I don't own anything Twilight. Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyers. No copyright infringement intended. I'm just playing around with her creation.

I don't have a problem with smut but I do have a problem with rape, unfortunately there is a quick rape scene marked with oOo***oOo so you can skip over it. I racked my brain trying to think of a better scenario but it was a complete blank. I'm not evil or cruel and Bella is one of my favorite characters, the occurrences are imperative to the storyline I'm sad to say.

Previously: Bella is kidnapped by Laurent while in the meadow and taken to Victoria. Jacob and the pack go looking for her.

Chapter 2: An Eye for an Eye

Bella's Point of View

Every part of my body hurt, I think even my hair was aching. All I could hear was muffled voices and a quiet dripping sound as it landing into a body of water. My nose stung from the smell of rotting wood and leaves mixed with stale water. I kept my eyes closed pretending to be asleep. I tried to move my arms slightly but everything was weak or unusable.

"Oh look, she's awake."

I heard a young boy's voice and my eyes shot open. I was not prepared to see the three sets of blood red eyes staring down at me.

My eyes shot around the small shack like room quickly. I was lying on a pile of old fish nets near the opening for a boat, the four walls, ceiling, and partial floor were all of a rotting wood.

Then the movement of a flame caught my eye. Victoria. She was casually walking up to me like we were best friends, which couldn't be furthest from the truth.

"Well hello pretty girl." Her surprising soprano, babyish voice echoed in the small dimly lit room. She kneeled down in front of me, a huge, sinister smile on her face.

My eyes went wide when I saw the menacing look etched on her face. I tried to move, to sit up, but my body denied me that one request. I then realized my wrist and ankles were tied together.

"I see you remember me."

"How could I forget?" I glared at her.

She reached out and grabbed my shoulder painfully tight and pulled me into a sitting position.

"Do you know why you're here?"

"I have a fair idea. Laurent mentioned you wanting revenge against him."

She looked to Laurent who stood still like a statue then she looked back at me. "That's right. Edward killed my mate so I'm going to kill his."

I burst out laughing, I was laughing so hard I nearly fell over onto my side again. "Well that idea failed. I was never his mate, in fact he got bored with me and he left. He didn't want me anymore." Saying those last five words out loud hurt me more then anything else I had felt in the last nine months.

Her red eyes grew wide and they shot over to Laurent as if to verify what I had just said. He nodded to her.

"The house was empty. It has been vacant for some time now. She says they visit from time to time but I'm sure she was lying." Laurent's voice remained calm and collected.

"That's strange, with the way he defended you that day I was positive you two were connected."

"So did I," I looked to the floor as I spoke just above a whisper. Was Victoria planning on verbally torturing me? If so, it was working.

She shrugged and stood to her full height of five foot four. "Oh well, since I can't take revenge on Edward, you'll do. You were the reason for the whole mess in the first place, the one that cost me my mate."

"Maybe he shouldn't have tried to take on a coven of seven." I was starting to feel bold and courageous, which is a bad combination when you're bound tight and facing three vampires.

"That's true, but we've never come across a human that was being protected by even one vampire before." Her high pitched voice was cynical with a hint of curiosity.

Victoria pulled me to my feet and tied my wrists restraints to the wall behind and above me.

"Hmm, how should I do this? I don't want to kill you right off; I want to draw it out so you can feel my pain at loosing James."

I was annoyed at her last sentence "I do know that pain. Edward left me remember, he didn't want me."

"Yes but James can never return to me, your Edward can come back to you anytime."

"He won't…" I hung my head and spoke softly, and then the boldness came out again. "Just kill me and get it over with!" Death would be a welcome invitation to this half life I was attempting to live.

"I'll kill you quickly on one condition." Her face was even more ominous and she ran a fingernail from my ear down my cheek. I forced my face away from her, shuddering from the feel of her finger against my skin. Don't get me wrong, I long for the cold skin against mine, but it was Victoria I didn't want touching me.

"Yeah, and what's that?" I glared at Victoria when she grabbed my chin too firmly in her hand and forced me to look directly at her.

"Tell me what Edward's weakness is and I'll make your death painless."

I stared at her as I thought over her words. Nearly a year ago I would have said his Achilles' heel was me but now I know that's not true. I'm not so sure he has any faults anymore, now that I'm out of the picture.

"It's the same for all vampires, fire."

"No, you naïve little girl, even vampires will have one thing that can bring about their damnation. James was his obsession for the hunt, and you saw what happened there. Laurent's is his weakness for baseball. And Riley is still a newborn so it's too early to tell what his is."

"Well if you put it that way… I. Don't. Know." I stared at her obstinately. He threw me away, so why was I bothering to protect him, I should be helping Victoria get her revenge on him. But, I still love him, terribly. And it was in my nature to protect the ones I love, I guess you could say that was my flaw, and being a klutz.

I was only partially surprised when the back of a hand impacted across my cheek. She was apparently holding back her strength or my jaw would have been broken, but damn it hurt. As it was I tasted blood in my mouth, probably cut my cheek or lip. I saw Riley tense up and stare attentively at me; he started to flex his hands into fists. Laurent grabbed Riley's shoulders and held him firmly in place.

"Tell me," she growled.

"I. Don't. Know! A year ago I would have said me but now that's not the case. If you need to know something, I would say his piano." I shouted, now getting irritated.

She started chuckling; actually it was more like a cackle. "His…piano…"

"Hey, you asked. Before me, his piano was his first real -"

I was cut short by another slap to the face, in the opposite direction this time. The taste of blood was pooling in my mouth and I had to spit it out onto the ground. I had to fight off the overwhelming twisting in my stomach as the smell hit my nose. This so would not be a good time to vomit.

I heard Riley growl loudly then I gazed at him and he was struggling against Laurent's strained hold, in another pull he was free and lunging at me. Victoria caught him around the neck and stopped him.

"Not yet you don't." Victoria threw Riley onto the floor at Laurent's feet. "Take him out to feed."

Laurent helped Riley back to his feet and he forced him out the door. I glanced at Victoria when she let out a heavy sigh. She then started to pace back and forth in front of me; she seemed to be thinking out her next course of action.

"So when did you get your boy toy?" if she was planning on killing me anyways why not go out with a bang. She could hit me all she wanted but at the same time I would get a piece of her, annoy her to the very end.

She tilted her head and glared at me. "He's not a toy, he's a tool, and I got him a few months ago to help me with you." She walked up close to me, our faces so close that I could feel her breath on my face as she spoke. "I wasn't expecting to get a hold of you so soon, now I have to rethink my plans."

"What do you need to rethink? Aren't you just planning on killing me?" I glared at her as she went back to pacing.

"Yes, but now I need to change how to do it. Riley still has the uncontrollable bloodlust so I can't torture you the way I wanted to originally." She placed her fist on her hips as she swayed a path back and forth in the small boathouse. "And your not Edward's mate like I originally thought."

"Oh, pity -" before I could utter another word Victoria was kneeling in front of me and she had my left leg snapped. I bit hard on my lower lip so I wouldn't scream out; I would not give her that pleasure.

"Come on; scream out, I know it has to hurt." She grinned evilly and it reminded me of when James attacked me. "SCREAM!"

"No." I grunted out through clenched teeth.

She looked up at me with a sad face and pouting red lips. "Ah, you're no fun, why not? You'll feel better if you do."

"And you'll feel better if I do. I will not scream out."

Victoria stood back up and rocked back and forth as she looked me over then she smiled innocently, and it was more frightening coming from her. "Can you tell me one thing then?"

"Depends on what you want to know." I tried to ignore the stabbing sting in my leg by imagining joyful thoughts but thinking of happy things only brought on a pain worse than the ache in my leg, so I would deal with my leg.

She put her arms behind her back and gazed at me from under her lashes. "Can you tell me what Edward's biggest fear is?"

I scoffed at her attempt at innocence. "Your whole not guilty act isn't working…" I winced as a sharp twinge ran through my leg. "Why do you want to know his fear anyway?"

"Would you believe I'm curious?"

I arched an eyebrow, "haven't you heard that 'curiosity killed the cat'."

Victoria started laughing. "You're funny. I can see why you were kept around. I was just wondering if I could take advantage of his greatest fear."

"And why should I tell you?" I wrapped my hands around the rope restraining my wrists to lessen the amount of pressure applied to my legs.

"Edward left you right, told you he didn't want you, did he not?" I looked away from her since she was studying me with her eyes. "That had to hurt. I would think you would want to get revenge against him. I know I would."

"I'm not you, thank god."

She then jabbed me in the ribs and I heard and felt a crack. I chomped down onto my lip so hard I was tasting blood again.

"JUST TELL ME!" she shouted.

I took several deep breaths to make sure I wouldn't pass out. "And what good would me telling you do? I won't be around to see the revenge enacted." My voice was starting to crack and I was starting to breathe heavier and heavier.

"You'll have the satisfaction of knowing. NOW TELL ME!" she grasped my throat and held it firmly in her cold hand.

If I was going to die protecting the one I love, so be it. Yes I was scared but the knowledge that he would be all right was enough for me. None of them would have to worry about me anymore; I would literally cease to exist.

"Why won't you just tell me?" Victoria eased up on her grasp so I could speak.

"I will never betray the one's I love…" I looked her directly in the eyes and dared her to do her worst. "It won't do you the smallest amount of good anyways."

She ripped my rope manacles from the wooden wall and pushed my head into the nearby water. She held me there for about a minute and still I refused to tell her what his fear was. She repeated that process another twenty times and twenty times I refused her request.

She pulled me from the water and left me lying in pain, shuddering on the rotting floor. The ache in my leg and ribs was excruciating. The only thing that helped to alleviate it was the fact that soon I would have no pain at all.

"I can keep this up for months, but you can't. If you tell me his fear then I'll end your pain quickly…if he doesn't love you anymore why are you being so loyal to him?"

I turned my head away from her and focused on the pile of nets laid askew on the floor. A single traitor's tear escaped from my eye. Why was I continuing to be loyal? He had broken all his promises that day in the forest. He had left me broken and destroyed in that forest in hope that I wouldn't get sucked into his world more than I already had. Surprise, surprise, despite what he wanted; here I was, lying broken and destroyed by another vampire. He had failed me in every sense of the meaning. It felt like my heart was in a vise as I made my final revelation.

"Okay," I whispered and wrapped my arms over my face. "What he feared the most was me losing my mortality."

I was surprised when she burst out laughing. "Are you kidding me?" I shook my head. "You mean to tell me that he would not change you but he feared your death as well. What a hypocrite."

I heard the door open and close and figured Laurent and Riley had returned.

"So basically, he wanted his cake and eat it too." I nodded and I heard her move across the room. "You're right; it doesn't do me any good."

Soon she would execute me and I would have no more pain whatsoever. All I could think about was that he had brought this upon himself.

"Riley, you can have her now. Do what you want with her."

My arms flew away from my face and I looked at Victoria and Laurent as they left, closing the door behind them. I was terror stricken when I noticed Riley had started to walk slowly toward me. His eyes were black with hunger for something that wasn't blood. I tried to scoot away, to find something to defend myself, but what could I possible find to ward off a vampire.

oOo***oOo

Within a matter of seconds Riley had me striped down to only the rope binding my wrists. He stared down at me as I tried to crawl away, he smirked. He quickly relieved himself of his clothes and forcible grabbed me by the hips. All the kicking and screaming I was doing meant nothing to Riley; it didn't faze him in the least bit.

A second later I heard a rip and a bloodcurdling scream. I had been told it would hurt a little at first then it would pass but this overpowering and forceful entry caused more then the small pain I was warned about. I was now crying profusely, this was hurting more than my broken leg or rib combined. I was miserably grateful when Riley held me a bit too roughly and I heard a snap, there was no more pain, and there was no more anything in my body. He continued to thrust vigorously into me and the room was starting to go fuzzy.

oOo***oOo

Thank goodness, I was about to black out. My spine was broke so I could die without pain or seeing Riley as I go.

My final thought before the end should be of the people I love. Charlie, Renée, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Jacob…Edward. Figures, now I can say his name.

On my last visages before complete darkness over took me I whispered, "Edward, I love you…"

Alice's Point of View

When the vision ended, the force of it knocked me off the bed. Jasper was by my side picking me up off the floor in an instant.

"What just happened?" he questioned me as he sat me back down on the bed mattress.

"It's Bella, something is wrong." I jumped over to the side table and pressed speed dial then flew the phone to my ear. "Something is terribly wrong." I started to shake as I waited for him to pick up his phone.

I heard a click then shouting, "What do you want Alice?"

"Something is wrong with Bella." I could feel concern and unease start to consume me and I was incredibly frightened.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK FOR HER!"

"I wasn't looking for her, it just came to me. The vision was so powerful it knocked me to the floor."

"Fine, tell me so you can leave me alone."

"Edward, Bella is gone, I can't see her anymore, even when I do try." Jasper put his arms around my shoulders to calm some of my hysteria since his gift wasn't working.

"What do you mean, you can't see her?"

"Just that, one minute I see her in unbelievable agony then everything becomes a purplish fog. That's all I can see now, the fog." I had a very bad feeling about this.

"Is she -"

"No," I interrupted him. "If she was dead I couldn't even see the fog. It would just be black, like someone had turned off a television. She's alive but I don't know what type of condition she's in." There was a really long pause then I heard some rustling on the other line.

"Okay, I'm on my way. Keep looking for her, it might just be temporary."

The call was ended and I sat in a daze, still not being able to see my best-friend. I threw my arms around Jasper's neck and clung to him tightly. "Jasper I'm scared."

"Believe me, I know. You're so frightened that I can barely make a dent in it." He spoke quietly into my ear and ran a hand down my short hair soothingly.

I pulled away from him suddenly and lunged into my closet. "I know what I need to do."

"Alice?" he said worried and watched from the doorway of our walk-in closet.

"I'm going to Forks."

Chapter End Notes:

I hope everyone isn't mad at me for what I did to Bella. I'll redeem myself later, I hope.

If Bella isn't dead than what does the fog mean?