A/N – I am SO glad and extremely relieved that you liked the last Chapter; thank you for the comments! Minako366 asked if I was going to do the scene in the last chapter from other 'points of view', so without further ado…
P.S - Aussie Royal – Hope you feel better soon!
P.P.S – Brokenvoice – Hope you get your lap top fixed soon!
Chapter 65 - Deviation
Reuben's POV
That wasn't supposed to happen, Reuben...
What have you done?
What have you done?
What have you done?
What have you done?
I'll tell you what I've done... I've inflicted pain. I've done what I do best; I've imposed something that must be suffered… I've delivered a lethal blow…
That's what I've done...
Perhaps it wasn't the conclusion I was hoping for, but physical suffering in the aftermath... I couldn't have wished for a better a finish...
But Bella… why Bella…
Why did she have to step forward at that precise moment in time? I calculated my aim, I made my choice after careful reasoning, I estimated, I evaluated…
I took aim, and I fired…
But
She
Had
To
Move
Why did she have to move? It's not your fault Reuben, it's hers... you didn't pick her, she placed herself in danger, she did it…
If she had remained standing where she was, she would never have been shot... she wouldn't be the one slouching on the ground, now... bleeding...
And she was bleeding... I could see it... smell it... sense it...
The blood… seeping faster now, tempting my vision to watch as it gradually poured from the wound… Bella's wound… the wound I had instigated… the wound that would kill her, death knocking heavily upon her door, if not now but soon… so very soon…
If she hadn't stepped forward at that moment, she would still be alive now and you would have been able to complete your special plan for Bella…
Because she was special… she was like you…. But no more…
If she was still alive, you could have bitten her, and tasted it… tasted the blood, licked at it, savoured the spicy tang as it bathed your tongue and lovingly trickled down the passageway of your throat, massaging and stroking as it traced its path deep down within you…
Tasted it...
Why did you have to move into the bullets trajectory Bella? I didn't choose you, understand me, I didn't want to shoot you... I wanted to bite you, and make you mine... why did you move, the bullet wasn't inscribed with your name, only his...
Only Jake's name...
Jacob Black, bull's eye, as I pulled the trigger... as you moved...
Look at them all, surrounding you... like your some sort of exhibition or a piece of artwork on display!
Look at him… the stupid wolf, the one whose life you saved without even knowing it. I wonder, Bella, would he have taken a bullet for you? Look at him shake like a child! Not so strong now, are you Jacob Black. If you had taken my warning, none of this would have happened… Bella's death is all your fault and I intend to make that known to all…
And the doting father, I shot your daughter with a police rifle! Did you even know one had been stolen? Ah, but then… I am a child, merely a child breaking into a police station for fun… do not depreciate me Charlie… I will not be likened to a child, I am so much more than that…
And the wolf leader, eyes scanning the woodland around you Bella… he isn't even looking at you Bella, he isn't even interested in your death, instead he looks for the person who pulled the trigger, he looks for me!
... You deserved so much more than this, Bella...
Deserved?
Deserved?
You're losing your grip on reality Reuben... she loves Alice Cullen, all of the Cullen's... she deserves death, at least now she won't be a distraction to your plan, because that's what she was Reuben, a distraction... albeit a pleasant one...
And here they are, the Cullen's...arriving en masse to save the day...
But they're too late to save you now, Bella... too late to stop the bullet I fired... too late to move you out of the way...too late to stop the small missile from hitting you directly in the chest... too late to stop it from entering your human flesh, lodging itself deep inside you where it will remain until you take your last breath, so deep it could never be removed without causing more damage...
Look at them! The caring Doctor, applying pressure to your wound… you can't save this one, Carlisle…
And who do we have here? Ah, the devoted and altruistic siblings and mother… Edward, Emmet, Jasper, Rosalie and Esme… all so warm hearted…
Reality check… you don't have a heart! You don't have any warmth, you're vampires….
And Alice… you are too late…
Too late...
Unless...
No time for thoughts, now.
The Wolf Leader is looking in your direction... time to make an escape before he finds you, and you kill him also... one death is enough for today, you can play again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that...
But leave the gun. Let it be a reminder, to them... all of them... that you are different.
That you will administer your revenge in any way you can, that the element of surprise is your forte...
But I never chose you, Bella... this was not the way I wanted you to fall, yet fall you have...
Never challenge fate, Reuben. Never question the divine will... let predestination guide you, like it always has...
Bella is gone, or she soon will be... look at her, so pale, and still... such a pity you never got the chance to taste her blood again... such a crime...
Farewell Bella, embrace death for it is surely embracing you...
Unless...
Would she? Would she... change her? Would he let her?
Alice and Carlisle... would you?
You don't have the fortitude! You... lovers of the human life and everything it stands for... you don't have the willpower! Change Bella? It's against everything you pathetic Cullen's stand for...
Now you know how it feels, Alice, to lose someone you love...
Only this time, your love really will be lost, unlike mine, that doesn't even remember who I am...
Time to go Reuben...
Time to think of what fun you can have next...
Time to make Alice remember...