Chapter 3

Third Peron's POV

That night Richie laid on the bed in his room downstairs watching T.V whilst Seth kept an eye on the hostages upstairs, his brother apparently didn't trust him not to kill anyone or in his eyes rape the daughter. That always seemed to be Seth's problem these days he had no faith in his own brother, especially when it came to a sticky situation such as this one.

Richie found himself thinking about Bella, remembering her deep brown chocolate eyes that held so much hurt, her soft delicate skin that he craved to touch, those lips he wanted to bite, her entire being he wanted to merge with his own.

Now Richie had seen many beautiful women over the years and bed them all, though killed them afterwards. But Bella…god she was something else, he'd never felt so tempted in his life not even by the goddess that haunted him. This girl managed to derail his train of thought and had literally thrown him for a loop, he wanted her in every way he possibly could.

He planned to take her with him tomorrow to Mexico and wherever he went from there and even if Bella refused Richie would just throw her over his shoulder and take her against her will. He still hadn't told Seth about it, but hell his brother could wait.

Knock knock

Went the door as Richie quickly turned off the T.V and grabbed his gun from the bedside before easing himself off the bed to approach the window where he slightly drew back the netting expecting to see the cops, but to his great surprise it wasn't the boys in blue but someone he hadn't at all expected.

Placing his gun in his back trouser waist Richie unlatched the chain off the door and opened it to reveal Bella herself wearing a black silk spaghetti strapped nightdress with red netting that just about reached her knees. To say she looked erotic as hell was putting it mildly.

"Bella? What are doing here?" Richie asked her.

"I thought about what you said before and you were right, the best way to get over my scum bag of an ex is to start living a little" Bella seductively spoke.

Richie swallowed a lump in his throat as she backed him up into the room closing the door behind her.

"I'm tired of being the predictable girl everyone thinks I am, I want to be bad" Bella said slowly running her hands up his chest until they reached his neck. "Teach me how to be bad Richie, only you can" she pleaded tiptoeing up to leave trails of kisses along his neckline.

"You don't know what your saying" Richie softly spoke closing his eyes as he allowed himself to enjoy her every touch.

"Oh…believe me I do. I know you want me Richie I see it in your eyes, its like a burning need to claim what's yours" Bella said kissing up his jaw line before stopping to look into his eyes. "Well I'm here, take me, and claim me. Make me yours Richie, I need you" she whispered against his lips.

Loosing all control at that point Richie pulling her against him smashed their lips together in a frantic animalistic hunger, the two scratched at clawed at each other neither party not being able to get enough as tongues entwined fighting for dominance. Bella ran her hands through Richie's hair scrapping her nails across his scalp though moaning as Richie ran his own over her perfect curves until he reached her ass where he then hauled her up locking her legs around his waiste as he carried her over to the bed tossing Bella onto the mattress causing her body to bounce.

Taking his glasses off to place them on the side Richie then kneeled over Bella's stunning form with one leg on either side of hers before running his hands teasingly along her thighs pushing up her naughty dress until he had a clear view of her skimpy little panties. Bella then arching her back begun moaning as he started massaging her centre whilst trailing open mouthed wet kisses along her thighs, entwining his fingers into her panties Richie then dragged the sinful cotton down her legs keep his eyes connected to hers as he did so.

Inserting a finger into her centre Richie watched with satisfaction how Bella's body reacted to his touch and inserted a second finger pumping her tight walls, though it was then that Richie realized that Bella was indeed still pure and this pleased him to no end that he would be her first and last. She then grabbed his head and connected their lips together once more moaning against his mouth as pumped her faster and faster with her body thrashing beneath his, Bella then fisting his shirt tore it open causing all the buttons to go flying just as her release came.

In one swift move she then rolled them over so she now had Richie pinned to the bed trailing hot kisses from his neck down his chest causing Richie to moan as he the felt her hands unbuckling his belt and just as she was about to pull down his trousers he suddenly saw her pull out his gun staring at it for a moment before looking to him with sad eyes.

"Save me Richie, help me to live again" Bella pleaded.

"What?" Richie asked in confusion.

"I'm dying inside Richie and only you can heal me now" she said.

"How?" Richie asked.

"She's waited so long for us and now that we've found each other we can finally go home, we can finally stop the pain" Bella said tears now streaming down her face.

At that Richie jerked up "what did you say?" he asked her.

"I'm scared Richie I'm so scared" Bella cried.

"Bella what did you just say?" Richie asked sitting up to cup her face in his hands.

"Richard"

Came the voice he knew all too well as Richie turned his head to see the brunette haired dominatrix looking woman sat staring at them both from the chair in the corner, and as he looked back and forth between her and Bella it suddenly dawned on him.

"Bella can you see her?" Richie asked her but noticed her eyes fluttering closed.

"Bella? Bella look at me, can you see her?" Richie asked more desperately this time giving her a shake.

"I-I've...always...seen her" Bella barely muttered as her body began to slump against his.

"Save her Richard, she needs you" said the mystery woman.

"What's happening to her?" Richie asked her as he laid Bella's now pale form down on the bed.

"Her hearts giving out, she's literally just hanging on by a thread" the woman said.

"Well what can be done to help her?" Richie asked softly running the back of his knuckles over Bella's cheek.

He didn't want her to die let alone see her suffer, the thought of her slipping away was unbearable.

"Prove to her that she's not alone, bring her home Richard. It's the only way to heal you both" she told him.

"Ri-Richie" he heard Bella mumble.

"What is it Bella?" Richie asked moving the hair out her face.

"I w-want…to go...home. Promise me...we'll get there" Bella weakly pleaded.

Not knowing what else to say Richie nodded watching helplessly as Bella's life slipped away before his eyes.

"I promise" he said meaning it.

"Hurry Richard there's not much time, don't let them stop you" the woman firmly told him.

Gasp!

Richie shot up in a cold sweat taking in his surroundings, the first thing he noticed was that he was still in the motel room the second was that it was now light out and third that there was no Bella in sight.

No way was last night a dream it'd felt all too real, especially the part where Bella had practically given herself to him. Speaking of he was in need of a good cold shower, no doubt about it.

Though back to more pressing matters if what the goddess said was true and that Bella's life was actually in danger then there was no time to waste, they had to leave immediately.

BPOV

The next morning came by pretty quickly, I hadn't seen nor heard from Jess or Angela since the argument last night and honestly couldn't bring myself to care. I'd stayed in my room reading and listening to my Ipod for most of the night before catching up on sleep, though weirdly enough I'd dreamt of nothing but Richie the entire night and I say weird because this morning when I woke up my panties were absolutely soaked.

Yeah, you heard me.

At the moment I was packing away the last of my stuff and was just about ready to leave when I heard a knock at the front door.

"Just a second" I called placing my bag down to go open the door.

I came face to face with a man wearing a cowboy hat jean jacket grey shirt black tie and pants had tanned skinned short black hair had a moustache and most importantly of all was wearing a police badge.

"Hi" I said politely smiling at the man.

"Good morning mam my name is Sheriff Gonzalez from the Texas police department I'm a doing a door to door search and was wondering if I could borrow a moment of your time to ask you some questions?" Sheriff Gonzalez asked.

"Yeah sure no problem" I said wondering this was all about.

He then pulled out two pieces of paper and flashed them infront of me.

"I'm trying to apprehend two suspects by the name of Seth and Richie Gecko they were recently spotted in this location, have you seen either of these men?" Sheriff Gonzalez asked.

The first photo I looked at was of a man with short black hair, sandy coloured skin with slight stubble on his face. Kind of looked like the type of guy that if you so much as glanced at wrong he'd shoot you in the face. My gaze then switched to the other photo and as it did I had to hold back a gasp at the familiar face I saw.

Richie?

What the…? He was a convict?

"Mam?" I heard the Sheriff say.

"Huh?" I said snapping out my thoughts.

"Have you seen these men?" asked the Sheriff again.

"Erm no, no I can't say I have" I lied to him.

I don't why I didn't just say yes but for some reason I had an over powering urge to protect Richie and that meant not letting this guy get his hands on him.

"You sure? You've not seen or heard anything out the ordinary?" Sheriff Gonzalez asked looking at me as if I had two faces.

"No I'm sorry, you can be sure to expect a call though if I do catch any sign of them" I assured him covering my bases.

"Well thank you for your time Mam I appreciate it" Sheriff Gonzalez said tipping his hat at me.

"Is it alright if I ask what they've done?" I asked him really wanting to know.

"I'm surprised you haven't already heard, it's all over the news" Sheriff Gonzalez said.

"I just arrived in town yesterday" I shrugged.

"Well take my advice little lady and get yourself caught up, the Gecko brothers are savages and I mean really. They're wanted by the whole of Texas for armed robbery kidnapping murder and rape. So if you see them you call me but do not whatever you do approach them" Sheriff Gonzalez instructed.

"Understood, thank you Sheriff" I said nodding my head before he walked off leaving me to my thoughts.

I was pissed off, yet another person had deceived and lied to my face. I guess the joke was on me though for thinking that things were finally turning around when of course it was far from being that simple.

Needing to get out of here I quickly grabbed up my bag swung it on my shoulder making sure to do one last check round encase I managed to leave anything behind, and once I was clear to go I scurried out the room locking up behind me before chucking the keys away.

Whilst crossing the parking lot I saw two more cops scouting the area wearing bulletproof vests that said 'Sheriff' in big bold writing and hats that had big yellow stars on them.

'You just couldn't get anymore conspicuous than that' I sarcastically thought to myself.

I was about to walk past an RV when from out of nowhere I felt someone grab me covering my mouth with their hand as they hauled me into the vehicle. I screamed and went to fight off my captor but froze when I heard a familiar voice.

"Shhh Bella it's me, it's me"

They soothingly spoke as I glanced up to see that my captor was non other than Richie himself.

"It's alright I'm not gonna hurt you" he said slowly releasing his hold on me.

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"To keep you safe" Richie said placing a hand on my arm.

"Keep me safe? You? The man who not only played me for a fool but now I find out is a wanted criminal? What is it exactly that you think you can possibly keep me safe from?" I furiously asked him and there was a pause before he spoke up.

"Yourself" he said.

"What?" I asked him feeling totally confused.

What in great hell did he mean by that?

"Listen I know what its like to feel alone, to feel like the walls are slowly closing in and all the while your dying inside because you think none gives a damn. I've felt that everyday of my life Bella and I've taken my pain out on others because it's who I am but I don't want the same thing to happen to you, I don't want you to see you suffer. You need me Bella" Richie said.

"Bullshit" I spat back.

"It's true, you need me just like I need you" Richie said.

"How can you be so sure?" I asked him.

"Because I know you hear the calling just as much as I do" he said.

"What?" I asked feeling my eyebrows knit together

Surely he didn't mean…

Richie smirking leaned down to press a gentle kiss to my forehead before he walked over to a middle aged man sat in the drivers seat, he had dark grey hair, moustache and beard, and was Caucasian. Richie then pulling out a gun from his waistband pointed it at the man's head causing my eyes to widen.

"Drive this mother round the back, now" Richie told him.

The man doing as instructed put the vehicle into gear and drove round the back of the motel. Taking a seat so I didn't fall over I questioned just what it was Richie was up to and why he seemed to be holding this man hostage. But as I looked round it was then that I realised that the man wasn't alone because on the other side of the vehicle sat a young Asian looking boy about sixteen maybe seventeen, he had short black hair brown eyes was wearing a hoody and a pair of headsets around his neck.

'Holy crap Richie how many people are you kidnapping here?' I asked myself.

Just as the RV came to a stop I heard Richie mutter something to the man but couldn't quite make out what it was as he then went to exit the RV.

"Wait, you can't go out there. The cops are all over this place looking for you" I informed him.

"How many?" he asked.

"Three could be more but I'm not a hundred percent" I told him.

"Okay stay here and don't make a sound" Richie said.

"What are you gonna do?" I asked him worriedly.

"Daddy's gonna take care of business" he smirked before walking out the door.

I know this is probably sick but whether it was that smirk of his or what he just said I couldn't help but feel incredibly turned on right now.

"You alright there young lady?" I heard the middle aged man ask.

"I'm good, thanks" I assured him.

"You know that guy?" asked the boy.

"I met him yesterday at the pool but I wasn't aware of who he was at the time" I told him.

"What did he mean by he wants to keep you safe?" the boy asked.

"Honestly? I have no idea" I lied.

"Well as long were here we may as well introduce ourselves, my names Jacob Fuller and that's my son Scott" the man now known as Jacob politely spoke.

"Isabella Swan but please call me Bella" I said returning the favour.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Bella, and I'm extremely sorry you had to get caught up in this mess" Jacob apologised.

"It's not your fault you couldn't have known this was gonna happen. That being said though how did you become involved with Richie?" I asked him.

"Him and his brother needed a vehicle that could get them across the border into Mexico but couldn't afford to be spotted by the state police so they need me to drive them" Jacob explained.

"I take it they're using your son just to bait you into it?" I asked him.

"And my daughter who's currently with the other one" Jacob said with fear written all over his face.

Poor guy.

"Did they say what they planned to do after that?" I asked him.

"They promised to let me and my family go free if we cooperated and did as they ordered, though I don't take their word for it" Jacob said.

"Well in a situation like this all you can do is hope and pray that they stick to their word" I told him.

At that moment we heard the sound of gunshots firing from outside making my heart pound like a jackhammer because it sounded like some kind of war zone was going on.

"I can't take this I've gotta do something" Scott frantically spoke as he flew for the door but I quickly got in his way.

"No! You can't go out there just stay put" I told him.

"It's my sister! She need's me!" Scott half yelled struggling against me.

"Well you won't be any good to her dead! Trust me your sister will be fine, if these guys are all they cracked up to be then they'll bring her back safe and unharmed" I said doing my best to calm him down.

But just then from out the blue I felt a sharp pain in my chest and it suddenly felt as though someone had locked their arms around me and were squeezing as tight as they could, I was practically gasping for air. My hands shot straight to my heart that felt as though it were on a stop start routine.

"Bella? Are you okay?" Jacob asked me in concern.

"S-something's w-wrong" I about managed to say.

My legs then went from under me as the pain in my chest got worse to the point that it felt as though my heart was trapped in a burning blaze and for the life of me I didn't see any way of putting it out.

"Scott help me!" I heard Jacob shout.

"What do you want me to do?" Scott asked.

I couldn't really hear what was said next because the voices were muffled and my vision was blurry, I could feel myself fading and though I tried with all my might to hang on to consciousness I was just too weak.

"Isabella"

I heard a female voice whisper.

"Hold on meus princeps (my princess), we need you".

"Help me…Richie" I spoke with the last of my strength before my grip slipped from reality and I fell into the endless pit of darkness.

Author's Note: CLIFFHANGER! Oh gosh will Richie be able to pull Bella back from this one? Find out in the next chapter.

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