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Chapter 22: Charlie

Charlie had been kidnapped hours ago by 20 something year olds, who apparently didn't know how to kidnap anyone. They should not be in the business of kidnapping people. None of them hurt him.

At first, he thought they might hurt him but they only set him down in a room, gave him a heaping plate of Lasagna to eat, and a bottle of Port to drink. Yes, his kidnappers needed to learn that kidnapping did not have anything to do with having the victim feel like they were in a resort area.

The room was better than that of his rooms at his own home. The only thing that he didn't have was Bella there to enjoy the treatment of his kidnappers. They were very careful with him.

"Great meal." He said to himself wondering what benefits his kidnappers had yet to give him. 'If it is not broken … don't fix it,' he thought to himself. But, he still felt terrible about Bella worrying about him.

As time when on he found that, even his bed felt better than his own. Rich people should kidnap him more often.

Once he awoke, he found a young woman in his room. "My name is Jane. I am a friend of Bella's. She is coming, soon. The kidnappers are taken care of." She looked at the half empty bottle of Port. "Do you even want to leave?"

Jane waved him into another room where the kidnappers were tied up. "What is going on here?"

Demetri pulled out a baseball bat. "You're not good enough for our Bella." He raised the bat up a little then it clapped on the floor. "Bella really likes you."

Heidi gave her best smile showing off her perfect white teeth. "You're going to kill your kidnapers."

"This is a joke." Charlie told them.

"Not a joke but first we will make you a little more comfortable. Demetri. Do the honors." Heidi waved for Demetri to walk slowly over to Charlie.

Charlie took off as fast as he could run for the door but he could not make it to the door. Demetri held him against him. "You're lucky."

Charlie tried to wrestle out of his grasp but the guy was far too strong. "Let me go kid." He struggled until even the kid bit down on his neck. "Let go!"

They could hear his clothing make noises in the struggle, and his keys ringing in his pockets as he lost consciousness. "Bella."

Victoria, Laurent and James struggled to get out of their bindings there captures had been far too overconfident, so they broke free. So far, their captures were out feeding.

"We have to take him." James knew that if they left the man, they would not have anything to bargain with in the future.

Laurent agreed, "Grab him. We will feed him after he wakes up."

"Let's go to his home. The others will not expect that." James told them as he held onto Charlie. "We will grab a meal from him and track down his home."

"Sure thing." Victoria said as they raced off away from the hide out.

Victoria tied Charlie down at his home as tight as she could so that he would not hurt himself when he awoke. He awoke quickly as she did up the last knot. "You're safe with us."

Charlie felt the hunger for blood. It overwhelmed him so much that he found it was unbearable to talk.

"Found someone." James excitedly spoke acting as if he needed to be praised for finding a single human out in the wilds of Forks, Washington.

"Bring the human up." Victoria giggles ever so slightly at his antics.

James and Laurent raced up the stairs to see him pulling at his bindings. They forced the unconscious human's arm into Charlie's mouth. His fangs sunk into the human.

They killed the human soon after Charlie had drained him and buried the body in the back yard. There was nowhere else to put the body. None of them planed to turn him in his own home.

"You are safer here than with those other people. We will untie you." They untied him so he was able to sit up.

"Where are they?" Charlie, scared from being attacked remembered the girl who bit him.

"We took you away from them. They are still fallowing us. You are at your home." Victoria had to wonder if he would get them all killed.

Tied up, confused and hungry Charlie tried to break free from his constrains. "My daughter. Have you seen her? Did you kidnapper her, too?"

"No. We kidnapped you but we intended to scare her: get her to know that we are here and not to cross us. Now, everything is out of control." Victoria untied his feet. "We messed up."

Charlie knew he should be upset but he could not help but feel a small amount of compassion for his first captures. They were not the ones that hurt him. They only wanted to scare his daughter. Granted, he wanted to protect his daughter but he knew that they were not deserving of death for their bulling.

Bella should have come to him if she was being bullied. They could have talked over it. Instead, the situation escalated to him not only being kidnapped by the people that first kidnapped him but almost being killed.