So here's ch 20 guys! I want to thank everyone who took the time to review. Thank you so much!
I woke up with a throbbing headache. My eyes had a hard time adjusting in the dark room where I was laid down. I tried to sit up slowly but a wave of nausea welt over me forcing me to lie down for a couple of minutes. My hand reached for my face and I could feel a deep wound on the middle of my temple. My confused mind tried to make sense of what happened but I was having a hard time trying to remember. I don't know where I was at the moment but it wasn't Forks, that was for sure. Trying my best to ignore the nausea the best I could I slowly stood up. My legs were wobbly and had a hard time carrying my weight. Holding on to the wall I was able to drag myself to the mirror in the corner of the room. When I saw the reflection of myself in the mirror I actually scared myself a little bit. There was dried up blood on my face, there were dark bruises on the right side of my face and my lip was busted. My face was pale and was so white I looked like a full vampire. I just lacked the grace and beauty.
I groaned when my cold hands ran over the wound. It wasn't that deep and it stopped bleeding, but god it hurt. I looked over the room, I didn't recognize it at all. It was a simple room with a bed, a sink and a chair in the corner. On the chair were a couple of clean clothes waiting for me. I went over my pockets, hoping my phone would be in there. But there was no trace of the iPhone anywhere. My mother wasn't that stupid, when she knocked me out cold she probably destroyed the phone on the spot. I groaned again and agitated grabbed the set of clean clothes and changed in them, slowly because my head was making it impossible to move normally.
When I was dressed I walked over to the door and tried to open it, but it was locked. I sighted and rammed on it trying to get someone's attention. But nobody came.
Annoyed I kicked against the wooden chair which broke in two. My burst of rage rewarded me with a flashing pain inside my skull.
'Goddammit' I screamed as I brought my hands to my temples, trying to massage the pain away. It didn't bring any relief at all. I walked over to the bed and sat down. I folded my hands under my chin and waited, because there was nothing else I could do.
I don't know how long I waited. The time seemed to pass so slowly, it could've been hours but maybe it was only minutes. I had no idea. But eventually the door unlocked and flung open. With a stern face I stared at my mother entering the room. She glanced over to the wrecked chair and frowned.
'I see you have found the clothes I got you.'
I didn't answer her, I just stared at her.
'Oh Renesmee don't be like this.' She sighted and sat down next to me. Her cool hand softly touched my beat-up face. I squirmed when she touched the wound and she pulled back her hand.
'Why Mother?' I whispered with a bitter voice.
'I just wanted you to come home with me.' She said sweetly as she stroke my arm. I grunted and took some more distance from her. I just couldn't believe she would do this to me. I had something good going on with the Cullens and now I was back at the start. I was inside of a drug kartel again. Victoria stared at me for a while and I stared back furious.
'Renesmee be realistic, you don't fit in there. You are so sensitive regarding addictions. You always give in to them. You're not cut to be a vegetarian vampire hunny. Also, that fling with a werewolf? That's just disgusting.' She said as she gave me a disapproving look.
'They are my family.' I growled.
'They are not your family. We are your family' My mother's eyes filled with burning rage. Her red eyes were on fire whenever she talked about the Cullens. The hate for them ran deep.
'They didn't want you in the first place Renesmee.' She whispered 'They wanted to abort you. They wanted to kill you before you were born.'
I didn't know if I believed her or not. My heart ached hearing those words, but I needed to hear their side of the story first to confirm this. I wasn't so stupid to completely freak out over this news. I knew how much the Cullens fought for me, I knew how hard they tried to give me a home. So, I would give them the benefit of the doubt in this one. My mother realized that her words weren't having the effect she hoped for. I didn't plunge into her arms and thanked her for saving me like she wanted me to.
'So what now?' I asked her.
Her whole attitude towards me changed and she got that look on her face. That look she always had before ripping someone's throat out. That look that told me that she shut off her emotions.
'Now you are going to face your father's judgement.' She said as she stood up and walked out of the door. Immediately there was a lump in my throat. I wasn't ready to face my father after all that happened, I was sure he was going to kill me. But I didn't have a choice in the matter, I was forced to face him. I slowly rose and my heels clicked when I followed my mother to the building. Looking around I guessed this was one of our new warehouses where the drugs were sorted and distributed, there were vampires working all around us. Like I said before even vampires needed their money.
In silence I walked after my mother. She led me to the main room in which my father was arguing with someone of his staff. When our eyes met he quickly finished his conversation and told him to leave us. My heart was racing and my eyes were set on the ground, I was afraid to look up.
'Dearest.' My father greeted my mother with an intense kiss. When the last of the staff left the room and all the doors were closed he walked over to me.
'My love, can you leave us?' His voice was telling us both it wasn't a question. My mother so obedient as she was towards my father nodded and with a slow trot she left the room. I was sure that I was going to find death on this cold room. This would be the end of me. My father waited until the footsteps of my mother weren't audible anymore. Then he turned around and grabbed my face. The sudden movement made me dizzy and black stars exploded right before my eyes. He forced me to look at him, his red greedy eyes drilled in mine.
'Look who it is.' He grinned. He let his tongue ran over his fangs and his eyes wandered over my body. His grip tightened making it impossible to breathe. He leaned in and whispered in my ear.
'You made quite the trouble you little junkie whore.'
Then he threw me backwards with such a strength that I flew into the table behind me. The corner of the wooden table hit me right between the ribs making me gasp for air. I rolled onto the ground and landed with my face on the stone-cold ground. I groaned and tried to get up, but my body protested in any way possible. I was struggling for breath and every cell in my body hurt. There was so much pain that I wasn't even able to scream. I just laid there hoping it would be over soon.
He slowly walked my way. I could hear his footsteps coming closer and closer but I wasn't able to move.
'If you are going to kill me, just do it already. Let's get over with it goddammit.' I whispered.
He knelt down beside me and grabbed my neck. He pulled me up so that our faces were just inches from each other.
'I'm not going to kill you Renesmee. You're still of use for us. We have great plans for you.'
Tuesday 14:00
Jasper's POV
I gathered the history books from the drawer. I expected Renesmee to be back soon, I knew she had a lunchdate with Jacob and I hoped it went well. I was looking forward to our next session, it was great to spend time with her. She was such a bright soul. She was an excellent student who loved to learn new things. I wasn't surprised with Edward being her father. Bella was intelligent as well so we knew who she had it from. Alice walked over to me and wrapped her arms around me, I kissed her forehead and she snuggled into me. We stood there in perfect harmony until the doorbell rang. I gave her an apologetic smile when we parted and walked over to the door. By the smell of it was Jacob who came to bring back Renesmee. I opened the door and to my surprise it was just Jacob. No Renesmee.
'Where is she?' He growled 'I waited for over an hour in that diner.'
Alice was next to me in a flash. 'What do you mean?' she whispered. 'I lost track of her at 1 o'clock right at them time she was supposed to meet you.' There was panic in her eyes. Jacob who was a little slower than us took his time before he started to panic.
'Where is she?' Alice's golden eyes glazed over in an attempt to track her in her mind. I dashed inside to find the other's. Edward who heard the commotion was already coming our way. When he read in my mind what happened he grabbed his phone and dialed her number. I could hear by the tone that it was out of service. The others joined us in the living room.
'How could this happen? Where is she?' Esme asked us. This was not the first time that we were in this situation so we knew what to do. Edward and I ran over to the car to retrace her last steps. We speeded off to the diner while the rest started to search for other clues. When we almost arrived at the diner Bella texted me that there were no recent activities on our credit cards. Also, she didn't take any of the drug money with her. I wondered if there was something in her mind that would help us find her. Edward who read my thoughts grimaced.
'I drove her to the diner, there were no signs of escape plans or anything like that. She was nervous because that bloody dog told her he imprinted on her and she wasn't sure how she felt about that.' He was squeezing the steering wheel so hard that I was afraid it would break. 'But there were no signs that told me she was about to run away.' He whispered while his golden eyes focused on the road before us. If there was someone who was careful it was Edward. He was so protective over her, he would never let her slip through his fingers again. All the facts summed up told me that she didn't run away. I didn't believe she did. But the alternative made things more complicated, if Victoria took her again I wasn't sure that we would find her alive.
Edward grinded his teeth, I could feel the anger and desperation radiating from him. I tried to calm him down, but it was of no use. We parked on the parking lot and got out of the car. Jacob already told us that she didn't set foot in the diner, Sue didn't see her either. SoI looked around. If I had time to kill where would I go? The mall was to the left and there was a park to the right. I closed my eyes and tried my best to find her scent, it took me a minute or two to get a faint hint of her scent which lead us to the direction of the park. We ran into the park and split. I went deeper into the woods and Edward went to the other side of the park, scanning people's minds for clues. But the further I got the stronger the scent was. I followed it and after a while it deflected into the forest. I tracked hertrail by following the footsteps in the sand and by the broken branches she left.
It didn't take long before I found a meadow. On this meadow there were signs of a struggle. When I inhaled the air, I noticed there was a hint a sweetness in the air. Fresh blood. I was right: there were blood spatters on the trees together with a deep print in the sand. This told me that someone fell down on this exact spot. I knelt down and inspected the scene. A few meters further there were pieces of glass and when I went to investigate I found her iPhone broken into pieces. This confirmed my suspicions: Victoria got to Renesmee again.
Wednesday 05:00
RPOV
I couldn't sleep. Those goddamn vampires never ever slept, which meant that there was so much noise all the time. Yesterday when they brought me back to my room I passed out on the bed, but now I wasn't able to sleep anymore. My body hurt so much and every time I even moved my head there was an explosion of more pain. I hadn't seen my mother or father after our meeting in the main hall, thank god for that. I was trying to figure out why I was still alive. I knew that they despised the Cullens, I also knew that my mother lost her previous mate in a fight with Edward. The hate ran deep with them. Taking me when I was younger was the perfect revenge, I guessed they hoped that I would help them destroy them. That would be the most perfect revenge, but now I made that quite impossible. I would never try to destroy my family, not anymore.
I tried to close my eyes one more time. But I really couldn't sleep, so I gave up. Slowly I forced myself up. I needed to find a way out of here and return home. But I knew that my chances of survival were cut back to a bare minimum. The only chance I had was playing their sadistic game, I wanted to get out of here alive and I was willing to fight for that. I would do whatever I needed to get out of here. My mother had raised me for years, she sure had a soft spot for me, right? The only reason she kept me alive all those years couldn't be just revenge. I didn't believe that. I needed to play her like that, I needed to flip her switch and get her to turn her emotions on again. For hours I sat there in the dark, plotting my escape. I knew they wouldn't end me just yet, they told me that they had a plan for me. I just needed to figure out what that was.
When the sun rose they unlocked the door and my mother walked in. She was accompanied by another vampire, a stranger to me.
'Who's this?' I asked her. She just gave me a sweet smile. 'This is Julian, he will be your guard.'
Julian just gave me a disgusted look and looked away when he had the chance. Julian was big, muscular and just looking at him gave me the creeps. Everything about him breathed that he was a hunter. I wouldn't be able to escape with him following me around all the time. Without another word my mother left us alone. I climbed out of bed and tried my best to give him my sweetest smile. I needed him to think that this was going to be a piece of cake. I needed him to believe that I wasn't a threat.
'So how did you end up here?' I asked him. His expression was blanc and I realized he wasn't planning on communicating with me. No, he was going to ignore the shit out of me.
'So, your name is Julian?' I tried again. Still silence.
'Are you going to say anything at all?' I tried in one last attempt. Still nothing.
I sighted deep and closed my eyes. I was still pained by this throbbing headache and even breathing hurt. 'Great, this is just great.' I muttered to myself. Well at least I was able to walk freely through the building now. Well kind of. My stomach rumbled and I decided I would try to find something to eat and drink for now. I needed to regain my strength. But whatever hope I had finding something edible was soon squashed when I realized there was no human food in this building.
So instead I took inventory. I counted all the vampires I saw and tried to make a map in my head of the place. But Julian prohibited me access to most of the rooms. He let just me wander through my side of the building and there was nothing there. Just a bunch of old rooms that were stacked with drugs. They didn't have windows and there were no exit doors anywhere. When I realized that my search was hopeless I returned to my room. Julian was watching my every step and I could feel his eyes in my back all the time. I counted as much as 21 vampires including my mother, my father and Julian. Escaping here was impossible, I just needed to wait out another opportunity. They couldn't stay here forever, could they?
Heavy-headed I sat on my bed for hours. I tried to catch some sleep, but my tormented mind wouldn't let me. Just as I slowly started to fade in a restless sleep when my mother walked into my room again.
'It's time for dinner.' She said more to Julian than to me. Julian forced me to stand up and dragged me to the main hall. He pushed my inside and closed the door behind us. I knew the dinner parties at the kartel and usually I skipped them for a good reason. But now they were forcing me to participate. My mother and father always had the first pick, the staff always fed after them. They gathered around 15 people for dinner. When I looked around the room I noticed most of them were young girls like me. One of they stared at me with wide blue eyes. She was terrified and there were tears rolling from her eyes on the ground. I could smell the fear and I could hear how their hearts raced. They knew they were going to die. I could see the desperation in their eyes, how they tried to find a way out of this soon to be massacre. But just like me they were trapped here.
'Do you want to do the honors Renesmee?' My father purred. They both knew that I didn't drink from the vain. I always fed on blood bags in the comfort of my room. I hated this kind of thing, the slaughtering and screaming. I turned my eyes to the ground and shook my head.
'See it yourself then. You'll change your mind soon enough when you are starving.' He said. I kept staring at the floor but I could still hear the screaming. I couldn't ban it out. I heard how he broke the neck of one of the girls and how her lifeless body dropped to the ground. The sweet smell of blood filled the air. For now, my appetite was under control. I'd fed some days ago so I would be able to manage for a couple more days. But I knew that trying to control my hunger would become harder and harder, and one day I would give in to the killing like they wanted to. I cried hot tears as I waited for it to be over. I tried to focus on something else, focus on the pain in my ribs and my head. I embraced the pain now that it helped me to ban everything out. When they were done, Julian brought me back to my room. Defeated I sat down on the bed as he stood in the corner motionless.
'Can't you just go.' I growled at him. But there was no response. So I ignored him as well and stared at the wall for hours. I knew that they would try to break me, I just needed to stay strong. But right now I was finding it really hard to go on. I just witnessed a massacre, again. It broke my heart and would haunt my dreams for years.
To my surprise another vampire came to visit me. He told Julian to leave us which he did. I should be terrified to be alone with this man, I didn't know what his intentions were with me. But like I said before, I'd given up. I just didn't care anymore. My hope was slowly dying inside of me. The vampire took something out of his pocket and threw in in my lap.
'Courtesy of your father.'
After that he spun on his heels and walked out locking the room behind him. Finally, I was alone. Slowly I picked up the plastic bag that he threw down. They were two blue pills in it.
'No, no, no' I whispered to myself as I stared at them. This was just another test and I shouldn't give in. I needed to be strong. I threw the bags of the bed onto the floor. No, they were trying to fuck me up. I needed to stay sharp, I needed to plot my escape. I was clean for a solid year now. I needed to be strong.
So I got back to staring at the wall again. But as I did the images of our dinner party tortured me. I kept thinking about the screaming, the scent of blood, the sound of the cracking spine.
'No Renesmee, don't.' I told myself. So, I tried to think about the Cullens instead. It didn't work. My mind kept trailing back to the massacre. The way the bodies dropped on the floor. Their lifeless eyes. The blood spatters that turned from ruby red to crimson red as I waited for it to be over.
I got up and walked to the sink to splash some water in my face. Then my ears registered the sound of more screaming. It wasn't over yet; it was dinner time for the staff now. The piercing screams were impossible to block out. I turned around and picked up the bag. I needed something to take my mind of this. I just couldn't deal with it.
I took one in my hand and popped it in my mouth.
Next week we'll find out what Victoria's plan is for Renesmee. What did you guys think of this chapter? Let me know.
