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Chapter 20: Punishment
Everyone watched in fascinated horror as Victoria started ripping herself apart, chunk by chunk, piece by piece. They all saw the struggle in her eyes as she tried to defy Bella's orders, but due to the master's bite, it was an impossible feat. But still, she tried.
Victoria screamed and wailed desperately in her mind, begging, pleading at her limbs to comply to her will, but they wouldn't listen. Venom tears welled up in her red eyes as she tried and tried to regain control of her body, but it was impossible and the fiery agony she was in, was unbearable.
With a horrific keening sound coming from her throat, Victoria ripped the skin, muscle and bone from her left arm before doing the same to both her legs, the sound reminding everyone of metal being torn in a bloody car wreck.
It was a mess with venom, as Victoria tore through her chest and abdomen to get to her organs, gagging as she forced them down her throat, wailing out in pain and horror, begging Bella to have mercy, but knowing none would be granted for her part in ruining Bella's life. Her sickening gurgles became more and more intense as she shoved more of her black, dead kidneys down her throat, venom spewing from her wounds.
Finally after what felt like ages, Bella nodded to two of the Volturi guards, who were standing in the shadows, who quickly gathered up Victoria's pieces, throwing it in an already lit fire, leaving just her torso and head.
Bella tore off Victoria's head with a victorious cry before throwing her body into the fire, leaving the head to watch its ultimate demise.
When there was nothing left but ashes, Bella brought Victoria's head to eye level. "May you rot in hell!" Bella said in a low voice, a satisfied smirk on her red lips, before throwing Victoria's head into the last burning embers, causing it to immediately flame up again.
Slowly, with a frighteningly evil grin on her face, Bella turned to Edward and Alice Cullen. She relished in the fear, which was clear for all to see, written over their faces. They had finally realized that they weren't dealing with sweet, innocent Bella anymore. No, this Bella was cruel and vicious and would stop at nothing to punish those who had wronged her. She didn't forget all the pain they had caused her and she would never forgive them for the parts that they played in what she considered the ultimate betrayal.
"Bella, please...w...we didn't mean y...you any harm...," Alice stuttered out, her small body quivering in fear.
Bella laughed humorlessly at the tiny imp of a vampire. "You kept me from my true mate deliberately! You set me up to be killed by James, Victoria and Laurent and when that backfired you set me up to get a paper cut and almost be attacked by my empathic mate, who felt the blood lust of every vampire in the room and when that didn't work out Fuckward over there left me in the woods, the one place he told me never to go in, so please tell me where you didn't mean me any harm because I really find that hard to believe!"
Everyone gasped at Bella's words and both Alice and Edward's faces showed their shock that Bella knew about their plans.
"Well what did you expect? First you come into our lives and tempt poor Edward with your blood to the point of madness and then you try to steal my husband. Jasper is mine!" Alice shrieked, yanking on the chains in fury as venom dripped down her chin, making her look like a wild animal.
"I was never yours, bitch. Jasper might have been blind to your manipulation, but I never was. I've waited for the day he let me out and you will pay for everything you did to me and my mate," the Major growled out, making Alice whimper and shrink away from the rage in his coal-black eyes.
The Major slowly stalked toward Alice, an evil grin on his face, and wrapped his right hand around her throat, squeezing it like a toy.
"You thought your gift was infallible, but every gift has a weakness. You wanted power and you thought by joining the Romanians you could rule the vampire world, but you forgot one tiny detail... ME!" And with that, the Major ripped off her head and quickly dismembered her before throwing her into the fire.
Edward let out a deep growl and tried to leap at the Major just to be yanked back by the chains he was tied to.
"You monster! How could you?" Edward yelled angrily
Bella growled before grabbing Edward and ripping his arms off. "You are the monster, Edward! Look around you at all the people who love you and see what you did to each and every one of them. Look them in the eyes and see!" Bella yelled forcing Edward's head up to look at the Cullens
Edward saw the hurt and betrayal in their eyes and for the first time he stopped to think about what he did and he realized that he foolishly followed Alice's lead like a blind man, never stopping to think about the consequences.
Sagging in defeat at the realization that he had become the monster he had always fought against, Edward whispered quietly, "I'm so sorry. I truly am a monster and deserve to die, please just make it quick."
In that moment Bella felt sorry for Edward. He was just another of Alice's puppets, a blind man willing to do anything for the love of a beautiful woman. She ripped his head off, throwing it into the fire before doing the same to his body and arms, making it as quick and painless as possible.
Carlisle and Esme stood watching the fire until there was nothing left but ashes before turning and disappearing into the forest. Though they were disappointed in Edward and Alice, they still loved them and it was hard for them to let go.
Bella watched them go sympathetically before turning to Angela, asking, "Should we take the Dracula twins back to Volterra for a proper trial or should we deal with them here?"
"I think we should take them back. Our mates deserve to know what those vile creatures tried to do to us and they deserve to protect our honor by punishing those scum bags," Angela said softly her eyes glazing over as the horrible memories bombarded her mind.
Bella nodded. She didn't really want to talk about what happened while they were being held at the Romanian castle, but she knew her mate deserved to know the truth and with that everyone turned and started running back toward Volterra, dragging Stefan and Vladimir behind them.
A/N: So what did you think of Victoria's torture and Alice's demise? What did you think of Edward finally realizing what he did to the people who loved him? Did you think Bella was fair to give him a swift death?