New Chapter Fourteen! Edited it, and it's longer! We JUST got internet back! YAY!
~Chapter Fourteen~
Yellow light streams through the window as I wake up the next day, lethargy clouds my head as I look around, realizing that I am in a hotel, everything from the previous few days comes flooding back, causing me to start to shake, curling up on the edge of the bed, gripping my shoulders to hug myself. Alice and I had a discussion, the two of us being the last two awake, a few nights ago, on the plane, she told me that her visions of my future disappeared completely, when James and Victoria entered the field, that's why everyone has been so protective of me. Thinking back on that, I feel myself start to quiver, remembering the memories that flooded back to me in the field, of my mother, of my father, of their strange deaths, then one by one they were ripped away again, everything gone, which left me feeling completely lost, and Jasper brought me back. A feeling of loneliness floods me as I spot my bag on the dresser, standing to cross over to it, I pull out a pair of jeans, and a t-shirt, showering before dressing in my everyday clothes, I exit my room to find the livingroom. Alice and Pandora are sitting on the couch, Bella on the floor before them as Alice gasps, her head snapping up as I look up in with with Pandora.
"The tracker, he just changed courses." Alice breathes, Bella stands, crossing to me, where I hug her, the two of us worried.
"Where will it take him, Alice?" Pandora asks, pulling out a pad of paper and a pen, pressing the pen into her hand.
"Mirrors? A room full of mirrors." Alice murmurs as she sketches watch she sees, before Bella looks at Alice in slight confusion.
"Edward said that, the visions aren't always certain." Bella says, stepping over to them, looking down at the sketch.
"They're subjective, the visions change with the course the person is on." I explain, causing Bella to look at me, before turning back to the sketch to look at the paper Alice is drawing on.
"So, the path the tracker is on now, will lead him to… a ballet studio?" Bella asks, causing everyone to look at her.
"You know this place?" Alice asks, I find myself waiting with baited breath.
"Sorta, well no. I took lessons when I was younger. The school I went to had an archway," She taps the paper. "Just like that."
"Was your school here, in Phoenix?" Pandora asks, fear and worry shoot up my spine, had James figured us out?
"Yeah." Suddenly, Bella's phone rings in her pocket, she lifts it to her ear. "Edward?" My heart skips a beat, fear crawling down my back, when my phone rings as well, I step out of the room to answer it.
"Darlin'?" His sweet southern accent breathes in my ear, causing warmth to shoot through my body, my legs give out as my breath hitches in my throat.
"Jasper? Jazz, what's going on?" I breathe out.
"I'm so sorry darlin, the tracker, he figured it out sooner than we thought, and changed courses. Edward and I are coming to get you two, Esme and Rosalie are going back to protect your families, then you and I, and Edward and Bella, are gonna go somewhere far away, while the others continue to hunt him down." His voice is thick as I let out a shuddering breath. "I love you, I will never let anything happen to you."
"I can fight too, Jasper. I don't have these powers for nothing." I can hear him sigh, before the sound of something crunching.
"Dude!" I can hear Emmett shout. "That's my Blackberry!"
"No, Lilith… I forbid that- you're in danger as it is!" He scolds.
"But, I-"
"NO!" I flinch at his shout.
"Fine!" I hang up, slipping my phone back in my pocket, entering the main room to join the others. "Where's Pandora?" Confusion colors my voice.
"She went to check out, we're relocating to a hotel closer to airport." Alice explains, I nod as I look over at Bella, who opens her mouth to speak, only to go quiet as her phone rings, and she looks at it in surprise, before she answers it.
"Mom, hey, glad you got my messages. What're you doing at home?" Bella asks as she turns away.
"I better go check on Pandora." Alice smiles as she exits the room as I turn to Bella with a smile, only to notice that she's gone rigid.
"D-Don't hurt her!" Bella snaps, causing me to frown, placing a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look at me, before pulling the phone from her ear, putting it on speaker.
"Hello, Lilith. I must say, you have grown up beautifully." My body goes stiff, looking at Bella, before looking back down at her phone.
"How do you know that?" I demand.
"You don't remember me? Such a shame, seeing as you watched as I drained the life from your parents." He hisses, his tone is insulted, my blood starts to run cold. "You watch from under your parent's bed, and I knew, I was going to do the same to you, when those annoying pests called police, showed up." He chuckles. "Now, I have someone of great importance to your friend-"
"Wait! Wait!" An unfamiliar female voice calls.
"Stop! Don't hurt my mom!" Bella cries.
"I need you to do something for me, then. Think you can get away from your little friend, and that traitor?" James asks, his voice is taunting, obviously he's not really giving us a choice.
"No." Bella states.
"Aw, that wasn't the answer I was hoping to get. Think you can get away, if little mommy's life depends on it?" He threatens.
"Yes!"I growl out.
"Such attitude." He chuckles. "Bella knows where I want you to go, I'll see you then. And Bella, be a dear- I don't have all day." With that, he hands up, causing me to let out a shaky breath, look at Bella, who nods to me. Once we're checked into the new hotel, Bella and I convene in my room to discuss the plan in hushed voice, the two of us discussing the idea of leaving letters for Edward and Jasper, under the pretense of leaving them for our families.
"Alice?" I ask, once we enter the main room, she's looking down, when her head snaps up, looking at Bella and I. "Is everything okay? Did something change?"
"No," My brow furrows at what seems to be a lie. "Did you need something?"
"If we wrote letters to our families, would you see that they get them?" Bella asks.
"Yeah, I promise." Alice answers, causing me to look at Bella with a forced smile, before we duck into the bedroom, once more, the two of us pulling out pads of paper, and pencils, before I sit on the edge of the bench, under the window, the pad of paper on my knees as I take a deep breath in, the release it in a sigh, pressing the pencil to the page.
Jasper,
I am sorry for leaving like this, but he has Bella's mother, and I can't let someone I care back, have someone die, not when I can stop it. I love you, and I'm so sorry, for everything, for hanging up on you, for falling for you only to leave you, and honestly… I am sorry that I moved to Forks, because I put your family in so much danger, I'm a terrible mate. I know this may not work, that he may kill her still, but I have to try.
Don't be upset with Alice, or Pandora, if Bella and I get away, it'll be a miracle in and of itself, tell them thank you for me, tell everyone. Tell Esme for bring back my memories of my mother, especially, because I now know, now that I remember that I was loved, that I wasn't just abandoned. Please, don't come after him, he wants that. I can't stand the thought of anyone else being hurt, because of me, especially you.
Before I came to Forks, I was lost, broken, and felt so alone, never feeling that I belong, and low and behold, I was adopted, you came along, and introduced me to a world I never knew existed. Your family just welcomed me, accepted my quirks and flaws, and made me feel I belong- that's all I ever wanted. I know that I didn't give you anything, that I just took what you gave, everything was so uneven, and you never got upset with me, and that make you all the more perfect. I got my wish, so continue to live, after I am gone- for me? This is the last thing I will ever ask of you.
I love you, please forgive me,
Lilith.
Wiping tears from my eyes, I sniffle as a few tears fall onto the paper, blurring a few words together as I choke out an attempt at a calming breath, folding the paper in half, before wiping my eyes, and tucking the letter in my pocket. The car ride with Alice and Pandora is filled with silence, even waiting for the plane to land, it's quiet as Bella and I place the letters down on the table, causing Alice to look at us in confusion. "For my mom." Bella states.
"For my family."I add before Bella and exchange looks.
"I've got to go to the bathroom." Bella states as she stands.
"Let me go with you." Alice offers.
"Actually," I stand. "Let me go, I've got to use the restroom as well." Alice looks at me skeptically, but I beam at her. "I want to clean myself up a bit, before Jasper lands. Plus, we aren't going to get attacked in such a public place, if we do, I have power enough to hold them off." My reasoning causes her to sigh, nodding as Bella takes my hand, slowly leading me towards the restroom. As soon as we're out of sight, we make a break for the front door, catching the closest cab, where Bella spouts off and address, the cab driver pulls away from the curb just as I look back to see Alice and Pandora break through a crowd at the front door, Alice stares after us in fear, guilt eating at me. Turning around in my seat, Bella takes my hand as we spend our last few minutes in worry, the two of us hoping for this to be an end.
The cab pulls up outside the ballet studio, I pull out two large bills, tossing them in the front seat, before climbing out with Bella, her arm is looped through mine as the two of us open the front door, rushing inside, the lights are off inside, making everything dark as I pull out Bella's can of Pepperspray from my pocket, tucking it in her front one, and look at her. "Stay close to me." I whisper, she swallows thickly, before she nods.
"Bella? Bella?! Where are you?!" I hear a woman's voice from the phone, Bella and I bolt toward where it's coming from. "There you are!" The woman's voice says as we stop before the closet, the two of us exchange looks of confusion, before Bella yanks the door open, revealing a tv playing a home video, presumably of Bella when she was younger with her mother.
"Mom, I suck." Young Bella says.
"You do not suck." Younger Renee says, suddenly a man chuckles, causing the two of us to turn, James steps into the light, his reflection cast upon every mirror in the room.
"That's my favorite part, you were such a stubborn child." He states, eyes narrowed as my hand lands on Bella's arm, and she frowns.
"She's not even here!" Bella barks.
"No, but you just had to go and make it so easy." James starts to move to the side, slower than even a human moves, his eyes on the two of us, calculating our emotions. "How do you think your mates will feel, knowing that they're left without anything to remember you by? Do you think they'll reach you in time?"
"We left them letters." Bella spits.
"Ah! How sweet," His tone is heavily sarcastic. "do you suppose they'll treasure them?" He's taunting us. "Will they avenge you?" My fist clenches, my magic vibrates in my veins, and my palm is burning with heat.
"I knew it." I hiss. "You want them to come after you, too bad I specifically asked Jasper not to in my letter." James eyes narrow at me.
"Little Lilith Michaelson, the lonely orphan who's always in the way." James smirks as he pulls out a video camera. "I thought you'd be doing something like that, so I thought we'd leave them a little letter of our own." He rushes us, slamming me into the wall by my throat, keeping his hand there enough to let me breath, but not enough that I don't have to struggle, my eyes blacking over a bit as I pry at his hand. "I took this from your house, Bella, I hope you don't mind." He flips the camera open, pressing record. "And, action." He zooms in on Bella's face as she looks at me, weakly, and he gasps softly. "That'll break little Edward's heart." Bella's face shifts to being furious.
"You-! He has- EDWARD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!" She shoves him, but he kicks her back into the wall, I can see her reach for the pepper spray as I feel James' grip tighten around my neck, causing me to gasp for air, suddenly Bella sprays him, causing him to recoil, grunting as he drops me, I snatch up Bella's hand, bolting across the room, before James is before us, grabbing Bella's arm, he throws her across the room into a pillar, her head smacks the sharp corner of it, and I realize that she's already bleeding as James turns to me, grabbing me by the throat, and lifting me off the floor as he smirks.
"Always so sympathetic." He brings me closer. "Always smelling so appetizing." I spit in his eye, he merely grimaces as I grin.
"Want to know how come?" I rasp, his brow furrows as I reach up to his wrist, ice encasing his wrist as he drops me in surprise, I go to run towards Bella, when he yanks me off my feet by my arm, something snaps from the strength of his grip, causing me to scream, then he drops me, stomping on my leg, causing the bone to snap loudly, pain floods my veins as I scream. As he turns to Bella, I force myself up, launching myself on his back, he rips me off, chucking me across the room like a ragdoll, sending me crashing into a mirror, shards embedding in my skin as my skin burns, and my eyes close as I scream out in pain.
My eyes blur as I force them open, I can see James slamming Edward into a mirror as I look over at Bella, she's screaming, her leg is bent in an odd shape, and my anger burns in my skin, my eyes landing on the fight, where James goes flying into another mirror via my magic, and Edward is on him, tearing chunks out of James. Crawling over to Bella, my arm curled against my chest, my leg throbs as I bump it into someone's foot, looking up as Jasper's turns to me, his eyes widening. "Lilith!" He screams, dropping beside me as I look over at Bella, seeing Carlisle and Alice over there. "Carlisle!" The doctor looks at me, he frowns as I blink, Jasper rolls me onto my back, his hands on my face.
"Jasper, one moment." Carlisle speaks up, I can see the internal battle that Jasper is having, his eyes are shifting between ocher and black, before I look at him as James screams.
"Go."I whisper, whimpering as Carlisle touches my arm and leg softly, my world is full of a rushing sound as I see Carlisle's lips moving, Jasper pulls off his belt, handing it to Carlisle, before disappearing, the pain in my arm intensifies as Carlisle moves, popping it in my socket, my scream splits the air, and I can see fire starting just beyond him. My eyes blur as Carlisle rips up two floor boards, I cry out as my mind starts to hazy. "JASPER!" It takes me a moment to realize that it's me screaming his name.
"Breath," Carlisle suddenly says. "Lily, breath!" I suck in a sharp breath, Jasper is at my side once more, before everything goes dark.
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