Previously:

"Smile Marcus, you just might die in this fight." Mathias remarked with a smug grin only to get growled at by Andy.

"We have a war to prepare for, care to enlighten the rest of the room what we're up against." She said through clenched teeth to the brothers.

"Well there are the pet werewolves in the dungeons, last I checked they had three. And the immortal children will be more of a pain than anything, I think there are six, as well as the guard of at least 40. To finish they have their favourite new weapon that I never got the chance to see and leading the coven is Loretta and Quintus."

"What is their weapon?" Andy asked turning to Aro knowing that he knew the answer already.

"They've been experimenting." Aro informed glaring at Mathias.

*****

"It seems the Cult have known about immortal children for quite some time." Aro informed the room. "Their leader has been impregnating young woman to create one. Once the child is born he then infects it with the venom of a werewolf."

"Werewolf venom only turns one percent of the people bitten." Mathias spoke up, "which is why there are so few."

"From the spy's memories he's been doing it for years. Only one has ever survived. They fear it, and it only listens to its father." Aro continued as everyone was listening in horror and surprise. "It won't be easy to kill."

"This thing will kill us all." Amun spoke, "how do we stop it?"

"Cut of the head." Andy said with a small shrug.

"I doubt you'll get close enough." The Egyptian spoke.

"You and I both know I can, but that's not what I meant. I intend to kill Quintus." She informed the room.

*****

"Even with me you have no hopes in capturing her, she'd be able to get away from you every time." Demetri told the man as a couple of guards attached chains to his wrists.

"You think so do you?" Quintus said with a small smirk as he dragged an immortal child into view. The child had bright red eyes and an innocent smile, but was covered in stains of its victims. "Tell me tracker, can you feel your mate?"

The tracker froze his eyes on the child. He couldn't feel her, he could always feel his mate, and it was the only thing to comfort him being trapped within the walls of the Cult's stronghold. The immortal child was gifted. It could neutralise gifts. A low growl left his throat as he snarled at Quintus.

As soon as the child left the vicinity with the rest of the immortal children he felt his gift flicker back on, like a switch had been flipped.

"I've been planning this for centuries, I've thought of everything." Quintus sneered a grin on his lips. "She will be mine."

Demetri's fist slammed against the bars as he glared. "She ran from you when we were human, she will do it again. She is my mate and I will die before I let you touch her."

"Oh you'll die alright, at the right time." Quintus grinned as everything was falling into place. A scrawny looking teen approached him with a blank look and deep obsidian eyes. He had torn clothing and scars on his pale skin.

Demetri picked up his unusual heart beat as he lingered close to Quintus. "Father Miss Loretta said everyone is ready to be moved out." His voice held a heavy accent.

"Perfect. Gather the other wolves and board the ship." Quintus indicated to some guards that barged into Demetri's cell attaching chains around his ankles, wrists and throat. "We leave for Crete at the end of the hour."

*****

Carina was bored. Sure she enjoyed the chance to fight alongside her kin but she forgot how uptight her coven really was, though she loved them with all of her un-beating heart. She could feel him watching her every movement as he stood by his masters dutifully. Alec was overprotective in every sense of the word. He was worse than Demetri, and that's saying something because the tracker was quite possessive of things he claimed as his.

That was why his relationship with Andy amused her so much. Carina assessed the tall blonde female that stood with the ancient ones looking over some maps as they planned the coming battle. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and she wore skin tight black pants with a white shirt. Her hands pointed out locations as she informed the Masters of the best positions for each. Andy kept Demetri on edge, she knew that as her sire would spend endless hours complaining about her at trainings. As far as Carina was aware Andy could teleport, a gift that allowed the blonde to be just out of Demetri's grasp. She could imagine how frustrating that would be for someone like him.

"The judgemental stares are killing me." Felix commented his arms crossed as he leant against the wall beside the tiny vampire. They looked to be quite the mismatched pair in their own little world away from everyone else.

"What do you want me to do about it Kitty?" Carina crossed her arms in front of her chest tapping her finger in annoyance. "The tension in this room is so high it could snap any second." She pushed off the wall and headed for the residents of the house.

"Where are you going?"

"To make friends." She said grinning at Felix.

*****

Andy watched Carina head for Bree and Diego out of the corner of her eyes as she spoke warfare with the leaders of each coven. The girl surprisingly was very young, and Andy figured there must be a story behind that. She thought the Volturi would have at least waited until she turned eighteen, lest they end up with another Jane and Alec. Carina's story was of course an interest to the vampire, but she figured it would keep until after she had saved her mate.

When a human transforms into a vampire, their strongest trait is brought into their new life. When someone has a particularly intense skill or characteristic, it heightens after their transformation. Some of those characteristics become a supernatural power of some sort. The more pronounced it was in human form, the stronger it becomes in vampire form. Her gift allowed her to run away, something she had done a fair bit as a human. So Quintus's need to assert his dominance over others manifested into something dangerous. Andy figured his want for her, dead or alive, had driven him to insanity.

She knew the island like the back of her hand, so did Aro, Marcus and Mathias. She was surprised to find out that the latter managed to not spill the Greek coven's secrets to the Cult.

"This house would never withstand an attack." Mathias informed.

"The fortress remains standing beneath us," Andy replied to them, "The tunnels are still there should you ever need to escape."

"We need somewhere open to have this battle, especially if they have werewolves. We can use the house as an exit point."

"So we fight inland then." Andy looked at her charts and pointed to a valley that held a small stream which fed the ocean. "There are no human settlements around here." She then indicated to the beaches, "The cave system begins here and runs through the hills either side. I can lure them in," she said pointing to the bottom of the valley where she would no doubt be trapped. "And you all can use the caves and higher ground to your advantage."

"Not everyone is as accustomed to the cave systems though."

"Bree, Fred and Diego are. Bree and Diego can take some of your men," she looked to the Volturi, "in the western ones, and Fred could manage the vegetarian's in the eastern tunnels."

"We will stand with you. Jane, Alec and Felix as well, they will be expecting us." Aro informs.

"They will not, however, be expecting us." Amun spoke the Romanians flanking his sides. "We will take the higher ground with some of your friends." He looked over at the nomads that Andy used to keep an eye on things. They were the ones that told her about the newborn army that was made to attack the Cullen's.

"The werewolves are the responsibility of those who know how to fight them, Quintus is mine." She told the ancient ones who nodded in agreement as she walked to a mantle picking up a familiar well-kept blade. She sheathed the weapon around her waist her hand attached to the hilt like it was a part of her. It was a part of her past and a piece of her heart as the sword once belonged to Tydeus. The blade had silver infused into the metal for werewolf slaying purposes.

"If you see the chance, I want you to get Demetri out of there." Marcus told Felix.

"Let us prepare then." Andy addressed the room.

*****

"Carina," The smaller vampire jumped in surprise at the sound of her name glancing over where Andy stood on the other side of the room. She excused herself from the conversation with Bree.

"Yup," she said bounding slightly on her toes.

"First of all focus," Andy said snapping her fingers in front of Carina's face, "where do you go when you zone out like that?"

Carina shrugged her shoulders in response. "I don't know I just do."

"Well secondly, I need you to track Demetri for me. Keep an eye on their movements. Alice has already seen their decision to come here, but I need a more accurate reading."

"Okay." The young vampire reached out with her gift tracking the movements of her sire like she had done many times before while they practised. If a vampire could pale Carina did as she worked.

Edward's eyes widened as he read the little vampires mind his eyes shooting to Andy. "They're on the island." He stated in disbelief.

*****

"Welcome to Crete." Loretta sang as the shore came into view from their boat. Demetri gazed over the island in slight fear. He prayed to the Gods that she would have a plan of some sort because there is no point in trying to hide from this fight. Quintus was going to attempt to kill his family one way or another.

It took a while to get everyone on the shore. The immortal children were huddled together under the watchful eyes of some guards. The werewolves sported chains similar to the ones rubbing against Demetri's wrist, though he suspected theirs were silver. They looked a little worse for wear, their hair matted and clothes torn and falling off their forms. The hybrid stood next to his father, each wearing the same sadistic and satisfied smirks their eyes a gleaming ruby red.

"Bring the tracker forward." Quintus commanded and Demetri was shoved to his knees in front of the man his head forcefully bowed as he looked at Quintus's polished black shoes.

"You have two options," Loretta spoke kneeling in front of Demetri. "The first, you lead us to our prey with no hassle what so ever." He shuddered in disgust as her fingers lifted his chin so they locked eyes. "The second, we slaughter everyone on this island in order to get what we want."

Demetri visibly gulped picking up the scent of humans. The second option didn't sound so bad, given he would probably be able to feed in the blood bath. But there were well over half a million people on this spit of land and the rest of the world would surely notice. He dedicated eight centuries of his life protecting their secret, he would continue to do so.

On the other side of the argument was his mate Andromeda. He wanted to keep her as far away from Quintus as possible, his own suffering being the cost. He hoped she had a plan, he could feel her tenor as well as many other familiar ones. She'd gathered allies, the Romanians, the Egyptian's and the Volturi all present. He just hoped they don't kill each other before the real fight begins.

The Greek Coven home was a fortress that had hidden tunnels and passages throughout the length of the island. This was Andy's and his master's home grounds. He hoped they would use it to their advantage.

He feels hands either side of him that lift him to his feet. "So, what do you choose, because my children are getting hungry?" Loretta pointed to the immortal children that were fidgeting around.

"I'll take you to them." Demetri replied his voice dry and raspy from the lack of sustenance since his capture.

*****

Andy prayed her mate had figured out her plan. She hoped he would lead them up the valley towards her instead of coming over the hills where some of her allies were placed.

The sun was setting, the sky aglow with varying hues of reds and oranges. She was placed at the bottom in the shadows of the hills either side. Aro and Marcus stood on her left, and Mathias on her right. Behind them was Jane, Alec and Felix, Carina had been sent with Bree and Diego into the tunnels. They stood with half the Volturi guard behind them waiting patiently for their enemy to arrive.

Silence fell over the group as the vibrations of approaching steps could be felt. The symphony echoed around them like drums. The drums of the coming war.

A/N: Sorry it's later than usual. Next one will be up in a few hours :) Not long to go now.