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Chapter 9
Can It Be?
I waited quietly as I heard the murmur of voices below. Alice was right, Bella sounded terrible. I could only imagine her appearance, hair unkempt, clothing wrinkled, eyes red. But instead of running out to her, I remained in my room, Rebecca playing with my hands. I noticed that I was not breathing, and sighed. Her scent filled me from this far, and the thirst and lust that I had for her was stronger because of the amount of time that I had been away from her. Rebecca was silent, not talkative at all, very unlike her. I wondered if she could smell that a human was in the house, but maybe she was trying to ignore it. The expression she made was very amusing, and I laughed, despite myself. I froze, because I heard light footsteps running towards my room.
There was a jerk on the doorknob, and I covered Rebecca's mouth, so she would not call out to whoever was on the other side. I knew who was, and I wanted to yank open the door, and take her into my arms, but how would I explain Rebecca? So, I waited, and Alice came through the window and whisked a fighting child out of my room and took her to the meadow, where I would go after I…What was I going to do?
I heard a slump on the other side of the door, and could hear Bella sniffling, and could even smell her tears. I could not stand it. But I did not open the door to my room, I sped around to the front of the house, entered through the front door, and sped up the same stairs that my angel had just ran through, her scent was stronger where she had tripped, and I felt the shadows under my eyes darken. I approached her, and I felt my heart tear at the sight of her, she was crouched on the ground, hands over her eyes, crying silently. As fluid a movement as I could manage, so as she could not see me, I picked her up from behind, and held her for the shortest moment. As I left I whispered in her ear, "I love you." And I was off.
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As I entered the meadow, I was expecting to see Rebecca sitting on Alice's lap, but what I saw was much worse.
I saw a wild Rebecca, hands curled into fists, pounding them on the earth, having some sort of wild tantrum. I watched in horror, my body frozen, as I saw Alice rush forward to hug her, and Rebecca wrenched her hands upward, striking Alice in the chest, sending her backward over 250 feet. She landed with a thud, and weakly stood. She seemed as dazed as I was. Rebecca was not finished, she stood and ran with vampire speed towards her, and grabbed fistfuls of Alice's shirt in her hands, and raised her up over her small height. She stared at her menacingly, and bit her ankles. I could hear Alice whimper in pain, but she did not have the willpower to fight the small child. I was mildly reminded of the terrifying vampire who lived with the Volturri, Jane, and how she enjoyed other people's pain.
Rebecca suddenly stiffened, and turned slowly. She saw me, and as if slapped, she dropped Alice, and her expression changed from the blood-red murderous expression she had just displayed, into the expression she always had in my presence. I was shocked and angry, and I ran to her, and shook her in my hands.
"What are you doing?! Why? Do not lie to me, or stare at me with those eyes, I saw you doing that to my dearest sister, and you are going to tell me that you did not know what you were doing? I am beginning to think that you do know what you are doing, and I am the one being played the fool. I want to kill you right now," I yelled in her face. I was very harsh, very blunt, and oddly cruel.
She whimpered, and had a small unsatisfying answer, "They made me do it."
I scoffed. "They? They? Who are they? The people in your head? Well, I have seen your mind, and sure, yes, people are there, but did you feel that way when you killed all of those innocent people? NO! I take that back, you slaughtered them, and you had a smile on your face. Look! You have one now!"
She was indeed displaying a wicked smile, and she answered me, but it was a terrifying voice, "You think," she sneered the word, "that you of all people, are a match for me? I lured you into taking my trap, just like my father said that you would. I had been watching you, and I knew of your precious disposition, and your guilt for almost killing that human you keep in your house. There is more to come Edward Cullen, and what's worst is that you do not know when it will come," she ended.
I felt like a blow had hit me internally. I was so shocked, yet something told me that something like this would befall me, and I had tried to ignore that feeling, letting my guilt overwhelm me.
I continued to watch as she ran from me, into the protection of the woods, and I chased her to no avail. I internally yelled, "Dear God what have I done!"
I had neglected my lover, and had literally bowed down to this nightmare of my past, and now she was gone, with a plot to harm me. I ran back to Alice, and saw her sitting there, staring mournfully and thoughtfully staring at the ground. She had deadly bites on her smooth marble ankles, and when I stared at them closer, I saw how small the bites were.
"They hurt more than any other bite I have received, Edward. I do not understand. I did not see any of this. Not the girl, not this, not any of it. I've only been getting visions of this house over and over again," she thought.
"And you don't know where it is?" I asked her tenderly. I felt terrible for what had befallen her, because I knew it was my fault.
"There is no indication. None, whatsoever. I wonder if it is significant at all, and I am worried as to what it means. I do not see anyone there, and I wonder if it is in the present, or in the past," she murmured, and buried her face in her hands.
I rubbed her back gently, and as I looked down at her ankles, I saw that the bites had closed to dark half moon shaped scars. I stood, and held out my hand for her to take. She took it, and she stood as well. We ran back to our home, and went to speak to Carlisle.
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"Hmm," Carlisle said after I had confessed to him everything that had happened.
I waited for something else to be said, like advice, or at least a plan, but Carlisle remained silent.
He finally spoke, "You should hunt. As for the situation, I hate to be negative, but what can we do? You do not know where she went, or what she plans to do. She left you with a threat, and nothing else."
Esme spoke, "My advice to you is to do exactly as Carlisle advised, to hunt, and then I think you should go to her."
There was no need to specify who Esme was speaking of, and I agreed. I left immediately to hunt, and as midnight arrived, and stood in front of Bella's home, trying to think of what I was going to say to her. I could not decide on anything, so I swiftly jumped, and climbed through the window.
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