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Jasican's Point of View

After taking a few moments to compose myself, I gathered up the courage to return to the foyer, where, just as I had hoped, Micah had gathered the rest of the Cullens (excluding Edward), and Bill, who wasn't present during our initial return. The rest of the group from earlier had already assembled, with the exception of Edemeé and Aennik, who were presumably still outside talking to Annika through their pack telepathy, as it was now noon.

Carlisle had spotted me almost immediately and asked, "So what did he have to say?"

I replied sourly, "He knew, Carlisle, and it's not the only thing going on here. Needless to say, we aren't as prepared as we thought we were."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

Just then, I had spotted Edemeé and Aennik coming back into the foyer from outside. I waved them in and said, "Please, take a seat," gesturing at one of the many curved couches surrounding the direct center of the foyer. "I assume your contact with Annika left her satisfied?"

Edemeé snorted, "Hardly. There wasn't too much we could tell her."

"Which is to say, we're waiting for the rest of what you found out," Aennik finished for her. "Annika has patience, our contact was mostly meant to ensure our cooperation with each other is going smoothly."

I nodded once and looked back at Carlisle. "Any word from Edward and the Denali?"

"They should be here around nightfall," he said confidently. "Bella got the call not too long ago."

"Perfect," I said. "So I'll cut to the chase, the Volturi had a contingency plan in case they had suspected that Raymond had been removed from power as the leader of this coven. As a direct consequence, a month from when Raymond was overthrown, the Volturi would send one of their own on a suicide mission that would directly result in the events at Suffolk. But, it gets worse from there. The Volturi are committed to seeing this coven either fallen or suppressed, and as such, they will continue to wait us out in hopes of gaining out surrender, so that no other human lives would be destroyed.

"Unfortunately, this is where Raymond's knowledge becomes incomplete, he was only granted a portion of the information needed to gain full awareness into the Volturi's next plan of attack. They are fully driven to preserving our lives in an attempt to either disband and follow their law, or worse, join their fold and become one of them. The only knowledge I was able to pull it of Raymond was the approximate timeframe of the next two attacks planned, and that each attack is planned to be swift and absolutely deadly, like Suffolk. In two months time, they will launch another retaliatory attack, but location and method are completely unknown. And at the completion of six months since the time of Raymond's dethroning, they will launch what they refer to as the 'final option'.

"As much as I'd like to say there was more," I admitted, "but unfortunately, that's it. It's apparent that the Volturi are still actively working against us, even if they aren't nearby. I'll admit openly I don't have much to go by, at this point, but for now, the current objective stays the same: we put forth our efforts to gather vampires to our coven to actively combat the Volturi against their plans and continue with the revelation."

"And the plan for thwarting future attacks?" Lydia asked.

"Until we can either obtain info about their plans, or capture another Volturi with the required knowledge," I began, "then we essentially have two months to complete our goals."

"Two months to complete the revelation?" Bill asked incredulously. "That's not even close to a good idea."

"I'm fully aware of that," I concurred. "It's obvious that Suffolk event had a two-sided outcome."

"For sure, man," Bill said. "The Suffolk attack has left us in the worse position possible for attempting a revelation. By having an unexplained incident, at least unexplained to the humans, and then having us come out of hiding shortly after? It doesn't take a genius to know that the humans will put two and two together, even if we aren't responsible. The Volturi knew what they were doing by launching this attack against our goals."

"So then our goals change," I said. "Until we can stabilize the situation in our favor, we cannot have a revelation, at least for now. We need to now focus solely on gathering our numbers, and finding out what we can about where and how the Volturi are going to launch their next attacks."

"This is foolishness!" Edemeé shouted out, much to Aennik and Sarah's chagrin. "If it's obvious that these Volturi are gonna keep killing humans because you're actively fighting against them, then you need to stop what you're doing so that no other humans are harmed."

"You would yield to a bully?" I asked, raising and eyebrow.

"A bully that, by your own admission, has the capacity to do whatever, or kill whoever, they want," Edemeé said angrily. "You guys are in way over your heads if you can defeat such a large force with what you have now. And by continuing going against them, you are simply going to make things worse. Are you willing to have a few more thousand human lives on your hands?"

"That is not only an overly simplistic view of the situation," Lydia quipped in, "but incredibly narrow-minded. For you to place the blame on us for something someone else has completely control of, is exactly like cutting off an arm to solve a bug bite. If anything, this should give you more insight on how much the Volturi are willing to go to maintain their control, and give you better incentive to stand against them."

"'Stand against them?!'" Edemeé nearly laughed. "Why would any of us have a reason to fight them, let alone side you with? I don't care what you say, I still think you guys are the blame for letting humans die in this Suffolk place."

Lydia suddenly stood up and said, "Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch." Without another word, she left the foyer, leaving Edemeé unable to respond to her, and looking annoyed.

"What is it with you," Ty began, "that allows you to come into another person's place and act like you're the queen of the universe? I've met you for a short time and I can already share Lydia's sentiment, seeing as how insensitive you are of the whole situation."

"Who'd you think...?"

"Enough," I said firmly, cutting off Edemeé. "It's obvious right from the start that you harbor strong prejudice against vampires, and are against even being in our presence, let alone work with us. But yet none of that has been returned to you, Edemeé. Everyone here has, or at least attempted, to show you the same respect that I've come to expect from Sarah, and now Aennik."

"It's the lack of thought from you part," she began, "all your part, that I have a problem with. You're already seeing the results of typical vampire reflex brought down upon human lives. Just think about what burden you'd be putting on the humans if you do succeed in your revelation. It would be better if you didn't even exist at all."

"It's not just revealing our existence to the humans, it's...it's more than that," I blurted out. "The Sizewell incident, it's by far not the first time vampires have brought suffering to humans, think of the amount of people taken away from their loved ones, either killed or turned, unable to go back to the ones they cared so much about. And the ones that've turned? With their lives frozen for eternity, desires waned, and solitude almost certain, would you wish death upon them for something they had no control over? This revelation is a chance for us to regain control, to regain choice, and to reunite, and who are you to deny that to us, based on your outdated beliefs? If you so dearly hold these beliefs, then you join the fools who have been unable to see past religion and superstition and look to reality. Know that to many vampires, they never had a choice. They are human victims, and it should be within your moral code to defend them as willingly your own comrade, or a human!"

Edemeé became speechless as I continued, "You have much to learn if you are to generalize us all as the same, bloodthirsty villains that the Volturi would want us all to be. We are working to improve ourselves, to attempt to assimilate back into the human race by offering them the knowledge that we are well enough not to feed upon them, to eliminate the reasons why they should fear us. I still can't believe that even within the supernatural community, that there has been rampant racism, especially coming from someone as young as you. You have no place to lecture any of us on how we act when you can't even reel in your own."

Silence had fallen over the foyer, as it was clear Edemeé didn't want to speak anymore, and Aennik and Sarah looked quite beside themselves over Edemeé's behavior. Finally, Sarah spoke up and said, "If we can't convince Annika and the rest of the council to stand behind you, then I will alone. The more knowledge I gain here, the more I see that things in the outside world are quite as removed from us as we thought. And there is, of course, no guarantee that the Volturi wouldn't come against us, our tribe. I believe we must work together."

"As do I," Aennik said. "I'm already outside the borders under loophole, so as long as I stay out, then I am outside most of the laws that would confine me to the tribe. I too will stand with you."

I nodded at both of them and said, "I really do appreciate your help, I feel we'll need it. But we need a plan, and fast. The longer we sit around here, the closer the Volturi get to pulling all the strings."

"There's one thing to note," Brett said. "You, Jasican, are probably the only variable the Volturi can't account for. Aro may have seen your powers, but he wouldn't have any idea how much power you have gained, nor the control you now wield over it. It was enough to send their entire coven fleeing back to Volterra, and whether we want to admit how much strength they have or not, you have, to the least, scared Aro enough to prevent him from finishing what he started here. He's now using plans that were previously formed to try and get you to back down."

"Not to mention that these plans were probably meant for Godric," Ty added, "should he be the one to discover Raymond's betrayal."

"Aro would be dealing with an unknown, just like we are to him," Micah said.

"So then we need to take that unknown and stretch it as far as it will allow us," I concluded. "We need some outside-the-box thinking here."

"What do you suggest?" Zoe asked.

I took a moment to think before I looked to Godric's office briefly. I sped in there to snag the large world map on his desk and brought it into the table at the center of the foyer. "The first day I was here, we were discussing where the best places to find willing vampires to join us would be. The consensus was that we would try for the better known covens spread all over the world, making for easy numbers. However, this approach probably would have worked better if Raymond had not been around to hinder Godric."

"Godric did credit him for gaining what allies we had now," Bill said. "I'm sure he would have had a better time persuading vampires to turn away from us rather than join us. There probably would have been dozens that we could have easily have join us, but Raymond probably kept the numbers at a few in order to convince Godric he was an effective ally."

I looked down at the map. I hadn't given it much though since I've been here, but I had initially noticed that there were various marks all over the map, the greatest concentration being in the United States. The markers held various shapes, from circles, to dots, to Xs. I could immediately guess that the Xs were places where vampires had refuse Godric, or if he couldn't find them. I asked, "What's the difference between the circles and dots?"

"The dots are confirmed places we managed to recruit vampires," Zoe said, "and the circles are places where we have either made contact, and will soon attempt to recruit, or where our information places the best possible locations for them."

I did a quick count, and found that many of the circles were all over the world. "Godric had figured that gathering vampires on an international level would better our chances at uniting the vampires still unsure about our goals," Zoe said.

"Hmm, I agree that should be the case, however, time is not on our side, and we need to move quickly to bolster our numbers." I looked grimly at everyone and said, "Chances are, Raymond is right, and our continued dissidence will result in war. Our best chance would be to find out where Godric and Raymond failed to gather vampires here locally and try again to convince them to join us. Suffolk can be our rallying cry."

"And to stopping the Volturi attacks?" Jacob asked.

I looked to Alice and asked, "Would you be able to see where any of the Volturi would be?"

"I've been trying to, but most of them have blocked my visions effectively," she replied. "I haven't been able to see Aro, Caius, Marcus, or any of the Guard for a while now, despite my best efforts."

"How about younger Volturi members?" I asked. "Could you see them?"

Alice closed her eyes for moment. "Forgive me, you'll have to wait. I have a lot to sort through."

I nodded and continued, "If we can find a lower member of the Volturi who may be accompanying a Guard member or someone of the hierarchy, then either I or Edward my be able to gather information from their minds and determine where they'll next strike. I know it's risky, but I should be able to use my powers to subdue them."

"I have one!" Alice said in excitement. "His name is Samuel and he's accompanying Caius and Demitri out of Volterra too..." She trailed off.

"Alice, what?" I asked.

"Their path takes them to South America, where I had found Nahuel and his family," she finished.

"Fuck," I grunted. "Well, then that cements our first destination. Have you any idea how soon?"

She closed her eyes once more and said, "Best I can get is a week's time. From the tone I'm getting, it's a lower priority decision, so there isn't too much I can see from that."

"Alright, then we need to assemble a team to make way down south as quickly as possible," I said. "Do you remember where you found him?"

"Around the norther Chile area," Alice said. "I basically searched until my visions were blocked. Since I know the general area, it shouldn't take me as long to find them."

"You'll probably be dealing with another half-dozen Volturi along with the other three," Carlisle spoke up.

"Right, so the team will consist of myself, Jacob, Alice, Micah, Bill, and Edward, after he gets back," I replied. "I'll add an addition six or seven to join us. We'll then split into two groups once we get there, one group will have the location of the coven and make contact with them. The other group, which I will lead, will intercept Caius through Alice's visions of this Samuel fellow and secure them to gain more information on stopping these future attacks planned."

"Well, what if they refuse to join us?" Sarah asked.

I heard a throat clear and I turned my attention to Reneesme, who was standing quite still at this point. "I am aware that he's the only other vampire hybrid we've encountered, and vice versa with me, so I believe that with my presence, reminding Nahuel of what he had to stand up for before, will be enough should he not be swayed."

"I appreciate your help," I responded in kind. "Will this be a problem, Bella?"

"Edward will be with you, so I'm fine, but I'm trusting you to do exactly what Edward and Jasican say," Bella said sternly, turning to her daughter. "Don't make me regret sending you, please."

"Of course, Mom," she replied with a hint of annoyance.

"And what would you have the rest of the coven do?" Zoe asked.

I looked back at the map and said, "We need to try and locate any vampires close to here, and convince them to join us as well. How familiar are you," I addressed everyone, "with any other vampires that may be close to here, within, say, three-hundred miles?"

"Hmm," Carlisle began, "there aren't too many that pass by up here, seeing how sparsely populated it is. There was a coven created in Seattle almost ten years ago, comprised entirely of newborns, but unfortunately, they were all destroyed."

"Is there a chance that someone was left behind, or had escaped?" I asked.

"It's possible, but as they were all created by one, it would have been more than likely they all went with her when they invaded Forks," Carlisle said. "I can't see Victoria caring enough about whom she created to notice someone may have escaped."

"It sounds really remote," I said. "I wouldn't want to commit too many vampires for what may be a wild goose chase. But if there is credible evidence that someone from this coven survived destruction and is roaming around Washington, then see if they can be persuaded to join us. Maybe even lead us to others he could have found. Until then," I turned back to Zoe, "see if you can hit a few of these areas," I pointed at the mass of circles and Xs within the North American area, "and find any who are willing. You're free to use whomever is here, as Second, but make sure I'm made aware of everything."

"Of course," Zoe replied.

"As soon as Edward returns with the Denali Coven," I began, "we'll make the arrangements to fly to Chile first chance we get. And we have to move quickly, because I shutter to think what may come if we don't stop the Volturi next time."