Only In Vengeance

Chapter 2: Scared For Eternity

Bella's POV:

I was running through the forest when I unexpectedly tripped. Oh great now I'm a klutz as a vampire too, I thought as I groaned. Looking behind me I noticed that the ground was perfectly bare of any sticks, rocks, bumps, or anything. It was just a flat surface, so what exactly did I trip on? All of I sudden I heard a menacing growl coming from behind me but before I could turn in that direction I was tackled to ground. While being Forcibly pressed onto the earth's surface I got into defensive mode while some growls of my own erupted.

I immediately grabbed the person by the neck and shoved them into a nearby tree. The second they're head hit the tree I realized who my attacker was. Jane. I knew that she had something planned. She obviously wanted to tear me apart for many reasons.

"Jane." I said, through clenched teeth.

"Bella." snarled Jane.

Before I knew it I was being thrown backward into another tree, while Jane pounced and got a hold of my shoulders, and then biting down hard on my shoulder. I shrieked, and instantly through my fist into her jaw. Then rolled on top of her gaining the offense. My hands went straight for her throat. Even though I knew I wasn't able to choke her and cut off her breathing, I wanted to soo badly.

Out of the blue, I felt searing pain rip throughout my back as If it were blazing with fire. I felt my whole body go limp as I let go of her throat. As soon as I touched the ground my back felt as though it snapped in half and was torn in shreds. I was so blinded with pain that I hadn't even noticed that the Blood-curdling Scream I just let out was even mine. Over to my right I saw Jane smirking and stalking closer towards my limp form on the ground. Almost immediately, while in a fetal-like position, I started to push myself backwards in fear of what she was planning on doing.

Jane snickered, "You really don't think just pushing yourself any further is going to keep me away from you do you?"

"I know we've never liked each other, but why do you attack now when Aro could be looking for you? Couldn't you get into trouble? Or were they with you on this one?" I rasped, forcing each and every word to come rolling out of my mouth.

"Naïve little Bella… Do you really think they care whatsoever what I am doing? Yes they might be wondering where I am or what I am doing…but that doesn't mean I'll stop them from going back to Volterra to look for me. They're not that interested. Ha! They couldn't give a damn what I'm doing!" Jane laughed, while playing with something small in her petite, sallow hand.

"W-What are you doing?" I asked, feeling the burn in my back getting worse.

Jane chuckled, "You really don't know what I did to you back huh?"

I looked at her with worried eyes fearing the most. What did she do? What could hurt this much?

Jane chuckled some more as she bent down in front of me and grabbed my chin forcing me to look directly into her blood red eyes.

"You know how our kind gets killed right?"

I nodded.

"Do you know what this is?" Jane whispered dangerously, showing me an iron knife that had a reddish-orange glow to the sharper part of it.

I gasped. NO WAY!

"Yes." Jane hissed, the corners of her mouth turning into a smile.

I felt a huge lump in my throat as I realized what she possibly could have just done to me.

"As you know this is iron. When iron burns, it turns into a kind of…weapon…that you could burn…even mark something or somebody with. And as we know vampires can burn……and we burn very well." Jane said, a precarious smile reaching across her face.

"W-What d-did you d-do to me?" I stuttered, not wanting to know.

Jane laughed chillingly as she raised her other hand, the one with the knife in it, to touch the top of my forehead, "Why I just scarred you for eternity, my dear…" "Though it's a pity that eternity for you is ending right about now…Edward won't get to see the outcome of the wonderful make-over I'm about to give you."

As the word Edward left her mouth I growled viscously.

"Now, Now…Let's not get too feisty. This will be over with before you know it." Jane said, cheerfully.

"NO!" I shouted, pushing Jane away from myself and raced further into the woods.

I hid in a huge cave-like dent in a tree behind an enormous hill in front of it.

"Bellaaaa!" "You can't hide forever you know!" "I will find you eventually!" Jane said. I could even hear her treacherous smile in her voice.

I stopped breathing the second I heard her voice. Why was I so stupid! Why did I do this in the first place! I was obviously not thinking and letting my curiosity get the best of me! I should of at least brought Jacob, or Edward! No, not Edward…I wouldn't want him to get hurt…

"Bellaaa! Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!" I heard Jane say as I moved deeper into the cave's shadows.

I should of never had done this…I gasped, what about Renesme!! Oh no, I thought as I realized what I had just done… As soon as I realized that I just let out a noise I felt a tingling sensation on my ear.

"Found you!" Jane whispered, as I jumped immediately making a run for it. As soon as I reached the opening of the cave I was forced backwards, as Jane landed a blow to my stomach causing me to double over.

As soon as I was about to collapse onto the floor Jane took the knife and plunged it right into the left side of my face dragging it down to my right eye and continuing it down my cheek and onto my chin and upper neck. Screaming Bloody-murder, I attacked Jane, thrusting the knife out of her hands and onto the ground next to us.

Alice's POV

Jasper and I were relaxing on our bed together when it happened.

Jane was laughing as she raised one of her hands, with a knife in it, touching the top of Bella's forehead.

"Why I just scarred you for eternity, my dear…" "Though it's a pity that eternity for you is ending right about now…Edward won't get to see the outcome of the wonderful make-over I'm about to give you."

OH NO! BELLA!

"EDWARD!!"