A Death Wish; Chapter 3
"Alice! Alice! Calm down, tell me what happened!" Esme's voice was the first thing I heard. I opened my eyes and sat up and Alice was on her knee's dry sobbing. I got up as quickly as possible and ran over to Alice; ignoring the horrible ache in my entire body.
"Alice!" I cried, I gave her a hug but she just sat there. "Esme, what happened?"
"I'm not too sure honey. After you left Alice was taken by this horrible person and she wasn't returned until after you were dropped off." Esme said, she rubbed Alice's arms. Alice was covered in dirt and her clothes were torn and dirty. She was obviously beaten up. I stared, how could she be hurt as much as she is? She's a vampire!
"How long ago was that?" I asked, remembering everything that had happened before I fainted. I shuddered! I had heard so much; it was so strange that I didn't know how to process it.
"A few hours ago, I can't recall how much." Esme answered, she took Alice's hand into her own and gave it a squeeze.
"Bella, get away from me right now!" Alice suddenly yelled; I crawled as quickly as I could back to where I woke up. She slowly turned her face towards me; before we made eye contact I ducked my head again and tried my best to hide the wounds on my head.
"Esme, Rosalie! I need to speak with you." Alice spoke slowly, I could feel her eyes on me.
"Yes Alice? What is it?" Rosalie muttered. She was behind me.
"Keep me away from Bella." Alice instructed. I peered over my shoulder and she was nearly twitching. "They told me that... if Bella doesn't cooperate... they're going to... nevermind. They are starving us, not allowing us to feed and meanwhile they're going to hurt her, make wounds so we'll suffer by the scent of her blood. They did it today, teasing me and I couldn't stand it! They were putting images into my head if we lost control with Bella and what would happen to her, and if she didn't cooperate they were going to get Jasper, Emmett, Carlise and Edward and... oh god!"
It felt as though my heart had stopped. I turned around and demanded that they stay away from me.
"We made a promise to Edward that we would keep you safe. But I can't let them hurt Jasper like that, I just can't!" Alice cried, she ducked her head.
"Alice, please, tell me what they're going to do to them?" I begged, I walked towards her while Esme and Rosalie tightened their grip on Alice.
"They...they..." She stuttered, "Jortuel said if you don't cooperate, or if we don't kill you he'll torture Jasper, Edward, Emmet and Carlisle in front of us. I can't let that happen, I just can't Bella!" she paused and sobbed with no tears. "They sent me visions of Jasper, Edward, Emmett, and Carlisle trying to come rescue us but Jortuel Ramtpi's army came up against them and they..." she paused again, and I feel to my knees. She didn't need to finish, I knew what was going to happen. "Bella, please Bella. Do whatever you can to stop him from coming, please! Do anything Jortuel Ramtpi tells you to do okay? He is going to kill Jasper, please!"
Esme and Rosalie, lost in their own thoughts, stopped guarding Alice away from me and sunk to the floor. Alice came straight to me, and I didn't even care. Instead of killing me, she gave me a hug. My legs gave in and without Alice holding me up I'd be a lump on the floor.
"Bella, we will never hurt you! Do you understand? No matter what!" I looked into Alice's eyes and they were a deep red. She wasn't breathing.
"Kill me." I muttered without thinking.
"No! What would that do to Edward? He'd come here and try to get himself killed, like the Volturi incident!" Alice yelled, she pulled away and looked at me as though it was the first time since I had come back. I heard her gasp as she looked down at her hands. They were red, with my blood.
"Bella! What did they do to you?" she yelled, she put her hands on my cheeks and gently pulled my face towards hers.
"They were just talking to me, and then suddenly I felt so overwhelmed and I woke up here." I slurred my words a bit, I was uncomfortable that they were staring at me and I began feeling faint.
"Are you sure that's the only thing they did?" Alice words seemed distant, I felt myself slipping away. "Bella! Stay awake! We need you to talk!" I was shaken a few times but I couldn't grip back to consciousness. It was so calming, so relaxing. I didn't want to resurface. A second or two later I felt a sharp pain on my cheek and I landed on the floor. That made me wake up. I must of cried out load because I heard my name being yelled.
"ROSALIE HALE!" Esme screeched. I sat up and rubbed my cheek, one of my teeth were loose and I tasted blood in my mouth. She hit me pretty hard.
Alice grabbed me by the shoulders and stood me up; she kept asking me if I was okay. Esme ran over and both of them stared at me, there faces full of concern. What did I look like? I looked down at my body, seeing if there was anything like bruises, cuts, scars, etc. I heard the question again, and I answered.
"I don't remember if they did... all I can recall is Jortuel talking to me about stuff and his body guards were around him and I the entire time and they didn't move once. Every time though I feel really faint after he's finished speaking and next thing I know I wake up here." I said slowly, trying to bring up the memories. Alice's face was was full of worry and sadness. Esme's was identical and Rosalie was now behind them peering at me with slight interest. There was something else but I couldn't tell what it was. "What do I look like?" I didn't want the answer, I could guess how horrible I was.
"Bella, you-" Alice froze mid sentence and suddenly glanced up and stared into the wall behind my head. She was having a vision. We all stepped closer to her, none of us breathing, waiting for what it was. The anticipation was killing me! A few moments later, Alice finally came back and she shook her head and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath. When she finally opened her eyes she didn't look at me but Esme. Her eyes were blood red. She was starving. I stepped back, remembering her warning before.
All of a sudden I felt a swish of air and Alice was gone, I couldn't see her anywhere. Esme was still standing there, in the same way as before. Rosalie looked up at me and turned away. What was happening? Another swish of air and I was suddenly on the ground, my head pounded in agony. I cried out as I felt cold, hard hands on my ankles. I realized that they were being tied together. It wasn't Alice, it couldn't be Alice. I desperately wanted to raise my head but it hurt so much all I could do was stare up at the ceiling and cry. I slowly turned my head to look at the room and now Esme and Rosalie were gone.
Now the hands were on my wrists and they were also being tied. I felt cold air on my neck, and I breathed in very slowly. I felt a hand slide under my neck, gently carassing my wounds and I screamd at the touch. My head started to move up and I closed my eyes in agony. Eventually I was sitting right up, the hand still on my neck. Once I looked stable, the hand slid around to the front of my neck. It stayed there for a few minutes until it finally moved up my chin to my left cheek, it brushed the hair out of my face and tucked it behind me ear. The breath was suddenly blowing in my ear and I jumped. The hand on my face tightened and I felt it pushing my head to the right, I was to scared to fight.
"Please!" I cried, but my voice was barely a whisper. No one human could hear that.
"Don't worry Bella." a voice I recognized instantly spoke into my ear, "Calm down." I felt my eyes roll back into my head and I knew no more.
Author's Note: Hello Everyone, I am so sorry for the wait of this chapter! I don't really have any excuses except for the fact that I'm in my first year of University and the work is a bit overwhelming, but really I just didn't feel like writing it and I didn't have any ideas for what I should do. I want to apologize for this chapter because it isn't the best, but I knew some of you have been waiting and I didn't want to make you wait any longer. I want to thank everyone for reading my story, and those who reviewed, I greatly appreciate it!
Enjoy the Fourth Chapter :)
Love,
EdwardCullen123