Felix responded with a grunt to Jane and before I could tell what happened, Bella had been lifted up in a fireman's lift over his shoulder. I wanted to take one last look at her before she was taken from me completely, but Jane pushed her gift down on me stronger and I winced.
I lay, staring at the door where she had been taken from me.
"There we go. She's gone now, no need to worry."
Slowly I felt the pain easy up a little. I spoke through gritted teeth. "When would I worry around her? She's my world." The pain increased a lot more than before.
"Well, then Mr. Cullen, I would suggest you pick a little better next time. She's just given herself up and you're free to go. That is, if you cause no trouble. You'll just end up being killed yourself."
Then I had an idea.
It was stupid and reckless but it was defiantly an idea.
Then she ran.
I stood staring after Bella next to Jasper. We knew Bella was here but I didn't think the Volturi would let her go just like that, or that she would just run.
"Alice, where is Bella going?" I just looked at Edward, hearing his words but not making any sense of them "Alice!" I shook my head of all distractions and concentrated on Bella.
Bella standing at the top of the clock tower looking down on Volterra, waiting for the sun to come up. Rain starting to fall from the sky but the clouds don't block out the sun. A rainbow forming and the light shining though, hitting her, making the whole square light up.
My breath caught as Edward darted out of the room. She was trying to kill herself? The Volturi wouldn't hesitate to attack her if she did that. Please stop her Edward…
Jane swore and I saw her start to sprint after him. "Emmett! Stop her!" He didn't question me, he just jumped in front of her. Jane's head smashed into his head and she tumbled backwards into other guests, who had stopped mingling to watch us.
In this time we had all moved in front of the door, blocking anyone from getting out, especially Jane. We were evenly matched because she stood at the same height as me. Aro, Marcus and Caius with the rest of the guards had come to stand behind her.
No one spoke.
We just stood staring at each other. No one moved and the other guests had stopped talking all together and were just watching. Not ever had anyone thought to defy the Volturi and though I'm sure the thought had crossed a few minds. If it had, no one would act on it. Well, not until now.
"Carlisle?" Aro started and I hoped their friendship, or what was left of it, would help. "We need to get past."
"We are aware of that but I'm afraid we can't let you past."
Jane smiled an evil grin. "I think you should be afraid." She took one large – large for her – step forward, dipped her head and glared at me.
I glared back.
Then I realised what she was trying to do and my chest got tight with fear. I felt Jasper's arm snake its way around my waist as he felt my fear.
The pain never came. I smirked. My, my Bella was clever.
Jane turned fuming to face Aro and whispered a little too loudly. "The bitch took my power! I can't do anything to them!"
"Jane, language." Marcus scolded.
"Sorry Master." Jane snarled out the words.
"I agree though, she needs finding even if Jane doesn't have her gift." She glared at Marcus. "Where is she, do you suppose?"
"She could be anywhere but I doubt she has got far. Even with new powers she does not know how to control them all." Caius explained, unaware of all the guests watching the quiet conversation.
"We need to find her, no matter what. She is the most important vampire on this world. The most dangerous too." Aro concluded. He really had no idea everyone heard everything.
They all turned around, very slowly, staring at us, watching our every move. I turned to face Carlisle, being incredibly careful that no one but my family heard what they were up to.
"Carlisle, they are going to get Bella no matter what. There won't be much we can do…"
"We'll do it, don't worry." Emmett jumped in before he could respond and a little too loud at that.
Carlisle looked up at Emmett as if to say 'keep it down' before speaking to me. "Either way, they're both family, despite what they think. Bella has been since Edward brought her to the house and even when Edward left us he was still a Cullen. We're getting them back whether they like it or not."
I smiled up at him and looked back at the menacing Volturi. I could see each one of them trying to plot their way out of the ballroom. I felt Jasper lean down to whisper in my ear.
"You'd think this being their castle they would have other exits in case of an emergency but nope. The Volturi keep it simple with one door and too many vampires." I giggled.
Aro was eying us in extreme caution but a smirk played around his lips. "So, we ask you again. Will you move?"
"And we reply again. No we will not." Emmett said.
"Will you let your coven leader speak for himself?"
"I agree with Emmett. We do not move. Our loyalty lies with our coven."
"I see." Aro's eyes narrowed. "Well, that leaves us with no other option. Everyone…" he smirked. "Get them."
Oh.
We really weren't expecting that at all.
The closest guests lunged at us and we only just dodged them. I had to run and duck which is harder than it looks considering I wasn't the fastest in my family. Only my size helped me out.
Jasper and Emmett were near the other side of the ballroom, getting cornered but trying fending off the mob of visitors that had decided to attack them. Esme and Rosalie were had somehow returned to the door and Carlisle was not far off. The Denali coven was standing in the middle of the room, watching wide eyed as their close friends were attacked. I knew they would have joined in but for the safety of their coven they didn't. I knew if we didn't get out of this our coven would be no more.
Then someone jumped on me. I growled angrily and slid away before they would realise I was gone. The nerve of some people.
I carefully moved around a few more people and ended up so close to the door when I was lifted up into a fireman's lift.
It was Felix.
So I started attacking his back with my fists, as hard as I could. "Put me down, you idiot!" We walked out of the room and I worried about Rosalie and Esme, not to mention the boys. Jasper…
"Speaking to me like that will get you no where and anyway," I heard him smirk. "I wouldn't put you down." He started into a run and thanks to being a vampire, it just felt like walking.
I pulled an elbow up to lean on his shoulder and sighed, exasperated with him in general. "I could run, you know."
"Not allowed."
"You're intolerable, you know that don't you."
"You're not the first person to say that."
"Then why do it?"
"Because it's my job."
"It doesn't have to be."
"It is."
I left it at that because he obviously wasn't in the mood to chat, and well, I couldn't help it if I loved to talk. It came with me, package deal. Just like shopping.
Felix put me down on the floor by a door and I scowled up at him as he pulled out a ring of keys. He was almost as tall as Emmett but was missing the playful attitude. Maybe he did have one but it was pushed down because of all his orders.
I was about to speak but he had found the right key and was opening the door.
It was pitch black.
"Get in." He grunted.
"What?" He didn't really expect me to get in that room.
"Get in." He repeated.
"No! What do you think would make me want to?"
He didn't say anything, he just pushed me in and shut the door. I couldn't see anything.
I sat in the darkness waiting for something to happen. I was obviously alone and I couldn't help feel that this was a lot like the asylum I was in.
I rolled my eyes at the thought.
Suddenly, I was blinded by light. Two women were thrown next to me.
"Rosalie? Esme?"
"Alice?" they both squeaked.
"Yes?" It came out like a question.
I heard Esme sigh in relief as Rosalie spoke. "So, you got thrown in here too, did you?"
"Yeah and of course, Felix, the gentleman that he is, graciously put me down and offered me a seat in here." My voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Rosalie scoffed. "Men."
"I hope they're okay." Esme murmured.
Rosalie's tone softened. "They'll be fine, they're big boys… Jasper has a head on him and at least Edward isn't in there."
"He's going to do something."
"What?" Esme exclaimed. "Did you have a vision?"
"No…I just get the feeling he's going to do something stupid."
We all fell silent as we thought of our loved ones at this dark time.
Edward, please don't do what I think you're going to do.
A/N: One floppy chapter, ready to eat. That'll be seven pounds and fifty pence.
I haven't done a Alice POV for a while now so I thought why not? Also, I was shocked to find out some of you don't know what a 5p is! Over here in the UK we use Pounds and Pennies (pence if you want to get technical). 5p is five pence. Well done to those who understand and if you didn't, now you know!
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