Ok so the end of this is a bit sadistic. I scare myself when I write sometimes! But I promise, this is the only scary bit :) everything will work out for Bella soon...or will it? Dun dun DDDUUNNN!

BPOV

I knew that I had to go to Caius, but I was unsure of how to approach him. It needed to be when Aro could not interrupt us, so I figured now would be the best time. If it turned out that Caius was in league with Aro, then at least I knew that the Cullens would hear of this soon, and would do whatever they could to stop Aro.

After setting the phone back down where I found it in Aro's study without any trauma, I set off in search of Caius, hoping that I wouldn't run in to anyone else. It appeared luck was still on my side. Just as I was walking down to his corridor, he was walking up to mine.

"Isabella. I was just looking for you. Aro has asked that you join him in the main hall."

"Caius, I can't. I need you to come with me, there is something I have to tell you." he merely nodded, and followed me back to my quarters.

"Is this about what you didn't tell me earlier? You cannot hide anything from me, young one, I am much too old." Caius was beginning to grown on me, acting like a strange uncle, slightly off, but still with your best interests at heart.

"I'm sorry I couldn't tell you earlier, but I had my reasons. It's about what I was doing down in the lower passageways." I continued to tell him the whole story, back from the other day when I had found myself wandering down there. He stared at me intently throughout, his face showing surprise and disbelief. I was now fairly certain that he was not in on the grotesque plan. I quickly came to end of my story, leaving out the phone call to Jake, just in case Caius still turned on me.

"You need to show me this room, Isabella. I do not wish to believe Aro would be capable of such things, but if you show me then I cannot argue."

I nodded and wrapped myself in a cloak. Together we walked out of the room, and down the many passageways which eventually led us to the stairway down. As we were descending, I heard an almighty cry of pain. Looking across at Caius confirmed what I had thought. It had come from down below.

We hurried our pace slightly, and quickly made it down the stairs. I pointed at the invisible doorway, not wanting to go any closer to that horrible room. Caius stepped up and pushed on it, revealing the room behind it.

I heard his sharp intake of breath, but didn't want to look. I couldn't stand to see Allegra, or any other vampire in that state. It was only when Caius started talking that I moved forward.

"Allegra... can you hear me?"

No answer.

"Allegra, I need you to nod, or squeeze my hand if you can hear me." To anyone who had never met Caius before he would have sounded calm, but not to me. This was as panicked as I had ever heard him.

I peered in to the room, watching Caius as he approached Allegra, who was still bound to the wall, tubing running out from her wrists. I couldn't tell whether the fluid was running in, or out of her.

"Maybe if you spoke to her, we would get some response. You two were close friends."

"Are close friends." I moved past Caius, and placed my hand on Allegra's cheek, trying to ignore how blisteringly hot she was. Her eyes shot open, the whites of her eyes instead a shocking crimson to match her pupils.

"Master Aro?" her voice was low and raspy, nothing like her usual chimes.

"No, Leggs, it's me, it's Bella."

She started struggling against her bonds, trying to claw at my face. I immediately removed my hand from her cheek and backed away.

"You are not master Aro. You should not be here. Die."

"Leggs please, it's me. Just focus on my voice, Leggs, it's me, Bella, your best friend." She continued her struggling, looking directly at me but not seeing.

"You are not master Aro. You must die."

I felt Caius' hand on my arm, pulling me further back.

"There is nothing you can do for her now. We have to get out of here, before Aro comes down."

I nodded once, taking one last look at Allegra before I walked out the door. As I closed it, I whispered a promise.

"I will come back for you Leggs. I won't let this be your end."

"Come on, Bella." I looked up at Caius. That was the first time he had called me that. "We need to get you out of here, preferably back to the Cullens. They can protect you. I will fabricate a story; say you were needed by one of the guard groups I have out on a mission somewhere. I'll get you on a plane to somewhere, and arrange with your family for them to meet you there. You can explain all this to them once you are far away from here."

"They already know what is going on. I stole the phone from Aro's study and called a friend, who passed on the message to the Cullens. For all I know, they could be on their way here now. I cannot just leave."

He eyed me critically.

"My my, you are smarter than I gave you credit for. Go back to your room and collect anything you wish to take with you. I will phone Carlisle and tell them to meet you in London. I will also arrange someone to pilot the private jet there. Chelsea and Demetri, both of whom I trust completely, are in England already, I can say you are going to meet them. Be up at the bunker in 10 minutes, there will be a plane there waiting for you."

"That still leaves the fact that I do not just want to run away from this. Aro has to be stopped."

"And he will be, have no fear. There are plenty here who are loyal to me. My brother will not get away with this madness. Hopefully I will see you again, once all of this is cleared up."

"Of course. Thank you." I surprised both him and myself when I hugged him tightly, before running to my room.

There wasn't much that I even considered taking with me, but I stashed my Volturi cloak, and picked up a few changes of clothing. Once in London I didn't want to attract attention to myself with the blood red cloak.

Once I was satisfied that I could pass around humans unnoticed, I ran out of my room and up several flights of stairs to the Volturi runway, which was located along the top of one of the largest buildings in Volterra. It was completely crazy, but I supposed the Volturi had needed a quick and easy place to fly from.

There was a jet waiting for me on the runway, its human pilot standing outside it.

"Miss Bella, for London?"

"Yes, thank you."

I made to step in to the plane, when a voice behind me sent shivers down my spine.

"The jet will no longer be necessary, Archibald. Please, take it for a spin to waste any fuel you added for the trip." The pilot looked at me for a second, before obviously deciding that that sounded much more fun. He hopped in to the plane and took off, the wind blowing my hair around my face as I searched for a way to escape the rooftop.

Within seconds of the plane being out of human sight, Aro's hands were around my neck.

"Think you could escape, did you? No way. You are mine, Isabella. Mine."

He pushed me to the ground, and kicked me multiple times. Once he appeared to have worked off his anger, he pulled me to my feet and pushed me down the stairs ahead of him, all the way down to the lower levels.

Somewhere in Volterra, Caius watched as the plane left sight, satisfied that Bella was safe from his maniac brother. Oh how wrong he was.

EPOV

We were in the Cullen Jet headed for London, England. Carlisle had received call only hours ago from Caius, saying that he had managed to smuggle Bella out of Volterra, and that she was now on her way to London. I would get to see her, safe and sound, in just a few short hours.

We were all lounging about, trying not to think about what was going on in Volterra. We were all sat in couples, apart from Alice any myself. Jasper was piloting the plane, and I would get to be with my love soon enough. Volterra was not our problem anymore, Bella was out and safe. We had to trust Caius when he said that he could deal with it.

Suddenly, Alice froze, her eyes glazing over as she had a vision.

Aro was stood on the far side of the Hall in Volterra, facing a young girl. Her body was cloaked by the dark crimson uniform of the Volturi guard, her hands clasping the material at her sides, her head hung.

"Go, Isabella."

She merely shook her head, keeping her eyes on the ground.

"Isabella." Aro's voice was cold and dark, reminding everyone that he was the leader of the Volturi, and you had to do what he said. "You will get back into that room right now, and kill Heidi. She has betrayed us both."

"I… I can't." her voice was low and raspy, sounding like she had been crying recently. Her breathing hiccupped as she spoke. It broke my heart to watch it.

"Who do you belong to Isabella?"

She started shaking, sobbing under her breath, her shoulders shaking. Her legs were trembling, her hands gripping her cloak tighter.

"Answer me Isabella. Who owns you?" He took a step forward, gripping her face in his hand. I felt my hands clenching into fists.

"You do." Her reply came out as a whisper. My heart broke.

"Yes Isabella. I own you. Now turn around, and walk back into that room. Now." All free will left her body as she visibly slumped.

"Yes master."

"Good girl." He leaned down and kissed her roughly on the lips, as she stood there completely unresponsive. When he was done, he patted her on the backside, shoving her towards the room.

"Bella will not be in London. Aro has her." Alice's voice cut through my spiral of despair. It looked like Aro was now controlling Bella. I didn't know what there was we could do to save her now.

"I will inform Jasper. We will change our destination to Volterra."

BPOV

I screamed and kicked against Aro as much as I could as he dragged me down the stairway, but unluckily for me there appeared to be no one around. What I had been thankful for only minutes earlier was now helping my enemy.

Before I knew it we were in front of the invisible door. It opened automatically for Aro, and I was shoved inside. It closed behind us again, blocking my only exit.

I backed myself in to a corner as Aro stumbled around, collecting various tubing and such. Looking to the wall, I saw that none of the four vampires were still bound. I presumed that this meant Aro's power over them was complete, and that they were out there somewhere, probably after Caius. The male vampire was still bound to the ground, his mouth open in a sounded scream.

Aro advanced on me.

"If you thought your transformation was painful, just wait for this. I bet you're a screamer."