Chapter 35: fragile
"Put me down!" I yelled fighting against her. "You won't get away with this!" Victoria just laughed at my pathetic attempt to get away. "And who do you think is about to stop me?" she asked cradling me in her arms. "I'll scream!" she seemed to take this in to consideration and covered my mouth. "Get your hands off of me!" I screamed mentally. She just laughed as she carried me further and further away. Do something! There has to be some way to get away from this without showing her what you can really do. She already knows you can read minds and grow. Grow! I tried shrinking into a four year old. I caught her off guard and was able to get out of her grip.
"clever" she growled. I took my chance and ran. Ran like absolute hell. "Help! Help!" I screamed. I could hear her coming up behind me. "Hel-" her hand covered my mouth. "stop squirming" she growled getting a tight grip on me. She held my two wrist tightly together in one hand. My bones were being crushed together. I tried to scream but I couldn't. her other hand was held tightly over my mouth. A tear escaped the corner of my eye. She stopped suddenly. "are you…crying?" she asked amused. She put me down and turned me to face her.
"dear child you can cry!" she seemed to be genuanly amused. "what else can you do?" she asked egarly. "I can… Help! Help! He-" she slapped me. Hard. I fell back and landed on the ground. "if you scream one more time I will kill you right here right now!" she threatened. I managed a small nod then whimpered as she picked me up again. "there's no point screaming for help. You're the one who walked into the forest on your own. What did you think was going to happen?" she mused as she ran. "just let me go! You don't need me. Edwards the one you want to hurt. Why are you taking me. Edward won't care if I'm gone" she probably thought I was lying because she didn't even think of stopping.
"be quiet" she hissed covering my mouth. She stopped running and listened. I listened too. "Lissa where are you? Say something please! Lissa can you hear me?" It was josh and he sounded really close. "so apparently someone did notice your absence" she laughed suddenly running faster. "help me Josh! Please help me!" I was hopping he heard me. "Lissa! Oh God Lissa are you ok? Where are you?" he was coming all I had to do was stall. Surley she wouldn't notice if I used my power when there was a distraction.
"almost there" she whispered then suddenly we broke out into the open air and over a cliff. "OH MY GOD!" I screamed as we fell. Great I was being bloody vampire napped. We hit the water then she dragged me down. Now what was I supposed to do? Werewolves were hopeless in water. The good thing about water however was that it was easier to slip out of her grasp. I slipped out of her hand and swam wildly to the surface. I kicked furiously trying to keep her hands off me. "Josh!" I yelled as I surfaced he was in his human form standing at the top of the cliff. "Lissa!" suddenly he jumped off the cliff and into the water.
Victoria grabbed me around the waist and pulled me back down. Suddenly a new set of hands were on me but they weren't helping me. They were helping Victoria. I screamed as more and more hands grabbed me in the pitch black of the water. I couldn't even move as they pulled me away. hands covered my eyes and my mouth. They held my legs and my hands. They hands were strong. Stronger then Victoria. I couldn't fight anymore. I was weak. I had to get out now. I had to use my power. My imagination. Right now the danger that I was in out waied the one I could have possible been in. I imagined I was back in josh's arms. Nothing happened.
The hands still pulled me and I was still weak. I tried again. I imagined my self at home. Again nothing happened. Apparently when I was weak my power was useless! Well this little piece of imformation would have been handy to know before I got captured. Every now and then I would kick but it never did any good. The hands held me tight and there was nothing I could do. "Riley get her out of the water" I could hear voices above the water. Suddenly I was lifted my arms out of the water and onto the ground. "should we bind her?" a man asked. "no she is weak she won't cause any trouble for a while" I turned to glare at her from the ground.
I was so tired from the struggle that I could barely sit up right. "take her back to the others" Victoria ordered. "let me go" I sighed as someone lifted me off the ground. "why have you captured an eight year old?" a woman asked from behind us. "as a back up" Victoria said smiling down on me. "I'm sure mummy will be thrilled to find out that her little girl has been kidnapped" she truly did find this amusing. "this won't work you know" I snapped, "they won't give up Bella to save me". Victoria just laughed.
"put her in the room" she ordered brushing her hand over my cheek. I was placed down in a dark room with no lights. There was a small window by the door and boxes stacked up by the far wall. A few curious faces peered in through the window eager to see what all the fuss was about. "Make sure she doesn't leave" said a man who I'd assumed to be Riley. The man then took Victoria's hand and walked away. There were no barred windows or locked doors but there were enough newborn vampires outside to make it impossible to just walk out.
I sat in the corner hugging my knees. I tried imagining myself back home but I was still to tired. I was struggeling to keep my eyes open but then gave up and rested them instead. I didn't panic or try and escape I just waited. Waited until I regained my strength.
There was a lot of noise coming from outside which made it hard to forget about where I am. The light was beginning to come through the glass. I played with the light putting my hand in and then back out. I watched as the sparkeles changed with the angle of my hand. I almost smiled. Suddenly the room was dark again and I looked up to the window horrified. A small girl no older then about 15 stood there looking back at me. She moved around to the door and popped her head in. her dark brown hair fell in front of her face.
"Bree?" I asked curiously. She was the only newborn apart from Riley that was given a name. she stepped back scared. "I won't hurt you" I whispered sitting up on my knees. She looked behind her then quickly slipped inside shutting the door behind her. I grew into a 15 year old. "Don't be scared" I smiled offering her my hand. She came and sat in front of me still unsure of what to do. "How do you know who I am?" she asked softly. "It's hard to explain" I muttered, "I know all about what they're planning". She looked at me with curious eyes. "I thought we were going after a human? Riley told us someone had to pay. Your one of us though".
"I'm here because if you guys don't succeed, which you won't, then Victoria wants to kill me to make my family suffer" she looked confused. "will we die" I looked down at my knees. "I'm going to die" I couldn't bring myself to look at her. "But there has to be a way to get out! Your going to escape right?" I nodded, I was going to escape I just didn't know how. "Take me with you" I looked into her deep pleading eyes. "I can't, I'm too weak" she let out a sigh, "I don't want to die, I don't want to be here, with these monsters" I put my hand on her shoulder. "it's going to be ok you will get out of here" suddenly the door burst open again and Riley stepped in.
"What are you doing in here?" he snapped pulling Bree back. She screamed then hurried out the door. He turned his attention back to me "Victoria wants you" he growled pulling my up by an arm. "get off me!" I yelled pushing him away. I ran through the door and into the newborns. "get her!" Riley yelled as I ran. I had no idea where I was going I just knew it wasn't here. I ran down the first alley way I found. "get her!" was all I could hear as I ran. I felt a pull on my jacket but they let go. "little vampire" suddenly I ran into something…more like some one. Victoria seized my wrist again. "will you ever give up?" she asked pulling me through the alley way.
She pulled me into a building and sat me down. "you don't make the game very fun when you keep running off" I tried to kick her but she grabbed my leg. "I don't want to play your stupid game just let me go!" I yelled jumping off the chair. I managed to knock her to the ground and plant one punch to her face before I was pulled off of her. My hands were pinned behind my back and I way held close to someone. "you can let her go, she can't go anywhere" imediatley my hands were released and I made a run for the door. Victoria suddenly blocked my way and she didn't look to nice anymore.
"sit down" she breathed placing one hand on my shoulder. "I don't want to" I snapped pushing her off. "you don't have a choice anymore" she muttered pushing me down anyway. "you are going to be staying here wether you like it or not so stop being a pain in the neck and do as your told. If I find out your being a hassel then I will kill you before we get bella." She threatened. "I'll give you pain in the neck" I snapped shooting a pain right through her. She screamed in shock "how?" she breathed. I didn't wait to give her an answer I took this as my chance to go and imagined myself back in the forest.
it was the middle of the day and the sun was high in the sky. "Josh!" I called, there was no answer. I ran home quickly not wanting to run into anyone other then my family. "Mum! I cried as I ran up the stairs. Esme came out of the kitchen looking relieved. "they went to find you" she said getting her phone out. She dialed the number quickly then spoke, "she's here, she's safe" the phone was shut seconds after and she turned back to me. "what happened?" she asked pulling me over to the couch.
"Victoria kidnapped me because she thought she could cause the family pain by killing me if she couldn't have bella. I tried not to use my power because I didn't want her knowing what I could do and warning the others but then when I went to use it I was to tired and it didn't work." Esme just looked stunned. "how did you get away then?" she asked looking at the mark on my face. "I sat there and waited until I could use my power again. I only just got back here" I sighed lying down on the couch. "you poor thing you must be exhausted" she brushed my hair out of my face then carried me up stairs and to my room.