Bella's POV
"Ulric, I swear to whatever God it is you pray to I will kick your ass. Send me back right now!"
"We've been over this a thousand times." He said lazily.
I lunged at him unable to take his non caring attitude any longer and held him in a headlock. "Do you want to keep your head you little son of a -"
"Bella!" Jasper and Alice yelled at the same time. I paused and then leaned down to whisper into Ulric's ear.
"You see you little evil midget, even they saw that I have decided to kill you. If you don't send me back you can kiss your head goodbye."
I dropped him and walked away.
"Bella…"
"Don't Jazz."
I walked passed him putting up my hand to silence him. I went up the stairs to the room I've claimed as my own over the past few weeks and threw myself on the bed. There was a soft knock on the door. I threw a shoe at it. "Go away."
"Bella, I think I may have found a way for you to get out of here." My head snapped up and I sped to the door and grabbed Jasper by the collar and shut the door behind him.
"Spill."
"The water." He stated simply.
"Ok, let's not be cryptic today please."
"Walk into the water and keep going. I've been thinking. Why in the world would we be in a place completely surrounded by water in the middle of nothingness? Well, because the water is nothing but a buffer keeping us in. So, I think you can leave this place by going in the ocean or whatever it is until you reach its end."
"Are you saying that I'm stuck in a real life prison like the Truman Show?"
He looked at me, arms crossed without saying anything.
"Well, ok then." I said shrugging me shoulders and walked out of the bedroom, down the stairs, passed the evil little warlock and out the front door to the beach. I didn't stop until I was knee deep in the salt water. I turned around and saw Jasper and Alice standing at the edge of the beach.
I'm not going to miss this place. I thought as I turned back around and dove into the water.
The more I swam the more I felt something pulling me backwards. I fought against it as my mind slowed and my body relaxed against my will. I pushed and pushed against the pressure until I completely blacked out.
Alec. Was the last thing my lips were able to say as the darkness overcame me.
Natalia's POV
I was tossed around like a ragdoll as wave after wave pulled me deeper under water. I tried to take a breath, but the water kept rushing into my mouth. I kick and kicked trying to find the light, trying to find the top to no avail. It seemed like I was going further down instead of coming back up. I was disoriented. Alec…
"Natalia, it was s just a dream, wake up." I felt cold strong hands shake my shoulders as my eyes fluttered open. Alec's face peered into mine as he leaned over me.
"What did you see?" he asked anxiously.
"She's drowning." He sat up, his face no longer in my view. I groaned wiping my eyes with my knuckles. I sat up and saw him gathering both of our things in our bags. He was done before I got out of the bed.
"We have to go." He said agitated taking my hand and practically carrying me out of the motel room.
He pushed me none to gently into the passenger seat before appearing as if through thin air in the driver's seat. He bombarded me with question after question.
"Where is she, how is she drowning? What is she thinking?"
I closed my eyes trying to remember but everything was black water and fear…but not of drowning.
"I don't know, I can't see anything."
"Try harder!" he yelled at me punching the arm rest.
"I'm trying!" I yelled back.
Alec's POV
Don't kill her Alec, she really is trying.
"Well, then how in the hell are we going to find her if you can't see anything?"
She grabbed onto my wrist and froze. When I turned to look at her, her green eyes had gone purple.
"Natalia, are you okay?"
"Alec, please wait for me. I'm trying really hard but there is water everywhere. I'm trying to get out. I'm trying to get to you."
Natalia's eyes continued to stay unfocused as I pulled the car over on the shoulder of the road.
"Natalia, what are you talking about? You're not making any sense."
"Alec, he's held me here, he says Edward is trying to get to me, but I can't stand being away from you. I'm coming."
I looked at Natalia again only now I think I understood what was happening. The words she spoke were not her own. They were Bella's.
"Bella, baby is that you?"
A single tear streamed down Natalia's face.
"I can hear you, Alec. I love y-" The purple in her eyes were changed back to her original green as she came back to herself. "…you." she finished.
"She's in another dimension. Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie and Esme are there with her…and that little man who wiped my family's memory. It's always dark there except for two hours of the day. There is a weird looking moon high above a really big cottage surrounded by water…like a beach. She's tried looking all around for a way out, but she can't. Jasper told her that the water was probably her only escape and that's where she is. She's…fighting…the water."
She said everything in one breath. I didn't ask her how she knew all of this. I had a feeling she was just inside Bella's mind. Unfortunately even with all of this information we still weren't any closer to finding her.
In an effort to feel like I was doing something to get to Bella I pulled the car back on to the road and drove. Natalia closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. She was absolutely silent and still for eight minutes before she took in a deep breath almost as if she was gasping for air.
"Pull over!!" She yelled and I obeyed. Before the car had come to a complete stop she had pushed her door open and ran out into the nearby woods. I cut the engine and ran out with her. We trudged through the trees and over grown bushes. She stumbled over fallen tree trunks and vines. I picked her up each time and she didn't miss a beat, she kept running.
Finally after an ungodly amount of time running at a human's pace we came out of the brush and onto a beach. Natalia dropped on to the sand hitting her temples with the palms of her hands.
"It's too dark. I can't see anything…wait!" She reached up and grabbed my wrist. She didn't need to say anything else. In the distance far off in the water I could see a bobbing figure. I knew with everything inside of me that it was Bella. I waded through the water until it was deep enough for me to dive in. Instantly I felt a pull back to shore but I resisted it. I had to get to Bella. I needed to help Bella. The waves crashed down on me one after another impeding me from getting to her. I could hear her voice drowned out by the water calling my name.
"Bella!" I yelled as my mouth filled with water. I refused to let the malevolent water pull me under. Finally after what seemed like an eternity I felt something rock hard reach out for my hand pulling me down. There, under the water, I saw her Beautiful face. I reached out and wrapped my arms around her waist bringing her closer to me, steadying her from the roar of the waves. I zoomed back out of the water as fast as I could and laid her down on the sandy beach. I don't think I've ever been so happy in my life. She coughed up water until it was all out of her system. When the nausea was over she looked over to me and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I held her close to me feeling her breathe against my chest.
"I thought I'd never see you again." She sobbed.
"I will never give up on you Bella, you are my whole life."
I pushed her wet hair of out her face and held it in my hands. Her eyes were pitch black and still breathtakingly beautiful. Slowly I lowered my head down to hers until I felt the sparks of our kiss ignite. The ache in my chest was gone and another ache replaced it. I needed to be as close to her as I could get. I needed to feel her warmth all over me.
"Don't deny me a third time Alec." She said her voice filled with desire for me.
"I would be a mad man if I did." I said pressing my lips hard against her mouth.
She reached down attempting to unbuckle my belt as I reached down lifting her shirt above her head. My lips explored every inch of skin on her neck as her hands were free to explore on their own.
Clap, clap, Clap, Clap, Clap.
"Well, well isn't this just a romantic reunion…anyone hungry?"
It was Edward.