Twilight Collision

Chapter 21: Human Vs Vampire

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters.

update: another major rewrite

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PREVIOUSLY:

The longer we were not able to find Bella, the more she was at risk outside.

It was already starting to get dark and I was starting to lose hope when Carlisle's cellphone rang. It was Alice and the panic in her voice was clear.

"Edward, I saw him! He's with Bella!"

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Carlisle and Esme were instantly at my side as they listened to Alice give us the direction where she saw Bella confronting James. The address was an abandoned warehouse near the port in Tacoma and Alice and the others were already on their way.

"You're location is too close to civilization. You're going to risk exposure if all of you venture on foot" Alice warned.

"We don't have time to go looking for a car and move in human pace! She might not make it through the night!" I burst out. We were wasting precious time. All I wanted was to be with Bella and having anyone see us running in inhuman speed was the least of my worries.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I turned around, I was met with Esme's determined face.

"Carlisle and I will look for a car and we'll meet you there as soon as we can. Edward... go save Bella." The love I felt for my parents swelled a thousand folds. Here I was, out of my wits end, blaming myself for what was happening, on the verge of breaking down and fearing for the worst possible thing that could happen to the woman I love while the two people who raised me as their own stood determined that I would be able to do what I needed to do to protect her.

"That will work" Alice confirmed.

Carlisle looked me in the eye, trust and confidence filling his mind "Edward... go"

No matter how damned I believed our existence were, I would always be thankful to have the family that I have now.

The only thing then that came to my mind after Alice ended the call was to run and run I did.

I ran as fast as my vampire speed could take me, I ran as if my life depended on it, Bella's life depended on it.

They say that if people die, their whole life flashes right before their eyes but it wasn't my life that was flashing before me, it was Bella's.

From the day that we found her in the crater, how her scent was the sweetest thing that I have encountered from my existence;

To her waking up and finding out who and what we were;

To her decision to stay with us even though she knew what we were;

To those long nights where she let me stay with her and I would watch her sleep and those days that we were together and enjoyed each others company;

To the moment where I showed her what I looked like in the sun, confessing my love for her and realizing that she loved me in return;

To the night where she first showed that she was not just an ordinary human;

To the time we went back to the place where we found her, and her memories started to return;

To the moment where she declared that she wanted to stay with me, here with my family;