Chapter 3: Alone

BPOV

When Victoria returned me to my cell it wasn't as dark as usual, I could see around me a little more then before. Then I noticed that at the very top of the back wall there was a tiney rectangular window, not even two feet wide, with bars much like my cell door making it impossible for any attempt at escape. I sat in a corner, my back against the wall, pulling my knees as close to my chest as the chains would allow. I closed my eyes and rocked gently, trying not to jostle my body, I couldn't sleep so I let myself drowned in memories that would take my mind off of this horrible place and my screaming pain. I remembered Edward, his angelic face, his perfect body gleaming in the sunlight like a million little diamonds, I could feel his hands in mine, his lips on mine. Then my mind went to the one memory that I wanted to forget, he told me he didn't want me anymore, not that I was shocked I had always felt like I wasn't good enough for him.

I could hear rats squeeking and the scratching of their claws on the brick stairs, but, I paid no mind to them, they weren't the biggest worry at the moment. I opened my eyes, the light in my cell was very bright, it was nolonger dawn, mabe noon give or take an hour or two. I was hungry, I couldn't even remember the last time I had eaten anything, I was pondering the thought for no more then ten minutes when I heard the door creak open at the top of the stairs. I looked up expecting to find Victoria, but instead I found Laurent.

"Hello, my little pet," he said smiling at me. I said nothing, trying to press my back as close to the wall as I could manage. "I am assuming that you are wondering why I am here," he said. " Victoria is letting me take you as my own personal pet, I own you now," he said opening my cell door. I pushed my body harder the the wall.

" If you be a good little human I won't kill you," he said emphasizing the word kill with meaning. " Now, stand up and come with me, you will be staying in my quarters with me now."

I stood up as slowly as possible and he closed the distance between us. He grabbed me by my chains and led me up the stairs and down a few corridors I have never seen before. The building smelt like mildew, I could see mold and rot on the walls and doors. Suddenly, he stopped opening a large door to the left of us.

" This will be your new home," he said leading me in the room.

He led me to a corner in the back of the room where there was a five foot chain bolted to the ground with a metal collar on the end. He shoved me down in the corner grabbing my hair and thrusting my head back. He quickly clasped the collar around my neck and abruptly let me go. He walked to the other side of the room and picked up something shiney and threw it at me, it was a dog bowl with scraps of old meat and bread in it. I was hungry, but I was to frightened to let my guard down enough to eat. He looked at me and frowned, mumbleing something under his breath and walked through the door out of the room. I waited for a few minutes, making sure he wasn't coming back. When I decided it was safe I picked up the food and quickly shoved it into my mouth. I tasted rotten and horrid, but I was so hungry that I ignored it.

EPOV

I was driving as fast as my shiney red porche would go, back to Forks, back to Bella. I wish that we knew exactly where she was being held, but Alice couldn't see much, her vision was so dark. We had to go to Forks and start following her scent from there. I didn't like how long this was going to take, we had no choice. I thought about Bella, that beautiful face, her deep chocolate eyes, the way she blushed when I caught her staring at me, my thought was interuppted by a sharp gasp from the passenger seat.

I was going to ask Alice what she saw, but instead I peeped into her thoughts and was instantly mortified. Bella chained to the ground, there was a male vampire towering over her, I couldn't see his face. She was nude and bleeding, I saw her wince away from the man as he yelled at her, her eyes held nothing but defeat. He grabbed her by the hair and yanked her up so hard it could have easily broken her precious neck, she didn't even make an attempt to fight back.

It was around noon when we reached the little town of Forks. We raced over to our abandoned house in an attempt to find a scent there. We did find a scent, it wasn't Bella's strawberry scent, it was Laurent. I growled and heard Alice hiss. We followed his scent around the woods until it reached the meadow, our meadow, Bella's scent hit me like a ton of bricks, she was here, with him. I pulled out my phone and called in for backup, it only rang once when Carlisle picked up on the other end.

"We found her scent, she was in the meadow, Laurent was here as well," I paused for his response, " how fast can you get here then," I waited again. "Thats not soon enough! NO, Alice and I will head on and you can catch up," I was getting very anxious, " Okay, see you soon, bye," I hung up and turned to Alice, she nodded and we were off following the trail of Laurent and Bella's scent.