Chapter 25: Sudden Trip
Renesmee's POV
EJ was pretty much inconsolable right now, and I wasn't doing much better. The fact that Serena and Maysun were here really scared me. They might be in jail right now but it's only a matter of time before they break out. After all what jail or prison can hold two powerful hybrids? No, they would just keep coming for us no matter what happened. Serena and Maysun's appearance and attempted kidnapping only proved how determined Joham was to have me and my son.
"It's okay baby, it's okay" I rocked EJ gently.
"But mommy I'm scared" he said.
"I promise I will never let anyone hurt you" Those were the truest words that I had ever spoken in my entire life. I would never let anything happen to my son. I'd sacrifice my own life if it meant saving his.
I walked back to my spot on the beach and gathered up all of our things. I slowly walked back to my car. I buckled him in his carseat before going to the driver's seat. I just closed the door and sat there for a long time. I was still to nervous and shaken up to drive, and I felt like I was going to go into shock soon.
"Mommy are you okay?" asked EJ.
His question helped me gather the strength I needed to continue. I needed to be strong for my son, no matter what. He needs me and I had to be strong for him.
"I'm okay EJ" I said. I started the car and drove home after that. By then then the Denalis had also arrived.
"Nessie, my goodness you have grown so much" said Kate as soon as she saw me. "and your son is so adorable" she added when she saw EJ.
"Hi Kate, and this is my son EJ" I said.
I think everybody else could sense that there was something wrong. All conversation stopped as soon as they saw me.
"Nessie are you okay? What's wrong?" Jacob was the one to ask.
"No, it's Joham's daughters Maysun and Serena, they tried to kidnap EJ" I said.
Everybody collectively held their breath as I told them what happened at the beach.
"This is all my fault!" Jacob scared the crap out everyone, humans, vampires, and wolves by his sudden outburst. He was shaking so hard that I was surprised he hadn't phased yet.
"What are you talking about Jake? It's not your fault" I said.
"Yes it is. I should have been with you and EJ. I should have been there to protect you both" he said.
"Jacob you were needed with the pack. You can't be in two places at once" I said.
"I know that, but your's and our son's safety matter the most to me in this life. If anything happens to either one of you I don't know what I would do" he said.
"But nothing happened" I said.
"Something could have happened and that's what scares me" he said.
Then Carlisle interrupted us "enough. There's no use arguing about this. It happened. I think we need to have a serious discussion about what to do now. Things are getting more and more dangerous and we need to act now" he said.
"What should we do?" I asked. I was desperate. I hated the feeling of being in constant danger.
"Go get your sister, Mike, and Noah. I have an idea that concerns all of them too" he said.
I didn't hesitate to obey. Luckily I found them all in the same room. "Sarah, Mike, Noah Carlisle wants to see us all right now" I said in a bit of a rush.
"Why?" Sarah asked.
"Is everything okay?" asked Mike.
"No, things are starting to get really dangerous and Carlisle wants to talk to us about a solution" I said.
"Why, what happened?" asked Sarah.
"It's Joham and his daughters-" I was stopped by a furious Noah.
"What the hell did my sisters do?!" he shouted.
"They tried kidnapping EJ" I said.
"Of all the evil, horrendous things they would do for my father. I'm embarrassed to call any of them family. My only respectable siblings are Jennifer and Nahuel" he ranted and raved for awhile until he finally calmed down enough for us all to go back down.
Everyone was in deep discussion when we went down. All conversation stopped when they saw us.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked.
"Well, as you know, things have just gotten more dangerous here. I fear that if you stay here any longer than all of your lives will be in danger. The safest thing will be if all of you leave the country with your children" Carlisle said. He sounded as sad as he looked.
I could feel the tears brimming in my eyes. Leave? How could I just leave my family? How could I leave Jacob? On the other hand I hated to admit it but Carlisle was right. The way things were going EJ and I could get killed if we stayed here any longer.
"You're saying we should leave the country? For how long?" asked Sarah.
"Yes, we think it's best if you all leave the country as soon as possible, tomorrow would be the best. It's just not safe here right now. Joham wants Nessie, EJ, and he will probably want the rest of your babies once he finds out about them. We would look for you as soon as Joham is taken care of, as soon as we are sure it's safe" Carlisle said.
"What about you Jake?" I asked.
"All of us wolves will stay here and fight. This is the best plan that we have" he said. I could tell he didn't like the idea of being separated anymore than I did.
"Okay so where are we going?" I asked.
"That's what you alone will decide Nessie. We think it's better if we don't know anything about your whereabouts just in case Joham has anyone with mind based abilities on his side. We don't want to accidentally give away your location. In fact it's best if you pick the place by yourself and don't tell anyone, not even Sarah, Noah, or Mike until you are alone at the airport" he said.
"Why me?" I asked.
"You are the first person we thought of for the task" Carlisle said "oh and one more thing. Charlie and Sue want you to take Kimmie with you. Also Rosalie wants you to take with Calvin with you"
"Don't we need passports though?" I asked.
"I've already forged all of the necessary documents that you will need. They will pass even the most intense scrutiny. I just need to do Kimmie" said Jasper.
"Thanks Jasper" I said.
"It sounds like you all had this all planned out already" I said.
"This was always plan B if things got to dangerous here. We just hoped that we would not have to resort to this" Carlisle said.
"Now Nessie here is a credit card for all of you to use when you are away. Go book the plane tickets already. Your mother will shield you so not even your dad will know where you are going" he said.
"Okay" I said.
I went to a much quieter and lonelier part of the house with my laptop and started looking at flights and possible destinations. Surprisingly there were quite a few places with flights for four people and five babies available tomorrow. It was deciding on which one that was the hardest.
I slammed my laptop shut at one point. I honestly didn't want to leave. The thought of leaving scared me. How long would we be gone? What if some of my family died while we were away? What if it were years until we could all safely return?
I sighed, as much as I hated this, this was the safest thing for us and our babies. I opened up my laptop and began searching again. There was one place that really caught my attention. The pictures were absolutely beautiful, it was very far away, and Sarah, Mike, and I already knew the language. Our grandparents had taught us the language when they were alive and we still spoke it quite frequently when we didn't want our parents to know what we were up to. It was there own fault for not being interested in learning the language when they were younger.
I booked an early flight tomorrow morning and printed all of the necessary papers. I only gave Carlisle the necessary information of where to leave us at the airport.
Everyone was nearly done packing when I was finished booking the flight. I spent a good chunk of time packing the essentials for EJ and I.
I had a hard time sleeping that night. Jessica had completed her transformation into a vampire successfully. Right away my family took her hunting before explaining everything that had happened in the last few days. She spent a lot of the night with her son Tony. She was saddened that she had to be separated from him already. It amazed me how tame she seemed for a newborn. She wasn't wild and uncontrollable, but she wasn't as calm the way my mom was as a newborn.
Eventually I did fall asleep only to be awoken by an alarm I had set two hours later. Oh well, at least I'd have plenty of time to sleep on the plane.
After getting ready I prepared myself for the hardest part. Saying my goodbyes to my family. I broke down and cried and cried. All of my parents didn't want to let go of me.
I turned to Jacob. I went over to him and kissed and hugged him. "I love you Jake" I said.
He started crying too. "I love you too Nessie. Forever and always. Take of yourself and our son. You both are taking half of my heart away" he said.
"and I'm leaving half of mine with you. We'll be okay. You take care of yourself" I said.
"I will" he said "I promise I will find you both when this is all over" he vowed. "Wherever you two are I will find you"
He gave EJ and I a kiss before I got into the car with the others and we began the trip to the airport. I could see the tears in his eyes as I stared at him until he disappeared from my sight.
All to soon the honolulu international airport loomed into view. The feeling of dread filled me as we pulled into our terminal.
Carlisle helped us unload our bags at our drop off place. Then we said our goodbyes to him. It was just as sad and emotional as all of our other goodbyes.
"We will find you as soon as all of this mess is over" Carlisle vowed.
"Thanks Carlisle. I just hope it's soon" I said. He left after that.
We checked in and went through security pretty fast. Nobody was really in the mood to talk until we were eating breakfast at the cafe.
"So where are we going?" asked Sarah.
"As long as we are safe there I don't care where it is" said Mike.
"Same here" said Noah.
"Don't worry I chose a place that is 100% safe. It's a beautiful place that is completely monster free and I think we will be able to make the best out of it. I think it's the type of place where we will be able to relax for the first time in a long time" I said.
"Well where are we going?" Sarah asked sounding impatient.
"Volterra, Italy" I said.
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