Fallen
Chapter 4 – Emotional and Physical Torture
Bella 4 Hours later
Felix and Demitri dragged my limp body by my arms back down the dark, cold hall.
I was in too much pain to care what they did with me now.
I'd already been thrown over hot coals, boiled in innocent blood, then boiled in holy water, then beaten with hot, glowing red clubs.
Even though my skin could not burn I still felt the pain as if my skin were blistering and being scorned the way a humans skin would.
But every time I felt physical pain, blood would bleed from my eyes, as if I were crying blood, which is what I was doing I guess.
I didn't realize we had come to my cell. Something very cold and sharp touched my neck. Then they threw the door open and shoved me 'too roughly than necessary' to the stone cold floor of the cell.
I heard the door slam shut again and their footsteps as they walked away laughing darkly to themselves.
I tried lifting myself off the ground but failed miserably.
"Bella?" I heard the velvet soft voice of Edward from across the room.
Edward
Why am I so horrible? Why haven't I asked my self that question before? Why haven't I actually sat down one day and asked myself 'Hey Edward, just wondering why are you so god damned evil?' Oh, right. Because I'm a poor excuse for an idiot.
When I walked away from her I could just feel the waves of hurt rolling off her. Then she whimpered. She whimpered. It just broke my heart to hear it.
Then she was tortured. And I have no idea why I didn't stop them from getting to her. I could have easily. But no. Because I'm an idiot, aren't I? I just sat there and let it all happen.
Then the entire time she was gone I had to sit there and suffer in the agonizing sound of her screams. I let myself suffer because I deserved to.
And now here I was waiting eagerly to see Bella and tell her I'm sorry. Sorry for everything I ever did and didn't do.
I could hear the foot steps now…and the sound of her ragged body being dragged across the ground.
They stopped at the door for a few seconds before they threw it open and shoved her body very roughly to the ground. Then they fled laughing the whole way.
If I could cry, I would be. Her body was stained in blood and holy water; she had ash frizzled into her rugged dress.
And her face, her beautiful face was streaked with bloodstained tears. Her eyes were closed and her mouth parted as she was breathing ever so faintly.
"Bella?" Was all I managed to say. She barely even opened her eyes to look at me and then they rolled back into her head.
"Oh Bella…" I whimpered and ran over to her, kneeling next to her.
She nudged her arm towards me. I grasped her hand tightly, but not so tightly it would hurt her.
"H…elp….mee…" she rasped in a pained whisper. I put my hand against her cheek. She opened her eyes weakly.
"I can't do anything Bella. You just have to wait until you recover, that's just the way it works. I wish I could help you…" I sighed stroking her cheek with my thumb. It felt like an ice cold knife had been stabbed deep into my chest multiple times seeing her in pain like this. It put me through pain.
I decided she probably wouldn't be very comfortable laying here like this.
I picked her up bridal style and sat down in the corner with her on my lap, her head resting against my chest.
She whimpered again. I held her, my arms around her waist my chin on her head, trying to comfort her.
An agonized groan came from her mouth as her hand went up to hold her neck.
"Bella? Let me have a look at your neck…" I gently pried away her fingers and moved her long hair away from her neck.
I gasped. "Oh no…"
Two half crescent shaped marks we deep into her skin. One of them had bitten her.
She shrieked then, as the venom was spreading around her body.
"Bella, listen to me, stay awake. You've been bitten, the venom is spreading around your body but it will be over soon, you're a fallen angel so the venom won't have an effect on you, it will just be very painful. But what ever you do you can't go to sleep." I pattered her cheek lightly, trying to get her to look at me, her eyes just kept rolling into the back of her head "Bella! Do you understand me? Stay awake; listen to the sound of my voice. You can't go to sleep no matter how badly you want to." I was trying everything I could to get her to understand me, but she wasn't showing any signs that she could actually hear me.
"Bella! Do you understand me?!" I almost yelled, in a pained voice.
"Y…ye...s…"She rasped, obviously making an effort to try and look at me.
"That's good, stay awake ok, just listen to my voice, it will be over in 3 hours, just stay awake…" I pleaded to her.
"Ok…" she croaked. She could barely talk.
"I'm going to keep asking you questions and I want you to answer them as best you can so that I know you're awake, ok?" I asked her, she nodded weakly.
"What's you favourite colour?" I blurted. It was the only thing I could think of.
"It…changes…" She whispered.
"What's your favourite colour today?" I asked desperately trying to get her to keep talking.
"White…"
"Why White?" I didn't realize how intriguing she was until now.
"I…miss white…everything…that's…supposed to be…white, clouds…light…my wings…my dress…is all dark here…I miss…it…" She rasped. I stroked her cheek, a lame attempt at comforting her.
"What's your favourite gem stone?" I fired off.
"It used…to be…Topaz but…it's…changed to…Garnet…"
"Why?" It was a normal enough answer but I still wanted to know aside from the fact that I had to ask in order to keep her awake.
"It's…the colour…of…your…eyes…" She shrieked then in pain. It momentarily stunned my intense happiness over this fact.
"Shh…it's ok," I cooed stroking her cheek. She quieted down when I did that. I allowed myself to indulge in the thoughts of her possible liking to me.
Her favourite gem stone was the colour of my eyes…
"What flowers do you prefer?" I was just asking random questions that popped up in head.
"Freesia…" It broke my stone cold heart to see her fighting so hard to stay awake, to stay alive.
"Bella look at me! Do not look away, keep talking to me!" I begged.
She nodded weakly.
I realized in that moment, in that second the reason why my emotions have been running wild. The reason why I felt an electric shock when I touched Bella, the reason I started to smile again.
I was in love with Bella.
I smiled and hugged her closer to me.
"Why…are…y…you…h...elping…meee…?" Bella asked me quietly, still in immense pain.
"You asked me to." I was slightly amused by her question.
"Yes…but…you…were…angry…with…meee…" She frowned as she whispered this.
I frowned, and then remembered how rude I'd been to her earlier.
"No Bella, I was angry with myself…I'm angry about…" This was a hard thing to confess.
"I'm angry because I feel so guilty about everything I've ever done that was evil or mean…" I said quietly, stroking her cheek gently.
"Tell…me…why…you…did…it…then…if…you…feeeel…guiltyyy…" She whispered.
I didn't know what to say to that. I just kept stroking her cheek gently.
"I don't know," I sighed.
"I don't…understand…they…say…you…have…no…heart…but…you…are…so… nice…to...me…" The corners of her lips turned up in a faint smile, she still looked as beautiful as ever.
Because I love you.
That seemed like a bit much.
"You're different from anyone I've ever known Bella…" I sighed.
She smiled.
We talked quietly for a long time after that. It surprised me when she gasped all of a sudden.
"It's gone!" She gasped eyes wide.
"What's gone? Bella are you alright?" I worried nervously.
"I'm great! All the pain is gone. It's gone! Completely!" She smiled brightly, she tried to get up but my arms were still around her waist.
"Edward? Can I get up now?" She asked, embarrassed.
She was still sitting snugly in my lap and I didn't want her to get up.
"Sure…"I answered releasing my arms. I tried not to show my sadness.
She smiled sweetly and got up. She sighed, she sounded sad.
That made my heart hurt.
"How do you feel?" I asked her, I couldn't help my staring as she moved around the room.
"Better…" She frowned "You never did tell me why you care for me, I'm utterly confused…" She said.
I sighed.
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