Title: In Need of Rescue

Chapter 3: The Talk

The next day came as the buzzer went off. I got up to do my regular routine. A lot of people would stay on their sleeping mat in the mornings if it wasn't harvesting day. We were free to do whatever we wanted in the confines of our room.

Two guards walked in talking vampiric to each other. I noticed one of them being the man that was making me stare at him. He had some sort of fascination for me and I wasn't too pleased with that. While being sold out sounds pleasant, who knew what would be beyond these walls.

Of course he was cute, there was another guard here that was cute as well but I only saw him once in a while.

They looked around and then stared at me, I gulped and backed behind my mother. She tried to get me to act stronger than I am but it was pointless. I was still a child.

"Bugh." He said. That meant come. I gulped as my heart started to race.

My mom stood aside with everyone else. We were all confused at what was going on. If she were to say anything about this then everyone in here would get hurt.

I did as they said and followed, silently. I followed behind the two as they talked back and forth in low voices. I looked around the halls, I had never seen these halls before. They were no different than the other halls. I stopped when I saw a small crack. I tried to look out of the hole but couldn't see anything. It seemed black outside, was my mom lying to me? Was there really no such thing as a sun?

The walls were very thin, I could hear chants outside. The rioters always picked different spots to riot. They didn't like human farms. They would switch between English and Vampiric. Saying different phrases. I always wanted to lay one eye on these people who claimed that everything was wrong. I wanted to know who they were and thank them for their troubles. They always gave us hope when we heard the screaming through the walls, even if we didn't expect it to ever happen.

They brought me to a room where they closed the door behind me. They led me to a chair and forced me to sit as the two walked to a desk and sat down as if negotiating something.

The room was filled with still pictures. I had never seen them before but it amazed me. The color in them, which was more color than I had ever seen in my life. I noticed one of them had a yellow circle setting next to mountains. I was starting to wonder if that was the sun. It was closer than in my dreams. It looked like I could stand on that mountain and touch it. Yellow? I always pictured the sun to be a bright white light much like the bulbs we get in our room. Maybe that wasn't the sun.

The two would talk and occasionally look over at me but then go back to talking. I wondered what could possibly be said. What did I do to deserve anything they were talking about?

When they were done, the guard took out a thing from his pocket and handed paper to the other man. They shook hands and the guard that seemed to always stare at me brought me back to the cage and let me in. My mom hugged me immediately. Her eyes filled with tears, she wouldn't let go.

"Where'd they take you?" she asked.

"A room with bright colored pictures, they talked."

"I am just glad you are back." My mother said hugging me harder.

"Me too." I whispered.

"Thank you." My mother said bowing to the guard. "Thank you for not hurting my daughter." She said to him. Neither of us knew why they took me or if I did something wrong.

He looked confused and then quickly changed his facial expression and just nodded and walked off. I honestly don't know what happened between the two vampires. I was afraid to ask. All I knew was I was safe…for now

The rest of the day was filled with getting our basic meals and some of us who ran on the treadmills provided in the room. We sat around and waited for our lives to end. Many of us saw death as a treat and an adventure.

That night I was sleeping when I felt a cold hand lightly touch my shoulder. I tried to ignore it but the hand touched my shoulder again. I groggily looked up and was about to scream when the hand went over my mouth. "Sssh." He said then slowly lifted his hand up. "Come over here." He said making me follow him to the door.

He opened it and slid out and left me inside the cage. I was trying to figure out what he wanted when he opened his coat and showed me an apple. I hadn't seen fruit in a long time. It was a rare item around here. My mouth watered for such an item.

"Isabella right?" he asked.

I nodded not taking my eyes off the fruit. Just one bite, was that so much to ask for?

"Answer some questions and I will let you have this." I still stared at the food item. The only time they give you fresh fruit is if they are 'training' you. "Focus." He said harshly. I turned my attention on him. He was the guard that had an infatuation over me. I was starting to not see him as cute anymore and more of an infatuated stalker. "How long have you been here?"

"My whole life." I looked around at everyone else, I wanted the food. If the others woke up, they were older than me, taller than me. I wouldn't be able to fend them off.

"How old are you?" For a vampire, he spoke our language pretty well or maybe they all can speak it and they choose not too.

"Thirteen." He had a look that would make you want to be around him all the time. I think my mom said all vampires were like that though. She had told me to never trust one.

"Do you like it here?"

I was taken aback, what kind of question was that? Was it a trick question? I then shook my head, "I want to be free like the stories my mom tells me about."

"That life is done now." He said back. He handed me the apple and I sat down immediately and sucked down the food. I looked back up at the man who had a disgusted look on his face. I knew I didn't have manners like the elders did but none of us kids did, we sucked down our food as soon as we got it.

"Thank you." I said through bites. Fresh fruit, what a treat. "What are you here for?" I finally asked as I finished the fruit.

"I was hired here as a night guard."

"I was told to never trust the guards."

"What else were you told?"

"One woman that came here said that her whole group at another farm was killed because they were thinking of a rebellion. She got away because she was young at the time and they kept her out of the loop. That's so scary."

He nodded, "Yeah it is." The man put his hand through the bar and grabbed the core of the apple from me. "I will see you later Isabella." He said getting up and walking away.

I turned to the bars and practically threw myself on them trying to get to him, "What is your name?" I asked.

He returned looked me in the eyes somberly, "It would be best not to give my name." He tussled my short hair. They kept everyone's hair short because it was easier to manage.

"Will I see you again?" I asked.

"I am a guard every night now."

"Can you bring a pear tomorrow? I have never tried one."

He chuckled. "I will see what I can do. It does get odd when a vampire guard asks for human food."

"One more thing."

"What?"

"Thank you for everything. I like talking to someone other than family." I smiled, my mom said to never trust a vampire but this guy seemed nice enough.

He laughed, "Good to hear. Now back to bed with you. Also, don't tell anyone that I talked to you." He told me.

I nodded and walked over to my sleeping mat and lay down in it. I couldn't' sleep though. How could I when this man was so nice to me?

I went to bed that night knowing that this guard was watching over all of us all night long. It made me so happy. I felt hope for the first time.

I don't like to skip my other stories to write a certain one but you guys are so amazing at reviewing that I thought I would treat you by skipping the others and putting this one out again! I can't believe the feedback I get from this story, I actually was planning on canning it before the reviews flooded my inbox! Remember anything simple as good, bad, or something you would like to see or think is going to happen! I can't promise it will happen but I promise I will read them and think about it.

I might switch POV half way through, do you guys mind? I will try not to switch within the same chapter though and I won't rewrite a scene in another POV (I find those painful to read) but I might do flashbacks to the scene in the person's perspective…I don't know yet. I'm used to third person so it's odd writing in first person. Oh and I will slowly introduce the Cullens throughout the story (don't get mad at first if you deem them OOC cuz I promise it will work out)

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