Chapter 20:

Until We Meet Again

"They're coming…" I said pacing back and forth staring into the giant clouds of black smoke that was blocking the sun rise. I continued to scan in hopes to see her, or a sign of her but I could see or smell nothing then vampire flesh and smoke. More worry casted over me now when I heard jodi's heart beat and whimper behind me.

"Seth, get Jodi out of here! Latia and myself will be fine! go" I said waving him on but he didn't budge. He huffed and whimpered as he also looked through the smoke.

"Rena is ok… she'll be fine… just go…." I said trying not to let him see through my lies. I didn't know if she was ok, or where she was. My main concern was making sure that we convince the Volturi that we handled everything and there is no need for them to be part of this. I was worried for this would be the first time I have ever had an encounter with them; hopefully the last. My thoughts were completely scattered and I was mainly worried about Rena, but for now I had to focus.

The sounds of agonizing moans suddenly caught my attention and I turned to face Boian. What once was a massive beast was now and naked bloody mess of a man on the ground. the moon was no longer in the sky which meant his time as the strong beast was now up. I quickly glanced over to Seth who was now pacing back and forth whimpering even louder.

"Seth! GET JODI AND BOIAN OUT OF HERE!" I glanced over to the twins who seemed scared and were attempting to back away, but I quickly made sure they didn't go anywhere. I zoomed over and grabbed them by their necks.

"Unless you two want to be killed by the Volturi, I suggest you stay with us… plus we got some questions for you… so stay close to my two friends here…" I said as I shoved them over to Seth who was now throwing Boian onto his back.

I nodded my head to Seth as he stared into my eyes; knowing what he was asking I had to lie again. Latia grabbed my hand to get my attention, but the sudden emotions that hit me now caused me to focus on my powers more. Confusion, disappointment and anger were strong in the three vampires who were now on the other side of the giant smoke stack. It was them, I felt them and so did Latia. This was it…

I turned and saw that the others were nowhere in sight, and I could no longer smell them. Latia tensed as she saw something in the smoke stack. I looked on and saw them as well. The three vampires wore long black hooded cloaks and all walked in unison. There were two males and a female and seemed as still as statues. Their faces not exposed just yet for the shadow from the smoke was still casted on them. Their scents now breezed by us as the wind picked up pace; I would now forever have their scents in my mind for any future reference. Their dance like glide came to a halt about 50 feet away from us and slowly they removed their hoods.

The tallest one who stood in the middle, caught my attention first. His deep almost burgundy eyes glared at Latia and myself; an occasional sparkle flickered from his chalky and slightly olive colored skin as beams of the rising sun hit it. His dark and wavy hair didn't move in the wind; none of their hair did. The two vampires on either side of him were short and both seemed to look quite young at the point of their transformation. To his right stood the young boyish vampire with straight dark hair and burgundy eyes. I could tell that he came to cause some damage and his gift might be a lethal one.

To the left of the taller vampire stood a short female vampire; at first glance I almost gasped. The rough and somewhat fresh scar that lined her neck was enough to draw a lot of attention to her. her hair was pulled into a tight bun and she seemed irritated by my staring. The three of them looked very confused and stared at us as if they were waiting for us to speak; we didn't.

"Your names!" Said the short male. Latia looked at me and I nodded for her to speak. I caught the stir of fear in her; it was strong. She was new to being a vampire and knew nothing of the Volturi.

"My.. my name is Latia, this is my good friend Noah." The three Volturi members nodded and glanced over to me. the tall one spoke now.

"What happened here, what part of this did you play?" he asked.

"a nomad vampire by the name of Christian ran this compound. He was a scientist of sorts, who was creating an army of vampires." I answered now.

"an army of vampires? This is old… its been done before, no vampire would be foolish to try such a thing." The tall one spoke

"This was no normal army" Latia said.

"The doctor… scientist, whatever you want to call him, was creating these vampires via injection using a spiced up venom. He never bit his victims." She added.

"Spiced up venom? How?" asked the female vampire.

"That we don't know." I cut in. I had to lie for if we explained the vampire human evolution and the strengths in its venom, they would know about Rena.

"What is your evolvement? How did you learn of this?" asked the short vampire.

"Well, my friend Latia here, used to work for a camp site in which Christian used to recruit young and fit teenagers. She stumbled across the entire operation and attempted to flee, but they were on to her. instead of killing her, they made her one of them, said it would make her suffer more then death itself." I explained.

"after killing a human, I hated myself, so I made it a mission to take down the project. I came across Noah, and he agreed to help."

"How many were in this army?" asked the tall one.

"At least 100" I answered.

"you two, alone, took down an entire army of 'spiced' up vampires AND the creator and still managed to blow the building up?" the female asked.

"We were not alone…" Latia began to answer but I quickly shot her a look. Letting too much detail out would get us killed.

The tall one stepped forward now and looked at me. his fierce gaze caused me to tense up as I awaited for him to speak.

"Something you would like to tell us?" he asked. suddenly a voice appeared in my head, it was the voice of ditto.

"There are two others in the woods on the other side of the compound, both of which ahave mind reading powers." She must have been using a telepaths power… could I ask her a question using my mind?

"Yes, but answer Demetri's question… and lie!" she said. Demetri must have been the tall one.

"I hide nothing. We came with some other nomad vampires who had nothing to lose, they died in the explosion." I answered quickly.

"How did you survive this, explosion?" the female asked. I hesitated before answering for I was still staring into Demetri's eyes. He looked frustrated that he didn't know whether I was lying or not.

"Me… I saved us, I can teleport." Latia answered. Ditto must have explained it to her as well, for she no longer looked confused and scared. She now looked like she was taking directions.

"So you just left them to die? Kind of rude isn't it?" the female asked.

"She wants a fight, she seeks revenge, her name is Farah. The other young one is Alec." Ditto said in my head.

"You see, we brought the nomads but they were quickly losing, so once Christian set the building for self destruct, I teleported us out." Latia said. The three vampires, including Demetri now glanced over to her.

"So your mission was unsuccessful?" he asked.

"Yes. Very, it seems that Christian may have more then just this compound running, this one was full of defective vampires who were either killing themselves or dying off. The ones who were strong enough to fight, fought hard and very well. With gifts that were incredibly unexpected." I explained.

"So he escaped?" Demetri asked now.

"Yes he did, in a helicopter." I answered. Latia stepped up and continued to explain what happened. She mention Amanda and Lysander and explained to them how strong they were. I took the opportunity to ask ditto more questions.

'Ditto, how are you doing this?'

'one of the other Volturi who are hiding in the woods, its his gift, Charles is blocking them while I mimic their powers. Don't worry though, we are also using a gift of another vampire I've met to make them believe your story' she answered.

'how do I know you wont use this same power on us when we talk to you?' I asked.

'your gift is not affected by the lying one… you read emotions, so the lie would be seen.'

'unless Charles blocks my powers'

'we could always be interrogated separately if you'd like…. Just for now trust us, we want no part of the Volturi, and you seem to be our only way out of this.' She seemed very honest now.

'ok. Whats the other vampires ability then?' I asked

'he is a seeker, he brought them here. Very weak almost useless, hence why he's hiding out.'

'you said that farah seeks revenge? on whom?' I asked.

'im trying to read her, but cant for some reason, she's doing a very good job on hiding her thoughts, it could be because im using multiple powers at once.'

'well then stop communicating and focus on her, wherever they are going to get her vengeance I want to avoid'

I was then interrupted by Demetri who no longer seemed to be as angry, he must have been believing her story.

"Well, its ashame my leader couldn't come to see exactly what went down, but you seem to be telling the truth. Your gifts could be very useful to us however; Have you ever thought about joining the Volturi? You would be part of a group of leaders and very powerful ones at that"

"I doubt you would allow me to continue my vegetarian diet Demetri, plus Latia is more of a nomad herself." Demetri looked shocked that I knew his name. he smiled at me and came a tad bit closer.

"Ahh, your familiar with whom I am are you? The golden colored eyes should have told me this already. Im guessing your either close with the Denali clan, or… the cullens." He asked with an eveil tone behind his voice.

"I was brought onto the diet by the Cullen's; Carlisle helped me become better at my craft and sent me on my way. My associations with them end there." I said not wanting them to think I was out to defy them in any way.

"I See, well then one job ends, another begins. Alec, note that this, Christian, is still on the lose and we seek to destroy him. Farah, my dear…. Shall we handle the rest of your business?" he asked as he looked on to her.

'RENA! SHE SEEKS REVENGE ON Rena! THEY'RE GOING TO YOUR ISLAND! THE OTHER TWO ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY!' ditto now broke through my thoughts. My face turned into panic but I quickly shook it off. I glanced over to Latia who also looked panicked but soon changed to numb.

"Well, it was very… pleasant meeting you two. Do expect a visit from the Volturi; I'm sure Aro will insist you join us." Demetri said as he began to walk away.

"Yes, gifts like yours should not go to waste…" Alec said as he and the other two Volturi disappeared into the smoke.

We didn't move until we knew for sure they were gone; even then I waited to see if Rena would reappear. I looked over to Latia who looked distracted.

"we should get back to the others." I said.

"What about Rena?" she asked. I didn't know what to say to her at this point, i didn't know if she survived the blast. She looked at me and then grabbed my hand.

"They're waiting." She said as she then teleported us from where we stood, to where the others were. As soon as we got there I noticed the two very naked men standing there waiting for us to say we found Rena.

"Noah… I have to go back and look for her. we can't leave her there!" Seth said as he tried to run passed me to go back down the mountain towards the billowing clouds of smoke. I grabbed his arm and he glared at me as if to say let go.

"Seth, the Volturi would have smelled her if she was down there… think about it." I said.

"You mean they would have smelled her if she was alive…." He said as the tears began to weld up in his eyes. His words even caused me to choke up… the thought of losing her was very heart breaking but something deep inside told me she was alive. I looked over to Jodi who was still crying and I walked over to her and hugged her.

"She's going to be okay…" I said as she sobbed in my neck. I looked over to Boian and Seth, who were both standing naked in the snow and knew we had to get them clothed. So many thoughts and emotions were running through my mind just then that I almost missed a sudden jolt that hit me. i couldn't understand how, but I felt Rena just then. I felt her tell me she was ok… how? I looked over to Ditto who felt it too.

"She's alive… SHES ALIVE." I said now standing up. Seth turned around and looked at me confused.

"How do you know that? Do you smell her? feel her?" he asked now looking around now.

"no… she just… somehow communicated with me. … we have to go!"

"Go where?" Boian asked.

"I don't know" I said. I couldn't explain it, but it felt as if I were connected to her and I was being drawn to where she was; wherever that was.

I picked up Jodi and we all ran as fast as we could back towards where we left our cars. No one asked where we were going, they just followed anyway. We made it down the mountain very fast; Jodi was scared to death but she made it down alright. we continued running and made it to the river where our cars was parked. As I got closer i suddenly caught the smell of vampires and noticed that our cars were no longer alone. On the beaches sand next to Rena's Maseratti, was a yellow Porsche; alongside my car, was a black Mercedes.

Lined up in front of the vehicles, were four vampires, Rena being one of them. I was so happy to see her that I couldn't help but smile. Seth ran passed me and leaped over the river and into her arms. the other three vampires I recognized very well; Carlisle had come with Alice and Jasper. We leaped over the river and I set down Jodi. excited, she ran and leaped onto Rena and Seth, interrupting their kiss. Alice threw some cloths to Boian who immediately began to dress. As Seth dressed himself Rena came up to me and hugged me. I almost didn't want to let her go for I really did miss her; on top of truly being worried.

"Are you ok? Where did you go?"

"Well, as the building exploded, I was thrown into the trees; more explosions went off I was in a race to get away from the fires. When I got to the top of the mountain top I watched as the fires burned on.. until I saw them. The Volturi were coming from the distance and I recognized the one. she was the on I killed in the woods the first time I saw Boian transform into a wolf. I thought Boian had finished her off, but he hadn't. I instantly knew where they would go after they were done interrogating you. So I made a mad dash for home, I had to destroy the house and any scent of us. If they arrived and smelled you there they would then come after you.

When I arrived, I was greeted by Carlisle, Alice and Jasper. They saw that the Volturi would come after me at the house and came to demolish it as well. We set the house on fire and made it here as fast as possible." Rena explained.

"We apologize for the lost of your home, but we already have a replacement for you set up. its not quite ready yet, but for now you can stay in forks with us." Alice said.

"Yes your more then welcome to stay with us until the house is complete, but we must go, the police and choppers will be here shortly to put out the fire in the mountains." Carlisle said. we agreed that we should go and all got in our cars. As I looked over to the twins, they were nervous and hesitant on where to go. Alice danced over to them and kneeled down.

"Hi my name is alice, im very happy to meet you. We have some questions for you and need you to cooperate. You'll be fine and a nice addition to our family." She said with a huge smile on her face. confused, we all shot looks between one another; she must have seen something about them that we did not.

As we all got in our cars and watched each other pull out, I couldn't help but still worry, for the simple fact that the man who was responsible for all of this pain, and suffering. The man responsible for bringing me into the world, is still out there, and wants to take over the world. We would not let this happen; both Rena and myself would do everything in our power to stop him… we would kill him at all costs…