Ever find time flying by and next thing you know it has been almost a month since you have updated? Well that has happened to me and it is now April 16, 2010 as I type this and it's taken me this long to open up a new document to start this chapter. I suck frankly. On the bright side… well for me it is, anyway, I am going to California in less than a MONTH! Yes, May 6th through May 9! Going to Disneyland, California Adventure, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios! I am SO excited! Er… anyway onto the chapter! Oh and I have updated my profile so there is a bit more info about me, in case you were interested (:
Recap: Now it is June 2nd, 2010... What the HELL? California was AMAZING if you wanted to know. SHUT UP AND GET ON WITH THE STORY! Omg I just yelled at myself.
Disclaimer: All publicly recognized characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot of this story are the property of me. I am no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended. Ooh, how professional heehee.
Let us go with Omniscient POV again shall we?
Against the hopes of Alice morning arrived swiftly, yet the approaching dawn did not bring forth the legions of humans from their homes as it usually did. It was as though they knew of the battle that would soon take place between the world's strongest and fiercest creatures.
Bella and Alice left the safety of the dilapidated shack they found refuge in for the past few hours, swathed in veils that covered them from head to toe. Even if no humans were visible, there still was a possibility of stumbling upon some on the journey to the castle and that would not be well at all. It was best that no one ever saw them.
The expedition was not long at all due to the swift speed of the two she-vampires and soon enough they were easily breaking down a thick wooden door that humans would have had to use a battering ram on. The two only found difficulty in locating the room where Bella had seen the fight going on and it was a while before they heard familiar voices. The two girls disposed of their veils behind a marble statue and returned to the door to assess their situation.
The door was locked but Alice decided to make quick work of knocking it down with one swift kick to the middle, like Bella had done to the thick one in the beginning. Bella gave her a look of approval before calmly walking into the all white room of shouting vampires. The din stopped when the brunette girl waved a hand, a blast of Power effectively silenced them, and they gaped at her in astonishment.
"Hope you were not going to start without me?" she teased in her sweet French lilt. Alice came from behind, her steps so graceful she was ethereal with shining black hair darker than night herself. Her mate saw her and he struggled to cry out in joy and hold her in his arms but Bella's Power had frozen him too. Bella noticed this with embarrassment and took her Influence off her favored friends and love. Her enemies stayed petrified.
Bella thought back to her vision and decided that she would have to unfreeze her enemies and let fate unfold itself. As it was the sun was starting to ascend over the horizon and in moments it would reach the position she had seen in the prediction. So with another wave of her hand Caius and Aro, Marcus, she noticed gratefully, was standing among her family, and the guard regained movement,
Jane snarled but even she was smart enough to stay in her spot, growling as Alice and Jasper embraced, kissing and whispering their worries to each other. Emmett stood without Rosalie whom Bella assumed was somewhere safe (in fact, she had been able to escape before the others went in search of Aro, out of harms way), Carlisle with Esme, and finally Edward came over and Bella catapulted herself into his arms, sobbing as only vampires could. Once she was quite finished, she pulled her face from Edward's chest to face a glowering Aro.
"Give up now Aro, there is no way you can win this fight." Bella told him coldly. Even with the entire guard, they still were weaker than her alone; she could slaughter them all in one twitch of her nose. Aro realized this as well deep in his subconscious but his greed and pride were too much and that was what caused him to pursue the battle.
"I will not stand down like a coward! We will fight and I will win!" he growled but it sounded more like a whining child. Bella rolled her eyes, annoyed at his immaturity. How ironic that one of the oldest vampires and a ruler of the vampire world have begun fussing when things were not going how he wanted them to.
Edward had enough and shouted back at him, "You are leading your coven to slaughter!" Bella's vision was showing to be true; she recognized the positions everyone was in and how the sun's rays were peeking through the white room's windows. Any moment now, Caius would say something that caused the entire room to erupt in chaos and she would lunge right for Aro's throat…
But everything changed and Caius shouted 'Now' and a new enemy came into the room, walking slowly through the broken door wearing nothing but a dingy loincloth over his lower body, like a slave. "Meet Doedsfald, it means Death." Aro cackled at the frightened expressions of the others. "He is my own personal killing machine, I found him wandering around Denmark and brought him after seeing him do something very extraordinary." he licked his lips like the thought caused him to salivate.
Doedsfald was easily seven feet tall, towering over everyone in the room with muscles rippling with every move he made, every miniscule twitch in his stance sent the mass trembling like they were alive. He had an eight-pack and his arms were thicker than his neck, which had empty veins popping out like he was under some sort of strain. He had plain brown hair that fell around his face in slight waves, a broad nose, a mouth set in a scowl, and dead eyes that told of a deep pain and sadness.
"You see Isabella?" Aro was tittering and rubbing his hands together, "We are not alone in this fight! No no! I had my own secret weapon of my own that is in fact quite a bit more powerful than you," he said bitterly, looking spited. "He will destroy you, you will see." he promised, moving through his ranks of perfectly lined soldiers. He stopped once he had returned to his original spot.
"He obeys my every command like a fucking dog! Watch!" he snapped his fingers and Doedsfald sprang into motion, grabbing Bella with incredible speed and holding her in a headlock. Bella was shocked that she had not reacted and tried to throw him off but it was clear that he was much stronger and… it seemed he… was sucking… the very life… out of… her. Bella slid through Doedsfald's arms and lay in a heap on the white floor, unconscious.
Edward cried in anguish and, upon seeing his fiancée lying motionless, so helpless, he leaped forward and struck Doedsfald in the chest, the tackle so abrupt the huge man had no time to react. The strike sent the large man sailing across the room and through a wall. Doedsfald leaped through the hole, his dead eyes lit with a small spark that resembled annoyance and pain.
Aro was outraged and called the attack that sent his fleet, minus Demetri and Alec who remained absent from the room completely, surging forward. The other vampires reacted equally fast, using the advantage of three strong newborns and three experienced others as much as they could.
Edward was locked in combat with Doedsfald who, despite his size, was fast, almost as fast as him and twice as strong. However, since Edward had the motivation of his opponent harming his beloved with him he had an extra advantage of revenge on his side, which added a fuel to his already roaring anger. Doedsfald, we'll call him Death from now on since it is much easier, kept up with Edward's cobra-like strikes, returning defensive jabs of his own.
However, Edward noticed that Death did not hit hard at all for someone his size, it seemed like he was holding back which Edward found to be very peculiar. Death also did not hold any malice in his eyes in fact he looked peaceful, as well as frightened since he was being attacked by Edward.
He also kept shouting in Danish every time Edward hit him and one particular time after several of his bones had been crushed by a single blow from his partner he put up his arms to shield his face and cried urgently to the copper-haired boy. Edward, who had been ignoring Death's attempt at communication stopped after recognizing part of his insistent cries.
"Behage! Jeg ønsker ikke at gøre dette!" Please! I do not want to do this! Edward had briefly studied Danish for a while and he was able to understand that much. Death noticed Edward's reaction and took that as encouragement and spoke rapidly, excitedly. "Aro tage mig fra Coven mig og tvinge mig til at dræbe, jeg er så bange. Behage hjælp" Aro take me from my coven and force me to kill, I am so scared. Please help. Edward was shocked as he deciphered the man's speech and realized he had been attacking a man - he hoped - was innocent.
Edward's eyes turned to slits and locked onto Aro who watched the fight between his guard and Edward's coven, the cruel man's attention solely focused on the violence before him. Clearly, Aro was enjoying standing at the sidelines. That sadistic bastard, Edward thought, still holding Death by the neck, his arm poised for another strike. Once he realized what he was doing, he immediately released Death from the hold he had on the man.
Edward turned away from the man and knelt down to Bella's side, stroking the hair from her face that had fallen across it. She showed no response to his touch, filling Edward with sadness and anger directed at everything and nothing, mostly at Aro though. Enraged Edward darted to Death, "Wake her up!" he demanded in Danish, pointing to Bella.
Death looked frightened and before Edward could stop him, he disappeared, running like a coward through the door that he had just come through. If Bella had not been laying unconscious in the middle of a catastrophe he would have chased after Death and ripped his limbs off and forced him to reverse what he had done to Bella.
However, since he was loathe leaving her side he had to let the sniveling coward run. Too bad Edward knew Death was not to blame; he had been taken from his home and forced to hurt innocent people so of course he would run at the first chance he got. The only thing Edward really could do was hope that Death would safely reach his coven without any interference from the Volturi.
Aro watched as Death escaped, furious at the loss and would have gone after the brute but Renata, his shield, placed her hand on his arm. He knew he would not be able to leave for Renata could not follow him and if he were left unguarded… he would be killed in minutes. Aro lamented to let his giant run and stayed to the side with his guard and brother and watched his coven battle the pitiful vegetarians. He saw the annoying Edward boy kneeling next to Isabella's body and sent Santiago to deal with him.
Edward would have stayed at Bella's side but just then, he found himself torn away from her, fists hitting every inch of him with cobra like precision and the strength of what could only be another vampire. When he finally gathered his wits Edward lashed out with his foot and caught a surprised member of the Volturi guard in the chest.
He did not know the name of the man but he did not care for he recovered from the hit and was coming at him again, snarling and teeth gritted. He was plain for a vampire, but his angry expressions made him hideous in Edward's eyes. Edward received a hit to the face and the stomach and before he could try to hit him, again he was on his back with teeth centimeters from his neck.
His throat was almost torn but Edward was able to push the man off him and took him by the arm, bent it behind his back, and jerked up hard. He cried out in pain and dropped to his knees, allowing Edward easy access to tear his head off. The man's headless body slumped forward and landed on the floor, his broken arm lying next to his body awkwardly.
Edward turned to find Emmett in a death dance with Felix, their steps mimicking each other and their fists flying at speeds Edward did not think possible. One particular blow from Felix on Emmett's jaw shattered the boy's skin, leaving the previously flawless skin cracked like cement, dozens of thin lines where the hit had landed.
It healed seconds later and Emmett responded by lifting a marble column that had fallen to the floor after Alice had been slammed into it by Heidi and hurling it so fast it collided with Felix, shattering upon impact. It resulted in the effect Emmett wanted which was to temporarily divert Felix's attention away from him so that he could take hold of his sword that he had dropped after the attack began.
Felix, however, expected this since two other members of his enemy coven had identical swords and were attacking members of the Volturi with the disgusting blades. Emmett dived forward but Felix was prepared and darted out of the way and came back quick enough to strike Emmett in the cheek and grabbed him by the hair, slamming his nose into his knee.
Emmett, far from showing defeat, dropped the sword and grasped Felix by the forearm and swung his own arms back and then forth, bringing the other vampire forward with the momentum and sending Felix crashing into the floor. Emmett leapt across the stunned vampire to grab his fallen sword by the hilt with both hands and sank into a crouch, waiting for Felix to return to his feet.
Once Felix righted himself, Emmett lunged forward, towards the approaching monster and sank the blade deep into his opponent's stomach. Felix laughed since the stab did nothing but tickle him but his sneer was replaced with pain as Emmett, with a great upward heave of his arm, brought the blade up and sliced the man in half. The left side sagged to the front and the other the back, exposing the grayish purple innards of the vampire, coated with venom instead of blood of course.
Emmett, for good measure, brought the blade down once more and chopped off both halves of Felix's head, catapulting one across the room where it bounced off the wall and the other landed on the floor and rolled until it came to a stop right at Aro's feet. He growled in anger and kicked the cranium section away in disgust, pulling his robes up away from his 'tainted' shoe.
Emmett laughed at Aro's disgust, the fact that he had just killed someone with a sword not even on his mind any longer. Alice whizzed past him with long mahogany curls clutched tightly in her hands with Heidi chasing after her, "Get back here bitch!" she yelled, her half bald head glittering in the sunlight. Edward managed a slight chuckle at the sight but he was too preoccupied with Bella to care much.
The fight was still going on around him though, Esme with the evil little Jane who found that her power had been temporarily "turned off", Carlisle was viciously tearing at Afton, Marcus made easy work of Corin who was nothing but a smoldering pile of ash by then. Edward had not even noticed the choking smell of the burning incense like scent that curled around the room.
Jasper was having the most difficulty with Chelsea who kept using her power to make him feel as though he did not want to fight against her but his own coven. He was able to hold his own by doing something that came as naturally as breathing came to humans. He just knew to make Chelsea feel a haunting hopelessness that sometimes made her stop for short seconds and just stare dejected at the floor.
Jasper got a good blow to Chelsea in the stomach, which broke his hold he had over her, and suddenly he could not remember why it was he was fighting, it was not as though he had any bond to the golden eyed vampires right? Chelsea roared and picked Jasper up by the shirt, raising him into the air, her other arm poised to tear across his throat.
With such speed, there was little time to stop her, Chelsea brought her arm down.
Only to find it torn from her body by the most furious looking creature anyone had every laid their eyes on: Mary Alice Brandon, the mate of Jasper. Chelsea wailed in pain, releasing Jasper so that he landed on the floor and cradling her stumpy elbow to her chest. Alice had, with incredible speed, thrown herself forward to jump in between her mate and the she devil and ripped the bitch's arm off. With her teeth.
Alice spat the arm out of her mouth and threw the appendage into the ever growing tower of fire, making the flames quiver with the delight of being fed vampire flesh. Chelsea rushed Alice, screeching her anger like a banshee, her remaining hand with its finger curled to resemble claws was aimed for Alice's face. Jasper reacted exactly as Alice had, except instead of an arm he took off the head of the howling she vamp.
Her body dropped like sack of potatoes and Alice, who had a millisecond before Chelsea would have had her fingernails deeply imbedded into her face, gasped shakily, her arms stuck to her sides as though with superglue. "Are you hurt Alice?" Jasper asked her, cradling her to himself. She wrapped her arms around him and shook her head, making his shirt ride up with the movement.
Suddenly a shrill voice, like that of a child, called out, "Get offme!" Jane was held by the ear by Esme, who was covered with scrapes that had once been deep lacerations and her hair was such a mass of tangles that it would be a miracle if they came out any time soon. Jane was not much better with bumps that should not even be visible and her short cropped hair had tufts missing all over the place.
Aro, Caius, and Renata the shield were, to say the least, appalled that one of their best fighters had been beaten by a woman who looked so gentle and motherly in the beginning. "Not until you apologize for using such foul language with me earlier." Esme responded, as though she had not in fact been fighting to death with the girl just moments ago.
Aro, finally coming out of the little bitch's room, squawked out his indignation, "Jane kill that woman! What is the matter with you?" he tried to look like he was not about to run out of the room crying with fear but when Jane twisted to give him a glare so filled with hate he jumped as though shocked and leapt to hide behind Renata.
However, Jane was never allowed the chance to say another thing; Edward did not allow her the opportunity to grovel for her life. She never even had an option of apologizing so anyone could even consider allowing her to live, after every terrible thing she had done to tear Edward and Bella apart. Edward blazed like a lit match in a can of gasoline, not burning, but leaping with the speed of the flames.
Now all that remained of the world's largest, most powerful vampire coven were two power hungry tyrants who literally tried to kill their own brother in order to stay in command and one pusillanimous vampiress. Now the newborns and the elders, minus Edward who had returned to Bella's side after killing Jane, advanced on the horrible trio.
It was remarkable that, despite being so advanced in their training, the Volturi guard had been defeated so easily by the vampires that were equivalent to children compared to them. Perhaps never having any actual practice with their skills had diminished their hope of surviving, much less winning that battle. They had grown to be like hunting dogs that were only kept for show and eventually grew lazy and weak, inefficient when the time came to perform the task they had been bred for.
"Can we work this out?" Caius asked, holding his hands up palms forward, and trying to sound soothing and reasonable. When he outstretched his hand towards little Alice she snapped at it, like a wild animal on the verge of attacking a hiker in the forest. He retracted his hand quite quickly and hid it behind his back, as if Alice had been trying to steal it from him, like it had been a valuable item. Crazy man.
"You had your chance," Carlisle replied as the others of his coven circled around the remaining enemy, like wolves on the hunt, going in for the kill. Renata attempted a shield but since it was six against one she her screen of deflection all but bounced off the approaching vampires. Sensing the obvious defeat she fell to her knees and bowed her head, hoping against hope and praying to any divine being that would listen that her life would be spared.
And then it was over. The Volturi clan was officially defeated in a battle that would fly through the vampire world in an epic tale of how the Cullen coven had ripped, killed, and burned the most powerful family in the world. Well, the most powerful so far. After all there were three, soon to be four, newborns that were just oozing with potential. Potential that Aro Volturi would never have the ability to witness since now he was floating as ash somewhere over the city of Volterra, caught in a current of wind.
There is only one chapter after this, how sad. I can't believe how long it took me to update and I am ashamed to say that it isn't even 4,000 words. I hope it was quality writing though. I think I would take good writing over long chapters anyway. So tootles, we shall only meet once more after this and then this story will go from in progress to… complete. Oh I'm so sad!