Hey guys...it's 12:30 PM here and I really need to sleep. So here's the chapter, I might have made some mistakes because I'm exhausted and not thinking straight...not as long as others and really short POV snippets.
Please, TRY to enjoy my sleepy-writing...=D
Bella's POV
Something stirred in the shadows, making Bella instinctively freeze. The movement had gone as quickly as she had noticed it.
"Hello?" she called. "Is anyone there?" She shivered in the cold air. The rain had stopped, and she stood next to her truck, light jacket soaked through. Muttering to herself, Bella decided to try to walk as far as she could. Maybe she'd get lucky and Alice would turn back.
No. She scolded herself mentally. She's not coming back. That's what you get when you snap at your friends. So, shoving her cold hands in her wet pockets, Bella set off down the road. It was a highway, so there was no sidewalk, but a grassy, muddy side area that fringed a forest. She nearly tripped and fell into the mud multiple times, but she managed to keep her balance most of the journey. Halfway back to Forks, she sat for a break, panting. Bella had no idea that the walk was this long.
Reluctantly, she stood again and staggered forward. She made it to a large sign that read, Forks, WA, 3 MILES. She groaned. How had she gotten that far away in such a short period of time?
Only a few minutes past the sign, Bella collapsed. She was so tired from walking that she slumped over in the grass, panting. No cars were coming by, so there was no one to help her. Behind her, Bella heard a rustling. Gloomily, she caught sight of her backpack sprawled out across the grass a few paces away, in the direction she had come. She must've dropped it when she was walking.
So Bella crawled to it and unzipped it, searching the contents. Near the top she couldn't believe her luck when she found a Coke. Grinning like a fool, she pulled it out. She didn't remember packing it – but she was too thirsty to care. She twisted the cap open and pressed it to her lips, leaning her head back and drinking. It wasn't as fizzy as it should have been – too much air had gotten in. After a few sips, a bitter after-taste filled her mouth. She drank again and tasted something strange mixed in. So she spat it out quickly, trying to wipe the cold liquid off of her tongue. But she already felt something cold and unnatural coursing through her. Her stomach felt strange, and Bella let herself fall again, lying down in the wet grass. She blinked furiously, and fought against the greyness threatening to blur her vision. A groan was all she could manage.
Finally, whatever drug that was in the drink took hold and Bella passed out just after seeing a smiling face approach.
Alice's POV
Wow. Bella had really pissed Alice off for some reason. As a vampire, she was overreacting a little bit, but she ignored the reasonable voice in her head telling her to go talk to Bella. Bella would be fine. She could take care of herself.
That thought brought back a memory of a vision...where Bella died.
Stupid! Alice thought. She hadn't told anyone about her vision, and now Bella was heading out...alone.
Oh no. No, no, no! Different mental voices shrieked in her head, and she stopped running. Turning around, Alice sprinted back in the direction of where she had left Bella.
The truck was here. Bella's dead cell phone was here. But Bella wasn't here. The site frightened Alice. The truck was parked and unmoving; her cell phone was lying in the mud, no battery. She followed footsteps down the road towards Forks, and finally found a trace of Bella. Wobbly steps and what looked like a fall. A spilled Coke bottle and some tracks. But the tracks were strange...it appeared that Bella lay in the grass...and didn't walk away. It was like she had floated away...or been carried. As she picked up the Coke bottle, Alice smelled a drug in it and swore loudly. She grabbed her cell phone out from her pocket and dialled Emmett.
April's POV
Talking with Emmett was amazing. They had been talking for only an hour now, and it already felt like April had caught up with the whole seventy years she missed. The only thing he didn't talk about was the human girl. He avoided the question, but April noticed the pain in his eyes when she was mentioned. Halfway through a story, his mobile phone rang. His ringtone was 'Born to be Wild'. He sighed and fished it out of his pocket, peeking a look at the caller ID before answering.
"Alice?" There was speech on the other end, but April didn't bother to listen. She heard "Bella" and "kidnapped" mentioned, but it meant nothing to April.
"What?" Emmett nearly yelled. "Drugged?" He started pacing as he talked, snapping at Alice. Finally, April got fed up and walked upstairs. She entered the small bedroom that Jason stayed in, and winced when he unconsciously cried out in pain. She heard his heart significantly quicken its pace. It had nearly stopped now. April ran to Jason's side and held his hand tightly. He was nearly finished with the Change. In fact, he could probably hear her. She recognised signs of the physical change. His fairly-tanned skin had turned into deathly white, flawless skin. His freckles and human scars had faded, and April knew that beneath his still eyelids were crimson eyes.
"Oh no..." she whispered, before calling, "Emmett!" Downstairs, she heard him yelling on the phone. He didn't come. So April pulled up a chair and sat next to Jason.
"Jason. If you can hear me...I want you to know that I love you. You're the closest thing to a father I have had in a very, very long time. I know what you're going through – I know what the pain is like. I'm so, so sorry that you have to go through it, but I promise you, it'll be over soon. But...you'll have eternal life. At a high price. I'm so sorry for your pain," she hastily added, "Dad."
Emmett's POV
Emmett couldn't believe what Alice had just told him. That Bella had been kidnapped. Alice was currently trying to track her kidnapper, but they used a car so it wasn't easy. Emmett ran upstairs on April's call, hoping to be done with this quickly so he could go find Bella.
"April, this better be important – I just got a call that Bella's -" he stopped dead when he saw the scene. The man that Jasper had turned was lying unconscious on the bed, and by the looks of it he was about to wake up as a vampire. April sat by him, holding his hand and murmuring words of comfort. The man's heart rate was now beating so fast that a human wouldn't have been able to tell that it was still beating. But it was only for a second, before finally coming to a permanent stop. He opened his eyes.
Jason's POV
Everything was so clear. It was sight through new eyes. Jason could see every little layer of paint on the walls – every little beam of light reflecting in different angles on the lamp hanging above. He could see the very threads in the blankets on the bed beneath him. He could hear everything – the soft breathing of the other two people in the room, a fan on downstairs – and a faint roar from a car. But everything changed when he took his first breath. At first, it was like inhaling the room itself. He smelled the dried paint, and various other delicious smells. But as he took in that breath, he felt a fiery pain in his chest. It was like a miniature version of the burning he went through – and it hurt. As he looked around more, he saw a familiar face.
April. She stood before him, not breathing. Hope sparked on her face as she searched his. Jason slowly sat up. What had happened? What was that pain he had gone through? And most of all...where was he?
Jasper's POV
Jasper had already made it far past the USA's border – he had passed through Mexico and was now passing through Brazil. He barely ever stopped running. Only to feed – on animals – every two days. He was planning on running until he ran out of land, and would only stop when he found somewhere isolated from the rest of the world.
Bella's POV
Wherever Bella sat was cold and dark. She realised that she couldn't open her eyes. She instinctively lifted her hands to her face, but felt nothing blocking them.
Maybe I'm blind, she thought bitterly. She waved her hands in front of her eyes, but saw nothing. With a panic she realised that it was just too dark to see. She felt along the ground. Hard concrete. Her back was against a wall. She patted herself down to check for any injuries and was satisfied when she found none. After her check up, she let her fear roll in. She was in complete darkness, Bella had no idea where she was, and there was no one around. Or – she thought that.
"Hello?" she called, not surprised when her voice was weak.
"Hello." It was not her voice that replied.
o.O Hee hee. Guess who it is? Coming up:
More from Jasper!
Jason's adjusting!
Emmett hunting for Bella...
And more April & Alice drama! =D