CHAPTER TWO: I will find you

EDWARD

I smiled to myself at the thought that my Bella would be home in two days. It pained me to be away from her for any length of time. Two weeks was more than enough. It's not that I didn't want her to spend time with her mother; it was just that I couldn't bear to be away from my love.

The phone rang and I waltzed over to pick it up. As I picked it up I heard another voice in the background. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you, I just want to take you with me." He said. I was confused. Was Bella trying to trick me?

"Bella?" she didn't reply. My mind started to race, why would she not be answering?. "Bella? Are you there? Bella, answer me..." I huffed into the phone. What was going on? I heard a shuffling on the other end.

"Now..." the mysterious voice said.

"What are you doing? I'm not coming with you!" I heard my Bella say. Whatever was happening on the other end of the line frightened me, this was definitely not a joke. I hoped she would be okay. I should have moved quicker, but it felt as though my feet were glued to the floor. I was barely aware of the rest of my family listening to the conversation.

"BELLA?!" I shouted into the phone, from the other end, I could hear the phone being picked up.

"She's busy now buddy, so back off. Who is this anyway, you boyfriend, brother, what?" he said the last part to Bella. I growled to low for him to hear.

"Hey! Let me talk to..." Bella started to say.

"HUSH UP! You answer me!" He said loudly. I hoped Phil or Renee would hear him and come to the rescue. Why didn't she scream?

"He's my fiancé. Can I have the phone please?" She asked. I wanted to smile at the fiance thing; she had never used that word before.

"Like that's going to happen!" He said then the line went dead. I took a deep breath and turned to my family. Alice's face was blank.

"Her future has abruptly disappeared. But she's not going to die. It's like with the wolves." She said. I sprinted to the garage the rest of my family was following. I got into Carlisle's Vanquish as it was the fastest car and he, Alice, Jasper and Emmett got in with me. Esme and Rosalie were staying behind I guessed. In case she came back or something.

I sped down the freeway pushing the car to its limits, of course a flight would be quicker, but there was no way to tell when the next flight would be. My thoughts were flying all over the place, not to mention the thoughts of the others in the car. Alice was mumbling to herself about why she couldn't see the man. Was it because he too was a werewolf? Or did he have some ability that allowed him to block himself from Alice's view?

Carlisle tried to assure us that it would be easy to find Bella and her kidnapper, a mere human wouldn't be concerned with leaving a scent trail behind. Assuming Bella had been taken by a stranger could leave us in an awkward position, "Alice, would you..." I started,

"Already on it, Edward!" she spoke, the phone already to her ear.

"Hello? Who is this? Where is my Bella?!" A distressed Renee had answered the phone.

"Renee, it's Alice. Edward's sister. Do you know where Bella is?" she rushed out,

"No, she's gone! Her things are all over the place and she was shouting at somebody. They were gone before I got into the room!" she cried hysterically!

"Renee, listen to me! RENEE!" Alice shouted into the phone, all that was heard on the other end was a sniffle, "Have you called the police?"

"Yes, they're here, they haven't found anything, they're about to ask neighbours and search the area!" she moaned back, "I'm so scared, Alice, I just want my baby back!"

"We're on our way, we will find her, don't you worry about that!" Alice said and snapped the phone shut. Her mind was racing with possibilities.

I sped around other cars on the road and willed the car to go even faster. Speeding tickets be damned.

We arrived in record time in Florida. I really should have gotten a plane. Although it wouldn't make much difference, would it? I snuck inside Bella's room and found the scent. I followed it out the window and motioned for the others to follow me. I knew Bella's smell better than anybody else did.

I followed it easily. Jasper, Emmett, Alice and Carlisle were a few paces behind me. There was a small creek and I jumped it trying to find the scent again. It had already been almost three days since the phone call. I was petrified of losing her. I could never live without my love. She was my angel and sunshine. Alice and Jasper went down one way of the creek trying to find the scent. Carlisle, Emmett and I went the other way. We went through the whole creek and back and met up the Alice and Jasper.

"Nothing." She said. My head fell.

"We have to keep looking." I said.

"Son, we have looked. We checked the whole length of the creek, both ways twice Edward. Her scent isn't there." I growled at Carlisle. Then apologized.

"I can't live without her; you have to help me find her." I pleaded.

"I'm with you dude!" Emmett said while clapping me on the back. Alice nodded as well. Jasper agreed because he would be with Alice and he wanted me to be happy. He still felt like he owed her something after her 18th birthday. He was thinking the same thing.

We went back and looked for signs of a struggle in Bella's room, the only evidence that anything was amiss were her clothes thrown around the room. Alice hadn't seen anything from Bella and it was scaring her, it isn't like Alice not to know. I guessed the intruder had come in and taken a few of her things and then taken her with him. He was a vampire that was for sure, the scent was obvious to us.

I talked to Renee about it. She was just as distraught as I was. I comforted her and promised her that Bella would be okay. Wherever she was. I couldn't let her disappear off the face of the earth, I wouldn't. I would find her. Even if I had to search for eternity. I would find her.

Six Months Later

I came back from my daydream. It had been a good one. Bella and I were lying in our meadow together. I had my arms wrapped around her body. She had fallen asleep and I had watched her, just like I had so many other times.

As I arose from this alternate reality I realised I was mistaken, that there was no more Bella that she wasn't here with me. She was far, far away. I looked down at my hands. I sucked in deep breaths, willing myself not to dry sob. I wouldn't cry, not yet.

I stayed in my room all day and all night. I hadn't hunted in two weeks. I would have to go out and do it soon. My family was worried about me, they all knew why.

We had moved from Forks about a month after Bella had been taken away. I made sure Charlie had my phone number so if she was back there, he could call me. I even asked for Jacob to hold a truce with us. He had agreed to me that he would help look for her up north. He said if there was a change or they caught the scent, he would tell me.

Our coven or family, whatever you want to call it, it didn't matter, had moved to Brecon, England. I honestly didn't see the point, but it did rain a lot. I still searched for any sign of her here. Alice saw glimpses of Bella, nothing to define her location or much else about her other than the fact that she was alive. Well as alive as a vampire could be. That was the only other definite that Alice could see. Bella was no longer human, whoever had taken her, had taken her humanity away. Far too soon.

My sunshine was gone. I needed her so badly. Carlisle came upstairs to my room and knocked lightly. I didn't answer. I had been so terrible to my family, they were trying to help, just couldn't find any way to.

"Edward, I'm going to head into town to the hospital there to sort some things out, would you like to join me?" He asked. I couldn't be around people when I hadn't hunted for so long, I may just lose my control. As much as I wanted to continue living as normally as I could, being without Bella made that impossible.

Carlisle's new job was in the Brecon War Memorial Hospital. We lived in a small town outside of Brecon, it was called Afon Cynrig. Carlisle didn't really have to go that far to get to work, just into town.

I shook my head no. "Oh. Well okay. When I get back I'm going to head over to the woods to hunt. Edward you need to hunt." He said to me, "I know you don't want to. But it...well it makes your senses stronger too. It will help with...well with..."

"You don't have to be nice about it! Just spit it out, Carlisle!" I shouted angrily. I knew I was way out of line, but I didn't care. Bella was right; I was grumpy when I was hungry.

"Edward..." Carlisle said trailing off.

"I can't deal with this any longer! I'm out of here!" I said. I ran across my room and grabbed a bag and I filled it with clothes and grabbed my car keys.

I ran down to the garage and got into my car. I didn't like this car; it wasn't mine and there was none of Bella's scent in it, that had been a comfort in my Volvo. I sped off out of the house. I had no idea where I was going; all I knew was that I couldn't handle living like this anymore.

Everybody was always trying to be so nice to me. I hated it. Couldn't they just understand that by not talking about her it was just making it worse? I wanted to talk about her that was all I had left. I was aware that there was a car following me, it was Alice.

"Go away Alice, I just want to be alone! I'm not going to do something stupid or run off to Italy! I know what you're thinking. Just leave me ALONE!" I said loudly. I saw her back off and turn around. I just kept on going.

At least she sort of understood my pain. She and Bella were best friends, but Alice didn't love her like I did. Nobody loved her like I did.

We were close to Italy that was why Alice thought I would be going there. I'm not that stupid. I probably wouldn't get away by myself again. I would probably beg them to help me get my love back. I shook my head at the thought.

I needed to be far away from them. I knew Bella wasn't here. I needed to be where she was, even if I didn't know where that was yet.

Once I got to the edge of the United Kingdom I drove through the English Channel tunnel and ended up in France. (AN: I know that you can't drive through the tunnel, I made it up!) There was a pang in my dead heart.

Flashback (This segment belongs solely to Stephanie Meyer)

"He began to make better use of his time. He'd always been intelligent, eager to learn. Now he had unlimited time before him. He studied by night, planned by day. He swam to France and-" I said but Bella cut me off.

"He swam to France?" She said astounded.

"People swim the Channel all the time, Bella," I reminded her patiently.

"That's true, I guess. It just sounded funny in that context. Go on." She urged.

"Swimming is easy for us-"

"Everything is easy for you," She said. I was amused by this. I was still waiting for her to stop interrupting. Although I liked the sound of her voice.

"I won't interrupt again, I promise." She said. I chuckled and finished my sentence.

"Because, technically, we don't need to breathe."

"You-"

"No, you promised." I laughed again, putting one of my fingers so carefully against her full pink, warm lips. "Do you want to hear the story or not?" I said

"You can't spring something like that on me, and then expect me not to say anything," She mumbled against my finger. I moved my hand to rest it on her neck.

End of flashback

I pulled the car to a stop once I entered France. That day, after she had met my vampire family, I knew she loved me for real, because she had not run away screaming as she went, like I had predicted. I sighed and started moving again.

I ended up driving all the way to Turkey. I pulled in at a hotel. It was around eight o'clock here and I needed to have a place to spend the night. I really, really needed to hunt. I paid for a room and went upstairs.

I shuddered as I heard the thoughts of the desk lady, way to inappropriate for my liking. Tomorrow, I would drive to Egypt, and then throughout Africa. I don't know why, but I had a feeling about Africa. I was probably wrong. Bella and her kidnapper were probably still in America for all I knew. I sighed and went out to hunt. Lucky there was a small forest near the place I was staying. It felt good to have a full stomach, and a non-parched throat.

I went back to my room and started humming through songs I knew. I was away from my family; they would never know I had started to cry. As a vampire cries. I had sobbed after Bella's lullaby came into my head.

God, I missed her so much. Maybe I would find her soon, maybe not. I hoped it was not the latter.

AN: Okay, chapter number two has been edited. Hope you all enjoyed! Any questions or comments, let me know! Would love to hear what you think. Will try and get the next few chapters edited as soon as I can!

Nickynoo!