Disclaimer: Slasherbynight (otherwise known as me) does not own Twilight or its characters and is only writing this because he wants to, not for profit, under the requirements of all U.S. copyright laws. Therefore, Twilight and all of its associated characters are property of Stephenie Meyer. Thank you, enjoy.

A/N 1: Sorry, writer's block again.

From Bella's POV

I awoke to find Alice down in the dungeon with me. She was pounding fiercely at the door. I tried to speak, but apparently the serum that Xavier injected me with was still active. My thoughts had cleared up, but I couldn't move or say anything.

Alice turned around and must have seen me watching her. "Bella…You're awake."

I wanted so bad just to tell her that there was no way out. But then again, I didn't even know how she got in here without being knocked out. To tell the truth, I didn't even know where I was…

"Bella I'm so sorry. I couldn't stop him. He was just too powerful…" She leaned back onto the wall and slumped down to the floor. Everything about her was so downcast. I just wanted to run over to her, to tell her it wasn't her fault. If I got to him before Edward, I would kill Xavier.

Then it hit me. Where was Edward? Was he ok? All of a sudden I felt a great wave of anxiety and fear come over me. Oh no…

From Edward's POV

There I stood, braced for a fight. I had two swords in hand , and my future was before me. If I succeeded, he would be out of my life for good. If not, then I had a serious problem. I knew that I was the only person that would be able to stop him. He seemed all the more powerful with every battle he fought, and he had the potential to wreak havoc on whoever he pleased. But, I also knew that he would torture my family first.

"Are you ready Edward?" Before I could answer, he took his first shot at me. He lunged at me and swung his double-edged sword toward my body. I blocked it with my left sword, and countered with an upward slash from my right one. His sword was long enough to block both of mine, so of course I knew the attack was futile.

We both pressed our swords together as hard as we could. Both of us tried to push the other down, but we just stood there locked together. Finally he released and jumped back. I ran after him and our swords flashed in the light. We went back and forth for about ten minutes, when it happened.

I swung at him so hard and fast that he couldn't block me, and I cut into him. Since he was a vampire, of course, it didn't phase him. It only mad him more mad. He pressed his sword harder than ever, and he finally got me in the arm. We both jumped back and just faced each other.

"Edward, why don't you bleed when I cut you?"

I looked at his cut, and his whole front side was beginning to be covered in blood. "Because I'm not a human-blood thirsty monster like you!" He lunged at me and, once again, we were locked into combat. We went back and forth for another few minutes, then I started to feel a little woozy. I kept going, but it was harder than ever. With every blow I was becoming weaker and weaker.

He backed off again, and I took the opportunity to rest. "What have you done to me?!"

"This sword is coated with a layer of my specially formulated serum… It's designed to 'put you out', so to speak."

Now I just lost it. I collapsed to the ground and the swords fell out of my hands. He slowly walked up to me and began to slash at me. He hit my face, chest and arms several times, and before I knew it I had deep cuts all over my body. I couldn't move. I couldn't really think straight. I just knew it was going to be over. Before I passed out, the last thing I knew I was being lifted and put on a long table.

From Bella's POV

A few minutes later I was really starting to fell better. Now I was able to move my limbs again, but I wasn't able to exert force from them yet.

"Alice…" My voice was weak, and I wasn't able to say much, but at least I was able to speak.

Her head shot up and she looked straight at me. "Bella! You can speak now!"

"Barely…"

"Let me get you out of those. I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier…" She pulled as hard as she could on the chains that were pinning me to the wall, and they finally broke. She did the same to the other, and I was free from the wall. I staggered a little bit, but after about twenty minutes I was as good as new. I was still a little disoriented, but I could function now.

"Alice, don't try to break down that door. Xavier said that not even he could break it down if he wanted to."

"Then we'll have to find another way out.

"And how do you propose we do that?"

"We could try the same way that I got in here."

"And how did you do that?"

"Through the roof of course."