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Chapter 24 – Taken

Epov

We stood in the airport embracing when my phone rang. It was Esme, and since she had the children I figured I had better answer it.

"Hey, Mom."

"Edward, Oh, Edward, thank god! I've been trying to reach you. Something terrible has happened."

The panic in her voice was evident. "What is it, Mom? Is it the kids?"

Bella noticed my change of tone and stepped closer trying to hear.

"We were at the park. I was letting the kids play. I didn't see her until it was too late!"

"What happened, Mom?"

"Elizabeth has been kidnapped! I think it was that red headed woman that glared at Bella during our lunch. E said she wants Bella and took Elizabeth so Bella would come back," my mother bawled into the phone and Bella was shaking. She had obviously heard what my mother had said.

"I want you to stay here," I told Bella. I didn't want her anywhere near that kidnapper. I would find Elizabeth.

"Like hell I'm staying here! I'm going back to find my baby!" she yelled.

"Bella, you heard my mom, this woman wants you," I pleaded.

"Then she can have me. I just want my baby back!"

Renee looked around panicked. "What happened?"

"Elizabeth has been kidnapped," I informed her trying to keep myself together and process everything that I had heard.

Bella clutched her purse and ran for the desk. I heard her talking, quickly buying tickets. "Any flight, I don't care. I want to be on the first plane to Seattle!" she shouted waving her credit card.

I pushed her hand down and put my card on the counter. "We need five tickets. First class is fine, there's a family emergency and we have to get home now. My daughter has been kidnapped."

There was a man standing next to us that had been watching our interactions. He must have overheard our conversation. "Sir, did you say your daughter has been kidnapped?" He had a thick Texas accent.

I was fighting tears. "Yes, I need to get home now."

"Garrett! Demetri! Get over here!" the man shouted and two men dressed in suits came running over. "This man here needs our plane. We're leaving now. You go file the flight plan."

He turned to me, "Seattle, you say?"

"Port Angeles, Seattle is the big airport."

"They got one for small planes in Port Angeles?"

"Yes, they do," Jake answered. I didn't even realize he was there.

"Right, then that's where we're going. Garrett, Port Angeles, Washington." He turned back to our group. "You all have any luggage?"

"No," we all answered.

"Good, this will go faster then. Follow me."

We hurried after him and down some steps to a hanger. The other man, whom I could only guess was Demetri, was already down there doing checks and talking rapidly to the other men looking over the plane. When this guy said small plane, I thought it would be little, but this was a private jet.

I quickly called and let my mother know we were on our way and that we needed to be picked up at Port Angeles municipal airport. Jake grabbed my phone and gave driving directions to my mother.

We all buckled in as Garrett came running back into the plane. He went straight to the cockpit and the plane taxied out onto a little runway.

I noticed Bella was in Jake's arms crying softly, and her mother was leaning on Emmett. I sat alone nervously wishing I could instantly beam somewhere. I prayed that my baby girl was alright.

Once the plane leveled off, I moved next to Bella and took her from Jake's arms. He released her willingly and I thanked him silently with my eyes. I needed Bella. I needed to know that even though this happened, she wouldn't push me away.

She wrapped herself tightly around me and cried softly into my neck. I looked across at the man that owned the plane.

His eyes were soft and worried. "We'll find your little girl. How long has she been missing?"

"My mother just called me while we were at the airport right after it happened. I was coming to pick up their mother."

"Their mother?"

"Yes, I have two kids, twins. My son was not taken, though, but he saw it happen."

"How old are your babies?" he asked.

"Five," I choked back a sob. They were just little babies. Elizabeth was probably terrified.

Throughout the flight, I noticed the man looking at me curiously, as if he was trying to place where he had seen me before, but I knew I had never laid eyes on him in my life.

When we finally arrived, we were met by Esme and E. He ran forward and hugged Bella tightly and I pulled them both to me. I needed them both. We all three sobbed and I noticed that Esme was introducing herself to Renee and then hugged her tightly as they both cried.

The man who owned the plane was talking low and roughly on the phone and then turned to us. "I have another fifty guys coming out to help look for your baby."

"Thank you…" It was then I realized that I didn't know this man's name.

"Jack, Jack Masen." I wondered for a moment if he was any relation to my mother, but pushed that thought away. The probability of that coincidence was astronomically low.

"Thank you, Jack. I'm Edward Cullen." I proceeded to introduce him to everyone there, and he shook everyone's hands warmly.

Renee hugged him crying. "Thank you so much for getting us here."

He hugged her back. "Of course, ma'am, I could never ignore a distress call."

I could see a twinge of pain in his eyes, as if he had done something like this before, but failed. I prayed to god that we did not fail. We needed to find my baby girl.

Chief Swan had organized search parties starting at the abduction sight and moving out. They had yet to find anything. Jack pointed to Demetri and nodded in a silent exchange. Demetri went to the starting point and sat quietly for a moment and looked around, taking everything in. He suddenly took off running, Jack jogged after him, keeping his distance. We all followed behind him.

"He's got her trail," he smiled at me.

I hoped to god that he was right.

A/N: Can't be happy too long, can we? That would just be boring! So, who do you think Jack Masen is?

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Chapter 25 – Sketch

Bpov

We followed Demetri to an old abandoned building. He, Edward and Jack ran forward, but I held back a little. I didn't want my baby to be in there. I didn't want her to be gone. I finally pushed forward and looked around. I could hear the men and followed their voices.

I passed a small closet and heard a whimpering sound. I jerked the door open. "Elizabeth!"

My daughter was being held silent by a man. He pointed a knife at my throat. "Don't you dare scream or you'll both get it. He shoved my daughter to the floor. When I went to reach for her, I was yanked back. "You're coming with me. Tell your daddy thanks for the trade," the man laughed at Elizabeth and then covered my mouthed with something wet. I struggled against him, but soon everything went black.

Epov

I followed quickly after Demetri. He seemed to be on to something. We burst into a room where it looked like people had been living.

He walked over to the makeshift bed and pinched a strand of curly red hair from the pillow. "One is a red head." He walked to the other side. "This one is blonde." He squatted next to the bed and looked at it up and down. "The blonde is a man, just over six feet."

Bella's voice broke his concentration. "Elizabeth!" she screamed. We turned and ran out of the room. I didn't realize she hadn't followed us in. We came running down some stairs to find my daughter crying on the floor.

"Elizabeth!" I called to her. She looked up and struggled to get to her feet. I had her in my arms before she could get upright. "Baby, are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

She shook her head no.

"Where's mommy?" I asked and she started crying harder.

"Elizabeth, where is mommy?" I said a little panicked.

"He took her. He said it was a trade," she sobbed out.

I squeezed her tightly to my chest. Jack pointed Demetri toward the exit, ordering him to find Bella.

He found my baby; I could only hope he would be able to find Bella.

I felt Jack's big heavy arm wrap around my shoulder. "Come on, boy. Let's get your baby checked out."

He called for a car and took us to the hospital. Carlisle was waiting for us. He hugged me and kissed Elizabeth on the head.

He spoke quietly with me and we agreed to put her to sleep so we could examine her without traumatizing her.

I was relieved to see that she had not been hurt in any way.

Charlie was in full uniform and was relieved as well. We told him what had happened and he took it better than I thought.

"She's a tough girl. We'll find her. You take care of my granddaughter," was all he said. I think he knew I was torn in two, wanting to find Bella and comfort my daughter.

E was at the station with Esme. They were drawing up a sketch of the woman that had taken Elizabeth.

We had to find them.

Esme cooked up a huge meal and had the table set buffet style, so all the helpers could come check in and eat. Jack sat down next to my little girl and me. Elizabeth stayed in my lap not wanting to leave me and E was clinging to my side.

"Quite a pair you have there. One of you and one of her," he commented.

I smiled sadly at my kids. "Yes, interesting how it ended up like that."

Charlie came in with a stack of sketches that were just printed up. He started passing them out to all the men that were helping and passed one to Jack. I looked over at the sketch and knew who it was.

"Carlisle!" I shouted.

He came running in.

"Have you seen the sketch?"

"No, I haven't," he said taking one from Charlie.

He gasped.

"It's your patient from Meadow Falls, isn't it?" I asked already knowing the answer. She was the woman that had screamed at Bella when she entered the room to come see me.

"Yes, it is. I'll get her files quickly. Maybe they'll have next of kin or previous addresses we could look at," Carlisle said as he pulled out his phone and started dialing.

I suddenly had a very bad feeling about this, as if I had been here before.

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