I do not own twilight. All belongs to Stephanie Meyer.

As most of you know the last chapter had some major drama and suspense. I'm sure that a lot of you are anxious to find out what's going to happen next. Hope you guys like it!

~Dazzler 916~

Chapter 32

On A Mission

(Chloe's P.O.V.)

There wasn't much for me to remember...

But I do remember waking up for a very short moment to the sound of Gabe's voice. I'm so glad he found me, but I don't think he made it in time to save us.

I was in his arms. The warmth of his body gave me comfort despite how much pain I was in. I remember saying something to him and I can't remember what it was.

"Chloe," An unfamiliar voice said my name this time.

"Chloe can you hear me?" The voice said again.

Suddenly a disgusting smell began to vent into my nostril and I was wide awake. My vision cleared and I found a paramedic sitting in front of me. I looked up to see two more paramedics standing not too far away with a giant first aid bag and a stretcher.

They must have used some disgusting smelling salt to wake me up : P. Ewwww.

"What the hell?" I breathed looking around as best as I could. Though technically I can only see with my right eye. My left eye hurt to much for me to even try and open.

"Hold still for a second." The paramedic who was sitting in front of me instructed.

He pulled out some sort of cloth from the first aid bag and wet it with what I think might be some sort of disinfectant. The moment it touched the wound on my forehead I flinched.

God, it stings so bad.

"Sorry. Try not to move so much."

I had to sit there for a good five minutes until they finished cleaning up my face. I didn't realize how bad Cody had beat the shit out of me until I saw how much blood the paramedic wiped off my face.

"Chloe De Le Melena." I looked up to see three police officers walk in. The only one I recognized was Seth's step-dad Charlie.

"Where's my daughter?" I searched the room in a panic.

"We need to ask you a few questions..." Charlie told me. The tone of his voice made me nervous.

"First can you tell me where my baby is—because I don't see her." I said.

"Chloe," I instantly knew who said my name. I didn't even have to turn around to see who it was.

"Gabe," I said as he walked around the couch and took a seat right next to me. "Where is she? Did you get her back?" I asked him.

"Your daughter's been kidnapped—" Charlie began to say,

"Oh God." I cried.

I felt Gabe put his warm hand on my back and he rubbed in a a circular motion.

"We're doing everything we can. His car was just sighted in Bellevue and there's a team who's doing their best to track him down. Don't worry. We'll have your daughter back in no time." Another officer cut in.

"I can't believe Cody would do something like this—then again I take that back—I'm not surprised. He's almost killed me and he almost killed our daughter when she was born—"

"Hold on a second. You mean to tell us that the man who kidnapped your daughter is her father?" Charlie asked me.

"Yes. Unfortunately." I snarled.

"Is there any reason why Cody would attempt to do this? Perhaps certain things that happened between you two in the past is what provoked him to do so?"

Hmmmm, Well I have a few ideas.

"I filed for full custody of Nora about a month ago and Cody hasn't seen Nora since she was born. He even showed up here about a week ago and tried to confront me about it." I explained.

"Why hasn't he seen her since she was born—"

"Because he did something really bad stuff while all of us were back in Spain. My aunt went out with a friend for the whole day and it was just Cody and I in the house all by ourselves for the first time in a long time. I went into labor and he was very drunk when it all happened. He hit me and he threw me across the floor but mostly he just stood there and drank all the of the alcohol he could find. I gave birth to my daughter on a freaking kitchen floor and my daughter almost didn't even make it. My parents sent him back to Washington as soon as they could and he's been calling me and trying to track us down ever since. He won't leave us alone and now it's come to this...and I'm not gonna sleep well until MY baby is back in my arms—safe and unharmed." I told him.

"Well I can assure once this is said and done with. You'll have instant full custody of your daughter and you won't have to worry about ever seeing that boy again. He's gonna be behind bars." They told me.

"Just find her! I don't care what the hell you have to do just bring my baby back. That's all I want." Now I was getting frustrated.

"Where are you parents?" Another officer asked me.

"I got a hold of them a while ago. They'll be here soon." Gabe said.

"You wouldn't happen to know how we can get a hold of Cody's parents—"

"I have his mom's number in my cellphone—shit—never mind. Cody broke that. And I can't really remember it off the top of my head—ow!" I pressed my hand to my forehead. Great. No i'm starting to get a headache from thinking about all of this.

My head is throbbing so bad i'm literally crying from how bad it hurts.

"We can finish getting all of the details later. We'll let the paramedics finish checking up on you." Charlie said before getting up and going over to speak with the other officers that came with him.

"They want to take you the hospital—" Gabe began to say before I immediately shut him up.

"I'm fine. I don't need to go to hospital." I snapped.

"Please just do it. I mean yea you're up and talking but that doesn't mean you aren't hurt. I would feel so much better if there were a doctor's opinion on all of this. Please." He begged me.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I haven't talked to him in week and I wasn't surprised when he quickly came to my rescue. The least I could do is assure him that I was okay.

"Can you please take me? I don't wanna make a scene leaving my parents house in an ambulance." I whispered.

"Yea. I can do that. Come on." Gabe stood up.

"Are you sure?" One of the paramedics asked us.

"Yea I can take her from here. Is there anyway we can get her checked up right away?" Gabes asked.

"She'll have to come with us—don't worry you can ride a long with her." They told him.

Great.

"Fine. I'll take the ambulance." I huffed.

"Do you want me to come with you—" Gabe asked me in a hurry.

"Please? I need you." I shrugged helplessly.

I went into the freaking ambulance on a stretcher and the neighbors watched from the comfort of their own houses through their own windows.

Nosey people.

This is the kind of attention I didn't want.

Gabe had this worried look on his face the whole time until the doctor confirmed I was fine. My insurance covered everything, even the 800 milligrams of ibuprofen I would have to take for the next two weeks for my overall body aches and pains.

My God-parents (Ella's parents) came and picked us up and took us back to my parents house so I could grab some of my things. Everyone agreed that me staying in La Push for the next few days was the best idea.

We went back to my parents house so Gabe could get his car and I begged Ella's parents to let him take me home...plus there were a few things on my mind that I had to tell him personally.

The first few minutes of him taking me home were very quiet. I was in so much shock, all I could possibly do was cry and there was nothing Gabe could do about it. He knew exactly how I felt.

He always has.

He understands me the most.

As of right now do I regret breaking up with him?

YES!

"Don't worry Chloe. We're gonna find her." He assured me.

"How am I supposed to go about my day not knowing where she is? How am I supposed to sleep at Night. Right now I don't know where she is or if she's hurt or sick. She's probably crying right now trying to figure out where I am and what happened to her teddy bear. She's probably terrified." I sobbed.

"We're gonna get her back..." He said.

"And the worst part is I don't know where he's going."

"Hold that thought," Gabe said as we finally made our way down the familiar road to Ella's house. "I know someone who might no where they're going."

"Who? Tell me!" I demanded.

"Well it's—"

Gabe was cut short when my phone started ringing.

"Hold on a sec...It's your sister—Lucy you're on speaker, it's me and Gabe." I said.

"I just heard what happened and you need to come over to Natalia's house—now. You're gonna want to hear this." Lucy said.

"I was just getting to that." Gabe said.

"Oh—well whatever! Just get over here. Bye!" Lucy hung up.

"So what's going on." My attention went back to Gabe.

"Cody and Natalia have been talking—"

"WHAT!" I yelled.

"Believe me. I have know idea how they got a hold each other in the first place but—"

"She told him everything." I guessed.

"Yea. Pretty much." Gabe mumbled under her breath.

"Why are you just now telling me this!" I hissed.

"I just found out before I even got over to your house—and then what's this crap she kept telling me about you going back to Spain—"

"Damn it! I knew I shouldn't have told her that. She told you and she obviously told Cody or else none of this would have happened in the first place if she kept her big mouth shut!" I yelled.

As soon as Gabe pulled up into Natalia's driveway I ran out the car.

I pounded my fist on the door until it opened.

"Oh my God." Lucy said looking at my face. "Did he do this to you? Are you alright"

"Yea I'm fine—where is Natalia." I snarled.

Lucy stepped out of the door way and I found Natalia standing only a few feet around her. All I could see was red...and it was growing.

"You BITCH!" To my surprised I jumped far enough to make her fall to the ground and I was right on top of her.

I punched her in the face only because she deserved to look just as messed up as I did. This is the final straw and things about to get hectic.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" I yelled in her face.

"Whoa!" I heard Gabe's voice from behind me.

I slapped her in the face this time. "THAT BASTARD BROKE INTO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND TOOK MY DAUGHTER!" I continued to yell.

"Do you see this!" I pointed at my bruised faced. "HE did this to ME and IT'S ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!"

"Somebody get her off of me!" Natalia said covering her face with her hands.

Gabe had his hands on me in an instant, pulling me away from her.

"Just calm down." Gabe whispered in my ear with his hands will around my waist.

"Look, I'm sorry okay? Jeez. I didn't think he was gonna go that far." Natalia crossed her arms.

"Well you obviously thought wrong and let's just get this straight...YOU DON'T KNOW CODY! I know him a hell of a lot better than you do—and for you to open your mouth and tell him stuff that was NONE OF YOU GODDAMN BUSINESS? It's just beyond shitty that I can't even find the right words to describe it. All this time you knew and you lied to my face—no you lied to everyone. I can't believe you had me fooled for one quick second and it was just as I was starting to like you again. Lord knows where that jack ass is taking my baby but you better get down on your knees and pray to God that nothing bad happens to Nora or I swear on MY LIFE you are going to regret it. You're so selfish it just makes me sick to think you would put an innocent child's life in danger like this...don't you understand? INNOCENT!" I said it all to her face and Natalia flinched every single time I raised my voice.

"I'm sorry." A single tear rolled down the side of her face.

"Oh I know you're sorry. And I know you're gonna be sorry for a long time but no matter how many times you may try to apologize...I will never forgive you—plus I'm pretty sure you owe a huge apology to my daughter. God, I hope she's okay because that's my baby you put in danger. So before you try and give me all of this sympathy crap and tell me how bad you feel and how much you understand what you've done is wrong...I can guarantee that you won't truly understand until you become a mother...and have your own kids...cause once you hold your baby girl in your arms for the first time—it just hits you and then suddenly you want to do everything in your power to do right by that baby girl. Whether she falls down and hurts herself or if she doesn't have her favorite toy or if she cries just because you're not holding her in your arms...you will never understand because you don't know what it's like. You haven't lived it yet. You are not a mom."

It felt so good to finally get that all out. I've never seen Natalia look this intimidated before it was a little shocking only because she actually listened to every single word I said and I know that she will never forget it.

"Gabe? Can we leave?" I asked him.

"Let's go now." He reached for my hand and I squeezed it very tightly.

"He said something about going to San Francisco." Natalia said right before we walked outside.

"I don't know how long he's gonna be there but I do know that he was planning on going to San Francisco." She told us.

I didn't even bother turning around knowing that I was still in the mood to give another good smack in the face, I didn't even hesitate.

We just continued to walk out in silence.

The minute we got back in his car, the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Gabe can I stay are your place tonight?"

"Of course you can." He said with no expression.

~~~5 minutes later~~~

I didn't even bother calling Ella to tell her where I was. I'm pretty sure she'll figure it all out on her own. Right now I just needed to be with him.

"You can sleep in my room. I'll go ahead and sleep on the couch." He said as we walked into his place.

"No—I mean...I really don't want to be alone right now." I sniffled.

"I understand." He sighed.

"Come with me." I grabbed his hand and pulled him down the tiny little hallway of his house and into his bedroom. I laid down on his bed and he laid down right next to me. I snuggled as close to him as I could resting my head right in his neck and his arms held me tight.

Being in his arms is what comforts me the most.

I pray to God that he watches over my baby and brings her back to me...

Safe.

"I just...I just want my baby back." I cried.

"You know I'm gonna do everything I can...even if it means going to California and bringing her back myself." I believed every single word he said.

"Promise?"

He kissed me on my forehead, "I promise."

~~~~~In the morning~~~~~

Gabe drove me over to Ella's house as soon as I woke up. I took a nice hot shower to relieve the stress of everything that happened last night.

I still can't believe it.

I can't believe he took my baby.

I'm a nervous wreck because him.

Everything is starting to sink in. I miss her. I wish she was in my arms right now so I could kiss her and hold her tight and tell her everything is okay...even though it's not.

I drove down the police station with my parents and we've been here since 10 am this morning. It's now 2pm. Gabe came with us.

"I just got off the phone with his parents. They can't get a hold of him." My mom told me.

"Well of course. I talked to Cody's mom a week ago and she said that she hasn't talked to her son in months. So him answering the phone when his parents call would be a freakin' miracle." I rolled my eyes.

"Do you have any idea where he could possibly be going?" The investigator asked me.

"No—I mean maybe—I remember someone telling me that he was planning to go down to San Francisco this week. That's about it—"

"Hey I think we might got something here." Charlie walked into the room.

"What do you have?" My father asked him.

"I just got off the phone with the Ranger Patrol down towards the Redwood National Forest. They spotted an old red Honda with a Washington licenses plate." He told us.

"That's probably him." I muttered.

"Well we made sure they spread the word so other police officers will be on the look out. We sent them all of information you gave us. You'll have your daughter back in no time."

"I'm not gonna believe that until my daughter is back home. With her mother." I snarled.

"Chloe, why don't you and Gabe go. We'll take care of this and call you once we hear anything. You need a break from all of this. Let us handle it." My dad insisted.

"¿Está seguro?" I asked him.
(are you sure?)

"Asegúrese que reciba algo de comer." My dad said to Gabe.
(Make sure she gets something to eat)

"Papa," I shook my head.

"Come on, you haven't eaten anything today." Gabe grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the police station.

That's probably why i'm so cranky. I am always in a bad mood when I haven't eaten anything all day.

"You know I'm not hungry." I gritted through my teeth.

"But you need to eat something—"

"Can you do me a favor?" I asked him.

"Anything." He told me.

"I wanna go get her...I wanna go get her now...as in right now." I said.

"I'm confused—"

"I mean we go get a few things and drive to San Franciso. Simple as that. I can't take this anymore." I told him.

"You really wanna do this?"

"I want her back now and I know you want her back as much as you do. So let's just do it." I insisted.

Gabe stopped the car and made a sharp u-turn which caused the tires to screech. He didn't even answer my question but judging by how fast he started driving I just knew he was ready to get out of here.

"So I guess that means yes?" I assumed.

"Damn right it does." Gabe said with his eyes on the road.

(Ella's P.O.V.)

So I'm in the middle of a freaking nap and then Chloe barges into my room telling me to wake up and pack something. At first I thought I was just dreaming and this was all apart of my dream.

Then she threw a pillow at my face and I jumped up.

"I'M UP!" I yelled.

"Good. Now pack something that will last you maybe two days. You're coming with me. Seth is coming to if that makes it any better."

"Wait—where are we going?" I asked her.

"San Francisco. To go get Nora." Chloe said as she started going through my closet.

"O...kay. How do you know that she's in San Francisco one, and two why are you pulling stuff out of my closet?" I sat there on my bed looking completely clueless.

"Well since your being lazy and I'm already packed, I'm just packing for you and don't you remember what Natalia said last night before I left? You and the girls where there with me." She said.

"Way to try and beat the shit out of her last night?" I chuckled.

"Please, I was just getting started. Gabe pulled me off."

"What is up with all of us being so angry lately? Seriously i'm not even on my period or anything. First I punch someone I don't like in the face and then you punched someone you don't like in the face. Weird huh?" I asked her.

"I was thinking the same thing, then again there's been a lot of drama so that's probably the reason. We're all just frustrated." Chloe shrugged.

"Are you sure you wanna do this? Look at yourself in the mirror—look at your face! He did that to you and speaking as not only your best friend, but as family being that we're god-sisters...I have a feeling this isn't gonna go the way you want it to go. What if you find him and he beats you up even worse this time around—"

"Either way Ella he's gonna end up behind bars. Simple as that. Plus I have I Gabe." Chloe said with a sly smile on her face.

"Do you regret breaking up with him now?" I asked her.

"Yes! Yes I do and I don't know how to tell him that. When it comes down to it I don't really care if he's a werewolf or if he fights vampires and unicorns—"

"Chloe it's just vampires. Not unicorns and what gave you that idea?" I chuckled.

"I don't know, it just rolled off the tip of my tongue. You know what I meant—now come on! Gabe's gonna be here any minute!" Chloe dragged me out of the bed, down the hallway and then halfway down the stairs until I stopped her.

"Hold on a sec...do your parents know about this?" I asked her.

"Nooooo...Gabe and I sort of came with the idea fifteen minutes ago. My parents are at the station, and we're not gonna tell them anything. Better yet we're not gonna call them until we are in California." She told me.

Sasha called me right as I got into the car...which gave me an idea.

"Hey sis, I need a favor." I told her.

"I'm listening...go on." Sasha said bluntly.

"How soon can you get to California—San Franciso by chance?" I asked her.

"Well I was gonna follow you down there anyway. Just because i'm a vampire now it doesn't mean that i'm gonna break mom and dad's promise of keeping an eye on you."

"Great. Then you can help us pick up Nora's scent." I said.

"I was gonna do that anyway. Seth is way ahead of you."

"Oh...well thank you Seth." I glanced over at him.

"No problem." He smiled.

"So Chloe knows everything now right?" My sister asked me.

"Yes, only I haven't told her about you yet so yeeeaaa. You get the point." I said slowly.

"Ella who are you talking to?" Chloe asked me.

"Call me when you're close. Let us know if you find them before we do." I muttered into the phone.

"Sure thing. I'll see you soon." Sasha said before hanging up.

This wasn't going to take long. We'll have Nora back in no time. I still wish I could have suspected it was Natalia who started all of this in the first place.

She's definitely not friends with me, Lucy and Macy anymore. Natalia's just out of the pictured. She's done enough as it is and I'm so glad none of us have to deal with her.

I have had enough happen to me so far this year and it's only February.

Found out I was pregnant, got into a car accident, ended up in a coma, lost a really good friend and now my niece got kidnapped by her own father.

When is it all going to end?

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Next chapter is going to take place in San Francisco, California. Yay! New temporary setting for the next chapter! Anyone anxious to find out what happens next? Not to worry, I will update soon. I've been in Ohio since school got out and I'm finally going home this tuesday! I have exactly one month until school starts. High school is going by way to fast. Can't believe I'm gonna be a junior. So excited. I hope all of you are enjoying your vacations. Can't wait to read all of you lovely reviews.

Love you guys!

~Dazzler 916~