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Chapter 35: Rescue & Reunited
Bella's POV
"Didyme?" I ask in shock
She hisses, "How do you know my name?"
"I know your mate", I reply
"You know my mate. How can I trust you?" Didyme asks me
After being held here for so long I don't blame her for the way she is acting.
"Your mate's name is Marcus of the Volturi third king of the vampire world. Your Aro's blood sister and he turned you. He then bought you to Volterra where you meet Marcus. After your newborn year had past you fell in love with him. Your bond with Marcus was the strongest anyone had ever seen. He loved you dearly, with everything he had. He gave you presents like a gold bracelet engraved with forever. One day the Romanian's attacked Volterra and they lost you. Marcus was destroyed by his grief. He rarely used to talk to anyone or pay any attention. That was until a couple of years ago when he met a young female vampire. The female was so caring, so selfless, like you that she bought Marcus out of his depression. And he begin to think as her as his daughter and he loves her greatly", I say
I don't want to tell them that the woman was me. They don't need to know that yet.
She gasps, "You are telling the truth. No one knows about the bracelet"
I give her a soft smile, "My name is Marie"
"Are you going to get us out of here?" Didyme asks
"Yes I will. Can I know your names?" I ask the other two
One was a young girl she couldn't have been older then 10 to 12. The other was about 15 or 16.
"My name is Natalie Hale", the blonde young one says
I gasp. She can't be related can she?
"Do you know a Rosalie Hale?" I ask her
"Yes she is my sister. She died when I was 5", Natalie says, "Do you know her? Is she a vampire too?"
"Yes she is a vampire. I'll tell you about her later. I promise", I say to her, "What's your name?
"Sarah Mason", the young girl replies
I gasp again. This just can't be happening.
"Do you know Edward Mason?" I ask the young woman
"He's my big brother. He died when I was 4. So did my parents", she replies, "Do you know my brother?"
I have a sister in law. This is not going to end well when she finds out who I am and what I have done to him.
"Yes I do. Again I will tell you about him later. But we are about to have company", I say
They looked scared.
"Don't worry know one will lay a hand on you", I tell them
"We trust you", they reply
I take a step away from them, but I make sure they are behind me. There is nothing I won't do for them. Didyme is basically my mother. Natalie is like my sister or niece. And Sarah is Edward's sister, so she is my sister.
I soon see a vampire coming down the stairs. Before he could even blink I rip his head off and then rip him up into little pieces.
"Let's get out of here", I say to them, "Stay close to me"
I grab Natalie's hand and we start to run. I put my shield up around us and we soon reach the walls of the castle.
"I need you guys to climb down and run into the forest", I tell them
"Aren't you coming with us?" Didyme asks me
"Not yet. I'll meet you soon", I tell them
"How are you going to find us?" Natalie asks
"I'm a good tracker. I'll meet you all very soon. But now you must go", I say urgently as I get a vision of Vladimir returning to the Castle now.
They all here the urgency in my voice and they quickly do as I say.
Why does Vladimir have to return now? Well on the plus side I get to kill him now.
I see two guards coming my way. They quickly spot me and launch themselves at me. I grab one and launch him towards the other one. They collide with a big bang. There goes the alarm. I quickly finish them both off. By now I have guards running towards me. I fling my shield at half of them and I launch myself at the others. With my training the fight is over quickly.
Then I hear clapping I spin around and come face to face with Vladimir.
"Well isn't it the princess of Volturi come to pay little old me a visit", Vladimir says smiling like he has won the lottery.
I snarl at him, "You are going to die Vlady"
"I'm a better fighter then you Isabella", he says
I growl, "Your about to find out first hand how good of fighter I am"
I then launch myself at him. No one harms my family, no one.
I grab his arm and smash him into the castle wall. Making him go through it.
He growls and launches himself at me. I leap into the air flipping mid jump. He launches himself at me again his time he bits me on my already injured wrist. I hiss in pain. I twist out of his grasp and launch myself at him and rip his arm off.
"That is for all the innocent lives you have taken", I hiss at him
I then rip the other off causing him to scream.
"That is for all the pain you have caused"
"And this is for my family", I growl ripping off his head.
I stare at his lifeless body for a second; before I go and get the gasoline that I have hid. I start pouring it everywhere including over all the bodies. I jump down onto the ground from the wall. I reach into my pocket and grab the matches. I light it and throw it through the window. Immediately the place is engulfed in flames.
I watch the flames for a couple of minutes then I go get my rucksack from way I stashed it. I reach into it and grab a bandage to wrap my wrist up again. This won't be healing until I hunt. The pain is bad, but I have learnt to ignore it. I haven't got time to hunt. I have to get Didyme, Sarah and Natalie to safety. I start to follow their trail deep into the trees…
Didyme's POV
I hope Marie is all right. She is such a nice person and she got us out of the hellhole. We have been sitting under some trees for about an hour now. Waiting. Where could she be?
Suddenly we hear someone approaching. Immediately I go into a hunting crouch. But then Marie comes through the trees looking at us with a soft smile.
"Are you guys ok?" she asks worry clear in her voice
"Yes. What about you?" I ask her
"I'm all right. Let's get out of here", Marie says
"Can you take me to my mate?" I ask her
She hesitates, "That is not a good idea at the moment. They are in the middle of something"
"What the hell is going on? Tell me right now", I ask sternly
She sighs, "They are in the middle of a war. With Maria and the Romanians. They face a huge newborn army. Right now your mate is with the Cullens, Amazonians, Irish coven, Egyptians and the Denali's"
We all gasp.
"Take us too them", I say
"That is not a good idea. I don't want any of you to get hurt. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to any of you", Marie says
"We are not giving you a choose. Either you take us or we will go on are own", I say firmly
She looks at us. I can tell she doesn't want to do this and I can tell she doesn't like to be told what to do.
"Fine. But you guys must hunt first. I think it would be best if you guys hunt animals. Edward, Rosalie and Marcus all hunt animals", Marie tells us
"Ok that is fine with us", we all say
She takes us far away to hunt and tells us she will wait here for us and to take our time…
Bella's POV
I hate ultimatums. I do not like this one bit. I really don't want to put them into danger. But it doesn't look like I have much of a choose. I'm going to have to call Peter and get him to meet us at the airport…
Peter's POV
We are discussing battle plans again. The Cullen's have all gone out and it's just us. Suddenly my phone goes off.
"Well it looks like little old Bella wants to talk to us", I say cheerfully
Everyone laughs as I pick up the phone.
"Hello sugar how's life treating you", I say cheerfully
She growls, "Don't test me Peter. I'm really not in the mood"
I laugh, "When ever are you in the mood"
She snarls, "I was just calling to tell you idiots you need to be at the airport at about 4pm tomorrow. You have guests", she says hanging up.
"Well that was a lot of information", Kate says sarcastically
Bella's POV
I will kill Peter when I get a hold of him. He will not survive long after the battle…
Normal POV
"How can I help you ma'am?"
"I need to charter a plane and a pilot", the young woman says
"I don't thin…"
"Here's 5,000 thousand dollars. Tell the pilot he will get 2,000 when we reach our destination", the young woman says
"Ok, name ma'am"
"Isabella Hale"
Bella's POV
We are now on a plane on our way to New Hampshire.
"What is my brother like?" Sarah asks
"He is the best person in the world. He is also the kindest. He has the ability to read minds", I tell her
"Really?" she asks
I nod
"That is going to get annoying", she says
I laugh, "Yes it is very annoying"
"What's my sister like?" Natalie asks me climbing into my lap.
"She is a strong woman. She is also very protective of her family. She is the most beautiful person I have every seen", I reply honestly
"Will she like me?" Natalie asks in a whisper
I hug her tightly, "She will love you. How old are you?"
"10. Do you like me?" she asks
10 she was changed so young.
"Yes I like you very much", I reply
"Will you be going with us Aunty Marie?" Natalie asks
That surprises me. I guess this makes her my niece then. I can't say no to her.
"No", I reply honestly
"Will we ever see each other again?" she asks me
"Yes. I just have a few things to do then I will join you", I reply
It was not exactly a lie.
I spend the next couple of hours telling them about everyone. Carlisle's fatherly nature and how he is a doctor. How Esme is the mother of the family who likes designing houses. Emmett the big teddy bear and the goof ball, who loves wrestling. Rosalie how she loves to work on cars. Alice to hyper pixie, who loves to shop. Jasper the quiet one who is the best fighter. Edward who loves to play the piano, we who will always stick up for his family. I begin to tell them about different members of the Volturi guard. I tell them about Aro's childish antics, Marcus's love of books, and Caius loves of battles. I tell them about Peter and how he is a big child (I'm sure he'll get a kick out of that), I tell them about Charlotte his mate. I tell them about the Denali clan and all the other covens that they would be meeting.
Soon the pilot announces our descent. An hour later we are one the ground and making our way through the airport towards my family. This is going to be fun…
Marcus's POV
We are at the airport with the Cullen's waiting for our guests to arrive. We just told the Cullen's a friend of ours is sending someone to us and we must go and pick them up. We can't tell them Bella sent us. Soon a group of three people start walking towards us and they were definably Vampires. One was about 10 or 12 with long blonde hair, the second one was about 16 or 17 and she had bronze hair. Soon my attention turned to the one in the middle. She was about 5,4 and she was beautiful.
"Marcus", I heard her whisper
My family gasps as they look at the woman.
I look at her closely and I quickly realize who she is. How is she alive?
"Didyme", I whisper I'm frozen in shock
When I say her name she runs towards me. I open my arms just in time to catch her.
"Oh my love I have missed you", my love sobs
I pull her tightly into my chest. Never wanting to let her go.
"My love. I love you. I will never fail you again", I whisper into her hair
She looks up at me with love in her eyes. I lean done and kiss her. And all the pain and hurt from the years washed away. I love her I will never let her go again.
Jasper's POV
We watch the three figures walk towards us. Then the older female says Marcus's name and he hers and she runs into his open arms. The shock is going through my family, how could she be alive? Who rescued her?
I scanned the crowd looking for anyone I know. I soon lay my eyes on a figure in the corner. And I quickly realize it is Bella. She turns and begins to walk away and I follow her. She is walking fast wavering her way through the crowd.
"Bella wait", I call to her
But she continues to walk. I speed up and grab her wrist and she cry's out in pain and I quickly release my grip.
"Bella what is it what's wrong?" I ask her concerned
"Nothing, nothing is wrong", she says a little to quickly not looking me in the eye
"Why are you walking away from us? I assume you rescued those three women", I ask her
"I can't tell you that. Just know I'm doing this for your own good" Bella says with tears in her eyes. Her eyes are pitch black and she looks like she is in pain.
"Bella come with me. Let me take you to them", I say reaching out my hand to her
She shakes her head and backs away from me.
"If I go with you. I will never leave", Bella says
"Why is that such a bad thing?" I ask her
"It just is. I can't stay here with the family so close", she says looking back at the space were the family is at.
She has longing, pain, and love in her eyes. In that second I knew that Bella never wanted to leave us and she is suffering because she left. I think she is suffering even more then we our. She is protecting us.
"Bella", I whisper with sympathy in my voice
"You don't need to hold any sympathy for me Jasper. I'm all right. As long as my family is alive I'll be all right", she says
With that one sentence I know why she left. I can see this is killing her right now to walk away from the family.
I pull her into a tight hug
"We love you Bella. Take care of yourself", I whisper
She hugs me back after a moment, "Take care of yourselves too. And now that I love all of you"
With that said I let her go and she begins to walk away. Now that I have seen her pain and know the reason why she left. I can forgive her…
Author's Note: What do you think? This is the longest chapter i have ever written. Please review and i'll update as quick as possible:)