Chapter 2: Second Chances

The hooded figures slowly moved toward all of us, swiftly and gracefully, but also menacingly at the same time. My instincts kicked into gear, and I started to panic. I knew that these guys were serious danger, but to see them here, in the field where I had just witnessed my former coven members torn and ripped to shreds was more than enough to make me want to run in cover. But, for some reason, I didn't. It was almost as if something inside was convincing me that there wasn't a point to it. That if they really wanted me, they would find me, and kill me anyway.

They stopped walking when they were a few feet away from us. "My. I'm impressed." Said the small blonde girl as she lowered her hood. I instantly recognized her voice from the other night, and the thought of it sent fear through me. "I've never heard of a coven this small surviving an attack of this magnitude and with no causalities of their own."

"Yes. It seems as though we missed quite a good fight." Said a boy whom was standing next to her. At a closer examination of his features, he looked as if he was related to her; maybe ever a twin.

"Yes, well, we wouldn't have been able to do so without Jasper's expertise. He's quite educated when it comes to dealing with newborns." Carlisle said.

"I see. Well I'm still very surprised. It's not often that we are unneeded in dealing with matters such as this." The girl said.

"Yes, well…maybe if you had arrived sooner, you could have fulfilled your duties." The mind reader said. "I'm sure, seeing as you up hold the law, you would have stopped this from happening, if you had arrived sooner."

"Yes." The girl replied, staring at him for a moment before turning her gaze on us. "And who are they?" she asked, referring to Michael and I.

"They are two who were not involved in the fighting. They surrendered and we agreed not to harm them in exchange." Carlisle explained.

"I see." She replied, almost as if she didn't care.

"They meant no harm. They weren't taught the rules, and had no idea as to what exactly they were supposed to believe. They had been lied to from the moment they awoke."

"Yes. But that said fact aside, they are a threat to our world, and the law states that those who threaten our existence most be dealt with; swiftly and effectively." Another boy said. He looked older then the first, much older to be exact. I you could call him a man, and not a boy.

Upon hearing this, I knew that this was going to end badly. They came here for a specific purpose, and that purpose was to get rid of my coven. We had, unknowingly, broken the rules, and threatened the existence of vampires.

"Yes. They were mire expendable pawns in their creator's plan." Said the biggest of the group. "How pathetic." He added on before letting a chuckle rip through his massive form.

"Go to hell." Mike whispered in a low voice. I turned to stare at him, wondering if he had finally lost it.

The big guy didn't seem to like this as his amused face fell very quickly to an angered one. "What did you say, you little-"

"Felix." The girl said, looking at him expectedly. He looked at her questioningly, but after a quick moment of silence, calmed down, and backed up his stance, which I had just noticed he had shifted into. The girl turned back to us and smirked. I could tell by that smirk that something was wrong.

"Jane, that isn't necessary. They will tell you whatever it is you want to know." The mind reader spoke.

"That may be, but I feel that it is my duty to teach them that the Volturi are not to be messed with." She said.

I was more scared now then I think I ever was. Even more so then the first time I had my arm ripped off. Out of nowhere, Mike just started to yell and screech. He fell to the ground, and twitched in a crumpled heap, repeated yelling out and squirming on the ground. "Michael!" I yelled, running over to him, and trying to help, but finding nothing wrong with him. I didn't know what she was doing to him, but I knew that she was behind it.

"Please!" I yelled, turning to face her. "Please, just stop! Don't hurt him!" she ignored me, and continued to focus her attention on him. "I said stop!" I yelled at her as I stood to my feet.

That apparently got her attention because she stopped staring at him, and focused her gaze on me. I quickly realized what I had just did, and took a step backwards. "I-I-I'm-" I started, but was quickly cut off.

"Pain." She said with that same smirk on her face. I instantly felt an uncontrollable amount of pain that reminded me all too well of the burning I felt when I was being changed. I screamed and fell to the ground, wishing, no, praying that someone would come along and kill and make the pain stop. "You'd best watch yourself, girl." I heard her say. I could hear the smirk in her voice, and wished that could stop the pain long enough to wipe it off. "Now. Tell me, what are your names?" she asked as the pain slowly sub-sided. I slowly turned over, and tried to lift myself up.

"I said go to hell!" Michael yelled to them as he got to his feet.

"My. You don't seem to have any manners. Allow me to teach you some." She said as Michael fell to the floor and started to screech in pain again. "I wasn't talking to you. You will speak when spoken to."

"Please. There's no need to continue to do that. They have been lied to constantly and are very wary of who they can trust." Carlisle spoke once more.

"Let that be a lesson to you, girl." She said, looking directly at me. "Now. I'll ask you again, and it would be in your best interest to answer: What are you names."

"I'm Bree, and that's Michael." I said quickly, hoping to refrain from being stricken with pain again.

"Good girl." She said with that same smirk again. "Now tell, why did you come here?"

"I-I don't know." I answered. Unfortunately, she didn't like this answer because I suddenly felt the intense sensation again as I fell to the ground once more.

"Please, Jane." Jasper spoke, which surprised me. I was sure he wanted us dead just as much as these guys did. The pain slowly faded once more, and I laid there, trying to get my body to move again.

"You there, Michael was it?"

"Yes." he growled.

"Why did you come here? What exactly was your purpose?"

Michael took a deep breath and let out a long sigh. "We were told nothing. Riley kept us hidden during the day, and sent people out each night to hunt. He told us that we were to come here and destroy the yellow eyes because if we didn't they would destroy us first because we were on their hunting grounds. We were told that we would have the right ones because she" he said, pointing behind him to the human girl, "would be with them. He gave us a shirt of hers, and gave us the scent. He said who ever got to her could have her."

Jane nodded, seeming pleased with what he had said. "Very good. See? Isn't it better when you do as you're told instead of talking back?" she said, causing all of them to laugh, while Mike scowled at them. "Well, it seems very clear why you were created. Where is your creator?"

Michael stayed silent for a moment, looking at the ground before finally answering. "My creator is …dead. She was killed weeks ago, before any of this even came into perspective."

"Are you saying that you creator is different from the one who created this army?" she asked.

"Yes."

"I see. And what about yours?" she asked me.

"Her creator's name was Victoria. She had an accomplice named Riley. Maybe you have some knowledge of her." the mind reading one said.

"Edward, if the Volturi had any knowledge of Victoria, they would have stopped this from happening. Isn't that right, Jane?" Carlisle asked, looking at her with eyes that you could tell were filled with menay years of knowledge.

"Yes. That is correct." She said, lingering on him before going back to the one called Edward. "And what became of this Victoria?"

"I defeated her and Riley. Up there, on the mountain top." He said, pointing behind him. This news came as a surprise to me. I never expected to find out that Riley and this Victoria, who apparently created me, were dead. But it was a relief. It felt good knowing that they got what the deserved and that Diego was avenged by someone, even if it wasn't me. I only wish I could have been there on the mountain to watch as they perished.

At least I can die knowing that they didn't get away with what they did. Thank You. I thought, knowing that he could hear me.

"I see." Jane said. "Well, it seems that all has been taken care of. All that leaves is the loose ends of what to do with these two." she said, looking at Michael and I. "Felix, take care of them, would you. I want to go home."

I stood to my feet once more, and started to back up slowly. Oh god, this is it. We're done for. I thought. Just then, Michael jumped in front of me in a protective stance. "Mike?"

"Bree, I promised you I would protect you, even if that meant losing my life." he said, never looking away from the approaching vampire.

"Michael…"

"Wait!" Carlisle yelled. "They have done nothing wrong. They had no knowledge of the rule of our world. If you allow us to, we will teach them."

"We'll even take full responsibility for them." His mate said.

"Wait." Jane said, causing Felix to stop and look at her. "You'll take full responsibility for them?"

"Yes. We will." Carlisle nodded.

"You realize, should you fail, that this will result in the end for all of you, and not just them."

"Yes. We realize that, and are willing to risk our lives to do so."

"I see. You realize the Volturi don't give second chances, and that by doing so, we would be going against all that we stand for, and that we cannot do that."

"I do not ask that you go against what you have established, but that you make a small exception. Please, give us time to teach them."

Jane stayed silent for what seemed like an eternity, while I stood here, behind Michael, awaiting my fate. At that particular moment, I prayed that there was even a small chance of us making out of this, that I would be forever in debt to these yellow eyed vampires, and that I could somehow protect myself and Michael from here on.

"Alright." She finally spoke. Everyone turned to her with astonishment in their eyes.

"What?" Felix asked in anger.

"We shall put them under your care. You are to teach them and show them our ways. Should you fail, there will be second chances for any of you. Understood?"

"Yes. We understand. Thank you, all of you." Carlisle said, wrapping an arm around his brunette mate. "Please, give my regards to Aro."

"Of course. And by the way," she said, eying the human, "Caius will be very pleased to know that you are still human." She said with a smirk on her face.

"The date is set. I've seen it." said a girl with short black spiky hair as she stood next to and curled up to Jaspers side.

The smirk quickly fell from Jane's face as she stared the spiky haired girl down. My guess, Jane doesn't like to lose. "Yes." she said before turning to Felix. "Come. Our business is done here." She stated as she turning around, and walking to the forest edge. The other three reluctantly turned and followed her into the forest, disappearing into the fog.

Once clear, I let out a sigh of relief, just to feel shy as I realized that everyone was now looking upon Michael and I. "Um…I guess all I can really say, is thank you. Thank you for risking your lives for us. We promise, we will do anything in our power to repay you. Even if you asked us to leave and never return."

"Good. Why don't you do that now!" the blonde girl yelled.

"Rosalie." Carlisle stepped in. "You must excuse her. She can be a bit ill mannered and quick tempted."

"It's not a problem. I understand why she would be. We've been nothing but trouble since we got here, and we're truly sorry." Michael said.

"There's something about him…" I heard from behind me. That's when I remembered the human girl was standing behind us. I quickly turned to see she was trying to whisper to Edward. "The dark, chocolate color of his skin, and those facial features. They just seem so familiar to me." She said.

"I don't understand what you mean Bella. Have you two met before?" he asked.

"No. He…he reminds me of…Laurent." She said, as if having a revelation, as this new realization dawned on her. "That's it. He reminds me of Laurent."

"Laurent?" Michael asked, turning to look at her. "You know him?" He asked, anger building up in his voice.

"Yea, or at least, we did know him. But how do you know him?"

"I know him because he was my cousin." Michael said, annoyed by the thought of his cousin.

3rd person POV

Jane walked ahead of the Volturi guard as they walked through the forest. She was proud of her decision, though it didn't seem to sit well with the rest of the guards.

"What were you thinking? We cannot bend the rules for them. They committed a crime, and need to be punished for it. What is the meaning of this, Jane?" Felix shouted as they continued their venture back to Volterra. "When Aro hears about this-"

"Aro shan't have a problem with this." She said, cutting him off.

"Please, explain sister." Alec called after his twin.

"It's simple. The Cullen coven takes the two in; they try to make them drink animal's blood; the two will see that they cannot handle their lifestyle, and the resulting failure to change them of their ways-"

"Will result in the destruction of not only those two, but also the Cullens." Demetri finished for her as realization came upon him. "It is a very clever plan indeed Jane."

Alec chuckled a little before speaking once more. "You never seize to amaze me sister. But what makes you believe that Aro will agree to this or will even allow this? And let us not forget his feelings on exterminating Carlisle, Edward and Alice."

"Because even if Aro is opposed to this, he never fails to uphold the law. And when Caius finds out the Bella is still human, it will make it much simpler to convince Aro that they need to be disposed of, regardless of his feelings toward them."

"Well, let's hope that you are right about this." Felix stated menacingly. "Should you not be, you may be in for an extreme punishment." He smirked at the thought of Jane getting punished for disregarding Aro's command, which she has already done before this incident even started.

Jane, not liking how Felix spoke of her, focused on him before unleashing her ability on him, inflicting immense pain on him. Felix bucked, and fell to the ground under the pain of her illusion.

Alec let out a sigh before walking up to his twin, and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Sister, please."

Jane stopped walking, and released Felix from the pain, before turning and looking upon his pained form in front of her. "You shan't continue to question my authority. We shall return and wait for further orders. Once they have failed, we shall put an end to the Cullens, once, and for all."

To Be Continued….