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Chapter 4: Keep Yourself Alive
Bella POV:
My prayers weren't answered, I was in agony. Every part of my body felt as though it were on fire for what seemed like an eternity. Finally when the burning was over, it felt as though someone had pumped ice into my very veins. My body was numb. How long have I been here? Did I die and go to hell? Eventually I started to sense my body coming back to me. But time was still moving at an agonizing pace. And then, I woke up.
Everything. I could hear and see everything. Every crack in the walls that were holding me captive. Every whisper or step a guard made outside the door to my side. Every creak the metal chains made that were holding me, as I struggled against them. I feel much stronger, why can't I break them? The boy that was across from me before was once again lying across the room from me. He was beginning to stir as I had just moments before. I watched him struggle against the chains as well, and I saw his eyes widen at his newly heightened senses. I don't think he had noticed me yet so I decided to make my presence known.
"Hey." I whispered softly to him. He jumped immediately, but his face softened once he saw my own. He must remember me as well. "Um, I'm Bella." I cringed. This is awkward. I mean what else am I supposed to say?
"I'm Liam. Liam Jackson." He whispered back to me. I gave him a small smile. But before I could begin to reply the door swung open and a chilling voice rung through the cell.
"Marvelous! How marvelous!" Aro seemed to be on a high of some sort from our survival. "I knew this batch would be the one. How do you feel little ones?" Liam and I just looked at each other. What am I supposed to say? Oh I feel fantastic, thank you for taking me against my will and holding me captive while you tortured me. Definitely not. Our silence did not seem to put a damper in Aro's mood however. "Well I guess I should explain just what we gave you maybe?" You think? Or maybe how about why? "It's quite special really. We combined vampire venom with shifter and werewolf blood. And a little something special but let's not reveal all our secrets shall we?" He was smiling that sick smile that looked like he wanted us to jump up in applause or something. Like he was giving us the greatest gift on Earth. I'm still trying to get my head wrapped around the vampire part. I took a peek at Liam again who had the same facial expression that I'm sure was on my face at the moment. Suddenly Felix and Demetri came into the room, each grabbing us roughly and unchaining us from the walls. "We're just going to see what you can do now dears. How good of assets you are for us." Aro said while still smiling like a jackass.
I've been here about two months now I think. It's mostly consisted of torture in the name of science, AKA killing me repeatedly in twisted ways to see what hurts more and if I still come back to life. Yeah I can't die. I really wish I could. Every time they kill me it's like being changed all over again. The burning, the numbing cold, and the eventual waking up confused and disorientated. Like I said, torture. The only good thing in here is Liam. When they're not torturing us, they're storing us in our filthy little cell. It was awkward at first to make conversation but being tortured makes for some great bonding. I told him everything about my old life and he told me his. The poor guy was only 16 years old when they took him from his home in Virginia. He's a really good guy, never knew about vampires before all this. He was amazed when I told him about the Cullens. Ah the Cullens. I would be lying to you if I told you I hadn't been secretly hoping they would come to my rescue. Alice could see the future right? Didn't she see me being taken? Didn't she care? Of course not, I thought bitterly. No one cares about us now.
That's right. We're killers. Cold blooded killers. We still have blood in our veins and can bleed. We can sleep and eat I think. But basically there's two beasts inside us, a wolf and a vampire. The wolf is more human you could say, less aggressive. Once Aro and Caius had figured this out they wanted nothing to do with it. Forcing the vampire out of us by making us feed. How did they make us feed? Simple; by torture of course. Oh no not us technically. They would torture the humans slowly in front of us until the humans were begging for us to make it quick and easy. Eventually you give into that. Yes the blood tastes fucking fantastic, but the innocent lives shed is killing my insides. The beast inside of me loves the slaughter. It purrs every time I make a kill. And I hate myself for it.
Apparently we weren't being as submissive as they would have liked us to be. So Aro's sick little mind got his goons to hunt down our families. And Aro did what he always does with humans, he made us kill them. But I try not to think of that. I try not to think about a lot of things they've done to me. Especially Caius.
This is my life now. I almost don't even remember what freedom feels like. Felix threw me back into my tiny cell of a home, and I could already feel my body giving up for the day. Liam lay next to me and I could hear him drifting off into sleep as well.
"We have to get out of here. We have to do something Liam." I whispered with all the energy I had left.
"I know." He replied, and we both passed out.