Emmett and Bella watched as the rest of their family helped their mother and mother in law to the car to head home. Bella felt if she was still human her heart would be pounding in her chest. Bella felt exhausted. In only a few hours she found out her mother in law had gone missing, to finding her in Italy, now her sister and the little baby have been kidnapped and she felt like she needed to sit down and process everything.
"Come on, let's go." Emmett muttered. Bella watched him study every corner of every room they walked in, she had never seen him like this before, he was very quiet, didn't even make a joke. She had never seen him so focused, she knew he was scared, she was too.
"Emmett." Bella started, he nodded in her directions as they entered another room, letting her know to continue. "I was hoping you could tell me about the life you and Rose had, before I came into the picture. Rose told me a little bit about her backstory a few years ago, I know about how she became a vampire but never how you too fell in love."
She watched as a small smile appeared on his face. "You know how Rose became part of the family, but did you hear how I did?"
"I heard it was a bear attack." Bella said, a little bit of humor in her voice.
"Yes, it was a bear attacked." He laughed. "You see my father and I used to challenge each other to test our strength. Whether that would be lifting heavy logs, or if we can push the car inside of driving it."
Bella's eyes grew large, "You mean you were freakishly storing before your transformation."
"Oh yes, My father was known as the strongest man in the neighborhood and I dedicated my life to beating him. I used to workout out longer and harder than he ever did. I would wake up just before dawn and go to be well afer the sun went down, doing hard labor the entire time. Somehow my old man would always lift heavier things. Mybody was always sore and yet he walked around with ease. I never knew his secret.
"One day we got some sad news. You see my dad got sick, Cancer. He was the strongest man I ever knew, and it broke me as I was him wither away into this small skinny man. They were not sure what killed him, the cancer or the fact that he was beridden for a year unable to move." Emmett said, looking down at the floor.
"Oh, Emmett."
"The day he died, I felt like I wouldn't be able to handle it, so I did the only thing I could think of. I had to test my strength, so I went out to the woods and began to hunt animals. I didn't hunt them the way I do now. I would attack them and bring them home for mama to cook. I woke up sore one day and I wanted to prove my strength, I went out to the woods and found the strongest animal I could find, a bear. Needless to say that bear was a lot stronger than I was." He laughed a little.
"I thought I was going to die, and I suddenly saw this angle in front of me. I always thought when I died I would see my dad again, but instead I saw this beautiful angel, with long blonde hair, and skin pale yet beautiful."
"Rose." Bella said.
"Yeah, It was Rose. She was a few months into her newborn years and smelled my blood. She brought me back to Carlisle and him to change me. I didn't know it at the time but I reminded her of someone." Emmett admitted.
Bella looked at him to continue, intrigued.
"Rose, when she was human, wanted nothing more than to be a mom. She met the man who she thought she was going to marry and was there when her best friend gave birth, to a little boy. Rose loved that little boy so much, she would have laid down her life for him.
"When she saw my face, she came out of her hunt and thought I looked like this little boy, just more grown up. She kept her promise and brought me back to change me. She always knew I wasn't the little boy she wanted to protect all though years ago, but it made her feel better. The rest is history, once she found out who I really was and I got to know her, we fell in love. Everything happens for a reason is what I like to think, whether Rose believes it or not." Emmett admitted, seeing their life together racing through his mind.
"You said that Rose really wanted to be a mom, did you guys ever think about doing what Esme and Carlisle did, adopting your own children?" Bella asked.
"I don't think I am ready for something like that. You see how I am with Nessy, I am a kid just like her. It does break my heart. I can't give Rose what she really wants though." Emmett said, defeated.
"Emmett, you would make a great father. You would be able to have fun with them, but once you become a parent you suddenly have this protective barrier around them. As Rosse would have done, you would want to lay your life down for them to keep them safe. I think that…"
Suddenly Emmett stopped walking, he looked around like he heard a noise.
"Emmett, what is it?"
"I feel something weird, like a tingle, I think Rose is being hurt, We need to hurry."
In a flash they were running at full Vampire speed around the entire castle. They went through every door, every room and even surrounding area around the castle. They meet back up at the nursery.
"What they Hell!" Emmett yelled, slamming his fists against the wall, causing it to crack all the way up to the ceiling. We have been through the entire castle and we still can't find them. Where could they have gone."
"Maybe we haven't." Bella suggested.
"What do you mean?"
"What if they are in a room like Gracie was in, maybe that's why we can't find them. Maybe they are in a hidden room."
"What do you suggest we do, break down walls?"
"Exactly."
"Bella, we could treat the entire building down, plus if I bang on every wall, they might hear us coming and move them again. I think we should play it safe, just so we don't lose them again."
Nodding in agreement, Bella and Emmett walked inside the Nursery looking for a way for them to break down the walls but nothing that would draw attention to them. Bella found a box with some crafts. Opening it up she found some paper and tape and paint. Reaching in the bottom of the box she found a pair of scissors.
"Emmett, what if we cut our way through the walls." Bella said, running to him.
"Bella, that is gonna take years."
"Do you have a better idea?"
They bother heard a muffled scream coming through the wall in the closet, they both knew it was Rose screaming
"Screw it!" Emmett said sternly, rolling his sleeves up and running full force into it, breaking through it.
Emmett couldn't see anything at first, the room was pitch black. He heard the fussing of a little baby in front of him, he was able to make out the shape for Gracie laying on the floor. Bella came running in and grabbed her, holding her close.
"Where is Rose?" Emmett asked.
Bella pulled out her phone and turned the flash light on, looking around the room. Her light landed on something in the corner of the room, she wasn't sure what till the shape started to look like a person.
"Rose.." Bella whispered.
"ROSE!" Emmett yelled, running to Rose, only to push him back.
"STAY AWAY!" She screamed, her voice hoarse and her face looked tired and torchered.
"Rose, we need to get you out of here." Emmett said.
"I can't. I.. I hurt her." Rose admitted, her body collapsing on the floor with tearless sobs.
Bella looked down at Gracie and saw a small scrape on her cheek, that was scabbing over.
"Rose, what happened?"