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Chapter 10: Powers

Olivia crashed into me, her marble body knocking me into the base of a large fir tree that swayed and fell on impact. Edward was stunned, but he leapt into the fight after a split-second. He landed on Olivia's back and snarled as he clawed at her neck. This distracted her and I flitted back to behind the tree and prepared to spring into action at the right moment. I wanted her to make a wrong step in the complicated death dance that she and Edward were doing. If she did, that would be the end of her.

I was stupid in thinking that I could will her to fall, but I put all my might into it, anyway. I narrowed my eyes and my vision seemed to be tinged with crimson. I felt a peculiar sensation swoop through my body and put all my nerves on a live wire. My eyes burned with my desire to make her fall, and I concentrated on only that.

It all happened very fast, then.

One moment I was watching her feet, and then in the next, all of the will and burning desire I had in me seemed to burst out in one string of sheer energy and wrap itself around her foot. I could almost see it; the string looked hazy—almost like the effect that extreme heat has on the air. I lifted my hand without thinking and pointed my finger at her leg. I twitched the finger to the right, and her leg jerked to the side, throwing her off balance.

I laughed when she fell, and Edward pinned her to the ground instantaneously. Curious of my newfound power, I stretched my string into a blanket using my mind, and formed it to her body. This time, instead of using one finger, I held out my whole hand and spread my fingers wide apart and pushed down. Olivia stayed where she was, almost like she was being forced down. Edward seemed confused about how she was staying put so easily and not thrashing around, so he looked at me, and his gaze locked on my outstretched hand.

"Are you doing this....?" He asked. I nodded numbly, not wanting to break my concentration. "Wow, well don't stop." He instructed. "Let her face free so she can talk, but keep her body down." I uncovered the blanket to reveal her face, but used the extra power to press harder onto her legs, arms, and torso.

When she was able to talk, all that came out were distorted cries and screams. She turned and looked at me.

"You," She snarled, her now red eyes glinting with something beyond fury.

"Me," I mocked lightly, still keeping my concentration.

"So that's your power," She mused.

"Shut up," Edward roared menacingly. "What do you want with us?"

"Me? I had heard about the ominous Cullen clan a few months when I was recruited to join the Volturi."

"I knew you were with the Volturi!" Edward accused.

"Well of course I am," she scoffed. "Anyway, I came here, looking for you guys. You see, Aro picked me because I have an extraordinary power. My power is to sense other vampires' powers. I walked into that building because I could feel the pull of all the magnificent abilities. When I'm in a ten foot range of the vampire, I can know what the ability is. With Jasper's emotion controlling, Alice's visions, and Bella's.... puppeteer- ing, if you will, I came eagerly. I couldn't know what Bella's power was when I first saw her because she was too new; I knew Bella would be the strongest because she is only a few days old. Alice had already been bribed by my Masters, so I went for her. I almost tried this in the car, but with the others so close beside you, I would've never gotten away with it. But when I saw you catch the scent of blood, I knew you would travel far to get it. I told your family that I was going to try out your weird diet, so they willingly let me go after you. I stayed behind the tree until you approached, and here we are now." She explained. "Now, pretty boy, is that enough of what I want for you?" she asked in a sugary tone.

"Pretty much," Edward growled and he reached down to grab Olivia's forearm and wrench it from her body. There was a horrible metallic screech and she cried out in pair. Edward smiled cruelly and moved down her body, pulling off random limbs as he went. Her screeching became louder and so did the metallic scraping.

When only Olivia's Torso and head were left, Edward moved back up to her face and leaned down as if he were going to kiss her. He pressed his lips to her neck and bit. Still clinging to her neck, he jerked his head to the side and ripped her head off—literally. Still using his mouth, he flung the disembodied head into the pile of white marble, and even after it had landed, the flaming hair shivered as if it were alive.

My concentration finally broke, and all of the energy that was being pushed toward Olivia snapped back like a rubber band and the force made me stagger backward a few steps. I collapsed to the ground and Edward flitted over to my side and held me in his arms.

"Bella, Bella, Bella," He crooned in my ear. I was aware that he was touching me, so once again, the greedy monster awakened from the pits of my stomach and purred. Not now! I told it. It growled and settled back down.

"Since when do you have a power?" He asked me.

"Well, since now, I guess." I gasped.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just in a little shock right now." I told him "I'm fine," We sat on the muddy, mossy forest floor, and he rocked me back and forth slowly, humming lullabies in my ear.

After about ten minutes, I decided that I smelt bad, and I suggested that we rinse off in the nearby stream before we returned home. We stood and trudged to where the sound was coming from and found the muddy bank. We stripped down to our bare skin and swam in the cool water.

I was not embarrassed about being non-clothed around Edward—I decided that we had been through enough together for me to feel comfortable around him. After much staring from him, and much staring from me to him, we were finished. I climbed out of the stream and put on my ragged clothes. I sat at the water's edge, gazing at intricate crimson flowers which the sunset painted on the mirrored surface.

"We should be getting back now," Edward murmured from behind me.

"Yeah," I agreed, and he grabbed my hand as we darted through the trees and back into the clearing where Olivia was laying in pieces. I cringed away from the gruesome sight of her mangled body pieces. Edward grabbed my hand and we ran quicker than before through the trees and back to the house.

We burst through the carved mahogany door and we were greeted by the rest of the family. Alice yelled first.

"What happened?" She demanded.

"What was your vision?" Edward demanded back.

"I don't know I got some glimpses of you and Olivia fighting in the woods."

"We did fight—and I smashed her," He stated grimly.
"Ooh, good for you!" She exclaimed. Then her she got a puzzled look on her face. "Why didn't we see and smell the smoke?"

"Smoke, what smoke?" I asked.

"You didn't burn her?!" Alice shrieked at Edward.

"I—I—I didn't know I had to!" He spluttered.

"Wonderful, she must've pieced herself back together by now." She grumbled after a minute.

"Wait!" I interjected. "What do you mean, 'pieced herself back together'?"

"Do you guys know nothing?" Rosalie asked rudely from the corner.

"Well, I'm new to this—I thought he would know everything!" I jerked my thumb toward Edward.

"Well I've been by myself for the past fifty years, Bella," He reminded me.

"Oh yeah," I remembered. "Well how did you know that you could rip her apart?"

"I remembered back in the airport when you dug your nails into my arm, and I thought that if I ripped her up into enough pieces, she wouldn't be able to go anywhere. I wasn't aware that I had to burn her though." He explained.

"Well thanks to you she probably ran off to her Masters," Rosalie said. Edward ignored her snide comment.

"What are we going to do?" The question was directed to Carlisle this time.

"We only have one choice—go to Italy and try to stop her." He instructed.

"Okay," Edward agreed and he turned around to face me.

"Do you want to tell them about your power?"

"Sure," I said.

"Tell me," Alice said eagerly as she stumbled forward to clutch my arm.

"It would be easier to show you..." I said mysteriously. She cocked her said to the side in curiosity.

"Go ahead,"

I spun around in a circle, looking for something to move. I spotted a large vase of red roses across the room and settled for that. I concentrated on the vase, and lifted my hand. I curled it around in mid-air as if I were actually holding the vase. I jerked my hand up and the vase moved with my hand. I made it do sharp, edgy turns, flips and rolls, while my family watched intently. Finally, I sucked my energy back in and set the vase back on the table.

"Coo, huh?" I asked Alice with a large grin.

"Wow," She responded. "Is that how you were able to trap Olivia so easily? By holding her down?"

Uh-huh," I nodded. Her eyes twinkled in excitement as a new idea crossed her thoughts.

"Flip me," She said.

"What?"

"Flip me. Use your power to flip me." I was hesitant, but I mustered up some left over energy and stretched my hand out wide to grasp and invisible Alice. I lifted my hand up and spun it around in a fast circle. Alice giggled, sounding like a child on a carnival ride. I set her back down and she was grinning hugely.

"How was that?" I asked.

"Fun!" she giggled. I smiled back at her. I had the feeling we would get along well.

***

Out in the woods, a body was laying in a small clearing. An arm was missing from that body, but it soon came clawing its way out of the trees and attached itself to the arm socket. A woman with flaming hair stood up and shook her limbs out. She turned and stalked off into the trees. Once inside the shelter of the forest, she took off at a sprint that no human could keep pace with. She was running so fast that she seemed to be gliding smoothly across the mossy ground. She smiled cruelly as her plans for exterminating the Cullens' flashed through her mind. This should be fun, she thought to herself as she flew through the green scenery towards the flickering lights of the highway.