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Bella.
The elevator dinged as we hit the ground floor. I dashed into the crowded lobby and right into a harried bellman. He grumbled profanities under his breath as I apologized but I didn't have time to stick around. I spun full circle in the middle of the room scanning the crowd for any possible pursuers.
A flash of red hair caught my attention near the check in. The woman turned to whisper something in her flirtatious companions ear. I let out my held breath, relieved it wasn't Victoria.
Moving towards the rotating doors, people started to take notice of me and move out of the way.
"Scuse' me. Sorry." I muttered as I pushed past the remaining stragglers.
When I emerged, the street traffic wasn't nearly as bad as the jumble inside. It was a plus to be able to get away faster but no throng for me to get lost in.
I started heading east when a figure leaning casually against the wall caught my attention. James. He stared straight ahead non chalant but I had no delusions that he didn't know exactly where I was. I turned back the way I came and marched hurriedly away.
I was about to cross at the next light that was changing from WALK to DONT WALK, not that I thought it would slow him down any. However at the next corner Victoria was conversing with an overweight business man over a map of the city.
She looked up to see me watching her; smile and waived.
Instead of crossing either direction I followed the building around. The street I turned onto had far less pedestrians.
James deep laughter sounded from the rooftop across the street and Victoria's cackle sounded from behind. The scant foot traffic became nonexistent.
"Shit." I hit the brick wall with frustration. Looking in all directions at my options, I chose to soilder on.
I was nearing the mouth of an alley and prepared myself for someone to jump out of the darkness. Surveying my surroundings, all I found were an old dumpster and a rusted no parking sign. There was also a steel door with no knob that must only open from the inside. The scene tugged at my subconscious with familiarity. I couldn't quite place it, but as there was no escape down there, I had to keep going.
"Hey," a girlish voice stopped me in my tracks. I shrieked and stumbled back from Victoria who was standing right in front of me. I pivoted only to run straight into James.
"Where do you think you're going? We just got here." James asked with mock offence.
"Please." I begged, tears stinging my eyes.
"That's probably the last thing your father said here too."
I didn't have a chance to hear him elaborate. My body gave out from fear and exhaustion. My vision went black. Edward, help.
Edward.
"We' re getting close." I shifted and ripped around the next corner. There were only 5 blocks left between us and out destination. A couple jaywalkinging in the street had to jump out of our way. The tires screeched in protest and the engine whined.
"I know. Don't slow down for the light. It's going to change." Alice rocked back and forth with anticipation. Her eyes were closed in concentration. Everyone else was on route; about 5 minutes behind us.
"I wasn't planning on it." The thought hadn't even crossed my mind. I flew through the light that was somewhere in between colors. The action followed by the squealing breaks and angry honks of other commuters.
"There!" she cried pointing at my last turn as if there was any doubt I had forgotten.
I watched as Bella fell, seemingly in slow motion, to the ground. She lay motionless for a few moments as James advanced on her. Victoria looked up at our approach, surprised. I aimed the car directly for her as I couldn't very well hit James with Bella in such close proximity. She's still alive Edward. Just fainted. Keep your head if you want her to get through this.
Victoria jumped at the last second and landed on all four's on the hood leaving a large dent. Thought you'd get me with that one again?!? She puckered her lips and blew a kiss through the cracked windshield. Not likely. The scratching from her scrambling over the top echoed inside the car.
Alice and I cracked open our doors to face our opponent. She grinned wickedly back at us. My sister jumped on top of her now wrecked car and assumed an attacking stance. "Go Edward. This bitch is mine."
My gaze flicked between the two. Alice feral grimace put my mind at ease.
"I couldn't have said it better myself." Victoria chided from below. Her stance became a defensive one.
It would have been my pleasure to watch the combat that was sure to ensue but I had other things on my mind. I turned my attention to the scene a few feet away.
No.
James was hunched over a squirming Bella, his lips to her wrist where blood flowed freely down her raised arm. Her half open eyes were watching me fearful. The scent of her might have sent me into the usual frenzy if it weren't for the red I was already seeing. "Bella!" I screamed, my body slamming full on into her attacker.
Bella.
I blacked out for a moment from the duress and opened my eyes groggily to the cold pavement. My cheek was pressed to the cement and I could feel the familiar beginning heat that radiates from a nasty scrape.
The screeching of tires came down the street right toward me. I cheered that maybe a runaway car could take me out instead of the advancing vampires. Instead the car careened into Victoria. She jumped fast to avoid the impact and landed on the familiar hood. ALICE. I watched her scramble off the back of the car and out of my line of sight when the driver door opened and he stepped out.
EDWARD. My mind screamed willing this to be the one time he might hear me.
Alice landed ontop of her car with a loud crunching blow. She said something to Edward which I missed when I turned my attention to the tug on my wrist.
I looked up into James red eyes that were sparkling with glee as he held my wrist at an awkward angle. "This will just have to do." And with that he bit down. His teeth slid into my skin as if it hadn't been there at all. I don't know exactly what I was expecting. Maybe a crunching or tearing sound but instead my ears heard nothing. The silence was deafening, or maybe that was the blood loss.
A small dribble escaped the seal of his lips and I watched it drip down to the crook of my elbow. This monster was draining me of my life and I was watching my blood. If anything was going to be my last sight on earth I didn't want it to be that.
I turned my head and locked my gaze on the object of my desires. He was definitely the last thing I wanted going through my mind before I died. His mouth shaped the sounds of my name but nothing came out. His messy bronze locks bounced as he jogged towards me. I preferred his eyes to be hazel other than the black they now reflected. At this point I wasn't picky.
My arm was jerked away from my body and gentle tugging of James mouth was replaced with searing pain. All the sound I had blocked out came to me in a rush; the crashing of boulder on boulder, the screechingf metal being ripped, a door slamming open...
Edward.
Our bodies slammed into the dumpster. I had James head pulled hard to the side; the point to which any human would be long since dead. I pulled his head forward and created a dent the same size and shape as his face when I rammed it back again.
"Hey there Eddie boy, what took you so long?" James smirk had me reeling. I had the upper hand and he was being cocky. "Don't worry, I kept Bella...entertained for you."
I increased the pressure I had on his neck. "That's the last time you'll ever have a chance to say that name." The door to the alley banged against the wall. James took advantage of the momentary distraction to duck out of my grasp. He pinned me in the same position I just had him in. I scanned the alley for whoever might have come through the door, worst case sescenario: newborn back up. Instead, Esme and Rose burst into the alley and ran straight for Bella.
"Not so confident now, huh?" He breathed in my face. The smell of her blood on him made my stomach churn with fear. Purple smoke billowed behind him and the satisfactory smell hit my nose. I realized Victoria had been taken down just as James was ripped off of me.
"Thanks guys." I sighed and cracked my neck as Emmett and Jasper had either arm of my rival.
Edward. She needs you. I scanned the alley for Bella and Carlisle and found no sign of them. A commotion was going on the other side of the closed door. No handle. I tore the door from it's hinges to get to my Bella, James enentirely forgotten. I heard her faint heart beat and her not so faint screams.
Bella.
"Bella, honey." Esme's kind face filled my vision and she smoothed the hair back from my forehead. "Honey, can you hear me?" Rosalie appeared next to her. A purple cloud rose behind them. I tried to reply but all I could manage was a whimper as a fire spread through my body. They grabbed one arm and leg each moving me through the one sided door to the alley.
Jasper and Emmett stopped for a moment with worried expressions before Rose abandoned me and pushed them through the door we just came in.
Those few moment gave me cause to worry. I must have been in pretty bad shape. The pain had taken over completely making it hard to make out the shapes and voices surrounding me. "Edward," I whimpered along with my pain filled cries.
The closed door to the small hallway was ripped from it's hinges. I cringed away into Esme fearing that James was coming to finish me off.
"Bella. Bella! " I heard his frantic pleading. He pulled me to a tight embrace his cold skin felt amazing against mine. He kissed my forehead and ran his free hand over my cheeks. "It's going to be okay Bella. It's going to be okay." Edward rocked me back and forth. In his arms I knew I was safe again. This time when the blackness threatened, I welcome it.
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