"Who would have believed it would come to this? Look at what you do oh Ruby Blue!"-Roisin Murphy

*T.L* *T.L*

It was as the 'Big Red Guy', as Bella had started to call him since he never gave her a name, was setting up the scary looking circle with several black candles of different kinds of scents she couldn't quite place in multiple places and heights that it really hit Bella. The Cullen's were not coming to save her this time; she was going to die with this thing all alone. As that very fact hit her she sort of let out a hysterical laughter, she didn't care how crazy she sounded. It's not like she was in the sanest of company. He was always talking with somebody she couldn't see and clearly wasn't there so his marbles were obviously long gone and had been for some time. So she would just laugh at the oddity that this was the being she would die with, not somebody she'd love like she had always thought. Yet again she wished she had died in that fire with Charlie or when James had gotten her in Arizona in the ballet studio.

"What are you laughing about mortal? I'm preparing your death if you've forgotten, virgin", he spat from the circle while he drew something with black chalk she couldn't quite make out from her chained up area from her corner in the old, rusted-out building he was holding her captive. That was all he ever called her, she had made the mistake once of saying that wasn't who she was and what her name was. That had earned her a back-handed slap to the face and she hadn't corrected since.

"Something an evil being like you could never comprehend", she said after catching her breath from her crazed laugh. That did not amuse him. He dropped his chalk and stomped in her direction, but stopped not two feet in front of her in a frozen state like Alice would be during a vision.

"…but she's talking back to me Mistress!...I understand, I'll leave the virgin alone till you can join us for the proper time of the ceremony", while chatting with – whoever it was - he stared in an odd direction but somehow at her as well. He gave her a quick glare and went back to what he was doing.

"One more thing virgin, you'll be dying in those chains my Mistress says and says I will be having the honor of removing of that vile purity of yours before we vanquish your pathetic life"

All she could do was whimper and curl into a corner as he laughed. She tried to find some kind of warmth in her big black dress he had placed on her but it did not help.

*T.L* *T.L*

This had to be torture. They had been here forever it seemed but there was no way it be much longer, right?!

'Dude, your over-reacting man! Leah is just freaking happy she's gonna 'print soon, why aren't you?', Embry asked through their Quilette link. They knew Leah wouldn't notice at the moment because Alice was busy with driving and well…

"SO GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT OF MY HEAD – AND FALL INTO MY ARMS INSTEAD! I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS – BUT I NEED THAT ONE THING AND YOU'VE GOT THAT ONE THING!"

And they had been singing the girly-est songs since they had begun the drive from Forks. If the damned bloodsucker had told them that would have happened during the road trip, Jacob and Embry would have run to LA with this non-stop singing along crap they'd been doing to ever damned song to her iPod! Which had included multiple boy bands, Adele, The Spice Girls, Selena Gomez, Michael Buble`, P!nk & Lady Gaga.

They were men damnit, they could only handle so much of this at a time and they'd been in here for at least six now. Why couldn't the damned contraption break or die already?!

It would seem the Powers took pity on them because suddenly the car dramatically pulled over to the side, knocking over some of their food and beverages in the process. Alice jumped out of the drivers' seat and ran to the emergency lane where Jacob immediately recognized the red rusted out truck she was inspecting now. It was Bella's truck!

"Is she there?", as she looked around the bed of it.

"It's entirely empty with exception of her iPod hmm, even the radio has been ripped out but from the smell of it that happened long before it was abandoned, am I right? Another vampire has been here, not two days ago if my senses are correct. And ….if my nose is right they're headed to LA as well. Which means we need to kill them as well now.", she paused for a moment as they took this in.

"How will we know how to find them in a city as big as that though? Forks is easy as pie, LA not so much", Leah added with a shrug.

Before Alice could respond she got that odd look on her face they knew from the forest when they saw her 'see'. Not two minutes later she came out and was whipping out her phone.

"Change of plans now, were not stopping at the Hotel anymore – were headed straight to rescue Bella. She may not live that much longer…or stay sane from the looks of it."

All three of the Quileute's exchanged looks at that, "What do you mean 'stay sane', Alice? What the hell is going on!"

She finally looked at them in the eyes and they saw the panic and despair in screaming in them, "I mean the creature holding her is going to torture her and do something very bad that will break her more then she already is. If we don't save her in time to stop this then I'm afraid my family will have no choice BUT to change her to heal the damage the creature will do to her body and brain."

Jacob shook his head stubbornly, "I don't believe that – it can't be worse then when the other vampire got her in Phoenix!"

She merely hissed in pain as made her way back to car, "This is going to be a thousand times worse. Edward and Carlisle are stuck near Mexico and won't get there till after we all retrieve her and have averted this whole mess, I've already seen that much. And as for worse, I'm afraid the only ones who will understand what she's about to go through are my sister Rose, Esme and someone your going to meet soon enough"

Leah let out a gasp as it hit her what exactly Alice was saying without coming out and saying it, "NO – not that! Not Bella"

"Which is why we need to go directly to the hotel with no more stops. You'll meet your imprints soon enough don't worry. And don't worry about Bella – once we get her out I know my Jasper is going to kill the hell out of the bad guy", she added as she held Leah's hand in a comforting way as she started up the engine.

*T.L* *T.L*

He was staring at her. Again. And it was really starting to get under her skin, in the kind of way that made her feel all sorts of horrible. After all he wasn't the one she was tryin' to save right now.

She had first noticed it when she had taken Charles into Angel's office to fix up some of his more severe injuries. Just pushing her hair out of the way to get a better look at what she was doing when she looked into the main lobby to see what the others were up to.

Buffy and Angel seemed to be in some argument over the bleached blonde vampire who wasn't too far as they kept pointing at him and said vampire seemed entirely too happy about the pair fighting over him. The other vampires where also arguing too, with the one who had arrived with Buffy and Willow. The woman looked like she would cry any given moment over what they were saying to her, whatever it was. And as her gaze came full circle her eyes met his dark ones, and he smiled barely. But enough to make her inside tingle.

Did he know about the nights she would dream about him in that special way and that's why Wesley smiled at her? Or was he just being polite? Either way she needed to focus on fixin' Charles up so she could figure out what the hell is going on between her and Charles. That is if there was a them to discuss anymore.

"Winifred?"

She jumped and turned about, it was Jasper! Jeez he was not kidding when he told her he was good with the stealth thing!

"Oh Jasper you caught me when I was over thinking. I was just patching up Charles here…oh is the blood thing a botherin' you right now? I could get some of Angel's pig blood from the kitchen. He totally wouldn't mind", she already half-way out of office and headed to the kitchen.

He kept up with her pace, "Actually, as generous as that offer is my family will pass. That wasn't why I came into the office. Did I tell you on our way here my family and myself have special abilities?"

Even though he declined her blood offer she kept heading to the kitchen to make a food spread for the rest of the human guests, "Uh not really. Just that you were a different kind of vampire then Angel. I figured you were ok since you weren't bittin' my neck. What kind of special abilities are talking? OoO are you all like Dracula and can do the disappearing act like a bat! Because Buffy actually fought him and he pulled that. He also had his thrall thingy too – Angel was all sorts of pissed about that"

Jasper held his pale hand up at this, "Wait a second, the Buffy in there fought DRACULA, who else has she. Wait Not what I came in here for..…Any who's my brother Edward who show up at sometime can will read people's minds, he hates it. My wife Alice who should be here by tomorrow can see the future. As for myself I can read people's emotions and control them if need be. Like if they're too angry I can calm them down in a matter of just seconds."

Her brown eyes went wide, "So what's that have to do with talking to me?"

"In a room of so many humans, your emotions were screaming at me the loudest Fred. While working on Charles you were annoyed, frustrated but when you made eye contact with Wesley you calmed down, got flustered…need I say more? And last I checked Charles was your boyfriend so what is going on Fred?", he finished as he slumped into a kitchen stool.

For a few minutes she didn't say anything and he was worried he may have pushed too hard but then, "When I first got here I was emotionally numb and spent. The only one who even bothered to welcome me back to reality was Wes. You see I was in a hell dimension for 5 years when Angel and them saved me. As soon as we got back he got word from Willow that Buffy died. So Angel went to some monks to seek grief or whatever while I created a new cave. Wes would bring me food and books on physics everyday. By the time Angel came back Wes was my closest friend, Charles didn't even notice me till my folks came to get me. And the only reason he noticed was I device I created to kill a demon.

"Things then became hectic when we all went to the opera. I knew by then both Wes and Charles wanted to be with me but I didn't understand why or what they thought was special about me. We all got possessed by some pissed off ghosts that night and Wes threw in the towel for me I guess you could say. He stopped our intellectual talks at work, work only. Then something worse happened about a month ago between Charles ago. I had a paper published and the professor from my old college was there. As I was presenting it another portal was almost opened. Angel and Charles got me out of the way but I still saw the huge whole that the portal left. I also saw Wes there. I went to him that night and he helped me find out who was behind sending me to that…awful place. Just as I was about to send my professor there Charles busted into the room, killed him and threw him into the portal as it closed. We haven't been on good terms since. That was why I was at the diner today and not here"

She had finished making the miscellaneous sandwiches by this point and Jasper noticed tears forming in her eyes, "You didn't want Charles to win, did you?"

"It's too late to say anything about that now, Wes isn't working with us and hates us. So I'll just have to live with this now. But that doesn't mean Charles and I are going to stay a couple", and with that she left Jasper in the kitchen.

"Too bad you don't have my gift to read, and then you'd know how much he doesn't hate you all Fred. You especially", before he could go after her he received a text from Alice.

MEET US AT THE FACTORY OFF_ AND_ AT 10PM TONIGHT. BELLA'S LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! IF WE DON'T SAVE HER IN TIME SHE SEES A FATE MUCH LIKE ROSE'S 8-O

Ah crap. Better go collect the troups, and how do you tell them Bella is going to have her virginity ripped from her? Or do you just not say it? What he did know, was that he was glad Edward wasn't he because he would be over-reacting right now and be acting like an ass. Guess that meant he also had to go into explaining the whole super-powers stuff before too. Emmett better act like an adult during this talk.

- my my, yes next bit IS going be dark as it's the big fight. Sorry this took so long. Muse and me fought over how this would come out. Still kinda iffy so review and tell me what y'all think. Also about what was revieled of whats to come!

~Vixen519