So before we begin...Dol what are you- get that duct tape awa- she can't spill any secrets now. Mmphmph mph mph… mph mph. Enjoy the chapter and let's keep this between us. Nobody, Bella! I swear!
"Don't!" The other Romaz hissed a second too late as the room filled with the sound of Rosalie's neck snapping. There was a second of silence then chaos erupted, the sound of Dol and I screaming filled the air along with Emmett's angry roar.
I didn't look to see Laurent drop her body to the floor, I couldn't. No no no no. No. She can't. She didn't. No no no…
"Kachiri! You are to leave!" Stefan's angry voice barely breached the wall of anguish that had filled me. No no. No. No… "This is not your court! Edward! Laurent! Restrain, Emmett!" The scene in front of me moved in hyper speed, I saw nothing but everything, Emmett being forced to the floor by Laurent and Edward, Kachiri leaving. "Leave the shifter, get out of here!" Stefan was by my side.
"You psycho! You bitch! Let me go!" I could see Emmett struggling against them; Dol seemed to break out of the mind control and was in front of me, grief filling her expression.
"You need to take her out of here, Alice. Dol, I won't tell you what to do, I am not sure what lines she crossed to get you here, and there will be a proper investigation at a later date. We will not stoop as low as the Volturi scum."
"She needs to be dealt with." Alice's voice was quiet next to me. "I don't care who she is, we are ranked to avoid this."
"We'll investigate later." I snapped out of my daze, I pushed past them and crawled across the floor.
No. No. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into my lap as I moved into a criss cross position. My first friend. Oh, God. Rosalie. Rosalie…
I looked up when Emmett sat in front of me, the grief and anger in his expression sent chills down my spine. I hesitantly passed Rosalie to him; she was limp in our arms. If there was speaking in the room it was beyond reaching my ears at this point. I was terrified; Emmett had held my life in his hand before. I knew he'd have done anything to keep her alive. Now that she was dead…what would that mean for me? I knew that this entire situation had been brought on by Dol and I. Would the blame fall to me?
I barely saw her approach, I didn't need to. I felt her. Dol was with us now. She wasn't solid though, she moved so that she was sitting inside my legs, her body trembling. I didn't need to be in the same mind with her to know she was worried about the same thing.
"I can feel her soul." Dol touched Rosalie and the area around the contact seemed to glow, I had to blink a few times to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me, then it happened, Dol seemed to…mold into Rose…there was no other word to describe what I was seeing. Her body seemed to slide into Rose's, each body part lining up perfectly. She was stunned, there was a scream that filled the air and I had to look where it came from, Alice was on her knees with her hands on her head, Edward joined her side for a brief second before he looked at us, shock on his expression.
I turned my head at the same time as Rosalie's eyes opened; she choked and struggled, tears covering her face as her body convulsed.
Dol, what the Hell is happening?
I just figured out why your body is so tolerant to damage. She wasn't gone so I joined her body like you join you. Someone needs to get the doctor. Now.
I saw out of the corner of my eye as Edward disappeared, I jumped as Emmett hissed.
"What the fuck is happening? Answer me or I will snap your neck, Bella." I pushed myself up and backed away when I saw the look on his face as he tried to calm Rosalie without hurting her any more than she already was.
"I…I don't really know…um…Dol…she said she could feel Rosalie's soul then she joined up with her…I think…I think her presence is keeping Rosalie from dying…" While that prospect interested me it also scared me.
If Dol could keep Rosalie alive with a snapped neck just how strong was she?
Not me, we. We are linked, Bella. We are bound together and should you die I don't think I'd live. Another chill ran down my spine, it was clear we were linked, she had manifested herself in me, not anyone else and I had the feeling she would not live if I died. Why were we so close? What was this connection? Why was she here? That question felt as old as their relationship. Why was she there?
I jumped when the doctor vampire, Carlisle was his name if I remembered correctly, arrived next to us. The shock in his expression was unnerving.
"She can't be alive. That isn't possible."
"Carlisle, do something. Now." Emmett's voice was a growl.
The look on his face was shocked but more than that…it was fear. He was scared. It was a bit ironic for him to be afraid by the fact that she was alive considering their necks couldn't snap. He swallowed. "Okay. First I need those with low self-control to clear the room, now. I am going to have to cut her open and Isabella I need a huge favor. She is going to need blood." Rosalie went quiet while he was talking, I would've worried if Dol hadn't assured me that she'd just passed out from the pain.
My stomach churned, under normal circumstances I wouldn't mind giving up my blood, if I was correct on what he meant though I was pretty sure he was talking about a blood transfusion.
I grimaced as Edward knelt in front of us with a bag in hand.
"He needs to leave if you want to do this, Carlisle." Alice's voice filled the air next to us and Edward growled.
"I'll be fine, Alice."
"Say that again." Clearly whatever he saw in her mind was enough to change his mind because he growled and got up. "I'm not stupid; Edward and I don't need intelligence to see exactly what your plan was."
An excuse, he had intended on draining me then blaming it on the fact that he couldn't control himself with his Singer's blood exposed. It was a pretty clever approach and if it hadn't meant I'd have died I would've asked him how long it took to come up with it.
"I'm leaving." He growled and then was gone. Alice moved closer to Rosalie and grabbed the bag he'd brought.
"Do you have any morphine?" Carlisle shook his head before Alice had finished asking the question.
"I don't think it's wise, even if she is alive right now I don't know how much we should do to her body in that aspect. Her heart is racing and the morphine might do more harm than good.
"She's going to feel it?" Emmett growled, he was on edge and I was still terrified of him.
"Make a choice now. We risk her dying from the morphine or I allow my blood to heal her and she goes through Hell and has a much more guaranteed chance of living."
Alice touched my arm and I grimaced but held it out so that she could put the needle in place, I didn't watch, I still hated needles and didn't want to think about it.
"Save her." I watched as Alice handed Carlisle a small silver knife, it was hard to watch the next part. Carlisle forced Emmett to lay her on the floor and her neck rolled slightly, the movement woke her and she started screaming, it didn't even seem like this was possible. She shouldn't be alive. This was so wrong. So very very wrong. This was unnatural and that was a thought coming from a vampire slave who had thought she was insane.
Dol…this isn't right…it's not…
"Dol, don't do it. I am begging you." Clearly Alice was watching our futures closely. This meant I knew the outcome of our conversation now. Could I do it though?
I know. I am watching through your eyes.
Rosalie screamed and if it wasn't for the grip Alice had on my arm currently I would've covered both of my ears but as it wasn't possible I covered one. I glanced up and cringed, regretting making the decision. He'd cut into Rosalie's neck and she was bleeding profusely, I hardly noticed when Alice stuck the needle in my arm.
When Rosalie had told me Carlisle had put his blood in my wounds it hadn't exactly occurred to me she meant blood blood. Most vampires I had seen had silvery liquid known as venom rather than blood but when Carlisle bit into his own wrist he bled real blood. Or at least that was the color; it was bright red and left me stunned. He was definitely a vampire so why did he bleed red?
I could sense the discomfort with Emmett; clearly he was bothered by the scent of her blood.
Bella she hates me for this. She wants me to know that she will never forgive me for this.
You can stop. The thought was sad but honest. You can let her die, there is still time because Dol, this is wrong. So very wrong.
I can feel her healing. It's too late.
I was drained of energy, this was wrong. Rosalie was dead; Dol had taken the step forward and brought her back to life. Her soul may have been there but Rosalie's body was dead. She had allowed Rosalie to come back from the dead. This was wrong.
I need to get away the second she heals.
You need to go now. I didn't know how I knew but I could almost feel Kachiri approaching.
But…
She's coming.
I could feel the internal struggle, we were both selfish at heart but this was murder in a way. Could we put her life on the line because Dol was scared of being controlled? I mean God I was scared for her. I felt the decision get made as the guilt hit both of our shoulders like a ton of bricks. She bolted her form unattached itself from Rosalie and she flew straight up. I didn't question where she went I watched as Rosalie stopped writhing in pain and passed out again.
"What the-"
"Dol left her." I could feel Alice's glare.
"Her heart is still beating, barely."
Emmett looked at her; the look in his eyes was heartbreaking. I knew what I had to do. The first injury had been instantly fatal but now she was at least slightly alive. I snatched the scalpel from Alice and, before I could think about the terrible decision I was making, I cut it across my wrist, pressing the bleeding wound to Rosalie's mouth. I'd seen the reaction she had to this before; I just hoped she was alive enough for it to work.
At first it didn't work, at first my blood filled her mouth uselessly. I caused this; I was already low on blood from the transfusion. I caused this, she didn't swallow. I caused this. She wasn't breathing. I can fix this. Finally, after what seemed like a millennium, she swallowed the first mouth-full of blood.
More blood poured from my body and she swallowed another. I'd been here before, the only difference was, and I didn't know if they planned on letting me live.
Rosalie squirmed, if it hadn't been for the broken neck she'd have probably lifted her head to bite down. As it was, she couldn't, and I was thankful. I barely felt it when Alice removed the needle from my other arm. I did notice when her skin began to change, to harden, her neck began…I didn't know how to describe it, ever so slowly her head moved to its proper position and the broken bones began healing. I could feel the blood loss affecting me as I lay down next to her, never once moving my arm from her mouth, denying her the chance to live.
I thought they were going to let her kill me, I deserved that, and I honestly did. However they didn't or at least Alice didn't. I assumed she'd been using her trick to see how long of a wait was too long because she grabbed my arm and pulled it from Rose. Rose didn't protest though.
Sleepy. The thought hummed through my head as I fell into a peaceful, blissful, sleep.
I suppose I'll free her now. You psychotic shifter! How did you even get here? Don't you know not to ask questions to me? Fine. Things will be explained, you may be thinking, "if you make Dol super powerful then she isn't a very good character", you have to realize though that her strengths are all I have revealed. Don't tell them my weaknesses. Can I tell them our agreement? Go ahead. If you have any questions at all for me or more importantly, me. Go ahead and ask, we will answer what we safely can plus reviews boost confidence in writing more!
