I flickered my eyes open, the atmosphere was dark and damp. I realized my body was laying on a dirt floor. 'I must be in the basement, but
why?' I thought to myself as I brought both of my hands to my head and pressed on my temples. It felt like I was hit by a freight train and then
left to die. My body ached everywhere especially my face and my upper leg. I put my arms to my sides and decided that I needed to get up,
who knows how long I had been out this time. I used both of my arms to balance myself so I could get into a sitting position. I took in my
environment more this time as I looked around and saw nothing but darkness. I brought my hands up to my face and touched the my right eye
and gasped in horror. I could feel why my head hurt so bad, my face was swollen and I could feel wetness in between my fingers, I was
bleeding really bad.
I took in a deep breath of the damp air and decided that I must crawl and look for a way out. I crawled to the first wall and noticed a little light
from above me. I strained my neck and saw that there was a tiny window up above, but it was so high up. I used the wall to pull myself up to
a stance and I noticed that there were shelved leading to the window.
I started up the shelves, hoping they wouldn't break beneath my feet, and I climbed to the window seal. I stuck my hands on the ledge and
pulled the rest of my body up so the window was at eye level. I could feel how flimsy the shelved were under my feet and decided it's now or
never. I pushed the window forward toward the grass and lifted my head through. I jerked my head to the left and then to the right looking for
anyone that would be able to see me and I saw no one. I took a deep breath and used my upper body muscles to pull the rest of my body
through the small window. I finally got all of my body through the window and I planted myself in the grass. Then out of nowhere I heard
voices and I froze in my tracks.
"We do it a week from today." The voice said as it snarled a little. I looked around everywhere and all I could think is 'where is this voice coming
from!!!' I was starting to panic. If they discovered that I was out here they might kill me. I slowly backed up to the house and sat down placing
my back against the walls.
"Yes, we do it in a week and we will make them pay!" The other voice said as he laughed evilly. I was frozen against the house when all
conversation ended and I heard footsteps slowly dissipate in the distance. I breathed in a sigh of relief and put my hands on the siding of the
house and pulled myself up to a stand. I stood there for a second rethinking every instruction Alice had given me. 'Go to this address' I
repeated in my head when I realized I had left the slip of paper in my jeans, which was in the white bedroom. I rolled my eyes at my
forgetfulness and just pressed on anyways. I took a step toward the forest and then began to limply jog. Every step I took with my leg hurt
worse and worse, like a thousand sharp butcher knives being pressed through the bone.
The sun had gone up and the sun had gone down by the time I decided that I needed to rest. I was in the middle of the forest and I was lost
as ever, when I spotted a big comfy looking tree to lean my back against. I sat down against the tree and put my back against and realized
that my upper leg was throbbing like crazy and that's when I got the first glimpse of if. I gasped at how bruised and how swollen it was, It
was obviously broken. How could I have run on it for a day and not even noticed the pain. I slammed my head against the tree trying to divert
the pain or knock myself out at least. I slumped over as a I was so exhausted and I just fell asleep right then and there. I really did not care
who found me, I was just ready to be done.
"Are you ok?" A velvety smooth voice said as I felt a cold hand on my shoulder shaking me, but I couldn't speak. It felt like my mouth and eye
lids were paralyzed. I couldn't even move my body to give a gesture that I was still alive.
Another velvety voice chimed in, "Hey I heard you call what's...wow." the person just stopped midsentence and I suddenly felt my body being
lifted up off the ground and into the arms of the stranger. He held my body close to his and I could feel the pain going away as if a giant ice pack was being laid across my body.
"Are you sure you're ok with her?" The voice asked and I could tell he was a little concerned by his tone.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me." He said as his grip tightened a little. Then suddenly I felt a cool breath in my ear.
"Can you hear me?" The velvety voice asked with a calming tone.
'Edward.' It was the only thing I could think of to scream, the only name besides Alice that I could remember. "What?" the same voice asked in
my ear. That was odd, like he heard me or something. 'Edward!' I screamed again in arelieving tone hoping it was him.
I could tell he was stunned as I could no longer feel his breath on my skin and his voice got more distant.
"What's wrong, Edward?" The man holding me asked as his grip loosened a little on my body. I was really hoping that he was the mind reader
Alice had briefly told me about.
"She..." He stammered a little bit, "Said my name, Jasper." Edward said in the distance and then I felt a rush of wind coming toward my body.
"How do you know!?" He asked in my ear again, obviously a little frustrated.
'ALICE!' I shouted in my thoughts as I kept trying to speak, but nothing would come out. 'She sent me here to warn you.' Then I could feel my
world going black again as my body gave out on me and I was gone.
