I DO NOT OWN *Twilight*
I OWN *Consumed with fire and water*!
There is violence in this chapter...Defiantly not for the faint or sensitive hearted...Here's a warning beforehand.
*~~Consumed With Fire and Water~~*
*~Alice~*
"Alice?"
A whisper...A whisper like relief to my ears..I was able to hear again – the words that are so taken for granted by the majority of individuals who are born with the ability to hear...My name – who could be calling my name who wasn't anyone who wasn't Jasper.
That was not my Jasper's voice.
"Alice?"
Definitely NOT his voice...I feel dizzy....A huge pain throbs and surrounds my entire head.
Coming back into consciousness, opening my eyes slowly to a very dim light around me – almost like candlelight...There was tightness around my mouth, however my mouth was open...How was that possible?
The strain from the light in my eyes caused me pain for a few moments before I could taken in where I was with clearer vision...How long had I been in the darkness??? Where was I....The coldness and hardness of the floor made me realise that I must no longer be in Oakton anymore.
Jasper...My Jasper where are you?!!
*~Jacob~*
I stroked Alice's cheek softly as she woke back up again slowly...There was a large amount of dried blood on one side of her face where she was beaten to unconsciousness by Edward's posse...How could they do that to a woman? Let alone someone who was only trying to make herself a better life. Alice looked so very broken sitting in front of me, her mouth and hands bound tightly so that she had no means to escape or scream...Her eyes glistened in the light with fresh tears...There was nothing I could do as one of the 'tweedle dee' and 'tweedle dum' duo had already been demanded to keep an eye on us – however keeping an eye on us meant having a gun being pointed at our eyes...Which made sense seeing as these guys must have hearts of stone and no emotion in their bodies whatsoever. How can two people like that live in the world?!
"Are you okay?" I whispered to her, in as soothing voice...If I wasn't able to take away the constrictions on her body then I may have been able to make her feel just a little bit better by taking care of her..I owed her that much after wrongly turning her in.
Alice nodded meekly as she caught the eye of Tweedle dee with the gun in his hand – there didn't look like there was any fear in her face, more like she knew in her eyes who he was – she must have realised that she was no longer in Oakton anymore.
This girl was smart...That much was clear.
The van stopped and Tweedle grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Alice and out of the back doors altogether....I couldn't protest or fight against him...What was the point? If I showed any kind of strength now....I would lose my life.
"I'm sorry" I mouthed to Alice quietly as she lay there helpless and so very broken...Edward went into the back of the van and closed the doors.
There was nothing but silence.
How would I be able to live with myself now?!
*~Edward~*
"Wow how you have changed, my love?"
I sat in front of Alice as she kept her head down onto the floor...She must have brought new clothes and also acquired some makeup – in all honesty she looked rather beautiful.
There was a strong chance that we would be together again...There had to be!
"How I have missed you" I took the material off of her mouth as she looked away from me once her mouth was free "are you not going to look at me?" I asked.
"No" she answered
"Why not?"
"Edward, why are you here?"
"Is that anyway to greet your boyfriend?"
"You're not my boyfriend!"
"Oh...How you fight me, there is no need to do that anymore, my love"
"I am NOT your love"
"So it's going to be like this....If you value your life, Alice you will talk to me"
"I believe the time for pleasantries is over, now"
"Why?"
"Edward...You left me, unconscious...Alone in the woods...To DIE!"
"I had to, baby"
"What?" Alice turned to me...Her sparkling eyes in mine...Wow how she was beautiful – and she was still mine. I was a lucky guy!
"If you had any more drugs...I would be out of money"
"I was vulnerable, Edward....SCARED!"
"There is no need to be afraid of me..I am not going to hurt you"
"There was a time in the past when....That statement would have been believable to me...Not now"
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"What kind of question is that...You have lied about nearly everything!"
"No I haven't"
"Enough with the mind games, Edward!"
"There are no games"
"How do you explain THIS?!"
"This was the only way to get you back"
"No it wasn't"
"So...What you're saying is....You would have come back to me by choice?"
"No"
"My point, exactly" I leant in closer to her "I know you still have feelings for me, Ali"
"Don't call me that!"
To silence her, I crashed my lips to hers taking my tongue out and pushing it into her mouth...Ignoring her moans against my mouth – I wound my fingers in her hair pushing her closer to me – there was nothing that she could do with her hands tied.
"Ah how I have missed this" I whispered against her mouth moving down to her jaw and her neck. Her muscles was clenched but it wouldn't take too long for her to realise that she still enjoys this affection – the spark between us.
"Stop this!"
"Why?" I took her breasts in my hands slightly annoyed by the fact that I had the material of the blouse in my way...I kneaded them. "You have grown, sweetheart" her breasts were almost the right size now...Had she gained weight?
"Stop!"
I pushed her onto the ground forcefully...Getting annoyed now. "Stop protesting and enjoy this!"
"No...Never" I ignored her answer and unbuttoned her blouse as quickly as I could...Savouring her in the time that we have together before we could be back at home once again...In our own haven.
Alice squirmed under my touch "yes, you like that don't you?"
Unclasping her bra...I brought my mouth down to her now bare breasts...They had gotten so big...How had that happened? I had missed them!
I bit down on her nipples hardening them one at a time and licked around the outside taking in the taste of her natural, alluring scent which had also changed. Wow I must give this Jasper guy a medal if I am not going to decide to kill him first.
"Edward!"
"Ahhh...I will stop....For now" I did her blouse back up not bothering with her bra – it was going to be off again before I knew it....I put the gag back around her mouth tightly.
"GUYS!"
The van doors opened and I stood up again turning away from my girlfriend and stepping out into the air "Bring her out here" I demanded.
Alice needed fresh air.
But I needed something more.......I needed an explination.
She was GOING to give it to me!
*~Alice~*
Getting up from the ground as I was already thrown down onto it a few seconds ago was harder than I had originally thought...Seeing as my hands were tied...I released tears from my eyes but they were not tears of shock but more of realisation that I was no longer going to be with Jasper again... That and the fact that I felt violated by having Edward touch me again...I felt physically sick. Everything made sense, the gun, the two men in the suits and the sunglasses...That could only mean that I was no longer going to have a definite long life span.
"There you go Alice, my love"
Edward Cullen!
"Get her up, fellas" he ordered his two new men to do...I felt two strong hands grasp my arms and pull me up from the muddy grass...Where the hell was I?!
I could feel the bruising on my hands at this point...Trying to wriggle myself out of them was not an escape option because of how tight they had been bound together – what was he doing? Why was I here? All of these questions clouded my mind but there was a limited chance I would be able to express them – of course, I was gagged because Edward was too much of a coward to run the risk of me screaming to anyone who could hear me in this deserted area all unknown to me.
Keeping my balance as I stood upright...My bare feet sinking deeply into the mud...The coldness of the ground seeping through my veins...I could not show fear, he was not going to have this affect on me anymore the satisfaction would prove to be too much to boost his already overgrown ego.
"Cat got your tongue?" he teased...I shot him a look of disgust as the two idiots either side of me held me up. "There was me thinking that you would have a lot to say to me after having to be deprived of seeing me for so long" he was showing off now in front of his posse...I knew that attitude better than anyone else. He was positively revoulting.
I growled my sound muffled by the material around my mouth...The dryness in my throat screaming in protest at the emotion of anger I needed to show towards my god awful ex boyfriend, how had I ever ended up with him?!
How could I have been so stupid?
"Boys...Take the gag off of her...I need to hear her explain something to me" now this opportunity may not have been the right time to make an attempt to escape....I sighed in relief as the gag was taken off of me...I licked my lips needing to be rid of the dryness around them.
"Now...Let me hear that beautiful voice, again" Edward gushed unconvincingly as he held my face tightly in both is his forcing my eyes to fix on his...I clenched my teeth together before speaking....Jasper, Jasper...I need you!
"Leave me alone, Edward?" I managed to get out due to the grinding of my teeth in my mouth.
"Is that anyway to speak to your boyfriend?"
"I told you...You are not my boyfriend!"
"I believe I still am...There is one thing I have that the putts you have been with"
"He is not a putts!"
"Wow....Defensive...So tell me, Alice – did he feed your addiction better than I ever did?"
"Fuck off!"
"She swears now – you really have changed, Ali"
"Don't call me that!"
"Let me guess...You go by a different name, now?"
"What do you WANT, Edward?!"
"I want an explanation"
"What explanation?"
"How you ended up down there...That would make a nice start" Edward pushed my face away forcing it to the side..I took in a deep breath; if only I wasn't tied up...I would have no scruple to beat him senseless right now.
"Um...Let me think, you LEFT me down there...Remember?!"
"Do not talk to me like that?"
"Or what...You're going to kill me, remove me so that I never speak about your true colours to anyone else?!"
I yelped uncontrollably as Edward grabbed my neck...My throat melding together and the pain becoming unbearable...I closed my mouth to keep all the breath enclosed...Tears were threatening to fall from my eyes.
"You listen to me...I can easily kill you and your little friend with one click of my fingers...You do not want that, little one especially when I have some lovely drugs in my pocket just for you"
The sound of drugs brought back the little wave of ecstasy in my head – because no one ad ever mentioned them before or expressed the fact that they had any on their person...Wait what am I doing...I cannot start it again – Jasper had worked so well with me in the distraction of the habit..Now was not the time to let him down!
"That may have been music to my ears...In the past. I am clean now" I stated as confidently as I possibly could manage, the pain from Edward's hands on my skin now so awful and painful...The image of Jasper's gorgeous face in my mind to bring me the confidence I needed to face my demon in my ex boyfriend..And to live to see tomorrow.
"Excuse me?" Edward released my neck and I gasped taking in much needed breaths to slow my rampant heart thundering in my chest..Why was I still so afraid of him?
"I gave it up" I breathed
"Wow...You have changed...Well then, I guess we should go home"
"Pardon?"
"Home...We can live properly now...You don't have to scrounge off of me to get your next fix. Fellas..In the van!" Edward clicked his fingers but I clenched my muscles.
"No...I am never going home with you!"
"NOW!" Edward boomed...I was taken away from the ground...It was no use – I was never going to possess the strength of the pathetic duo..I was thrown into the back of the van once the doors were opened....My face hitting the ground of the van hard.
The doors closed...I lifted my head to look at Jacob who was sitting at one of the far ends of the back of the van hugging his knees tightly.
"This is all YOUR fault!" I yelled at him as he looked at me sympathetically.
"I am sorry"
"You were at Leah's party – you recognised me"
"Yes"
"Is that all you have to say...What have I ever done to you?!"
"I needed the money...I have no other excuse"
"Ah so this is a financial deal!"
"It WAS...Now, it looks like it will be a situation between life and death"
"Hey...Well done, it looks like we are both going to die...What is the point of having everything you want when someone like you can come along and take it away from you!"
"I'm sorry"
"You're sorry – is that all you can say?!"
"What do you want me to say?!"
"I want to know...WHY.....WHY, ME?!"
"Edward and I went to school together"
"Oh well isn't that just PEACHY!"
"Alice...Don't make this harder than what it already is"
"Hey, you aren't the one with their hands tied behind their back right now!"
Jacob sighed and crawled over to me...He grasped my shoulders in his hands and lifted my body up to sitting before I even had the change to protest against his attempts and definitely unnecessary ways of dealing with his guilt-ridden conscience....It was like every other man apart from Jasper had no backbone...No morals or sensitive feeling. I FOUND a man like that who loves me and who I love with everything that I am and who I believe in my soul will always have my heart...Now, he was going to be taken away from me...Like everything else that had been or is good in my life.
"Look, Alice...You know Edward better than anyone...Does he have any weaknesses?"
"Oh please...Do you honestly think that I am going to help YOU escape – when YOU are the one who got both of us into this mess in the first place?!"
"It was not all my fault...Anne was a part of it"
"Oh well that makes it so much better!"
"Alice, I would never leave you – making my bed and lying in it I believe is what the expression is called. We can sit here and moan and argue or we can find a way out of here"
"There is no way out – Edward's men are stronger than any man and believe me, I have seen what each of them can do"
"There must be something"
"NO...Edward may be a coward, but he is no idiot!"
"Fucking hell!"
"Shows what a desperate man can do...Put his and a stranger's life in danger!"
"Was the man you were with our boyfriend?"
"Where?"
"The beach...About a week ago"
"You saw us?!"
"That's not important"
"You rang Edward didn't you?"
"Yes"
"Oh my god!"
"Is he your boyfriend, Alice?"
"Is that ANY of your business?!"
Jacob looked to the doors and to the wall between the driver's compartment and us...He brought his head down closer to mine. "Listen" he whispered "I have my mobile phone on me...If you are really quiet then it can be pulled off...Call the police station and recite the number plate number of this van to them"
"Why...So you can escape?"
"So both of us can...You need to be back with Jasper, Alice...You love each other....The reason you are away from him right now is because of me...If Edward finds me with a phone then I will tell him the truth and say that it is mine."
"Risk your life?"
"Yes...If that is what it takes – you have more to live for than me...Seeing as I have put your life in danger"
"Well...Thanks, give me the phone"
"First I need to untie your hands first"
"Oh...Right" I bit down on my lip and Jacob smiled as he wound his arms around behind me my head on his shoulder..He undid the material and my hands sprung free..I moved them both around frantically to get a grasp for the phone – the pain was tough but choosing to ignore it...Jacob reached into his pocket and I took his phone.
I dialled 999 as Jacob continued to sit in front of me – watching my every move.
"Hello, Penge police station...What is your emergency?"
"My name is Alice Meyers...I have been kidnapped with another man named Jacob..The number plate of the van is –" I stopped and Jacob used his fingers to draw out the numbers on the floor...I recited them to the woman on the phone along with a plea for help and hung up the phone.
"Give it here" Jacob said...I gave it to him as he took his phone...He pressed a few buttons and then smashed the phone up with his foot.
"What are you doing?!" I exclaimed watching the various pieces fly around the ground.
"If Edward finds my phone...We are dead – if he finds a broken phone, it won't matter...There is no way he will be able to read the calls I have made and he won't be able to question it." Jacob put the destroyed phone back into his pocket.
"What if they never find us?"
"The police have a tracking system...They can find anyone in the country"
"Knowing my luck so far...I doubt it"
"Right...I need to tie your hands back up"
I nodded in understanding and Jacob tied my hands up behind my back again..Less tightly this time which internally I had gratefulness for him for doing so.
The van came to a sudden halt and Jacob moved back to his corner – I took the initiative to put my face back down on the hard ground.
The doors flung open the candles going out by the gust of wind on the corner which wasn't being used...the daylight hit my back.
"Right....You, out!"
"Me?" I lifted my head to see Jacob's confusion at being summoned.
"Yes, out!"
Jacob looked at me and shook his head "No!"
"You do not want to refuse me!"
The sternness in Edward's voice send panic through me....Jacob, don't do this...Please don't do this!
"No...I am not even supposed to BE here...I did what you wanted millions of other people to do and in return you hold me hostage!"
"There was me thinking you did this for the money"
"Money is not important when lives are at risk"
"Now....You decide to be truthful – it's my girlfriend isn't it...She can do a lot to a man with raging hormones...Need release my friend? Just take her"
"You're sick!"
"Actually on second thought...I won't be needing your er...Services anymore....Fellas?"
A gunshot rang through my ears and I screamed the doors closing behind me, Edward's hand hard against my mouth...The warmness of the blood hit my chest on the ground...The smell filling my nostrils...I felt sick.
Someone come and find me.
Someone track the van down and find me before I die as well.
*~Jasper~*
"Jasper, darling...Sit down please"
I was pacing up and down...There was no chance in hell that I was going to leave this police station until they find my Alice.
Why did I leave her in the first place...How did these people find her, did they know her? Did she know them?
"Son...If they know anything new they will tell us" I was in no mood to endure both my parents' attempts at trying to calm me.
"Why are they not telling us anything...Why does a person have to be missing a full twenty four hours before they can do anything?!"
"Jasper, these things happen...They will find her"
"How do you know that....How can you prove that, mum?!"
"Don't start having a go at me...Will you please calm down?"
"If you had not gone and left her then none of this would have happened!"
"Excuse me?!" Mum rose off of her chair.
"Wow...I come back here and everyone is already fighting" mum and I were forced into silence when we turned to find Bella standing there in front of us.
"Bella!" Mum gasped as she walked over...Wrapping her arms around Bella and holding her close.
"Hi mum...They have something new, at least that is what the receptionist told me."
Mum released her hold as Bella walked over to me, taking my hands in hers.
"Jasper...They received a call from Alice Meyers about ten minutes ago – she gave them the number plate to the van she has been abducted in – however the police could not trace the phone call to the place of location. They are going to send someone down as soon as they can to update us on the tracker of the van."
I put my head in my hands for a moment letting the words register in my head before walking out of the hallway and out of the police station entrance.
"Jasper?"
I ignored my sister's call of my name and took out my packet of cigarettes from my coat pocket. "What are you doing smoking?!"
"Bella...Please don't deprive me of this" I demanded lighting up and throwing away the used match, the matchbox going back into my pocket....I took a drag and sighed in much needed relief...How long had I gone without having one of these?!
"Jazz...Alice is going to be fine"
"Until I get proof, Bella...I am not going to believe that"
"It's natural to be upset....But not with the people who are trying to help you"
"Bell....Why does this have to happen?" Tears filled up my eyelids as I faced her again "why her?"
"I don't know, Jazz...I wish I had an answer for that"
"How did you get here?!"
"Well...I came back because I missed you two...I also knew that mum and dad were down and I didn't want to wait until the wedding to see them...However I wasn't expecting to come back to this"
"Sorry"
"Don't be sorry, Jazz...I am always...I will always be here for you" I threw the cigarette away from me and let out a sob.
"I miss her, Bella....I just want her back" I choked.
"I know, Jazz...I know"
Bella wrapped her arms around my waist as I rested my head on her forehead.
Alice
Alice my little darling sparrow....Where are you?!
Thanks for reading
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