Jasper had stayed up late and knew he needed to eat. He hadn't eaten a thing since the hamburger he picked up before going to the carnival with Bella. He also realized that by the emptiness of his pantry that he needed to go grocery shopping but he wasn't about to drive an hour to the nearest Wal-mart because all the in town grocery stores were closed for the night. Finally after getting tired of looking at the empty pantry he decide to go into town and see if anything was still open, when he knew in all likely hood everything would be closed.
He got into his truck, the gas gage told him it was nearly on E and that he should get gas while he was out. It only took him fifteen minutes (this is on a good day) to get to the nearest gas station but it was not a good day. There was a large cow in the middle of the road and no amount of honking would get him to move. He backed his truck up and went down an old fire access road and used that to get to town instead.
But Jasper didn't have luck on his side either. The fire access road had a car –on its roof—burning. When he first spotted it he thought that it was just some bushes that had caught fire and called the fire in.
"I'd like to update my last call." Jasper said. "It is not a brush fire as originally thought. There is a vehicle with an unknown number of occupants inside."
He left the safety of his car and walked closer to the car so he could read the plate.
"Plate number is 2G8-8PS be advised that vehicle is likely that of Detective Isabella Swan."
He hung up the phone after that and did something very stupid –and that the operator just told him not to do—he ran toward the car but only got close enough to see if anyone was inside of it. He heard the sirens just as he stepped back from the car he heard the sirens.
Ten minutes later they all pulled up. Fire Rescue and a squad car carrying two officers arrived. The stepped out of the car and walked up to him.
"Can you tell us what happened?" One officer asked.
"No I'm sorry I can't." Jasper said. "I just happened upon the accident."
"You told 911 that the car belonged to Detective Swan."
"That's because it well at least the plates belong to her." Jasper replied.
"Just stay out of the way please." The officer said officially dismissing him.
Jasper walked back to his truck to sit and wait. There was no way in heck that he was going to leave until they found Bella. His thoughts of food had gone out the window when the numbers and letters of Bella's plate entered his mind. He was jolted out of his thoughts with a tap on his window.
"Do you need something?" Jasper asked.
"We need to find the driver and we need help look since we don't have a lot of people here so—"
"Need my help," Jasper said.
"Of course we do." The officer said. "And your chief and my sergeant said we could use you if we needed to."
"I'll help." Jasper said. "Just give me a second."
The officer nodded and walked away. Jasper took his keys from the ignition and hid them in the glove box. Jasper walked over to where the small group off officers –as another cruiser had pulled up. They had a map laid out on the hood of one of the cars and they were going over it. They were marking out how far to search taking into account that Bella had been in an accident and they didn't know how badly she was injured.
The smoke had started to fill the air so he pulled his shirt collar over his face to keep himself from breathing it in. They were doing a basic line search with each given a flashlight to see in the dark. He went thirty feet into the woods when he first heard a whimpering sound from somewhere close by. He turned back and looked round the area again but the flashlight he wasn't really working so he couldn't see all that much. He heard the whimpering again and walked in that direction.
Bella woke up again, she could hear voices calling her name this time but she couldn't answer them back. The pain had only gotten worse since the last time she was awake. She gladly accepted the pain because it meant that she was still alive. A long stay in the hospital wasn't something she was looking forward to. She could only hope those calling her name were the good guys.
The snapping twigs she heard didn't help her nerves all that much. They scared her mostly because she didn't know who was causing it. Weather they were good or bad they were going to find her sooner or later and she didn't know which way it would go.
The snapping of a twig just mere feet from her, her hiding spot wasn't a hiding spot anymore. She kept as quiet as she could but the pain didn't allow her to remain quiet as she groaned in pain.
She nearly jumped out of her skin she a flash light ghosted over her face. She couldn't see where it was coming from because it continued to move around. She raised her hand to block the light but it didn't work. The source of the light had grown closer to her.
"Bella," someone called. "Is that you over there?"
She didn't answer them, and it wasn't like she could if she had wanted to. Her mouth and lips had become too dry for her to speak.
"Don't worry. I will get help." She heard someone say before she passed out again.