Chapter 2 – Waiting game

I stuck next to my office phone for the rest of the morning as I struggled to complete all of my paperwork. Every so often I would leave the room and ask Embry if he had found anything or if the mystery woman had called 911 again. There was nothing. All through the day myself and Quil would share looks of sadness. I felt helpless as I shrugged back down into my comfy office chair. I pressed the replay button on the recording for what felt like the fifth time that day.

The woman's voice instantly filled my room. Who is she? Where is she? Why has she not called back? Is this woman that I am listening to now dead? I gulped at the thought and slammed the recording off. This was the worst part of the job. People out there need our help but sometimes we can't give it to them. It is tear-jerking.

As I walked back into my office after my lunch break, Jessica was behind the front desk yet again. Her face lit up when she saw me. "Jacob! Hi, how has your morning been?" She fluttered her eyelashes at me. Quil walked past and tried to cover up his laugh with a cough.

"My morning has been fine Jessica. Now if you'd excuse me I have a lot of work to be getting on with" I sighed in relief when I closed my office door. I sat down at my desk and chuckled to myself at Jessica's desperation.

Someone's fist hammered on my door. "Come in" I yelled over their constant banging. Quil pushed into my office with a look of anger. He slammed the door behind him.

"What was all that back there with my girl?" His expression was priceless. He looked dead serious.

"I'm sorry Quil, she's my girl now" I acted just as serious as him. "I'll even fight you for her!"

"No, she's mine!" He broke the act when he burst into laughter. I laughed along with him. "You can have her she isn't my type"

"I don't think she is any man's type" I paused for a minute. "Or any woman's for that matter" Quil laughed again and shook his head.

"I've just come in to tell that we have still got no progress on that mystery caller." I nodded for him to continue. "I'm going to a reported robbery scene if you want to come with me"

"Yes, might as well, I finished all my paperwork this morning" I said as I looked at my now clear desk.

"Lucky for some" Quil complained. I rolled my eyes; he was never one to keep on top of his paperwork. He liked to stay in the action to much.

The robbery wasn't much. A small shop was robbed of some alcohol and cigarettes. It was nothing we hadn't seen every other day. We gave him contact details and told him we would do the best we could, but with him having no CCTVs cameras and us having no clue about who the hell did it, we was pretty sure that they had gotten away with it.

I slumped back down in my chair and finished up with last minute papers and handed them into the head office. I stood up and looked outside. The street were already dark, the streetlights were the only source of light. I sighed and picked up my briefcase. Another day has passed by in the same manner as every other day. It was like a repetitive cycle. I pushed my chair under the desk and closed the blinds. Now it's time to head back home and go to bed to get back up in the morning to do exactly the same.

I was just about to walk out of my office when Quil barged in without knocking. "She's called back" He said and I instantly knew who he was talking about, the mystery woman from this morning. Quil picked up my phone, quickly switching to hands free and hit the recording button. He nodded for me to speak. I dropped my briefcase on the floor and quickly spoke.

"Hello, this is Detective Black; can you please tell me where you are?" I asked eagerly. I sat in the seat behind my desk and Quil left the room to go and speak to Embry.

"I would if I knew" Her voice was calmer this time but it still held a hint of terror. "I've got to be in Seattle through the man didn't take me far" She let out a sob.

"What man?" I asked her softly as I looked out of my office window to Embry, his fingers were typing furiously onto the keyboards.

"I don't know he wears a black mask. I don't know who he is" She whimpered.

"Are you hurt?" I asked her gently, hoping the answer was no.

"No" She whispered. I sighed in relief.

"What's your name?" She paused for a moment when I asked this.

"My name is Bella" She gently whispered. "What's you name?"

"Detective Black"

She let out a small laugh. "What is your first name?"

"Jacob. Can you tell me what type of place you are in? Are you in a room, or outside somewhere?" I asked trying to get as much out of her whilst she was on the line, but at the same time trying to make her feel safe.

"I'm in a dark room. There are no windows and there is only this bed that I am sat on. I can't see much because its dark but I have looked around and there is nothing else. The door has locks on from the outside. I tried to knock the door down but I am too small." I smiled at her bravery or trying to escape. She paused for a minute and then on her end of the phone there was a massive bang.

"Bella?" I asked fanatically, thinking we had lost her again.

"I think he is coming back" She barely whispered. "I have to go"

"NO Bella, leave the phone on and hide it somewhere" I told her.

"But what about if he finds it. I'm scared Jacob" She was sobbing loudly but I could hear her moving around.

"I know Bella, but don't worry we will find you, just hide the phone."

There was a muffled "okay".

I could faintly hear footsteps in the background. They grew louder as Bella's sobs became wilder. I put my ear closer to the receiver and could hear the faint sound of locks been opened and the slight clanging of keys. Without notice another bang echoed over the phone this time it was closer. I knew instantly that the man was now in the same room as Bella and had just slammed closed the door.

"Bella" I manly voice echoed around and I could hear the anger in it. For a second I thought he had found the phone until he spoke again. "I take it you are hunger." Bella didn't answer she just carried on sobbing.

"ANSWER ME" He yelled so loud that I flinched back in my chair.

"Yes, I'm hunger" She whimpered.

He laughed. It was cruel and twisted. "You are going to have to wait"

I heard the sound of skin slapping against skin and the Bella's cries echoed the room much more than what they were only a few seconds ago. I looked over at Quil and Embry in the other room. Quil was yelling and Embry was typing faster than he ever had.

"He's gone now" Bella spoke when the door had swung shut again.

"Ok, are you hurt? Has he done anything to you?" I asked knowing full well that he had done something to her.

"I'm not hurt. He keeps hitting me and stuff but nothing has hurt me that much that I need a hospital."

"When was the last time you have eaten or drunken anything?"

"Yesterday lunch time" I looked at the clock, it was nine in the evening.

"Right Bella, I want you to tell me everything you remember about what has happened."

She sighed and let out another sob. "I don't think I can" With that the phone went dead. I looked at the phone shocked. She had hung up just when I thought I was going to be able to help her. I ran out of the room and over to Embry and Quil.

"I can't seem to track her at all and you kept her on the phone for half an hour." He ruffled his hand through his hair with frustration. "It's like the phone she is calling off doesn't exist."

Quil looked up at me from the seat he was sitting in. "Do you think this could be some kind of sick joke?" I thought for a second of that possibility. The woman was defiantly not acting; she was general scared and the man's voice I heard sounded so real.

"No, I think it's real. The woman was petrified. She was not making it up" They both nodded their heads as I spoke. They knew it was true but we want to believe that Bella wasn't in this situation right now.

"It's just that we don't have anything. We can't track the phone she is using; we haven't got a way of contacting her. The only thing we do know is that she thinks she is still in Seattle." We all remained silent at Quil's words. It was true, whoever has Bella is winning.

"All we can do is hope that she calls again and maybe next time we can get a location. I don't get why she didn't want to tell us what had happened" I told them as I pushed my hand through my hair.

"She is really scared and probably doesn't feel like she trusts us" Embry said, never taking his eyes off the computer screen. "I will run the recording through the voice detector and let you know if anything picks up. I think we should listen to it and see if anything stands out"

I nodded. "Do either of you have anywhere to be?" They both shook their head. "We will work through the night then"

"I'll go order pizza, I'm starving." Quil stood up, rubbing is stomach. I rolled my eyes. Quil is always 'starving'.

Quil and I spent hours listening over the same recording. It was all the same, nothing stood out. Embry was running the voice through the detector, but that can take days to match the voice.

Quil fell asleep at 3 in the morning; I could tell Embry was close to following him. My eyes were also drooping but over the years I have learnt to fight off the feeling of sleep.

I set the recording on repeat and rested my head on the table. That is when I heard it. It wasn't much but it was something. Just before Bella put the phone down on me, I could hear the slight sound of cars. It sounded like a main road. I was about to wake up Quil and Embry when I listened to it over. How many main roads were in Seattle? Hundreds. This bit of information wasn't going to take us anywhere. I decided to let the others know anyway.

"Quil, Embry wake up! I have something" There heads whipped up and waited for me to continue.

"Listen to this" I replayed the noise. They instantly smiled.

"Well it's something" Quil shrugged and wrote it down on the board. "We know she is in a dark room with no windows and near a busy road." He said.

"We know something else as well" Embry said. His face had paled as he looked at his computer screen. "The voice of the man matchers up to James Mason"

We all froze and then I broke the silence. "HOLY SHIT"

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Drama?

Ha-ha I don't think there is such thing as a voice detector but in this story there is!

Who wants to know who James Mason is? Well you will have to wait for the next chapter!

Just to let you know, he doesn't have anything to do with Edward; I just couldn't be bothered to make up another last name! Edward won't be in this story.

Hope you like this chapter! Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter, I thought this would only get a few reviews so Thanks! You all suprised me! :)

I went to see New Moon today! It was amazing; I think it's better than the first one!

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Bex

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