Twilight Collision: Falling Into Pieces

Sixty Seconds

The second the words came out of Cauis's mouth, Simone immediately lunged forward and I watched in horror as he initiated the first attack.

This was a recipe for disaster. I couldn't believe I allowed the woman I love to fight in a one on one fight against our kind.

Bella was quick to jump out of the way, trying to avoid his grasp but he was already changing directions, sneering at the slowness of the human in front of him.

This is way too easy. How could Master Aro think that this human had killed one of us! Pssh! I'll show this pathetic human what it's like to become prey!

I gritted my teeth in anger and frustration, wanting to tear him into pieces at what he was thinking.

He immediately charged towards her and before she can blink, he disappeared in front of her and appeared behind her, with hands balled into fists, ready to strike. I froze in place. He wasn't even attempting to restrain his strength.

I wanted to close my eyes, dreading for the worst that could happen but I couldn't tear my eyes off the scene in front of us, afraid that the next time I open my eyes, Bella would be...

I let out a hiss, trying to clear my thoughts and dared myself to focus. His fist came down but only connected to air. I heard the gasp from several of the onlookers including my own. Simone's thoughts were filled with confusion. He moved his head from side to side.

That was when Bella appeared from above and behind him.

His head snapped to her direction but it was already too late. Bella had clasped her hands together and raised her arms above her head and with all her strength, slammed her fist to his back like a sledgehammer.

The impact reverberated towards the whole chamber and his body staggered forward, bringing him down on his knees.

The room went silent.

My eyes darted immediately towards her fists. The impact would have crushed the hands of an ordinary human, but there was no sign of any damage or even blood from her hands. It didn't even appear to have hurt her and the relief I felt was instantaneous.

All of that happened in just three seconds and there was still fifty-seven seconds remaining. Everyone in the room had frozen, much frozen than what vampires normally can. Bella easily landed a few feet away from where he fell, alert and ready if he decides to attack again but Simone didn't attack.

I was bombarded with thoughts of confusion, outrage and disbelief. Every one saw what happened down to the very last second.

Even after Aro's proclamation of what Bella had done, no one truly believed that she possessed any skill that can outmatch a vampire. Most of their thoughts had revolved around pure luck if she indeed was able to kill one of us but no, they never accounted for what she can really do.

We all saw how she sidestepped and jumped upwards, using her position to leverage herself and make the attack. It was not fast enough for a vampire but the fact the she was able to do it, made it unbelievable.

Aro's usual carefree demeanor was slowly replaced with uneasiness at what just happened and I couldn't help but smirk when our eyes met.

Looks like your memory of her doesn't do her justice. I shrugged but the tone of his mind made me feel uneasy.

I knew beforehand that he didn't want Bella to die but he had already accepted the possibility of her death like a scientist would when he knew that there was always the probability of his experiment to fail. He knew his experiment was too ambitious by letting her fight one his guards. After all, the Volturi prided themselves of having the best of the best in their ranks, even to the lowest of their members.