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Chapter 25 Putting an End To

∞Bella∞

I knew I wasn't awake because in my sleep my entire life passed by me in my dreams. Times from my first birthday where I was covered from head to toe in chocolate cake. My face concealed an innocent, beautiful smile while I looked adoringly at my parents as they sang 'Happy Birthday' and took pictures. Then it flashed to my first day of kindergarten - the first time my dad took me shooting - my mom trying to bake cookies with me - high school - my first date - camping trips in Phoenix- high school graduation - college graduation - leaving Phoenix - moving to Forks. And that's when my happy, beautiful dream turned into darkness.

The nightmare replayed everything that had happened since the first day I met Bree Newton. Hardly any of it was happy besides the times I would spend with Edward. Those were the good memories, but there were so few of those compared with the bad. It was overwhelming. My lungs felt constricted and I could feel my heart beat pick up pounding hard against my chest.

My nightmare turned to something unknown, something that I never had witnessed, but nonetheless was extremely horrifying.

Bright flames lit up the sky in Forks as the house was being smothered and broken down by flames. It was so bright I had to turn my face away from it. I then jerked my head back towards the flames and saw two figures, which were encased in flames; emerge from the now crumbling, fiery house. Their screams pierced my ears so much that I had to put my hands over my ears to muffle them. Both of them were running frantically around as they made their way towards me. I tried taking steps backwards, but instead of them getting further away they were approaching me faster. Once they were about 3 feet from me they halted their movements, stopped screaming and stared at me. Their eyes were no longer in their sockets, having been burned away. When their hollow eyes looked blankly into mine I screamed at the realization, these fiery figures were my parents. My hand flew to my mouth. The only sound came from the crackling of the fire and the sound of the house falling into ashes, crumbling to the ground.

Both of them standing there made me feel as if I was in Hell. The fire was licking at them in sharp shades of orange, yellow and reds, like the burning sun. I could feel the heat emanating off their bodies, the smell of iron and salt as their blood boiled, seeing their flesh melting, and falling off their bones. Seeing this I knew I was definitely in Hell.

They reached out towards me. I couldn't tell anymore which one was my dad or mom anymore. I backed away and was surprised this time that I was able to put some distance between us.

My steps halted when I heard them speak in unison. "Bella we will always love you."

Hell!

Everything went black.

oOOoOOo

Beep. Beep. Beep.

This sound was awfully familiar and I realized that it actually made me quite irritated. I was in the hospital. Again. I wondered how long I was out this time.

It was still black. I could hear the distinct sounds of the hospital in the background. I willed my body to move. First, I started with my toes. They wiggled. Then I rotated my ankles. Good. Then I wiggled my fingers. I felt myself smile. My eyes remained shut and I concentrated on sitting up. I put my hands flat against the bed and pushed. Bad idea. An electric current shot through my abdomen. The pain was agonizing and unbearable. It made me cry out in horror. My eyes shot open for the first time since being conscious and I fell back onto the bed trying to adjust to the brightness of the room. I clenched my stomach as I moaned, willing the pain to subside. I barely processed the footsteps as they entered the room.

"Bella?"

Edward's voice calmed me a little, but the pain was still there.

"Make the pain stop," I groaned.

He left the room. Why did he leave? Did he not hear me? I was in pain.

I squeezed my eyes shut and tried my best to control the pain.

Edward came back in. "Sorry, Bella, I had to get the nurse to get some more morphine. Jessica, hurry up."

Jessica? The same nurse I had the first time? I was in Forks.

I opened my eyes and looked up to see her injecting a syringe into my IV.

I looked over and saw Edward at the foot of my bed with a concerned look on his face. He was wearing green scrubs and his white lab coat. He was looking over at Jessica while he spoke.

"The morphine should start to work in a few minutes. It might make you a little sleepy, but you need your rest," he stated, then turned to the chart in his hands and started writing.

The pain subsided and my body released all the tension.

I sighed and brought my hand up to my head. I wanted to run my hands through my hair, but as soon my fingers grazed the top of my head I realized my hair was gone. It confirmed that everything that I had dreamed was real. And if was real, did that mean my parents were burning in Hell. I shook that thought from my head quickly. My parents were great people. They loved with their whole hearts and they loved me. I wasn't going to taint my memory of them by thinking they were burning in Hell. I closed my eyes and felt my unshed tears slide down my cheeks. When I opened them I saw Edward staring at me. He looked sad.

"Are you all right, Bella?"

I shook my head. "No, actually I am not. I am extremely confused right now. How did I get back to Forks? How longed have I been out?" I paused and groaned. "Please tell me I haven't been in a coma."

Edward smiled and all the sadness that was there before was gone.

"You truly amaze me. You have been through Hell and back, yet you still seem to be your old stubborn self. And sorry to tell you, but you have been in a coma. It was a drug induced coma. You suffered from a horrendous gunshot wound to your abdomen. He shot at close range. We had to remove one of your kidneys and part of your small intestines had to be removed. You lost a lot of blood. You have been out for a week. They had sent you to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, but my dad and I thought it would be better for you to be here home in Forks. So we had you transferred the day after your surgery by helicopter."

Tears ran down my face when he had mentioned Hell, my parents.

Edward came to my side and took my hand in both of his. "Bella, did I say something wrong?" He reached out and brushed the tears from my cheeks with his thumbs.

I sniffled. "Do you think my parents are in Hell?"

"What? What makes you think your parents are in Hell?"

"Edward, I had some crazy dreams. My entire life flashed before me. First, it was great and there were things that I never had remembered, but now I remember them." I let out a small chuckle. "And then it turned into an absolute nightmare." We sat there comfortably while I retold the story of the fire and my parents engulfed in it. He was patient and held my hands and I felt comforted. He also sat there and explained that all my crazy dreams were probably the side effect from the pain medication that they had me on.

"You know as well as I do your parents were upstanding, loving people and there is no way that they are in Hell. The only people that would go to Hell are people like Aro." I flinched when I heard his name.

As we sat there Edward filled me in on what happened after I was shot. Apparently Aro and his family tried to escape, but failed. When the FBI caught up with them Aro, his brother's and sister pulled their guns on them and they all were shot dead. Their entire henchman watched the showdown and they all knew they weren't protected anymore so a lot of them confessed to the crimes that they were ordered to do. They would be sentenced at a later date.

I revealed to Edward that I had completely felt naked without any hair, but he comforted me by telling me he thought it was quite sexy in a G.I. Jane sort of way. I just laughed and went with it. He kept rubbing my head and he said it felt like carpet. I punched him in the arm for that. He laughed, and then kissed me again.

As for the Newton's they got out alive and I was to be expecting them soon to visit.

Alice was safe and in good health along with her baby.

Edward also briefed me about Emmett and Jasper. They apparently were a part of the FBI team that rescued Lauren and Bree as well as Alice. I remembered while I was in Las Vegas that they were waiting for their new recruits to help with our numbers, but were never told their names. It was Emmett and Jasper. I knew they wouldn't be able to stay away since both of their loved ones were involved.

At the end of our conversation I was wiped out and the morphine was still buzzing away. Edward and I had moved positions and he was sitting with his back up against the bed with his arm over my shoulder. It was great to have him this close and to have the stress of our Vegas life tucked away. We kissed and reveled in each other's touch, happy to be alive and to have made it through Hell. As we were lip locked we heard a knock on the door. We pulled away from each other and looked at the door. The Newton's peered in with smiles on their faces. A complete opposite of what I had seen in the few months. And when I looked at them I knew that all the pain I had suffered through was worth it. Their young family was alive, happy and together.

During their visit they said their 'thank you' over and over again. I told them it was all worth it now that they were safe and had each other. They expressed that they had a lot of guilt for what had happened to themselves, my family as well as Edward's. I hoped that through their healing process that they would be able to let go their guilt. I wanted them to keep coming to visit me and hoped to spend some time with Bree, but they informed me that they had sold their store and they had to move. There was a lot of gossip going around Forks and they couldn't bear living here while they were trying to heal. They needed a fresh start and said that they were going to go live with family in Florida, but they would still send letters and keep in touch as much as they could.

It was sad for me to know that they were leaving, but I was still happy for them. It also made me think about my future. First thing I knew that I wanted to do was marry Edward, then rebuild my parents house- probably make a bigger version of it though- and change my career.

One year later.

My parent's house was rebuilt and very large. I was happy. The back yard was exquisite. Flowers were everywhere and I found out that Edward had a great green thumb.

We were getting married in two weeks in our back yard. I was beyond relieved and I was busy. Alice was busy helping me with the plans. She amazed me. She went to work, took care of her baby, Elizabeth and helped plan the wedding. I was so happy. Edward was happy. Carlisle insisted that I was like a daughter to him and wanted to walk me down the aisle. I cried at the realization that my own father couldn't do that, but I was happy to have Carlisle there and he did truly feel like a father to me.

Work was busy and I stayed on my feet all day long. Just a couple of days before our wedding I walked into the house and was greeted by Edward at the door. I smiled.

"Hey, I thought you had to work tonight."

He pulled me into a hug and kissed my nose as he ran his fingers through my hair. "I do, I was on my way out, but I had to see you before my long shift." He tapped my name tag. "I love you, Officer Swan."

I shook my head. "I love you too, but it's Chief Swan-Cullen to you." He smiled and silenced me with a kiss.

The End.