Elena: Apparently SOMEONE posted a chapter to one of her OTHER stories and we LOST a follower because of that
Tsurishi Arashi: Not to offend people here, but it should have been rather obvious that I posted the wrong chapter as the title was for the other fanfic. When you see that kind of problem it is polite to tell people that something is up.
The Red Bridge
Chapter 2:
New York Apartment
I told Charlie that I was heading to New York to finish school as I had gotten a good scholarship to a prestigious school and it was all payed for. He assumed that it was a scholarship and gladly let me go. However, my way was going to be payed by the Cullen family and I found myself heading to grand old New York city, finally being able to get away from the people that annoy me such.
To say the Cullen family was loaded was a definite understatement. Alice and I got first class seats on a private jet with a lot of privacy that allowed us to arrive in New York rather quick. Our apartment happened to be at Sutton Place. This wasn't a small place, but happened to have windows on all four sides of the room.
The place had three bedrooms and the master bedroom happened to have aside room. There was also a dressing room attached to this and the other bedrooms shared their own personal bathroom. The Dressing room also had its own bathroom as did the master bedroom. There was also a two other bathrooms for the houses and more then enough closets. We also had a library, dining room and library.
Alice was kind enough to allow me the master bedroom while she took the other two small bedrooms. I found myself falling in love with the gold colored wall paper that adorned the walls. The curtains were of a white lace and I had a huge bad and wardrobe of mahogany. This was a dream come true for me and I found myself able to focus on my studies.
Both Alice and I found ourselves retreating into a mode of seclusion. While I went to an elite private school I choose not to socialize but instead simply study. I did tutor some of the dumb rich kids to make my own money, but I didn't get to know any of them. I found myself also being hit upon because I showed a bit of intelligence. Mostly it came from football players, but I unfortunately had a few girls from the cheer leading squad hit on me. I don't like preps.
I got home from tutoring a guy I threatened to file lawsuit on if he groped me again and that if I gave him a black eye he wouldn't be able to sue me as I would bring up the fact he was a pervert. I unlocked the door to our apartment and walked in, dropping my bag by the door. It had been over a year since Alice and I had come here and I was looking forward to celebrating my eighteenth birthday with her. Senior year was turning out to be a pain as it was filled with idiots and she was what I had for intelligent conversation.
"Alice... what do you want to do for dinner. We could go to Kuruma Zushi or Per Se for diner. I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing night out on the town, particularly since it is my birthday." There was a silence that came to me and I began to look around for her. I got to her favorite bedroom, which had a pretty pastel blue for the wallpaper.
I found myself blinking a couple of times as I saw that the window was broken and a letter was left on the dresser. I walked over and read the letter.
Dear friend of the angel,
We are the hunter. We hunt the angels to put them in a cage. Do not come looking for her.
Signed, the Hunters of the Angels
The letter was rather cryptic and I glanced around, finding a dart on the ground. I picked it up wondering how such a thing could cause Alice harm, as her skin was like diamond. I thought at first that it was a cruel joke, but then found that Alice wasn't coming. I had no choice but to pick up the card the head of the Cullen family left me in case something happened.
"Hello... Alice?"
"This isn't Alice. It is Bella."
"Is something the matter?"
"Yeah... someone's taken Alice. What do you know about the hunter of the angels?"
"The Hunters of the Angels? They are the ones who took Alice away. This kind of business is not safe Bella."
"I'm not afraid of vampires though. I've told Edward that before."
"I'm not talking about vampires and I am not talking about shape shifters. Hota as that other group makes all of us with supernatural powers shake."
"Alice is my best friend, so please don't stop me from trying to find her. I would rather you help me out by giving me information."
"I don't have much information exactly, other then the fact certain members of various vampire and shape shifting clans have disappeared and not come back. The ones who have gone looking for them have also never come back. The head clan has declared the subject off limits. I do know that they posses something that can make it so they can capture vampires despite their hard skin. Likely it is some sort of chemical or a special metal that can get past something as hard as diamond."
There was a pause before he spoke again. "No... there is one other thing I can tell you. It seems their headquarters is located somewhere in London. The past twenty or so years has seen any vampire the enters the city to disappear without a trace. We also sent those in search to that town and that is when they disappeared. Not any other search before."
"If you know where they are..."
"The vampires are unable to work as a group. We prefer to stick to our own clans. Not a single vampire has ever escaped that hell hole If you decide to go, please be careful."
"If possible, please don't tell Edward where I am going or anyone else, let alone that I am doing something crazy like this."
