Chapter 6

Army

So far it was a success. We grouped ourselves together leaders in each dorm groupings. They were in charge of their dormies when we attack. We have the fastest, sneakiest, most powerful, and witty vamps for the job of taking over the castle. We were ready to pounce.

"Okay, we're going to need a distraction first off to get the majority of the vamps out," I said to our little army gathering.

"We have fireworks," someone called out from the crowd stretching before me.

"Aro, fireworks?" I asked suspiciously. Aro looked anywhere but me and scratched his neck nervously. Oh well, I'll deal with him later.

"Okay, we need some volunteers to find the correct positions to fire them," Emily instructed. I let myself fade from the conversation, I was worried.

What if this whole thing was a hoax and Alex knew I had listened in on his conversation with Tom? What if we didn't get everyone out in time? What if Alex came back early? What if those bozo minions actually had magic?

There were a bunch of what ifs. Too many.

Someone took my hand into theirs, that person was Alice. Oh. I guess she saw all my worrying.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine. Trust me, we're out of here," she whispered to me.

"Okay, if you say so," I replied.

"I do say so. And I'm the seer here, so don't question it," Alice giggled. I smiled and squeezed her hand.

--

"So," Carlisle said nervously. The rest of the rebels had gone back to their dorms and more planning and securing.

"Long time no see, huh?" I laughed.

"My baby sister!" Emmett yelled happily and swung around in the air like a small child.

"My big brother," I said, hugging him.

He let me down and we went through a line of hugs. Rosalie was at the end. Her face was shielded by her long mane of blonde hair. Okay, so much for the 'oh-everyone-missed-me' thing. Oh well, some things will never change I guess.

I noticed Edward wasn't down there with his family but I brushed it off. At the time I thought that it had been a blessing in disguise. The last thing I needed was another distraction in the middle of this whole business.

"So, how did you get changed?" Carlisle asked curiously.

"Victoria in her mad rush for blood. She took out Emily, Blythe, and Jade at the same time as me," I replied.

I could only imagine what that was like for Sam, rumor had it, he was about to propose to her the next day. Imagine that, waking up that morning to find the mangled body of your beloved screaming from the venom in her bloodstream. My only clue is that could not have been pleasant in any way, shape, or form. Maybe from Leah but that's just Leah.

"How did Alex find you?" Emmett demanded. I had a feeling after we captured him there was gonna be a long lecture for Alex. God, I love my big brother.

"It was the strangest thing, I had been walking along and suddenly these two hulks grabbed me. Everyone gasped as if they hadn't ever seen someone like me. Most of them grew up in the same town as me. A couple I had babysat their whole lives, and yet they looked at me like a was a lunatic stranger," I said, reliving the memory. "The disgust on their faces when Alex forced open my mouth to reveal my fangs. The horror in their eyes, it was just… like everything I had ever done for them just evaporated when they found out.

"It didn't change anything I had ever done! It didn't change that I saved a kid with asthma twice. It didn't change that I had helped someone through their heartbreak. It didn't change the fact that I had spent hours in the nursing home, the orphanage, the hospital, the school, everywhere and done everything I could do to help. It was like my condition changed everything that I had ever done. Gone, like the Titanic, gone forever and ever," I said, wrapping my arms around myself.

Alice hugged me, dry sobbing with me. She had seen it in a vision I'm sure.

"It's okay, Bella, we're here. We won't let them hurt you, ever. Don't forget that," Emmett said comfortingly.

"I'm sorry, I probably sound stupid," I said, wiping away my venom tears with the back of my hand.

"Bella, you aren't stupid, it hurts when someone turns on you," Esme said, comfortingly.

I sniffed and nodded, drying up my tears. "So, how'd you all get captured?"

"The Denali sold us out," Emmett said blankly.

"Tanya felt it fit to get back at Edward since he felt no affections toward her to sell out the entire family of ours to protect her own," Jasper spoke up.

"Well, she's the one I'm gonna call when I'm having a bad day, huh?" I said sarcastically. The family I once called my own chuckled. I felt like I had found some long lost family I never knew. Except, I had known this long lost family.

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Okay, it was the night before the 11th, everyone was psyched beyond belief. We were reviewing the plans and escape routes, knowing where to go with whom, etc, etc.

"Okay, Cauius, you'll be leading group A out of the back exit, first out of Alex's way. You'll have guards behind him right?" I asked. When I saw his confused expression I added onto it. "Remember, the guards'll sabatoge the car or whatever he's in and capture him. Here's the protection against his magic, do not lose them. Send everyone else not capturing Alex to Antarctica, got it?"

He nodded and took the gems from me.

"Okay, you guys, you all know your separate exits right? Okay, remember, Antarctica. No where else," I instructed the rest in a similar order.

It took a long time, seriously, they said we had photographic minds. I told them this yesterday, wait, not even 30 hours before.

"Okay, my army. So, we're faster than them. We're stronger than them," I smirked in Emmett's direction. "We're better fighters. We don't have to rely on a source other what has been naturally gifted upon us. So, basically saying, we're a thousand times better."

The room filled with laughter at my indifferent shrug.

"So, my plan is to get out there, and show the world what we got. Who is with me?" The room roared with agreement. "Think of it, we're gonna be out of here!"

"But," a small-ish vamp interrupted, "we don't conquer them?"

"Have you heard of the song We Are by Ana Johnsson?" I asked the crowd. Echoes of no's went through the room.

I rolled my eyes, typical.

"See the devil on the doorstep now," I sang.

The girls "echoed my, oh my."

"Tellin' everybody oh just how to live their lives," Blythe joined in.

"Sliding down information highway," Emily came in.

"Buying in just like a bunch of fools," Jade rolled her eyes and sang along.

"Time is ticking and we can't go back, my oh my," all together now!

"What about the world todayWhat about the place that we call homeWe've never been so manyAnd we've never been so alone!

You keep watching from your picket fence

You keep talking but it makes no sense

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are

You wash your hands and come out clean

Fail to recognize the enemies within

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are, we are, we are

One step forward making two steps back (my oh my)

Riding piggy on the bad boys back for life

Lining up for the grand illusion

No answers for no questions asked

Lining up for the execution

Without knowing why

You keep watching from your picket fence

You keep talking but it makes no sense

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are

You wash your hands and come out clean

Fail to recognize the enemies within

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are, we are, we are

It's all about power then

By taking control

Breaking the will

Breathing the soul

They suck us dry till there's nothing left

My oh my, my oh my

What about the world today

What about the place that we call home

We' ve never been so many

And we've never been so alone...

So alone

You keep watching from your picket fence

You keep talking but it makes no sense

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are

You wash your hands and come out clean

Fail to recognize the enemies within

You say we're not responsible

But we are, we are, we are, we are

It's all about power then (we are)

By taking Control (we are)

Breaking the will (we are, we are)Breathing the soul (we are)

They suck us dry till there's nothing left (we are, we are)

My oh my, my oh my

We are

We are (its all )

We are

We are, we are (take control)

We are

We areIt's all about power

By taking control!"

The room burst out in applause for our performance.

"So, think of the song," Blythe said.

"Cuz, is this truly where we want? For this place, this prison, to be what we call home?"

(A/N Ahh, I'm excited! I'm getting to the fight dances in anticipation so, if you please, send me comments of any direct ideas for the fight you think would be funny or anything else you'd like to see somewhere in here. D Tell me if ya like it!!)