This Chapter Is Bella's POV.

Holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you.
Sweet raptured light,

It ends here tonight.

My Last Breath – Evanescence

Chapter 38

I expected all the Volturi members beside Jane to be waiting at the exit of the doorway, waiting for us to come so we could be captured and punished.

I was shocked with relief when there wasn't. I looked at Edward and Alice, and they, to, had a look of relief on their faces. Edward's hand was in mine and I felt in loosen a bit as he sighed with relief.

"Jasper still must have them under." Alice said with a smile on her face. I looked at both her and Edward with confusion. Edward chuckled when he saw my face.

"We will explain later, it's kind of hard to explain when we could have only minutes to escape." Edward said in a low voice, ruining the relieved mood that we were all in.

"He's right, we have to get Jasper and run." Alice said, and then she was in front off us, leading us towards the Volturi thrones. I imagined that was where the Volturi sat all day, probably only using their powers to harm other vampires who disobeyed the rules.

We weren't running, but we weren't what you would call walking. I think we all knew that the Volturi could still be their, sitting with their smug expressions and wondering why we would ever try to beat them. I could see it all so clearly now, that I was almost certain that we were in trouble.

But when we rounded around the thrones, no one sat there. It made me relieved, but more curious then ever. Where were the Volturi? Surely they wouldn't leave when there was other vampires' trying to help escape a captured one. That'd be like a prison guard leaving a prisoner with the key.

My thoughts vanished as I looked down from the thrones. A loud gasp came from only my mouth, and I wondered why the others were not shocked by the sight.

All of the Volturi members besides Jane and Aro were lying on the ground under their thrones, as if they were dead. I knew they weren't because they had happy smiles on their faces and their eyes were closed, like they were enjoying an afternoon nap.

I looked around to see Aro further away from the others, lying on the ground on his stomach. His arms were stretched out and his head to he side. He had his eyes closed and a smile on his face like the others, but his wasn't as happy. He looked a little like he was in pain.

Then my breathing stopped altogether when I looked up. There was Jasper, standing there with the exact same expression the Volturi had on their faces. He was standing up though, and he looked like he was concentrating very hard on something.

I turned to Edward with a worried expression.

"He's got them under his power. It affects him aswell. We had nothing else to do." Edward whispered into my ear quickly. I looked at Alice, who had a worried look on her face, to.

"As soon as we make him loose his concentration, we have to run. He will be quite disorientated, and he might even have forgotten why he is here, but no matter what we have to make him run. No one gets left behind."

Edward said in a tone that said not to argue.

Alice opened her mouth to talk, but closed it quickly. I looked between them both.

"How do we, um, 'wake' him up?" I asked. Edward and Alice's heads both flicked up, looking at each other with shocked expressions.

"Oh no." I said. There was a long silence as we were all deep in thought. "Last time, Jasper did it himself. He maybe too relaxed to do it now." Edward said in a stressed tone.

"Then we will have to do it ourselves." Alice said. I didn't even recognize her voice. She walked until she was directly in front of Jasper.

"Jasper, please, wake up. We need you to wake up. Please, please wake up." Alice said, her voice breaking as she pleaded for him to wake up.

Then she did something none of us would have ever thought she would do to Jasper. She lifted her hand and slapped him in the face hard, and shouted "Wake Up!". She had tears in her eyes and she was breathing heavily.

I knew know that she had cracked, and she couldn't take this any longer.

"ALICE!" Edward yelled, and raced over to her before she could slap Jasper again. I ran over as well, and with both our efforts we had managed to keep her hands behind her back.

To our surprised, Jaspers eyes flitted open. And then so did the Volturi's. "Whats Happening?" I heard Aro say as he rose to his feet slowly. I looked at Edward, who had a terrified look on his face.

Then suddenly Aro fell back to the ground, and I looked around to see the Volturi also fall back to their original positions in their thrones. I sighed with relief.

"Why don't we just grab Jasper and run?" I said whilst still looking at the other Volturi members. No reply. "Edward?" I said, and then I turned around.

My mouth fell open and I was completely speechless. Looking like they, too, were having a nice afternoon nap, were Edward and Alice. They didn't have smiles on their faces, so it looked to me they were trying to fight it.

And then it hit me. This was what Aro was talking about. I hadn't been affected by Jaspers power, but they had. This was what he meant when he said they needed my gift.

Now I didn't have one clue what I was to do. Jane was in the room, unaffected by Jaspers power aswell, but thankfully she couldn't get past the door. For now.

I thought and thought of a plan, but none I thought would work. Whilst I was deep in thought, a soft knock came from the large doors. I looked around nervously, and then walked to the doors.

I opened one of them slowly, and peeked outside. It was the receptionist from the front. Demetri had introduced her as Heidi. She had a large basket in her hands, and she looked impatiently at me.

"Can I help you?" I asked nervously. She looked at me with a shocked expression.

"I would like to talk to Aro. Please let me in." She said. I looked around at the Volturi members, then at Aro. I quickly shook my head.

"He's a little busy at the moment." I said. She sighed impatiently.

"Look, I just need to drop these bottles of blood to him. If you don't mind." She said in an annoyed tone.

A plan started in my head, and I had a feeling it could work. I smiled happily at Heidi.

"I would gladly take them to him for you." I said, opening the door a little more and putting my hands out.

To my surprise, she moved the basket out of my reach.

"I had instructions to deliver them myself. I am doing it." She growled.

I thought for a moment, and then I knew what I had to do.

"Hey, your only doing this so you can become a vampire, right?" I asked her.

Her face lightened a little. "That is correct." She said. I nodded quickly.

"So, say if I bit you, would you give me the basket?" I said.

Her face lit up in surprise. This was what she wanted, and she could have it. I knew the Volturi was not going to change her, even though they told her constantly they would.

"I want a gift, so I will only be bitten by someone who has a gift." She said stubbornly. I couldn't believe this girl.

"It just so happens, sweetie, that I do have a gift. It's a gift that blocks other gifts from attacking. Very useful. The Volturi are dying to have me." I said in a fake voice that made me sound proud of it.

Her face once again lit up in surprise. I waited for her reply, but I knew what she would say.

"When?" She said wearily.

"Right now if you want." I said, a fake smile plastering my lips. A grin appeared on her lips.

Then the basket was shoved in to my arms. "On the neck please." She said, tilting her head to the side.

With the basket in my hands, I put it down next to me. I looked at her.

"I'm sorry." I said quickly, and then I slammed the door shut so it was locked.

There was silence for a minute, and then she started banging and yelling against the door for me to bite her. It almost sounded like she was pleading.

"You'll thank me one day." I said, and then I opened the basket. I held my breath because I knew that it was what my throat was burning for. I wanted to drink all of the 8 bottles that I had counted and more.

But I couldn't think of that now. I needed to get my family and get out of here as fast as I could. And now I knew just how to do it.

I grabbed one of the bottles and pulled off the lid. The smell nearly overwhelmed me, and I nearly drank it in my gulp there and then.

But I didn't. And I knew later I would feel good about it.

Knowing Jasper was the newest vegetarian in the family, I knew if I tempted him with this he wouldn't be able to resist.

I walked over to Jasper, who looked once again peaceful and relaxed.

"Jasper, if you can hear me, it's Bella. Alice is in danger. We all are. I need you to wake up." I said.

When he didn't, I put the bottle under is nose. He was breathing in and out, and once he breathed in the smell of the human blood, I know he would wake up. Anyone would.

His face moved a little bit, but not enough to wake him up. I waved the bottle around, so the smell would become stronger.

I could smell the blood so clearly, so he must be smelling it. I bit my lips temptation was becoming nearly impossible. Could one really hurt?

No. I couldn't make my eyes even ore red. This wasn't me. It wasn't who I was.

I pushed the bottle right up close to Jaspers face that it was just about to touch him. To my relief, he breathed in deeply, signaling he was waking up.

After a few more minutes, I saw his eyes flitter open. I big sigh of relief left me, but I knew the hardest part was coming now.

To my surprise, he grabbed the bottle out of my hands and drank it down so quick I didn't realize he had done it until the bottle was on the ground.

At my feet, Edward and Alice were slowly getting up. And around me the Volturi were slowly coming to aswell.

That was my only chance I would get to save my family. While Alice yawned unnecessarily, I grabbed her and put it in Jaspers tightly. She looked at me funny, and then it must have come flooding back to her as her face filled with stress. Her grip on Jasper's hand tightened.

Then I pulled Edward up quickly and put his hand into mine and held it tightly. He looked at me weirdly, but didn't argue. It mustn't have hit him yet.

Aro was nearly at his feet when he saw us. His face filled with anger I had never seen before. "GET THEM." He shouted at the other members who looked to be still confused and disorientated.

I looked at Alice who looked at me.

"Run." I shouted.

And we did, pulling Jasper and Edward along with us for a minute until they realized they, too, had to run.

I knew it was only a matter of seconds before the Volturi came after us.

And this made me run faster, faster then I had ever ran before.