The Guardian

Chapter Seven- Hunting

"Mom," I addressed her by her 'formal' name. "You don't understand. If I leave Bella…I don't know what will happen…" I hung my head as unshed tears worked there way to my eyes, though that would never fall. Did I mention that I was a bit more emotional, too?

"Edward, your brothers can take care of her. We can take care of her, you need to take care of yourself." She said slowly, meaning for me to comprehend. But I was enraged.

"Mom, Carlisle and I are the only ones who can stand her blood!" I yelled as I stood to face her, accidentally knocking her back. She made a small gasp, this is the most movement that I had made in a long time, besides bringing in water and liquid foods in for Bella. "What if she wakes up and I'm not here? What if she bleeds again!?" I asked as Carlisle and Emmett rushed in. Carlisle comforted Esme while Emmett came and held my arms against my back. Trying to calm me down, yeah right! What am I some kind of Animal!?

Edward, Carlisle's voice entered my frantic mind. You're scaring Esme. Get a grip on your barbaric behavior and go hunting. That what you need. You're harming family.

I started to growled before Emmett clamped an over-sized hand around my throat. It immediately cut off my air supply, stopping the loud sound.

"Take him hunting, weather he likes it or not." Carlisle stated, I knew that I better not resist, but what could it hurt. The love of my life could die, in more then one way, my family was starting to get on my nerves, AND my brothers' grip is TOO STRONG!!!!!!!!

Emmett nodded in response to our father and tried to shove me out the door. He may be the stronger one, but I was still the fastest and most obsessed. I struggled to place my feet firmly on the doorframe, but I managed. I bent my knees and shot backwards, right into Emmett. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, but before then he had twisted his body around, leaving me to be pinned to the floor rather then him.

My growls got louder as I started thrashing against his hold, harder and harder as I continued on.

"Edward Anthony Mason Cullen! Stop it this instant!" I heard Carlisle shout from a few feet away, he had shooed Esme out of the room, I tried to hear her thoughts but they were blocked. I kept on thrashing until my muscles felt like they were on fire, like they couldn't move another inch. But even then I pressed on, thinking of Bella. Thinking about how I could loose her, I certainly was NOT going to change her, to damn her to this life.

Esme had stalked back into the room quietly, trying to make sure that I couldn't hear. But you mine-as-well stomp your feet as loud and hard as you possibly can. I could still hear her as I saw her pass something to Carlisle.

"Are you sure this will work? I mean, isn't it still in testing?" Her worried voice echoed into my ears. I loosened up on the thrashing so I could hear exactly what she was saying. But Carlisle shook his head.

"I am almost 100 percent sure that this will work." Esme nodded as Carlisle slowly made his way over to Emmett and me. I was still firmly 'nailed' to the carpeted floor as he bent down on one knee. I was breathing hard threw my nose and I had completely stopped moving now. If my heart were still beating, it would be in over-drive right now.

"Edward," Okay, that's it. I am changing my name. I knew that I should have sooner. My name was really starting to get on my nerves. It's always Edward this and Edward that. How come it's always me!? Why does everything always happen to me?! I looked, cough, cough glared into Carlisle's golden eyes. He stared back, unmoving for a second. I took this time to look at what he held firmly in his left hand. A big, pointy needle. I mentally shivered, when I was human, I had hated shots, and I still do. The tube connecting to the needle was filled with a weird looking purple substance. "If you are not going to do this the easy way, you are forcing me to use lethal injection." My eyes widened as I saw his thumb on the pump of the needle. He was serious.

I scolded him. "You wouldn't dare." I said in my deathly tone. He glared for a second before he reached for my arm. Emmett still held me firmly in place as he got nearer. I started thrashing again, only this time, twice as hard and twice as fast. I started to yell to. Carlisle yelled for Rosalie and Alice to come and help, and they did. Gleefully. I was being held down by three vampires and being injected with something, I didn't even know what it was, by another.

WHAT. THE. HELL!

They re-positioned themselves and me. I was now pinned flat on the warm floor with Emmett holding down my arms and Rose and Alice holding down my ankles. I. Was. Furious. But I couldn't even move a bit if I wanted to. How do I know this? I've tried, many times in face.

"Edward you forced this upon yourself." Carlisle said as he touched the needle to my skin, but I didn't want it. I yanked my arm so hard I thought I pulled it out of my own socket. I had yanked it right out of Emmett's grasp and could move it on my own free will. Well at least for two seconds I could. Then Emmett AND Esme were securely holding me down. I growled as Carlisle sighed.

"Your making this move difficult then it needs to be, Edward." He stated as his eyes glittered for a moment before a wide smirk was placed on his features. I don't know why, but I hated that smirk. A smirk on him was BAD NEWS! Carlisle slowly tilted my head to the side, exposing my neck as he held it tightly with one and jabbed the needle into my skin with the other.

He slowly injected it, the purple liquid. And I felt energized. I felt like I could lift the world's population without any problem. But then, after a minuet or two, when he took out the needle, I felt…sleepy?

"That should do." I heard Carlisle say. "This is a serum for vampires. It will relax his muscles so that he can't feel anything or really see or hear anything. I basically puts you into a daze where you can't move." He explained.

"So its basically a sleeping pill, in a liquid form." Emmett boasted, that's when I realized that they had all let go and were sitting around me. I felt my eyelids droop.

"Right, except you don't fall asleep. Just in a, trance, you could say." Oh, so that's why I couldn't feel anything, and their voices were fuzzy, I felt a cold pair of hands lightly shake me, and then saw Carlisle's face in my line of vision. I was still flat on my stomach on the floor, with my head tilted to the side.

"Edward." He started simply as he waved a hand in front of my face. I wanted to slap it away, or growl. To do SOMETHING. But I couldn't do a goddamn thing. "Hey Edward, can you speak?" He asked lightly.

I made a low growling sound before my vocals were totally shut down. "I just want to make sure that it's working properly." He started at her took my hand gently in his. "Edward squeeze my hand as hard as you can." I wanted to smirk, but my face was numb. I enclosed my fingers around his palm. And squeezed as hard as I could. I noticed that I was shaking from the effort as I saw Carlisle visibly wince.

I kept squeezing as hard as I possibly could when I saw Carlisle smirking, AGAIN. "He's weakening. Look at his grip, he can barley hold on." Everyone either gasped at the effect it had on me, or they were giggling after the fight I had put up.

Narrator P.o.v

Edwards's hands slowly slid from Carlisle's as his head lolled to one side. Everyone was smiling now, they had won the battle.

"Emmett, this will only last an hour or so. I need you to take Edward out to the forest and don't allow him back here until he is well fed." Emmett nodded as he placed Edward's limp arm around his shoulder.

"Got it, chief." He said seriously as he turned to Jasper who had watched the whole scenario from the doorframe. "Hey, Jazz. Can you come too, I'm going need some help with this one."

"Hey Jasper. What emotion is he feeling right now? Is he mad?" Esme asked, curious. Jasper started at Edward for a moment before smiling.

"Oh I feel a disturbance in the force."

Every one laughed for a minute before they heard a soft weak voice cut threw their happiness.

"Edward…?"

Ace P.o.v Hemmings House

"It has been TWO FRIGGING WEEKS!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Noah and Max, Christ and Kristen started at me, just as pissed off as I was. "She hasn't been in school for two weeks…" I started more slowly, trying to control myself. "What…happened?" I thought of the worst things possible.

"She was only suspended for one week. But now she's gone for TWO!" I couldn't hold myself together any longer. I was going insane. My girlfriend MAY have an abusive father AND she got suspended for a week. And to top it all off these past two weeks were horrible! Everyone in the school was getting rowdy, starting fights for no reason, and cursing each other out.

"Ace," Noah piped up. "Haven't you notice some on else, or should I say a lot of someone's, have been out for the past two weeks two." I looked at her strange and started to think of who it could be. But then it hit me like an Airplane striking land. The Cullen's.

"Your right Noah." I turned to the rest of my gang with a smug smile on my face. "I think it's time we pay a little visit to our dear friends."

""When?" Kristin asked standing up as she heard a door slam. It was 5:00 in the morning when I had gathered everyone at my house before school to talk about this.

"I'm thinking right after school." I was really confident that they knew where Bella was and I could most likely get my chance to beat him up now. Hm, with Bella 'away' I don't have to hold back on our little Edward here. I shuttered. I hated that name, it was so old fashion. What was this kid born in the 80's?

Narrator P.o.v. Cullen House

"Edward…?" The sweet voice rang. Every body stopped to look at the small girl lying on the black bed. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Bella…" Edward whispered as his older brother Emmett held him, keeping him up right.

"Huh?" Carlisle said as he made his way over to Edward. "You're not suppose to be able to talk." Edward made a small grunting sound as he tried to stand on his own two feet.

"Carlisle…" Esme whispered, still starring at Bella's awakening form. "You think…his body is able to put off the serum?" Carlisle shook his head as Edward stumbled right back into Emmett's arms.

"Come on, little bro, we will be back." He directed the last statement to the family as he disappeared, with Edward.

"Mmmm…" Bella made a lot of different sounds as she slowly sat up. "What happened?" She asked as Carlisle started to look over her.

"We really have no clue…" Carlisle replied. Bella looked around.

Bella P.o.v.

Rosalie, Alice, Esme, Carlisle. I had heard Emmett's voice saying something about leaving. But I heard nothing from Edward…or Jasper.
"Where is everyone?" I asked slowly, my throat was killing me. It felt like it was on fire.

"Emmett and Jasper just took Edward to go hunting." I nodded as if I knew what he was talking about. Hunting? As in guns and knifes…or vampire teeth and blood?

"As in Vampire, Bella." Alice piped up practically bouncing off the walls. How could someone be so happy and giggly? Doesn't that get annoying after awhile. Always having to be happy. I realized what she had said and nodded. Carlisle had finished my check up and he just said that I had a sore throat and then shooed everyone out.

"Bella," He said turning back to me from the door. "Why didn't you tell us that your father.. did that..?" That's the reason why I don't tell my friends. They would ask me the same question and I would give the same answers.

"Do what?" I asked as if it was nothing, as if my life were perfect. But if that were the case then I wouldn't be here, no would I?

"Don't pretend like you don't know, Bella. Your father beats you." He said sternly, I winced inwardly. It seemed so bad when said out loud.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I was so used to this, I don't even know why. I just so used to lying to Ace and Noah. Carlisle gave me a knowing look before smiling.

"We must talk later," Was all that he said before getting up and leaving, before telling me that Edward would be back soon.