Bella. A stabbing. The police. Chief Swan. Edward. His dark past.

Will she survive? Will she ever find out his past? Read on for the first chapter

Disclaimer: I don't own twilight or the characters but the idea behind this story is mine.

"Car 914, you are in Port Angeles, are you not? Chief Swan asked over the fitted radio system that was standard in all police vehicles.

"Yes Sir, we are"

"We have a stabbing on Angeles Avenue in the alley next to the cinema, all other units have been dispatched to other occurrences, and can we show you as dealing?" he said, although it was phrased as a question we both knew it was actually and order.

"Yes Sir, show us as attending" Hale replied

"The victim is a young female about 18 years of age, medium build, sustained three stab wounds, one of which has possibly punctured a lung. An ambulance is on its way. Normal procedure to be followed" he informed us.

"On our way" Hale ended the conversation as I flipped on the siren and the light and floored the gas. The faster I drove the more concentration driving required keeping my mind away from the memory of 3 years ago; unfortunately, Jasper brought it up anyway.

"Can you do this? I mean I understand if you can't, after everything you told me…" he trailed off seeing the look on my face as the memory flooded back.

Flashback

"Katie its getting dark, Mum and Dad will be wondering where we are." I stated urging her to get a move on.

"Coming Eddie, you could slow down a bit for me" she grumbled whilst jogging to catch up with me. We decided to cut through the park, as it would be the quickest route home. I didn't even see them until they had already noticed us and decided to saunter over. It would be too late to turn back now. I saw my kid sister's eyes flicker towards them.

"Keep walking Katie, ignore them and it'll all be fine" At the time I really believed my statement to be true, now I knew better.

They were obviously drunk, I could tell by the way they swayed at they attempted to walk towards us. Also, the place they had been standing, only moments ago, was littered with empty beer cans and smashed glass bottles, possible vodka.

Two of them came over to me and restrained me; I struggled against them to no avail. The third approached Katie who by now was screaming, perhaps trying to attract attention, to get help. He put a hand over her mouth and pulled a knife from his jacket pocket. I froze, if anything happened to her I would never forgive myself. He flashed it before her, allowing it to gently caress her cheek before saying

"If you scream once more I'm afraid I'd have to ruin your pretty face. Now we wouldn't want that would we?

She nodded, fear radiated from her dark pupils as silent tears ran down her cheeks. I felt like a failure. Her big brother, unable to help, unable to protect her from the horrors of this world. I was a rubbish big brother.

He turned to face me, probably to try to scare me but as he turned, she took the chance to run. Even drunk he was still faster than she was; he caught up in no time and dragged her back. She was kicking and screaming but it was getting her nowhere.

"Well, I warned you" he claimed, menace lined his voice. His knife traced intricate patterns across her face, which was distorted with fear, but he didn't allow it to pierce her skin. Not yet anyway.

Suddenly, in the distance police sirens disturbed the peace. Everyone stood, frozen, my sister and I frozen with the hope it was coming to help whereas the three frozen with fear it was coming for them. Gradually it got louder, coming closer too us. They panicked; I briefly saw the one with the knife nod to the other two. It was a signal for them to begin beating me up, I could barely breathe. It felt like they were trying to beat me to death. I heard my sister screaming at them to leave me alone. I heard her scream louder until suddenly she fell silent. That was the worse part, the silence, knowing what had happened, knowing it was over. Everything seemed to happen in glimpses from then. The three males running away. My battered body crawling over to hers. Holding her limp body in my arms. The police car stopping near by. The hands prising mine away from her body. The ambulance driving me away.

End Flashback

One short tear ran down my cheek, landing with an audiable thud on the steering wheel. The only reason I became a police officer was to stop things like that happening to other people and to try to make it up to my sister.12 was too young an age to die at and it was my fault. So I pulled myself together and stopped the car just outside the alley.

"I'm fine, let's go," I said whilst clambering out of the car. Even from here, we could hear the sobs of the female in the alley. Those sobs pierced my heart.

As we cautiously walked towards the noise we realised there was not one female but two, both approximately the same age. The injured woman was propped up against the wall, her head down, eyes watching the floor. She was still breathing but she was unexpectedly quiet. The other was uninjured but completely in hysterics, screaming. She was understandably worried for her friend. Eventually she told us she was called Alice and her friend, Bella.

Whilst Jasper calmed Alice down, I walked slowly over to Bella. Jasper still didn't trust me to cope, trying to leave me with Alice but I assured him I wouldn't let the past affect my judgement or me.

"Don't worry; an ambulance is on its way. Can you hear me Bella?" I asked as I bent down beside her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me through large brown frightened orbs, answering my question without speaking and as I looked into them, my fear evaporated. I felt the need to go after the people who had done this to her and kill them with m bare hands. I also felt the need to protect her from anything and everything else. The connection between our eyes held for about a minute before she collapsed into my ready arms.

2 minutes later an ambulance pulled up and two paramedics jumped out. I gave them a brief overview of the injuries and then they began to treat her. One dragged a stretcher out of the back of the ambulance, and then they took her off me and lifted her onto the stretcher. It felt strange when they took her away from me; it was as if she belonged with me, in my arms. They put her in the back and Alice got as well, so that she could b with Bella when she came around. Jasper and I set up police lines and once forensics arrived 5 minutes later, we drove to the hospital to get statements from the girls. Also, I wanted to be there when Bella came around and to see if she was ok. I just had to hope she wouldn't have the same ending as my sister.

Will she survive? What did you think? Read and review, I love to hear what everyone thinks. Will try to have a minimum of 1,200 words per chapter. Update soon, in the meantime review, review, review.