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Chapter 10

Bella

"Wake up girl!" I cracked my eyes open as much as I could and stared at Charlie standing in front of me. I didn't know how long I had been held captive in this awful place, but I had a feeling that I wouldn't make it much longer. "I said wake up!" With that a kick was sent to my side, I knew that I had at least three broken ribs. Who knew what else was broken?

"I'm awake," I spit out along with a mouthful of blood; great internal bleeding. How long could I last with that? An hour? Two? I wouldn't make it throughout the day and that was for sure. "I need help."

"I don't care. You messed up! We have to leave now, so get up and get ready to leave!" Charlie barked and left the room. I looked over and saw my phone in my purse, thank you Edward for forcing me to get it. With as much energy as I could muster, I crawled over and grabbed my phone. I glanced back and made sure that Charlie wasn't on his way back, then dialed Edward's number.

"Come on Ed, answer please," I whispered as the phone rang and rang. I heard footsteps coming so I closed the call and sent a text begging for help. Mustering the last bit of energy, I got up and began getting my things together. Charlie walked back inside and then left just as quickly. I couldn't help but wonder who was after us, I was used to being on the run but I wasn't used to doing it while slowly dying. Thankfully, Charlie was gone when my phone rang, I was so glad to see Edward was calling me.

"Bella! Bella, are you okay?" Edward asked frantically, I could hear voices in the background, where was he? "Bella! Answer me! Are you okay?"

"Edward," I cried, "You need to save me! I'm going to be dead by the end of the day if you don't help me!"

"Bella, where are you?" I heard footsteps coming towards me.

"The old artist warehouse in Seattle! Hurry!" I hung up and put my phone back in my pocket. I could only hope that I gave nothing away as to what was going to happen.

"Hurry girl!" I grabbed my bag and began my descent downstairs. How would Edward ever find me if we left now?

Edward

"Edward! Where are you going?" Jessica yelled as I ran across campus to my… Wait… I didn't have a car. But Jessica did.

"Jess! I need you to help me, your sisters going to die if I don't get there soon! I have to go to Seattle, she's waiting and she'll die if I don't go. Please help me," I begged breathlessly. Jessica looked me over and then nodded.

"Of course, I'd do anything for my sister," Jess smiled and then led me to where she was parked. "I hope I don't get a ticket."

"Why would you?" I asked as we left campus. We would already be in trouble for ditching, we would be in even more trouble if we got a ticket.

"Because we're going to have to speed," I looked and saw she was already going 70 to get out of town. No doubt we would have police after us by the time we left Forks. "Ya know what, I hope I do pass a cop because it sounds like we'll need help."

As if on cue, lights were already behind us. "Goal accomplished."

"Where's my sister?" Jessica asked speeding up even more, man my nerves were going to be shot by the time we got there.

"She said she's at the old artist warehouse, it's on the outskirts of Seattle," I said and saw two new cops had joined in the high speed chase. "I owe you one Jess."

"Yeah, ya do. But it's okay," she smiled and kept going. Seattle was 3 hours away from Forks, I had no doubt that they would have a call out for our arrest by the time we got there. "Is she okay? I mean, you said she would die if we don't get there soon. We're already going almost 90, which scares me to death by the way. We should be there in 30 minutes."

"You made a 3 hour trip turn into an hour and a half?" I asked and she nodded. "I'm never getting in a car with you again."

Bella

"Wait, please! I have money," I begged and began to pull money out from my pockets. Charlie laughed and spit in my face. I wiped it away and tried to keep calm. "Don't make me go!"

"Girl, you don't have enough to pay off my debts," he yelled and then looked around. I had no idea what he was hearing, my hearing had been off lately. Probably had something to do with being hit in the head over and over. "We have to go!"

He grabbed my arm and pushed me into the car which made me groan in pain. Could I just die already? Then I heard it, the sirens coming closer and closer. How did he get here so fast? I didn't know, but I couldn't wait to see Edward again.

"Bella! Bella!" There he was, that velvet voice that I loved so much.

"So you called him eh?" Charlie asked and took off. I don't know how far we went, but all of a sudden, he opened the passenger side and pushed me out. I went rolling down a hill, I prayed that there wasn't a rock that I would hit. I finally landed in a pile of water, I felt like I had been chewed up and spit out.

"BELLA!"

"Edward?" I tried to raise my head but was unsuccessful.

"Bella, Bella, stay with me," I was lifted out of the water and into his arms. He began stroking my hair and repeating for me to stay awake. "I need help down here!"

"Bella! Is she okay?" Jessica was here? That was the last question I heard before I blacked out completely.

Edward

When Bella was safely into the ambulance, Jessica and I started undergoing questions. We were told that our parents were on their way. I could care less about what we were being asked, I wanted to be with Bella. I wanted to know she was okay.

"I get that y'all wanted to get to her, but there will be consequences for going that fast," an officer told us as I watched the ambulance get further and further away. "You both will have to come with us."

"Look, I want to be with Bella when she wakes up. Can't we go to the hospital? I need to know that she's okay."

"I'm sorry, but we need to take you to the station and fill out paper work," he said and tried to lead us to his car.

"No, she's my sister! We have to know she's okay," Jess said looking at all the police officers. The one that was mainly in charge of us stopped and thought about it.

"Fine, but as soon as you see her then we'll take you to the station and fill everything out." I was good with that! We still rode in the cop car, they didn't trust us to drive Jessica's car through Seattle. I didn't blame them honestly.

We arrived at the hospital and were directed to ICU, Jessica worked some magic and got us both in to see her. Bella was lying in the bed, tubes running out of her, I had never seen her worse. Her hair was matted in some places with blood, they were just prepping her to get her into surgery.

"Aw, Bells," I muttered and grabbed her hand. "I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise you won't go through that again."

"Let's go, they won't like us being up here much longer," Jessica said grabbing my arm. I glanced at her then back at Bella, I kissed her hand and followed Jessica out. The cop looked somewhat relived that we had returned so fast, I imagine he thought we wouldn't return.

When we arrived at the station, we already had people waiting for us. Carlisle, Esme, and Renee were all waiting in the lobby, they stood in a circle discussing something important.

"What were you two thinking? Driving 90!?" Renee asked walking up to us, "I'm just glad you didn't cause an accident! Your car will be gone young lady."

"But I had to help Bella!" Renee's eyes widened, they hadn't been told about her?

"Look, I asked Jess to bring me. Bella called me saying that she needed help because she wasn't going to make it through the day if I didn't get to her. She's at the hospital right now, she's pretty bad."

"Charlie." Renee said and looked away. "I understand now, I would have done the same. What happened?"

"I don't know, but he pushed her out of the moving car when we started following them. He's probably long gone by now," I said and then looked at my own parents. "I'm sorry, I should have told y'all."

"Yes, you should have," Esme agreed. "But right now, we need to get back to Bella. Renee, would you take them back to the hospital?"

"Of course. Let's go guys," Renee said putting an arm around Jess and I. Jessica let me get into the front seat, she said that she needed some space in the back to calm down. On the ride back to the hospital, I filled Renee in on everything that I knew about Bella's situation. That wasn't much, but I knew that she had been severely beaten while she had been Charlie's captive.

"I'm going to be so glad to see him behind bars again," Renee spit out. "Jess, honey, don't ever fall for a guy like him okay? Charlie's a real piece of work, he wasn't like that when I married him. I was pregnant with a son, but lost him in the second month of my pregnancy. Charlie began drinking again, he abused me, and I left and filed for divorce. I took you with me because you were very young. Looking back, I wish I would have grabbed Bella and taken her with us. She wouldn't be where she is now if I had done that. I'm sure Bella always hated me for not taking her with us."

"No use looking back Ms. Cheeny," I said giving her a reassuring smile. "When I first met Bella, she told me that she had family in Forks but it was complicated. She said she was afraid of facing you because she didn't know if you'd like who she turned out to be."

"She told you that?" Renee asked as we found a parking spot in the hospital.

"Yeah, she did. She loves you and Jessica, she really does, she was just afraid of what you would think of her." It was the first time that I had said this to anyone. I noticed that tears began falling down Renee's cheeks.

"That silly girl," she muttered and got out of the car. We went inside and found out that Bella was out of surgery but needed her rest. She was in a medically induced coma to relieve her brain from the trauma that it had received. As it turns out, Bella had received multiple blows to the head, she had come in with 7 broken ribs. Bella had also come in with internal bleeding in the stomach. I couldn't believe the trauma she had gone through while she had been captive in Seattle. Carlisle had graciously agreed to book a hotel room for us to stay in while we waited on news for Bella.

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