A/N: Sorry for taking so long guys. Here's a tip: moving during the holiday season is a pain in the ass! Hopefully it won't take as long next time.

Still don't own it, just love it.

Chapter 2

JPOV

After Bella left Emmett, Rose and I just gave each other what the fuck looks. Bella had never spoken like that to Edward, or to Alice for that matter. She just simply let them lead her along. Granted, I knew by her emotions that she was becoming more frustrated and disillusioned with both of them, but I never expected her to do anything about it. She seemed trapped and while Em, Rose and I had discussed it, none of us knew what to do.

Em finally spoke up with his usual tact. "What the fuck was that? It didn't feel like she was just saying see you later." He said.

Rose and I nodded. I quickly pointed toward the door. "Would you two like to go for a quick hunt? I found a new bear cave the other day." I suggested knowing Emmett wouldn't be able to resist.

"Hell yeah!" he replied enthusiastically, causing Rose to roll her eyes.

The three of us took off out of the door I had previously thrown Edward through and I couldn't help but grin that quickly turned into a grimace as I remembered the reason for it. I can't believe he actually hurt her. I had barely been able to suppress the Major seeing that and I hope he got the fucking hint. I knew by his emotions he was becoming more possessive and by his actions more controlling. There was little actual love there and it made me so sad for Bella. I wanted desperately to talk to her about it, but we were rarely left alone together. I had always found her fascinating and wanted to be around her. Actually I felt pulled towards her, but I didn't really know what it meant.

Once we were far away from the house I looked at Rose. "Follow Edward's trail. We need to know how far away he is." I said and Rose nodded at me. We ran north for about three hours before stopping.

"He's headed to Alaska." Rose said. Good. He can hang out with the succubae. It's at least a 6 hour run.

I sat down on a log running my hands through my hair. I wanted, needed to help her and Em was right. It sounded like a final goodbye when she left, but none of us knew what she was planning.

"Aright where are the bears?" Emmett asked excitedly. Rose just smacked him across the back of his head. "There are no bears. We're here to talk about Bella!"

"Oh." Em replied quietly and I internally rolled my eyes. My brother could go from extremely perceptive to extremely oblivious in about 5 seconds.

"She's going to run." Rose said, and I knew she was right.

"How? I know she has Cullen money now, but I highly doubt Edward, or Carlisle and Esme would have given her anything they couldn't track."

I looked at them sheepishly. For some reason when Edward asked me to give her new ids and credit cards it was as if I was channeling Peter. I just knew she would need more.

"I gave her a few extra that they don't know about. I made her a Whitlock and a Hale." I said, trying to gauge their reactions.

Emmett of course pouted. "Why not a McCarty? She's my little sis." he asked. I just shook my head.

"The two of you are close, too close for everyone to not have noticed. It's the first thing they would look for. I haven't used Whitlock in 50 years and no one would think about checking Rose's name. She has everything she needs to run and no one knows about it. She could be anywhere in a few hours."

"You could track her though." Rose said, looking genuinely concerned. She may play it off as if she didn't care about Bella, but Em and I knew the truth. She saw her as a little sister and would protect her no matter what, especially if it meant getting Bella away from Edward. It wasn't just about keeping her human anymore. Rose had mentioned seeing traits in Edward that she had witnessed with Royce in her human life and she was afraid for her breakable human sister.

"Great idea Em. I'll find out where she is, Alice will see my decision, Edward will hear it in my thoughts and the two of them will be on her quicker than the three of us could warn her. I highly doubt she took a cell phone that we know about. She's not an idiot and she's extremely resourceful." I said sarcastically.

Rose snorted. "True, she did get away from a psychic and the God of War in Phoenix" causing me to scowl. I was not happy about that. Once I realized she was gone I freaked out and took off running. Luckily, I seemed to run in the right direction and got close enough to feel her emotions to lead me the rest of the way. I hate to think what would have happened if she had been alone with James for even just another minute considering Edward was getting his ass kicked when I showed up.

I shot Rose a glare and she just gave me her best innocent face. Yeah right. "I think we have a bigger problem though. What about the Volturi? They still want her changed and I doubt they would hesitate in destroying all of us if that doesn't happen." While I knew they were a formidable coven I was pretty sure we could fight them off long enough for at least a few of us to escape. I may not have used my gift in a fight in a long time, even during the newborn battle it hadn't been necessary, but I could drop a group of people as quickly as Jane or Alec could. Knowing Aro's penchant for theatrics, if I did it the second we saw them we had a really good chance.

Rose and Emmett nodded. "I know you've always been against it Rose, but if she's still willing we need to find her and change her. If she doesn't want it I will protect her for the rest of her life, but we need to at least present the option. If they find her first they will either change her and keep her in Volterra or kill her without a second thought."

"I know. I'm not as against it as I was before. I actually talked to her about it and I understand her a little better now." The two of us exchanged a look and then waited for Rose to continue. She sighed. "I get that women today have options other than a family and children and I know it's my hang up about wanting them and thinking she was giving up her whole life. I just wanted to make her think about it before she gave that option up for an immature brat who doesn't even love her." She said, waiting for me to contradict her. I didn't because it was true. We all knew that a singer couldn't be your mate. When a vampire found their mate all they wanted to do was protect them. If that mate was human, that need was even greater and the desire to change them was overwhelming. When they found their singer all they wanted to do was drain them. Edward saw this as some fucked up test of his control and forced himself to believe he loved her in order to keep her around. While no one except for Rose and Em believed it, that's what really happened on her birthday. Edward lost his shit and forced all of his blood lust on me. Even then I lunged at him not her. Bella was important to me, not quite my sister, but my friend. I couldn't bring myself to hurt her.

"Anyway," Rose continued, "Bella explained how she's already had that experience. She practically raised her mother, if it wasn't for her they wouldn't have had food or electric. Did you know Bella got a job at fourteen just so she could save money for the next time Renee went off on some crazy adventure and blew all of hers, including what Charlie sent for child support?" I didn't, but Emmett nodded. It didn't surprise me that she had told him. "Hell, look at her relationship with Charlie! She does everything in that house. It's no wonder she doesn't want to take care of anyone. She never had a childhood for herself." Rose said getting angrier every minute. I forced some calm at her, receiving her thanks in return.

Emmett spoke up next. "It's why she initially wanted to be around Edward, and Esme and Carlisle. Someone took care of her, got rid of the burden. The only problem was none of them realized she grew up and continued to treat her as a child. She practically hates them now."

I sighed. This was going to be harder than I thought. If we tracked her down, she would probably see it as us interfering and trying to control her. "We need to let her go." I said. Emmett looked up at me in horror. "Em, I know how you feel, but she needs this. Plus she knows how to get ahold of us if it's necessary. I'm sure she will in time, even if it's just to say hi. She loves you. Hell, she loves Rose too. She won't be gone forever."

"She loves you too you know." Emmett said, and I looked at him disbelievingly. I knew she cared, but she cared about all of us. Well, at least three of us currently sitting here.

"Seriously?"

He nodded. "You are her friend, and her protector. She knows what you did with Victoria and that none of us would have survived without you. She respects you for your history and what you had to do to survive and get out and she fucking hates the pixie for turning you into quote, 'Her own personal puppet.' I think she identifies with that. She told me once she wants to meet Peter and Char and give them a hug for saving you. She got into a fight with Edward and Alice about wanting to invite them to the wedding. I told her I would take her to Texas myself if I had to."

I couldn't believe it. I knew Rose and Em felt that way, but it had taken years for them to get over my scars and my past. Not that it was really their fault, scars on a vampire screamed danger and it was a natural reaction to shy away from them. Hell, Alice still hated them and she had been my wife for 50 years. Then I had an idea

"That's it." I said quietly, the wheels turning in my head. "We call Peter. He might not know anything yet, but at least if he knows to look out for her he'll make sure to let us know if his Yoda shit kicks in." I pulled out my phone, but it rang before I could even dial his number.

"Hey Major, got yourself in some trouble again? Wait let me rephrase, your human get herself in some trouble?" He said in a cocky voice. Bastard.

"What do you know?" I growled. My human. For some reason I liked the sound of that.

"Calm down Emo, I only know that she took off. Don't worry though, Little Bit will be ok. At least for now. Eddieboy won't give up you know."

"I'm not Emo," I grumbled and Emmett just snorted. I glared before the rest of Peter's words registered. "I know he won't give up, that's what's scaring the three of us."

Peter sighed. "Look Jas, just keep track of him and the rest of the veggies and I'll call if I know anything. You know I wouldn't keep you in the dark about this. She's important Major. I know that at least."

"Of course she's important, Captain, she's our family." I said. I obviously missed his point though.

"Important to you idiot!" he said clearly exasperated. I growled. I may love the fucker, he's my brother and I owe him my life but I'm still the goddamned Major and he knows it.

"Chill out, Major. Just go play with Bambi and act normal. Watch the four of them, especially the Munchkin and Doucheward. You'll hear from me when it's important." He said before hanging up on me. Asshole.

"Well," Emmett said after I got off the phone. "That's something at least."

I just shrugged. Peter's gift could be helpful. It had saved both of our asses many times, but it was sporadic. Especially with people he didn't know personally. But, if he said she was important, hopefully it would work.

Rose stood. Up then. "Come on guys, we better get back. I'm sure the shit will hit the fan once someone discovers she's gone and we need to be there."

Emmett just grinned, glee and amusement practically pouring off of him and I could barely suppress a giggle. "What?" I asked staring at him.

"Alice is going to be pissed that her wedding of the century got cancelled." Rose and I couldn't contain ourselves then. If there was one thing Alice hated it was having her plans ruined and not being able to see what would happen and that had been happening more and more with Bella lately. I was the only one who could still effectively use a gift on her all the time.

With that thought the three of us started the run back to Forks to wait for the explosion that would come when they discovered Bella was missing. This wouldn't be good.