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Transitionals: New Moon

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Chapter 20

Jasper led the way through what turned out to be underground tunnels. "It's so we can get out of the city unnoticed, while the sun is out," he explained.

I clung to Edward the entire time. I breathed in his scent, letting it wash over me, calming me as best as it could. At the moment though that wasn't much.

I was still appalled that I hadn't been able to protect him.

We finally came to a stop, somewhere outside of the city. Before we exited the confinement of the underground, Jasper grabbed a bag which looked as if it had come out of the wall. He opened it and tossed clothing to us.

"These will cover our skin so the sun won't expose us," Alice whispered softly.

I was surprised when I was handed a jacket, a pair of gloves, a scarf, sun glasses, and a hat. I didn't know if they knew something I didn't, or if they were just being cautious. Either way I put the stuff on. Alice helped me wrap the scarf so that it would cover more of my skin without looking odd.

The afternoon sun was high in the sky and I was glad I wasn't affected by temperatures anymore. The sun and my extra layers would have caused me to have a heat stroke.

"We need a car, something that can get us to Rome quickly." Edward's grip tightened. "I want us on a plan as fast as possible."

Alice flashed him a grin. "Alright, I'll fine us the fastest car I can get." She skipped off towards the city gates were people were walking in and out.

Jasper passed me Anna. He spoke to Edward. "I don't want Alice out of my sight. Do you sense any danger around or can I go?"

Edward closed his eyes to help him focus. "I don't hear anything, we should be fine."

Jasper nodded and hurried at a fast human pace after Alice.

Edward dragged us over to the wall and we took a seat with our backs to it. We would be able to see when Alice and Jasper came out with a car.

I let him take Anna when he reached for her. He had to know how upset I was. He cradled her in his arm and wrapped his other one around me. He had me resting against his side, unable to move away even if I wanted to.

It didn't take very long for Alice and Jasper to steal a car, I had to wonder though if they could have found one any more conspicuous.

I bright yellow Porsche came to stop a fair enough distance away from our hiding space.

Edward was grinning with Excitement at it. "This is perfect Alice."

Alice beamed. "It would be if I could see properly over the steering wheel."

He tossed her the bag that still a few items in it. "You can sit on that." He then preceded to climb into the back, pulling me with him.

Alice rearranged the objects finding the right adjustment quickly. She then sped off away from the city.

I ignored the extreme speeds and pressed my face into Edward's shoulder. It was going to be a long ride, and flights home.

Thanks to Alice's driving we were able to cut the travel time in half. Unfortunately the next flight we could get on to get out of Italy wasn't set to leave for a few hours.

Waiting for the time when we could board our flight was agonizing. I was probably driving Jasper crazy. My gaze raked over every person who passed, and I scrutinized their every moves. I didn't know if I'd be able to use my powers again, so I was constantly on the lookout for trouble.

My foot tapped nervously and my handed was wringing the hem of my top into a knot.

Edward caught hold of my hands. He straightened out my top before resting his free hand on my bouncing knee; forcing it to a halt. "Let's go get you something to eat Bella. You're probably starving."

I didn't think I was hungry, but there was no point arguing when he could carry me away easily.

He found a small Italian place; it looked like a café. He ordered a salad and coke, then asked me what I wanted. I didn't doubt that the salad was for me. He was wanting to make sure I got food quickly.

I order the mushroom raviolis and a coke.

We sat at one of the tables, and the drinks and the salad were brought out immediately. Once the waiter had left, he pushed the salad towards me.

My hunger made itself known when I took the first bite. I devoured the salad. As I waited for my food, I drank my drink. Edward would pour a little from his glass to mine, making it appear we were both drinking some.

Alice and Jasper and Anna joined us as I had pushed the rest of my food away. The raviolis were hugged and there were too many for me to eat.

Anna waved at us tiredly. She wouldn't be back to herself for a while.

"Are you hungry?" I asked.

She nodded and reached for me. She settled in my lap and finished what was left of my food. It was more than enough for the little girl.

"We should get going, we'll be able to board when we get back to our gate." Alice stood from her seat fluidly.

The first flight to Atlanta Georgia was long. It didn't take long for my eyes to demand to be shut. I fought with them, trying to fight even the urge to blink.

Edward pulled open the arm rest between our seats. He held me to himself. "You can sleep now Bella. You're safe now."

There was no way I could sleep. "I don't want to sleep. If close my eyes now I'll see things I don't want to. Mainly I was afraid I'd dream about my inability to save Edward from the torture rays from Jane. I couldn't deal with seeing that again any time soon."

Edward held me tighter after that. He kissed my hair, my wrists, and the back of my hands. He didn't attempt to kiss my lips, no doubt hoping his gentle kisses would lull me asleep. He didn't argue with me about that though.

I managed to stay awake through the rest of the flight by drinking sodas

We had a layover in Atlanta, then we were on our flight for Seattle.

My eyes were heavy and threatening to close when we finally taxied up to the gate. Alice carried Anna, while Jasper took hold of me on one side and Edward on the other. It would have looked weird if Edward had been able to drag me this tired out of the plane on his own.

The reception waiting for us was missing one person.

Esme and Carlisle were standing in a quiet corner outside of security. Rose, Emmett, and Cissy were waiting just passed the security though. Cissy's little head was moving around quickly searching the crowd.

I felt horrible. Never had Anna and I been on a different continent than her. This had been the farthest we had been gone from her.

If Emmett hadn't have been holding Cissy, he probably would have crushed all of us in hug.

Cissy stretched towards Jasper and Anna. She clung to her sister once she was in Jasper's arms.

I brushed at my eyes as Esme wrapped her arms around me. "I'm so glad you're alright."

I sighed. If only that was true. I nodded, and almost toppled over.

"She's dead on her feet," Esme scolded Edward, Alice, and Jasper.

Alice mumbled something but I was too far gone. I wouldn't be able to fight sleep for much longer.

I remembered being helped into a car, but that was the last thing before losing my battle with sleep.

I was sitting on a rug with my mom beside me. Toby and Tessa were on the other side of me. Cissy was laying asleep in her mom's arms. She was smaller, like she was when she was only a couple months old.

Anna was playing with her best friends; her cousins. They were running around excitedly. Laughing and screaming as they tried to catch each other. I couldn't help laughing with them.

Doors flew open and windows were crashed through.

Toby was on his feet instantly, as was his dad and our grandfather.

Our younger cousins ran screaming for their parents as chaos broke out.

Tessa and my mom stood on either side of me.

The battle grew frantic and difficult. I slipped my ring on and fought with my mental shield.

My fighting skills weren't very good, not with my issues with balance; so fighting was out of the question.

My mental shield refused to work. I couldn't get a feel for it, I wasn't able to grasp it.

The smell of smoke forced me to try harder. My focus was solely on my mental shield.

Something slammed into me from behind. I turned to see my mother trying to fight of the control of the Undermining. The look on her face broke my heart. Her struggling urged me on with my own.

The room changed. Instead of our family's safe house, we were in the Volturi's dining room. And instead of my mom I was staring at Edward being tortured again by Jane.

I screamed with frustration as I tried to cover him with my mental shield. It teased me, moving at a snail's pace, inch by inch. Then all a sudden it refused to go any farther. I could hardly stretch it out a foot away from myself.

It wasn't fair, I needed to be able to protect him, I had done it before; and he hadn't been in real danger than.

Why wouldn't it work?

A cold hand pressed against my cheek and I screamed. I tried to squirm out of the cold arms, but they only wrapped tighter around me.

"Sh, Bella sh. It was only a dream, just a bad dream."

No, I memory, something I would always consider worse than a nightmare.

I relaxed into his arms, letting him hold me as I pulled myself together. He ran a hand over my hair whispering comforting words.

Once I had calmed down I was able to look at my surroundings. We were in Edward's room.

"Do you want to sleep more?" Edward whispered in my ear. From his tone I wondered how long I had been asleep.

He answered my silent question. "You've been asleep for the past fourteen hours." He rested his hand on my cheek and his thumb brushed under my eyes. "You still look tired."

I noticed his pitch black eyes and rubbed the dark purple bruises under his eyes. "And you look thirsty."

He shrugged it off. "Do you think you can go back to sleep?"

I shook my head. "I'm too awake now."

"Okay," He got up from the bed, helping me up. "Then you need to get ready we have some things we need to talk about."

I grimaced not sure if I liked where this was going.

Edward embraced me sweetly. "Tomorrow morning we are going to have some guests. They have a lot to talk with us about. We have a lot we need to talk about anyway."

I nodded and hurried through a quick shower. It felt good to be in the shower. I got out and dried of and changed.

Edward was waiting for me on his bed.

I stepped up beside him. "Is everything alright."

He nodded slowly. "We just need to get everyone caught up on a few things. Well actually, get you caught up. Alice told us what happen while you were asleep, and Jasper explained how we were able to find you."

He stood and kissed my chastely. "Come on, the others are waiting for us."

We walked downstairs and meet the rest of his family in the dining room. Cissy was sitting on the table in front of Emmett. Anna was asleep with her head resting on Rose's shoulder.

Edward pulled my chair out for me before taking his own seat.

Carlisle reach across the table and took hold of my hand. "How are you feeling Bella?"

I thought about it briefly. "I feel different."

Carlisle's face flashed worried before he was able to conceal it. He handed over an information box. It was already showing my percentage. Eighty four point nine. This was not good. The probability of keep this down wasn't looking good. Not with the Hunters practically at our door step.

I pushed the box away, not wanting to know more right now. I could see the changes soon enough.

"What exactly were we planning on talking about?"

Jasper glanced at Edward who nodded.

"We just wanted to get you caught up. Edward had just landed in New York. He let us know that he had landed but was going to have to wait a few hours before his next flight took off.

"Anna and I had been working with her powers and had figured out that Carlos was the one who betrayed your family, just before Edward called. I called the company you were meeting with and they didn't know what I was talking about. We realized then that he had set you up."

He took a deep breath and continued. "Anna and I quickly headed for a Seattle to catch a flight that would get us to Rome. On the flight Anna was watching those videos that Megra had made the three of you."

I didn't understand and his explanation shocked me.

"Anna had a feeling that Megra was hiding something from you. There's a whole set of hidden messages in the videos. One of the Messages was "stop Carlos." We don't know how she knew but she did."

"What about the woman Aro mentioned?" The question was out of my mouth so fast I was even surprised by it.

Jasper's response surprised me more though. "That was another one of the hidden messages. "Ruby recently started training a woman new to the Rebellion, brought in by Carlos, according to Thomas. From the message we learned she was Carlos' mate, and she's been leaking information through Ruby's connections."

"They've been framing Ruby for all the leaks." I felt like pounding something. I took a deep breath needing to remain calm. Getting angry would only push me farther to the end of the transition.

Edward rubbed my arm gently. "That's not all they've been framing. The woman has been releasing the hunters that Duke would bring in before they could get to the legal system."

"That way no fingers could be pointed at Carlos," Jasper added.

I ran my hand over my face, trying to grasp this. "So it was only Carlos and his mate. No one else?"

"Anna's confirmed that everyone else remained true to your family." Rose ran her fingers through Anna's curls, lovingly.

That was good to know. I could breathe easier knowing that.

I let the information sink in. My hands clenched into a fists without me realizing it. I only noticed it because my left hand felt weird. I glanced at my hand and unclenched it. My hand didn't look different. I turned it over a couple times trying to figure out why it felt strange, abnormal to me.

"Bella," Esme called, I hoped only once, though I doubted it.

I snapped out of my thoughts and met her gaze.

"Are you alright," she asked confusedly.

I nodded trying to reassure her. Subconsciously my right hand started rubbing my left ring finger.

I didn't know how much I could take of this so soon after a long sleep. I was already feeling weary. "Is there anything else?"

"Not tonight," Carlisle hurried to reassure. "You should go back to bed Bella. We're going to have a long and most likely a difficult day tomorrow."

I think his words made me even more tired; or maybe it was Jasper.

Edward walked me upstairs and tucked me into his bed. I was almost certain that Jasper was helping me out now. Did Alice warn him that I would need his help?

Edward laid on the top of the blankets, holding me. One arm was under my head while the other rested across my stomach. "Are you ready to sleep yet?"

I shook my head. Honestly I didn't want to sleep, but I was so tired. I was now positive Jasper was helping. I didn't really mind, I was going to need to be well rested for tomorrow.

"Do you want to talk about your nightmare?"

I had almost forgotten about that. I grimaced and turned in his arms so I could hide my face against his chest.

"You don't have to Bella," he hurried added.

I knew I didn't have to know, but eventually would have to talk about what was at the root of my dream. For now it could wait.

Author's Note.

Well there you have it. Carlos was the traitor and thankfully everyone else is true to Bella's family. You don't have to take my word for it though, because Anna will get to tell you all tomorrow, in the next chapter.

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