I really didn't know what was going on with me. I felt something very strong for Marcus yet I also felt something else odd as well. A calling of sort if you could call it that I couldn't describe what it was. These thoughts were on my mind when I heard a screaming from somewhere near me. The scream sounded like a voice I remembered. I for some reason decided to follow the scream. Each step I took it seemed like the voice screamed louder in pain. Just as I reach a pair of door I hear someone struggling in chains.
I use my powers to make the door burst open and there before my eyes is Garrett chained up before one of the guards. He's been beaten and whipped from what I can tell. His body marked with scratches, cuts and bruises. The blood coming from them somehow make me very angry. I see the guard just smile at me as he lifts the whip again. My instincts kick in once again and I move to be in front of Garrett blocking his body with my own.
"AHA!" I call out in pain as the whip hits my skin.
Theres something on that whip. Something that even effects me. I feelt my body start to grow weak as I almost fall backwards onto Garrett. I won't let him get hurt though. He saved me so I will do all in my power to save him.
"Get out of the way you!" the guard yells at me.
"No way in hell you pig!" I yell back at him but still trying to save my strength.
"You want to suffer his punishment too?" the guard asks with a laugh as he raises the whip again.
Oh come on! I try to do the right thing and here I am about to suffer by the hand of some ass?! The whip comes down on me again and this time I do fall backwards onto Garrett and then sink to the ground. I don't know what is one that whip but its making me feel worse than I have felt in a long time. I put my hand on the wall holding Garrett's chains and will the wall to break with what little of my power is left in me. After that is accomplished I fall into blackness.
Garrett's POV
The burning still resides inside of me. Yet I notice the whip has stopped coming onto my body. Then I felt the hold on me become released. I barely have time to come to my senses when I look down and there at my feet is Aida with her eyes closed and blood coming out of her mouth. I look up and see the guard smiling down at her.
"She tried to save you. Though it did her no good." the guards tells me with a laugh.
I lunge at him brining him to the ground and start to rip him apart piece by piece. He had no right to touch her! He dared to put not only marks on her but bring her down to the ground. Now I will kill him so that he will never touch her again! I finish the guard off then go back to see Aida. I thought by now her element would have healed her? I kneel down and pick up her body and notice that not only is it limp but her body is starting to become cold. How is that possible? Where is her so called mate as well? Could he not sense she was in danger?
I hold her close to me when I do the only thing I can think of. I check for her pulse and am heartbroken if my heart still beat to find that Aida has no pulse that I can find. I keep her close to me as I wipe the blood from her mouth. Why did she do this? Why did she come and try to save me when all I did was ignore her? I don't care what anyone tells me I am getting her out of here even if the three kings if you called them that don't like it.
I stand up with her still in my arms and just notice the doors were off the hinges. That makes me smile. I never saw her use the full extent of her powers though I am guessing not even that was the begining of it. I hold onto her tight as I use what is left of my strength and speed to get us out of there. I had to find Carlisle and quick.
I never wanted to go back to Forks to be honest. I mean don't get me wrong the Cullens are good vampires but still I hated staying in one place for too long. I remembered where Carlisle worked and decided to go there. I rushed into a room right past Carlisle. After I laid her down on a bed I went back to the hall to find Carlisle about to enter her room.
"Garrett? What are you doing here? You just disappeared all of the sudden." Carlisle tells me.
"Well let's just say Aro and the other two didn't like that Aida stood up for us. They decided to take me to their dungeon and torture me. However I don't think they saw what happened coming from a mile away." I tell him as I watch his expression.
"What happened Garrett?" he asks me in a stern tone.
"Aida came after me. She tried to stop the guard but something happened and that is why I am here." I tell Carlisle as I lead him inside to Aida's lifeless body.
"Garrett what happened to Aida?" he asks me as he takes her hand in his.
"I don't know, I woke up and saw some guard laughing saying she tried to save me so I killed him, grabbed her and brought her here." I tell him as I move to her side as well.
"What about Marcus? Didn't he come for her? Especailly since she was injured?" he asks as he checks her body for a pulse.
"Nope, didn't see him once and don't ask me if I knew where he was cause I didn't and I don't care either. If he couldn't sense this then is he really her mate?" I ask as I watch Carlisle despearaly search for a heartbeat.
"I don't know. I have never heard of one of our kind mating with an element. I can't find a heart beat though." Carlisle tells me.
"Doesn't she need to be in her element to draw from it?" I question him.
"Her element is all around her. Earth is literally everywhere yet I can't even sense her pulling from it at all."
"So then what do we do?"
"We have to find another element to bring her back or one of us change her."
"I don't think she would like the last option."
"Neither do I but I don't even know where to look for another element. Even if she just used her powers on someone I could use their blood."
"She did touch the wall behind me to release me but I don't know if that counts."
"You are willing to let her drink your blood to try and bring her back?"
Wow this would be the nicest thing I had even done for anyone. Yeah I mean I have saved her before. I don't want to see her hurt let alone dead. I don't care if we think Marcus is her mate if I have to give my blood to save her then I will. I nod my head at Carlisle. After I begin to put my wrist to her mouth nothing happens at first. I really hope this works cause we got no plan B.
Marcus POV
Something has happened. I can no longer feel or see my bond with Aida. I rush through the castle looking for her. Once again no where to be seen. No one has even seen her today. The first thought that comes to my head is my sister in law. I know she isn't here though. She is off doing thing I care not to know. I check all over the castle when I reach the dungeon I see a door off its hinges. I walk inside to find one of the guards ripped apart, blood on the floor and pieces of the stone wall upon the floor. What the hell happened here?
I go over to the blood and can smell a mix between vampire and...Aida. I don't understand. I should be able to sense her. I should be able to see our bond. Yet there is nothing. What has happened to my mate? Where is she? How could I have let this happen yet again? I lost my love once I cannot bare to loose her again. I run back to Aro and inform him of what has happened. No surprise he is a little adgitated but does not seem too concerned.
"Perhaps brother you think too much of your mate. Perhaps my wife was right. Light and dark do not belong together." he informs me trying to offer me a seat.
"You know nothing of what you speak Aro. I will find her even if I have to leave you behind." I tell him as I turn to leave.
"What if she is dead? Could you bare to see her lifeless body before you? Would that not cause you more greif brother?" Aro asks me stopping me in mid step. "Aida is an element, yes immortal as long as no harm comes to her but we know nothing of other enimies she may have made in her past."
"I care not for her past. I will find her and you know it."
"You can't feel her though. You admited it yourself. You can not longer see your bond. Perhaps dear brother it just wasn't meant to be?" Aro asks
"I do not care what you nor the others think. She is mine. I will find her and I will turn her if I have to. If it is still possible. I will not leave her as you would leave yours." I tell him as I leave the room in anger.
Garrett's POV
Lucky we did get a heart beat. A very small, very slow, barely able to be called a heartbeat but it was there. Still there was no way we could keep her at the hospital. Too many questions for my taste. We went back to the Cullens and put Aida in her old room. The first one to come to her side of course Jasper. He looks at me confused probably wondering why he can't sense her emotions.
"She is barely there Jasper. She risked herself to save Garrett." Carlisle tells him.
"Why? he is not her mate." Jasper asks.
"Your question is the same as mine pal." I tell him crossing my arms.
"Why didn't you defend her?! Why did you let whoever did this kill her?!" Jasper demands of me.
"Because I was almost a goner as well. Somehow she released me and I then took over and killed the man only to find her at my feet with her eyes closed and blood coming from her mouth." I tell him as I get in his face.
He wasn't the only one who cared for Aida! I did what I could I even gave her my blood! I have never done that for anyone before! Jasper slowly backs away and goes back to Aida.
Hours pass and I sit in her room watching the heart monitor that Carlisle attached to her. Still barely anything. I hated seeing her like this. A part of me felt like this was all my fault. Oh who the hell am I kidding? This is my fault. If she didn't feel like she needed to protect me then this never would have happened.
I still remember the first time I saw her. There in the woods. Her long red hair flowing in the wind. She barely noticed I was there let alone the other vampire that was after her. I was drawn to her yes I admit that. This wasn't a usually drawing though. I don't know how to describe it but I had to be with her to keep her safe. Then she saved me. She didn't even know then she had powers but she used them to save me. It was then I knew I would have followed that woman anywhere. I still feel that way, even if she is mated to an ass. It isn't her fault.
I lean over her and see some of her color is coming back. I brush her hair to the side of her face. If only I could see those green eyes of hers. I actually miss seeing them. The last time I saw them they were full of sadness. I ignored her even though she risked her life for me and the Cullens. How did I repay her? Right I was an ass to her and even after that she put herself before me and took the hits I was suppose to recive. I didn't understand it but I knew I had to help her get better. No matter what I had to do.
I walked back down stairs to hear an argument in progress.
"If we keep her here then we are all just targets." Edward protess to Carlisle who is on one side alone with Esme, Jasper, Alice, Emmett and surprisinly Rosalie.
"She is near dead Edward. We had to help her. She promised to do all she could for us." Alice argues back at him.
"Yeah and look where that got her? She tried to save Garrett and they killed her." Edward yells back.
"Shut up! You just don't want them finding out you haven't turned Bella yet!" I yell back at him. "If anyone here is selfish it is you!"
"She saved more people then you could imagine Edward. That is what her element does." Esme tells him trying to explain.
"All she will do is lead them here." Bella butts her opinion in.
"You are already on their radar hun. Trust me they will come for you even if Aida wasn't here." I tell her.
All the sudden I fel someone attack me and push me up against a wall. I look to see Edward glaring at me.
"You are the one that brought her here! This is all your fault!" Edward yells at me.
"I don't care what you think Edward. I came her for Carlisles help not yours. Think about it Edward would you really want an element as an enemy?" I ask him as I push him off of me.
"She can't kill us!" he yells back at me.
"Actually she can." Jasper intervines.
"What?" Edward snaps back to Jasper.
"Earth elements can control anything have to do with earth. Think about it Edward our bodies are made of earth." Alice tries to explain to him. "She could have killed us a long time ago but she didn't. She defended us even after finding out who she truly was. Risking her life to make sure we weren't killed."
"You all are crazy! She is Marcus mate! He will come for her and he will kill anyone who stand in his way!" Edward yells again.
"Edward shut up. You are just starting to become a drama Queen." Rosalie tells him with a sigh. "She defended us and stood up for us. I'll be here to defend her if I need to."
"Really Rosalie?" Edward questions.
"You don't know her Edward so you have no right to judge her." Jasper speaks up.
"She is staying until we can get her better or Marcus comes for her. He knows that we would never harm her. He was the one who told Aro to allow us to leave." Carlisle tells him.
"I want nothing to do with this. Come on Bella." Edward says as he and Bella exit the house.
"How is she doing?" Jasper asks me.
"She will wake up when the time is right." Alice answers for me. "Until then we had better watch her. Aro sees her as a threat now. I can only imagine what he will do to her if and when he finds her."
"Sounds like I may finally get to kill a king." I tell her with a smile
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I know it maybe a little confusing so let me clear this up quick. No Aida has not lost her feelings for Marcus and nor he for her. However just admit it love no matter what kind is never easy. Questions or Comments Please Let Me Know!