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Chapter 26-Be safe
Bella flicked her wrists, watching her palms light on fire-the glow a warm orange. She could get used to this. She shot out fire, watching Victoria duck to the other side, a growl erupting from deep in her chest. "How are you doing that?" She shouted. Bella merely smiled and shot out more flames, almost laughing as Victoria kept flitting back and forth.
"Scared yet Vicki?" She taunted, keeping the stream of fire going.
Victoria snarled and met Bella's fire with her own, a giant bubble of orange growing between them. Bella finally turned away and tucked herself down, feeling the fire shoot past her. She ran forward and threw herself on top of Victoria, shoving a hand straight through Victoria's chest-as her brother had done. But she didn't take her hand out. She twisted it, watching Victoria squirm.
"I'll never be scared of you," she spat, pushing against Bella-trying to get her off.
Bella kept her ground, holding her hand inside of Victoria. She could hear Edward screaming, praying to God that the Three Fates knew how to heal him. She bit back her sob and focused on the task at hand-killing Victoria. "You know what, I feel sorry for you Victoria. You just don't know any better. And you know what else? I sincerely hope you end up with James, wherever he is." She told her. Then, she set her hand aflame.
Victoria shrieked, her eyes opening wide. "No!" She shouted. "Let me go, damn it!"
Bella held on, feeling the fire scorch her own skin. Victoria thrashed about, her skin turning to black. Venom leaked from her body, spilling all over Bella's arm and the ground around them. Soon enough, Victoria stopped moving. Her eyes glazed over, piercing straight through Bella. Bella pulled out her hand, wincing when she saw it was bubbling from the fire. She had at least third degree burns. It looked horrible.
She glanced outside and saw that her family had finished whatever vampires had been out there and were heading back inside. Bella stayed where she was, looking down at the corpse in front of her. It was over. Victoria was dead.
"Bella? Are you, are you alright?" Olivia asked, looking at Bella's hand.
She shrugged. "Been better," she whispered. "She dead, right?"
"I'd say," Don replied, kicking Victoria in the side. "You did her good Bells. Fried her from the inside. . .how creative of you."
Bella turned to him, unable to reply when she saw the three figures still standing over Edward, chanting something. He was bucking up and down, and he sounded like he was in so much pain. She ran towards them, ignoring the calls of her family, and dropped to the ground beside him.
The young one held her back, a worried look in her eyes. "Don't break the circle," she told Bella.
Bella glanced down and saw the circle of blood circling the Three Fates and Edward. His head was still dangling, perilously close to coming completely off. "Why isn't whatever you're doing working? Why isn't he healed?"
"There's something wrong. Something is blocking our magic." The little girl answered.
Bella gritted her teeth as one word flashed through her mind: Volturi. "I need you to tell me a number off of his cell phone," she instructed the little girl.
"Why?"
"Because, I think I may know who's got the block on." Bella took out her own phone and waited for the number, her fingers hovering above the keys. Her arm tingled, and she was surprised to see some of the burns had already healed. Ah, the perks of the undead. So why wasn't it working on Edward? The girl told her the number and Bella quickly dialed it, her anger making her eyes turn black.
"What can we do for you Ed-"
"What the fuck do you have on him?" Bella demanded to know, cutting Aro off.
Aro sighed. "Hello to you too Isabella. Now, what are you talking about?"
"Edward's hurt and he's not healing. Why the fuck is he not healing Aro?"
"I don't know what you're-"
"Lie to me, and I will single handily ruin you and your little group you've made. Understand me?" She sounded cocky and arrogant. But she knew that with her anger, she could kill each and every one of the Volturi members.
"Now, now, Isabella there is no need to get violent. Edward simply has a ward on him, to prevent him from spilling any of our well hidden secrets. But, it's only activated when he's seriously hurt-let's say torture. How badly harmed is he?"
Bella growled. "Just lift the ward. If he isn't healed in fifteen minutes, I'll come to Italy to take the ward off myself. Got it?"
Aro simply hung up.
Bella paced, her family and the Cullens quiet. It had been five minutes, and Edward still wasn't healed. She sat, jiggled up and down, then stood back up. She couldn't sit still. He had to be alright, just had to be. She'd just gotten him back! If she lost him she'd-no, she couldn't think like that. Gotta keep positive, or I'll go crazy and kill someone. Wouldn't want that. She thought.
Suddenly, she heard, I love you Bella.
Edward? Hun, I swear, all the pain will be over soon. The Fates are-
It hurts. . .so much. I'm sorry but-
No! Edward Cullen, you better hold on, or I swear to God I will march wherever you are-to the gates of Hell need be!- to be with you. Understand?
Bella, you don't understand. The pain-
Don't think about it! Think about. . .think about our meadow-in Forks. About the day you first showed me how you looked in the sun. Think about. . .think about playing the piano for me, and singing me to sleep. Think about prom-that stupid dance you dragged me to, with a broken leg nonetheless!
You still looked beautiful Bella.
She held back her sob, throwing her hand over her mouth. God. . .she could hear the hurt, the pain in his voice. Could she really ask him to hold on when he was clearly in so much pain?
Before she could answer that question, the little girl gasped. "It's healing!"
Bella ran towards her, a sob escaping past her lips. "Edward?" She asked, looking down at him.
He smiled up at her, his head fully connected to his neck. All that was left was a thin scar. "Bella," he replied quietly.
She threw herself on him, kissing him strongly. "Oh thank God!" She exclaimed, hugging him tightly. "I love you, so much."
He rubbed her back. "I love you too. Thank you, for talking to me, keeping me here."
She looked at him, running her fingers over his face, memorizing the way he felt beneath her fingertips. "I couldn't lose you."
She felt a small tap on her shoulder and turned around. The little girl was there, her sisters gone. A bright smile was on her face. "Our job here is done. The scar will remain, but otherwise than that, Edward is fine. Both of you, be safe. We may drop in every now and then, so don't get too comfortable. Goodbye for now." She gave Bella a small wink, and then she was gone.
Bella cleared her throat and looked back at Edward, squeezing his hand. "Can you stand up?"
He nodded his head and had her help him up, cracking his neck in the process. "Remind me to never get that close to a sword again," he mumbled, straightening out his clothes. That's when he noticed her still healing hand. "What happened?"
She shrugged. "I killed Victoria."
"Yeah, she lit her on fire from the inside!" Don yelled. Bella turned to him, her eyebrow arched. Everyone was staring at them. "What?" Don yelled.
"Nothing," she replied. "Let's just go home."
A/N: Yeah, this is like, six hundred words shorter than the last, but that's all I could write. Temporary writer's block. Hopefully the next will be longer. Vicki's dead, yay! And unlike in my Bad Bella series, where everyone comes back from za dead, she's permantely toast. So. Yeah. Hope you guys enjoyed this little, shorter chapter. Thanks to: EdwardsKitten, Kason08, lebrezie, xoEdwardxo, s m Neal, LupinxBabe1993, LunarEclipse4, FireInHeaRt29, Eddielover101, Scorpiongurl324, animallover0109, Brooke-Whitlock, ice1901, mari alice, BloodRedEyes, doreansmomma, Sophie Girl, TwilightSagaLover543, twilightaddict26, StalkerishEmmettFan, ElleG20, Undead.And.Loving.It, Elven at Heart, barbiedoll123, sisipepperell, MzNakhre-Mrs. Edward Cullen94- , alvernogrl, Cullen.Fanatic1, greens3334, Bloodwing-23, TopazForever, joblackero for reviewing, I love y'all!
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