In this chapter Jacob and the Cullens will be reunited with Renesmee. Here we go :)
JPOV
I had been two weeks since I last seen her. Time was passing quickly and every minute, no every second my heart longed to see her more. We had no leads, no traces of any kind that would lead us to her, just like the last time it was like she vanished of this earth.
I took some time of work, finding her was my first and only priority right now. Years ago we failed her, this time we couldn't. She needed us, she needed me to come and save her. I knew she was tough but there was just so much a person could take. My stomach turned thinking about her reunion with her father, something told me he wouldn't be too happy to see her.
Speeding way over the limit I drove up to the Cullens mansion, it was like clockwork. I got a few hours of sleep, showered and went over there trying to find Renesmee. Trying to figure out someway to get her back. I parked my car on the driveway and walked into the kitchen. The Cullens were working 24/7 trying to find her. But as the days passed anger and desperation slowly took over them, over all of us.
'Any new leads?' I asked Jasper who was looking over a few documents. His eyes went over them rapidly, reading hundreds of pages in under a minute.
'Nothing yet.' He answered without looking up. I nodded and walked over to Edward, who was trying to hack her e-mail account hoping it would give us some new information.
I sat down and grabbed a map of America and some of the scribblings Carlisle had left. It were scribblings about Victoria, what we knew of her. I stared at them for minutes trying to find any clues at all. It was useless.
Their phone rang, we all looked up but decided to let it ring when it showed the number of the hospital. Eventually it went to voicemail.
'Doctor Carlisle, it's Janice from Forks memorial hospital. I am aware that you are currently took some personal time off, but there is this patient.' A female voice told us. Uninterested I focused on the documents, listening half to what she was saying.
'There is this patients who keeps calling for you, she says it's very important that she get's in contact with you. She doesn't want to see any other physician. I just wanted to inform you of this matter, of course you are not obliged to see her in your vacation, but maybe you can inform us about her case so that we can handle this further.' She continued. Carlisle walked into the room and started at the phone with a tired look.
''Her name is Vicky Benson. Okay well end of message.' The woman ended her message. The Cullens were faster than I was. It took me a few seconds before I realized that Vicky Benson was one of the aliases Renesmee used before she came to Forks. Carlisle however realized it within seconds and already grabbed the phone to call back Janice.
We all gathered around him staring at the phone intensely. My heart skipped a few beats when I realized that we almost missed the clue we were looking so hard. Janice was quick with answering.
'Janice, it's Carlisle here.' Carlisle said into the phone. He was doing his best to act normal in the hope Janice wouldn't get suspicious. I could hear Janice on the other side of the line babbling happily.
'Janice can you tell me about this patient, what kind of message did she leave me?' Carlisle asked her. There was this flash of hope that went through me, please let it be some useful information I begged to whatever god there was out there.
'She just told me that she needed to speak with you, that it was of much importance.' Janice said.
'Did she leave any way to contact her?' Carlisle said trying to bloom the irritation in his voice.
'No, the number was of a payphone. Different numbers each time. She didn't leave any messages of some sort. She asked for your phone number, but it's policy that we don't give personal information to any of our patients.'
Carlisle clutched his teeth. 'Janice the next time she calls, please give her my phone number. It is of much importance that she receives this. I can't tell you why but you have to believe me when I say it is important.' Carlisle said after which he soon ended the call.
'She tried to contact us.' Edward said with a voice heavy with emotions. Without her phone she couldn't acess our phone numbers. So she tried to contact us through the hospital, it was a smart move.
'Goddammit.' Jasper hissed as he threw the pen that he used to write down some notes onto the floor. The plastic broke into a hundred tiny pieces and the blue ink spoiled onto the floor. I just stared at the blue ink as I tried to process this information. This was a good thing, she was alive and well. Or at least alive when she was trying to contact us. The hope that I felt just minutes ago carefully sparked inside of my heart again.
'She is alive' I mumbled. My voice was just a raw whisper. But it was enough. I needed to say it out loud so I could really believe it. Relieved I sat down on the couch and closed my eyes. Thank god she was alive. The Cullens shared my emotion but soon started to make plan of action. Their soft whispers were going so fast that my ears couldn't follow anymore and I sat there staring into space for a while.
The sound a slamming back door pulled me back to reality. Seth walked into the living room, wet from the rain. He was panting and covered in sweat which indicated he came running.
'Why don't you pick up the goddamn phone.' He grunted as he tried to catch his breath.
The Cullens were continuing their conversation, but there was something in Seth's mind that caught Edward's attention.
'You've spoken with her?' He said as he jumped from his chair. Immediately the room felt quiet.
Seth nodded and let his hands rest on his knees. 'She just called me when I was at work. I thought it was quite strange for someone to call me when I was in class, so I figured it was important. When I went to answer it was her, it was Renesmee.'
'Do you know where she is? Is she okay?' Bella asked breathless. The whole room was hanging onto Seth's lips, waiting for him to give us the information we needed.
'She was really out of it, she didn't really sound like herself. She was really confused and all but she told me she was in Seattle, in an hotel called Holiday Inn.'
Jasper immediately pulled up the address from the Holiday Inn on Google. There were four of them in Seattle. There was no question about our next move, we hurried to the cars and got in. We took four cars so that we could hurry to each of the locations at once. Seattle was a four hour drive, but we made it in 3. I was paired with Esme and Jasper and we took the Holiday inn that was in the City Centre on Aurora avenue. The building was slightly orange-ish and the green letters which spelled Holiday inn told us we found the right place. We quickly hurried inside. The reception was small and had a left and right entrance to the rooms. Esme put on her sweetest smile and asked the clerk if she had seen a brown haired girl with chocolatebrown eyes, meanwhile Jasper was working his magic to make the clerk feel more comfortable.
'I'm sorry I just can't give out any information about our guests without consulting the manager first.' The clerk said in an apologetic matter. Irritated I bit my lip. I couldn't wait any longer, I needed to know if she was save right now. I searched for my badge and pulled it out. The clerks eyes went big when seeing my badge.
'I'm so sorry, I didn't realized that you are with the police.' She stuttered and her cheeks slightly flushed.
Behind me something was dropped. By the sound and smell of it I guessed it was a cup of coffee which splashed onto the tiles. I wouldn't be a good cop if I didn't recognize someone making a run for it. The clicking of heels told me that someone desperately tried to get away from us. Instinctively I spun on my heels and went after her.
Jasper and Esme had the same idea. We followed the figure to the staircase where I caught a glimpse of brown curls before she went around the corner. Adrenaline went through my body as we dashed up the stairs, Jasper and Esme were just a little quicker than I was in human form so they reached her first. Jasper stopped her in a swift move and pinned her against the wall.
There was a bewildered look in her eyes when she looked at us. Her eyes which were almost completely black, her irises were enormous, shot from Jasper to me, to Esme and back to Jasper.
'It's okay. Calm down.' Jasper shushed her.
'Thank god it's you.' She whispered very softly as she pulled her hands free. Her voice was raspy and barely audible. But then again she didn't look too good. Her skin was pale, almost greyish, and there were bruises on her face. Her lips were swollen and there were dark rings under her eyes. She pulled out a keycard from her pocket and gestured us to follow her.
'Quickly' She whispered and opened the door to let us in. When we all walked in she quickly closed the door behind us and looked out of the window one last time. If she was at all happy to see us, she didn't show in any way. I glanced over the room and what I saw worried me. There were empty coffee cups everywhere, but there were also cans of Redbull scattered around the room. Every cup or can contained a bright colored straw which was weird, why would you drink coffee with a straw?
The others shared my concerns. Jasper was frowning and staring at Renesmee. What in gods name happened to her? Esme was worried too but called Carlisle, Rosalie and Edward before she directed her focus back to Renesmee. Now that the others were informed we needed to know if she was okay.
Restlessly she sat down on the bed and I noticed she lost quite some weight in those past weeks. She looked so fragile sitting there. Her eyes went over to room and to the door over and over again. Seth was right when he told us that she wasn't herself. There was something going on with her.
I sat down next to her on the bed and tried to make some eye contact with her. First she glanced over to the door once again before she finally looked at me. My heart jumped with joy because we found her. But there was something that told me that there was something wrong. She was in a really bad shape and I just hoped she could get over it. But my heart told me that a little piece of Renesmee died in these two weeks, and once again we weren't here to protect her. We failed again.
'Are you okay?' I whispered.
Her brown eyes filled with desperation. 'They are going to catch me. They are searching for me right now Jacob.' Her voice was shakily, her voice still raspy.
'You are safe now Ren, we are not going to let anything happen to you. I promise.' I said and I wanted to take her hand. Startled by my movements she pulled her hands back.
'You don't understand, they are going to catch me.' She said again frustrated. I just wanted to hold her in my arms and tell her it was going to be okay. But Renesmee wasn't okay. There was knocking on the door and Renesmee nervously glanced over to the door before biting her nails. The others stormed in. With big scared eyes Renesmee stared at them.
Bella and Edward leaped forward. 'Renesmee are you okay?' Bella pleaded as she tried to take Renesmee's hand. Renesmee backed away in the corner taking her distance from them. With worried eyes Edward tried to find out what was wrong with her. But the look in his eyes told me he was once again shut out of his daughters mind. He exchanged looks with Jasper which confirmed that the vail was once again in place. Carlisle slowly swapped places with me and gestured to give them some space. Trying to respect her privacy as much as they could we retreated to the back of the room as much as we could. In silence we watched as Carlisle tried to convince Renesmee to let him check her.
'When was the last time you slept Renesmee?' Carlisle asked her in his doctors voice.
Her eyes glazed over when she thought about it. 'Wednesday.' She mouthed.
Today was Friday which meant she didn't sleep for 72 hours straight, no wonder she looked like a living zombie.
'Why don't you take nap when we are finished here?' Carlisle tried to persuade her.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she stared at him. 'Grandpa you don't understand, they are looking for me.' She whispered and my heart broke. She didn't even realize it but this was the first time she called Carlisle grandpa. But at the moment she was too broken to even realize.
'We'll keep you safe. Nothing will happen to you. I promise.' Carlisle whispered. Edward handed him his medical bag and he took out a flashlight which he used to check Renesmee's pupils. His facial expression told us nothing, has always he was completly professional. His hands went over her bruised face inspecting every one of them. Eventually he took a wooden spatula and gestured her to open her mouth.
For a second they exchanged looks and then she shook her head.
'No.'
'Renesmee, let me please have a look.' Carlisle pleaded still in his doctors voice.
Weakly she shook her head again.
'Renesmee, you don't need to be ashamed.' He encouraged her. Unwillingly she slowly opened her mouth. Carlisle inspected it quickly before putting his tools away. With a stern face he took his bag and prepared a syringe. With big hollow eyes Renesmee watched him do so, but didn't protest.
'Here this will help with the pain.' He whispered as he injected her. Within minutes her eyes grew heavy and she slowly closed her eyes. Bella pulled the blankets over her as she dozed of in a peaceful sleep.
When we were sure that she was sound asleep Edward furiously stared at Carlisle.
'How could they do that to her?' He hissed. Questioning looks were shot at Carlisle for an explanation.
He sighted 'They surgically removed her fangs.'
So whatever happened to Renesmee when she was in hands of the Volturi? Who is she running from ? What do you guys think of the chap and what do you think is going to happen? Let me knowwww :)
