WHO IN THE HELL WROTE THIS STORY

Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's Saga beloved Twilight, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass in them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

This chapter has been beta'd by dowlingnana and her work is making the story flow more smoothly. The next few chapters will be dedicated to my beta for all of the special help she has given me above and beyond the "call of duty".

Throughout the night all five Cullen's along with trusted members of the staff search for the missing woman, but, turn up nothing. And, it is with the coming of dawn that they each realize they need to inform Alice and Rosalie of the disappearance of Isabella Swan, their cousin. Of course, the rest of the guests will have to be told as well, but, it is the two young women and how they will take the news that is stressing Esme and the rest of the family more than anything else.

From what little the three women had told of their family history, it was known that a very strong father figure was a constant in their lives and he would have to be told of the situation as well.

A storm was about to be let lose upon the Cullen household and nothing or anyone could stop it. It was coming and the rage that was building could be felt already.

CHAPTER 10: ACTIONS FIRST, EMOTIONS LAST

It's five in the morning when the cottage phone rang. Both of the women there sleeping wanted to get up to answer, but, no choice was given since it continued, quit then start all over again. Finally, Rosalie got up to answer and ready to give Bella a good tongue lashing for calling so early. She mumbled, "What the hell, Bella? People are trying to sle-"

It was as she was staying 'sleep' that Esme interrupted her with, "I'm sorry, dear, to have to wake you at this hour, but, you and Alice need to come up to the main house immediately."

"Esme, why?"

"Please, dear, it'll be explained once you both get here and please, do so as soon as you can?"

"Has something happened to Bella?"

"I'll be happy to answer all of your questions once you arrived. Coffee is made and we are expecting you within the next few minutes." Was all Esme would say and then she hung up without another word.

Whatever sleepiness lingered was now gone do to the urgently sounding tone of Esme's voice and the fact that she was evasively firm on her insistence for both her and Alice to get up there so early. It was with a feeling of dread that Rosalie got to moving and woke Alice up with a scream yelling for her to haul her ass out of bed that something was wrong with Bella.

"What the shit? What's wrong with Bella? How do you know something's wrong?" question after question pouring from Alice's mouth as she quickly jumps out of bed and begins to dress. And, for once neither woman was giving a damn about how they might look to others as they just threw on what came to hand first. They rushed to leave only to run into a wall that turned out to be Emmett. He had come to escort both up to the main house, but, right behind him was Jasper. This was enough to alert and alarm the two even more that something had gone wrong with Bella staying in that room last night.

Looking at the expressions on the face of the two men, both women became even more upset and started questioning about what was the problem, but, no answers were given except for, "You'll understand once we get to the house." Alice screamed along with Rosalie who added a stomped foot due to the frustration of not knowing what was wrong.

As they entered from the patio doors Alice and Rosalie observed that Edward, Carlisle and Esme were standing and waiting for the two couples to come into the room. But, without waiting another moment Alice launched into her demand to know why they had been summoned and what had happened to Bella.

"Sit down, Alice and all will be explained. Once that is done then we need to make some decisions as to which direction to continue." Esme calmly told her.

Rosalie quietly sank down onto the nearest couch then reached out to pull Alice down next to her. Emmett had reached out towards her who snapped Rosalie's head around slightly where she looked at his hand that was in motion and then her eyes quickly darted up to his face then back to the hand. Her expression was emotionless with the eyes being coldly blank; she acted as if she didn't know him and like there wasn't anything developing between them. And, Alice was behaving in the same manner.

After everyone was seated, coffee handed around which was refused by Alice and Rosalie, the mood in the room was extremely tense and untrusting. Then taking a deep breath Esme explained the problem about Bella missing and all that they had been doing to try and locate her with no results. The two younger women looked at each of the occupants of the room before Rosalie reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. Dialing she waited for the call to be answered on the other end of the phone.

"Uncle Charlie, sorry to call you so early, but, you are needed." Rosalie began speaking and then continued to explain what she meant. Then the call ended just as abruptly as it had begun with Charlie Swan saying he was on his way. That he would call with his flight information and arrival time on he had his reservations made.

Alice and Rosalie exchanged looks, rose and then left the room without any words being spoken. Emmett and Jasper made a move as if to go with them, but, was brought to a sudden halt by the deadly look both women gave them.

"We need to make some decisions and your input is important since it is concerning your cousin." Esme remarked quietly.

"Mrs. Cullen, no decisions or any further discussion with your family will be conducted until Charles Swan has arrived. We will be talking with him and then let you know what we have decided. Until then I would suggest that you do everything you can to find Isabella and don't bother us at this moment." Alice commanded. It was then both women left the house to return to their cottage and get ready to go meet their uncle once he arrived. They wanted to get away before they allowed emotions to become uncontrolled. By doing that wouldn't help Bella. They were keeping a very tight rein on their feelings at the moment.

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Charlie heard the phone ringing, but, couldn't understand why anyone would be calling so early in the morning unless something bad was going on in town. He stumbled downstairs to answer the phone while still yawning and trying to wake up enough to understand what was happening. But, as he answered the phone and heard Rosalie's voice he perked up for one or two heartbeats until he was jerked fully awake by two factors; the sound of her voice which came across as tightly controlled and also it was void of any emotional intonations.

He listened to what she said and picked up on what wasn't said, but, only replied that he was getting ready to be on his way. That he would call with his flight schedule. Then he hung up the phone.

It didn't take long for Charlie to make all of the necessary arrangements to be on the road. One of his men had volunteered to drive him to Port Angeles to catch his flight with a change over in Seattle and then he would be on his way to help his girls. Hell would be dealt out to the ones that harmed them with no hesitation.

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When the stairway gave underneath Bella and she pummeled down the long, dark shaft she didn't have time to feel anything; fear, surprise, or any other emotion since it all happened so fast. One moment she was standing and the next she was at the bottom with all of the awareness knocked out her. Somewhere, or, rather, somehow, on the way down she had hit her head and loss consciousness for a time. Exactly how much time she had no way of knowing since the face of her watch was shattered and the watch, itself, no longer working.

Not being aware of the passage of time Bella was didn't know that she had been missed as yet by anyone. Had no idea of the activity taking place above her, or, that her dad had arrived for a search to begin all over again. The day had come and was swiftly going with no indication where she was at of that fact. It seemed as if no time had passed between the falling stairs and her coming to her senses.

She began feeling around for her flashlight, hoping like hell, that it would still be usable. Finally, she did find it and it was in working order, even though, the glass panel had broken. At least, the bulb still worked and that was the main thing she needed. Now, the next was to find her way out of this place before a panic set in by someone finding her missing.

Bella went to stand, but, had to sit back down for a moment as her leg was hurting, or, rather, more her ankle. She wasn't sure if it was twisted or broken, but, either way she needed to bandage it up and then find a stick she could use to help her walk since she couldn't stay where she was. It was damp and cold.

Staying put wasn't an option since no one knew she was missing, where she was or the condition she was in. On top of that it wouldn't take much time before she began to lose body heat and that would lead to death. "Maybe this whole thing about Elizabeth's warnings wasn't a bunch of nonsense after all, except for one thing, I'm not a direct descendant of the Cullen bloodline." She spoke aloud with her words echoing and bouncing off the walls as they advanced further into the cave.

Tearing strips off of her pants legs Bella wrapped her ankle as tightly as she could without cutting off the blood flow. And then feeling around the debris of the stair pieces she found part of the railing that would do for a walking stick. Once she was standing she began to move forwards away from where the stairs were descending. This information she gained as she had shown the light upwards to get a sense of direction.

After a bit she came to a fork with the tunnel dividing into two separate shafts, Bella looked around, but, didn't see anything that would indicate which direction she should go. But, making a decision and took a few steps towards the right a white mist appeared in front of her. It continued to grow in size and formation until it took the form of a young girl.

"Elizabeth?" Bella asked to where the girl smiled and nodded. "Can you help me out of here?" Bella asked of her to which Elizabeth smiled and nodded once more.

"You aren't the one, but, I will help." She told Bella.

"You mean the one the warning is meant for?" and Elizabeth nods.

"I know because we aren't related." Bella answers softly.

"Can you or will you tell me what happened to you when you disappeared?" to which Elizabeth hesitates then nods. She begins to speak softly with more of a mournful sound, but, told her story. Bella listened to each word without asking a single question. By the time Elizabeth had finished she had led Bella to the mouth of the cave that opened out into the forest after moving some bushes aside.

Turning to thank the young apparition she sees her pointing with sadness reflected upon her features. Bella follows with her eyes the direction the young woman was pointing, but, saw nothing. Puzzlement appearing on her face she turned back to Elizabeth only to see the saw sadness and the pointing finger. Suddenly, it dawned upon Bella what Elizabeth was telling her.

"You were buried by the one that murdered you over by that tree." She declared aloud while turning back to Elizabeth. Elizabeth smiled her sad smile, nodded and then vanished as if into a puff of smoke, but, into the silence she was heard to say, "Take care of she that is in danger."

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Charlie arrived to be met by Rosalie and Alice. After collecting his bag and getting a cab they all stopped to get a bite to eat while filling him in on the information they did know. Once they were finished they called another cab and headed out to Whispering Pines for Charlie to meet the Cullen family.

Upon arrival introductions were done, the story of Bella's disappearance told, along with information of what they had done to try to locate her. The whole time Charlie sat and listened then he said in his police mode voice, "Double your efforts. Your other guests don't need to be told what is happening. By letting them continue to go their own way they will be out of ours. But, make no mistake, my daughter will be found or hell will paid."

Edward had been listening all day to what was being said, doing everything he could personally do to try and find Bella while becoming more depressed as time marched on with no results. He now regretted his actions and attitude towards the woman as she never displayed anything other than being friendly and wanting to solve the puzzle. She hadn't thrown herself at him or done anything to drawn any of his attention to herself. He was missing the unexplainable charge he got each time he touched her or was standing near her.

It was now nearing midnight with all of the guests in bed after looking for more clues, but, Bella's father had been correct about them all staying out of the way. But, at this moment they were nowhere nearer to finding her than they had been this morning or last night.

Walking out the patio doors onto the patio itself, Edward noticed Charlie Swan standing and looking out towards the woods. Edward cleared his throat to alert the older man as to his presence, but, Charlie said nothing, only nodded once while continuing to look out to the woods.

"Son, let's take a stroll. Something is calling to me and you know this area; I don't."

After about fifteen minutes into their stroll someone crying was heard. Both men stopped to try to locate the direction from which it was coming. Once that was done they took off running towards the sound to find Bella weeping as she kneeled at the base of a tree.

A/N: Charlie kept his emotions under control as did Rosalie and Alice during this time, but, are they going to burst loose once they know that Bella is safe? Why was Bella kneeling at the tree base and crying?

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