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I heard through Carlisle –who was on the phone with them- that Jasper and Emmett had found Bella and cut her loose, but she wasn't responding and her pulse was nearly nothing. I got little flickers of visions every few seconds, but they slowly became harder and harder to reach, and I knew… She's dying. And I knew…there was a very real possibility that we were going to be too late.
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Edward

Things ticked by slower and slower until I was finally at the house. I was there first, being that I was faster. Jasper and Emmett were with Bella in my room. Carlisle was on speakerphone as they attempted to keep Bella's heart going.
My throat tightened at the sight of the deep, dark bruises around her pale throat. Emmett looked up, acknowledging me,
"She's not going to make it, Edward. You need to-"
I shook my head, almost as if unhearing. Then Emmett was in front of me,
"SHE'S DYING EDWARD. If you want to save her, you'll have to make her one of us. You don't have much time."
I finally met his eyes, and a deep sadness crept through my veins,
Could I do this to her? Damn her to the life I lived everyday?
"Goddammit. Edward, I swear to God, if you don't change her, I will." Jasper said from the floor, about 10 feet from us, his gaze deadly serious.
I closed my eyes, and sped to her side.
"I'm so sorry." I choked, then brought her neck to my razor sharp teeth. I felt her extremely weakened heart beat in the pulse of her blood as it filled all of my senses, and suddenly I was happy that I had hunted only moments ago.
I stayed at her throat, only for about 10 seconds. I had practiced my self control while on the run from her, and found it harder than I'd hoped but not impossible to quit feeding on her delectable blood.
As soon as I'd pulled away, Carlisle was there. Bella's heart rate was nearly non-existent. The slight blood loss I knew hadn't helped at all.
He pressed his hands over her chest and began compressions.
"Jasper. Go into my office, grab my bag." He ordered, pumping at Bella's chest. Faster than a human could blink, Jasper was gone, then back a second later.
"Emmett, continue the compressions the way I was." Emmett nodded, and his hands took Carlisle's place, keeping Bella's resistant heart fighting.

Then it stopped and silence filled the room.
No. Please.

Carlisle pulled out a scalpel,
"What're you doing?" I asked, slightly alarmed. He didn't look up, "Her airway's collapsed. I'm opening it again."
I flinched as Carlisle cut into her skin, a few inches below her carotid artery.
Bella's lips had taken on a blue tint, her skin was ghostly pale. My hands tightened into fists, then opened again as I fought to control my burning anxiety. She was dying, right in front of me and there was nothing I could do.

Then everything around me stopped as I saw Jasper catch Alice out of the corner of my eye as she fell to the floor, and I knew that Bella's future had disappeared.
"Bella…" I whispered, brokenly.
"She's gone?" Emmett rasped, silence filling the room once more.
"Not yet." Carlisle growled, then inserted a clear tube into the hole he'd inflicted, pressing it downwards. I had to look away. But when I heard the sharp intake of breath, I immediately looked back to see Bella's eyes dancing beneath the lids, showing that she was back.
Carlisle began compressions again,
"Edward. Bite her again, both her wrists."
I nodded, and grabbed her right wrist putting it to my lips.
Come on Bella.

Bella

Things were dark. There was no sound. No feeling. No pain. I dropped to my knees and began to cry surrounded by my nothingness. My worst fear had come true…I was alone. Completely and utterly alone.
I gasped…well kind of as the floor seemed to drop out from under me, I closed my eyes as my stomach flew to the back of my throat.
When I opened them again, I wasn't alone anymore.
In fact, Edward, Carlisle, and the rest of The Cullens were standing…above me? But I was looking down on them at the same time.
Then I realized…I was floating above them. Like….A ghost.
I was a ghost. And the body laying on the floor in front of me…was me.
And they were trying to revive me. But I knew they would fail. I could see terror and pain in Edward's beautiful eyes, and I wanted nothing more then to hold him, and tell him how sorry I was.
Then time seemed to freeze, and things began to fade, Alice screamed and fell to the ground, Jasper ran across the room and caught her.
"Bella…" Came Edward broken whisper, and a flood of absolute regret drown me.
I can't do this to him.
I screamed, and beat against the invisible shield between me and the rest of them.
"Is she gone?" Emmett asked.
NO! I screamed, but only to myself, because no one could hear me.
"Not yet." Carlisle replied.
What?
Carlisle pulled out a scalpel,
"What are you doing?" Edward asked.
"Her airways closed, I'm opening them." He said, and pressed the sharp blade into my skin a few inches below my throat. I looked away, same as Edward.
Suddenly, the ground dropped from under me again, and I fell forward once more, and suddenly I was surrounded by darkness. Then air forced it's way into my resistant lungs.

I took notice of the nagging, burning feeling next, and knew that the venom Edward had put in me earlier was faintly finding it's way through my half dead body…which meant…
Holy shit.
Carlisle had done it.
"Edward. Bite her again, both her wrists."
Edward nodded, unhesitatingly, and I felt him put my right wrist to his lips, and bite down as Carlisle continued the compressions.
Carlisle, then proceeded to put a tube down my throat through my mouth and into my lungs, before pulling out the one he'd put in through my throat.
Then, a blistering pain set in, and my back arched. I felt cool, unhelping hands on my body, pinning me down.
Then, a dull sting that had no comparison to the intense agony on the inside of my body, pricked my arm, then my body relaxed against my will. But it did nothing to cool the searing torture spreading through my veins…
Or what was my veins. I thought as I felt them burn on the inside of my skin.

Edward
"She's back." Carlisle choked, taking his hands from Bella's chest. Her heart was beating at a quick, anguished speed as what I figured was my venom scalded the inside of her body.
Her back arched suddenly, and Carlisle, Emmett and I grabbed her, and pinned her back down.
Yes. Definitely the venom.
An intense relief that sickened me slightly set in as I realized that we had been on time. It had worked. I hoped.
"Is she going to be alright?" I asked Carlisle.
He sighed, "I think so. But the next three days will determine that."
I nodded, because that was all I could hope for.

I was by Bella's side, always, every minute that I could be throughout the transition.
Her skin took on the familiar pale color, her hair became lighter, softer.
She'd lost weight while in the clutches of that trash, Michael. And although, she was small, her body morphed so that it filled out the size it was. She was about Alice's size, maybe a tad bigger.
Alice came in, daily and changed her clothing. I'd pointed out that she didn't really need to. But, this was Alice, and she was going to take any chance she had to make-over Bella.
This time, she brought in a pair of jeans, and a sleeveless white shirt that accented Bella's breasts, then proceeded to paint Bella's newly perfect nails in a shimmery blue/purple color.
She relented slightly, and gave Bella a pair of converse rather than heels.
I felt Bella's hand twitch in my hand, and I looked up immediately.
"Alice…"
Alice's eyes were wide too, "I know, I can see it. Carlisle! She's waking up."
I heard the rest of the family come in, but all my attention was focused on Bella's waking form.
"Bella…I know you can hear me, sweetheart." I said gently, "You're safe, open your eyes."
Slowly her eyes fluttered, revealing golden brown eyes, a complete shock to all of us.
"Carlisle…her eyes." I said.
Carlisle was at her side then, as Bella's lids opened slightly in confusion.
"I…don't know. It's definitely unusual…How do you feel, Bella?"
She looked around,
"I-" She looked at me, "…You changed me."
I nodded slowly, gauging her reaction.
"I-I don't understand." She said, her eyebrows scrunching together adorably.
"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked.
She met his eyes, "When….I was…human, I hated –I hated-"
"Yourself?" Carlisle asked softly, she looked up at him, and nodded, smally.
"The venom not only fixes physical damage, but mental as well." He replied.
Her lips parted in a silent 'o.' Then, she turned back to me,
"I'm so sorry." She whispered, then catching me off guard, she reached out to me as she had when Emmett had first brought her in that night he'd found her in the woods. I took her into my arms, and she wrapped her arms around my neck, and buried her face there, and began to sob tearlessly.
"Ssshhh." I coaxed. "Everything's alright now."
"Is it?" she whispered, looking up at me.
"I have you, don't I?" I asked, and she smiled, brightly.
"I've missed that." I said, and she buried her face in my neck, embarrassed.
"Hey, you can't hog her." Alice said, from beside me. I chuckled and set Bella on her feet, and Alice engulfed her in a hug, and Bella laughed.
"How do you feel, Bella?" Jasper asked, and I knew he was confused as to how her eyes weren't red and how well she was handling herself.
"I'm…okay. My throat kind of hurts."
Esme looked at me, and I nodded, "Come on." I said, taking Bella's elbow in my hand, "We'll converse later."
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Bella
Edward and I walked back towards the house, after my first hunting experience.
It wasn't as unappetizing as I figured it would be. I heard a conversation from inside the house though, that had me stopping me in my tracks.
"No, he was gone…" Jasper's voice, said stonily.
"The bastard fled the party the minute Bella went missing."
Edward was watching me, but I wasn't paying attention.
"What was his name?" I heard Carlisle ask.
"Michael." I said, and heard the conversation fall silent, inside. The door to the house opened and we met the rest of the family as they walked out.
"Bella…" Carlisle said softly.
I looked down, my throat sore once more, but it wasn't the burning sensation from before.
"No…" I whispered, "I'm glad you didn't find him."
"Bella." Carlisle rebuked softly, "He did horrible things to you. He deserves what Edward, Jasper and Emmett went out to do that night."
"And that's why I want it to be me that finds him." I said, looking up and meeting each of their eyes.
"It was me he wronged." A fury built deep inside me, "And I want to be the one that gets to him…I also want to help the other girls."
I saw a smile dance at Rosalie's lips, and I met her eyes,
"Want to help me come up with a plan?" I asked.

Her smile broadened, "I have some ideas already."
"Oh no." Emmett sighed, wrapping his arm around Rosalie's waist.
"Oh yes." Rose and I said together.

(; Slight cliffie, hope you've liked so far! Stay updated!
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