Chapter 12
Jacob POV
"I'm going to go release the dogs. As soon as you hear the dogs barking, get up and run ok? I love you Bella. Don't ever forget that" I get up, kiss Bella on the head and run the other way before she can protest. I can't help but feel the tears slid down my face. This is probably the last time I'm going to see her and I just told her one of the biggest lie. Honestly, it never crossed my mind to leave with Bella. I mean I practically chose this life myself. It was my fault I ended up here with Aro and if I'm being honest with myself I have gotten many chances to leave but I never do. My past is a big hunting reminder that even if I do back, no one will look at me the same way. I will never be able to look at my father in the eyes after I abandoned him. After my mom passed away, I was his only family and I too left him. I shake my head. I need to focus on what's in front of me right now.
I make a left and run into the house. I told Bella that all I was going to do was to release the dogs but I know that loose dogs aren't a big distraction. I know what I have to do to give Bella enough time to run. I run into Felix's room, hoping Alec is ready with everything. Alec, Edward and I have been working on this plan for a week now and if we screw up even a tiny bit of it we would all mostly likely get shot.
"You ready?" I ask Alec as I enter Felix's room.
"I will never be ready in helping you basically plan out my death" Alec says, but he holds up the key that unlocks all the doors in this house. I grab the key and put it in my pocket which has a zipper so i don't lose the key in case I fall or something
"Let's go" I say as Alec and I start down the stairs into Edwards room.
"Fuck, there's Demetri" I hiss as I make eye contact with him on the stairs.
"Follow my lead" Alec says and I nod my head. As we approach Demetri I can feel the sweat gathering on my forehead and my hands begin to shake.
"Calm the fuck down" Alec hisses at me as we stand face to face with Demetri. I take a long breath and plaster a "fuck you" look on my face.
"Where are you two going" Demetri asks us.
"Going to play some Need for speed" Alec answers without any hesitation
"All right, I take winner" Demetri says as he turns around and motions us to go first. FUCK FUCK FUCK. I look at Alec, panic written on my face. We do not have time for this shit. We walk into the living room with Felix trailing behind us
"You can join us if you set up the system" Alec responds and Demetri first glares at him but huffs and turns his back to us and starts to set up the gaming system
"Now what?" I mouth to Alec
"Jump him" He says and I freeze up. I can barley move from my previous attempt on helping Bella to escape and Alec now wants me to attack another guard? One who is two times bigger than the both of us. Is he out of his mind?
I shake my head no rapidly, sizing Demetri up from the back. Alec glares at me and nods his head at me and mouths "Bella" and I huff. I close my heads and agree to him. I mean hey, I have already come to terms with my impending doom so what's the harm in starting the chain reaction a little bit earlier.
Alec holds up a finger and counts to three. On three we both jump on Demetri.
"What the fuck?" He screams as he lands with a thud, face first onto the floor with me on top of him. He grabs me over his head by my collar and throws me against the wall. I can feel my sore muscles ache in protest and pain as I get up and ram him from the side. Alec kicks him in the nuts and he falls to the ground, groaning. Alec then gets up and lifts his leg to kick Demetri on side but Demetri catches Alec's leg and snaps it backward. Alec screams in pain and Demetri punches him in the face. Demetri gets up and climbs onto Alec's waist and punches him again. I tackle Demetri from the side, knocking him off of Alec and I land on top of him again. I try to punch his face but he grabs my arm and twists it back that I can hear the sickening sound of my arm crack and can visibly see my arm bending at an odd angle. My scream gets stopped in my throat because Demetri grabs my neck and turns us over so he is on top of me, chocking me. I can start to see stars cover my eyes and I start to think how I have failed Bella and Edward. Before I am about to give up to the darkness, I see Alec standing behind Felix with something in his hands. Within a blink of an eye, Alec slams whatever he holding over Demetri's head and his eyes roll back in his head, shattering the glass on top of his head. But instead of falling off of me, he falls forward, landing right on top of me, and his whole body weight pressing on top of me.
"A little... help" I wheeze out and Alec rolls him off of me. He grabs my hand and helps me to stand up.
"Well, that was un- expected" Alec says calmly, wiping the blood off his face. I stand still, trying to catch my breath and holding my arm in pain
"We need to hide him" I say, getting my breathing under control. I spot a closet nearby and we drag Demetri's body into the closet, hitting his head accidently on a corner and again before we pushed him into the closet.
"He's going to feel that in the morning" Alec snickers and I shake my head. We run into the room that Edward lays in and immediately stop. In front of me are Felix and all the other guards, in a circle cheering and booing.
"What's going on here" Alec asks one of the guards who is to the right of us
"A battle between that guy we kidnapped and all the guards" The guard looks giddy
"What is the bet" Alec asks
"I think it's something like if the guy can beat at least 5 guards then Aro will grant him like 1 wish. Anything except his freedom" he says turning back to the fight
"What the fuck is he doing" I hiss. This was not part of the plan.
"What the hell are we suppose to do now" Alec says as we walk back up the stairs
"That idiot knew what he was doing. He didn't want anything left to chance so he made sure no one was in our way" I say frustrated. Part of the plan was to try and to get him out, now that's not possible. "Also, I'm pretty sure i know what his wish will be if he does win. Bella's freedom" That's just like Edward, that self sacrificing idiot.
"What now" Alec asks.
"We continue on with the plan. I will release the dogs and you make sure Felix stays in the house and does not find out." Alec nods his head and starts off in the other direction. Before he can leave I grab his shoulder
"..I just wanted to say thanks. I know your risking allot to help my friends" I say scratching the back of my neck.
"Now don't turn all emotional Black" Alec smirks. I crack a smile and we do a one hand hug and I jog down to the kennel.
Alec POV
I watch as Jacob runs in the direction of the kennels. When I can't see him, I run down stairs to see if I can find Felix and keep him away from going outside. Felix is the fastest guard here and if I can keep him from trying to find Bella then she has a good chance at making it out. I push my way past the other guards who are cheering at the match before them. I reach the front just as Rex, one of the biggest yet dumbest guard lands a punch to Edward's side and he goes down. I flinch at the contact.
As much as I hate to say this but this idea of gathering all the guards down here for a "fun " night at Edwards expanse was a good idea. It made our plan that much easier. While only Felix and I know of Bella's escape attempt, I think the only reason Felix is not outside searching for Bella or beating Jacob for trying to help her escape is because he was too drunk to really notice what was happening.
See after Bella ran, Felix attacked Jacob. I mean I was in the room next to there's when Felix started to beat up Jake and I could literally feel the pain that Jake was in. I honestly thought that Felix was going to kill Jake. Then I saw Felix come out the room and he said that he was going to go search for Bella cause there was no way that she could get out from the gates and I convinced him to have a drink with me. One became two, two became three and by the hour mark he had consumed almost 2 pints of alcohol. It didn't help that I slipped in some rufies that I had found in Aro's room when I was cleaning it. He woke up 2 days later having forgotten everything that happened and when he asked about Bella I said that she was in her room and that one of the other guards told me that Aro designated it as a "no approach" zone. Aro had done that many times in the past so Felix didn't question it. It helps that Aro and his brother are out in a business trip and the can only contact if it's an emergency, but the last time someone called them thinking it was an emergency he was shot in the hands so the poor guy couldn't dial a phone ever again. Ever since that day, no one dared to call them while they were away.
Now as I shove people out of my way, looking for Felix a smile creeps onto my face. I am a fucking genius for that lie
I spot Felix by the door that leads upstairs and motions for me to follow. This cannot be good
I follow him up the stairs and once we are in the living room, he stands and faces me.
"Any word from Aro on that slut?" He asks and I place my poker face that I have perfected over the last several years
"From Aro? Nope"
"It just seems weird that he's telling everyone to leave her alone. Who told you to keep away from her" He asks
"Demetri said that he was told by another guard and that guy was told by another guy and so on, so I'm not really sure" I say confidentially. The trick with Felix is to mean whatever you say, if he thinks you are lying then you are pretty much screwed
"Speaking of Demetri, I haven't seen that fucker all day. Have you"
"I think I saw him playing the gaming system earlier today but I haven't seen him since then"
"I need to get to the bottom of this. Help me search for him" He says as he heads in the direction of the living room calling out his name and I start to panic. We didn't hide Demetri's body that well and if he found out then the whole plan is screwed.
"He's probably downstairs, let's go see if we can find him there" I say, blocking his way. He glares at me
"He's not there, I already searched" he says pushing me side and continuing his search. I block him again
"Are you sure? You probably just missed him. Allot of people are down there and its dark"
"I am sure, now move" He pushes me away again and I block his way again. This time he grabs me by the collar and pulls his face close to mine
"Get out of my fucking way. There is something going on and I am going to find out what it is" He says glaring at me "Are you helping me or not" he hisses and I nod my head. He lets go of my collar and I pretend to help him search the rooms.
"We can't go in there" I say panicked. We're standing in front of the door that Bella is suppose to be in.
"I'm just making sure she's there" He says and he opens the door slowly. He walks in and freezes
"What the fuck" He mumbles when he sees that her bed is empty. He walks in and goes to the washroom and starts to through stuff around
"Where the fuck is she" He yells, panicked and angry. I walk in and help him look and act just as surprised as he is
"I don't know" I yell back
"I'm not assigned to her! You are" I yell at him
"What the fuck is going on here. Who told you that Aro said no one is allowed in this room" He yells in my face
"I told you! Demetri told me and someone told him" I yell back at him.
"We need to find him now" He yells and grabs me by the collar "You're not going anywhere until we get this shit fixed" He says and that's when we hear the dogs barking.
"Now what" He moans as he runs to the nearest window. I follow behind him, acting all that's happening is new to me.
"What the fuck. The dogs are out?" He says turning back to me.
"Hey what the fuck are you looking at me for. I've been here helping you look for Demetri" I say coolly so he doesn't suspect anything
"Where's Black" he yells. I shrug my shoulders
"I don't have tracker on him". I say and then he grabs me by the collar again. He drags me down to where the fight is happening and I have to close my eyes as I pass Edward who lays in a pool of his own blood. I wonder if he's dead.
"Round 10. The winner Mad Dog" I hear the announcer. Wow, ten rounds. I have to admit the guy is dedicated. I see Edward groan and try to get up and I curse under my breath. Stay down you idiot, you're going to get yourself killed. Felix goes up to the announcer and grabs the mic from him
"Listen up. Forget this Fucktard" He says pointing to Edward "Find the bitch. She's not in her room and she is someone around here or made hiding outside, but find her. NOW" He yells and everyone starts to scatter
"Also bring me Black and Demetri" He says and we can hear the dogs barking outside "And for fucks sake, someone catch those mutts and put them back in and find who let them out" he says and everyone scatters. I am about to turn away from Felix but he grabs me again
"You're not going anywhere. You're going to help me to look for Black and Demetri" he says and drags me back upstairs. We start searching and every time he places the closet where Jake and I threw Demetri into my heart stop beating. Unthinkingly I start staring at the closet door and unfortunately Felix catches it. He walks over to the closet and opens the door and out pops Demetri's body.
"What the fuck happened to him" Felix says and bends down to check his pulse
"He alive?" I ask, more out of curiosity then anything
"Barley. You know what this means right?" He say turning back to me
"That bitch and Black planed this. We cant find either of them and I already knew that there was something going on between them." I gulp, how the fuck did he fiqure that out so quickly.
"What about Demetri" I ask. Felix looks down at him and a sick smile crosses his face. He pushes Demetri's body back into the closet and shuts the door on him
"We didn't find him. He got what he deserved" Felix says and walks over to the window. I follow behind him and that's when I see her. I see a glimpse of Bella running towards the gate and Felix notices to
"Look, there she is" He points and grabs my shirt and pulls me down the stairs. He is ready to sprint but I pretend I need to tie my laces.
"Forget your fucking laces. She's getting away" He yells in my ear so loud that I can hear a ringing.
We chase Bella down and I can see that she won't make it unless I slow Felix down. I grab Felix's shirt and pull him down as I fall face first. The impact hurts my head but my goal is achieved, I can see that Bella has reached the gate and its slowly opening. I just need to buy her a few more seconds. As Felix gets up again, I pull him down one last time
"What the fuck Alec" He screams at me. He pushes me off of him and runs towards Bella, but it's no use. Bella has already fled into the forest behind her and has shut the gate. Smart
I watch as Felix screams in anger, and punches the number in to open the gate. I hope I have bought Bella enough time to run to safety. I smile inwardly, I have helped Bella escape, my promise is complete. But as quickly as the smile came it ended. On the other side I see Jacob, full out smiling and Felix sees him too. Felix screams in rage and tackles Jacob to the ground. I turn my head away, not wanting to listen to Jacobs scream
Why the fuck was Jacob there? He was supposed to be in the little cellar by the bush. That was the plan. Why didn't he stick to the plan? I close my eyes as I hear the consequences of Jacobs's idiotocracy.
God help him
