I glared at James' reflection in the mirrors. He had the video camera pointed right at me.
"Little Bella. By the time I'm done with you, you will be begging for Edward to save you. To avenge you." He said in a too high voice. I felt a grin spread across my face.
"I've dealt with a lot worse than you." I said. "Besides, Edwards gone."
"What do you mean he's gone?" He snarled suddenly in front of me.
"He's gone. He left about six months ago." I said. If this was the end I was going out with a fight. "He doesn't care. He doesn't love me. He's not coming back."
He backhanded me and I flew back into the mirror covered wall. It shattered over me and I covered my head until it stopped falling. I sat up and wiped the blood from my mouth. Then I slowly stood up.
"I'm pretty sure Edward will come and find me when he sees this." He said. He sounded really confident. He started circling me and playing with the zoom.
"God, you're delisional." I muttered. His fist met my stomach and I fell to my knees, gasping.
"And how am I delusional, Little Bella?" He asked.
I waited until I had my breath back and looked up to see him crouched down in front of me.
"He's not coming back." I said again. "And I don't want him to. In fact, I hope you send this to him and he sees that I'm not as helpless as he seemed to think."
"You look pretty helpless to me Little Bella." He said condescendingly.
"Actually, I'm the one in charge here."
He laughed.
"Do explain."
"Well," I said standing up and taking a step closer to him.
I was about two inches from him and he was pointing the camera at the both of us.
"You aren't going to stop torturing me until I beg for Edward to save me and kill you right?" He nodded. "I simply wont do it. I refuse to beg for anything from him or his family. And nothing you do to me will change that."
He roughly shoved me against the mirrored wall and I heard it crack behind me. With his free hand he added pressure to my wrist until I heard it snap and fire rushed through me. I let out a scream as he did that to my forearm, bicep then he hit me in the shoulder.
I crumpled to the floor screaming and it soon turned to whimpers.
"Is there something you want to say, Little Bella?" He asked sweetly.
I nodded and he crouched down closed to me as I held my arm near my body.
"You are going to burn in hell." I said just loud enough for the cameras to pick up. He sighed and stood.
"You were a stubborn child weren't you Little Bella?" He asked. He sounded like he was pouting and I laughed against the pain. He sat against the wall across from me and asked. "You wanna know what my gift is?"
I didn't answer but then I felt my airway constrict and cut off my oxygen supply.
"You can only last so long with out oxygen, Little Bella." He said. Just when little black dots floated in front of my eyes air rushed into my lungs. I layed on the floor gulping it in.
It went like that for a long time. I lost track of how long. He would break something inside me and then cut off my air until I was about to pass out before giving me a little rest. Then he'd start again.
I had my eyes close when I felt a slight tingle on the back of my neck. Not from James. Calm and relief washed over me and I started laughing.
"Something funny, Little Bella?" James asked. "We've only been at it about twelve hours and already the pain is to much? You want to beg now?" That just made me laugh harder until I rolled onto my side and coughed. It hurt my broken ribs.
"I really can't wait to see you burn." I whispered. "And the only thing I want to beg for is the possibility of having popcorn for the show." He growled and kicked me in the stomach. I slid across the floor and bumped against the wall. I used it to slowly push my self into a standing position.
"James." I jumped when an unfamilair voice entered the room and I turned to see a vampire with black hair walking towards James. He was wearing shades so I couldn't see his eyes. I looked at him confused and watched as he stopped near me. "This is her?" He asked. His brows knit and I imagined his eyes looking me over. What a sight I must be. Bruised, bloodied and broken barely leaning against a shattered wall.
"Absolutely delicious, isn't she?" James said. I heard several growls erupt from all around as seven familiar vampires stalked into the studio.
James had me by the throat in a second.
"Let her go!" Edward shouted. I winced. I had a headache.
"Keep it down." I spat at him. He looked at me shocked. "You might not remember what a headache feels like but they suck." I added. The black haired guy smiled.
"Glad you're enjoying the show." I said sweetly. I really couldn't feel the pain any more. "You are?"
James slapped me across the face and I giggled.
"I am really getting tired of that laugh." He growled than he bit me. It was too quick for me to see but I felt it. I screamed at the fire running through me but stopped when I heard the growls. James had me lifted off the ground by about two inches and I acted. I brought my knee up to his groin and he was so surprised he dropped me. I reached into my jeans pocket and pulled out the neurospray and my lighter. I sprayed it on him and he stood there looking at me like I was an idiot.
This was gonna bite me in the ass if it didn't work.
I covered my face with my shirt and then lit his pant leg on fire. The neurospray was highly flammable and the flames quickly covered him. I rolled as far away as I could and then watched him scream untill he fell to the floor and didn't move anymore.
The black haired vampire was the first one near me.
"Bella is it?" He asked quickly, covering cut on my leg, trying to stop the bleeding. Carlisle was there and so was Edward and Alice and Esme. I focused on the guy so I didn't pass out.
"Yeah." I said.
"I'm Connor." He said. He pulled off his belt and made a tourniquet on my thigh before pulling a long shard of glass out of my leg.
"It hurts." I said. He chuckled.
"I bet. You've probably got more broken bones than not." He said. "I'm sorry I wasn't here in time to stop him. I would've stopped him from biting you."
At the reminder of the bite, the venom, I arched up and screamed. He gently brushed hair from my face.
"We need to get her out of here." Carlisle said. "We can't stop it-"
"I can suck the venom out!" Edward said. When he moved closer to me I flinched away and Connor blocked his way.
"I think that we should let her go through the change because 1) She wants to. And 2) It'll be a helluva lot less painful than sitting in a hospital for six months waiting for her body to heal."
I smiled at the sound of his voice. It wasn't that bell sound that the Cullens had. It was rough, deep and I felt like I could fall asleep to it. Just drift away.
"It's all numb." I said to no one. That was the last thing I remembered before I blacked out.