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Inspiration for this chapter comes from: The Fray – You Found Me
DISCLAIMER - ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYERS.
STORYLINE BELONGS TO ME.
I didn't have to go far as I saw her car pulled over on the curb several miles down from the house, but what scared me the most and almost dropped me to the ground was the way it was stopped with the door open and drag marks leading away from it.
Edward POV
'Fuck Edward!" Emmett roars as he stands up and rushes at me in rage, "You can't just leave her alone!!! Haven't you fucking hurt her enough? You want to hurt her as much as you are because she's not with you, you FUCKED UP."
Damn, am I that transparent, because that's exactly how I am feeling right now. That's when he looks at my face that I realize that he sees the answer written on it. If I can't have her I don't want her happy at all, I would rather have in her pain, dejected and broken.
Confirming his suspicions Emmett lunges at me taking a swing at my face, I hear his thoughts I wish I could make you hurt as much as you are hurting her, but because you're family and Esme's favorite I won't hurt her like that but STAY AWAY FROM BELLA!
I see the look of satisfaction he gets from hearing the thunder of his jab against my face as I tilt to the side from the blow but before I can fight back he pulls his fist back again and slams an upper cut to my gut before kneeing me in the face. I grunt and double over in pain sliding to the floor as Carlisle and Jasper rush at Emmett and pull him off. Esme is in tears while Alice just looks at me in disgust when she realizes that what Emmett has said is the truth.
As I struggle to stand Emmett shakes them off roughly snarling at me, "You Mother fucking bastard, that's it isn't it? If you can't have her, you don't want her to have anyone. You are fucking pathetic; I don't know what she ever saw in you."
He looks at me disgusted as he rushed out of the house in hot pursuit of Bella THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, SHE'S MINE AND YOU CAN'T HAVE HER BACK!! He yells at me dashing out of the house.
"Where's Rose?" Esme asks as Alice's eye stray far away in a vision.
Emmett POV
"BELLA!" I roar in agony as I rush towards the car to see that she didn't crash but it did look like she stopped suddenly as if trying to avoid hitting something. I inhale deeply as I roar in fury now because I recognize Rosalie's scent and someone else's.
I start tracking the drag marks until I come across Bella unconscious next to a river, laying half in as if someone was trying to drown her. I get to her in less than a second pulling her from the water, exhaling a shuddering breath when I realize that she is still breathing. Cradling her in my arms I rock back and forth trembling in a mix of fear and fury – fear that I might have lost her and fury that Rosalie would result to something this devious.
I stop rocking turning her as she coughs up water and breathes in a shaky breathe but does not open her eyes.
"Please Bella, please don't leave me. I will die without you in my life. Please, my love, please come back to me." I dry sob rubbing soothing circles on her back to get her to cough up any water left.
"Emmett" she whispers struggling to open her eyes, "Is my car okay?"
I laugh boisterously as I realize that the near drowning she just experienced has fucked up her priorities right now, but reassure her nonetheless that her car is fine as I pick her up and start back to her car.
Settling her in the passenger seat, I flash around to the driver's side and start the car before calling Carlisle.
"Hello?"
"Carlisle, its Emmett, can you please meet me at Bella's house?"
"Emmett is everything okay?"
"No" I sign in despair as I am hit again with the realization that I almost lost her "Just please meet me there and don't tell anyone."
"Alright Emmett, I'm on my way."
"Thanks Dad," I say before hanging up and looking over at Bella once more as I head to her house slower than I usually drive.
As I pull up into the driveway I see Carlisle standing on the porch waiting for us, he takes one look at Bella then at me before rushing over to pull her from the car.
As he opens the door he asks, "Has she woken up or said anything?"
I chuckle darkly as I grip the steering wheel trying not to bend in out of shape in my anger as I answer, "Emmett is my car okay?"
He stares at me wondering if I am serious when she asks again softly, "They didn't hurt my car did they?" before succumbing back to whatever hold her mind has on her.
Carlisle shakes his head as he pulls her out of the car and I pull into the garage closing the door and heading into the house after them. I sit down on the couch and lean over with my head in my hands trying not to sob in hysteria because the thought of losing her, the only one who's ever known who I am, who I'm not, and who I want to be is just too much for me to bear with now.
In the short amount of time that we have been together she has come to mean more to me than my own life and I don't want to lose her or take the chance that my way of life will come to harm her in any way. But I'm not going to hurt her like my fucked up brother did, I am going to talk to her so we can come up with something together.
Carlisle comes down the stairs walking over to sit by me as he places a hand on my shoulder.
"Emmett she's going to be okay, I checked her out and other than some minor bruising of her throat from coughing up that water she should be fine come tomorrow. Can you tell me what happened?"
"I found her car a couple of miles from the house; she had skidded to a stop as if she was trying to avoid hitting something, as I got closer to the car I recognized Rosalie's scent and someone else's. There were drag marks from her car going into the woods; I followed them to see Bella half submerged in a river. I don't know who tried to drown her, whether it was Rosalie or the person who was with her."
"Carlisle someone tried to kill her, I almost lost her" I sob as I cover my face with my hands before attempting to pull out my own hair in my frustration and fear of almost losing Bella.
Carlisle squeezes my shoulder again while reaching for the phone and dialing Jaspers phone.
"Jasper, bring Alice and meet me at Bella's house. Put Esme on the phone please."
"Esme, is Rose there?"
"No, she never came back from school yet, told Edward she was going shopping in Port Angeles and would be home later tonight. Carlisle what's going on?"
"Is Eleazar still there?" Carlisle asks avoiding the question for a moment.
"Yes, Carlisle is Bella alright?" Esme asks starting to get upset.
"Someone tried to drown her, a couple of miles from the house. Emmett found her car on the side of the road, drag marks leading into the woods. I think he got there before they could finish the job."
"Who are they Carlisle?" Esme asks starting to get pissed because Bella had been injured.
"Emmett says he smelled Rosalie and someone else's scent at Bella's car. Which is why I am wondering where she truly is…" Carlisle trails off as they hear a piercing scream coming from upstairs.
Emmett is off the couch and streaking up the stairs to see Bella huddled in the corner of her bedroom, visible only the top of her head, the rest of her body is invisible. Carlisle is right behind him as Jasper and Alice come barreling through the door downstairs gasping as they see Bella sitting in the corner.
Jasper whispers to Emmett, "She's terrified Emmett, I'm not sure of whom exactly but maybe you can help her, you know like she helped you in the cafeteria earlier today."
As Emmett nods and moves towards Bella, Carlisle asks, "Jasper what are you talking about?"
Jasper motions with his head to ease out of the room to give Emmett and Bella some space, but just enough to stand outside the door as he explains how Edward confronted Bella in the cafeteria, Bella chewing him out, Emmett getting enraged and calming instantly simply from Bella touching Emmett. Carlisle is fascinated to say the least, and then asks, "She calmed him instantly?"
Jasper feels his wave of curiosity, awe and speculation as he replies, "Yes, instantly, from a simple touch."
"It can't be" Carlisle says reaching for his phone again and calling the house.
"Esme, can you put Eleazar on please….Yes….she's o-okay…Emmett's with her now….There's been a new development that I would like to talk to Eleazar about….She did…but hasn't come back to the house….Keep an eye out but close the shutters and monitor from the quiet room…No Esme, I don't think she would harm you but I am not willing to take that chance, my love. I will not let Rosalie tear this family apart because of petty jealousy issues. Tell Eleazar to meet me here at Bella's house, I will wait for him in the woods. I love you, too."
Shutting off his phone he turns to Jasper and Alice, "I have to talk to Eleazar before I can give you any more information, just to get the facts straight. She's in more trouble than I thought possible, but I promise that I will explain as soon as he gets here. In the meantime we need to keep Rose away from her."
"Why?" asks Alice, but before Carlisle answers the question he asks another one, "Alice can you see Bella at all or is she still blocking you? Can you see Rose at all, how about the family, anything at all to do with Bella and her being with us?"
"Unfortunately Bella is still blocking me but I have seen snatches of other things, Emmett giving her a promise ring, I saw Rose in woods dragging someone, nothing harmful when it comes to family, but until Bella removes her invisibility or allows us to be exceptions I can't see her."
Carlisle takes a deep breath and explains, "Alice that was Rose and another vampire dragging Bella off into the woods to drown her, I'm guessing because Emmett does not want her anymore and she's jealous of them being together."
Both Alice and Jasper growled and snarled in anger at this new bit of information.
Carlisle continued, "While I wait here with Emmett and try to get through to Bella, I need you two to keep a watch out on the perimeter, just to make sure Rosalie and her companion don't try to get to her again. As soon as you sense Eleazar please let me know so that I can come out and meet him."
"You can count on us Carlisle; Bella is as much a part of this family as we are" Jasper says trying to control his anger at the woman he used to call a sister.
Alice questions cautiously, "While I don't condone what Rosalie did, could it be at all possible for her to be under this other vampire's control? Could it be possible that Rosalie is being used to get back at a member of the family?"
Both Jasper and Carlisle immediately stopped what they were doing to turn back to gaze at Alice, Jasper in fear of it being someone from his past and Carlisle is amazement that he had not thought that was a possibility.
Meanwhile upstairs
Emmett POV
I am listening absently to the conversation downstairs as my entire being is concentrating on my frightened future mate in front of me. Reaching out cautiously, because she does not seem to seeing anything in the room but something far away, I gently touch her arm bracing for whatever happens.
However, the minute I touch her arm she becomes completely visible and turns to quietly look at me.
"Emmett" she sobs as she throws herself into my arms.
"It's okay, sweetie, I'm here and I'm not letting go. No one's going to hurt you, the family is going to take care of you and I will be here no matter what. I'll never leave you, I promise, I'll NEVER want anyone but you" I murmur to her rocking her back and forth giving her the comfort I can as I wait until she is capable of telling me what happened after she left the house.
A/N – I realize it's shorter than my usual chapter but I really wanted to get something out to you guys, sooner rather than later, I will be extremely busy the next several days and won't have time to update. However I will be handwriting things down and will have a new chapter up when I get my next day off.
P.S. Don't you just love the cliffy? ;-D
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