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Edwards Point of View

Chapter 9

I followed the swat members thoughts as they wound deeper into the store, oblivious of my own furious shaking. They were coming up with a plan on how to get Bella back. It was simple; break up the criminals into pairs so they could be more easily managed, take away whatever weapons they could have, save my Bella, and than haul the men off to jail with silver bracelets.

I thought what I would do to them if I were to ever get my hands around their throats, but thanks to a select two vampires, I was stuck behind the yellow tape, tormenting myself by reading the thoughts of everyone in the scuffle like some sadistic sitcom.

A muffled squeak caused me to evert my thoughts away from the very loud plans of the swat team and toward Alice. Her grip loosened on my arms and her hands flew to her mouth.

Bella had been shot. She lay on the ground in a puddle of ruby liquid I knew so well. She wilted on the floor like a flower without water while two hands dragged her out of everyones vision. Even I felt blind. That was when Alice shut me out and clamped her white fingers back around my arm like tiny vices. I let my eyes find hers. They were grieved. I could tell just from her physical stance and the way her face crumpled that she wished she hadn't seen any of that. Like James and Bella? Maybe worse for all I knew.

I yanked then, forward, to Carlisle and Alice's shock. The maniacs had a gun and they had homicidal thoughts on their minds. Yet, their grip remained strong while tides of emotions threatened to drown me. Panic, woe, shock. Fear. My eyes flew over to Carlisle, pleading, asking. He didn't look back at me though. He had shut me out too, thinking of something so monotonous it made my head hurt. Giving in, I stood limp in their grip and searched the thoughts of around me, even in the store till someone caught my attention.

I shuddered in their grip and my head fell, dangling. They had found her. Hopefully alive. She was untied and proven alive. I breathed a sigh of relief until something else came into focus, like an old television, the signal was fuzzy a first but grew stronger with time.

"Hell no! She is not getting away to go tell everyone and I am not going back in a cage!" It was like broken glass in my skull.

I winced.

I heard him put a new clip in and take the safety off. He wasn't going to play with that thing. I then heard another gun in the distance get cocked. And older model.

"NO!", I bellowed and pulled on my arms, surprising the two again. "Let me go!", I gasped, rough and gravelly. Fear, anger, and irritation mixed with infuriating helplessness choking me off.

"Alright." It was Carlisle who said this and Alice obeyed. This time they surprised me as their hands released my arms. I blinked at them for a moment and then flew underneath the yellow tape without a second thought like some bandit. I darted for the entrance but Charlie stood in the way, watching me.

"Edward, get on the other side of the line, now, or I will have you arrested for obstruction of justice," he said, his voice sounded cold and superior. Something I wasn't used to.

My eyes slowly lifted to his, reading the identical emotions I had. The ones that threatened to over ride my better judgmen. His thoughts were desperate and panicked.

He would die for her.

I only shook my head at him. A nod. But then it happened.

"BELLA! RUN!"

I took my eyes from Charlies and directed my full attention to the store. Carlisle came then and put his hands on my shoulders. He whispered to me so no one could hear, "Alice said she was on her way out. We have to move, you know. Chief Swan needs to do his job."

I nodded again, defeated, and followed him back to where Alice stood.

I heard scrambling and thudding coming from the entrance. Someone was coming. My Bella was coming.

And then my world stopped as gunshots ran through the air like church bells. For who the bell tolls seemed most befitting as I fell to my knees.

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