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Author/Note 1: Sequel from Our Dawn 2

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part III

Book 2 – Confidence & Vulnerability

Jacob Black

14. In Pain

When Edward told us, years ago, how it was to feel Jane's power I thought he was overreacting. It was hard to believe that someone as beautiful as Jane could actually cause so much pain to someone. Edward had told us we would feel like we were being burned alive but in reality it was ten times worse than that.

I tried to hold on as much as I could but after the first week, I knew if Jane kept on visiting me every single day, I would die soon. The pain I was in was too much to bear. If I were an ordinary human I wouldn't have lasted three days. There were times I couldn't breathe, move or even think. I even lost track of the time.

The Volturi were keeping me in a dark and empty room. They didn't have anyone guarding me or the door locked because I was too weak to get up much less try to run away. Bella was right they weren't going to show me their good hospitality, instead the welcoming committee made sure to pay me daily visits.

Three days after the Cullens were gone Jane brought her brother Alec to see me. He wasn't too excited when he saw me on the floor, unable to move. If he wasn't a vampire I would actually think the kid had a heart because he didn't sound half the psychotic and sadistic monster his twin sister was.

I didn't eat or drink since the day I had left Leah in the Hotel and went to Saint Marcus' chapel to meet the Cullens. I often wondered if they had managed to leave Italy safely. I hoped so because I really didn't want to think that all the pain I was being put through had been for nothing.

None of the Elders came to see me. I managed to pick up a few talks between Heidi, Demitri and Jane while they were near by but they never mentioned the Cullens or my son.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" Jane asked me standing by the door.

"No…I've never felt better in my life." I said.

The first wave of pain hit me so hard I started to vomit blood. By then it was probably the third or maybe fourth time it happened. My brain was about to explode when she stopped.

"It was hard for me to learn how to control myself." She whispered. "I killed a lot of people because I couldn't stop…It's interesting to watch how much time a person can take the pain. You're a fighter…three weeks and you still have your sanity."

I was hearing every word she was saying but I couldn't reply this time. My body was numb with the pain and my brain seemed to be completely fried.

"You know you won't be able to take this forever. You will end up dead."

She was right. I didn't know how I had managed to handle the torture for so long. I had been in pain everyday for three weeks now.

"There is a way to stop this. There is a way for you to get rid of me…Just tell Aro that you will send your child to us when he's older."

"Never."

"I will keep coming here every day until you change your mind." She closed the door behind her.

When I had seen Alice leaving, I had thought she had a plan to get me out of there. Now it was clear that I was mistaken. There was no hope. I would have to feel that pain as long as I was there.

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The next few days or weeks, I didn't really know how much time had passed, Jane was particularly hard with me. Not only I vomited blood again but I also started convulsing. I even passed out a few times. I knew I wouldn't be able to take that for much longer. There was a reason why Jane had told me she had learned to control herself to avoid killing her preys. That meant she wasn't torturing me in order to kill me, she was just having some fun.

That meant I would have to endure the pain until my son was old enough to come to Volterra with the Cullens. I was looking at years of excruciating pain and suddenly I thought that maybe I was better off dead.

I didn't fear death. I feared to leave the ones I loved and to cause them pain. If I actually died William wouldn't have to choose to leave La Push in the future to rescue me. If I died things would be easier for Leah. Would she forgive me for not keeping my word?

She would be free to fall in love again and try to be happy. Part of me wanted Leah to move on but the other part wanted her to feel the despair I had felt when she was in a coma after Irina's attack. That was when I had truly realised I wouldn't be able to be happy without her by my side.

"I'm doing you a favour you know?" Jane's voice echoed in the dark room. She was always punctual on her daily visits. "If you say yes, you'll be able to go home…You'll have a few more years with your lovely wife and child. Don't you want to see them again?"

I didn't answer. My throat was too dry and my head was too confused to allow me to speak a coherent sentence.

"You're clearly strong…I give you that. Four weeks being tortured and you still breathe. But believe me in a few days your liver, your lungs and your kidneys will start to rupture. We need you alive but we don't need you to be healthy."

I felt more pain and my body gave in momentarily. When I opened my eyes again I could smell my own blood.

"One of your blood vessels plopped." Jane smiled clearly happy with herself.

I managed to move my hand over to my nose in an attempt to stop the bleeding. I wasn't healing fast enough and I was pretty much sure that sooner or later all that pain would give me brain damages.

"It was funnier when you used to scream." Jane complained. "Are you ready for more?"

Grinning, she focused her red eyes on my body again and I thought my brain was going to explode this time. That was the first time I actually thought I wouldn't be able to handle the pain. I was mentally tired and hurt and to think that I would have to endure years of torture was making me feel a despair I had never felt before.

"What if I say yes?" The words left my mouth while I was agonising on the floor, spitting my own blood on the cold grey stone. "Will you…stop the pain?"

Jane kneeled next to me and smiled widely.

"Of course I will." She whispered in my ear. "I will do better than that dog…I will send you home."

I tried to catch my breath while she was distracted talking to me.

"You made the right decision dog. I admit I'm going to miss our…sessions but I really can't stand your smell anymore."

"Bitch." I muttered.

"I have a reputation to keep."

Jane got up slowly and walked over to the door. She turned her head to watch me and another wave of pain hit me. My heart started to race and I couldn't breathe properly. I had thought she would stop once I gave in to their proposition, now I was starting to think that Jane was lying all along. Then everything went black.

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When I woke up I heard three different voices next to me. Jane wasn't alone this time. Demitri and Santiago were there too.

"Where's Alec?" Jane asked.

"With Marcus. He said he's not coming."

Jane pouted and then she realised I was awaken.

"Take him." She ordered.

Santiago and Demitri grabbed me under my arms, one on each of my sides, and carried me out of that room. When the artificial light hit my eyes I blinked, feeling suddenly dizzy.

I didn't pay attention the way we were going I just hoped that Jane would keep her word and send me home. Chelsea met us a few minutes later while we stopped in a corridor.

"Aro will be here soon." She announced. It looked like the boss leech wanted to say goodbye to me or maybe he was going to finally kill me. I didn't know. I was just relieved about not being alone with Jane anymore.

"Why is he looking like that? Like he's sad…I mean we're letting him go." Jane asked observing me attentively. I was surprised to know that she was wondering about my feelings.

"I guess he's ashamed of himself." Chelsea said.

It was true. I was devastated about my decision of handing William over to those leeches because I was too weak to handle the pain. I was ashamed of myself because there was no way a father would do that to a son, but I really couldn't take it anymore.

Maybe, if they let me go home, I could just take Leah and the kids and run away. I know I would be acting like a coward but at least I would be protecting my family.

"He shouldn't. No one ever resisted my power for so long."

Was that supposed to make me feel better? To know that I had managed to stay alive for four weeks while she tortured me every single day?

We heard steps and soon Aro came to join us. He looked at me and then looked intensively at Jane.

"You did a good job, dear." He praised. "You're my most precious daughter, Jane."

I guess he was complementing the bitch for torturing me and making me accept their deal.

"It would be rude of me letting you go without saying a word." He continued. "I want you to know that I keep no hard feelings for you or your family. In fact I'm quite excited about welcoming your son in a few years."

I wished I could tell him to go to hell but I kept my mouth shut. I was in no conditions to start a fight with the leeches, especially with Jane standing there and Demitri and Santiago holding me.

"Will you keep your word? Will you send William to us?"

Would I? For a split second I thought I would rather be tortured again than to give my son to the Volturi but there were still a few years ahead and a lot of things could happen in the meantime.

I nodded because I wasn't comfortable enough to give a verbal confirmation. Jane glared at me and I fell on my knees when the pain hit me.

"He already looks like shit, sister." I heard Alec's voice. He must have changed his mind about being there.

"He doesn't have to be conscious for what's going to happen next." Jane said.

When she stopped glaring at me, Santiago and Demitri held me again and Aro gave them permission to take me elsewhere.

"I hope to see William soon." Aro said.

"I'll go with them." Alec announced.

"Why? I thought you didn't want to have anything to do with this." Jane said.

"I changed my mind. You know I'll always stand by your side sister." Jane smiled confidently at this.

The twins walked quietly behind me. Sometimes I heard them whisper but I never really listened to what they were saying. We walked through an endless corridor and I later realised that the walls had letters written all over it.

It took me a few minutes to realise what those letters were: names and dates.

"We have to be careful about the bodies." Demitri said when he realised where I was looking at. "So we burn them and hide the ashes behind the walls."

So those were the graves of their victims. I suddenly asked myself how many people had died by their hands. Probably thousands. That thought made me shiver.

"We're not going to do the same to you though." Santiago said laughing. He had probably thought I was shivering with fear.

They took me to the surface and then I was put inside a car. Jane and Alec stayed behind while Demitri, Chelsea and Santiago took me to some place outside Volterra. I must've blacked out for a while because when I realised where I was it was already dawn and I wasn't in the car anymore.

The vampires' smell was gone and I could feel the grass tickling me. First I thought the Volturi had really kept their word and had sent me to La Push. I could feel the cold breeze and the smell of trees was everywhere. But soon I noticed that the landscape looked nothing like La Push. I could also hear the noise of vehicles, which meant I was near a highway.

I tried to move but I was still too weak to get up. The only difference was that my mind was clearer and I could breathe properly now. I rolled over my back to see the sky and watched as the sun was going up. I definitely wasn't in La Push. Probably they had left me in a place where I could find a public phone but how would I be able to call someone if I had no money with me? Actually the only thing I had with me were the black shorts I was wearing.

I felt suddenly warmer after the sunrise. I closed my eyes trying to decide what to do when I heard a car stop a few feet away from me. The next thing I knew a familiar voice sounded right beside me.

"You need a hand?" Emmett asked.

I gave him a weak smile while I saw Jasper, Edward and Carlisle joining us.

"No, thanks. I've got two of my own. What I really need is to go home."

"We can manage that, right guys?" Emmett said playfully.

"You look like shit, Jacob." Jasper stated.

"You're not the prettiest of sights either, Jasper. I was actually hoping to see Leah."

He laughed and along with Carlisle, they pulled me up.

"How did you find me?" I asked.

"We got a call from someone telling us your location." Edward explained. "What about you? How did you get out of Volterra?"

I looked at him surprised. I had assumed they already knew what was going on. If the Volturi had called them to tell my location, why hadn't they told the Cullens the truth about letting me go?

"The Volturi didn't call us." Edward said reading my mind. "It was an anonymous call."

"I don't understand." I said confused. What the hell was going on? What were we missing here?

"I see…" Edward whispered slowly and turned around as if he was facing someone invisible.

"What's going on Edward?" Jasper asked suddenly agitated.

"You can show yourself…" Edward mentioned and then a skinny guy appeared in front of us. He was a vampire and I recognised him immediately.

"Fred." Carlisle said with a smile. "It's good to see you."

"So, you're the one who called us. It looks like we have to thank you." Edward said calmly. It looked like Fred wasn't an enemy.

"You're the one who reads minds."

"I am."

"You know why I did it. You know what I want, right?"

"I do."

"And?"

"His name is Felix but it was Jane who ordered it." Edward replied to Fred's thoughts.

I had no idea what was going on between Edward and Fred but it was very clear that Fred had some unresolved business with the Volturi.

"Why are you here?" Emmett asked. "Are you working for the Volturi?"

"No. I'm here because I was curious about them so I followed you to Italy and stayed to spy and check a few things on my own."

"You won't be able to kill Jane or Felix." Edward said and Fred nodded in agreement.

"I know. I just wanted to know who killed Bree."

"You can come with us, if you want to." Carlisle suggested. "You would have to get used to a new life but we can teach you and you can forget about revenge."

"It's alright. I'm not planning on having revenge."

"What will you do then?" Carlisle asked.

"I'm going to stick around for a while. I like it here."

And with that he disappeared from our sight and Jasper and Carlisle walked me over to the car. I let my head fall back on my seat and relaxed knowing that in a few hours I would be finally home.

"How are the kids?" I asked in a whisper.

"Fine." Edward answered.

"And Leah?"

"Not so good."

I was afraid he would say that.

A/Note: Jake is finally safe and sound and Fred did help a little. I don't plan making Fred a main character but he will be around sometimes. Jane is really evil and she will be a pain in the ass later. In the next chapter Jake and Leah will meet. Thanks for all the reviews.

Karisan