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Random tidbit of info that connects with this chapter: When the Jews had been rescued from the evil clutches of the Nazis, alarms had went off, most of the Jews had hid, and the children had run up to meet the American soldiers and play on their tanks.
Bella POV
I missed them. They had been my sisters for these past few months, which had felt like years, in this hellhole. I buried my hands in my face, and sobbed my heart out. Yes, only the good died young.
Flashback
"I love you two. I'll miss you so much. Tell me what I have to do to avoid them." I wrapped my skinny arms around them.
"Okay, Bella. We can't be positive this will work, but as long as James and Jessica think you'll die, no matter the circumstances, and then you'll probably survive."
"That's fine. I mean, I'd rather die with you two than survive, but I guess someone has to survive to tell the story...what exactly do I have to do?"
"They're coming for us three later today. Lyubov will keep watch-" Angela was interrupted.
"I will?" Lyubov was nervous.
"Yes. You will. And then when you see James and who ever is with him, you'll tell us. But if they spot you, and you're just about to go back inside, make sure it looks like you weren't looking for them. That would make you look suspicious."
"Right." I had said with Lyubov.
"Bella, Lyubov will come in and ell us they're coming and you'll have to fake sickness, or that you're dying. You'll be in bed, and you'll have to fake dying because there's no point putting a near death person in the gas chambers. They'll think you'll just die slowly and painfully. Once they take Lyubov and me away, get out of bed, and find a good place to hide." I nodded, and hugged them. We stepped out into the hot sun, ready for our last day together.
End Flashback
I was pulled out of my flashback by a huge bang, and Jessica's voice,
"I knew she was faking! Why didn't you just put her in the gas chambers with her pathetic little friends?! She'd be dead by now, and then we'd be just peachy!"
"God dammit, you whore, if you don't shut it..." James snarled, and Jessica instantly fell quiet. But then what Jessica had said caught up with me. My friends...were actually dead. Gone. Dead because of me, when one of them could have been saved instead in my place. Why had I agreed to that? Someone else from our bunk could have told our story, and I could have died with my friends! I heard James and Jessica and a few other men ransacking the little bunk. I knew they would be looking under the beds, and on top of the beams on the ceiling. I was on a very well hidden beam on the ceiling. All of a sudden, Jessica growled in frustration and cursed. She looked up as if to ask God why he wasn't helping her kill me. This was rather terrifying because she was now looking right in my direction.
"Oh, men! Come over here for a second, would you?"
They gathered around her, and she pointed up at me.
"What do you see there?" She asked in a sickly sweet tone.
"Wood." Said a young looking Nazi soldier.
"No, Hans, you idiot. That's the girl we want." The soldier squinted, and murmured,
"I still think there's just wood there, but if you say so..."
"Dumb ass." Jessica snarled.
James sauntered over, and looked in my direction and smirked. He brought Jessica's hand down and kissed it. I gagged, hoping they didn't hear or see that.
"Good girl, Jessica. I'll give you a reward later." He slurred. Jessica blushed pink.
I rolled my eyes. And I tensed when James started to speak. "Bella, darling. Why don't you come down from there?"
"Do you honestly think I'd come down from there just so you could kill me like you killed my friends?" I mocked.
"You had better, or you will die." James said, trying to be pleasant, which wasn't exactly easy for a pissed off vampire. Yes, I knew about vampires, and I was able to recognize them easily.
"What do you mean, James, "will die"?! She'd die no matter what! Right?" Jessica argued, in a somewhat hurt and incredulous tone.
"No, no...I have other intentions for Bella darling here..." I snorted in disgust. I suddenly felt myself slipping, because I was only holding on with one arm, my other one being broken. I gasped, and James's smirk grew more pronounced.
"Scared, aren't we now, Bella? Would you like help getting down from there? All you have to do is say yes to one little thing..." I knew perfectly well what that one little thing was. (A/N: You dear fans do know what Tirzah is implying here, don't you? Yes? No? Whatever. You'll see...)
"No! Just help me down!" James snarled, and scowled but helped me down nevertheless. That was an unusual act of kindness...but I knew he was being this way and letting me live for his enjoyment only. I shivered in disgust and fear as he got too close. He sneered, and all of them turned on their heels and walked away. Jessica decided to give me one last venomous look before James dragged her out of the room, no doubt eager.
I sat down on the bed, shaking and leaned against the wall. A tear trickled down my cheek as I fell asleep.
Next Day
I was sitting on the rock near my bunk, brooding. Surely some of my family members were alive, but if there were more than one alive, then they could look out for each other, and there wouldn't be a need for me and I could have just died. I could be in heaven with my Angela and Lyubov right now. But, no. I pinched the bridge of my nose to prevent my self from getting a migraine from thinking so hard. All of a sudden, a tall shadow loomed above me, blocking out the scorching sun and its heat. The only way I knew it was a man...or vampire was there was because of the shadow. There hadn't been any footsteps. I turned my head to the right, hugging my torso, refusing to meet his gaze. I felt the wind, with particles of ash, blowing my hair around my face. Ash was starting to get in my eyes, making my eyes water no doubt creating the illusion of tears.
"What do you want?" I spat in disgust at the poor excuse of "life" looming above me.
"Get up, Bella." James commanded. I didn't like the lusty edge to his voice.
"Why should I?" I asked daringly. At this point I didn't really care if he killed me; in fact, that sounded very appealing. Everything hurt. My broken arm and my broken heart. The pain of death would be relief. But, no.
James sneered down at me, and then pulled me up by the arm he had completely ruined. As I bit my lip, trying not to cry out in pain, James pushed me up on the sharp metal fence. The metal cut into my back, drawing blood. When James smelt it, his mouth turned up into a twisted, sickening smile. And I could almost hear the venom pooling in his mouth. He raked his eyes over my body in appreciation, though I was absolutely plain.
"You know, I only accepted Jessica's offer because I knew she'd lead me right to you, my darling." He reached out to stroke my face, and I attempted to jerk away from this sick man, but there was no where to jerk away to. I hung my head. So this was how it was going to end. He pressed up against me and I hissed in pain, as I felt the sharp metal digging into the tender skin in my back. The only thing I was thinking was,
Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain...
He was going to end up killing me after getting his pleasure. So, he was going to take advantage of my depression. I sobbed once, dryly. I closed my eyes shut as James brought his lips to my neck. Suddenly, extremely loud alarms went off and I gasped in shock and James, who now had a look of pure terror yet loathing, had softened his grip on me. He was murmuring over and over again, "No, no, no, no..."
I pushed him back with my feet, for I knew that I shouldn't attempt to push a rock hard vampire with my useless arm.
James had a look of shock, as the alarms grew louder and I took a good look around at what was happening. The Nazis were fleeing, trying to get away from the fence and trying to get to where the alarms wouldn't be heard. They were tripping over each other, some trying to salvage the beer and alcohol. I was completely unsure of what to do. And still, the alarms were going crazy and I saw some women and girls running frantically in fear. But I saw Sara, Rochelle, and Chava (A/N: Three of the little girls that Bella had sung to, resulting in her broken arm) cautiously walking forward away from everyone else to these huge monstrosities with men inside them. And as I started to follow them, I felt a searing pain in my right arm. I cried out in surprise when I looked back. James had come back for me, and Jessica was right by his side, wearing a venomous scowl on her slightly flushed face.
"No!" I yelled.
I hissed in pain as tried to jerk my ruined arm away, as I tried to break free, but before I could jerk anymore, I felt cold arms wrap around my torso and pull me away. I looked up in surprise and curiosity...
Edward POV (A/N: GOD! Finally!)
So, today was the day. Today, we American soldiers were going to help the survivors of the concentration camp Treblinka. They were no doubt starved and on the brink of death. It made me sick just to think about it. Those wretched Nazis (A.N: We put "Nazis" and not "Germans" because we don't want to offend anyone...) were hell bent on killing every single last Jew in this world. It was wrong, and it was sick, and my family couldn't be less against it. Carlisle, a war surgeon, had proposed the idea of my three brothers, Emmett, Jasper, and Ethan and I going to war to fight. Esme had been against it at first but in the end had agreed. And now as I stood next to my three brothers listening to General Newton (A/N: -Julia and Tirzah cackle-) finishing his speech on how we were going to do this, I couldn't be more ready to rescue the survivors of the concentration camp Treblinka. Some of us were going to surround the camp's fences, leaving gaps where the tanks could cut through.
Once the tanks had made holes in the fence, more soldiers were going to be on foot, marching into the camp to distribute food among the children and women, for it was a camp for women and children only. The doctors were going to come in after the soldiers, but not before we could capture every Nazi in sight. We had to make sure something so disgusting like this never happened again.
"Ready yourselves, men!" General Newton yelled, and we straightened our backs even more and prepared to march into the camp. I positioned my self next to Ethan, the youngest. Emmett and Jasper moved behind Ethan and me.
General Newton gave the signal for the tanks to go and we heard heart stopping loud alarms going off, no doubt put there to warn the Nazis lest some one try to break in. Us.
I saw in my peripheral vision, then, a beautiful young girl with long brown hair and a very pale face for long hours of work out in the sun, being pressed up against a fence by a man...no. A vampire, like my brothers and I. I saw the spots of blood forming on her back as she was pressed up against the sharp metal, and I smelt the most sweet, intoxicating scent I had smelled in all of my years. And I knew that although I was having an increasingly difficult time from trying to kill her, I knew that I had to get over there and save her. I shifted uncomfortably. I had to get over there. I couldn't break my gaze away from her, and at the last moment, I saw General Newton follow my gaze, and sneer.
She's most beautiful thing I've seen since I've joined the army. Perhaps... Ugh.
Then, I heard the screeching of the metal being broken, while I was still staring at the beautiful girl up against the fence. The vampire who had been holding her there, no doubt to violate her, had looked up in terror when he had heard the alarms and the horrid sound of the metal snapping. And I could visibly see the vampire loosen his grip on her. To my relief, she kicked him from her and started running away from him as he ran away, trying to escape us American soldiers.
"And move out!" (A/N: We have no idea what a General would say, given that we're not in the army and chances are we never will be)
I had to get over there as soon as possible. We had been far away, we soldiers who were going to march in, but with my enhanced sight, I had seen the girl. I noticed some of the Jews coming up to inspect the tanks. Was the girl part of the crowd? I scanned it. No.
I scanned the people, and tried to spot the young woman I had just witnessed. I finally saw her coming up to look at the tanks too, and I ran towards her. But before I could get to her...
The disgusting monster from before came up to her and tried to put her back, with another girl scowling by his side. And there was something about the arm that he was trying to pull back...it was broken! She was trying to pull away, no doubt damaging that arm more and more.
"No!" she protested.
For the first time since I had started to run to that girl, I heard my brother's shouts and General Newton's angry commands.
"Edward! Come back! Edward!" I heard Ethan yelling. Emmett and Jasper were yelling things along the same lines, but I had to get to her. I just knew I had to get to that girl.
"Edward! I didn't give the command to go!" I heard General Newton's shouts getting a bit fainter as I ran more. I finally got to her and before she could protest against the vampire anymore, I snatched her away, and ran.
I heard the girl's obnoxious thoughts as I ran away,
So Bella has been saved, and not by just anyone but a good-looking American soldier at that! While I gave up my virtue to Nazi pigs to save myself. My life just keeps getting worse. And Bella's not even that beautiful! She's so plain! She doesn't deserve this!
I snarled lowly. The girl, I realized, or Bella was looking up at me with these large brown doe-like eyes and I finally decided to stop and put her down. I knelt down next to her.
"Hello. My names' Edward. I'm an American soldier. What's your name?"
She examined me again, and she threw herself into my arms where she started to cry tears of joy, I hope. I could feel her warm tears staining my uniform, but I didn't care. Bella meant "beautiful" in Italian, and this was certainly beautiful.
Well, I just heard the news today.
It seems like my life is going to change.
I close my eyes and begin to pray,
And tears of joy stream down my face.
...
If I just had one wish,
Only one demand.
I hope he's not like me.
I hope he understands.
- With Arms Wide Open, Creed
And...CUT! Yes. Edward has made his appearance, as has the idiotic Michael Newton. We gave Edward an extra brother, Ethan Cullen. So now there's Emmett, Ethan ("Eitan" in Hebrew) and Jasper. We, if we do say so ourselves, did a very good job on this chapter. Hee hee. :)
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