*by Stephenie Meyer*
TWILIGHT - chapter 18 - THE HUNT
A few Minuten passed in silence, other than the roar of the engine. Then Edward spoke again.
"This is how it's going to happen. When we get to the house, if the tracker is not there, I will walk her to the door. Then she has fifteen minutes." He glared at me in the rearview mirror. "Emmett, Du take the outside of the house. Alice, Du get the truck. I'll be inside as long as she is. After she's out, Du two can take the Jeep Home and tell Carlisle."
"No way," Emmett broke in. "I'm with you."
"Think it through, Emmett. I don't know how long I'll be gone."
"Until we know how far this is gonna go, I'm with you."
Edward sighed. "If the tracker is there," he continued grimly, "we keep driving."
"We're going to make it there before him," Alice sagte confidently.
Edward seemed to accept that. Whatever his problem with Alice was, he didn't doubt her now.
"What are we going to do with the Jeep?" she asked.
His voice had a hard edge. "You're driving it home."
"We can't all fit in my truck," I whispered.
Edward didn't appear to hear me.
"I think Du should let me go alone," I sagte even Mehr quietly.
He heard that.
"Bella, please just do this my way, just this once," he sagte between his clenched teeth.
"Listen, Charlie's not an imbecile," I protested. "If you're not in town tomorrow, he's going to get suspicious."
"That's irrelevant. We'll make sure he's safe, and that's all that matters."
"Then what about this tracker? He saw the way Du acted tonight. He's going to think you're with me, wherever Du are."
Emmett looked at me, insultingly surprised again. "Edward, listen to her," he urged. "I think she's right."
"Yes, she is," Alice agreed.
"I can't do that." Edward's voice was icy.
"Emmett should stay, too," I continued. "He definitely got an eyeful of Emmett."
"What?" Emmett turned on me.
"You'll get a better crack at him if Du stay," Alice agreed.
Edward stared at her incredulously. "You think I should let her go alone?"
"Of course not," Alice said. "Jasper and I will take her."
"I can't do that," Edward repeated, but this time there was a trace of defeat in his voice. The logic was working on him.
I tried to be persuasive. "Hang out here for a week - " I saw his expression in the mirror and amended " - a few days. Let Charlie see Du haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase. Make sure he's completely off my trail. Then come and meet me. Take a roundabout route, of course, and then Jasper and Alice can go home."
I could see him beginning to consider it.
"Meet Du where?"
"Phoenix." Of course.
"No. He'll hear that's where you're going," he sagte impatiently.
"And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe that I'm actually going where I say I am going."
"She's diabolical," Emmett chuckled.
"And if that doesn't work?"
"There are several million people in Phoenix," I informed him.
"It's not that hard to find a phone book."
"I won't go home."
"Oh?" he inquired, a dangerous note in his voice.
"I'm quite old enough to get my own place."
"Edward, we'll be with her," Alice reminded him.
"What are you going to do in Poenix?" he asked her scathingly.
"Stay indoors."
"I kind of like it." Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.
"Shut up, Emmett."
"Look, if we try to take him down while she's still around, there's a much better chance that someone will get hurt - she'll get hurt, oder Du will, trying to protect her. Now if we get him alone..." He trailed off with a slow smile. I was right.
The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Despite my Merida - Legende der Highlands talk, I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous.
"Bella." Edward's voice was very soft. Alice and Emmett looked out their windows. "If Du let anything happen to yourself - anything at all - I'm holding Du personally responsible. Do Du understand that?"
"Yes," I gulped.
He turned to Alice.
"Can Jasper handle this?"
"Give him some credit, Edward. He's been doing very, very well, all things considered."
"Can you handle this?" he asked.
And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a gestural snarl that had me cowering against the sitz in terror.
Edward smiled at her. "But keep your opinions to yourself," he muttered suddenly.
TWILIGHT - chapter 18 - THE HUNT
A few Minuten passed in silence, other than the roar of the engine. Then Edward spoke again.
"This is how it's going to happen. When we get to the house, if the tracker is not there, I will walk her to the door. Then she has fifteen minutes." He glared at me in the rearview mirror. "Emmett, Du take the outside of the house. Alice, Du get the truck. I'll be inside as long as she is. After she's out, Du two can take the Jeep Home and tell Carlisle."
"No way," Emmett broke in. "I'm with you."
"Think it through, Emmett. I don't know how long I'll be gone."
"Until we know how far this is gonna go, I'm with you."
Edward sighed. "If the tracker is there," he continued grimly, "we keep driving."
"We're going to make it there before him," Alice sagte confidently.
Edward seemed to accept that. Whatever his problem with Alice was, he didn't doubt her now.
"What are we going to do with the Jeep?" she asked.
His voice had a hard edge. "You're driving it home."
"We can't all fit in my truck," I whispered.
Edward didn't appear to hear me.
"I think Du should let me go alone," I sagte even Mehr quietly.
He heard that.
"Bella, please just do this my way, just this once," he sagte between his clenched teeth.
"Listen, Charlie's not an imbecile," I protested. "If you're not in town tomorrow, he's going to get suspicious."
"That's irrelevant. We'll make sure he's safe, and that's all that matters."
"Then what about this tracker? He saw the way Du acted tonight. He's going to think you're with me, wherever Du are."
Emmett looked at me, insultingly surprised again. "Edward, listen to her," he urged. "I think she's right."
"Yes, she is," Alice agreed.
"I can't do that." Edward's voice was icy.
"Emmett should stay, too," I continued. "He definitely got an eyeful of Emmett."
"What?" Emmett turned on me.
"You'll get a better crack at him if Du stay," Alice agreed.
Edward stared at her incredulously. "You think I should let her go alone?"
"Of course not," Alice said. "Jasper and I will take her."
"I can't do that," Edward repeated, but this time there was a trace of defeat in his voice. The logic was working on him.
I tried to be persuasive. "Hang out here for a week - " I saw his expression in the mirror and amended " - a few days. Let Charlie see Du haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase. Make sure he's completely off my trail. Then come and meet me. Take a roundabout route, of course, and then Jasper and Alice can go home."
I could see him beginning to consider it.
"Meet Du where?"
"Phoenix." Of course.
"No. He'll hear that's where you're going," he sagte impatiently.
"And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe that I'm actually going where I say I am going."
"She's diabolical," Emmett chuckled.
"And if that doesn't work?"
"There are several million people in Phoenix," I informed him.
"It's not that hard to find a phone book."
"I won't go home."
"Oh?" he inquired, a dangerous note in his voice.
"I'm quite old enough to get my own place."
"Edward, we'll be with her," Alice reminded him.
"What are you going to do in Poenix?" he asked her scathingly.
"Stay indoors."
"I kind of like it." Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.
"Shut up, Emmett."
"Look, if we try to take him down while she's still around, there's a much better chance that someone will get hurt - she'll get hurt, oder Du will, trying to protect her. Now if we get him alone..." He trailed off with a slow smile. I was right.
The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Despite my Merida - Legende der Highlands talk, I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous.
"Bella." Edward's voice was very soft. Alice and Emmett looked out their windows. "If Du let anything happen to yourself - anything at all - I'm holding Du personally responsible. Do Du understand that?"
"Yes," I gulped.
He turned to Alice.
"Can Jasper handle this?"
"Give him some credit, Edward. He's been doing very, very well, all things considered."
"Can you handle this?" he asked.
And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a gestural snarl that had me cowering against the sitz in terror.
Edward smiled at her. "But keep your opinions to yourself," he muttered suddenly.
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That's not what Du want to hear
One is born so one can die
Du must wait a real long time
That's Mehr than Du can bear
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
Rolling in on a burning tire
You're gonna set my house on fire
Just to Zeigen me that Du were there
Blumen raised up like a snake
Du will raise to leave me bait
And always, always take
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That’s not what Du want to hear
That’s not what Du want to hear
The road is always clear
That's not what Du want to hear
One is born so one can die
Du must wait a real long time
That's Mehr than Du can bear
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
Rolling in on a burning tire
You're gonna set my house on fire
Just to Zeigen me that Du were there
Blumen raised up like a snake
Du will raise to leave me bait
And always, always take
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That’s not what Du want to hear
That’s not what Du want to hear
It's all hats off now, all drum rolls and applause
Von slight of the hand Du will turn them into dust
A face to face Du will lead them Von the fall
A track fiend and the saw dust
You're allowed to stare it out
It’s all good luck charms
All trying to understand
Indeed inside me will always hope for worse
Du say Du keep them close by
They're closer than Du think
A track fiend and the saw dust
You're allowed to stare it out
Weiter spring will bring Du back again
You'll sigh and crack the whip for us
And maybe Du will be the one
Who'll draw the line in the sand
For us to crawl
It's all past bats now
All painting gorgeous time
And maybe when the night comes
You'll open up the cage
You'll open up the cage
Von slight of the hand Du will turn them into dust
A face to face Du will lead them Von the fall
A track fiend and the saw dust
You're allowed to stare it out
It’s all good luck charms
All trying to understand
Indeed inside me will always hope for worse
Du say Du keep them close by
They're closer than Du think
A track fiend and the saw dust
You're allowed to stare it out
Weiter spring will bring Du back again
You'll sigh and crack the whip for us
And maybe Du will be the one
Who'll draw the line in the sand
For us to crawl
It's all past bats now
All painting gorgeous time
And maybe when the night comes
You'll open up the cage
You'll open up the cage
I think I know what’s on your mind
A couple words, a great divide
Waiting in the wings, a small respite
Crowding up the foreground from behind
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
Take anything Du want, it’s fine
Keep up the slow life for the night
Don’t take it back, I’ll just deny
This constant noise all the time
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
A couple words, a great divide
Waiting in the wings, a small respite
Crowding up the foreground from behind
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
Take anything Du want, it’s fine
Keep up the slow life for the night
Don’t take it back, I’ll just deny
This constant noise all the time
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
Situations are critical
Du got to look first before Du go
If Du wasn’t too sure then now Du know
The situations are critical
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
The monsters are buried down deep inside
Du never know when they’re satisfied
Buried down deep where the sun don’t shine
The monsters are buried down deep inside but
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
You’re wasting away, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Oh wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
You’re wasting away, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness
Du got to look first before Du go
If Du wasn’t too sure then now Du know
The situations are critical
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
The monsters are buried down deep inside
Du never know when they’re satisfied
Buried down deep where the sun don’t shine
The monsters are buried down deep inside but
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
You’re wasting away, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Oh wait, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
You’re wasting away, ok, you’ve got to look before Du go
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness where I hide
Deep into the darkness
Should never think
What’s in your heart
What’s in our home
And so I won’t
And you’ll learn to hate me
Still call me baby
Oh, love
So call me Von my name
And save your soul
Save your soul
Before you’re too far gone
Before nothing can be done
Try to decide when
She’ll lie in the end
Ain’t got no fight in me
In this whole damn world
Tell Du to hold off
Choose to hold on
It’s one thing that I’ve known
Once I put my mantel on
Coming out in this all wrong, ooh
She’s standing outside holding me
Saying oh please
I’m in love
I’m in love
Girl save your soul, ooh
Save your soul
Before you’re too far gone
And before nothing can be done
‘Cause without me
Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
Hold on
Without me Du got it all
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
What’s in your heart
What’s in our home
And so I won’t
And you’ll learn to hate me
Still call me baby
Oh, love
So call me Von my name
And save your soul
Save your soul
Before you’re too far gone
Before nothing can be done
Try to decide when
She’ll lie in the end
Ain’t got no fight in me
In this whole damn world
Tell Du to hold off
Choose to hold on
It’s one thing that I’ve known
Once I put my mantel on
Coming out in this all wrong, ooh
She’s standing outside holding me
Saying oh please
I’m in love
I’m in love
Girl save your soul, ooh
Save your soul
Before you’re too far gone
And before nothing can be done
‘Cause without me
Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
Hold on
Without me Du got it all
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
Without me Du got it all
So hold on
Ah, ah, ah ,ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
I seek Du out
Flay Du alive
One Mehr word and Du won’t survive
And I’m not scared of your stolen power
See right through Du any hour
I won’t soothe your pain
I won’t ease your strain
You’ll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for Du to gain
I’m taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
I won’t soothe your pain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
I won’t ease your strain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
You’ll be waiting in vain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
I got nothing for Du to gain
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Aaaaahhhhh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Aaaaahhhhh
Steadily emerging with grace
Aaaaahhhhh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Aaaaahhhhh
Steadily emerging with grace
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
I seek Du out
Flay Du alive
One Mehr word and Du won’t survive
And I’m not scared of your stolen power
See right through Du any hour
I won’t soothe your pain
I won’t ease your strain
You’ll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for Du to gain
I’m taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
I won’t soothe your pain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
I won’t ease your strain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
You’ll be waiting in vain
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
I got nothing for Du to gain
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Aaaaahhhhh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Aaaaahhhhh
Steadily emerging with grace
Aaaaahhhhh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Aaaaahhhhh
Steadily emerging with grace
They've nominated the flick for 8 of their Razzie awards, which are like the Oscars but for the "worsts" of the year, so they're a little Mehr fun.
Breaking Dawn was nominated for:
•Worst Picture
•Worst Screenplay
•Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, oder Sequel
•Worst Director
•Worst Screen Ensemble
•Worst Actor: Taylor Lautner
•Worst Actress: Kristen Stewart
•Worst Screen Couple
Do Du think Breaking Dawn deserves the nominations?