Why me? Why now? It's time…
Chapter 6: Figuring it out!
Bella's Point of View!
We hadn't seen Damon since that night at Elena's. Where was he? God knows. Stefan hasn't left Elena's side. While I have been out looking for Damon…Unable to find him.
As I made my way back to Elena's, I told myself that, that wasn't Damon. He isn't like that. He wouldn't do it on purpose, but did I really believe that? I mean he was like this, before. Stefan changed him though. Now he has gone back to his old ways…the only thing is that he seems worse.
I walked into Elena's house and go up to her room. That's the only place in the house she feels safe. They both looked up at me and Elena asked. "Any luck finding him?" She may be terrified of him right now, but she is still worried.
"No…" I frowned and sat on the bed with them. Stefan looked at me and I looked at him. "Do you know where he might have gone?" I asked him.
He shook his head. "No. Anywhere that he may have gone, has been destroyed." He frowned. Stefan may have hated him, but Damon was still his brother. We were all worried about him.
"This isn't like him at all. It's like something is controlling him…" Elena said. Stefan and I looked at Elena, then at each other again. "What?" She asked confused.
"There are only two people that could do that to him…" I said to Stefan. He nodded in agreement with me.
"Who?" Elena asked getting even more confused. I looked at her.
"Katherine and Elijah…" I frowned and she gasped lightly. "Yep. They are the only two people that can possibly do something like that…"
"If it's Katherine… then she is out of the tomb. If it's Elijah… God knows where he is." Stefan said frowning. I sighed. After sitting there for about 10 minutes, there was a knock at the door outside. Elena stiffened and Stefan went to the window. "It's Charlie…" He said to me, still looking out.
"Elena, can you go and invite him in. He is our Uncle." I asked her smiling. She nodded and got up, limping slightly from when Damon grabbed her ankle, I went down with her. Elena opened the door and Charlie turned to look at us. "Charlie?"
"Come in." Elena said inviting him in, seeming a little wary. Charlie smiled thankfully at Elena, and then turned to Bella.
"Where's Stefan?" Charlie asked worried. Stefan was downstairs with us, with in the second.
"Can we go upstairs? I don't really feel safe down here anymore." Elena said. Stefan picked her up and carried her to her room. Charlie and I followed her up, I walked straight in and Charlie was stuck. I looked at Elena and she nodded. "Come and sit down Charlie." She smiled and Charlie came to sit down on the bed with us.
"What's going on Charlie?" Stefan asked. He wrapped an arm around Elena and she leaned into him.
"Damon…" He frowned.
"Do you know where he is?" I asked Charlie, sounding hopeful. Charlie nodded and I asked again. "Where?"
"Jacksonville" Charlie replied. Immediately, my minutely beating heart stopped. "He is with Elijah."
"Renee…?" She had become like an actual mother to me. She was always there for me. Gave me the talk, even when I didn't need it. She always had those motherly hugs. If either of them, had even set a finger on her. They wouldn't know what's hit them. I looked at Charlie and he had pure sadness in his eyes.
"Elijah…got to her." His voice broke at the end. Charlie himself had grown to love Renee. A sob erupted from my chest. She was gone.
"We shouldn't have got her involved in this. It wasn't fair on her." My voice was strained. "Where are they now?" I asked him.
"On their way here. Bella, just be glad they didn't go to Forks…" He stated. I nodded. He was right, if he had, have gone to Forks, that would have meant he would have seen the Cullen's. I didn't need that to happen right now. They couldn't know about me yet.
"What was Damon doing with Elijah?" Elena asked sounding intrigued.
"Damon looked like he had to be there… but he seemed like he didn't want to be…" Charlie said, a little confused.
"Like Elijah was controlling Damon?" Stefan asked and Charlie nodded. Stefan looked at me and sighed. "Just what we thought…"
"So it wasn't actually Damon doing all of those things? He didn't mean to do it? He was being controlled?" Elena asked and I nodded. She sighed in relief.