Rejected

Chapter 52 - A Familiar Face

"Are you ok?" Amos asked Belle who was still seemed to be in pain after getting punched

"I'll be fine." Belle answered flinching a little from pain.

"I'm sorry if I made you do that." Amos said and Belle could feel the genuine guilt in his voice.

"You don't have to apologize." Belle answered. "It's the only way we could pass them a message."

Amos looked at Belle and looked back at the moment last night when they realized the danger they were in.

Amos looked at Belle and could see the fear in her eyes. And when Belle felt his eyes she looked back at him.

He stared hard at her and Belle looked at him confused then he screamed,
"Run Belle!"

Startled and a little bit confused, Belle watched as Amos ran.

He was fast, Belle stared at him unmoving, almost shocked that he would leave her there. A moment passed and she decided to ran too, on the opposite side, completely forgetting the fact that she could have easily warned Xander and everyone just by touching the pact border.

When Amos saw Belle running away he suddenly stopped running and turned towards the man running after him and faced him.

He can't fight as well as Kai but he is more powerful now. He still isn't sure what he can do with the power Ariana passed down to him, but he will know now.

"I can't believe that Alpha jerk was right" he thought to himself. He really does have a heart after all. Because right now, all he can think about is making sure that Belle will be ok.

Running towards the man before him, he jumped at him and they both fell to the ground, he then proceeded to put both his hands at the man's temple and focused all his energy towards him. Not knowing exactly what he was doing as he does not know yet the extent of his capabilities he was surprised to see the man starting to loose his focused and passed out after a few minutes.

Taking a few moments to make sure he did not accidentally killed the man, he then turned to the other man still chasing after Belle and catching her. Forcing himself to ignore Belle's struggles, Amos approached one of the trees to leave behind a message for Kai.

Turning towards Belle who was still struggling at the man's tight gripped, he felt his stomach turn when he saw the man punched her making Belle fall to the ground in pain.

Anger started boiling inside of Amos. When he saw Belle finally passed out and lying to the ground he completely lost it. He charged towards the man but before he could reach him he felt pain at the back of his head and he dropped to his knees. Keeping his eyes open he took one last look at the unconscious Belle then turned behind him, looking up at the man who struck him from the back.

Familiar, he thought to himself and then darkness consumed him. 

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Belle looked at Amos and she could see that he's in deep thought. 

"Amos, are you ok?" she asked. But he didn't seem like he could hear her. 

"Amos?" she called this time making her voice a little louder and Amos heard her. 

"Huh?" 

"I was asking if you're ok" 

"I'm fine." Amos answered and went back to wherever his thought were. So Belle decided to just leave him alone. 

She looked around the room they were keeping him instead. It was small and empty, they left them lying in the cold hard floor with nothing to keep themselves  warm. The ceiling is very high and there were two small windows closed to the ceiling. Too small to squeezed themselves in just in case they reach it. Just big enough to let air get in. there was one light bulb hanging at the top but it was turned off and the only thing making the room brighter is the sunlight seeping thru the two small windows. 

The door to the room is metal. No door knob, nothing to open it from their side. Everything is quiet, no sound coming from the inside. 

Not wanting to disturb whatever thought was playing inside Amos' head, Belle leaned her head into the wall behind her and looked up at one of the small windows, her thought also flying back to Xander. 

Not knowing what time it is now, but seeing as how bright the sun seeping thru the windows she thought that it's probably already noon. 

Xander probably knows they are gone by now, he probably knows they were together. She wonders if they know they were kidnapped. She wonders if Xander hates her now for choosing Amos again. If he chose not to look for them, for her. If he chose to let her go. 

"Xander" she whispered to herself ever so lightly. 

"Im sorry" Amos said. 

Belle looked back at him startled.

"What?" she asked. 

"I'm sorry" Amos repeated. "This is all my fault"

"None of this is your fault." Belle said turning to Amos completely. "This was my choice, not yours."

Belle then leaned back to the wall and stared in to the distance. "I was just wondering. If maybe, Xander is now so fed up with me, that he would just let me go."

"You know," Amos started saying. "One good thing about being mated to a werewolf is that, even if they wanted to let go, they can't. Your bond is too strong that it will pull him to you no matter what."

"You think they found the message you left them." Belle asked genuinely worried. 

"They will don't worry." Amos answered smiling back at Belle. "They will come for you. Until then, I promise I will keep you safe."

Belle looked back at Amos and said. "They will come looking for us Amos." 

"For us!" she repeated with emphasis. "And until then, we will keep each other safe."

Amos looked at Belle and smiled softly. He may have lost his sister now, but he could not believe this girl right in front of him who is so determined to take care for him. 

He was just about to reach out his hand to take Belle's when they heard noises outside their door and they both watch as it creaked open, slowly revealing the man who rendered Amos unconscious. 

Amos stared at him and the man stared back. He remembered thinking his face was familiar but he just did not know why. 

"Hello Amos." the man said, squatting before him. "I can see the recognition in your eyes and also the struggle in trying to remember me."

Amos just stared at him and remained quiet. 

"I will let your memory catch up on it's own." the man said. "For now, let's feed you both, shall we?"