Well, since it is the night before my birthday and my AP exam is dead and done, I figured I would give all my loyal readers a little gift:
Chapter Twelve
JASPERPOV
Test tubes, bottles, samples. I walked over to the computer. What would Katie use for a password? Taking a long shot, I entered katievolturimccarty
Invalid. Try again.
KathleenVolturiJackson
Invalid.
Doctokatiermccarty
Invalid. I remembered the team from the photos-
TNWildcats
Bingo. We were in. "They're trying to stop vampires from sparkling?" I said pulling up the most recent file, on a test they conducted here.
"Well, I wouldn't mind that." Alice said, reading the results over my shoulder. "More vacation opportunities, gives us a wider range in living areas."
"Yeah, but why did they bring their lab to the most cloudy spot in the continental United States?" I opened random files, trying to find something definitely connecting Katie to the Volturi.
"Here's what looks like a birth certificate." Alice said, pulling something out of a drawer. Katie or Jake had laminated the piece of paper.
It was scribbled, like that of a person learning to write.
Kathleen Volturi McCarty
November 11, 1919
11:01 AM
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
The barn, my house
Emmett McC.
"Guess he really loves her," I said, looking at Alice. "I wonder why she doesn't have an official one. I mean, everyone one does…somewhere."
"That's another mystery." Alice said. Her eyes clouded over for a second and I knew she was having a vision. She tensed. "Aro and Felix are taking Rose into custody. She's the one who attacked Katie."
JAKEPOV
I was restless. The Volturi's private jet had a computer, internet access, lounge area, and a bedroom where Katie currently was resting. Aro and Felix were piloting.
I was pacing. Rosalie was strapped to a third seat in the cockpit, both reluctant to let her out of sight. I sighed. It wasn't like a little bit of metal would keep a vampire strapped down for long. I just prayed she'd keep calm until we landed and Katie was off the plane.
Then she could have her little freak-out for all I cared. I went into the bedroom just as Katie opened her eyes. "Hey," I said, coming to stand next to her.
"Hey," she whispered. "What happened?"
"You don't remember?" I asked, grabbing the hand that wasn't in a cast.
"I hit something with my Jeep, I got out and from there, and it's kind of fuzzy. I think someone must've come up from me behind. After that, I remember rolling. I knew I was going onto La Push territory. Then Edward came with Jacob. He said I had been hit badly; broken ankle, broken wrist and various cuts and bruises."
I nodded. "Your dad came. We're on our way back to Italy as we speak."
She put a hand to her head, moaning softly. "Why did you have to call Dad?" she said, trying to sit up. I helped her, leaning her against the pillows. "He's going to murder someone."
I chuckled. "They found out who did it." I said.
She looked at me. "Rosalie." She said flatly. I nodded. She bit her lip and sighed. "I blew it, Jake. I tried to get to know her and I blew it."
"Hey, you didn't blow it." I wrapped an arm around her, pulling myself closer. "She overreacted. She saw Emmett with you and…"
"…assumed we were having an affair." She finished. "And look where it's got me. Dad's going to make sure she's a pile of ashes."
I stroked her hair. "You don't know that's going to happen." I said.
She shrugged. "It could." She laid her head on my chest. "If Aro follows through, it'll rip them apart. Hell, Emmett's probably already shredding himself up, trying to find out whose side he's going to take in all this."
We sat in silence for the remainder of the flight. When we landed, I immediately put Katie in a wheelchair despite her protests ranging from kicking me out of our room to lighting parts of me on fire with a sparkler. Felix managed to calm her down long enough for us to get into the castle while Aro carted Rosalie off to an undisclosed location for interrogation and phone call. Until sentencing and/or trial she'd only be allowed out once a week to hunt with an escort.
As soon as Katie was situated I went to call the Cullens, well leave Carlisle a we-have-your-daughter-in-custody message.
JACOBPOV
I was pacing the living room of Jake and Katie's house. Jake had said we should keep an eye on the place in case any of the Cullens decided to come and check on them. Well, add a sunny day, the fact that most of the pack is still in school and/or has to work…and the leeches have an open window of opportunity.
Now, they've been here like a year before Bella even came here, setting things up and getting their story straight. Oh and negotiating with the pack and tribal elders. They simply said to make ourselves feel welcome and treat it like we would over Emily and Sam's.
Now, offering a bunch of hungry and sleep deprived teenagers a free place to play video games, crash, eat and plan patrols along with a multitude of as-of-yet-unreleased-in-the-US video games and you've got the mortal equivalent of heaven to the average teenage boy. Leah on the other hand, was attempting to max out Jake's credit card on multiple pairs of one particular brand of boots she'll have to replace in less than six weeks. Girls. Have to have matching footwear no matter where they live.
I sat in front of the TV, with a perfect view of the backyard and photo lab, blissfully lost in my own little world.
That is, until the smell hit. What the hell? I made it into the hall in time to see Alice and Jasper come up from the basement.
"What're you doing here?" We asked simultaneously.
"Katie's gone." Alice said, while Jasper just attempted to keep all in the vicinity calm.
"Yeah, Rosalie attacked her. Now both of them are off to Italy and Jake needed someone to watch the house for him."
"So he called you?" Alice asked surprised.
"Yeah, well, see Emmett's probably on his way to Italy as we speak!" Damn it. I really hated this. "So why the hell are you here?"
Alice shrugged. Stupid annoying pixie. "We figured we'd better find out what we're dealing with, what with Katie being part of the Volturi and all." She practically danced down the hall. I swear Jasper just follows her blindly without most coherent thought.
I went into the kitchen and grabbed some leftover pizza. Once again positioning myself in front of the TV, I treated it like England treated the War of 1812: it never happened.
Well, it kinda did, but then comes along trading agreements and all of a sudden: poof. It's history.
They got it coming to 'em, just like the Cullens.
But, whatever.
What do you think????
On another note: "Rewind" and "EDC: Back in Action" are scheduled to be deleted from Friday, May 15, 2009. If anyone would like to adopt them, please let me know. They are being deleted because...well lack of interest and I would like to be able to focus fully on this story...even though they've been on hiatus for a long time. Any questions can just be submitted via PM or review. Thank you.
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