LOSING
A/N: This starts when Alice pulls Jazz out of the Cullen house after she said she "couldn't see." They're running outside and Jasper is still confused at Alice's actions. I hope you guys love it! Btw, there's going to be a sequel about Jake and Nessie's life after. Thanks for spending time reading this garbage I call writing :P !
Disclaimer. Twilight is not mine. Neither is the house I live in. They both belong to Stephenie Meyer. And no, I am not Seth.
Alice's POV
"Jasper, we have to go," I said to him when I dashed out the door saying that I couldn't "see" when I my visions were perfectly clear. So clear that I see everyone dying. My good old southern gentleman would do anything but leave my side, so no doubt he would help me save the family.
"Alice, where are we going?" he demanded, feeling my anxiety. I was glad that Edward was so distracted he forgot to read my thoughts and visions. He would've made this mess an even bigger one.
"We have to find another half vampire. The rest of the Cullens can deal with gathering everyone," I spoke through my teeth as I sprinted towards Bella's cottage. Screw Irina for making our life so miserable.
"But I doubt we'll find another Nessie in their cottage…" he said, sidetracked again. I really hate it when my Jazz has to suffer.
"I'm just going there to leave a note for Bella. Wait for me at the Quileute border. I'll be there in a dash," I flashed him a little smile and pecked him on the lips. Then I ran into the little stone cottage that smelled like home. I wish I could stay… I thought.
I searched through Bella's bookshelf in the living room and found the a copy of the Merchant of Venice. I tore out a random page, stole a pen and jot down the real address of J. Jenks. I wanted her to save Nessie no matter what. I knew she meant more to her than anything else in the world. Including Edward. I hoped she was smart enough to know what to do with it. I let out a long sigh, put the book back in the antique shelf Esme bought and ran out with the torn out page and the pen.
I didn't want to hurt the family, really I didn't. I didn't want to hurt Carlisle, Edward or Bella. Especially not Esme. But I was hoping that what I was doing would save them all.
When I saw Jasper waiting at the border, my face lifted up a little—when I saw Sam with them, it fell down again.
"Honey, Sam said he'll let us cross the border. We can travel through the ocean. It'd be better and faster," Jasper said to me soothingly. He was sending me a giant wave of calm.
"Thank you, Sam," I said while sliding my body under Jazz's arms, "You can stay out of this, but with Aro on their side, you'll probably get sold out by everyone except for Bella. I'm sorry."
"We want to help. All of you are with Nessie. Nessie's with Jacob and Jacob's with us. So we're together," Sam said with his Alpha voice.
"Thank you so much," I said while giving him a sincere apologetic smile.
"Alice, we have to go if we want to make it in time," Jasper said, twitchy. My anxiety was rubbing off on him bad. "Thanks again, Sam." He nodded at the Alpha.
"Don't let Jacob see this until the rest of my family has," I said as I handed him a note from me and Jasper to Sam. Then I took Jasper's hand and ran off towards the shore of First Beach.
[Swimming with speed, but silently in the pacific ocean...]
"So where are we headed?" Jasper asked with his accent laying on thick. He didn't purposely do it. It always happened when he was nervous.
"Let's start with South America. The amazons, maybe."
"Let's go then."
When we got to Brazil, we contacted Zafrina's coven right after we got a change of clothes.
We arrived at the shore of Canoa Quebrada around twilight, so lots of people were there for their bonfire parties. We had to wait underwater for about five hours. I could stand not talking, so I lead Jazz towards this jungle like thing. We hid in the bushes for another two hours, in complete silence. I loved the air of South America; it was always so warm, so exotic. So unlike home.
We stopped at the first store we saw, but they only sold hammocks and wrap dresses. No matter what kind of hurry we were in, I wasn't going to let my love walk around South America in a floral skirt and let his sparkly chest shimmer under the blazing sun in front of lustful human girls.
"But Alice," he complained, "We're trying to save half of the vampire population! Even without visions, I can tell that Carlisle is going to drag a lot of people into this!"
"Do you want to walk around in a wrap skirt?" I retorted. All he could do was look away. "Don't mess with the pixie," I smirked quietly so only he could hear. Jasper shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. Thanks to Edward, all the Cullen men are pinching their noses when their annoyed or stressed.
While we were paying for the local clothing, I spotted an extra large tub of rinse off self tanner. I grabbed it and threw it onto the cashier, hoping it didn't crack the glass. Jasper gave me a curious look but just shook it off.
"você precisa-o," the teenager working at the cashier scowled.
"Eu sai," I said, while jazz paid with his platinum American Express card. The name on it was Jasper Cullen. I didn't know he changed his official name to Cullen. For the past couple of decades it was always Hale…
"So why do we need the self tanner?" he asked me as we walked out hand in hand.
"Got to stay inconspicuous," I smiled, "Now let's go find Zafrina and her bunch."
"Carlisle has taught you well," he mumbled. We found our way to a pay phone and called the number I've memorized from Carlisle's giant phone book. I swear, you could find anyone in there. My father, being the angel that everyone says he is, apparently knows how to hack into America's government facilities.
My mate started playing with my hair when I was listening to the dial tones coming from the phone. Human speed always seems to piss me off, even machines. Finally, someone picked up.
"Hello?" the Portuguese accent was slight, but you could definitely hear the difference.
"Hi, is Zafrina there?" I asked with my most angelic voice.
"This is her."
"This is Alice Cullen, from Carlisle's coven. I believe you know him?"
"Ah! Alice Cullen. I've heard wonderful things about you from Carlisle. How are you?" she said with delight.
"Physically, I'm fine, but my whole family and many others are in grave danger. I was hoping I could talk to you in person?" I asked all business now. I then spotted Jasper playing with the nozzle of the self tanner. He squirted out some on his hand and made a face. I rolled my head back and went back to my conversation.
"Of course. I would tell you the directions, but our place is hard to find, even with our scent around. Where are you located right now?"
"A couple miles from Canoa Quebrada beach. It's a public phone booth near a convenience store." I said.
"Okay, I'll be there in a couple of minutes." Then the line went dead.
I sighed and turned towards Jasper and immediately started laughing. There was a patch of orange tan on his palm, and the look on his face was priceless.
"Alice, honey, I think you got ripped off. It smells like human food… like carrots." He almost gagged.
"Give me the bottle," I said. He passed what he called "carrot tanner" to me. I put the nozzle to my nose. "Wow, Jasper. You're right," I said shocked.
"I used to be allergic to this stuff," he said matter-of-factly.
"So was I…"
"Strange."
Then he took the bottle out of my hands and chucked it into the garbage can.
"Now get me some water and help me get this junk off!" he screamed petulantly. I loved it when Jasper lost his temper. It was rare, and it was hot.
"Why don't you just run to the shore and rinse it off. It's not like they're people there now anyways. I looked at the time on the phone. It was already past midnight.
"You certainly haven't been to South America. They stay up all night partying and spend all day on the beach," he said but sprinted towards the beach anyways.
Jasper's POV
I was running towards the beach when a figure suddenly stopped and knocked me to the ground. I quickly gathered my self up and slowly slid into a defensive crouch for dramatic effect. My golden eyes became a menacing shade darker. I could see my back in the red eyes of an olive skin toned woman; her eyes were like a mirror. She must've been both strong and fast to be able to catch me off guard and knock me down.
I wasn't planning on fighting her, as she still was a woman, a lady. It went against my instincts, so I just sent her a huge wave of calm. I tried for happiness, but I haven't felt it in such a long time so it didn't work as well.
The woman quickly slid up from her crouch and Alice suddenly appeared at my flank. I was getting shocked a lot tonight. I have to be more observant, I left the note in my head.
"You must be Alice," she said, her glare quickly turning into a friendly smile.
"Zafrina, I suppose?" Alice said in her sing-song voice. I hated it when she used that voice with anyone else but me. I was planning on sending a wave of hate between the two of them, but I guessed Alice saw herself fighting the Amazon for no particular reason because she stepped on my toe really hard. It didn't hurt, but it didn't feel nice either.
"Welcome. And this is…?" she looked at me.
"Jasper Whitlock Cullen. My mate," Alice said. Zafrina smiled.
"Follow me back to my home." She broke out into a slow sprint that a marathoner could keep up for a few minutes. The minute she entered the deep forest, she immediately started a flat out sprint. I swear, if she's not as fast as Edward, she would be faster.
A/N: I'm sorry if I get some facts wrong, It's just been so long that I've read the books. Was it Carlisle that looked for Zafrina, or was it Alice that sent them? And which one of the Amazons stayed back to help Alice and Jazz? Reviews are love (: I'll be forever in your debt if you reccomend my story to a friend!