Hey everyone, how y'all doing today? I thought I would get this chapter uploaded before I went off to the theater to see Avengers: End Game. I promised the kids a day at the movies and we are closet geeks. LOL.
Thank you everyone for the reviews, follows, and favs. I can't express how much they mean to me. Really. I promise to reply to every review unless it comes up as Guest, then I can not reply. So with that being said, I would like to take this moment to reply to the last review from a Guest who posted a couple of hours ago.
Please don't think that Bella's kidnapping is any more important then Rosalie's was to their parents. Bella is the baby of the family and has already gone through more then her share of problems. Bella is also the next in line to be President of the club when Charlie decides to retire. Also, unlike Rosalie's kidnappers, Bella was taken by human traffickers, so getting her back was in dire need. I hope that helped with any of your concerns. :-)
Now with that being said, I really do love that so many of you are enjoying this story. So I will not hold y'all from it any longer. Enjoy. SM owns all things Twilight. I am just dabbing with them.
Edward:
This is it. We are on our way to get my Bella back and Angela of course. We were locked and loaded and in the back of a fucking van. We had three of them and we would be parking down the street from the last known building that Bella's GPS was signaling from. God, I hope she was alright. I needed her to be. I swore I would always protect her and yet she was fucking taken right out from underneath me.
We could tell we were getting closer to the destination because there was hookers everywhere and they didn't look healthy one bit. It was disgusting and horrifying at the same time. These poor women. God knows how long they have been in this life for. This is what we were here planning to stop, hopefully. There was no way I could let my baby go through this.
Jasper had slowed the van down and crept along the street looking for the weakest link. Once he found her, he came to a complete stop and called her over to his window. We all stayed quiet in the back and just listened. It's not like I knew what they fuck they were saying though. Thankfully Demetri took pity on us and translated.
"Ciao. Vieni qui cara." Yelled Jasper to the young girl. She couldn't have been more than sixteen maybe. (Hello. Come here darling.)
"Ehi piccola. Cosa posso ottenere per te e il tuo amico?" The girl asked looking scared. (Hey baby. What can I get for you and your friend?)
"In realtà, è ciò che possiamo fare per te. Siamo qui per aiutare. Shush non dire nulla. Abbiamo bisogno di aiuto per entrare in quell'edificio per trovare mia sorella. È stata rapita dagli stati pochi giorni fa. Potete aiutarci?" Said Jasper. (Actually, it's what we can do for you. We are here to help. Shush don't say anything. We need help getting into that building to find my sister. She was kidnapped from the states a few days ago. Can you help us?)
"Puoi aiutarmi a tornare a casa dai miei genitori?" Answered the girl. (Can you help me get home to my parents?)
"Possiamo provarci ma possiamo tirarti fuori di qui per ora. Guarda queste due foto. Hai visto nessuno dei due?" Asked Jacob holding out two pictures. (We can try but we can get you out of here for now. Look at these two pictures. Have you seen either of them?)
"Sì. Questo ha combattuto alla grande. Al Maestro non piaceva un po '. Mi ha fatto legare al letto e legarlo con una sedia in un angolo della stanza." The girl said. (Yes. This one fought back big time. Master didn't like that one bit. He made me tie her to the bed and cuff this one to a chair in the corner of the room.)
"Cos'altro?" Asked Jacob. (What else?)
"Uh, sono stato tirato fuori dalla stanza quando due ragazzi sono entrati nella stanza e hanno chiuso la porta. Non sono sicuro di cosa sia successo esattamente, ma ho sentito urlare da entrambe le ragazze." The girl answered and I felt myself ball my hands into fist. Well one hand into a fist since the other was still in a brace. (Uh, I was pulled out of the room as two guys walked in the room and closed the door. I'm not sure what exactly happened but I heard screaming from both girls.)
"Grazie, amore. Dai, entra. Bel avvertimento ci sono altri ragazzi nella parte posteriore, quindi non spaventarti." Said Jacob. (Thank you sweetie. Come on, get in. Fair warning there are other guys in the back so don't freak out.)
The poor girls eyes went wide when she seen just how many people were in the back of the van. Demetri explained that we wouldn't harm her. We would keep her safe to the best of our abilities right now. She knew little English so Demetri translated the words she didn't know in English. We got the gist of it though. She told us what room the girls were in and how many more in the building. It was basically a mother fucking brothel. Can you fucking imagine?
I was surprised to find that Kate could pick locks. Who knew? She was quick as hell and soundless at that. We were in the fucking building and going room to room. We kept all hits quiet, trying to just knock the fuckers out, but killing some in the process. Oh fucking well. I was out for Royce's fucking blood. Fuck everyone else. We made it to the second floor and that is when we could hear the disgusting noises coming from almost every fucking room. Girls crying while guys were grunting or yelling and let's not forget about the skin to skin sound. Didn't know if it was from the sex or if there were guys in there hitting the girls. It didn't fucking matter though because those guys were dead as soon as the door was open.
We paired into groups of two and kicked the doors open. I wanted to puke, not just from the sight before me but the fucking smell. Blood, sweat, and vomit were just a few of the smells in the room and let's not forget about the needles in the trash can. They drugged these poor girls so they couldn't fight back. Bastards. I hoped they all died a very slow death.
"Che cazzo?" A guy yelled at me in Italian. (What the fuck?)
"Do you speak fucking English?" I yelled back aiming my guy to his head. He nodded his head. "On your knees. Arms behind your back." I yelled. He was smart enough to do as he was told but that didn't stop Emmett from kicking him in his ribs.
"Jasper, can one of the girls up here please. This young lady is freaking out." I whispered into my ear piece.
"Kate is on her way." Jasper answered.
I got down to eye level with this dickhead. I pulled out the pictures and shoved them in his face. "Have you seen these girls?"
"Oh yeah. I have fun with her." His eyes looking at my Bella.
"Mother fucker." I kicked him repeatedly until Emmett's pulled me back into the hallway.
My crew had men of all ages lined against the both sides of the walls. They had them on their knees, some had their hands on their head while others were already tied up. Some of the guys were sporting bloody noses and groaning in pain. Now they know what it feels like, low life assholes. Irina and Kate gathered all the girls from each room into one room and tried to calm them down while us guys continued on our way to the third floor. I ordered Felix and Demetri to stay with the girls. They would need protecting.
We reached the third floor quietly. We check every room and they were empty. We got to the last two room and noise could be heard from one of them. I didn't even fucking wait. It was the room we were told that Bella was in. I kicked the mother fucker open and almost puked at the site before me.
Bella:
They were trying to break me. It wouldn't fucking happen. I fought like fucking hell for both Angela and myself. Mike fucking Newton was a dead man walking. I would get us out of this and he was the first on my list next to Royce mother fucking King. Never once have I ever suspected Mike to be the second rat let alone that he was working for Royce.
I did my damnedest to protect Angela. She took self defense lessons when she was younger with me but she didn't have any other trying like I did. She fought like hell alongside me when we realized what the hell was going on after Mike got us outside. I thought we could trust him. Mike ended up drugging us once his men and him got us into a van and we were on our way down the road. The needle came from nowhere. I woke up once on a plane going god knows where but was once again knocked out as soon as they realized I was awake. The next thing I knew, Angela and I woke up in this fucking room. There was a young girl already in here and she was told to get us cleaned up.
Yeah that worked out well for the three guys who came in after us. I guess they were our guards or whatever, but they never stood a chance against me. They were stupid and never checked my body for secret weapons. My brother made sure I knew where to hide knives and that is what I did. The first guy got in my face when I refused to get undressed in front of them. He grabbed me by my hair and pulled my face back and started yelling at me to get undress before he had to make me. Yeah, he never saw the knife go into his throat. The second guy advanced on me and was meant with a knife between his eyes. The third guy charged me as the second fell. I didn't have a chance to get my next knife before the asshole landed a punch to my face. My head whipped to the side as I felt the pain slide up my cheek to my head. Thankfully Angela moved into action and pulled a knife from one of the dead guys and stabbed the guy in the thigh. He released me to grab his thigh and I brought my leg around and kicked him in his head. I then stabbed him repeatedly in his neck and chest. The poor girl who was still in the room just stood in the same spot frozen in place.
"Bella, sweetie. We got him. Calm down. We need to hide the bodies before the next guy comes in here." Angela said as she pulled me off the guy.
"You are right but where?" I asked.
"The closet?" Angela said as she pointed.
These mother fuckers were heavy but we managed to get them into the closet and the doors shut before we had another visitor. I walked into the adjoining bathroom to clean up. Holy fuck I looked like shit. My makeup was smeared, blood all over my body, my costume was ripped everywhere. My hair was in knots and I could already see a welt forming on my cheek. There was some towels in here so I cleaned up the best I could. Angela was next, although she didn't look anywhere nearly as bad as I did.
"Someone is coming." I whispered to Angela. I looked to lock the door but there was no fucking lock on it. Shit.
The next thing I knew, I was being held down by three men who were being given orders from Mike. He wanted to know where the other guards were. Angela and I played dumb and said they left after they brought as in here. Mike had Angela cuffed to a chair in the corner while I continued to struggle against these assholes. Mike told the poor girl to tie my hands and feet to the bed. He slapped her hard when she didn't move at first.
"Oh, bastardo. Ti ucciderò. Non vedi che è spaventata?" I screamed at Mike around his goons. (Oh you bastard. I am going to kill you. Can't you see that she is scared?)
"Conosce il suo posto qui. D'altra parte, imparerai il tuo posto e rapidamente. Ho dei piani per te e gli acquirenti sono sul mercato per una cosa carina come te." Mike sneered at me. (She knows her place here. You on the other hand, you will learn your place and quickly. I have plans for you and buyers are in the market for a pretty thing like you.)
" La pensi così?" I growled. (You think so?)
" Lo so. Nessuno sa dove sei. Tu sei mio da fare come ti pare." He smiled. (I know so. No one knows where you are. You are mine to do with as I please.)
" Se lo dici tu. L'unico modo in cui riesci a controllarmi è drogarmi, cazzo, pezzo di merda. Non puoi gestirmi. Ti ucciderò io stesso, cazzo, pezzo di merda patetico." I smirked. If only he knew. (If you say so. The only way you can control me is to fucking drug me you piece of shit. You can't handle me. I will fucking kill you myself, you pathetic piece of shit.)
Mike just laughed and walked out of the room but not before stopping and telling his men to have fun.
They took turns hitting me trying to break me. Yeah not going to fucking happen. This guy who was on top of me right now thought he would break me. It hasn't happened yet and it wouldn't. I would check out anytime he would come into the room. Angela was now strapped to a small table off to the side of me while my wrists and ankles were tied to the bed. This was the third time he came in here to break me. It started with beatings and slowly went to touching. I was naked except for my socks. This asshole started to go for Angela but I pissed him off something fierce trying to protect her and he was definitely punishing me for it. I felt like I was laying in piss with the mix scent of blood.
I lost count of how many days we have been in this god forsaken building but this is the third time this guy has come in here. He turned the light on and stood at the end of the bed just staring at me. I can imagine I looked like shit with all the bruising I had along with the fucking cuts everywhere. Angela was just a tad bit better than I was. I tried to keep the beatings off of her but that didn't mean that they wouldn't hit her when they didn't like the answers we would give. This bastardo walked over to Angela and smirked down at her. Sick bastardo. He ran his hands down her legs as I struggled with the ropes on my wrists. I had slowly gotten them to loosen up a mid in the last couple of hours. This was my chance. I begged Angela with my eyes to keep him occupied for a few. She nodded her head and looked back at the guy and smiled.
I took that as my chance to wiggle my right hand free from the rope. I quickly untied my left hand and worked on my ankles. He never saw me come up behind him until I had pulled the knife he had stashed in his back pocket and jammed it into his neck. He managed to turn and smack me. I flew into the wall and fell to the floor. Fuck that hurt. I got up and ran to Angela as the asshole fell to the floor. I got her straps off and we searched the room for clothing. Angela stopped to gasp at the bed and I followed her line of sight. The fucking bed was loaded with blood, my blood. I puked next to me. Killing someone I could handle, but seeing the large amount of my blood, I couldn't fucking handle that. We managed to find clothing and moved the guys body into the bathtub. As we entered back into the bedroom, I heard footsteps down the hallway. I could feel the panic start to come. Where the fuck were we going to hide?
I made Angela hide in the bathroom behind the door as I stood at the ready at the main door. It flew open like it was kicked and I kicked the first guy in his knee as he entered the room and brought the knife in my hand up to the second guy who dodged it. The third guy caught my arms and held them to my side while I kept fighting and kicking. Then I heard it. The most beautiful voice in the world.
"Shush Angel. Calm down. It's me baby." Edward said releasing my arms and wrapping his arms around me.
"Thank fuck." I whined. I didn't give a fuck. "Angela is in the bathroom. Let me go tell her she can come out." I walked out of Edward's arms to the bathroom. "Angela, you can come out here. Our guys are here. Get us the fuck out of here please."
Angela peeked her head out of the door and sighed in relief. "Thank fuck." She walked out to me as I heard Edward curse and punch the wall.
"Ed man. That hand is never going to heal if you don't stop hitting shit." Emmett said looking at Edward's hand that was in a brace.
"I don't care about my fucking hand Em. Look at that fucking bed. Look at my girlfriend over there. Look what they did to her." Edward yelled. I felt the tears start to flow.
"Ed, you need to calm down. I can see everything but you aren't helping those girls right now by freaking the fuck out." Emmett said to him. "Give me your backpack now."
I watched Edward hand Emmett a bag. Emmett sat it down on the table nearest him and brought out clothing. He slowly walked over to us and handed us both clothing, telling us to get dressed so they could get us out of here. Thank fuck because the clothing we found felt dirty and were to big. The guys left the room but left the door opened. Angela helped me dress since I couldn't left my arms above my head.
"Bella. You are going to need to have these cuts check. There are a lot that look like they will need stitches. I am so sorry you went through all that. You shouldn't have taken all those beatings for me. I could have handled it." Angela said to me crying again.
"Stop please. I couldn't let you go through any of that." I said waving my hand around.
Angela was right though, I needed to have these cuts checked. We let the guys know we were ready. Edward walked in and handed us socks and shoes. He offered to help me with putting them on since I couldn't bend down properly.
"Angel?" I heard Edward ask.
"Yes Edward?" I answered. I saw the hurt in his eyes when I said his name instead of the nickname I gave him since the beginning.
"Uh, everyone is waiting for us downstairs. What do you say that you ladies get the fuck out of here?" He asked.
"Yeah. Lead the way." I said standing up and wincing when I took my first step.
"Are you okay to walk or do you want me to carry you?" Edward asked.
"I can walk." I answered and headed for the door trying not to show exactly how much pain I was actually in but apparently I couldn't hide it well enough because Edward had his arms carefully around my waist and led us out of the room.
I was not prepared for all the guys on their knees in the hallway with their hands tied behind their backs. I continued to walk to the end of the hall to the stairs going down until I was on the first floor. The two remaining guys who took turns beating us were right there in front of me on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs. No one could stop me as I drew Edward's gun from his thigh holster and shot the first one in the shoulder while kicking the second in his dick.
"What the fuck is going on in here?" I heard my dad yell and stopped walking when he seen me.
"Bella honey." He walked towards me and I shrieked away from him.
"Don't fucking touch me." I said aiming the gun again.
Edward:
Seeing Bella like this was breaking me in half. Bella moved so fast for my gun that I didn't have time to stop her. The last time she reacted like this was doing the gun fight. She wouldn't let anyone touch her but then again, the poor thing endured god knows what these last few days. Bella had a panic attack as she aimed my gun at her father. I heard he click the gun. This isn't good. We need to talk her down and quickly before she accidentally shot her father.
"Angel. Put the gun down. You don't want to shoot your dad." I calmly said.
"Make it stop." She whispered.
"Make what stop?" I asked as I slowly moved behind her.
"The pressure on my chest. I can't breath." She said as her hand twitched.
"Angel. Listen to my voice. Lean back against me and feel my chest rise and fall. Breath with me baby. Ready? Take a deep breath in and hold one, two, three. Let it out. Again. Come on Angel. You can do it." I continued to talk to her and get her breathing under control as I reached up behind her and took my gun back. "Better?" I asked.
"Yes. Thank you. Can I get the fuck out of here now before I kill every last one of them?" Bella sneered.
"Yeah Angel. Come on." I said as I moved her outside and to one of the vans. The local police had decided to call ambulances to the scene. Thank goodness to because Bella and Angela needed to be checked. I didn't like some of the cuts Bella had on her and there was a lot of blood spilled in that room.
Once we got the girls back to the hotel, Renee and her sisters convinced both Bella and Angela to go to the local hospital to get checked out. So I sit in my room worried about the girls thinking back to what we witnessed not even four hours ago. I was not prepared for what I saw when I walked into that fucking room upstairs. Thinking about it now made me puke into the nearest trash can. Those girls must have fought like hell. There was fucking blood everywhere but the one place that really tore at my heart and stomach was the mother fucking bed. No, stop thinking about it. Your girl came out of it okay. Well, almost okay. She was cut up and badly bruise.
I heard someone knock on my door as I was brushing my teeth trying to get that nasty taste out of my mouth. You know the one I am talking about right? Anyway, I open my door to find Renee standing there. Her eyes were puffy and red like she had spend the last few days crying. I invited her in and she took a seat at the table. I asked if she wanted a drink and by drink I meant water or soda but she instead went for the liquor. This isn't going to be good.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I took the chair opposite of her.
"No, I am afraid not. I wanted to let you know that Bella is in the room next to you so please refrain from yelling with what I am about to tell you." Renee answered.
"Does Bella know you are talking to me?" I asked.
"Yes. She asked me to tell you. She is really emotional right now and she will lash out at anyone who comes near here and you need to understand why." Renee said as she drank straight of the bottle.
"Renee. Just tell me what happened to her." I begged. "Was she." I trailed off as Renee looked up at me with tears in her eyes.
"Was she raped? Is that what you are asking?"
"Uh, yeah among other things. Is she going to be okay?" I asked running my hand through my hair.
"She will be eventually. She, uh, she. God how the fuck does she expect me to tell you this?" Renee whispered.
"Just tell me." I pleaded. I noticed she didn't answer my question.
Renee sighed and then spoke but I was nowhere near ready to hear what she had to say.
"Bella had a miscarriage." Renee whispered. My head snapped up to look at her to make sure I heard what she said. I needed to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me.
"She had a what? Are you serious? Did she even know she was pregnant? She never said anything to me." I cried. I cried for Bella and I cried for a baby that I didn't know about and yet would have wanted.
"Hey. Don't think she hid it from you. She didn't know she was pregnant. The doctor told her at the hospital that she miscarried. There were multiple things that caused it. Those men didn't feed the girls or give them anything to drink and they also drugged them the whole time they had them and to answer your question, no Bella was not raped but they did take turns beating on her. They told her that it was her punishment for not only injuring several of their men but for also killing their men. They tried to break her and didn't win until now." Renee said sadly.
I cried even harder for my Bella. She should have never had to go through that. No woman or man should ever have to go through anything like that. I felt Renee's arms come around me and she held me as we cried together. I once again cried for Bella and our baby. How will Bella ever come back from this?
Bella:
I slept with the lights on. I couldn't be in the dark. I kept replaying in my head how I almost shot my own father back in that nasty house. What did I do to ever warrant this shit? What did an innocent baby do to have its life end before it had even begun. Most importantly, what will Edward think of me when he learns that I lost our baby that we didn't even know about? He is going to hate me. He's going to hate how my body looks now. I will have more than just a gunshot scar.
I have over thirty stitches between all the cuts on both the front and back of my body. They left my face unscratched saying something about needing to keep my face all pretty. Fucking assholes. I hated them. I hated that they made me feel like this and most importantly, I hated that they fucking won and broke me. I hated that I couldn't stop crying. I hated that the arms I so desperately wanted around me right now were in another room because he probably couldn't look at me right now. Edward probably fucking hated me.
I was so tired. I wanted to curl up and go to sleep but of course I couldn't because I couldn't even look at the fucking bed in my room without feeling like I was going to be sick. No, I couldn't even sit on the bed. I took to the couch instead. I asked my mom to take the pillows and blanket off the bed for me so I could sleep on the couch. My mom made the couch up for me and that is where I am currently laying thinking about all this shit. Every sound outside caused me to jump and hiss as the pain hit me again in waves. I made my way to the door when I heard a knock on it. I peeked through the peephole to see Leah on the other side with Angela. I opened the door and noticed that they had their own pillow and blanket. I guess they are thinking we will have a sleepover.
"What are you guys doing?" I asked as they walked in and sat on the bed. I quickly closed the door and locked it back up.
"We didn't want to leave you alone." Leah answered while Angela nodded her head.
"I'm okay. Really. I was just laying over there thinking." I whispered.
"We can see that." Said Angela as she got up to make her side of the bed. Leah did the same.
"Are you hungry?" Asked Leah. "You aunt made chicken noodle soup for dinner. I can go get you a bowl and some crackers. It seemed to help Angela a little bit ago."
"Okay." I said and watched her walk to the door. "Just don't go anywhere alone please. I can't take it."
"Don't worry. Felix and Demetri are out there along with Sam." Angela said as Leah slipped out of the door. I jumped up and locked it again. I check the window and made sure they were locked before I sat back on the couch.
"So what did the doctor say?" Angela asked. That was all it took for the tears to come out again.
I was in the middle of telling her everything the doctor said when Leah came back. She sat the tray of soup on the table and came over to sit on the floor in front of me listening to what I was saying. I even went as far as wanting Edward's arms around me to help me feel safe but that I couldn't even be in the same room as him. They went and told me that he wouldn't think any different of me, that he would be more protective than anything. They told me to give myself time and then try to talk to Edward. Leah also said that Edward wouldn't blame me for the miscarriage to which I disagreed. Leah brought me over to the table and pushed the tray in front of me. I was so fucking hungry but the sight of the food was causing my stomach to turn. I drank the broth and left the other stuff. I even tried some of the crackers. I finished off the orange juice and water. I know, it was a weird combination but whatever. I needed it.
I laid back down on the couch after taking the pain medicine and the antibacterial that the doctor gave me. We talked about the guys some more. Leah explained that her and Sam were getting more serious and I was honestly happy for her. She went on to tell me that Rosalie totally fucked up Jessica which I will admit I was fucking pissed that I missed it. My sister is a scary bitch when someone fucks with her family. I must have fallen asleep sometime later because the next thing I knew, was opening my eyes to see a frantic Edward leaning over me. I screamed to high heavens.
"What the fuck?" I screamed in Edward's face.
"Angel you were having a nightmare and the girls couldn't get you to wake up. I could hear you in my room." Edward whispered as he wrapped his arms around me. I relaxed into his arms and felt semi safe for the first time a however long since I was taken.
The girls went to their own rooms as Edward picked me up and laid me in the bed. I started to freak the fuck out but Edward calmed me down. He carefully wrapped his arms around me. I buried my face into his chest and inhaled his scent. God, I fucking missed him. I missed his voice, his smell, his arms, and everything else about him.
"Thank you." I whispered against his chest.
"I'd do anything for you Angel. Anything." Edward said back.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because I love you Bella." Edward said kissing my forehead. I gasped.
"What?" I asked.
"I said I love you Angel and nothing will change that."
"I love you to Bellissimo. I should have said it sooner." I said back to him.
"Yeah?" He asked. I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Hell yeah. Now let's get back to sleep." I snuggled into his chest further and went off into a dreamless sleep.
Okay everyone, Bella is safe in Edward's arms. I promised to have Bella's PoV soon so there you have it. I hope y'all enjoyed it. Let me hear what you have to say. Until next time, I hope y'all enjoy the rest of your weekend. :-D