I was making a video with all of my favorite TV shows/movies/books and I suddenly thought of an idea for a great Carlisle/Bella father/daughter fic! Extremely (and I mean EXTREMELY) angsty, with adult themes, but not graphic. I'm talking about rape and abuse. :( Enjoy!
There was only one person in the Cullen's house, which wasn't very unusual, as Emmett, Jasper and Edward had gone to hunt, and Alice dragged Esme and Rosalie to go shopping in New York City for the day. Carlisle was on call, so he declined to go hunting and was sitting at his desk, reading his latest novel. Bella was at home, no doubt sleeping, as it was creeping close to midnight. His thoughts strayed to his son's upcoming nuptials to Bella. A smile appeared on his face, but then his musings were interrupted by the shrill ringing of his cell. Instantly he picked up, saying,
"Alice?"
"Oh my God, Carlisle, you have to help Bella!" Alice said, her voice strangled, obviously in the middle of a vision.
"Where is she?" Carlisle said calmly, already inside his car and speeding down the road.
"I, I don't know, she's being dragged from her house, and, and, oh my God they shot Charlie!" Alice cried out, and Carlisle pulled up to the Swan's house, immediately appearing inside and seeing Charlie's prone figure lying gasping for air in the living room, shot with his own gun.
Carlisle's steady fingers worked to stop the bleeding of the two shots, one in his chest, and one in his stomach. He grabbed the Swans' phone and dialed straight to the ambulance service in Forks, giving them the address and telling them to hurry. Alice was babbling in his ear, saying,
"They, they're taking Bella to an alley, I, they're not there yet, obviously they're drunk, and," Alice suddenly broke off, and Carlisle demanded as calmly as he could,
"What, Alice?"
"They're going to gang up on her, and, and,"
"Rape her." Carlisle said flatly, his voice cold to the core.
"Yes," Alice breathed, and Carlisle could hear Esme's and Rosalie's horrified intakes of air in the background.
"I'll find her, Alice," Carlisle vowed and hung up. The ambulance pulled up as Carlisle dashed out of the house, closing his eyes as he ran and letting his instincts take over, searching desperately for Bella's scent. No matter how hard he tried to stay calm in a situation like this, the fact that Bella was in severe danger was unbalancing that calm with horror and terror.
Within a few minutes, he caught her scent, on the outskirts of Forks, and sped through the streets until he could hear four guys laughing uproariously. He appeared at the beginning of the alley and saw a dark figure lying on the ground, while two of them zipped up their jeans and the other two started kicking the figure Carlisle knew to be Bella. He was within feet of them when Bella's high-pitched, pain-filled whimper reached his ears.
Fury bubbled up inside of him, and instinctively he fell forward into a crouch, a terrifying snarl ripping from his mouth. The four men turned to stare, and he stalked forward, the idea of killing them suddenly very appealing to him. His humane nature won out, and he managed to keep his head as he quickly incapacitated all of them men, simply by punching them to knock them out, and binding their hands, feet and mouths. He stood with contempt over them, and then was at Bella's side, glad to let the law take care of the four low-lives who didn't deserve to live.
He barely breathed as he appeared at Bella's prone figure. Her chest was heaving, and her arms were protectively covering her stomach, where the men had been kicking at her. Her sobs tore at Carlisle, and he covered his mouth, appalled that this had happened to Bella under his watch.
Carlisle was almost afraid to touch Bella, for fear of hurting her, but he then realized her sobbing had quieted. But now she was barely breathing, and he quickly rolled her onto her back, feeling for broken bones. He found numerous, and as gently as he could, he picked Bella up and within seconds he was striding into the emergency room, giving orders. "Nancy, get Bella Swan prepped for surgery, I need to change and I'll be in the OR in 5,"
Nancy brought a stretcher and she, along with a few other nurses, started changing Bella and giving her anesthesia. Carlisle was ready to operate in less than a minute, but he quickly picked up his phone and dialed Alice, who had already seen Carlisle finding Bella, but she saw Bella dying on the operating table. "I'll do everything I can, Alice," He assured her, and Alice said,
"Everything, Carlisle?"
"I, I don't know, Alice, that was supposed to be Edward's decision,"
"And he'd thank you for saving her life, no matter what." Alice said firmly, and added quietly, "Please, Carlisle, save Bella. She's family." Alice hung up, and Carlisle let the phone drop to where his coat was laying, and he murmured,
"She is family. She's my daughter, and I am damn well not going to let her die on the table."
With that, he strode quickly through the halls and into the OR, where a few doctors were already losing her.
Bella and Carlisle were in surgery for well over an hour, by that time, all of the Cullens were sitting in the waiting room. Alice and Esme had their hands locked on Edward's arms, forcing him to stay sitting in the chair but also restraining, in case, everything didn't turn out right. No one wanted Edward going to the Volturi again.
Emmett and Rosalie stood in the corner, and Rosalie looked like she was going to cry, while Emmett kept looking at the swinging doors, hoping to see Carlisle walk through. Jasper was sitting by Alice's side, keeping his arms wrapped around her frame.
Alice suddenly sat up at the 2 hour mark, almost shaking as she whispered, "One of the doctor's is going to give up, say she's dead because they can't bring her pulse back up." Everyone stared straight at the doors, while one of the doctors was indeed giving up.
"Carlisle, we can't save her." Dr. Domino said mournfully, and Carlisle swore, uncharacteristically for him, saying,
"Dammit Mark, yes we can! I have to, and I will,"
Mark shrugged, and took his gloves off, walking through the doors. He was almost instantly surrounded by the Cullens, and he said, "Your father's not giving up, but I'm afraid she can't be brought back. Her pulse has been going flat for the past hour,"
"Carlisle'll save her," Edward muttered, sitting back down and dropping his head into his hands.
The minutes ticked by, and finally Carlisle walked out, a tired, emotionally-drained look on his face. He held up a hand to his family, and when he was closer to them, and Jacob, who had been called by Edward, he said quietly, "I did almost all I could do," He said gently, looking straight at Alice, who understood. Everyone else did too, and he continued, "She fell into a coma. Her body needs time to recover, as does her mind. She was repeatedly beaten, and raped. That's not something her mind can overcome easily, so I honestly don't know how long she'll be in a coma, but she's still breathing."
"Sometimes people never come out of comas," Edward said raggedly, and Carlisle inclined his head, saying,
"Yes, but I believe Bella will. Is it my impartial, medical opinion? No, I can't say if she ever will wake up. But is it my daughter lying in there? Yes, I believe with my entire being she will wake up."
Esme slipped her arms around his waist and he pulled her close, resting his head on hers, closing his eyes. Edward was already in Bella's room, as were the rest of the Cullens and Jacob. None of them seemed to notice the smell on either part, they were too worried about Bella. Carlisle linked his hand with Esme's and they walked to Bella's room together, slowly for them.
End of chapter 1! Like I said, extremely angsty, and the next chapter probably won't get any happier. Mostly it's the months going by while Bella's in her coma, but we do find out how Charlie's doing. And since I'm kinda overhauling this story, he may not be doing well. Not sure yet. But if there's any incorrect medical information or scenes, I apologize, I am not a doctor, I don't intend to be a doctor, and if you know that I wrote something wrong, feel free to correct me, and I will change it! Thanks so much for reading, adios for now!
