Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for! Finally we will see some sweet revenge, with much more to come later down the line. There is also some sweet bonding between Amelia and Bella at the end. Hope you enjoy! Please review if you do.
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Not long after my breakdown Aro enters the room, taking over Felix's role of holding me. By then I am already calmed down for the most part.
"Arrangements have been made, my love. They are locked up, and the Major has already confirmed that he wants to join us. Rosalie is staying until her mate is released. "
I nod and take a deep breath. "Good… I hope she won't hate me for punishing Emmett."
I sit up. Aro kisses me gently. "It will all be fine, my love. You did very good. "
I smile. "It was, in a way therapeutic. There is no doubt in my mind anymore."
We sit there on the ground for a few minutes more, in comfortable silence. I stand up when I have found the strength to do so.
"It's time for punishment…Felix, summon Jane, tell her to meet me at Emmett's cell first."
Felix nods and departs. Aro kisses me. "Promise me you won't lose yourself… They are not worth it. "
I smile and kiss him back deeply. "I swear. "
I straighten out my clothes and leave, taking the stairs down to the dark dungeons, where vampire prisoners were kept. For a human it would be pitch black.
As I expected, Emmett is in the lowest security area. He sits on a bench in his cell, leaning back against the wall. He cracks a strained smile at me. I sigh.
"This won't take long…I promise. " He just nods, turning around on the bench to face his back to me. I almost tear up when I realize why: he is trying to make it easier. For me.
I silently wrap my shield around him, restraining him. I set pressure on his back, and slowly start to see it crack. Emmett grunts, but tries to keep silent.
I can not torture him for too long. I simply can't, no matter how much I should want to. In less then ten minutes I let him go, after having done no real damage. He will heal without scarring.
Emmett is breathing rapidly, struggling to ignore the pain of his shattered back. I enter his cell and crouch beside him, looking down. "I'm sorry…It had to be done…"
Emmett looks at me for a few seconds, then wraps me in a tight bear hug. I smile and relax. "I'm sorry too, Bells. Can I still join the Volturi? I need something different. I need to learn how real vampires work"
I chuckle and wiggle out of his grasp. "Of course. Go find Aro, let him touch you, and he will appoint you a place in the guard. Though talk with Rose about it first. "
He nods, getting up, putting his shirt back on and leaving. Jane looks at me with worry, but for now I ignore it, moving on deeper into the dungeon. Esme is next.
Esme's cell is different from Emmett's. It is a lot smaller, barely enough to lay down in. There is no bench, and no light on the ceiling. Esme is quietly sobbing in a corner, stripped from her clothes and dignity, and chained down by her ankles.
Carlisle is in the cell across, with clear view of her. He is trying to soothe her and calm her down, but she is ignoring him. Could their mating bond be breaking down?
That thought makes me grin. I silence Carlisle quickly by crushing his wind pipe, then Enter Esme's cell. She curls up into a tighter ball, but that is quickly fixed by a blast from Jane's power. She wails in pain, writhing until she is flat on the ground.
I force her to look at me. "Pathetic." I shape my shield into a spike and thrust it through her chest, making a hole open up. She screams and arches, trashing in vain and only tearing the hole bigger.
"Do you feel that, Esme? That is the pain I felt, every single day. That is what you did to your daughter. "
I push another spike through her stomach. "Hunger pains, because I would not, could not eat. "
Another spike, through her wrist. "The constant ache of my scar, which I took so you and your family would not be hurt."
I start to crack her skull. Terror and grief swirl in her teary eyes. "Constant grief…mysery…"
Torturing Esme is a lot more satisfying then hurting Emmett. As me and Jane work together, interchanging physical and mental pain I make sure she knows of every moment I have suffered.
Soon I switch up my torture, using my teeth to tear chunks out of her, ensuring she will scar badly. She deserves it.
I play with her for a good two hours, and make sure Carlisle sees and hears every second of it. When She stops screaming and begging I start to get bored, so I move on to Carlisle. I have no more words to say to him, especially considering he already heard my tale.
He gives me the look of a disappointed parent. I growl in annoyance and throw him down, flat on the ground.
The his torture is cold and clinical at first. Jane and I take turns torturing, starting to break down both his body and mind by our gifts, nails and teeth.
He tries not to scream, but soon gives in, making his pain be heard.
We drain his venom out, weakening him, making sure he becomes hungry much sooner.
After about three hours I send Jane away to retrieve a human. Carlisle gasps when he sees the young man, and begs us to let him go. I just laugh, cutting the human's wrist with my nail, and offering it to Carlisle.
"You can still save him, Carlisle… " I purr, grinning as I hold the struggling human. "You can end his misery, quick and easy…All you have to do is feed."
He shakes his head frantically, pain in his eyes. I laugh. "You truly are pathetic. You should not even be called a vampire. "
I sink my teeth into the human's neck, then drop him to the floor. Carlisle tries to get to him, no doubt to help, but I pin him just out of reach. "No! you monster!"
I snort. "You are the monster here, Carlisle. Not me. You could have shown him mercy. You could have ended it. All you had to do was give in to your true nature."
Jane grins, using her gift on the human, making him scream that much louder. The venom is starting to really course through him, past the point of being able to be sucked out him without draining him. I step out of the cell, then release him from my shield.
"I will leave him here for about a day. If he is not drained when I return he will be killed, and a human will take his place. Choose wisely, Carlisle."
I feel too drained to deal with the last of the Cullens, so I instruct Jane to have her fun on the yet untouched vampires, and have another guard there for the physical damage.
I put my hood up and depart, feeling relieved, yet also tired. My hands and face itch from the venom that has been splattered on them.
I depart to my rooms, wanting to clean up. Instead I find Amelia curled up on my bed, being held by Leah in human form, and cuddled by Seth in wolf form. Aro is at his desk, and smiles at me briefly, but otherwise leaves me alone.
Amelia has that look in her eyes. The same look I had, a few weeks after they left. Pained, forced emptiness. She is already further along in her grief. Perhaps because she already knows the truth. I am determined to help her heal.
I take off my cloak, tossing it over a chair. Leah and Seth crinkle their nose.
"How did you two end up here?" I ask as I start taking the pins from my hair at my vanity. I keep my eye on them from the mirror. Leah sits up to answer. "We heard her crying. We just had to help"
I smile and nod. "Very good. She needs some warm blooded friends while recovering. Has she eaten?"
She is stirring, responding to our talking. "Not yet. We tried though "
I sigh. "Aro, would you go get some food? I want to try."
He nods, getting up. I go to the bed and make Seth scooch over. I pull Amelia into my lap, not caring that she is wrinkling my dress. I run my hand down her back steadily.
"It will all work out, Amelia. I promise. I know it hurts…you just have to push through. You can survive this."
She buries her face into my stomach. I smell her tears as they start to well up as she whimpers.
"Good girl, just let it all out. Allow yourself to feel, and it wont hurt for as long…"
Aro enters with the food soon after, and I motion for him to put it on the bedside table. Leah, Seth and me hold her for a good half hour, offering as much comfort as we can. When her tears start to come with less intensity Seth wiggles his nose under her arm and licks her face, making her laugh through her tears.
I help her sit up, and wipe the tear tracks from her cheeks. "everything will be okay, Amelia. "
She blushes and looks away. I hand her a plate of rice and veggies. "Here, eat. It helps. "
She takes it and starts eating, staring down at her plate. I just watch her. Though the food smells revolting to me now, she seems to enjoy it.
After she has eaten a good bit, I speak again. "Sadly we have some things to discuss. "
She looks up at me nervously and swallows her bite. "Are you going to kill me?"
I shake my head. "That is not my intention. I want you to have the life you wanted. So there is a choice for you…"
I take her hand gently. "you can not remain human for the rest of your life, and I don't think it's a wise idea for you to stay human for longer then a few weeks. The pain will remain as long as you are. That is your choice at the moment though. The deadline for your changing is one year from now. "
Seth growls softly, startling her. I glare at him. "Another option, if you don't want to become a vampire, is death. We can make it very quick and easy. You wouldn't feel a thing."
Seth growls again, and Leah does as well. I shove him off the bed.
Amelia is looking down again, looking sad. "I…I don't want this pain anymore…I can't breathe…I can't think… But I'm scared. What if I don't work through it enough, and things go bad when I'm a vampire?"
I squeeze her hand. "The change can heal a lot, Ameila."
She swallows another bite of food. "What would you have done."
I sigh and start to explain what happened to me. As my tale goes on her eyes grow wider and wider.
"My situation at this point was very different from yours. I wasn't even ready to talk to anyone yet. In a way you are stronger then I was. If I had been in your situation…"
I think about it for a second. "I would have asked to be changed. I am a vengeful bitch, and it makes me happy that I'm a human drinking vampire, against all of their wishes. That I am stronger than them, as well. "
Amelia puts her plate aside and lays down again, closing her eyes. "I…I'll think about it.." She sighs. I run my hand through her hair. Soon she falls asleep, no doubt exhausted by today's stress.
When she is deep in sleep I pick her up and carry her to her own room, close to mine. Leah and Seth follow and crawl into the bed with her, keeping her warm. As I close the door behind me Aro wraps his arms around me.
