Bella, Alice, Emmett and Jasper were being held in a small storage room that was so small that they had to sit side by side in an oval just so there would be enough room.
"How long are they going to keep us here? And what are they going to do with Edward?" Bella said. "I don't know but its got to be 10x worse than what we're going through" Emmett said as Rosalie rested her head on his shoulder but after hearing this hit him and looked remorsefully at Alice who was clinging to Jasper like a life raft. "Why does everyone keep hitting me? I'm just stating the truth," he asked incredulously. "Because some things you should keep to yourself" Jasper replied then planted a kiss on Alice's head.
"That's it!" Bella struggled to get up from her confined spot but when she did she walked over everyone's legs and over to the door. "We've all ready tried that," Emmett said as Bella twisted the doorknob "just making sure" Bella turned around and smiled when she saw the air vents. "Now isn't the smiling time Bella" Emmett reminded her "it is now" Bella walked over everyone's legs again and looked up at the magnificent air vents. "Why didn't we notice that earlier?" asked Rosalie as she made her way over to Bella. "I think we were too busy panicking" Bella answered.
"How are we going to get up there?" Rosalie asked. Bella looked around the room for a chair or something but when she didn't see anything like that she went for the next best thing. "Hey Emmett come over here" Bella said "why?" Emmett asked "just get your ass over here!" Rosalie replied. "Anything for you baby" Emmett got up from the floor and made his way over to Bella and Rosalie.
"I want you to lift me up on your shoulders so that I can open up this vent then climb up there" Bella instructed "okay" Emmett picked her up by her waist and very carefully balanced her on his shoulders. "Okay a little to the right" Emmett did as she instructed and carefully shuffled to the right "perfect!" Bella grasped the side of the vent door and tried to pry it off but the screws on it were in too tight. "Anyone happen to have a screwdriver?" Bella asked, "Yeah, I got one. Rose reached into my right front pocket and take out my pocketknife" Rosalie reached into his pocket and when she located the pocketknife she flipped it open and searched through the gadgets until she located the screwdriver. "Here you go Bella" she handed the pocketknife to Bella who immediately started unscrewing the screws.
One by one they clattered to the floor until every last one was out. She caught the lid before it fell and Rosalie took it from her and set it on the floor. "You plan on crawling up into that?" Rosalie asked, "Yeah that was kind of the point in all this. Hoist me up a little more so I can crawl up there" Bella replied. "I'll try my hardest" Emmett lifted her up a little higher and once she was high enough she planted her arms inside the vent and started pulling herself up. When her torso was in the vent all she had to do was wiggle her dangling feet into the vent and once she was safely inside she turned around, with some difficultly and looked down at Emmett and everyone else who had gathered underneath.
"Are you guys coming or what?" she asked. Alice stepped forward and Emmett helped her up onto his shoulders. Bella reached out for her hands and Alice grabbed them and Bella helped pull her up into the vent and Alice crawled past her to make more room for everyone else.
One at a time everyone climbed up into the vent until it was just Emmett standing at the bottom, "Emmett come on!" Rosalie urged as she reached out for him "nah, you guys go. One of us needs to stay behind in case they come back" he replied "that doesn't make any sense now get up here!" Rosalie insisted. Emmett looked up at her and smiled "don't worry about me, I'll be fine now get going before those goons come back" and as if on cue the sound of someone approaching the door came to ear. Emmett whipped around then looked back up at them. "Get out of here!" he hissed.
"Good luck" Bella whispered. As her and the others turned to crawl further down the vent she noticed that Rosalie wasn't making any attempt to move. "Rosalie" Bella whispered. Rosalie acted as if she didn't hear her "Rose we have to go" Bella insisted as she grabbed Rose's arm and tried to pull her along but she wouldn't budge. "I am not leaving without you Emmett and if you don't get your ass up here then I'm coming down there myself" Rosalie threatened.
Before Emmett could reply the door was opened and when the guards saw them trying to escape they sprung into action. One of the guards punched Emmett across the face and surprisingly enough the force was powerful enough to make him stumble back against the wall. "Emmett!" Rosalie jumped down from the vent and onto one of the guards back and started punching him in the head and back. The guard grabbed hold of her wrist and flung her off him. She landed on the floor, knocked out.
Emmett snapped out of his stupor and when he saw that Rose was in trouble he shot up from the ground and attacked the guard. By now both guards were part of the fight but Emmett was the one with the upper hand.
By now Bella, Alice and Jasper had jumped down from the vent and Alice and Bella were checking Rosalie while Jasper tried to help Emmett with the guards.
"Rose? Rose? Come on wake up" Bella said after she had checked her for any injuries and she was happy she found none except for a developing bump on the head. Rosalie started to stir and mumbled something incoherent until her eyes opened and she looked up at a worried Alice and Bella.
"Where's Emmett? Is he okay?" just as she asked this Jasper and Emmett knocked the guards out and Emmett rushed to her side. "Hey baby, are you okay?" he asked concerned "are you okay?" she asked again "I'm fine but I should be asking you that, your the one who was thrown to the floor" he ran a hand through her hair and she grabbed his hand and kissed it "I'm just glad your okay" she murmured.
"You guys we have to get out of here and find Edward" Bella insisted standing beside the door. Rosalie and Emmett got up from the floor but did not relinquish their holding of hands and Alice and Jasper were also holding hands.
They all checked to make sure the coast was clear before sneaking out of the room and creeping down the hallway.
"Where do you think they're keeping him?" Emmett whispered "I don't know but I'm sure that they wouldn't take him somewhere else so he has to be here somewhere" Bella replied. "Why don't I help you with that" all five of them froze in place at the familiar sinister voice "Leroy" Bella breathed and slowly turned around. Leroy had a gun aimed at them with the safety off.
"Why don't you follow me and all six of us will go and see Edward," he said. Not having much of a choice they followed him down the hallway and into the room where Edward and his father were being held.
When the door opened to the room Edward and Carlisle were being held Carlisle looked up and was shocked when his daughter and a few other teenagers came in with Leroy behind them holding a gun. "Dad!" Alice ran forwards and into her father's waiting arms. "Alice, honey, Are you okay? Did they hurt you?" Carlisle asked as he checked her over "I'm fine but what happened to Edward?" She asked looking down at Edward.
"Edward was misbehaving so I had to put him down" Leroy replied. "Sit down against that!" he ordered waving the gun at them. Everyone did as he requested and sat down against the wall.
"Now that I have you all in one room we can get down to business" Leroy, with gun still in hand, walked over to Edward and looked down at him. "Because of you and your little friends you've put me way behind schedule but no more" Leroy stepped over Edward and over to the computer.
"A few years ago this wouldn't have been possible" Edward slowly started to stir. "My loyal computer man has been working on this program for years and just recently he finally got the code right and now I am going to become the richest man on earth" Edward's eyes cracked open and he could now hear Leroy. "Of course hackers like yourself just have to go and try to ruin all that for me but not anymore" Edward was now fully awake and was bidding his time for the right opportunity to strike.
Just as Leroy was about to type in the command Edward shot up and snatched one of the guard's guns and shoved him against the other guard. But Leroy was better then he thought because by the time he turned around with the gun in hand and the safety off Leroy already had has his drawn and aimed at him.
"Your like a cockroach, you just keep coming back" Leroy remarked. The room was silent and when the guards tried to take out Edward Emmett leaped in and knocked them both out.
"I told you I was going to kill you and I fully intend on doing that" Edward said "then take the shot Edward, or are you too afraid?" Leroy mocked "of you? Ha! That's laughable" Edward's trigger finger twitched. "Well we could spend all this time talking or one of us could kill the other," Leroy suggested his trigger finger twitching as well.
A shot was fired and one body went down.
A/N: Another cliffy but its what I figured its what I need to do to keep you guys interested in this story. So who got shot, was it Leroy? Or Edward? Stay tuned to find out! Oh yeah and review!