Until The Last Day

Chapter 21

Bella P.O.V

We don't make it far. I knew we wouldn't make it far. It was absurd to think Jacob Black will let me go so easily. I remember that Edward and I were fleeing by horse as fast as we could from Forks but not ten minutes later the horse went crazy, he stood up in his two back legs.

I scream as I fell from the horse, hitting my head hard on the ground. I groan in pain. Edward falls next to me but has better luck than me. He sits up, calling my name.

"Are you okay?" He asks me.

I look at the horse that runs far away from us. What now? I sit up when suddenly Edward is grabbed by two men in black and dragged away from me.

"Edward!" I cry out. One more man grabs me but I push him away and slap him. He pushes me back on the ground and my head hits a rock. I groan, biting my lower lip, preventing to let out a sob.

The man goes where the other two are holding Edward are at. Each hold him up by his arm and one yanks his head up, making Edward look at the third one.

"This is courtesy of Mr. Black," he says before he punches Edward. I want to scream, but I can't. Instead, I drag myself closer to them as the third man continues to beat Edward. Punch and punch. Kick and kick. Edward groans and hisses in pain.

Until they drop him on the ground. I want to cry. This shouldn't be happening, it can't be happening. Not to Edward because of me, not because of this.

The three man walk away laughing, enjoying the moment. I crawl up to Edward who keeps on groaning in pain, making himself small. I grab his hand but a sudden kick in the gut flips me over. I cry out, trying to catch my breath.

"Edward," I whisper turning on my side. He's looking at me with tears in his eyes. His swollen hand touches mine, I caress him back.

Two of the men grab me by each of my arms and pick me up.

"No..." Edward protests trying to get up. "Bella..."

The man drag me away from him until we reach a carriage that just arrived. From here, I can see how Edward struggles to get up, trying to reach me. I'm thrown inside the carriage that's more like a small cage and I'm chained up. Both arms and both legs, and the doors are slammed closed.

I crawl to the rails and look how they kick Edward one more time before walking back to the carriage with big smiles on their faces. Tears roll down my cheeks as the carriage begins to move far away from his body and slowly disappear off in the distance.

~~~~ Days Later ~~~~

I've been locked up in this cage for days. The carriage has not stopped moving since that night. It only stops once in a while when they have to feed me or I have to go to the bathroom but if not, we're moving. Where? I have no idea.

I lay back against the cold watch, looking at how the trees slowly pass by as we move. I sing sometimes to let time pass. I cry so I can finally get some sleep. I think and I think a lot.

What if I've never went to the forest that day when I was seven? If I had listened to my parents? What Edward and I never became friends? I would've never fallen in love. I would have lived my life in peace and without pain but it will never change. This happened and I was taken away from him and my family. The town is destroyed. The people's lives are destroyed. My father lost a daughter. Emmett lost a sister. Edward lost me... I lost him.

I wonder if he's still alive. Did the pain of that beating too much? Did anyone find him? Is he still laying there taking his last breath?

I feel the carriage stop and the silver doors open, letting in more like. I close my eyes, adjusting myself to the light. That same man that has been driving me throws a plate of food toward me.