EDWARD
I was dumbfounded by what Bella had just told me. I didn't think it was possible. Then again if someone could find something to render our venom useless, it owuld've been Carlisle. I stared at her wondering whether or not I should believe her. She just continued smiling at me.
"By all means, bite her and see what happens." she said gesturing to Kari on the floor next to me.
I looked down at Kari. I considered the options. Bella could be lying. It wouldn't hurt to bite her. It could possibly save her life. Then again, it could leave Kari vulnerable to Bella. No matter what I decided to do, I knew I had to get rid of Bella first. Bella's thoughts all of a sudden assaulted my reverie.
"I wish you would've come a few hours earlier."
She had become very good at retracting her shield over the years. It came in very handy during a battle. She hadn't used it in an itimate way in over four years. And now, I had a feeling, she was going to use it against me. The same way Aro used the thoughts of what they did to Nessie against me.
"It was the most fun, I've had in years. The way she screamed and begged. She wanted to die by the time we were through with her. I'm just giving her her wish."
Then I was hit with an onslaught of memories. Though, I could only hear the words in her thoughts, I saw the images of my beautiful Kari. They beat and raped her. She was on the ground crying and begging. The others just laughed and continued the abuse. I tried to push the thoughts away so I could focus on Bella but she was concentrating on them too hard.
"Stop it!" I yelled at her.
She laughed.
"I thought you would enjoy hearing about her last few hours. I know how prescious she was too." she answered.
"She's not dead yet." I growled.
"But she will be." Bella smirked. "Even if you can stop me. You can't save her."
"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked watching her.
She was slowly advancing in my direction. I wasn't trying to stall her. I knew I wouldn't have a problem winning. I just needed answers.
"Revenge." Bella said. "I want to destroy you. I want you to pay for what happened to our baby girl."
"Then here I am. Make me pay! I was right there for six years!" I yelled. "Why couldn't you have destroyed me then? Why did you have to do this to an inoccent girl? Why did you have to take the life of someone who has done nothing to you?"
"Because Edward, dying wold've been too much of an easy way out for you. I have to spend the rest of this existence knowing that my daughter died. Knowing that it could've been avoided if you would've listened to me. So I decided, that you should have to live the rest of existence klnowing that someone you loved died when it could've been avoided. Besides, killing you wouldn't have been nearly as fun as watching you go to pieces over a worthless human."
"One thing you didn't think about though, Bella was that fact that doing this would lead to a fight. One where I could possibly die." I pointed out. "I don't think you thought this through well enough."
"Will see about that?" Bella growled and leapt at me. Expecting some kind of attack, I dodged.
The fight began. She was harder than most opponents I've ever faced but easier at the same time. I couldn't read her thoughts and she had been trained by Emmat and Jasper, just like I was. But even after everything, I still knew her better than anyone else. I couldn't read what moves she was going to do but I could feel them.
There was a time when I would've despised even fake fighting like this with Bella. Now, I woanted nothing more than to tear her to pieces and get Kari to safety. Besides, after everything Bella's put Kari and all those other poor humans through, she deserved nothing more than to be torn to pieces.
We continued going at eachother. Biting, clawing, hitting, punching. We were doing whatever we could to get a hold of each others limbs. Sadly, I was splitting my focus by trying to keep tabs on Kari steadily slowing heart and concentrating on the fight. Bella noticed this and opened her mind again. I felt another onslaught as more images of what they had done to her flashed across my mind.
"Stop it!" I growled pouncing on her once again.
"All is fair in love and war." Bella stated. "And this is war!"
She came at my but I stepped out of the way. I was able to get my hand around her stomach and threw her to the floor. She was caught by surprise. I was straddling her about to pop off her head when other thoughts hit me. They were thoughts of how we used to be. The love we once had for eachother. I wasn't sure if they were Bella's thoughts or my own.
They distracted me from my goal and I soon found myself on the floor with her over top of me.
"It's good to know you still have a soft spot for the good old days." she smirked.
She was moving in for the kill when we heard a crash upstairs. It sounded like the other two fights had moved into the house. I caught a small glimpse of Alice's thoughts. Apparently, she had just sent Jasper through the wall. He was down and she was moving in for the kill.
"Hey Bella," I said an idea forming in my head. "You might want to go save your precious Jasper. Alice is getting the better of him. From what I see it's only seconds before she kills him."
Sure enough, seconds later there was the sound of crunching and snapping bones. I had no idea if it was Jasper or not. Bella didn't either but the sound made her pause for half a second. That was all the time I needed. I kicked my feet knocking her to the floor. Without any hesitation this time, I reached down and snapped her head right off her shoulders.
I found, as I continued to dismember my former mate, that I felt no remorse or pain for killing her. I do regret that she had changhed into the horrible person that she was had become. I also regret that it was probably most likely my fault.
However, she didn't have a right to do what she did to Kari. She was a defenseless human. An inoccent human at that. The only crime Kari ever comitted was trying to protect the ones she loved. It was wrong of Bella to take her hate for me out on Kari. Kari had nothing to do with anythign that happened over these past few years. My loving Kari was what pushed Bella to these extremes.
Once I finished pulling Bella apart, I went to Kari and picked her up. I blocked out Esme and Alice's triumphant thoughts as I carried Kari up the stairs.
"Edward, what happened?" Alice asked as I walked by her and Esme.
The were making sure they had all of Carlisle and Jasper's limbs were in a pile.
"Burn it." Was all I said as I carried Kari out the door.
I ignored their curious thoughts as their eyes followed me out the door. I carried to a park that was a good distance from the house. The I laid her down in a clustered of trees. Her heartt was failing faster now. I wasn't sure what I should do.
I still thought that Bella had been lying about the syrum but at the same time, I didn't want to get my hopes up. I knew it couldn't hurt to try. I'd just have to try to get enough venom in her to make sure that it could heal all her injuries. I knew logically that there was nothing that was strong enough to counteract vampire venom. I also knew though that Carlisle had enough knowledge to create something. I had no idea what to do.
I listened as heart slowed more.
"Oh, what the hell!"
I leaned down and bit each side of her neck. Then I bit each wrist and ankle. I pulled back, with some difficulty and waited. I expected her to began shaking and convulsing in pain. Nothing happened.
No. No. No. Bella couldn't have been right. There had to be something. I began to bite her wherever I could, just like I did with Bella. Maybe I could get enough venom in her to override the syrum. I pulled back again. Still, nothing happened.
I sat there in utter shock a disbelief. There was nothing I could do. The nearest hospital was miles away. Even if I ran, she would've still died before I got there. I stared at her battered and bruised body wishing I could cry. I listened as her heart continued to fail until it stopped completely.
It was a worse feeling than the night I watched Nessie died. In a different way, of course. It was even worse than the twenty four hours I spent thinking Bella was dead. I don't think I ever felt worse in my entire life.
That's when the smell of smoke hit my nostrils and I looked up to see it rising from where the house stood.
"Edward, what happened?" I heard Esme's voice inside my head.
"The killed her." I answered my voice dead and emotionless.
"I'm so sorry, Edward." Alice thought.
"I don't understand." Esme said confused. "Couldn't you have changed her?"
"Carlisle invented something that kept it from working. Believe me, I tried." my voice cracked at this point.
We all three looked down at Kari's body. It looked much like Jasper's. The only difference was, the crescent shapes were minutes rather than decades old.
"But how," Alice thought. "This isn't what I saw." she said.
"Someone must have changed a decision." I said.
"But it looked so definate." Alice was in untter disbelief.
"God only knows what changed." I said. "All I know is it was probably for a reason."
But even as I said that and looked back at the burning house. I found myself thinking, the flames never looked so inviting.
A/N: That's it ladies and gentlemen. I know you're probably all thinking, did he do it? Well, You'll find out in the epilouge. And I know you hate me for killing Kari. That will also be explained in the spilouge. Sorry this took a couple days. It was difficult to write the part about Edward killing Bella. I know that is the biggest stretch of the story. I hope you all enjoyed. One more thing: REMEMBER THE FLYING MONKEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
