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Chapter 19
by TheNinjaCrayons
Jacob looked around, confused. Bella was missing from her cell. "For Gosh's sake!" he exclaimed, "I incriminated myself to get closer to Bella, and now she's gone!" With that he immediately escaped to freedom, following the jail's architectural blueprints, which he had tattooed to his body in an intricate pattern before entering the jail.
Meanwhile, Bella, Caius, Carlisle and the corpse of Mike Newton continued on their way to Vegas. They had arrived back in Seattle in the early hours of the morning and had picked up Carlisle's car.
"I'm quite a fan of those nipples, Bella," said Caius, turning around from the front passenger seat, to face her in the back "Aro was always intrigued as to your 'potential' once you were changed"
"While that's flattering and I'm eternally grateful you tweaked them before the change, I find you utterly repulsive and I wish you'd stop talking to me" she replied.
"That's enough, Bella" interrupted Carlisle "remember who you are".
Bella looked down in shame. She was disturbed by Caius and shuffled across the back seat of the car, snuggling up to Mike.
"I'm so sorry I murdered you," she whispered in his ear. Mike did not respond. His eyes were starting to look very unsettling. She rummaged around the messy floor of Carlisle's Mercedes and discovered a baseball cap and pair of sunglasses. "Perfect!" gasped Bella "You'll look alive again!" and with that she adorned Mike in the accessories. "You look just like Bernie in Weekend at Bernie's" she whispered to herself, approvingly. And he did.
The trip was faster than Bella expected. Before long they had arrived in Vegas. Carlisle and Bella were still clueless as to what Caius wanted, or why he had turned Bella into a Vampire. Although the 'Disco Emergency' had been a fabrication on Edward's part, he was still apparently in Vegas.
Bella was starting to become irritated about all the mystery.
Why was Edward in Vegas? Why was she a Vampire? What had happened in the past 3 days? How had she gotten to Italy?
"Pull in here" Caius commanded Carlisle. It was an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town.
Carlisle sniffed the air, "Edward" he murmured to himself knowingly.
"Your boy's inside" responded Caius
The three vampires entered the warehouse, Bella holding Mike Newton's corpse snugly to her side. Carlisle and Bella gasped in horror. Edward was in the far corner of the empty warehouse, curled into a foetal position and shaking. "Edward?" exclaimed Bella "what's going on?"
"I can't do it!" He screamed, "I can't stop wearing Khaki! Leave me alone!" It then occurred to Bella that Edward was wearing a Safari Suit, hat included. She dropped the corpse of Mike Newton to the ground and crept towards Edward slowly, when she reached him she patted his side gently "It's ok Edward" she reassured him "We'll get you some help."
"The Volturi wouldn't kill me!" he cried in response, "And if I can't die, and there's no khaki, and you're in jail with Jacob, I have nothing to live for"
"We're here now" Bella told him, and they embraced
"Gee, I'm sure glad I didn't kill myself," said Edward, relieved.
"We are too, son" chuckled Carlisle
"So Caius?" asked Bella "what the heck is going on? Why have you brought us here? And what happened in Italy?"
Caius sighed and rolled his eyes. He opened his mouth and began to explain, "I need to talk-"
"Holy moly!" Edward interrupted him and looked at Bella again "when did you become a vampire?! Nice nipples, by the way."
Mike remained silent.
A/N: It's not that great, but I was trying hard to tie all the plot points together from the last couple of chapters. There were so many open ends!
I'd also like to add that the 'cussing' is on purpose because it makes me giggle.
So now the questions that arise are: What is Caius' deal? Where's Jacob? How will Edward react to having a vampire girlfriend?