Almost Impossible Chapter 17

Chapter 17

I was officially slipping into a panic. I had no idea why I hadn't thought of it before. It's almost obvious and I couldn't even begin to think of anything worse than the Volturi. I didn't want to try, they were bad enough.

Jake was just standing there looking at me, his arms halfway around me, completely confused. I took in a few more breathes, wiped the tears out of my eyes so I could see better, and was finally calming down a little bit.

"Who?" Jake finally asked.

"The Volturi," I repeated, not expecting him to know who I was talking about.


He led me over to sit on the couch while holding my hand. "And who are they?"

"Italy," I whispered. I didn't even know where to begin explaining it to him. There was so many things about that time I wanted to forget, Volterra especially, not to mention the vampires there and what they were going to do to me if I didn't become one of them. How do I tell all of that to him?

"Where you went..." he started.

"Yes," I said, cutting him off.

"What? Bella, you gotta give me more than that. I'm confused," he admitted.

"Jake there is a lot you don't know about. When I left during spring break to get Edward, something happened that I couldn't tell you. I didn't want to tell you," I said, stumbling around thousands of words I couldn't piece together. I couldn't get over the fact that it was happening and it was happening now.

"Bella," he whispered when tear fell from my eyes again.

"Something bad is coming Jake and everyone was right. It is coming for me," I said quietly. Saying it in my head was one thing, but saying it out loud only made it more real.

"What are they?" he asked.

"Well..." I thought for a moment, calming myself again. "They are pretty much like the rulers of the vampires to sum it up. If something goes wrong in the vampire world, then they fix it. They are thousands of years old. Some of the worst problems in human history were actually things related to vampires and the Volturi covered it up, blaming humans of course. And basically, I'm a problem they want to fix." That was the easiest way to sum them up. I just hope he got the point.

"What do you mean?" The way he said it was more like a growl. It caught me off guard.

I straightened my back a little and focused. "They are very protective about keeping vampires a secret. If a human finds out..." I paused for a minute to look at his face and then wished I didn't. "They have the option of either being turned into a vampire, or die. Well, at least that is what happened with me and they're curious about me."

"And what does that mean for you?" he said in the same tone he had before.

"Edward and Alice assured them that I would become a vampire and they made a promise to pop up whenever they feel like it to make sure it was true. It was supposed to happen after graduation, but... Well, the newborns came and now here we are," I said, tossing my hands in the air a little.

He didn't say anything. He just stared at the floor, not moving except for the flow of vibrations I could feel rumbling through his body.

"Jake, calm down please. We'll deal with this. I don't even know for sure if that is who is coming." And I didn't, but I had a pretty good idea that it was.

"They took you there. They put you in that danger. They are the cause of everything aren't they," he growled each sentence with more and more depth. The vibrations were coming quicker and the whole couch was moving with him.

"Jake please, we can't talk about this calmly if you phase," I told him, hoping he would stop.

"Calm? Those bloodsuckers took you to that place. She knew how bad it was, I remember. She took you there knowing there was a chance you may not come out alive and she did it anyways! She didn't even care! None of them do!"

"Jake I went willingly. I knew it was going to be bad-"

"But you went there to save him anyways."

"Yeah, I did. It's just as much my fault as theirs," I said.

"No. You would do anything for anyone you loved and they knew that; she took advantage of that. You didn't know just how dangerous it was, she did. She should have stopped you. She should have gone by herself, or with the rest of them damn..." he couldn't talk anymore. He just kept getting madder and madder.

I put my hands on each either side of his face softly as I knelt down in front of him, looking up into his deep black eyes.

"I'm here now. I'm alive and ok and I'm with you," I whispered.

"I know that, but they're coming for you now. How does that matter much when they are coming here? They are going to clearly see you are not a vampire." His voice was more controlled, but he was still shaking.

I shifted onto my knees, taking my hands off his face, but still looking up at him. "Listen to me, if you calm down we can figure that out. I just need you to listen to me before you over react about the wrong thing. "

"The wrong thing?" he snapped.

"Yes."

"How is that not the wrong thing Bella?"

"They are coming for me yes, because I went to save Edward from getting himself killed by the Volturi and because Alice took me. And yes they will be coming here, but think about that. There is more in danger here than I am. Everyone in Forks is in danger," I told him as I realized it. If they come here, there's no saying what could happen.

"What would they do to everyone?" he asked, taking on a calmer tone.

"I don't know for sure, but I do know they aren't like the Cullen's. They are very hard with their rules to keep vampires a secret, but they don't agree with the animal blood drinking."

"Great. Now everyone could possibly die because of a damn suicidal vampire," he mumbled as he stood up, pulling me up with him. "We have to go tell the pack."

"Is there any way we can wait? I want to make sure first," I asked. No reason to get everyone all upset if I'm wrong. I don't think I am, but I had to be sure.

"How are you going to be sure?"

"I won't, but someone else might." The more I thought about it, the more I realized there was no time. The Volturi move fast. "Never mind we don't have time. Let's go talk to the pack."

He paused for a moment to think about that, then he took off out the door and I followed. As we got out to the back of the house, I thought about how I could know for sure if the Volturi has decided to come or not. And I stopped just before we got to the trees.

"Jake."

He stopped a few feet in front of me as he was taking off his shirt. It took me a minute not get distracted. Amazing how he could distract me from all of this.

"What?" he said as he smiled when he saw me staring at him, lost for a moment.

"Uh. Oh. I'm going to need to go talk to uh... Edward," I told him after I focused again.

"Why?" he almost growled.

"Alice can tell me if she sees them coming. It will help me know for sure."

He sighed. "Bella, I don't think-"

"Jacob, whether you like it or not, we might need their help," I told him. I didn't like involving them either, but we may need to and it wouldn't be easy. They came together for the newborns, even thought that was different, they were going to have to realize they might have to again. Rather anyone likes it or not.

"Not now. If she has seen it already then they have time to prepare. Now we need to, just in case." He turned to walk away, but stopped. "I wonder if she has seen it, if Edward would even bother to tell you." He said his name with such disgust, it was almost worse than calling him a bloodsucker like he normally did.

"Ok, after we talk to the pack then," I said and he phased. I walked a little ways over to undress behind a tree and joined him, but not before I wondered if Alice had already seen it and if she had, why Edward hadn't come to tell me.

When we phased it was only Seth, Embry and Jared that were there. They picked up on the tension and were instantly focused.

What's going on? They all asked at about the same time.

Let's get the rest of the pack here, then we'll explain, Jake told them and then let out a howl that was way too loud.

A little warning next time, I mumbled and I noticed that it hardly took anything to let them in my head this time. Glad to see that one thing is getting easier.

Sorry.

It only took a few minutes for them all to join and the conversation started right away. Jake tried to repeat what I told him, then gave up and had me explain it. After a few minutes of descriptions, I remembered it would be easier to just picture the Volturi and what they could do instead. All at once they started to get upset.

What the hell are we supposed to do?

I knew she would bring more problems.

Why the hell did they take you to a place like that?

I think we can take them.

The swirl of voices was making me dizzy. Not being able to see where the voices are coming from, just seeing and hear what they were thinking at once was becoming too much. I didn't understand how any of them could handle that.

So what do we do? Jake asked Sam.

Sam didn't know. I could hear him thinking it through and he was coming up with nothing.

I thought about going and seeing the Cullen's, I told them.

What? Why? Several of them asked. I wished they would think one by one.

To talk to Alice, maybe she can see them coming and confirm if it's them or not. Maybe tell us how long we have.

So you're not sure it's them at all? Sam asked.

No, but who else would it be? They are the worst I can imagine. And they had made a promise to come find me soon.

And if you're not a vampire they say they will kill you? Jared asked.

That's their plan. Though, I don't know what they will do now. I didn't really want to think about that either.

Well I don't think you should involve them, Paul snapped. I think we can handle this without them.

I think she might have to. Without that one's visions we have no idea if that is who we're up against or when they will come. We will also need to know more about them. As much as I hate admitting we need their help now, we do, but she will not go alone, Sam said.

I'll go with her, Jake told them.

Ok. You go with her and meet them somewhere in an area we have access too. We will surround you, just in case.

Sam, I don't think that is necessary. They won't hurt me, I argued.

Right, like they haven't almost before. You are one of us now and you will not be with them alone. Go call him and arrange a time to meet.

Ok.

I didn't like having him tell me what to do. Especially since I knew Edward or Alice would never hurt me. He had a chance to and he didn't. Why would he now if I was with Jake? But still, I didn't argue anymore, there was no point. We had no idea how much time we had and arguing about something so stupid would get us nowhere.

I phased out and got dressed. When I walked out of the trees , Jake was walking up behind me,

"You're sure this is a good idea?" he asked.

"What other option do we have? They know the Volturi personally, well mainly Carlisle, but still. We can't do this alone. Trust me, if we could, I would rather we not involve them at all."

Jake just nodded and we walked into the house. He stopped and sat down at the kitchen table. I was glad I still remembered Edward's number, otherwise I would have to find a different way to talk to him.

Before I dialed, I thought of how I would ask him. I didn't seem to know how I should talk to him anymore. I haven't heard anything about the Cullen's, not even enough to know they were still even here or not and... what if they weren't?

After a moment of stalling, I took a deep breath and picked up the phone.