Chapter 15
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Me: so this is the last chapter in Isabella's POV
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"I thought you could use some help, there have been more incidences similar to the ones caused by your other friend" Aro meant Annalisa, who was working for Edward.
"Is it an army?" Dimitri came over to Aro, wanting to be a part of the report.
"It looks like the beginnings of one" Aro went very gloomy, he knew how much damage an army of newborns could do, and with a leader like Edward there's no telling what they could do to the cities they've been let loose in. Dimitri's jaw tightened and he looked down, his eyes closing in an attempt to squash his frustration.
"Do you have a plan?" Jasper spoke from his corner. Being the war expert in the room he would be the best candidate to evaluate any ideas we had to combat the possible army.
"No, I was hoping you could help on that front" Aro turned all of his attention to the ex-major who has moved ever so slightly out of his corner and the rest of the eyes in the room followed suit. I could tell Jasper was more comfortable and in his element talking battle strategies. I say I could tell because I felt the wave of comfort wash over me from Jasper involuntarily using his abilities.
"Well we certainly don't combat them with a newborn army of our own, that's for damn sure, the only way to really cut of the army, at this early stage, is to eliminate the creator. We have to move soon or the army will grow too big for us to get past it and to Edward, Alice and Rosalie. We will need a good two or three more covens for back up but other than that, we're set" Jasper had a small smile on his face, the only physical sign that he was in any sort of comfort; the rest of his body was stiff and rigid. Aro nodded, a smile threatening his business demeanour.
"I will contact some covens and send them to you" Aro agreed and turned on his heel, before he left he turned back to Dimitri and I and added, "Keep me posted on everything" with those words he ran out the door, back to the safety of Italy.
"Now that he's delivered his bit, we have some news for you." Eleazar spoke up from his seat underneath Carmen. We averted our attentions from Jasper and the door to focus on the trio that came back with Aro. Carmen shifted slightly to give us a better view of Eleazar's face.
"Care to elaborate?" Dimitri asked; his tone impatient. Eleazar gave my partner a pointed look before continuing with their observations.
"We found them; they were exactly where we thought they would be. They are creating an army from what we could see but there aren't many newborns, there are about six or seven newborns and four that are at least six years old." Eleazar looked like he had more to say but he didn't continue, instead he looked to Carlisle to finish for him.
"Alec was there" Carlisle began. I could feel all the eyes in the room flick to me when I looked down and drew a deep breath. After a moment I looked back up and nodded at Carlisle to continue. "He was leading the older group of vampires with Rose. He looked highly emotionless from what I observed." Carlisle paused again to let me process the news. I couldn't imagine Alec looking emotionless, even when he was working as a guard and torturing criminals he still had some kind of emotion on his face. I let Carlisle continue, more for the other's benefit than because I was ready for more information. "I don't think we can get him back Bella" I didn't even notice that Carlisle had moved and I jumped a little when I felt his hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me.
"I'm fine" I stated when I felt all the eyes in the room boring into my head. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths before I lifted my head again. "We can get him back. You may not be able to but I can. I know I can" I didn't know who I was trying to convince; them or myself. I nodded to myself and left the shack for some air. It sounded ridiculous to me considering I didn't need to breathe and I couldn't feel the cold so the inside of the shack and the outside were exactly the same. I think I was really just trying to get away from the eyes that I could still feel burning a hole into my back. I wasn't outside for long before I got a phone call, it was Aro.
"Isabella dear, I just got back" I drew my eyebrows together in confusion.
"You mean back to Italy?" I asked, it had only been a few hours and he would have had to use a boat to get across the water, it would take him at least four hours to get back to the castle.
"Yes, I'm in Italy. I took the jet, not the boat" I remembered that Aro had a private jet custom built to travel at… well a damn fast speed that was definitely faster than any other plane I've been on, that's for sure. He can fly from anywhere directly to the landing strip behind the castle.
"Right, so why are you calling me exactly?" I sounded fairly disrespectful but Aro didn't care, he knew how close I was to the case and he knew no matter if he left me on the case or took me off it my attitude wouldn't change.
"I rang a few covens on the jet and I managed to get you four moderately sized covens." He continued. I sat up a little straighter, now this was good news.
"Who did you get us?" I was hoping we didn't get the Germans; they were never the best guests when they came to visit.
"I managed to get you the covens from Chicago, Greenland, Switzerland and Alaska. They said they would be on their way within the week." I could hear Aro's smile through the phone and new he was glad to be the one to give me some good news.
"Thanks Aro, I'll let the others know. If they didn't over hear that is." Aro laughed a little and we said our goodbyes, after he made me promise to keep him posted again. I went back in the shack to update the rest of the vampires present before immediately returning to the porch outside. I sat on that porch day in and day out for a good three quarters of the week until I saw figures approaching. Standing up and focusing on them I could see they were vampires. I didn't know which coven it was but judging on the distance the coven's had to travel I assumed it would be the Chicago coven. When the coven got a little closer I could tell they weren't Americans; they were European. It was the Swiss coven then. Then they got just a little closer and I could make out some faces, and they could make out mine. The two figures I had been watching suddenly stopped in unison, both sets of eyes on me. I could hear one word slip through their lips before I could utter a word.
"Mother?" my son's eyes widened and their mouths dropped. What the hell were they doing here?
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