I don't own any of the twilight characters! Electra is of my one creation. Please leave new reviews, I really enjoyed reading the feed back that you had for me. Thank you!
34
Caius scowled when he caught sight of Bella Cullen as she greeting Aro with slight indifference as she and the rest of the coven stood in the main throne room. He knew that for certain people in the coven, this would be the second time, in a year and half worth's since he and his brother's had last faced them since the near battle in Forks. He allowed himself to keep his cold mask on as he loudly entered the room with his hands tucked behind his back, Felix staying close behind him.
Bella tensed when Caius drew near and stood a foot away from her, his lips slightly curled in a smirk as he watched Edward place an protective arm around her waist. It was ironic that the same things that had happened to the Cullen boy, was now happening to the likes of Caius Volturi, if not quite under the same circumstances between Bella and Edward when she was still mortal.
Aro smiled at him, giving him a slight warning look in the eyes as he beckoned him to come closer where Dr. Cullen stood beside him with a surprised look on his face. As much as Caius wanted to just snapped at them all, he forced himself to remain calm, reminding himself that it was for Electra and the baby's own good that he was willing to listen to Marcus for once in his entire life. "Brother, good to see that you finally made it to greet our guests of honer." He beamed.
Caius could almost hear the rolling of the eyes of the Cullen clan as they waited for him to speak. He opened his mouth to say something, but paused. He tried again, but again, he couldn't really say anything at all. Marcus stepped forward from where he was quietly standing. "Cauis has had a very long day with Electra." He exsplained with ease while patting his younger brother on the shoulder.
Carlisle raised an eyebrow at him, but smiled politely. "I and the rest of my family understand that quiet clearly." He said, gesturing to them as they silently regarded the Volturi with slight mistrust and hate.
Not that Caius could even blame them in the first place.
After all he was the one who executed Irina in the first place before they could even do anything to save her. "But is strange that you would ask us to come out on a red eye flight from America to here on such short notice." He added, regarding Caius the most with his golden eyes.
Caius looked away with a humph and walked off to his throne where he sat down, glaring at them all. Aro muttered under his breath about his brother's lack of manners as he tried to make the best of it by lightly laughing it off while excusing Caius's behavior towards them.
Jasper and Alice glared right back at Caius before Aro and Marcus both coughed loudly to get their attention. "Well, I do apologize that I couldn't talk further over the phone about the matter. We just thought that it would be best that we, er, just fly you out on the next flight possible and get you here."
"Is the girl alright?" The Doctor demanded. "Has she been sick lately?"
Marcus looked back at Caius for help as he tried to think of the best way to tell them of Electra's pregnancy When his brother didn't respond or even bother to look back at him, Marcus let out a heavy sigh, nudging Aro in the ribs with his elbow. "I think that it is best that you tell them what is going on, Aro." He said softly with a tired sigh.
Aro licked his lips and rubbed his hands together. The Cullen's looked among themselves in confusion.
"Why did we even bother to come here in the first place after all that has happened?" Rosalie whispered to Emmett who just shrugged his large shoulders "Beats me, but I agree that it is a big wast of out time." He replied out the side of his mouth as he eyed Caius. "Looks like Mr. Pompousness Ass over there is yet to still get the beating of his life." He added with an amused chuckled before being silenced by a glare from Esme. "Sorry, Mom."
Dr. Cullen shook his head and place his hands on his hips. "Aro, as long as we have been friends, I think that it should be best that perhaps you need to just tell us some other time when everything is more calmer between my family and yours. It hasn't been that long since what took place back at home and Bella would rather prefer to be someplace far for the time being."
"You mean to tell me that your family made reservations elsewhere outside of town?" Aro said suddenly in tense voice. Everyone froze as they saw his whole body coil in a defensive manner. Aro forced himself to relax and let out another laugh. "How silly me." He joked. "Of course you may come back another time tomorrow evening." He motioned for for a guard to escort the family out. "I assume that you are going to be staying for a while?" He asked casually. Carlisle smiled at him with a slight nod of his head. "I will be staying just until the third week of this month." He replied before turning around to follow his family out of the room.
Caius could only sit there in total silence as a sense of sudden fear hit him like a ton of bricks. His fingers curled silently into the arms rests before he slowly stood up and motioning for Felix to not even say or do anything, flickered to the high double window and jumped out just before Aro could turn around to say something to him.
He looked at the place where Caius had been sitting a second ago and up at Felix who just shrugged his shoulders at him with a slight smile. Aro let out a foul curse before heading back to his study, leaving Marcus and Felix behind. The heavy door slammed behind him, causing Marcus to shake his head.
"And I often wonder why I even bother to put up with such things in my life." He said softly while taking a seat on his throne. Felix wished he could help him feel better, but thought it would be wiser that he kept his mouth shut for the rest of the night until Cauis returned.
He had already endured having Demetri punch the living daylights out of him earlier while being thrown into a pond and rose bushes as he allowed his best friend to just beat him up. He stared at the window that Caius had jumped from and just prayed silently that the Cullens would be willing to understand the dire situation that he was facing up against his own brother's greed.
"Carlisle." Caius called from within the shadows of an archway as the Cullens were getting into their cars. Bella let out a growl and tried to stop her father-in-law, but he only shook his head at her before going up to Caius with a kind expression.
"What is it, Caius?" He asked him softly. Caius felt deep down that he didn't even deserve kindness from this person after all that he had said and done against his family, but he wasn't expecting anyone to forgive him. He was just doing this for Electra's sake, not his own.
"I'm sorry for not speaking up back in the throne room, Carlisle." He said slowly as he motioned him to take a short walk to a nearby water fountain where they couldn't be overheard by the rest of the Cullens. They scowled at him, but didn't do anything as they just go inside their cars and waited for Carlisle to return.
"Its quite alright, I know how intimidating Aro can be at times. You remember the times he was like that when I first met the three of you several centuries back."Carlisle replied. "You were not one for many words unless it called for it."
"Yeah, well that was then. Time have greatly changed since we last saw each other when it was involving Bella." Caius pointed out while keeping his gaze on the water being reflecting under the moonlight. "A lot has changed more for the worse then the better." He added very softly.
The other man leaned a foot on the edge as he stared at the ruler beside him. This wasn't like Caius to even act like this in front of other people, save for those who were closest to him. Where was the coldness that he had seen and felt from him in the throne room several minutes ago? "What is really going on here, Caius?" He pressed him gently. "You seemed very tense back there."
Caius let out a short laugh and shook his head. "I have been tense for the last several months since Aro separated me from Electra for my lack of behavior as a human being, while not aknowelging her own feeling in the process of overruling her."
"I am not sure where to follow you here on this, Caius." Carlisle said slowly. "What do you mean separated the both of you?"
"Aro forced me to stay away from her under the pain of death and then sent the poor girl away without so much as allowing her to say goodbye to me for two fucken months."
Carlisle's eyebrows when together "So what is the setback in all of this?" He waved in the general direction of the castle. "What did Marcus call us out here on such short notice?"
The Volturi ruler let out a long breath, closing his eyes so he couldn't see the other vampire's reaction. "Marcus arranged for me and her to meet at the house she was staying in the countryside a few nights ago."
Carlisle remained silently as he waited for him to finish his story. Caius pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't know what the hell I was even thinking at that time." He continued. "I had missed her so much that I just let my better judgement overrule my physical need for her and we had sex that night. But the thing was," He looked straight at him in the eyes. "I used a condom and it just so happened that it broke afterwards and now she is pregnant with my child as we speak."
It was dead silent for a long time as a sudden gust of wind blew throw, pulling Caius's long lock's loose from the ribbon he used to keep his hair back. Carlisle looked deeply in the water, his face ranging mostly with concern as he thought over what Caius has just revealed to him. "Can I ask you a question?" He said finally.
"Sure." Caius gestured. "Whatever you want to know."
"What was Aro's reaction when he was told about this?"
Caius felt a lump in his throat as he struggled to answer the question. "He said that if she didn't survive the birthing, he would kill the baby instantly, but not before he took care of me in the process as paid duty to what I owe him for saving me in the past. He's not willing to allow her to live at all if she isn't of some use to him as an added bonus to the coven. You of all people, should know that by now, Carlisle. If it wasn't for whatever he saw that night when we first discovered her in that dark alleyway after dealing with you and your family, she would dead with her deceased baby."
"Did you just say her dead baby?" Carlisle broke in suddenly as he grabbed Caius's upper arm. "This would not be her first child?"
"I thought that Marcus had told you about her story when you first came to treat her a few months back." Caius said defensively. Carlisle shook his head no. "I wasn't aware that she had lost a child before hand. That part was kept out for some reason."
"Well, the baby was killed by a rouge vampire who was intending to kill the mother. We cremated the remains of her son and she scattered the ashes in the country side a month after arriving here."
"And there is no way of having an abortion since the child is half vampire and mortal."Carlisle murmurered as he touched his bottom lip with his index finger. "Now I understand why you were acting the way you did around Aro. If your lives all hang in the balance, then what better then to add a few more the pot who have already exsprienced first hand account of such an event."
"Listen, I know that you family still very much hates me, more then anyone in this castle at this moment and I can't blame them a single second." Caius spoke up for himself. He stood up straight, a touch of his former self showing in his eyes as Carlisle gazed on him with an intense look. "She is all that I have since Atheonora gave her life to revenge Electra's baby's untimely death. I have felt nothing but total guilt since then and still do." He touched his own chest where his heart was. "Just because I am ruthless at times, doesn't mean that I am not willing to amend any wrongs that I had done to you and your family. Nothing can bring back Irina, but at least if you give me a chance to prove to all of you that I am a changed person, then at least give me that so I can try and save Electra's life and that of our child."
"Maybe you should at least try, honey." They heard Esme speak suddenly. The two males turned around and found that she wasn't alone either. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were looking at him with surprised looks on their face while Bella and Edward looked skeptical, but also sympathetic at the same time.
Esme came and stood beside her mate, taking his hand into hers as she smiled at Caius. He had to lower his eyes from her with shame, still not feeling right that he deserved this kindness, but at least he had to say what needed to be said. Carlisle slowly nodded. "My wife is right, we should give you a chance." He agreed. "But I dare say that we shouldn't be trusting Aro at all for any reason as long as this ordeal continues."
Caius nodded back. "I agree totally with you." He allowed himself to turn to the rest of the family. "I'll do my best to be...agreeable with you during the remainder of your stay here."
"Just try not to be an asshole, Caius and save us the time wasted on getting here." Bella said sharply. Edward scolded her softly in the ear, but Caius waved him off.
"No, she's right. I need to be more focused on what is going on. I don't know what will even happen to Electra as this baby grows. Only you guys truly know what to do and what she will need. At least with your father being here, I can have some peace of mind that there is at least one more person who I can entrust their lived in without over stressing about other things."
"But the question is, Caius." Jasper spoke up in his southern accent. "Can we trust your word?"
Caius hesitated for a second, lost on how to reply to the surprised question. Jasper smiled at him and pointed at all the females gathered around them. "If you didn't love the girl in the first place, you would have never agreed with Aro on taking her as your mate and queen. Nor, would you had even allowed her to live another second after finding out that she was carrying your baby. And an hybrid, as you guys like to call it out here."
Carlisle lightly punched him in the shoulder with a fist. "It is very obvious that she has your heart riding on her sleeve. Most importantly you have shown to me already how much you deeply care for the girl and how you are willing to stand up against Aro's ways by seeking my family and I's help without his presence."
"He doesn't know the real story though." Caius pointed out. "We had to use our special guard to mask the truth, lest she should be killed right away."
"I figured as much when she had secretly contacted me a night and half ago, warning me that we would be called to Volturia soon concerning the girl's well-being. I was just surprised that it would be her of all the guards that you trust around here."
Caius shrugged. "She is a goddess after all and cannot be control by neither human or mythical creature on this earth, least we should drown in the wrath of her husband afterwards. We just say that she is apart of us to keep her safe from any outside force that may want to misuse her for their own purposes."
Esme tilted her head. "When do you want us to see the girl?' She asked him.
Caius regarded his watch. "Come back in the morning around ten. She will be up and most likely just finishing breakfast by the time you arrive."
"And Aro?" Jasper spoke the number one thing on everyone's minds at the moment.
"Most likely staying out of your way since you will be the ones helping me to try and keep her alive and well. I'll be fine as long as I act my usual self around the castle. As for Electra, I have yet to tell her who it is that is going to be aiding her with the pregnancy."
"Well you tell her when she wakes up, and we will be back here on time tomorrow morning." Carlisle said as he drew out his car keys. "As for yourself, Cauis." He said slowly. "Take care of yourself." He finished before he and the family flickered to their parked cars and pulled out the courtyard.
Caius let out a deeply held relived sigh and put his hands in his pockets as he turned around and decided to make his nightly rounds about the castle before returning to Electra's bedroom to await the new dawn. As he walked away from the fountain, Felix emerged from behind large a rose bush with Marcus right behind him. They watched Caius's departing back for a moment before heading the opposite way.
"Do you think that anyone has a chance?" Felix asked him as he followed beside. Marcus gave him a small nod. "It's possible, but no one is safe around here, not even Caius or I for that matter until we can save both mother and child, Felix."
"Well, I hope that it turns out for the best for the couple. Myself and several others have taken a great liking to the girl and we all feel that what Aro has been doing to them so he can show control over them, is completly uncalled for and wrong."
"Mind your words around these walls." Marcus told him sternly. "I don't want anyone to lose their life, not while we are all fighting to save three at once."