Title: In Need of Rescue

Chapter 12: Another Cage

Bella's POV

The men had slammed me into a cage in the back of their car as they slammed the big metal door that now held me into the cage. I grabbed onto the door shaking it violently, of course, it didn't do anything. They turned around to look back as the actual rear door slammed shut. I was alone as I heard yelling from the outside. The windows were tinted and I could barely see outside but I did see enough to notice Edward yelling at the vampires. Their voices sound muffled behind the huge door. I tried to stand as the small cage forced me to sit on the floor.

Then there was another car door that slammed shut and I felt the van drive off. I didn't know what just happened, they came out of no where and then Edward came out screaming. I tried to fight back but humans are never strong enough to fight against a vampire. I still wore the collar given to me by Edward. It held his address on there, I was sure of it. Could I break out and find him? I thought about it but figured it was unlikely when I knew I wasn't strong enough to fight the vampires. On second thought, I couldn't read the address so I wouldn't get too far even if I was strong enough. I sat there all alone; there was nothing else I could do.

Not too long later, the van screeched to a stop and the back door was opened; they stuck in the metal rod through the cage doors and put it around my neck. They were speaking vampiric as they dragged me out of the cage. My knees were already scrapped up from them dragging me to the van when I fought back. This time I tried to go with them, knowing I couldn't win anyways. They were still walking too fast for me to keep up as I kept stumbling over myself to keep somewhat up to their speed. We walked through a double door, inside, it smelt like feces. I looked at all the cages where tons of different people were sitting against the wall, all looking at me as I was being dragged inside.

There were several humans in separate cages. They seemed to smile when they saw me being dragged in. I watched as certain ones came to the front of the cages. I tried to look away from them as I heard screams come from them all.

"Hey baby, you being bad?"

"Bring her this way; I will take care of her."

"The good ones are always the first to go bad."

"Shut it!" The man dragging me said. He opened a cage door and threw me in, unhooking the metal pole from me. I put out my hands to catch my fall as I felt my hands get scrapped against the cement. I looked around the dimly lit room at all the cages that were lined up. Luckily I had gotten my own place. Most of this place was all males. There was one other female who didn't look my way when I was looking around. The males looked so excited to have another female in the area. I sat against the wall, not knowing what was going on. This place was so dim compared to Edward's house. I wasn't used to it like I was back at the farm.

"Hey cutie, you should ask for a transfer this way." One of the men said. I gulped as I put my knees to my chest.

I had never talked to a human male before but if this was the way they acted, I didn't want to ever see one again. I didn't know what was going on. I felt a tear fall down my cheek as I looked around the dim place. I wanted to go back home. I wanted to see Edward again and see his crazy family. I wanted to learn new things from his life like if a rose can hurt you, I…I came to a realization. I no longer saw the farm as my house, nor the people there as my family. Yes, my mom was still there and yes, I wanted to see her.

However, my life, my home, my heart was at Edward's place. But it was illegal for humans and vampires to have more than a pet/owner relationship. I saw the door open as the same man came in, holding a bowl in his hands. He set it down in front of my cage door and slid open a little slit on the ground and put it in. I realized that it was water. That's when I realized just how thirsty I really was. I sat in the back though, afraid to get up.

I may have spent most of my life in a cage but I knew the people in that cage.

A little later, a female vampire came in with a huge cart filled with bowls. She looked like was twelve but it was obvious that she was much older than her physical age. Everyone seemed excited as they walked up to the front of the doors to take the bowl from her. She went to each one, speaking in vampiric as they took their bowls from her through the small slit on the ground.

"Hold your horses." She yelled at one of them in human. I watched her as she came over to my cage. "You're new." She said looking at the sheet they had put on the cage. "Poor thing, you have to put up with these bastards for five days. I can barely stand them for the twenty minutes that I'm in here."

"You love it Lizzy." One of the men screamed out.

"I told you not to call me that." The girl screamed back. She then muttered, "Ugh, the ugly men I work with say my name once and everyone here knows it for life. Here you are Bella, food." She said sliding the door and pushing it in.

I watched her as she stood in front of the cage.

"Go ahead eat." She said to me. I got up and slowly crawled to my food.

"Lizzy, how about a little salt and pepper next time?" One of the men yelled making me slow down my crawling.

"Cool it Luis. There's a reason why your owner gave you away. No manners."

"I'll show you manners if you come this way." She glowered at him as she then turned back to me. She bent down to my level as I still stayed close to the floor and bent down to the food. I noticed it as the kibble Edward had given me my first time at his house. I remember not caring for this.

"I know it isn't the best but it's only for five days. I promise." She smiled at me. She then turned back to start giving the rest of the people their food.

I ate some of it but left a good chunk in the bowl. I couldn't force myself to eat it all. I sat there, five days? This was going to be the longest five days of my life.

I was in the back of the cage, lying on the ground. I didn't know how long it had been since I was brought here. If they went on a basic feeding schedule as the last farm did, then we would eat twice a day. We had just had our fifth time eating so I would have to say that it was on the third day but I wasn't sure. There were no windows to prove that.

I looked up when I heard the cage door open. "Come on, you get to go outside and stretch and get away from these bastards for a bit." It was Lizzy who had talked to me. I walked toward the door and she held out a leash, hooking it to the collar. I walked behind her as the men still screamed their rash comments. Lizzy looked happy to be at her job. She always smiled, except when a human would comment to her. I was surprised with how happy she always looked compared to the job she had, most vampires despised working with humans.

She walked me out and I saw the sun once again. It was still so beautiful. She brought me over to a chain linked fence and opened it up and let me go in. "Have fun." She said walking off. I looked around; it was just a huge space. What was I supposed to do? I walked around, enjoying the sun. I found a ball on the ground as I picked it up, bouncing it on the ground repeatedly. It was fun but rather boring. Edward would always go outside either to watch me or to do something. I had helped him plant a flower called a mum not too long ago. They were right in his backyard. But here, I was alone.

The door was opened again and Lizzy had let another human in. I realized it as the other female that never talked. She always looked angry. She glared at Lizzy as she let out a small growl at the nice vampire. I thought Lizzy was great so I didn't understand why this human girl was so mean to her.

Lizzy ignored it as she closed the door and started to walk away. I saw the vampire stop not far off when car came to a stop in the parking lot. A man who looked to be a lot older got out and went up to her. He hugged her tightly as they shared a moment. I could tell instantly that he was her mate. He had come to see her while she was at work.

The girl came over to me. "You." She said, taking my view off of the two vampires.

"Hello." I said.

"I haven't been around another female in a long time. It has always just been the other males around. I'm normally out here alone. I own this place. I beat the men up. They're afraid of me now." I didn't know what she was getting at.

"Oh, alright." What was I supposed to say?

"So that ball you are playing with is mine." She said snatching it away from me.

I was stunned; I had never met another human that was so selfish. "Okay." I said walking off. At the farm, everything was everyone's. We didn't own anything.

"Stop walking right now."

"I can walk." I said to her. Why couldn't I walk?

"I say what you do!"

"You aren't the boss of me. You aren't my boss." I said back. Only vampires can tell me what to do.

"I will show you who the boss is." The girl ran at me. I tried to dodge out the way but it was pointless as she grabbed me by the hair dragging me to the ground. She started to punch me in the face repeatedly as I tried to move her off. She was much bigger than me though, it didn't help that I had no clue how to fight.

I felt my face getting broken in as I started to scream. I tried to get up but she sat right on me. Finally, after I don't know how long, I felt the girl get lifted off of me. I heard the fence rattle; the girl must have been thrown into the fence.

Lizzy held me in her arms as I struggled to make sure the other girl wasn't going to come after me again.

"I thought you would like to have someone of the same gender to be around, I was wrong." She yelled at the girl as I held onto Lizzy.

I coughed up some blood; it didn't taste good at all.

"Hold on Bella." She then whispered, "I'm going to be killed if a legal case dies." She said as she brought me inside. She took me into a back room where there was a huge amount of machines. She pushed a button and put a plastic thing over my mouth, it suddenly got easier to breath. There was a clock on the wall. "I'm so so sorry, I thought she would be nice. She came in here not liking humans but she never hurt the men this badly so I thought she was fine now." She kept saying sorry as she cleaned up my cuts. I felt her sewing some gashes up. Then she left.

I looked at the clock again; Edward had taught me how to tell time. I had been laying here for three hours by the time she was done with my cuts. I was no laying on a soft bed.

Just then the door busted open and I looked to see Edward coming in followed by the girl.

"Like I said, I'm sorry. I promise she will make a fine recovery. The bruises look worse than they are."

"That doesn't give you the right to allow this to happen." Edward growled out. He came toward me, I could tell he was quickly looking me over, making sure I wasn't anymore hurt than I looked.

The girl spoke in vampiric now as he answered back or was he asking questions and she was answering them? I couldn't tell.

He lightly touched my hand as I squeezed it. He seemed to smile at that. "How are you feeling?" He asked me brushing my hair from my forehead.

At that moment, the other vampire in the room didn't matter. "Alright."

"Nothing hurt?"

"My nose." I told him.

"She said it's broken but I assure you that it will heal itself." He told me. Of course it would be. My face was probably disfigured now, now he wouldn't want me in his house anymore.

"She will make a full recovery." The woman said as if to rectify everything that happened.

Edward growled at her. "She better or you will be paying for what you did. And I don't mean with money." He yelled at her as he still held my hand.

She looked down at our hands than back at him. He quickly pulled his hand away as he glared at her.

"If she is anymore damaged before the court date in two days then I will certainly make sure you feel it." He said, walking out of the room.

Two more days? I was so excited to hear that. Lizzy went over to the machine, pressing buttons. "I have never seen a vampire get so worked up over a pet." She muttered.

I couldn't help it, I was happy to hear that. It was nice to know that he was more worked up for me than would be normal.

She looked over at the clock, "Feeding time!" She sang as she left the room. I could hear the uproar from the other room as she started to hand out the dishes. I laid back, not wanting to eat. Two more days, that was it.

Yeah, I know, it's been way too long since I have updated. I had a huge exam today. I mean like three essays and five short answer (which turned out to be a paragraph each) exam. It was really harsh. I hope this longer chapter will exemplify me from being so late.

I got a lot of comments on the whole bathroom thing, haha, I know I tend to think differently. One person said they never thought of that (I take no offence if you think I'm weird). But I have another curve ball to throw at you guys. I thought about this carefully, this one could be a little touchy, at the very least embarrassing. If you don't want to read about it then please just review…well, a lot of people joke saying what do vampires do when girls are on their periods? I have to say one thing. If vampires are only attracted to live blood then it actually wouldn't bother them at all. A girl's period is dead blood that the body no longer needs. It will keep it inside the vagina for so long and then when it realizes there's no baby- the body releases it and thus girls have their periods. But seeing as how it is dead blood, I would say that if a vampire was real then it would actually be disgusted by the smell of period blood because it isn't live and therefore they would, in theory, want to get away from the person.

Does anyone else have any questions they would like answered from a scientific POV? =P I'm up for it!

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