Finally chapter 10! Man, am I ever tired.
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Ch10 Disaster
I ran. I just ran, passing by taxies, honking cars, road rage, and guys pushing hot dogs carts down the street. Edward would kill me for this, I knew that he would. New York was probably on Edwards's list of top 10 places that could "Endanger Bella in Any Way Possible."
I was too frightened to look over my shoulder to see if Emily was following me. Then again, she couldn't run after me could she? We where out in public after all and if she started running at a vampire speed, everyone in the entire state of New York would probably whip their heads around in shock.
Racing down the subway stairs, I jumped onto one although I had no idea where it was going. When the subway car stopped I climbed back up the stairs and gasped at where I was. Red streamers where hung everywhere, colorful lanterns and I saw an out door fish market near by. A red and green dragon was dancing down the street swaying from side to side.
I was in china town! How had I gotten there though? I looked around and noticed that I had no idea where I was. Someone in this town had to speak English didn't they?
I walked up to one woman and taped her on the shoulder. She turned around and smiled at me.
"Wo tashai no chan?"
My mouth dropped and I felt like dropping to my knees and crying. The women looked at me in slight confusion as I walked off. She hadn't been able to speak a single word of English. Walking down a lonely ally way I pulled out a piece of paper that had the name of Charlie's hotel name and the address of it scribbled down. The writing was smudged slightly and I squinted at the paper at a desperate attempt to read it better.
Suddenly, a cold hand shot out from the darkness, clamped down over my mouth, and I felt a strong arm wrap around my waist. I kicked and thrashed in the strangers arm, fearing for my life. Was it Emily? Had she found me so quickly? In the process of my struggling I kicked over a couple of trash cans and sent a black cat running away from the loud racket.
"Jeeze Bella! Stay still!" I heard someone yell. The person let me go and I turned around to smile at the familiar face.
Peter. He stood there in front of me looking mostly pissed, but if I looked closely I think I saw him looking slightly happy to see me.
I flung myself at him with out thinking and wrapped my arms around his neck. He looked away and shut his eyes. I quickly jumped away and realized that I smelled pretty good to him right now, tasty, he was thirsty.
"I'm sorry," I mumbled.
Looking into his eyes I saw that they where the color grey, and soon they would be dark black.
"Don't be sorry, just don't ok?" He said.
I saw Freya step out from the shadows then and smile at me.
"Bella, why on earth did you run off like that? Edward is furious that you went and left," Freya said. She approached me and pulled me into a bone crushing hug.
"He's mad at me?" I asked. I felt tears beginning to sting the corners of my eyes slightly.
"Actually he's more concerned then mad at you," Freya assured me. She smiled and grabbed me hand. Peter and Freya led me down the alley way and Freya held my hand the entire time for reassurance.
"Wait! Where's Edward? Alice? Jasper? Carlisle?" I asked.
"They'll be on there way soon enough. Alice had a vision about where you where, but we just got here first," Peter said.
"Oh yes that reminds me, I need to call them and tell that Peter and I have located you," Freya said.
She pulled out her cell phone, hot pink colored, and dialed the number. As it was ringing we walked towards a near by café and Freya ordered a drink for me to calm my nerves.
"Hello? Carlisle? This is Freya, yes we've found her, she's alright," Freya spoke.
Freya hung up the phone then and I held my breathe.
"Well?" I asked.
"Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice are on there way down here right now, they should be here soon," Freya said.
"Oh," I simply replied.
"Now what?" Peter asked.
"Emily has probably gone to Joseph already and told him what's happened. Problem is, with Peter throwing off Joseph's tracking skills he's completely blind and won't be able to find Bella," Freya said.
"Cant we go and find Charlie?" I asked.
"Bella, I'm just as concerned about Charlie as you are, but I'm afraid we can't do that just yet. It would be very dangerous to just go and look for Charlie on our own. Joseph might be with him, and I'm afraid that Peter and I together fighting him wouldn't even be enough strength to bring him down, plus he has Emily with him," Freya said.
"But what if Emily just comes and attack's?" Peter asked.
"We can't be worrying about things that may not even happen, for now, we'll stay in a hotel for the night," Freya said.
We got into a taxi and went into one of the fanciest hotel's I had ever seen. Gold sinks and little packages of soap wrapped in golden foil. I wasn't really surprised though that Freya and Peter had chosen the most expensive hotel in the entire city of New York.
Arriving into the room I realized that I hadn't brought any change of clothes with me. Luckily, most of the things that Freya had with her where my exact size. I mostly sat around and doodled on a note pad that had been in the hotel room when we had arrived. I tried to fight hard against my temptations, but they ended up getting the better of me.
"Freya? Can I call Edward?" I asked.
"Of course Bella," Freya said. She handed me her cell phone, since I had left mine on the air plane by mistake when I had been with Emily, and called Edward. As the line rang I began to wonder how he would act when he first answered. Would he be angry at me for leaving? Or would he be sad?
All my thoughts melted when I heard the sound of my beautiful and indescribable angelic Greek god's like voice over the phone.
"Bella?!" Edward asked. I heard how frantic he sounded, worried, relieved, and angry.
"Edward I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to ditch Alice and run off but Joseph has Charlie! I know that he does!" I exclaimed. I couldn't hold back the tears any longer and let them fall to the ground.
"Bella, please don't cry. I was so upset when you went and ran off like that; do have any idea how worried we all are of you? Especially me Bella, when I didn't know where you where I was…scared," Edward said.
Scared? Edward was a vampire and he had gotten scared? Scared for me that is.
"I am really sorry Edward, I really am," I sobbed.
"I know," Edward said.
"What are we going to do now?" I asked.
"We'll be down in New York in a couple of hours, until then I want you to stay close to Freya and Peter alright? Oh, and Bella, please…please be safe…and try not to do anything to stupid," Edward said.
"Yes, I will…I…I love you," I sobbed.
"I love you too Bella," Edward said.
Edward hung up the phone, and I handed the cell phone back to Freya. She took her cell phone back and pulled me into a comforting hug as I cried into her arms. I hadn't meant to run off like that, but Charlie was in trouble and it had all been because of me.
"Don't worry Bella, we'll sort this all out a promise," Freya said. I pulled out of Freya's hug and looked around the hotel room for Peter. He wasn't anywhere in sight.
As if she was reading my mind, Freya answered my question, "Peter is outside standing guard in front of the door. Why don't you get some sleep now Bella? We'll stand guard," Freya said.
I looked out the window and saw that it was pitch dark outside, and it was almost midnight. I nodded and went into the bathroom to take a hot shower and have my "human minute" as Edward might say. I then crawled into bed and shut my eyes, but I found sleep to be slightly impossible. I had too many thoughts rushing through my mind to sleep.
"Freya?" I asked. I looked around into the darkness, and saw a figure move in an armchair.
"Yes Bella? Do you need something?" Freya asked.
"Could you…sing to me?" I asked sheepishly.
Freya nodded and began to hum to me as I shut my eyes. It wasn't My Lullaby like Edward would hum to me, but it worked. My mind became consumed by darkness and I fell into a deep sleep. Edwards face running through my mind, him humming to me, and growling when ever an image of Mike Newton's face appeared.
Around four or three o clock in the morning I heard the sound of Peter's scream. I shot up, waking up, and Freya was at my side in a second.
"Stay inside Bella, and don't come out," Freya ordered me.
I watched as Freya walked up towards the hotel room front door and peeped through the door. She opened the door and looked down at the ground, letting out a scream. I jumped out of my bed and ran to the front door, standing behind Freya and trying to tell what she was looking at.
I looked down, and I knew.
Peter…oh…poor Peter. He was lying on the ground thrashing from side to side, covering his head with his hands and screaming. His body was twitching and going into slight convulsions.
"Peter!" I screamed.
I gasped and stumbled backwards, Freya standing in front of me, growling. She got into a protective and attacking stance, growling, snarling, and a warning to stay away.
I looked up and gasped. My breathe caught in my throat and I tried not to scream.
Emily, standing right in front of us. She stepped over Peter who was still on the floor rolling around in agonizing pain, and she stepped into the room.
Freya growled.
"Stop it! Stop hurting him!" I screamed. I looked to Peter on the floor with tears in my eyes.
Emily smiled and stepped closer. The front door slammed shut, and Peter was no longer visible.
Click.
The door was locked.
Everything happened too fast.
Freya went flying backwards and slammed against the wall, a sound of concrete slamming against concrete echoed through out the room.
"Freya!" I screamed.
Freya began to stand up, but she was suddenly on the ground again screaming. She had her hands on her head. Her body began going into convulsions and she was shaking uncontrollably.
Emily was causing physical pain to Emily and Peter with her mind!
"Stop it! Stop hurting them!" I screamed.
Emily grabbed me by my neck and lifted me up off the ground. My feet kicked in the air, making a desperate attempt to touch down or at least kick Emily in the legs. Her hand squeezed around my neck, and I gasped for air. Tears began misting over in my eyes, sobbing, crying.
Charlie.
Edward.
Jasper.
Emmett.
Alice.
Carlisle.
Esme.
Rosalie.
Peter.
Freya.
Everything went black and I felt my body hit the ground, hard. My head spinning as the sounds of Peter and Freya's screaming rang in my ears.
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