the end, dont you?"
"Once your out of the picture," he said triumphantly.
"Grin all you want Edward, she's smarter then you give her credit for. Even if i am dead and gone, doesn't mean she'll want you. You just can't take a hint can you? Bella doesn't love you anymore," i said darkly.
Then everything went dark, with Nate's swearing being the last thing i heard.
I woke up in some kind of box. As my eyes adjusted, i realized we were all chained up in the back of a transport truck. "Anyone hurt?" i asked casually in Russian.
"Yeah, my ego," Adam said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes. We tended to each use a different language when we were detained. I almost always used Russian, everyone else usually bounced between languages.
"Anyone have an idea as to where we are?" Jace asked, voice sounding strained.
"I dont think we've left the states yet," i said thoughtfully.
"What makes you think that?" Nate asked skeptically.
"Because the longest any of us have ever been unconscious is roughly between thirty six minutes to twenty two minutes," We'd timed this whenever the opportunity arose. Connor stays unconscious the longest, and Brandon stays out the shortest amount of time.
"She's right, we'd be on the plane by now and were not," Connor said in agreement.
"Anyone have there kit?" Kade asked, each of us glancing at one another.
"I guess not," i summed up, leaning back.
"If we make a distraction for you, you need to get out and get to Bella," Adam said in a determined tone.
"You dont even like Bella," Jace said incredulously.
"Whether i like her or not doesnt matter, she's family, and i dont know about you guys, but i'd rather not see her get turned into a vampire and try to kill Aleera accidentally or something," he said shrugging as much as his bindings would let him.
"She's right Aleera, she's family. Get Bella out of Forks, we'll find our own way out," Brandon said confidently.
I didn't like this. Not one bit.
When we pulled up to the airport, each of us resumed pretending to be asleep. Once we'd all been lifted up, my eyes shot open. I wrapped the chain around their neck, they dropped me and i flipped them onto their back. I grabbed the back of their head, lifting it and slamming it back down onto the pavement. Then i was running.
I was driving as quickly as i could to get to Forks. But as i got about a mile outside of town, someone stepped into the middle of the road. I swerved, swearing and then the car was flipping. I rolled, glass cutting into me as much as metal was.
I cried out, something puncturing deep into my shoulder. As the car finally rocked to a stop, i cut my jammed seatbelt, crawling out painfully.
I staggered up, panting and sore. I turned, seeing Edward. He'd made me crash. I ran. I flew straight into the woods, pushing my body as quickly as i could. But he was catching up with every breath. I had no weapon, and i was beat to hell. I could see Bella's house just barely when i was tackled.
We rolled and i stumbled up, staring at Edward hatefully. "You didn't think i'd let you take her from me, did you?" he asked coldly. Rushing me. I side stepped and shoved him as hard as i could. I ran again, and he shoved me into a tree. He lifted his fist to hit me and i ducked and i shifted my head dodging the blow and then kneed him in the gut. He pitched forward, and i punched him on a slant, and he hit the ground.
I moved away, and he caught my ankle, gripping it tightly. I lost my breath and kicked out hard. I staggered up, and then someone else collided with me. i stared up in paralyzed horror, unmoving. "Kaylee?"
Something hit me on the back of the head. Everything went dark.
Bella POV
I woke up at the Cullen house. I sat up, confused, and looked around. "Morning love," Edward said strolling through the door with food.
I frowned, "what am i doing here? What happened?" i vaguely remembered being half kidnapped. But what freaked me out the most, was the fact that the people who had grabbed me, were the ones that raided the castle in Volterra.
"Bella, i have some news, your not going to like it," Edward said sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"What?" i asked eyes narrowed.
"There was an accident, outside of town," i tensed, staring at him hard. "Aleera's dead."
"What?" i asked, reeling in shock. "What?"
"They found her car, the police aren't sure what caused the accident, but she was trapped when it caught fire, i'm sorry," his words faded out and all i could do was stare. I heard water, rushing water, that was all i heard.
Aleera was dead.
