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Bella's POV
My face stung from a few tight slaps. I woke up groggy from whatever they had used on me. I couldn't...really remember.
I was in a really dark room with...a few overhanging...naked light bulbs and...
MIKE
But where were Eric and Tyler? Were they gone? So I only had Mike to deal with now. Well that was good, I think. But wasn't one Mike more than enough? I squinted through the darkness and saw that I was tied up on my back, on the cold floor, with my four limbs spread out to who knows what.
I shivered. Both with fear and with the cold that radiating throughout the dark room. I heard footsteps and heard Mike slowly sauntering towards me. He bent over me with a concerned look on his baby face.
"Oh good Bella. You're awake. I was tired of waiting for you."
"Well course I'm awake. You slapped me! And whatever you do Mike. Edward will come find you and you'll be sorry."
I saw him shaking as his face bypassed red and turned puce.
"That's it! I had it! Edward Edward EDWARD. Every single second of the day, you HAVE to spend it with darling Edward and the rest of his freak family. Why do you like them anyway? They're so weird, pale and stupid. Freak city. I got to know you first ok. I was your first real friend on that day. I helped you on your first day on school. Darling Edward didn't do anything. He RAN from you Bella!"
I shook my head, trembling at the angsty speech that Mike had just made. I knew all this wasn't true and I knew that there wasn't anything that he wouldn't do now. Tears started leaking out from my closed eyelids and I wished more than ever for Edward.
"Don't you dare cry in front of me." He hissed at me "You should be with me. Edward will break your heart someday. Do you want to guarantee it? And on that day, you will be running to me for comfort. Hah! Well I'm not going to wait that long. Look at this way Bella. I'm saving you the heartbreak that will happen in the future."
He took a scissors from a nearby table and bent over my spread-eagled body. I fought furiously, but there was little I could do with my bound limbs. I screamed desperately for any passerby but he just shoved a dirty rag in my mouth.
No no no no no! This cannot be happening. Edward where are you?
He cut through my forest green blouse with a single cut originating from the bottom. I was sobbing freely now from my terror and horror. He ran a hand over my abdomen. It felt so wrong, not like when Edward was touching me or hugging me. I felt so violated and exposed and trembled violently.
He then proceeded to place the scissors at the leg of my jeans. And I knew what was coming.
He cut off my jeans and again, proceeded to run his hands up and down my bare legs while I shivered violently with silent sobs.
"Beautiful, just beautiful." He murmured.
He brought his lips to my bare shoulder and I shuddered in horror at his touch.
Edward I love you. i'm sorry
At that precise moment, the far wall shook and a hulking figure burst through. It was Emmett! The Cullens had found me! He was followed by a snarling Edward. Edward took one look at us, roared in anger and dashed over, pulled Mike away from me and threw him to Emmett and Jasper, who was not far behind.
"How dare you even lay a hand on Bella!" that was Emmett growling.
"Man, you're going to wish that you were never born." Jasper snarled.
Mike instantly shut up and they tied him up with some dirty string they found lying around and threw him out of the hole that they had just made, not caring where he landed. Edward's cool hands were on me as he tried to comfort me through my breaking sobs. He removed the rag from my mouth as Rosalie and Alice broke the bonds that were holding me. I clutched Edward desperately as he hugged me to him, rocking me.
Alice and Rosalie too put their arms around me as they tried to comfort me. Jasper tried to send calming waves but it didn't help. Everybody was too enraged, horrified and disgusted by this entire matter. Then Emmett spoke up.
"Are we going to charge Mike? How do we prove it?"
Alice pointed to the camera at the darkest furthest part of the room. I shuddered again in Edward's firm embrace. Mike was so sadistic. He even videotaped this?
"Come on, let's get you back home Bells." Edward whispered as he lifted me effortlessly. He pressed his cool lips to my forehead as my tears flowed relentlessly.
Alice and Rosalie had gone over to the camera and started fiddling around with it. Emmett and Jasper had already raced off in the convertible to bring Mike over to Ch...Dad. He was the Chief of Police after all.
I rested my head on Edward's shoulders in the car and drifted off into a fitful sleep.
Edward's POV
Stupid! Idiot! Imbecile! I knew full well that she was in danger and I still left her alone like that. Charlie will kill me if he knew that this was my fault. But of course I aim to get her back before he even knew she was missing. I jumped back into my car and gunned the engine.
I was back home in less than ten minutes. I burst into the living room, shaking and snarling with rage. Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie were already standing up with fists clenched and Emmett and Jasper were growling. I smiled grimly.
The Cullens were ready to kick some serious butt.
Alice concentrated next to me in the car with Jasper in the back. Emmett and Rosalie took her convertible. Alice was trembling with the extent of her concentration. Jasper was desperately trying to calm all of us but it wasn't working on me. I was too worried about Bella. I knew all of Mike's thoughts well.
Too well.
Alice could only see Mike and Bella in some dark room somewhere. Eric and Tyler seemed to have run off. Two less humans to deal with. Not that it would have been a problem if they had stayed.
That idiot! If he had laid a single finger on Bella, he would pay. I swear he would. Nobody was allowed to touch Bella save for me. He was disgusting and horrible and a stinking pervert and...and...my fury was too much for me to describe him, this disgusting monster, in fuller terms.
We sped back to the movie theatre and picked up Bella's scent. We followed it for a short time and lost it in a car park. I was picking up loose thoughts from Mike and followed it to his neighbourhood not five minutes away.
Not far ahead, Emmett perked up and sniffed the air. We all tensed then as we listened. A desperate muffled scream and a sudden silence. It came from the direction of the deserted warehouse next to Mike's house. I seethed as Emmett raced ahead to break inside.
I pushed the rubble and Emmett out of the way as I saw to my disgust, Mike touching and kissing Bella as she struggled against him. I growled and pulled him off, not caring whether I hurt him and threw him behind me to my brothers. I heard them threatening him with voices laced with rage but I didn't care as I raced over to my angel.
Her eyes showed hysteria as I stroked her hair and whispered that she was okay and that she was safe now. I covered her body with the strips of cloth that used to be her clothing. I smacked myself inwardly, if it wasn't for me, she wouldn't even be in this situation. I gently took out the rag from her mouth as Alice and Rose broke her bonds. I gathered her up to me as she clutched me and cried. I rocked her gently, trying to comfort her as my two sisters hugged her too, comforting her.
"Are we going to charge Mike? How do we prove it?" Emmett asked suddenly.
Alice pointed to a video cam in the far corner as I growled. That stupid idiotic disgusting pervert. Had he no respect for anybody! Argh, he was going to pay!
"Come on, let's get you back home Bells." I whispered to her as she locked onto me with an iron grip. My shirt was closed to being drenched but I didn't care. I lifted her and brought her to my car as Alice and Rosalie messed around with the camera. Emmett and Jasper brought Mike to Charlie's.
Go on Edward. Alice and I will run over with the camera ASAP.
Bella laid her head on my shoulder as I started up the engine. I refused to let go of Bella's waist in the car as I drove one-handed while she dozed. Never again.
Mike's POV
How could it have been so easy to capture Bella? I thought that stupid Edward would have been by her side every second. I just love my intuition. It had just been a simple guy's night out with Eric and Tyler to plan how we convince Bella to leave Edward when we saw him taking her to a restaurant and discussing which movie to watch. Give thanks to God for Tyler who is a car mechanic. He popped the door of the Volvo in under a minute. The minute Cullen walked out of sight, we grabbed Bella and dragged her to an abandoned warehouse near my house.
Eric and Tyler just had to choose that moment to freak out over abducting Bella. Well fine, they could go. At least they had helped me get Bella here. It was their loss and my gain.
I slapped her awake. She was taking so long to get up. Finally I had her at my mercy and there was nothing anybody especially that Edward could do about it.
"Oh good Bella. You're awake. I was tired of waiting for you."
"Well course I'm awake. You slapped me! And whatever you do Mike. Edward will come find you and you'll be sorry."Bella was terrified I could see that.
I felt my face turning red as I shouted.
"That's it! I had it! Edward Edward EDWARD. Every single second of the day, you HAVE to spend it with darling Edward and the rest of his freak family. Why do you like them anyway? They're so weird, pale and stupid. Freak city. I got to know you first ok. I was your first real friend on that day. I helped you on your first day on school. Darling Edward didn't do anything. He RAN from you Bella!"
I saw Bella start to cry but I didn't care. It was my turn to get what I want now.
"Don't you dare cry in front of me. You should be with me. Edward will break your heart someday. Do you want to guarantee it? And on that day, you will be running to me for comfort. Hah! Well I'm not going to wait that long. Look at this way Bella. I'm saving you the heartbreak that will happen in the future."
I took a scissors, ready to cut off her clothes. Bells started to scream. I rolled my eyes, grabbed a rag and shoved it in her open mouth. She started to choke then regained her breath.
I cut through her blouse from the bottom. Bella was so beautiful and perfect. And she was going to be mine. She started to sob violently as I ran my hand over her abdomen, marveling at the smoothness and paleness of her skin. He skin felt like silk to me.
I cut through the legs of her jeans and let my fingers run up and down her bare legs. My gosh, Bella was just too perfect. She was beautiful and altogether just dreamy. Her entire body was heaving with the force of her sobs now.
"Beautiful, just beautiful." I mumbled to myself
I couldn't help myself. I kissed the smooth skin of her shoulder.
At that moment, I heard some rumbling sound behind me. The wall had been broken through by Edward's brother. What was his name again? The big one who had lots of muscles. Oh yeah, Emmett. I felt two strong arms at my arms as they wrenched me away from Bella. Before I was thrown into the rock hard arms of Emmett and what-his-name, oh Jasper, I was spun past the livid face of Edward Cullen.
"How dare you even lay a hand on Bella!" Emmett snarled into my face.
"Man, you're going to wish that you were never born." Jasper spat the words at me as they tied me up and threw me out of the hole. I felt a blinding crack as I blacked out.
Oh man. I was in some deep shit.
Bella's POV
I woke in Edward's Volvo. I felt arms around my waist and froze in terror. Lips pressed onto my hair as I struggled.
"Ssshh it's me. It's me Bella. You're safe now."
I heard that familiar voice. I felt around me and I found myself wearing a normal jeans and sweatshirt. I buried my face in his jacket.
"Alice got them for you out of her closet and changed you while you were asleep. You're at home now. Charlie is watching the video that Mike," he spat the word out like it was garbage, "made. I told him that you were still sleeping. Emmett and the rest are inside too, explaining how they found you. We heard screams and stuff, the normal story."
I slowly calmed down as Edward stroked my hair. He pushed me away as he took a look at my face. He brought up his hands and cupped my face between his fingers. He smiled as he brought his face to mine.
Our lips pressed together as he seeked to comfort me somehow. I clutched at him desperately as he hugged me to him. After a while he released me and look at me.
"Better?"
I nodded slowly as in a split second, I found my car door open and me out of the car. He placed both his arms around my waist as I stumbled around the many police cars to my front door. The door opened to a few cops, Charlie, Mike and the rest of the Cullens seated in my living room with the horrible video playing. I closed my eyes as Edward motioned to Charlie to turn it off, which he promptly did. Thanks Dad.
Charlie brought me to the kitchen, along with Edward.
"Bells, honey. I need to tell me everything that happened ok? Oh wait, before you start. Edward, thank you so very much. Your family too. I thought that after that incident where Bella left home that I couldn't trust you anymore but not anymore. You have my full trust and my full approval to go out with Bella anytime." He thanked Edward fervently.
Edward inclined his head and tightened his arms around me as I hesitantly and slowly began the story again. I told Charlie how they had caught me. I told Charlie about Eric and Tyler being accomplices and stuff. I told Charlie about Mike had cut off my clothes and touched me and how the Cullens had saved me.
I could see him seething and aching to hit Mike himself. With every word I spoke, Edward rubbed my back but I could feel him tensing next to me as he heard what I had to go through. Charlie finally spoke after I had finished what I had to say.
"Mike Newton. I can't believe I had actually asked you to go out with him the previous time. I feel so disgusted. Edward I would like to thank you once again for protecting Bella and I would make sure that Mike gets his just desserts."
At that point Edward spoke up.
"Charlie could Bella stay over with me today? Just for tonight. I don't think she is in the right frame of mind to be alone just yet. Since we're engaged and things..." his voice trailed off.
I looked to Charlie, pleadingly.
Charlie ran his fingers through his hair uneasily.
"I suppose so. Just don't do anything I wouldn't do ok Bella honey?"
I smiled tentatively and gave my father a small hug, which he returned. Edward helped me out to his car. The police cars had gone, taking Mike with them. Emmett and Rosalie were sitting, waiting in the red convertible. Alice and Jasper were sitting in the backseat of the Volvo when I got in. They both reached out their cool hands to place them on my shoulders. I turned in my seat and smiled at the pair gratefully.
We were back at the Cullen Mansion at record speed, not that I noticed. I was too caught up in my own thoughts, staring into my lap. Images flashed in front my eyes and emotions swept through me.
My feeling of absolute terror. Mike leering at me. The dark room. Mike's angry face as he yelled at me. The feeling that I was going to die and never see Edward again.
The next thing I knew, I was in their living room and Edward was yelling for Carlisle.
"Something's wrong with Bella. She was motionless throughout the entire journey. She didn't speak, she didn't hear anything we said, she didn't see anything, I didn't even hear her move a muscle as I carried her out of my car!"
I felt cool hands at my wrist and my face. I stared as Carlisle looked into my face.
"She's going into shock. Edward get her upstairs." He said briskly.
I felt strong hands at my back. I blinked once and the surroundings morphed into the familiar setting of Edward's room-the CDs, the stereo, the couch. I couldn't feel my legs and collapsed, just as Edward caught me before I hit the floor. I struggled to pull air into my lungs as my body heaved. I started to break into sobs again, as the full realization of what could have happened in that warehouse hit me with full force.
Edward put his lips to my ear and started to sing my lullaby as I clutched his jacket and once again buried my face into his chest. We stayed like that for a long time as I cried out all my fear, my disgust and my terror. With a few hiccups, my sobs slowly and gradually stopped. Edward pulled away to get a look at my face.
With his elegant fingers, he wiped away the tears from my eyes as I sniffed a few more times. He smiled my favourite smile as he saw that I had stopped crying. The topaz eyes that I love gazed deeply into mine as I slowly brought my sobbing breaths under control. And suddenly, I felt his lips on mine.
I drew in a sharp breath but returned the kiss, wrapping my arms around his stone neck, never wanting to let him go. He was less restrained today, letting his tongue actually explore my lips. He slipped his hands under my sweatshirt and gradually pulled away. I felt unnaturally drained and tired.
"Bella, honey. Can you hear me? You're safe now. Mike can't hurt you anymore. You're in shock ok? You need to sleep now." He whispered in my ear as he carried me over to the couch.
My head felt like it had been shut down. I couldn't think. I felt beneath me the smooth leather of the couch and the warm leather jacket on my shoulders. I placed both my hands under my heavy head and looked into Edward's eyes.
"I love you." I whispered.
"I love you too. My angel." He kissed my forehead with the lightest kiss.
I closed my eyes, feeling safe, my angel was watching over me.
Edward's POV
It was over. The ordeal was over. Bella was safe. But I knew that there would be emotional scars. For life maybe. She was silent in the car. Not a single part of her body moved. Not even when Alice, Jasper or I asked how she was. She stared at her lap, unblinking. I was worried and pushed the gas pedal as far as it would go.
I dashed to the living room carrying Bella, with the others right behind me. I set her down gently on the couch and called for Carlisle.
"Something's wrong with Bella. She was motionless throughout the entire journey. She didn't speak, she didn't hear anything we said, she didn't see anything, I didn't even hear her move a muscle as I carried her out of my car!"
Carlisle told me that she was going into shock and I hurtled upstairs to my room, wishing that there was something I could do to help this angel in my arms.
I released her as I set her gently down. But her knees gave way and I caught her, before sinking to the floor. Her small body heaved as she sobbed as I was so afraid that her frail body couldn't take the immense strain. I put my lips to her ear and sang her favourite song-her lullaby.
I sang and sang desperately as she refused to let go of the lapels of my jacket and pushed her small face into my chest. It was ages as she cried, as my dead heart shattered into a million billion pieces for my love. She hiccupped as she stopped crying gradually and I slowly leaned back to look at Bella.
I used my thumbs to clean the tears from her beautiful face and smiled to reassure her. I looked into those mesmerizing brown eyes of hers as her breathing slowly returned to normal.
Then I kissed her.
I knew that she was close to hysteria and couldn't take the emotional stress but I needed to comfort her somehow. And I knew that if it was me, I want my boyfriend to kiss me and reassure me too. She wrapped her arms around my neck and clutched me urgently to her. I slipped out my tongue and ran it across those amazing lips of hers and slipped my arms under her sweatshirt as she slowly calmed down. I pulled away once again and saw that she was close to falling asleep.
"Bella, honey. Can you hear me? You're safe now. Mike can't hurt you anymore. You're in shock ok? You need to sleep now." I carried her to my leather couch.
I shrugged off my jacket and covered her with it. She moved her hands under her head and looked at me.
"I love you." She whispered.
"I love you too. My angel." I pressed my lips to her forehead, knowing that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything had happened to her back there.
Her eyelids slowly closed and her breathing became slow and even. I brushed my fingers across her face. I put my right arm on the couch and leaned my head on it, just at an angle where I could still see her face the moment I lifted my head. I held her hands in my left hand and slowly rubbed it as she slept.
I drifted off. Not sleeping, yet not fully awake either. Thinking and anticipating the time that Bella would smile again. My angel.
Bella was safe.
A/N: yaye I had free time on my hands so I typed. I know this chapter is a little repetitive with all the different POVs but yeah. Hope you all like the happy ending to this saga. Not that my story is ending yet. Far from it. This chapter has been so dramatic that the next chapter will probably be full of fluff so yeah. hope you're like this chapter. R&R! love you guys!