A/n: I still own nothing and you people are still amazing. I can't believe that this story has reached 300+ reviews with only 10 chapters posted. I can't thank you all enough. Sorry for the delay, I took a couple of days off of writing. Of course, as I was supposed to not be thinking about writing, I thought of a new story I'm going to write and got a beautiful banner to go along with it. Massive squishy hugs to my girl, JoyfulyetHesitantPen.
"How the fuck did you find us?" Laurent growled out.
"Easy, we had the best tracker in the world working for us," I responded with a slight shrug of my right shoulder.
He looked at all of us and when his eyes landed on Vic, he growled and made a lunge at us, "How dare you imprison Victoria!"
"I'm not imprisoned, you idiot. I'm with them, you not only kidnapped another vampire's mate but my best friend," she growled out in response.
He stopped struggling then and said, "What are you talking about Ma Princesse?"
"I'm not your princess, you crazy idiot. I swore to protect Bella when I came across her a couple of months ago and learned of her story."
"No, this can't be so. What have they done to you? Clearly you are brainwashed."
Vic growled at him and then told him the whole story of how she came to be my sweet Bella's protector. I could see that he didn't believe a word that she was saying and I was getting tired. I wanted to torture him and then kill him. I looked passed Laurent and saw my sweet Bella sitting in a corner, her knees tucked up against her chest and her arms wrapped around her knees; she was watching everything that was happening. Her eyes cut to mine and then she smiled at me and made a move to get up. I shook my head 'no', not wanting her to get too close to this psycho. She nodded her head and stayed put in the corner.
"Enough talk, it's time to get on with his punishment," Demetri said in a flat voice as if he said those words on a daily basis and it had lost all meaning, and I supposed he did.
"Yes, I agree," Jasper and Peter both said.
"Punishment? For what?" Laurent asked, his voice shaking with fear.
"You kidnapped a vampire's mate, a human under the protection of vampires. Did you not expect retribution for your crimes when you knew of her association with a coven?" Demetri responded.
"But I was only following Victoria's wishes," he pleaded.
"No, you weren't. Ms. Victoria has explained to us what happened the last time she saw you. It was at your own urging that she waited and once she learned of the life the human had led with the vampire who brought her into our world, she vowed to not kill her."
"I have a name you know," Bella spat out from her corner. I just smirked because I knew it wouldn't be long till my angel showed her hellcat side.
"My apologies, Signorina Isabella," Demetri said with a slight bow in Bella's direction. She just nodded her head at his apology.
"But I didn't know that Victoria had vowed to protect Isabella," Laurent whined.
"Yes, but still you kidnapped Ms. Isabella."
"But I didn't know," he cried out. He had lost his proper demeanor, and he knew his life was going to come to an end soon.
"I do not care and I find you annoying," responded Demetri.
"But . . . But . . . But . . ."
"Enough! Your whining is grating on my nerves. I do not want to hear anymore," Demetri said, and then gestured to me. "Do what you must."
Laurent howled in outrage, "You cannot do this! What about the law?! I demand to see the Brothers!"
Demetri eyed him nonchalantly, the poster boy for apathetic, as he answered, "These are special circumstances. As it is, the brothers are aware of your transgressions. You will not be brought before them and Master Aro has given me permission to let Garrett deal with you. You may not have known what the human girl was to him, but it is still his right as her mate to avenge her as he sees fit."
Demetri then turned to me and said, "Garrett, do what you please with this . . . piece of filth."
"Thank you, Demetri," I said pleasantly. Then I turned to my friends, "He's mine to torture now, but if you'd like to join the barbecue later, I would be more than happy to provide you with the matches."
Demetri just nodded his head. The others all agreed that they wanted to help set fire to him, Vic then went into the room where Bella was while Jasper, Peter and Emmett held onto Laurent, and I was still concerned that he would do something to Bella if he wasn't restrained. Once Bella was safely outside with Vic, Laurent was released and with a clap to my shoulder, Jasper, Peter and Emmett all went outside as well. Demetri then went out and I was left. I had no trouble believing that if Laurent was human, he would be a sniveling mess right now.
I stalked forward and he took off running, I didn't mind because the chase was the fun part of the hunt. It wasn't a long chase though because soon I had him pinned against a wall in what once was the kitchen. I had contemplated having Jasper paralyze him with fear but I decided against that.
"You're going to pay for kidnapping my mate," I growled out.
I then ripped off his pinkie and he howled in pain. I then proceeded to rip off the rest of his fingers one by one, leaving his thumbs for last. I twisted the remains of his hands where they joined his wrists with a sharp jerk, the loud metallic keening of vampire flesh being torn to shreds filling the air. I moved onto to his elbows then, forcing the joints opposite their natural direction and enjoying the pop of the bones, the crack as the flesh below his elbows parted ways with his body, and Laurent's screech of agony. Dislocating his shoulders and tearing them from his body came next, and the sound of that was no less satisfying. Watching as Laurent writhed and attempted to escape me was even better.
I paused as I considered how to proceed. I could use the same methodical approach to his legs as I had to his arms, starting with removing his toes one at a time, or I could mix it up so that he wouldn't know what was coming next. I just had to decide which would make me happier and which would serve the best revenge - the fear of not knowing what would happen next or knowing exactly what would happen next and fearing more of the pain he had already endured. I decided to continue as I had before. I wanted him to know precisely what was coming, the agony I had in store for him, and as much as I wanted to get creative, I wanted to get back to my Bella more. I could make this hurt just as much by doing something simple.
I gripped the big toe of his left foot between my fingers, gradually increasing the pressure and watching as he shook in trepidation and the certainty that he was going to lose it. Maybe it was only a toe but he had already lost his arms very painfully, and I could tell by the look on his face that, while he was dreading the pain, there was something else he feared more - emasculation. Laurent was a weasel and a coward but he still had his pride. I smirked and at the last moment, I changed my mind, cleaving it off with my teeth. Introducing a foreign vampire's venom to your own was excruciating, not quite like the burn of the change, but it still felt like liquid fire. I fought the urge to gag at the taste of his stone skin on my tongue but I was doing this for Bella, and she was worth this temporary revulsion.
A sudden idea struck me and I let the venom flow freely in my mouth, coating the sharp points of my fingernails in it when I had produced enough. I supposed I could be a little creative. Curling my fingers into claws, I moved over Laurent, slashing out at him and burying those fire-coated points into his groin. He would lie there burning while I took the rest of him apart. I planted my foot onto his middle to keep him from wriggling too much, jerked one of his legs up so that I could reach it better and then got back down to business. Once I had his feet separated from his ankles, I moved on to his knees. I dug my fingernails in around his kneecaps, ripping them away from his legs, and then bringing my elbows down in a vicious swipe that broke his calves away from his thighs. Laurent's screams were loud enough to make a human's ears bleed now. Removing his thighs from his hip sockets wasn't quite as fun as the rest, it was so mundane, but he still suffered because of it, and I was glad. Now that he truly couldn't escape me, I raised my foot from his abdomen and pressed it to his throat.
"Are you sorry, Laurent?" I asked calmly. In situations like this, calm was more terrifying than anything else.
He stayed silent for a moment, from pain, fear, or defiance, I didn't know. I didn't really care.
I pressed my foot harder, cracks marring the surface of his skin. "I asked you a question!"
"Y-yes!" Laurent shrieked. "Yes, I'm sorry!"
I smiled at him, cold and cruel. "That's good," I told him. "Too bad it won't save your life."
I lifted my leg up and brought my foot down on his neck, crushing it to rubble beneath my boot. Then I leaned over and spit in his face.
Once I was done, I gathered all the body parts; making sure that every last piece was in the pile, and then called the others in. Demetri stayed outside with Bella, I didn't want her to see this; I knew that once she officially entered my world, she would see things like this but for now I wanted to keep this from her. When the others entered, I pulled out a book of matches, handed one to each of them, and then we set Laurent's body parts ablaze. We watched till the purple smoke started to show and then headed outside, lighting other things as we passed to help the house burn faster.
When we got outside, I noticed Demetri and Bella chatting away. Bella had a smile on her face and was laughing occasionally. I guess that Demetri was now bound to Bella as well, we walked over to them and once Bella saw me, she jumped up and wrapped her arms around me. "I knew you would find me," she whispered.
"I will always come for you, no matter how far away we are from each other," I whispered back.
I placed a kiss on her lips and then we watched the house burn. Once it started to fall to the ground, we decided that it was time to leave so that we wouldn't be suspects when the police and fire department showed up. I helped Bella climb up onto my back and we began running, knowing that we would have to find a car soon because there was no way that Bella would be able to ride on my back the whole way after what she had been through.
As we got closer to town, we stopped in a thicket of trees and waited while Vic went to rent a car. Bella was fighting to stay awake, so I sat down on the ground; with Emmett sitting beside me. Bella then stretched across Em and I and tried to get some sleep. About half an hour later, Vic returned with a black SUV. We all piled into the SUV and I noticed a cooler, and when I asked what it was for, Vic said that it had some sandwiches and drinks in it for Bella when she awoke. She also picked up a hair brush and some hair ties knowing that Bella would want to get the tangles out of her hair.
I thanked her for thinking of those things and then we started off for Forks. I called everyone and let them know that Bella was safely with us. Demetri then called Aro, Caius and Marcus and let them know what had happened. Bella slept for most of the drive but when she did wake, she ate a majority of the sandwiches that Vic had gotten and downed two bottles of water. She then asked me what I did to Laurent and I told her without going into detail what I had done. I asked her if Laurent had done anything to her and was beyond pleased that he had never touched her.
It was very early morning when we saw the 'Welcome To Forks' sign, we drove straight for the Cullen house where everyone was waiting for us, even Charlie and the wolves who hadn't left the house since we left to track Bella. I was glad to be home again and to have my mate back in my arms. Soon I would be changing Bella into a vampire so that she would be strong and never be kidnapped again; unless, of course it was by me.
A/n: So there we have it. I know that there were a few that were against me killing off Laurent, but it had to be done. I mean hello, he did kidnap another vampire's mate. Anyways I hope that all of you enjoyed this chapter, can't wait to hear what you think about it. *waves* until next time. Signoria is young lady in Italian; ma princesse is my princesses in French, if any of these translations are wrong, please forgive me. Also major, major props to my girl, JoyfulyetHesitantPen for coming up with the whole dismemberment scene.
Ok, one more A/n from me. My besties/ sister JoyfulyetHesitantPen has a kick ass Jasper/Bella story that I want y'all to go and read and I mean its really kick ass. Bella's not your typical human; the Cullens are still vampires and its set so far into the future that we all will be dead hehe. Its called 'Longing' and there is the link for it (take out the spaces) www. fanfiction s/ 8510122 /1/ if the link doesn't work, you can find the story in my favs. Please, please, please, go and check it out.