This is how

You remind me

Of what I really am

~~Nickelback

"Everybody sit the fuck down!" I tried to turn my head to peek around Edwards shoulder and saw a man pointing a jet black gun towards the ceiling of the subway.

He had long blonde hair in a tight ponytail and his muscular arms could be seen by the tight black muscle T he was wearing. "Against the wall. Move it!" he shouted as the passengers began to scurry backwards to make room for him.

Two more people followed behind him holding their own guns. A girl with fiery red curly hair, and another dark skinned man with long black dreds.

I felt Edward shift over me, and he started moving me backwards to sit against the cold metal wall of the subway.

The two men began walking towards the back of the cab where we were sitting, while the redhead stayed at the front pointing her gun at all the passengers.

There was a woman sitting in front of us, holding her young child close and hugging him to her body. "Edward" I whispered. He looked down at me and saw my scared expression.

I could tell he was trying to stay calm for me, but through his expressionless face, I knew that he didn't know what would happen.

He took my hand in his and squeezed gently "Everything gonna be okay. I promise" he said softly, but I could still hear the tremor in his voice.

The blonde mans footsteps began getting louder as he walked towards the middle of the cab. "Alright, listen up." He shouted in order to get everyone's attention.

He leaned against a pole in the center of the cab and crossed his arms over his chest "This is what's gonna happen." He said "My names James." He pointed both hands to his chest. "It's nice to meet you all." He said while spreading his arms out wide while rolling his eyes. "Now let's get down to business. You're all hostages." He laughed wickedly. "The city of New York knows we have you down here, so there's no point in trying to contact the police."

He looked to the side and grabbed a man up from the floor who looked to be in his late forties. "We have ordered them to bring us a significant amount of money" he said calmly while looking down at the gun he was twisting slowly in his hand "And if they don't bring it to us, you're all going to experience the same fate".

I heard the blast of the gunshot before I actually realized what had happened. The man slumped to the floor, his suit covered in dark red blood.

The screams of all the passengers muted the thud of the mans body as it hit the cold floor.

I didn't know I was shaking and hyperventilating until Edward began saying soothing words in my ear "Relax Bella. Take deep breaths."

I ordered myself to relax and began to take long deep breaths through my mouth so I wouldn't have to smell the stench of blood that had now filled the subway.

"He killed him Edward" I said shakily as I watched the pool of blood grow bigger around the mans body.

"I know" he whispered while smoothing my hair down. "I know".

The blonde man whistled loudly to get everyone to stop their screaming. "Wasn't that fun guys?" he let out a hard laugh followed by the other two gunmens wicked laughter. "If the money doesn't get here in thirty minutes" he continued "Were going to do this again, even if it takes all of you motherfuckers to die".

Nobody said a word. Everyone stared at him, some had silent tears streaming down their faces, and others were just too in shock to form a reaction.

He smirked "See you guys in half an hour" he winked as he walked out of the cab into the next train.

The redhead and dark skinned man both stayed in the cab. One on each side of the train.

"We have to get out of here" Edward said almost silently with unmoving lips.

I shook my head "There's nothing we can do. They'll kill us Edward" I replied.

Edwards eyes moved up to mine "I won't let that happen. I promise you. We just need a plan".

EPOV

I scanned the cab looking for someone, anyone, who I could use to help us get out of here.

I spotted two men sitting across from me to my right who looked to be about my age. One was lean with blonde shaggy hair, and the other was more muscular with brown curly hair.

"Psst" I called to them softly. Both their heads snapped up and looked at me. "We need to get out of here" I mouthed.

Both of them nodded. "How" the blonde one mouthed back while sneaking glances at the man with dreds who was standing closest to us.

I leaned my head back against the wall to think of a plan. I closed my eyes and sighed. It wouldn't be easy.

They had an advantage.

They had guns.

One pull of the trigger and we would all be dead.

The only way was to take out the weakest link first. The woman. We could steal her gun and then take out the other two. But we wouldn't be able to do that without catching the attention of the other man.

I sneaked a glance at the dark skinned man who had his back turned to me "The woman" I mouthed. "But it has to be quick. We have less than thirty minutes".

They both nodded and the muscular one opened his mouth to say something.

"Laurent!" the voice of the James shouted.

Our heads all snapped up and looked to the right at the end of the train. James had the metal door leading to the next cab open.

He waved his hand towards him "Come here dude" he said. "Now!" he shouted.

The dark skinned man, Laurent, began making his way towards the metal door "Watch everyone closely Vicky" he muttered as he passed the red haired girl.

She nodded slightly and her eyes became vigilant, scanning the faces of every passenger while holding her gun at her side.

This was our chance.

I looked back up to the two men across from me. I gave them a sharp nod. If we didn't do this now, we might not make it out of here alive.

I squeezed Bellas hand that I was still holding "Bella" I said softly. She looked up at me with those beautiful, but frightened, brown eyes of hers. "I need you to promise me something" I whispered while I interlaced our fingers together.

Her brows furrowed "What do you mean Edward? What's going on"

"If something happens, I just want one thing" I replied.

Her mouth opened and closed a few times like she didn't understand what to say "Anything Edward, but I don't understand, what are you..."

"Shh." I cut her off. "Just promise me one thing" I murmured.

I brought my other hand to caress the apple of her cheek.

Her blush was back.

Beautiful.

"If anything happens" I paused "the last thing I want is for you to kiss me." I finished while looking back up into her eyes.

Tears brimmed at the edges of her eyes, about to fall over "okay" she breathed.

I dropped my hand from her cheek and untangled our fingers. I could feel her shaking next to me, but I had to do this.

For her.

For us.

For any possible chance in the future that I could get to know the beautiful girl that literally stumbled into my arms.

I was ready.

The redhead, Vicky, began walking up and down the cab. This was better for us because now we could come up behind her while she had her back turned to us.

"We have to wait until she walks to the end of the cab and her back is turned to us" I mouthed quickly to the two men across from me.

They nodded their head slowly and we all watched, holding our breaths, as Vicky began walking to the end.

Almost there...just a little more…

"Now" I mouthed quickly to both men.

We got up silently, holding our breaths just in case she had heard us, but she just kept walking to the end. Her gun swinging by her side with every step she took. All the passengers stared at the three of us like we were crazy, and I felt Bella pulling on my jeans, trying to make me sit back down.

I turned to the blonde man "You go wait by the other door at the end. The two men will come back when they hear what's going on, and we can get them from there."

He nodded and made his way over there quickly while the muscular man and I went towards the redhead.

We stepped through all the passengers crowded on the floor, so close.

Right there. We were right there. And I was ready, I had to do this.

"Now!" I screamed. She turned her body quickly, but not quick enough.

We both grabbed the top of her arms, putting her in a headlock. Her finger pulled the trigger. Two quick shots rang out in the train and two windows got hit. The glass shattering and falling on top of some passengers.

"I'm Emmet by the way" the muscular man grunted out while he held her in the headlock.

"Edward" I replied quickly.

I forcefully untangled her hand from the gun, and Emmet drove her to the pole in the center of the train, and banged her head against it. Vicky made a soft grunt as she slumped down to the floor. Unconscious.

One down, two to go.

Emmet began to make his way to the blonde man to wait for the other two while I unfastened my belt to tie Vicky's hands to the pole, just in case she would wake up.

I crouched down to tie her hands, and then looked up towards the end of the train. Emmet was on one side of the door against the wall, while the blonde man was on the other side.

I could see through the foggy window on the sliding metal door, and saw Laurent and James making their way over here quickly. "They're coming" I said to them.

BPOV

Edward stayed at the end of the train while the muscular man made his way over to where the blonde man was leaning against the door.

I heard the footsteps getting louder on the other side of the train. The force of James and Lurents boots slamming against the metal floor of the subway.

They were coming.

James yanked the door open and they both ran in, completely bypassing the two men who were waiting for them against the wall.

James zeroed in on Edward and what he was doing, and was about to raise his gun when the muscular man came up behind him and grabbed him.

James began thrashing around, trying to fight him off, but the muscular man was too strong for him. The blonde man grabbed Laurent the same way as the muscular man did, and he tried to wrestle the gun out of his hand.

Edward finished tying up Vicky and started running towards the two men to help them while all the passengers watched in shock.

My heart caught in my throat as I saw James use his leg to kick back the muscular guy in the gut. His arms faltered for a moment, but it was long enough to give James the chance to escape.

The muscular guy doubled over on the floor, clutching his stomach while James smirked at Edward who was running towards him. "Nice try" he scoffed just as two…three gunshots fired out.

"No! Edward!" I couldn't recognize my own voice as got up and ran towards him, but it was too late. Edward was already on his knees, falling to the floor.

The muscular man recovered and grabbed James again. He pushed him up against the wall and began punching. Punching everywhere. His face, his stomach, his chest. By the time he was done, James was a crumpled mess on the floor.

The shaggy blonde man had already taken down Laurent, and the cab was silent. The thud of the gun falling to the floor from James' fingers was the only sound I could hear as I reached Edward.

I sank to my knees next to him and turned him over gently. "No please. Please no, Edward." I sobbed as I finally took him in. His entire shirt was covered in blood, and there were three holes in his shirt where the bullets had penetrated.

Passengers from the train started getting up and crowding over us. "Guys, please help me" I begged when I saw that James and Laurent had already been tied up. I dint know what to do.

They helped me raise his shirt up so we could see the wound. I began sobbing hysterically just as the bullet wounds were visible. There, in his skin were three holes under the left side of his chest.

I raised my hand to cup his cheek "Edward, please Edward. Wake up" I cried through my sobs.

A hand on my shoulder made me turn my head. It was the guy with the shaggy blonde hair. "Hey, what's your name" he said softly.

"Bella" I replied shakily as tears streamed down my face.

His hand began rubbing up and down my back in a soothing gesture "Everything's gonna be okay Bella. I'm jasper, and that's Emmet" he pointed to the muscular guy "And were gonna make sure he's okay. Alright?"

I nodded my head and let out a small thank you through my tears. I turned my attention back to Edward and saw that Emmett had lifted his head onto his lap, and was trying to give him some water. It wasn't working. Edward wasn't conscious.

Jasper came back towards me "I just called the police, and the paramedics are on their way. It won't be long because they were already at the scene above ground" he assured me.

"Okay, thank you" I said while gripping on tightly to Edwards hand.

I kept whispering reassuring words to him, telling him everything would be alright while rubbing soothing circle onto his hand and cupping his cheek. I don't know who I was trying to reassure more. Him or myself.

Before I knew it, I saw the glare of spotlights and flashlights coming from outside the train. The beams of light penetrated through the darkness of the underground railway, and I could hear footsteps as people ran on the tracks.

The police opened the emergency door on the back of the train and came inside followed by the paramedics. "Over here! Please help me!" I called to them.

They rushed over towards where I was sitting with Edward and began to take stuff out of their paramedic bag while mumbling a bunch of doctor talk that I couldn't understand.

The police walked over to where Vicky, James and Laurent were tied up and handcuffed them as they led them out of the train.

I turned my attention back to the paramedics, who were touching and probing him with a bunch of instruments, while still gripping Edwards hand in both of mine "constricted pupils, BP is 170 over 89 and we have to get this bleeding stopped. We need to transport him above ground immediately" The paramedic finished.

One of the paramedics went out of the train to bring the gurney up while the other one turned to me "Is anyone else hurt ma'am?" he asked me.

"No" I replied through my silent tears "I mean yes…but he's dead. He was the first one shot."

By that time, the gurney was on the train, and my hand felt empty as it was ripped from Edwards. "One, two, three" the paramedics grunted as they lifted him over to the gurney while being careful with the gunshot wounds. They began to wheel him down towards the emergency door "Wait!" I shouted. "Can I please come with you" I said through my tears "Please" I pleaded.

The paramedic sighed "Okay, but we have to make it quick because he's in a dangerous condition right now" he said.

"Yes, of course. I'll keep up with you, I promise" I said hurriedly nodding my head.

I was about to step off the subway and into the underground railroad when I remembered something. "Emmet, Jasper." I called to them. Their heads snapped up "Thank you. For everything" I said gratefully.

They both gave me small, almost sad smiles, "You're welcome" Emmet said. "Now go with him. We'll be okay over here" he finished. I gave a small smile and hopped off the train onto the tracks.

Right when I landed, a paramedic handed me a flashlight. "Here" he said. "We have to hurry. We already have a helicopter above ground waiting to transport him to a hospital".

Usually when people go on subways, they never see the 'cave' that the train travels through. But its pretty…creepy. I keep my flashlight trained on one of the paramedics whose pushing the gurney Edward's on, and let the sound of the wheels of the gurney rolling through the tracks keep me focused so I wouldn't be sucked into the darkness of the underground cave.

We traveled for a few minutes, finally getting to a set of emergency elevators. The paramedics quickly pushed the gurney inside and I followed.

The elevator ride seemed to take forever, but I felt a weight being lifted off my chest as we ascended higher and higher above ground.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, the paramedics rushed out and ran straight to the helicopter that was waiting for us in the center of the street, its rotor blades already spinning and waiting to take off.

The street was lined with police cars, cameras, people…it was too much to take in all at once.

The paramedics had lifted the gurney into the helicopter, and they motioned me over. "Can I go with him please" I asked "I promise I'll stay out of your way".

"Yeah its fine. Hop in" he said as he helped lift me up into the helicopter. I climbed in and moved to sit on the left side of the gurney while the paramedic climbed in after me "He's lucky you know" he said to me. I took my eyes away from Edwards face and turned to him "To have such a good girlfriend that cares for him so much" he continued as he closed the helicopter door.

"Oh, I'm not…" I gave a sad smile and brought Edwards hand up to my lips to give a soft kiss. "Thank you for everything umm..."

"Jim" he said

"Jim. Thank you" I replied. "I'm Bella"

He looked up to me and smiled, and then went back to working on Edward.

The helicopter began to lift up off the ground and I relaxed more knowing that we were on our way to the hospital.

The paramedics began to work on him. Handing me his leather jacket, and cutting off the rest of his shirt. They put in an IV and began to disinfect the wounds.

"He's going to be taken into surgery right when we get there " Jim said to me while putting an oxygen mask over Edwards mouth and nose. "Luckily the bullets didn't penetrate his chest, but there's still a chance he has some internal bleeding in his abdomen that has to be taken care of right away".

I nodded to let him know I heard him, and pulled Edwards hand closer to my body. We were only 10 minutes away from the hospital and the paramedics were already preparing him to be transferred straight into surgery.

I was rubbing soothing circles in Edwards hand to calm myself when I felt him squeeze back on my fingers "Edward" I asked excitedly. I moved my other hand to Edwards hair and began to smooth over the soft strands "Can you open your eyes Edward? It's okay, everything's going to be okay" I murmured.

I watched his face closely, seeing his eyes fluttering slowly. "Jim! Look!" I said excitedly.

He looked up at me "I guess you're gonna have a few seconds to talk to him. He won't be awake for long though, I just gave him some pain medication".

Edwards eyes opened a little more and I could see a sliver of green peeking up at me. "Bella" he said hoarsely, his voice muffled by the oxygen mask.

Jim pulled the mask down under his chin to give us a few seconds to talk. "Hey" I said, silent but happy tears streaming down my face.

He raised his hand to cup my cheek and began to wipe the tears with the pad of his thumb. "You didn't keep your promise" he smiled softly.

I raised my eyes to look at him "What are you talki...oh" I looked down at our hands as I felt the blush creeping over my cheeks.

He gave a small laugh and lifted my chin up with his fingers "Don't hide that blush from me".

I smiled softly and in a sudden move of boldness, I leaned down, being careful not to touch his chest, and pressed my lips softly to his as my hair created a curtain around us.

It was a chaste kiss. Not one of those foot popping, hair blowing in the breeze kisses, but it was all we needed. His lips were full and soft and comforting, and I definitely felt the tingling even when our lips disconnected.

His eyes opened and found mine. I could visibly see him relax into the gurney as he gave me a small smile and brought my hand up to his lips to give me a soft kiss there.

"Stay with me" he whispered sleepily, the medication already taking effect.

"I will. I promise."

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AN: I hope you guys are enjoying it. And for those of you who are wondering, there will be lemons in future chapters ;)

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