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Before you look and see Adair's point of view and stop reading, part of the base ball scene IS in this chapter.

Chapter 21 - Static

Adair Summers

I sat back as Tristan fed, my back leaning against the cave wall as the fire in my throat raged on. I coughed slightly, but it only seemed to make it worse. As one of the others drew closer to my brother, eyeing his food, I lurched forward with a menacing growl. The vampire hissed back, and I crouched in front of my twin as he gained his strength, flexing my fingers like claws. I snarled, letting my teeth show and shine in the dim light of our cave. The vampire drew back, face angry and irritated. He slunk back into the shadows, traveling down to his nook of the cave.

"Brother?" My twin's soft voice called, and I turned quickly. He was a mess, his black hair matted with grease and blood. Crimson red was splattered over his torn clothes and pale skin. I'm sure that I was none better.

Tristan lay down on the dirt, pushing the drained body away from him, "I don't like this..."

I nodded in understanding, and whipped around as one of our two watchers traveled into our nest, a torch in hand. His red eyes looked at us, and he traveled further into our little corner of the cave. I hissed pressing Tristan into the wall as the older vampire drew near. He didn't stop nearing us, and he took my chin in his hand. I struggled with a small hiss as he tilted my head to the light, examining my pitch black eyes. He frowned, and whispered, "You've been giving him your feedings." His accusation was right. Tristan needed the substance more then me, no matter how disgusting it was.

He changed from gripping my chin to my arm, and pulled me forward. I growled, pulling out of his grip easily. The man took a flask from his belt, and took hold of my neck. I hardly struggled as the smell hit my nose, and I heard Tristan dry swallow from behind me. The man put it to my lips and tilted it upwards. Crimson flowed from the bottle and into my mouth, easily sliding down my throat as I swallowed. Once the flask was empty, the man dropped me to the floor and put it back to his belt.

"Keep your strengths up and take your own feedings, or James will be very angry," The man warned threateningly and left to check on the others stuck in this hell hole.

Tristan huddled against me, terrified. Neither of us could truthfully remember anything, just that we were not supposed to be here. That we weren't supposed to be this.

Bella Swan

Alice danced over to me, smiling as she pulled a baseball cap on over my head. I blinked, pulling the bill up enough for me to be able to see. She beamed at me, and danced towards their rented cars. She seated herself into a yellow Porsche, Jasper sitting next to her. The Cullens took off as I slid into a black Mercedes, provided by the Volturi. Caius and I sat in the back, Demetri and Felix in the front. A silver Mercedes pulled up next to us, Alec and Jane in the front seats. Heidi gave me a small smirk and wave from the back as both cars took off.

I leaned into Caius as scenery went past us at a reasonable speed, and my stomach churned. I regretted this terribly, but I had to do it. I had to get over this hill that not only me, but every one else had created. They had already taken their hike over, and the only thing left to do what for me to swallow my sorrows and make the climb.

Caius moved his arm around my waist, looking straight ahead of him as he drew me closer. He knew I was nervous, by either being around me so long or I was just that obvious. I put my head on his shoulder, smiling softly.

Demetri and Felix were snickering at us in the front seat, but sobered up quiet fast when they missed a turn following the Cullens and Caius snapped at them. Usually, I would flinch at any harsh tone coming from him, but this time I stayed calm as he lurched forward to give them a 'strongly voiced comment' as I call it. I merely raised an eyebrow at the three, before smiling.

The scenery changed from Volterra, to woods. The cars began to shake slightly as we rolled through a forest trail. We pulled into a decent sized clearing, parking next to Alec and Jane. I stepped from the car, and suddenly took the time to smile at the jeans I was provided with. They were comfortable, much more in my element then the dresses the Volturi women wear. I zipped up my black jacket, not wanting to catch it on anything while playing.

Caius leaned against the car, watching me as I looked around the clearing. I loved this familiar sense of home that it gave. Images of Forks and my old friends there flashed through my mind, and I smiled happily. I looked over to Caius, and asked him happily, "Are you sure you don't want to play?"

He nodded his head, and reached an arm out towards me. I stepped forward as he gently pulled me in by the back of my head, tucking my head under his chin as his arms wrapped around my waist. I pressed my lips to his jaw line before he pulled back, removing one arm to brush my bangs from my face. I smiled at him wearily, before slowly breaking away and turning.

Emmett, who was walking past with a bag full of bats, saw me looking around with uncertainty flashing in my eyes, and boomed a laugh. He was near me in a second, and I had to tilt my head to look up at him. He pulled a bat from the bag and tossed it to me. I caught it swiftly, and his face dropped slightly, "Man, if I would've done that when you were still human you probably would've gotten splinter in the eye."

To his surprise, I chuckled slightly, and walked around him, "Probably, and you would've gotten a good laugh out of that."

He laughed once more, and followed me across the clearing. I stood next to Demetri and Alec, watching as the Cullens began to set up the mats. I offered aloud to help, but Esme turned and smiled at me, saying that they were almost done. I nodded, and watched as everyone got ready.

Suddenly, I felt someone pull my hat off. I blinked, and looked up, only to see Caius replacing my hat with a different one. I raised an eyebrow, and took it off. I looked at the black hat in my hands, and faced the front towards me. I almost laughed when I saw a fabric, golden Volturi crest on the front. Caius tossed Alice the Cullen hat, and she merely smiled.

"Why do you have these? You could not have made them in the hour we were at castle," I said, pulling the hat back on my head.

"We've played against the Cullens before, and Aro liked their little idea about their own jackets and hats," Demetri said as he whipped out his own hat from his jacket and put it on his head backwards, just like Emmett currently had his. Felix let his jacket drop to ground, and I was surprised to see it for some reason. Mostly because the Volturi always wear extremely nice clothing, never really do much, so it was different to see them getting dirty in a way that didn't involve blood. He put his hat on his head, forward, and smirked slightly.

Alec shrugged off his own jacket, throwing it onto Felix's, and pulled a thinner black jacket on that was given to him by Jane. It was pitch black, with cut off sleeves and a golden Volturi crest 'V' over the heart.

Caius, still standing behind me, reached around me and pulled the zipper of my jacket down. If I could blush, I would have. My breath caught in my throat, and I stood still as Caius unzipped my jacket and gently pulled my arms from it. Now, clad in just a white button up shirt, I wondered why Caius just stole my jacket. My question was answered when Caius slid my arms into a sleeveless black vest. He let me zip it myself, seeing as I was a bit flustered from before, and I smiled at the Volturi crest over my heart.

I put my arm around Caius's waist, giving him a small hug, "Thank you."

Placing my feet down, I readied my bat. Alice winked at me, before winding up. She lifted her leg, brought it down, and let the ball fly. My eyes were trained on the ball as I brought my bat forward, hearing a loud crack of thunder as the ball smashed against my bat and sent splinters flying. I dropped the bat and took off, watching out of the corner of my eyes as Emmett and Jasper took off into the woods after my ball. I soared from first base, a smile on my face.

Just as my foot tapped second, a ball touched my shoulder. I faltered, and we all looked towards Esme as Edward held the ball against my shoulder. She smiled, and called out to us, "Safe!"

I looked over my shoulder at Edward, and he caught my eyes as he tossed the ball to Alice. I looked away, at Demetri, who was up to bat. I cheered, and he smirked. He puffed out his chest, and I rolled my eyes at his large ego.

The game continued to rotate around, and everyone was actually having a good time. I was having a good time. When I was up to bat again, my ball went off course slightly, and I cursed as Edward took off after it. I tried to work my newborn speed, but I wasn't used to running. After my change I had spent all of my time in the Volturi castle, not outside and running.

I was just about to hit second, when a force made me stumble. I barrel rolled twice and was back on my feet in an instant, confused. Edward stood a few feet away, where I had been, his crooked grin I used to love in place as he twirled the baseball on his pointer finger. Realization hit me, and I blinked. Did he really just push me?

"I'm in."

We all looked towards Caius, who had a fire in his eyes that unsettled me. This couldn't turn out well.

Piper: Edward's being Jerkward right now. I dunno if I'll make him get over it or if he'll stay Jerkward and just have to deal with Bella and Caius being mates.

OH! I have a question for you guys. Nothing important to the story, but it's about Twilight and I know you guys love that!

QUESTION: Ok, how do you guys pronounce Aro's name? I pronounce it 'Air-oh', this one girl I know keeps telling me that it's 'Are-oh'. When I went to see Eclipse, I swear I heard them pronounce his name 'Air-oh'. I say it like saying 'Arrow'.

Tell me how you pronounce if you review, which I hope you will! Thanks for reading this chapter!