-Extreme trigger warning.- There are dark themes, such as S/A and rape discussed. There is the usual violence, too.
*All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight Universe*
EPOV
While driving to the south side of Chicago, I received a call from Jasper.
"Nice of you to show up to the tunnels," I murmured mockingly.
"I know, I know- I was late. I had a thought about what's about to go down though, and I think it could help us," He drawled.
Pinching the bridge of my nose, "Help us? He probably has a maximum of five men, it'll take less than a minute to get Isabella".
I heard him audibly sigh which pissed me off, "That's not the issue I'm thinking of. Why did Lefevre take Bella? All because of her debts which she's been paying back for years. Why now would he take her?"
Dammit, he was right, "You think he took her because he knows she was with me?"
"Perhaps. That's why I think Alice should come with the G-Wagon. She can easily hack into their security system, and I guarantee there are cameras…"
I took a steadying breath, I hated involving Alice in treacherous situations, "Multa. Meet in the parking garage at the Springhill Streets hotel". ("Fine")
"See you in ten," with that we hung up.
Jasper was a critical thinker and had almost a sixth sense when it came to emotions, that's why he was in school to be a psychiatrist. He was in his final semester, writing his thesis, when he met Alice. Apparently it was "love at first sight", and Jasper dropped out to become a part of the family. In the Italian Mafia, you sacrifice anything for your family, and him dropping his education proved to our Father that he was serious about Alice.
Usually I would have thought of this, but Isabella clouds my judgement. Her big brown eyes have been locked inside of my head since I met her. There is something tortured within them, and I couldn't let her slip away from my grasp.
Pulling into the parking garage, I chose to go below the first deck- it's safer for us that way. I heard the G-Wagon before I saw it, it's engine purring loudly. Once they were parked I made my way into the Wagon and got into the back seat.
"Hello Brother!" Alice chirped and then kissed me on the cheek.
Suddenly her face held a frown, I lifted my finger up and pointed to her, "Cosa c'è con il viso?" ("What's with the face?")
She rolled her eyes, "Blood, Edward! That's a one of a kind, tailor made Gucci suit! Do you think I can have that dry cleaned? Why do I even get you nice things-"
"Whoa honey, slow down. We have work to do my love," Jasper successfully interrupted.
Promptly, the door across from me opened, and my giant brother slid in- "Well this is cozy," he said with a beaming smile.
"BASTA!" I shouted, earning three pairs of eyes on me. ("Enough!")
I drew in a deep breath, "Sorella, were you able to access Lefevre's security system?" ("sister")
She opened her gargantuan laptop, "Indeed! He has cameras in the room they're holding this woman I keep hearing about, too. I don't know how good the sound will be, but the video is of acceptable quality".
Alice pulled up the screen, which had code written along the entire left side, she was typing furiously. Low and behold, the footage popped up. It looked as if Lefevre just arrived when we began watching. She gave me a bluetooth headset to hear the sound. Turns out he's British. We all have headphones on now, except for Jasper, he was on lookout.
"You're so feisty. That's why I like you, Bella." It seems Lefevre is British.
"I'm not feisty, anyone in this position knows it's intolerable," Isabella responded.
"It had to be done. I saw you left the club with another man. Your truck has been in The Eclipse's parking lot for 32 hours, have you been fucking him the past two days?" My hand was proactively grabbing my ruger.
"You see, we had a deal Bella. You'd be mine until you finished paying your step Daddy's debt. If I'm not mistaken, you've broken that deal." Alice's eyes met mine, she looked heavy hearted hearing his taunts to Isabella.
Now Lefevre had his hands on her, I was squirming to leave the car, all she said was, "No, I didn't."
"Don't lie to me Bella. Do you know who your latest conquest is? TELL ME!" That fucker hit her with the back of his hand, twice- and we have him on tape. As I was about to exit the car, Emmett told me to wait, we needed to know what he knew of the Cullen's.
"No, I don't, I promise." Isabella now spat out blood onto the concrete floor.
"Edward Cullen. Well... he's in line to be the El Capitan of the largest Chicago Mafia group. You, my dear, are going to get me in with them." All three of us looked at each other, we knew now that Garrett Lefevre had to die.
Emmett and I both removed our headsets, leaving Alice to continue surveillance, "Lets go. Jasper, stay with our sister, do not let her out of your sight!" He nodded in agreement.
We entered Emmett's Jeep, I had two guns on my person with silencers, and my trusty Gentak Makara knife. We rushed to the location of Lefevre's club, which was two minutes away. Parking in the back lot of the building, Emmett grabbed two pistols and some ammo, which I disagreed was necessary.
Going in through the back was imperative since the streets had many civilians wandering around. The door was unlocked, and it didn't seem as if anyone was manning the upstairs portion of the building. All of the men he had were in the room with Isabella, what a waste of the stairs soundlessly, we came to two metal double doors.
Both Emmett and I heard Bella's strained breathing, and her saying, "I can't do anything for you, I barely know Edward. If I did, I wouldn't help you, either." She was loyal, that one.
Emmett decided to shoot the door jam open, which wasn't how I would've gone about it, but all I needed was to get into that room. Stepping into the room, I noticed one man who was shot, and three others standing around Lefevre. Bella was still tied up, her shirt had been ripped open and fell over her hips, and she had scratch marks over her entire sternum- her bruises from yesterday were noticeable too.
Taking a second, I looked directly into her chocolate colored pools and saw she wasn't afraid of the news she had gotten of my family and I, but she wasn't fairing well being tied the way she was.
My Tom Ford loafers clacked against the cement floor, "I believe there's an issue that needs to be resolved. Don't you, gentlemen?"
Garrett walked to stand behind Bella, and began groping her, she was twisting and turning away as much as she could- "Ah Mr. Cullen, you got here just in time, I was going to share little Bella here with all of my friends." He waved to his three men, it was pitiful.
Isabella looked at me, "Mi dispiace tanto," she said while a tear rolled towards her reddened jaw. ("I'm so sorry.")
"Emmett, uccidere i suoi uomini"," I said severely. Isabella's eyes widened, but she knew to stay hushed. ("Kill his men.")
Emmett pulled his two pistols out and shot all three of the men within ten seconds. Lefevre looked bewildered, now what are you going to do, idiot?
Lefevre looked at me and smirked a sick grin, he went into his sports coat pocket and took out a revolver. He pushed it against Isabella's temple, "Since you guys just shot my men, why don't we play a little game…"
Before he could even spin the cylinder, I lifted my Ruger and aimed for his shoulder. The bullet hit directly into the spot I wanted, and he was bent over on the floor within seconds. Emmett ran over to him and pocketed the revolver so Lefevre wouldn't grab it again, then my brother dragged his body further from where Isabella stood stiffly.
Running over to her, I grabbed my knife and began cutting the top two ropes to free her arms, "Are you okay?"
She began weeping, a deep sob I'd never heard before, "Please, help me", she mewled before her eyes went to the back of her head and she began to fall. Swiftly I held my arms up to catch her. Emmett had tied Garrett up in a corner, the same way Isabella was, and he promptly cut the chains attached to her ankles.
I lifted her up and began to take her to the car, when I saw Jasper and Alice walk through the double doors.
"God dammit Jasper, I told you to protect my sorello, not bring her to the place where shots were just fired!" I spat. ("sister")
"Stai zitto brother, I'm perfectly capable. Emmett texted SOS", Alice's eyes were drawn to the woman in my arms. ("Shut up")
"This is Isabella, she prefers Bella. Call our doctor, and have her rest in a guest room at my penthouse while I handle this" I spewed.
Alice reached out and tenderly rubbed my arm, "I already called Felix, he's on the way to your place now. Don't worry, I've got her, Edward".
Emmett was right to call her in, Isabella would need a woman to help her through this, and Alice was a staggering one. I handed Isabella to Jasper, and watched as he tucked her into the back seat of the G Wagon. I exhaled a long breath, she was safe.
Walking back down to the concrete basement of Lefevre's club, I thought through what information I needed from him. How dare he put his hands on a woman the way he did to Bella? My vision turned red, and my empathy detonated to rage. I finally get to kill this despicable human.
