Noonday Sun: A Post-Breaking Dawn Twilight Fanfiction

Chapter 23, Preparation

Chapter 23, Preparation

Bella had her face in her hands. "My baby. My baby." She moaned quietly.

She was in better shape than I was. I couldn't even talk. The torture in my body wouldn't let me. I felt like my heart was being ripped out, trampled by elephants and dumped in acid. I couldn't live without my Nessie. I couldn't even try.

There was a buzzing in the air. I couldn't make out what it was. It was annoying and it went on endlessly.

When Bella said, "Hello?" I finally figured out it had been the cell phone. I couldn't function.

"No. We barely missed the flight. It was pulling out as we arrived at the gate." She paused and then a cry of pain emerged, "Oh, Edward, what do we do?"

"Yes. Yes. I understand. Let me check with Rose. If she can't, then we'll come straight back to Forks." I was too incapacitated to hear Edward. My brain couldn't focus. Her side of the conversation didn't make any sense. I shook my head. I couldn't think. My reason for existing was gone.

Bella turned to me. The attendant was approaching. I was too far gone to even try to glare. I was an empty shell. A nothing.

Bella shook me a minute. I didn't resist. My head moved limply. She looked intensely into my eyes. I could barely understand what she was saying. "Jacob. You have to focus. I need you. For Nessie."

Hearing her name snapped me out of it. We needed a plan. Some way to get her back. There had to be a way. Edward would know. My brain woke up. My fighting instincts took over. We would get Nessie back and the bloodsuckers would die. I could taste their vampire blood on my teeth.

Bella watched the rage form in my eyes and cautioned, "Control, Jacob. Control. You can't phase here."

I concentrated on being calm and slowing the shaking rage that was threatening to send me into a wolf.

"I need to talk to Rose. If we can't catch Nessie's flight, we need to head back to Carlisle's for a planning session."

I nodded, then stood up and walked back down the hallway. The attendant looked like she wanted to have me arrested. This time, I did glare. She turned away and shuffled some papers. Sensible.

Bella was calling someone on the cell. "Hi, Rose? We missed Nessie's flight. It's heading into New York. Do you think we can catch it there?"

This time, I could hear. My brain was working again. Rose's voice was clear. "I can't see how I can get a flight plan arranged that fast. The layover in New York is only 45 minutes. By the time I got the flight plan registered and us loaded, we'd be in New York five minutes too late. Security is too tight around the airport. We can't fly in there unless I've registered a flight plan. We'd be shot out of the sky." I knew what that meant. We'd all survive but our mode of transportation would be gone.

Bella and I exchanged anguished glances. "We'll meet you in Forks, then. Edward wants us to get together for some planning."

The Vanquish didn't have any passenger space. Emmett and Rose would be going home the same way they came.

When we got to the Vanquish, it was being attached to a tow truck. I growled and headed for the driver. "What are you doing with my car?"

"You were in a no parking zone and the car was unattended." He smirked at me. I wanted to beat him up.

Bella walked up to talk to the driver. She put her hand softly on his arm, a feather-light touch so her cold wouldn't sink in past his clothing. She looked up at him with an expression that would've melted the heart of a statue. Her beautiful words flowed out like music, "We had an emergency. I'm sure you'll understand."