Chapter 4
Third Person's POV
Fucking Seth, why the hell did he have to stop him from just shooting those bitches in the face? On his way to help his brother and get him to safety Richie had overheard Bella's friends discussing whether or not they'd done the right thing by giving him and Seth up to the cops, so naturally he was pissed as hell. To know those bitches were responsible for them being in this mess Richie had ambushed both girls in their motel room and went to pull the trigger when Seth like always got in his bloody way.
"Richie" Seth spoke in a warning tone.
"Don't start Seth" Richie said brushing his brother off.
"Please, please don..."
"SHUT UP!" Richie yelled at Angela for daring to try and plead with him. "Both of you down on your knee's, NOW!" he shouted at them as both girls obeyed without hesitation.
"Richie enough!" Seth snapped.
"You wanted to know how Gonzalez managed to track us brother well here's your answer" Richie spat out pointing his gun at Jessica whom was whimpering to no extent with tears streaming down her face.
"Just put it down" Seth practically begged whilst keeping a tight hold on his hostage.
"No, I gotta do this" Richie told him releasing the safety on his gun.
"RICHIE!" Seth shouted.
"Richie...help me"
Echoed a voice causing Richie to freeze his actions just seconds before he could paint the walls red with Jessica's blood.
"Bella?" he muttered in question narrowing his eyes away from his target to glance round the room for signs of his girl, only she was nowhere to be seen.
What the...?
"Richard"
He heard the goddesses voice call him as Richie turned on the spot to see the woman looking back at him from in the mirror.
"She needs you, go to her quick" the woman told him.
It took a moment for her words to sink in but Richie feeling as though he'd just been hit in the head suddenly caught on to what was going down here.
Bella
She was in trouble. It's why he'd heard her voice because she was calling out to him, pleading for him to save her.
"Richie?" he heard Seth say.
Turning back to the two bitches before him Richie grabbed Jessica by the scruff of her hair causing her to shriek as he yanked her to her feet whilst pointing his gun at Angela.
"Get up" Richie sternly told her.
Angela doing as she was told shakily got to her feet crying silent tears petrified what this man planned to do to her and her friend.
"Seth get the door" Richie told his brother.
"What are you doing?" Seth asked him.
"Just do it!" Richie shouted.
Seth in frustration did as his brother ordered and yanked open the door just in time to see a cop about to break down the door. Not wasting any time Richie shot the man down causing all three girls to scream in horror.
"Move" Richie told Angela, "move!" he repeated shoving her toward the door dragging Jessica with him.
"Wait a minute your not taking them as well" Seth said getting in his brothers path.
"We don't have a choice, unless you want them to go running to the cops again I suggest you get out of my way before backup gets here" Richie sternly told him.
Realising that his brother was right though he still didn't agree to Richie's ways Seth grabbing his hostage pulled her out the door as the five of them ran down the corridor with both brother's remaining on their guard.
Just then though a shot rang out making all three girls yelp as Seth saw another cop on the other side of the balcony pointing his gun in their direction, he shot off a round at the man nailing him right in the neck causing the copper to stumble down a staircase he'd been standing near.
Just as both brothers thought they had the upper hand another shot rang out only this time it didn't miss.
"Aaaaah!" Seth cried out as he felt a bullet skim his upper left shoulder.
Quickly ducking behind a corner Seth handed his hostage over to Richie before narrowing his head round the wall to see whom the shooter was only managing to catch a glimpse as another bullet rang out just missing his face.
"The ranger?" Richie asked him.
"The ranger" Seth complied aiming his gun at Gonzalez who then ducked into a room as a couple of rounds were sent his way.
"Go" Seth told his brother.
"Are you sure?" Richie asked him.
"I'm sure, go!" Seth shouted.
Richie doing as his brother instructed took all three girls and headed straight for the RV.
"I want to go h-home" Jessica cried.
"Shut up!" Richie told her.
"Please don't kill me" she pleaded.
"I said shut up!" Richie shouted this time guiding the girls behind the motel where the RV was parked.
Yanking open the door Richie shoved the trio inside the motor home and upon seeing his daughter Jacob rushed over and took her into his arms.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Jacob asked scanning his daughter over for injuries.
"I'm fine" Kate assured him still shaken.
"Bella?" Angela gasped.
This got Richie's attention as he followed the girl's gaze to Bella's petite form now laid out on the couch. Going straight to her side the first thing Richie noticed was how pale she was, her skin was a ghostly white her lips were blue and she was cold to the touch. Richie swallowing a lump in his throat took Bella's hand in his own as he felt her wrist for a pulse, sighing in relief when he found one though it was extremely faint Richie laying her hand back down then turned on the spot and aimed his gun at Jacob.
"What did you do?" Richie asked him.
"Nothing" Jacob told him.
"Bullshit! What did you do to her!" Richie snapped.
"He didn't do anything!" Scott shouted as Richie then pointed the gun toward him.
"Sit the fuck down! That goes for you three too" Richie told Scott and the girls who then went and sat down in the seating area. "Now I'll ask again what the fuck did you do? And try not to lie to me" he asked Jacob once more.
"I didn't touch her, she collapsed" Jacob said.
"What do you mean she collapsed?" Richie asked him.
"All I know is that one minute she was hyperventilating and the next she was on the ground" Jacob told him.
"And you're telling me the truth?" Richie asked him unsurely.
"If I wasn't why would I have tried to help her" Jacob asked him.
"Save me Richie"
"I'm dying inside and only you can heal me now"
"Her hearts giving out"
"Save me Richie"
"Save me"
"Only you can"
Richie heard the voices replay over and over in his head, he glanced over his shoulder at Bella's fragile form in wonder of what he could do to snap her out of this state before it worsened.
THUD!
Came a loud noise from above making the group jump as they heard what sounded like something or someone landing on top of the vehicle roof.
"Get the behind the wheel" Richie told Jacob giving the man a shove as he got back in the drivers seat.
A crash was then heard outside and suddenly the door of the RV flew open causing Richie to swing his gun round at whom ever it was only to see Seth board the vehicle.
"We're good?" Richie asked his brother.
"We're good" Seth confirmed.
Richie nodding at this then pointed his gun at Jacob "drive" he told the man.
"What about the girl? She needs help" Jacob protested.
"You do as I tell you when I tell you and I'm telling you now to shut the fuck up and drive before I put a bullet right between Katy cakes eyes, got that?" Richie asked the man.
Jacob not having much of a choice at that point nodded putting the RV into gear though feeling terrible for what was happening to Bella and even more so that he couldn't help because his family's life was on the line.
Richie going over to his brother gave him a pat on the shoulder though being careful about the wound Gonzalez had given him.
"You alright?" Richie asked him.
"Yeah I'm good" Seth assured him whilst trying to catch his breath.
"Did I call it? Or did I call it?" Richie smugly asked.
"Alright your genius brother no need to rub it in" Seth sighed before something caught his attention. "Richie?" he spoke.
"Hmm" Richie said.
"Who is that?" Seth asked pointing to the unconscious girl on the couch.
"That brother just so happens to be the girl who put a dent in your car" Richie amusingly spoke.
"And what's she doing here Richie?" Seth impatiently asked.
"She's with me" Richie told him.
"With you?" Seth asked.
"Yeah, with me" Richie repeated.
"So let me just get this straight, you've involved three girls who didn't need to be involved therefore adding more fuel to the fire am I right?" Seth asked him.
"No those two little bitches put themselves in this situation where as this girl right here is present for reasons you wouldn't understand" Richie said staring down his brother.
Seth at that point narrowed his gaze to the sleeping beauty taking in her appearance before looking back to his brother.
"Tell me you haven't" Seth said with his voice full of dread.
"Haven't what?" Richie asked though knowing exactly what his brother meant.
"Don't play me Richie, did you or didn't you?" Seth dangerously asked.
"I'm not the complete monster you think I am brother, and if it's any consolation I couldn't harm her even if I wanted to" Richie flatly spoke.
"Meaning?" Seth asked.
"Meaning she stays" Richie said.
"Richie..."
"I said she stays!" Richie forcefully spoke.
He then went to Bella's side ignoring his brother's protests and the glares he was getting. Kneeling before her Richie gently took her frail hand in his and gave it a light squeeze.
"You hang in there now, you hear me? Do not give up Bella" Richie softly spoke.
He'd never been a fan of showing affection before not even with his own family depending on what type of mood he was in but with Bella Richie wanted to try, he didn't know what it was with this girl but something about her just brought out the sensitivity in him. He felt the overpowering urge to protect Bella at all costs and assassinate anyone who meant her harm.
Just then Richie felt Bella squeeze his hand bringing him to full attention.
"Bella? Can you hear me?" Richie asked her.
Bella's eyes then begun to weakly flutter open as her gaze fell on him.
"R-Richie?" Bella croaked out.
"Yeah, it's me" Richie assured her.
"What's happening to me?" Bella asked him.
"Your very sick right now Bella, but don't worry because the pain will soon be over" Richie told her.
"What do you mean?" Bella questioned eyebrows knitting together.
"We're going to the one place none will ever hurt us again, somewhere we can feel free to do what we want when we want with nothing to hold us back" Richie said.
"Where's that?" Bella asked struggling to keep her eyes open.
"Home, we're going home" Richie said.
Bella weakly nodding at this as a tear fell from the corner of her eye and she licked her dry lips.
"I feel her Richie I feel them all calling to me, I've felt them crying out to me since I was a kid and it terrified me" Bella told him shedding another tear. "She told me that I needed to find you but I coward away thinking I was going insane, she tried to tell me and I didn't listen" she sobbed.
To say Richie was taken back by this sudden confession was an understatement, he knew without a shadow of a doubt that the 'she' Bella referred to was the goddess but it shocked him to know that she'd told Bella to find him and more so that Bella herself had heard the call since infancy just like him.
"Shhh it's not your fault, you didn't know" Richie assured her wiping away her tears with his thumb.
"But that's the thing I did know yet I just chose to live in denial because it's what I do best" Bella said.
"We're gonna get through this, you and me together okay?" Richie said as Bella nodded in agreement.
After that she fell back into a deep slumber with Richie watching over her making sure she wasn't in any sort of pain before throwing a blanket over her which he'd gotten from one of the cupboards and left her to rest as he then went on hostage patrol.
"Is she okay?" Angela asked him.
"What do you care?" Richie asked her.
"I'm her friend" Angela said in defence.
"Sure about that? I mean I only question this because of the way I heard the two of you bad mouthing her at the pool" Richie said motioning his gun between Jessica and Angela whom fell quiet at this. "What? Got nothing to say?" he asked them.
"Why are we here?" Jessica asked him.
Smirking at how fast they were to change the subject Richie wondered just how Bella would react if she knew what these conniving bitches were really like.
"Take a guess" Richie said.
"A-are you going to rape us?" Angela shakily asked.
"No offence sweetheart but your not exactly my type" Richie amusingly chuckled.
"Then what do you want with us?" Jessica asked.
"To teach you the lesson of no good deed goes unpunished, especially one that involves my brother and I almost getting taken down by cops" Richie told her.
"It's just a shame you didn't" muttered Scott bitterly.
"What did you say?" Richie asked the boy.
"I said it's a shame you didn't" Scott confidently spoke up.
"Scott!" hissed Kate in warning
"Unless you feel brave enough to keep provoking me I suggest you put a lid on that smart ass mouth of yours Bruce Lee before I'm tempted to empty this entire casing on your sister, that is if your good at catching bullets" Richie seethed pointing the gun at Scott.
"Leave him alone" Kate all but demanded coming to her brother's defence.
"Or what? Huh Katie cakes?" Richie asked as the girl looked on with bitterness but said nothing further. "I didn't think so" he said.
"You do know that your making a huge mistake here don't you?" asked Jessica.
"Why's that?" Richie asked her.
"Bella's father is a cop, the chief of police at that and if he finds out something's happened to her he'll coming after you for sure" Jessica told him.
That struck Richie dumb, Bella was the daughter of a cop? He'd never have anticipated that one, hell he wouldn't have even guessed it.
He begun questioning if she and her friends had been sent to spy on himself and Seth and if she'd just been playing with his mind in order to gain his trust. But then Richie knew that this couldn't be because he would have sensed it otherwise, he knew when someone was lying to him and those who dared to try ended up dead.
"By the time this is all over I doubt she'll want to be found" Richie said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Angela asked.
But instead of answering her Richie just smirked as the group dropped into silence and strapped themselves in for a productive journey.
BPOV
I woke up in a dark red room laid on a king size bed that had satin silk sheets, covers and a wooden polished headboard. As I glanced round the room I took in the glowing candlelights that surrounded the place, there were paintings hung on the walls, leather brown sofa and chairs and an antique looking fireplace.
It kinda reminded me of Phantom of the Opera only I wasn't any Christine, well that was for sure once I saw that I was wearing nothing but matching black Victoria secret underwear and a pink see thru lace nightgown that fastened just below my breasts.
'Holy crap' I thought to myself.
I looked like someone who was about to star in porno or something.
Just then from out the corner of my eye I saw a door on the far end left of the room open just a crack and anticipated at this point I awaited who or what was on the other side but suddenly gasped in fear as a serpent snake slithered into the room, I found myself unable to move as it crawled up the bedpost and disappeared under the covers though I could see its outline perfectly heading directly for me.
Backing up against the headboard I expected it to launch itself at me at any moment, but just then the strangest thing occurred a two hands shot out from under the covers and grab my legs dragging me down as I gave out a yelp and frantically fought to get away until suddenly a head popped out and I got a clear view of the face.
"Richie?" I gasped.
He smirked and seductively crawled up my body until we were nose to nose, I noticed he wasn't wearing his glasses anymore making him look more sexier than ever and his black and white suit was gone and its place was a pure red one that made him look like the devil himself.
If this is a dream god help the person who woke me up, I would kill them.
"Richie what's going on?" I asked glancing between his eyes and lips.
"Something incredible baby" he spoke with lust filled eyes.
I moaned as he leaned down and begun trailing open mouthed kisses along my neck and jaw until I grabbed his head and crashed our lips together whimpering as I felt his hands wander all over my body as I ran my fingers through his fine sexy hair. Untying the sleek string on my nightgown Richie then took one of my hands and placed it upon his erected man hood as he pulled back to look at me.
"Feel that? That's what you do to me" he said.
"Richie, I need you" I moaned.
"Tell me what you want Bella" he said running his hands along my curves.
"You, I just want you" I said.
"How far would you go to be with me?" he asked.
"I'd do anything" I gasped throwing my head back as he begun kissing my inner thighs.
"Even abandon the life you once knew?" he asked between kisses.
Huh? What kind of question was that? I looked down to see him now looking up at me as if awaiting my answer.
"Would you leave it all behind for me Bella?" Richie asked again.
I thought about it for a moment knowing I barely even knew this man apart from the fact that he and his brother were psychotic killers hell bent on getting their own way, it was enough to scare anyone off. But for some reason I wasn't afraid because since I'd met Richie I feel like I've gotten more in touch with a side of me I've always been afraid to show, but now it seemed easy. My whole life I've been trapped behind four white walls with no way out but the moment Richie had arrived on scene he'd managed to bulldoze them down and set me free.
It was a no brainier
"Yes" I said.
He then came back up to kiss me feeling his tongue brush against my lips as if begging for access, which I happily granted. I then felt his hand cup cheek as he pulled back once more causing me to whimper at the loss of contact.
"It's time baby, your ready now" Richie said softly brushing my cheek with his thumb.
"Ready for what?" I questioned.
"To live" he said causing me to frown at this. "Your almost home, wake up baby. Wake up and be who you've longed to be".
With that said my eyes flung open taking in my surroundings remembering that I was still on the RV, but what caught my attention was the heated scene before me as I sat up to see that kid Scott pointing a gun at Richie's head.
"Kate grab his gun" Scott told the girl whom I recognised from the pool.
'Oh hell no you don't' I thought to myself.
Remembering I had a can of pepper spray in my bag curtsy of my dad I reached over and swiftly grabbed it out the rucksack before sneaking up on the scene.
"Don't do it Kate" Richie told the girl.
"Just do it!" Scott shouted.
"Didn't your mother ever teach never to play with guns?" I asked him.
Scott then spun round to face me only to realise his mistake too late as I whipped out the can of spray and gave him a dose of his own medicine.
"Ahhhhhhh!" he yelled out stumbling backwards in pain.
"Scott!" both Kate and Jacob shouted.
"Bella what are doing!" Angela screeched.
I then used that opportunity to grab the gun out of Scott's hand, though this didn't seem to count for shit as Richie's brother Seth aimed his gun at my head.
"Are you freaking serious right now?" I asked him disbelievingly.
"Hand over the gun snow white" Seth instructed.
"Dude I just saved your brothers ass the least you could do is be grateful" I told him.
"Put the gun down" Richie firmly spoke.
"Yeah what he said" Seth said.
"No not her you" Richie corrected him.
"What?" Seth asked frowning at his brother.
"Put the gun down Seth" Richie told him once more.
"No" Seth scoffed.
"Final warning" Richie said standing up taking a gun out his trouser waste band to point at Seth. "You take that gun off her or I swear I'll shoot you myself, brother" he spat out.
The two then had a staring match playing the game of I call your bluff, which was something I'd learned growing up as the daughter of a cop. Richie seemed to win though as Seth backed down removing his gun from my head and pointed it at the others.
"The rest of you sit the fuck down and shut up" Seth snapped at them.
Scott who was still whimpering had to be helped back to his seat by Kate seeing as he'd lost the use of his vision.
"Oh stop being so dramatic it was only pepper no biggie" I said rolling my eyes.
"You could have blinded him!" Kate screeched at me.
"Consider it this way would you rather me have hurt his ego or left him to the hands of these two" I said motioning my hand to Seth and Richie.
"Non of the above" Kate seethed at me.
"Why don't you just shut that trap of yours before I do actually blind someone, preferably you" I spat at her.
"Bella what the hell has gotten into you? Why are you acting like this?" Angela asked looking at me in disgust.
"I'm tired of being treated like the sad sap everyone takes me for, a new dawn has approached. From now on it's either my way or no way at all" I told her.
"Christ Bella we're your friends!" Jessica screeched.
"Friends? HA! That's a joke in itself. The only reason I put up with you was for Angela's sake and now I can't even stand sight of her so you know what?" I said before dusting my hands "I wash my hands of both of you" I said about to walk away feeling satisfied with myself.
"Bitch" I heard Scott mutter.
Just then I saw Richie leap out and grab him pinning the punk to the table causing the girls to screech.
"Richie no!" Seth shouted grabbing his brother's gun trying to get him away from Scott.
"Seth I gotta do this!" Richie shouted struggling against his brother.
Suddenly I saw Jacob jump out the drivers seat with a tool in hand thinking he was gonna save the day, oh boy was he wrong.
"Get. Back" I ordered pointing my gun at him.
"He's gonna kill my son!" Jacob half yelled.
"Well if your son had better manners he wouldn't be in this situation" I bit back.
I glanced over my shoulder to see Seth finally manage to push Richie off Scott and took his gun for good measure.
"Sit down and cool off" Seth said shoving him on the couch before he then turned toward us, "and you get back under the wheel before I decide to give my brother his gun back" he snapped at Jacob who did as instructed.
"Hey Scotty who's the bitch now?" I asked smirking at his cold expression and heard Richie chuckling at the gag I made.
"Ok snow white time to hand over the gun" Seth said holding out his palm to me.
"Err how about hmm and no" I said. "Oh and by the way the name is Bella not snow white or any other stupid pet names you come up with, just Bella" I told him.
I then went to Richie who was laughing it up at his brother.
"So I take it I don't have to ask if you're feeling better then?" Richie jokingly asked.
I then did something completely unexpected and grabbed the back of his neck pulling him up to lock our lips together biting down on his bottom lip to shove my tongue down his throat in a fiery dominate desire, though by the time he went to respond I pulled away smirking at the shocked look on his face.
"Does that answer your question?" I flirtatiously asked him.
Releasing him I walked back over to where I was sat before and took a seat enjoying the new me, though particularly enjoying the taste of something forbidden.
Author's Note: I think its say to say folks that Richie has well and truly met his match in Bella lol, their in for one hell of a ride.
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