10. Taken
Renesmee P. O. V
I had just put Brandon to sleep in Alice and Jasper's room, Jacob was downstairs, he came every hour to check on me.
"You don't have to come every hour Jake, you need to sleep." I said touching the circles under his eyes.
"Sleep comes second, you come first." He said but yawned straight after that.
"Come on, you can crash on the sofa." I said pulling him to the L-shaped sofa and pulling a quilt over him.
He gave a huge yawn, rolled over and started snoring softly immediately.
I chuckled and went up to my room, Brandon had been crying most of the night, worried our family, after hours of reassuring him he finally fell asleep.
I slipped into my holey pants and tank top and settled under the covers.
I am in a forest, alone looking for something or someone. Suddenly something changes, the animals all quiet down, the leaves of the trees turn brown and all the trees turn black, the colourful flowers wilt and die and there is no air. I can't breathe. I'm suffocating!
I open my eyes, I expect to hear myself screaming but it came out muffled, I still can't breathe, losing conciousness every second that passes. The last thing I see is a black hooded figure above me before my eyes close.
Alice P. O. V
My vision in the plane scared me. A lot.
Snow is all around us, grey cloaked figures are standing by the big tree, two blank spots are being held and restrained. A few tense moments and then a fight breaks out, the blank I assumed was Megan, because of the shape, fell to the ground in a heap that didn't move or breathe. Rosalie leapt forward with a shriek. A fight breaks out, they are good fighters and we are evenly matched, even though I know what they are going to do I make slips. A burley one is coming for me and Jasper interferes. He throws the big one into the tree but one is trying to surprise him from behind. "Jasper!" I cry just before the other one jumps on him I jump in the way. Then the vision is black.
I remember on the plane what I was thinking.
I can't see past that moment, it meant that I was going to die and I was scared. I know I've lived my life but knowing that it is so close is scary.
"Alice are you okay?" Jasper had asked me, this would be our last few hours together, I wanted to cry. I wanted to tell him but I knew that I couldn't he would make us go back home and Rose would probably never get her daughter back. Even though Megan died in my vision it was changing now, I would push her out of the way just before they killed her and then they would kill me.
"Nothing, nothing." I said smiling softly at him, I hope he won't be suicidal, Brandon needed at least one parent, hopefully he would see enough of me in Brandon to want to stay, I couldn't be sure because I couldn't see past my death.
"You cheat." he accused, I knew he couldn't resist my smile and I laughed.
"Aw Jazz, it really is nothing." I said kissing him on the cheek, I was still worried about the blank future, I wasn't used to not seeing, even with the hybrids and werewolves I could still see around them.
"Why is it that you always have 'happy' as one of your emotions?" Jasper asked, he knew I didn't like it when he used his gift on me.
"Jasper Whitlock!" I said crossing my arms in front of me angrily.
"Mary-Alice Whitlock." He whispered in my ear and I nearly shivered. I grinned but was still turned away from him
I was seconds from my death now and that fear came back. I looked slightly at Jasper, he was staring straight at Megan who was about to get her neck snapped.
10...9...8...7...6...
The pale girl looked intently at Rosalie, Rosalie wanted to jump and the girls hands tightened around Megan's neck.
3...2...1...
"Alice!" Jasper screamed as I leapt to the girl, I pulled Megan out of her grasp and flung her to Rosalie, I was about to jump away when strong hands took my shoulders and teeth dug into my neck. It stung and burned.
"Alice!" Several voices screamed out but Jaspers stood out the most. Then it went black.
Bella P. O. V
"Alice!" We all screamed as the big vampire bit into her neck.
I stretched my shield even though I knew it wouldn't work against physical attacks.
Then as my shield reached Alice the vampires were thrown back. I was stunned, there was a difference in my shield, everyone under it was bright blue instead of gold as they usually are.
"Alice!" Jasper said rushing to he lying in a heap on the forest floor.
"She's not dead is she?" I asked rushing to her.
"I don't think so, they didn't burn her, but they did bite her." Carlisle said examining the bite in her neck.
"Robert!" Megan screamed suddenly, and ran through the trees out of sight, Rosalie went after her and so did Emmett.
"Bella go, they might need you." Edward said and I followed after Emmett.
Megan was kneeling by the unconscious hybrid, the other vampires had fled.
Emmett carried the hybrid back to the clearing where the others were. Jasper was holding Alice's hand, she wasn't breathing, there was barely any sounds in the little clearing except for the two hybrids fluttering heartbeats.
Then Alice gasped loudly, the sound echoing off the ice covered trees.
Jaspers hand tightened on hers and she opened her eyes.
"Jasper?" She asked weakly.
"I'm here Alice." He said, his knuckles were white from the strength he put into holding her hand.
"It burns." She said softly closing her eyes a bit.
"Alice, is it changing you? Or killing you?" Carlisle asked.
"It's not killing me, there are no blank spots, I can still see the future it just stings. It's distracting." She said.
"You scared me! That's why I don't like you to fight." Jasper said holding her head to his chest and lifting her face to his.
"I had to, they were going to kill her." She said staring into his eyes.
Then Jasper kissed her, it was kind of weird because I had never seen them actually kiss in public, it was usually just staring but I immediately felt weird looking at them and looked away and the rest of us did the same.
When we finally got home the house was empty, I think Renesmee took Brandon out or something.
Robert had explained what happened and Carlisle decided to take him in, Robert was going to leave soon though, find his own way. Megan was quite taken with him but it didn't seem romantic just friendly. Rosalie had grounded Megan for running away but said that she had been so worried.
"Where are they?" I asked Edward at sunset, I was getting a bit worried.
"Bella! Edward!" I heard that familiar husky voice come from the front room.
"Jacob! What's wrong?" I asked, he was holding Brandon but I narrowed my eyes when I saw Renesmee wasn't with him.
"Where is she?" I asked panicking now.
" I don't know, two days ago I fell asleep on the couch and then the next morning I woke up when Brandon started crying, I thought she would see to him but he cried for about ten minutes before I went up to him, when I got to her room the bed was empty but the sheets were still messy so I assumed she went out but she didn't come back so I got worried. I looked all over town, I picked up on an unusual scent that lead out of town." He said in a rush.
"The voltury." Edward snarled.
"What?" I asked.
"Jacob saw a grey cloaked figure in the distance but couldn't catch up." He said snarling.
"We have to go now!" I said running out of the house and into my car.
"Wait! Emmett would you mind coming with? Carlisle phone the airport and book flights for Italy." Edward said.
"We should all go, they're not gonna give her up easily." Alice said rubbing her neck where she was bitten.
"No, you almost died yesterday." Jasper said pulling her back.
"Jasper I'm not going to die, there is no blackness, just Megan and Renesmee." She said reassuringly. Jasper looked at Edward and he nodded.
"Megan is not going, I'll stay here with her." Rosalie said.
"Mom, they might come after us again, you and Esme are not enough to hold them off. We have to stick together." Megan said.
"What about Brandon?" Alice said.
"Let him stay in La Push with Emily and Sam, they will take care of him. I'll leave Leah in charge of the pack for now, Embry, Conner and Brady are coming with us for back up." Jacob said.
"So that's fourteen plane tickets." Carlisle said and immediately dialed the airport.
We got all of our documents, Brady, Conner and Embry arrived very quickly with Jacob, Alice and Jasper when they dropped Brandon by Sam. Brandon had started crying again when Alice explained that they would have to leave again.
"But w-why!" He wailed holding as tightly as he could manage onto her neck.
"It won't be long sweety, I promise just a few days, two at most. You won't have time to miss me, besides you'll have Lexi to keep you busy, she is around your physical age, I'm going to miss you so much." She said hugging him close to her.
We left the airport at half-past eleven am and landed in Italy at nine pm.
There wasn't much people in the streets but the airport was busy, Alice, Edward and Jasper acquired three cars for all of us.
When we got to Volterra we went straight to the clock-tower entrance. We dropped into the shaft and made our way quickly to the big double doors.
There was a different receptionist at the desk.
"May I help you?" She asked taking in out large party.
"Where is my daughter?" I snarled I could smell her scent.
"She's in the dungeon." Edward said and lead the way.
When we got down there the guard was waiting for us.
"Get out of my way now!"I snarled. I extended my shield around my family. Felix and Dimitri were at the front and they planted their feet firmly in front of me, I crouched down ready to attack when I heard Renesmee scream from further into the dungeon.
"No! Get away from me!" She shouted.
"Renesmee!" I shouted and the shield exploded from me again, knocking all the vampires that were blocking our path away from us. I ran forward to the titanium cell Renesmee was being kept in.
There was an unfamiliar vampire standing over her, she still had pieces of her night clothes on but they were torn exposing her, there were bruises on her everywhere.
I used my new shield to throw him back, I was exhausted now. He just staggered away from her slightly.
"Bella we're surrounded." Edward said, the other vampires I had knocked down earlier were surrounding us from all sides.
"Another test subject Bernard." Dimitri said and wrenched Megan away from Rosalie.
"No!" Rosalie said but she was surrounded.
Dimitri shoved Megan into the titanium cell and she hit the floor.
"Take the others to the freezer." Bernard said and the entire guard started shoving us. We tried to fight but we were outnumbered.
They took us to a cold room, when they closed the door we all immediately went and tried to break the door but somehow our strength couldn't open the door. I couldn't produce the shield again.
"Renesmee!" Jacob shouted still banging on the door.
"Megan!" Rosalie screamed doing the same.
We were trapped.
"Alice when do we get out of here?" I asked her.
"I don't know I can't see, I can't even see two minutes into the future, something is stopping my powers." She said her eyes trying to search.
"I can't hear anyones mind either, its like it was turned off." Edward said.
This place was taking our powers and draining our strength.
Megan P. O. V
I was extremely scared when one of the big vampires grabbed my wrist and shoved me into the cage with Renesmee and the other vampire, he was tall and lean with a slight muscular build which I could clearly see because he had no shirt on.
The rest of my family were lead away, I could hear them all screaming, trying to fight and then quiet.
"Bella donna, non abbiate paura che non morde...ancora." The vampire said to me smiling and holding out his hand. I knew Italian, Carlisle had tought me. He said 'Beautiful woman, do not be afraid I will not bite...yet.'
He grasped my hand tightly and pulled me to him, his arms formed an iron barrier around me and he breathed in deeply.
"Si sente odore delizioso fiorellino." He said. You smell delicious little flower.
"What do you want?" I asked my voice shaking.
"Voglio sperimentare bella, io sono curioso di scoprire cosa accadrebbe se gli ibridi portava i bambini con un vampiro pieno." He said I want to experiment beautiful, I am curious to see if a hybrid can bare children with a vampire. and I shivered, his hand went to the small of my back.
"Perché avete bisogno di noi due?" I asked him. why do you need us both?
He shrugged and said, "Siete entrambi troppo bella non riesco a scegliere, ormai giunto tutti e due." He said You both are too beautiful I cannot choose, now come both of you. and started walking away.
"Lasciare che la nostra famiglia andare per primo!" I shouted. Let our family go first!
"Vieni ora o muoiono." He said dangerously. Come now or they die.
I followed helplessly, Renesmee was behind me crying.
He led us to a room with a red velvet bed.
He closed the door as we stepped in, and I immediately felt trapped, I felt his arms around my shoulders and I shivered again. As he kissed my neck an ear-splitting crash came from somewhere below. Then there was smoke all around us but I could still see everything.
Renesmee grabbed my hand and started running, I followed her willingly, we ran down the stairs and before I knew it we were in the street, the moon was shining brightly.
"This way." She said pulling me the direction we came about an hour ago.
We reached our cars and my family was in there, they looked drained, I was aware that someone was following us, I didn't stop to look I just dove into the first car. They stepped on the gas as soon as I was in and we were off going at three hundred miles per hour.
"Megan! Did he hurt you?" I heard my mother shout, I had dove straight into her lap.
"No, no, how did you get out?" I asked looking at everyone in the car, it was my mother, Robert, Embry, Carlisle and my dad was driving.
"I don't know, the door just blew up and we didn't think twice about leaving. What about you?" She asked, her voice still a bit shrill.
"The same, he took us to a room,he told me he wanted to do an experiment with us." I said breathing heavily, I felt relieved when we left the walls of Volterra.
AN: So what ya guys think of the chapters so far? If the italian is wrong just know that I used my phone translator so blame phony applications, but don't think I'll use other languages in my other stories, though I can't remember if there's still more italian in this story but oh well.