EPOV

"Edward, take nice easy breaths. Slow and easy." Jasper was trying to talk me out of my panic attack and it was working.

Jasper and Carlisle had been on their way to the center as soon as they had heard about James's escape. They had made it to the center within moments of me realizing Bella had gone missing and had found me mid panic in Eleazar's office.

In and out, nice and slow, I reminded myself. "Jasper, I need to find her. She was upset about something today when I dropped her off but she wouldn't tell me what. I have to find her before she gets hurt! I need to get to headquarters. Do you know if Emmett is there?"

Jasper nodded, "Yea he is, he is the one who called us after you hung up on him. Eleazar is emailing the video footage from the parking lot to the FBI now but you can't leave until I know your head is on straight Edward, I need to know your are in control. You won't be good to anyone, especially Bella, if you can't control yourself."

"I'm fine," I snapped. "I need to find her."

I looked up to see my Dad walking into the office, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, I need to get to headquarters," standing up and grabbing my jacket and cell phone off the table.

"I get it Edward, I am going to drive you over. Eleazar just finished sending the footage but he asked to see you Jasper, Cynthia is beside herself and wanted you to come talk to her. Meet you at the house later then?" Carlisle said.

Jasper nodded, "Edward, take it easy please. Keep control and don't be reckless. Keep us updated."

"Son, we will find her." Carlisle tried to reassure me, as he drove my car taking me to the FBI headquarters.

"How can you say that Dad? Last time it took me 10 years and I found her by accident! I can't let her be gone for another ten!"

"Edward, you can't think the worst. Remember what Jasper told you, you have to keep your head on straight or you wont be any help," he reminded me.

I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before speaking, "I know, I just can't live with out her. If that sick fuck lays a hand on her... I should have killed him when I got the chance..."

"That's enough Edward, if you can't compose yourself, I will just take you home."

"Dad, this is my job and I'm an adult."

"You're still my son and I will not allow you to jeopardize the search for Bella."

He didn't need to say anything more; the thought of jeopardizing the search for Bella was enough to get myself under control and to stay that way.

When we reached headquarters, I found Emmett first. His eyes were puffy and red and he was stressed. The second he realized I was there he came over and hugged me with the tightest bear hug I have ever had, "Edward, we have to find her. We can't let her go through this again, we have to find her!"

"I know Emmett, we will, we just have to." I pulled back from Emmett's hug, "Let's get moving, alright Emmett? Let's do this."

He nodded in return and we got to work. They had reviewed the footage and seeing the terror on Bella's face was heartbreaking. But we were able to identify the red head as Victoria, James's girlfriend and partner. There still wasn't much information on how James escaped from prison but there were a few corrections officers being questioned. We were able to track the owner of the SVU they had used which linked us to an associate of James. This was our first lead and we ran with it...

Three days, three agonizing days; it had taken us three whole days to find Bella.

But she was here and she was alive. I could see her, huddled in the corner. Her eyes were wild. She was definitely on some sort of drug and she had lost weight but there didn't seem to be any visible injuries that needed immediate attention. I wanted so badly to go to her, I was only a few feet away but I turned my focus back on the two people I had my gun aimed on.

"Drop your weapons, both of you!" screamed Emmett.

Both Victoria and James had guns aimed at us, "No! You fucking idiot, we aren't dying today and I will not be going back to jail you asshole!" Screamed James, he looked scared. Victoria had a smug look on her face; she wasn't scared at all.

"James, you dug this hole your self. This is not anyone's fault but your own, now drop your weapons and get on your fucking knees!" Emmett screamed again.

I saw a movement out of the corner of my, Bella was moving. She slowly stood up and grabbed one of the guns that sat beside her. At first I thought she was going to shoot at James and Victoria or even us. But she started to turn the gun on herself.

Even though I was only a few feet away, it seemed to take me an eternity to reach her, "Bella, stop!"

Her eyes flickered for a moment at the sound of my voice but she continued to bring the gun to her head, her finger on the trigger. I reached for the gun and in that moment I heard the shot, I saw the blood and her eyes rolled back. "Nooo!"

She slumped to the floor, dropping the gun in the process; I tried my best to hold her up. "No, no, no…Bella…no!" I could feel tears starting to form. I lowered her the rest of the way to the floor, frantically searching for the bullet wound. I searched her head, nothing; I searched her chest and abdomen, nothing.

"Bella, wake up! Please, please, please!" I couldn't find the source of the blood. I felt a hand on my shoulder and in a split second I had my gun pointed at him.

"Whoa, Edward. It's just me," Emmett said to me as he stepped back, his hands up.

I lowered my gun, at a glance I realized James, Victoria and the rest of the team was gone except Aro, who was standing behind Emmett.

"Emmett…I'm…I…I'm sorry….she's shot but I…I… don't know where…."

"No, Edward. She's not shot…you are."

"Wha…what?" I looked down at myself, I was wearing my bulletproof vest but I could see the wound in my left shoulder. I was looking at it but my mind still hadn't processed what had happened. "But how?"

Emmett placed a wad of gauze over the wound and pain seared through my body, "Emmett!" I screamed at him as I took over holding the gauze in place.

"Bella shot you. Here sit down," He said as he pulled a chair behind me. Bella shot me? If I wasn't so worried about her, I may have thought that was funny.

"No, we need to take care of Bella!" I screamed at him.

He frowned, "They are taking care of her Edward, I'm going to go with her." He motioned over to where she was and a medical crew was loading Bella onto a stretcher. She was still unconscious and had an oxygen mask over her face.

"I need to go with her!"

"Edward, let the medic put a dressing on your arm and you can ride with her and Emmett." Aro told me.

"Fine."

A medic had come and wrapped my arm and taken my vital signs quickly, as soon as he was done I rushed to the ambulance and swung open the door.

"Come on, we're heading out now!" Emmett motioned.

I climbed into the ambulance, sitting next to the medic; Bella, lay there motionless, her skin very pale, and she had bluish circles under her eyes.

"Oh, Bella. What did they do to you?" I whispered. I wasn't sure I was prepared to know.

Everything had been a whirlwind when we arrived at the hospital. They tried to separate Bella and me. My Dad finally convinced them to treating us in the same trauma room. He knew I wouldn't willingly leave her.

"Edward, you are going to need surgery," Dr. Twaf had told me.

"No, not until I know Bella is okay."

"Edward, time is muscle, if you want to be able to have full function of arm again, you need to get the surgery as soon as possible," my Dad lectured.

"Dad, you know I can't leave her," my eyes hadn't left her sight.

"Edward, she is stable. As you can see they are still evaluating her but there are no life threatening injuries. You need the surgery, or you could lose function of her arm entirely," he lectured.

"But Dad..." I was at a loss, I knew I needed the surgery but I couldn't bare the thought of leaving Bella.

"Edward, I promise I will not leave her side, and I will send someone up to your room as soon as you wake up from surgery. Okay?"

I thought about it for a moment, I knew when Bella found out that she had shot me she would be beside herself with guilt, she would even feel worse if I lost the use of my arm.

"Okay, but promise you will not leave her! She can't be alone, she needs to know I didn't leave her!"

"Of course Edward, I promise."

"Okay, and I want to know as soon as I wake up how she is."

"As soon as you wake up," he confirmed.

"Take me over to her first, I need to hold her..."

They rolled my bed over to hers; she was still unconscious. I grabbed her hand gently, "Bella, I will be back as soon as I can I promise. I love you Bella, I love you so much!" She didn't open her eyes but I felt her small hand squeeze back.

"Dad, she squeezed my hand!"

He smiled, "That's a good sign son, now you need to get going. I won't leave her, I promise."

I kissed her hand once again and my eyes never left her until the doors closed.

They took me to the operating room and the last thing I remember before they put me under was that I got my Bella back. I just prayed she wasn't too broken to be whole again.

A/N: Another shorter chapter but I wanted to get this out to you. I just want to give a heads up that it may be a little bit until the next chapter. I have midterms and a few projects for my college classes. But I will continue to work on it when I can! I promise it won't be another year wait, like before though! I hope you all are enjoying this story as much as I am writing it! Thanks everyone!