Cat and Mouse

The next few days was a blur as we stayed in hotels watching crappy shows on T.V. and walking around in the all too colorful halls. I just became a robot, sleeping, eating, sitting, keeping to myself like Jasper did except around Alice.

Finally Alice had a change in vision, James had changed to a new direction. He had decided to go to the Ballet Studio I used to dance in, and Bella failed at...cutely of course.

The men decided to come join us and we went to the airport to wait for them. Just minutes before they would have gotten off their plane, Bella turned and ran.

I don't know if she wanted to make her reunion more sexy by having Edward chase her or what but I followed her, knowing she would get in trouble no matter what.

I caught up with her as soon as she tripped a few streets up.

"What the heck are you thinking? This is no time to play cat and mouse sexy style when the real cat and mouse murder style is happening right now!" I shouted at her.

"Shut up Kyra and listen. James called on the cell phone, he has mom in the studio. He said if I brought any person of a threat with me, he would kill her," Bella said, genuinely frightened.

"Well it's better than I thought," I said trying to lighten my mood.

"WHAT?!?!" She screamed.

"Well I thought you were going to actually...um...never mind. I'll follow you," I said, still quite relieved she wasn't going to do the dirty and become teenage mom.

We reached the studio after darkness sank in the sky. We entered as softly as we could, and slowly. We were both afraid of what was going to happen.

Then we heard her voice, it was frantic and she was calling Bella's name. For a small second I felt a slight bit of pity towards myself but my mother's life was more important to me then her attention to me.

"MOM!" Bella called and ran towards the noise, which was the closet strangely enough. In it was a T.V. playing an old video of Bella hiding from her Ballet teacher.

"So touching...I can't believe you believed me," A deep voice chuckled.

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up on end. If I could have screamed, cried, ran, threatened, or all of the above, I would have but my body had succumbed completely to fear.

Bella made a small noise of fright that made James lick his lips.

"Now to business. See, you have a mate, one that truely adores you and it would pleasure me greatly if he could watch your slow and painful death for himself on this camera. Now, I do not know of your importance to them, maybe a toy until dinner but I'm sure they will be sad too. Now I want you to clutch each other and scream," he said as he turned the camera on and pointed it at us.

I didn't move and neither did Bella.

"Do I have to make you scream?" He asked.

Apparently he did because none of my muscles were registering the screams from my mind.

Suddenly, pain shot through my body and I screamed loudly.

"Yes so good, you could be an actress one day but unfortunately that career will have to be cut before it begins," he sneered and turned to Bella.

I was on the floor and I struggled to breath. The pain in my chest was excruciating and I could only guess that he had broken my ribs.

He was toying with Bella, pushing and shoving her and taunting her. He broke her wrist and then ankle and she screamed louder and louder each time.

"Leave her alone!" I managed to sputter. I knew it wouldn't do much good but at least I could speak and I would earn some brownie points for being nice before I died.

Suddenly I was being wrenched up by my hair and I groaned at the pain.

"I will for the moment, I'll toy with you now," he spat in my face.

He threw me on the ground and used his fingers to slice deep lacerations in my back. I could feel my blood running down it and soon he was sucking it out.

I began to lose energy and I heard a shrill scream. I relaxed on the floor and I felt his mouth release. He stepped on my leg and broke it as something shattered. I could scream when the bone broke, I was watching the world fade away. Shadows filled my visions and voices...so many voices all at once...

Then everything became a black silence and I couldn't even use my conscious to thank the Lord I couldn't feel anymore...