Chapter 25

"Say hello to Satan for me," I breathed out loud enough for him to hear. As soon as he turned around I pulled the trigger.

The bullet sped towards him and hit him square in the chest. He looked at me in shock before he fell to the ground. His father looked down at him and back at me in fright, "Hey, I didn't do anything to you. How about you give me a break?" he asked.

"You killed," I took another swap of air painfully in, "Melissa. This would go right in your heart if you had one," I pulled the trigger and hit him right in the heart. He fell to the floor with a thud. The gun slipped out of my hands and I fell as well. I looked over at Edward, breathing heavily, my hand over my bleeding stomach, and tears coming out of my eyes, before I said, "I," took in a breath, "Love you."

He was desperately trying to get out of the ropes and crying at the same time. "Bella! Stay with me! Don't go! Fight! Damn it fight!"

"I'm sorry," I whispered before I looked back up and could feel the blood rise up my throat. I choked it out and tried desperately to stay alive but everything was turning black around me. I couldn't feel my legs anymore. I was almost completely numb which only meant that I was going to die soon.

I closed my eyes and let out one last breath in defeat.

(Edward's POV)

I watched in anguish as she closed her eyes and let out her last breath. As soon as that breath escaped her lips my ropes got loose. I quickly threw the ropes aside and ran to Bella's side. I caressed her face as the tears poured down onto her cheeks, "Bella."

"She's gone," a voice came from in front of me. I looked up to see who I assumed was Melissa.

"NO! She can't be gone!" I looked down at her in pain, "Bella! Wake up!! Wake up," my voice broke.

"There's a reason why you can see me," she said as she sat down next to me.

"Why?" I asked in a watery voice.

"Because she's dead. She's not coming back Edward," she said in a sad voice.

"She has to come back," I whispered as I looked down at her pale corpse, "She has to."

"She doesn't have to."

"Yes she does! She can't leave me here all alone! She has to come back," I yelled at her as I started shaking Bella's body.

I looked up to find her shaking her head, "Do something!" I yelled, "Help her! Bring her back!"

"I did help. I called 911."

"You? How? Your transparent!" I said as I looked over at the phone.

"Hey! Just because I'm dead doesn't mean I can't move things. Who do you think cut you and Bella out of the ropes?! I may be transparent but I have fingers!"

"I don't care! Are they coming?" I asked.

"Yes but it doesn't matter anymore because she's dead," she said sadly again.

"Please," I begged, "Do something."

She looked into my eyes for a long moment before she nodded slowly, "Fine I'll help. Put her back on the ground and stand back."

I kissed her forehead before I placed her back on the ground and stood up and took a couple steps back. Melissa stepped over her body before lying down in it. I watched as Bella stayed perfectly still. She wasn't moving or breathing.

There was a loud bang from downstairs which made me look up. I watched as the cops and paramedics came rushing in. The cops with there guns out and prepared and the paramedics with there tools as they rushed towards Bella. I stepped aside but never took my eyes off of her.

As soon as the paramedics shook there heads saying that she was dead her chest moved. I bent down over her and brushed my fingers over her cold cheek, "Bella? Can you hear me?"

Her fingers twitched but she never opened her eyes, "She's alive," the paramedics announced. They quickly placed her on the gurney and started going downstairs. I followed them, holding on to Bella's hand in happiness. They handed me a blanket when I got into the ambulance. I was barely aware of how cold it was outside, plus I was still only wearing my boxers which didn't help at all.

(Bella's POV)

I walked through the thick mist I had been walking through for the last minute or so until I saw a shadow ahead of me. I froze in fear. Where am I? How did I get here? And where is here?

"Bella," I heard a once familiar voice call from in front me. It can't be, I thought before I walked through the mist and found myself in front of a beautiful scenery.

"Grandma?" I asked as I saw the person in front of me. It can't be her. She died nearly ten years ago.

She smiled before outstretching her hands towards me, "Come here," she said.

I smiled before quickly placing my hands in hers. "Where are we grandma?" I asked.

"Heaven, sweetie," she turned around and looked at this be golden iron gate, "Or at least the entrance to it."

"Heaven?" that's when I remembered, "I died?" I asked perplexed.

"Yes sweetie," she said in sympathy.

"But," I could feel the tears coming, "Why?" my voice broke.

She stroked my hair, "I'm sorry sweetie. But your body couldn't sustain the pain."

"So its," I sniffed, "My time then?" I asked.

"No," she replied simply.

I looked at her bewildered, "No? Then…what am I doing here?"

She turned me around and there she was. Melissa.

"Melissa? Wh….What the–," I cut myself off before I said hell in heaven, "What's going on?" I asked.

"We're switching places," Melissa explained with a smile as she walked up to me and took my hands.

"I don't understand," I mumbled as a tear escaped my eye.

"The only reason God didn't let me move on was because I was supposed to try and bring you back. Once you had killed James and Joe I should have moved on. But when I saw how Edward reacted to your death I knew what I had to do. You only have a few minutes to get back," she pulled at my arms and pushed me towards the fog.

"But…how do I get there?" I asked as I looked at the thick fog.

"Just…follow your heart," she said.

I took a deep breath and instead of walking I started running into the fog. I was lost for a minute or two until I thought her words over in my head again, 'Follow your heart'. That's when I heard it. A heartbeat. I didn't think she meant it literally. I followed the sound until I thought my eardrums would burst.

And then a bright light engulfed me. And I was gone once again.

(Third person POV)
She was hospitalized after her operation. Her family and friends stayed by her side as they waited for the news.

The doctor came in, Dr. Cullen, and gave all of them a grave face. Edward knew what that face meant. It was usually the face he gave the patients family to break to them the news that there loved one had passed. He looked back at Bella in panic, is she dying, he thought.

"I have bad news," he finally announced.

Bella's mother broke into tears even before she heard the news.

"What is it?" Charlie asked in a desperate voice.

"Your daughter has entered a coma," he said with a long breath.

A/N: Poor Bella. Please review!!