New chapter, yay! There's a lot of important stuff in this one, so pay attention. The language is Spanish, and I've loosely translated it below. I In this hapter you will find out who Seth' kidnapper is. Enjoy! (btw i had the worst writer's block for this chapter, so i must thank the peoples: TwilightParamore-Shorty, lovelyyuyu, xxxMe Myself and Ixxx, and .xo for helping me come up with ideas.)

Seth's POV

There were voices all around me. I tried to listen to what they were talking about. Unfortunately, they were another language.

"Mantenga a salvo, no quiero que se ejecute de distancia antes de llegar a nuestro destino!"

"Relájate, no hay manera de salir. Tiene el cuello, ¿recuerdas?"

¿Cómo sabemos que no se dará cuenta de cómo quitarlo?

"Sólo hay que poner el monstruo en el avión!"

I had no idea what they were saying. But then the cage I was in was lifted into the airplane. I glared at them venomously. One of the men spat at me and muttered, "Bichos."

I didn't have a response to that, because I had no idea what he said. I could guess though.

They closed the door to the airplane, and I was sealed in darkness once more.

I tried to force open the door to the cage, but it was locked and something heavy was blocking it. I kicked furiously, trying in vain to break the bars. But nothing happened. Eventually I just gave up and curled up on the floor. The flight took hours. I finally fell asleep after two of them.

Leah's POV

"Hey mom," I said dully as I walked into the house.

"Hi Leah. Did you find Seth?"

I shook my head but she was in the other room, so she had poke her head around to corner to look at me. For the first time since I got home she really looked at me. Her eyes grew wide and she grabbed my shoulders.

"Leah, what happened?"

"He was taken," I whispered. She looked like she was ready to faint. I knew my mother was a very tough woman, like me. But also like me, her family were her weakness. She looked ready to faint.

"Leah, what happened?"

"We followed his scent," I whispered, "And then it ended, mixed with gasoline. We couldn't follow it anymore. He's been kidnapped."

She looked haughty. I hugged her tightly and permitted a few tears to escape, staining her shirt. She rubbed my back soothingly. A small part of me realized that I hadn't needed my mother's comfort in years.

"We're going to find him," I promised her.

Seth's POV

I woke to a loud grating sound. The airplane had stopped moving, and the door was opening. The men were arguing. Then, all of a sudden, a female voice rang out.

"Detener esta discutiendo ahora mismo! ¡Sal del camino, antes de que yo te mata donde estás! ¡Muévete! Quiero ver a la criatura. A menos que usted! Usted me trae la jaula!"

"Sí, la señorita Maria."

Immediately the men's voices quieted, and the cage I was in was lifted out of the airplane. I caught a stink I knew well.

Vampire.

A female vampire was standing on front of the cage looking at me with marvel. She approached, and I growled. She ignored me and knelt down to look at the cage.

"My name is Maria," she said in perfect English, "What is yours?"

I merely stared at her contemptuously. She sighed, and faced the men, who were looking at her with reverence.

"Your services are no longer required," she hissed, baring her teeth.

The men realized what was going to happen a fraction before it did. Maria moved with blinding speed, snapping their necks and draining them of blood quickly. I watched, horrified, as she sucked them all dry. She threw the bodies together into a pile and lit them aflame. I took in the surroundings, trying not to look at the bonfire. The plane must've been a private one, because I could see no one else getting off. We were on a private airfield. No one would be able to spot us. Maria looked back at me. She smiled.

"You are going to do great things for me, shape-shifter. But what is your name?"

When I didn't reply, her hand shot out and grabbed my wrist, twisting it in an awkward position. I hissed in pain.

"Your name!" she snarled.

"Seth!" I spat, trying to tug my arm out of her iron grip.

She let go, and I scrambled as far away I could from inside the cage.

But then Maria turned the lock and opened it.

The moment the door was unlocked, I shot out of the cage and attempted to phase. I caught a flicker of a mind before an electric shock jolted me. Maria smiled sweetly, holding what looked like a remote control.

"We can't have that, can we? Now, you will do as I say."

"I'm not helping a leech," I spat.

She smiled wider, more evil. "Well, then I'll just have to break you."

She put the remote down, and kicked. I flew ten feet and slammed back into the airplane, groaning.

"Now Seth," cooed Maria, advancing like a lioness, "Don't make this too difficult."

"I don't even know what you want," I said. Then I moved to the side, making a dash for the remote. But Maria caught me and threw me in the opposite direction.

"I want you to be in my army," she spat, "I need to lead it to Forks. And then I can destroy Jasper and his stupid coven."

Jasper? How did she know Jasper?

"Never!"

She hit me again. And again, and again. I moaned in pain. She seemed to enjoy the sound.

"No matter," she said, "You'll help me."

"I'm not going to destroy them," I said quietly.

"Oh dear boy, you don't have to destroy them!" she said, "I simply need you there so that blasted pixie won't see me coming. Then you can be on your way."

"No…"

She sighed, and threw me back into the cage. Then she picked it up and ran. She ran and ran and ran. I passed out from the pain a while back.

I woke up in a dimly lit room. I was still in my cage. There was a bowl of water on the floor next to it. I finally realized that I was parched beyond belief. Eagerly, I stretched out for it, grabbing the bowl with trembling fingers and squeezing it through the bars of the cage. I put it to my lips and sighed as the cool water rushed down my throat.

A door opened, and Maria walked through leisurely. She leads in three humans. One was a woman. Another one was rather larger, like Emmett. The third was a quiet little girl.

"Right this way please!" Maria sang in a falsely sweet voice.

"Who is that?" barked the burly man, pointing at me.

"Oh, no one important, Max," she said softly, "Now then…"

Suddenly Maria rushed forward and bit into Max's neck. The woman screamed and hugged the girl, who I took to be her child, closer. Maria dropped Max and quickly bit into the two remaining humans' flesh. She fed on the girls, and watched the man change with a pleased expression.

"It was quite simple to lead them here," Maria told me happily, "And he will make a good addition."

She was making newborns. For her army.

"I'd better move him. If he wakes up in here and smell you he'll be sure to attack out of fear," she said, half to herself. She picked up the writhing human in one arm and carried him to the door.

"Why did you bother bringing them here in the first place then?" I demanded. Maria looked at me, smiling.

"Because I promised to show them a new type of dog. At the girl's insistence, they agreed." Then she shut the door, leaving me alone again.

I felt horribly sick. A family had just died right in front of me. The image of the little girl's face swam before my mind. I curled up in a ball and lay on my side, waiting for sleep to overcome me. Unfortunately my unconsciousness earlier had gained me a few hours rest, so I was terribly tired. And I had to listen to the human's screams as he changed.

The next day, Maria brought in more humans and changed them. She enjoyed rambling about them and how interesting they could be when they were done transforming. I could hear the newborns fighting in the next room, tearing each other to pieces. They were like animals, savage and untamed. Maria loved them when they were like that, but also grew frustrated that she had to keep replacing them. Soon she had about ten newborns. They were all male, she said she wanted soldiers. But then one day she told me about two girls she found.

"When I met them, I knew that they were something special. There were five of them. Three boys, two girls. All related."

Their names were Veronica, Cyrus, Kelly, Logan, and Blaine.

"They had come from New York City to visit some relatives in Texas here. As they were walking back to their hotel I met them. And they were so different. It was like nothing I had ever encountered, similar to when I met Jasper."

I still didn't know how she knew him, and I didn't dare ask. Maria had a temper, and it was clear she loathed Jasper.

"They all had a certain aura about them. Veronica was rather uncontrollable, and she was downright mean. She reminds me of Jane of the Volturi a little bit. She'll be absolutely deadly. Cyrus was cold. He was cruel, but not in the same way as Veronica. He had a look that would make most humans drop their gaze immediately. Absolutely amazing. Kelly was quick, and hyper. She wasn't as mean as her siblings, and she had an electric personality. Logan definitely had anger issues. I was watching them before I spoke to them, and it seems he has a tendency to explode into anger quickly. But he calms down equally fast. He should be interesting. Blaine was different. He is the most fascinating. He was quiet, and kept out of the way. I noticed that when he spoke to a man asking for the time, the man seemed nervous about Blaine, and hurried to get out of his way. It was like there was something driving the humans away from him. Most interesting.

"They'll be fabulous additions! I can't wait for something to develop as a gift when they wake up! I do hope they'll survive."

I was only half listening. Maria often forgot that I had to eat more than the average human and that I needed to do it more often then vampires. My stomach rumbled. She heard it and looked at me.

"Oh yes, you're hungry. I'll get something next time I go out. Blech. Human food makes me sick."

She danced out of the room. I could hear the five siblings changing. They were screaming and moaning. I clamped my hands down on my ears, trying to drown out the noise. It did little to help.

Leah's POV

We still had no idea where Seth was, and it had been a few days. Jacob had asked for Sam's Pack to watch out for anything. Bella had even gotten Charlie to put up a bulletin board with details about his disappearance. Alice hadn't seen anything either. Nothing with the Volturi. Jasper was out tracking with Emmett. Carlisle was investigating the string of murders that were happening down South. But Jasper had told us that things were always like that because of Vampire Wars. I didn't ask any further, I didn't want to know. Edward was scanning the minds of everyone he met, human, werewolf, and vampire. He still hadn't found anything. I was frantically searching every inch of the forest in case he returned. No such luck.

"I have an idea," stated Jasper, "On how to find Seth."

I had been slumped in a chair, but sat bolt upright when I registered what he had said.

"Well, what is it?" I demanded.

"We ask for Demetri's help."

There was an outbreak of hissing.

"No."

"Listen, Edward. Demetri looks onto the mind, right? That's how he finds people. And he's met Seth before, when we were in the clearing. Maybe, with a little luck, we can find him."

"Demetri would never accept our help," Bella said flatly.

"He would if we had something to deal with him in exchange for his help."

"But what do we have?"

"Nothing," Alice said, "We can't offer Demetri anything. I'm sorry Jasper. It's a good plan, but it doesn't work."

"We can still ask," I said, "We can still try."
Carlisle nodded. "That we can. I'll send a request now."

He hurried off to his study.

Edward, what if we're too late? I silently asked.

"We won't be, Leah," he promised. I hoped he was right.

Seth's POV

Maria came into my room two days later.

"I'm leaving for tonight to go hunting for more suitable recruits," she stated, dropping a cheeseburger on the floor, which I scooped up hungrily. She regarded the food with disgust before saying, "So one of the newborns is going to guard you. He's well behaved for a young one. I'm sure you two will get along just fine." But her eyes weren't going along with her words.

She left, and I ate up the cheeseburger greedily. I was just finishing when the door opened again. Expecting Maria, I glared up. But it was one of the newborns, Blaine, I think his name was. He was looking at me with disgust and curiosity. I shifted slightly, and he tensed. A growl built up in his chest, and he dropped into a crouch. I froze, watching him warily. After several long minutes, he relaxed. Then, being uncannily like a human, he dropped down a few feet away from the cage and sat cross-legged, still watching.

"What's your name?" he asked me after a few minutes. His voice was beautiful, but his eyes were creepy.

"Seth," I answered, and I was surprised that I was comfortable around him. My voice sounded dead; I hadn't used it in a bit more than a week.

"Blaine."

"What's she telling you?" I asked sharply.

"Nothing, really. Just that we need to get better at fighting, and not kill each other. She also said for my siblings and I should strengthen our gifts."

"What gift do you have?" I asked before I could stop myself.

He hesitated, then said, "Watch."

Blaine picked up a pebble that was on the floor and held it, palm up and fist open. He stared it, concentrating. After a few moments, the pebble shot off his palm and landed in front of my cage. I stared at it a moment before realizing that Blaine had done it with his mind.

He had a gift, all right.

Pay close attention whenever I mention the five newborns. They are important to the story.

Translations:

"Mantenga a salvo, no quiero que se ejecute de distancia antes de llegar a nuestro destino!" - "Keep it safe, I do not want it to run away before reaching our destination!"

"Relájate, no hay manera de salir. Tiene el cuello, ¿recuerdas?" - "Relax, there is no way out. Has the collar, remember?"

"¿Cómo sabemos que no se dará cuenta de cómo quitarlo?" - "How do we know it will not realize how to remove it?"

"Sólo hay que poner el monstruo en el avión!" - "Just get the monster on the plane!"

"Bichos." - "Vermin."

"Detener esta discutiendo ahora mismo! ¡Sal del camino, antes de que yo te mata donde estás! ¡Muévete! Quiero ver a la criatura. A menos que usted! Usted me trae la jaula!" - "Stop this discussion right now! Out of the way, before I kill you where you are! Move! I want to see the creature. Unless you! You bring him to me!"

"Sí, la señorita Maria." - "Yes, Miss Maria."

The next chapter will explain more things, like why Maria sent humans to ge Seth, why she killed the outright, etc etc. Jane, Demetri, and Alec will, make an appearance hopefully. Thanks to xxxMe Myself and Ixxx and Lovelyyuyu for reviewing. Please Review! Anonymous are allowed also! (you will get a shoutoutif you review) Thank you!