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Isabella Black Chapter 10

My eyes fluttered open and there was this dull pain in my stomach. I wasn't sure where I was and realization set in as my blurry vision came into focus. More tears began to slide slowly and silently down my cheeks. I stayed quiet because my throat hurt too much to sob, and I was still tied to the bed and gagged.

I was really cold and when the smell of dried blood traveled up my nose making me nauseous again I realized I wasn't wearing a shirt and remembered why. I found myself wishing she would just kill me and get it over with instead of drawing it out. I couldn't take the pain.

The door suddenly burst open and the flame red haired vampire walked in sending a very cold wind an several flakes of snow traveling behind her. The tears flowed faster and I begged silently for her not to touch me again.

"Oh good, your awake," She hissed evilly and I shuddered. Her voice was like venom coursing through my body and I knew eventually it would reach my heart and kill me. Only when my heart stopped I wouldn't be waking back up. A part of me wished she would bite me and turn me into one of them just so I could set eyes on my beloved Jacob again.

However, I knew that if she did decide to change me Jacob would no longer love me, and if he did it would be forbidden by the other members of the pack. It just wasn't an option. I hadn't even had a chance to talk to Edward and his family since they had been back either. So, even if Victoria changed me I would have nobody to turn to. I might as well die.

I would give anything for Jacob to come bursting through that door, but the last time I made a wish it didn't come true so why bother now?

Victoria came over and kneeled down at my side. "Your precious Edward is going to miss you dearly, but I'm going to make him wish he was dead. If he really loves you like I think he does, he won't want to live…even more so when I tell him how much pain you were in, how you screamed, and how you begged to die."

Her hideous cackle washed over me making the hairs on my arm stand straight up. Did she not know that me and Edward weren't together anymore, that the whole family had left me to suffer in Forks. That was until my personal sun came out and washed all of my cloudiness, and depression away.

I would be forever thankful for Jacob. He had been there when I had needed him and he hadn't asked question or demanded anything. We had both fallen in love with each other even if I was a little slower than him. My heart ached at the fact that I would be leaving him, Charlie, and my mom alone. The rest of the pack had grown fond of me too as I to them. The Cullen's were particularly fond of me as well, and since they were back they would be informed when my body was found or when I never came home.

I knew Alice would freak out the most. I hadn't even had a chance to see her yet. I loved her to death, but there was only one person I wanted to see right now. If I hadn't of lied to the love of my life and gone out on my own when I knew there was a risk I probably wouldn't be in this situation right now.

Now I wasn't going to be able to tell him that I love him anymore. It's a shame it had taken being kidnapped by Victoria to realize that I wanted to be with Jacob forever. I wasn't even going to get a chance to tell him that.

I had forgotten about Victoria for a minute until I saw light glint off something metal in the air. It was a blade, and it was attached to a silver and black handle, which was in Victoria's hand. It was hovering over me. My eyes squeezed tightly shut and I waited for the pain that was sure to come.

I bit my tongue as I felt the sharp blade make several slices in my upper arm causing me to bleed once more. I tried hard not to scream and when the blade made the first cut my mind went blank except for Jacob's face. If I concentrated on him and the love we both felt for each other then the pain wasn't so bad.

Just as I had that thought I heard Victoria's screeching voice in my ear screaming, "This is for James!" I didn't even open my eyes because I didn't want to know what would happen next, but I felt it instead. The small thin blade plunged into the bottom right side of my abdomen.

It was so excruciating that I screamed out loud and started to tremble. "This is for the pain your precious Edward caused me!" I felt her twist the blade while it was still inside of me and I screamed again sobbing through the pain in my throat. I tried to speak but the gag drowned it out.

"What's that?" Victoria asked. Then she untied and removed the gag looking down at me.

I couldn't take it anymore. "P-please! Please just kill me!"

"Why would I want to do that when torturing you is so much sweeter." She laughed that hideous laugh of hers and I wanted to die even more.

"Just please!" I screamed at her as she jerked the knife out of the wound side ways and I screamed and cried more. I choked out the words, "Kill me." I cringed when I saw her lick the knife clean. Then she thought for a moment and then answered me.

"Well, I would absolutely love to continue this torture, but I do have to get back," Victoria said and then she raised the knife a few inches above my chest.

Edward's POV

The pack and my family had been running for about an hour and a half when we crossed both Bella's and Victoria's scent. I knew the pack recognized the scent too when I heard Jacob's howl and the thoughts he conveyed to the rest of the pack. It was snowing, but none of us were cold on account of the wolves were warmer than normal and we are colder than normal.

Another ten minutes and the scent was so strong, we just had to figure out where the house was located. We all split up and searched frantically. Eventually Sam trotted over to me and all of the werewolves phased back to human form. When we gathered around Sam told us in a quiet voice that there was a valley through the rocks with a cabin at the bottom which was probably where they were at. So we all started fast walking toward the house.

We wanted to sneak up on them and not let Victoria know we were there. All of the sudden we heard someone scream and we started to run. We got to the cabin as another scream came and me and Jacob looked at each other, we knew it was Bella.

We had another five feet or so before we were on the porch and as we snuck up on the porch we heard Bella beg, "Kill me."

Then Victoria's words were washing over us as we proceeded to break down the door, "Well, I would absolutely love to continue this torture, but I do have to get back." The door came open under both mine and Jacobs weight and strength, and we walked in just in time to see Victoria holding a knife above Bella's chest.

Jacob's POV

"Oh my God! Bella!" Edward ran past me and in seconds he had tackled Victoria to the ground. I rushed to Bella's side and heard the knife go sliding across the room. "Bella Oh God you're hurt!" I automatically untied her. She was groaning in pain.

I heard Edward yell from his position on the floor holding down a squirming Victoria, "Alice! Get Jasper out of here, Bella is hurt," as the rest of the gang came rushing into the cabin. Alice automatically turned and fled back towards the house with Jasper.

Carlisle came in and rushed over checking Bella's wounds. I was crying and sobbing as I held onto Bella's hand. I never wanted to let her go ever again. In that moment I made a silent prayer to God that I would never leave her side again and I would always protect her no matter what.

When Carlisle touched her she moaned in pain and I cried harder. "Jake," She whispered my name. "Jake, please don't cry, it's not that bad."

"Bella, my love, how can you say that? You are hurt and it's my fault. I should've came over to check on you. I should have been more careful."

"Jake! It is not your fault." She moaned again from the pain.

"We all want to make sure Bella is OK, but I don't know how much longer I can hold this devil off." Edward was speaking and suddenly anger overtook the pain. All my anger for Victoria came crashing down. I got up seething with hatred.

"Rose," I said as calmly as possible and she stepped forward, "Can you and Esme and Carlisle please get Bella back to your house and make sure she is OK?" She nodded and her and Esme walked over to Carlisle. I heard Carlisle speaking.

"Her wounds are serious but the sooner I can treat them the better her outcome. I think she will make it though, but we have to leave now." They picked her up and were out of the room within seconds running back to Forks and to the house.

I turned to Sam next, "Send the youngest and newest wolves home, the rest of you can stay incase we should need your help, but you are to go outside and form a small circled perimeter while me and Edward take the devil's spawn outside." He nodded and then I walked over to Victoria who was trying to claw her way through Edward. The only thing she succeeded in doing was creating some bloodless scratches on his arms and chest.

"I'm going to rip you to pieces!" I spat the words out looking directly into her eyes. "What the hell did you think you were going to accomplish by killing my beloved Bella?" She looked at me confused for a second and then looked at Edward.

Addressing Edward she said, "She left you for the mutt?!" Her laughter rang out in the room.

Then Edward spoke calmly, but I could hear the depth of pain and remorse in his voice for his actions, "She did not leave me, I left her to protect her…from you!! Now I'm going to enjoy helping the mutt with your demise."

"Let's take her outside, I want to see her remains all over the white snow!" I grabbed one of her arms and Edward got up holding onto her other one. We pulled her to the door kicking and screaming.

"I should've killed her when I had the chance, I should have bitten that bitch!"

I smacked Victoria across the face for her comment and she hissed back at me trying to kick me. We dragged her to the center of the circle of vampires and werewolves in front of the house. I let go and Edward grabbed both of her arms holding them behind her back. He knew what I wanted and he knew my intentions. I walked up to Victoria and back handed the hell out of her seeing her head roll from side to side.

She used Edward to hold onto and managed to get one leg up and kicked me across the face scratching me with the heel of her boot. "OK, it's time for you to go to hell." I spat the words in her face.

I nodded at Edward and he kicked her in the back of her knees making her kneel down in the snow. "You know, I don't know what James ever saw in you, you don't deserve love! Everyone here plus more loves Bella, and you will never hurt her again!"

She looked up at me with malice in her eyes, "How does it feel to get the blood suckers left-over's?" She cackled and the sound was enough to make me want to vomit. Anger pulsed through every vein in my body and I snapped. I grabbed her head in both my hands and forced her to look into my eyes.

"I hope you rot in hell, bitch!" Was all I said before I squeezed and ripped her head clean off her shoulders and threw it on the ground.

I didn't want to be there anymore. I had to get out of there, get back to Bella. Looking at Edward I said, "Thank you for everything." He nodded his understanding and I spoke again, "Let's get back to Bella, they can finish her off and dispose of the remains." Edward dismissed Emmett who turned and ran back, then he let the rest of her go and we walked out of the circle.

"Make sure there is nothing left," I told the rest of the pack. They all started to phase and so did I, only me and Edward were heading back to the house.

We finally got there and I hesitated on the front porch as Edward entered the house. I guess he thought I would follow but a couple seconds later he came back out and told me I could come in. "Are you sure? I don't want to impose."

"She's your fiancée Jake. As much as I wish she was mine, I know that you love her like I do and that you would protect her and make her happy just as well. Come in and be by your fiancée's bed while she is recovering." He clapped me on the back and we both walked in the house.

Edward showed me upstairs and into a room that he said was his. Bella was laying on the bed covered with a sheet, and she had bandages on her arm. I was sure there were bandages other places and that she would've needed stitches. She was asleep and I grabbed her hand, I could've sworn her grip tightened slightly in mine.

Tears slid silently down my cheeks and I wanted to hold her and hug her tightly but I knew she was so fragile and delicate right now. Carlisle had said she would be fine, but my heart wouldn't stop breaking until she woke up and told me that I was who she wanted to be with.

I leaned over and kissed both her cheeks and her forehead before leaning back and resting my chin on the bed letting my eyes close. I never let go of her hand. I wasn't asleep, I just concentrated on her steady breathing. I sat there like that for hours.

Bella's POV

The last thing I remembered was seeing Jacobs face and then Carlisle was picking me up to take me back to Forks. The pain was too much and I passed out. I started to dream, having the same dream I had that night in the meadow.

I was running down the long hall and I couldn't get to the end. I felt like I was running forever, and I was sweating a panting and then all of the sudden I ran smack into a wall and stumbled backwards falling on my butt. I got up and walked up to the doors, without hesitating I went into the one with the wolf on the front of it.

When I got to the other side of the door is shut automatically. I looked around and noticed I was in a room watching what was going on. I was watching me standing in the center with Alice, Rose, and Emily fluffing the train on my wedding dress.

The image changed and I was walking down the aisle and I saw Edward standing at the end of the aisle with Sam and Jacob. Charlie was walking me down the aisle and he handed me off to Jacob. Then it hit me, we were all friends? Jacob and Edward? Alice and Emily?

That was it I didn't remember anything else but blackness and a dreamless sleep.

Edward's POV

I watched from the cracked door for a few minutes as Jacob worried over Bella and kept a vigil at her bedside. I was so jealous right now, but I knew I had no right to be. I had left her, and it killed me everyday, but I owed Jacob with my life for keeping Bella safe and saving her from me and my stupid mistakes.

At this point I was pretty sure Bella wouldn't even choose me, but she needed to get better first. I wasn't giving up though, not until she voices her decision. Either way though I had to come up with an idea of how to get along with Jacob. I would do it though if it meant I would get to be in Bella's life. I had to at least be friends with her.

It would hurt a lot if she didn't pick me, but I'd understand. Eventually I would get over it. No! I would never get over Bella, but I would get over the situation to move on as long as she was happy.

I had to quit thinking about this, I was only making myself more depressed. So, I went downstairs to go find the family in the living room.

Jacob's POV

I had been sitting there with her for so long I lost track of time. The all of the sudden she stirred in her sleep. Then I heard her say something. She had just said Edwards name. Oh God, I was so afraid that I was going to lose her. She was dreaming and whatever it had been about had Edward in it. Tears slid silently down my cheeks.

I was about to let go of her hand when suddenly my name came from those angel's lips. I smiled hoping that there was hope for me yet. I let go of her hand and kissed her forehead again and whispered my love for her in her ear. Then I walked silently from the room closing the door behind me.

I went out into the hall and started to walk down the stairs when an overwhelming mix of emotions came over me. I felt fear that Bella wouldn't pick me, or that she might not make it. I felt love for the woman I cared deeply about. I felt anger at the person or monster that harmed her. I felt guilt that I couldn't prevent her pain.

I slid down and sat on the top step of the stairs and my head fell in my hands. I started to sob and cry uncontrollably. I couldn't get myself under control as all of the feelings and emotions flowing through me suddenly started pouring out with my tears.

I had only one thought. I love you Bella!

Author's Note: I hope you liked this chapter. I hope their aren't too many mistakes I was falling asleep at 3 am falling asleep...sorry.

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