[Peter's POV)
Rose used her car to push me back, and I went without too much of a fight. Once out of hearing range she moved to my side.
"Bella's brakes won't work." I looked at her in and switch to captain mode.
"Why aren't we telling Major?"
"Jasper's in charge. Plus Major didn't even want Bella on the bike, but she loves riding. Jasper wouldn't tell her no. He won't be like Edward was with her." Major didn't want her on the bike and I asked her to race. Fuck! Well she better live this, because I don't wanna die.
"Here's the plan. I'll swing up on her left side and pull her off and on to my bike. You do the same on her right, but your goal is Jasper, okay?" She nodded so I went on. "Then Char well hop on their bike and safely crash it." They both nodded, so we speed up.
Char kissed the back of my neck and purred. She knew I was dead if something happened to Bella, but she trusted my judgment and would stand by me. I could see how calm Bella was, and to be honest it shocked me. She could die and yet she was smiling still loving the bike she was on, and I knew she would hop right back on after this. I also knew I was gettin' a bike for her so she could.
I smiled as I moved to swing up on her left, but something stopped me. Bella was tensing up, and her foot was twitching. Was she going for the e-brake?! Without the right amount of control on the bike she would crash, yet if I could stop Rose in time it would be fine. I looked back at Rose but she was going too fast, and there was no way to stop her in time.
Bella would be hurt but maybe not to badly. I watched as Bella hit the e-brake, and saw the moment she saw Rose behind her. Bella had planned to skid to a stop, yet she forgot to plan for Rose and I. Jasper's eyes widened as he wrapped his arms around Bella in an attempt to keep her safe. Rose slammed on her brakes trying to stop as fast as she could.
The car hit them hard and I heard bones braking, but Bella never cried out. Char and I jumped from our bike racing to their side. I went to get Bella but my Major got in my face and pulled my arm from my side. Char quickly bowed her head even as she hissed in pain. I knew how much he must be hurting right now, and so I couldn't be to mad. Everyone knew that mates feel each other's pain, so with Bella hurt this much I could only guess how he felt. Plus his gift.
I watched as he cradled her in his arms. He looked at us and nodded to the west, so as a team we raced off. We ran for hours until Major finally stopped in one of our Texas homes. He kicked down the door and went up to the room we set aside for him. He laid Bella on the bed, sat by her side, and waited for us to get to him.
"Yes, Major?" I asked with my head bowed before him.
"Fix her."
"Yes, sir, but I need to get some supplies." He nodded and I raced out of the house. I knew even with one arm I would not be given extra time to follow his orders. I was getting off easy for now, but once Bella was in the clear I would pay for letting her get hurt. How do I ease her pain till you get back? Have the Major purr for her it'll help. He's too scared to touch her. I sighed racing faster. I had to get medical tools, but where? I didn't want to steal from a hospital, but then I came cross one that wasn't finished and they could get new stuff. I took everything I needed and raced back to Bella.
Once back in the room I saw him hand Char my arm. We both knew that this meant I could get it back, but when and how? Char waiting for mores orders, but they didn't seem to be commin', so she did something I'd never have the balls to do. She walked over to me and put my arm back on in the least painful possible way she could. Sure it still hurt like hell, her venom workin' to fix my broken skin, but not as much as the Major would have made. Once I was fixed up she nodded and set up the stuff I got.
I went right to work on hooking Bella up. She didn't make a sound, not even when I set her bones, but Major sure did so I knew she was hurtin'. She broke her left arm, right wrist, left ankle, right leg, four ribs, and had a shoulder dislocated. To say the least she was lucky, but might not wake up for a while. I wrote down the name of the pain killer I needed Char to get for me and looked at the two of them.
"She's a lucky, Major. She could've been killed, but only broke a lot of bones. Thing is bones take a while to heal six months or longer." I stopped when the Major growled.
"No! I want her back now!" I nodded at his words understanding the need to have her back.
"Maybe you should let Jasper take over. He might be able to tell me what your pops would do."
"I can't. He's locked himself up. I'm all alone right now." He sounded hurt and Char boldly gave him a hug. Major without either of his mates! I sighed. Jasper was in shock and most likely blaming himself for Bella's pain. Hell he might even be taken it from her! That could be why she ain't yellin'. I handed Char the paper.
"Go get this for me." I kissed her and sent her off. "Major," I sat next to him.
"Yes, Peter?"
"I'm sorry. She just looked so fucking happy on that bike I wanted to get to know her. I never for a second thought she would get hurt. Hell I forgot she could! She fearlessly walks around with vampires, and got in front of you when she saw trouble! She acts like one of us, and I forgot for a second that she wasn't part of the family." I looked at him hoping he would understand.
"I know what you mean, but I can't seem to forget how breakable she is! She can't walk more the a few feet without falling. Sometimes I wonder if Edward was right, is her number up? Am I fighting fate?"
"No, Major, you are however fightin' a girl. Who don't want you to. She wants to have fun, so you should just go with it and try to keep her safe without taking the fun away. If the troll in that new Disney movie can why can't you?" He gave me a look.
"You watch Disney?!" He almost shouted.
"Char likes them." He nodded at that.
"I need your help with an idea of mine." I spoke softly not knowing how he would take it.
"What is it?"
"I think we should use venom to speed up her healing process." I said it very quickly like when they drop the broad under your feet and you know your gonna die. His answering growl was my broad dropping. Now, I knew they were mates, so I knew how much his venom could help her, but getting him to know that? Yeah I'm gonna die.
"Before I kill you tell me why I shouldn't." I thought about it really hard. Please don't fuck this up!
"A mate's venom has always helped heal quickly, and better than any doctor could! Why, do something that could take months when you could get her back in weeks!" Yeah that sounds good. I watched him pause with his arm still posed to take one of my limbs off. His arm twitched and I thought for sure I fucked up, but then he sat down.
"Fine, but if it hurts her in any way you'll pay." I nodded knowing it was not an empty threat. "How do we do it?" I paused. I thought I would be killed before I got this far.
"We mix the venom in the pain killers. I already have a drip set up so it can get into her that way." He seemed to be thinking hard about it, and then he nodded slowly.
"If you think it well help then we'll do it." I smiled at him.
"Peter." Charlotte handed me the drug she got. I smirked at her over my shoulder, and nodded. She also fed while she was out so if the Major tried anything she could handle it, but he wouldn't touch her. I wouldn't let him. I opened the bag and held it out to Major. He bit his wrist pulling the skin off just a little bit, we all knew it would scar, and held it over the bag. His venom leaked into it and when the half full bag was a quarter fuller I pulled it away.
My Char cleaned his wound and licked it close, even though we knew it would hurt him worse, then helped me with the drip. I hooked it up to Bella and stepped back.
"I want to hunt. Charlotte since you hunted while you were out how about you stay with Bella." There was no question. Stay, my mate, I'll be fine. She nodded then moved to Bella's side. I followed the Major out of the house, and, to my shock, into the city. He smelled the air, smirked, and then shot off. Was he after someone's pet? That's just wrong, man. I followed him to ally way, was he after cats?
I almost fell over when I saw his teeth sunk into a real person! He had a woman pinned to the wall of the ally not that she seemed upset about it by the moans leaving her lips. Fully clothed, but you wouldn't know it by the sounds of it. Okay, I thought, he's drinking from a human I can dig that. He's pumping her full of good feelings so she die's happy, alright. When he was done he dropped her.
"Take care of that for me okay." With that he was off for his next meal. I nodded dumb struck and cleaned up after him. He was going bad! My Char's laugher rang in my head. I shook it off and raced after him once more. When I found him I sat at the mouth of the ally way and watched his back. He cleaned up after himself this time and nodded at me. I knew this to mean I was okay to feed.
He stayed close to me and watched my back like I did his. Around an hour later we made our way home. As soon as we got there he sat at Bella's side and Char moved to the floor by me. Now, Major was never mean to us. He never hurt us without reason, but we were not too high to not feel pain at his hands. He was by far kinder to us than anyone else in the army, but we still needed to know our place, and it was under his command. Of course he never really hurt Char. If she needed to learn something he used his gift, or if she really fucked up, he'd use me. I was fine with it some long as my Char was okay, mostly. So, now, even though he rarely punished us anymore, we knew to listen to him.
"Peter check on Bella." I slowly walked over and checked the state of her bones. I smiled happily when I saw I was right to think Major's venom would help her heal. Her bones were mending quickly.
"She's healing up. I'd guess at this rate she'll be healed up in a month." He nodded and looked at me. I knew I was still on his bad side right now for the race, and I understood. Even if he saw my points I was still in the deep in end. I sat back down with my head bowed.
"When she is fully recovered I want your arm back." I nodded knowing he was still soft for me. Back in the army if you had a mate you had to hand over a part of your mates. Major never made me hurt Char, but I remember watching as mates took each other's arms in punishment. I smiled at Char as she tried not to think about my losing my arm so much. I never could listen to that bitch who tried bossing us around.
"May I ask how long you'll keep it this time, Major?" Char kept her voice soft.
"Only until my Bella says he can have it back." He smiled at her, and I was truly scared this time. He never let anyone else pick when we got our arms back. Fuck! I'm in deeper than I thought. Char nodded and asked to leave. We both said she could and off she flew. I smiled in the direction she went.
"Off to save the world, huh?" His voice was now softer and I knew the mood swings had to do with Bella.
"Yeah, maybe this time she'll save a rabbit."
"I'm betting you'll have your arm back in ten minutes." He laughed as he spoke.
"Why?"
"Bella is a good person. She won't keep your arm any longer than she needs to." I looked at him shocked.
"Then why?"
"Because she needs to see this side of me." I nodded in understanding. I did the same with Char. I made her hunt with me, and watch as I pulled newborns apart. I knew why he felt this way and so I might have to get in more trouble when Bella wakes up. I sat up on the bed and wrapped my arm around him.
"Pal, she'll be fine."
[Time Skip)
Bella was, well talking, but still not awake. She was going on about her mom, and it was making Major mad as hell. Right now she was tellin' us about the time her mom left her home alone for three weeks. Char was just as mad, so I had to keep the peace around the house. I understood where Bella was coming from, because my folks were pretty bad too.
My pops was a real man. He made sure my mama did everything the perfect wife should do. Mama only cared about making pops happy, and she didn't really care about the boy she called her own. They didn't care, so I took care of myself. When Jasper found I was ready to leave this world behind. After finding this family though I'm happy I never did. Char, Major, Bella, hell even the Cullen's make me glad to be here.
That said I still love my folks, because they are my folks. I get Bella's standing point, and fuck is it pissing me off that she went through that. A father that loves her but has no clue how to speak to her, and a brainless mother! Makes me wonder about all those men she was left alone with so much.
(Time Skip]
The Cullen's called today and Char had to run off with Jaspers phone, because Major didn't want to speak to them. While Char was out I had to put Bella in a full body cast to keep her from breaking her bones any more than they already were. I'm guessing one more week till she's good as new. Unless of course, she takes a turn for the worst overnight, but we're here so it'll be fine.
When Char got back she handed Major the phone then moved back to Bella's side. We all kept a close eye on her as the night waned on. It only took two hours for Char to flee the room. She returned with a book she then tossed at Major.
"The hell is this!"
"Alice said it'll help if you read to her, so I went and found her favorite book." She huffed while crossing her arms. We both looked at her in disbeilth, yet the Major started reading anyway. As he read Bella racing heart slowed to a calm pace, and we could hear her muscles relaxing. Major and I relaxed with her knowing that most of the fight was over for us, however I was still concerned about why her lips moved but no words came out.
"Told you so." Char sang happily. I laughed and wrapped her in my arms. Bella would be fine I knew it.
(Time Skip]
Bella woke up today, and is currently asleep in my arms. I glanced at Major hoping he wouldn't be too angry with me, yet he was smiling. He watched us as he muted the T.V. then left for a blanket. Char helped him wrap up Bella and moved me, so that Bella could sleep through the night.
"Why do I still have her?" I asked glancing at the girl in my arms.
"Because you're her big brother, well that and we don't want to chance waking her up by moving her." Char told me at a tone Bella couldn't hear. Major nodded and sat on the floor next to me.
"Oh, by the way, when Bella wakes up we need to go shopping."
"Why, bro?"
"She has nothing to wear, and-"
"What you want her in her clothes!" I interrupted him.
"Peter!" Char yelled whacking my foot.
"Yes, but we also need food for her." He finished rolling his eyes. We agreed then settled in to wait for little human to wake up.