Chapter 94

An all our war began, leaving perhaps the most heinous member of the Volturi in pieces on the snowy landscape. Carlisle and Felix battled, before Masen charged and slammed the big Volturi enforcer to the ground.

Alec stormed in their direction with his smoky gift in full force. Bella spotted his plans and used her sheild to protect Carlisle and Masen from being stripped of their senses. Alec glared angrily and directed his focus on her.

From the ground, Felix cried out as Esme joined her family and knelt down behind Felix. She looked regretfully at Masen as she reciprocated Emmett's actions, ripping Felix's head from his body. Carlisle proceded to rip his arms off and tossed them far away from his torso.

Masen looked across the field in terror as Emmett was under Jane's painful inflictions. Demetri marched up behind him and grabbed him violently around the neck.

"Demetri!" Rosalie screamed, "Noooo! Stop!"

He turned and taunted her, knowing there was no way she would be able to make it in time. Carlisle and Esme looked at each other with helplessness. No one was close enough to prevent Demetri from doing what seemed like the inevitable.

Masen removed the flask from his pocket that he'd recieved from Liam for his birthday. He twisted the canister open and poured the liquid inside onto his hands, wiping it all over his face. Every vampire on the battle ground came to a startling hault, like a movie had been paused. There were hisses all around and several loud growls from both sides. Demetri's grasp loosened on Emmett's neck as he was unable to take his attention off of Masen. A snarl spread across his face, as he dropped Emmett to the ground before any damage was done.

"Go!" Alice screamed from somewhere on the field.

Masen looked at his parents as he took off, leaving trails of blood behind him, now completely emptying the flask of the human blood that Emmett had confiscated from the hospital days before. In the woods, he noticed Leah running parallel to him.

"Masen!" Carlisle and Esme both called out in frantic voices. The pack of newborns that Aro had brought bolted in his direction, as well as several of their main persona. Garrett snarled and clawed to get out of Kate's grasp, and Jasper was having a hard time controlling himself. The Amazons and Irish clan all followed the blood trail Masen had left, and Jane lost the battle with herself.

Aro clutched his daughter from behind, who began biting and scraping at his hands as she longed for the blood that many of the vampires found themselves unable to resist.

"Stop Luciana!" he cried out, knowing it could lead to her demise if she got out of his sight, "Block out the thirst!"

His words passed through her body like nothing. She hadn't heard him, she didn't care. He was all but a ghost to her now. All she could think about was blood.

Esme took after Masen, hoping to protect him from the army of blood lusting creatures that followed him. Alec came up from behind Carlisle, blinding him and taking away his senses before getting him in a hold around the neck. Esme looked back as she ran, seeing her husband in trouble. She stopped, not knowing which direction to go in, before several newborns darted past her, nearly knocking her over. She noticed Edward heading in Carlisle's direction and decided to continue her persuit of Masen.

The familiar smell of burning wood caught her attention, and she thought back to what Renesme and Jacob had talked about earlier. She followed to where the wolves were now tearing apart the newborns like a parade of rag dolls. It was an ambush, a success. The new vampires knew nothing of the wrath of the wolf pack, and they continued to get slaughtered, one by one.

By the time Esme arrived, Masen had taken a dive into the barrel of water that he and Benjamin had prepared the night before, clearing himself of all the blood he'd covered himself in. The members of their own alliance were back in tact now that most of the blood had been washed away. Leah and Seth teamed up, ripping apart the cocky newborn that resembled Esme's ex husband. Renesme was thrown the pieces of his body, which were burned in the fire that she and Jacob had started.

Jane climbed to the cliff where she saw the deterioration of their army. She retreated to the field, scooping up handfulls of bloody snow on the way and putting them in her mouth. She was filled with frustration at her lack of discipline, and joined Aro, who was still attempting to control Luciana.

Seth looked to Jacob, who seemed to give him the okay to follow Jane and he took off after her at full force, while the rest of them continued to burn the pieces of the newborn Volturi allies.

"Just leave her for the wolves," Jane called to Aro, "She's holding you back."

"I'm not letting go of her," Aro protested.

Jane used her powers against Luciana, sending her to the ground in agony, "That ought to take her attention off the blood."

Aro wrestled himself in his mind, not wanting to see his daughter in the pain he Jane could inflict, but he knew he had been quite useless in the battle thus far by trying to keep control of her.

Edward was still battling Alec, after saving Carlise, while Bella used her shielding abilities to continue to block out Alec's deadly gift.

Marcus and Carlisle stood face to face, though neither of them made a move to attack the other. Aro marched his way to Carlisle, knowing that taking him out would be the only way to bring his side back to having the edge.

He looked over his shoulder at the number of battles going on, most of which were at a loss to his side.

The wolves, as well as Esme, Masen and the rest of their friends hurried back to the field after doing away with the newborns completely. Masen stared down at his father between Marcus and Aro.

"Mom, we have to get back down there," he said in a panic. He could see the horrified expression on her face, and grabbed her by the hand with Leah in stride at their side.

Jacob had already made his way down, charging into Alec and pinning him on the ground to give Edward a break from his fight. His long, sharp teeth lingered in the young man's face as he let out a series of ferocious barks.

Aro closed in on Carlisle from behind and quickly smiled as he had him in his grasp, twisting the two of them to face Esme and Masen who were rapidly approaching in their direction.

"Say goodbye to your loved ones," Aro said in a cold, happy tone.

Carlisle made eye contact with Esme and gave her a heartfelt look, thinking it could be the last time he'd get to see her. He looked to Masen right after and felt a pain in his chest from the look on his face. He mouthed the words 'I love you' to both of them, returning his final gaze to Esme, noticing a single tear fall from each eye. He then winced as pain began to fill his neck and shoulders at Aro's forceful move.