Bella rushed in, almost colliding into a whimpering Jasper on the way. She pushed him aside and screeched to a halt at the horrifying sight. "Esme!"
Carlisle was down beside the motionless body. Despite the fact that he was wailing at the top of his voice, Bella found no tears clinging onto his pale face. "Esme, get up!" He clutched onto her arm and dug his nails into it. "Esme!"
She let out a soft series of gasps as her eyes fell upon the figure upon the tiles. Her once brown eyes were now wide open, consumed by a pitch black shield and her ears were bleeding. Esme's mouth was wide open, fangs cut loose and etched in her throat. The most graphic death one would have to see. Bella whimpered, staggered backwards and lost balance, toppling over a small bar-table chair. She fell down and crawled backwards, now dowsed in fear, tears and loud wails.
"Esme!" Carlisle screamed, shaking the body by arms. Emmett rushed over and clutched him by the shoulders, "Carlisle, no! Don't do that—" He pried the screaming Carlisle away from the body and held on to him while he clawed at the air, wailing fearfully.
"Esme!" Bella managed a choked sob. She clung loose to her red dress with her back on the wall. Rosalie eyed her and then squeezed her eyes shut, frowning and fiddling with a cross that hung from her neck, mumbling silent verses and lines, hoping something would happen. And then heavy footsteps thudded down towards the kitchen floor.
"What's with the crying—Oh whoa, oh my God!" Jacob entered holding a flashlight and stared at the body. His fingers tightened around the flashlight and then swallowed hard. "That's—that's not-"
"Mom! What's happening?" Renesmee appeared into the kitchen, searching for Bella, but not yet seeing the pain that clung like heavy mist in the room. Bella quickly shot up and glared at Jacob.
"Jacob take her away—now!" Jacob uttered a few strangled chokes and turned around, grabbing the approaching child by her waist and hauling her up his shoulder. "Mommy!" She stifled a helpless cry into his shoulder as he ran into the hall and disappeared from sight in an impossible flash.
A tear rolled down Bella's hard cheek as she clutched onto the table top for support, staggering again. Jasper held Bella and proportioned her balance. "Don't stand here, it's not safe, I'll take you to Renesm—"
"No!" Bella shot back and loosened from his grip, staggering towards Esme.
Carlisle had lowered his wailing and was staring at Bella as she approached the body. She lowered down, unaware of her human act of breathing.
"What is she doing?" Alice muttered to Rosalie.
"You can't kill a vampire." Bella's shrill words silenced the room. Emmett clutched onto Carlisle and glared at her, "What?"
"You cannot kill a vampire." She repeated, louder and angrier this time. She moved forward, closed her eyes and did the unthinkable. She kicked Esme's head.
The sound of her sneakers against the hollow head made a damp sound. "Bella—" Alice protested but before she could actually make a statement, the body halved into two. Carlisle was now silent. In fact, the whole place was silent. Bella opened her eyes and looked down at the severed head, which was now far apart from the rest of the body, with a hollow red gap for a neck.
A small pause created a vortex of silence.
Alice gasped. "Only one small group of creatures know how to kill that way."
"The V—",
"Call Edward! He needs to get here! Now!" Bella stopped Carlisle and glared at Rosalie, who went after Jacob at the start of the command.
Bella turned back to Esme.
What had they even done this time?