I don't own Twilight, Stephanie Meyers does.
Chapter 4
Bella woke to find Jasper gone. She had hoped that what ever gas was used wouldn't work on a human. It was a stupid hope. She got up slowly and stretched. She kept her face smooth of any emotion, even though inside she was worried about Jasper.
She had no doubt Jasper would win his fight, she just worried what their captors would do to him in his vulnerable state. She paced the room for a bit before deciding that it might be read as nervousness. Bella then moved to the bed and sat, closing her eyes and thinking over their situation. She heard a noise and knew her food was here. Was it lunch time or dinner? How long had she been unconscious?
She looked at her food and found she was very hungry. They fed her very nutritious food and she was thankful, she needed to be strong for whatever was coming. She finished her meal and washed up, then resumed her position. How much time passed she wasn't sure till she heard the hated voice.
"Miss Swan we have no wish to drug you again. Can we trust you to remain still as we bring back your mate?"
She didn't want to be drugged so she just opened her eyes and nodded. Why did they keep calling Jasper her mate? She didn't dwell on it as she watched the wall she knew Jasper would come from. She wanted to try to see every detail of what would happen so she could report to Jasper.
There was a whooshing sound and two men entered carrying an unconscious Jasper. They were large but didn't appear to be supernatural. They had neither red eyes nor the golden eyes of the Cullens. They ignored her as they dropped Jasper unceremoniously on the ground and left quickly. The door shut as soon as they left and Bella rose from the bed. She walked slowly to Jasper and knelt down beside him.
She felt her heart beat faster as she studied him. They had changed his clothes. The preppy clothes he had always worn were gone and Bella's mouth went dry as she studied him. Her hand rose almost of its own accord to touch him before she pulled it back to her, he was a beautiful man and she felt an ache inside her as she looked at him. The clothes they had put him in made him look dangerous and sexy. He wore black leather pants that hung low and a black leather vest that was open and showing his magnificent chest.
Bella couldn't resist and rested her hand on his chest slowly tracing the scars there. They didn't detract from his beauty, they made him even more breathtaking. She was so caught up in the feel of him she didn't even notice when he woke up till she heard a small groan and his hand caught hers. She looked up into his red eyes to find that he was watching her. She closed her eyes as a shudder of desire ran through her. It was quickly replaced by guilt. She didn't feel she was betraying Edward, he had made his feelings clear and Alice had never treated Jasper the way she should have. No she was betraying Jasper.
Jasper loved Alice and she had no right to do this to him. They were open to each other here. It was a silent promise they had made to each other. He would feel her emotions, her lust and it would make it hard for him to be faithful. Jasper was honorable and she didn't want to hurt him by testing that honor.
He was already struggling to find a way to satisfy his desires and his conscious. She didn't need to test his morals too. He was married. She wasn't sure Alice was really his mate though. Some of the things she did made her question it. She never seemed to put him first. Always her desires were first and Jasper being the gentleman and empath he is gave her everything.
If Edward was more like Jasper he would have known how leaving and taking the family would hurt her and not done it. His honor and empathy would have put her needs above his fears. Edward was not Jasper though. Bella began to fear that Jasper was ruining her from ever falling in love with another. No one would measure up to him.
Jasper rose quickly, startling her. He tugged on her hand gently and pulled her towards the bed. He sat with his back to the camera and put her hands on his stomach while putting his under her shirt. Bella shuddered again as another wave of want hit her, guilt following soon after. She sent her regret to him and felt his answering forgiveness. Still she wrote out her sorry.
'Understand' He replied and she felt his awareness of her. Happiness ran through her, he wanted her too. Still they would have to be careful. To be so open with each other and not act on their feelings of desire would be difficult. Still not as hard as it would be if they didn't have an audience she thought as she glanced at the camera.
'You okay?' She wrote out. She felt an answering wave of emotions ranging from triumph to guilt. She sent him her pride in him.
'I can control the crowd. I did small things but I think I can do more if needed.' He told her. Bella felt excited, if he could control the crowd he could escape. He probably didn't want to leave her.
'Leave, find help.' She wrote.
His answering emotions were swift. Anger and fear washed over her. 'I will never leave you.'
Sorrow washed over Bella. Edward had promised he wouldn't leave either, of course he had left himself an escape clause. Still Jasper was not Edward. He sent conviction to her.
'Never.' He wrote in big letters. She knew he meant it. Even when they escaped, and she was sure they would, he wouldn't leave her. She wanted desperately to hug him but settled for laying her hands flat on his stomach and sending him her feelings.
'Tell me fight.' She wrote out condensing her words but getting her meaning across. He began to tell her of his fight with werewolves. She reveled in his story, never fearing he was in danger. How she wished she could have seen it. Real werewolves. She couldn't help the pride she felt in this valiant warrior in front of her. He felt this from her and returned some answering pride.
She told him what she had done while he was gone. Her story was much less exciting but she thought it was important for him to know that the people toting his unconscious form were human.
'We will train.' Jasper wrote and Bella began to get excited, but then doubt entered her mind. She was a weak human what could she do against supernatural beings.
'There are things you can do to protect yourself. Against a vampire you would have little chances but against humans you would. I want them to consider putting you in the arena with me.' He told her. Bella was surprised. Edward would never even consider that. Jasper sent a little anger her way as he felt her comparison.
'If we can convince them you could give them a show they will allow it.' Jasper continued. 'I want you to train constantly. You need to be strong.' He paused and Bella felt his hesitancy. She sent reassurance, whatever he had to tell her she would trust him.
'They think we are mates. We will pretend to slowly fall for each other.' He wrote and Bella shivered. She understood immediately why he wanted this. If they felt he loved her then putting her in the arena for him to defend would be an enticing prospect. Added to that her training, maybe seeing her fight for her mate would be a draw. A thought occurred to her and she tensed slightly. She felt his confusion and wrote 'Alice.'
'I don't think she can see us. She can't see when shifters are around so I believe the being in the cell close to ours is a shifter.' Jasper wrote out. Bella drew a big question mark on his stomach and felt his answering humor as he began to explain about the La Push wolf pack and the treaty with the Cullens.
To say Bella was shocked was an understatement. She agreed with Jasper though whoever had taken them knew a lot about them so maybe they knew about the pack too. The train of thought led her to think of who could be betraying them. Alice? She didn't think so. Edward? That thought gave her pause but in the end she decided he just wasn't the type. Rosalie? Maybe she didn't like Bella, but then again she loved Jasper. It was obvious and she really doubted Rosalie would betray him. Carlisle? Esme? Could parents do that to a child? Still from what she knew Jasper was like an adopted child in the family, but she had a hard time believing they would. She didn't even doubt Emmett for a minute. She began to think on people outside the coven and her thoughts turned to Jacob. A thought occurred to her and she fought to keep the shock from her face. Was Jacob a shifter?
'Jacob Black?' She wrote out.
It took a while for Jasper to answer and Bella began to wonder if he understood her question. 'Most likely.' Bella was flabbergasted. She was surrounded by the supernatural. Her best friend was a shifter. The lights went out as she pondered this. Jasper moved sitting at the end of the bed with his back against the wall and his feet over the edge. He gently eased her head on to his lap and began to run his fingers through her hair. Bella felt like purring at the comfortable feeling. Her last thoughts as sleep took her was that it wasn't going to be hard to pretend to love Jasper.
Peter looked over at his disgruntled mate as they neared the Cullen's house. She didn't like the Cullens and she made her displeasure clear. She tolerated Carlisle and Esme, she kind of liked Rosalie and Emmett but she couldn't stand Edward and Alice.
Edward earned her hate from his intrusion into the thoughts around him. She insisted that if he couldn't control what he heard he didn't have to repeat it. Peter agreed with her. Alice earned her place on the list because of the way she treated Jasper.
Char loved Jasper with an intensity that made him jealous at times. He knew he and Char were soul mates, meant to be together all that crap, but Jasper was so heroic at times Peter felt small in comparison.
Jasper had stood strong in the southern wars. He had been a beacon of strength and honor in the midst of that shit storm. He had saved Peter's miserable hide many times and showed him he didn't have to descend into the depths of Maria's cruelty to survive. Leaving him there while he ran with Char was the hardest thing he had ever done but his knower had told him it was necessary.
When he had finally felt the time was right to return for him Jasper had changed. He was depressed and Peter still felt guilt from that time. He knew when Jasper was going to leave them, when he fell for the pixie. Char had been angry with him for a month for allowing him to leave with Alice. She had railed against him, both knew that Jasper was not Alice's mate. Char knew because of the way Alice reacted to him. Peter just knew, but he also knew he had to let Jasper go with him. So he said nothing.
Now his knower was not telling him where Jasper and Bella were. He knew two things. One Jasper and Bella were mates and two they would end up together and happy, but how that would happen and when? Sometimes his knower worked that way and he surmised it was because if he knew the details he would interfere and screw it up. So he withstood Char's anger and Alice's begging.
Still just because he had no inside knowledge didn't mean he couldn't look for his brother. He felt right as this thought entered his head and knew that was what he was supposed to do. Suddenly he became surer. They would find Jasper and Bella.
"Do we have to stay with them?" Char asked clearly annoyed and Peter chuckled at his fiery mate. She knew they could hear her and probably intentionally said that.
"Now, now sugartits we need to work together." He said as he walked up to their porch. He grinned hoping they were shocked at the nickname he gave her. Char smirked slyly and pulled him to her kissing him fiercely and running a hand down his chest before grabbing his package, squeezing him a bit. Peter growled and deepened the kiss before hearing an "Ahem" behind him. Peter chuckled while pulling back from his blonde demon. He readjusted himself and gave her a look that told her he would pay her back later. She just looked back innocently and the look turned him on even more. He started to walk to her when he heard an annoyed "Peter!" from behind him. He turned to see Alice looking very annoyed.
"Howdy Alice." Char said loudly before pushing past her and entering the house. Peter laughed some more at the disgusted look on Alice's face. They never said Howdy unless Alice was around and then they only did it to annoy her. Alice had insisted Jasper lose his southern twang so they magnified theirs whenever they saw her.
"Are you going to invite me in ma'am?" Peter said with a smirk. He knew she hated being called ma'am so he did it every chance he could when he talked to her.
Alice threw her hands up in frustration and turned from him stomping into the house. Peter walked through the still open door chuckling. He entered the living room on his own to find Char already engaged in conversation with Rosalie. Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the couch together and were obviously very concerned. His opinion of them rose slightly as he realized they worried for Bella and Jasper. Alice sat down in a huff in one of the chairs and Emmett made his way to him grinning madly.
"Bro!" Emmett said before grabbing his hand and giving him a man hug.
"Eating Bambi making you a pussy?" Peter asked with a grin.
"I'm still man enough to take your scrawny ass." Emmett replied his own grin widening.
"Ugh Have you forgotten Jasper is missing? He could be hurt while you clown around." Alice yelled in frustration.
Peter seriously doubted that anyone could hurt the Major. He looked at the demanding pixie in front of him and briefly debated annoying her more before finally deciding it was time to get down to business. They could have fun later.
"Alright. Tell me the whole story Pixie." He said knowing she hated being called Pixie. He just couldn't resist it. He had to change it up once in a while or she would get used to his jibes.
Alice crossed her arms and huffed. For a minute he wondered if she was going to throw a tantrum. Finally she began with him leaving to hunt. Peter immediately stopped her.
"Why did you all move to Alaska? Last I knew you were living in Forks going to high school." Peter cut in.
"Well, After Jasper attacked Bella at her birthday party. Edward decided we should leave for her safety." Rosalie replied her tone of voice letting her feelings be known. She obviously hadn't agreed.
"Wait...You think Jasper attacked Bella? What exactly happened." Peter knew Jasper would never attack his mate. He looked around the room finally his gaze landed on Carlisle. He decided Carlisle would be the most honest. "Carlisle tell me every detail of what happened."
"We threw a birthday party for Bella while she was opening her presents, she got a paper cut. Jasper began to growl and his eyes turned black. Emmett and I quickly moved to restrain him and Edward pushed Bella behind him. He pushed her a little to roughly and she fell into a stack of glass plates. Emmett and Rosalie managed to get Jasper outside. Everyone left the room and I patched Bella up." Carlisle told him.
"Isn't Bella, Edward's singer?" Peter asked as he began to puzzle it out. Jasper is an empath he would have felt Edward's blood lust rise. He must have growled to warn Edward off. It had worked obviously as Edward had clumsily sought to protect Bella, making the situation worse of course. Which was probably why the Major allowed Rose and Emmett to take him outside. Once more blood had been spilled every one of the Cullens would have been a danger to her, outside of Carlisle. Why didn't the pixie see all of this? He looked over at Alice who had an extremely guilty look on her face.
"Why would you have a stack of glass plates, when there was only one human to eat?" He asked his eyes narrowing. He knew the pixie was selfish but was there more?
Alice crossed her arms. "It was part of the decor!" Peter studied her before finally accepting her answer. She was vain and stupid enough for it to have been an accident, but there was more going on here and he would get the answer from her just not now.
"I'll tell you right now there is no way Jasper tried to attack Bella." Peter said strongly. He wasn't ready to tell them that Jasper and Bella were mates. It wasn't the right time but he wasn't going to allow them to continue to think poorly of his brother. He could just imagine how accusing they were. They had often judged him when he slipped never giving him any compassion, though Jasper gave it to them constantly.
Emmett looked him straight in the eye and Peter wished he had Jasper's gift for a moment. Had even Emmett been on the blame train?
"How do you know?" Emmett asked cautiously.
Peter looked him straight in the eye. "I know." He said with confidence.
Emmett groaned and put his head in his hands. Rose let out a sob beside him before drawing her mate in her arms. Esme moved closer to Carlisle who looked pained himself. Alice however stood up angrily.
"How would you know Peter? You weren't there." She yelled.
"Apologies can come when we find them. I'm going to assume you have searched where he was hunting and found nothing. Anyone smart enough to catch the Major would not leave any traces. So I suggest we go to Forks and look for clues there. Bella was kidnapped too and they might have been more careless in her abduction. With her father being chief of Police he might have some insight or be able to help us." Peter told them trying to break up the guilt party and get them moving.
Emmett stood up suddenly. "Bella was kidnapped too?" He yelled anger clear on his face.
Peter was a little shocked he looked over to Alice. "You didn't tell them?" Alice looked away. Something was going on and Peter was determined to get to the bottom of it, but not yet. He would get it out of her after Eddie was back. He had a feeling he was involved in this somehow.
"Where's Eddie? He would be a tremendous help with his gift?" Peter asked.
"He left shortly after we arrived here." Carlisle answered staring at Alice his own face showing his anger.
"Get him on the phone doc I want to leave for Forks as soon as possible." Peter said then turned to look at Char who was glaring daggers at Alice. Damn she was beautiful. Well it was going to be a while before Eddie could get here.
"Hey sugartits." Peter said getting her attention before he waggled his eyebrows at her. Emmett laughed loudly but everyone else kept their glares on Alice. Char was at his side in an instant and took his outstretched hand. They walked out the door quickly and Peter couldn't help laughing as he heard Esme yell at Alice.
"What's going on?" Esme yelled in a tone of voice he had never heard from her.
Peter laughed harder and bent to throw Char over his shoulder and began to run. Char laughed with him as they made their way away from the Cullens.
