Glad so many of you liked the last chapter cuz this one's gonna make it more interesting. Alicia gets abducted again, but this time she's not going down without a fight. Edward's gonna get his ass handed to him cuz he just had to open his big mouth.
Enjoy!
Alicia had run off into the garden and kept racing back and forth in the ground leaving a deep trail in her path.
'How did he find out? I kept my thoughts shielded from everyone but how did Cullen find out?' she was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't notice someone come up behind her until she heard their voice.
"Alicia!" she turned around to see Sulpicia.
"What do you want now?"
"Alicia please…let me…" before Sulpicia could finish Alicia froze seeing a large hooded figure coming towards them. His face and smile made Alicia recall all the past memories of her abuse, her scars, and her mother's death.
"Hello Alicia, my how lovely you've become; did you miss me?" Sulpicia turned and saw his face but she didn't freeze like Alicia.
"Who are you? What're you doing here?" he looked at Sulpicia and that smug look increased.
"I see Aro has good taste in women, especially dear Helen. Poor girl…now stand aside, all I want is Alicia."
"You're not taking me back! Not after everything you put me through!" Alicia stood in a defensive posture.
"Why not? You agreed to be my wife remember?"
'He kidnapped her? Who is he?' Sulpicia's thoughts were racing as he stalked forward.
"I never agreed to be anything, not your slave, your mistress, not even your wife. I slammed you before I left."
"Regardless, you will be my wife Alicia. I kept you alive didn't I? If I wanted to kill you I would've done so already."
"You bastard!"
"Alright that's enough, you've gotten brave since you came here. That little incident with Caius really set you up didn't it?"
"What incident?" 'Does he mean..?'
"When he grabbed your arms and squeezed so tightly? Then daddy came to your rescue and let Athenodora care for you like a big sister? Even Jane and Alec, oh especially Alec fell in love with the poor little vampire girl."
"You've been watching me? You monster!"
"I have to make sure you're alright don't I? Now come we have a wedding to plan…" he jumped over Sulpicia and grabbed Alicia's arm but she bit down as hard as she could and he yelped.
"Let her go!" Sulpicia's arms went around his neck and his hood came off. He tried to pull her off while holding onto Alicia, but as he struggled Alicia pulled out the medallion she had hidden in her dress and hit the man in the face with it. He fell back and she grabbed the one around his neck, reset the dial and dropped it nearby. When he went after Sulpicia she jumped on him and he held onto her.
"Time to go darling." He smiled and they disappeared in a flash.
"NO! Alicia!" Sulpicia fell to her knees and started dry sobbing until she spotted the medallion on the ground. She picked it up, examined it, and then her mouth dropped as she remembered only one vampire in existence possessed two medallions like this one.
In the dining hall:
The rest of the vampires had just finished killing off the last of the wolves and taking their bodies to the boiler room to burn. The minute the last one was dragged off Aro made sure no one was hurt and then turned over to Edward.
"What did you mean, when you said congratulations on finding my daughter?" Edward looked confused and turned to Caius.
"I heard it from his thoughts, you didn't know?" Aro looked at Caius.
"Where did you hear this?"
"From Athenodora and Marcus, they were talking about her." He looked at Marcus.
"Who else knows? Who is Ali really?"
"All but Felix, Heidi, Sulpicia, you, and the least part of the guard; only me, Athenodora, Jane, Alec, Demetri, and now Caius know about her. She's your daughter Aro, we wanted to tell you but Alicia wanted to say so herself."
"She wanted to say so tonight but then Cullen had to open his big yap and scare her off!" Jane pointed at Edward and unleashed her power on him. He crumpled to the floor and Bella was at his side in an instant.
"Please stop! He didn't mean to let it happen he thought you knew!" Aro looked at Jane and she ceased her power.
"I would expect something like this from Demetri and Athenodora, but you and Alec Jane? You lied to me about my own daughter!"
"We're sorry master, but she contacted us from wherever she was and when we found her she was a complete wreck. She wanted to tell you, but she wanted to wait until the right time…" just as she finished Sulpicia walked in, all rigid and her face a mask of shock.
"What is it Sulpicia? Where's Alicia?" Sulpicia just stayed silent and held a medallion out at arm's length and the entire Volturi coven's eyes widened and jaws dropped. Aro went over, looked the medallion over closely, touched Sulpicia's hand and read her thoughts. He then turned back to Edward Cullen, growled fiercely and pinned him to the floor about to rip his arms off when Felix and Marcus pulled him off and Alice and Emmett pulled Edward away.
"You little bastard! You got my daughter kidnapped!"
"What the hell are you talking about Aro?"
"If you hadn't told EVERYONE who she was this wouldn't have happened and she'd be safe!" Athenodora screeched so loud even Caius had to back away. She went for his neck but Jane and Alec held her back.
"This arguing won't get us anywhere! We have to make a plan to save Alicia…" Alec spoke up about to run at Edward until Felix had to butt in.
"We would if we knew where he took her! Lady Sulpicia what did you see?"
"He vanished into thin air, I couldn't catch him."
"It doesn't matter, we're going to need assistance on this. The man who kidnapped my daughter is our greatest enemy…" everyone looked confused.
"What Aro means to say is that the man who's taken Alicia was the same person who almost destroyed the coven a thousand years ago. He used to be part of the guard, but he tricked his way to the top and nearly killed us all. Aro was the one who found out his secrets, and in doing so humiliated him in front of the guard." Marcus calmly explained.
"Why am I not surprised?" Rosalie mumbled.
"After I accused him he tried to flee but I managed to grab his arm yet he escaped using this." Aro held up the medallion. "There's another one like it, but this one takes you places, while the other takes you back to wherever you started from."
"Then we need to form a plan and rescue Alicia, but we can't all go." Jane explained and Aro squeezed the medallion in his palm, then looked out to the audience.
"Only the Cullens will come, everyone else has to go home." All others followed suit, but a few Cullens thought otherwise.
"Why should we have to help?" Rosalie.
"Rose, I think it's only fair that we assist the Volturi. Since Eddie was the one who blew the secret in the first place!" Alice agreed and Jasper nodded.
"I'm in."
"We all are." Carlisle stepped forward. "I'd learned a lot of things when I was here, but I never knew about you having a child Aro. I'm willing to do anything to help, and so is the rest of my family." He held out his hand and Aro took it.
"Thank you my friend, now we need to prepare for this battle. This medallion has limited power, so we can only use it twice, and since it's been used once already there's only enough for one trip. Hurry and change, we haven't got much time." The Cullens and some of the guard left to change quickly and Aro looked straight to Marcus.
"This is why you've been avoiding me? To hide the fact that the child I feared I lost was alive and with me all this time?" Marcus had a look of sorrow in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Aro, I wanted to tell you the minute I saw her but she didn't want that. I could tell she wanted to tell you herself."
"Yes and now that I know about her I'm close to losing her again, I wish you would've told me."
"She's a tough girl Aro, she's held her ground this whole time I doubt she'll be as weak as he thinks she is."
"I know, she gets that from her mother."
"And you, she is yours after all."
"I won't lose her again Marcus, not to anyone."
"What about Alec? They have a strong relationship…"
"I'll see about that, where's Sulpicia?"
"Right here Aro." Both men turned to see Sulpicia still in the same spot she'd been since she walked in.
"You have something to say?"
"Yes…I'm sorry for the way I treated her, if I'd known she was your daughter I wouldn't have said and done all those awful things. But the fact that you cheated on me, that's another thing."
"We'll discuss that when I return. You and Athenodora and Caius must stay here to watch the palace. Along with some parts of the guard…"
"I understand, but we will discuss it no matter what happens."
"Yes…" the guard and the others came back ready to leave. "Caius I'm afraid you must stay with your wife and mine, and some pieces of the guard."
"Why?" Caius snarled and clenched his fist.
"Because it was your stupidity that caused Edward to blow the secret; it'll be easier on my daughter if you apologized to her in person." Caius held back a growl and Athenodora put a hand on his shoulder.
"Bring her back safe Aro."
"I will Dora. Everyone ready?" they all nodded and Aro pressed the small button on the back of the medallion and they disappeared.
In another realm:
Alicia had been chained up in a small room by her arms, legs, and neck. She had some movement but not enough to break free. Just then the door opened and her 'master' walked in.
"Have you come to your senses Alicia?"
"No, have you come to yours? You monster…" he came up and stroked her black hair.
"You are so much like your father, but then again you're beautiful like your mother. You will make the perfect wife for me, which means you won't have to work as a maid anymore."
"I'd rather be dead than be your wife or maid. You killed my mother, stole me from my father, and now you want to take my freedom? I despise men like you…" he smirked and his hand went to her neck.
"You weren't this mouthy before, what's changed? Oh I remember, that Alec boy…he gave you some courage didn't he?"
"So what if he did?"
"You wouldn't want anything to happen to him or Jane or daddy, or even your Uncle Marcus would you?"
"Leave them out of this!"
"I will…if you accept my proposal?"
"What?"
"You become my wife and I'll let them live. If not you'll still be my wife but they'll all be gone..so what do you say?" Alicia just snarled again and spit in his face. He wiped the venom from his face and his hand closed around her neck. "Have it your way then…" suddenly a large BANG echoed through the building and growls and screams followed afterwards.
'It's them!' "Looks like your time's up…" she mumbled and his face got into hers.
"Don't be so cocky my dear, this is just the beginning of what I'm waiting for. If you want I'll take you up with me and you can watch them die." Alicia bit into his hand and her chains suddenly wrapped her arms behind her back and around her throat. He gagged her with a black cloth and dragged her up the stairs.
'Don't hurt them! Leave them out of this!' she was screaming in her head and just before they reached the main part of the palace where all the action was, he pulled off his hood and smirked right when the doors opened and eyes widened, jaws dropped and hands were clenched. Aro stepped forward and his eyes widened in confusion and anger.
"Vladimir…?"
Hope you like how I ended it cuz this is gonna be confusing I know. Don't worry all will be explained in the next chapter, after that one comes the epilogue. Please leave a good review and let me know what you think should happen in the next one.
Later!