Chapter 39

EmPOV

"Rosalie, why are you in a jail cell really?"

"Because we piss off our step mother."

"How do you do that?"

"By being a pain in the ass, spending money and shopping, talking to boys on the phone, borrowing cars and driving fast, skinny dipping. Right Alice, anything to piss her off."

"Okay, but why and how old are you?"

"28 and because she is our step mother and she flaunts running this country at us."

"Why haven't you left?"

"We try and she catches us. Thanks to her pirate friends and that is why we're in the dungeon right now."

"Well, I don't think someone so sexy should be in here."

"Thanks," she said. "Will you be coming back with Bella when she returns for real?"

"Yes, we're her bodyguards or as she calls us godfathers."

"Cool, I can hardly wait. Will you be my bodyguard?"

"Maybe," he said, "that depends on what I'm guarding."

"Well, I don't need my virtue guarded just my body."

Emmett groaned, but then asked, "You and Alice are sisters; but you look nothing alike."

"We are also step sisters."

"My father and his first wife had me. She died during my birth. He married a second woman when I was two. Alice was born when I was 3 1/2 years old. Our mother loved us both very much and died from leukemia when I was 8 and Alice was 5. We both took it very hard and we became each other's best friends. Our father spoiled us rotten needless to say. His two special daughters and he stayed away from women until I was 17 and Alice was 14 and he met our step mother. We think he was lonely and our stepmother made him happy someway, I'm not sure how. So he married her a year later, our father still loved us more and doted on us. Well, when our father passed away, when I was 24 and Alice twenty, she was stuck with us. My father's money is actually ours once we reach thirty; though we have to provide for her. She was so pissed, but the courts held up the will as legal and binding so she is stuck with us and then she met the king. I still don't know what you men see in her, but oh well. We met Bella when she was 16 ½ and we became fast friends though she was standoffish at first because we were taking her father's time. We felt really bad for her; but we helped her see how evil her step mother was and that got her on our side. They were married when she turned 17 and at 17 ½ her father died and on her 18th birthday she disappeared. Two days later mommy dearest said they found her body and she was dead from scuba diving."

Emmett told us Bella's side.

"That bitch," Rose said.

JPOV

"Alice, how tall are you?"

"5 foot 2 first thing in the morning, but with my heels 5 foot 5 to 5 foot 6."

"Jasper, how tall are you?"

"6 foot 4"

"You are so tiny."

"You are so tall."

"Your eyes are beautiful."

"Your eyes are beautiful and so is your smile, even while you are locked in the dungeon." My hand slid into her cell and held hers as Rosalie told us their story.

Alice held my hand tighter and as Rosalie finished up. Alice said, "How's Bella?"

"She is tough and she's been holding up. She misses home and has missed you guys. She left you to save you." While I told them about Bella, Rose and Emmett came down close to us and the four of us were very close.

"I can tell you want to keep Bella safe and have her return her safely."

"Yes, we do."

"So once we leave here, you need to go back to acting like yourself and pretend we haven't been here."

"What you want us to be our normal pain in the ass selves to our step mother," Alice said.

"Yes, but you cannot act like you know Bella is alive. We'll be back in about a month. Can you hang on that long?"

"Yes, just get her back here to us and take our evil step mother away."

"When we do, will we all go out and celebrate?" Rose asked.

"Yes, we will. Why don't you girls start planning the celebration that we'll have and how you'll redo Bella's suite?"

"Great idea, guys."

"Now are there any security cameras down here and where is the first camera we have to worry about?" I asked.

"At the main entrance of the dungeon. But nothing else down here, because it's rarely used except now for the two of us."

"Okay, thank you ladies," and we could hear voices coming. I quickly kissed my finger tips and touched Alice's lips with them and I heard her say quietly, "Where have you been my whole life?"

Emmett said to Rose, "I'll be back. Try not flirting with guys on the phone for a month and I'll flirt with you in person when I get back."

"I'll think about it," Rose said. She reached through the bars and said, "Good bye and take care Emmett."

BPOV

I came around the corner and took my sisters hands, "Be safe and take care of each other. I'll be back soon, I promise."

"Hurry, the guards should be here within an hour with our lunch," Alice said.

Edward pushed me on and said, "Alright, let's go," and away we went. As I was jogging down the hall, I said, "I'll be back soon. I love you and take care of each other."

"We will. You all get her back here soon; she's this country's rightful queen. Take care of her and her father."

Carlisle said, "We will and you please remember what Emmett and Jasper have told you. You cannot change your behavior at all or Queen Victoria may become suspicious."

"We won't; we'll be our normal pain in the asses as we always are to our mommy dearest."

We slipped back down the ladder tunnel and Edward had me start slipping on my gear. The guys got my father down the ladder together. Jasper was sitting next to me trying to send a wave of calmness over me.

"Jasper, quit trying to help me relax; I'm fine."

"I'm not."

I just smiled and slipped on my rebreather and said, "Daddy, I love you." Edward and I got on the first two scooters and we were off. Jasper and Emmett were next, followed by Carlisle and Sam. Jake and Seth had my father and had secured a weight belt around him and were both towing him with them. They had securing o-rings on their weight belts to attach to my father.

Forty-five minutes later, we were back on the sub. Edward went into the sub first and he was waiting to help me as I got out of the torpedo tube. He helped me strip out of my gear. Jasper and Emmett were right behind me. As soon as they were down to their bathing suits, the two of them escorted Edward and I to my room.

"Bella, we'll be back; we're going to help everyone with your dad.

"Please take care of him."

"We will and tonight, we want to hear more about Alice and Rose."

"Okay," and they were gone.

Edward wrapped me in his arms and said, "Baby, you are freezing, why? That water wasn't that cold; you could have only warn a 3 mil and been fine."

"Edward, my daddy is here and I just saw my two sisters. I had no idea; I would see them today and I wanted to run and stay with them forever. Edward, there is a casket for me. I I I…." and I fainted on him.

EPOV

I sat down and held onto Bella. I called the captain and asked for the doctor to come his old room if that was possible.

The doctor checked Bella out and said, "Get her warm. Her blood pressure is low from everything she has been through. I would say it all just caught up with her and the adrenaline ran out."

"Can you bring her back to me please?"

"Hold on, Edward. Look here she comes back around."

"Bella, honey can you hear me?"

Carlisle and Jasper were at the door and "What happened?"

Emmett pushed through into the room, "What happen, Edward?"

"She was very cold and fainted. The doctor thinks she was running on adrenaline and seeing her sisters took her over the edge."

"Bella," and she tried to push up to a sitting position. I supported her. "Honey, are you okay? Just lay back down, please."

"Edward, it's okay."

"Let me check your blood pressure, your highness. Can someone go get her some food, Gatorade and water?"

Jasper said, "I got it."

"Your blood pressure is still low. Can you please stay in bed for the afternoon and evening? Then after a good night sleep and processing what has happened to you, I think you'll feel better in the morning, your highness."

"Thank you, doctor."

"You're welcome. Do you mind if I come by and check on you at around 10am?"

"Only if you call me Bella."

"Yes, Bella. See you tomorrow and please eat and drink this afternoon and this evening."

The doctor left and Jasper retuned with food for me and Bella along with plenty of drinks. I brought the tray to her in bed and Bella looked at the rest of them and said, "Go eat and drink your selves. Give me a couple hours and then we can all reconvene in this closet and talk about what happened."

Emmett and Jasper said, "We'll be back," and were gone.

Carlisle came up and said, "I have never seen royalty handle themselves as well as you did today. I was proud to have you as a member of the team even with the curve balls," and he kissed my cheek.

"Thank you, Carlisle."