Chapter 2- Gone
Edward felt like everything just shut down. Almost like an unintentional blink (which vampires don't do) and all of a sudden she was gone. Edward was just experiencing the happiest moment of his life and in one quick second his life was gone. She was gone. Taken away right in front of him. Edward looked around panicked while the rest of the guests looked confused, completely unaware where the bride just vanished to.
Alice was just sitting there in shock. She knew what happened, she saw it before it did. Trapped in her own mind without being able to stop it. Tension started growing in the crowd as Jasper quickly tried to find a way to get everyone to go home with a believable story, which is hard when Bella disappeared in a matter of seconds. Luckily at that moment it started to pour down rain. Everyone tried to cover themselves as Emmett took the opportunity to announce that the wedding would be postponed because of the weather and apologized.
The guests all left trying to get out of the rain but the Cullens could still hear the chit chat between them of the strange occurrences.
"It's the Cullens of course weird things would happen, I just wonder where Bella ran off to, maybe having second thoughts" , a hopeful Mike said to an annoyed Jessica as they left to go to their car.
The hardest to get to leave was Charlie and Renee. Alice heard Emmett's pathetic attempt to explain that Bella felt nauseous and had to go inside and she quickly snapped out of her depressed trance.
"Sorry Charlie, she told me before she wasn't well and I thought it was just nerves and told her it would be fine, I didn't know she would actually get sick, you probably didn't see her, it all happened really quickly", Alice said using the full force of her innocent face on Charlie.
Charlie couldn't contradict Alice, he trusted her completely. "Oh, ok Alice, yea I guess she was shaking up the aisle but I also thought it was nerves, do you think we should see if she's ok?".
Alice used her quick mind to end this conversation, they needed to help Bella, "No Charlie she's probably going to be embarrassed running off in the middle of her ceremony in front of everyone, give her the night I'll talk to her, it will be fine".
She had such insurance in her voice Charlie nodded understandingly and lead a worried Renee around to the front where everyone's cars were parked.
Edward had been in a confused shock this whole time he didn't even concentrate on what was going through Alice's mind until he heard 'we've got to help Bella'. Edward abruptly noticed that the crowd was gone and was in front of Alice is seconds.
"What happened, where is she, ALICE!" Edward basically screamed at Alice.
Alice
was talking as she was thinking it so the Cullens listened as Edward
saw everything in her mind,
"It all happened so fast, I'm sorry
Edward, I didn't see it coming before."
"It was Aro he came
for Bella, but he didn't come alone he brought Caius and Jane, and
one other he called him Laurence. Laurence has a power, he could stop
time. It didn't seem to affect Bella at all. Bella was crying Edward
she was scared and alone, and we all were sitting there frozen like
idiots. They took her Edward, the Volturi have her".
By the look on Alice's face, if she could cry she would have been. She felt like she let Bella down.
Edward looked even worse, rage was
evident in his eyes that had gone pitch black. Both Emmett and Jasper
had to hold him back as Edward started to race towards his car.
"What do you think your doing, let me go, I need to go to
Italy, I need to save Bella", Edward screamed trying to rip both
his vampire brothers off him.
Carisle and Esme who has been
standing off to the side listening stepped in.
"No Edward, your
not thinking clearly, it won't do you any good to rush in there, for
all we know thats what Aro wants, you know he's wanted you to join
him, this may be a trap".
"I don't care what this is, they have Bella, thats ALL I care about!" Edward said with nothing but persistence and anger in his voice.
"If your going Edward were all coming with you, I'll be able to talk to Aro more calmly then you would". Carisle tried to persuade Edward.
Edward glared at his family, why didn't they understand? Did they even care? He tried to clear his head, he needed to go now and this was wasting his time, "No Carisle, I'm fine, I know better than to go there and start ripping everything apart, I need to go and see why they have Bella, I need to get her back no matter what, if we all go the Volturi will feel threatened, with Bella in their grasp the last thing I want them to feel is threatened".
Carisle seemed to actual considered this it made sense and the look in Edward's face showed that he was not going to give up. He gave Alice a quick look and saw her nod in approval, "Emmett, Jasper let him go". They both did as they told. Edward was in his car two seconds later driving away towards the Seattle airport. He left so quickly he didn't even notice the constant humming in Alice's mind trying to keep her thoughts from him.
Yayyy chapter two done. My mind is just racing for ideas for this story which is why I got two chapters done so quickly!! I've already started the third chapter so I'm hoping to have it up by Nov 23rd!! Hope your all enjoying. Don't forget R&R!!!!!!
