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A/N: Well, the big move is upon me. EEEEK!!! So, at this point in the story, we are almost to the prologue events, which also means that the story is almost over. But I m already formulating a new story. Thank you to my amazing beta, oceanwaters2006. Thank you for working so hard to take care of my horrible punctuation and still be able to do all of your school stuff. You truly are super woman!

THIS CHAPTER IS A LOT SHORTER THAN MY USUAL! I M SORRY TO CUT IT SHORT, BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE I LEFT FOR PHOENIX!

Chapter 17-

The days flew by. Edward and I had spent days staking out random abandoned buildings to no avail. I could feel the hopes of ever catching the bastards start to slip from my grasp. Emmett and Tanya were still hard at work and producing leads, but each one had come to a dead end thus far. The endless mountains of paperwork were slowly stealing my sanity. Yet, here I was, sitting on the floor of another empty building, hoping that I would finally be able to get revenge. Everyday, I had to put a smile on my face and act like I had fallen in line with everyone. It killed me to lie to Edward and Charlie, but I had to do it. I wouldn't let these assholes get off easy by sitting in prison.

I looked down at the streets below. The area around Lincoln Park was a bit shady. It scared even me, and I have a gun.

Still no sightings.

Edward nodded at me and diligently wrote in his notebook.

He looks so cute when he s concentrating.

My phone began vibrating in my pocket. Grabbing it, I saw a new text message from Emmett.

We have a new lead. You two need to get out of Lincoln Park and go over to Eastern Market. I ll forward the address in just a minute.

-Emmett

We're on our way.

-Bella

"Change of plans. We need to get over to Eastern Market. Emmett found a lead."

"Good. Let's hope this one isn't another dead end."

"I can agree with you on that."

~*~

I killed the headlights to the suburban. The neighborhood looked beyond shady. I could hear sirens and gunshots in the distance. This definitely seemed like the type of place for some illegal activity to be going on. I looked around and didn t see anyone out on the streets. All of the buildings were dark and most of the windows were broken out on them.

"Definitely shady."

"No doubt. Okay Bells, should we stay in here or try to scope out a building?"

"Let's stay in here and watch for any activity for a few hours. If we don't see any activity in any of the surrounding buildings, we ll move over to one of them."

And so the wait begins.

~*~

Edward and I had been outside of the abandoned buildings for three hours when it finally happened. We finally saw some activity one of the abandoned warehouses. A black van pulled up into the narrow alley way in between two of the warehouses.

"Edward, do you think that s the same van?"

"It sure looks like it."

"We need to find a way to get closer."

"Oh hell no! We are not doing this again. We are staying in here. We can see what they are doing from here with our binoculars."

I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Fine."

I grabbed my binoculars and I saw one of the side doors open on the building. Three shadowed figures came out to the van and met with the driver. Even with the night vision setting on my binoculars, I couldn t make out any faces. I could hear the metallic creak of the van door opening. When the door was completely open, I could see dozens of boxes in the van.

"Do you see those boxes? My voice was only a low whisper at this point."

"Yes. They must be getting ready to go full force if they are stocking up that much."

"We're going to need more than just you and I on this."

I pulled the binoculars away from my eyes and looked over at Edward and saw him nodding his head in agreement. We waited until the alley was cleared and we left to go back to headquarters. I smiled to myself, knowing that my time to act was fast approaching.

~*~

"Agent Swan and Agent Cullen believe they have found the location where they are making the virus. But they have also informed me that they believe they will need another agent in the field with them to complete this mission successfully. That being said, Agent Denali has asked to be put in the field on this case. The three of you will need to try and infiltrate the building tonight. We don t know how much time we have, so we will need to act quickly and intelligently. The purpose of your mission tonight is to gather intell. Agent McCarty has blueprints of the warehouse. The three of you will need to memorize the layout. Once you gather any information, report back to me. And remember, we want them alive for questioning."

Charlie looked pointedly at me and left the briefing room. Emmett handed me a roll of paper and smiled at me.

"Try not to get shot again, Bells. If you get shot twice before I get shot once, I will be so pissed."

"I'll try, Em. Thanks."

Tanya came up to Edward and I with an unsettling smile on her face. I hadn t dealt with her much since she was put on the case, but there was something about her that was somewhat unsettling.

"Hi, I m Tanya Denali. I haven t formally introduced myself."

She shot her hand out and grabbed mine, shaking it forcefully. She did the same to Edward.

"I m Bella Swan and this is Edward Cullen. It s nice to meet you."

"Likewise. I m really looking forward to working with you two. From what I hear, you re two of the best agents we have."

"Thanks. Glad to have you on with us. Edward and I could really use the extra back up."

Edward smiled at her politely and went back to writing in his notebook. I unrolled the blueprints and the three of us got to work memorizing the layout and formulating a plan of action. The whole time we were planning, I knew I would get my revenge tonight. Tonight may also be my last.

~*~

The SUV slowed to a stop. We were about a block away from the warehouse. The three of us got out of the SUV and quickly made out way into the shadows of the alley. Edward signaled for me to move to his right and for Tanya to move to his right. Tanya was going to take the west entrance, Edward was going to cover the south, and I was on the east. I was adamant about taking the east entrance since that s where all of the people had come out last night. I was ready for a fight and I knew I would have a better chance of taking out a few people before Edward and Tanya met up with me.

The three of us continued along side of the warehouse. Tanya fell into place at the west and Edward and I continued to our sides. Once we came up to the south entrance, I looked Edward over one last time. I didn t know if this was the last time I would see him. I began to walk towards the east entrance when I stopped in my tracks, turned around and pulled Edward into what might be my last kiss. I poured my heart into this one kiss. Everything I felt for him that I couldn t put into words, I showed him through this kiss. Pulling away, I looked into his beautiful green eyes and smiled sadly. I mouthed I love you , and he did the same.

I continued on my path to the east entrance. The alley was deserted. The metal door in front of me might be problematic. I wasn t sure if it would make any noise. I grabbed the handle firmly in my hand and began to slowly open it. To my relief, the door didn t make a sound. I opened the door enough to peek my head in. I could see a light down a hallway and there was no one to be seen. I snaked my body through the small opening and quickly looked around for something to hide behind. The little alcove by the door would serve nicely as a hiding place until I was sure there was no one around. I slowed my breathing and listened. I could hear voices in the distance. I looked down the hallway in the direction that the voices were coming from. There was still no one in sight. I pulled my gun from my holster and began to creep down the hallway. The voices became louder and I could make out some of the words. It sounded like they were discussing the best way to attack and how they could get more people interested in the virus. I could make out three male voices and one female voice. I was still moving down the hallway when something caught my eye. The room across from me had several computers in it. I looked around again and looked into the room. There was one man with his back to me. He would be easy to dispose of.

The door quietly opened and I slowly snuck up behind the man. By the time he caught my reflection in the computer screen, it was to late. My hands shot out and jerked his head to the side. I heard the bones in his neck snap with a sickening crunch. He slumped to the floor and didn t move. The room was empty now. My eyes shot to the computer. The screen was filled with words and diagrams.

I scanned though the information quickly and then something caught my eye. Two different formula patterns were displayed. The chemical compositions were different from each other. One was labeled with a V and the other was labeled AV. My heart began to beat faster. I looked around the desk and found a USB drive sitting beside the keyboard. I plugged the drive into the tower and began placing the files into it. The seconds it took to move the files felt like hours. The computer let out a soft ding when the files where done transferring. I pulled the USB out of the tower and began typing on the keyboard.

I'll thank Jasper for teaching me all of this computer stuff if I make it out of here.

Windows began to pop up on the screen and I kept typing. The screen went black and a random pattern of numbers and letters came up. My fingers moved quickly and I hit enter. The screen had a flash of color and then blank. I smiled to myself. The hard drive had been fried. I began to work on the other computers in the room. I didn t know if they had anything backed up, but I was going to make sure that all of the computers within their reach were obliterated. After a few minutes, all of the computers were fried. I put the USB drive in my pocket and looked out in the hallway again. Still no one. The voices were still in the distance and I started to move towards them again.

I looked into every room as I went by. Each room had only a chair and a table in it. I was examining a room when I heard something behind me. I ducked into an empty room and squatted down. I saw a shadowed figure moving slowly down the hall. My eyes stopped on the familiar strawberry blonde hair.

Tanya

In a loud whisper I said her name. Her head snapped in my direction and she froze. I waved her into the room with me. She hurriedly moved into the room and squatted beside me.

"Did you find anything?"

"I did. I found the files on their computers. It s the formula for the virus and the anti virus."

"What did you do with it?"

"I put it on a USB drive and fried the computers."

Tanya slowly nodded her head and looked out into the hallway.

"We should get out of here then. If we have the files, we don t need to be here. Let s get Edward and get out of here."

There was something in her voice. Some weird strain to it.

I inwardly swore. I didn t want to leave yet. I wanted to go after the fuckers that tried to kill Alice. I didn t want to give them another day on this planet. But I knew I couldn t come up with a reason to stay without giving myself away. I peeked into the hallway before we made our way to the rendezvous point. The south entrance came into view. I smiled as I saw Edward crouched by the door. Edward began to stand when a loud blast echoed through the building. Another blast sounded, followed by another. I watched in horror as Edward slumped to the ground. I wanted to scream, but my voice was stuck in my throat. I lowered my self and moved quickly to Edward s side. Blood was pouring out from his abdomen and arm. His eyes looked up at me. He began to move to try and get up. I wrapped an arm around his waist and Tanya moved to his other side to help hold him up. I pushed to door open and we stumbled onto the sidewalk. Edward s breathing was becoming labored.

"Edward, you re going to be fine. We re going to get you to the hospital."

We got to the SUV and I fell into the back with Edward. Tanya jumped into the drivers seat and sped off in the direction of the hospital. I began pushing down on the bullet wounds to try and slow the bleeding. I grabbed my phone from the front seat and dialed 911.

"This is Agent Swan. We have an agent down. Currently in route to Georgetown University Hospital. Multiple bullet wounds to the abdomen. We re driving a black Yukon, license place number R9204. ETA 15 minutes."

I handed the phone to Tanya and turned my attention back to Edward. He was losing color and his eyes were starting to droop closed.

"Edward! Stay with me. Keep your eyes open. We re almost to the hospital. You re going to be fine."

Edward looked up at me and gave me a half hearted smile.

"I love you, Bella. Don t ever forget that."

"Don t say goodbye. You re going to be fine."

Edward smiled again and his eyes closed. His head dropped back to the floor and the smile slowly faded from his face. Tears began to stream down my cheeks and I felt my heart rip in half.

Chapter End Notes:

A/N: So like I said, sorry this is super short and a bit of a cliffie. But if you read the prologue, you know how this goes. I had to get this out and cut it short so I could get my computer packed. I am hoping I won t be without internet for too long in AZ. So, go ahead and head over to the thread on the forum and discuss. The link is in my profile ^_~ A special apology to my wonderful ff net readers, this chapter is a little messed up. I can't figure out my brother's computer. I had to copy my chapter from twilighted since ff net wouldn't recognize my chapter before i left. So please forgive the delay in posting and the weird punctation. I will get the next chapter done as soon as I can. I love you all!!!!!!!

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