Disclaimer- All recognizable characters belong to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer, whereas all new characters belong to me.
Chapter 14- Suffer
I shot two vampires and ducked, a bullet hit the wall behind me. " What the hell is going on!" Laurent yelled. I peered at him and kicked him out of the way before he got shot again.
" You mean you don't know?" I asked him. He looked up at me, surprised for some reason, and shook his head.
" No I don't know. Wait. . . Do you honestly think I'd be stupid enough to set you up?"
" You're not the brightest crayon in the box Laurent."
" I may not be bright, but I also don't have a death wish." I nodded my head, believing that. " Hey, tell your boyfriend he's going to get hit if he don't shoot that-" I aimed my gun at the vampire Laurent was talking about and pulled the trigger. He went down. I whipped my head towards him and scowled.
" He's not my boyfriend."
" There's a major fight going on and that's what upsets you!" He cried. I rolled my eyes and tossed a knife at him.
" You want to live? Fight. I'm not saving your ass again." He picked it up and smirked.
" Gee thanks, you get me shot instead!"
" Oh stop whining, you'll be fine." Laurent may be a dick sometimes, but he knew how to fight. I'd want him on my team in a fight. Edward was holding his own, mostly sticking to hand fighting though. I jumped up and did a flip to the other side of the room. I quickly managed to take out five guys. " Hey you two, make your way over to the door." Edward lifted his head and his mouth dropped open.
" You jumped all the way over there?" He asked incredulously.
" What? You've never tried it?"
" I thought it was a myth." He replied after taking down a guy.
" You're a vampire and you think that's a myth? You're a myth Edward! You make no sense!" I yelled back, my fist connecting with a vampire's face. He flew into the wall. Soon Laurent and Edward made their way over to me and we ran out the door. I looked around, a look of shock on my face. " They trashed his bike!" I cried. " He'll kill em!"
" Run!" Edward yelled, taking me by the arm. I glanced behind us and saw some of the vampires getting up. I already had a dozen cuts, I didn't want to add to them. So I ran, hard and fast. Edward and Laurent managed to keep up with me, guess fear is a good motivator. They stopped running after us, but didn't stop shooting at us. So now I was running fast and had to dodge bullets for the next couple miles. Finally we stopped in front of Phillip's house. I kicked the door open and looked around. Phillip turned to me, his face ashen and his mouth opened.
" You!" I began, storming over to him. " You set us up!" I yelled.
" Noleen I had no choice, they were going to kill me! I had to-" I put my hand over his mouth.
" I don't want to have to kill you Phillip. So you better spill some information and fast." I growled. Laurent and Edward stood by the door, trying to explain everything. Lanina walked up beside me, her eyes black.
" You set her up?"
" Lanina, darling you have to-" She smacked him, hard.
" You're just like her." She sneered and walked over. Travis set off after her, trying to calm her down. I watched her walk out of the living room then turned back to him.
" Talk!" I commanded. " Talk or die."
" Noleen, I can't. You know that! Please! I knew you could take them,"
" What if I'd gone by myself? I'd probably be dead without the help of Edward and Laurent!"
" Noleen-"
" No Phillip, you either tell me something or you're ash."
" Nicholas. . . It's Nicholas." He cried out. My eyes opened wide and I dropped him from my iron tight grasp. Just his name sent a shiver up my spine.
" Nicholas." I whispered. " You're sire and her sire."
" He knows you killed her Noleen. You tried to hide it but he knows."
" He wants revenge."
" He wants more than that. He wants to see you suffer." I turned around, not wanting to look at him. I licked my lips and fell to the floor. Nicholas was one of the only vampires I was afraid of.
" I'm going to need help. . . And. . . You need to leave." I directed, looking at the Cullen's.
"Like hell we are!" Edward roared. " You could've died tonight Bella!" My eyes narrowed and I stood up, regaining my posture and attitude.
" Like you care. Go home, because I cannot guarantee your return if you help me with this."
" We want to help." Jasper said, his hand on my shoulder. I turned to him and nodded my head once.
" Fine. But you better be prepared."
I was outside again, what can I say, I like the silence. A breeze rustled my hair out of my face and I sighed. I couldn't go up against him! He was strong, evil. " We'll be fine." Edward whispered, sitting next to me. I frowned and scooted over. I hated that I hadn't heard him walk up to me.
" What are you talking about?" I replied.
" I can tell you're nervous, I can see it on your face plainly."
" Gee thanks, I'll try to hide my feelings better next time." He chuckled softly and then sighed.
" I'm sorry Noleen. I left, because I thought it was what was best for you. Everything I said that day. . . I didn't mean any of it. I still loved you and still do. . . If I'd have known. . . ." He stopped for a minute, I assumed he was gathering his thoughts. " I don't deserve your forgivness, I know that it's just-"
" Would you stop doing that!" I exclaimed, standing up.
" Doing what?" He asked, standing up too.
" Feeling sorry for yourself! And all the whining! Looking back, you whine way too much mister. It's all you do!"
" Well, sorry for not wanting you to be with a monster!"
" That's just it Edward! I never thought you were a monster, hell I thought you were a God! You were the one that told yourself all those things. You are what you are, just accept it and move on!"
" It's not that easy for me Noleen!" We were both getting a little closer to each other, in the heat of the arguement.
" Why not!"
" Because I don't want to go to hell!" I paused, that's what had been wrong all that time? He thought he was going to hell?
" Oh Edward. . . " I muttered. " If anyone is going to hell here, it's me. You've done nothing wrong."
" You don't know my past Noleen."
" Was it worse than me now?" He smiled sheepishly and shrugged his shoulders. I couldn't fight it; I hugged him. " Repeat this okay?"
" Okay." He said, looking a little confused.
" God, I'm sorry for everything I've ever done wrong. I pray you can forgive me." He repeated that softly, his eyes deep. " There, you're forgiven and you have no chance of going to hell."
" But, I'm a vampire."
" A good one Edward, there's a difference." He smiled and embraced me tightly.
" Will you ever go back to being Bella?" He questioned me quietly. I shook my head no and smiled weakly.
" This is who I am Edward, Noleen. I was. . . Reborn if you will. I'm not going back, only forward." He put his hand on my cheek and smiled.
" Well, it has a nice ring to it." Then I did the most dreadful thing ever. . . I let him kiss me.
Well, it happened!! Hope you liked it, I know I did! More to come soon! Keep reading and reviewing!
Until next time,
Faith
Oh, and the guns were used before when she shot Rosalie (hehe) they are a special brand that manange to inflict pain on a vampire. But it's only temporary, lasts maybe ten minutes per bullet.
Please excuse any grammtical/spelling errors, I wrote this chapter fairly quickly!
