The vampires reunited in the Vultury´s fort were talking all at the same time after hearing the history of Dracule Mihawk, afraid of this vampire. Then a high pitched scream interrupted all the conversations. The three elders looked at who have screamed.
"They are coming" said the Cullen´s clairvoyant.
"Who?" asked Stefan.
"A redhead! I think he is Shanks! With an army of newborns and four other older vampires! They are already in the walls!" yelled Alice and all the vampires moved towards the entrance. The Vultury´s army was put in a position of attack defense so they can fight with the invaders.
"You are not going to take Volterra! Dracule Mihawk will stay where he is!" yelled Caius and the battle begin.
"Don´t" said Alice when her family prepared to help in battle.
"Shanks is sneaking into Volterra from the other side, no?" said Edward after reading his sister´s mind.
"Yes, call Stefan, Vladimir and Aro, they are the closest to us, and bring Benjamin or Zafrina. I think they have gifts on their own" predicted Alice. After all the prior named vampires were with them, the Cullens ran towards the castle.
"There they are" signaled Zafrina. There, in the wall, was a redheaded vampire with another four. They stopped in their tracks when noticed they were being seen.
"Look who is here, guys" said the redhead.
"We finally met. Red Haired Shanks, Dracule Mihawk´s mate, I assume" said Aro, adopting a combat position while Renata prepared her shield.
"Yes, indeed. The one that promised revenge for his mate"
"To who?" asked Aro.
"To myself. Prepare to suffer the same as Mihi" answered Shanks, adopting a combat position too. The others only continued seeing him.
"Answer something first, how did you scape?" asked the old vampire.
"That day I was in the battlefield against Mihi´s will. When the battle was lost, he saw me between some trees and told me to run with his eyes"
"With his eyes?"
"It´s not so weird, you know, I have always known what Mihawk was thinking only seeing him into the eyes"
"Forgive me for interrupting, but this is a war" said Edward, looking at their red haired opponent.
"And you are about to lose… Yassop!" yelled Shanks and said vampire started shooting his bullets, that surprisingly can turn a son of the night into a pile of broken limbs of diamond.
"Got it, boss!" said the tattooed vampire.
"Careful! Renata, stop him! Put your shield around all of us!" yelled Alice.
"Do it, dear" said Aro.
"Right away, master" said the bodyguard.
"A physical shield? Well done, Aro, you collected good powers over the years, but she can´t do anything against me" Shanks released his mental attack, trying to incapacitate all the others at the same time, but Bella´s shield got into his way.
"Are you okay?" asked Edward to his wife.
"He is strong, but I´m fine" answered her.
"Now what, boss?" asked Rockstar.
"Now we run" answered Shanks, and they disappeared into a flash.
"Don´t let them scape" ordered Aro to Jane and Alec, who had just arrived. The twins were fast in following their masters orders and soon they were in Shanks and company´s path to the castle.
"Stupid, coming here to face us without a shield…" said the redhead and in a moment both vampires were in the floor, unable to move.
"Jane, Alec!" yelled Aro, after he saw how his favorite peons were so easily defeated.
"I tough… but Vladimir and Stefan… you should be weak, or Mihawk would have taken you to the battlefield with him, not protect you inside the walls of a castle" yelled Edward, looking straight at the redhead, who just smiled.
"Said who? Mihi only liked to be overprotective, that's all. Sometimes I followed his wishes, others I didn´t, it was indeed an enjoyable game for both of us"
"A game?" asked Bella.
"I have a strong gift to incapacite any vampire in a battle… or human, but I don´t like to use it for hunting, it takes away all the fun. Mihi knew about these, but he didn´t like to see me fighting or in danger… uh, he was such a joykiller" said Shanks.
"I know what it fells like" said Bella, following his conversation.
"Tragic, no?"
"Boss!" the redhead was interrupted by Benn, who was worried about their troops. The newborn were almost defeated and they were running out of time.
"Yes, Mihi is first, then we can talk" said Shanks , looking at his companions first and then running towards the castle. In the middle of the track, he was stopped by a blue haired vampire.
"You have always been an annoyance, even as a human" said Buggy the clown, getting ready to fight his old companion.
"Oh, Buggy? It have been a long time" said the redhead smiling.
"Of course it have been a long time! Why couldn´t you simply drown or be eaten by a shark when I tossed you overboard?! Why did you come back to make my life miserable again?!" asked the blue haired male.
"We can talk later, Buggy, now I have to save Mihi"
"You are not going anywhere!" yelled the red nosed guy, using his body as projectiles.
"So he got a gift too, hum, it get´s better and better. Benn!"
"Right away, boss!" said the raven, blocking the clown´s attack and letting Shanks get closer to the palace. Edward suddenly appeared blocking his way.
"Lucky Roo!"
"Eat these!" said the round vampire, shutting something that actually hurt the mind reader.
"Edward!" yelled Bella, running towards her husband.
"I´m fine" said him, taking out of his body a bullet.
"Not for long" said Benn, tossing one of Buggy´s limbs towards the hurt vampire. Edward actually dodged the thing and Buggy bring himself back together.
"I have to kill that redheaded idiot once and for all, get out of my way. It´s his fault I became like these!"
"Hum, my fault? What are you talking about?" asked the redhead from a long distance.
"Your beloved mate tried to kill me a few hours after I tossed you overboard, but the Italian rescued me. They wanted to know why the great Dracule Mihawk wanted to kill a silly human, but I didn´t have answers, so they turned me to see if I could fight. Now you know!"
"Why are you so mad at me for that? They did you a favor"
"No, they ruined my life! I have to become a soldier! And my future what?! I made you disappear for a reason!"
"And we were such good friends…"
"We were never friends! I hated you!"
"Almost there, boss! Don´t let him distract you!" interrupted them Benn. Shanks continued running, but was stopped by Aro, Caius and Marcus along with Vladimir and Stefan.
"You are great, Shanks" said the first.
"Yes, Hawk eyes didn´t choose you as his mate for nothing" said the second.
"But you will meet your end here" finished the third.
"My army…"
"They are dead, they were not enemy for all the vampires reunited here, in Volterra" said Aro, proud.
"Really? Hum, too bad. I´ll have to retreat and come back later. Guys!"
"You are not going anywhere!" yelled the three elders.
"We will see that, Ciao!" said Shanks before attacking and effectively dodging all the vampires reunited, immobilizing some of them with his gift. Soon, he and his companions were out of sign.
"Tossed him over to the sharks?" asked Aro to his old soldier Buggy.
"He was a damn annoyance… well, he still is" answered the clown before he was send with Demetri and other soldiers to find the redhead.