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Jasican's Point of View
With the fear of discovery quickly sinking in, I knew I had to move fast, as I only had seconds. With Jacob next to me, still shifted, I quickly commanded him through mental message to run as I began to emerge from my hiding spot towards Demetri. Jacob motioned to follow me, but I told him to stay back and hold off anyone who may impede our progress or try to escape.
In the next couple of seconds, now fully exposed to the crowd gathered here, I put all my remaining mental strength into taking over each and every single mind here. I found that to be easier said than done, as after I encompassed all the minds present, with the exception of Demetri, my mind was exceeding its limit, and I found a few minds from the outer perimeter of the town to slip through my control. Three more seconds passed, Demetri was now eyes locked on me and proceeding at speed towards me. I struggled to keep my hold on everyone, but quickly found it more taxing than I could imagine, and I could feel my reactions slow.
Case and point when Demetri finally reached me, I managed to block one of his punches, but couldn't see the other aimed straight for my chest, and I went flying backwards. Within a second, I found myself surrounded by crumbling mortar and stone, from the wall of a nearby house. My control further slipped and another vampire, Nikolai, had escaped from my domination.
"So, you're the one who's been causing us all this trouble," Demetri said to me in a rather charming voice. He walked up to me and I made another attempt to defend myself, but proved futile as he easily blocked me at snatched me by the throat while my mental capacity continued to diminish. "You'll find it quite useless to resist me," he continued, raising me off the ground as easily as lifting a feather. "I can assure you, after your little stunt back at Washington, my master has seen it fit to prepare us in case you decide you use your little trick on us."
"You'll also find I'm full of surprises," I grunted out, and sacrificing my connection with just the humans only, I found enough strength to strike him inside his arm, causing it to bend down. As I came down, I head butted him hard, causing a crack to form on his forehead, and enough to cause him to release his grip on me and stager backwards. With much more of my mind freed now, I quickly sent off a warning to Jacob, telling him to watch for Nikolai and the remaining humans. Before barely another second had passed, Demetri had once again risen.
I was prepared this time as he came for me, adequately blocking and dodging his first wave of attacks. The humans around us, now aware of their impending threat, started to show signs of fear, and while keeping Demetri at bay, I sent some of the vampires I still had under my control to surround them. I had to time each of my actions precisely, as Demetri was already insanely powerful, and I was trying to keep control while fighting this beast of a fighter. As I was capable of defending myself, it was only just, as I knew with age and experience, Demetri had a distinct one-on-one advantage over me without powers, something I needed to change soon in order to survive.
Hoping against hope that Jacob had managed to round up anyone who may escape and give us away, I tried to get closer to Demetri, in an effort to gain access to his mind. I shoved all question of his premature arrival out of my head, as I needed every ounce of concentration. Again, I found the action to be quite the feat, as he gave me no ground to work with. The grace of his skill and the power behind each strike easily made the time I spend training laughable.
Jacob's Point of View (Moments earlier)
Fear gripped my heart at the realization we had now been discovered, Jasican facing me and mirroring my emotions. He didn't move his lips, but I heard him loud and clear when he shouted RUN!and sprang forward. Still shifted, I was about to follow him, but he send me another message, desperation in his voice (for lack of better phrase), saying No, don't! Get the stragglers and keep them from escaping! Don't kill anyone if you can help it.
Knowing we probably had little time, I complied, but not without stealing one more glance at Jasican. He was vibrating intensely, and I knew he was going to try to dominate the rest of the vampires and humans while going after Demetri. Concern washed over me as I thought about how many people he could keep under his control, and for how long. With such a large amount here, I doubt Jasican could keep them for long, so I had to be fast. I rocketed out of the town within a moment, and already, I could see a few of the vampires that Jasican had previously dominated were now aware of my presence.
Within a second, I leaped forward and rammed into the closest offending vampire. Whomever the were, whether they were local or from Italy, they were not well trained and it looked as though they were relying on pure instinct to fight. I managed to ground the three almost instantly, and proved to be no challenge. I was relieved to find their eyes reverted back to the blackness that would signify Jasican's control over them.
Unfortunately, that relief was short-lived. Jake, my control is slipping, I need everything I can to get Demetri. The humans are loose, watch for Nikolai! While my first instinct was to get back to Jasican, I knew that allowing anyone here to escape would me our discovery. I placed all of my faith on Jasican's strength and ability and continued my search for any vampire stragglers.
Within moments, I found Nikolai rushing out the other end of the town and I went full speed after him. I quickly found the elements were working against us as we attempted to complete our mission, with the unexpected gathering and Demetri here way sooner than we expected, not to mention whomever Jasican isn't able to control would either try to fight him also, or escape. With Nikolai already faster than most vampires I've encountered, catching him would take more time than I can afford, time I need to deflect any other vampires that may escape.
Within minutes, I was able to bridge the gap between the two of us, and tackle Nikolai to the ground. Before I managed to pin him down, he snaked through me and continued running. Frustration was now beginning to set in as I found this vampire extremely irritating, but also a slight panic ensued, the more miles I travel to catch this asshole. Two more times I had knocked him down, but just as quickly, he would get back up and continue chase, muttering a curse, or something, at me in either English or his native tongue.
At long last, I was able to knock him down with my head and grasp his leg with my mouth. Acting quickly, I bit down and severed his leg at the knee, ensuring that he wouldn't be moving again soon. He gave off a particularly loud yell as he now came crashing down with no ample way of getting back up. He now looked at me in extreme fear.
"AGH!" he shouted once more. "What is your fucking problem?! Why do you want me so bad?!"
I shifted back into human form and removed Nikolai's leg from my mouth, grasping it firmly with no intention of letting him reattach it anytime soon. "Look, I'm not going to kill you, but I also can't have you running away and giving the Volturi what they need to launch another attack against the human population."
I started walking backwards, saying, "I'm gonna keep this as collateral, in case I'm not back in time," I raised his still severed calf up. "Just stay put and I'll consider giving this back to you later."
I replaced his leg in my mouth and shifted, rocketing forward with Nikolai shouting at the top of his lungs, "COME BACK, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" as I made my way back to the town.
I kept my ears (or rather my mind) open for any other messages Jasican may be sending my way, hoping for one that would signify victory, but none had arrived, and I redoubled my efforts to rejoin him in battle.
Jasican's Point of View
It seemed as though the whole town would crumble at the weight of our battle, but neither of us relented. Had I not have half my mental capacity occupied with suppressing the rest of the temporary inhabitants here, entering a position to invade and search Demetri's mind would have gone a whole lot faster. Five minutes had passed at this point, with Jacob hopefully able to catch Nikolai from escaping, and any other people that may try to fight or flight.
I could tell that Demetri was toying with me, not even making any true effort to damage or dismember me. He knew he could end me, a reality I had hoped dearly wouldn't come to pass. It seemed like no matter how much effort I had placed into getting close, Demetri would easily be able to deflect it. As much as I wanted to release everyone to deal with him, the risks were too great, but I found my prospect of living while still fighting Demetri to be equally, if not greatly more dismal.
"You're fighting a fool's battle, Mr. Allicus," Demetri paused to speak. "You cannot hope to defeat us all by yourself."
"I'll do whatever it takes to cause as much damage as I can," I quickly retorted. "My life is sacrifice if it means advancing my goals, and to see you all brought down."
Demetri let off a laugh, "Aro was right, you are as delusional as he says you are."
"Look around you!" I shouted, hoping to buy any more time before Demetri decided to kill me. "I may not be the strongest against you, but I have the rest of your group, and your precious loyalists, under my control."
His eyes grew almost bored, with a condescending tone to boot, "Those humans and vermin you speak of? They are of no consequence to me. Pawns, for all they're worth, and nothing more."
I began to retract more of my control as I realized quickly what would happen. He continued, "The locals here: aren't even worth the Volturi's time and effort to recruit. They would offer nothing of value and have the grandest of delusion if they think they would join us. The humans? The Prime Minister may have the illusion that he has some form of importance within the Volturi as his country's representative, but once his purpose is fulfilled, he will also be disposed of."
"Really?" I said, keeping my composure. "I'd like for you to say that to their faces and watch how much support you really have."
"A touching proposition, one that may clear my conscious of this rather rampant wrongdoing you're insinuating, but I have much better things to do, and I've already wasted enough time dealing with you and my ill-equipped hosts."
When I was confident that his entire entourage had heard his remarks, I fully retracted the last sliver of my control over the remaining vampires, save the ones I could clearly mark as Volturi. I could see the Italian Prime Minister's face contour with anger as he broke through the crowd to face Demetri, already jabbering away in Italian, to which Demetri turned a deaf ear to.
"Now look what you've done," he said with false sorrow. "I have yet another mess to clean up," and without warning, he turned around and launched forward, poised to strike the Prime Minister. With the few Volturi vampires still under my control, I moved them up, creating a barrier between Demetri and the Prime Minister nanoseconds before he was able to strike.
Demetri now turned back to me, anger now displayed on his face, and said, "That was a bad move, Allicus. I'm through playing now!" And from one second to the next, I found myself pinned to the ground, hard. His hand wrapped once again around my throat, squeezing hard, and I could feel my flesh below his fingers crack and split apart. I tried to pry his hand off in vain, knowing he would be too powerful to break off. My free hand had also been pinned down, averting any attempt to enter his mind. My mind was running through a million thoughts at once, anything I could find that would ensure my survival. I tried once to dominate his mind, but found the pain inflicted on me was too great, and my mind wouldn't perform the way it should have.
"You should have never come here, young one," Demetri said through grit teeth. "Even if you had managed to escape, it would have only been a matter of time before I found you again. I'm not regarded as the best tracker of the Volturi for nothing, after all."
Shit, as if the situation wasn't grim enough already. I grunted and struggled, but there was nothing I could do to prevent him from killing me. Out the corner of my eye, I looked to see something emerging from around a nearby building. Focusing on it, I realized it was Jacob, still in wolf form. Wide-eyed, I now panicked, knowing that should I not survive here, and Demetri locks on to him, Jacob would fall as easily to Demetri's tracking abilities.
Suddenly, I felt something odd happening to my right hand, the one Demetri had pinned to prevent me from resisting. I couldn't describe it, it was like a tingling sensation. But then, I saw the air move around the palm of my hand. Growing more and more intense, I could see something streaking within the confines of my hand as the seconds progressed. One last second passed, and I realized what was about to happen. I muttered one last "Ah, fuck" before my entire surroundings blurred and darkened, and I flew somewhere into the unknown.