I froze, as did the other eight vampires in the room. None of us knew what to say, or what to do. A visit from the Volturi was the last thing we wanted, as everyone in the room had previously pissed the Italian coven off. Therefore, Aro could definitely find legitimate reasons to kill us all off. The only thing that was preventing him from coming straight for Alec and me was the unstoppable combination of our powers. Now with Alec gone, the Cullens and the wolves could be brought down just as easily as the Volturi, leaving the battle to be simply between my brother and I. This battle would have to be a physical fight, as we were immune to each other's powers. Also, the winner of this sibling battalion was impossible to pre-determine, as neither one of us had fighting experience or training - it was never necessary.
"This is the best chance Aro is going to get to restore his dignity, after we embarrassed him last year with our team of vampires." Carlisle broke the silence.
"And destroy me," I croaked.
Edward nodded, "We are going to have to re-gather our troops."
With that, we broke apart and went off to complete our individual tasks. Carlisle immediately took his cellphone out and began to dial the numbers of his numerous nomadic acquaintances. Esme rushed out the door and headed to Alaska to alert the Denali coven. Rosalie and Emmett nodded at each other and ran out the door, on a search for the Amazons. Jasper left to find his old, historic friends, kissing Alice on the forehead before he left. "You have to stay and keep a lookout," Jasper whispered into her ear, "Hold down the fort here."
Alice pecked him on the lips, "Come home soon," and Jasper left with a nod.
Bella and Edward disappeared upstairs, and came back down with Renesmee, who had fear written all over her teary eyes.
"M-m-mom... d-dad, what's going on?"
"Shhh Ness, were going to see Jakey okay? Don't you want to see Jakey?" Bella said in a strained voice.
Renesmee nodded, sniffled and ran out the door behind her parents.
Now what was I supposed to do? Everyone seemed to have a task, and I racked my brains, trying to think of a friend I had made in my whole vampire existence who I could call for assistance. How many vampires could I think of? None. After several hundred years, I had made no friends. I had acquaintances in the Volturi, and I had my brother Alec, who seemed far from a friend at this point. A single tear rolled down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away and made sure Alice or Carlisle hadn't seen it - I was safe, they both seemed to be busy. What had happened to me? I never cried. I had never even felt a hint of remorse, or sadness EVER. So what was happening to me now? I was crying because I had no friends? I softly slapped myself in the face. Get a grip Jane, just cause your brother left, you don't have to fall apart. But that sure as hell was what it felt like.
Alice snapped her head up suddenly. She was shaking. I looked around and realized that Carlisle had left the house, probably to go round up more of his vampire friends. I awkwardly crossed the room to where Alice was sitting and patted her shoulder.
"What is it Alice?" I asked, trying to force my voice into a sincere, soft tone.
She was shaking, and put her hand on mine. "The V-v-volturi have already made up their mind... I thought we had more time than this!"
"How long?" I was feeling shaky now too.
"Two days."
I froze. Two days? That gave us one day to round up vampires from all across the world, and one day to plan and strategize. That also gave them no time to warm up to me... And I am sure I have done many disgusting, unforgivable things to those who were now about to come over and stand by my side.
I closed my eyes, I had a bad feeling about this.