Chapter 4
((AN: I have been hesitant to post over 1k words. Partially cause I'm lazy. I already have up to chapter 7 written but if I post more than planned…I'll have to write faster. And like I said, I'm lazy. But…you guys did review an incredible amount. So I'd say you earned it. :)
Edward's POV
It had been four long and miserable days since Bella and I haven't seen one another. I called her cell phone multiple times. Even her house phone recently when she hadn't answered her cell phone. I had to admit that I was worried. Staring through the clouds I was counting down the hours till we were reunited. Emmett poked me out of my reverie.
"Eddie poo don't worry we'll be back before you know it. Let's wrangle us some polar bears!"
I growled at him. I really hate when he gives me these insane nicknames. All I hear is a booming laugh as he already bolted forward. Everyone was enjoying Alaska and the Denali's, and I guess I should be a better sport.
Resigning to go back inside with the others, Tanya quickly changes my mind.
"There you are Edward! I've been meaning to ask, and now I only have you for two more days, could you teach me how to play the piano?" Tanya smiled innocently. She was singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" in her mind to keep me out. Though the song was eerily close to her normal thoughts. Slightly cringing, I look off into the direction Emmett left in.
"Sorry Tanya, but I am supposed to be going hunting with Emmett. In fact, he's already up ahead so I gotta catch up now. But next time alright?" I reassure her. I may not harbor the same feelings for her, but that doesn't mean I have to be cruel. She is a nice girl, just not my Bella.
"Sure. Have fun Edward." She turns and goes the same way she entered.
Finally! Finally we get to return to the awful place of Forks, the place made a million times better merely by Bella's presence. Everyone is saying their goodbyes, I've already done so and now wait anxiously in the car. I try calling for Bella again, yet receive the same lack of response.
We have boarded the plane and took our seats. Letting the airplane hostess's instructions drown out, I lean forward to Alice and Jasper's seats.
"Alice, you have to tell me what's going on with Bella. I haven't been able to reach her or anything." I plead. We had agreed that Alice wouldn't look into Bella's future so I would be able to relax more. But only holding her in my arms again would let me relax fully.
Sighing in resignation, Alice's eyes fog over. She stays in her trance like state for a few moments longer. Her tiny frame shifts to me and she tells what she saw.
"It was blank sort of."
"What do you mean sort of? Like when she's with the dogs?"
"No. It's different. When she's with them it's like she's never existed, the picture is completely black. But this time it's just a bunch of static and sort of fuzzy, like I can see her face at certain points but nothing else and even that fades in and out." Jasper rested his hand on Alice's leg to try and calm her.
Now my worry was elevated. And the worst part of it was that I couldn't do anything until this plane landed. So I sank into the seat behind me and try to accept the waves of calmness from Jasper.
BPOV
Ian quickly glides over to me, letting his blinding white teeth gleam. He snatches me, bringing me to the hard and cold body of a sadistic killer. I'm hovering above the floor and I can't bring myself to look up into his menacing eyes.
"What's the matter sweetheart? Just relax and you'll enjoy this much better." Ian raked his hand through my hair, grasping it tightly. Whimpering from the pain, everyone laughs. Nausea consumes me as Ian, Tyler, Jason and Alexander start running to some other room.
Once there, I'm roughly thrown down on a bed. Eyes widening, I realized completely that they weren't just going to drain me of my blood. Talking amongst themselves, all four vampires quickly start disposing of their clothes and rushing me to grab mine. I struggle against them. I know it's useless against their superior strength but I have to.
"No please. Just kill me, I won't fight it." I yell. Tears are freely falling from my eyes.
"You're right. You won't fight it. Don't worry, we won't kill you. Yet." Alexander laughed. Closing my eyes briefly in defeat, I try to think about Edward and how much I love him. Alice, and how much I would love to be on a shopping spree with her right now.
Even Mike, I would love to go to First Beach or some idiotic movie, while he made some pathetic move on me. And even…I scream out in agonizing pain, interrupting my own thoughts. The searing pain forces my eyes open, revealing Alexander hovering above me panting with a wild grin threw across his face. An irony smell filled the room that seemed to propel them all forward with my torture. My blood.
EPOV
Finally! We got back to our home. I barely allowed myself to throw my bags into the house before I started running to Bella's house. If something happened to her, I would never forgive myself. This time I would go to the Volturi and no one would stop me if they valued their life.
"Edward wait! We'll go with you to help search." Emmett followed. Everyone did as well, Jasper looked pained, but that couldn't be help. There would be no consolation for me until my Bella was back in my arms again.
Reaching her house, I notice that Charlie's car is still there. It was way too early for him to be home at this time. He sounded torn up about something, so much so that he couldn't even form a coherent thought in his own mind.
"Um. Can you wait in the forest while I talk to Charlie alone?" I ask everyone. It was taking all of my self control to not completely break down. It didn't take a genius to realize something horrific happened. Worst of all, happened to my only love.
"Of course son, and don't worry we will find her." Carlisle promised. His thoughts offered the same amount of encouragement and support. Going up to the front door, my fist hits the door. Almost as if expecting someone, Charlie opens immediately.
"Oh God Edward. She's gone, she's…my little girl is gone." Charlie broke down in front of me. I wanted to follow suit, but I knew I had to stay strong for Bella's sake. For Charlie's as well. Walking in, I guide Charlie to take a seat.
"Chief Swan, if it's the last thing that I do Bella will be found. Now, I need you to tell me exactly what happened." I spoke in a stern voice. Bella called it my vampire voice. It seemed to have jarred him enough to tell me what was going on.
"Well, I was at the station and came home. Bella was coming straight home all this week since your family was gone. After Monday, she decided to walk for some reason. Everything was fine and normal until Thursday. When I came home she was gone, no message or note which is unusual. She's so responsible.
I called around her friends' house and around La Push but no one saw her or heard from her. I waited a few hours. A few hours too long." He paused.
"It's understandable, you're trained not to overreact." I try to comfort him, even though I wanted to scream at him that he should have looked immediately.
"Anyway, I called in some of the officers and guys on the res to start a search party. All we found is Bella's backpack. It's been over 48 hours. I failed her." Charlie almost whispered. There was nothing more I could do for him at this point. The only thing that would help would be to bring his daughter back.
Standing, I speed up the steps to Bella's room In this state, I doubt Charlie would recognize I was different if I was sparkling in front of him. Opening the door I don't find anything out of the ordinary. Her scent isn't as strong. Haphazardly tossed on her bed, I grab her backpack. Sniffing it, the scent sends me on full alert and shoots daggers of fear through my breaking heart.
Jumping out of Bella's window, I run over to my family in the woods. Their faces are worried and anxious.
"What is it Edward?" Esme was the first to break the emotional stalemate.
"Vampires. At least two of them took her."
BPOV
They all took their turns with me. I could see now why Edward was so careful with me. Broken and used, I was looking forward to the death that these monsters had insured. I could barely lift my neck, but as I did I could see that the damage they did was exactly what I felt like. People couldn't complain about my pale skin as now it was black and blue in every conceivable spot.
I tried to move my arm but even that small movement pained me. My ribs were surely broken. I wouldn't be surprised if they were all broken. My breathing took extreme effort. A human body could only take so much trauma, and I'm sure mine was about to go out. Eventually my mind granted me a small reprieve and I blacked out.
When I woke, I discovered that several days had passed. The only thing on the unadorned walls of this chamber was a clock. That in itself only added to the misery, watching the ticking away of my life that didn't pass by soon enough. Throughout the unknown amount of time that had passed, I was violated several more times.
As if they hadn't done enough, my four personal tormentors marched triumphantly back into the room. Jason held what looked to be a large full length mirror. Panic begins to eat away at my final resolve. He places it against the wall next to me. Swinging his leg to rest on the other side of me, Jason brutally sits on me like some cheap chair. His action knocks the wind out of me. The air that took so much to inhale in was gone too soon.
Clasping my face, he roughly slings my head to force me to look into the mirror. "Look at the beautiful art we made, Bella." Jason said. He was extremely proud of himself, my only comfort in this was knowing that Edward would put a deserving end to these fools.
"But, I think there may be something we could do to improve upon it." Tyler joked. He was unbuckling his jeans but Alexander stopped him.
"Wait. I don't want to kill this fragile human just yet. Let's go hunt and give her a chance to…heal."
EPOV
Several days had passed and we had failed to find Bella yet. Alice's visions were still fuzzy and I was two steps away from going mental. We had looked in a 40 mile radius of Forks but it was difficult without having the slightest clue.
"Come on Edward, the sun is coming up. Besides I doubt they would have gone to Montana with Bella. Way too much sun." Jasper pulled me back. A feral growl escaped my throat. The one thing I was sure of was that when I did find those bastards, they were going to regret everything.
"You're right. I just don't know what else to do." He looked like he was going to say something else but my cell started ringing. Answering, I find out its Alice.
"Warehouse? Sign…slow down Alice. Alright, take the rest of the family with you and go look. Yeah, we are too, thanks Alice. Bye."
Sighing, I slightly relax knowing that Bella's going to be back with me and I'm never going to let her out of my sight again.
"Jasper! Emmett! We're going to Seattle. Alice had a vision and saw Bella in a warehouse."
((AN: I didn't make it extremely clear..but Alice couldn't see Bella because Alexander's power blocks any power. He's completely immune and it's like a bubble, so that's why she had the vision after Alexander left. I didn't have a decent way of putting that in the story, but there's the explanation. Now…push that button. The REVIEW button that is!))