Elena's POV: (Opening thoughts)
I'd never given much thought to how I'd die. But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go. I can't bring myself to regret the decisions that brought me face to face with death. They also brought me to Edward.
As I get out of the taxi after I had paid the guy, I take out my can of pepper spray and shake it. You never know it might help. I then turn it so its open and I can spray it as quickly as possible.
I take a deep breath and place the spray back into my pocket. Then I head into the dance studio. I close the door behind me hoping to look more brave then I actually am right now.
I look around as I go further in and then a familiar voice says. "Elena? Elena? Elena, where are you?"
MUM!
"Mom!" I yell as she continues to call out to me and I race. "Mom?"
"There you are," I hear her say but what is said next confuses me. "What are you doing in here?"
Oh no!
"Everyone makes fun of me," a voice I recognize as a younger version of me says.
I open some cupboard doors to see that James has a video set there. He is playing home videos of my moms. This particular one is all about when I ran from Ballet practice when people picked on me.
He tricked me and I am all alone. I ignore the rest of the video as I hear a laugh behind me and I turn to see James stood there.
"That's my favorite part," he says as he stands there smirking at me. "You were a stubborn child weren't you? Hm?"
He walks towards me and touches me gently but I still flinch. He then places his hand on my shoulder and say. "She's not even here."
"No," he says moving me against the mirror and he breathes in my scent. "Sorry. You know but you really made it too easy. So, to make things more entertaining. I'm gonna make a little video of our time together. I borrowed this from your house," he holds up a video camera and turns it on. "I hope you don't mind. Good. And... action. That'll break Edward's little heart."
Up until this point I hadn't moved to look into the camera or even spoke. This does not involve Edward.
"EDWARD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!" I yell trying to move but he just shoves me back.
"But he does," he says smiling and laughing right in my face and messing with me. " Oh his rage will make for a more interesting sport than his feeble attempt to protect you. And let's continue."
I grab my pepper spray out of my pocket. I then quickly raise it and spray it in his face and run. I hear him growl but I do not turn. I hear a woosh and then he appears in front of me. He had literally jumped over me.
Oh god he looks pissed that I had done that.
He grabs me and throws me into a pillar and I feel a shot of pain shoot up my back and head. Oh god that hurt. I put my hand to my head as I groan. I see blood as I pull it back and look at it.
"Beautiful," James says coming towards with the camera still in his hand and I try to get up but I am really dizzy so I turn over to face him at least. "Very visually dynamic. I chose my stage well," he leans down in front of me and grabs my hand covered in blood. He grunts at the smell. "Too bad he didn't have the strength to turn you," I pull my hand out of his grasp. "Instead he kept you this fragile little human. It's cruel really," he smiles at me and then he crushes my left leg in his hand. I begin to scream at the pain. "Tell Edward how much it hurts! Tell him to avenge you! Tell him!"
"NO EDWARD DON'T!" I yell not wanting Edward to get hurt. This is bad enough without the love of my life getting hurt.
"TELL HIM! TELL HIM!" He yells at me.
But I suddenly feel him go flying off me. I look around still holding my leg and Edward is there. He looks so angry, he can probably see the blood and see how bad my leg is.
I watch as James comes running at him, growling and grabs him. He then runs him into the mirror, which cracks from the pressure. Where's the others?
I gasp but James speaks to Edward as he clings onto his neck. "You're alone... cause you're faster then the others. But not stronger."
The mirror smashes more as he slams Edward against it once more.
"I'm strong enough to kill you," Edward growls out at him.
He throws him off of him and kicks him hard so he goes flying across the room and hits a standing mirror which crumbles under the pressure.
Edward comes running over to me. He picks me up and speaks to me as he tries not to aggravate my injuries. "I'm sorry."
He jumps into the air with me in his arms but James grabs his leg and before I know it he swings Edward back and I am out of his arms, sliding across the floor and I land on the glass from the mirror. I feel my bad leg hit the glass and it pierce my skin there and all over my body. I scream even more and grunt.
I hear someone hit one of the windows. I pull the biggest piece of glass out of my leg and I feel a tear as blood pours out of the wound. I quickly place my hand over the wound to try and stop the blood.
Unfortunately James has come over to me. He grabs my right wrist and looks up at Edward. I watch and squeal as he bites into my wrist just below the bracelet that Bella had brought me for my birthday last year.
Edward comes diving at him and throws him off of me again.
I do not hear anything else as my wrist begins to burn and I begin to convulse. I continue to scream as I look at my wrist which is bleeding, through blurred eyes. I manage to glance at Edward and James who is pinned against a dented mirror and wall. Both are growling at each other.
Edward is choking him and then I see him take a chunk out of him by biting into his neck. James screams and I turn away.
I keep glancing at Edward and I see Carlisle appear at his side but I cannot hear what he says as I am in too much pain to listen.
Alice then comes over to me and pins my broken leg down which is good as it was already killing me, but the burning is beginning to overpower it. I scream.
"Elena, Elena it's okay," she tells me trying to calm me down and she smells my blood and she shivers. "Oh god. Carlisle? Her blood. CARLISLE!"
"ALICE!" I hear someone yell.
"Alice go!" Carlisle tells her and he begins to give me a look over to see how bad I am.
"Her femoral artery's been severed she's loosing too much blood," Carlisle, holding my leg tells Edward as he approaches me.
"NO, NO MY HEAD IS BURNING!" I yell hoping as a doctor he can stop it.
"It's the venom." Edward tells him.
"You have to make a choice," I hear Carlisle say over the ringing in my head. "You could let the change happen."
I do not hear Edward's reply but then Alice says. "It's gonna happen Edward. I've seen it."
"It doesn't have to be that way," Carlisle tells both of them. "She's still hemorrhaging. Alice make me a tourniquet. Your belt."
"Carlisle, what's my other option?" Edward asks and when Carlisle just continues to give Alice directions he gets angry. "CARLISLE!"
"GO!" Carlisle tells Alice when she is done and then he turns to Edward. "We could try to suck the venom out."
"You know I won't be able to stop," Edward points out.
"Then find the will to stop!" Carlisle urges him as the burning seems to get stronger. "But chose she's only got minutes left."
"I'm gonna make it go away Elena," Edward says and I can see the determination in his eyes. "I'm gonna make it go away."
He then takes my hand, the left one that James had bitten, and feels like its on fire. His ice cold lips feel really nice on my burning wrist but the pain as he begins to suck my blood is ten times worse and I convulse more. But soon it feels better and the burning begins to disappear. Carlisle is keeping my leg pinned to the ground which is good as now the fire has gone the other pains in my body are coming back.
I watch as Edward continues to take my blood and I begin to feel light-headed.
"Edward stop!" Carlisle tells him. "Her blood is clean you're killing her. Edward stop... find the will to stop."
That is the last thing I hear before my world goes dark.
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