Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer and these are not my characters.

About: The Cullen's have come for more than a holiday it turns out. Bella is given a task of major importance. The story begins to unravel...

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Corridor of Blood

We walked through the hospital doors, me and Alice gripping each other, and staring straight ahead. My mind was in a blur and felt myself hold my breath as I felt the warm air of the hospital wash over my face. I saw Alice turn to read my face and I cringed ever so slightly to show her I was worried.

A few seconds passed and she slowly applied pressure to my arm. I slowly looked down and she was smiling at me. I heard the air rush through her mouth and I knew what she was trying to tell me. Slowly a loosened my shoulders and inhaled slowly.

"Blech!" I cried, grabbing my throat. Alice giggled lightly to herself, as I found myself disgusted with the overwhelming smell of bleach and disinfectants. "Urgh, that's awful..."

"It could be worse," Alice whispered, giving me a stern look. I straightened my face and nodded to her. I still had to be on guard. A nervous vampire was a dangerous vampire. I looked on to where Carlisle leaned over the pristine white reception. I heard him tell the young girl at the desk who he was and who we were. I studied her eyes as they stared and glazed over, a white film dazzling the pupil for a few seconds until she shook her head and smiled widely.

"Of course Dr Cullen, right away," she said, pressing buttons on the phone beside her.

The receptionist talked down the phone in a rushed voice and I heard the strain in her voice as she tried not to show too much enthusiasm for the 'gorgeous group of people' standing in front of her.

Hey! I'm not being vain...Edward told me later that was what he heard.

Eventually a tall, handsome man came striding through some double doors on our right. He was in his mid-thirties and introduced himself as 'Doctor John Greenman'. I smiled politely as did others, and then we were lead through into the main hospital.

Carlisle walked in step with Dr Greenman, and I overheard them discussing the plans for our day. Dr Greenman had a booming voice which reflected his personality...loud and proud. I thought to myself that maybe he was a little vain. He turned over his shoulder every now and then to look at us all, and one he even winked at me. I think he stopped when Edward grabbed my hand and glared at the back of his head.

We slowed down our pace when we came to the 4th floor. Dr Greenman stood in front of some wooden doors and turned to Carlisle. "I believe this is the ward you wanted?" he asked. Carlisle nodded and Dr Greenman left, not before ogling over us just once more.

"That man drives me crazy," Edward hissed in my ear. I laughed lightly and squeezed his hand.

"There have been worse reactions, love," I whispered. Edward shrugged and nodded.

Carlisle turned to us and whispered so quietly only our extra-sensitive ears could hear.

"Right family, this is the ward where the patients have blood deficiencies. For somebody of our kinds it is our duty to keep check on cases such as these. It may be painful but we have to check that these patients have natural causes, rather than..."

"Rather than a vampire stealing the blood," Edward spoke. Carlisle nodded. I turned to look at Edward. He bent his head closer to mine.

"There have been a number of cases recently and the older, more controlled vampires have been asked to keep check on the humans." I nodded, and pouted my lips. There always seemed to be something bad going on. When could a vampire have a peaceful life? I sighed.

We all turned our attention back to Carlisle who smiled sadly. "Let us go in. I want you to perform general checkups on the patients and look for any sign of vampire presence but do NOT let that patient know that the cause of their illness is from a vampire, and even more important, do NOT let them know that we, are vampires. They may not know themselves what has happened, and we are certainly not supposed to know or believe in our kind. Just report back to me if you find anything."

I held my breath...I was going to be inspecting patients? Patient's whose blood was infected or diseased, blood that would most likely be pumping through their blood quicker and more prominent through their veins in an attempt to remove the disease. I could tell you straight away there would be a vampire intruder...me, massacring the poor helpless children...

"Gah!" I cried when two arms gripped my shoulders.

I turned to see Alice and Renesmee staring at me.

"Mom, calm down!" Nessie cried, shaking my shoulders softly. Alice rolled her eyes.

"What?" I cried, folding my arms. She shook her head.

"I had a vision and came to stop you," she answered, folding her arms as well.

Oh damn, she saw me killing all the children.

I lowered my head in shame. "You can see me do it can't you. I'm so weak...I'll kill them all," I murmured under my long locks of hair. Renesmee pushed a few strands away, so I could see them again...standing in front of me...judging me.

Suddenly there was a chorus of giggles from the two pains.

"Killing who Mom?" Renesmee sung. I looked up curiously.

"I saw you doing a runner out of the hospital when Carlisle opened the door. There's no way you'd kill anyone. You're more afraid of the consequences to even consider drinking human blood," Alice chortled.

I gritted my teeth feeling very embarrassed.

"So...I'm not going to harm anybody?"

"No, and you're not going to run away either," Alice said sternly. I sighed and let them lead me to the big double doors.

I paused slightly when Alice placed her hand on the door. I could see Edward on the other side of the door. I stared at his back, his t-shirt stretched over his muscular back and suddenly I felt more confident. I sighed and pushed the doors open myself...

The smell was awful. Not makes-me-wanna-kill-everybody awful, but the smell of disease. Being one with enhanced senses, I could smell all the bad that ran through these children's veins and all I could feel was sympathy. There were children lying in beds down the ward. Some were so ill they looked like they only had a few hours to live. I had to hold my breath to calm myself down before I broke into metaphorical tears.

"You ok Bella?" a soft voice said beside me, and his hand slid into mine. I looked up to my glorious angel looking down upon me with concerned eyes. "It's just so sad...there all so ill." Edward nodded, and a sad smile came to his face. His free hand came to my face and stroked my cheek then cupped my chin. He lifted my face up to his and I floated onto my toes, my head already in the clouds. He kissed me passionately, the fire running through his lips into my body. My fingers tingled, my toes tingled and my heart felt on fire...but at the back of my head I could still see the dying children. I sighed and pulled away. Edward nodded. He understood why.

It was silent for a while and I let my hearing extend out. What I heard was loud and scary and even more upsetting. Heartbeats...twenty, thirty heartbeats all hammering away in the fragile chests that they belonged to. All of them beating quicker than normal, all trying to keep their human alive. I gripped Edward's hand tighter and turned into his chest to sob silently. He stroked my hair softly, whispering into my ear, words of silence, they had no meaning but they calmed me down none the less.

I lifted my head slowly and kissed him on the jaw. I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye. I stayed holding him for a few seconds before somebody walked up behind me and tapped me lightly on the shoulder.

"Bella, are you ok?"

I turned slowly and there was Carlisle, smiling softly with his hand outstretched. Edward released mine and turned my body so I was facing Carlisle fully. I took Carlisle hand.

"Would you walk with me Bella?" I nodded and stroked Edward's hand just before I walked away.

"Bella, many of these children are dying and will not make the end of the week," Carlisle began. I gasped.

"BUT, some will Bella and I am going to assign you one person...just one. And I want you to keep her alive. Check her over and tell me if you notice anything unusual. She is yours to save if you want to help these children. Keep her alive Bella," he said, guiding me round a corner. There were a few doors which led to separate bedrooms. He pointed to the middle door.

"She is yours Bella," he said simply before turning and walking back to the others.

I stared at the door. I was totally unprepared with what Carlisle had given me. What was behind the door and how was I going to keep her alive with no medical practise at all?

I took a few steps towards the door and placed my hand on the handle. Slowly I turned the knob and walked in...

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Thanks to my Beta, The Straight Lesbian who edited my work. Personally I think she's overstepping her boundaries :P She's turning into my teacher... (I had a lot of grammatical errors...this chapter may have been written with a hangover :D) but she's the best teacher I've ever had :D

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