Alices Point of View
"Alice, do you see anything?" This was the first time that Edward had spoken since our last conversation. And I hadn't thought of looking for her with my visions. So I tried to focus on her with all my power.
I did see her. Shackled to the wall, in a dark room. Her head hung low, but I was pretty sure that she was still alive. I could see her chest moving, just barely. We didn't have much time. But I also heard others. Bella wasn't the only one in the room.
"I saw her, Edward. She's not alone. But we don't have much time. She's very weak, and I don't know how long she's going to last." It hurt more than anything to say those words to Edward. To see the hurt and anger and fear all appear on his lovely face. We were her only hope, and we had no idea where she was.
We ran quietly and swiftly down the hallway, not a word spoken between any of us. Jasper hasn't said a word almost all day. Which wasn't exactly not normal. But it still worried me. I looked over to him, and a smile returned my gaze. I couldn't help but smile.
Edward's Point of View
I wasn't paying attention at all to Alice or Jasper. For most of the time I had forgotten they were with me. I was concentrating more on the voice in my head. Skya. She was going to lead me to Bella. And that was all that I was thinking about.
They're almost here. How in the world are they so close? It's almost as if they know exactly where they're going.
You have no idea. I thought to myself. You're the one leading me. I don't have to know where I'm going. Soon we found ourselves at a door which seemed to be locked. Kind of cliche when you think about it. It only took a small kick and it was no longer an obstical.
We all stopped after the door was gone. I noticed Alice bury her head into Jasper's chest as he conforted her. The sight that was before us was a group of vampires. All starving. All gone mad with hunger. And there, sitting in the middle of all the chaos, was Bella.
Just the sight of her made me want to fall to my knees. She looked horrible. Almost like a living corpse. Almost like...one of us. If they had done that to her, I was going to kill them with no mercy. Even if that was my plan from the start. In an instant Jasper and Alice were left alone and I was right beside Bella. I quickly broke the shackles from around her wrist, carefully, so she wouldn't feel anything. And she fell limp in my arms.
"Bella! Bella wake up! Please!" I held her there in silence, waiting for a reply. Anything. I could faintly hear her breath escaping her lips. So I knew she was at least still alive. She was more pale than ever. And she hadn't eaten for god knows how long. I brushed the loose hair away from her face, behind her ear, and examined her lovely face. Her eyes were closed, and her lips slightly parted. Her skin was icy cold, but not not ours. It was just from being down here for so long. I knew that we had to get her out of here, before it was too late.
"Alice, we have to go!" I picked up Bella carefully and showed up beside Alice and Jasper instantly. "Come on." But as soon as we turned to leave the way was blocked. It had become a pure brick wall. At least 3 feet thick.
"I can't let you leave, Edward. My job isn't done yet." I heard a voice. It wasn't Skya's, the one I was expecting. A male vampire came from the shadows and appeared in front of us. "I have a dept to pay to an old friend, and it's not finished yet. So if you don't mind, I'll be asking you to leave now. But the girl stays here."
"Not a chance. There is no way that I am leaving Bella here with someone like you." I felt a growl come up in my troat as I glared at him.
"Very well then. You can have her. She is of no importance to me anymore. I have who I want." I was confused for a moment. What in the world could he be talking about? Is he just trying to play mind games with me? I tried tuning into his thoughts, trying to find the truth behind them, but all I felt was a wall.
"I wouldn't try that. It's not going to get you anywhere." He knew my power. But how? And how could he block his thoughts from me? He interruped my thinking with his snake of a voice. "Anyway, here is the one that I am going to keep. So you can keep that girl, as you call her." He moved to the slide and I almost felt my body fall.
Out from behind him Rosalie appeared, with nothing but an evil smile on her face. And she was holding an unconcious Bella. I looked down at the one I was carrying, and saw her eyes open.
"Edward, don't you love me anymore?" Bella's voice came from her mouth. But now I could see. It wasn't Bella at all. And I had allowed myself to be blindly fooled again. I dropped her immediately and I felt Alice place a hand on my shoulder, grasping it tightly.