A/N: So the response to that chapter was pretty great! I'm glad you guys liked the Bella & Rosalie time, and hopefully we might have some more in the future. I love Rosalie, even though she isn't as amazing as ALICE!! but then again, who is?

This chapter is gonna have an explanation as to some of the things that happened while Bella was out... AND this chapter is going to be in the POV of one of my FAVORITE Cullen's... so figure it out. It shouldn't be too hard. :)

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Chapter 7

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Dining Room, The Cullen Home

I held my breath to keep my instincts in check., although the fact that Sue and Charlie absolutely reeked of werewolf helped to slightly curb my unquenchable thirst. They were the only two real humans here, besides Bella who was resting upstairs. They were sitting right across from me at the dining room table, Sue with her hand clasped tightly in Charlie's, the loved rolling off of them barely noticeable, drowned out with the worry that was enveloping all of us in the room, them, Emmett, Rosalie, and my beloved Alice.

Faintly, I heard Bella's voice from upstairs. Alice caught my eye with a sharp turn of her head.

"She's awake."

I nodded my head in confirmation.

"I'm going upstairs to see her." Charlie threw his coat onto the table in front of him, sliding the chair noisily across the wooden floors, prepared to go upstairs.

"I don't think now would be the best time, Charlie." She threw a quick glance my way, and I obliged, sending a wave of calm over him. He looked confused at the alien feelings I had sent his way.
"Bella's very tired, it might be awhile before she can have any visitors." Her voice was soothing, like velvet and honey, and Charlie couldn't resist. Almost.

"Edward is up there though! I saw him carry her up the stairs!"

It was true. We had all seen the way he had carried Bella, like she was to the point of death, which she almost had been.

We had already been on our way back from Canada, where we had been hunting in an area with an over population of wildcats. The look on his face as he talked to Seth, learning about Bella's abduction, was one to be feared. I hoped I never had the chance to wear one like it, because of Alice. His face was wild and feral, filled with raging emotions and pure instinct. The speedometer flew forward; Edward was doubling his already break-neck speed. Weren't the werewolves supposed to be watching them? How could they let someone take her?

"Seth and Leah were changing watches." Edward didn't take his eyes off the deserted road, almost invisible through the torrential downpour. "it's not Seth's fault, nor Leah's for that matter." I could feel the guilt settling over him.

"Its not your fault either Edward." the guilt was seeping over to me now, and I could feel it eating away at our edges, rubbing us raw with pain.

"How is it not my fault!?" he ran a shaking hand through his hair, a sign of his emotional distress. "I've been off, hunting, for three days, FEEDING MYSELF, while Bella has been here, stolen from me, by some... MONSTER!"

I cowered at the word that so often described our kind.

I didn't want to upset Edward any further. Neither he, nor I, could handle any more emotion at the minute.

We reached Port Angeles in record time, and Edward quickly found Bella's truck, following the thoughts of Seth Clearwater and Sam Uley, who were standing there, waiting for our arrival.

They seemed surprised by our speedy arrival, but said nothing of it, following Edward with their gaze, waiting for him to catch Bella's scent.

"Usually her scent is so strong in the rain..." He seemed to be talking to himself, barely loud enough for my own sharp hearing to catch.

He stiffened, his attention drawn to the ground close by the driver side door to Bella's truck. He touched the ground with his forefinger, bringing it to his nose.

"Bella..." it was her blood, there on the ground, so diluted by the rain that I could barely even smell it. Since Edward was the most accustomed to her scent, it made sense that he would be the one to find her trail.

He took off, to the south, and I followed close behind, hearing the ripping of clothes that meant Sam and Seth had shifted. We went along the main road; the rain was so thick that nobody risked driving in it.

Edward stopped abruptly, and Seth, unable to successfully stop on the slick mud, skidded right into Sam's back, making Sam yelp out in pain. If the situation had been different, I might have found myself laughing at Seth's gangly clumsiness, so like that of Bella.

Edward ambled down the road in front of us, sniffing here and there, his eyes closed, concentrating. We had reached a fork in the road, and he wasn't sure which path to take.

The silence, even through the rain and thunder, was deafening.

Finally, after what had seemed to be an eternity, Edward's head jerked to the path on the right, and he took off again, having captured the trail once more. We ran, desperate for time. Even with our above average speed, it had been a little over two hours since Bella had disappeared. For all we knew, she could already be dead.

Edward wheeled to an abrupt stop in front of me, his face inches from mine, his eyes blazing, bright and black.

"Don't you ever, EVER, let me catch you even THINKING thoughts like that again!" his voice was low, quiet and deadly, and I shivered at the rage coursing through his body.

"I"m sorry, Edward. I don't even know why I thought that. She's alive. She has to be." Edward turned his back on me, and I finally noticed the wide span of metal warehouses, storage warehouses for the food industry, from the smell. Bella's scent was coming strongest from the one to the left of us.

Edward deftly broke through the wide metal door, and the pups and I followed.

I could definitely smell Bella now, alone in the next room, the enticing scent called to me, and I closed my mouth and stopped breathing.

"Edward, I can't go in there. She's bleeding."

He turned his black eyes to me, and they scared me. The look in them was so haunting, I couldn't look away.

How could I deny my brother when he needed me the most.

"Please." For the first time since I'd known him, his voice broke. "I can't go in there alone."

I swallowed the venom that was rising in my throat and followed him into the wide room, gasping in horror as I saw Bella.

She was laying on the ground in the center of the room, her wrists tied to a shelf full of potato crates, one arm bent at an ungodly angle, clearly broken at the elbow. She was half naked, her pants down at her knees, undergarments ripped and pushed aside, still on her unmoving body. I shrank back in disgust. They had used Bella.

I heard a high keening sound, not unlike the one the newborns had made so many years ago as I had destroyed them, back before I knew hope. I was horrified, realizing that the haunting sound had come from my brother, his cold, unbeating heart ripped open at the sight of his love, laying there, used on the cold concrete.

He rushed to Bella, stroking her hair, feeling her pulse, covering her as best as he could. He pulled off his jacket, trying to cover as much of her nakedness. I couldn't look away from the grotesque picture in front of me, seeing the blood on the ground, leaking from every scratch, every claw, every bite those men had made. I was revolted.

"Seth, go get Charlie and Sue. Take them to my house in the truck, and wait for us there." He bit Bella's wrists free of their bondage, and cradled Bella into his arms. I removed my jacket as he stood, giving it to him, and he draped it over the remainder of her exposed skin.

"Thank you." I was forgiven for my unnecessary thoughts outside on the road.

"Edward, I know running her home would be faster, but she won't make it. She has to get warm, otherwise..." I didn't think I could finish my sentence.

Edward nodded, and we took off, into the trees, with Sam howling behind us.

Edward lifted Bella's limp form into the back of the Volvo, glancing at Sam, who had come up behind us.

"Sam, can you keep Bella warm for me?" I could feel the agony Edward felt, knowing that he couldn't bring warmth to Bella's lifeless form at a time like this, when she so desperately needed it.

Sam didn't answer, but shifted into his human form, and pulled on the gray sweatpants that had been tied to his leg. He crawled into the backseat, and pulled Bella into his chest, where she had stayed for the rest of the ride home.

Alice was waiting for us on the front porch when we pulled up; I knew she had been there since Seth had brought the news to her of Bella's abduction. She led us into Bella and Edward's room, past the dining room full of stares, including those of my family, Charlie, and Sue. Seth and Sam had left, unable to control themselves around the numerous vampires in the house. She gently stripped Bella of all of her clothing, drying her off, and redressing her in warm flannel pajamas.

Carlisle entered quickly, medical bag and plaster in hand, and set to work on preparing a cast for Bella's arm.

That brought us back to the present. We heard Bella, trying desperately to raise her voice, but unable due the the rawness of her throat. My family exchanged worried glances with one another.

"I'll go check it out." Rosalie glided out of the chair next to Emmett's and headed up the stairs without a backward glance.

A few seconds later, Edward appeared at the top of the stairs, looking ready to faint himself. Even though I knew that wasn't possible, I quickly left my chair to go to him, grasping his shoulders to keep him from falling over as he sat on a step.

"She doesn't want me." He cradled his head in his hands. My mind was going numb after all the pain I felt, from him, from Bella, and surprisingly, from Rosalie, upstairs.

"Edward," Alice appeared at my side, her silver voice calm and soothing, "That's not true. Just give her time, Edward. Bella still wants you. She loves you." She looked at me for confirmation.

"Of course she loves you. I can feel it Edward, just as strongly as I could before." I could also feel other feelings coming from Bella. Vulnerability. Worthlessness. Horror. Grief at the loss of innocence.

She felt tainted and unworthy. She didn't think she deserved him anymore, not since she had been ruined by them.

Edward's eyes narrowed, taking in my thoughts. I felt the rage seep out again, washing over me, and this time, over everybody else in the room.

He swiftly left Alice and I on the steps, going across the room to gather up his keys, but before he could open the front door, Rosalie's voice at the top of the stairs stopped him.

"If you're going to take revenge for Bella, you're not going to leave without me." She left us all stunned, walking past Edward, BMW keys in hand already headed out toward the garage. Edward smiled darkly and tossed his keys back onto the counter. He followed behind Rosalie, closing the door behind them.

"Hey!" Emmett jumped up out of his chair, gallivanting after them, "Don't leave without me."

Alice smiled grimly at me; there was no way this crime was going unpunished.

A voice from across the room caught us all off-guard.

"What the hell is going on here??"

We all looked at Charlie in unison.

We had some serious explaining to do.

A/N: so maybe this chapter wasn't my best, i'm totally aware of that. I needed to find a way to fill you in on how Bella got to the Cullen's, who rescued her, blah blah blah, and this was the best way I could think up.

NEXT CHAPTER: Charlie gets an explanation from Sue and Alice. Edward, Rosalie, and Emmett get their revenge on Amos and Swollen-Tongue-Man. And its gonna be GOOD.

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