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Chapter 28- Ocean surprise

The plane flew through air at a steady pace. I peered out the window and winced at the sight of the blue ocean beneath us. " I hate flying." I muttered and pulled the shade down. The plane was technically a big jet that belonged to the Volturi. The comfortable decor inside should have calmed me; it didn't. Edward chuckled softly and gave my hand a small squeeze.

" It's okay. Alice swore the plane ride would be fine." He replied. I groaned softly and then relaxed in my chair. I was being foolish. I was going into battle and was worried more about the ride there than the battle itself. There was something wrong with that picture. I glanced over my shoulder to make sure everyone else was fine. We were all loaded down with weapons. Everyone had a gun with two magazines, two daggers and a sword. Yuzria also had a bag full of his potions and Travis had a bow and arrow set. Apparently he was pretty good at it, he was a favorite of Flora's. I'd gotten a full five hours of sleep, so energy was running through my veins at top speed. The whole sleeping thing was still a little weird to me, but I figured I'd get used to it sooner or later. I fidgeted in my seat and looked at my watch. An hour was left before we would reach the island. Well, at least according to Marcus' estimates. I ran the battle plans through my head for when the rest of the troops arrived. Edward was softly humming beside me. The plane was pretty quiet, it was like we were all mentally preparing for what was coming. I knew I was. We had all drank three bottles of blood before leaving, so we'd be at the top of our fame. " Bella," Edward's melodic tore me from my thoughts and I faced him. There was a small box in his hand.

" Edward-" I began but he quickly silenced me with a kiss. I stared into his bright topaz eyes when he pulled back. He opened the box and inside was my engagement ring. He took it out and snapped the box closed.

" When we finish this, I want to marry you. I want to spend the rest of my eternal life with only you Isabella. If you'll still have me as your husband that is." He told me. I gulped, not quite sure what to say. So, I simply held out my left hand and allowed him to slip the ring on my finger. No words needed to be said, we both knew what the other was thinking. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his.

" Aw, look at you two being all cute and cuddly." Travis teased. " Stop or I think I may throw up." I rolled my eyes and lightly shoved him.

" Shut up." I mumbled. " You're just mad Edward asked me before you could ask Lanina." He scoffed, but didn't say anything else on the matter. Lanina arched her eyebrow and gave me a questioning look. I shrugged my shoulders, who knew what went on in that boy's head. I leaned my head against Edward's shoulder and closed my eyes. I could picture it perfectly, how Edward and I would spend our lives at Volterra. Lounging by the pool while we sparkled in the sun. I smiled and inhaled deeply, he smelled so damn good. " I love you." I said softly, opening my eyes so I could gaze into his.

" I love you too. And I always will." He kissed the top of my head, sparkling with every move. All of a sudden Carlisle stood up and came towards us. I immediately straightened up when I saw how serious his face was.

" We're here." He stated. I furrowed my eyebrows, according to Marcus we should've still had forty minutes before arriving. I opened my window and peeked outside. Sure enough, the island was coming up and fast.

" Damn." I whispered and stood up. I reached above my head and grabbed the cloak Aro had given me and tossed it around my shoulders. There was a small V embroidered on the top right corner. I snickered and tied it together. It was nice, black velvet material on the outside and red satin on the inside. I glanced behind my shoulder and took a deep breath. " You guys ready?" I asked. They all gave me once nod and then I turned to the captain. " Lower the hatch." I instructed. Suddenly wind came flying into the plane. I lowered to my knees, then jumped. For a couple seconds all I felt was the wind flying around me. Then I gracefully made contact with the sandy beach. I smirked and brushed myself off. A vampire always lands on its feet. Everyone dropped down beside me, their swords drawn. Sparkles radiated off of our bodies, during battle the island would probably look like one big diamond from outer space. I looked around, everything was quiet. . . Too quiet. All of a sudden an arrow flew past my head. I smiled and grabbed it, broke it, and threw it on the ground. " You missed." I joked and turned to Travis. He already an arrow ready and released it. I watched as the vampire dropped to the ground; he'd been hiding behind a tree.

" How pathetic." Lanina said.

" My sentiments exactly." I responded. " Come on, let's go." We started to walk, looking out for any traps along the way. Travis shot down a couple more vampires who were lurking. I twirled my sword around and chopped down a couple trees quickly. The forest was dark, ominous. I stepped inside and listened for any sounds. I knew there most likely weren't any creatures on this island. They were probably killed for food or sport. " Alright, let's go." I murmured to my team. For the first half hour, things were pretty quiet. There were only a couple vampires stationed, and no traps. Either Mitchell had something pretty damn big up his sleeve, or he was an idiot. I was hoping it was the latter. Though I could deal with either one of the choices.

" What are they waiting for? They have to know we're here." Carlisle asked aloud, more to himself than to us. Yuzria threw his bag over his shoulder and then threw a potion at an incoming vamp. The man instantly dropped to his knees as his fleshed melted off. I watched in a mix of fascination and disgust.

" Ew." I finally said when it was over and the vampire was dead, again. Yuzria smiled and kicked the smoking remains aside.

" Cool isn't it?" He replied. I nodded my head and turned to him.

" Remind me to never piss you off." Lanina muttered from behind us. I laughed and started walking again. It wasn't until we'd been on the island for an hour that we came into our first attack. The vampires came up from ground, armed with swords and arrows. I quickly beheaded three before they were even fully out of the dirt. All the enemies were dead within twenty minutes. I wiped mud off of my face and cleaned the venom off my sword with a leaf from a nearby tree.

" I don't think there's anything in this forest." Edward told me. I raised my eyebrow and waited for him to continue. " It's just, it's too quiet. I think his base is on the other side of the island. And if we keep going through the forest-"

" They'll be waiting for us." I finished for him, pieces suddenly coming together. " One big trap. Okay everybody, we are doubling back. Travis, watch our backs." He nodded and took his sword out. He didn't want to waste his arrows. Yuzria picked his bag up from off the ground and stood next to me. He was sweating from the fight. " Drink or you're going to pass out." I warned him. He smirked and took out a water bottle.

" Always thinking of others." He teased. I smiled and patted his back.

" You did good. I need you, that's why I'm telling you to hydrate yourself or you'll faint." He tipped the bottle back and drank half the contents in one breath. When he finally came up for air I said, " See, told you."

It was easier to walk in the forest than it was to trudge through the sand. Even though I was graceful, I kept slipping. I groaned and started to mutter to myself, just rambling on. It helped me clear my head. " Who has a battle on a freaking island? Mitchell, that's who. The god damned wuss isn't man enough to have it on the damn ground." I mumbled as we walked along the side of the island. Well, technically it was five feet away from where we'd landed. I kicked some of the sand, only to have it fly back at me. " Stupid wind!" I exclaimed and threw my hair into a ponytail. " Man, who ever prophesized this battle should've fixed some of the smaller details." Lanina chuckled and put a hand on my shoulder.

" Think of it this way. Here, we'll not only win a fight, but get a good tan." I rolled my eyes and pushed her hand off me. Emmett and Jasper laughed along with her.

" Jasper, are you feeling anything?" I asked, cutting into their little laugh fest. He shook his head and then cleared his throat.

" Not even the wind is pushing anything my way. We still have a ways to go before I'm going to be feeling anything." I pursed my lips in frustration and kept moving. I'd asked him to look out for any emotions he might pick up on. If he was feeling other people's emotions, that meant we'd be getting nearer to our target.

" Just keep watching out for anything." I told him. He nodded his head and turned back to Emmett, they were having a conversation about something. At the moment I didn't really care. Waves crashed upon the sand, almost reaching our ankles. I stopped, I could've swore I heard something. I looked around, my eyes fell on the dark blue water. Then, I saw something move. " Oh you've gotta be fuc-" Was all I got out before at least fifty vampires came out of the water. Everyone immediately raised their swords and charged towards them. I swung mine around, the blade meeting with the neck of a woman. She fell to her knees, her head rolled beside her. Yuzria was throwing potions as the rest of us were fighting. I saw Edward stick his sword in the heart of a vampire, who instantly turned to dust. That potion Yuzria had made certainly came in handy. A punch sent me a couple steps back but I easily shook it off. I jumped up and kicked the vampire in the head, then plunged my dagger into his heart. He started to scream when I uncapped one of the potions I'd made and poured it down his throat. Within seconds he was dead. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Jasper was having trouble with one particularly stubborn man. So I leaped over to him and swung my leg, kicking the vampire back. Then I took another potion off the loop of my belt and threw it at him. It was one of the melting ones.

" Thanks." Jasper said. I patted his shoulder than faced another vampire. He managed to knick my side before I killed him. It burned slightly, but I just pushed it aside. I'd be fine. I looked around and saw Travis had resorted to using his bow and arrow again. I ran over to him and grabbed his sword right out of its sheath.

" Give it back in a moment." I yelled as I darted away. I went to the middle of the fight and started to swing the swords. Heads rolled off bodies faster than I could swing. Instead of beheading one vampire at a time, I'd now gone up to two. I felt a back press against mine. I glanced over my shoulder and smiled, it was Edward. He smiled back. Our moment was over when I saw more vampires coming out of the ocean. " How many did he put in there!" I yelled to no one in particular. This was getting to be a tad ridiculous. I looked down at my hands and scoffed. Duh Bella! I instantly threw Travis back his sword and shoved mine away.

" Bella! What are you doing?" Edward yelled.

" On the count of three, I need you to jump away." I answered him simply. I wouldn't risk him getting hurt.

" What! I'm not-"

" One," I started. There were going to be no arguments about this.

" Bella-"

" Two!" He sighed and then I heard him put away his sword and leap. " Three." I muttered and held out both hands. A line of fire streamed out. The vampires yelled and screamed. Then they desperately tried to run away. In ten minutes I'd fried the remaining vampires. The smoke from their bodies rose up to the sky. I looked at the fire along the beach and fell to my knees. I was wore out. Edward slid next to me and held my face in his hands.

" Are you okay?" He questioned me. I could hear the worry in his voice. I pushed him away and stood up.

" I'm fine. That just sucked a lot of my energy up. But the good news is they're dead!" He rolled his eyes and then picked me up into his arms.

" Edward, what are you doing! You can't carry me into battle."

" Just lay your head on my shoulder and rest. We're safe for now." I frowned, but did what he said. We'd gotten through the first part of the war. Now we just had to worry about the rest.

A/N: Man, there's nothing like a good action scene to get the juices pumping lol. I loved writing this chapter, hopefully you loved reading it!! Remember to review because you love me, tee hee. The next update will be up as soon as I can get it up. Because action scenes are oh so fun, they of course take more time to write. And up next is the first part of the big war so-o-o-o. Lol. That shall be very very interesting. Again, hope you liked it and remember to review. Thank you all for reading!!

Until next time!

Faith