Author's Note: Hi, Ok, no killing me, i'm begging you. I'm missing so maths revision time to update this, but I felt after suffering a english yearly exam today, that I might be nice and update and then go back to my maths, but I'm so tired and drained.
But anyway, sorry, for taking so long, I promise when my exams are done, I'll update heaps, I swear! So enjoy, Wish me luck on my science and maths exam tomorrow and wednesday.

Chapter 21

Give Her Back

Cullens

The Full moon shown threw the large windows of Tanya manor.

Edward lay on a couch in a side room that lead from the huge lounge room/ dinning room.

Edward lay still on the couch, listening in on the conversation that was going on in the next room. All those within the room thought he was still unconscious, not realising that he had woken up almost half an hour ago.

He was shirtless, with a huge bandages wrapping around his upper chest, where Rodriguez had slashed him. His chest hurt more then he thought possible considering he was a Vampire.

He raised a hand to his face, pinching his nose hard. They still hadn't found any sign of Rodriguez or his army, apart from the few scrapes of flesh all around the battle field.

Bella.

He closed his eyes as another wave of grief and pain hit him. He wanted to be out there, with them, tracking her down, to find her and hold her again.

Bella! Where are you?

Was she still her? She had lost her ankh thing.

He realised he didn't care, they'd find a way to get around it or they'd track down her ankh. Even if she didn't have her memories of him, he would start from scratch all over again. He didn't care as along as he got her back!

"Alice." Edward almost fell off the couch at the sudden loudness that came from the other room.

He was startled; he hadn't even heard a flicker of thought to suggest that Alice had entered the other room. He frowned, come to think of it, he couldn't hear anything!

Panic filled him, he couldn't hear a thing! What was going on?

"We can't find anything. It's almost as if they were never here. Even the witches can't scry for them; then again, they haven't got anything to actually scry for them with." Edward heard Jasper sigh heavily.

"So, no sign of…" Carlisle started to ask.

"No, we couldn't find her." Jasper mumbled. Edward heard an unhappy sigh that he knew had came from Alice. She was blaming herself for what was happen, blaming herself for not acting quicker.

Edward sighed heavily, he didn't want Alice feeling guilty about this, but he wanted Bella back so badly.

"Why are we trying so hard to get this girl back?" Irina demanded suddenly.

"Because she is part of our family." Carlisle said calmly.

"No she is part of the army, who is a danger to us." Irina argued. Edward felt a growl building in his chest.

"We know, but she is still part of our family." Carlisle said quietly.

"You knew! You knew did you?" Irina snapped angrily. Edward heard her two sisters sigh heavily from where they stood.

"Irina." Kate started but was cut off by Alice angry hiss.

"Knew what?' Alice snapped back. She was mad, so mad. Edward, even though he was mad himself, was surprised by how much Alice was hating Irina at this moment in time and he didn't need his telepathy to know that, it was all there in her voice.

"That she was part of this Army." Irina growled.

"We had an idea that she was, but so what?" Alice demanded.

"She's a danger!"

"No she isn't." Alice growled. "She's never done anything to harm us. She's never come close to attacking us."

"How do you know she wasn't order not to attack you?" Irina snarled.

"Because she isn't like that." This time, however, the arguing voice was not from Alice. This time the snapping voice had come from Rosalie, who had not only taken the surprised everyone in the room, but herself included.

Edward tried to listen in on her thoughts, to figure out exactly why she had said what she had said, but still he heard nothing. He let out a small growl of frustration, it was like having ten Bella's in one room, hearing her talk yet hearing no thought to back up what she was saying.

"We'll find Bella." Carlisle said firmly.

"And if we don't?" Tanya asked gently.

"Then Edward will." All the Cullen replied calmly back.

Everything went quiet in the next room but Edward's vampire ears picked up the faint footfalls of the group leaving.

Edward swung himself into a sitting position, ignoring the pain in his chest only aware of the burning sensation where his heart was meant to beat.

His family was right, if they couldn't find Bella, then he would and he was going to find her now.

"And where do you think your going?"

Edward staggered in shock, almost falling over at the unexpected sound of Alice's voice.

"To find Bella." He growled at her as he caught his balance once more.

"Not like that, your not." Alice sighed, trotting into the room and plopping herself on to the arm rest of the couch

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"You don't have telepathy at the moment. You're vulnerable." She stated calmly.

Edward's mouth dropped.

"How did you?"

"I was trying to talk to you all threw that meeting cause I could see you were awake and just sitting here."

"Can you see me getting my telepathy back?" Edward asked hopefully. Alice shook her head.

"I think this is going to one of those things that the only way it will come back is when the one who cast the spell to make it disappear is dead." Edward nodded in agreement.

"Or when you truly need it, either one not sure, it was something I heard the witches talk about." Alice added as an after thought. Edward rolled his eyes.

"Lets go for option one, shall we." He muttered darkly. Alice shook her head.

"You just dying to kill Rodriguez, aren't you?"

Edward scowled at her, but Alice had seen the crazy lust to kill in his eyes.

"Men!" She muttered.

"I need to find her, Alice." He whispered his voice suddenly pathetic. His strong shoulders slumped.

"I know, I know you do, but I beg you to wait. Bella needs you just as much as you need her. Give her time to work on those feelings." Alice pleaded. Edward turned to fully face her, his facial features curious.

"Have you seen something?" he whispered, hope rising in him.

"Only flashes, but yes. Bella is fighting to get here, to get back to you."

"Really?"

"Yes, so be a good boy and stay here and heal up or you'll be no good to anyone, let alone your girl." Alice chided him, pushing him back on to the couch.

"I'm so glad I'm not married to you, your so bossy. I sometimes feel so sorry for Jasper" Edward teases. Alice smiled sweetly back at him, while making a rude hand gesture at him, which cause him to laugh weakly.

Hearing their son's laughter, Esme and Carlisle ran into the side room.

"Edward?"

"Hi." Edward greeted them. Esme unable to restrain her relief and happiness of seeing her son generally in one piece and alive… so to speak, ran forward, fling her arms around him and scolded him with incoherent words.

"Sorry, Mom. I really am sorry." Edward finally managed say as Esme had not given him an opportunity earlier to speak.

"Just promise me you won't do anything so reckless again, please."

"I don't think we can get a promises for that, Dear, not when Bella's involved." Carlisle said gently before Edward could get a word in. Esme sighed heavily, but nodded in agreement with her husband's logic.

"And that's why we need to get her back here safely and never let those bastards anywhere near her again." Esme said firmly, her eyes hard and determined. Everyone in the room stared at her, mouths hanging open slightly. Who would have thought gentle and calm Esme could be so, so fierce.

Carlisle was the first to break out of shock and smiled at his wife lovingly. He knew that his wife had considered Bella one of daughters long before she had become a vampire, when she was still just human girl who was so in love with their son. She was still in love with their son, he corrected himself and smiled. They would be together again soon. However he couldn't allow Edward to go after Bella yet, he needed time to heal from the wounds Rodriguez had caused.

Carlisle eyes grew dark with anger. He had never been this angry with someone before. He couldn't forgive Rodriguez after all that he had done to Bella and the other poor souls he had turned into his army.

"I still need to find her." Edward frustrated voice broke threw Carlisle's thoughts. He turned to where his wife, son and daughter were. Esme looked upset and worried and Alice frustrated, while Edward was just angry.

"You can look for her when you've fully healed, which won't be long now. But until then, you are to stay here." Carlisle told him firmly. Edward glared at him, and looked calmly back.

"You going wild with anger and pain, won't help Bella, it'll probably only make things worst for her." Carlisle said gently. Edward sighed and slumped back on to the couch, his eyes dark with anger and grief.

"Just rest, all will be well." Carlisle said softly. His son smiled mockingly, before covering his face with his arm, his shoulders shaking ever so slightly.

Carlisle stared at his son sadly, before ushering his wife and daughter out of the room, but before they had completely left the room, Alice stopped and said.

"If I get even a whiff of a premonition where I see you sneaking out to hunt for her, I'll come down here with Jasper and Emmett and we'll kick your sorry ass, get it." Alice said fiercely

"I got it." Came the grumbled reply.

"Good, now be a good little boy and stay." And with that the door was closed and Edward was left alone, again.

Alone!

God he hated that word now. Once it had bothered him, but only bothered, he had just accepted the fact that in his family he would be the one who would always be alone, that was just how it was… then-then she came into his own dark world that was separate from his family's and he realised he never wanted to alone ever again in the world. He wanted to stay with her.

But he hadn't, he had left her and he was regretting that decision with his very being, from the moment he turned away and left her in that forest.

He had been alone for so long, that he almost got use to it again, and suddenly she was back, saving him both from reality and from the nightmare he had built around himself.

Even though she had no memory of him, none at all, he still loved her and couldn't lose her. He would not allow himself to lose her again. He never wanted to be alone.

Heal. He ordered his body. Heal fast so that he could go out and find her and bring her home.

Bella! Please, give her back to me; I can't live on any more if she is not here with me. I don't care if she no longer feels the same way about me; just let her be here, with me, safe. Please, giver her back!

Two nights later

He was well, so now he could go out and hunt for her. Hunt for her and bring her back into his arms.

His telepathy was slowly coming back, he could hear loud thoughts but that was all for the moment, but it was progress at least.

He made his way for the door, but once again his path was blocked by Alice and Emmett. He glared at them in frustration.

"What? I'm healed so I'm going to go find her."

"By yourself? With no back up?" Emmett asked, almost disappointed.

"I'm going to try and find her without starting a fight." Edward told him firmly. Emmett pouted.

"Edward, do you really think that is wise, going alone? You seriously don't know how many you'll be up against." Tanya asked him gently. He shrugged, at the moment he could care, actually despite what he had said to Emmett he was hoping very much that he would actually get into a fight with a couple of them, he wanted some revenge.

"Edward." Alice grumbled in frustration. She had obviously seen something of what he was planing to do and was annoyed at him because of it. He understood to come level why what he was planning would bother her.

"I have to find her." he argued stubbornly.

"Yes, we understand that, but think about what your planning to do," Eleazar argued. Edward opened his mouth to protest, but Eleazar held up a hand to stop him, "wisely." He added.

Edward scowled at them all. He did understand what they were saying, really he did, it was just… didn't they understand how hard it was to breath not knowing whether or not the love of your existence still existed? It was very hard for him not to just attack all of them and then go hunting for Bella, free of all leashes that held him back from doing so now.

"Fine, what do you propose we do?" he demanded breathing heavily to restrain himself from lashing out.

"I suggest we go in groups, follow whatever lead we can find and if we find the place where Rodriguez is, see if we can actually get in and save the girl, and that is if the girl wants to be saved." Edward snarled at Eleazar at this part.

"Or, "Jasper said suddenly, he wasn't looking at them rather at the doorway behind them with a stunned look on his beautiful face.

"We could just say hi to Bella right now because she's found us rather than us finding her." Jasper said still looking stunned.

Everyone just stared at him blankly.

"Huh?"

"Doorway." he said pointing across the room to the front door.

They all spun around as one, their mouths dropping too.

For there stood Bella, leaning heavily against the door frame, her breaths laboured, but seeing their stunned, disbelieving faces she grinned brightly, before she began to fall forward. Edward ran for her, catching her into his arms and pulling her tightly into his chest.

"Alice?" Esme asked, as she watched her daughter bounce all over the place in happiness.

"I wasn't sure exactly." She squealed, "but I kept you all here just in case."

"Thank you, Alice." Edward muttered, hugging Bella tighter to him.

"Edward?" Bella asked quietly.

"Shush, I'm here." he whispered. She looked up at him, a frown creasing her forehead.

"Why are you…?" her voice trailed off as Edward's fingers brushed against her face. He himself frowned.

"Bella, your eyes? Their-their blue?" Edward looked from Bella's blue eyes up at his fathers gold ones.

"She doesn't look well." Carlisle comment as he bent over Bella's face. Bella now blue eyes peered up at him, frighten and confused. Confused as if she wasn't quite sure why he or she were there.

"When did you come back?" she asked, still frowning. Father and son looked at each other, what was she talking about?

Bella wiggled slightly; Edward was taken by surprise by how strong she was. A few little wiggles almost knocked him to the ground.

"I'm not sure whether or not she's in her right mind." Carlisle whispered.

"So, she could possible attack us? Like a newborn?" Tanya asked calmly.

"Possibly."

"Is there somewhere, where she can get some rest and be out of harms way?" Edward asked; swing Bella more fulling into his arms.

"There's the basement, it's clean and strong in structure down there." Kate told him, beckoning him to follow her. They walked to the unused kitchen and Kate opened a door that lead down into darkness.

"You're going to stay with her?" Carlisle asked Edward. He nodded.

"She could…" Tanya mumbled, but Edward shrugged.

"It's not like I don't deserver as much."

"Edward?"

"I'll be fine." Edward muttered and walked into the darkness. They listen to his soft footfalls on the twenty-two stairs that lead down into the basement.

"I hope he'll be alright." Carmen whispered.

"He will be." Alice said firmly. She clamped her hands and got everyone's attention.

"Now we just need to find her ankh and all will be good again."

"Always the optimist isn't she." Eleazar muttered to Jasper, who rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement but stared lovingly at his wife all the same.

At the bottom of the basement, Edward twitch on the light and walked over to an old couch that was down there and gently place Bella upon it. Her eyes were now closed and she was breathing heavily. If he hadn't known better he would have thought she was human again.

She's back, he thought, peace filling his being. He sat down by her feet and just watched her, like he had all those years ago. Watch her while she slept.

Author's Note: So Bella's back and more than slight odd, I swear she'll be back to normal soon-ish. Edward's telepathy is gone, slightly, it'll fully come back soonish.
Um, yeah, I hope you guys like it, and won't be plotting my murder I really have been studying, so yeah, I promise i'll update soon.
See ya next chapter.