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Chapter 18

I tried to hold back a scream but a little shriek came out, everyone turned to look at me. Victoria dragged a finger over her neck and smiled smugly. My mouth clamped shut and my eyes widened. I gave a tiny reassuring smile but it was faint.

'We thought you were with Laurent's parents because of the attacks,' Alice chirped up, James and her had had a little fling at High School. Victoria smiled daintily at her, it made me feel sick.

Edward seemed to be the only one aware of how tense I was.

'We were, but James had heard that the attacks had died down and so we came back,' she shrugged. James sat beside Emmett and started talking animatedly to him. Him and Jasper didn't really get along because of the history with Alice. Victoria sat between Rose and Alice and chatted to them happily and I was scared for them because they were unaware that these…asses were the ones that had almost killed them.

I wanted to jump up and smash their noses into their skulls and shoot them repeatedly but that would mean me crashing and hitting the floor before I'd even gone two inches, my legs weren't in the best condition since James and Victoria had stepped on them.

I wondered what was happening to Angela and Jake. Yes, I wanted them to be punished but not killed for it; they had only seemed to deal with the victim while James and Victoria were away. Angela, I guessed, was the one who had bandaged up my legs. But still I couldn't believe what they'd done. James came to sit beside me; I involuntarily shuffled closer to Edward who was lying the other side of the bed. There wasn't a lot of room though.

'How are you feeling?' he asked innocently, I gritted my teeth and forced a smile onto my face.

'Fine!' no thanks to you, I felt like adding. He leant closer to kiss my cheek, revealing a gun holster in his jacket as he did.

'You will die, Bella, when they're not looking, soon, I might add,' he whispered barely audible from my heavy panicked breathing. I was deathly afraid and I could feel the blood rush out of my face. I stared panting. My body convulsed pulling me into a ball-like position, I was shaking like the devil itself was after me and in more than a few reasons it was the same. Edward tightened his grip on me and rubbed my arm with his thumb. I relaxed into the touch and tried not to think about my attackers who were in the very same room, on the loose, with me. James went back to where Emmett was and restarted his conversation with him. I stretched myself out and gripped tightly round Edward's waist, freaking terrified. He was confused but held onto me, stroking my hair from my neck to the bottom of my spine. He kissed my head and bent to whisper in my ear.

'Was it them, Bella?' he whispered, I froze, he took that as reason enough. He straightened back out and a low, deep, loud growl resonated from his chest. James and Victoria looked up at the same time and the look on Edward's face made their eyes flash simultaneously. James smirked at me and tapped his jacket where his gun was. I yanked Edward back to me pretending to kiss his cheek.

'James is armed with a gun,' I squeaked in his ear quietly. Edward faced became alarmed. I felt like I was when the bag was over my eyes. Lonely, vulnerable and scared. I closed my eyes and felt immediately a little better. Edward rubbed my arm and I peeked my eyes open. But my eyes flew open at the sight in front of me. Victoria and James were standing side by side at the end of the bed, smug smirks on their faces.

Alice looked confused and Rose had brought her knees up to her chin as if protecting herself. Emmett was standing beside her, a gentle paw on her shoulder. Jasper sat in between Alice and me as if ready to pounce at any moment. Edward wrapped an arm around my waist taking care not to hurt me. Carlisle was standing in front of Esme; she was sitting a little confused at most. But the majority of the Cullens got the message. I looked on silently hoping this wasn't going to end up in a bloodbath of any sort.

Although my hopes were quickly dashed when James pulled two guns out of their holsters inside his jacket. Victoria bent down and pulled one gun from underneath with denim skirt and another from inside her ankle boot.

'We came here to finish what we started,' James whispered.

'How did you all survive?' Victoria pushed. Rose unfolded her legs and leant forward as if to seduce a guy, really she was showing off a nasty scar she had lower down on her cleavage it was a dark red line still, and she rubbed her hands together grimly.

'I guess we're strong,' she answered. Carlisle moved towards the door with Esme behind him and tried to silently open the door but the door only opened about a third of an inch before it creaked loudly.

'Damn WD40 (A/N: Makes doors less squeaky btw),' Carlisle cursed under his breath.

'Going so soon,' Victoria purred, catching his tie and dragging him back to his seat. James pushed Esme towards the other side of the room where Rose, Jasper, Alice and Emmett were. She sat roughly down between Rose and Alice, where Victoria had been sitting earlier on.

'No sudden movements, got it?' James asked sneering and waving his gun in the air. We all nodded dumbly.

'We'll start with you,' Victoria giggled pointing her gun at me but James grabbed it and pushed it down.

'No, Bella last. She can watch them all die first and then Edward just before her. It'll be the worst torture for getting away alive from us,' he told her so we could all hear. I gasped in a tight breath.

'Can I just hurt her a little, please, James, oh please, I've waited so long,' Victoria begged him. James nodded once before turning his gaze to make sure no one moved. Victoria walked to the side of my bed and jumped up so she was sitting on the bed right beside my left leg. My eyes widened in horror. With her guns outstretched towards Emmett and Jasper, she looked at me and wiggled her butt towards my leg and then with no warning, Emmett and Jasper pounced on her and wrestled the guns off of her but she was trained to keep them, so she them tied to her wrists and twisted out of the way, leaving the guys empty handed and facing a very pissed James. He was seething with rage. His eyes narrowed and he unlatched the safety on both the guns and pointed one towards Emmett and the other Jasper. I took a sharp intake of breath and Edward squeezed his arms around me. I tried to breathe normally but felt myself loosing it. It was as if another of my fits from ages ago was coming back.

I felt I was slipping away from the controls of my mind but still seeing what was happening. My body curved convulsively and I writhed against my bed. Edward was trying to snap me out of it, I screamed loudly and a gun was pointed at me but I couldn't stop moving. I screamed out again as the fireworks exploded. I tensed as I felt a sharp nab of pain brush my arm and put pressure on the surface it was on. I twisted with my eyes shut. I felt safer with it dark and continued to shake and convulse. Another explosion erupted from inside my head, it felt aflame. I screamed louder than before. I heard gunshots distantly, a lot of curse words and then a sharp new burning pain in my chest and passed out, hopefully, for good.

HAHAHA I killed her….again!!! I'm kidding. I was lying when I said I couldn't kill her. Just a few buttons clicked and tada I've done it killed Bella.

Personally I think that was a pretty good twist there with Victoria and James visiting Bella in hospital because they wanted to finish what they had started.

I love a bit of action. Every good film has a tiny bit of action at the least in it. Even if its just a little punch-up that ends abruptly with someone saying its not worth it….any ideas guys. It's my favourite film, if you guess it right; I may consider adding something to the story just for you!!

Here's another clue: I carried a watermelon!!

(That makes it easy)

BTW Word of warning: tomorrow's chapter has pretty grim content, not as in blood and horrific images but…it's just quite grim to be straight.

I THINK I MAY LIKE IT THE BEST THOUGH!

LOL

Beth 'Feels Strange To Be Me' Cullen

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