Chapter Twelve: Battle: Part Two

I lagged behind my family, not really wanting to go into Aro's home again. I had just been there a few hours ago. Of course, none of them knew that.

"This was, please." Said the girl in front of us. She was one of the Volturri gaud I had never seen before.

I read her thoughts as we walked on.

'Hm…another left here. Then a right coming up. Then another left. Wonder when Alice will talk to me again?' I stopped listening.

"Ah, here we are!" She said as we came to an unimportant wooden door. She opened it for us and ushered us in.

None of us missed the sound of a lock going into place.

The lights were off, but it didn't matter to us. We could clearly see the figure cloaked in gray in the center of the room.

They were turned away from us, so we couldn't see who they were. And I couldn't pick anything up from their thoughts either…

"Stay where you are, make not a sound. Stay silent and still, until you are dead on the ground." She sang in her achingly beautiful voice.

Too late, I realized our danger. We all tried to move, tried to make noise, but we couldn't. We were stuck fast, and our voices wouldn't work.

'Edward! What's going on?' Carlisle asked. I couldn't answer.

'What does she mean, dead?' Emmet worried.

'Damn it! I can't move! If I could, I'd kill her!' Rosalie was raging in her own mind.

'Can't move…' Jasper, just realizing our dire situation.

'Edward…that's Bella. I just know it. Oh Edward, my vision in going to come true!' Alice mentally moaned.

I wanted to answer, but I just couldn't.

Bella turned around slowly, and her hood fell down.

"Hello, Cullens." A voice said. It wasn't Bella. It was Jane.

She, Heidi, Felix, and Alec stepped forward, grinning evilly. Demetri stepped up behind Bella. She didn't turn to him when he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Well done Isabella." He murmured into her ear. She closed her eyes, and nodded slowly.

I felt a sudden anger well in me. How dare he lay a hand on what is mine? I growled, but it didn't come out.

"Oh yes! Well done indeed Isabella! How very good of you—to trap your old family with such ease!" My family's thoughts all clamored at this remark.

Bella turned to look at Jane, and her eyes flashed.

"Hush and be calm. Stay still as a statue. Do not move or speak." Bella sang again. Jane, Alec, Heidi, and Felix all frowned as they realized they were mute and unable to move.

"Isabella, are you sure?" Demetri whispered.

Bella looked over her shoulder at him.

"I've never been more sure of anything, Demetri. I'm sorry…" She murmured. I couldn't read her thoughts, so I didn't know why she was apologizing to that scum bag…

Suddenly, a flash went past us and a vampire ran into Bella.

"Isabella!" Demetri cried as she fell to the ground. Suddenly, I was free. And so was the rest of my family. Unfortunately, so were Jane and her little group.

Rosalie clashed with Heidi; Emmet with Felix; Jasper with Alec and Alice with Jane. Carlisle and Esme held off two more vampires. I rushed to Bella's side. She was getting up, and the vampire next to her was dead.

"Edward…leave. Take your family and leave." She murmured.

I grabbed her by the shoulders, ignoring the sounds of battling vampires.

"You are part of my family! I let you slip away before; I'm, not going to do that again!" I said fiercely. I let her go to attack the vampire behind me, slicing the cloaked figure cleanly in half.

More vampires came at me, and at my family. My head was swamped with thoughts. I made sure my family were all still thinking, thus they were all still alive.

"Alice!" Jasper cried as Alice went down under a blow. But she was up in no time at all, still fighting, still killing.

I looked around for Bella. She was back to back with Demetri, even though he was a head taller than her. They were fighting off four vampires, but they were having no troubles.

I was thrown into the wall, and my head cracked against the stone. I saw spots in my vision for the briefest of seconds. Then I was up and fighting my attacker.

There were too many…

They just kept coming…

I knew we would loose. I couldn't see the future, like Alice, but I knew that we would die. Here, in Volterra.

I bared my fangs and attacked again.

I smiled grimly as my opponent fell, dead to the ground. I thought, 'At least we'll take them with us to hell.'

A/N Yeah, I know…a little short. You're just gonna have to deal with it! I TREID my best with eth battle scenes…really I did. Well, please review, so I know what you thought!!