"Oh don't worry your not going to die just yet." Roberts said with a smug look on his face. "I'm not going to let you die that easily. I'm going to make you suffer." He laughed as he watched me struggling for air. I am going to make her suffer a long and painful death. Edward won't be able to recognize her when I am done with her. I heard Robert think. My heart began to pound faster if that was possible. I began to imagine the pain he was going to put me head was starting to feel very heavy and I was almost out of oxygen. I saw Alice fighting George out of the corner of my eye and I almost wanted to smile. I knew there was no hope but Alice still fought to protect me.

Let's see how she likes this! Robert loosened his grip slightly and I sucked in a huge breath of air while I could just before he throw me across the distance between us and the trees. I smashed into one of the huge trees that rimmed the edge of the clearing. I heard a snap as something broke. I gasped as massive pain shot up from my hip. It spread throughout my body like fire. My head joined my body smashing into the trunk of the tree with another cracking sound.

Before I could fall to the ground in agony Robert had my throat again. "It really is a shame I have to kill you. I bet you treat Edward well." He winked at me as he kissed up my neck. I tried to struggle away from him.

"Get off me you dog!" I managed to hiss out with great pain.

"Well if that's the way you feel." He sighed raising his arm. Before he could strike me his hand had disappeared from my throat and I saw Alice attacking Robert. I feel headfirst to the ground with an agonizing thud. Everything hurt as the pain pulsed through my body again.

I managed to see what had happened. Alice, George and Robert were doing their deadly dance again. I still couldn't make out what was happening especially with the pain as a distraction. I just wanted the pain to stop but I knew that wasn't an option. I could almost feel that black hole that everyone referred to as death creeping up behind me ready to pull me in the obis but I didn't want to leave Edward or the Cullens I liked my life and I was going to fight! I could just very easily lie here and wait for death but that was not the choice I wanted to make. I did want to fight and I was going to no matter how useless it was! I would not leave Edward without a fight!

I tried to get up small movements after small movements. It was hard because every time I moved any part of my body burning pain erupted from my hip. I was also having trouble breaking not enough to kill be but it was going to slow me down. Suddenly everything slowed down as Alice struggled against George who had her in a head lock against his chest so she was facing Robert. "Alice you are so talented you should join me and leave all of this vegetarian shit and drink some real blood." He tried to persuade her.

"Sorry but no thank you!" Alice spat out sarcastically.

"Then I am sorry but you are getting in my way and I would really like to enjoy killing Bella." He apologized evilly. His words only made me move faster. He was going to kill Alice and there was something I could do and I was going to do whatever I could! I began to run to Alice as fast as I could. I tried to ignore the stabbing pain that threatening to stop me. "George hold her still." Robert instructed.

Before Robert could hurt Alice I stood in his way panting and sweaty. I knew I looked completely pathetic but he would have to go through me before he got anywhere near her and I knew that I couldn't save her but I could sure slow him down for Edward. I knew Edward was coming I had faith. He and the rest of the Cullens would be trying as hard as they could to save us both and make sure everyone stayed alive. I would try as long as I could to stall the inevitable.

"Don't you dear even touch her!" I growled as loudly as I could. It was the most painful awful thing I had ever done to keep myself up but I would not give up.

"Bella what are you doing." Alice coughed out. George arm tighten around her neck as I heard her gasp.

Staring directly ahead at the slightly shocked Robert I said "You are right Alice. You're not my best friend." I stopped to breathe slowly, this was so difficult. "You're my sister and always will be. I told you if there was anything I could do to help I would. I won't let this moron kill you."

"It's quite beautiful really, a human risking her own life to save a monster…" Robert though out loud.

"She's not a monster! You are." I interrupted him.

"Even though it is futile you still stand here, but I wonder why you bothered even trying to save her." He smiled.

"Like I said Alice a moron a blind, dumb, stupid twat" I swat. Bella don't. Alice pleaded in her head. It was getting harder and harder to stand. I should have been bent over by now but the adrenaline was helping me out. The need to argue the need to protect what was important was taking control. I guess having a brain that was odd was a God send. I could somehow ignore all the human instincts that controlled self preservation or the instinct just to run when I saw a vampire.

"It is impossible for me to blind Bella I thought you were quite intelligent." Robert tried to mock me.

"I know we are both surprised because I assumed you'd be intelligent but I was proven wrong to."

"How dare you!" Robert growled coming closer to me. I am far from unintelligent stupid human vermin! He shouted in his head. Robert was only inches away from my face but I wasn't scared because he should hear what I was about to say.

"I know you Robert." I said bluntly.

"What are you talking about?" Robert shouted aggressively.

"Aww!" I mocked him. "Didn't your little friend even find out the good stuff. I have a gift." I explained.

"A gift?" He repeated me.

"I can read minds." I smiled up at him. I was panting now it was taking all I had to stand. It was going to become too much soon.

"And?" He asked. Suddenly there was a huge stabbing pain in my side and I coiled over slightly with a gasp I tried to quickly recover before I spoke and answered his question.

"I've seen how your mind works… I've seen the memories you have of Poppy, she was kind and loving and you are ruining her memory." I said slowly.

Robert let out a massive growl that seemed to riffle around the clearing. He automatically grabbed for my throat again. "What would you know about Poppy!" He snarled. But he wasn't trying to strangle me it would seem he wanted to hear what I would say because I could still breathe. This worked in my favour because he was holding me up slightly.

"I've seen everything; I've seen Edward's memory. I've seen your memory of him." A confused and angry looked crossed Robert's face. "Every time you fought Edward you remembered her. You remembered how she looked and how she acted." I heard another growl but lower come from Roberts's chest.

"You remembered how it felt looking at her the way your stone heart almost felt like it was flying. How you almost felt human when she smiled like she was the only person who mattered in the world and the only person that you could ever love. The one person in the world you couldn't live without you would protect her no matter what happened. I can't read emotion and I can't feel it so how do I know that what I just said is right?" I paused watching Roberts's expression which was emotionless for the first time since I had laid eyes on him. "Because that's what Edward and I feel about each other and even how I feel for Alice I love her deeply and I will protect her. Yes I know you know that and that's why you want to kill me because I am as close to Edward as you were with Poppy but just stop for a second. Remember Poppy remember how she thought, if she saw you now and saw what you are about to do what would she do?"

Robert started to remember a moment he had had with Poppy. He remembered her telling him off for something he had done. I suddenly connected with Poppy because she knew he was a vampire yet she was not scared or screaming and she wasn't running she was joking around with him. "She made you as close to human as you could be and now that she is gone you've sunk make into your vampire shell and have embraced your inner monster. How is that different to what Edward did?" I asked as Robert tightening his grip around my throat.

"How dare you even compare me to him you little vermin!" He shouted angrily. I started breathing deeply trying to supply my lungs with what oxygen I could get but I was not finished!

"Edward couldn't help what he did and if you were in his position and I was in Poppy's you would have acted the same way. The monster inside you would have taken over just like it is doing now. You and Edward both have monsters inside you but Edwards is starved of anything that it can feed on, thirst, hatred and anger. Edward is sorry more sorry that you could possibly imagine and I would just like you to think about what you are doing?" I asked.

Robert was silent. No rude remark or angered shouting. He was still. Had I really got through to him? I couldn't have I was a human so helpless compared to a vampire. I couldn't have made a difference… could I?

The pressure on my neck lessened slightly.


So what did everyone think of that? I really hope you enjoyed it. I don't have much faith in my writing abilities so that
was probabl awful but hey it was fun to write something arguementative for once x

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