Chapter 16

ALICE'S POV

I was really starting to worry about Edward. He'd been gone for 2 weeks with not even a phone call to tell us where he was. He was so selfish sometimes. Emmett and I hadn't even gone to Isle Esme yet because we wanted to hear news, in case there was any.

So our honeymoon had been ruined and Edward was going to pay for that. All excitement about the wedding had fizzled a long time ago, and I was upset. Emmett always tried to cheer me up but nothing seemed to work. The pain Edward was putting us through.....

We were all sat in the living room staring at the phone.

"A watched phone never rings." Carlisle said. We looked away. Emmett switched the TV on. We weren't really watching it though.

The phone rang. We all jumped. Esme grabbed it.

"Hello?"

"Esme?"

"Bella? Oh dear, are you OK?"

"Of course Esme. Is he... Edward, is he back?"

"I'm afraid not love, we've not even had a phone call."

"Oh... Well I'd better go in case he's trying to get through."

"OK love, we'll ring if anything happens."

She put the phone down and sighed. "It was Bella."

We nodded and watched TV again.

Emmett stood up. "I can't stand any more of this. I'm going out. Alice, love, are you coming?"

I shook my head. "I feel tired, odd as it may sound."

He nodded and kissed my hand. "I won't be long." He jumped out the window and winked at me.

Carlisle clicked his tongue a few times and grabbed the newspaper. "Wild beasts are lurking around Forks."

"Probably werewolves dear." Esme whispered.

Carlisle nodded. "They're not killing anyone, just leaving massive footprints everywhere."

Esme chuckled. "People worry about nothing." Carlisle sniffed.

The hours rolled by and nothing happened. Emmett wasn't back yet, neither was Edward. We were sat exactly how we were sat a few hours ago.

Another hour.

And another.

It was 10pm and Emmett was still not back.

I rang him.

"Come on, pick up Em." I muttered. He wasn't answering.

I sighed and threw the phone on the floor,

"He's not answering."

"Maybe he's found Edward." Esme soothed.

"I don't think so. I'm going to find him."

"We'll come with you. We don't want everyone going missing." Carlisle grumbled. We grabbed our coats (not that we needed them) and got in Carlisle's car. He drove into the center of Forks, then around backstreets. I tried to smell Emmett, but got nothing.

"I can't take anymore of this. Carlisle take us home." Esme said.

Carlisle took us home.

EMMETT'S POV

Darkness. All I could see was darkness. And a light. The light was coming towards me. It soon lit up the whole room.

I felt weak and couldn't even break the handcuffs that were around my wrists. They had drank my blood. Most of it.

A face came right up against mine, Aro.

"Emmett. I didn't want to have to do this, but your wife would not come with us. It's hardly fair that you get her and we don't. So we had to do something about it. This is that something. Soon she will come crawling to us, begging us to kill her. I saw it in one of her visions. You see, it was a mistake to let me dance with her at your wedding. I could see everything in her head. Her weaknesses, you, her family, her friends. Visions. She's very handy you know. You should be proud." He smiled.

"I am proud. And I'm not letting you have her." I whispered. His smile disappeared. He slapped me.

"MARCUS!" he shouted.

Marcus strolled in and grinned at me. "Emmett." He licked his lips. "I must say, your blood was lovely to drink. I may have to have more." He smiled again.

"Patience Marcus. We will when the plan has been followed out. This is only part one."

Marcus grunted and kicked my foot.

They both walked out the room.

I looked around. It was a stone dungeon, now lit with fiery lights. Water was dripping onto the floor and blood had stained the walls. It smelt disgusting and you could sense all the torture that had happened in here over the years.

I whimpered and regretted it. My throat was sore. I needed blood. I was going to die if I didn't get some soon. My phone rang. I tried to reach it but failed.

I shut my eyes and wished I could muster up the energy to break free.

I suddenly felt a surge of energy. I took advantage of it and broke the handcuffs. I gathered myself together and hoisted myself up.

(A/N Muse- Unnatural Selection would be playing. If it was a film :) Which i doubt it ever will be)

I ran out the open door and ran down the stone corridors. It was cold. Even for me it was cold. Footsteps. I hid in the shadows and waited for the person to pass. They stopped. They must smell me. I could hear the persons heart beating and the blood pumping around the body. Something I hadn't been able to sense in a long time. I jumped out and wrestled the body to the ground. A human. I bit into the neck and drank deeply until the thirst was quenched. I dropped the body. There was no time to think about the person, I needed energy and that was the only way I would have been able to get it. Carlisle would have wanted me to do it.

I carried down the corridor and went into shadows. I decided to hide here for a while, until I got found. I crawled deeper into the shadows and planned to stay there for quite some time. Until my energy had been fully restored.