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Chapter 16

Alice 'excused' herself to the bathroom. She had gone back to my house and picked up our passports and ID's. Soon after we boarded the plane. I thought that we were going to take of soon after but the plane was taking too long to take off.

"It's faster than running" Alice reminded me as she placed a hand on me shoulder

I turned to look at Luna. I knew I shouldn't bother trying to read her face after all she could barely feel an emotion. She looked like she was waiting for something to happen yet bored at the same time.

Bella turned back to look at Alice who was now speaking on her phone. Bella did not see Luna pull out her cell and start text-ing back to Raven.

"No Jasper, get Emmett and Rosalie back…If Edward hears them coming he will only act faster and we will be too late." Alice paused; "I keep seeing different things. A killing spree through the city, attacking the guard, lifting a car over his head in the main square…mostly things that would expose them-he knows that's the fastest way to force a reaction."

I leaned back when Alice curled up further into the seat.

"Don't follow me. I promise, Jasper. One way or another, I'll get out…And I love you." Alice leaned back into the seat; "I hate lying to him"

"Is it really dangerous for us to be going to Italy Alice? What the big danger?"

We both turned to Luna who had closed her eyes. So it was okay for Alice and Bella to talk. What they didn't know what that Luna was not asleep and that there was a person on the other line on her phone.

"The Volturi are an old powerful family-like royalty. If you antagonize them then you probably die. There are three of them Aro, Caius, and Marcus"

I remember seeing them in the picture in Carlisle's study. I nodded for Alice to continue.

"Two females joined them over time, and the five of them make up the family. I suspect that their age is what gives them the ability to live peacefully together. They are over three thousand years old. Or maybe it's their gifts that give them extra tolerance. Like Edward and I, Aro and Marcus are…talented."

"But if there are only five…"

"Five that make up the family" Alice corrected; "That doesn't include their guard"

I looked at her. I had taken this trip too lightly. This was far more than serious.

"There were nine members of the guard that were permanent, last time we heard. It changes. Many of them are gifted as well, far better than what I can do. The Volturi chose them for their abilities, physical or otherwise. They don't get into too many battles. No one is stupid enough to mess with them. They stay in the city only when duty calls"

"Duty? What do they do?"

"Edward didn't tell you?"

I shook my head and waited for Alice to continue. What had Edward left out?

"Over the millennia, they have assumed the position of enforcing our rules-which actually translates to punishing transgressors."

"There are rules!" I said a little too loud

"Shh!"

"Most of us don't need policing but after a few centuries, sometimes one of us gets bored. Or crazy. Then the Volturi step in before it can compromise them, or the rest of us"

"So Edward…"

"Is planning to flout that in their own city-the city they've held for three thousand years, since the time of the Etruscans. They are so protective of their city that they don't allow hunting within its walls. Volterra is probably the safest city in the world-from vampire attacks at the very least"

"If they don't leave how do they eat?"

"They bring their food from the outside, from quiet far away sometimes. It gives their guard something to do when they're not out annihilating mavericks. Or protecting Volterra from exposure…"

"From something like this, from some one like Edward."

Alice nodded as I rested back and took a look at Luna who still was sleeping. Alice relaxed in her seat. She told me she wanted to concentrate on seeing what Edward was up to. She groaned and sat up again.

"I can't see clearly, some one around here is making it difficult"

Alice turned to look around until her eyes landed on Luna. Alice glared at her but I blocked her vision from Luna.

"I didn't know you had a cousin Bella."

"Charlie's brother, Logan. I didn't see him much after he moved to Los Angeles with my aunt"

"Well she's making it hard for me to see. I can't pick anything up from her future which has us. In any case I can't see how we'll fare"

Luna woke up again when the plane landed. We had to run for our next plain in New York City. Again we sat down. Alice trying to concentrate on her visions while Luna slept and I tried to relax if just a bit.

"I got something…The Volturi decided to tell him no…Aro thinks it would be wasteful to kill him"

"How are you seeing these things? I thought Luna was making it difficult for you to see the future"

"It's because we are close and I'm concentrating"

We were quiet again as the attendant came in each isle asking if any one wanted a blanket or pillow. I turned to Luna; she had ear plugs on her ears and was dozing off. She looked bored, I wondered if she was regretting coming along.

"The Volturi just told him no…Edward is going to drastic decisions"

"What kind of decisions Alice?"

"Edward is thinking of going hunting in the city…no wait…he's going to go out into the sun publicly"

It would be enough for him. With the lightest touch of the sun he would shine like a million diamonds. No human who saw that would ever forget. The Volturi would not allow it. Not if they wanted to keep their race secret.

"He wants the biggest audience possible; he'll go to the main plaza, under the clock tower. The walls there are high. He'll wait till the sun is exactly over head."

"We have till noon" I mumbled

"Maybe, if he sticks with his plan"

The pilot announced that we were soon to land and to buckle up.

"How far is it from Florence to Volterrra?"

"That depends on how fast you drive…Bella?"

"Yes?"

She eyed me and then at Luna speculatively. "How strongly are you opposed to grand theft auto?"

"I throw money at it, let's go for it"

Alice and I turned around and saw Luna with that gleam and wicked smile on her face.

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