A/N Well, since one reviewer said she NEEEDs my story, and another says it's been forever… I suppose that I'll have to update. :P Sorry it took forreevvverrr… I was busy. Not an excuse, but hey, I'm the author and I can be a spoiled brat once in a while. TEEHEE! Enjoy. And reviews make me work faster! Just saying. :P

Chapter Fourteen

I entered the cockpit where Demetri was by himself. Jane was sick of my company and decided to leisurely wait in the first class area. I sat down in the co-pilot spot and looked at the guy. "Where are we going?"

He chuckled, "You tell me. Aro said that you knew where work needed to be done, and I was supposed to see what you find to take priority."

I smiled at that as I took down my hood. I kept the mask on, but I'd leave the hood off while we were in the airplane. "Ah, so he's playing strategy with me is he? Seeing if I truly will help the Volturi. Well, I don't like taking the bait so…do you have a world map?"

He handed me one silently, watching me curiously as I pinned it up on an empty wall. I took a pen and closed my eyes before throwing it at the map. I opened my eyes and smiled, "There. That's where we're going." I sat back down and looked at him, "You have your heading."

He laughed as he got ready for take-off, "You're a weird one. When Aro reads my thoughts…"

"He'll realize I don't honestly care about priorities. I care about going places I've never been before, and staying out of the way from my parents. And for that to happen, I have to remain unpredictable."

"Oh, you have no worries about that." He grinned at me, "I'm sure all of us were more surprised than angry at the fact someone with a heartbeat could get all the way to the throne room."

I laughed, "Jane's going to kill me for that isn't she," I snapped my fingers, "That reminds me! Please tell me you're going to be protecting me while I sleep. I don't want to worry about her draining my blood because I let my guard down."

"You don't have to worry about that…Aro gave her direct orders not to kill you."

I smirked, "That's soooo reassuring." I said sarcastically, "As if he'd kill her if she did kill me. Her power is so…needed."

"There are others that have similar powers. I suppose that's another reason you're getting sent out. Ever since Eleazor left, we haven't had a scout."

I smiled, "Ah Eleazor. He always wanted to know my power…he was so pissed off when I hid it from him, even when I was a child."

"You kept it a secret? Why?" Demetri was honestly curious, but I knew an inkling of him was trying to get information for Aro…and worse, Caius. What a well trained puppy.

I gave him a smile, an overly confident one, "Because secrets are fun. Isn't it a good thing that I think like this? You never know, I could become an author who writes non-fiction vampire stories if I didn't like secrets so much."

"Then the Volturi would take you down." He told me and I raised my eyebrows.

"See, this is one thing you don't understand," I decided then to not let my secret be known, that music was the key. I leaned closer to him until I was whispering in his ear, "No one can stop me."

He glanced at me, feeling a bit unsure, "Numbers don't matter?"

I giggled, "I don't think so, but we could try and see," I lifted my eyebrows at him before settling back in my chair, "So now is the part you think about how relieved that I came to the Volturi instead of the Romanians."

He smiled a bit at that, "How do we know you won't betray us?"

I closed my eyes, "You don't. You just have to trust me."

"And if I don't?"

I opened one eye and gave him a cheesy smile, "Then you're going to be watching your back a lot aren't you. Ah well, nothing I can do." He was silent as I went to sleep, not even making noise as he flipped switches and whatnot that he needed to fly the plane without crashing it the side of a trailer.

I woke up quickly a few hours later from someone nudging my shoulder. "Get up. We have to jump from the plane." A grave voice said and I glared at Demetri.

"I can read your thoughts and I know you're joking, so concentrate on setting the plane down and leave me alone."

He chuckled as he set the plane down on a crumbly old airstrip. "Alright. Now you have to jump from the door."

I put my hood back up and muttered one word so he could hear, "Asswinkle." I opened the door and jumped down gracefully, watching as Jane followed me with a dissatisfied expression. I felt sympathy for her, "Jane, you're good for doing the talking, aren't you?"

She raised her eyebrows, "If the vampires we find will actually let us talk. Most likely they'll find a way to avoid us."

"Avoid Demetri and me? Unlikely."

"You, maybe not. But Demetri….you'll find out. Why did you pick here anyway?"

"Because I threw a pen and it landed here." She scowled at me and I smiled, "I'm not going to talk or give any indication of what I am. It's bad enough I have a heartbeat." I muttered as I gestured to Demetri.

"Come on, find the nearest vampire." I told him, wanting to give him a job to do.

He shook his head at me before setting the pace. Of course, a vampire, graceful, speed walk. I pulled my cloak up and wrapped it around my arm so that it wouldn't snag on branches. Jane snickered and I looked at her warily, "That's what you get for being dramatic. Red satin tears easily." I raised an eyebrow at her, but of course, she couldn't see that due to mask and the hood. I chose not to say anything, just concentrated on walking.

About an hour of walking, Demetri and Jane froze. I looked at them, curious. "What are you guys doing?" They didn't answer me, probably because they couldn't hear me. Once I glimpsed into their thoughts I understood exactly why they froze.

I smiled and looked up at the trees. An Amazonian woman was staring back at me, slightly perplexed that I wasn't worrying as well. "Hello Zafrina." I said cheerfully. Her illusions were amazing, Demetri and Jane were so focused on the army of vampires they saw that they couldn't even hear real things. I could have blocked their thoughts from Zafrina's images, but this was too much fun. I just gave each of them a thought that if they didn't move the army wouldn't attack….like if they were still human and it was a group of bears.

The woman dropped down from the tree, and I looked up at her before looking behind her. Two other women came out from behind the trees. I nodded my head at them, pointing at them like I was trying to remember their names. "Kachiri. Senna."

Only a glimmer of surprise flickered on their faces, but it was faint. They were good at keeping their faces passive. Zafrina looked at me, "What does the Volturi want with us?" She had guessed who we were by our cloaks.

"Just a visit."

Zafrina looked at me, her thoughts telling me she knew that with the Volturi, it was never a visit. "We have never had a visit with the Volturi. They rarely venture into the Amazon. What have we done to gain such…an honour?" Her voice reeked of dissatisfaction, though I only knew that because I could hear her thoughts.

"Fate decided so." I said faintly as I scanned all of the Amazonians' thoughts. I found one thought that irked me, to no end. "No wonder you weren't surprised of me being with the Volturi despite my heartbeat. You know one already."

"Only suspicions. Legends. Stories. In this land we believe them more than others."

I nodded. Just like Jacob's tribe. "You will help me find them."

Senna and Kachiri's thoughts were of disgust, Zafrina's of disbelief. "We will cooperate with the Volturi, but that doesn't mean you have the right to order us around without reason."

I shrugged, "No, but it'd be easier if you help willingly. You know the area better." This was risky for me. They knew Carlisle; actually, they've met everyone except Mom and Renesmee. But if there were more like Renesmee and I….I wanted to meet them.

Zafrina looked backwards at her sisters and I added something to the deal, "We'll leave you alone unless we hear you have actually done something wrong. We'll respect your privacy and will leave you in peace. Actually, I'll one up the deal," I gestured to Demetri and Jane with a smirk, "They don't even have to realize that you all exist."

She was tempted, so I pushed a bit further, "Aro can't read my thoughts anymore then your illusions. You will be kept anonymous."

"If you're with the Volturi and are part of their guard, why are you so willing to keep secrets?" She asked suspiciously.

I chuckled, "I'm with them for my own convenience. I'm not tied to them like others. I went to them due to boredom, nothing more."

Zafrina looked at me, "Dangerous game. Why are you telling me this?"

I smiled, "I believe you are loyal to vampire friends you meet. You won't join them for eternity, but if they ever called for your help, you'd go no questions asked. I respect that. All I'm asking is for help. I could throw some names out to you, threaten you…but I'd rather have you come due to curiosity."

Zafrina glanced back at her sisters again, who gave her the tiniest of nod, and "We'll come and help you. But we leave these two here."

I grinned at them, "Deal." I swished my hand, only for dramatic effect of course, and Demetri and Jane dropped down to the ground. Huh, didn't realize my power worked like that. If the brain doesn't remember the thought of staying awake the body shuts down…interesting. I looked at the sisters, who were not even trying to hide their shock. "Shall we go?"

Zafrina was now having second thoughts; she didn't want to put her sisters in danger. "I won't harm you all. You have friends I don't want to anger." I reassured them before sweeping my arm out, "Shall we go?"

They started walking away, and I followed them with a small smile on my face. "Do we at least get to know your name?" Zafrina asked as her sisters nodded in agreement. I shook my head.

"No. My name is dangerous." I replied with a chuckle, "You have friends that if they discovered who I really am…"

That made them start going through the vampires they've met, and which ones might know me. I felt a pang of homesickness when their thoughts lingered on Carlisle and Esme. I didn't like that at all.

We ran in silence for an hour or so, before I stopped and held up my hand. "Wait…" I murmured, before stepping about a foot over to my left. Within seconds, I got plowed over by a guy. He started saying an apology but stopped when he heard my heartbeat. He stared at me, frozen. I couldn't get enough of his thoughts; they were so fascinating and full of new things, that it took me a second to make a reply. I smirked at him, "Can you please get off of me…Nahuel?"

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