Twilight and New Moon belong to Stephenie Meyer.
So I know I said I'd put this up this morning, but I sorta slept in till after twelve...you can't blame me, I've woken up at 5:45 for the past six days! But I did wake up, and I did put up the chapter! Here it is, enjoy!
When we returned to Derik's house, we found Alice and Esme sitting in the living room.
"Where's Derik and Emme?" Carslile asked.
"Upstairs. Emme is starting to get her memory back." Esme answered. I turned to Alice.
"Alice, have you seen anything about Bella? We think she's going to Forks." I asked her. I was surprised when she gave me a quizzical look and chuckled.
"Edward, why would I be looking for Bella? She's fine." I gaped at her.
"Alice, she was just kidnapped. She is anything but fine right now." She waved her hand in my direction and made a 'psssht' noise.
"No, I'm sure she's fine. Besides, we left her so she would be safe, so now she is. I'm sure Brendon just took her away so that we could keep our promise and not put her in more danger."
The entire family just gawked at her. Esme turned to myself and Jasper, who was standing next to me.
"Is she serious?" she questioned us. He nodded,
"Her emotions are normal. She's not lying." Esme, apparently not satisfied, turned to look me in the eye.
I returned my attention to Alice and scanned her mind.
'I don't need to worry about Bella. Bella is going to be okay, now that I'm not with her. I don't need to look for Bella, she's just fine. I don't need to worry about Bella. Bella is going to be okay-'
These words repeated themselves in her mind, over and over. I receded from her mind, as I too began to believe these words. Alice just sat there, admiring her nails. How could this be possible? Then it hit me like a brick wall. Or perhaps harder, since a brick wall wouldn't hurt me this much. My face conorted from the shock and pain.
"He got her too…" I mumbled, and the families attention was instantly on me. "Brendon, he's brainwashed her."
Jasper shook his head, a look of horror on his face. "No, he couldn't have. She doesn't sound like Emme or Derik did."
It took me a moment to decipher this idea. Then I had an thought, brought up by the words repeating in her mind. I turned to Alice and asked, "Alice, look for Bella and see if she's safe."
Alice's face lost all emotion. "I don't need to look for Bella, she's just fine." She answered in a monotone. The family was appalled.
"Ask her a direct question, or give her order about Bella, she'll give you that answer, or one much like it."
Esme just shook her head, and muttered something about Alice going outside for only a second. I didn't stay to listen, as I was already halfway up the stairs and into my room. I packed my clothes and returned to the living room. I saw that Jasper was talking to Alice about Bella, and her monotone answers were slowly gaining volume and clarity. I tapped my foot as the rest of the family gathered in the room and placed suitcases on the floor.
Carlisle returned as well. "I just spoke to Derik. I told him we were leaving and apologized for the trouble. He told me to send Brendon back here when we found him."
"Like he'll still be alive. We can FedEx the pieces to them after I'm done with him. " I muttered as I walked briskly out the door. Jasper ran out behind us.
"I'm staying with Alice here. We'll follow after you when her memory returns." I nodded and got into the car. As we drove to the airport, I imagined all the possible ways I could kill Brendon. That made me feel better. A little better.
At the airport, there was no line to buy tickets, because it was so late. I walked up to the lady at the counter.
"Do have flights to Port Angeles from here?" I asked with urgency. She typed something into her computer. She shook her head no.
"I'm sorry, we have no flights there from this airport. You'd have to connect in Denver or Chicago."
"Could you possibly tell me what flight a girl named Isabella Swan is on?" I asked, trying to sound as alluring as possible. She blinked and seemed stunned, then chuckled.
"We're, um, really not supposed to do that…" 'Oh god, he's gorgeous! How am I supposed to say no to him? Just breathe.' she thought. I had this in the bag.
"Please?" I asked, gazing at her from under my lashes. She gulped, then glanced down at her computer quickly.
"Well, I guess just this once…" and she started typing. "There are a few Isabella Swans listed. Where do you think she's going?"
"Somewhere in Washington, perhaps the Port Angeles flight." I told her quickly. She typed in something else.
"Isabella Swan on a direct flight to Seattle, Washington. The plane departs in fifteen minutes."
"I'll take five tickets on that flight." I told her. She shook her head.
"I'm sorry, there's only two more seats left. The next flight to Seattle is in three hours. If you'd like five tickets for that flight, I can get them for you-"
"Give me the two empty seats on the sooner flight, and three for the next one." She stared at my quickly changing attitude.
"Please." I added, tapping my fingers on the table. She got the tickets with no more questions. When she handed me the tickets, she said,
"You only have ten more minutes before…" but by that time I had walked away and started talking to my family.
"I only have two tickets for this flight, the rest of you have to wait for three hours. Someone should call Jasper and let him know." Rosalie whipped out a cell phone and started talking. I continued, "We only have ten minutes to get through security and find the terminal. If we don't find Bella in the terminal, then we'll have to find her on the plane. Who's coming with me?"
"I will," Emmett said, with a glare from Rosalie, "If Brendon decides to fight back, I want a smack at him." I didn't even care that the only reason Emmett wanted to come was to fight. The problem now was security. Luckily, because it was so late, we simply got to walk through. Carlisle got wanded, but since he was waiting for the next flight, Emmett and I let him behind.
We began to run for terminal A3. At the terminal, people were beginning to board. I looked around, but didn't see Bella, or another vampire. The strange thing was, I couldn't smell Bella either. If she was here, I would have been able to catch her scent.
"I can't see her, she's probably on the plane already. We should board." Emmett said. I nodded and walked slowly to the counter. Emmett handed the lady our tickets, as I scanned the area for the sign of anything. It still bothered me that I couldn't smell her. I hoped Brendon wasn't affecting my mind somehow.
We got on the plane and found our seats. I looked every which way, scanned every mind on the plane, but still no sign of Bella.
Something was wrong. Bella was not on this plane.
I should have been able to smell her in such an enclosed space. Her scent would have suffocated me here. Her voice would have been like a chorus singing to me. She wasn't here.
After everyone sat down, we got up and walked to the attendant at the door.
"I'm afraid we need to get off the plane." I told her. But she shook her head.
"I'm sorry sir, but the door had been shut. Please return to your seats."
"You don't understand, we need to get off this flight, right now." I growled at her. She was terrified, but mumbled to us,
"I... I'm sorry…but once…once the door is shut…can't open it…" Emmett walked up and grabbed my arm.
"C'mon Edward, just sit down." He whispered to me as I felt the plane begin to move under my feet. I sat down stunned, and growled to myself. Emmett glared at me. After a minute he asked,
"What was that all about?"
"Bella's not on this flight." I answered him sternly as the plane took off.
This was a better cliffhanger than the last chapter! Bwhahaha! Please don't come after me with pitchforks... Please review, the next chapter is ready, but only if you want it!