End of Chapter 2
***Esme's POV***
"The poor thing." I said, my heart breaking as I understood wanting to have a place in this world. A place where no one judged you, where your worth was measured in what you do for others not who you surround yourself with or where you come from.
"She isn't going to betray us?"
"Not that I can find, and not that Alice has noticed either." He said as he took a step closer to where Bella was, as if it hurt him to be away from her. "Esme, we are making the correct decision...we just need to trust her."
"And that is part of my fear." I said softly as I went back to where Carlisle was talking to Tallulah.
"We must be going." Alice said as she walked over.
"Emmett," Carlisle said as he turned and faced the rest of our family. "Emmet and will go at the front, followed by Esme and Tallulah. Bella and Jasper will be next, followed by Rosalie, Alie and finally Edward. Please be extra cautious."
"We all nodded as we got into order, and were about to exit the room when a soft voice caught all of our attention.
"The time is now, the time to trust in what you don't know. Thank you for believing in me, I will prove my worth." Tallula said as she opened the door and Emmett and Carlisle disappeared into the darkness.
Chapter 3
***Emmett's POV***
We walked out into the hallway, Carlisle and I leading the family out into the dark..trusting the words of a young girl, a girl none of us knew but all of us were willing to trust. I had a second where I wondered if this was all some big mistake, why were we risking everything on this one girl..was she tricking us, were we walking into a trap?
"Emmett." Edwards voice not even a whisper, but loud enough that I could hear. "We have to trust."
I wanted to turn around and ask him exactly why, to stop all of this and find out what was going on...but now wasn't the time...but would we have the time..would we all make it safe? Is Rosalie alright?
"Emmett." Edward whispered, the tone of his voice enough to tell me to stop worrying and focus on what we were doing.
I nodded as Carlisle and I started leading the others down the hallway, Tallulah was behind us walking with Esme. I knew that she must have been checking out what was going to happen, but she would quietly tell us which way to turn as we started through the mazes that were below the city.
I knew that the Volturi must have been catching on to us, and that meant that they must be realizing that we were gone..which made me want to move a little bit faster. I new that once they found we were gone that they would be after us with a whole new level of aggression and vengeance that we needed to be ready for at any second. We came around the corner of one wall when I felt a tiny hand rest on my shoulder, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"You want to go left here, and move fast if possible..they have a patrol that walked this hall often. Go Now." Tallulah said, and in that one moment I knew that she wasn't trying to trick us..that she wanted us all to get out safe.
I looked over at Carlisle who nodded slightly as he stepped out into the hallway, moving carefully but trusting Tallulah. He quickly looked around the corner, his head coming back quickly as he nodded, all of us fallowing him around the corner and through another tunnel on the left.
We ran in silence, the only sound that of Tallulah as she quietly whispered the turns that we needed to take. I'm positive that the Volturi had built this in the idea that if anyone were stupid enough to try and escape that the poor soul would be lost in these tunnels for God knows how long until they got cornered and either captured or killed...and in this moment I was sure glad to have Tallulah with us, even though I wasn't sure she could or should be trusted.
***Esme's POV***
"The poor thing." I said, my heart breaking as I understood wanting to have a place in this world. A place where no one judged you, where your worth was measured in what you do for others not who you surround yourself with or where you come from.
"She isn't going to betray us?"
"Not that I can find, and not that Alice has noticed either." He said as he took a step closer to where Bella was, as if it hurt him to be away from her. "Esme, we are making the correct decision...we just need to trust her."
"And that is part of my fear." I said softly as I went back to where Carlisle was talking to Tallulah.
"We must be going." Alice said as she walked over.
"Emmett," Carlisle said as he turned and faced the rest of our family. "Emmet and will go at the front, followed by Esme and Tallulah. Bella and Jasper will be next, followed by Rosalie, Alie and finally Edward. Please be extra cautious."
"We all nodded as we got into order, and were about to exit the room when a soft voice caught all of our attention.
"The time is now, the time to trust in what you don't know. Thank you for believing in me, I will prove my worth." Tallula said as she opened the door and Emmett and Carlisle disappeared into the darkness.
Chapter 3
***Emmett's POV***
We walked out into the hallway, Carlisle and I leading the family out into the dark..trusting the words of a young girl, a girl none of us knew but all of us were willing to trust. I had a second where I wondered if this was all some big mistake, why were we risking everything on this one girl..was she tricking us, were we walking into a trap?
"Emmett." Edwards voice not even a whisper, but loud enough that I could hear. "We have to trust."
I wanted to turn around and ask him exactly why, to stop all of this and find out what was going on...but now wasn't the time...but would we have the time..would we all make it safe? Is Rosalie alright?
"Emmett." Edward whispered, the tone of his voice enough to tell me to stop worrying and focus on what we were doing.
I nodded as Carlisle and I started leading the others down the hallway, Tallulah was behind us walking with Esme. I knew that she must have been checking out what was going to happen, but she would quietly tell us which way to turn as we started through the mazes that were below the city.
I knew that the Volturi must have been catching on to us, and that meant that they must be realizing that we were gone..which made me want to move a little bit faster. I new that once they found we were gone that they would be after us with a whole new level of aggression and vengeance that we needed to be ready for at any second. We came around the corner of one wall when I felt a tiny hand rest on my shoulder, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"You want to go left here, and move fast if possible..they have a patrol that walked this hall often. Go Now." Tallulah said, and in that one moment I knew that she wasn't trying to trick us..that she wanted us all to get out safe.
I looked over at Carlisle who nodded slightly as he stepped out into the hallway, moving carefully but trusting Tallulah. He quickly looked around the corner, his head coming back quickly as he nodded, all of us fallowing him around the corner and through another tunnel on the left.
We ran in silence, the only sound that of Tallulah as she quietly whispered the turns that we needed to take. I'm positive that the Volturi had built this in the idea that if anyone were stupid enough to try and escape that the poor soul would be lost in these tunnels for God knows how long until they got cornered and either captured or killed...and in this moment I was sure glad to have Tallulah with us, even though I wasn't sure she could or should be trusted.
