The so long a waited chapter 14!!!! i wanted to post this ASAP so i didn't have my BETA check it so i hope there aren't many mistakes in it!!

SORRY FOR THE WAIT!!! REVIEW!!!!!!

Chapter 14 – Taken

EPOV

After taking the tickets from Alice, I took off towards the airport. Guilt hung in the air and I regretted leaving Kat behind. Over the last two decades I had become greatly attached to her. Not in the way I had Bella, nobody would ever come close besides my family, but still she had been my 'rock' as many people put it. Helping me deal with the pain.

After reaching the airport I got onto the plane. Luckily I was the only one in first class.

"Sir. Can I get you anything?"

I looked over from my window to see a young blonde-haired girl. 'God he's hot. And he's the only one in first class. Maybe…..' I pulled out of her thoughts not wanting to go any farther.

"No thank you." I said looking back to the window.

"So you're heading to Washington. What are you going there for?"

I turned back to her and smiled, "I'm going to see my wife. I have been on a work trip and misplaced my wedding ring. It's been so odd not having it on." I added rubbing my left hand.

The girl's was shocked. She nodded her head and walked back to the stewardess area of the plane. 'Wow I so just made an ass out of myself. Great job Lindsay. What will your friend's say when they find out you hit on a married guy on your first day on the job? I should have stuck to busting tables at McDonalds.'

I laughed silently to myself once she was out of sight. After calming myself down I looked back to the window as the plane took flight.

I wasn't sure exactly how I was feeling; it was all mixed together. Happy, sad, nervous, anxious, scared.

I let my mind drift off in what should have been. How I should have been there for her through the pregnancy, the birth, Zane's first Christmas and birthday, all of it. Then I pictured how our lives would have been now.

The two of us sitting together watching Zane play while I held Bella in my arms, going out and playing games with the family, and the wedding.

The wedding would have been beautiful. I knew Alice would take over no matter what Bella or I said so it didn't really matter what would happen. I could have married her in one of the Las Vegas quick-marriage cathedrals for all I cared. But the thought of a real wedding, letting everyone and myself know, that Bella was finally mine and no one could take her away from me.

I was unaware that I had gone off to dream land, cause that's what it was, until I heard the pilots voice over the intercom. "We will be landing in Washington in about 5 minutes. Please fasten your seatbelts until we come to a complete stop and thank you for choosing AirTrack Airlines."

I fastened my unneeded seatbelt and waited patiently for the plane to touch the ground. After the plane landed I grabbed my bags and headed out of the airport. I walked out to were I had left my car before we had left and got in. That's when I remembered. Bella never gave me an address. I leaned my head against the steering wheel. It would take me a day or two to find her. Just then I got a text from Alice.

1732 Meridian Drive,

Pacific Beach, WA 18992

That girl was a lifesaver. I honestly don't know what I'd do without her, but then again I never know what to do with her either.

I smiled and started the car.

'Maybe this won't be that bad.' I thought to myself as I headed off for what I hoped was the rest of my life.

BPOV

I paced around my room some more in my silk blue shorts and tank top PJ's before going to check on the boys.

Darius, Lucian and Zane, and Gabriel were all playing basketball. It was 2 on 2; Gabe and Lucian vs. Zane and Darius. Zane may be small but he can still whoop Gabe's butt.

I smiled watching them from the viewing room above the gym. My smile faded as my thoughts went back to Edward.

'What if he wouldn't accept Darius, Gabe, and Lucian? I couldn't just leave them. They were like my own kids, I couldn't just walk away.'

Vampires have instincts like animals, so I've heard. In nature animals if they have young of their own they won't adopt others, when they join the family they tend to get rid of what's not there's. Could Edward's instincts cause him to push the other 3 away?

Sure Edward is strong willed or I wouldn't be here now, or 70 years ago for that matter. But he has always had an over protective streak in him. Could that cause him to react negatively towards the others?

I wasn't sure of anything anymore. '

Could I really take the chance of letting Edward back in my life knowing that there is a possibility that he could hurt one of the boys? Could I reall…'

I was cut off as the doorbell rang. I could tell the boys had heard it, they picked up their heads towards the gym door.

"I got it!" I yelled.

I ran up the stairs and opened the door, and gasped.

EPOV

After pulling into the driveway and getting out of my car I noticed the size of the house. It was twice as big as my families Fork's home. There had to be 10 bedrooms in it.

I regained my composure and knocked on the door.

I heard a voice yell 'I got it!' I smiled. Bella

The door opened and I was awe struck. There she was standing in front of me in blue silk shorts that reached about mid thigh and a v-cut tank top that made her look even more tempting then I had remembered.

I heard her gasp as her teal eyes met my amber ones.

"Hey. I got your note. Sorry I didn't call first." I smiled.

"No problem. Come in." she held the door open and moved to the side. I followed her into the living room. "Would you like to see the house?"

"Yeah."

We walked around the house before heading to the basement and up a small a small set of stairs. After entering the room I looked out the large window that over looked a gym.

"I had to find someway to keep them busy, so we had this put in." she said leaning up against the window.

I looked down to see the boys playing basketball. I was amazed how easily Zane was able to avoid the others and shoot the ball into the basket.

One of the other boys, Gabriel if I remembered correctly, grabbed Zane and lifted him up and took the ball as Zane tried to shoot. A low growl rumbled in my chest before I could stop it. I didn't like that the kid just grabbed my son. My instincts were to go down there and protect him. I knew that he wasn't in any danger but my instincts said otherwise.

I heard a small low sarcastic laugh next to me.

I looked up just in time to see Bella drop and shake her head. I didn't miss the sadness in them either.

"Bella what's…"

"Come on I'll show you Zane's room" she cut me off.

I let it go for now, I would bring it up later.

She showed me Zane's room. There were stars painted on the dark blue and black walls, a laptop on a desk by the bed, and a large flat box lying in the other corner. The room followed a space theme.

The next stop was a room at the end of the hall. Bella's room.

"This is my room." she said opening the door.

The royal blue walls and carpet gave the room a relaxed look. The bed sat up against the back wall, blue and silver silk blankets and pillows over it. Her cats, Forest and Eddie, were lying at the foot of the bed.

We walked over and sat on the bed, sinking about half a foot into it.

Bella laughed at my shocked expression. " I like the feeling of being comforted from all sides. It makes lying her less awkward."

We sat in silence for a minute before she stood and walked to a stained glass door to the left of the bed. She pushed it open and turned to me "Come with me I have to show you something."

I stood and followed her out onto the balcony. She sent a text to the boys telling them that she would be back later and then jumped from the balcony and other the grass, about 30 feet down, and took off; I took off after her.

After a few minutes of running we came to a place with a small waterfall and spring. The trees that surrounded it gave the place a sensual look as the sun hit places in small areas.

We sat on the grass a few feet from the spring.

It took a few awkward minutes of silence for me to finally ask her what happened earlier.

"When we were in the gym you looked upset and shook your head. Did I do something wrong? Do you not want me here, if that's the case I can…"

"No, it's ok. You don't have to leave. I mean if you want to go ahead, I won't stop you." She replied looking away.

"Why were you upset?" I tried again.

Nothing.

"Bella please…"

"I'm just confused right now okay!" she yelled, scaring some of the birds that were in the trees. "When you left I wanted you back so bad. Zane came along and I was happy. Then I 'adopted' Darius, Gabe, and Lucian and everything was starting to be okay. I was okay with what I had. Maybe I couldn't have it all but I would take what I could get."

I watched her carefully. She still was looking away from me, only now her eyes were on the water.

"When I came home from Barcelona, it was hard to not get back on a plane and fly back. I knew that I wanted you with me again, and it killed me to walk away. But after I got home I actually thought about you coming back and what it would do to Zane if you came back and then left again."

"Bella, I.." I tried telling her I wasn't going to leave again but she cut me off when she looked at me, misery in her eyes.

"Do you know what Zane has wished for on every Christmas and birthday he's ever had? What he would scream for as a baby and I could do nothing but stand there and watch as he cried himself to sleep?"

It was now my turn to look at the ground. "No."

"You." She whispered.

My head shot up my eyes locking with hers. "Me?"

"Yes you! All he ever wanted was for daddy to come home so we could be a family. He was never interested in gifts. You know, I caught him actually praying a few years ago. He said that he didn't care about anything else, he just wanted daddy to come home so mommy could be happy and we could be a real family. That's all he's ever wanted Edward, and I couldn't give him that. When he was a baby I had to watch him scream and cry and thrash around as he called for you. I've never felt so useless in my life."

She paused for a minute. All I wanted was to reach out and hold her, tell her it was okay. But I stayed put as she started again.

"I thought for a moment what would happen if Zane finally got what he's been waiting 70 years for and then have it taken away. What would that do to him? I don't know Edward. I'm scared. And then right before you came I had remembered how our instincts are like an animals. And then I thought about what happens with animals when a lead male or father joins the group. Do you know what that male does with the young that aren't his Edward?"

I sat for a moment before answering. "They either run them off or kill…Bella I would never hurt the others."

I was shocked. Did she actually think that I would hurt them?

"I though about it and came up with that answer. You know that Zane is yours and you know that the other 3 aren't. I was afraid that even without you realizing it you would hurt them or chase them away. And that fear came to reality when I heard you growl at Gabriel back at the house. If it was just me Edward, I'd take you back as quickly as my human heart beat when you kissed me. But with Zane I'm not sure I can take that chance. I want you back so much but I can't let Zane…"

That was all I could take. As her body shook with sadness and her eyes burned with tears that would never fall, I reached out and pulled her to me, tight against my chest. I didn't want to let her go, not now, not ever. We sat there her body shaking as well as my own.

I had no idea what my leaving had caused and I could now see the damage. She still loved me that was for sure, and Zane did want me, but she was hesitant with letting me back because of Zane.

Vampires are naturally strong willed and hard to break, but to see her here tremors shaking her body, I was at a loss of words.

We sat like this, clinging to one another as if our lives depended on it, for about 10 minutes. Finally her shaking seemed to calm down.

"Will you at least let me try? Let me show you that you can trust me again?" I whispered into her hair.

She leaned back and looked up at me. "You get one shot and that's it." She smiled.

I smiled back, "That's all I'll need." And I brought my lips to hers.

She pushed me onto my back and deepened the kiss. We played around rolling in the grass like kids; I had her pinned under me when her cell phone went off.

"Hello" she answered.

"Mom! They have Zane and Lucian!! They busted through the door and.."

"Wait Darius what? What's going on who has Zane and Lucian?"

There was no answer. Just the sound of the phone dropping and guns going off.

"Darius! Darius, answer me! Darius!" she kept shouting into the phone. Finally the phone went dead.

Bella was panicking now I could see it in her face. She dropped the phone and took off towards the house. I leapt after her. Even I had a hard time keeping up with her.

We both stopped in shock when we reach the front of the house.

The door was smashed into pieces on the floor.

We ran inside. The house was trashed.

Bella took off running through the house calling the boys, nobody answered back.

Bella came back into the living room and collapsed onto the floor. "Their gone. Their not here their gone. Even the cats are gone." She whispered as she wrapped her arms around herself.

I walked over and knelt to the floor next to her pulling her into my arms. She arms wrapped around my neck in a tight embrace as she kept repeating 'their gone'.

I noticed that thee was something silver and shiny on the floor next to the couch.

I released her for just a moment to grab the small container.

It was a dart. The type of dart they use to tranquilize animals only this one was wider and longer.

The end of the dart was covered with a clear liquid.

Morphine. And there was enough to knock out a vampire for about an hour.

Bella seemed to know what the look on my face meant. She shot to her feet.

"NO! No! They have to be here somewhere! They have to be!" she yelled and tried taking off.

I grabbed her and held her tightly to me again as she whispered 'I can't lose them. Not now.'

I held her as best as I could and called Carlisle and explained what had happened. They were getting on a flight to come back and would be here in 12 hours.

I gently picked Bella up and took her to her still untouched room. I pulled the covers down and laid Bella on the bed and climbed in next to her, still holding her tightly.

It was going to be a long night.

Bella kept trying to get away from me to find them, fighting against me before calming down and then acting up again. All I wanted to do was calm her down but I knew I couldn't. My own instincts were telling me to find them, all of them, and bring them back.

By the time my family had shown up Bella was to exhausted to move, let alone fight anyone. I filled my family in on what had happened.

But my first priority was to take care of Bella.

"We will find them, and we will bring them home safely." I promised her.

How was that?? wow i can't even wait for the next chapter!!! more reviews=faster update!!!!! let me know what you think!!!