Chapter 18

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The taxi arrived at the ballet studio

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The taxi arrived at the ballet studio. I pulled out some money from my pocket and paid the lady before Bella and I climbed out. We gave each other a quick glance before I followed behind Bella into the studio, the anxiety and fear building in my chest. As we entered the building, I looked around for any sign of James or my mom.

"Bella? Bella? Bella? Where are you?" came a woman's voice. A muffled scream came next and I sprinted in the direction, Bella following behind me. We stopped at a closet door and I pulled it open to see a TV playing what looked to be an old home video of Bella and a tape recorder sitting on top of it playing the muffled scream over and over.

I pressed stop before a chilling chuckle came form behind us. I turned and let out a gasp as I saw James' reflection in the mirrors. He walked out in front of Bella and I, a few feet away and I gripped Bella's hand in mine as my heart raced like crazy. "Well, well. I wasn't expecting everything to go this well" James taunted as he approached Bella and I.

"They're not even here" I said before James pushed Bella and I up against the wall. "No. Sorry" said James as he leaned down to us and my breathing became uneven in fear. "You know, but you really made it too easy. So to make things more entertaining, I'm going to make a little film of our time together" James continued as he pulled out a video caera.

"I borrowed this from your house, I hope you don't mind. Good" he said as he turned to Bella, a sickening smile on his face. "And action" said James as he turned the camera on. "That'll break Edward's little heart don't you think Serena?" said James as he turned to me. "You leave him out of this!" I exclaimed before James suddenly grabbed my neck.

"See I can't do that. His rage will make for a more interesting sport than his feeble attempt to protect you" James taunted as he looked at me. "And lets continue" He said before turning to Bella. She reached forward and sprayed something in James' face before grabbing my hand and pulling me as she ran. I heard James growl before he suddenly appeared in front of Bella and I.

He instantly grabbed Bella's neck and threw her across the room like a rag doll. She slid along the floor as she screamed before she smashed into the cement pillar. "Bella!" I exclaimed before I raised my hand in an attempt to slap him. Before it could collide with James' face, he gripped my forearm effortlessly in his dirty hand and my eyes widened as he smirked at me before he snapped my arm in his hand like it was a toothpick.

I let out a scream of pain before he kicked me across the room into the mirror. It smashed into pieces as I connected with it causing the glass to shower onto me me, a piece slicing my cheek and palms as I landed. I cried as I held my now broken arm to my chest. I looked across the room as James walked over to Bella.

"I choose my stage well" said James as he knelt down to Bella and grabbed her arm in his hand. "It's too bad he didn't have the strength to turn you. Instead he kept you this fragile human. It's cruel really" said James before he stood up and stomped on Bella's leg causing her to scream out. He slapped her across the face causing her to slump to the ground.

He killed her! I thought to myself. Fear surged through my veins as James then turned and approached me. I tried to drag myself away with my good arm before James grabbed my foot and yanked me onto my back. He tilted his head at me before he stomped his foot onto my broken arm crushing it. I let out a blood curdling scream at the top of my lungs as he twisted his foot harder.

"Tell Edward how much it hurts! Tell your mom to avenge you! Tell them" said James as he continued recording me like some sick thing. "No!" I cried. "Tell them! TELL THEM!" James exclaimed before he was suddenly pushed off of me and sent flying across the room. I looked over and saw Edward through my blurred vision due to my tears, crouched down as he looked at me.

"Edward!" I whimpered. James growled as he ran over to Edward and grabbed him by his throat and slammed pinned him against one of the pillars across from me. "You're alone, cause you're faster then the others. But not stronger" said James as he smashed Edwards face into the mirror. "I'm strong enough to kill you" said Edward before he kicked James away from him causing James to go flying through the air and crash through a mirror.

Edward appeared in front of me and wrapped his arms around me. "I'm sorry" he said gently as he looked at me before he lifted me up and leapt into the air. Suddenly, we were pulled back causing me to scream as I was thrown from Edward's arms across the floor. I felt a shard of glass go into my stomach as I landed and a crash came from across the room as James had thrown Edward into one of the windows.

I reached down and pulled the shard of glass out before throwing it onto the floor. My shirt had now become stained with dark red blood. I felt myself begin to get light headed from blood loss when James came beside me. He bent down and grabbed my uninjured hand before he yanked my jacket sleeve down, bring my wrist up to his mouth.

"No, no, NOOOO!" I screamed before he sunk his fangs into my wrist. James was tackled off of me by Edward as I let out a scream of pain; my whole arm beginning to burn. It felt as though someone had lit my arm on fire. My body began to writhe from the pain as my vision became blurry. I couldn't focus on anything that was happening around me aside from the pain.

Angelica's P.O.V

I burst through the doors of the ballet studio and saw Serena laying on the floor, a pool of blood around her as she screamed out, her body jerking. Alice immediately ran over to Bella. "Bella, can you hear me?" I heard her say as she pressed her fingers to Bella's neck. "She has a pulse!" Alice called out. I sprinted over to Serena and I saw the gravity of her injuries.

Her right arm was bent in an unnatural direction, she had a deep puncture wound in her stomach and had what looked to be a bite mark on her left wrist. "Serena! It's me!" I said as I grabbed her face, her brown panicked eyes looking at me as she grunted and cried out in pain. "Mom! My hand is burning! Make it stop!" She cried.

"Carlisle!" I called and he looked at me. Carlisle appeared beside her as he grabbed the make-shift tourniquet. "Her stomach or lungs could have been punctured she's losing too much blood" he said as he looked at the wound. Edward walked over and knelt down beside Serena. "My whole body is burning! Make it stop!" Serena cried as tears fell from her eyes.

"Its the venom" said Edward. "You have to make a choice. You could let the change happen" said Carlisle. "No" said Edward. "Edward, it's going to happen one day!" I snapped as I pinned her hand down. "It doesn't have to be that way" Edward argued. "Carlisle, what's my other option?" Edward asked.

"You could try to suck the venom out. "You know I won't be able to stop-""Then find the will to stop! God damnit Edward my daughter is dying so you need to choose!" I exclaimed. "I'm gonna make it go away Serena. I'm gonna make it go away" Edward said softly before he grabbed her wrist and brought it to his mouth.

Serena's screams and cries soon died down as Edward began to suck the venom out of her blood. After a few moments, I watched as her eyes began to roll into the back of her head. "Serena!" I cried as I felt her pulse get slower. "Edward stop! The blood is clean you're killing her! Edward! Stop! Find the will" said Carlisle.

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