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Chapter 10: A Life Ends
Bella's POV
I couldn't see anything as Victoria ran. Eventually she stopped and put me down before walking forward at a human pace. She kept her grip on my arm though, and dragged me behind her. "If you scream, yell, or do anything I will kill you immediately," she threatened. "Got it?" I could only nod and try to keep up. When we left the final row of trees, I could see Seattle's airport.
Victoria got tickets to who knows where and we boarded our flight immediately. I sat there, wondering where we were going, and more importantly, if I would ever see Edward or the other Cullen's again. Sometime during the plane ride I fell asleep.
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Edward's POV
I followed Victoria's scent and it led right to Seattle's airport. Dang, now I have to deal with idiotic airport women.
I followed Victoria's scent right to a counter. "Hello, how may I help you?" I blocked her thoughts as I spoke. "Hi, I need some information. Which flight did a red-haired, ruby-eyed women get on with a 18 year old girl with chocolate brown hair and brown eyes?"
"I'm not allowed to give out that information."
"Please," I said, "I need to know." I made my eyes smolder the way Bella said dazzled her often. It worked.
"A…a…flight to Juneau."
"Ok, thank you." With that I went back to where the others were waiting for me. "She's taking her to Juneau. Plane or run?"
Carlisle debated for a moment. "Run." So we walked back out of the airport and took off running as soon as we were out of sight of the humans. I could only hope that we could run fast enough.
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Bella's POV
I woke up when the plane touched down. Victoria dragged me off the plane to the parking lot. She stole a dark colored car and sped away from the airport with me in the backseat. She stopped 5 minutes later outside an apartment building. She then pulled me a few blocks to an old, abandoned warehouse. She shoved me into a small room that had probably been an office at some point.
I sat on an old couch in the corner. I had nothing to do but hope Edward could get here before it was too late. But I had a feeling that I would die in less than 24 hours. I hoped that I was wrong.
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Edward's POV
Time was running out. We still had an hours worth of running, but only half an hour until the 24 hours were up. I was pushing the others to their limits,. They were going as fast as they could, but it wouldn't be fast enough. I pushed them harder still and they somehow found more speed. We would still be 15 minutes late, and that was considering that Victoria waited the full 24 hours. I had to get to Bella in time, I just had to. She didn't deserve to die because of me. So I continued to push them faster, and we ran for Bella's life like she had once for me.
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Bella's POV
It was about 2:30 am. I had half an hour to live. I looked out the window, praying that I was wrong and they would get to me in time. I could feel the minutes slipping away quickly.
I never thought it would end this way. Why did I have to die? I'm only 18! I would never again see Edward or my father again. I was pulled out of my thoughts as I heard a growl behind me.
I whirled around and saw Victoria in the doorway. "Times up," Victoria said. "3 am. The end of your life." Victoria began to circle the room, but I was standing right by the window. Since I had bad memories of James and glass I edged towards the center of the room. When she got to where the window was, she crouched into the position that I knew all too well. Then she pounced, knocking me clear across the room. I screamed as I made contact with the wall.
"This is for James," she said as she punched my face. "This is my revenge! You will die, and nobody would stop me!" She then picked up the hand that didn't have the cresent shaped scar and bit down. Then the fire began. I screamed even though I knew it wouldn't help. Slowly, I could feel myself losing consciousness. Then I could feel the black waters surrounding me. It was then that I knew that I was dead. I felt nothing, not even the fire. They hadn't come in time, and now my life was over, ended too soon…
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AN: If I wanted to be evil, I would end it there. But there is a surprise!!! So you get more of this chappie
Edward POV
I ran into the warehouse Victoria's and Bella's scent led to, but I heard nothing. There was no heartbeat, and no screaming. Then I faintly smelled Bella. I found the room and looked in. There she was, lying on the floor, motionless.
"NO!!! She can't be dead! We can't be too late! NO!!!!!" I picked up her body and sobbed, holding her into my chest. Carlisle tapped me on the shoulder.
Let me check her over. I reluctantly laid her back down on the ground and stepped back. Jasper and Emmett stood in a corner, looking down.
What the heck? I looked at Carlisle. "What?"
He looked at me, shock written all over his face. "She's alive Edward, but barely. Victoria stopped a split second too soon."
I just stood there, shocked that Bella wasn't dead. She was still alive! But she would be a vampire. Oh well, that was a lot better than her being dead.
"What should we do Carlisle?"
"There's not much we can do but wait. We should probably move her somewhere safe though." I nodded.
"Where should we move her?"
Carlisle thought for a minute before answering. "The safest place would be our home, but would you be able to keep up while carrying?"
"Yes. I've run faster before, and I can do it again." I unwillingly noticed that both times I had been running for Bella's safety. He nodded and I picked her up and carefully cradled her to my chest. I turned around, and only then did I notice Victoria standing in the doorway. I growled, as did the others.
"Go ahead and kill me. I see no point in living anymore. I got my revenge."
Jasper and Emmett pounced, and a minute later she was nothing but a pile of shreds. Jasper pulled a match out of his pocket and lit it. Then he dropped it and we watched the shreds turn into ashes. I then ran out the door and out of the warehouse. I didn't even notice as the others stopped to set the building on fire. I ran, faster than I ever had before. And so I ran back towards home with Bella in my arms.
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AN: That was my favorite chappie to write. Tell me what you think of it. And you all thought that it was Bella that was dying, not Victoria didn't you? I think this is my longest chappie so far. Wait… maybe chappie 8 was…. O well. PLEZ REVIEW!! O yea, one more thing. There is only 1 chapter left. Then the sequel if u want it! NOW REVIEW!!!! PLEZ?!?!?!?!?!?