Chapter 21 – Silence

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Silence…..it swept through the house like the plague….leaving no one unaffected. It drowned them as the waves kept crashing over them again and again not letting any of them even have a moment to even think of anything to say.

It had been….well they weren't sure how long it had been since they had all congregated to the living room…all they know was that as soon as they had all sat down the deafening silence had begun.

At one point the silence was welcoming….it was welcoming because they knew…they knew as soon as the silence was broken, then the life they had been living the past few weeks, although not the nest life…definitely not the best…..would come crumbling down around them….they knew it had to happen but there was a little part in the back of everyone's minds that said they didn't want it to happen…..they wanted their lives to stay the way they were….they didn't want to be told anything…..they didn't want to say anything...there was a part of them that thought that if they kept their lives the same…..if they didn't say anything, maybe in time everything would get better….maybe they would be able to get back to the way they use to be…before all the mistakes…before everything went to hell.

But that part of them was foolish…..and they knew it.

They caused this and now they had to deal with the consequences.

Every.

Single.

One.

"They uhhhh….they knocked me out after they put me in the van….I woke up I dunno how long later and find myself chained to a wall in what looked like a lab out of some typical top secret government movie…there was so many metal instruments hanging everywhere that I….I just didn't know where to look without freaking out…I dunno how long I was left there, it felt like days…it probably was days." Bella let out a small laugh never taking her eyes off her hands that were clasped together in front of her, she could feel Alice sat next to her and she knew the pixie wanted nothing more than to hold her, she could feel the rest of the Cullen's eyes on her but she didn't dare look up…..she didn't want to see their looks of pity and self loathing.

"I was hungry….I was thirsty…I was tired but above all I was scared…..I don't think I can put into words how terrified I felt….I pleaded…..I begged…I cried….I shouted and screamed…..I threatened….and then I begged some more….I did it until my throat was hoarse and I couldn't speak another word…..and then they came." Bella took a deep breath this was what they wanted to know, this was what they wanted to hear….she just didn't know if she had enough strength to get through it without breaking.

"At first they were nice….as nice as kidnappers can be…..they fed me…..gave me water….didn't say anything until they were leaving and even then they only said the date…it carried on like that for a month…..after two weeks they removed me from the wall and chained me to the floor…..I couldn't stand up….I didn't have the energy too….I could see the glances they gave each other and knew their nice persona wasn't going to last much longer. After a month they came in like usual but this time I could see in their eyes that it wasn't going to be like every other time…..and I was right….they unchained me and dragged me….towards the table that was in the centre of the room…..I tried r….really hard to struggle but it was useless…they were much stronger than I was…I was like a tooth pick compared to them…..they strapped me to the table and ripped…..ripped open my shirt…. then one….one of them went somewhere else…in the room for a moment before….before…" Bella trailed off as the memory flashed through her mind;

She could feel the knife pierce her skin before she even saw it and before she knew what she doing, she felt the screams crash through her lips like a tsunami, she could feel the knife going in deeper, could feel it ripping apart her layers of skin like they were paper.

"It hurt so much….there was no warning….no anesthetic…..no anything….I could do nothing as they tore into me like I was clay…they ripped me apart in so many place…..so many places…." The last words came out as a whisper from the brunette's lips as she allowed her mind to carry on with the memory.

"Stop please!...Please just stop!" Bella begged them before another scream sounded from her mouth as the knife started to carve into just below her right shoulder, the pain was unlike anything she had ever felt before….she could feel her blood dripping onto the cold metal table below her….she could feel the warm red liquid flowing like a river freely from her wounds and running down her body like a waterfall.

" I begged them to stop…..they didn't…they just kept cutting into me like I was a piece of meat…I think I passed out from the pain because all I can remember next is having needles being forcibly shoved into my arms…and then….all I could feel was burning." Bella explained her voice was low and shaky as her mind recalled what she had felt when the needles had been placed in her.

She could feel the needles in her arms, she could see the tubes connected to them and was a little confused as to when the cutting had stopped but that thought was out of her mind when she saw through blurry eyes, one of them press what looked like a button on some type of machine that was connected to the tubes in her arms. She could see the almost clear crystal liquid that was rushing through the tube in her right arm and she could see the almost shimmering black liquid that was sliding down the tube in her left arm towards its destination and she could do nothing as the two substances passed through the tubes and into her veins.

And not a moment after, the burning began, it felt like she was being burned alive…..it was like she could literally feel the fire burning through her flesh and being sucked into her veins like they were vacuums, she could feel the liquids travelling through them, travelling through her entire body and as they got to her heart….it felt she would explode at any moment as she felt her heart speed up in its beating and she could feel her blood start to boil.

She strained against the straps that were holding her down, wanting nothing more than to try and claw the liquid out of her but the straps held in place, she was vaguely aware of one of them writing down on a clipboard while the other was watching with barely contained glee as she continued to struggle and scream.

"I….I must of fallen unconscious again because….as soon as I was aware of my surroundings again… I found myself on the floor of some…..some four foot by six box…the only light was from a dimly light candle…I didn't notice for a while…but the cuts that had been all over my body…..they…they were gone….like they never been there in the…f…..first place…but I didn't notice that till much later b….because my m…my mind could only concentrate…..on…..on the box…it was damp and cold….it smelled of rotting flesh…..I couldn't stop the vomit that rose up my throat…..nor could I stop myself from puking my guts up…..the smell was almost too much to handle….almost." Bella violently shivered as she remembered the box where she had spent most of her time in those four months, if they weren't testing on her that is.

"I…..I learned pretty quickly that…..that the one who just watched me all…..all the time…liked it….he…he got off on my pain….he loved watching me scream and thrash about….I….I remember the way…..his eyes light up whenever a…..a scream tore from my lips….I remember the evident glee that he could…b….barely contain….so…..so I….I tried my damned hardest to keep quiet….it….it wasn't easy but I…..I somehow managed…..he…..he wasn't happy when I didn't scream….I remember the…..sec….second time I managed not to scream….he…..he told….the other one…..to…..to go and get some…..something…..we….we were alone…and he…..he…" Bella trailed off as once again the memory played through her head…and she didn't realize but every time the memories had been flashing through her mind, she had been describing them out loud to all of them.

But this memory….she couldn't remember this.

"Ahh Isabella….alone at last." He said as he let out a dark chuckle before walking towards her, stopping only to pick up something that Bella couldn't see along the way.

"Tell me Isabella….how does it feel to be powerless against me?...How does it feel knowing I can do whatever I please to you…and you cannot stop me?" He taunted as he brought up the (what Bella could now see was a knife) to her right shoulder before drawing it down lightly against her naked flesh, letting it cut a line down her arm but only enough so it stung.

"I can do anything I want to you Isabella…..and you cannot do anything about it….for example I can cut you, He said as he dug the knife in a little deeper this time and pulled it across her stomach slowly, letting Bella feel every single second of the pain but she didn't scream, 'I can hurt you in a number of ways shall we test another one? We have plenty of time." He said as he chucked the knife across the room before lowering his hands to the trousers he was wearing and Bella watched with horror as he started to undo them.

Suddenly the door burst open and Bella saw out of the corner of her eye the other one storm in, his hands clenched into his fists by his sides.

"We have a plan!...We have a schedule!...So tell me why you are not keeping to it!" The other man practically shouted. "I know the schedule…..I made the schedule! I just wanted a little taste that is all!" Bella heard him say gruffly as she watched his do up the button on his trousers before turning his back on her and walking out of the room but stopped at the door and looked right at her as he spoke….Bella could see the menacing glint in his eyes. "And just like we agreed I will be the one to break her." He said before walking out of the room.

"Enough…..that's enough." Alice's voice shook as she spoke, she could feel the monster inside of her trembling in rage, she could feel it rattling against the cages she had it contained in but it was easily ignored as she looked upon Bella and saw how much pain her love was in.

"I agree." Esme said softly as she stood up and within a second was sitting down on the couch that Bella and Alice occupied, next to her traumatized daughter who she could see had tears in her eyes that she was desperately trying to blink away.

The motherly vampire calmly drew the young and terrified girl into her arms and held her gently, "It's ok Bella…thank you for sharing that with us, you don't have to speak anymore for now." Esme soothed her daughter as she slowly rocked them for side to side, she could feel Bella's arms wrap around her waist and squeeze her as hard as she could. Esme wanted nothing more than to find those people who had kidnapped her youngest, who had murdered Charlie and tear them apart.

"Alice." Bella whimpered from Esme's arms and in the next second felt herself being lifted carefully and her arms pried softly away from Esme's waist before she was lowered onto an ice cold yet surprisingly soft lap and two thin yet strong familiar arms enclosed around her upper body and pulled it into a smaller one.

"It's ok Bella….I'm here…..I've got you." Alice whispered softly in her love's ear before running her nose through her brunette's hair and inhaling deeply as a way to further control the monster inside of her.

Bella said nothing but turned slightly so her chest was facing Alice's and gripped the pixie's shirt in her balled up fists so hard that her knuckles turned white from strain, her head buried itself in its favorite place of the crook of Alice's neck and she squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block out all the memories that had resurfaced just from this little explanation.

The others watched on in sadness as Alice held her mate tighter to her and started to rock her from side to side slowly….tenderly.

Regret filled each of them to the brim.

Now they wished they had never let Bella start.

Silence.

It swept through the house like a plague.

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