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She Sleeps
By : bcullen1026
Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR
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Chapter 15
EPOV
Four months. It has been four months since we found the warehouse. There has been no sign of Bella since then. I was going insane. I didn’t even know is she was alive. That was the worst part I think. If I knew for sure she was gone I could follow, but not knowing left me with a tiny shard of hope. Hope. Everyone clings to it like some sort of savior, but I knew it for what it was, a demon. An evil demon that destroys lives more often than it helps them. My personal demon came in the form of that blasted tape. Even now I cringe with the memory of it.
*********Flashback********
I walked at a human pace over to the TV. I needed to know what was so important about this tape, but at the same time I didn’t think I could press the button. My siblings were suddenly at my side. Alice reached forward and pressed play. My world collapsed and my vision bled to red. The image on the screen hit me like a ton of bricks. My Bella was dead. It was my worst fear come to life. She lay on the ground unmoving. Before I could take it all in the picture shifted to Victoria.
“Your pet is dead. You saw the evidence for yourself, and I wonder what you will do now. Will you, Edward Cullen, go running to the Volturi or will you avenge your mate’s demise? I can’t help but hope to have a hand in your death as well so I’m selfishly hoping you will hunt me. But just in case your grief is too much here’s a little incentive.”
The picture flashed again to Bella struggling under the same man Alice had seen before. The pictures came faster now. Victoria breaking her leg. Matthew Park violating her again and again. And if the picture weren’t enough, the sound would have killed me where I stood, if I wasn’t already dead. I heard her screams as she was raped and beaten, but that wasn’t the worst part. The last image the video showed was another shot of my dead love, a close up of her beautiful face. Then the screen went black.
I feel to my knees and immediately began planning. Yes I wanted to go to Volterra but I could not let this go. I would avenge my Bella. Victoria and that human would pay for this. I heard Alice sobbing into Jasper’s chest. Me, I was silent. There were no words for this feeling. Thankfully Emmett and Jasper were just as silent. If someone tried to comfort me I would rip their head off. It was Jasper that broken the silence. His words barely registered. I heard Alice stop crying. “Oh my God! Edward, she’s not dead!” She was lying. I had seen the proof for myself. My Bella was dead.
“Edward, listen to me! Bella is not dead! She’s alive!” I looked up at her. “No Alice. She’s –” I couldn’t say it. Saying it made it real. “Edward, look at the damn tape!” Alice was angry. “I’ve seen enough.” Alice grabbed my chin and turned it in the direction of the television. “Look damn it!” I pulled away. Why was she so insistent on showing me this again? I sighed and gave in. It didn’t matter anyway. Nothing could hurt more than this. “Alright Alice, What am I looking for?” She looked at Jasper. “Play it.” The video started a few seconds before the end. “Watch her eyes. There!” Alice was practically jumping up and down. I froze. “Play it again.” Jasper didn’t ask questions. “Again!” I watched that same spot five times. It was always the same. There, at the very end of the tape, my Bella moved her eyes. It was a tiny movement, too small for human eyes to see, but her eyes moved under her eyelids.
**********End flashback***********
And just that quickly, my own personal demon took up residence in my chest. I started hoping. Maybe she was alive after all. No matter how much time went by or how much my head told me otherwise, hope was always there with what if she’s alive and you are abandoning her? I hated it and needed it at the same time.
The police were having no more luck than we were. Charlie kept us updated, but his superiors were breathing down his neck about resources. They thought it was a lost cause. So Charlie decided to take some time off and continue the search on his own. He wasn’t finding anything and he was losing hope. Maybe that was kinder. If Charlie thought she was gone he could grieve and more on. Human could do that. I couldn’t.
Meanwhile, Carlisle and Jasper were coordinating our search. They hadn’t lost hope. Carlisle was calling in favors from vampires all over the world and Jasper spoke to some of the nomads he befriended from before he found Alice. Emmett and Rose were currently on the East coast following up on a lead from one of Carlisle’s acquaintances. They checked in on a regular basis.
Alice was devastated. But she continued to look for Bella’s future. It wasn’t promising. She still couldn’t see anything. Which meant Bella was dead, or couldn’t make any decisions. Neither of which made me feel any better. As for myself, I was utterly useless. I wandered around the house like a zombie, ironic is you ask me. I spent as much time alone as possible, but I was always reachable. I needed to be in case anyone heard anything about Bella. I tried to find ways to be closer to her. I went to our meadow. I played her lullaby. I even snuck into her room when Charlie was sleeping. I prayed to whatever god would listen to a soulless monster that she would survive this. I begged, bargained and pleaded.
I was lying on her bed when my phone went off. It was Alice. “Edward, come home now.” I leapt out the window and was running in the next instant. “What is it Alice? What happened?” She was silent for a moment then she spoke to Esme in the background. “When? Ok good. Change of plans Edward. Meet us at the airport.” I was getting angry. “ALICE! What happened?” She sighed. “I had a vision. I’ll explain more when I see you, but we are flying to Boston. The plane leaves in 1 hour. Get to the airport. I have to call Rose.” She hung up without so much as a goodbye. I put my phone away and changed directions. That damn demon flared up again. If the whole family was flying out, did that mean they found her?
APOV
I hadn’t lost hope. Even after four months I still believed she was alive. She was strong. The whole family was a mess, but we stayed strong for her and for Edward. He wasn’t coping at all really. He was a shell of his former self. We had brought the tape back to show the others. They needed to know. Their reactions were to be expected. Rose punched the wall. The hole was still there. Esme sobbed. Carlisle’s reaction was the most surprising. He is normally so composed and in control. He threw the chair he was sitting on through the window. That was replaced, strictly for the sake of appearances.
This whole situation was taking its toll on us. I hardly did anything but stand and stare, looking for something in Bella’s future. I also kept an eye on Edward’s. His future was very unclear. It depended too much on what happened to Bella. Jasper and Carlisle were calling in favors. Emmett and Rosalie were currently in South Carolina following up on a rumor of a vampire with wild red hair. Edward was lost. I think the not knowing was slowing driving him insane.
I was hunting with Jasper. It was one of the few times I wasn’t actively looking into the future. I had just drained my second deer when the vision hit me. It was exactly what I had been looking for! I couldn’t see much, but I saw Bella and another stranger, only this time he was showing her something. I concentrated harder. A driver’s license! He was showing her his license. I looked harder. I could see the address. Boston! Bella was in Boston, or at least that was where the man was from and he knew where Bella was.
I came out of the vision with Jasper’s arms around my waist. “What did you see?” I pulled away from him and took out my phone. “It’s Bella. She’s alive. We need to get home now!” We ran like the devil himself was chasing us. We raced in the back door. “Esme! Get us on the next flight to Boston. We found her!” Thankfully no one asked what I saw. “Where’s Edward?” I looked around. He was gone. Carlisle answered me. “He’s at Bella’s.” I pulled out my phone and dialed his number. He answered on the first ring. I didn’t wait for him to say hello.
“Edward, come home now.” I heard rushing wind and I knew he was running. “What is it Alice? What happened?” Before I could answer him Esme was back with our flight information. I looked at her. “When?”
“We leave in an hour. And I got Emmett and Rose on the next flight to Boston from Charleston. It leaves in two hours.”
“Ok good. Change of plans Edward. Meet us at the airport.” “ALICE! What happened?” I sighed. He was angry, but I didn’t want to tell him over the phone. “I had a vision. I’ll explain more when I see you, but we are flying to Boston. The plane leaves in 1 hour. Get to the airport. I have to call Rose.” I hung up without saying goodbye and called Rose. “Rose, listen you and Emmett need to get to the Charleston airport. Your flight leaves in two hours.” “Alice you found her?!” I sighed. “Yes. Now can you make it to the airport in time?” She asked Emmett who I presume was driving. “Yes no problem. Where are we going?” “Boston. We’ll meet you there. Be safe.”
I hung up and looked at my parents. Esme buried herself in Carlisle’s chest. She was crying again, only this time I think they were happy tears. Now that everyone was on their way to where they were supposed to be, I filled them in on my vision. When I was finished, no one spoke. Carlisle looked at the clock. “We need to go.” He was right. Our flight was leaving in less than an hour and we needed to be on it.
BPOV
Time had no meaning anymore. The only reason I knew time was passing at all was because I was getting thinner and my hair was getting longer. It was down past my shoulders now. A little shorter than it was before I cut it, but long enough that Matt took advantage of it. I was in the dark so much that the light actually hurt my eyes. And light usually meant the worst was coming. Victoria never used light so I had no indication that she was coming, but Matt needed the light and he was doing much more than breaking my body. He was breaking my spirit and my mind. Victoria breaking my bones I could handle.
Light wasn’t my only indication that he was coming though. Now every time he used me, he put on music beforehand, and not just any music, my music, my lullaby. How I hated that song now. I wish Edward had never written it for me so that it could never have been used against me. I had no idea how long I had been down here, but I knew it was a while, months maybe. I tried counting the days by the number of meals I got. I assumed they only fed me once a day, but I wasn’t sure and I would always lose count and have to start again so it was useless. I wondered if people were looking for me. In the time between my screaming in pain and humiliation, I dreamed about getting out.
Every dream I had centered on Edward. I know he doesn’t care about me anymore, but he is my knight in shining armor. He made me feel like a princess, like I was the most special person in the world, like I was his world. And I, like the fool I am, believed him. I hoped with all my heart that what he said was true and that when he left it was all a lie, but hope was my enemy. Hope was dangerous. It would crush me faster than Victoria.
Matt must have been getting board. He started bringing people to watch was he violated me and then he offered them a turn. Most took him up on his offer, but there were a few who just watched. Some never came back, and some came back often. Those who came back always took a turn, except one. One man continued to come back, but never once touched me. I didn’t know his name, but I could breathe a little easier on days when he was there. I knew there would be no second round and for that I was grateful.
Today was one of those days. The music flowed through the speakers and the lights came on. Matt and his “friend” walked down the stairs and stopped across the room. It was the man that never touched me. They looked like they were having an argument. They stopped talking and both turned to look at me. Matt walked across the room and kicked me in the ribs. “Today’s your lucky day bitch. My friend here wants to test you out, but he’s a bit shy. So I am going to leave you two love birds alone for a while. But don’t worry sweetheart, I’ll be back a little later.” He turned and walked across the room and up the stairs without a second glance.
The man in question walked toward me. I didn’t even try and crawl away. My chest of on fire and I couldn’t breathe. “Are you alright? I’m really sorry. I told him to just leave you to me, but he wouldn’t listen. I want to help you, but you need to answer some questions for me first.” I stared at him. No one ever talked to me but Matt and he was usually yelling at me. I didn’t answer him. “Bella, can you do that? Will you answer some questions for me?”
“H – How do you know my name?” Matt didn’t tell anyone who I was in case they somehow knew me. “I saw you on the news a few months ago. I wasn’t sure if it was you or not. You are so much skinnier now and your hair is shorter, plus I usually couldn’t see your eyes. That’s why I kept coming back so much. I needed to be sure.” I stared at him. This had to be a dream. No one was looking for me. Edward probably didn’t know I was missing and Charlie and Renee both washed their hands of me when they put me in that place. I started to cry. “Why are you crying? It will be okay now. I promise.” I shook my head. “This is a dream. It has to be. No one cares where I am. Not anymore.” He reached out and wiped my tears away. “That’s not true Bella. Your father and the Forks police have been searching for you for months.”
“How long have I been here?” He looked at me for a moment. “Well I don’t know how long you were here before I came along, but I know for sure 3 months and you have been missing for just over 4.” A thought suddenly struck me. “Is she here?” I was panicked. If Victoria heard us she would kill him. “Who, the red head? No, I told Matt she made me nervous so he only brings me here when she’s gone. She’s not human is she?” I let go of the breath I was holding and shook my head. “I thought so. Her eyes gave her away. Bella listen to me very carefully. I live close by, I can deal with Matt and take you with me, but I need your help.” I stopped him before he went on.
“No.” He looked shocked. “What do you mean no? You can’t want to stay in this place.” I took a deep breath. This stranger was offering me everything I wanted, and I was going to pass it up. “I mean I can’t come with you. You’re right, Victoria isn’t human and if I escape she will hunt you down and make you beg for death. I won’t do that to another person. Ever. There is one way you can help me though. If I can get away from them on my own I will need a place to go. It’s very unlikely, but you never know.” He looked at me like I was crazy and honestly I probably was. Other people had screwed me over in more ways than one, and here I was still concerned for someone other than myself. He pulled out his wallet and showed me his license.
“Well Paul, thanks for the offer and I may take you up on it if I get out of here, but when you leave, don’t come back. You may not get another chance.” He looked at me one last time, got up, walked across the room and pounded on the door. It was opened almost instantly. Matt sneered at me from across the room. “That was quick. Was she any good?” Paul glared at him. “Please. Don’t insult me. She’s too weak. I like a more substantial woman. Even alone she held no appeal to me.”
Matt just laughed. “I’ve told you before. Don’t think of her like a woman, she’s just a toy put here for our amusement.” Paul gave him another withering look. “Still, not gonna happen buddy. Sorry.” Matt shook his head. “Hey man no problem. You can show yourself out right? I have some business to take care of down here.” Paul glanced over at me. “Sure man no problem. Just remember what you told me. If you kill her Victoria is going to be pissed and that is one chick you don’t want to have mad at you.” Matt just laughed again. “No worries. I won’t kill her. I hate her too much for that.”
“What did she ever do to you, if you don’t mind me asking?” Matt stopped laughing and glared at me from across the room. “Nothing, man, she did nothing to me personally, but all women are whores at heart. I’m doing whoever her Edward is a favor by teaching her a lesson. Not that she will ever see him again, but she would have cheated eventually, all bitches do.” Paul shook his head. “You my friend have some issues you need to work out.” Matt laughed again. “Yeah I guess I do. If you don’t mind, I’m gonna go get started on some of those issues right now.” Matt turned away and walked over to me. I looked past him to Paul who looked at me, shook his head, mouthed I’m sorry and walked away. I was an idiot. I was never getting out of here alive. I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable.
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She Sleeps	By : bcullen1026 Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR Views: 5823 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or make any money from this story.

She Sleeps