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6. An escape cum death plan.
TPOV (Tyler)
"Tyler! You have to keep a close eye on them. I don't want any failures or mistakes do you understand?" James asked looking directly at me. I nodded. Acting came to me naturally.
"I really need the passkey. It is important. Black is the reason I lost my Victoria." He said fingering his scar. I fought back a retort with great difficulty. Victoria had been his fiancée. She was a terrible woman to be honest. Her fiery red hair made everyone tremble and her voice was so soft. She had been his everything. But Billy Black had somehow killed her. James didn't tell us the more intricate details but we didn't want to know. He had got the scar fighting in vain to save her life.
"James, Swan is currently unconscious. She won't be able to say anything. We are wasting our time" I said trying to convince him. He was bent on getting Bella awake and I wanted Bella to be as far as possible from him.
"Now, Tyler. We do not pity her. It wasn't our fault she refused to talk. I gave her what she deserved. I could have given her a lot more…." He said trailing off.
I shuddered imperceptibly. Ewww. I knew exactly what he was talking about. He did not deserve her. He deserved no woman actually. He was a sick guy and he would pay for all his iniquitous murders.
"She does have a great body. If she weren't my enemy I would have her as my girlfriend." He said his eyes a little dazed. I shuddered again. I would kill him with my own hands if he so much as touched Bella again.
"James, don't think like that. You can't lust for her. It would put forth bad impressions." I said quickly. He nodded.
"I know. I will save her for after. When she talks I will take her." He said turning and dismissing me. I stalked out of the room and down to the cellars. I could hear talking. Was Edward going mad or was Bella awake?
"I don't remember…." A feminine voice said.
I pushed the door open and hung the key on the nail outside.
"Tyler! She'd awake!" Edward said loudly. I looked at her. The familiar chocolate eyes were striking.
"Bella." I said slowly moving towards her. Her brow furrowed.
"I am Tyler, the pimply guy in high school. Remember the strawberry icing and the pineapple sauce?" I asked stopping a few feet in front of her.
Her eyes widened.
"Tyler Crowley? The 'Video games suck' Tyler?" she asked laughing. I nodded. She remembered that really well. Well she hadn't been one for shopping so I guess we were on the same boat.
"Oh my god it has been so long. What are you doing in this hellhole?" she asked me. I relaxed as the familiar twinkle came into her eyes.
"I am having tea." I said jovially.
"Oh care for some buttered bread? Maybe some cakes too?" she said imitating a perfect British accent. I laughed, Bella was just the same as always.
"I missed you Ty." She said looking really happy and scarred. My eyes followed the pattern made by the scars and I felt like killing James for what he had done to Bella.
"I did too, Bellsy" I said using the nickname she detested.
She laughed. Edward looked at us in silence.
EPOV
I looked at Bella as she and Tyler talked. Bella seemed to be fine but I could see that sometimes she winced when she laughed. She was hurting but not letting it on. Typical Bella. I rolled my eyes.
"Bella I think you need to rest." I said when they paused. She looked ready to refuse but I suppose the tiredness was too much.
"I am sorry but I really should get to rest." She said to Tyler before lying on the hard floor.
….
"So what did James want?" I asked after Bella fell asleep. Tyler looked at me and then back at Bella.
"He was telling me to keep a close eye on you guys."
I nodded.
"He wants Bella." He said quickly. His eyes burned, and the pain reached me. I was surprised and confused by the strength of his 'brotherly' love for Bella.
I looked at him. "Huh? Wants…Bella? I don't…"
"He wants Bella"
I froze. Oh, that want. I would never allow that. He was going to pay for even having those thoughts.
"Can you help us escape?"
His eyes widened. "Escape? You can't."
"Why not? I thought you were helping us." I said feeling a hint of annoyance.
"Because you will get lost. The cellars are a real tangle of rooms, corridors and dead ends. People have died trying to get away. On the off chance that somebody actually makes it through there are a couple of armed guards at the entrance. They shoot if they see anything out of the ordinary." He said nervously.
"Then we are trapped here forever?" I asked incredulously.
"No. Not really. If you can get the map of the cellars you can escape in a jiffy."
"A map? You mean the paper kind?" I asked again.
"No. It is digital. It is sort of like the GPS, except that it shows you where you are only in the cellars. All you have to do is activate it by getting a fingerprint." He said looking all ready to plan out a highly technical escape plan with an injured girl.
"How will I get hold of it?"
"Simple. You have to capture one of the patrol guards. They come once in two weeks to seek out the poor dying souls. You have to be ready. The guy will open the door and you have to get him unconscious. You have to plan that out."
"Okay. So when does the patrol guard come?" I asked eagerly. I just wanted to get out of here.
"Three days from now."
"What!" I exclaimed. Only three days to make a master plan. Only three days to life or death. I hoped it was the former. I glanced at Bella. She was better. Her body was healing at a remarkable pace.
"I have to go."
"Okay"
He shut the door and left us there.
….
"What do they have?" I asked Tyler once Bella was asleep. She was all healed and could run. Tyler and I had been discussing plans and strategies for our escape. The very thought of escape was relieving but the risk involved made my marrow freeze.
"A lot. The place is packed with SG 553's. Everybody has them. Even the patrol guard." He said looking at me with serious eyes. I flinched. We hardly had fourteen hours left.
"And you will be ready with the jet?" I asked him for the hundredth time. He nodded. I was terrified at the thought of running from these cold blooded people. They seemed to have no conscience. According to Tyler they were all trained to be like that. Apparently even if a human being was crushed right in front of them they could watch without batting an eyelid.
"And what about the storehouse?" I asked him feeling like going through our entire plan again.
"You will have the key. That's what matters. They will let you in." he said nodding reassuringly.
I had asked him why we couldn't use the way he came down. Apparently there were several security checks and even swabs to detect false entries.
"Don't worry. All we have to do is escape this island. Once we're off nothing will be done."
I nodded once and we went through the whole plan again.
….
Bella was right in front of the door. I felt my breath catch as she tightened the loose shirt and expose her thigh. This idea was completely Tyler's and she had backed him up.
She ruffled her already tangled hair to make it look 'sexy'. My heart was pumping audibly as she undid the first three buttons showing off some cleavage.
"Bella that's enough." I said in a strangled voice.
"I am doing whatever I do right. I want no mistakes on my part.
She smiled at me and then pulled on a pout. I froze as I heard the unmistakable sound of boots on a concrete floor.
The guy was whistling. The lock in the chamber near ours was turned. I slid back into the shadows. I heard the metal door being shut and then the boots came right to our door. I tensed and saw Bella visibly tensing. The boxers that Tyler had got her were on the floor next to me. I raised the wooden stick or club or whatever he had called it in front of me.
The door opened and the smell of coffee and cigarette mingled with sweat diffused through the air. I wanted to gag.
"Hello there." He said eyeing Bella's 'overly exposed' body with hungry eyes. I could feel the anger building within my chest. He just had to come in. She had to lure him in and I would shut the door and the club would do its job.
"Hey." She said making her voice all low and sexy. I saw the guy's eyes widen. He had a broad chin and he was good looking in a way.
"And what can I do for you?" he asked taking a step forward. I growled inwardly.
"Anything" she said hitching her shirt and inch higher and exposing her underwear. That did it. He walked straight into the room, taking off his shirt in the process. I slid in behind him and brought the club down hard on his head. The crack that sounded was appalling. I pulled it down hard once more and the guy collapsed to the ground. Bella ran to the boxers and slipped them on.
I searched through the pockets of his pants and found a small mobile like object. It was already running which meant the guy had forgotten to lock it again. Searching through his shirt and jacket I found a pistol.
"Come on Bella."
She walked outside with me.
We were out. But the risk began only now. We were playing a game of life or death.
…
I scanned the Map again. It was 3-D which was making it really hard for me to hide.
There were two guards at the west tower almost forty yards to our right and there was not another soul in the whole tower that was moving. I heard Bella's wild breathing and took her hand. Her grip on mine was reassuring.
We made our way to the storehouse. They called it a storehouse but it was the biggest room in the whole of the underground citadel. There were armed guards on every entrance. I felt nervous as we neared the room.
"Edward!" she hissed. I froze and raised the pistol.
She was pointing up towards some small black moving object which was slowly turning towards us. I pulled her and jumped into the shadows.
"A camera." I whispered. She nodded. The camera slowly turned again. I looked at the map again. The sentinels were closer now, just somewhere near us. I could here the sound made by their boots.
Then they came into view. They were smart men, both of them. They were carrying rifles and I hugged Bella tighter to me.
"….sure that what he is doing is right? The accounts of the world in one industrial set up? What if it fails?" one guy the shorter one with cropped hair asked the taller guy.
"I don't know. Are they serious? The girl will be an easy play but apparently the guy who actually has the password is one tough guy. He has links all over the world…" their voices faded.
Bella looked shocked. I could tell that she understood what they were talking about.
"Bella what' happening?" I asked her.
"The Black Industries hold the code for all the accounts of the world." She said taking a deep breath.
I was confused. Code…. Why ….?
"They break the one password and they get access to all the accounts." She said sensing my confusion. I felt goosebumps rise on my skin.
"You mean they will have all the other accounts and they'll be using all that illegally." I said realization spreading over me.
She nodded.
"We have to go Edward. We can stop them if we get back in time."
"How?" I asked her.
"I'll tell you later. We've got to get out of here first." She said getting up and crawling across the floor to avoid the camera.
I followed.
….
I heard Bella's silent breathing as we entered a small closet out on the endless corridor. She looked terribly scared and angry.
"Bella are you alright?" I asked her pulling her to me.
"I'm fine….okay I'm not fine." She said running a hand across my cheek.
"What's the matter?" I asked pulling her up onto my lap. She buried her face into my shoulder and remained quiet. I sighed.
"Bella what's wrong?" I asked her again. She was going to play stubborn Bella and I was going to play persuasive Edward.
"Edward what if one of us gets hurt? I couldn't bear to see you hurt. I don't want anything to happen to you." She said her voice breaking.
I felt my stomach churn. That thought was sickening.
"It's all my fault you are in this mess. I can't bear the pain if anything happens to you." she said crying softly now. I rubbed her head soothingly.
"I love you Edward." She said kissing my neck softly.
"I love you Bella." I said before pulling her lips to mine. This kiss was almost fierce. But I couldn't care less. Within three minutes Bella was on the floor with me on top. I kissed her softly now. She was panting.
"I liked that." She said running a hand through my hair. I shivered. Her hand made me think of all inappropriate at the moment kind of thoughts. She giggled. Her hand slipped under my shirt while I traced the smooth skin of her exposed stomach.
"I wish I could stay like this forever." She said hugging me. I felt my heart shake a little.
"I wish I could too."
She smiled and I smiled back. We had a half hour together and I wasn't going to waste it. Definitely not.
A/N: Sorry for delaying. I am really busy nowadays. I am surprised i have time to breathe. I hope i got all the gun stuff right. I haven't the first idea about them. :( Please correct me if i am going wrong in places. I hope you like this chapter and i hope i will update soon. (I love reading my stories)
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