A/N: Here's the third to last chapter, everyone! We're that much closer to the end of RoOL!

(By the way, I forgot to mention in the last chapter, with the star - that star means it's an important event that will be mentioned in HSNE, AR.)

So, enjoy this next chapter, everyone! :)

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Edward's POV

(Edward's Birthday - 2 days after Chapter 36)

"We need to make a right here." Joshua told Mr. Hale, who turned our large, bulky van to the right, following Joshua's instructions. He sat up in front with Mr. Hale, while Jasper, Emmett, Jacob, Seth, Embry and I sat in the back of the van. They all wanted in on this rescue mission as much as Joshua and I did.

Today, was my birthday - and the day we were going to save my wife.

Though this day is a day for happiness, it is also a day for possible sadness. I mean, seriously; I finally get to save Bella from the psycho - the bane of our existence - but my birthday falls on the same day. It was a day of reuniting, but I don't want the day to end with someone important and someone of our loved ones, dead.

When I came home from the graveyard 2 days ago, Joshua right behind me, I had finally conceded to Mr. Hale's plan, on the one condition we would only wait one day before rescuing my Bella. The family and Mr. Hale was surprised at the change of my mood, but otherwise they agreed to my condition. With that over with, we began planning our rescue.

Joshua and I argued with Mr. Hale that instead of us waiting outside with the FBI agents and police officers, we wanted to go inside the warehouse - we told everyone where James might be holding Bella hostage - and save Bella in our own team. Carlisle and Esme were adamant on letting us go in there, for we were risking our lives in getting killed by James. But, we had argued with them as well that we were willing - more than willing, truly - to risk our lives for Bella. And, seeing our case, they agreed.

That's what got Emmett and Jasper to argue that they wanted to go in the warehouse and help save Bella too. Naturally, Rosalie and Alice were hysterical, and began protesting that they didn't want their husbands to leave them and their children behind if they were to die. Emmett's and Jasper's answer was that they were just as willing as Joshua and I was, to risk their safety for Bella's, and for Rosalie's and Alice's and their children's safety as well. ("You have no idea if James could escape and come after you ladies as well." Emmett suggested to them after their protesting.)

So, with no choice, Alice and Rosalie had to agree in letting Jasper and Emmett in going into the warehouse for the rescue mission. They condoned them for putting their lives at risk not only for Bella, but for their lives and their children's lives as well.

Word of Bella's kidnapping had gotten to Kitty, Harlie, Reneesme, Jacob, Seth and Embry. When they showed up to the mansion, we knew they were furious with not only James, but with us as well for not informing them. And, then, Jacob, Seth and Embry told Mr. Hale they wanted in on the rescue party as well. Mr. Hale was at first hesitant in letting all of us men getting involved with the rescue, fearing it could compromise the situation. But, eventually, he consented and let Jacob, Seth and Embry join us in the rescue party; Harlie, Kitty and Reneesme didn't argue with this at all.

The plan was that three teams - excluding ours - would be involved with us. One team - consisting of two police officers dressed as door-to-door salesmen - would distract the two goons we had seen with James in the background of the video. The two others teams - both consisting of two officers and two FBI agents, all armed with weaponry - would sneak their way into the warehouse, and go through the maze in order to watch out for James, and to lure him away long enough from where Bella is being held captive.

And, finally, our team, will also sneak in, but we will go straight to where Bella is inside.

Esme, Alice, Rosalie, Carlisle, Renee, Phil, Kitty, Harlie and Reneesme would be waiting outside with the rest of the police officers and FBI agents, along with Mr. Hale.

Soon, my Bella will be back with me.

After a long list of directions we came upon an abandoned warehouse on a cloudy day, in the downtown region of Seattle. The sirens of the Police were off, so as not to alert the kidnapping bastards inside. We had to park a decent sized distance away, to stay hidden.

We geared up on our bullet proof vests, including the two officers that were going to distract the goons. They kept their guns hidden but by their side. While our team was getting our vests on and loading our guns up, Mr. Hale came up to us with a device that looked like a large GPS. "This is the device that will help you find Bella. Her tracker will be a yellow dot, and this device will direct you to her. It also shows your other trackers, but remember that Bella's tracker is a yellow dot. You got at least an hour in there to find Bella and get out safely before we send everyone in after you - that includes the rest of these police officers, and the rest of the FBI agents." Mr. Hale explained, handing me the device.

"Also, we want to be in contact with all of you, so three teams - the ones that are going inside the warehouse - will have one walkie-talkie. The team with the two officers will have microphones, so we can feed lines to them and buy you as much time as possible. The two teams will go in the building after ten minutes, and then you wait for five minutes before following after them, alright?" Mr. Hale ordered, and we nodded.

"Please, be safe. If you have to bring this psycho back dead, then so be it - just as long as each and every one of you comes out of that building alive and in one piece." Mr. Hale told us. "Don't worry, dad," Emmett began, being the first one of us speaking up ever since we left the mansion. Mr. Hale looked over at his son-in-law. "If I were to die, Rosie's going to bring me back alive only to beat my ass." Emmett teased, and we all laughed lightly. Leave it to Emmett in trying to brighten up the mood.

When we were all set up with the things we need, the two officers were deployed to the warehouse, dressed up like clichéd, cheesy salesmen, suits, ties and all. I could hear from my position by my van that the plan had begun when the agents began feeding lines to them over their hidden microphones. Kitty walked over to where I was, and plopped herself beside me. She was wearing an orange top that was short sleeved, off-the-shoulder, and the length was mid-thigh, along with hot pink skinny jeans, bright yellow strappy high heels, and a teal crop jacket over her top. Her makeup was bright pink lip gloss, orange-like eye shadow, and bright yellow dangle banana earrings.

Always the one to wear bright clothing.

"Aren't you cold?" I asked Kitty, and she looked over at me with a snicker. "Of course. But, I'm always one for trying to brighten up someone's day - even if they are asses or bitches. And, I think you need a dosage of "Kitty's Happiness" before you go rescue the sister I've always wanted." Kitty said to me, smirking.

"What?" I asked, confused. 'A dosage of 'Kitty's Happiness'? What was she going to do?

"Chilax, you worry wart. I'm not going to drug you or anything; Bella would have my ass if I were to do any drugs. I just think you need a talk." Kitty reassured me, giggling at my worry. "Oh." "Listen, you. I can't keep a secret from Bella, so your ass won't be saved once I tell her that you took a couple hits at the whiskey the other night." she paused when I stared her in surprise; how could she know that? "Carlisle told me." she muttered, snickering. "Anyways, I know that most people say that they would rather feel the drunken buzz of alcohol than the emptiness and numbness of depression. And, I would most likely understand that if it were someone else.

"But, you're not someone else, Ed. You're the guy that is the husband of my BumBellina. The guy who protected her through everything in high school and still protects her like crazy now, the guy who's an awesome father of their kids, the guy who's been there for her when Charlie died - you're the man for Bella, and there's no way in hell I'm going to let this psycho change once bit of that. So, bring our Bella back out here, alive and in one piece." Kitty ordered me, before reaching up and ruffling my hair.

"I will, Kitty. Thanks for the talk." I thanked her, giving her a friendly hug. "You're mighty welcome." Kitty said in a horrible southern accent that had me burst out laughing.

Ten minutes passed by, and soon, the two teams rushed away from our base, sneaking their way towards the warehouse. Before we left our base, we hugged our family, promising them all that we would be back with Bella soon.

We followed in the same direction the two teams went, and soon, we were at the back of the warehouse. A door was open, with one FBI agent waiting there for us. It was female, judging from the front, and she ushered us inside. The air was dank, musky and wet, while it was dark. We solely relied on our senses and the tracking device to find Bella, in order to make our way through a long, winding maze to get to the room where Bella was being held captive.

We turned left and right, jogging and dashing, following after one another throughout the maze, relying on the GPS device that was leading us to Bella. Finally, after one more corner, the device said Bella was being held captive in the room around the corner. But, before we could get to the door, it opened. We all backtracked some, and stayed quiet. "Get this through your fucking skull, wifey - your douche of a husband will not be coming to rescue you. You're mine, and mine forever." came James' voice. Then, we heard the door being closed, before we heard James walked away.

We waited for a few minutes, before rushing over to the door. Jasper began picking at the lock, with Joshua and I hovering over him. Emmett, Jacob, Seth and Embry stood guard, guns ready. "Hurry up, Jasper!" I hissed, getting impatient - I needed to see my wife. She must be worrying inside the room, wondering if what James said was true. Or, probably she was planning how to kill him.

"Keep your panties on, Eddie. I'm trying!" Jasper hissed back, furiously picking at the lock.

Soon, we heard a loud click!, and Jasper pushed the door open.

"Leave me the hell alone, James!" my angel growled. Sweet music to my ears. I thought, smiling.

"Oh love," I sang, rushing into the room. Bella, clad only in a small nightgown for some reason - I'll have to ask her about that later - turned her head, and gasped when she saw me right behind her. "EDWARD!" she cried, jumping up to her feet. She tackled me, throwing her arms around my neck and jumping up onto me, her skinny legs twisting around my waist. I wrapped my arms around her tightly, sobbing in relief; Bella sobbed with me.

"I've missed you." I blubbered to her, tears falling down fast from my eyes. "I love you." Bella breathed, and pulling her head away from my shoulder, she crashed her lips to mine. I moaned, enjoying the feel of having my wife's lips back, and kissed her with crushing happiness. But, our reunion was cut short when Emmett coughed loudly. "You two can suck face later." Emmett teased, and we pulled away. Bella laughed a watery giggle, before she jumped down from me and rushed over to hug Joshua, then Emmett and Jasper, and finally was engulfed into a group hug with Jacob, Seth and Embry.

Bella ran back over to me, and I shouldered off my bullet proof vest. "Edward, no. You need this." Bella complained, and then tried to take off the vest I had put on her. "No, sweetheart. You need it more than I do. You're barely wearing anything to protect you." I reminded her, gesturing to her little nightgown. "But -" she tried protesting still, but I shook my head firmly. "Oh, fine." Bella huffed, rolling her eyes; I chuckled.

"Come on - I want to get back to my Rosie." Emmett said, before he, Jasper, Jacob, Seth and Embry hurried out of the room. Joshua, Bella and I were about to leave as well, but we were stopped when James had appeared in the doorway. "Going somewhere?" James asked in a sickly sweet voice, while he pulled on the trigger on the back of his gun; a loud click! was heard, telling me he was ready to fire his gun.

"Yeah; we were leaving." Joshua growled. James laughed, and then, he shot at the door knob on the outside - the knob went flying off. "Why leave so soon? Stay here for a while - have some tea." James said, before stepping into the room, and kicking the door shut behind him. I pushed Bella behind me, getting out my gun. I readied it, and Joshua copied me.

"Thanks for the offer, but we don't have the time to stay." I snarled at him. "Aw; that's such a shame." James cooed sadly, pouting.

Faster than I could reply, a gunshot went off, and I felt a searing pain in my right shoulder. I screamed out in pain, falling to the ground on my knees. "Edward!" Bella screamed, falling to her knees as well while she placed both of her hands down onto my shoulder, applying pressure. "I couldn't let you leave without a parting gift, now could I?" James said calmly.

"I'm going to kill you, you bastard!" I roared, raising my gun. Another gunshot went off, and this time there was a searing pain in my left shoulder; I screamed out again. James then shot at Joshua, hitting him in the left shoulder; Joshua cried out, but stayed standing.

"Edward, please stop goading him on." Bella sobbed, while she ripped off the sleeves of my shirt, and began making makeshift bandages on my shoulders. "I'll making you a deal. I'll let you leave here, alive, if you leave Bella behind." James bargained slowly. "Hell no!" I shouted, wincing from the pain.

"It's either that, or you die." James said, just before he quickly shot Joshua. Joshua went down on his knees, holding his shoulder in both hands while the left one bled. "Please, stop!" Bella sobbed, wrapping her arms around my chest from behind.

"I'll give you to the count of three to make up your mind." James said. Bella sobbed, while James pulled her up to her feet. "Bella!" I shouted, reaching out to her; James shot at my forearm. I screamed out in pain once again.

"1..." James began. "Edward, please save yourself!" Bella screamed to me.

"2..." James continued. "No! I won't leave you!" I shouted back to her.

"2 and 1/2..." James trailed off, and then readied his gun, pointing it at me. I looked up at Bella, telling her silently that I loved her. I needed to see her, one last time before I died. With her face burned into my mind, I closed my eyes. "NO!" Bella shrieked.

"3!" James shouted.

A loud bang was heard, followed by a gunshot.

And I leave you all off at a cliffy! :D Aren't I evil? :3

So, who will die? Who will survive? Stay tuned for the next chapter!

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Bye for now,

~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~