Chapter 52 - Alice's POV
The moment the plane landed I called Carlisle's phone it must have been off. Edward wasn't worried, or at least not about that. He was determined to get back to Voltera as quickly as possible. The plane taxied off the runway and into a waiting hanger where we all de-planed and separated into several different vehicles. Edward and I made our way to one of the first vehicles in the convoy and got inside. Edward still hadn't said anything. The volturi with us quickly loaded up their prisoners and Caius and Athenadora made their way to their car.
"Edward…." He ignored me looking out the window. I think he was actually willing the car to go faster. He was obviously concentrating on something, possibly in some far off distant place. The drive to Votera was going along like the drive to Rome. Uneventful and dull. I was looking out the window thinking of being back in Jasper's arms. I never stayed away from him this long, I couldn't smell his scent on my skin anymore and it made me feel very alone.
The situation with Bella was getting clearer. Edward had decided on the plane ride from Croatia that if she wanted it he would turn her. Although his resolve was faltering because of his lack of self confidence. "I know you can do it Edward…. Please don't worry so much" I though to him. He gave me a small grin in return. I know I wouldn't be able to make him feel confident in his self control in the next 40 minutes but I could try.
I was looking forward to arriving in Voltera soon but all of a sudden the future shifted.
All I could see was a mountain pass that I recognized from traveling this road earlier. A bunch of boulders raining down on the road. It crushed one of the cars in the procession we were in and we were instantly stopped and surrounded. Jane and Alec had been in the car that was crushed and Caius was taken. They had never been after Athenadora…. It was always one of the three leaders that they wanted.
"STOP THE CAR!" I cried out, Edward had opened his door leaping out onto the road grabbing my hand and I leapt with him. It was the dead of night and there were no other vehicles in the area that we heard, the convoy of vehicles we were in came to a sudden stop.
A bunch of the guard members had exited their cars in the same manner that Edward and I had and were now hissing and taking up defensive positions. Caius had opened his door and Edward ran over to close it again calling out "Ambush up ahead, get Caius and Athenadora out of here."
The driver of the forth vehicle in the line up nodded to Edward and cranked the wheel turning to go in another direction, a second car following for security. Alec and Jane had since raced to meet us in the middle of the road. "What do you mean Ambush, nobody knew we were returning tonight except the high council." Edward looked at me and nodded for me to explain. After hearing what I had seen in my vision the twins came up with a plan.
We would continue on the course we had planned and as the boulders rained down upon the road the driver of that car would allow his car to be crushed as he dived into the back of the SUV. Hopefully whomever it was would think Alec and Jane were incapacitated. Alec and Jane had instructed any guard members that were not driving to circle around to cut off escape. Edward and I rode with Alec and Jane in the forth car in the formation, the car that would have had Caius and Athendora in it.
Jane had insisted Edward and I be with them because I could tell if their plans had changed and Edward could tell when they were coming. As we drove on I could see in the distance the pass that the attack would happen in. "The vision hasn't changed, they still plan to attack." Edward squeezed my hand. Neither of us liked to be in confined areas and being in a confined area with Jane was not how I personally wanted to die.
We kept a steady speed to keep the attackers from knowing we were in on the plan and as the boulders fell on the first car all of the vehicles stopped in a swift chain reaction. Instantly I could see vampires descending the slope all around us. Alec whispered "Not yet…" I held my breath as the vampires surrounded the cars. Alec had earlier lowered his window by a few millimetres. I could now see him starting to concentrate. "Now Jane" He hissed as Jane threw open the door her hands extended toward the attackers and Alec did the same. Both Edward and I watched in aww as ten, twenty, thirty…. And more vampires fell under the power of the twins.
None of the other guard members even exited their vehicles while Jane and Alec incapacitated their victims. The sheer scope of what they could do made me shiver. Edward pulled me to his side. It was amazing to watch Jane fist knock them down with pain and then Alec's power overtake them and they froze like living statues. I was so glad that their powers weren't directed at us. This time.
Out of the darkness I heard Jane yell "Alright people Round them up!" I sighed to myself… it's gonna be a long night.
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