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Previously: Bella is tortured by Victoria, she then lets Riley have at her. Alice has a vision of Bella in pain then nothing but fog.

Chapter 3: Hell Has Frozen Over

Alice's Point of View

You know the situation is bad when even a vampire is terrified. It had taken me and Jasper three long, excruciating days to drive to an airport so we could fly to Washington. After almost a year we were finally back in the small, close knit town of Forks.

Nothing had changed. It was still the same cloudy, lazy, outdated town we left it in. it was the same town that caused my brother to finally come to life, the same town that had later demolished our family and devastated my brother.

To this day, I still thought leaving Bella was the worse thing we could do. And now that I couldn't see her, even when I tried, only solidified that thought. For the past three days I had spent every moment attempting to find even a glimpse of my best friend…nothing.

Jasper had tried on several occasions to calm me but my grief was too great that even my dear husband gave in frequently. Most of the time he would just hold me while on the plane or hold my hand while driving, while I cried tearlessly. Good thing there weren't any real tears or I would have ruined Jasper's shirt, heck with that, under the circumstanced, it can be ruined.

We pulled our rented Mercedes up to the Swan residence. Bella's monster of a truck was parked in the driveway and to my surprise; the police cruiser was parked behind it. It was only two in the afternoon, he shouldn't be home yet.

My uneasiness and dread rose as I exited the car, Jasper joined me and together we walked up to the door. I hesitated for a moment before knocking on the door. As soon as I rapped on the door there was a loud crashing sound from inside and I could make out the sound of feet hitting the floor rapidly. The door opened so rapidly that it pulled the air around me, stirring up my hair.

"Bells -" Charlie looked panicked and his eyes had black circles under them like he hadn't slept in a month. For lack of a better description, he looked like hell warmed over.

"Alice?"

I knew it was coming and accepted it. In the next instant, Charlie had wrapped his arms around my shoulders and he sobbed uncontrollably. After about a minute Charlie calmed down significantly, apparently Jasper had gotten fed up with Charlie's hanging on to me. Charlie straightened himself but kept his hands on my shoulders.

"Charlie, what happened? I have a bad feeling that something happened to Bella." I asked cautiously and Charlie looked like he was about to start crying again. From his reaction I could tell something had occurred to my best friend.

He pulled me inside and indicated for Jasper to follow. He sat me down on the couch while he sat down in front of me, Jasper stood behind me.

Charlie took a pained breath. "We don't know what happened? We don't even know where she is."

"WHAT?! What do you mean you don't know?" now I was in shock. I couldn't see her and no one knew where she was. Someone can't just fall off my radar like that. I knew she was alive but in what state was she? I could only see fog, which had never happened to me before. I was shaking my head violently, trying to will away the fact that my friend was missing.

"About two days ago, at breakfast, Bella mentioned celebrating a birthday and that she would be home in time for dinner. She had a genuine smile on her face for the first time since you all left." He stopped for a breath.

I felt my dead heart tighten. She wasn't happy, she never really smiled anymore. I warned him that this would happen.

"When she didn't return by ten I started to call around. No one had seen her. I called the station and they took down the information. Yesterday morning everyone started searching. We looked all over town, La Push, Port Angeles, no sign of her. We received a call later that evening from a hiker saying he had found a backpack then later he found a red Chevy truck. I think I broke the speed limit trying to get to his location. It was Bella's truck. The hiker showed us to the spot he found the backpack, but there was absolutely nothing in that field. No signs of a struggle, no blood, no foreign objects, nothing that would give us a clue to where she was." He paused as he searched for more words. "My deputy drove the truck back here then we went back to the station to put out the Amber Alert and make posters. I'm here right now, just in case she comes home."

I instantly wrapped my arms around Charlie's waist as I started to cry, I so wanted to shed tears right now, then maybe it would help me feel better. I felt Jasper touch my shoulder in hope of concentrating his calm wave through me directly. It helped but just a tad. I had so many questions to ask Charlie, that maybe together we could find Bella.

I pulled back to look into his miserable face. "Do you suppose she ran away?"

"No. if she wanted to do that I could see her going to the city or running south. Not to the middle of nowhere." Charlie shook his head slightly.

"Was she suicidal?" I was scared to hear the answer but I needed to know what frame of mind Bella was in when she went missing.

"Surprisingly no, when you guys left I feared she would resort to that -" his eyes narrowed as they focused on me. "Why are you here anyways, now of all times?"

I felt my chest constrict that her father was afraid that his only child would take her own life. And it was our fault entirely. He had failed to keep her safe like he had hoped, quite the opposite really. Instead of being killed by supernatural forces, she was endangering her own life. We had failed her in so many ways, and now I can't even check on her, all I see is that damn murkiness.

"Alice had a very terrible feeling that something was wrong with Bella. When she didn't answer the phone the other day the only option we had was to come check for ourselves. It appears she was right, unfortunately." Jasper's hands squeezed my shoulders as he answered Charlie's question.

I had a very fleeting vision or Charlie yelling at us and going into hysterics, this was about to turn ugly and I braced myself.

"Do any of you know how devastated my daughter was, is, when you left? For four months she barely ate, didn't talk, she stop listening to music, heck, she barely came out of her room. No one can even say his name around her without her freaking out. You all destroyed her, but your brother was the worse. They could have had a long distance relationship, letters, phone calls, visits. But no, he had to rip her heart out, chew on it then spit it back on the ground at her feet. She still isn't right, sure now she goes out and does things but I can tell her smile is forced. I still hear her screaming in the middle of the night, always calling out for him not to leave her. She'll wrap her arms around herself at the slightest reminder of him, it's like she's trying to keep herself from falling to pieces. I've been debating the idea of getting her some help, a psychiatrist or a facility. She refused vehemently not to return to Renee's; she wanted to remain her in case you decided to come back. She kept saying you all wouldn't do very well in LA then she would laugh cynically. I had no idea how attached she was to that boy till he left her and she went catatonic. I no longer have a daughter; I have a doll that looks like her. I see now that when you guys left, she lost her other family, her best friend…her reason for living." Charlie had his hands in his hair and he was tugging very hard. He then whispered his next sentence, "you could have stayed in touch with her."

I could have sworn I felt my motionless heart shattering as Charlie recounted the last nine months of what it was like with Bella. I didn't know what to say. Edward had hoped she would forget about him and move on to a happy, safe life with a human. She was far from happy and I'm sure, she was far from safe.

I tried to look into Charlie's downcast eyes but failed. I hugged him around the shoulders tightly. "I told him this would happen, that she wouldn't forget him, or couldn't rather. We had impacted her life as much as she did ours. Without her in our lives, our family has disintegrated, nearly everyone going in there own direction, not talking. I told him we should stay, that we should have stayed. He honestly believed that she would be safer away from him, that the reason she kept getting hurt was become of him -"

"She hurts herself walking between her room and the bathroom." Charlie interrupted.

"I told him that." I hung my head, on the verge of more sobs.

"And he still felt the need to completely devastate her?!" he snapped back.

"That wasn't his intention. He hoped she would find happiness again with another."

"He apparently doesn't know Bella very well than, if he thought she was some fickle girl who would attach herself to the next guy that came along. For as long as I can remember, once she found something she was passionate about she stuck with it. Ballet was Renee's idea and it didn't work out. She's passionate about reading and writing…and now that damn motorcycle -"

"WAIT, are you saying Bella's been riding a motorbike?" Jasper nearly shouted his question, stunned at the change Bella had made.

"Yes…she doesn't know that I knew already," Charlie's voice was rough as he glanced at me and Jasper. "I'm afraid that she's trying to find a way to let go…of everything."

The room fell silent and I started replaying in my mind everything that Charlie had said. Bella had gone missing a couple of days ago. A hiker had found her backpack in a field…

"Charlie, where did you say her stuff was found?" I looked at him curiously.

His eyes went wide at hearing my tone and question. "Her truck was parked on an old logging road outside of town and her backpack was found in a field a few miles east of it."

"What was in her bag?" I had a sinking suspicion.

"Just a blanket, a bottle of water and a dirty plate, why?" he eyed me suspiciously.

I couldn't believe I didn't see it sooner. "What day did Bella go missing?"

"June 20th. What does that have to do with anything?" Charlie was getting annoyed and you could hear the irritation in his voice.

"Bella was at their special place celebrating his birthday."

"Oh," was all Charlie said.

"But that still doesn't explain the fact that she's missing now." Jasper reminded me.

"Yeah, I know," I dropped my chin to my chest as I contemplated over the possibilities. I looked at Charlie hopefully. "Would it be alright if we went to the meadow and had a look around? Fresh eyes might be helpful."

"Sure, go for it. Just let me know if you find anything."

I stood up and gave Charlie a hug around his shoulders again. "Absolutely."

In the next few minutes we were in the car speeding down the road to where I had seen the meadow located in my vision over a year ago. Jasper let me drive so I wouldn't have to give him directions. In another ten minutes we were parked in the same spot as the truck had been yesterday.

We climbed out of the car and didn't sense or smell anything, apparently neither had Jasper.

"Let's head to the meadow." He said bluntly and took my hand and we ran into the forest.

He let me lead since I had seen it and we wouldn't get lost.

Once we emerged into the dry, desolate opening I was nearly knocked off my feet. The stench of werewolves was overwhelming. Jasper grabbed my shoulders and steadied me. Once he was certain I would stay upright he stalked cautiously into the middle of the clearing. His nose twitched several times as he walked around, searching for more scents.

"I can definitely smell Bella, her scent is mingled with another vampire's and they are both overlaid with several werewolves. Because of the wolves I can't tell in which direction she left in, or if she was alone, or even if she left willingly." Leave it to an army general to be the detective.

I immediately reached into my pocket for my phone and dialed Charlie's number.

"Hello?" his voice was panicked and hopeful.

"Sorry Charlie, its Alice." I could tell he was hoping I was Bella.

"Oh Alice, did you find anything new?"

"Maybe. Have there been any sightings of wolves lately?" I was dreading the answer.

"I'm not sure. We've had several hikers report about a large bear -"

"It wasn't a bear, it was wolves -"

"WHAT, how can you tell?" now he was fearful of what we had found.

"We've been around wolves, we've been working at the zoo in the wolves' enclosure, and we recognized the smell. Charlie, there is no sign of Bella. I think -"

"DON'T. SAY. IT." That was all he said before the line went dead.

Maybe it was a good thing. How was I supposed to tell him his daughter was possibly abducted by werewolves and killed? Or became a meal for a vampire? There were no words to explain any of this.

I fell to my knees and screamed at the top of my lungs. Jasper was by my side in a blink. I could feel his calming aura but it had no affect on me what so ever. The heaving weeping started then. I had no idea where my best friend was, she was lost to me. If only I hadn't listened to Edward, if only I had kept an eye on her, if only I hadn't left her behind as well.

I felt Jasper cradle me in his arms. "We should get back and inform everyone about this unfortunate occurrence." He whispered quietly into my hair before he sprinted into the trees.

I hadn't even noticed I was sitting in the car going down the road till we were almost to the SeaTac airport. My system was still in shock. If I felt like this way over my best friend, I knew it would be worse for Edward. The only thing I was happy about was the fact that he wasn't with us in Forks; even I couldn't picture what his reaction would have been. I know it will still be terrible when he watches it like a movie in my head, and I was scared.

???'s Point of View

I awoke on a pile of moldy fishnets. The smell was horrible and I thought I would vomit from the stench. I gazed around the small rundown room. I was alone, naked, and in a place I didn't know.

"Do you think three days is long enough for her to have recuperated some? I bet she needs some water. Humans need water." I heard a sultry baritone voice that was coming from outside the room I was in.

"I say we just kill her now and get it over with, then we can look for her mate -" Another male voice, but this one sounded younger.

"Not yet, I want some more information out of her before I kill her. Don't worry, she'll be dead by tonight." A woman's voice cut off the younger male.

Were they talking about me? Was I scheduled to die tonight?

I frantically looked around the room for some way to escape. The three people were outside so I couldn't very well go through the door and I'm sure they would hear me climbing out the window. All the boards on the wall were rotted but hey were still intact so removing one would be loud. My eyes then landed on the half submerged boat in the water.

I silently scooted over to the edge of the deck and looked over the water. It was only a foot below me and on the other side of the broken decomposing gate was the waterway that led out to the river.

If I was to survive, this was my only option.

I slowly and noiselessly sank into the tepid water. I was surprised when my feet touched the bottom and I wadded out though a crack in the gate. I was surprised again to see the rivers current was exceptionally fast. I decided instead of fighting the flow I would let the current take me as far away from this place as fast as it could. I slowly moved out toward the middle till the river trapped me in its strong clutches and threw me into the turbulent waters.

I think I had gone down river several miles when I heard the heartrending howl of a wolf from somewhere behind me.

I wasn't about to let three voices murder me for something I didn't do…I think.

Jacob's Point of View

I think it was maybe the third or fourth day I had spent tracking after Bella. I had left the pack behind to continue my search. Let them plan for all I care; I was going to find Bella, that was my plan.

I had run down the coast line till I hit the Pacific Ocean and I turned around to check the other direction. I was a few miles west of Port Angeles when I got a faint whiff of my target. I stopped dead in my tracks. I sniffed at the scent repeatedly to make sure it was her.

I found her scent get here NOW!

What, really? Where are you?

Just west of Port Angeles. HURRY!

Keep your fur on.

That was easy for Sam to say, his best friend hadn't been abducted by bloodsuckers. I silently stalked toward the lovely, floral fragrance that was mingled with a fowl, disgusting odor. I lay down on my belly and crept closer.

I became enraged when I say three leaches standing outside an old boathouse. They were discussing what they done to Bella and what they were still planning on doing to her.

Jake we're almost there. Don't do anything, just wait.

There are three leaches outside a boathouse. Bella is inside, they've been torturing her.

I heard several mental growls along with my own. I thought I was going to be sick when I heard the younger male describe how he had taken his turn torturing her. My poor, sweet, innocent Bella, she would never get over being…I couldn't even say the word. I hated to admit it but at least her leach had never taken liberties with her body by force.

Jake are you ready to take them down?

I want the blond! I snarled my statement.

Sure but why?

He…he…Bella…he… I knew even if I couldn't say the word they would know what I was talking about, gotta love a pack mind, sometimes.

Before I could attempt to finish my sentence the other four members of the pack had sprung from the trees, startling the vampires. The blond male was trying to protect the woman from Sam. I lunged for the blond, leaving the woman unprotected. I let Sam and Quil have at her. Paul and Embry were already dismembering the dark male.

The blond boy below me looked frighteningly up at me with his crimson eyes. He didn't look more than eighteen, twenty tops, pity. This boy had to have been new, he had no fighting skills what so ever and I made quick work of him.

After I was done with my revenge for Bella I looked around to see how the others were doing. Paul and Embry were already done and sat patiently, looking happy. Sam and Quil had just finished as well, making sure the pieces were very small, I think they went a little overboard, but they looked satisfied.

Get Bella.

They didn't have to tell me twice. I burst the door down, still in wolf form. I felt my heart stop as I looked around the empty room. I followed my nose to the pile of nets where Bella's scent was the strongest, and that's where it stayed. It didn't meander around the room or wonder off, her scent just stopped here, literally.

I had a sinking feeling I had lost her.

Chapter End Notes:

So, how was it?

How will Edward react to what Alice and Jasper learned about Bella? What will happen to Bella? Will she be safe now that the vamp trio is dog food?

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