Ok so it's kinda been a disgustingly long time since I updated. And I feel really bad. I mean it. I do, trust me. I've just been going through crap for awhile and it's hard for me to write when I'm in a bad mood, which seems to have occurred a lot lately. But anyway I know you don't really care about my personal life, and that's cool, you really shouldn't. What you SHOULD care about (when regarding myself at least) is when I update. Which I haven't been doing 25% as often as I should (did that make sense?). I feel like one of those terrible authors that everyone gets annoyed with because they NEVER update. I don't blame you if you've lost faith in me, but I do want to continue. I really do. It just might take a little longer than any of us would like. So I've babbled enough, here's your chapter.
Bpov
The loss of Sephora still stung days later, but I had said my good byes and I needed to focus on keeping Edward alive now. I had to focus on getting out of here. The only problem was that I had no idea how to do that.
It wasn't possible to stay here much longer when Peterson knew. He would find out about the baby soon enough. I knew he would. I put a hand to my stomach gently rubbing a circular pattern into it. I was working along side Alice as per usual and she noticed my action and smiled reaching out to put a hand on top of mine. I smiled back at her.
That was when Peterson stopped right behind me. He didn't say anything, just stood there but I felt his stare on the back of my head. He stood there for a while, the meaning clear "I know" it said. But I already knew that. I still had to control myself carefully to repress a shiver. He finally walked away and left me and Alice to our sorting. My entire body shook then, Alice held out a hand and grabbed mine tightly. We had to get out, and soon.
Epov
I saw Peterson standing behind Bella on the other side of the yard. I felt my eyes narrow in suspicion. If he touched her, I don't think I could control myself. I concentrated on getting my emotions under control and turned away. The second part made the first part a lot easier.
Bpov
I was waiting outside the barracks at nightfall just as I always did. Waiting for Edward. He'd be here soon. I slid down to the hard packed dirt putting my back against the grimy wall. I rubbed my stomach subconsciously. A habit I'd gotten into without even realizing it. Then I heard voices coming towards where I sat. Excited, rough voices, one was vaguely familiar. I glanced up and stalking towards my hiding spot was Peterson and another solider . They stopped right in front of me and then the next thing I knew I was being dragged away.
Rpov
I stared in the little mirror above the sink. The shadows under my eyes were a little less pronounced than they were yesterday. My "battle scars" were completely gone now. Behind me Edward is pacing nervously. He's thinking again. Escape plans no doubt. And me? I'm still thinking about Emmett- even though I really shouldn't. He makes me feel safe. I smiled at my reflection. Edward looked at me like I was crazy.
I left the housing building to go and check on the barracks. Emmett was standing in the shadows he smiled at me when I walked by, I smiled back and then in a manner so stiff and official it would have made the Fuher himself proud I marched past him and into the barrack, that was probably why I didn't hear the others coming.
Epov
I watched Rose walk out of the room, then I sat, sighing dejectedly, on the edge of my bunk. I put my head in my hands. If I didn't think of a plan soon, people would start to notice Bella's pregnant state. I heard the noise of tromping boots outside and then half a dozen men stormed in through the doors. My blood ran cold. These weren't men I recognized, they didn't work in Canada, so why were they here?
"Edward Masen?" one barked. I nodded, immediately jumping to attention. "We have reason to suspect you of treason against the working order of this camp and the Third Reich." My blood turned to ice, I looked for Peterson's face but I couldn't find it in the crowd.
"What are the charges?" I asked in as steady of a voice as I could manage. They smirked at each other, exchanging knowing glances.
"Bring him outside." the one who had first spoke ordered. Rough hands grabbed at me and ushered me outside. The flood lights had been turned on and I realized that the inmates had been brought out of the barracks. Rose was standing towards the front and looking horrified. But I wasn't concerned for her right now. I was only concerned for one person, one face. The face I was unable to find. Bella! I though desperately. Where was she?
And then I saw her, being held by two soldiers (one of whom was Peterson) in the middle of the yard. Her face was contorted with pain and fear, and it cut me to pieces to see her like that. I tried to reach out to her but she shook her head back and forth frantically. Her lank hair flying across her face as she did so. She was trying to save me. Trying to tell me not to try and save her.
"Edward Masen." the solider cried out again. I turned to look at him, it was agony to look away from Bella. "You have been accused of having an affair with this article of swine." he spat and glared at Bella who had stopped struggling. "You are accused by James Peterson, who claims he has evidence given to him by a another piece of swine, who was close to this one. What is more, upon examining this-" he gestured to Bella as if at a loss for words. Like how I felt when trying to describe her- her beauty wasn't definable. "It seems that she may be several months pregnant. If Peterson's charges are correct, this baby would be yours." my icy blood seemed to shatter in my veins. "Do you deny it?" I felt my mouth fall into an open gape. Deny her, that's what the price for my life was. My life, but would it save her's too?
"I-" I started and looked desperately to Bella. Her eyes were staring at me, like a deer caught in headlights. Was she begging me to speak up for her? To claim her? Or to deny her? If I denied her my life was saved and hers- That was when I realized I couldn't save her. Either way she was condemned to die. If I said no, she would be sent to Mengele, if I said yes I would be killed and she would be sent to Mengele. We couldn't win.
So the question wasn't who's life to save, because losing my life was nothing to loosing her. The real question was did I want her last memory of me to be rejecting her or clinging to her and accepting the consequences. The decision was only too easy. Bella was my life now. I couldn't deny it, she had shown me how to defy every expectation and limit put upon me. I couldn't just turn away from that.
I turned from my accusers and instead faced Bella. She was still trying to desperately communicate something. I looked her straight in the eyes. "I love you." I said loudly and clearly, so that the entire yard could hear me. Her eyes widened in shock.
"Arrest him!" the solider cried. But not before I heard Bella's reply.
"I love you too." And then I was engulfed in uniformed bodies.
Bpov
I was shocked at Edward's words. Yes, he had said them many times. But never in defiance of his- well everything. They closed in around me as well. I was thrown into the back of a truck, the last thing I saw before the doors slammed closed was Alice running towards me and Emmett grabbing her around the waist before the guards could. How everything had gotten so much worse so fast was beyond me.
Epov
They took me to a "holding room". It was just a dark room in the central camp, I wondered what they would do with me. Make a show of killing me? To set an example for the others. Or keep it quiet so no one else would get any defiant ideas.
I sat down on the cold filthy floor. My eyes were adjusting to the blackness a little. I could make out the door against the opposite wall, a small amount of light filtered in through the gaps around it. The walls were roughly cut cinder blocks. But other than that there wasn't much to see. Well, this is where I would await my fate.
I couldn't conjure much fear. I guess because I knew Bella was leaving the earth soon too, it didn't seem as bad. We'd be together again soon.
Rpov
The minute they took Bella and Edward away, I snapped back into solider Rose.
"Ok all of you back into the barracks, I don't want to hear a word from any of you until morning." I hollered in my coldest voice. The reaction was immediate, the inmates quickly scurried away. "Except you two!" I called to Emmett and Alice. "I need you two for questioning!".
The two followed me into an office off the sleeping quarters in the house. I closed the door and turned to them.
"So what's the course of action?" I demanded.
"Wha- what?" Alice asked sounding dazed.
"You didn't think we'd leave them did you?" I demanded. "We're going to break both of them out, then we're getting out of this hell hole!"
"I always knew there was something about you that I liked." said Emmett smiling