A/N: Sorry for the wait! I hate it when I can't update within two days.
This chapter will probably a tad confusing to some, seeing on how you only have a faint idea of what's happening in the real dimension.
Yes, there will be another twist! So don't think the story is ending, because I'm pretty sure I have enough tricks up my sleeve to keep it going for several more chapters.
Thanks again to all my reviewers, you are all so wonderful!
Now, I will stop chattering and let you get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
Chp. 13
Figure it Out
EPOV
We still weren't completely positive on how it was happening, but we working on it.
Alice hadn't been able to see anything when she first got here. Nothing, nothing at all. But now, she keeps getting flashes.
They were shocking, to say the least.
The second one she received was much like the first one. Just a random flash with no sound and only a few seconds long.
Except this one was even more painful to watch.
It was of Bella, my Bella. On the cold, hard ground, sobbing. I had no idea as to what caused this much emotion from her, but I could guess.
I felt my heart break as I watched my wife fall apart through my sister's vision.
She was in a warehouse of some kind, but there was no evidence as to where this warehouse was located.
The third and most recent flash, was completely terrifying, to say the least. A woman, who Alice later told me was the Hazel – I had still yet to see her with my own two eyes – was pinning Bella down on the floor.
In the vision Bella didn't look at all worried about it, which only heightened my fears.
Hazel was straddling my wife, pinning both of her wrists on either side of her face. In the beginning of the flash, Hazel had crashed into Bella's side, sending them flying onto the floor where they held the position I had just described.
I was unsure what to make of the entire thing. Sure, it was terrifying, but Bella didn't look scared at all. Quite frankly, she looked a little….proud? Maybe even a little righteous.
The whole thing just made no sense.
Alice and I had asked Carlisle about her visions, but in this dimension he was completely unfamiliar with Alice's visions, so therefore, he was of no help to us.
We had officially given up.
On everything.
Alice and I did nothing all day, and all night.
We sat. Just sat.
No longer did we even speak to each other anymore.
Ever since the flashes started coming, they've been the only thing connecting us to the real world. They were what we lived on now. The only reason we kept existing was for that tiny hope we still had inside of us that we would be rescued from here.
I hadn't seen Bella in over two weeks, and the same went for Alice with Jasper. We missed our other halves.
We coped by being there for each other. On the days where Alice would break out sobbing, I would hold her until she was okay again. I had yet to have a breakdown, but I knew one was fast approaching if we didn't get out of here.
Esme and Carlisle left us alone, and we just sat in my third story bedroom all day. We never had to worry about eating, using the bathroom, or even showering, because it was all unnecessary due to the fact that we were vampires.
I knew from her thoughts that she wanted to sleep, and I shared that same desire. I just wanted to get away from it all. But of course, that would never happen for either of us.
Right now we were both lying in my bed atop the covers, staring at the ceiling.
I felt a light tapping on my shoulder, and looked over to see Alice still staring straight up. "Hey, Edward." She whispered.
I inclined my head towards her to let her know she had my attention, and she went on. "I think I'm getting another-" she stopped midsentence, and I furrowed my brow.
I glanced up at her face to see her eyes glazed over, and I quickly jumped into her mind.
The first thing I saw was a fire, the flames wildly flaring in every direction. It was in a warehouse much like the one we had seen in the vision of Bella sobbing. Someone was facing the flames, their back to us.
It was nobody that I had ever seen before, at least I don't think I had. I couldn't tell, the flash was very unclear.
Suddenly the flash ended, and immediately a new one started.
Several new ones to be exact.
They were all very random, insignificant things.
One was of Carlisle and Esme running through a forest, another of Emmett pacing our living room. The rest were all like that. Something completely random and made absolutely no sense at all.
They kept coming, one after another. Some started blurring together, making each one harder and harder to make out. It was all very overwhelming, and I started to feel dizzy, if that were even possible.
After a little under twenty of the random flashes, everything stopped.
I blinked rapidly, sitting up on the bed and gaping at my wide-eyed sister. We both stared at one another for a long while, until I finally broke the silence. "What…was…that?" I asked, dumbfounded.
She shrugged and spoke slowly. "I have absolutely no idea."
"Do you know what it meant?" I asked.
She shook her head. "I don't even think I caught all of it!"
I thought for a moment. Maybe this all meant something. Maybe it was something Alice and I were supposed to figure out.
I voiced my thoughts. "I think it means something." I started. "I think we're supposed to figure it out, Alice. Maybe it will help us."
Her head bobbed up and down in a slow nod. "The first one was of Emmett opening a door. The second was of Bella and Emmett running through a forest. What was the third one? I lingered too long on the second one and didn't catch it."
To be quite honest, there were many I hadn't caught, but fortunately I did remember this one. "Bella ran into our house." I stated. "Then, the fourth was the one of Emmett pacing the living room."
"The fifth was of Carlisle and Esme running through the forest, and then next was one of Bella running through the forest all by herself. The seventh was of her at that warehouse again, rubbing her hands all around the doorway." She paused, wrinkling her nose a bit. "This makes no sense. Why would Bella do that?" she asked.
"Who knows, but we have to continue with this."
She sighed. "The next one was the same one of Bella sobbing." Her voice lowered as she said this and she glanced up at me apologetically.
"And I missed the next three, I accidently got caught up with the eighth one." I admitted sadly.
"Bella texting, then Jasper texting, then Carlisle and Esme at a door, knocking." She said quickly.
I nodded. "And then the twelfth was of Hazel holding Bella by the wrist, dragging her out of a door to run somewhere. Next was the strange one I got the other day, the one where she was holding her down." She explained.
"And after that was confusing. Rosalie was running through the forest with Renesmee on her back with Jacob behind them. And then two women running with Carlisle and Esme." I said.
"And I don't remember the sixteenth…" she trailed off.
"Jasper and Emmett bursting through a door, followed closely by the two women we saw earlier, and then Carlisle and Esme behind them." I paused. "Were there anymore?" I asked.
"The fire." she whispered, and then her voice grew louder. "What does all of this mean, Edward?"
If you pieced them all together, it's almost like they told a story. But without the words, I had no idea what was going on or why.
"Emmett found Bella, and Bella went to our house. Emmett paced the room and then Carlisle and Esme left to go…somewhere…" I trailed off.
"And then Bella was placing her hands all over the doorway where Emmett came in to…" she paused for a moment.
"Cover up his scent." We said in unison.
"But what does Bella sobbing have to do with this?" I wondered out loud. "That was the next one."
Alice shrugged. "But her texting, and then Jasper texting was next." Realization dawned on her face. "They must have been texting each other. Bella must've tried to keep her visit to our house from Hazel and that's why covering up Emmett's scent was necessary."
"But Hazel found out, and that's why she must have dragged Bella out of the warehouse and then maybe she tried to fight her?" I asked, unsure. "That would explain the position they were in earlier." I explained.
"But why are Carlisle and Esme running to knock on the two ladies' door?"
It all came to me then. "The sisters!" I exclaimed, standing up. Alice raised her eyebrows at me, but I kept talking to myself. "They must've made a plan, but Hazel figured it out and the whole thing backfired. Then, that's why Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme, and the sisters barged into the warehouse." I paused for a minute. "To save Bella."
"Whose sisters?" she asked.
"Hazel's. Hazel's sisters must have come to help Esme and Carlisle. From what Carlisle had told me, they didn't care for Hazel that much." I turned towards her then, a smile bright on my lips.
"What about the fire, Edward? Who was killed?"
My heart sunk at her words. I hadn't thought about that before. But there was clearly a purple tower of smoke coming from the flames.
Yes, someone had been ripped apart and thrown in the fire.
Who it was, however, I had no idea.
And that right there was enough to completely pull me back down into the hopelessness I had been feeling no less than ten minutes ago.
Hmmmm, who is it? I bet you will never guess!
