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Chapter 18

The search begins

Edward's Point of View

Jasper and Alice walked into the cafeteria, Alice crying her eyes out as Jasper held her close. We all rushed to her with worried looks on our faces. "Alice, what's wrong?" Rosalie asked, placing a hand on Alice's arm. But my little sister wouldn't look at any of us. She just buried her face in Jasper's chest, sobbing uncontrollably. Looking into Jasper's eyes, one message was clear: DON'T TRY TO PUSH HER. Not questioning him, we walked into the parking lot, completely ignoring our lunches and tried to help my sister. "Alice, you got us really worried about you," Rosalie asked, using the simplest of voices ever. Looking around, I saw that there was one person missing: my Bella.

"Jasper, where's Bella?" I asked and his expression scared me completely. He looked away from me, closing his eyes and scrunching his face in pain. What had happened? Looking at Alice, I could see that there was a burn mark on her neck. "Alice, what happened to your neck?" Wow… I was asking that question a lot right now. Alice tried to look at me but ended up crying in the end. She was really terrified about something.

"I… I was burned," was the only thing she said. "He took me and…"

"Who burned you Ali?"

"Ch… Charlie…" She muttered as a few stray tears fell down her face. She buried her face in Jasper's chest once more, tears falling down her dirt-filled face. Her clothes were filled with leaves and dirt but she didn't care. What has her so distraught?

"Charlie got you?" Rosalie asked, her voice raising an octave at the man. Charlie had gotten to Rosalie once and now, he'd gotten to Alice and… Oh god… I can't even begin to think what Charlie could have done to her. But Alice didn't seem to have any serious injuries, only that small burn.

"Alice, where's Charlie?" I asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

She looked at me and said only three words that broke my heart: "I'm so sorry…"

"What are you sorry about honey?" Now, I was getting a little irritated. I wanted to know where Bella was and no one would tell me. Obviously, Alice and Jasper knew but they wouldn't tell me.

"I tried to get her to reason with me. She just… she's so selfless! I tried to get him to let her go but I was just too weak. He…" I didn't want her to finish. Some part of me already knew what Alice was going to say. My heart clenched in pain and sorrow. No… this couldn't be happening.

"What happened honey?" Rosalie asked, looking Alice directly in her eyes. By Rosalie's voice, she already knew what was going to happen next. We were all afraid of this outcome.

"Bella gave herself up to Charlie to save me," Alice said, her eyes filled with fresh tears and her voice thick with sadness. No one said anything. No one could say anything. My Bella was in the hands of a sadistic monster that could kill her at any given moment. "She told me to tell you something Edward." Looking at Alice, her face was filled with pain, at the fresh memories of letting Bella go with that bastard. "She told me that she loved you. Bella wanted you to know that."

Shaking my head, I walked over to my car, unable to look at anyone anymore. "She's not saying goodbye to me!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, walking over to my car angrily and determined.

"Edward, wait!" Rosalie screamed at me but I didn't listen. Getting in my car, I drove out of the parking lot faster than ever and drove to the police station. No way in hell was I letting Bella die! She'd just gotten her life under control and now that… that sick monster dares to take her away from everything she's worked for. I'm not going to let that happen!

When arriving at the police station, I ran inside and many officers just stared at me confused and a little shocked. "Son, what's the matter?" A man asked me.

"I'm here to report a kidnapping. Charlie Swan has just kidnapped his daughter and is about to kill her!" I screamed at them, hoping they would listen to me.

But they just looked at me as if I was some crazy person. "Son, I think you're mistaken. Charlie Swan is the—"

"Bob, I think the boy has a point," A lady at the counter said. "Charlie hasn't been to work in over two months. And they did find his daughter beaten practically to death. Dr. Cullen even called us, saying that they found her practically dead. The daughter even said that it was Charlie who had done that. Could he…?"

"Janet, that's not an option. Charlie is one of the good guys!" The man named Bob said angrily.

"Dr. Cullen is my father! I was there when Bella was recovering! Charlie found her again a few days after that incident and almost killed her again. Today he kidnapped my sister in order to get to Bella! You have to listen to me," I pleaded, hoping that they would in fact listen to me. But just as the other police officers were about to complain, my siblings walked in the police station, worried and a little out of breath.

"And who are you?" Bob asked angrily. Obviously, he didn't like the fact that Charlie was now one of the bad guys.

Rosalie was the first one to speak. "Officers, you have to listen to my brother. He's not lying. You can even ask my little sister. Charlie just threatened her to get to his daughter."

"Why in the world would Charlie kill his own daughter? He already lost his wife a few years ago. I doubt he'd want to kill his daughter," Another man said in desperation. The woman named Janet came over to us and looked at Alice, whose face was still tear-stained.

"Fred, shut up. I don't think they're lying," Janet placed both of her hands delicately on Alice's shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. "Honey, you want to tell us what happened?" Alice nodded and started to explain what happened. She even showed them the new burn mark Charlie had left on her neck. None of us had heard the whole story and were quite shocked at what Charlie did to my Bella, taunting her with my sister's life. Janet was really the only one who would believe us. Thank god the force had her… "Alright honey, we're going to help get your friend back. Fred," She turned towards the man with a determined look on her face, "go get the others. We're going to go to the Cullen place and search the area. Maybe Charlie's still around somewhere in Forks." A smile rose on my face, knowing that this woman would help us.

"You believe us?" I asked incredulous.

"Of what your sister tells me, this wasn't just some made up story. For a while now, I've doubted Charlie. At first, I didn't want to be right but now… Well, let's go. We're wasting precious time."

At least a dozen members of the Forks Police came to our house with their equipments and surveillance. When arriving, Mom looked at me for explanations. Unfortunately, it was harder to tell my mother what had happened than explaining it to the police. She had started crying the moment I said Charlie. Mom knew what this meant and was determined to find Bella no matter what. Dad came home soon after the police started investigating the area. His face was like stone once the police started questioning him about Bella's disappearance. No one was expecting this. Damn it! I shouldn't have let Bella go! And why did Jasper let her go by herself? She was planning on leaving us to save us. When we were going to find Bella, I was going to have to talk to her about family.

The search went on for hours with no end result. The police had searched the whole neighbourhood and found nothing. I was looking on the computer, hoping to be able to trace something but still nothing. Mom was trying to comfort Alice and Rosalie as Emmett and Jasper were helping the police officers. Dad was talking to one of the police officers when suddenly, an instant message opened on my computer, asking me if I wanted to have a video conference with a person named chief2043.

"Dad, come here," I said, just looking at the screen. A gut feeling told me that we had found Charlie. Well, let's just say that Charlie wanted to be found. Dad came to stand next to me as I accepted the invitation. The minute I accepted, Charlie's face popped up on the screen, his grin making me angrier with every passing second. "Charlie…" I snarled at him.

"Well, what a wonderful welcome message. I was kind of hoping for a little 'hello' or a 'how are you doing today'," He taunted, which made me angrier but Dad held me back.

"What have you done to Bella?" I asked, keeping my voice levelled as Mom, Alice and Rosalie joined us. Both of my sisters were furious, their anger burning around us.

"Charlie… You bastard!" Rosalie almost yelled at the screen.

"Well, hello cutie," He said, looking straight at Alice. My little sister shivered and held herself closer to Mom. That just made me angrier. How dare he taunt my little sister like that? She has nothing to do with this! "Long time no see."

"What have you done with Bella?" I asked, my voice rising. Dad placed a hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down but it was impossible. That man just frustrated me so much! "You better not have done anything to her, you son of a—"

"Oh, you better not finish that sentence boy. You wouldn't your precious girlfriend to die, would you?" He stepped to the side, revealing a gruesome scene. My Bella was on a bed, her wrists and ankles cuffed up. Many cuts and bruised covered her legs, face and arms. Her eyes were half closed but their colour was the one thing that aggravated me the most. Her eyes were the colour of light brown, indicating that Charlie had drugged her. Her breathing was laboured as her head turned towards the screen, showing us her beautiful battered face. Her shirt was ripped in several places and, on her side; a splash of blood was embedded in her shirt, probably from the bullet wound.

"Bella!" We all screamed, seeing Bella so hurt but she probably couldn't hear us. Charlie must have drugged her so she wouldn't speak while he tortured her.

"You monster!" I screamed at him but Charlie just laughed as he moved closer to the bed Bella was lying on. "Don't touch her!"

"Frankly, this is the most fun I've had in a long time." Charlie decided to lie back in the chair and place his feet on the bed so close to Bella that she whimpered in pain. Charlie looked at her once and groaned. "Gonna have to shut her up again…"

"No, don't you dare!" I screamed that the screen, unable to do anymore. If he drugged once more, would Bella survive? How much had he drugged her already? Charlie stood up, grabbed Bella's shirt and lifted her up to meet his face. She whimpered in pain as she stared at the screen.

"Leave her alone!" Alice cried at the screen, tears streaming down her face. Charlie, just to anger us even more, punched Bella in the face once and pushed her back on the bed before leaving to get another set of tranquilizers probably. When Charlie was no longer in the room, Alice cried and tried to get Bella to listen to us. "Bella? Bella, can you hear us? Bella please!"

But there was no response. Her head turned towards our voice but her eyes were vacant. She was so filled with drugs that she couldn't comprehend anything else. "Come on Hun, you're going to be fine. We're coming to get you," I said encouragingly while looking at the screen, seeing if there was anything that could lead us to Bella. Maybe something in the room she was in could help. But there didn't seem to be anything. Damn it!

"Four… twenty… three…" Bella's frail voice made me look at her. It might have been a whisper but she still spoke. Bella was slightly conscious! The drugs were wearing off! But… what was she trying to tell us?

"Bella? Honey, are you alright?" Mom asked, her voice thick from the crying. Her tear-stained face was enough to tell me that she couldn't watch this anymore. Her eyes just looked at Bella on the screen.

"F… our tw… ent… y… three… bi… rch…wood… dr… ive…" were her final words before she slumped in the bed and Charlie came back in the room. She's just given us her location but… would there be consequences? Maybe not, Bella's voice was so low that Charlie might not have heard her. Charlie went to her bedside and prepared the syringe close to Bella's neck.

"Don't do it!" I screamed at him.

But of course, his grin only grew larger as he plunged the syringe in her neck and injecting the drug into her, causing Bella to fall instantly unconscious. "No! Mom screamed in pure horror.

"Have fun Cullens," He said before shutting off the video conference and leaving us with a blank screen.

"Damn him!" I screamed, smashing my fist on the desk in anger. How could he be so cruel to his own daughter? What had Bella ever done to him? "I'm going to kill him!"

"Edward, calm down. Bella wouldn't want you to act this way and you know it," Rosalie said, calming me down instantly because of guilt. "But now we know where she is. Janet, can you come here please?" Rosalie asked and got the attention of Janet, who was just coming into the house from her search party. The police officer came to stand next to us with a confused expression.

"We know where Bella is." The police officer's face lit up in hope as we continued to speak. "She gave us an address that might help."

"What's the address? I'll get my men on the job now," Janet said, getting a piece of paper out and a pen.

"Four twenty-three Birchwood Drive," Mom informed and the police officer's face lit up once again.

"That's close by. We're going to need you, Dr. Cullen. We don't know in what shape she'll be in," Janet said and Dad nodded before walking towards the front door.

"I'm coming too," I said determined to find my Bella and bring her back safely. Janet looked at Dad for a second before she looked at me and nodded. My face lit up. I'd find my Bella and have her in my arms again. No matter what, she would live.

Alright guys, so they have the location to where Bella and Charlie at. Don't kill me yet. And please don't come at me with pitchforks. Ok, now I'm going to hide in my cave and await your REVIEWS!

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