Chapter 8
Ambling slowly into the darken studio, Bella tried to calm down. Once in the open studio, she heard a gentle, childish voice that resembled her mother's voice. She walked faster to find where the voice was coming from afraid that James had actually taken her mom as a hostage.
"I knew I can't leave you and not expect you to get in trouble."
"Mom, where are you?" Bella said loudly, waiting for a response.
She spun around searching where the voice was coming from eventually she found it running in that direction to find a chunky portable television playing a homemade video of her eight birthday party. Watching the video, Bella realized that James was bluffing about kidnapping her mom knowing that she would do anything to save the ones she cared for. For a minute, Bella forgot the danger she was in learning that her gullibility and her draw to danger allows seemed to put her loved ones in danger too. Lost in her thought a familiar deep voice interrupted her thoughts, she turned around expecting to be Edward or one of the other Cullens though she was facing James.
Walking around her James spoke in a low, hearable voice," I knew I could get you here if you knew that your precious mother was here suffering. As I examine your mother's house I found some items and pictures of you and your mom that I realized that she is the dearest thing to you though I though Edward was the most important part of you life. "
"Edward is the most important part of my life, but my parents and my friend I care dearly for too," Bella justified.
"Then you won't mind if I make my own homemade video," taking a small camcorder out of his black, leather jacket starting to record. "I thought Edward would like a reminder of your last moments, so he can remember you," zooming in on Bella's frightened expression.
Remembering her pepper spray her dad gave her to use in an emergency, Bella gripped it and held it behind her back ready to use to defend herself.
"After I kill you fragile life form, I'm sure that Edward will be avenging you death. Tell him to avenge you!"
"No never! Edward wouldn't do anything haste like avenge my death—"
"Ah but dear Bella you must realize that killing you is removing his only reason to live. After you're gone, he'll spend the rest of eternity avenging you tragic death—"James stopped midway as Bella pulled out a pepper spray spraying some in his face as she sprinted in the opposite direction.
Bella dashed hoping to slam the emergency door open and make a run for it, but angered James jumped across the studio few feet in from of her cutting off her escape.
"You really are stubborn Bella. Did you really think you could win? I am so much more powerful than you." Grabbing her throat, James lifted Bella two feet off the ground and hurled her across the studio. Bella gasping for air felt the air fly by her as she felt something shatter behind her as she slammed into the glass. Sliding to the floor, Bella felt sharp pain in her back as though something had penetrated it as she felt the back of her head she saw blood on her fingers gasping.
James retrieved the camera circling around Bella filming her slow and painful demise. "Brilliant, Bella. Now tell Edward to avenge you!" James zoomed in on the area around her as she withered suffering.
"Don't Edward!" Bella said in an exasperated tone unable to concentrate on talking when there was sharp, searing pain in her back.