Contrary to popular belief i didn't die, i've just been really busy with school and every thing. Read and enjoy!

Chapter 13: Brain Storming

Nathaniel's POV

"Me? I'm not good at making plans…" I said trying to dig my way out of the hole Jacob threw me into.

"You will be alright, just sketch out the castle as best as you can and we will go form there." Gabrielle replied handing me a pad of paper and a pencil, I reluctantly took it form her. At least I had a good memory of the castle; I have been in almost every room. It took me a couple of minutes to get it exactly right, but I did get a good blueprint down.

"Wow!" Gabrielle thought to me.

"It's not that good, Sweet, I did my best." I replied.

"Now were would the Volturi hold their prisoners?" she asked

"I don't know, the Volturi have not taken prisoners in over a hundred years, my best guess would be in this general area." I pointed to the very heart of the castle. "These rooms are easy to defend. If they are here it will be difficult to get to them. Your Coven is too big and too dangerous to have all together. More than likely they have been separated. Maybe by couples or genders we could be looking for as little as one room and as many as ten. Although I doubt they put each of them in their own cell. The smaller the area that is needed to be defended the easier it will be for them to win." I explained.

"See, you are doing great." Gabrielle thought to me with a smirk.

"Why would the Volturi fight so hard to keep you family? I mean wouldn't to be easier for them to just kill them?" Adrian asked, she thought for a moment then replied "I did not mean it like that; I am just wondering what the Volturi want. We need to know what we are protecting." She reasoned.

I took an unneeded breath and explained "The Volturi wants me back, but they also want Gabrielle and Jacob because they are hybrids. Aro sees this as an opportunity to strengthen his guard with unusual talents."

"How did the coven get captured?" Adrian asked.

I was about to answer when Gabrielle stopped me. "While we were visiting the Volturi, I became ill. I have not been a vampire for long, about two days. My family tried to protect me and Jacob when the Volturi came after us. My guess is they overpowered them and took them prisoner…. I only know my dad is alive the others…" she trailed off and put her head in her hands.

"They have to be alive, Gabrielle, Aro would have nothing to bargain with if they were dead." I reasoned. "I recommend that we split into three groups."

"How do you recommend we spit up?" Adrian asked.

"We have seventeen people, that is roughly 5 per group with 2 left over. Gabrielle does your ability work with every one?" I asked.

Gabrielle's POV

I honestly had no idea if my telepathy worked with every one, might as well try. "Adrian can you hear me?" I thought trying to link my mind with hers.

"No way!" Adrian's eyes grew big. I'll take that as a yes so I nodded.

"Once again I lost the connection with you." Jacob added.

"Gabrielle can be like a telephone connecting everyone's minds, even your coven's. It would make it a lot easier to talk with you and the coven." Adrian said. "We wolves already have the telepathy thing and I bet Jacob can communicate with us in the same way…"

"So all I have to do is keep in contact with Nathaniel, Jacob and my coven if at all possible. I am a multitasker, but I can't do that and fight at the same time. It takes most of my concentration to contact another's mind, with the exception being Jacob. I will be rendered nearly useless if I have to take on that much responsibility. " I defended; I do not want to be useless.

"Look Gabby you will not be useless, keeping in touch with each other is really important. Some one can stay with you in case anything goes wrong and you need help. Then we will have even teams and a connection between all of them." Jacob said reading my feelings.

"Who will stay with her?" Adrian asked.

"I will." Nathaniel and Jacob said at the same time. Oh boy….

"You are both needed to lead two of the groups, Laci can you be the one to stay with her and protect her?" Adrian asked looking at her daughter.

"Mom are you just trying to keep me out of harms way, we talked about you doing that. It is my duty to lead my pack into battle." Laci defended.

"Laci." I began "listen to your mother. I need someone who can handle herself alone in a fight against vampires. Can you do that?" I asked. She looked at me for a moment as if studying me then nodded. "We have just avoided a huge argument, thank you." I thought to Adrian. She nodded in agreement; I still sense that she wanted her daughter as far away from the fight as possible.

Suddenly a smell caught my attention oh no "Guys we have to get out of here now! Trackers are coming!"