A/N: I FINALLY UPDATED! HONESTLY I KIND OF GOT BORED OF MY STORY AND IT WAS HARD TO GO BACK TO IT WHEN I'M NOT FEELING THAT EXCITED FOR IT. I AM DEFINITELY CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF MY STORY TO SOMETHING THAT EXCITES ME. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T THROW TOO MANY OF YOU OFF.
Days later when I was no longer in suicide watch I voluntarily joined a therapy group. It was a small group of six people. A part of me felt bad, like I didn't belong. There was a girl so thin that I had trouble not staring at her and a boy who proudly showed the cuts on his wrists. There was a girl who had bandages around her neck; she'd tried to hang herself. Then there was another boy who was always curled up, knees to his chest, on the verge of tears. He looked really sad and lonely. Then there was another girl who looked sad and lonely too except her arm was in a cast.
All we did was talk.
My dad visited me a couple of times, but after that I just got messages from Carlisle who would come by our unit to say hi. I hadn't seen Edward since he left that night. He never came back and that was okay with me. Obviously I wasn't in the right mindset to start anything when I was here.
"Would you like to start us off today?" The therapist asked me.
I nodded and straightened up.
"Today in the morning I started thinking about my future and I wasn't extremely pessimistic about it." I said.
She nodded and then went around the circle. I leaned back and tucked one of my feet under my thigh as I listened to everyone.
I wasn't sure when I had stopped being so positive. I remember always seeing the brighter side of things from when Edward told me he was a vampire to when I found out about the newborn army after me.
When did I get so lost?
"I didn't wake up screaming." Ella said.
Ella was the one in a cast. Her boyfriend was murdered in front of her one night. The thing is when she came back with help his body was gone. He is considered a missing person, but she insists that she saw him attacked. She suffers panic attacks and horrible nightmares that wake up the whole unit with her screams. She has her own room because of it. I shared mine with Jay the boy with the cuts that were now bandaged. He cut himself again last night.
An hour later we were left alone. It was time for lunch.
"You want some?" Ashlynn asked as she pointed at her plate.
"Ashlynn." Jackie our nurse said sternly.
I just looked at her and shook my head. She always tried to give away her food. Ella nudged me and pointed at the empty table and I followed her.
"I'm going home tomorrow." She said with a small smile.
"I think I'm done by Friday." I said.
"You're the only one that doesn't have to be here." She said. "I still don't get it. I mean you're kind of lost, but it's not anything to come here for."
"It will ease everyone's mind." I said.
"Do you think you belong here?" She asked.
"Kind of." I said shrugging. "I let myself get really low. I was a nightmare to everyone around me and I was just digging myself in deeper. I needed this."
"That's good."
"Is this place not helping you?" I asked.
"No." She laughed as if it was the most hilarious thing.
"But what about what you said earlier?" I asked.
"I've gotten better at waking up without the screaming, but the nightmares won't go away. I know what I saw despite what everyone else says."
"What do you mean?"
"You're just going to think I'm crazy like everyone else." She said and finished the last of her food.
"No." I said as I stopped her from leaving.
"If even the tiniest smile breaks on your face I'll break your face, got it?"
"Yeah." I said as she sat back down.
"Riley was waiting outside as I ran back inside because I forgot my jacket. When I went back out he was gone. I could hear some commotion down by the pier and so I followed the noise. I rounded the corner and he was standing there in the middle spinning around like a mad man. He looked at me and shook his head and started running the other way... and… and…"
"What was he running away from?" I asked, as she seemed hesitant to continue.
A small part of me knew what she was trying to tell me.
"Something came from the sky and attacked him. I wasn't sure at first because it was quiet, but then he started screaming. I'd never heard a scream like that before. I didn't know what to do and so I ran back to try and find help… Then he was just gone."
She was crying silently and I reached for her hand, but she pulled it away.
"What do you think it was?" I asked her.
I was not going to say anything.
"It was woman." She said. "She had long, curly, red hair."
Victoria. I immediately stiffened. If that was true then Riley was a part of the newborns. Riley was made to kill me and everyone else.
"When she stood over him she wiped her mouth as if she had… No, she did bite him. I saw her go straight to his neck."
"Wow."
"You don't believe me."
"Would you believe me if I said yes?"
"Really?" She said excited. "It can only be one thing, right?"
"Yeah."
Neither of us said the word as if too scared to say it.
"I saw him…"
"What?" I asked surprised.
"It was a couple of days later. I woke up in the middle of the night like I had been since the night he disappeared. He was in my room. I went to him happy to see him, but it wasn't him anymore. His eyes were red and his grip was too tight on my arm…" She said and looked down at her arm.
"He broke your arm." I said and she nodded.
"He looked surprised as I did when my arm snapped. It was the most painful thing. He let go of me and disappeared by the time my parents came rushing to my room."
"What did you tell your parent?"
"I told them the truth, but they insisted it was a dream and I had just fallen of my bed breaking my arm. That's what everyone told me, that it was a dream or that I imagined it. No one wanted to believe what I said."
"I'm sorry."
"Honestly a part of me wants to forget him and everything that I've seen. I want to go back to not knowing that monsters like that exist." She said as a distant thought and then turned to me. "Why do you believe me?"
"Because I do."
"You don't want to tell me?"
"It's more like I can't." I said honestly.
"You're in deeper than me aren't you?"
"You can say that."
After that we had recreational time and then bedtime. I couldn't sleep and more so with Jay's music blaring from his headphones. I sighed and pulled the blankets off me. I made my way out of the room and to the nurse station. We have to let them know every time we leave the room.
There was no one there and I continued to the bathroom. I did my business and made my way back. Suddenly I realized that it was too quiet. I noticed feet sticking out from behind the counter attached to the nurse's desk. I walked over to it only to see that he was dead. Half of his neck was basically gone with a huge bite mark, but no blood to be seen. That could only mean one thing. There was a vampire in the building.
My instinct was to reach for my phone, but not to call 911. I needed to get in contact with the Cullens or the wolf pack, but I hadn't had my phone on me for a week. My heart was racing and I pressed myself against the desk as if I could disappear into it. I really should remember phone numbers, but honestly who remembers phone numbers now a day.
"Think. Think." I said to myself and then got up from hiding behind the nurse's desk.
It had to be Victoria or Riley. Riley could be here for his girlfriend or Victoria somehow figured out that I was here. There's no use in hiding because I'm dead if they wanted me dead. So… If I'm here, then…
Ella.
I ran towards her bedroom, but I heard commotion by the recreational area. I made a sharp right turn and made my way to the room, but it was empty. The doors to the outside were open, which was bad. They kept those locked at night.
I hurried outside and spotted Ella with whom I assumed was Riley. I slowed down as I saw that Riley wasn't being aggressive. They were talking and so I stayed quiet and hid to get a closer listen to their conversation.
"I don't want to be a part of this!" Ella screamed quietly and frustrated. "Do you realize how crazy you sound?"
"I know this is all hard to take, but I really care about her… I could even…"
"Stop!" She said. "I don't want to hear it. I don't want to know. I don't care. I made a mistake calling your phone number. I was weak… I didn't think you would answer!"
"In that case, I will leave now. I just wanted to give you a clean break, but I guess I have made it worse."
"I don't think so."
We all seemed to freeze at the sound of the voice.
"Victoria, what are you doing here?" Riley asked.
"When I realized that you were running off to meet this girl I just couldn't handle the jealousy." She said in a sickenly sweet voice as she walked towards him.
"You know she doesn't mean anything to me. Its just you…" Riley said desperately.
Oh, he has it bad. I shook my head at him briefly before I realized the situation I was in. I needed to get out of here. Now.
"Not so fast." Victoria said and I froze.
Was she talking to me?
"Victoria." Riley said.
"I can't believe this." She laughed hysterically and I almost fell over.
"Hello there." Riley said now standing behind me.
I spun around slowly and let out a small smile with a wave. Victoria appeared next to him.
"This would be the part where I say something snarky, but I am well aware of my impending death." I said and I dropped my smile.
I've never felt fear like right now.
"I'm going to have so much fun with you." Victoria said.
"Cio?" Ella asked.
"Dumb, dumb girl." Victoria snarled. "Now I need to take care of you."
"It's me you want." I said.
"I'm not going to take none of that righteous crap!" Victoria screamed.
Victoria had Ella by the hair now and Ella only whimpered quietly.
"You don't care about her."
"I don't care about anything." She laughed.
"I'm pretty sure you cared about James."
Victoria let go of Ella and knocked her unconscious with one punch to the face. I cringed and hoped she was okay.
"I am centuries old." Victoria said as she walked towards me. "I've had many lovers." She said as she caressed Riley's face. "James happened to be one of the longer lasting ones. I will avenge him, but this is more to past time than revenge. Someone with endless time gets bored easily and right now, I'm having a good time."
She wrapped one of her hands around my neck, but didn't squeeze.
"I'm glad I can entertain you."
"Hmm." She said and then I could hardly breath. "This is more like it. You've gotten the wrong idea about vampires. We're monsters and monsters kill. You think you're above all this, above me!"
My vision was going spotty and naturally I tried to claw at her hands as a desperate attempt to breath.
"My real target is Edward. Your pain is only short and no fun for me. Edward's on the other hand will be forever." She laughed.
"He would… rather die than… to give you satisfaction…"
"Oh, you have no idea the pain I have planned for him. Death would be the last thing on his mind."
I don't know how many times a person can pass out before it becomes the last time.
When I came to again I was in some cabin and I was really cold. My fingers were numb and I began to rub them together as my teeth chattered.
"Here." Riley said as he threw me a can of beans. "That's all that was in here."
"What are you guys going to do with me?" I asked.
"I don't know."
"Is she going to use me to lure Edward here?"
"Yeah."
"Where is she?" I asked.
"I don't know."
I just looked at him. He was looking over at a dark corner where another body lay covered in blankets. I knew it had to be Ella. I quickly got up and went to her. I pushed aside her hair to see that she had a nasty black eye and it was swollen shut. I winced and nudged her a bit.
"You're awake." She mumbled as she sat up.
"Are you okay?"
"Fine. Riley got me some blankets when it got too cold over the night. I don't know how you slept."
"Well, I could have used a blanket." I said causing her to chuckle.
"Are we going to die?" She asked.
"I don't know what Victoria has planned for us." I said.
"Are you just going to stand here?" She asked Riley as she glared at him with her good eye.
"I'm making sure you guys don't die." He said.
"How about you check on your girlfriend that is obviously using you! Even I can tell that!"
"Hey…" I tried to intercept.
The last thing we needed was an angry vampire in our room.
"Even she doesn't want you around. How sad! She stuck you to babysitting duties, useless."
"Fuck you!" Riley said and left the cabin.
"I know how to push his buttons." She said proudly of herself. "I think the red head is going to kill you."
"Huh?"
"She said and I quote, I will let Edward get close enough and then take his hopes away."
"Well if that's what she's decided then she already lost. We have a seer and she will see whatever plan she makes."
"You're definitely deep in this world, huh."
"Yeah." I sighed.
"Why did she take me? She could have killed me and then she wouldn't have to worry about me telling anyone." I said.
"I'm trying to figure that out."
The only thing I could think of was Riley. I think she was a pawn to keep controlling him. He obviously still cares about her because he would have never gone looking for her in the first place. I just wish it didn't involve her getting killed.
"You're both awake." Victoria said.
"What are you going to do with us?"
"Torture was definitely the first one." She said and walked around the room. "Maybe send a body part in the mail."
"You're disgusting." Ella spat.
"Then I remembered how much I hated you too." Victoria said standing in front of her.
"What does she have to do with any of this?" I asked.
"Can't you just accept that I'm bored?" Victoria laughed. "I have to think long term here."
"Just spill it!" I said annoyed.
Victoria grabbed me and slammed me against the wall throwing me across the room. My body had never experience that type of strength and pain. I couldn't breath.
"I must have broken something." She said and dragged me back in front of Ella. "I'm going to continue where James left off."
She pulled out a camera and began filming me. I couldn't really focus my eyes anymore as I was having trouble seeing.
"Cio!" Ella said and Victoria smacked her hard against the face.
"Be quiet." She snarled. "Action."
"Fuck you." I barely got out.
"Edward." Victoria began. "Look who I have here. Sorry he's kind of out of breath right now. Say something Cio."
"Bitch."
"You know how hard it has been to not kill him?" Victoria asked the camera and then faced it back to me. "So disrespectful. Maybe I'll be doing you a favor by getting rid of him. Cio tends to get around, don't you Cio?"
"Not as much as you." I said and she actually laughed.
"You guys think you can hide things from me, but I know everything. I know about that wolf boy in the picture. Cio you really love them supernatural men, huh?"
"And you like dead beat men." I said and now it was my turn to get smacked in the face.
I coughed up blood feeling my lip begin to swell up instantly.
"But I'll play into your game. I'll have that fight, but will you be able to make it to the real battle?" She questioned and then grabbed my hand and faced it toward the camera. "This is where my love's lips were."
She said it so longingly that I shivered at her words. She placed a soft kiss on the bite mark that James had left and then laughed hysterically. She must be insane.
"You're crazy…" I barely got out when she snapped my wrist. "Fuck!"
"This is where the real fun begins." She pulled me towards her mouth again and I felt her teeth pierce.
Was she going to kill me on camera?
"Edward…" I began trying to get my last words out.
But she stopped and let my hand drop.
"You have three days." She said flatly into the camera.
No!
This is not how I was supposed to be changed! Not like this! Suddenly I felt like I had been violated, had something stolen from me. I still had so much planned before I turned.
"You… Cunt." I said through groans.
The fire began just as I remembered the last time. It was making its way through my body and I began to convulse.
"Look at that." Victoria said. "In three days Cio will be one of us and unless you can save him he'll kill the first human he sees."
I was having trouble keeping my eyes open as I saw her grab Ella from her hair and shoved the camera in her face.
"You monster!" Ella screamed.
"He's going to sink his teeth into her and that will make him a killer. I'll make sure he won't ever want anything other than human blood. You know how crucial that first drink is and oh, how thrilling that first kill is too." She said almost as if reminiscing.
"I would… Never…" I said unable to muffle the screams that escaped in-between.
"Oh, you don't know do you?" She asked and then faced me. "When you're first turned you don't care about anything, but feeding. You'll want to quench your thirst and by the time you regain any consciousness it'll be too late you'd eaten half the town."
"Oh, my god." Ella whispered.
"So, you see Edward. You have three days to make it past my band of newborns in time to stop Cio from his murderous rampage. Oh, you'll have to find us first."
I could hear her laugh, but at this point nothing mattered now. All I could feel was the fire within me. My skin felt like it was expanding as if my body might balloon and explode.
I knew Victoria's show was over because I could feel Ella's hand on me. She tried to soothe me to the best of her abilities, but it was futile. Nothing could stop this pain.
I wanted to die!
A/N: FIGURED I WOULD BRING SOME MORE ACTION TO MY STORY. LET'S SEE HOW THIS TURNS OUT FOR THEM!
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