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Author's note: Just wanted you to know what these chapters are about. It was a really long chapter so I'm breaking it into groupings. This is the first.
In the tunnel the teams are split up so whats happening between the teams in each tunnel? And what's happening with the folks back home in Forks who were left behind? What went on when Emmett actually proved that vampires could get drunk? This is part one of 'The Tunnels' chapter.
She was covered in flour and sugar. Smelled of warm delicious treats. And had a temper to match the heat of the oven.
Emily was baking. That's what she did when she was nervous. Already the bar was loaded with muffins and cookies. She would've had someone to share them with had not Billy gone out to the bar humming, "I Will Survive," with a bowling bag in his lap as he rolled out the door. He was the oddest person that came in and out of the house. Emily had her suspicions but kept her mouth shut. His secrets were no ones business. And it would freak out Jacob to no ends if he knew some things about his father.
Sam hadn't called at all. She knew he was on an airplane to rescue Bella, she'd gotten the call and was incredibly angry that he hadn't taken her with him. Bella was as much her friend as his. In fact even more so.
And what was taking them so long to get married? Sam and Emily were out of school so what more were they waiting for? Emily knew she was waiting for Sam. He was all fast to woo and win her heart, then again they were imprinted, but what about marriage? Why was it taking so long to decide on a date for that? She knew that Sam feared putting her in danger but that's what came with marriage. Danger. Not being sure and being to ride it out with someone you loved.
Emily slumped down in a chair and tears began to make trails down the flour that had been on her face. She buried her face in her hands when a knock resounded in the house and she looked up to find Angela walking in with Ben behind her. The two girls had become fast friends after Bella had taken them out together and Ben was like another member of the La Push gang, a goofy guy who was overall incredibly nice.
"Emily what's wrong?" Angela had run over to me and wrapped me in her arms before pushing back my hair and wiping away the flour, the tears, and the sticky substance they'd made off my face.
"I haven't seen you this down since Jessica opened her mouth," replied Ben reaching out to grab a muffin and finishing it in three bites. Men had insatiable appetites. And yet most of the time they spent in front of a television so how the hell did they lose the weight?
"Bella's in trouble. She's been, well someone kidnapped her," I said being honest to the two.
"What? When? Who would do such a thing to Bella? Does Charlie know?"
"Charlie's in the jail cell right now waiting for me to come and pick him, his bud Voldemort, and Emmett out of jail. They were caught for DUI… Emmett drove his familys' cars into a pond so they could make a pier in the middle of it to go fishing on. And when he ran out of cars to stack on top of each other he somehow got to a police cruiser –not Charlie's… and they were found fishing at 2 A.M. this morning. Idiots." Emily couldn't help but laugh. She knew no one would be able to explain what had happened that night nor why Voldemort was so disfigured. "So Charlie doesn't know… At least I don't think he does. I'm going to pick them up soon, I think they'll be over their hangover by now."
"Where's Sam?"
"He went with the rest of the guys to get Bella and bring her home which is why I'm worried."
"Have you heard from him?" Emily began to tear up at Angela's question and she wrapped her arms around me, "Oh honey. Don't worry they'll be okay. Its second nature for men not to call back when they're busy."
"She's right. We do it all the time. We're just inconsiderate assholes," replied Ben behind Angela's back while shaking his head behind her back and pointing at himself to mouth out 'All except me. I'm not an asshole.'
"Come on. We'll go get them together," breathed Angela lifting up Emily. "And lets pray that Bella's alright and so are the others. That way when Sam gets back you can beat his ass for not replying."
"Believe me I will," said Emily.
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"Hello Aro darling. Is Edward nearby? He has to be nearby doesn't he? After all I've got his woman. And by the way Caius really is a good servant when you make proper use of him you idiot." Victoria searched the room as if looking for a surprise. "Now where is Edward?" She smirked, "Oh he's in the room I've no doubt at all about that. Too bad I've promised myself not to see his face and accept your video camera feed." She sat cross-legged and righted herself as if she were about to do an interview as she put to order her outfit before smiling adoringly at the screen.
"This parts for Edward." She waited a moment closing her eyes in relish at the words she was about to let fall from her tongue. "Its been a full day Edward and she writhes in pain. The bite is coursing blood through her veins. Oh how sweet, I know the wolves are probably watching as well. Well you'll need all the help you can get. Aro doesn't even know all the twists of this place. In fact that's why he kept Caius around all these years. Caius is the key to solving these twists and turns. He was there when this place was built… in fact Caius is the architect," she smirked. "Which is why you lost us so easly when you chased after us. He knows every creak and cranny of this place.
"You should fear me. I don't care anymore about my life. You killed James…" There was silence as Victoria stared into the camera thinking about the one she'd loved, feelings rushing up inside of her, his death in her mind, their life together was gone. She let out a breath of fresh air to clean her mind, "Though I won't let her turn into a vampire. Oh no my dear Edward," laughed Victoria on the screen. "She suffers through the worst torture tonight. Tomorrow morning she dies for you. And your pain begins. Here's a snippet of her pain," Victoria smiled reaching over to press a button that automatically switched to a web camera she'd had placed in Bella's cell to reveal Bella squirming against the wall in seizures of pain and whamming her head against the wall like a deranged psychopath, and yet every hit to the wall sent a little crack in the structure.
It was shocking to Victoria as she saw this feed. Vampires were in pain, she knew this much to be true, when they changed though not this much pain was endured especially not with that much power.
If only Victoria knew why Bella looked worse than normal vampires in the change. But she didn't and she automatically didn't question it as she reached over to push the button and turn off both cameras.
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They had followed a small faint scent that only Jacob had been able to detect. The other members of the wolf pack were astounded at Jacob's strength in scent then again Jacob was pushing himself as it was for Bella. And they aren't even imprinted, Sam thought to himself… though of course the rest of the pack heard it. Jacob growled low in his throat and Edward quirked a brow at Sam.
"He's testy at the moment so could you please keep all your personal thoughts to yourself," interjected Edward bitterly not doing so for Jacob's sake but wishing they'd go ahead and find Bella already.
Finally they came to four branching tunnels. Jacob ambled over in the murk to sniff the first and so on until he sat where he was reluctantly and let out a loud mournful howl. "Shut up before they find us mutt."
"Oh yeah, two vampires will come after a pack of dogs, a coven of vampires, a witch, and a warlock," replied Jasper sarcastically rolling his eyes. Edward glared at him. "What? I'm standing next to Paul and Rose! Everything they think is sarcastic and rude."
"Which is it?" Rose asked Jacob and then Alice.
"He doesn't know," Alice replied, "…give me a moment to think. I'm not going to add the wolves in my mind in the choices otherwise I'd get nothing."
Alice closed her eyes and shut out every sound around her focusing on the choices before her. In a moment Edward was watching her mind seeing how Alice really and truly worked when it came down to it. Alice's mind focused on the vampires. At first in her mind she tried rushing them down one hole at a time and every time it got fuzzy before she could find out what was at the end of the tunnel like what happened when the wolves came into her visions. So then she broke the vampires down into groups and alternated going through over 1,872,477 possibilities in her mind in under 2.7985 minutes.
Alice huffed bitterly and glared at Jacob and the wolf pack, "In every scenario I get a fuzzy screen. Nothing. I can't find which one has Bella meaning in her future you mutts are destined to be there. Destined," she repeated the word glancing back at Edward. "Never before has this happened to my mind," she almost sobbed as Jasper wrapped her in his arms rubbing her back and nestling her head under his.
"It sucks being blind like the rest of us doesn't it?" Jasper whispered against her ear and she elbowed him in the ribs watching with a smile as he doubled over. "Sorry honey."
"That's what I thought." Alice gently kissed Jasper as everyone else grossed out.
"Now is not the time nor the place," Paul murmured bitterly.
"Secretly I feel he's jealous," replied Jasper earning a stray brick to be thrown at his head. Paul grinned with murk dripping from his fingers, "Whoops must've slipped bloodsucker. Sorry."
"I have an idea. Either way I know its not destined for me to help find Bella. I tried just placing a few others and myself in the tunnels and it didn't work. So we have to go in blind," hissed Alice. "One of the wolves may end up at the end of the tunnel but that doesn't mean we don't have a shot at finding her. Just because I didn't see her means nothing."
Edward looked at Jacob and the wolf stared back at him. "Lets just go with destiny a bit," breathed Jacob, "say there is a wolf at the end. I think you and I both know how destiny can be with chances. I'm going to hope its me. Want to join me and hedge our chances with destiny Edward?"
"I don't believe in destiny."
"All the same, I do so I think it even more so that you and I should go together." Edward nodded after a hesitant moment.
"So Jake, which tunnel will we go in?" Jacob closed his eyes, a small glint of hope in him that this would work. Not only were Edward and Jacob being decently cordial but both hadn't called the other a slur… "Unless you'd like me to Jake." Jacob grumbled low in his throat before standing beside the fourth tunnel.
The sewers that led to the lair of the supposedly most 'powerful' vampires… I.E. Aro who was at that moment playing on a Gameboy –he's old after all- stationed at the first tunnel with Luna, Marcus, and Neville. Sam and the guys had decided the second tunnel. And the rest of the Cullen coven went through the third route. Alec and Jane decided to go back the way they came. Who knew maybe it could help their chances finding Bella? I mean would Victoria really expect them to come in and than go back?…
Into the spaghetti jumbled tunnels they went…
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So at the end of their tunnel Aro, Luna, Marcus, and Neville had finally decided to sit down in bitterness. They were at a dead end.
"Oh no," cried Aro, or at least he shook since he couldn't cry. Damn the vampire tear glands for drying up because Aro would've been a beautiful crier.
"Look we'll find a way out of this," Marcus said clamping a hand on Aro's shoulder in tenderness, the poor widdle Aro had collapsed onto the dry curve of the sewer.
"It isn't that," moaned Aro, "my Gameboy died. And I haven't seen a servant for miles."
"That's because they reside in the servants quarters and we don't know how to get there," groaned Marcus angrily, "This is what comes from learning nothing in the years we've been alive. Caius was right. We are just beautiful sods with nothing in our heads. We can't even find our way to the food court in this place without his help. Or to the wives' chambers."
"You have a wife," Luna breathed, her eyes wide in shock.
"No no," exclaimed Marcus and then after a moment of silence, "…wives…"
Luna reached out and slapped Marcus across the face tears prickling her eyes as she glared at him through her crystal blue eyes. "What was that for?"
"What do you think? You're worse than a crumple horned snarkhack."
"Marcy's in the dog house," chuckled Aro smiling easily as he tossed his Gameboy in the sewers tiredly.
"Its not that I could help it. I've been alive for a long time you know… its not like I love any of them." Luna's brow quirked at Marcus as Aro looked back and forth between the two and glanced at Neville inquiringly, "When the hell did this develop?"
"I've got to be honest with you Luna. From the first moment I saw you Lulu," breathed Marcus stepping forward in the nasty water and not realizing that he stepped on a loose stone that was actually a button to a secret latch that led the four falling in a waterfall to a magical place filled with sweets and joyness…
…… "Luna where are you?" Marcus groped in the darkness reaching out for Luna until his hand came across someone's face. "Luna is that you?"
"Get yer hands off of me fo'," growled Aro.
"Lumos," whispered Neville, his wand glowing faintly.
"That won't be needed," hissed Aro clapping his hands as the lights came out automatically.
And there before the four was the food court. All the other vampires looked up from the buffet of human remains and waved at Aro. "Master," they cried out, "its good to see you home." Marcus pulled Luna off her feet and began picking off the clumps of sewage from her hair. "You brought take out did you?"
"No," growled Marcus standing in front of Luna protectively, "she's not take out."
"What about me?" Neville asked seeing that no one stood in front of him.
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Charlie had a hang over. Bad. "You're bailed," came a terse reply from Frank, one of the other officers, as he opened the jail cell doors.
Emmett groaned, "I win the bet," as he leaned on both Voldemort and Charlie for support and was led out to Emily who was stomping her feet angrily staring down the three.
"Why the hell did I save you three from being someone's ho?"
"Because you want my family and your family to strive for peace," replied Emmett.
"You wonder how my skin can remain acne free," suggested Voldemort.
"You love me like a father," replied Charlie.
"No. Because Emmett has a cell phone that he can use to call my boyfriend's cell phone. Since Emmett has enough money in the world to pay for large bills from the U.S. to Italy," growled Emily turning her gaze on Emmett. "Well big boy call him now!" Angela and Ben kind of shrinked away and decided it was better to walk out silently with Voldemort and Charlie while Emily had her terse talk with Emmett. As the four made their way out the doors a bunch of the officers saluted Voldemort and shook his hand warmly.
"Why'd they do that?" Ben asked Voldemort as they came to the car and were out of earshot.
"I lied and ssaid I wasss a war veteran," shrugged Voldemort, "how else could I explain my facssse?"
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In the middle of the tunnel Sam and the gang were traversing through his phone rang to the ring tone Emmett had placed on Sam's phone when he was board in the bat plane, "My Milkshake." Jared, Embry, Paul, and Seth stared at Sam questioningly.
"I didn't put that on my phone," he replied pulling out the cell and answering it, "Hey Emmett how are you man?"
"Oh you pick up for him do you?" Emily's voice came on through the other line. "Uh huh you don't call me. You leave me worried at the house after you left for that party and you don't tell me where the hell you are!" All the guys took a step back from the phone in Sam's hand.
"She sounds pissed," muttered Embry and then he smiled, "Glad its not me she's mad at."
"I'm mad at all friggin of you," cried Emily.
"I'm sorry for giving her the phone Sam," came Emmett's cry from behind Emily.
"Look honey I really am sorry I didn't call you sooner. We've been busy with the plane crashing and-"
"What? The plane crashed?! And you didn't call me sooner!" Emily took a deep breath trying to stable herself though it was to know avail.
"Look I'm sorry baby. I love you so much but right now I've got some things on my mind."
"Oh yeah well I've got some on my mind," growled Emily. "We've been engaged for almost a year and Leah got married yesterday to someone she imprinted because she knew he was the one after they talked a while. And look at us. We've yet to make it to the alter!"
"Look honey I'm in a tunnel right now so its hard to hear you," lied Sam.
"Don't you 'look honey' me! Sam you better come home and marry me or not come home at all." Now that he heard loud and clear.
"Baby I haven't called you in one day. That doesn't mean I want to take my time marrying you."
"Then why aren't we married yet?" Silence on his end.
"I'll be waiting for your answer Sam," breathed Emily. "I just want to know that my waiting for you, not just right now while you're in Italy, will be worth it. Sam I love you. Goodbye." The line went dead.
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By now, as Aro was eating at the buffet and Neville was looking through a bookstore that was in the food court, Marcus and Luna were having some alone time. Well as much alone as you could get in a food court filled with vampires.
"You do care?" Luna asked, "I mean its stupid of me to ask. We've only known each other for a while but… I'm starting to get feelings for you. They aren't deep so far but I'm starting to get the fuzzyness for you," she smiled.
"Fuzzyness?" Marcus laughed walking Luna out of the food court to look at the map in the hallway of all the tunnels that the Volturri knew about, though he knew he wouldn't find the tunnels on it that Caius was in. He kept his eyes on the map for a moment before turning his face towards Luna with a quirked brow.
"My dad called it that when you started to like someone," she smiled. His eyes shone as he watched the odd young woman laugh. She really wasn't what anyone would suspeect for your average girlfriend but she was adorable. And maybe that was why Marcus was attracted to her so. They were both odd magical beings who didn't take things seriously because the world couldn't take them seriously.
"Well I'm getting fuzzyness for you too," grinned Marcus leaning down and kissing Luna softly on the lips as Aro made a disgusted face from his table, blood stains on his face, "You know people are eating here," Aro grumbled.