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A/N: So I am back. My exams are over. And I did great too. The relief is sooooooo nice. I promise to update regularly from now on. Hope you like this chapter. All my friends are leaving school so it is hard to be happy. I am going to miss them a lot. Read and leave your comments please :)

7. A whole new world

EPOV

"We've got to move Edward." She said softly. I nodded reluctantly. We had been in the storeroom for almost two hours. This place was terrible. Every now and then a person could hear a scream. The screams were just appalling. Bella never even flinched. She was looking at me with her insanely beautiful eyes. I took a deep breath and we exited the room.

"I think I look good in this don't I?" Bella said adjusting her newly acquired lab coat. I grimaced. She looked more than good. We had decided that running around in torn clothes was the easiest way to show everyone that we were prisoners. The storeroom had a wide variety of lab coats and we felt that it wouldn't actually matter if we stole two of them.

"Edward. Listen." She whispered pressing me into a wall. I tried to….all I got was..…silence.

"What am I supposed to be listening to?" I asked her.

"That. There is a sort of grating noise and then you can hear many voices." She said. I shook my head. Either I was deaf or she had unbelievably good hearing.

"We are going in there." She said firmly. I widened my eyes.

"Where?"

"Inside the room that gets opened by this GPS kind of thing." She said waving it in front of me. I stared at her open-mouthed. That was like walking into the enemy's lair.

"Don't be silly." I said trying to find a good side to argue from.

"I am not being silly. I just want to finish this. There are numerous people in this world who are being affected by this secret…..whatever it is. I don't people to suffer." She said looking at me. I could feel her turn the charm on. Her eyes looked so innocent. My insides melted.

"Okay…." I said giving in.

She kissed me softly. "Thank Edward."

…

"Go on…" she said pushing the GPS like thing in front of the laser. I felt my hands shake. The laser scanned the device and there was a faint beep, followed by the grating noise Bella had explained to me earlier. A strong smell of ammonium hydroxide hit me. I wrinkled my nose.

"Just as I thought. It's a passage." Bella said peering into a hole that had appeared in the wall. I joined her there.

"Where does it go?" I asked her. I could see nothing but darkness. The smell of chemicals was even stronger here. Bella didn't even seem to notice.

"Better find out." She said before hoisting herself into the hole. I groaned before helping myself up.

…

"Bella this is not a good idea." I said as I felt my lungs burning. The chemical smell was fading but now all I got was a musty smell and the lack of oxygen was making it very difficult for me to breathe.

"Edward. Please don't. If you are finding this tough you can go back. I have to go." She said looking up at me. I sighed.

"You know I will never leave you." I said running my hand through my dirty hair. She smiled.

I could hear faint sounds now. The GPS was proving too be very useful. After what seemed like ages we finally came upon a lounge. A lounge. After all the heat and dirt it was lovely to have the cooling air conditioned room with sofas and even a television set. There was nobody there. I saw Bella heading towards a room marked 'Ladies'. I went to the opposite room.

Finally. I was going to get clean. The bathroom was huge. Actually huge was an understatement. I stripped off all my clothes and stepped under a shower. A shower. The moment I was done I peeked into one of the huge wardrobes. They were full of clothes. I pulled on a pair of jeans and a white shirt to go with it. They were all new and even had tags on them.

….

I stared at Bella. She was wearing the most gorgeous dress ever, a midnight blue top and black jeans. But to my dismay I saw the lab coat draped over her arm.

"You look fresh." She said before pulling on the lab coat. I followed suit.

….

We headed towards the exit. It was a metal door. I pulled it open and we were faced by the most amazing sight ever.

"Oh my!" I heard Bella gasp. The entire laboratory was humongous. And all we could see was shimmering lights at the centre of the room. There a few other people working at their units but nobody even looked up. Everyone was deeply immersed in his or her own work.

"Oh my god! Mr. Carson! You're early." A feminine voice gushed. I whirled around. A woman who was maybe 30- 35 was staring at me. She was tall. Almost 5' 11". I smiled at her.

"I am Diane Linton. And you must be Ms. Louise Felton." She said turning her grey eyes on Bella. Bella looked surprised but she contained it well.

"Pleasure to meet you Diane." She said extending a hand. Diane looked at her reverently.

"The pleasure is mine" Diane said in a Scottish accent.

"Well let's get down to business shall we?" Bella said in a high and mighty way. I stared at her.

"Of course. Please come this way." Diane said leading us down a flight of steps. I watched the colours shimmer again. The sight was breathtaking.

Once we were down, Diane took us through the many centers and units in the lab.

"Diane…actually I am not aware of what exactly we were called for. He said we would be briefed on that when we arrive." Bella said turning to look at Diane's reaction.

"Oh yes he did tell me that."

I wondered who this 'he' was. But before that we were lead into a high roofed, air conditioned room. The walls were cream and the couches were black leather. The desk at the centre of the room was fairly sized. Diane settled behind the desk and motioned for us to take seats opposite her.

"As you are aware, we are conducting a project." She said looking at us carefully.

Bella nodded pretending that we knew. I nodded too.

"Well this experiment we are conducting is worth billions of dollars. The whole point though is to make the world aware of the existence of this very rare material. The 'Shimmer'" she said before turning around and opening a freezer. I felt a cold blast of air hit me. It was really cold. The next moment I saw a long tube about eight inches long being laid out in front of me. I stared at the tube mesmerized. It wasn't the tube that was mesmerizing. It was the substance inside it.

"Wow" I breathed. The substance seemed to be suspended in the tube. It shimmered. It wasn't a definite colour. It looked like a mix of all colours but there was no definite name for it. It just changed colours.

"This is the 'Shimmer'." She said watching us with interested eyes.

"What does it do?" Bella asked Diane not taking her eyes off the tube.

"Well this is tough…You see….this is a highly poisonous material in large quantities. But in small quantities it can cure diseases."

"Cure diseases?" Bella asked incredulously. A minute flash of anger passed through Diane's eyes but it vanished as fast as it had come.

"It can cure even AIDS. We tested it on sixty five people diagnosed with AIDS. It worked every single time." She said a manic gleam in her eyes. I stared at Bella. This was what they were going to do. They were going to expose innocent people to that material. It was poisonous. People could die.

"How poisonous is it exactly? I mean what does happen to the people?" I asked softly.

She turned her eyes on me.

"Well…. We only know that it shuts down the brain. It also causes the blood vessels to disintegrate." She said lightly as though that was the most normal thing in the world and was to be expected.

I exchanged a horrified glance with Bella.

"Now…what you have to do is examine all those people who have tried the element. To see if there are any problems and if they are behaving differently."

Bella nodded.

….

"Oh my god." She cried as she examined the body of a twenty three year old boy. I turned away not being able to take anymore of the terrible effects. Diane had left. We were alone.

The people in the facility were all in various stages of death. It was obvious. Nobody wanted to live. There were several people who actually wanted to die. I tried to block out all the painful noises.

"What happened sweetie?" I heard Bella ask to the boy. That was all it took. I collapsed.

BPOV

I stroked the boys thinned out hair. Edward had just fainted. I knew there wasn't enough time so I just kept talking to the boy.

"Your name is Benjamin isn't it?" I asked. He turned his blue eyes to mine. His skin was terrible. There were blue patches everywhere.

"Who are you?" he asked me. I held back the sob that threatened to escape. His voice was very feeble.

"I am a…. a friend." I said softly. He seemed to be comfortable in my arms.

"You have to go. Or else they will force you to drink it too." He said struggling to get up. I held him.

"No they won't do anything. Tell me what happened. How did you all end up here?"

"She brought us here." He said turning his head ever so slightly towards the south end of the facility.

"Why?" I asked trying to keep my anger at bay.

"She said it would cure us. She brings over 700 people everyday. Many of them die almost within minutes of drinking it." He said his breathing labored, "Sometimes when it is injected into our veins it kills within seconds."

I felt the first tear escape me. They were torturing people here. They had captured unsuspecting scientists and had made them work on a project that meant destruction and nothing else.

"Are you alone?" I asked him softly. He looked at me weakly. I saw his eyes turn to the dead woman lying a few meters away from us.

She was beautiful. Her soft features made her look so innocent.

"She was forced here because she knew about this. I told her. She died just this morning. Tia is my fiancé" looking at her with tenderness.

I cried. He didn't seem to mind. I felt his pain deeply. The way he said 'is' instead of 'was'. I couldn't take this any longer.

I got up and wiped my eyes. I had to save all of them. They were being cheated and were going to die.

"Thank you." He said softly looking at me from the floor.

"For what?" I asked in surprise.

"For loving me in this hellhole." He said smiling a faint smile. I felt the waterworks escalate.

"Edward!" I called blindly through the tears. He stirred.

"Bella is everything alright?" he asked wiping my tears frantically. But his efforts were futile. I just kept crying. The pain was too much.

"We have to go." I said before rushing out of the facility and into the lab.

"Bella!" he called and I could hear him running behind me. The lab was empty. I entered the lounge and went into the passage. I have to go! I told myself even though my legs protested.

Edward finally caught up with me. His arms slipped around me and held me as I cried. I searched for his lips with mine and finally I found them. I kissed him. This kiss was urgent and rough. He didn't seem to mind though. But after a few minutes I pulled back and cried into his shirt.

"All those….p….poor people." I sobbed. He swiftly ran his hands through my hair.

"Bella. We'll go and get help. If we leave now we can get to Tyler in time. We can head to the mainland and help all of them out." He said pulling away from me. I turned around and ran through the passage. He ran behind me.

To save them. Bella. You can do this. To save Benjamin.

….

I leaped onto the ground from the hole. It wouldn't be long before they would send out an alarm. For two scientists. I shut my eyes as I heard a thud indicating that Edward had joined me. I tried to think clearly. Edward hugged me from behind his arms tight around my chest and waist. I leaned into him.

Edward planted kisses on my neck. I didn't protest. I needed it. I needed someone to love me. The picture of Benjamin was embedded in my mind's eye.

"Love, we have to go." He said softly. I nodded and we headed off. We had to get going.

….

The alarms sounded. They were so loud. I jumped in fright. Edward pulled me close to him. The GPS tracker device had a new message. I opened it.

Alarm alert. Escape alert! Report to .991 ASAP.

It was short. But it was meaningful. I exited the message. There was a lot of noise. But none of it made any sense. I heard a lot of guns. They were really loud.

"Bella!" he called me. I felt faint. The noise. The pain. The ringing in my ears.

"Edward!" I called back. But I doubted that he could hear me. His voice seemed so distant. The pain in my head was alarming but I frantically reached out for Edward. I heard a thud. I knew it was Edward. I felt tears pooling in my eyes. It was all my fault.

I knelt down and tried to see. Edward wasn't there. I couldn't feel anything.

I faintly registered someone pressing a pointed thing into my back. Strong arms lifted me up and I fell into the blackness. I knew that there would be no resurfacing.

Edward! I tried to cry but I was under.

My life was ending now.

Edward

Benjamin.

Charlie.

Alice…..

I love you all!

I was under. No feelings. I was dead.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. The part about Benjamin was really sad atleast for me. Please review. It means a lot to me. And don't jump to conclusions just live in the moment. Review!