Chapter 2

Unexpected

We left the airport since we just had carry – ons and not luggage. We went to the woods so we knew we would be safe.

"That was actually a nice flight" said Rosalie but she was thinking about Emmett.

"Well we made it to Italy didn't we so now all we have to do is go to Volterra and wait" I said.

"Are you guys ready?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes" said Esme and Rosalie.

Then I said "yes."

"OH MY GOSH EDWARD SERIOUSLY!" Rosalie said and I shrugged.

"Edward I know you're the fastest one so do not wait for us we can catch up. However if there's danger run back OK son" Carlisle said.

"Yes" I said "don't worry I'll be on high alert."

Carlisle nodded and said "start running let's go."

We started running and we ran at our fastest and for me it was…FAST. I caught a particular scent...Emmett's it was weird. So I ran back to Carlisle, Esme, & Rosalie.

"Is everything OK?" Esme asked.

"I have caught the scent…of Emmett but I haven't picked up his thoughts…too far away for that" I said.

"Do you think he could've passed by and is wandering alone looking for us?" Rosalie asked.

"No" said Carlisle softly.

"He would've picked up our scent and ran to us."

"Do you think he…escaped" asked Esme.

"It's a possibility" Carlisle said.

"He could provide us with some information maybe." Esme asked.

"It has its maybes" I said and we began to run to Volterra…it was just 12:30 at night.

We approached the hotel across from the Volturi castle so we could watch. A grouchy concierge was there.

"Mio dio queste persone hanno una bella faccia tosta a venire qui a tarda notte. Ottengono di andare in una stanza e dormire mentre io devo stare qui" he was thinking and I almost growled but I held it in.

Then he said "Welcome to the Volturi Views Hotel" in Italian.

"Hello a room for 4 please" said Carlisle in Italian.

"Sure, sure" said the man in Italian and he led us to a room on the top floor so we could see the castle perfectly.

He closed the door without even saying anything and I laughed a little after I heard his thoughts.

"HOW CAN YOU LAUGH AT A TIME LIKE THIS?" Rosalie shouted.

"Sorry just his thoughts…" I said holding back a laugh trying to think of what Emmett and Jasper would say if they found out I was laughing.

I tried picking up thoughts…nothing. Renata must still be blocking the castle. I wondered if Demetri had tracked us already or had Hazel blocked him. I heard someone's thoughts however…Emmett's.

"Their scent is not anywhere and I've escaped I have everything I need I just got to find them…Eddie he can read my mind…YO EDDIE WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!" He was thinking.

"Emmett's escaped" I said.

"WHAT!?" Rosalie half asked and yelled.

"It's true the Volturi Castle is being shielded by Renata and I cannot read anyone's thoughts there. Emmett's however, I was able to read and he said he escaped" I said.

"Well we just have to go find Emmett" Carlisle said.

"I'll go" I said.

"Edward, are you sure" Esme asked.

"Yes" I said.

"I agree Edward is the fastest" Rosalie said so I left and ran to the woods to find Emmett. I found his scent and followed it onto his trail…he was in Rome near the airport following our scent.

I ran and was almost there and a truck almost ran me over. I got to the airport and Emmett was stumbling around the forest trying to control his thirst for deer.

"Emmett" I said coming up behind him.

"…Edward" he said and I nodded.

"How did you escape?"

"With much difficulty" said Emmett he gave me a bear hug.

I said "OK Met let's go to the hotel and continue there…Rosalie is dying to see you."

"Yeah and I'm dying to see her but I need to warn you guys about the way them after we see each other again."

I nodded "you really needed to tell me" I joked he slugged me so we ran back to the hotel we got to the hotel and opened the door to the room.

Emmett walked in like he hadn't seen the light ever. Carlisle, Rosalie, & Esme all stop what they're doing and run over to Emmett Rosalie immediately throws her arms around him and then says "where's your shirt?"

Emmett takes a deep breath "Jane took it" he said and I know what he's thinking.

"Oh crap…oh shit" I said.

"What happened?" Rosalie asked Emmett looks at me then Rosalie.

"Much more than what was on that video" Emmett said and he lets me read his mind and see all the horrors they went through and maybe still going through.

"Met, are they still doing this?" I asked.

He nodded "they told us that if we dared to escape that they would come for us…those sons of bitches I would've liked to…"

"OK enough!" Carlisle said knowing where the conversation was going.

"Emmett, please tell us what happened it may help to get the others back" Esme said.

"Can we kill them first?" he asked. "Oh that Felix…that ugh!" he shuddered and had his teeth bared in his angry way and his fists clenched. Rosalie was sitting in his lap.

"So when we were taken in the van as you probably remember" Emmett began saying the last four words sarcastically.

"We were taken to a roller coaster loading area it looked as if the Volturi had built it. To Jazz, Bella, & me it looked like just a tame roller coaster with no restraints that we were being transported in. But Haze and Alice started freaking out and said that we were going to be over fire. We realized she was right after they loaded us into a weird green cart thingy we were going really fast and Jane lit the whole thing on fire along with Alec, Demetri, & Felix. Well we saw the fire all right and I heard Bella crying behind me so Haze was trying to calm her down while hanging on for sheer life even though she probably could run away but there was absolutely nothing below us…just fire so if we let go well you get the picture. The wooden part was all curves and stuff and VERY fast. Bella flew out but Hazel grabbed her hand and pulled her back in and pulled her where we were sitting. We kind of made a seatbelt so Bella wouldn't fall again. We went up a dark curve on the dark wooden roller coaster and Hazel was hit in the face by a thing that the Volturi purposely put there to make someone fall out so she was hanging onto the side and I grabbed her and held her until we were stopped and then we saw Jane and she said 'now it is time for the best part…Alice, Bella sit in cart 1 and she shoved them. Jasper, Hazel sit there and she pointed to the second car and I was to sit behind them' so the roller coaster went at full speed and this time it was like a king da ka roller coaster also over fire and we were not wearing restraints I almost broke the cart holding on and Haze said to me 'if I fall just don't blame it on yourselves and tell Edward that this wasn't his fault' and with that we went up on this high thing so we could see the city of Volterra more hard things and we landed at the castle and were unloaded Alice was carrying Bella who was knocked out due to the force of the coaster. Felix put a towel up to her mouth and she went limper. They put her into a white room and separated us. But Jazz & I were pinned to the prisoner's quarters with anti-vampire chains. Haze and Alice were taken to the jail cell with anti - vampire iron. Jazz used his ability to calm me down and after about 32 hours we were brought out by Felix and Demetri. Hazel, Alice, & Bella were waiting and Jane had the evil grin on her face. That was when he took the video of us being tortured but he didn't put what happened afterwards. Alice was attacked by Demetri and Jazz and Hazel jumped on him because I was still being 'burned' by Jane. She ripped my shirt off and pierced me with even worse decapitation feelings. After that they attacked Hazel and Jazz & I tackled them and Hazel fought back as well. She's pretty strong you know for a 12 year old vamp so she ripped Aro's hand off. He got even madder so he told Jane to torture her while we all had to watch but she didn't do anything she just gritted her teeth and shut her eyes tight. Jazz numbed her pain and then we were forced to watch them feed on humans and they put the blood up to our faces but we all held in control. We were all thirsty anyways and Bella was very frightened that they would make us eat her but Jazz calmed her down and Hazel said that if they wanted Bella they would have to kill her first and take care of her ashes. This was just yesterday right before they called you and then that night I ripped the chains because I was the strongest one and Jazz told me not to worry about him but just go and he made me feel the feeling he wanted me to feel. So I ran and tried to find you and well…yeah" Emmett said .

Rosalie was beyond horrified and so were Esme and Carlisle but me…I was horrified, outraged, & just I don't know.

"EDDIE THE SHIELD!" I heard in my head YES! Renata's shield was coming down because Jazz had made her feel like she had to take it down…sympathy maybe. "I know Emmett just told you the story and he's very accurate but the Volturi's only way to be defeated or reasoned with is through food…which is the last outcome or something more powerful like threatening them with something and putting someone else in power if we can expose them to other vampires. I also discovered I have a different ability from Demetri he can sensory track and only track if he has seen them. I have clairvoyance so I can see visions of what the person is doing and I can track them basically like Alice except I can see the present of what they're doing. So this makes them want me even more." And her voice trailed off again the shield was back. At least I had gotten to hear Hazel.

"Haze just told me some good theories and I think if we put them in motion we have a pretty good case against the Volturi" I said.

"Tell us about it…I'm ready" said Emmett.

I told them Hazel's plan and they all agreed that we would go with her second proposal that we would get the other vampires and expose the Volturi for what they really were if they really were evil. Carlisle wanted to try and reason first and so did Esme and I understood actually kind of expected that. Emmett, Rosalie, & I continued to work on the plan. I continued listening just in case the shield came down. There was a knock at the door and I knew who it was.

"SHIT! They found us we have to get out of here now!" I said to the others.

"Guys go Esme and I will hold them off…go…go!" Carlisle said.

"But Carlisle" Rosalie said.

"Don't worry about me Rosalie just go OK you are the hope" Carlisle said.

"Come on!" I said going through a secret passageway that I had found easily for fire escape. I bolted the door knowing if the Volturi wanted to come through they probably could.

We sprinted till I didn't know where we were but I figured we were not in Italy anymore. We stopped in the woods and sat down on a fallen tree branch.

"Was this necessary to go this far" Rosalie said.

"I don't know but now we're farther from the Volturi castle and Carlisle and Esme are in grave danger" I said.

"We were stupid to leave them" Emmett said.

"Yeah…I know" I said.

"Let's get back to working on our contact list" Rosalie said trying to brighten things up.

"OK so we have Zafrina, Senna, & Kachiri or the Amazonian Coven" Emmett said "Peter, Charlotte, Mary, & Randall Jasper's friends, Eleazer, Carmen, Tanya, Kate, & Irina the Denali Coven" I said.

"Em why don't you finish the list" Rosalie said.

"Benjamin and Tia because we doubt Amun and Kebi would help us remember last time? So half of the Egyptian Coven. Charles and Makenna because last time we called upon Alistair he refused. Siobhan, Liam, & Maggie the Irish Coven. And last but not least Vladimir and Stefan who we know will definitely fight because they still hate the Volturi for overthrowing them and destroying their coven."

"Wait you forgot one" I reminded him.

"Who?" he asked.

"Turn the page" I said and I did that for Hazel.

"Kyle, Jason, & Anna the Invisible Coven" Emmett said.

"You remember Anna right? Carlisle transformed her" Rosalie said.

"When we were in Greenland" I said but he was just playing.

"I ain't stupid" Emmett said chuckling.

Carlisle called us when it was safe to come back he let me read his mind instead of saying the words out loud.

"They asked for Emmett and were completely convinced that he was with us according to Demetri and Aro said he would never give the five of them back and Bella was going to die in about a week or so. He said he wanted to provoke you to make you come…he said you would and he would force Alice to tell him. Then I told him I had no idea where Emmett was and he touched my hand and realized I was lying…then well he ripped my jaw off and left so I put it back on and then I contacted you" he thought while letting me see the entire confrontation.

I bowed my head in frustration like when I did when Bella was captured by James. It angered me that the Volturi thought they could do this.

"They said we had to meet them tomorrow at 14:00 sharp or we would die."I confirmed because Aro purposely sent me the thought of his.

"We just want this to be over" Emmett said.

"I know…I know but this means an ugly fight and if they say 14 o'clock then we'll be there 14 o'clock" Carlisle said.

"Come on Cullens hands in" Esme said and Rosalie put her hand in.

Us, Cullen boys looked at each other then we put our hands in and threw them up in the air.

"Let's go hunt" Emmett said.

"Yeah, Met we need to get strength for a possible…fight" I said smirking wondering if Jane would know what was coming for her. And did Hazel know I was coming for her? Probably, I could picture her fighting right now for her life…for her sibling's lives…for Bella's life.

We went hunting I caught a Wild Boar, & 2 wild goats. I saw a sheep but didn't attack it because sheep were Hazel's favorite so I couldn't I didn't know why however. I felt a lot of strength return to me because I hadn't hunted in a long time. I couldn't imagine how my siblings were handling their thirst especially Jasper because he wasn't as used to this lifestyle as us.

Bella was probably starving because she didn't have food and my siblings probably were going to go crazy if they didn't get something to drink but I knew they wouldn't hurt Bella. I knew Hazel knew I was coming she was probably tracking us if she wasn't being tortured. I didn't want her to think I had abandoned her…most people would think of who cares it's my stupid little sister.

But she wasn't just my little sister she was Hazel…all I had left and one of the most important things in the world to me. I had promised to be her protector and that was a promise I would keep…not try to keep…but keep.

I was going to fight until the end and if I died in the process then I died. Hazel told me that she wouldn't blame anyone no matter how many bad things happened to her. I always felt very protective of her because she was my little sister I guess it was an older brother type of feeling…Jasper had felt it to his younger brother back in his human life and all of my brothers felt that way towards Alice, Rosalie, & Hazel we all felt like we had to be their protectors. Even though Hazel liked fighting for herself and no she is not helpless I will give that to her.

She had warned me several times about the Volturi and I believed her and then I had felt bad that I might have been too late. It was Emmett who snapped me out of my thoughts and we heard my phone ring.

"Oh no" Rosalie said and I picked it up.

"Hello" I said in my best polite voice so I wouldn't completely lose it in front of the Volturi.

"Hello Edward!" Jane snarled.

"Hello Jane" I said.

"Here is our lovely friend Aro" she put Aro on the phone.

"Edward Anthony Cullen what a pleasure it is to talk to you" and I could see hear him smirking.

"YOU LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS!" Hazel screamed and Caius wacked her across the face.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!"I shouted into Aro's ear.

"Who's going to make me" he snarled back and I heard him shout and a loud shattering.

"Edward, don't listen to him he's ly…." Hazel started to say before being pushed back into Jane.

Then I heard Bella screaming.

"STOP! DON'T TOUCH HER!" Hazel shouted at them and I heard her growl.

"Oh so Hazel Cullen is fighting back? She's not so weak huh? She can escape on her own?" Jane retorted at her and with that I heard Jasper say something to Hazel and he attacked Jane who fought back.

Alice also tried to fight but was overpowered by Alec.

"Back to the cells with them except…Bella it's 7:00 and you have exactly 7 hours or they will all be executed." And with that he hung up again.

"We have seven hours...halfway there" I said.

"I know we have to be there quickly or they are going to die…" Rosalie said.

"No shit Sherlock" Emmett said and Rosalie whacked him.

"This is going to be an ugly fight" Carlisle said and Esme looked at him.

"Sorry" he said.

"You're supposed to be setting the example" I joked and he smiled at me then jokingly shook his head. "We've got to use what he have stronger… and wiser" I said.

"You got that right" Emmett said.

"But remember they have Alec and Jane" Rosalie said.

"I know that's why we have to be cautioned" I said and Emmett stared at us like we were nuts.

"The Volturi know you're coming" he said with a look in his eyes I had never seen.

"What do you mean Em?" Rosalie asked nervously and comforting him with one arm around his shoulders.

"Ed, explain please" he summoned me in a way.

"The Volturi had told them what they were going to do because they knew we were coming…we're going to…be…tortured badly." I said reading Emmett's mind.

"They told us in a form of torture" he said and Rosalie, Carlisle, & Esme were horrified once again.

"Never have I seen the Volturi be like this "Carlisle said.

"I don't think anyone has ever seen them being like this" Esme said.

"You got that right" Emmett said.

"I think that they were easy on us during the last fight and we still lost" Rosalie said.

"Not necessarily" Carlisle said "you have a point" I said after reading his mind.

"What did he say?" Emmett asked.

"He said that we didn't exactly use what we had and that not all of us were there so henceforth we were overpowered ergo" I said.

"You are in rare form today" Rosalie said.

"Today it's now or never" I said and we all looked at each other.

We all knew what was to happen…