Shielding Pain

C9: Volterra's Invasion

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters

A/N: Sorry to say this is the last chapter of this story, and I may have rushed it a bit, but I will admit that this chapter came together only in the last three days. I wasn't really sure where I wanted this to go in this chapter, so I figured that ending it like I did was the best option rather than dragging it out.

Jane's POV

The next day everyone was on edge because this was the day we would let Fuckward invade the castle, and for once we didn't have the pixie's visions to guide us.

There had been a lot of movement outside the Castle, and it seemed that my mate was getting antsy at this sitting around, although that might have something to do with my own emotions that were running wild.

Everyone was already gathered in the Throne Room and waiting for word from our scouts that he had entered the Castle.

Isabella was still molded into my side and I could see that she was nervous, and I couldn't really blame her for it. He had done a lot of things to her, and now that he was coming close, I could see she was going to have a hard time trying to reign in her dark urges. "It will be fine my love. There is no need to be nervous." I said in an attempt to calm her a bit.

She smiled at me. "Who are you and what have you done with my dark angel? But seriously, I'll be fine love. He did a lot to me, but also gave me the best thing in my life, namely you. I'm just anxious for how today will play out. I suspect he will have prepared an entire speech when he barges in here to proclaim his superiority and so called power."

"Then he will die an even more horrible death, won't he? He broke nearly every law and put my mate through a horrible time." I said with a deadly smirk.

The smirk my mate gave me in return was absolutely pantywetting for me, beside the fact that I never wore them. "Oh trust me that I have thought of a thousand ways to let him meet a painful and deserved ending. I just don't know how long I can contain myself when he starts spouting that self-righteous bullshit."

Chained to Aro's Throne was that traitorous girl, who by now had given up begging for her life and apparently had resigned herself to her fate.

I smiled and kissed her cheek softly. "I think we're about to find out love, they've just entered the Castle."

She nodded and pushed herself against my side, while most of the guard hid behind the curtain we had put up for today, making it seem that the Throne Room was just guarded by the regular number of guards, although we had made sure to keep Alec's mate behind the curtain for the time being, since we didn't want that bastard to know his plan to get rid of her had failed miserably.

We could hear them run through the Halls, destroying everything that we hadn't taken down, which only served to make the Kings and Queens angrier.

Within minutes Edward barreled through the door with his army, destroying the ancient wood with a smirk. "Aro! If you want to live I suggest you step down from that throne."He shouted before he noticed Isabella by my side. "Why am I not surprised to see you here Bella. I was sure they would end you when I left you in the woods, but I must admit that the knowledge that I can kill you myself along with the Volturi is immensely satisfying."

She smirked at him. "Oh Edward, as always your inability to see the whole truth is astounding. By leaving me you basically dropped me into the lap of my mate, so I suppose I should thank you for that, not that it will make your death any less painful."

"Well spoken Isabella. I must say that you have some nerve showing yourself here after everything you have done. Do you really think this is the first time someone has tried to usurp our power. Just ask Stefan and Vladimir what happened the last time they tried it, although I am glad we can finally finish what we started all those centuries. But I know you didn't bring an army all the way here just to talk. Show us the might of your army and try to take what so many other have tried to take." Aro said with a smirk of his own, one I hadn't seen in a very long time.

Edward smirked and ordered his army forward, led by the two Romanian vampires, who were growling loudly as they charged.

We all did the same as Aro let the curtain fall, revealing all of the other guards. I put as many of his army under my gift as I could, and I saw that Alec did the same.

As we expected it gave us the opportunity to run through his ranks easily, and within minutes his entire army was reduced to loose body parts, and Edward was quickly dragged in front of the Kings and Queens.

"I will admit it was a clever ploy to send in your new girlfriend to spy on us, but you should have known her fake rape story would not work with us. You should have taught her better because now she will die for nothing." Caius spat at him.

Edward merely smirked at him. "She was always a means to an end, a lamb to be sacrificed in my ultimate goal. I would have taken power if it wasn't for your precious Witch Twins, and specifically that mate stealing bitch." He said before turning to me. "You don't deserve her, you never will. Only I am worthy of her."

I shared a quick look with Aro, not wanting to speak out of turn right now, and thankfully he nodded at me. "You are right. I am not worthy of her, but I will try until the end of time that I am. You saw her as a weak girl to be chained by your side, and that is something that I will never allow to happen. She is my equal in every single way, and soon, she will be my wife."

His face fell at that, because he realized that all hope of getting her back had just gone out the window. "Then kill me now, because I will stop at nothing to get Bella back at my side where she fucking belongs."

"Then you shall have your wish. You, Edward Cullen are hereby sentenced to death for leaving a human alive with knowledge of us, wooing her with no intention of ever turning her, and finally for trying to usurp the power of the Volturi. Isabella, would you do the honors?" Caius said with a smirk.

"Of course my King, it will be my absolute pleasure." She said with a bow.

She then turned to me and smiled seductively. "Will you help me angel, you know I can't hurt him as good as you can."

I smirked and kissed her deeply. "Of course my love, you know I would do anything for you."

She flashed me a wink as I put him under my gift, while Isabella worked on tearing him apart, starting at his fingers, and slowly working her way up his arm, and I had to admit that it was an amazing sight to see my love displaying her destructive and sadistic urges to everyone.

Too soon for either of our liking Edward was just a torso with a head, and Isabella gave him a final smirk before she threw him into the fire we had built, everyone smiling as he burned to a husk.

Bella's POV

Once Edward had burned into ash, we turned to the Kings and Queens, unsure on what to do now. "Now that this short but nevertheless exhilarating battle is over, we can look forward to the future. We will discuss this a lot over the course of the next few days, so until such time you all hear from us, you are free to do whatever you wish, although we would appreciate it if some of you would help with placing the more valuable items to their rightful place." Aro said with a kind smile.

Everyone nodded and most of the boys offered their help with retrieving the valuables under the supervision of Esme.

Jane and I blurred to our room, where we quickly got rid of each other's clothes, and for once not to have sex but to just cuddle in bed, which was a side to my dark angel I had recently discovered, and a side that I enjoyed very much. "Was it true what you told him love? That you do not feel worthy to be with me?"

"It is. I am a sadistic monster that does not deserve a mate as loving as you. You deserve so much better." She said softly.

Taken aback by her sudden self loathing, I pulled her close. "Let me tell you that I deserve no one else but you. You are not a monster, you are my dark angel and I will prove to you every day that there will never be anyone else for me but you, and in case you forgot, I am just as sadistic as you are, so the way I see it, we deserve each other. Let the world see us as monsters, we will use that reputation in our benefit."

She smiled and crawled on top of me, kissing me softly. "Thank you love, I needed to hear that. I know that this might be a side of me that you haven't seen before, but with him saying that shit, some old hurt came back. I always thought I was never going to find my mate, and certainly not someone as loving and beautiful as you are."

I couldn't help but smile at her. "I know a few words from me won't make that pain go away, and I think nothing will truly ever make it go away, but I can promise you that I will be at your side every day for the rest of time and make sure you feel loved and cherished. I will also promise you that no one will ever talk down to you ever again and that I will end anyone who does, no matter who they are. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I am proud to call you my fiance and my eternal mate."

"Your words of comfort mean more to me than you will ever know, my love. I will never forget the day that I took you from your house." She said with a smile.

"It wasn't my house anymore, not since that falling out I had with my father a week before you came to get me. I just hid in his home and ate when he was at work, I didn't even go to school anymore. My father apparently thought that me being gay was enough reason to punch me and kick me when he was drunk and then kick me out the moment I turned eighteen. When Alice heard about this she moved me into their home, and stayed with me until I was healed and felt better. Then Edward made them leave, so I just hid in my room and hoped for a miracle."

She growled as I watched her eyes darken beautifully, to almost black. "I want to kill that bastard for what he put you through, but only if that is what you want."

"You are more like my mother than you think love, she said the same thing yesterday. Perhaps we can convince the Queens to send all three of us. That way we can take our time in ending him." I said with a soft smile.

Jane smirked at that. "I think I can live with that. Your mother is growing on me, and I have seen that she is genuinely trying to be the mother that you deserve, and after seeing her ripping through that army today, she has certainly earned my respect, and mind you that not a lot of people have been able to earn that in a thousand years."

I smiled and kissed her. "She'll be honored to hear that, but what would you say about some intense pleasure before we go and bring our request to the Queens."

She smiled at that. "Then let me pleasure you, my love. You are always so caring when it comes to mine, so today will be all about your pleasure." She said before kissing her way to my breasts, which I had discovered were one of her favorite spots on my body.

Jane took her time with worshiping my body, something I always absolutely loved from her, and as I crashed into orgasm after orgasm, I could only think how things would be a century from now.

Renee's POV

When Heidi and I were back in our room, we immediately cuddled up together in our bed. Seeing how that boy talked about my daughter had woken a part of me that I never even knew existed. While our relationship had matured a lot over the last months, I sometimes still saw her as that little girl that I held in my arms when she was born, or even as that little girl whose hand I held when she was in the hospital.

"What are you thinking about, my love?" Heidi asked softly as she stroked my arm.

"Nothing much really. I was merely thinking about how I reacted when Edward said all those things about Bella. I have never reacted so strongly towards anyone for that."

She smiled and nuzzled my neck, which I always enjoyed immensely. "That's another part of being a vampire that is quite rare, since very few women we turn are mothers before they are turned, and you and Bella are the only ones who actually see each other regularly, and because of our primal instincts being strengthened, your motherly side doesn't stand for anyone insulting your daughter."

I smiled at her. "I figured as much, but it is good to know where these feelings come from. I guess Bella and I will be able to do a lot of things that our world has never seen before."

I could feel her smile against my neck as she placed a soft kiss there. "You two have already proven to the Kings that a mother's love is still absolute, something they had lost faith in a long time ago."

"What can I say. I loved the awkwardness that was my daughter, but I love her even more now that I know only the fiery death of the planet will rip me apart from her, although in the end I could live without Bella, but never without you." I said softly.

Heidi smiled at that. "I'm glad you see it like that, my love, and I am so glad for you that you can have both, and I am sure she will be an amazing Maid of Honor when we get married.

"I guess we better start planning that, shouldn't we?" I asked with a smile.

"I don't think we will have to do a whole lot other than find a nice dress. The Queens have been preparing the rest ever since they heard of the two proposals, and since they have impeccable tastes, it will a day we will remember forever. All I have asked them is to not plan our wedding and that of Jane and Bella on the same day." Heidi said with a smile.

I had to smile at that. "I think that is for the best. Jane would never forgive us if she and Bella weren't the focal point of their wedding."

Heidi smiled and kissed me softly before answering. "You would be right in that assessment. Jane isn't the focal point often, but when she is, she will make sure everyone's attention is on her."

I only smiled as I relaxed against her, softly caressing her toned stomach as we kissed softly.

6 moths later

Alice's POV

"Bella! You do have to hurry if you don't want your future wife to drag you from that bathroom." I yelled at her as I also kept knocking on the door.

She finally opened the door, given that had been at it for over two hours already. "I heard you when you started pounding on my door two hours ago, can't a girl get ready in peace for her own damn wedding? And while we are at it, why did I ever agree to have you be the one to help me get ready."

I giggled and hugged her, glad that she hugged me back none the less. "Because I'm your best friend and Rose would probably dress you way to skimpy. We wouldn't want Jane to jump you before you two say 'I do' after all."

She smiled at that. "She would do that, wouldn't she. I think Emmett finally got to her, because that would so be an Emmett move."

"She would do it to piss off Jane, but we're wasting precious time, even if you can sit perfectly still now, we still have a lot to do." I said with a big grin.

Bella smiled and took a seat at her sizable vanity table, where everything I would need was already prepared. "You just want to play Barbie Bella again." She said with a smile.

"I neither confirm or deny that statement." I said as I pulled her hair into a high ponytail so that it wouldn't get in the way. "Seriously though Bella, how are you feeling?" I asked seriously for once.

She just smiled at me. "Honestly I'm a little bit nervous, even though I know our marriage is just for show."

"Marriage in our world is never for show Bella. Very few mated couples actually get married. Marriage actually means something in our world."

"I never knew. I guess we really started a trend then, I heard Alec talking to Jane about proposing to Esme soon." She said softly as I started applying her make-up.

We both kept quiet until I was done with her make-up, and I could see Bella was relaxing a bit.

As I fixed her hair we talked about anything but the wedding, since I didn't want to add more nerves when she finally relaxed a little bit.

Bella's POV

By the time Alice was done doing my hair and make-up, it was finally time to get into my dress, which I had been looking forward to the entire day, even though I had put it off until now.

"I must say you have chosen a beautiful dress, Bella. It fits you as a person." Alice said as she helped me step into it.

"Thanks Ali, my Mom and I went shopping for our dresses together, as did Heidi and Jane. So I know what I can expect with my mate, or she has decided to surprise me after all and went for another color than black." I said with a soft smile.

Alice smiled and gave me a careful hug. "Then let's not waste any more time and find out. It is time for you to get married."

I nodded and followed her to the Throne Room, where my Mom was waiting for me to walk me down the aisle.

"You look beautiful Bella. I never thought I would be able to see you in a wedding dress." Renee said with a smile.

I smiled and hugged her carefully. "I think I said the same to you a month ago Mom, but I must admit a dress is starting to grow on me."

She smiled and hooked her arm with mine as the door opened, and the first thing I noticed was of course Jane, who stood at the altar in a beautiful crimson and black dress, and I had to restrain myself not to run up to her and claim her here and now.

My Mom of course noticed and smiled knowingly at me, since I had to do the same thing to her last month when she got married to Heidi.

When we came to the altar, Renee kissed my cheek softly and gave Jane a hug before she placed my hands in Jane's, before she took her spot beside me.

We then turned to Sulpicia, she smiled at us. "Good morning you two. I hope you two are ready, because there is no going back after this." She asked in a whisper.

We both nodded at her before she turned to everyone. "Good morning everyone, and welcome to the beautiful wedding of our Jane and Isabella. These two young lovers have been through a lot ever since they met, and today they will seal their mating bond through the holiest of our traditions. I believe you two have written your own vows?"

Jane turned to me and smiled at me. "Isabella, from the moment I laid eyes on you I was head over heels in love with you, and while the circumstances could have been better, I think you will agree with me that the end result has been more than positive. I promise to love you until the end of our days and be beside you for as long as you will have me. I love you and I couldn't think of anyone else to face eternity with, my dark angel."

I smiled at her. "Jane, the moment you stepped through my window I already felt more for you than I ever felt for him. I wanted to know who you were and why such a gorgeous girl honored me with her presence. You were the first person I saw when I woke up and you will always be the only one that will know every part of me. I promise to always love you and be by your side until the fires rip me apart from you, my sadistic angel."

"Those were beautiful vows indeed. May I ask you to give each other your left hands." Sulpicia said with a kind smile.

We did as she said and turned back to her. "Do you Isabella, take Jane as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better or worse until the flames of oblivion rip you apart?"

"I do." I said with a smile.

"Jane, do you take Isabella as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better or worse until the flames of oblivion rip you apart?"

"I do." Jane said with a similar smile.

"Then by the power invested in me by the Volturi, I hereby pronounce you two married, you may now kiss." Sulpicia said with a smile.

We turned to each other and kissed each other softly, keeping it chaste for now. The other members of the Guard didn't need to see what would happen between us later tonight.

…

Later that evening, after our feast we were relaxing in our room, both of us mentally tired after today's events. "I love you so much Janie."

"I love you too Isabella, thank you for marrying me today."

"How couldn't I when you showed me exactly how much you love me each and every day, and when I heard that marriages in our world actually mean something, I knew that as the special couple in the guard just had to get married at some point, and I figured sooner rather than later was a good idea." I said with a smile.

"You can have those ideas every day for the rest of eternity as far as I'm concerned. I love it when you have them." She said as she cuddled into me a bit more.

Recently I found out that despite her being the Alpha in our relationship, Jane loved to cuddle up to my taller body. She often referred to my body as her personal paradise and I of course didn't mind that one bit. "Noted love, but I think we are forgetting one very important thing. We have not yet consummated our marriage."

She smiled and kissed me softly. "We will in a bit, you horndog. I just want to lie against my wife for a bit."

I smiled and kissed her softly in return. "Whatever my angel wishes." I said as I wrapped an arm around her naked shoulder.

Jane actually purred a little as she rested her head on my breasts. "We could also wait a bit longer and wait until tomorrow when we will leave for our honeymoon, then we can at least take our time with each other and not run the risk of the pixie ruining things."

I smiled at that. "If you are sure you can wait that long, then so can I. I just want you to be happy."

"And I am, as long as I can be in your arms, my love." She said with a content smile.

We lay like that for a while, just enjoying each other's presence before we had to go and pack our suitcases for our month long trip to the Caribbean.

I still couldn't believe that I was now married to my love, who I had fallen head over heels in love with the first time she had stepped through my window, and I was sure that with her ability to inflict pain, and my own shielding ability, we would be the most feared couple in the Volturi, and I was fine with that.