Nessie's POV
I wrecked my mind think of a solution. So we couldn't reach them and they couldn't reach us. This problem had to be taken care of from the root. Which was Gaius. If we could kill Gaius then Sam and the others could be free. But to do that we have to figure out how to kill him. Even if we could ambush him while he's out hunting for people with that Barbie doll of his he could easily call his children and then we were as good as dead. It wouldn't make sense to attempt to save them if it meant putting my family in lethal danger. What we needed was something to stop him from ordering his children at least for just a few precious moments till we could kill him. My mind went to the only seemingly solution we had, Alec. We had considered alerting the Volturi and asking for their help on this one. But when everything was decided, Alice had a vision that we wouldn't make it to Volterra because since Gaius had Sam's powers he could control her into telling him any vision.
But now...
Now was our only chance! Even though having Sam lost in one of her visions which from what she told me could be even as long as nine months was not exactly something to be happy with, it gave us a chance to sneak to Italy without Gaius knowing! That's it! I sprinted across the muddy ground and didn't stop until I made it to our house. I knocked on the door, having to restrain using my all strength. I did not want to break the door down. I was panting a little. My mum opened the door, and started asking questions which during that moment I ignored. I called everybody's name and told them to join me downstairs. When everybody was settled they asked me what was going on.
"Um, guys, I've been checking up on Sam and she's not exactly... how can I put his... Sam's having one of her tremendously long visions. It's been a week since she woke up." I said solemnly, wondering how can I say what happened to her as discreetly as possible.
"What happened to her?" Esme asked with sad eyes. "Did that... that... her maker do something to her?" Daren asked about to cuss but of course he wouldn't in front of my family.
"Um... there's no easy way to say this." I started. I heard a gasp which belonged to my dad. I guess he must have picked what I was thinking of. "Um... Gaius abused Sam... physically." I tried to explain to them. I saw many eyes widen and intake of breaths. It was unheard of that a vampire gets raped by one of our kind. Since we have almost equal levels of strength nobody could overpower a female to that point. But I guess this gave Gaius free access to do anything he wanted to do to her and the others.
"We have to go get her." Daren said. I shook my head. "If we do we're as good as dead. What we can do is make a quick run to Volterra, get Alec to paralyse the other four, and kill that bastard." I said. Nobody scolded me about my vocabulary, which proved how serious the situation was.
"I don't think that bringing him here without her consent is a good idea." Daren started. I think in his mind he wanted to be the one to save Sam, to appear like her knight in shiny armour. But it would be too late for that. I was already on edge with my anger for that twisted vamp, and right now Daren wasn't exactly helping.
"He raped her, you bloody idiot! Had we been able to stop him we would have stopped him earlier. Now we need help." I said angrily at him.
"So who's going?" Jake asked. "You and I could go." I suggested to him.
"No way am I letting you go to Volterra missy. You know how delicate the situation with you and the Volturi is." my dad started. My mum nodded to support him.
"Actually I don't think it's a bad idea. The Volturi wouldn't harm Nessie in any way. They are quite civilised and once they hear about this upcoming battle with this perfect five man army who could beat them easily I think they would do anything to stop it, even collaborate." Carlisle pointed out.
"I still don't like it. But go, promise you'll be careful." my mum said. I nodded and hugged her and my dad. I guess Jake and I were going to Volterra.
Hours later we were on a plane heading to Rome. I held Jake's hand tightly. To be honest I was worried. Not about the Volturi, but about Sam. I didn't know how she would react when she sees him. I hope she won't be too mad at me. Or perhaps if we're lucky when all of this is over they would get back together. I sure hoped so. Poor Sam has gone through so much already. How could anybody be so cruel as to rape a girl like her? Sure, she puts up a tough facade, but in reality she's crumbling on the inside. She and Alec deserved love. And I sure hope that eventually they'll be able to have it.
After a monotonous period of flying we landed in Rome. We called a taxi since even if we arrived early there we would still have to wait till two o'clock in the morning for the plane to take us back home. We had booked three tickets so if they wanted to send someone with Alec which I sincerely hoped they wouldn't they would have to make their own arrangements.
The taxi ride took about four hours and a half. We paid the taxi drive which stopped us a few roads away from the Clock Tower. A few narrow roads and questions asked in very poor Italian later, we stood in front of the Clock Tower.
"Are you ready to go in?" I asked Jake. He swallowed. I took a deep breath and sighed. "Come on, we have to do this for Sam." Hand in hand we entered through the huge wooden doors which were open for the tourists. At the reception we found a woman, perhaps about twenty-five years old, greeted us with a broad smile on her lips.
"Good day, how may I help you?" she asked us in a thick accent. "We're looking for Alec. He lives here. May we speak with him?" I asked her. She looked at us with big surprised eyes, as if this was the last thing she was expecting.
"One moment please." she said and failed a number on a phone. She water but there was no answer. "Apparently Mr. Alec is currently unavailable. But if you wish you can talk to another-"
"No, we need to talk to him personally. Do you have any idea where we could find him?" Jake said to her before I could. She shook her head and apologised. "God, I really hope Sam doesn't wake up. It's already nine o'clock. We need to be at the airport in five hours."
Alec's POV.
My days have reached the peak of their bleakness. I roam the Italian streets with my Jaguar when it's not sunny and during the rest of the time I end up writing sappy poems or roaming the web. I had thought about going further up to northern Europe but decided against it. Last time I missed Sam's call and I had to most definitely be here if she ever made contact with me again. So I was cursed to this little part of Italy. I parked my Jaguar in front if the clock tower.
"God, I really hope Sam doesn't wake up. It's already nine o'clock. We need to be at the airport in five hours." my ears perked up at the sound of my beloved's name. It wasn't the first time I heard guard members whispering about us. Apparently we had become Volterra's Romeo and Juliet. But it could have been a tourist. After all my Sam doesn't sleep. But as I inhaled the scent around me I realised that something was up. Only once had I smelled such a peculiar and foul scents. The day we went to confront the Olympian coven about their half human child. Edward's daughter. And the other scent must have belonged to one of the shifters. There could have been a very thick chance that they were really talking about my Sam. I rushed in the clock tower and stopped at the reception desk where the two creatures were still questioning the receptionist, and apparently about me! This really was about my Sam. The joy I felt that moment was indescribable. Though I had promised not to go to her as long as she told me to if they would reveal her location I would surely go to her. I could no longer live with the emptiness.
"Excuse me, did you want to talk to me?" I asked them. When they looked at me their faces lifted.
"Yes, may we talk to you in private?" the girl who I now recalled was named Renesmee asked me. I nodded and led them outside.
"Do you really know where Sam is?" I asked, unable to hold it in any longer.
"Yes, as she's in really grave danger." the girl said with a worried tone. For just one short moment everything around me stopped.
My beloved? In danger? I was afraid to ask what happened to her. I wasn't able to deal with the fact that she was suffering while I couldn't rip the thing that was making her suffer apart.
"Care to elaborate?" I demanded more than asked.
"Sam's maker came for her. He has the power to influence her and make her do his bindings whatever her will tells her to do. He controlls her like a puppet. He has also turned another four vampires with extraordinary powers for one purpose. To destroy the Volturi. They can take you down. And that's what he plans to do. We would have come sooner but he was using Sam's visions to stop us from alerting you. Had we tried to alert you he would have ordered his children to destroy us." she explained in a long breath. To be honest I didn't really care about the fate of the Volturi as long as my sister was safe. What I cared about was that some vampire could control my mate like that. It was unacceptable. He had to be destroyed.
"Look. It's enough if you come with us to Alaska to help us free them. We can't win against him if he orders us his children to attack but if they're paralysed we can kill him easily. There's no time. We've got to hurry. So are you coming?" the shifter told me.
"Of course I'll go with you. Give me ten minutes to tell my sister and pack a few things. We can take my car and we'll be there in no time." I told them and darted off to find Jane. I found her in the feeding rooms finishing up her dinner. After she dropped the body of her lunch I gripped her arm.
"Whoa. Alec what's the rush?" she asked me as I literally dragged her outside.
"Sam!" I said to her. "She didn't appear in your room and vanish like a ghost again, did she?" she asked me talking to me as if I was mentally retarded.
"No. I have a lead on Sam. And apparently she's in trouble. Jane I know that you need me to stay here but-"
"No. I don't. I want you to be happy, even if it means being away from me. Sure I'll miss you but at least I'll know you won't be moping around. You know, you'll be too busy, you know, what the modern word they use... humping." she said and winked at the end. I chuckled uncomfortably. It's wasn't really comfortable talking about your sex life with your sister.
"Thanks Jane." I said and she hugged me tightly. "Go to her. And never let her go. I'd rather have the whipped version of you than this absurdly sappy version of you. I think it even beats the pre-Sam version of you." she said.
"Come on, I am not that sappy." I retorted.
"Quote. Oh Sam, you are my light on a moonless night, the wind beneath my wings. You put the love in-"
"Okay point taken." I said as she quoted a poem I wrote in my blackest hour.
"What are you still doing here? Shoo. Go." she said. I kissed her cheek playfully and fled to my room. I changed quickly into a simple black shirt and black jeans, slipped my laptop and my credit card - I had been investing my money in a bank - in my back pack. I also put in about five changes of clothes. I scanned I've the room to see if I had packed everything I needed. I saw Sam's old shirt lying on my bed. I slipped it in my backpack for some reason. I just liked to keep it with me. I slung the bag over my shoulder and ran outside. I wouldn't even dream of going to Aro. He has lost every ounce of respect I had for him years ago. And believe me I used to respect him like a father. I met Renesmee and her shifter escort outside admiring my car.
"Dude! I got to say you've got a wicked taste in cars." the shifter said to me. "Thank you." I responded. I got in the driver seat and opened the door to the passenger seat. They looked at me uncomfortably. The situation was awkward as I was a complete stranger to them as they were to me. And u guess they would hold a grudge for what happened almost twenty-five years ago. But I would not allow any discomfort to stand between me and my mate. "I know it's going to be a squeeze but you can get in." I said. They nodded and the shifter sat on the passenger seat and the girl sat on him. The shifter's scent was amplified in the enclosed space of the car though it was balanced by the half human's scent. They directed to the airport which was the same airport I had dropped Sam off to years ago. Irony had it that when I had picked her up she was depressed and faithless and now, as I was going to her I was filled with hope and this was most definitely the highlight of the decade.
After I made arrangements for my car to be cared for till my return to Volterra, which if I was lucky wouldn't be that soon and I would have a permanent passenger with me.
"Miss Cullen and..." I said looking at the shifter. "Jacob Black." he responded. "...Mr. Black, I wanted to thank you for coming. Could you please explain to me what happened from the beginning? Is Sam alright?" I asked them, afraid of how they might answer. They looked at each other and I saw a look I didn't like cross their faces. As if they were silently weighing what to say to me.
"You can call me Nessie, you're Sam's guy after all. Call him Jake. Um well, so it started all of a sudden when Sam started walking away without telling anything to anyone. Daren asked her what was going on but she ignored him and walked away. This happened the day after she almost teleported to you." she started. I wondered who this Daren was. I reckoned there was no Cullen who was called Daren. I pondered about this but the minute she mentioned Sam and teleporting I was baffled. "Wait. What?" I asked her as she explained. "Didn't you see her a few months ago? She teleported for the very first time." she said. "I thought I was going insane!" I thought out loud. Jacob snickered and I saw that Nessie was fighting down a smile. I didn't mind them laughing. I was proud of Sam, she was so powerful and yet she was so sweet. "Anyways, after my aunt's wedding was over we followed her scent through the forests. We found her there with four other vampires. He, Gaius made boundaries for them. They can't cross it or they'll feel pain. And if we try to cross it to kill him or help them he made them attack any vampire or
Shifter who cross the boundaries. We've tried so hard to get them out, almost risked our lives. They're too powerful. Unbeatable." she said.
"So that's where you come in. If you paralyse them, we could kill him and they will be free." she said to me. It sounded fairly easy. I couldn't wait to see Sam again. Hold her in my arms. Kiss her again. But what if she wouldn't want me again? What if things have changed to the point where she doesn't love me like she used to? It would hurt me to see her again without at least having her in my arms. But even if I was certain that she still didn't feel the same or if she was in love with someone else. I'd help her anyways, even if I knew she would never be mine again. Such luck to have her in my life is way too great to be expected more than once.
We boarded the plane and after an unbearably long and I mean seriously long flight we landed in Alaska. I put on my leather jacket to blend in with the rest of the proposals followed the two as they lead me to a parked mini cooper they phoned the others to alert them that everything went along their plans and to join them near the place where Sam and the others where. We got inside the car and rode away towards my reason for living.
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