A/N: Hi, everyone! How have you been? I've been quite busy this weekend with attending birthday parties, feast days, and stuff.

Anyway, the next chapter I'm already writing but I'm not quite happy with it. I might have to rewrite it. Hopefully, I can post it by next week.

This chapter is written in Edward's POV. I was intending on sticking with Bella but I'd like to see things in Edward's perspective. I hope you don't mind.

Chapter 20: The Plan

Edward POV

I was so worried about them, especially with my Bella. These humans might think that they have control over vampires but they're severely mistaken. Vampires were intelligent creatures. We were once human beings like a caterpillar to a butterfly. Most of us had lived for hundreds of years. Hence, it'll be like adults dealing with children.

Bella wasn't with them when they came back. Even Jacob had a serious look.

"what happened with Bella?" I asked.

"There was this vampire. He numbed all our senses. When we were finally able to regain them, the vampires were gone. So was Bella," Jacob explained.

That was when my phone rang-Bella. I answered the phone but there was a man on the other line.

"What have you done with Bella?" I asked. Bella wouldn't let me call her my mate yet.

"You mean this feisty young lady? She'd bite my head off if I gave her some wiggle room. That's why all of her limbs were strapped on a chair," Alec said.

"I want Bella alive and unharmed," I said.

"I want my sister alive too," Alec said. "Otherwise, Bella would die."

"Jane is alive," I said. If a strand of Bella's hair was moved out of place, you'd encounter me. I'm Anthony Masen."

The name Anthony Masen brought so much fear among vampires their knees shook everytime they hear the name. According to le legend, Anthony Masen swore to protect the pope. He was kind yet ruthless. There was no point on hiding anything. He'd know what you did as soon as he sees you.

"And I'm Alec, Jane's brother. Do you really think that legends would work for me? I want my sister back," Alec said.

I looked at Jasper knowing he was against it. He shook his head to state his desires clearly.

"I'd get back to you," I said.

Jasper and I went to a secluded location. While he had grown fond of Bella, we were planning to use Jane as a bargaining chip for the Volturi. Letting go of Jane now meant we won't have our bargaining chip.

"I'll rescue Bella," I said.

Alice appeared. She was telling Bella's latest whereabouts.

"I know where Bella would be. She would be in a convent," Alice said.

Then, she described it in detail. It was another convent, which the Volturi began to take over. It made me sick that one can enter either a convent or a seminary, and from that moment, they used it as a guise, killing the original resident surreptitiously and then replacing the old ones of vampires posing in as monks and nuns. While I might've retired my uniform, it's the case of once a Swiss guard, always a Swiss guard.

We determined what convent it was. As always, it was right next to the most prominent Cathedral in Seattle. Jasper offered to help but I refused. He was the one leading us. If he gets captured, we'd have a harder time with my movement. Which was why the most important piece of chess is the king. It could only modify move one square. If the king gets captured, we're all dead.

"I want to help," Alice said.

"We leave at midnight," I said.

In chess, it wasn't that the queen was less important than the king. Being right next to the king, she was able to manipulate behind the scenes so that she could win. Even in old monarchy where the king rules, he couldn't do anything overt to keep her seemingly quiet nature that could get rid of the king's enemies.

Jasper seemed to understand this. He wanted me to bring more slayers but I refused. This was supposed to be a rescue mission and not an ambush. Alice could see me walking around, right next to vampires being burned. Shew as carrying Bella. Alec would be. She was carrying Bella. Alec would be chopped into pieces, his body parts inside a locked box that had no space on top.

I nodded to Alice. Her mission would change at any given moment. If someone made a split second decision, it could change.

Alice and I left exactly at midnight. She was dressed like a ninja-black from head to toe with a black facemask. I was just dressed in my regular clothes with the box especially designed to hold a captured vampire. The design was mine back in the day when I was known to be ruthless.

We arrived at the location of Alice's vision. Some vampires would die tonight

End Notes: What do you think of Edward? Next chapter would be on Bella's POV. I'm not happy with how it's going so I might have to rewrite it. Hopefully, I'd make it in time for next week. Thanks for being patient.