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Felix's POV
Washington. I understood why the Cullens were here. A cool breeze blew through the heavily wooded abandoned road we stood in the middle of. We were waiting.
"They'll come, they're less than a minute away." Demetri said in to the silence, as if he could read my mind. The years we spent together had melded us in to a nearly flawless fighting duo complimenting each other's inherent weaknesses. We weren't here for a fight though. With the emergence of Bella we'd pushed ourselves harder as the elite fighting force since Bella nullified the powers of Alec and Jane. Bella. Bella was the single reason why we were forming an army, Bella was the single reason we feared the Cullens right now. No one would say it out loud, but we all knew it.
Two cars approached in the distance. I looked to my left where Demetri was standing only a couple feet away on the other lane of the road. The cars slowed to a stop and Carlisle, Esme, Edward and Bella climbed out. Demetri and I pulled our hoods down revealing our faces.
"Hello Carlisle."
"Hello Felix, to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"Carlisle, I need to come closer to me."
"We won't do anything for you Felix, You're hiding something and I know it." Edward responded.
"I am hiding something. Maybe when I start reading your mind I'll let you read mine."
"Carlisle isn't going with you." Edward said moving in to a more aggressive position.
"I'll take Bella and Edward, you take care of Carlisle and Esme." I told Demetri
"Come on, I want to play with Edward, you got your chance last time he was in Volterra."
"Oh, fine, But I get Bella, Esme, and Carlisle."
"You can't possibly fight three of us at once." Bella said confidently.
"You've been a vampire for over a year, your newborn vampiric strength is now gone. I am confident you haven't thrown a punch since our last meeting, Esme and Carlisle both loathe violence, but Carlisle has a certain level of competence in fighting. It's a pity though, that I fought with Carlisle for years in the Volturi so I know how he fights." Bella turned to Carlisle as if to confirm what I was saying and he nodded.
"It won't be a fair fight. They'll win eventually…" Carlisle explained.
"And even if you did manage to kill one of us… we'd make sure you died Bella… and then the Volturi would come, they'd come in full force and hunt you down. They'd make you pay for killing one of their armies, like the Roman army before, no harm comes to us without the wraith of retribution." Demetri explained next to me.
"All we need is Carlisle to come to us for a moment." I explained. Carlisle nodded making his way over to me.
"Old friend, must we really go through this to talk?" Carlisle asked me.
"It is unfortunate, but trust was lost with Bella. First you broke our rule to keep the secret. You blatantly broke the rule by keeping her alive when she knew. We allowed you to live, we allowed Edward, Alice, and Bella to leave Volterra in good faith, and yet you didn't immediately return to right your wrong." Carlisle shifted his weight uncomfortably, but regardless came closer.
"And when this problem arose with your granddaughter, instead of responsibly coming to us with what happened, you would hide it… You would force us to come on a haphazard report of a vampire who barely saw the child at all. In a way, your family is partially responsible for what happened to Irina." Carlisle nodded.
"Yes… I know this."
"That is completely ridiculous!" Bella protested. I turned my attention her.
"And you, Bella… have no leg to stand on. You have created so much trouble for this family, from the first time James hunted you to Edward nearly killing himself in Volterra, to stubbornly holding on to the unborn child in your womb." Bella charged at me. I grabbed Demetri's arm restraining him. Carlisle turned around striking with his palm against her shoulder stopping her dead in her stride.
"Bella… you and Edward should leave." Carlisle said sternly.
"But they will-"
"They didn't come here to harm me. They won't bring me harm." Bella reluctantly nodded and left with Edward. Esme soon joined us.
"Good to see you Esme." I said to her.
"Greetings Felix, you really can't tell us what this is about?"
"I can't… but I need your scent for your protection." Carlisle nodded moving closer to me. I took in his scent and sighed in relief.
"Good… Try to keep these things to yourself, if you could."
"I will."
Texas. Demetri wanted to take a detour in to the desert hell of Texas, filled with rednecks and cowboys and redneck cowboys. I had my opinion on it but Demetri told me there was a potential army member on break in Pasadena Texas. He was on break from college. Demetri had been doing research on him for a while now. I was impressed so I took him up. The sun finally set and we were following him now. Luckily he was going out drinking with some friends tonight. We'd just drug all four of them and take him when he was alone.
"Adrian Miles… huh. What about him caught your eye?"
"He's a star running back in Oklahoma. Come home to texas. No close family, his parents were killed in a car accident last year. He lives off the truck companies money that killed his parents… Tonight he's out drinking with three friends. We'll follow them, drug all four and catch them between bars, no one will expect someone kidnapping someone who's a 6'2 220 pound running back." I nodded. Demetri had meticulously planned out the hit… now it was just execution.
Adrian was a hell of a specimen to be sure. Besides his body being in perfect shape he was a genetic machine of power and speed. Since our kidnapping of him Demetri had shown me tape on him. He was definitely the top 1% of populace, destined to be an athlete by genetic composition, work ethic, and an iron will to succeed. If I didn't have two pupils already I'd personally take him on as a third. My mouth watered at the possibilities. We contacted Volterra to get someone to smuggle Adrian to Italy, it wouldn't be easy, but there were those in the Volturi that had a way with people… Heidi in particular.
"See you in a couple days Adrian… I look forward to seeing your future progress."
Ulrich's POV
I didn't like the fact that I was pushing Alexis away. She was the paragon of beauty and innocence. What was I? The paragon of power and destruction? Even if I wasn't going to fight the closest thing I've had to a brother to the death I couldn't possibly corrupt her. I didn't see what she saw in me. Even as a vampire she seemed so breakable. She moved with the grace of a ballerina. It wasn't a question of if I was completely taken by her, but rather if I'd survive to tell her how much.
"Ulrich? You in this room?" I heard calling down the hallway.
"I'm in here Alexis." I said in a conversational tone.
"The library… I should have looked here first." She said smiling.
"I like to come here to think."
"What do you need to think about?" She said walking closer to me. I forced myself to stand my ground.
"Many things…" I said drifting off.
"About… us?" she asked now just a foot away. I forced myself to look away.
"Alexis… You know we can't…" She shook her head.
"Of course we can, we need to!" She said loudly.
"I don't even know what you see in me. You're better than me. I'm just another killing machine. You've learned to control yourself, you don't even drink human blood… something I've never been able to stop. And worse yet, I don't know if I want to. Alexis, I can't corrupt you…"
"You think I'm just this vision of perfection, I'm not, I've got my faults." I rolled my eyes.
"Fine… you don't believe me… just try and hit me." She said leaning back defensively.
"I'm not going to try and hit you Alexis, this is ridiculous, I'm gone." I turned to leave but before I could make it to the door Alexis was in front of me.
"Too afraid of I'd win?" she said smiling.
"Hardly." I said trying to step around her. I gently placed my arms on her shoulders to move her before I felt a stinging on the side of my face pushing my jaw slightly to the side. I looked down to see Alexis. She had just thrown a punch I never even saw. I realized belated that was her attempt at throwing a real punch. It barely even registered to me.
"Alexis, we're not doing this."
"If you don't take me seriously you'll end up hurt, not me." I reluctantly lifted my arms and prepared for her to strike. In a blur of movement I blocked three strikes only to feel something that felt more like a poke then a punch to my stomach. Alexis looked at me victoriously. I raised an eyebrow at her.
"You're not a fighter." I said flatly.
"What are you talking about? You can't stop me." she said in question. I sighed.
"Alexis… Hit me as hard as you can… right in the stomach… hard as you can I won't block it." I said seriously.
"I don't want to hurt you either Ulrich." She responded.
"That's not what I'm truly afraid of." I said honestly. I spread my arms wide open. She regarded me with an odd look then launched a kick straight to my gut. I stumbled back one step then stood straight again.
"That's what I mean Alexis…" I said solemnly
"I don't understand…"
"You barely even pushed me back, let alone hurt me."
"Your point?"
"My point is you're not a warrior, I don't want you getting hurt."
"What's this got to do with our relationship."
"Nothing it's… I can't do this right now." I said in frustration before leaving back to my chamber.
Evelyn's POV
I blinked a couple times trying to sleep even though I knew it was impossible. It was one of the last shreds of humanity I tried to hold on to. Partially because of my work, partially for my own need but I needed to see Vampires as more than soulless monsters. Mine was the only bed in the entire palace. I wished I could sleep because more than anything I wanted to clear my head.
Why did things need to be complicated? I lifted my legs and pushed with my arms jumping out of bed. I heard Santiago greet Felix and Demetri. I was tired of these games we were playing, mostly angry with myself for starting them in the first place. Felix was at the entrance of his training room. He noticed me then turned his attention away and left. I followed him.
"Where are you running again."
"Not running, I have business to attend to. If I train them well enough my Apprentices get to kill each other." I didn't immediately understand but caught his meaning. If he did a good job he got to see the two people he'd spent the last half a year molding in to his right hand kill each other. A knot hit my throat. I hadn't even thought about how much that must drain on Felix. I'm the only person he'd say that to. To everyone else he's the strong stoic leader of the Volturi Guard… Idiot.
"Funny how you always have business…"
"It is, isn't it." He said turning. Frustration was mounting inside of me.
"There's something more isn't there? You're not telling me something. Why are you hiding it from me."
"It's nothing Evelyn." He dismissed. I grabbed his arm stopping him and I watched a tingle go up his spine physically.
"Evelyn… please."
"I know things have been… complicated between us but don't push me away. I'm here for you when you need someone. Because even if you don't say it, I can tell you need someone." I wanted him back He meant so much to me. No he means so much to me. I forced the thought out of my head, it was a problem for another time.
"There is nothing to discuss between us Doctor." My fist clenched. He was being formal with me again. That professionalism pissed me off to no end. I wanted to punch him as hard as could, or jump him. At this point I had no real preference to which.
He disappeared silently and then I realized what was bothering me. Whatever was lying under the surface was scaring him. No, not scaring him… this is something I'd never seen before. Truthfully I'd only seen him afraid once… it had to with the day he killed Vlad the Impaler. This was something different… it was confusion. Felix was possibly the most sure person I had ever met. It was one of the features that made him so damn attractive. His assuredness of his place in this world and his confidence in himself was so hot. Focus! It was something else though. I saw a hint of confusion, fear, mistrust, and for the first time ever in the hundreds of years I've known him, Uncertainty.
First and foremost I need to thank the unsung hero of this story, the person whose given me a first draft of ideas for Evelyn, Fatallyyours-xdx. She is the entire reason why Evelyn exists as she suggested the character and has written outlines for her POV for nearly if not every POV of Evelyn's. Now to my notes. Thanks for reading, thanks for reviewing. Remember high fives, knucks, reviews, and rolls of twenty dollar bills. Catch you on the flip side.