Sorry it took so long to update. I've been pretty busy lately :)

also, for some reason my chapters keep coming up in italics. i have no idea why but they aren't supposed to.

Chapter 4-Mission-Skyla

I was on a mission.

It was a stupid, stupid mission. I didn't even know if what Jackson was telling me was true. But I was not going to abandon helpless little kids.

I trudged through the forest, looking for some sign of where I should be going. Oh, man I should have thought about this more. I am going to be so dead when I get home. I thought to myself.

I stopped when I found a small clearing. When I say small, I mean small. It was about the size of a regular sized house in diameter.

I breathed in deeply, trying to find a scent. I growled when I caught the scent of humans, about 3. They were probably hiking, completely oblivious to the danger that was lurking in the forest.

Right now the danger was me. Because I wanted their blood. Their sweet, warm blood. My throat burned when as I imagined the taste. I could imagine the feel of the blood trickling down my throat-

'Skye, snap out of it. You can't afford to lose focus.' Jackson said, bringing me back to my senses. When did he get here?

'Sorry, I got distracted.' I muttered.

I was far away from home now. I had run right up to the edge of Forks and hitch-hiked to Seattle last night. I really hoped that would mess up my trail. If I was found now I would have to slow down. I didn't think that anyone else would believe Jackson in the slightest. They would think he was trying to lure me away. Technically he was, but that was because I was stupid enough to believe his story.

Oh, please let this story be true. I begged whoever was listening.

I was also running out of time. I had to find Miranda. If I didn't find her she would die.

Miranda – impossible as it seems – was Jackson's girlfriend, sort of. His human girlfriend. I don't think they were in love exactly, but I did know that he liked her more than the other girls.

When I'd asked him about it, he glowered and said I would find out when I found Miranda.

Miranda was dying. She was pregnant and no one could look after her. I felt bad about that. I needed to find her.

'We've nearly found Miranda, Skye. Please don't let her die. She doesn't deserve to. She's so good and caring.' Jackson said.

I felt a pang of guilt that Miranda was out in the forests all alone. If Jackson hadn't felt the need to feed off girls the way he did, then he would be with Miranda. If he didn't do what he did to my mum he wouldn't have been killed by Jacquelyn.

And I wouldn't have been born.

I sighed. This whole mess was so complicated. I wondered what the Volturi would have done if they knew about this. Aro would probably get a kick out of it.

The Volturi.....

'How did you keep the Volturi from finding out about Miranda? Didn't Aro use his power on you?' I asked, truly curious.

He flinched. 'I would never let Aro find out about her. I refused to let him touch me. I told him it was an invasion of privacy. Insane man agreed with me.'

I shook my head. 'What would they do if they knew about your children?'

'Technically, since I was a member of their stupid little clan, they would say that the children belonged to them. I would never want them anywhere near Aro.' He growled the last part.

I pondered this. 'Why did you join them in the first place?'

He had a look of resentment on his face. 'Jane is very persuasive and I had an interesting talent. Getting into people's dreams and all.'

I shivered. Jane. I knew exactly how persuasive Jane could be. She tortured people with her mind alone. I had felt it when I was still in my mother's womb. I'd never told her that, but I knew the pain was excruciating.

My view of Jackson had changed since he had started to act caring. In the month I had known him I had always thought he was some sick, twisted life sucker. I still thought he was sick for wanting to feed off girls the way he did, but now...I couldn't understand him.

One minute he was evil and twisted, the next minute he was a worried and caring father. It didn't make any sense.

I ran through the forests for hours, during which Jackson decided to disappear. I wouldn't get tired; I'd made sure to sleep last night before I left. I wouldn't need to sleep for another week. Thank you to my vampire genes.

As I ran I could hear the beating hearts of animals running from me. Their survival instincts clearly knew I was dangerous. Then another sound caught my attention.

It was a faint heartbeat. The beating heart was slow and desperate. It was as if the heart was struggling to beat.

My breath caught in my throat and I ran faster, pushing myself to the limit. I ran towards the sound of the beating heart. Did the heartbeat belong to Miranda? I desperately hoped so.

It was getting closer. I could smell human blood. I tried to ignore the burning in my throat. Now was not the time to get caught up in my hunting facade.

I slowed down when I was sure the owner of the heartbeat was close by. I risked a deep breath in. Ouch. There was definitely a human around there somewhere.

I strained my ears to hear something other than the beating heart. Somewhere to my left, I heard struggled breathing.

So........what do you think about the new side to Jackson??? And is the beating heart Miranda's????

Next chapter--- Bella's pov

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