(Author's note: This was supposed to be released a few days earlier, but oh well. You know how terrible I am with deadlines. Here's chapter 38. Enjoy.)

"I…I'm so sorry," Garrett said, as he stopped in front of Alice, his flagrum was just inches away from her body. "I…I was…going to attack you…and I'm sorry…I couldn't stop myself and-

"It's alright," Alice said. She turned her attention to Bella and Jasper. "I'm so glad to see you!"

The arrival of Bella and Jasper made Edward lose concentration for one moment. Kyle managed to give him a good slash on one leg, but he leapt back (so that Edward would be further away from him) when he saw Edward gritting his fangs.

Jasper held out his right hand toward the vampires, with his fingers outstretched, and the vampires immediately stopped fighting.

"Nice," commented Edward, when he saw that even Kyle was standing still with his eyes closed. "You're controlling their emotions?"

"Uh huh."

The Cullens and the Denalis looked at each other (except for Jasper who was focused on the army), and it felt like it had been a long time since they had allowed themselves to just relax for a bit. Ever since Lilith showed up, the only thing that felt significant in their lives were fighting, training and preparing for war.

"I'm so glad to see all of you here," Carlisle said. "It's nice to know that we're all alive, and-wait a minute…where's Emmett and Renesmee?"

Edward turned to Bella. He took a deep breath before he spoke. "Uh…where's Nessie?"

Bella didn't want to look at him; she didn't want to see the hurt in his eyes when he finds out. "She…she…she died…"

Edward's jaw dropped. He wanted to ask her what happened, but Bella's pained facial expression told him that now wasn't the time.

"You guys…"Carlisle began. He looked extremely uncomfortable; like someone had force fed him two hundred pounds of overcooked cabbage. "I don't know what to say about this…I mean, I helped the Volturi plot against you! I feel horrible! I'm so sorry!"

"Same here!" said Kate.

Elezar and Garrett nodded. Kate continued to speak. "We…we didn't want to of course, but Chelsea forced us to with her mind control! There was nothing we could do to stop her, and-

"We know," Alice said. "Don't apologize. It's not your fault. Anyone (except Bella) would fall under Chelsea's mind control. I'm just…happy to have you back to normal."

"And as for Emmett…" Carlisle said. "He-

"OH MY GOD, WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED HERE?" Kate screamed, interrupting Carlisle. She ran to Tanya's body (which was covered in blood, but when she got close, a vampire with a battleaxe swung it at her. Kate took out her longsword, and she blocked the attack. She gave out a shock, and because the metal, electricity-conducting weapons were touching each other, the vampire dropped his battleaxe, and he fell to the ground.

Kyle opened his eyes, and he gave Jasper a smirk. "Sorry kid, that power doesn't work on me or the others here. Even if you change our emotions, our will to kill you all is so strong that nothing can take it away. Besides your power only works on the part of the brain that controls emotions, the other, more rational part is unaffected."

It's just like that fight with Lilith! Jasper thought. And it was also like that time I tried to control Tony and Matt…but the thing is, at that time, I wasn't transformed, but after I went super-vampire, those two couldn't resist me. Now, this guy and the others could even though I'm transformed….Maybe I should put MORE power into this….

"I'll continue doing this, you guys will have to fight them!" Jasper ordered.

They nodded, and the fight began. Alice fired arrows at them, Edward attacked them with his sword, Elezar tried to stab them with his spear, Carmen attacked them with her staff, Kate shocked the vampires around her, Garrett used his flagrum on the enemies, Carlisle took out a scalpel and he tried to slit the enemies' arteries, Jasper continued to influence their emotions, and Bella continued to protect everyone with her mind shield.

It was total chaos. This time, Jasper was putting more power into it, he made the enemy feel depressed and hopeless, like there was no way for the Volturi to win this war. He also made them feel fear, like they've never felt before. With fear and hopelessness, some of the vampires stabbed themselves in the heart.

"Enough of this!" Kyle yelled. "It's just another trick, people! Don't fall for it!"

"Jasper, they're fighting your emotion control!" shouted Edward, who had just defeated three vampires at once.

Jasper closed his eyes, and concentrated. He sent even more power to his 'emotion control attack.' When he opened his eyes, more vampires were on the floor, with blood flowing out of their chest, but the ones that were able to resist his control continued to fight. He also saw fallen vampires with arrows sticking out of their body, fallen vampires with singed clothing, and he saw Edward and Alice (who was now using a sword because she had run out of ammo) back to back, fighting some vampires. Carlisle was doing pretty well, even though he hadn't transformed yet. He was dodging their attacks, and Bella was fighting with him, she was finishing off the enemy. The Denalis weren't too bad either. Kate couldn't even get a moment alone with Tanya's body because the enemies kept on attacking her, but because they were wearing metal armor, and carrying metal weapons, shocking them was pretty easy. Garrett was fighting an armoured vampire, and his flagrum flicked across his neck, cutting the arteries. Elezar had stabbed another vampire with his spear, and Carmen was beating the crap out of an enemy vampire.

"This doesn't look good!" a vampire next to Kyle said. "They're turning the tables on us!"

"I know!" replied Kyle, as he snuck up on Carmen, she spun around but he managed to disarm her. "I've been here since the beginning, and we've gone from an army to less than half standing! This is partly Bella's fault, if it wasn't for her, the Denalis would still be on our side!"

He thrusted his sword forward, and what happened next made their blood boil. Carmen wasn't quick enough to dodge, the blade went through her chest. She coughed up blood, but Kyle didn't seem satisfied. He pushed the blade deeper into her body, so much that the bloody tip of the blade could be seen from Carmen's back.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR THAT!" screamed Elezar. He ran to Kyle, but the vampire he had been fight before Carmen got stabbed blocked him.

"I am your opponent!" he said.

The battle became more intense. The Cullens and Denalis fought like crazy. Carmen being stabbed made them realize that the Volturi must be stopped at all costs, or else more people would die. They became more determined, and the more determined they got, the more enemies they ended up slaying.

Soon enough, it had gone from an army to less than half, to less than a quarter, to only a few left (including Kyle).

"NOW DIE!" Elezar shouted. He had defeated the vampire that blocked him, and now he aimed his spear at Kyle. He could feel his heart pounding at the moment, and the only thought inside his head was kill him! Kill him! Kyle dodged, and he leapt back.

Just as the Cullens and the Denalis defeated the rest of the vampires, Kate ran to Tanya's body.

"Don't worry, she'll be ok," Carlisle said. "A vampire will almost always be fine after a major injury, as long as she doesn't catch on fire. Unlike humans, we heal faster. She'll be fine, but it will take some time for her to recover. Right now, she's as good as unconscious, but she'll be good in a few hours, or even a day, depending on how severe her injury is."

The double doors then opened, and the official Volturi guard walked in, along with Lilith and some other vampires they didn't recognise. All of them had armor (except for helmets) and weapons.

"All right," Aro said into his earpiece. He, Marcus and Caius were still staring at the computer screen that showed them the throne room, and the Cullens, Denalis and the Volturi guard. "I want Kate alive. Her ability to shock people is extremely useful, I want Elezar back, Garrett has potential, and of course, I want Alice and Carlisle. Kill the others."

"Yes sir!" the voice on the other end responded.

"I'm so glad they got rid of Carmen," Caius said. "She was the reason Elezar left. He fell in love with her, and that 'love' made him weak. He no longer wanted power, all he wanted was to be with her, and eventually the desire got so strong that he really did leave. I hate her so much."

Aro nodded, but Marcus remained silent and emotionless. All three of them had steel armor on. "But when he rejoins us, he'll see how wrong he was, and then he'll realize that love is only for the weak."

Chelsea glared at Alice with only one eye (her other one was bandaged). "You! You fucking bitch! You're going to pay for what you did to me!"

Alice smirked. "It was self-defence. Besides, you deserved it, especially after what you did to Carlisle and the Denalis."

Chelsea bared her fangs at Alice. "You're just so troublesome. I wanted you dead, so I sent Kate after you, but then Aro told me there was a change of plans. Instead of having you killed, you will be forced to join us. Now he ordered us to bring you to him alive, but he didn't say anything about you being unhurt."

"Hey," Demetri whispered to Chelsea. "Bella's here. That means she's using her mind shield. We'll have to kill her, in order to get them to joins us."

Alec was looking at Bella. He then gritted his fangs, and he clenched his fists. Lilith (who had one of her arms bandaged) glanced at Jasper.

We didn't get to finish our fight last time, she thought. You were using that stupid ability of yours, and I nearly died, but I WILL finish it this time, like with Emmett. I rarely leave an enemy alive.

"Hey, Bella" Edward said to his wife. "Be careful when you fight. A lot of these guys want you dead, especially Alec. When he saw you here, he realized that something must have happened to his sister, Jane, since she was supposed to join them here, after she…tortured you, but he doesn't see her anywhere, so he figures something's up. And Jasper…"

"Let me guess…they want me dead too," his brother said.

"Yeah…they do," Edward said. "But watch out for Lilith."

"Thanks for the heads up."

The official Volturi guard rushed at them, with their weapons ready to kill, and the Cullens did the same thing.

"Looks like the fight just started," Caius said.

"We'll stick to the plan," Aro said. "They'll have to get tired soon, nobody can keep fighting forever. And when they're too weary to fight, that's when we go in for the kill."

"But what if they manage to kill a lot of our valuable members before they become tired?" Marcus asked. "I mean…we've already sent loads of vampires after them, and most of them have fallen, and the Cullens are still fighting. What if the same thing happens again? We might lose someone valuable like Demetri or Alec; we've already lost Jane and Felix-

"That won't happen," interrupted Aro. "If we have to, we'll all step in, and once we do, those guys will be finished. Now then let's focus on the battle…"

That's all for now, folks!