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The arms locked around my body tighter as I growled at the words. My eyes searching for any sign that Alice had survived, then Carlisle blocked my sight and Esme started shouting at Emmet.

"Take her, outside... Now."

I let Emmet take me. All strength in my body seemed to have faded away.

Knowing that I had failed in my quest to resist the orders made by the Volturi.

My beautiful little sister, was dead.

BPOV

" Bella"

The anguished words reached my ears as Emmet held his arms around me. That made me realize, he still feared I would go back inside to Alice. He had seen and recognized the need for blood in my eyes.

"I'm fine Emmet. You can let go now."

I waited for his arms to let go, but he didn't. Instead he sat down, carefully placing me between his legs. It was the closest our bodies had ever been.

"I don't think I can."

His words are soft and full of guilt.

"Why not?"

Trying to move my upper body around enough so I could see his face. I struggled for a moment as his arms tightened around me. Then they loosened, his hands folded as his arms loosely draped around my waist.

I used my new found freedom to twist my upper body. As soon as I did, Emmet closed his eyes. A frown bringing his large eyebrows together, causing his usually young and carefree face to be a mask of pain... and guilt.

"If I let go of you know, I will go inside and finish what you started."

Stunned I watched his lips move and allowed the words to sink in. Emmet had pulled me away from Alice because he had wanted her for himself. The scent of her pure blood, pulling him towards her like a magnet.

"You used me as a distraction?"

Whispering I placed one of my hands over his. Pressing down on them gently.
"I'm sorry." It was all I could think of to say. Emmet didn't reply but I could feel him take a shaky breath and exhale slowly in response. Letting me know, he was still struggling with his own blood lust.

For a moment we sat there. Together alone... outside in the moonlight. As we did I carefully inhaled some of the fresh outdoor air. The smell of pine and wet grass a fresh welcome. With each unneeded fresh breath of air, the memory of Alice her sweet blood faded away. Until finally the only thing left was a dim recollection in the back of my mind.

"Emmet. What will you do now?"

Under my body, I could feel his large body tremble for a moment as the reality of the words sank in.

" I don't know. My orders were clear. Stay with you until the day Alice was turned. Ensuring you would keep your promise to them."

The word them came out without any emotion. Sparking a hope I hadn't know was buried deep inside of me.

" My work is done here. And the distance between us, could give me the opportunity for the first time in my immortal life, to be free and alone. "

He still didn't move and neither did I. Intrigued by the twist our conversation had taken. Emmet had always supported our family, even taken to our rules... hunting only animals. Be it very large animals, like grizzly bears or mountain lions.

Never had he talked about his past, the time spend with the Volturi or his life as a human. Never had it occurred to me that he might have seen our family as an obligation to his former masters.

"You make it sound, like you won't go back?" Hesitating slightly, I turned to see his face again. It was the same masked expression I had seen years ago, the night when Aro and Marcus had ordered him to join our family.

For a moment he looked over my head, staring at some unknown image in the night, then he lowered his eyes.

"No... maybe."

Breathing the words into my face. His eyes locked on mine.

"I have nothing to go back to there. They were never my family or friend to begin with. I was just their soldier."

I tried to look away but couldn't. Emmet's dark eyes had me trapped like a bird in a cage.

"Then if they aren't your family, who are?" Leaning in closer, I whispered the words back at him. Hoping he would say, we were his family.

He didn't move himself, instead I felt one of his hands move around my wrist and pushed my body away from him slightly. Holding me tight, almost like he feared I would run away or come closer again.

" When I was human, I had family. Two younger brothers."

Stunned I stared at him. "What happened to them?"

Two brothers, a family, he had never mentioned them before.

"Someone damned us to this life and took them away during my change. I woke up in this life alone. Our sire had left me to die and taken only my younger brother, using their innocence for his own gains. Slowly he started corrupting their minds. Using them in his own sick little games until I finally caught up with them. By that time it was too late, the vampire who had taken them from me, feared I would convince my brothers to join me and attacked me. The Volturi gave me safety after they found me. This happened a long time ago."

His hand was tightening in an iron grip around my wrist, one that if I were human would crush the bones. Now it just hurt slightly, but the action made me realize how much pain it caused him to share these words with me.

"They promised me revenge, if I helped them track the vampire that had taken my brothers."

"Did you catch him and get your revenge?"

Placing my free hand over his, I gently caressed the back of his hand. Willing him to let go and understand he was with a friend. He looked down at my gesture. Releasing me from his tight grip and getting up so fast, it left me on the ground looking up at him.

He towered over me and looked down on me with black eyes of hate.

"No. And you should know... Since you are the one that ripped his head of his shoulders, taking my only chance of revenge. Years I travelled with the Volturi, gaining their trust. Earning their loyalty and the gift to take revenge. In one simple gesture, you took all of that away from me. And now, after finishing their last task. I have nothing left in this world except my duty as a soldier. So perhaps after all that has happened, I should return to them."

Without waiting for my response, he turned and marched of into the woods. A giant black figure, quickly disappearing in the darkness. Alone.

Tristan was the one who's head I had claimed. He was the one who had taken Emmet's family away from him. Kent and Ivan had been his brothers. I had taken Tristan from him and with that his pride. Now the Volturi had what they wanted. Without even lifting a finger, all the dirty work had been done for them. And things had worked out exactly like the Volturi wanted, Emmet would return to them.

His explosion of words had surprised me. Never had I considered any of the things he had told me to be possible. And by the way his words had ended, angry and insulting... I feared Emmet did not want us, he had stayed with us out of pride.

I crawled to the closed door of our house, suddenly feeling tired for the first time in centuries. Wishing I could cry like a human and feel the release of that pressing weight on my shoulders. But I couldn't.

Instead I curled up against the wall. Wrapping my arms around my waist and placing my head against the wall.

Closing my eyes I focused on what was happening inside the house. I could hear Carlisle and Esme, talking to each other in a hushed voice. Quick... short sentences. Feet were moving, followed by the rustle of sheets.

Then like an answer to all my prayers, I heard something else. It was faint and unsteady but there. Focussing on the sound I pressed my entire body against the wall. It was a fluttering heartbeat, Alice. Her heartbeat.

Smiling wide I got up and ran towards the forest. Focussing on the scent and tracking Emmet's path through the forest.

It was a single straight line of devastation, after an hour I realized he was heading towards one of his favorite hunting areas a few hundred miles from here. Pressing forward faster, I caught up with him.

He stopped at the first sound of my feet following me. Smiling I threw myself at him, forgetting any tension between us earlier. Emmet didn't and held me at arms length as he roared at me.

"What are you doing here?"

He didn't sound surprised... just angry. Letting go of him quickly, he let go also. I took a step back from him.

"She's alive. Alice... I heard her heart."

Waiting for him to smile, I stood and watched. He just shrugged and brushed past me.

"Wait, aren't you happy?"

Yelling after him, I followed him, slamming into him as he suddenly stopped.

"Happy?"

"Yes." Taking a step away from his towering body. I wished he would break down and need support again instead of treating my like...like I was his enemy.

" What is there to be happy about? Carlisle and Esme will finally have their two immortal daughters, completing their family. Like you said, my job here is done."

Turning around he started marching away from me again.

"Wait Emmet, please."

I stood still in the silent night, my cries loud and desperate.

"What about your other job? The one in our family." I could see him miss a step, and pause for a second before marching on again. Hopeful I followed him, closing the distance between us. "What would a family be, without a big brother?"

His steps slowed down until he came to a stop. He shifted his weight and took one step back and looked over his shoulder.

" A big brother?"

Smiling I stepped forward to him and nodded.

"Yeah. A big brother, one that can protect us from unwanted male attention." Wiggling my eyebrows at him. I caused the left corner of his mouth to pull up in a smile. He really did look like his brothers when he smiled like that, tilting his head to the side as he stared at me.

" And a brother can play pranks on you?" Wiggling his eyebrows back at me. I couldn't hold a straight face and started laughing out loud. Relieved to see him take the bait and respond in his usual carefree manner.

"Yes, if that is what big brothers do. Now, will you please promise me, you will stay?"

Holding out my hand to him. He stepped closer and places his large hand around mine. " I will take the job. But don't complain afterwards if you don't like my jokes."

Something warned me I would, but I just kept on smiling. Grateful that Emmet had agreed to stay.

Tilting my head back so I could look him in the eyes. I smiled at him.

" You're hired."

Shaking my hand forcefully he laughed loud. Then let go and started walking towards the mountains again.

"Good. Now let's go eat. I'm starving and once that little pixie wakes up as a vampire. We will both need all our strength to keep her in control"

APOV

Nestling myself against Bella. I could feel her cold unyielding body under mine and smiled. This was the last time we would sit like this, as two opposites. Soft and stone. Warm and cold. The next time, my body would be like hers. Strong and powerful, like true sisters.

From my dreams, I knew how it would feel. Smiling I held up my arm under her nose, exposing the clean fresh skin. Knowing the exposure would push her over the edge and for a moment cause her control to slip. It was what I wanted, for her to bite me and turn me. For nights I had dreamed about the moment. Each night last week, the dream had become clearer and clearer. Almost like faith was calling me.

Finally I felt her teeth sink in, just like I knew they would. A cutting pain.

However what followed after that, was that how my vision had showed it to me..over and over again.

Instead of her letting go, I felt her clutch my body tighter against her cold body as her deep teeth dug deeper into my flesh. As they did, I felt a pressure start on my arm, followed by a burning ache in the center. The ache spread, followed by a flaming pain. It was so sharp and bright I couldn't hear or see anything.

All I did was feel. Slowly my body slipped down, for a moment I thought it was an illusion. Then through my blurred vision, caused by the tears in my eyes, I watched Emmet grab Bella and Carlisle move in front of me.

His face showed panic as he picked me up from the ground. As he cradled me to his body, I felt my body start to shiver. First slightly then worse until spasms controlled my body.

Did he not understand, his cold body felt like ice on my skin. It was almost as intolerable as the burning that seemed to press onwards through my body towards my face. Reaching up, I clawed at my face. Wishing the pain to stop.

It didn't work, the only thing that happened was another set of iron hand clasped around my wrists. Cold to the touch and unmovable. I was unsure if it was the cold or just mere strength of the person who held me hostage. Angry I tried to escape, a strangled cry leaving my mouth when the same iron hands pressed me down on the cool linen on my own bed.

This was the part I did remember. My bed... waking up in it and seeing my family through vampire eyes for the first time. Their liquid gold eyes filled with love and excitement as I sat up and smiled at them. However, right now I couldn't smile. Instead I cried and pleaded for whoever was holding my down to let go.

A last whimper escaped my mouth when the burning pain reached my eyes and wrapped around my head.

Then I stopped fighting and closed my eyes, a final rest before eternity would claim me.

A/N: I'd love to know what you're thinking ;-)