Two hours, that was all Bella had to get Allison to the garden for Sulpicia and Athenadora. Sulpicia had told her that they have some friends nearby to distract the kings and the guards while they snatch Allison from the safety of the Volturi. For now, all she had to do was go find her and take her to the garden when the time comes.
_SHADOW ROSE_
After the walk around the garden, Felix had led Allison and Seth to the cafeteria for them to eat before taking off somewhere. She expected that he probably went to the dungeon or something to have some blood, or maybe he decided that one of the human staff was useless and decided to drain them. Allison and Seth went to grab a tray for food; Allison got spaghetti with a roll, a glass of choclate milk and banana pudding while Seth got lobster risotto, two rolls, a glass of chocolate milk and two slices of apple pie. They went to go sit at an empty table in the middle of the room, ignoring the human staff.
"I never had risotto before," Seth said as he picked up his fork. "I'm excited."
Allison smiled. "It's really good," she said.
Seth dug into his risotto, Allison watched him for a moment; she knew Seth with food. If he didn't like it, he wouldn't bother taking another bit, if he loved it, it would be gone within a minute. Seth loved the risotto, he was digging into it as if someone was going to steal his plate.
"Good?"
"Yeah," he said with his mouth full.
Allison they ate their food in peace, talking about the good ole days, joking about everything, Allison spotted Bella walking in. Allison's smile fell, she hated how now every time she sees Bella or even thinks about her, it ruins her day. Bella walked over to them, with a small smile on her face as she took a seat beside Seth. Allison had looked down at her plate before looking up at Bella with a small, fake smile of her own. "I thought you went out with Edward," she said, trying to engage in some sort of conversation so it wouldn't be tense between them.
"He went out hunting with Carlisle and Esme," Bella said.
"Hungry?" Allison asked. "There's still plenty of food left."
Bella shook her head, Allison watched as her eyes flickered to the clock briefly but she figured she was checking to see when Edward would be getting back. Did you know that Bella isn't actually Edward's mate? Allison glanced over at Seth.
I had no fucking idea. Seth had finished his risotto and was now working on his pie. Tell her that, she how she reacts.
I'm trying to defuse the current situation between us. Allison took a sip of her chocolate milk. I'll get Marcus to tell Edward.
Damn, I was hoping to see Bella spaz out. Seth looked at both of the girls.
Allison rolled her eyes. "So Bel-" Before Allison could finish her sentence, there was a loud ass BOOM, that shook the castle; everyone in the cafeteria went silent as they could all hear the Volturi guards shooting. Seth let out a growl. Seth, what is it?
Vampires. Seth got up, making Allison and Bella to do the same. I think the Volturi is being under attack.
Allison felt her heart racing. She wanted to get to her mates, wanted to find Felix, wanted to see what the hell was going, wanted to help but she had to get all the humans to safety first. "Alright, everyone!" she said loud enough to get everyone's attention. "Get back to your rooms and stay there!" The other humans were scared, she could tell, but them being scared now could result in their deaths. "NOW!" That got the others scrambling out the cafeteria. Allison took in a deep breath. "I need to go find-"
"Absolutely not," Seth growled at her. He grabbed her hand and dragged her behind him as they ran out of the cafeteria. They could hear the fighting between the Volturi and whoever decided to attack them. "You can see them when they're done fighting."
Allison wanted to argue but didn't. She had abilities that could help the Volturi, though she could hear her mates express how dangerous it would be for her to use her abilities as a human against tried to turn them invisible, so it would be easier to escape but it wouldn't work. She focused onto that ability and nothing came. She mentally cursed, she was probably too stressed out for it to work. Seth suddenly came to a halt, Allison and Bella stayed close to him.
"Vampires," Seth whispered. He sniffed the air. "Enemy."
Allison squeezed Seth's hand, basically begging him to not risk his life to protect hers.
Seth turned to look at her. "If it means you get out, that's fine," he whispered. "We gotta go." Seth tightened his grip on Allison's hand then bolted with her and Bella trailing behind. They could hear the vampires that Seth had detected chase after them. Seth let go of Allison's hand and pushed her forward. "GO!" He shouted at her, before turning to the vampires to fight them.
Allison was torn between running to find shelter for Bella or to help Seth. She grabbed Bella's hand and ran, though they didn't get far when some vampires cut them off. Bella hid herself behind Allison, she wished that any of the Volturi members or her family were here now. She clenched her hands into fists, focusing on her fire ability. Once her fists were surrounded by fire, she was relieved that she could still tap into her abilities. She shot fire at them, keeping them back for a bit until she switched her fire ability for electricity; she could see the vampires gathering themselves together to attack her but before they could, she sent a massive wave of electricity towards them, shooking them to the point where it killed them. She looked back at Bella to see if she was alright and noticing that Seth still hasn't caught up with them. She ran back, seeing Seth being pinned down by the enemies.
"Hey, shitface," Allison called, catching their attention. "Leave my brother alone." She charged up her electricity ability and shot it at the vampires, killing them. Once they dropped dead, she went over to Seth, scanning him over.
"I'm fine," he said. He got up. "I told you to run."
"I did but there were vamps," she said.
"Running through the castle won't do us any good," Bella said. She opened the door to the garden. "We can run across and get to the library."
Allison and Seth didn't argue with that. They would have a faster chance to get somewhere safe if they cut through the garden, Seth pushed Allison ahead of him, he was going to be at the back of the group just in case he would have to fight and let the two girls escape. They ran through the garden. Allison kept tapping into her abilities, some of them were rendering useless, she couldn't understand that. Invisibility would be a great advantage for them right now; hell, even her shield isn't working. Bella slowed down in front of her, she had no idea why. As her mind try to comprehend that something could be wrong here, Seth let out a painful cry. Allison whipped around to see Seth fall to the ground, there was a vampire that stood beside him holding a needle.
SETH! Allison tried to get to him mentally. Seth, wake up!
"Good job, Bella," there was a female voice. Allison turned in Bella's direction to see two female vampires that wore the Volturi pendant around their necks. Sulpicia and Athenadora, Aro's and Caius' ex-mates. They had told her about them and Didyme,Aro and Caius said that they kicked them out of the castle for her safety. Allison's eyes moved from the two vampires to Bella. "In return for helping us, we will help you."
"Bella?" Allison frowned, confused. Did Bella just... did she just betrayed them?
Sulpicia took a step closer to her. "So, you're the one that made our mates kick us out? A child." Sulpicia chuckled darkly.
Allison gave her a sharp stare. "What did he do to him?" Indicating that she was talking about the male vampire who was standing over Seth.
"Nothing to be concerned about dear," Sulpicia said, she turned to walk towards Bella.
Even though, Bella had betrayed her, she wasn't going to let Sulpicia kill her. As she took a step towards her, she felt a sudden pain at the back of her head, and the darkness welcomed her before she hit the ground.
_SHADOW ROSE_
The Cullens and the rest of the Volturi guards had been back no long before they heard the BOOM and the castle shake. Carlisle was on his way to see his soon-to-be son-in-laws when he heard the guards yelling orders.
The castle was under attack.
Holy shit, the castle was under attack.
Carlisle ran through the halls, trying to get to the kings. His mind was thinking about his daughter, she had to be with them. She better fucking be with them. When he got to Aro's office, he saw that the kings were occupied. Aro had a look of fury on his face as he struggled to keep the vampire under him so he could see why the hell they were attacking. Marcus was in the middle of ripping a vampire apart and Caius was already lighting a fire in the middle of the hall. He watched as Aro had enough and tore the vampire's head off.
"Aro? What's going on?" Carlisle walked over to them.
Aro looked up at him. "I couldn't see why they are attacking us."
Carlisle kept his panic down. "Where's Allison? Is she safe?"
As soon as he said his daughter's name, the three kings instantly went tense. They had no idea where she was. Carlisle could feel his panic start to rise. Marcus took a moment to search the bond, he stated that she was terrified and worried. Carlisle hoped that she would use her abilities to keep herself safe.
"Split up, search the castle," Aro ordered. "Find her."
The four of them did split up. Carlisle went back in the direction he had came from which was the library, he didn't have time to run back to Esme and tell her that their daughter was currently missing. What if she was hurt or, God forbid, dead? Carlisle shook away that question. If she was hurt or dead, the kings would've felt it.
Carlisle passed Volturi guards fighting against the enemies; Carlisle killed multiple vampires that were attacking on his way back to the library. He finally made it outside the library doors when he heard a commotion inside, he prayed it would be his daughter. He opened the doors, only to find Felix finishing off killing four vampires.
"Felix?"
The vampire guard, his soul-son, looked up at him, his face held so many emotions on it. "They're not here." Felix threw the bodies into the fireplace. "I took them to the cafeteria so they could eat then I left." He frowned."I-"
"It's not your fault this is happening," Carlisle used his fatherly tone on the anicent vampire."I need your help, son."
Felix didn't hesitate to go wtih him. They searched the castle, they killed more of their attacker and still not a sign of Allison. It felt like they've been searching and killing for hours until they heard a cry of pain. That was Seth. Carlisle sniffed the air, Seth's scent was strong which meant he was nearby. He and Felix raced towards the scent, as they got closer they could pick up Bella's and Allison's scent. Alley? He tried to reach her mentally. Honry,are you okay? There was no answer. Allison?
When they got to the garden, it was empty.
No one was there.
The scents lingered which meant this was the last place that Allison, Seth and Bella had been at, there was even a small scent of blood too. Carlisle seached around for the blood, there was some on the walkway. He knelt down beside it, it was Allison's blood and by the look of it, his daughter got hit in the head. Carlisle growled at the image of his daughter getting hurt.
Aro, Caius and Marcus arrived a minute later. Carlisle could see the frantic look on them, they felt Allison get hurt through the bond. Aro went over to Carlisle, he looked down at the blood. After a second, the frantic look on the kings faces turned into sheer anger when they caught scent of the vampires who had participated in this attack.
"Sulpicia and Athenadora were part of this," Aro growled out.
Caius growled. "I'm calling Demetri."He left. Anyone who knows Caius that when he gets like this and there isn't much he can do, he goes destory things, it doesn't matter if it's his art or room.
Carlisle felt his anger take over him. How dare they harm his daughter? He was always known to be calm, but his daughter's and his soul-son's lives were in danger, he doesn't play around when it comes to his family. Now, the hardest part to do is to find his mate and tell her the bad news.
a/n: I honestly thought this chapter was going to be short. I can't wait to see what will happen next :D
