Warning: Extreme violence. If that's not your thing, you won't miss anything important by going to the next chapter.
EPOV
It's been two days since my Bella came home from the hospital. I've been going stir crazy, but she needed me with her. I need to get out there and find those bastards who hurt her. My hands are itching to get around their necks. I've been suppressing this urge for awhile but I can't wait anymore.
Tonight's the night.
It's midnight when Jasper and Emmett get to Bella's house. She has been asleep for a couple hours and she will probably sleep the whole time I'm gone. Her medication knocks her out. Taking off my sweater, leaving me in my t shirt and jeans, I lay it next to her so she has something with my scent on it to cuddle with while I'm gone. With a kiss to her forehead, I'm out the window.
"Hey Eddie" Emmett says as Jasper nods at me in greeting. "Ready to go hunting?"
"Yes." I tell him shortly. I'm not in the mood to joke or play.
He catches on quickly and nods. Without another word, we are running to Port Angeles.
We all go to the alley next to the bookstore where Bella was attacked. We've decided to start there and gradually fan out. They must live near here.
Reaching into my back pocket, I pull out the blouse that Bella was wearing that night. There is still a faint scent from the man who touched her, and that's what we're going to use to find him. I remember their scents from the night I scared them off, but Jasper and Emmett have never encountered them. Hopefully the others will be with him.
We pass Bella's blouse around making sure to take a good sampling of the scent before I put it back in my pocket.
"Keep alert as we run. If you catch even a hint of his scent, call out to the others and we'll be there." I tell them and they nod in understanding.
We all head off in different directions searching for the man who dared to touch my mate. Emmett and Jasper know how important this is to me and would do the same thing for their mates. In fact, Emmett would have had the chance to if Rosalie hadn't gotten to them first. He definitely understands my feelings right now.
We've been diligently searching for about a half hour before I come across a familiar scent. Zeroing in on it, I move closer. I'm standing outside of a bar called Lucky Leons when I know. It's them. All of them. They're inside drinking.
"I found them" I growl. Jasper and Emmett appear at my side in ten seconds.
"How do you want to handle this Edward? You're in charge." Jasper says. He knows I need to be the one to spearhead this.
"We'll wait for them to come out and we'll pull them into that alley." I point to show them where I mean. "There are six of them so each of us will have to grab two, but that shouldn't be a problem. Leave the leader to me. The others are fair game. The darkness and the noise from the bar should give us enough cover. We'll be gone before their bodies are found."
They both nod at me and we go stand in the shadows to wait for our prey.
It's 2:00 AM when the bartender calls last call, and the men come tumbling out.
Quickly we grab all of them and pull them into the alley. Lining them up against the wall, I take a good look at them. I'm disgusted by what I see.
"Remember me?" I ask in a menacing voice.
They don't answer, they just stand there shaking. Looking into the thoughts, I can see why they're so afraid. I look every bit of a vampire right now.
"That woman you hurt was mine. You said filthy things to her and scared her half to death. Now for that I might let you live…but the problem is you hurt her. She was in the hospital for days. You broke her bones and her skin, and for that you will pay with your lives."
With that ominous threat hanging in the air, the leader, Vinny, tries to run. He doesn't manage to take more than one step before I have ahold of his neck and slam him into the brick wall. His skull makes a satisfying crunch and I smile at the sound.
"You." I hiss into his face. "You touched my Bella. Do you have any idea what I'm going to do to you?"
Bella? I don't know any Bella. Maybe he's talking about that chick last week with the blonde hair and the big rack. She was so hot. When I pinned her down behind the bar, she screamed for help but I know she wanted it. She moaned like a whore once I was inside her. She loved getting her pussy all torn up. I love it when they bleed on me.
His thoughts almost make me physically sick. He not only hurt my Bella but he has raped other women.
"You don't remember me do you?" I ask him and he shakes his head no. "Well we've met briefly…I should have killed you then."
I'm vaguely aware of Jasper and Emmett taking care of the other men around me, but I'm solely focused on Vinny and his fear.
"You..You're not gonna kill me. You don't have the guts." He tells me in a falsely brave voice that would have been more convincing if he wasn't shaking.
"Oh but I am going to kill you. Slowly." I tell him as I keep my hold on his neck, letting him get just enough air so that he doesn't pass out. It would be no fun if he were unconscious.
"You wanna talk about guts?" I ask him rhetorically. "Well how many guts does it take to attack a young woman half your size? Hey Jazz, do you think this coward has any guts?" I ask and look over to Jazz who is watching me with a smirk on his face.
"No Ed I don't think so, but you might want to make sure."
When I look back at Vinny, I can see the fear in his eyes. I just nod at Jasper's words as I take my fingernail and slice cleanly across the front of Vinny's stomach. He immediately starts bleeding and I peek into Jasper and Emmett's thoughts to make sure they're okay. They're both thinking the same thing. They wouldn't take a drink from this guy if he were the last living thing on earth. Vinny's screams are music to my ears.
"Well you proved me wrong Vinny. I see you do have some guts." I tell him before reaching inside of him and pulling out his intestinal tract. He lets out a gut-wrenching scream as I throw his intestines on the ground. This has been a popular form of torture throughout history. Once the intestinal tract is pulled out, a person lives in extreme pain until they die from the blood loss. There's no way for them to be saved.
I have no use for him anymore, so I drop him on the ground and let him scream. Walking back over to Emmett and Jasper, I look down at the other men laying on the ground. It looks like they snapped their necks. That's good. It's clean and effective.
"You ready to go?" I ask them and they nod at me. I take one more second to spit on Vinny's writhing body before we head home.
We are all silent on the run home. None of us like to kill humans, but it had to be done this time. My mating urges force me to avenge my mate, especially if she has been hurt. I can't stop them, and I don't want to. They deserved to die for what they did to my Bella and to those other women. Now they will never hurt anyone again.
When we get back to my house, I don't want to disturb anyone with the blood that is all over me, so I jump up to my bedroom window and quickly go to my bathroom. Turning the shower on high and hot, I stand under the water for a long time. I can't believe what I did. I know I wanted to kill them but I didn't think I would be that brutal. I let my monster come out. A shiver runs through me with that thought. I can never let myself become that again.
Quickly washing myself with my rarely used soap, I hurry to get out of the shower. Once I'm dressed I jump back out of my window and run. There's only one person I want to see right now.
When I get close to the Swan house, I can hear my Bella's soft snores and it makes me smile. She didn't really snore before, but she has since she's been taking pain medicine. Jumping into her window, I don't waste anytime before climbing into bed with her and pulling her into my arms.
"I love you, Bella….please forgive me." I whisper softly into her hair as she sleeps innocently on my chest.