AN: S Meyer's own everything twilight, no profit is made or intended.

Hello everyone! I wanted to get this chapter today since it had been almost a week since my last update. Unfortunately, my wonderful and talented Beta is on vacation, so I apologize in advance if this chapter is not up to quality with the rest. If you think it was horrible and would like me to wait to update until she returns, please let me know.

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MPOV

I was walking on cloud nine. Things could not have turned out more perfect. I loved how people were constantly underestimating me, and I always came on top. I knew that I could get away with anything and everything, my plan was flawless.

I loved the look on Bella's face as I showed her the pictures of Jessica, and Gage after I had killed them both. The fear in her was so intense I wanted to lick it off her face, to taste it. I wasn't worried about her telling the police about me because she was such a romantic fool. She wanted to protect that asshole with everything she had and she did not realize that she had just traded her life for his. Not that I was planning to spare him.

As soon as I walked towards the Lincoln memorial I could see the two bitches that had befriended Bella. To the other side were the asshole that she was currently dating and the other two monkeys. How pathetic! Did they really think they could fool me?

First of all, they had no idea that my partner was strategically placed so that he could shoot any one of them who dare to intervene in my conversation with Bella. Lucky for them, I was not stupid enough to grab her right then and there.

I was in a mood to play games. I wanted to savor each second of the torture I had planned for Bella. This was my prize for being so patient. I took pleasure in knowing that all of them had been pawns in my sick little game, including my idiot partner.

Bella seemed so sure of herself when she told me she forgave me, what a fucking joke. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of her face when I told her what I wanted to do to her. I told her all about the murders, and how all of those people had died because of her. It was all her fault. She was a disgrace and all she touched went to mud.

I explained that I had someone pointing a sniper gun at her lover boy so she either heard me out or I would have him shot dead in an instant. I explained that there was no need for anyone else to die. She was the one who betrayed me and it could all end with her.

She begged me for some time to say goodbye and I told her that she had until midnight tonight to do whatever she wanted to do, but that she better be out of her apartment building before midnight or all of her friends would die just like poor Gage.

The instructions were simple. Be in front of your apartment building, no luggage, no boyfriend before midnight and she would be picked up by my partner. She made me promise in return that I would not hurt her fuck buddy, and I told her of course I wouldn't, but I fucking lied.

I gave my partner all of the instructions and now all that was left was for me to set things up in a way that after I was done with Bella, my partner would take all the blame. After all, he was the true serial killer, they just had no idea how many people he had killed. The sick bastard!

"Everything is re…re… ready boss," my partner said.

"Good boy. Now let's get this show on the road, shall we?" I asked.

"Ye…Ye… Yes boss," he replied like the miserable scumbag he was.

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We arrived at her apartment building a few minutes later. I waited in the car while my partner canvassed the area, making sure the stupid FBI was no longer keeping surveillance. I had my driver move the car to a secluded area and I waited for my partner to return.

"The co… co…coast is cleeear," he said.

"Good, now listen to the plan. You are to pick up Bella and to bring her here to the car. Use force if necessary, but make sure not to attract too much attention. I am going to hide on the other side so that I can take care of her silly boyfriend," I instructed.

"Once you are in the car, you will get your chance to tell her why you are here, because once I get my hands on her it will be all about me and I don't want your shit to get in the middle of it. I will meet you at the warehouse in two hours. Now go, and please do not screw up, you know all that is at stake here," I continued as he nodded his head.

I moved quickly into position trying to stay in the dark. I had given instructions to Bella that she needed to be alone, but I knew her lover boy would not listen, and I was going to take advantage of that. Later, after she disappeared, I would offer my help to her family so that they would not suspect me.

I grinned in anticipation as I heard the building door open.

"Please Edward, do not follow me. It's not safe," she cried to him.

"What do you mean is not safe? What's going on Bella? Please talk to me baby, I can help you with whatever this is," he begged her.

"I am no longer your baby Edward. Get over it and leave me alone," she screamed at him. I had to hand it to Bella, she was never good at lying, but she would have won an Oscar for her performance tonight.

I watched in amusement as I saw the idiot's face fall in obvious pain. Bella had delivered a low blow that had left him speechless.

"Bella, please, you don't mean that," he begged. I had to hold my laughter at that point. How pathetic!

"Are you ready Isabella," I heard my partner ask. He even lost his stutter when he got into character. Hilarious!

"You?" she asked in disbelief.

"We don't have time for this now, let's go," he said as he pulled her arm. I took advantage of her confusion and Edward's to make my move.

"Over here," I yelled in a fake voice, and just like I envisioned it, Edward turned around to face me, confusion written all over his face since he could not see me from where he stood.

I quickly took one of my daggers out and I threw it at him, hitting him straight in the heart. Edward dropped instantly to the floor while Bella wailed in grief.

"Edward?" she cried in horror.

"No, not you too! He promised me he wouldn't hurt you. EDWARD!!!" She yelled before fainting.

BPOV

"You?" I cried in disbelief.

We don't have time for this now, let's go," Mr. Green ordered as he pulled on my arm.

I took one last glance at Edward, but he was facing away from me. Maybe it was for the best. The heartbreaking look on his face was killing me and eating at my resolve.

I was about to turn around when I saw Edward fall back, falling square into the ground, a dagger in his chest.

"Edward?" I cried in horror.

"No, not you too! He promised me he wouldn't hurt you. EDWARD!!!" I yelled before everything went dark.

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I woke up as a nasty potent smelly towel had been placed under my nose. I sat up straight, it looked like I was in a car with someone. I looked around to try and orient myself when everything came back crashing into me.

The conversation with Mike.

Saying goodbye to Edward.

Edward following me out of the apartment building against my wishes.

Edward falling on the floor, a dagger in his heart.

"EDWARD!" I yelled as realization hit.

"Now Isabella, it really does no one any good for you to cry over him," I heard someone say to my left.

"Mr. Green? What are you doing here? What do you have to do with Mike?" I asked.

"You know, for someone so fucking smart, you really are stupid," he sneered.

"What do you mean? Why did you kill my Edward?" I asked n longer being able to hold my grief at bay.

"You can thank Mike for that one. See little Isabella, you belong to Mike, and anyone who get's in the middle of that is just as good as dead. Didn't you learn from Jessica, or from Gage?" he asked.

I have never had a single conversation with Mr. Green, but something about the way he talked to me seemed oddly familiar.

"Who are you?" I asked trying to make some sense of what was happening.

"Ah, so you finally realize th… th…that I am n…no…not who you th… th… think," he stuttered as I realized who he really was.

"James? James Huntington? Is that really you?" I asked in shock.

James had gone to High School with me, Mike, and Jessica. Everyone called him a nerd and made fun of him except for me. I always defended him and I had considered myself his friend.

"Yes," he simply replied as he gave me an amused look.

"Why are you doing this James? Why are you helping Mike? He was never your friend," I asked as I tried to make sense of all this ridiculousness.

"M…M…Mi…Mike is my bo…bo..boss. Bu… Bu… But I wanted to be there when he ki… ki… kills yooou because you were a very bad fri… fri… friend Isabella. You ignored me after w… w… we leeeft school. You let M… M… Mike hur… hur… hurt me," he screamed at me, his face red in anger.

"You left James. I had no idea where you went to. I didn't know Mike would hurt you. I'm sorry," I tried to beg. If I could get him to hear me out, maybe he would have the car turned around and take me to the police.

I felt so stupid for letting Mike manipulate me into leaving with him. I should have known after seeing those horrendous pictures that he would never keep his word. Now my Edward was dead and I no longer wanted to give myself to Mike on a silver platter so that he could play out his sick little game.

EDWARD! Was he dead? Did someone save him? I felt so guilty about what happened. This was all my fault.

"I'm going to enjoy when M… M… Mike kills you little by little. You failed me and now is your t… tu… turn to pay," he exclaimed as best as he could. His stuttering had always been a problem.

"Please James, don't do this. Please don't let Mike manipulate you into hurting more people. I was your friend, I always protected you. I really cared about you," I begged.

"Yo…You c a… ca… cared for me? You are a liar. I wa… was ju… ju… just so… som… someone you could use to ma… make yourself se… seemed like a sa… sa… saint. A pe… pet project. I ha… hate you," he yelled.

"I wa… was the one who thought M… M… Mike how to kill. I wa… was the one who suggested how to k… k… kill you bitch," he continued as all hope left me.

He had trained Mike. He was a killer. He would not be helping me. I thought I would scream and cry at the realization but suddenly I just wanted to give up.

The look of Edward's face as he lay in the ground unmoving kept hunting me. I could not even remember if he was breathing. If he was dead, then there was no reason for me to fight. If Edward was dead, then I should be dead too, I really deserved that, but more than anything, I knew I could not breath another second, I could not go on living another day when Edward was not here. He was my life.

I sob escaped my throat as I realized that there was no escaping my fate. I would not allow myself to survive this when Edward hadn't. I could only hope that there was a place out there where we could one day be reunited, a place where I would get a chance to ask him for forgiveness, a place where we could be together for the rest of eternity.

"We are he… here," James simply stated as he grabbed me forcefully by the arm and pulled me out of the car. All the fight that I had in me was now gone.

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Emmett POV

I was concerned about Bella. All afternoon she had a distant look in her face. I was pretty sure that the Mike scumbag had said something to frighten her, but I had no idea what. If only I could be sure she was telling the truth about what he showed her.

I was positive that she had lied about the pictures. No one had such a horrific look on their face when looking at home pictures. Something was very wrong and I could not put my finger on it.

I would have to trust that Edward would be able to help Bella open up and tell us what really happened. If that asshole Mike threatened her or did anything to hurt Bella, I would be the first one in line to punch the crap out of him.

"Em, what are you thinking about?" Rose asked me as she sat on my lap.

"I am really concerned about Bella, Rose. Something is very wrong and I can't put my finger on it," I explained.

"I know. I am very concerned as well. She was not herself all afternoon and I could tell she was hiding something," Rose told me in a soft voice.

"What do you think she is hiding?" I asked. Rose was a lot more perceptive than I was, and I really hoped we could figure it out soon.

"I'm pretty sure Mike did not show her house pictures. I am also a hundred percent positive that he is manipulating her with something," she explained.

"Do you think he told her he would kill himself if she did not go back to him? Do you think she fell for that?" I asked perplexed. Bella knew that it was possible that Mike would try to use that to get her back, but she had assured us that she would not fall for his trap.

"No, I don't think that was it. I think it was something else. Something that would terrify her," Rose told me.

"Like what? I don't understand what could be more frightening?" I asked.

"Like hurting someone. EDWARD!" she screamed in horror.

"Do you think he would try to hurt Edward to get her back?" I asked in shock.

"I don't know Em, but I don't think he would stop at anything to try to get her back," Rose explained with a defeated look on her face.

"We should check on them," I told Rose. I was nervous about what she had concluded because it made sense.

"Let's give them time to figure this out on their own tonight. If she is in the same state tomorrow, then we will confront her with our suspicions," Rose suggested.

"I guess you are right," I sighed.

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I was woken up by the sound of sirens. They seemed to be getting closer to us, and a cold sweat ran down my neck as I realized that they had parked right in front of our building.

"What's going on Emmett?" Rose asked, still groggy from sleep.

"I don't know babe, but I am going to head downstairs to check it out. Why don't you call Edward and Bella to see if they are ok?" I asked as I put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.

I heard Rose pick up the phone as I headed out of our room. Although Bella and Edward lived in the same building that me and Rose did, they were no longer next door to us, and I was too curious to find out what was going on outside to personally go up to their floor and check on them.

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and I saw that it was Rose.

"Emmett, I was unable to get a hold of them. I'm really worried," she told me in a panicked voice.

"Me too," I whispered in fear as we took the elevator and headed downstairs.

As soon as the elevator doors opened I bolted for the exit. We made it outside and we were stopped by the crime scene yellow tape that I had seen so many times in TV, and most recently outside of Bella's old apartment door.

"What's going on?" I asked as a police officer walked pass me.

"Please sir, we ask that you return to your home. There is nothing to see here," he told us in an authoritative voice.

"NO! EDWARD!" I heard Rose yell as I turned to see what she was looking at.

There on a stretcher lay my brother. He was as pale as a ghost, his eyes closed.

"Do you know this man?" the officer asked as he pointed at Edward.

"Yes, that's my brother," I yelled as I pushed pass the yellow tape and the police officer.

"Sir, this is a crime scene, you cannot trespass," I heard the officer yell behind me.

"Is he ok?" I asked a paramedic that was putting an oxygen mask on him.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"That is my brother in there, you better fucking tell me right now if he is ok," I yelled in exasperation.

"Sorry sir. Your brother was stabbed. The knife missed his heart by a few inches it seems. We are getting ready to transport him to the hospital right now. He regained consciousness for a few seconds and all he said was 'Bella'," the paramedic explained as him and another paramedic loaded Edward into the ambulance.

"Do you want to come with him?" he asked.

"Yes," I muttered.

I felt a hand on my back and I knew instantly that it was Rose.

"Rose, see if you can find Bella. Please call everybody, let them know what happened. What hospital are we headed to?" I asked the paramedic.

"Shady Grove Hospital," he responded.

"We have to go now sir, your brother is in serious condition," he told me.

"Don't worry Emmett. Go with him, I will find Bella and then call the rest of the family," Rose told me in a soothing voice as the ambulance doors were closed and we sped to the hospital.

We made it to Shady Grove Hospital in what was probably a very short time, but to me it seemed like an eternity. The paramedic on the back with us kept working on Edward, attempting to stabilize him and stop him from losing more blood.

I followed them as they removed him from the ambulance and were greeted by a team of nurses and doctors ready to spring into action. I stood there numbly as the paramedics gave the team of doctors details on Edward's condition.

I attempted to follow them as they moved Edward into the hospital but was immediately stopped by a small lady, a look of determination on her face.

"Sir, you can't go in there," She told me as she grabbed my hand and attempted to steer me into another direction.

I jerked my hand from her and I stared her tiny frame down in anger. She didn't even flinch.

"That's my brother they just took in there. I have to go see if he is ok," I yelled at her.

"Your brother is in good hands sir. If you go in there you are only going to cause a distraction and that could cause the doctors to be distracted," she explained in a soothing voice.

"I just have to be with him," I whispered in a resigned voice.

"Why don't you come with me so we can do his paperwork and I will make sure to let you know as soon as you can see him," she told me as she motioned for me to follow her into one of the desks situated in front of the waiting area of the emergency room.

"Emmett!" I heard Rose call as she entered the emergency room waiting area.

I turned around to see her and my knees turned to Jello as I took in the horror look in her face.

"Where is Bella?" I asked.

"No one knows Emmett. Something happened. She was nowhere to be seen. The police think she was kidnapped," she managed to say before she crashed into me and started to sob loudly.

"Sir, we still need to do the paperwork," I heard the woman say behind me.

"I'll take care of that," I heard my mother say as she and my father approached us.

"Where is my son Lucy?" I heard my father ask.

"Dr. Cullen, I had no idea that it was your son in there. He is in trauma room B," she told him as my father made his way through the same doors that had stopped me from following Edward earlier.

"Let's go seat over there," I heard Jasper say in a calm voice as he guided us to a set of chairs next to the farther wall of the ER.

It was then that I realized that all of my family was here. My mother was still filling out the forms as Alice and Jasper sat next to me and Rose.

"He's going to make it," I heard Alice whisper as her shoulder shook from her sobbing.

"What about Bella?" I asked to no one in particular.

"The FBI is already trying to figure out where she is. The think that this was the work of the Post-it killer," Jasper explained as Rose and Alice wailed in agony.

"This can't be happening Jasper. I failed to protect them," I cried out, trying hard to not join the girls in their sobbing.

"Where is Bella?" I heard someone ask from the door. I turned around and I realized that it was a woman and Mike.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I heard Alice ask in an angry voice.

"What did you do to Bella?" I asked Mike as I grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall.

"What do you mean? Where is my daughter?" the woman asked. I then realized that she was Bella's mother.

"Why don't you ask this scumbag here?" I yelled at her as I slammed Mike against the wall one more time.

I felt a hand grip me by the shoulder and I turned around to see that it was Jasper.

"Emmett, not here," he said, barely able to contain the anger in his voice.

I let the scumbag plop down in one of the chairs and I turned around to face Jasper.

"He has Bella, and I need to know where she is before he hurts her," I yelled at Jasper.

"I don't know where Bella is. We heard that Edward was stabbed and we came here to meet with her," Mike said in a hoarse voice.

"He is lying," Rose yelled as she stared him down. "You have some nerve showing up in here after what you have done. Where is Bella?" she continued as she slapped Mike in the face.

"I swear I don't know. I love Bella, she is my life. I would never do anything to hurt her," Mike explained as a few tears escaped his eyes.

"Mike was with me when we found out. There is no way he had anything to do with Bella's disappearance. My poor baby," Bella's mother told us.

"Why don't we all calm down while we wait to hear about Edward. Maybe he can tell us where Bella is," my mother told us as she motioned for Bella's mother to sit down.

"I'm Esme," she told Mike and Bella's mother in an attempt to bring civility into the situation.

I looked around and I noticed that Jasper and Alice were talking in low voices. Alice's hands were clamed against Jasper's shirt as she tried to contain her own anger.

"I'm Renee, Bella's mother. This is Mike, the love of her life," she told us as she motioned towards Mike.

"You have some nerve lady," Rose screamed as she stomped out of the ER.

I gave Mike a glare as I followed after her.

"Rose babe, are you ok?" I asked her as I rubbed my hand against her shoulder.

"I'm so worried about Edward and Bella. Where is she Emmett? What if she's murdered like Gage?" she asked as she continued to cry.

"I am worried sick too, Rose. I'm torn between staying here for Edward or going out to try to find Bella," I told her.

"Where would you go? If she was anywhere on her own will she would have come here for Edward," Rose told me as she hugged me.

"Guys, Carlisle is back and he wants to talk to us all," Jasper told us from the ER entrance.

We made our way back inside and followed Jasper into another room.

"How is he?" I asked as soon as I saw my father.

"He is conscious and stable, but he is very agitated about Bella. Can someone explain what happened?" he asked.

"We don't know dad. Bella is missing," I told him as I casted my eyes down in embarrassment.

I heard all the women whimper at the mention of Bella's disappearance and I wanted nothing more than to wake up from this terrible nightmare.

"I am going to call Agent Ford to see what he can tell us," Jasper said as he left the room.

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One by one we made our way to see Edward. Renee and Mike had stayed in the waiting room the entire time hoping to hear new from Bella. I was not sure if I believed Mike when he said that he had noting to do with her disappearance, but he seemed to be as worried as we all were and it was not the time and place to question him further.

The stab wound that Edward received had been deep, but he was lucky that none of his organs were injured. He would have to stay in the hospital for a few days while his wound healed, but they expected him to make a full recovery.

When it was my and Rose's turn, I took a deep breath and we walked slowly to where he was. I didn't know how to face him. I was his older brother and I had failed to protect him and Bella. I felt so guilty for everything that was happening.

I entered his room and the sight broke my heart. He had been fighting against all the doctors and nurses, telling them repeatedly that he deserve to die because he had let Bella die. Jasper had asked him if he saw who took Bella and if she was ok, and he couldn't answer.

He demanded explanations and Jasper had to tell him that the FBI thought it was the Post-it killer who took her and who tried to kill him. Edward yelled in anger and frustration telling Jasper that it was too late for her, that she was gone and it was all his fault.

He didn't think he deserve to live so he had tried to pull his IV on several occasions and even tried to hurt his own wound, causing the wound to open once again.

My knees trembled as I approached his bed. The only thing keeping me from falling in despair was Rose. Her hands were supporting almost all of my weight, and without realizing she was also holding my sanity, as I was about to lose it.

Edward had been tied to both sides of the bed by both his wrists and ankles. His face was turned away from the door so he didn't have to see who was entering his room. Alice and Jasper told us that he refused to look at anyone.

"Hey bro, how do you feel?" I asked as I tried to make my voice as light as possible.

No response.

"The FBI is doing everything within their power to find Bella. We will find her," I told him trying to give him hope even though I didn't have much left.

"Her detective friends will be arriving early tomorrow morning from Seattle too. They are all going to make sure they find her and everything will be alright," I tried to reassure him.

"She is gone Emmett. Dead," Edward answered in a dead voice. Rose lost it.

"Look at me you fucking asshole," she screamed at him as she grabbed his face and turned him to face her.

"Don't you fucking dare to give up on her. Do you hear me? Until I see a dead fucking body, she is alive, and we will find her," Rose yelled as she slapped Edward on the face.

That did it. Edward finally started to sob in anguish, but I could tell that he no longer wished to give up. I embraced Rose who was shaking in grief next to Edward as I touched his shoulder trying to soothe his sobs.

"We are going to find her brother, even if that is the last thing we all do," I told him as I hugged my Rose.

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AN: So who knew James was Mike's partner? Please let me know what your theory on that one was. I was going to leave you all in suspense about Edward, but I figured that Bella missing was enough cliffy for one chapter.

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