CHAPTER 17 RAGE
EDWARD
"Edward!" Alice yelled. "Edward!"
Edward was lying on his bed thinking about what Emmett had said to him. He was just about to respond to Alice's yells when his door crashed open and Alice walkd in.
"We have to get to Bella's." she said quickly. "I just took a peek to make sure Bella and Rose were alright and all I got was balckness."
"Damn it!" Edward growled and leapt from the bed. "Get the family!"
He ran down the stairs and out the front door as quickly as possible. He was running throught he trees blinded by thoughts of what the mutt could possibly be doing to his angel and his sister. If either one was hurt, Edward was gonna kill him. He would pound the life out of the worthless dog.
He barely noticed when his family caught up with him. Emmett was by his side and they were both running much faster than the others.
When they arrived at Bella's house, Charlie's cruiser was gone but Bella's truck was still there. The house was silent. Emmett and Edward didn't stop to be rational about getting inside. Emmett busted down the front door and the brothers took off upstairs.
The smell was horrid when they reached Bella's room. It smelled like a lot of the mutt's blood had been spilled. Edward breathed easily when he found he couldn't smell Bella's. That was until he heard a groan of pain from the room. Emmett pushed the door open.
The was blood on the walls. Mostly Jacob's from the smell of it. There was another moan of pain and Edward looked to find Rosalie lying on the floor in front of Bella's dresser. When Emmett saw her, he was at her side in less than a second.
She was lying there with bite marks and scrathes all over. Her left leg was stuck out at an odd angle. Edward assumed it was broken.
Looking at the deep gashes and bites all over her, Edward didn't need his two medical degrees to know that, if she was human, she be dead or pretty damn close. He silently cursed the mutt as he knelt next to his sister.
"Rose baby." Emmett's voice was another indication of how bad it was. He sounded like he wanted to cry and Emmett never got that emotional about anything.
The family had assembled by now. Carlisle was staring at his daughter looking like he wanted to cry. Carlisle knew she would heal but it would be painful. And no amount of pain medicine would dull it.
"Edward, you have to find him." Rosalie said he voice shaking. "I made Bella leave when he got here but I don't know if he caught her or not. I'm so sorry."
"Don't be." Edward replied. "I'm sorry he did this to you."
"You may not be able to catch her scent very well." she gasped out. "He took a bunch of her clothes. I think he means to confuse your trail."
"Shh! Don't talk anymore." Emmett said.
"No, I have to get this out." Rosalie stated. "He might not be alone. I think I picked up another one before he came crashing through the window. Be careful."
Edward nodded. He was going to find the mutt one way or another. He was going to make him pay for this and for everything he did to Bella.
"Emmett, take Rose home." Carlisle said. "Make her comfortable. That's the best we can do, I'm afraid."
The helpless tone in his voice scared Edward. It was like when your a little kid and you suddenly realize that your father isn't superman. The pain this was causing Carlisle and the rest of the family was another thing the dog would pay for.
"Alice, Jasper, I need you guys to clean this up before Charlie gets home." Carlisle continued as Emmett pick Rosalie up and carried her out of the room. "Make sure it doesn't look like anything happened here. Esme I want you to call and tell Charlie that Bella fell asleep on the way home from a shopping trip. Tell him that she's going to stay over again. I don't want him out looking for her. It'll be too dangerous for humans. I don't know how far he'll go. Edward you and I will go to Sam and we'll start searching for him."
"No." Edward stated. "You go to Sam. I'm gonna start the search." Edward said.
"That's too dangerous." Carlisle stated.
"I don't care. I can't stand the thought that he could be hurting her. And who knows if she'll still be alive after we talk to Sam." Edward argued.
"But Edward, you heard Rosalie." Alice said. "He's going to confuse her scent and he might not be alone."
"It's a chance I'll have to take." Edward said and headed to the door.
"Edward," Esme said. "Be careful and call us the minute you find something."
"I will." Edward stated and left the room.
He ran to her truck to see if she even made it there. Her scent was there but not strong enough to say that she had been there in the past half hour. He ran to the edge of the forest and caught a whiff of her. It was pretty strong. He'd say only like ten minutes or so. He followed it as quickly as possible for an hour but found only a sweater.
"Damn it!" he yelled. This happened three more times. He found a shoe, a pair of jeans, and a skirt but no sign of the real Bella.
Four hours of searching and absolutely nothing. He was about to give up and go home when something caught his nose. It was Bella but not just her scent, it was unmistakably her blood. The mutt was going to die. He took off in the direction of the scent.
BELLA
(A/N: Just so there's no confusion about the timing. Bella was unconcious for most of the four hours that Edward was looking for her. She is just now waking up.)
Bella conciousness was slowly returning. Her head was pounding, she tried to move her hands to rub her temples but found she couldn't. The were bound above her head. Her feet were bound as well. She was laying on what felt like a stone floor, her eyes fluttered open and she took in her surroundings.
She was in what looked like a cell. There was a caged door that was shut and locked in front of her. She looked at the space. It was a fairly big cell. It looked like it could possibly be the inside of tomb. She pushed herself up, with difficulty because of her bonds.
The room spun for a minute and then righted itself. She found she could see this better at this level and took another sweep of the room. It was large and the whole thing was made of stone. She was alone from what she could tell. Somehow she knew it wouldn't stay that way for long.
As if answering her thoughts, she heard footsteps coming up the dark passageway that extended out from the cell. As the footsteps got closer, Bella saw Jacob's form shaping out in the little light in the room. He stopped and unlocked the door, stepped in and closed it again.
"You're awake I see." Jacob said with a twisted smile on his face.
"Where the hell are we?" she asked. He backhanded her and she fell back to the ground.
"Watch your mouth!" he yelled. "We're in an old forgotten cemetary somewhere around your precious bloodsucker's house."
"Are you stupid?" Bella asked shocked. Did he think they wouldn't be found?
He grabbed a handful of her hair and yanked it back. She cried out in pain as she felt like he was ripping it from her scalp.
"No, Bella,I not stupid!" He yelled directly in her ear. She flinched. "When I finished with your dumb blonde bloodsucker, I scattered a bunch of your clothes everywhere. The whole forest is reeking with your scent."
He shoved her face back to the ground. Bella had forgotten Rosalie. What had he done with her?
"What did you do to her?" Bella asked.
"She'll live, although, the past few hours have probably been very painful for her." Bella didn't have to see his face to know he was smiling when he said this.
She had a smile of her own for him and she didn't hold back. He had no idea what he had just done.
"You know the only thing that you have succeeded in doing is pissing Edward off more." Bella stated. "He'll want revenge for his sister."
"By the time he finds this place, you'll be dead and I'll be long gone." Jacob stated.
"I wouldn't underestimate him. I mean, he hunted James until to keep me safe. He'll definately hunt you to avenge me."
"You really think he loves you that much? The only reason he is still putting up with you is because he feels guilty. They all do. Once they find your dead body, they'll forget all about you."
"They love me and will take care of me no matter what!"
"Keep telling yourself that love. Maybe as you're dying it'll become true."
"You would really kill me Jake? You hate Edward that much."
"No, I don't hate him that much but it's like I said, if I can't have you, I'll be damned before I let him have you back." Jacob yelled barely controling himself.
"Well, from what I hear being damned isn't that bad. You might enjoy it." She had no idea was she was pushing him. She knew what he could do. What he was planning on doing . So why was she pissing him off?
Well, it worked. He brought his foot back to kick her in the stomach she tried to curl in on herself so he would miss. He was too fast for her. His foot landed, hard against her lower abdomen. She realized what he could potentially do and let out a cry. He payed no attention to her, he just continued kicking her in the abdomen. When he was finished, she curled herself into a ball. She was crying and praying the baby was okay.
Her praying was in vain as she felt wetness seeping onto her underwear. All she could do was continue crying. She would be happy if it wasn't for the fact that she just lost her baby.
She was bleeding and Edward would be able to smell her blood above anything else. He'd know where to find her. She just hoped it wasn't too late for her. Even if it was for the baby.
"I don't understand." Jacob questioned. He had picked her up and slammed her into the wall. "Usually you take your beatings like a man. Why are you crying like a baby today? Has spending time with the bloodsuckers made you soft?"
Bella was suddenly full of intese rage. He had just killed their baby and now he was taunting her. She needed to do something but didn't have anyway to defend herself. She spat into his face. He backhanded her but didn't release her. Her head collided with the stone wall.
"Answer me, stupid whore? I really want to know what's got you so upset?" He taunted some more. "Did you finally realize I was right about your leeches? Are you going to accept that you are going to die?"
Bella turned to face him.
"Edward, will find me." she said defiantly. "You've just garunteed that."
"What makes you say that?"
"You've just spilled my blood. Edward can smell it from miles away."
"I see no blood."
"Take off my jeans and you'll see that you just killed your child. Which spilled my blood." Bella answered. She was still crying but she had just realized something. She was never meant to have the baby. It was meant to be her savior.
Jacob was in a state of shock. He released her and she slid to the floor.
"You were pregnant?" he said.
"Yes." she choked.
"Why didn't you tell me?" His shock was dissolving to anger.
"I just found out the other night." Bella stated. "We couldn't find you."
"Did you even try?"
He didn't give her a chance to answer. He stomped down on her left leg hard and she screamed in pain as she felt it snap. He didn't give her a chance to recover. He picked her up and threw her against a wall. She felt her bones in her back breaking.
"Stop, please Jake!" She cried as he began ounching and kicking her whereever his fist and feet land.
She felt skin tearing and bones breaking as he continued to pummel her. She continued to beg but he wasn't listening. It was like a monster worse than what he used to be had taken over him. He didn't stop until a growl ripped through the passageway. Edward came running at vampire speed toward the cell.
Bella couldn't move or speak. She let out a small groan of pain as Jacob lifted her off the ground. She barely felt the steal of a dagger that Jacob had pressed against her throat.
"Come any closer bloodsucker and I'll kill her." Jacob growled.
"You are a coward Jacob Black. You have to hide behind a human for protection." Edward taunted. "Put her down and let's go outside and settle this once and for all."
"Fine." Jacob said and shoved Bella back to the floor. She groaned in pain once again and let the blackness take over.
A/N: Okay once again, I'm not sure if her losing the baby would work the quickly but I had to find away for Edward to find her. The blood seemed the best. It also served a wonderful purpose of pissing Jacob off enough to push him over the edge. I hope you guys liked it. Hugs for my reviewers!
