Better Than Revenge

LIZZY
The string of profanities that would make a sailor blush started right away. Jake nudged me with his huge shoulder and motioned me to climb on his back. I settled on his broad shoulders and buried my face in his soft fur. I wouldn’t cry. Now as not the time for that. Now was the time to step up my game and figure something out. I was so not going to let Jane win again.
I held it together as we left the cliffs and even all through La Push. By the time we got back to the Cullens’ mansion my time-bomb of emotions exploded.
“So what do you suggest?” my twin asked calmly after I’d finally and hysterically explained the situation with Andrea.
“Well it looks like it’s just the twins and Aro. They wouldn’t be too hard to take, would they? That wouldn’t, like, start a war or anything, would it?”
“Lizzy, I don’t think that killing Aro would be in anyone’s best interest,” Carlisle said gently. He was totally opposed to any type of violence to of course he would think that.
“I don’t know if it’s even possible,” Edward added. That one made my heart sink. He’d seen directly into Aro’s mind before and he would be the one to know if the ancient vampire had a weakness.
“I’ve got to try something,” I moaned. “I know that if I follow Jane’s rules I’ll just be walking into a trap and that she was just baiting me when she said she’d have her brother save her but I’m not leaving her there with them. Between Bella and me we should be able to come up with something.”
Quick explanation: Bella was a shield against any mental attacks. Edward usually couldn’t read her mind and Jane definitely couldn’t get in. She could extend that to those around her and as a vampire the shield was pretty strong. Even as a human, she had that shield around her own mind and had been able to stretch it over me due to our twinness. I was like her other half. Even though I was completely human I wasn’t completely powerless. Physical powers, like Alice’s fortune telling and Jasper’s mood control, had no effect on me. With the two of us we could be virtually unbeatable. At least, that was the theory and now was the time I wanted to test that out.
“Lizzy, you’re insane,” Alice mumbled. “They’ll know that Bella’s there with you and then what do you think they’ll do to Andrea?”
“If I don’t try this she’s dead anyway!” I screamed. “I can’t fucking lose her, Alice. Now are you going to help me or do I have to do this on my own?”
Emmett shrugged and a big grin appeared on his face. “I’ve always wanted to pick a fight with the Volturi. I’ll go, Liz, even if none of these other pansies wanna come.”
I let out a sigh of relief. If one of them was in then it wasn’t going to be long before the others reluctantly agreed. Besides, it would be pretty good to have some muscle there. Rosalie sighed and laced her fingers with his. Of course she wasn’t going to let anything happen to Andrea; she was practically her other mom. Bella still didn’t like the plan but she was done fighting with me and Edward wasn’t going to let her go alone. Same goes for Jasper when Alice agreed muttering under her breath about how stupid I was.
“Carlisle? Esme? Can you two keep an eye on my dad? Just don’t let him get hurt. And if anything goes south, just take care of him for me. And maybe if you can keep him ignorant until he absolutely needs to know.”
Esme made a choking sound and I knew that she would be crying if she could. “Oh, Lizzy, it’s not going to come to that. Of course we’ll watch out for Charlie. You just go get your daughter back.”
I threw my arms around her and tears pooled into my eyes. I loved my mom Renee but there was just something about Esme that made me slightly envious of her children. She was the strongest mother figure I knew and it made me feel like a failure for losing my own kid to the Volturi.
I’m going to get her back, I told myself as I pulled away from her.

~RENESMEE~
Grandma pulled away from Aunt Liz and then she and Grandpa left to go keep my grandpa Charlie company so that he was kept in the dark about everything that was going on. Emmett’s jeep was already out front ready to go and Mom’s Ferrari was parked behind it. Lizzy wiped her eyes and quickly slid in the back seat of my mom’s car.
“Stay here, Nessie,” my mom ordered.
I blinked in shock. “What? No.”
“Listen to your mother.”
“Dad, that’s not fair. This is my fight just as much as it is yours. How dare you two tell me to stay and hide when my cousin is in danger? I’m going with you.”
“No you’re not,” Mom snapped.
My brown eyes hardened. “I am not a child, mother. You can’t keep telling me what to do. That’s crap.”
Mom hissed at me but I held my ground.
“Bells, don’t,” Jacob said quietly. He looked so tired that even my mom had to listen to him. It was never good when my uncle looked so defeated. “Nessie, you need to stay with Dylan. Please? He and Leah have to stay behind to protect the tribe and I know that he can’t do that if he’s worrying about you. I know what it’s like to lose your imprint and he can’t go through that. Stay where it’s safe for both of you.”
I glanced over to my best friend who was talking to Leah and trying to help her take care of Tony. With Jacob and Andrea gone they were the only wolves left in La Push and I knew they wouldn’t just leave it unprotected. And I just couldn’t leave Dylan. I wasn’t sure if it was the imprinting thing or the fact that he was my best friend that made me reluctant to be separated from him.
“I’ll take care of him,” I promised as my parents and aunts and uncles all left.
I sighed and sank into the couch. Mom and I were totally on the outs lately because she was always treating me like a baby. She was trying to shield me from the real world but that just wasn’t possible. I looked over to Dylan again. Well if I couldn’t help keep my little cousin safe then I’d be damned if I couldn’t keep the boy of my dreams safe.
Then again, Dylan and I made each other stronger and neither of us wanted to wait around for news that Andrea was gone.