The lion hunts tonight
Chapter 4
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"What's going on?" Charlie asked as he walked into the room.
"She can't be dead" Morgan shook his head.
"What?" Charlie yelled.
"The killer, he sent Garcia a video" Hotch answered, he looked up at him. "She called him Edward, she knows him"
"Wait, Edwards done this? He's the one who took her?" Charlie questioned shocked. "After everything that happened he's back, he's back for her"
"What do you mean he's back?" Hotch asked quickly.
"Back when she was in high school, she went out with this boy. Edward Cullen, he was weird, protective, overly protective. After her eighteenth he took her into the woods and broke up with her. It took us hours to find her; he had just left her there. Luckily one of the guys on the reservation found her and brought her home."
"What happened to him?" Emily asked.
"I don't know for sure, him and his family moved. His adoptive father, Carlisle got a better job at a hospital in California. No one's heard from them." Charlie answered.
"Garcia, find anything you can on Edward and Carlisle Cullen" Hotch ordered.
"I just hope Bella's ok, she was devastated when he left. There was talk about hospitalization, moving her back to live with her mother" Charlie sighed.
"Why didn't you tell me all this?" Hotch yelled.
"Because, she didn't want me to tell you. She didn't want to sound weak, being the child of Aaron Hotchner" he defended.
"We'll talk about this later, right now I need to find my daughter" Hotch barked. "Garcia, have you found anything?" she shook her head and continued typing.
"There's the Cullen's house just outside town" Charlie offered. "We could escort you there; it's quite hard to find the turnoff"
"That could be where he's keeping her" Morgan interjected. All of the agents jumped to their feet.
"Wait!" Garcia yelled, all eyes were on her and then on her screen. The webcam screen was streaming again. "She's back"
The screen refocused back onto the bed; once again a body lay under the covers. One pale creamy arm hung past the white sheet and down the side of the mattress, the back of the hand hitting the wooden flooring. "Come on Bella, move" Spencer ordered with terrified eyes. Just then the covers began to shuffle; the hand gripped the side of the bed cover and pulled it away slowly. They all gasped when she came into view. Dark patches merged her limbs, deep red slap marks fell on both cheeks but as she fell back onto her back the thing that caught their attention most was the crimson stain on her shirt. A low huff escaped her lips as she lifted her shirt up enough to see were a bullet had just skimmed her stomach.
"Thank God, she's ok" Morgan whispered.
"For now" Hotch sighed. Her attention went from the wound to the camera.
"Dad" she whispered. She lifted herself up to check the room. "Im so sorry" the sound of a door shutting made everyone panic. Bella backed up the bed as she screamed "Tell Jacob everything" at the top of her lungs. The camera went blank seconds before they saw someone attack her.
"Who's Jacob?" Hotch ordered.
"Jacob Black, he works as a mechanic down on the reserve. Bella and Jake were best friend's years ago" Charlie answered with a shrug.
"Do you think they could help us?" Hotch asked.
"I don't know everyone on the reservation have always hated the Cullen's. They celebrated when they left town"
"Reid, Morgan you go with Charlie to the reservation. Me, JJ and Emily will go to the Cullen's house" Hotch ordered. Everyone else nodded except Reid.
"No" he dismissed. "If there is a chance to save Bella I'm going with you lot"
Hotch frowned. "Fine, JJ you go with Morgan"
Cullen house
Each agent had their gun raised. "Nobody lives here anymore, it's still owned by the Cullen's" Reid whispered. Hotch said nothing as he went for the front down and kicked it down with ease.
"FBI!" Hotch yelled into the empty house. They split up and searched the house; Emily went up stairs as the others searched the ground floor. "Clear" Reid and Hotch called.
"Clear" Emily yelled back down the stairs. "No one's here Hotch"
"But they were here, Bella was here" Reid sighed pointing with his gun over at the mattress and camera over on the raised platform in the living room. The place where Edwards grand piano once stood.
"What do we do now Hotch?" Emily asked. "We haven't got a single lead on Edward Cullen and Bella is running out of time"
"I don't really want to say this but what if the mission isn't to kill her" Reid suggested hesitantly. "But to keep her"
Jacobs's house
"I haven't seen Bella in months" Jacob answered Morgan's questions.
"But you were friends with her years ago, best friends. Do you know where Edward would take her?"
"Wait, Edward? Cullen did this? He has her" he shouted infuriated. Vanessa cuddled into his side to calm him down.
"Jake calm down" she whispered.
"He sent us a video, of her in the Cullen house. Before he went she told us to tell you everything" Morgan explained. "Do you have any idea where she is?"
"When he broke up with her she took up hiking, there's a meadow a few miles from the trail end in the woods of the highroad. It takes hours on foot, sometimes half a day there and back with Bella"
"Is that where he would take her?" JJ questioned.
"She told me that was their meadow, they would go there together" Jacob stiffened. "You said this was a murder case. The girls in the paper that was him?"
"Yes" JJ stated. Jacob got up to leave. "Where are you going?"
"I have to speak with people" Jacob stated before leaving. Morgan was on the phone with Hotch and they were off towards the meadow. The policemen around the woods knew of the area.
Bella fell to her knees in the middle of the meadow. Dead brown, bone-dry grass prickled her knees. "Edward, why?" she sobbed. Her brown hair was hanging in knotted curls around her face, large angry bruises patterning her arms and legs.
"Why, what?" he barked. "Why did I take you?" he questioned placing a hand on her head and soothing her hair. He circled her and crouched in front of her shivering form. His cold ice like hands snaking down to cradle her red stinging cheeks. "Because I love you Bella, how much do I have to do to show you that? What I said in the woods, I didn't mean that" he cooed to her softly, shaking his head in reassurance.
"I'm happy Edward, I'm with someone else. I love him" she cried.
"Who? That Dr Reid?" he sneered standing up straight. She hung her head not wanting to stare up at him. "He's not good enough for you Bella. He can't give you everything I can. He's just a stupid little boy who can't defend himself or you" he reached down to pick up her chin. He stared down at her with superiority. "You need someone who can look after you, who can protect you. You need a real man"
"He is all that I need" she stated simply.
"No, I'm what you need, I'm what you want" he barked. "We will be together forever" he gave her his signature crooked smile. "And as soon as my family get here, you will become one of us" Bella stared up in terror.
An hour later
"Edward, please just let me go. I don't love you anymore. I love Reid; I want to be with him"
"No you don't, you can do so much better" Edward growled.
"But he can give me things you can't; he can give me a family. A life, a human life" Bella cried.
"You really want to live that life, to carry on with your team. I've been watching you Bella. I knew that you would come here if you knew it was me, those women were sluts all of them. But I took them because they all looked like you. They had your hair, your eyes"
"Why did you have to kill them?" Bella screamed. "They were innocent women, they didn't deserve to die"
"Innocent? Please. Though saying that I sure know you're not innocent anymore, do you really enjoy being with that Doctor? I bet I could make you feel so much better than he could." he purred, bending to stroke down her face. When his eyes fell down to rake over her body her eyes narrowed. "I never knew how my leaving could turn you into such a whore Bella. Of course it was years after I left" he mused.
Bella snorted. "You think it took years? How long have you been watching me?" she asked. He looked into her eyes confused.
"Since college, when you finally went out with that boy Damon. It took a lot not to kill him for touching you, but I knew that I would get you again one day"
"You were to late Edward; I haven't been like that since my nineteenth birthday." She stated.
"Who?" he snarled.
"The one man that hates you more than I do, the one who saved me when I felt so bad I felt like ending it all"
"You let that mutt touch you?!" he snarled in her face.
"He did a lot more than touch me" she smiled. His hand came down to slap her across the face; the force sent her to the floor. Her giggles echoed the meadow.
"FBI, step away from my daughter" Hotch yelled as him and the team emerged from the forest line, guns raised. "Put your hands up and step away from her"
Edward laughed circling her and pulling her to her feet. His arms held her to his body tightly. "What are you going to do shot me?" he chuckled.
"Put her down" Reid shouted.
"Look Bella I was wrong, your precious Dr Reid did come to save you. Unfortunately it's too late" he gave another dark laugh. "Tell them Bella; tell them all how you love me. That you want to be with me" he grinned. "Tell them or I kill them all" he whispered in her ear harshly.
Bella whimpered as his grip on her arms and waist tightened. "It's true, I love him. Please put your guns away" she pleaded.
They all did, Reid's eyes looked hesitant. Bella nodded at him reassuringly. "Well done, good choice. Now Bella and I will be leaving once my family arrive, you won't hear from either of us ever again" each team member stared in worry, all of them wanted to place a bullet in his brain Reid and Hotch especially. "But because I love her, you may say some finally words to them" he offered her. "I don't want you to leave without saying goodbye to your father now would I? Your real father"
Bella looked at them sadly. "Im so sorry" she whimpered. "I didn't mean for any of you to know or get in the middle of this. I never meant to hurt any of you" her gaze fell on Reid. Her apologetic eyes meeting his heartbroken ones. With a swift jerk Edward forced her from Reid to Hotch.
"Hurry up, we have to go" he ordered her.
"Did you tell Jake?" she choked out.
"Yes" he answered simply. Bella relaxed.
"He can't help you Bella" Edward growled. His arms constricted tighter in anger.
"You've broken the treaty Edward, you bit those women. You killed them, the treaty is broken. Your fair game" she choked as the air was restricted from her lungs painfully. A sudden menacing howl broke through the air. The smile was evident on Bella's face. "Never in my life have I been so happy to hear that sound" she whispered blissfully.
Edward pulled back, letting her fall to the ground. He growled. Bella looked around to see the wolves emerge from the trees, set in the bird like pattern from all sides. One in front flanked by two more. "The pack had grown Edward, you can't fight them all at once" Bella murmured. She climbed to her feet and dusted herself off.
Jacob sauntered up to her, nudging her side with his nose. "Hey Jake" she smiled stroking his head. Edward hissed at the contact, Jacob gave one of the most intimidating growls Bella had ever heard. "Eat" she ordered playfully. Every wolf began to circle like hungry sharks, getting closer and closer. Edward stood his ground ready to lunge for the nearest attacking wolf.
Bella slowly backed away as they went in for the kill. The first two were thrown with force away from the fight and into the trees. After that they pounced with precision and anger. Limbs were ripped; metallic tearing sounds filled the air. It was evident the wolves were enjoying the kill.
Bella ran to her father who hugged her closely. "Dad, I'm so sorry" she cried into his chest.
"Sorry for what?" he asked like she was being stupid.
"I don't know, everything" she sobbed into his chest. He stood there comforting her, his little girl was safe that's all he wanted. Morgan, Emily and JJ came round to hold her with a nod from Hotch she switched into their embrace while he spoke with the pack that had started to change back.
"I'm so glad to see you ok Princess" Morgan sighed into her shoulder. "Garcia was so worried, expect the biggest hug when you get back and maybe a tray of cookies" he chuckled.
"Thank you Morgan" she whispered. All three left silently, Emily giving her one last hug when they saw Reid approaching them. They walked off to help Hotch.
Out of sight she practically jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and holding on for dear life. He enveloped his girlfriend tightly in his arms hugging his face into her shoulder. "I love you Isabella Swan" he whispered quietly as tears sprang to his eyes.
"I love you too Spencer Reid" she cried joyfully. Both were unable to close enough for their own liking. He placed her down soundly before cradling her face in his hands.
"I swear, don't you ever do that to me again" he ordered.
"I promise" she grinned and stood on her toes to kiss him passionately. His hands wound into her hair deepening the kiss and bringing her further into him. Reid's right arm came around to hold Bella's back. The second time in two days someone interrupted them.
"Not to be rude but, hey bells" Jacob cleared his voice. Bella turned slightly annoyed but softened at his smile.
"Hey Jake" she smiled back.
"The pack and I thought you might want to do the honours" he explained offering her a lighter. Tentatively she walked over and took it from his hand, rounding the pack to find the remains of her ex piled half-heartedly into a make shift campfire. His head placed at the top.
"Now you can finally say goodbye. You can finally be free" Jacob told her.
"Thank you, all of you" she thanked staring around at the pack, even Leah didn't look completely murderous. Bella turned, flipped the lighter cap. The golden flame begging for fuel, with a sad smile she dropped it into the mess of limbs and watched it ignite. Each part burned one after the other, a dangerous domino effect. The flames mutated, flickered and hissed devouring the man she once loved.
"Goodbye Edward" she whispered blissfully. Purple smoke drifted from the crevices, smelling sickly sweet. Arms wrapped around her as she watched. She held Spencer's arms to her, taking comfort.
"No!" the high pitch screech h rang out. Bella looked up to see her ex best friend across from her staring at the fire that once resembled her brother. "You killed him; he said you were to be one of us. We were going to be sisters again Bella. Why?" she hissed. The Cullen coven crowded around her protectively.
"He bit humans, he killed five innocent women. He deserved everything; he was exactly what he said he was. A monster" Bella turned her back on her past, took the hand of the man she loved and walked towards her true family and away from her old one.
Back in Quantico
"I think I'm going to get fat the amount Garcia is baking for me" Bella laughed placing down a cookie from what must have been the millionth batch. Reid sat on her desk nibbling on another.
"Your perfect to me" he dismissed placing his own down and grabbing her hands.
"Oh really?" she grinned standing and making her way around his knee to situate herself between his legs.
"Yes, you're gorgeous" he smiled. "Are you ready for the engagement party?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's quite sudden isn't it?" she answered.
"Well after everything, Morgan finally getting down on one knee really isn't too much of a surprise" Reid commented.
"No, I still think it's huge" she murmured looking down. "I love you, Reid" she purred leaning up for a kiss.
"I love you too" he laughed twisting her around in his arms and kissing her neck. Bella's giggles got louder when he began tickle her sides.
"No, no" she choked out between giggles.
"Hey, if you two lovebirds would keep your hands of each other for more than a second I have my engagement party to attend" Garcia chided.
"We're having cake and beer in the office; you think we have to travel far?" Bella argued.
"Don't argue princess!" Morgan chided her. Garcia frowned. He looked at her confused.
"I thought I was your princess?" she asked with a small pout.
"No" he dismissed. His frown broke into a playful smile. "She's my princess, soon your will be my queen" he grabbed her into his arms and kissed her cheek. Her smile was infinite, a slight blush colouring her cheeks as she giggled.
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