Sherman, Connecticut

1 Week later

June 3rd

The smell of copper and rust filled Bella's nose, has her eyes slowly opened. There was a ringing in her ears and she felt like she wanted to puke. Trying to look around at her surroundings, made her head hurt. She was in a small cell that looked like it had come straight out of a medieval history book. There was straw all over the floor. Only a small window with bars crossed it, let in the only light that graced the cell. The sunlight seemed like it was in the morning or maybe it was late afternoon. Bella was not sure; she was not eve sure how long she had been there. Bringing her knees to her chest, she leaned against the cold stonewall. Her head was still pounding ever so lightly now. Her eyes were still unfocused, but not as bad as before. She could see light coming from down the long hallway. She could see many doors, to where they led she had no idea. The screams of pain could be heard coming from down the long dark hall, followed by howling. She could hear movement coming down the hall but could not see anything yet. A click and clanging sound got louder has it came toward her cell, but she did not raise her head to look at what it was. She feared for her life and was playing like a Dodo bird. Thinking if she could not see them, they could not see her.

"Open the door to 459…Dr. Schmit wants to run test on her." The voice from before said, the one that she thought was hot.

"Malkin…does Tucker know you're the one taking her out…thought Tucker said to not let anyone…but Dr. Schmit or Aro…or even himself take her out." A deep gruff voice said.

"Oh he knows Wakefield…don't worry Felix won't come after you…he asked me himself…fight broke out in the mess hall." The one she got has Malkin said.

"Oh boy." The one she took has Wakefield said laughing. "Bet he is pissed…when's the newbie's going to learn…to not to piss off the older members of the units."

"Yeah I know…now how about that door?" Malkin asked.

"Sure…sure…don't get your panties in a twist." Wakefield said while laughing. Bella could hear metal scraping against stone. More movement could be heard outside her cell.

"Alec what the hell are you doing here…thought you were off rotation this time?" Malkin asked.

"Yeah… I was supposed to be." The one she took has Alec said, he sounded young and so sweet. "With the fight that broke out in the mess hall…I was called on duty."

"That sucks." Wakefield said.

"Your telling me Demetri." Alec said.

"Hey now boy…its Wakefield to you." Wakefield said back.

"Now…now boys." Malkin said.

"Weren't you suppose to be off duty too Edward?" Alec asked.

"Yeah but look where I am standing." The one she thought had a hot voice, had a name now and for some reason she liked it.

"Well…how about we get a beer after this…off the grounds." Alec said laughing. "What do you say?"

"Yeah sounds good…better get the girl and get her to Dr. Schmit." Edward said while laughing. She could hear footsteps coming towards her. "Stand 459." He commanded. She looked up at him. He took her breath away. He had this unusual messy bronze hair that looked like he had been running his fingers through it. She had been right about him, he was hot, his voice did not let him down. He was young-looking, maybe late 20's or early 30's, in his dark military clothing. With his lean body, he reminded her of Adonis. He had high cheekbones and a strong jaw line and along with his straight nose and full lips. It made his face looked chiseled. It really was perfect, any sculpture would be proud to call him their artwork. Cursing herself for thinking that, how could she think one of her kidnappers was hot? "Did you not hear me?" He commanded again. Trying to stand but her balance was off more than normal, causing her to fall back on her butt and hitting the back in the process.

"I can't." She squeaked. Her head was pounding more from the movement. Her head was pounding with ever movement she was making.

"Shit." He said under his breath.

"What's wrong Malkin…she get the better of you?" Demetri asked while laughing.

"Hell no man…she can't stand on her own…Frank really gave her a good knocken."

"Well you know him…he likes to take his built up anger towards our fair High Princess Royal out on anyone that he can…seems this one here really pissed him off." Demetri laughed.

"Yeah…I just don't get it man…I don't know why Felix agrees to letting him come on our missions."

"Don't ask me…but you might want to hurry…you know the good doctor doesn't like to be kept waiting."

"Yeah…yeah." Edward said while turning his attention back to Bella. "Come on now…try to stand." He said in a soothing voice.

"I can't…it hurts too much." Bella said crying.

"Okay…I am going to pick you up okay." Edward said, has he moved towards Bella. Seeing that he was getting closer, she began to move to the side farthest away from him. Holding her head in the process. "Shh…shh." He said while coming closer to her. "Its alright...I won't hurt you."

"You kidnapped me." She shouted, but it came out more like she was croaking, like a frog.

"It will be fine." He said while kneeling down beside, while grabbing her ankles and pulling her towards him. He wrapped his arms around her midsection and began to pull her to her feet and over his shoulder. She whelped in pain as a terrible amount of electrical current ran through her head. It felt like someone was shocking her, in her head. He did not know why, but there was something about her that made him want to protect her, since the moment he saw her on the beach that day. He could not understand what his Majesty wanted with this human girl.

"Edward…what did you bring?" A German voice asked, "it sounded it like belong to an old man," Bella thought.

"495 sir…you asked to start her treatment and Aro could not wait any longer." She felt his body go tense under her, while he was motioning Aro's name. "Who was Aro," she thought."

"Ah yes…bring her here." She could feel Edward as he carried her into cold, clinically smelling room. "Help me strap her to the table." Next thing she knew, she was being lowered down on to a cold surface. She could only guess that the cold surface was a table. She felt her arms and legs being strapped down. Trying to fight the person, but nothing was working. They were a lot stronger than she was, bone crushing stronger.

"By the way sir…she as a slight concussion from what I can see…Frank repeatedly hit her in the head with his gun.' Edward said while he watched Bella. She just looked back up at him, begging him to let her go.

"Shit." The German voice said, followed by two people rapidly talking in German. She could not understand anything that was being said. "Your duty is done…tell Felix he can pick her up later to take her to Aro."

"Yes sir…but it will probably be me again…Felix is dealing with the newbie's…they started a fight in the mess hall."

"Damn newbie's…okay well…I will send for you later then."

"Yes sir." Edward said while he was leaving, but not before he took one last look at Bella. It broke his cold undead heart to leave her there for some reason that he could not understand. He hated seeing her strapped down to the table halfway naked. Bella could hear the door slam when he left the room.

"Hello dear…now lets see if you will work with me…mmh." She could see a short white-haired man standing over her with a clipboard. "Name?" He asked. She just looked at him, more like full on staring at him. "Answer me creature."

"Bella." She said while trying to move her arms but they strapped down and the straps were cutting into her skin.

"So it is just Bella…you don't have a middle or last name?" He said sarcastically. "Didn't mommy teach you better?"

"Yes." She squeaked.

"So."

"Its BBBella…MMMarie…DDDwyer." She said while shaking, she noticed him writing something down on his clipboard.

"Who named you?" He asked coldly.

"My mother." Bella said while crying. "Father…had no influence over it…he was not even there until a few hours after I was born." He again began to write something do else down.

"Good…how old are you?"

"23…until September 13th…what day is it?" She asked, hoping he would tell her.

"You do not need to know." He said while writing something else down. "Now what is your father's name?"

"Philip…Andrew…Dwyer." She said through breaths.

"Mothers?"

"Renée…Kimberly…Dwyer."

"Maiden name?" Dr. Schmit growled at her, it sounded more like animal than human.

"Lockhart." She said crying.

"Shut-up…there is nothing to cry about." He said while watching her. "Is those your real eyes?" "What a strange question to ask," she thought.

"Yes…I have perfect vision…no neeeed…for contacts." He finished writing something down before asking another set of strange questions.

"Now…we are going to drawl some blood." He said smiling down at her, but to her it was unnerving. "Jane dear…bring me a needle and test tubes please."

"Sure thing sir." Bella could hear a child like voice say.

"Thank you dear." Dr. Schmit said sweetly. Bella could not believe that this man was being sweet. She felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, followed by a sucking feeling against her skin. She could not figure was the needle and drawling of her blood.

The next thing she knew, she was being lifted up and carried somewhere, until she felt a cold wall against her back. Looking up she saw it was guy who had carried her to the doctors before.

"It is okay." Edward said while moving her dirty hair out of her face. "I don't understand why the High King wants you…it is against our laws to torture or murder humans." He said while lowering his face towards hers. She could not believe he was going to try and kiss her, but before he got too close. He began to sniff her hair and throat. Rubbing his cheek against Bella soft neck. Closing her eyes she let out a little moan. She could not believe she just did that or the fact that he was smelling her. "You smell…delicious." He said while looking at her. "I mean you smell human…your not a lycan." He said while shaking her at the thought. She just watched him has he stared back her.

"Edward." A dark voice sang. "Whatca doin with my creature?"

"Nothing Aro." Edward replied quickly before he stood up and move has fast he could away from Bella.

"Goodie…you can leave now."

"Yes Aro." Edward said while he looked at Bella.

"Now." Aro growled, sounding more like an animal.

"I am going." Edward growled back. Bella noticed it had no effect on the Aro guy. Bella watched has Edward left the room, slamming the door behind him.

"Oh goodie…we are finally alone." Aro said has he looked down at Bella. Looking up at the man, he was tall with a wiry build and long black hair. The extreme thing about him was that he was dressed in all white Armani suit. It was crisp white, not even a spot on it. Nothing was out of place. In creepy way he was handsome, but he wasn't. He was cleaned shaved, with very clean-cut features. His nose was only thing that was clean-cut or perfect. It looked like it had been broken before. He looked like a Greek statue and he scared her death. He was a like the devil in an Armani suit. She could not figure out why he looked so familiar. Trying to move, but her body was killing her. She just slumped to the floor, while noticing how his black eyes danced with amusement. Not only were his eyes black, but also they were completely black, no white to them. Trying to look away from his pricing black eyes, but before she could turn her head. He had her by the chin, his large hands crushing her cheek has he rubbed it with his thumb roughly. "Don't look away from me." He hissed.

"I wasn't." She croaked.

"Good…don't." He said smirking at her. "Now stand." He yelled. She began to tremble at his voice, has it echoed off of the stonewalls in the room. Trying to stand but her legs gave out from underneath her, she barely even but any pressure on them, before they gave out on her. He chuckled at her, causing her to whimper. "You dumb little halfling." He screamed has he yanked her up by her hair. He began to cuff her hands together, has he proceed to raise her hands above her head. He chained her hands to the wall. "Now where to begin?" He said while smiling an evil smile at her. She noticed him walking away from her. Taking a glance around the room, it was huge and long. At the end of the long room, there was a nice fireplace. The fireplace had huge lions craved into the wood over the fireplace. There was fire blazing away, warming the room. There was a massive fire-pit in the middle of the room to. It looked like the entrance to hell itself. Various tables with objects of torture were placed around the room. Chains hanged on almost all the walls. The room reminded Bella of something she had seen while on her trip to the Tower of London. This was definitely a torture room. The only lighting for the room came from an old iron chandelier that was hanging I the middle of the room above the fire-pit. There was a huge bronze bull standing off to the side of the fireplace. Stealing a glance Aro, she could see him picking him picking something up. It looked to be a dagger. He turned to look back at her, while tossing the dagger from hand to hand. "You shouldn't be alive you know." He said while watching her.

"Why?" She screamed at him.

"You should have died before you even took your first breath of air." He said ignoring her. He came to stand in front of her. Looking up at him, she could see a light scar running from his left eye all the way down to the corner of his lip. He slowly raised his hand with the dagger in it, towards her chest. Ripping her shirt open, revealing her bathing suit top. She whimpered as the fabric ripped in half. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying. She looked down at the brick floor. "Look at me creature." He yelled at her, while grabbing her face with his free hand, making her face him. He began to drag the dagger across her breast. The pain was too much that she let out a blood-curdling scream. "Shut up." He screamed while hitting her in the head. Again he dragged the dagger across her flesh, but this time he dragged the blade between the valley of her breast to the top of her bathing suit bottoms. He was basically stabbing her first and then really painfully, dragging the point down her skin. She screamed louder this time, tears running down her cheeks. He did not say anything this time, just punched her in the side of the head. She whimpered has he sliced another knife across her stomach, right across her belly button. Tears slid down her already tear soaked cheeks. She wanted to scream, but her head was pounding from the times he had hit her in the head. She knew that she would have scars on her body from the cuts he was making and she did not even care. "Now…creature…don't you look so beautiful." He said while smiling down at her. It was more of an evil sinister grin. "The Majesty wants you tortured and dead my dear." He said while smiling at her, has he hit her again but this time in the shoulder. Dropping her head with the final blow to her shoulder. He roughly grabbed her by the hair and jerked her head up, so she was facing him. "Look at me while I inflect pain on you." He hissed.

A little while a later

She could not remember anything after Aro made her watch him, has he sliced the blade of one of his knives against her flesh. Her head was pounding so much, that she just wanted it to go away. She was now back in her cell, her new home now. It was dark and it smell of urine and copper, along with rust. The stench made her eyes water. Holding her pounding head against the bars. The cold was easing some of the pain away. She could feel someone watching her, but she was too afraid to look at who it was. She looked down at her body. It was covered in a gray tunic like thing, barely covering her whole body. The fabric ended at her mid-thigh. Bruises covered her arms and legs. She could feel the blood caked on her stomach and chest has she tried to move. It pulled on her little hairs on her body. Trying to move, but her body just would not let her. It felt like someone had her over with a mack truck. Whimpering has she tried to stretch her legs out. She gave up trying and just let the tears fall down her face.

"Shh." She heard a familiar voice say. Turning her head around to look at the person talking. It was guy from before, the Edward guy. "What's your name?" Edward asked sweetly.

"Bella." She whimpered. It hurt too much to talk.

"Mines Edward." He said while stretching his hand through the bars for her to shake. She just stared at the out stretched hand with a confused look. "Okay." He said while taking his hand back. "I am so sorry…I don't know why his Majesty wants to kill you…its against the law his own daddy set-up." She just stared at him. She could see that he had beautiful green eyes, they were like emeralds and they looked so sad. "You don't know what I am talking about…do you?" He asked. She just stared at him like he was crazy. "So that means you don't know what we are." He said while staring at her. She could not even understand what he was talking about. "We are what you humans call…vampires." He said while giving her a crooked grin, showing off his nicely sharp fangs. Her eyes grew wide with fear. His perfect grin soon turned into a frown at the look she was giving him. "Its okay…I won't hurt you." He said while trying to comfort her. "I am guessing you don't know where you are either…do you?" He asked. She just raised an eyebrow at him, making him chuckle. She tried to smile at his laughing. Even if the laughing was directed towards her, there was something about him that made her feel safe. "We…are at the headquarters for torture and research of lycans." She had no idea what he was talking about and it was like he seemed to know because he said. "Lycan's are what you guys call werewolves." He said while smiling at her. Her eyes grew wide with fear. "What the hell," she thought. "You didn't think vampires were the only supernatural beings alive…did you?" He said while grinning at her.

"No." She whispered. He just smiled at her.

"There are many different supernatural beings…and many different places just like this one here all around the world…but this one is the main center for everything." He said while watching her carefully.

"How…why doesn't anyone know of these places?"

"Because…we make it look like a V.A. hospital or sorts…or some people think we are a military base…you see we have members of the council working in government offices."

"Its just crazy to think about all this stuff." She said while looking down at the floor.

"Yeah at first it's a lot to take in." He said while still watching her. "I just don't know why the High King wants you dead." He said smiling. She could see the tips of fangs that were showing. She could not believe they were real. Reaching out to touch them, she kept thinking he was lying to her and that he was some crazy vampire fan. He moved away from her touch, surprised that she wanted to touch him. Leaning into her touch when he really saw that she really wanted to him, while his fangs were showing. "I wish I could help you." He said while taking her hands in his. She noticed how they fit perfectly together. She stared at their hands intertwined together for a minute or two. Amazed by the fact that they fit together so nicely and the little electric shock she felt has their skin touched each other, but that was before she notice him biting into his own wrist. Blood trickled down his arm has he slowly moved it between the bars and towards her. She hated the sight of blood; it made her sick to her stomach. "Here." He said while handing her his wrist. She stared at it for a second or two and then looked back at him with fear in her eyes. She did not know what do, but she did know that she was not drinking his blood if that is what he had in mind. "Drink." He said while moving his wrist to her mouth. A coppery and salty taste touched her taste buds, making her feel sick. Jerking her head back, a little too quickly, which caused her head to scream at her in pain. Putting her hands to her head. He watched her, wishing she would just drink from his wrist. He knew it would make her feel a lot better. "She must be in so much pain," he thought to himself. He held on to her hand, pulling her slowly towards him has close has the bars would let him. Grabbing the back of her head, he pressed his wrist to her mouth softly has he could. He was afraid of freaking her out anymore than she was. "Drink…we don't have much time." He growled, which didn't sound human. Causing her to shake and make feel horrible for growling at her. "It will help…I promise." He said while kissing her forehead. "Please!" He begged. Finally giving in, she sucked on his wrist like a baby animal does when they are nursing. She moved her hands up to grab at his wrist, holding it to her lips. She could taste the coppery, salty taste of his blood has it trickled down her throat. She had never tasted something so sweet. Nibbling on his wrist has she sucked away at his blood, caused him to let out a small moan. Which made her stop drinking, wondering what him do that. It sounded like he wasn't in pain, but in sheer pleasure.

"What am I doing?" She asked. It frightened her a bit at the thought he was getting pleasure from her sucking his blood.

"Shh…just keep drinking…it will make you feel better." He said while kissing her forehead. She began to drink again. He had never let any of the women he had been with drink his blood. The act of letting someone drink your blood was a sexual act between the two sharing. The act was normally only done by mates, it was always reserved for his mate and this little human was slowly becoming that. He felt something for her, but he did not know what and it confused him to no end. He knew the rules about turning humans. It pleased him to no end that she was drinking his blood. It made him groan in pleasure as he kissed her forehead. The last thing she remembered was him telling her he would be back the next night.