Bella
"Jasper, we can't blow up this building with Edward still in here!" I ran after Jasper who heads down another hallway. "Jasper!"
He stops, finally. "I don't know who those vampires were, but I could feel their power. It's unlike anything I've felt before."
"There has to be something we can do?"
"We have no layout of this building. We ran in here blind, like a bunch of fools just looking for something to blow up…."
My mind raced through countless ideas, all of which sounded dumb, except one. "What if we could tell them we were going to blow it up unless they let Edward go?"
Jasper's brow furrowed. "That might work. We need to find the control room."
I nod, almost smiling, eager to do my part.
We past an endless amount of doors and hallways searching for the control room, killing any guard that tried to stop us. I'd thought we never find it.
But we did.
Jasper killed the guard inside before he could turn around and then we both stared at the dozen or so monitors.
"There," Jaspers says and points to one in the far left corner.
Edward stood facing the two vampires as they spoke. Fear spread through my body.
"He knows them."
"What?" Jasper's eyes go wide. "What do you mean?"
Edward's face told me everything, the relaxed but wary expression, his hands casually in his pockets….he wasn't afraid.
Jasper didn't wait for an explanation. He pressed a button and spoke into the mic.
"The building is surrounded."
As soon as Jasper started talking, the vampires stared right at the camera as if watching us directly through the lens. Edward's gaze followed-this time I saw fear etched across brow.
"In exactly ten minutes this place will go up in flames."
"Jasper…" I grab his arm as I watch one of the golden vampires smirk. Edward turned to look at the smirking vamp and shook his head, trying to back away.
This is a mistake.
The vampire grabs the other vampire's hands and they both lunge for Edward.
"No!" I scream and it echoes through the building.
The last thing I see is Edward's defeated expression and then all three of them disappeared.
#
"What are you doing out here when that building still stands?" Jane's eyes narrow and she steps closer to Jasper.
"There's no one left inside and we need to examine what was going on." Jasper meets her hard gaze.
"How dare you defy your orders."
I move closer to Jasper, and touch the back of his shirt, letting him know I'm right here, ready to fight.
"I am not one of your soldiers," Jasper says. "We have bigger issues."
Felix and Alec look at each other then at Jasper. "Proceed," Alec says.
Jasper explains what we saw and I see something unexpected in Alec's eyes—fear.
Jane is still glaring at us, but its' her brother who pulls her away.
"Aro needs to hear of this," he says.
Jane's gaze is still fixated on us and I wonder if she's trying to use her power and failing. I know it won't work on me, but Jasper isn't immune.
"jane." This time it's Felix who speaks.
"You will come with us."
"No." The words blurt out of my mouth before I can think.
Jane's eyes go wide.
Jasper intervenes. "We need to inform our family of what's happened."
"That's not an option." Jane's face is furious, I can almost see the anger rising of her in waves.
Alec glides to Jane and whispers something in hear. It's a strange language. One I've never heard of.
Jane turns around and starts walking away into the woods. Alex follows. Felix stands before us.
"Go, but we will come for you and soon."
Felix disappears into the woods, leaving Jasper and I, alone.