Chapter 26: What Have You Done
LEAH POV
I stayed where I was, standing dead in the middle of the empty garage, even though the car was well out of sight. She was gone. Gone. I felt empty, ripped wide open and exposed to the world. Lily was GONE.
I resisted the urge to phase and follow her. Instead, I tried to think about who would have tipped off the Volturi. We had everything, happiness, safety, family and friends…and it was gone in an instant. Lily would always be on the run.
But I couldn't bring myself to turn around and leave the garage. My feet were bolted to the floor, and my whole body felt heavy. After awhile, Jacob came out and steered me gently inside. I was a million miles away, sifting through all the vampires I had met…trying to find someone with a vendetta…
Wait. Wasn't there a Tanya somewhere who was disgruntled with Edward somehow? I racked my memory as he stiffened. I barely noticed. He leaned over and whispered something to Alice, who froze, and slipped into a vision, just like that.
Alice began to rock back and forth, emitting high quiet shrieks. Jasper whizzed down the stairs and knelt before her, watching her every move. They were so in love…another pang of loss hit me and I winced, trying to shove it off.
Gasping, Alice's hand began to move, as if she was scribbling. Before I could even blink, Jasper had a piece of paper and a pen, and he carefully curled Alice's hand around the pen and set it on the paper. In a flash, she was sketching.
The minutes ticked by, the only sound was the pen scratching on the paper, shading, drawing…but what?
ALICE POV
As soon as Edward mentioned Tanya as a possibility to me, one of those crippling vision's hit me. The kind that catches you by surprise and doesn't let you go until it's over.
Vladimir, Stefan and Lily were in a clearing, Lily disguised as a raven on Vladimir's shoulder. Suddenly, Stefan stopped, grinning. Vladimir shot him a questioning look backed up by Lily's beady stare.
Vladimir sniffed and froze. Lily took in a breath and froze too. Stefan started to laugh. "Our journey ends here you two."
Vladimir understood, but Lily still was clueless, shifting restlessly. She couldn't risk changing, vampires were too close.
"What have you done? You sold out for HER Stefan?!" Vladimir said, his face slowly twisting with hate. Stefan growled.
"Tanya is better than any other. I didn't sell out. You chose the wrong side." He said calmly. Lily's talons screeched against Vladimir's skin, cutting through his jacket. He didn't seem to notice, but kept his eyes fixed on Stefan. He spoke quietly to Lily.
"I'm sorry Lily. I cannot protect you any longer. You have to get away from here, and quickly." In a flash, he put the silver cell phone in her talons. "GO!" he shouted, and she launched into the sky, Stefan launching forward to attack Vladimir…
She wheeled above them for a second, and then darted into the desert as the clearing began to ring with vampire snarls…
My hands clenched into fists as the vision ended, effortlessly snapping the pen in half. Ink dribbled from my palm and landed in drops on the paper underneath my hand. I must have been drawing.
My vision slowly focused onto Jasper's face, which was right in front of me, looking worried. I quickly looked down at my drawing. It was a picture of exact detail; it was the raven, with purple eyes, carrying the cell phone.
"That bastard." I snarled, standing up so fast I flipped the coffee table. Edward received the vision instantly, and remained sitting, still in shock. "What's happening?" Leah asked quietly.
I hesitated, but then explained everything as quickly and painlessly as I could. Leah looked at me in horror, and then Jacob and Sam were quickly shoving her out the back door, and she exploded with a quiet pop.
Her howls echoed eerily around. Carlisle pulled a cell and quickly dialed the number…
STEFAN POV
I couldn't believe it was working. Tanya was already south, talking with Maria and her band, telling them everything. The trap was already springing.
The signal scrambler in my pocket was scrambling Lily's cell phone as I speak. I glanced in the side mirror. She was staring dejectedly out the window, watching the scrubby plains of southern California go rushing by.
I felt the scrambler vibrate silently as someone tried to place a call to her cell phone. Trying not to grin ear to ear, I envisioned the Cullen's trying to call over and over, each time never getting a response.
I pulled out my own cell to call my mate, Tanya. If she got Maria's coven to join, all we needed was the Cullen's to lead the Volturi south. Effectively sentencing one of their own to die or be forced into servitude.
Sounds good to me.
Stefan just couldn't let it go, could he? Neither could Tanya. Please review for me?
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