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Demetri POV

The figure came closer and closer. I searched his tenor again, hoping for a name and everything I could find out about this vampire.

Male, Vampire, Brazilian, height: six foot 3, oh and a quarter. Tyson, Tyson Bates.

I stiffened as he came even closer. Finally, he was in sight. Hair that stopped above his shoulders and sporting a stubble. He slowed down his speed as soon as he came within a few meters of us then coming to a stop approximately three meters. What was weird, was the fact he had a bag in his hand, with a box inside. I almost choked as I realized he had Alena's scent on him. I snarled and started to lunge for him, but strong hands that belonged to Emmett held me back.

"Demetri, stop, now! Calm down!" Jasper hissed, profusely sending calming waves to me.

"Stop it Jasper!" I snarled, the calming feeling retracted and I tried to lunge for the vampire again, determined to rip him to shreds. If he even laid a finger on Alena…!

I stopped struggling against the non-moving pair of hands and settled on just snapping my teeth and sending threats.

"If you even touched a hair on Alena's head, I'll rip you apart, let you piece yourself together, and then rip you apart again! I'll burn you and then throw you on a pack of dogs." I spat out.

The figure gasped, "You know Alena?"

Emmett loosened his grip on me, "Yes I know Alena! I'm her mate!" Despite the situation, it gave me great delight to say those words. I was momentarily filled with euphoria, but that soon disappeared.

The figure looked delighted, "She needs your help! The Romanians have got her in an abandoned hotel called The Chrysler Hotel in Seattle! I need to speak to a man named Carlisle."

All thoughts of attacking this vampire disappeared instantly, I finally felt hope! This man, he knew where Alena was!

"What!?" I relaxed out of Emmett's vice-grip.

Tyson nodded, "I need to find a man called Carlisle."

Jasper stepped forward, "Carlisle Cullen in my father. What do you need?"

Tyson gave a soft smile, "Alena said that if I helped her, Carlisle would help me get back to my family. Is that true?" I felt my dead heart soften as I heard how much hope was soaked in his voice.

Jasper nodded, "Yes it can be done."

Tyson breathed out a sigh, "Oh thank you! You don't know how much this means to me!"

I looked hard at him, "How's Alena?"

He smiled half-heartedly, "She's fine, made me go shopping for her."

I almost laughed, "Excuse me?"
He held up the box, "Broke her shoes, a way to get me out of the hotel and on my way here."

I nodded in apprehension, "Right."

Jasper and Emmett shared a look.

"Demetri, we know where she is, we have to go back." Jasper concluded.

I looked at him, "What are you talking about? Alena! She's at the Chrysler Hotel."

Jasper looked hard at me, "Demetri, we promised we'd be back as soon as we knew where she was. We know where she is. We'll go back; we'll go and get reinforcements. We can't just charge into there."

I narrowed my eyes at him, "I know where she is. I'm going."

Tyson shook his head, "Not without me you don't. I say listen to him," He motioned his head to Jasper, "Go back and see Carlisle Cullen."

I growled, "No, you don't understand! I'm a tracker. Even though I can't track Alena right now, I'm sure I could find the Chrysler Hotel pretty easily."

Tyson frowned, "What's a tracker?"

My mouth almost dropped open, "What's a tracker? I'm a tracker."

Jasper held his hand up for silence, "Demetri, I learned in the South that if you don't possess a power, your creator won't exactly find the need to tell you everything you need to know about vampires. As Tyson does not know, it is obvious he doesn't possess powers, so he had no idea."

I sighed and motioned for him to go on.

"Tyson," Jasper started, "Some vampires have powers. They're extra abilities that add on the ones we already have. Demetri has the gift of a tracker. He can find anyone in the world. He catches onto any person's mind and can find them from halfway across the world. My brother, Edward, has the ability to read minds. My wife, Alice, can see the future, though it is submissive."

Tyson shook his head and Jasper paused, waiting for him to say something, "If Demetri can find anyone in the world, why doesn't he know where Stefan and Vladimir were, where Alena was?"

I felt my insides scrunch up like paper tissue.

Jasper sighed, "Edward's wife has a unique ability known as a Shield. It can shield her and whoever she chooses from people with mental abilities. Demetri cannot find her because her mind is shielded off and he can't catch her flavor, her tenor. We believe that a vampire in Stefan and Vladimir's clan has the same gift. It seems a woman named Ozera has the shield as well. That is why Demetri could not find you, Ozera shielded everything off."

Tyson nodded in acknowledgement, "Right."

I had the urge to just run out of the conversation, but I knew that wouldn't be very civil, nor polite, but it didn't stop my impatient self.

"Jasper." I growled intolerantly.

Jasper shot me a strange look, "What is it Demetri?"

I sighed and jerked my head in the direction that Tyson just came from and heard a sigh from Jasper.

"I'm sorry Demetri, but we have to go back, we promised."

I hissed, "Alena is there and Stefan and Vladimir could be doing god-knows-what, I need to find her!"

Jasper sighed and glanced back with an apologetic look, "It's too dangerous. We need to go back and get everyone."
He gave me a meaningful look and soon, I felt a feeling of submission course through my body, I knew it was all the work or Jasper, but I didn't try to stop it this time. I was driven to get Alena, yes, but I also carried the experience of more than a thousand years on my shoulders to know that if I went it was a do and die situation. I exhaled noisily, straightening my shoulders and proceeded to follow Jasper and Emmett back to the Cullens house. Tyson looked warily at us but followed from a distance. He was fidgety, very fidgety. He'd daintily step over everything, every tree, every rock, ever flower.

"Are you okay?" I asked after a while.

He looked up at me, "I'm sorry?"

I frowned at him, "Why are you walking like there's a land mine about to go off?"

Tyson compressed a silly smile, "I apologize, I'm still wary about whom I trust, but I'm getting there, pretty close I think."
I raised an eyebrow, "Them," I jerked my head to the other two, "You can trust. Me, don't even think about it."

His brows puckered, "But aren't you part of their coven?"
I shook my head curtly, "No. Alena is and I'm her mate, but I'm officially part of the Volturi." I said, some pride spilling through.

His expression was shocked, "That's the main coven they wanted to overthrow! The Volturi! I remember the name."

I slowed my pace so I was next to him, he side-stepped a little to create room between us.

"What do you know about us?" I asked in a professional voice.

He pinched his fingers together, "Um, not much, only the things they told us. The Volturi are the main enemy, everyone else is a liability and in the way and must be destroyed… something about going watching out for some twins that can really do some damage if we step outside the Zone."
I put my hand up, "What? What's the Zone?"

He shrugged, "Ozera's shield."

I was shocked as I began to figure this out, "How do you know if you step outside the zone?"

Tyson looked at me as if I had just figured out that the world spun around, "You can see it of course."

I raised my eyebrows, "You can?"

He winced, "Well… if it's a few meters in circumference it's pretty much invisible, but when it's around twenty, twenty-five meters diameter, you can see the edges. They start to shimmer."

I nodded, absorbing all this in like a sponge, "So… they shimmer. Like they're stretching beyond their limit?"

He nodded once, "Yes, Ozera can only hold her shield for around ten minutes. They were training us how to fight in a tight circle the distances around 18, 19 diameters in total, inside the Zone."

I felt myself starting to smirk, "Wow."

I looked back up and saw Jasper and Emmett waiting for us, from the giant, somewhat malicious grins on their faces, I knew they'd heard what Tyson had just told me.

"This is great!"Emmett boomed at the border of the forest we'd stopped at, "This really gives us an advantage!"

With that, Jasper and Emmett grinned and took off into the forest with Tyson and me on their heels. With the excitement that was building up within me and finally having a chance at destroying the Romanians!

In no time, we arrived back the Cullens house. Alice was outside with a jovially excited look to greet us. I watched silently as she sprinted lithely to Jasper and they shared a look. I smiled to myself, they were so in love. I wondered if Alena and I were like that.

"Sometimes, you're worse." A smooth voice objected in front of me.

I looked up harshly but stopped as I saw Edward with a smile twitching on his face.

"Very funny, Cullen." I said, humorlessly.

I made my way back inside, briefly stopping to let Aro touch my hand and read my thoughts.

"Shimmers? Like Alec's?" Aro wondered, though mainly to his own self.

"My power does not shimmer!" Alec protested loudly like a little child.

Everybody laughed.

"Carlisle, this is Tyson. He knows Alena and is willing to take us back to her for one small price."
Carlisle smiled warmly at Tyson, "What is it that you wish?"

Tyson looked nervously from one vampire to another, then his gaze was caught on Carlisle and he let loose a short smile.

"I was hoping you'd be able to help me reconnect with my family. The Romanians threatened to kill me if I went back to my family."
Carlisle nodded, "I understand. Well, it seems easy enough. Tyson, I will do everything in my power to help you."
Tyson's anxious face broke out into joyful smiles, "Oh thank you."
"Where is she?" An angelic voice broke the air. We all looked at Jane. She frowned and gave us all glares.

"Since when did widdle Janey care about widdle humans?" Felix teased in a baby coo.

Big Mistake…

Soon, he was withering on the floor, his arms locked together and muffled gasps fuming out of his mouth.

"Jane, that's enough." Aro said… a hint of amusement hidden in his voice.

Jane smirked at Felix then broke her gaze looking dutifully at her master. Felix stopped withering, and Aro nodded in satisfaction.

"Felix, you should know better than to upset dear Jane."

Felix gave her a look of contempt but nodded in understanding, "Yes Master."

I shifted my weight from one foot to the other, anxious to just take off to Seattle.

"Demetri, don't. You'll regret it if she gets hurts."

I frowned, knowing exactly who that voice belonged to. Stupid…mind…reader. I already had one to deal with, let alone the fact he was my master, two was too annoying. I swallowed a snarl as he chuckled.

"Where is she?" Jane replied more forcefully in her virtuous voice.

"She's at an abandoned hotel called The Chrysler Hotel. It's in Seattle." Aro explained.

"Well, when do we go?" Emmett asked, you could literally see his muscles quivering like he wanted to go out and something dramatic.

"Calm down Emmett," Carlisle half chuckled, "All in good time."
"What about Chloe?" Alec jumped in hurriedly.

Carlisle's lips pursed in what looked like a great debate within his own mind.

"Uh, I don't think it'll be wise to leave a Newborn here all by herself… I guess we could leave someone here with her while we go… Tanya, would you be as so kind?"

"No! I'm staying with Chloe!" Alec protested heavily.

"Alec, you can't. We kind of need you." Jane sighed. Alec frowned.

"Not without Chloe."

Aro sighed at the squabble, "Alec, dear boy. We cannot risk Alena's life for a Newborn that is going to their transformation. We have to go at once."

Alec's face was in total exasperation, "No, I'm not leaving her! It's not like I'm any help anyway, not with Ozera's shield."

Jane's face was suddenly frightful, something I'd barely ever seen.

"If Alec's not going, I'm not!" She remonstrated.

"Now Jane…" Aro started to reprimand but she cut him off by shaking her head.

"I'm not going without Alec!" She said, her voice growing in pitch.

Aro growled warningly at the two, "You are both coming. Whether anyone likes it or not, we do need you."

Alec raised a curious eyebrow, "It's not we can do anything about the Shield. It's like Bella's."

Aro smirked, "Two things my dears. One; you are both great fighters and we'll be needed everyone we have if we are going up against an army of a hundred with tooth and claw. Two; Ozera's Shield has a fault."

Now everyone's attention was on him, curious to what he had to say.

"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked, his every word quivering with inquisitive.

"Jasper, Emmett and Demetri recently found out from Tyson here that even though Ozera's Shield seems highly effective, it only works over some distance. It's strong for a circumference of eighteen or nineteen meters, however, after twenty or so, it starts to weaken. You can see it shimmering on the sides." He relayed my thoughts.
Carlisle's mouth almost dropped opened at these words.

"You can actually see the Shield?" Bella asked.

"Tyson, is this true?" Carlisle quickly interrogated the jumpy vampire. Tyson nodded curtly after a hesitation.

"What we need to do is somehow get the vampires out of the Shield. We must not go to close, make them come to us so they venture further out of her Shield."

Edward's head snapped up, "What's about Caius idea?"

Caius instantly looked up as well, raised eyebrow painted on his face, "My idea?" He asked.

Edward nodded, "Remember what you said about trying if Bella could cancel out her Shield, or have it push against the other one."
Caius nodded in apprehension, "If Bella is willing."
"I am," She said immediately. It was clear she would do just about anything to keep her family safe and win the battle, "If it helps." She added meekly after that.

Edward smiled lovingly at her, "Bella, we're going to need to train you somehow. We can't go straight away, not with this new information we have that could possibly bring the Romanians down. After we take down the Shield, Alec and Jane will make everything easier for us."
"Oh will we?" Jane asked, her eyebrows rose

"You will." Aro concluded and she frowned fiercely at Edward. She hated Edward with a passion and I had a feeling she didn't like being told what to do by him.

"Alice, can you see the hotel now, now that you know what you're looking for?" Edward cajoled a frowning Alice gently.

Her gazed blanked for a second, signaling that her mind was no longer in this room. After a few seconds, she snapped back to the reality in front of her. However, an immensely distressed and frustrated expression took hold of her face.

"Alice, what's wrong?" Jasper asked his wife, protectively wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

She let out a small gasp or whine, "I don't know! I still can't see it! I looked for them, I looked for the place! It just… disappears! As soon as I think I have it, it just disappears! Something's covering it! Ugh! It's killing me." She muttered the last part grudgingly.

I was immediately worried. If they were hurting Alena, I'd never be able to live with myself. No one could tell what was going on inside that hotel, my emotions snapped, as did my patience and straight thinking.

"Where are you going?" I distinctly heard my master roar as I proceeded to walk out the door… again. I turned around and walked back to him, ready to face a torrent of lectures.

"What do you think?" I then mentally slapped myself for talking that way to my master. I quickly regain composure and straightened, "I mean, I'm going to the hotel. I wouldn't be able to bear it if something happened to Alena and I didn't know about it. It's bad enough that Alice Cullen cannot see anything that happens there."

Aro shook his head, "No Demetri, you are our best tracker and one of our best fighters. You will not go."
I swallowed, trying to figure out a way to argue back politely, "Master, with all due respect, please, let me go. I need to get her. Or better yet. Think of it as a scouting thing. I'll go and scope out the place and stay there until you come. Tell them the routine they have, what guards stand outside the door or whatever."

I felt my hopes damped as I watched Aro looked steadily at Tyson, "I'm sure Tyson could tell us the things we need to know."

I dug around for any ideas that were swirling in my mind to somehow convince Aro that I could go to Alena. I had to see her, I just had to. I had to saver her, I just had to.

Edward, I thought in desperation, please, just help me.

I felt like my insides were going to crumble as I saw his face twist in consideration. It looked like he was definitely going to say no. Then, a tiny seed of hope sprung as he managed a nod, I almost jumped for joy!

"Aro, maybe Demetri should go. He knows what to look out for to tell us. For example, weaker areas in the guard, maybe where Stefan and Vladimir are, maybe even where Alena is."

Aro looked as though he was seriously pondering this and I don't know what made him change his mind, but before I knew it, Aro sighed.

"You have a point Edward. I believe it is okay if Demetri goes."

I breathed out a sigh of relief I had no idea I was holding, "Thank you Master."

He briefly rolled his eyes, "Just go before I change my mind."

I nodded and just before I took off, a voice stopped me.

"Wait!"
I pivoted on my heel and looked at the person the voice belonged to… Tyson…

"Yes?" I asked thinking what he could possibly want.

He looked a little abashed before telling me what was on his mind, "I'm going."

I raised an eyebrow, "Wouldn't you rather stay here and find your family?"

He shook his head, "I trust Carlisle, and he'll help me, after. Besides, you can't go inside; you'll get captured for sure. Alena needs to be reassured. Even though she looks calm on the outside, you can tell she's somewhat freaking out on the inside."

I huffed, "You don't think I'm feeling the same thing. I lost her. I have to get her back."

Tyson nodded empathetically, "I know. But I don't think that Alena would want you captured before you can save her. If you go inside, you'll be caught for sure."

I sighed; I was beginning to see there was no other way. I couldn't exactly go inside, I'll get captured at the soonest possible second I'd stepped foot. There might be no trackers there, but I knew that Stefan and Vladimir were certainly not idiots. They would have vampires stationed just about everywhere to make sure that they caught trespassers.

"Alright," I conceded, "Let's go."

He followed me to the door, cracking a mild smile. I briefly smiled at the rest, putting my hand on the door frame as I paused. Then I took out with Tyson following my every move.

We seemed to run faster. Whether it was the exhilaration of the thought that I was going to try and correct my mistakes and rescue Alena from the poor excuse of bastards, also known as the Romanians. I tried to think of how the battle would ensue… would be fight in combat before or after Bella tried to go against Ozera's shield. And, what was this strange element that was keeping Alice from seeing things. Alice, the one vampire I knew that was virtually infallible to things like Shields, they weren't a problem. Except this time… but it didn't make any sense… if Ozera's shield was barely strong enough to stretch a distance of twenty or so meters, what would make it possible for her to Shield off everybody so tightly and fail-safe that Alice could not see a thing. No, it was something else. I had a sinking feeling that it was something extremely dangerous.

"Is something wrong?" A slightly anxious voice asked from beside me.

I mentally shook myself out of my personal wonderings.

"Huh?"

"You just stopped running." Tyson looked at me as though I was a little crazy.

I looked down and sure enough I wasn't moving. My feet were rooted to the ground. Whoops.

I smiled in slight embarrassment, "Sorry, was caught up in my thoughts."

We ran a little more and then stopped to drink, on two humans nearby. My conscience was heavy as I remembered and realized how much Alena wanted me to try and be a vegetarian, even though she hadn't verbally said it.

But you could just tell.

As I threw the carcass away and watched Tyson bury his deep in the snow, I tried to push out the guilty feeling, but I couldn't. I'd slipped.

"You really miss her, don't you?" Tyson sighed after he finished burying.

I looked up at him, nodding softly.

"Yes." I said quietly.

He took out a pad of paper and pen out his coat pocket.

"I might not be able to slip you into the hotel, but you can still tell Alena anything you want to tell her." He threw the objects to me.

I caught them swiftly into mid-air and smiled thankfully at him, "Thank you Tyson."

He shrugged and sat on the snow by a tree and waved his hand in the air, "Take your time."

I nodded and clicked the pen so the ballpoint stuck out of the hole. Setting the pen to paper, I wrote everything that was on my mind. Telling how much I wanted to get her out of it. How much I missed her, and how sorry I was. I finally finished and Tyson slipped the pen and paper into his coat pocket and the note in the shoe box.

Soon, we took of again. It took us altogether two and a half day to actually reach Seattle. But soon, we were stopped outside the abandoned hotel. If I had a beating heart, it'd be thumping out of control! I was here! Actually here!! Alena was possibly less than meters away from me. She was almost literally in my grasp!

I felt my feet move and I found myself somehow on a pull towards the hotel. I was quickly running out of forest cover to shade me. I was going to be out in the open soon, and closer to the hotel, closer to Alena.

"Whoa! What are you doing?"

I snapped as Tyson yelled at me and pulled me back roughly back by the collar just as I was about to step out of the last inch of cover of trees.

"Are you crazy? You're going to get captured before you even lay eyes on her."

"I can't stand it," I hissed, "I have to get her!"

He rolled his eyes, "Listen, Romeo, that's lovely, but I'm sure that Alena would prefer very much alive than dead, don't you think?"

I growled but sighed, this was the second time he'd told me this. Not that I'd taken heed to his warning. But then again, he was right. If I was going to see Alena, I sort of wanted to be alive to do that.

"Fine," I agreed grumpily, "And it's Demetri. Not Romeo." I spat.

He smiled cheeky, "I know; now I'm going to go inside. Don't you dare come in, or you'll die for sure."

"Yeah, yeah..." I rolled my eyes.

He grinned, "Don't give me attitude. I'm older than you, you know?"

I straightened up, mentally thanking the God above that I was in fact a tall person. But so was Tyson. I was just about an inch taller than him.

"I beg to differ." I hissed, my voice begging him to retaliate. But instead, he back away a little and tilted his head to the side slightly, wonder written all over his face.

"What?" I asked… my voice full of questioning.

He opened his mouth, but then closed it. He didn't want to say something. But then, he opened his mouth and spoke.

"How old are you?"

If I was still human, I knew that my face would have been red, I sighed.

"A thousand and six."
His mouth literally dropped open.

"Wow! You're ancient!" He was practically laughing.

I narrowed my eyes, "Shut up."

I stood there and let him laugh for a good five minutes.

"You done?" I asked maliciously as he straightened up and breathed out. A very existent smile plastered across his lips.

"Just about." He laughed again.

I sighed and motioned my hand to the hotel, "Well?" I copied a memory I had of Alena and me in Italy.

He nodded his face composing as he stepped back into a professional manner.

"I'll be back in twenty minutes."

With the bag in his hand, he strode across the courtyard and disappeared through the wooden doors.

I waited there for about half an hour. I paced, back and forth, I stayed still, and I swung my arms around. Trying to pass the time quickly was much more difficult to do.

And then finally, I couldn't stand it any longer.

"Oh screw this." I snarled quietly and quickly crossed the courtyard in a few leaps.

I considered using the door, but then I heard quiet shuffling on the other side of it. I tensed up, my a thousand years as training as a warrior kicking in a usual.

I paced back a little and circled the hotel trying to find a way back in. Then, I saw a window, quite large. It was a few meters away from the ground. Jumping up? Easy!

I paced back a little more for a running leap. My footsteps were lithe and quiet. No noise was made. I smiled smugly to myself. Then I ran and lifted my legs up for a graceful jump to the window ledge. I strategically swung my leg over the sill and soared effortlessly through the window. I landed with the softest thump on what was carpet. I'd landed in either a small study or library. I went the door silently and opened it. I cringed as it loudly creaked. Swinging open the door as quickly and as gently as I could, I breathed a sigh of relief as the creaking noise disappeared. I stepped out of the carpeted room and into something similar to linoleum. I followed my nose and tried to find a trace of Alena, and then I realized that I had her tenor! I knew it better than I knew myself! I had her tenor! I could feel every person in his hotel's tenor! Ozera's shield must have been like Bella. Everything still works inside.

I rushed in and out of door, getting closer every time to Amore Mio.

Opening one of the last doors, I found myself in a hallway. There! Alena's tenor was so close! Literally less than a meter away!

I grinned, "Alena!" I called out.

I search in my mind again and ran quickly outside a door. It was her door. I was certain she was behind this door!
Oh god. She was behind his door!
I was shaking with ecstasy and glee.

I reached for the doorknob.

Briefly touching it, I proceeded to turn it.

Hang on!

I started to gasp as the place around me started to disappear. I yelled out in confusion as everything around me disappeared and turned black. I blinked, hoping that my mind had shut down because of the euphoria I was experiencing.

However, when I reopened my eyes, I wasn't in the same place. I stood in front of a different door. A large wooden door lay in front of me. I frowned in confusion. What the heck happened!?

Then, I heard cackling laughter behind me.

I turned around slowly.

I swallowed unnecessarily and uttered one word.

"Shit."

--OOooOOooOO--

Alena's POV

I sat up quickly as the door started open, holding my breath. Tyson had been gone for two and a half days. I was getting very worried.

I let go of the breath as Tyson walked in the room and closed the door securely behind him. I jumped up off the bed and rushed over to him.

"Tyson! You're back!" I shouted in glee.

"Shh!" He reprimanded, "You don't want me to get caught out from helping you, do you?"

I clapped my hands over my mouth, "Sorry." I whispered.

He smiled and walked away from me, putting the box on the bed.

"So…"I wandered closer to him, "Did you find them?"

He smiled softly, "I did."
I was so tempted to jump and squeal much like a thirteen year old girl.

"Oh, my gosh!

He let out a low laugh, "Carlisle said he'd help me. He seems like a very good man."
I let out a giant grin, "Yes, he is!"

He grinned and it was quiet for a second, "I also met Demetri."

My heart stopped for the slightest second.

"What?" I said softly.

A smile played with the corner of his lips, "He's very worried about you Alena," He said in a serious voice, "he ran out of the house twice to get you, was stopped twice."

My eyes opened wide.

"Are you serious?" I gasped.

He nodded and motioned to the box.

"Open it." He said softly.

I went over to the box and slowly opened it. There were socks and black converses in there. And a small sheet of paper, folded up.

I looked questioningly at him, "What's this?"

He smiled and leaned against the door, "Read it."
I sat on the bed and opened the paper. I gasped, my eyes widening as I read it.

Dearest Alena.

My Love, Amore Mio.

I miss you dearly and am doing everything in my power to get you back. I'm so sorry, I should have been closer. I'm so sorry that the Romanians have you. I will get you back. I hope you can forgive me. I have never felt so guilty in my whole life. But you are my life, so if they even laid a finger on your head, I will slaughter them. Meeting your friend Tyson was interesting. Mind you, I almost attacked him. But he is a good person. Carlisle is happy to help him.

I'm going to get you out.

I love you.

Please, forgive me.

I'm coming; I'm going to get you. No matter what it takes, I will save you.

Ti amo più di ogni altra cosa, più della mia stessa vita.

I'll translate later.

Demetri.

I felt the tears seep into my eyes as I finished the letter. He was coming to get me! Oh god, I missed him so much. I loved his so much.

"Don't cry." Tyson said, worry written across his face.

I looked up, "Oh sorry, it's just. Oh god, I miss him so much." My voice cracked on the last sentence.

He smiled, "From the way he acted, he misses you so much too. He keeps saying that it wasn't your fault and his."

I frowned, the tears still prickling out of my eyes. I felt my cheeks grow hot as a tear slide down my cheek. I looked up to the ceiling.

"It's not his fault. It's practically mine; I should have stayed with him and not run off on my own."
He sighed, "It doesn't matter whose fault it is. All that matters is that he's outside right now."

I looked sharply up at him, "What?"

He grinned ruefully, "I came back with him. He's outside, look out the window and just in the covers of the trees, you'll see him."

I looked up at the window doubtfully and turned back to him, "I can't really reach it." I admitted.

He rolled his eyes and went over to the window faster than I could blink and cupped his hands at the wall.

I walked over and put my foot in his hand and he hoisted me up so I could clearly see out the window.

"See him?" He asked.

I frowned, I saw the city in the very far distance, I saw the courtyard, and I saw the trees. I saw no Demetri, though.

"No?" I said uncertainly.

He grunted in confusion and let me down, "Let me see." He gently pushed me out of the way. Hoisting himself up, he looked out too but soon came back down.

"You're right," He growled, "Damn impatient ancient! I'll be right back." He muttered everything but the latter part to himself.

I nodded as he fled out the door and shut it with a loud 'clank' behind him.

I felt a giant grin break out on my face. I squealed happily and jumped up, despite my preferences before.

"Oh, my god!" I sighed in content as I flopped on the bed, making it creak under me.

I rolled over and took the socks and converses out of the box. Putting them on, I read the letter over and over again.

"ALENA!"

My head snapped up as I heard a yell. It was Demetri's voice! I was sure of it!

I waited, hoping that I hadn't hallucination, but alas, no calls had come after that. I must have been imagining.

I sighed and flopped on the bed, constantly reading the letter.

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Alec POV

I sat on the chair. It'd been a total of almost three days since Demetri and Tyson had left. We would have gone with them, but I'd stopped them. For Chloe… I could barely think about anything but Chloe. Poor girl, having to turn into a monster like us… however, I was actually quite excited for her to be turned. She was beautiful as a human; I wondered what she'd be like as a vampire. Simply exquisite! I laughed quietly as I remember when I went to see Chloe a day ago. I took away her paralysis for a few minutes. However, she gained her consciousness and ended up throwing many objects at me. Then I had to paralyze her again.

"Alec, it's done." A little sing-song voice informed me from the kitchen.

I looked back to see a vampire with spiky hair flipping through a magazine.

"Thanks Alice." I sighed.

"Alice!" Edward's voice cut into the air.

She barely looked up at him before flipping through the magazine again, "What? It's her power. Not mine."

"You didn't think to tell anyone of this?"

Alice's eyes narrowed but she still didn't look at him, "Because it's hers, they'll find out soon enough. Aro already knows."

I raised an eyebrow. What on earth were they talking about?

Edward sighed and gestured to the guest room where she was, "You should go, see for yourself."

I decided to go human pace, why though was the real question. Deep inside I knew why, I was going to see Chloe for the first time since her transformation finished. Never in a million years did I think I'd find my soul mate... let alone here, in Forks. I trailed slowly up the stairs, my feet barely making a noise as I took to the last step. I could feel everyone watching me. No one had gone up into that room since I'd seen her up there. It'd been three days and her transformation should have been over by now. I moved effortlessly and soundlessly to the guest room door. Placing my long fingers on the door knob, I slowly turned it until I heard a click. Pushing the door open, so slowly that a loud creaking noise was heard,

I popped my head through the crack, curious to see what Alice and Edward were talking about before.

My eyes widened as I took in the view.

And for the first time in my life, I couldn't breathe.

"Aro!" I yelled out in worry.

I heard footsteps clutter up the stairs to where I was.

I felt a hand pulled the door from my fingers and opened it wider. I looked to the blonde beauty beside me. Rosalie.

"What is that?" She hissed, "What did you do?"

I gaped, "I did not do anything woman! She's doing it all by herself!"

Rosalie frowned, "Carlisle!" She yelled.

I heard two pairs of footsteps glide smoothly up the stairs, probably Carlisle and Aro.

Aro was suddenly beside me and I watched his expression as he gazed through the door, "Oh my. Alice was right." He breathed out. I frowned as I heard what sounded like delight in his voice.

Carlisle's footsteps were suddenly at a stop behind Aro.

"What's going on?" He asked curiously.

Aro stepped to the side so that Carlisle had a full gaze into the room.

"Oh. My. God."

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