Carlisle only had to sit for a few minuets when the Volvo pulled into the parking lot of the Forks County General Hospital. Edward came to Carlisle with arms open needing a hug. If looks could break your heart, Carlisle thought.

"Dad, I don't know what I'll do if anything…" sobs racked Edward's strong body, rendering him unable to finish his sentence.

Carlisle pulled his son closer to him. "I know, we're going to find her, I promise."

Edward let go first, taking a deep shaking breath. "Lets get her back." He said keeping his voice even, every word reeked with hatred.

They walked into the forest, once under the cover of the trees both of them ran full speed; Carlisle was lagging behind a little. They stopped shortly so Carlisle could call the others. Once everyone was gathered together, they turned towards Edward, waiting for him to lead the way.

Edward bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt, leaves and bracken, holding it to his nose and smelling. He walked further and did the same thing. "She passed through right here, Victoria took her that way." Then with a lurch, he took off in the direction that he had pointed.

All the while he was running he was looking for that sent that drove him crazy. The sent that felt like a punch to the stomach every time she flipped her hair off of her shoulder, the smell that slapped him in the face when he bent down to caress her lips with his own.

'I'll find you Bella, honey. I promise.'

"Do you think, that if I was human, and we were in a different situation, do you think we would have been friends?"

"Yes, Victoria, we would be friends." I spoke the truth. She was a nice person, in a bad position.

"Yeah, I think so too. That's why I want you to know…It's going to be hard to kill you."

My breath caught in my chest as she stepped towards me. It took me a second to catch all that had just happened. I panicked, thinking of anything that would stop her.

"Don't you have a song? I have another one if you want to hear it."

She walked agonizingly slow; taking her time in the approach. The look in her eyes told me she was giving me time to get on with it.

"You make me feel out of my element

Like I'm walking on broken glass

Like my worlds spinning in slow motion

And you're moving to fast

Were you right, was I wrong?

Were you weak, was I strong?

Both of us broken

Caught in the moment

We lived we loved

Victoria was in front of me in no time. She dug her fingernails into my shoulder and ripped down. I gave a blood curdling scream. Her other hand came and hit me in the side of the face.

"This is for James' death. It's the only way to make things even." She said tarring her nails out of my shoulder. I kept singing, though it was more like me screaming the words.

And we hurt and we joked,

But the planets all aligned

When you looked into my eyes

And just like that

The chemicals react

You make me feel out of my element

Like I'm drifting out to sea

Like the tides pulling me in deeper

Making it harder to breathe.

Victoria put her hand to my neck, restricting my airways just enough to where I could barely breathe. While holding my head, she kneed my in my stomach once more, turning my head so I didn't throw up on her. While all this was going on, I could hear the monster in the shadows growling. Victoria walked over to where The Beast was.

"Sounds like he wants a piece too, I really am sorry about this Bella, I'll let you rest for a bit so you can have more strength to try and fight it."

I stood there, tears running down my face, but, like an idiot I finished singing the song in a whisper.

We lived

We loved

We hurt

We joked

We're right

We're wrong

We're weak

We're strong

We lived to love."

"Victoria, why are you still doing this? Why? I thought that we could be friends." I thought the exact opposite now that she had strangled me, but I had in the beginning. I had hoped that she was going to change, become a good vampire, that she would let that nice side that I loved so much show to other people. But I had hoped in vein.

She was face to face with me in an instant. She lifted my chin with her cold fingers. "And we would be, but, out in my world, its survival of the fittest. You're weak, I'm strong. An eye for an eye, a mate for a mate, your Edward killed my James. So I'm going to kill you. I'm going to make it hurt; I'm going to make you suffer. I'm going to enjoy every scream, every tear, and every drop of blood you shed." She put her fingertips to my shoulder; the blood stained the hospital gown and her pale skin. She liked each finger individually, reveling in the taste of my blood. Victoria leaned close, her nose almost touching mine. "You're fucked."

After she left to go sit by the monster I took a look at myself. I was dressed in one of those standard white cloth hospital gowns. The moisture in the air, coming from the approaching storm made my brown hair frizz and curl a little. I must look like a mental patient, I thought. I starred down to look at my bare feet.

Something must have happened for me to end up in one of these. I checked around the meadow, looking for my clothes. Maybe Victoria had the gown already in her possession. Why do you even care, I thought, your going to die anyway, why would you need clothes?

I sighed and leaned my head on the post, wishing that I could get a hand free and wipe away the sweat that was getting in my eyes and stinging. It was in that moment that I heard Edward's voice in the back of my head. 'Scream, Bella honey. Scream with all your might, I'll be listening.'

Was this normal? Was this what your mind did when you were about to die? I looked at my shoulder; the blood was running down to my elbow then dripping on one of the white wild flowers underneath. I snapped my head back, starring straight ahead, breathing through my mouth, trying to fight the nausea. I was bleeding a lot. Maybe I was getting lightheaded from blood loss.

"Are you ready to fight for your life?" Victoria said, still standing by the monster. That was when I realized that the "animal" was chained to a couple thick trees.

"No." I choked.

"I'll make you a deal, I'll let It have some fun with you, when you have some body parts missing, I'll finish you off, I'll make it quick. I promise."

"I don't want you to promise me anything." I spat.

"That's you're mistake." With that she let go of the pin that held The Beasts chains together, quickly running away to stand in front of my by the trees, a nice safe distance to watch.

I looked over with horror to where the monster was still sitting. It easily shrugged off the rest of the chains, ripping off the one around its neck. It didn't move for a second but slowly It turned its head to look into my eyes, then It turned its gaze upward to look at the full moon. With that it was running through the trees, not into the moonlit meadow, but it kept to the shadows heading straight for Victoria.

It caught her in the side, knocking her on her back. Two of its paws held Victoria's arms to the ground, pinning her to the earth while it gave a tremendous growl in her face. Next thing I knew Victoria was in its mouth while it was walking over to where it had been chained. Its huge body blocked Victoria from my line of view, but as soon as it moved out of the way I saw Victoria chained to the trees.

Again Edward's voice came back to be, 'Scream, Bella. All I ask is that you scream.' I gathered all of the air that my lungs could hold, and began to scream, loud. Once that batch of air was spent I drew breath again and screamed, over and over.

The monster turned to face me now it had always stuck to the shadows of the trees. It looked at me for a couple beats with those terrifying, intelligent blank eyes, unmoving. But then it stepped out of the darkness and into the moonlight.

I screamed like I had never screamed before…

Edward stopped sudenly, closing his eyes in consentration. He opened them and looked to Alice, Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle.

"Did you hear that?" He asked simply.

"Yeah," Alice said. "A growl, and screaming."

By the time she finished her sentence, Edward was already running.