A/N - This chap is a bit of a filler but I figured you guys needed to know how the Volturi train their newborns.
Unigirl150: Thanks for review, you get a prize cos you were the only one. So... Virtual High-five! (if people do not watch or know anyone who watches Scrubs that referance will be lost on you) Indeed, Demetri is mentioned as being there, but , if you read really carefully, it says that there are FOUR figures in the shadows. Dun Dun Dun...
Chapter 21 – Thoughts
I sat next the window on the plane. I was pretty excited since I had never been to America before, we were flying first class, too. I settled in the seat as we took off, staring happily out the window. I loved watching the city rush by, like somehow we were speeding up time – a step before the people and places below us.
I felt oddly serene, of course a big part of that serenity was due to the perfect creature beside me. I rested my head on his strong shoulder and felt his soft hair against face; he wound a muscular arm around my small shoulders in response.
I would quite happily have stayed like that forever, not moving, not even bothering to breathe. Everything was perfect. Well, nearly everything – I was refusing to think about the whole killing fiasco.
I kicked off my trainers and curled my denim-clad legs onto the seat, smiling at my brightly coloured socks. They were bright orange with neon pink, green and yellow hearts stitched all over them. I loved them, despite their deteriorating state. I felt Demetri's cheek lift as he smiled with me.
Every moment felt like a dream, too perfect to be real. This kind of stuff didn't happen in real life, not to girls like me anyway.
Demetri brushed my hair from face and leaned down to kiss me softly on the lips, I smiled under his lips and kissed him back. After a few minutes of this Demetri pulled away and started chuckling as I pouted at him in annoyance.
"I was not quite done yet, thank you," I told him.
"Yes, but have you not noticed the attention we are receiving from the rest of the passengers?" I looked around to see several people staring at us. All the women were glaring at me in jealousy, and, to my extreme amusement, all the males seemed to be giving Demetri little jealous looks. After they had stopped staring at me, at least. I rolled my eyes and Demetri laughed.
"Hello, ladies and gentlemen. We are now approaching SeaTac airport, please fasten your seatbelts and ensure all the table trays are folded away. Thank you for flying with us!" The generically happy voice faded off with a crackle of the PA system. Demetri leaned over and fastened my seatbelt; I gave him a confused look.
"Vampire," I tapped my chest, "Remember?" I whispered to him, too quiet for human hearing.
"Yes, but we must remain inconspicuous at all times," He reminded me. " Now, do you remember your training?" He asked me. I nodded in confirmation, thinking back to my fighting training.
I crouched down and growled at the condemned vampire before me, this was how they trained us to fight. A vampire that was going to die was being used as a straw dummy for the new-borns as a punishment for breaking the rule.
The male vampire growled at me. I snarled at him in response and hissed one word at him.
"Traitor."
Then I slipped to the side, circling my opponent, never taking my eyes off him. He feinted to left; I mirrored his action immediately. I could see him start to plan his next move, which was the instant I choose to attack.
We whirled faster around the circle, just millimetres apart. I lunged forward and crunched off small piece of his granite skin with my teeth. He howled in pain and anger.
I skipped back as he ran forward trying to catch me off guard, I ran around him in an instant, blurring the air to confuse him. In under a second I was on his back, my teeth at his throat, I bushed the razor sharp teeth across his neck detaching his head in an instant.
Then the bloodlust had faded and the guilt had taken over…
The plane bounced as it landed and smoothly braked. The happy voice came over the PA system once again as we circled the runway to find a parking spot.
"Welcome to SeaTac airport. The temperature outside is 33 Degrees F and it is currently raining. We hope you have had a nice flight. Thank you for choosing to fly with us," The chipper voice cut off.
Almost immediately after the 'fasten seatbelts' icon flickered off. Then came simultaneous popping of the seatbelt catches and a few sighs of relief. I smiled at this very human trait. I stood up to get my baggage stored in the overhead compartment, ushering Demetri out too.
We made our way out of the airport quicker than everyone else did, which suited me fine. We all piled into the car waiting for us; I recognised the sign as jaguar but after that I was a little lost. Cars were not really my thing.
Jane fired up the growling engine and we sped off into the city, the city that was plagued by the creatures of the night.
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