Hey guys! Welcome to the new readers and welcome to those readers from Your Guardian Angel. I'm back! Anywho, hope you enjoy my latest story.

Before that, I want to give a whole lot of love to my seriously awesome beta Kris (kejce). She makes my chapters look good. :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. I do own the plot and some characters though. :)

Preface:

Edward

Ring. I shouted in my thoughts anxiously. Ring. Please, ring.

The thin piece of technology lay on the kitchen table, silent and unused; mocking me. My short nails were digging into the palm of my hand due to the tension humming through my body. I wouldn't be surprised if I drew blood. Knowing there was nothing I could, I broke the staring contest with my phone. Anger and restlessness, my near constant companions, roiled within me. Here I was without the ability to do anything and there was everything else, moving on despite my protest. In an effort to distract myself, if only for a few seconds, I began pacing back and forth in front of the table. My body still thrummed with activity and pacing seemed the better outlet than throwing whatever object was near me. Only the sound of my repetitive steps echoing off the walls in the spacious kitchen kept me company.

Somewhere upstairs faint cries trickled in through the ventilation shafts. I knew them to be my sister's. The realization that it was her set off a startling reaction in me. This situation was real and not a dream from which I could wake up. My beautiful Bella was gone, ripped away from me, and I had been powerless to stop them.

"Bella," I whispered in sorrow. The sound of my heart breaking stopped my pacing. Her name barely left my lips when the auto-tone ringing of my cell phone started. Suddenly no sound had ever been more cherished. I dived across the wooden chairs, ignoring them as they clattered to the ground, and slid my phone open. "Bella?"

Static met my breathless question before the voice I knew so well came on, "Edward."

The greatest sense of relief lightened the burden in my chest. It had been exactly one week ago since I heard her voice and the last things we said to each other weren't what I wanted to remember. That day I had been the only one doing the talking and I had accused her of something that wasn't true while Bella cried. I had been wrong and I was going absolutely crazy trying to make things better. Hearing Bella's voice was confirmation enough that she was alive. Alive. For how long, though?

"Bella, where are you?" I asked with a half yell.

Before she could answer, heavy footsteps thundered outside the kitchen and then the swinging door being pushed open slowly. Without hesitating, I ran through the back door that led to the yard, narrowly escaping detection. I couldn't risk the wrong person finding out I was talking with Bella, even in my own home.

"Edward, don't come looking for me," Bella said moments later.

My body chilled to its core at her request. Her voice was filled with sadness and pain; it made my already aching heart plummet further to the ground in hurt. I fell to my knees clutching my phone tightly. I didn't feel strong enough to face this.

"What?" I choked out disbelievingly. "No, I'm coming for you. I won't let you get hurt!"

"I know, sweetheart. I know," she cried softly. "Please, just remember that I love you and I wouldn't change anything about our story."

Silent tears ran down my cheeks at her words. I couldn't hold them back anymore, as cold rain descended from the dark sky above. Chills wracked my soaked body, but I could care less. The girl of my dreams was basically telling me to abandon her to the mercy of those men. I couldn't, and wouldn't. No matter how many times I told Bella I'd follow through with every request she presented me with. This was one I could not bring myself to follow through with. This was about her life, for Pete's sake!

"You!" A rough voice shouted in the background on the other side, breaking my tumultuous thoughts and catching my attention.

"Crap!" Bella exclaimed at the same time I heard my sister shout my name from the house.

"I love you, Edward," Bella rushed. Her words were sincere nonetheless. Too sincere. "I'm sorry for causing you pain and putting your friends and family in danger."

"I love you too, Bella!" I shouted into the phone, feeling a sense of dread settle in the pit of my stomach. "Bella!"

There was a small cry followed by something hitting the floor before the line clicked. Etched into my brain was the deal dial tone. I let my cell slip from my numb fingers and land on the muddy ground below me. I clenched my eyes shut and hoped once again this was a nightmare from which I would wake up from. Loud thunder cracked overhead while I realized the reality of it all and lost the faith I had been holding onto. An unnatural screech ridden with pain and anguish pierced the stormy night. It took only a second for me to recognize it as my own.

Bella's smiling face flashed across my sight like an angel showing me the light and then disappeared into darkness. I reached for the vision with my fingers in desperation, only to skid along the slippery mud and land on my stomach in defeat. The crack of thunder shook the earth beneath me again as if agreeing at the injustice I felt in my soul. I pounded the ground in rage against the very men that took Bella in the first place. With one blinding flash of lightning I promised myself they would pay. This was the last offence they would commit against my family.

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~*~Mimi-Love-4Ever