I know this took a little longer than my usual post date and I won't say RL sucks again. But you all know! Anyway this is the beginning of the end. I hope you enjoy the action. Thanks again to AuntR for pre reading and catching most of my mistakes. Any she didn't catch are all mine.

Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight. Only the original characters, locations and story plot are mine.

Chapter 11 – Saving the Day

Two Weeks Later

Jasper knew he was still being watched everywhere he went. It hadn't stopped him from searching for Carlisle. He knew he had to be somewhere inside Caius's fortress of a building which scared the hell out of Jasper. Every minute Carlisle was there was a minute closer to his death.

Strangely enough, Caius had welcomed Jasper back almost too easily. Standing by and watching as Carlisle was lead away handcuffed, his head held high and then listening to Caius praise him for going undercover to bring the Heretic back…hurt more than he ever thought it could. Carlisle nodding at him as he passed by as if to say "it's going to be alright", only made it worse.

He knew it was the right thing to do, to play along. Make it seem like he was back to tracking, that nothing had changed and he had done what they thought. But everything had changed, he had changed.

Victoria was furious. Hate spewed from her like raw sewage in an open pipe. Caius had cut her off and made Jasper the bright new shiny toy in his collection. It didn't seem to matter that Victoria and Maria had been the one to bring both Carlisle and Jasper back. Caius chose to believe Jasper was acting as a Tracker to fulfill his assignment.

Jasper didn't go back to his place. He knew it wasn't safe. He'd found empty buildings or apartments to catch a few hours of sleep but they had been few and far between. The only place he had found any peace was at Alice's old place.

The place was still a mess from the explosions when they had ran, what seemed like a life time ago. But the sofa was still usable and so was the kitchen stuff. Jasper swept all the debris in a corner and picked up the large pieces of wall plaster. It would do for now. He curled up on the couch with a bottle of something that burned as it slid down his throat. He'd grabbed something to eat but looking at it only made him sick. He missed Alice's stew and the other foods he'd gotten used to on the outside. He could almost smell Esme's apple pie.

Before he fell asleep, he had pushed a shelf in front of the door and with the boarded up windows, he let himself drift off and dream. Dreams of Edward and home filled his mind and brought some peace to his weariness.

Home it was such a little word and yet it meant so much. Flashes of Rose telling him what to do caused him to laugh aloud in his sleep. Emmett staring him down didn't even bother him in his dreams; he knew that Emmett only did this because he cared about Edward. Edward, Jasper called his name in his sleep.

The vision of Edward in his dreams was perfection. His green eyes so intense, so full of love and desire burned into Jasper's mind. Those were the eyes Jasper wanted to see. It was the body he wanted to hold. The lips he wanted to kiss. The man he wanted to lose himself in. Edward was everything.

A noise shattered Jasper's vision and startled him awake. He had no idea what time it was or if it were day or night. The noise came again. Jasper recognized someone was trying to push the door open. The shelf he'd placed there earlier was deterring the stranger's entry. A voice called out but it couldn't be who it sounded like.

"Jasper," a man's voice whispered. "Jasper, I know you are in there, please open the door."

Jasper stayed quiet deciding his best move. There was no other way out of the apartment so his best course of action was to pull the stranger in, get rid of him and move on quickly.

He moved the shelf just far enough to allow a body to barely squeeze through an opening in the door frame. A shoulder and arm pressed through, got stuck and struggled.

Jasper grabbed the arm, pulled the man through the opening and flung his body to the floor in one swift motion. The man hit the floor hard and laid there shaken by the quickness of the movements that had sent him to the ground. He eventually turned to face Jasper pushing the hair out of his eyes.

"FELIX!" Jasper exclaimed. "What the fuck?"

"Damn it Jasper! Why'd you have to be so rough and it's good to see you too," Felix said pushing himself to his feet.

Jasper stared for a moment then lunged at the other man gathering him in his arms. "I thought they'd killed you," he mumbled quietly.

They had fucked too many times to count but Jasper had never held him like this. It was so different, so warm, so caring; almost as if he meant something special to Jasper. For just one moment, Felix reveled in it because he knew it would be over before he wanted it to be.

"How did you escape? Carlisle was sure that once you went to the reassignment building you wouldn't come out. We believed that's where they harvest the blood," Jasper questioned Felix after releasing him.

"It is," another voice called from behind Jasper.

Jasper turned quickly, gun drawn. It had been a trap. Felix stopped him before he could pull the trigger.

"Jasper, NO!" he screamed jerking Jasper's gun hand. The gun went off. The bullet lodged in the door frame no more than an inch from the tall man's right ear.

"What the hell Felix? He's one of them," Jasper shouted then pulled abruptly away and stared at Felix.

Marcus quietly watched the exchange going on between the two men. He marveled at his son's reflexes and strength, wondering if he'd ever really get to know him.

Felix was in Jasper's face screaming, "I don't give a shit. He fucking saved me and he can help you save Cullen!"

Jasper stood back his eyes traveling between both men. Could he really trust either one of them? The answer was a sure, 'NO'. Could he get Carlisle out of there without help? The answer was a gut wrenching, 'no'. He had no choice.

"What do you want," Jasper turned fierce eyes on Marcus.

"I know Carlisle. He won't give them what they want," Marcus's face turned sad. "They'll kill him when they figure that out. Aro knows I changed the DNA on this year of fetus embryos. I've been in hiding since I rescued Felix. But when you brought Carlisle back, I had to do something."

Jasper still didn't trust Marcus but something inside pulled at him.

"He can get us in Jasper," Felix said.

"But it will take you to get him out," Marcus completed Felix's sentence.

"You didn't answer my question. What do you get out of this," Jasper questioned Marcus again. His voice was cold…deadly. Jasper could see Marcus visibly shiver. Good, he thought to himself.

"Hopefully, I get to live…someplace far away from Voltu," Marcus said, his voice shaking a little. "Someplace where I can grow old and die in peace and forget everything that every happened in this hell hole."

Jasper still didn't understand but the man was either an extremely good actor or he was telling the truth.

"So why did you save Felix," Jasper asked.

"Because he could lead me to you," Marcus said then added. "I didn't know you had left the city until after Felix was safe. Surely Carlisle has told you who you are? What you are meant to do?"

Jasper only nodded. He knew Marcus was referring to the Prophesy but he didn't know how much Felix knew about it. Why would Marcus want him to fulfill that or would he try to stop him?

"Alright, what did you have in mind," Jasper asked still not trusting either of them.

The next two days were filled with information. Marcus told them everything they needed to know about the lower levels of the government buildings and the secret passages between and through them. Neither jasper nor Felix had any idea it was so elaborate. He explained how Aro had devised a plan that would eventually lead to a civilization of human droids who took orders only from him. They would survive strictly on the blood that would be harvested from lower class humans bred to be workers and blood donors. Of course sperm and eggs would be harvested also that they could continue to breed the worker class.

Marcus and Carlisle had developed a way to change the DNA makeup of the lab created embryos to take the change of disease out which in turn made the lab created humans stronger, healthier. Aro had discovered on his own how to shift the DNA to remove feelings and emotions and instill the desire to please their maker thus creating a human droid.

"Maria," Jasper whispered. "She's a genetically engineered human. Not one of the actual droids created for sex?"

"Maria is a perfect example of a human droid. The sex droids are computerized beings made to appear human but not human at all. The worst examples by far, though are Jane and Alec. Aro's children have no human emotions or morals at all and they answer only to Aro."

"They will have to be taken out for us to get to Carlisle," Felix added. "I've been watching them. They never leave the complex and they are never alone, always together."

"Can they be taken out," Jasper asked Marcus.

"Oh yes! It will come as quite a surprise to them that they can die but a well-placed shot will affect them just the same as you or I," Marcus chuckled. "Transfusions don't make us invulnerable like a vampire from the old stories."

"A what," Felix and Jasper asked at the same time.

"Never mind, if you make it out of this alive, you can ask Carlisle," Marcus said turning to leave.

"I'll meet you both at Riley's place tonight at midnight," Marcus said slipping through the door and he was gone.

"Did you notice, he said, you meaning the two of us, not we as in all three of us," Felix said stretching out on the sofa next to Jasper. "What do you think he meant by that?"

"He doesn't think he'll survive. The Prophesy says he won't," Jasper said throwing his head back and closing his eyes.

"What the hell does the Prophesy have to do with all this," Felix asked reaching to touch Jasper's forehead. He ran his fingers gently across Jaspers temple, tracing the stress lines.

"Ah…Felix, please stop," Jasper said quietly.

"Sorry," Felix said withdrawing his hand quickly.

"It's just that…I've met someone. Someone special," Jasper said a small smile curling at his lips when he thought of Edward.

"Must be, I heard you last night calling his name in your sleep," Felix answered. "So you've accepted the emotions, too?"

"I don't know that I've accepted them but I'm dealing," Jasper answered his eyes till closed. "Some of it is nice. Like the way he makes me feel. Some of it is shit. Like being anxious or feeling…fear. I hate that one."

"Yes, that one sucks, but damn the sex is better when you feel, right", Felix chuckled then noticed Jasper hadn't spoken.

"Right?" Felix questioned again.

"Wait! You haven't fucked him yet," Felix looked at Jasper and laughed out loud. "Jasper, the Kind of the Fuck, hasn't done the deed with this new guy?"

"You asshole shut the fuck up," Jasper said punching Felix's arm. "This is…different. He's different. It means more. Oh, hell, why am I explaining this to you," Jasper stood and went to grab a beer from their stash in the kitchen.

"Sorry," Felix said walking into the kitchen. Jasper just shrugged his shoulders.

"Go on and get some sleep. I'll take the first watch," Jasper said then added, "I'll wake you in four hours then it's my turn."

Jasper slumped into a chair at Alice's small table. He wanted this over with. He wanted to go home. He wanted to sleep in his own bed or Edward's holding the man all night long. He wanted the rest of it too; the kisses, the embraces, the sweetness of making love to Edward the very first time and every time after. For the first time in his life, Jasper wanted to be loved too. He knew without a doubt it would be good with Edward, different that just another fuck. It didn't take Felix's words to make him realize that. It was in the way Edward touched him, looked at him. It made all the difference. It was love.

Jasper felt Felix shove his shoulders, "Wake up sleepyhead. We gotta go."

"What?" Jasper said staring ahead.

"You fell asleep. No biggie. I woke up and saw you so I just let you sleep but we got to go soon," Felix added stuffing something in his mouth and chewing.

"Marcus said to meet him at midnight. We've got twenty minutes to get there, so let's go," Felix said throwing Jasper's long leather coat at him.

Jasper hadn't been to Riley's since he'd been back in Voltu, too many memories. It was full tonight. There was a new guy behind the bar, where Riley used to be. Something about the guy seemed familiar but Jasper couldn't see him clearly. The lighting was dim in the bar and the guy had his dark hair hanging in his face and his back to Jasper.

Marcus was late. Jasper had a bad feeling and even Felix seemed edgy. Something was wrong. Finally at a little before two in the morning, Marcus walked slowly into the bar.

"Where the hell have you been," Jasper stated angrily. The drone of voices and music inside the bar was deafening.

"Maria and Victoria had been trailing me since I left you two. I had to try and lose them," Marcus answered his hand shaking as he took the beer Felix offered him.

"The question is 'did you lose them'," Felix asked.

"They stopped following me about two hours ago," he answered.

"So why the hell are you so late getting here," Jasper asked becoming annoyed with Marcus.

"I followed them," Marcus said his eyes loosing focus and the color of his skin growing paler. "They moved Carlisle," his voice sounded as dejected as he looked.

"Where," Felix asked afraid that he already knew the answer.

Marcus looked at both men with such sadness in his eyes; it gripped Jasper's heart in a vice like grip.

"Reassignment Building, Jane and Alec were waiting for him," Marcus dropped his eyes.

"HELL, NO!" Jasper shouted, startling everyone around him, including the mystery guy behind the bar.

"Wait!" Felix grabbed Jasper's arm. "You got me out. Can't we use the same path in, you brought me out by?" he said to Marcus.

Marcus moved his head but was slow to speak.

"It's a trap," his voice sounded broken. "They know we will come after him now and they know there are only three of us. They will be waiting," he was a defeated man and it showed.

Jasper thought for a long time. He refused to allow Carlisle to die now and he refused to give in. There had to be a way. He would not run and leave Edward's father behind.

"What if," Felix began, he had been thinking also, "Marcus and I go in through the front and Jasper comes in by the passage way. They won't expect us to split up with it being only the three of us."

"Make that seven of us," Emmett's deep voice resonated through Jasper's brain.

"Emmett," Jasper questioned as he turned to face the big man with a huge smile on his face.

Over Emmett's shoulder, Jasper saw Riley, Alice and Rose. He walked past Emmett and grabbed his sister and held her tightly.

"I thought I'd never see you again," he whispered in her ear.

"No way in hell was that going to happen," she answered hugging him just as tightly as he had her.

Marcus watched the two of them and couldn't help the wash of pride he felt come over him. They cared for each other. It was more than he had ever hoped for them.

Jasper looked over their faces one by one but there was one important face missing. His heart sank. Where was Edward? Had something happened on the road after he left him and Jacob? But he had been awake; he was okay when Jasper left. Turning to Alice, her face caught him off guard.

"He and Jacob came into camp a day after you were taken back to the city. They rested a day and then headed for Voltu without letting us know. We haven't heard from them since," Alice answered his unspoken thoughts. A single tear danced in one of her eyes.

"One of them sent back a message a week ago that Carlisle had been moved from building to building being interrogated and that we needed to get here as quick as possible," Riley stated.

"Are you sure the message came from them," Marcus spoke up drawing everyone's attention to him.

"No, we just assumed it was Edward or Jacob," Riley answered.

"It could still be a trap," Marcus reminded Jasper.

"SO! What's the plan? The numbers look better now," Emmett said slapping Jasper's back with a loud pop.

The plan was relatively simple. Jasper would pretend to be bringing Marcus in and the others would follow Felix through the secret tunnels. They would meet up once everyone was inside. First order of business – Get to Carlisle and free him. Second order of business – Get everyone out alive. Third order of business – Do whatever it takes to make numbers one and two happen.

Jasper and Marcus entered the security doors at the front of the Reassignment Building. They'd given the others a fifteen minute head start. There were no guards on duty at three thirty in the morning but there should have been. Marcus knew his way to the holding cells on the floor below the first level so they made their way quickly and quietly.

Since the transfusions were useless, they had stopped taking people for reassignment a week ago. Most of the cells in the lock down floor were empty. They found Carlisle's cell at the end of the second corridor. It was too easy and they both knew it.

Marcus punched in a code on the wall monitor and the door slid open. Carlisle lay on a cot in the corner of the tiny room. His body wrapped up in a tight ball. He'd lost weight and the bruises on his exposed skin caused Jasper to growl. He'd been beaten badly at some point. He looked weak but his eyes grew huge as soon as he opened them to stare at Jasper and Marcus. When recognition hit, he tried to sit and shout for them to stay back. It was too late.

Jasper felt the sting of the dart as it entered his neck. He watched Marcus drop to the floor as if the whole thing were happening in slow motion. Marcus hit the floor beside Jasper just before he lost consciousness. The last thing he heard was a woman's laughter.

Waking up Jasper could hear voices all around him. He was not in Carlisle's small cell anymore. Though his head felt like someone had blown it off and scooped out his brains, he could tell he wasn't bound which surprised him. He kept his eyes closed until his head stopped spinning so he could listen to the voices around him.

Caius was busy spouting some shit and there was the sound of Maria's laughter as well as Victoria's. He didn't recognize the one man's voice but assumed it was Aro because he was calling Marcus his brother. Every once in awhile, he was sure he heard Carlisle's weak voice, too.

A sharp slap to his face caused his eyes to flash open and his body to tense for attack. He sat up so quickly, it made his head dizzy again. A small blond girl stood in front of him with her hand drawn back as if to hit him again. Jasper grasped her hand to stop her. Her strength matched his. The smile she gave him was made more evil by the small girl like look of her face. Jasper shuttered and her smile grew. She yanked her hand from is grasp and turned her back on him.

He felt without moving his hands and he could tell that he had been searched. The gun he carried in his belt at waist against his back had been taken but a smaller revolver in the folds of his coat still felt heavy in its hidden pocket. He smiled inwardly.

"Jasper, thank for joining us. Maria do apologize now," Caius stated.

"Sorry. I was aiming for Marcus and I missed the first time," Maria said though it was clear to everyone and especially to Jasper, that it wasn't a mistake.

"Sure, shit happens," He said through gritted teeth.

Aro entered the room with Demetri, several trackers Jasper recognized and two guards in uniforms and masks at his flank.

"I see everyone is here," Aro stated rubbing his hands together. "Let us begin."

"Carlisle, I'm terribly sorry that it had to come to this but really my old friend you've tied my hands by refusing to help us," Aro said stepping in front of Carlisle.

"And you brother…well you are the greatest disappointment of all. How could you turn your back on us this way," the man looked hurt but no one believed it.

"I'm afraid this isn't going to stop us and it only seems fitting that both of you go to your graves knowing you've failed," Aro smiled and chuckled.

"Oh and Carlisle," Aro's face morphed into one of pure disgust. "You little outside world won't exist much longer either. As soon as Jane and Alec have finished preparing my new army, we'll turn them loose on the villages and towns outside. Problem solved."

Carlisle's shout of "NO" was the first time Jasper had seen him react or speak since finding him. Jasper knew how Carlisle felt; he wasn't going to let that happen, not while he still breathed. He had to do something to get more information from Aro about this 'army'.

"An army like those two goons," Jasper asked pointing toward the two men in masks. "Maybe I would like to be a part of that."

"Jasper, of course, you can be a part of it. I was planning on you being a general, training and leading the army. They aren't ready yet but soon…very soon," Caius spoke quickly.

"How many are we talking about," Jasper asked as if it mattered little and that he was excited.

"So far, there are about one hundred fifty," Jane answered watching Jasper closely.

"Damn! How can you keep that many hidden," Jasper asked surprised.

Caius came to stand next to Jasper and played with the sleeve of his coat. His eyes had a wild look in them. "They're sleeping below. Waiting for Jane and Alec to bring them to life," he said maniacally. Jasper realized in that moment that Caius was totally insane.

"Enough brother," Aro said. "We'll explain more after we've taken care of the present situation," he pointed to Marcus and Carlisle as he spoke.

A door at the far side of the room exploded and everything happened at once. Emmett and Felix were the first ones through the smoke and debris flying through the opening. Guns were drawn and the rapid ping of bullet's ricocheting bounced around the room.

Jasper saw the two guards in masks step around Aro and turn their guns on his friends. He pulled his own gun from the deep pocket in his coat, spread his feet wide and aimed. Carlisle hit him hard from out of nowhere taking them both to the floor.

Stunned Jasper quickly turned on Carlisle.

"Carlisle, what the hell is wrong with you," Jasper screamed struggling to get to his feet.

Carlisle had clearly used every last ounce of his strength and could only point in the direction of the two guards. Both men had discarded their masks and their faces were clear to be seen. Edward and Jacob were racing toward their friends and a battle was going on.

"Oh God, Carlisle, I would have killed him," Jasper said grabbing the older man under his arms and dragging him at a corner out of the way. "Will you be okay here?" Jasper asked. Carlisle only needed his okay and tried to smile reassuringly at Jasper.

Jasper turned to watch the scene play out before him. Jacob had Maria pressed to the floor with his knee in her back. He was screaming at her about Paul. Riley was wrestling Alec trying to keep him from firing the gun in his hand. Jane had Rose around the neck but Alice was coming up behind her ready to pull her off Rose.

Marcus and Aro were fighting with their fists in a corner by the front entrance. Clearly Aro had been trying to escape and Marcus wasn't going to let him.

Emmett and Felix were taking on Demetri and the other trackers. It wasn't much of a fair fight with Emmett leading the way.

Jasper wasn't in shock; he just didn't know who to help first. A sudden scream and gunshot grabbed his attention. Across the room, Jasper could see Caius and he was standing over Edward's body stretched out on the floor. A small pool of blood was spreading under his right shoulder.

A wail of such intensity escaped Jasper that nearly everyone in the room turned to look at him. He rushed across the floor grabbed Caius and snapped his neck in one swift motion. Jasper dropped the lifeless body to the floor.

Kneeling beside Edward, Jasper gently lifted his body into his arms, holding him close. The slow but steady rhythm of Edward's breath reassured Jasper that he was still alive. The cold barrel of a gun rubbed Jasper's temple causing him to turn toward the person holding it.

Victoria sneered down at Jasper. She motioned for him to stand so he carefully laid Edward back down on the ground.

"You killed the wrong person, Jasper. I shot pretty boy not Caius," she smiled. "I was surprised to see him after leaving him on the road. I guess he thought he was coming to save you. What a joke?"

Marcus had Aro Down but the sight of Victoria pointing a gun at Jasper's head had him seeing red. At the same instant, Alice placed a single shot straight into Jane's heart through her back and she hit the floor releasing Rose. Rose immediately saw Jasper's predicament and went to his aid. Marcus rushed across the room planning on knocking Victoria away from Jasper. Rose pulled the trigger on her gun hoping to stop Victoria before she could harm her brother. Jasper watched as Marcus slammed into Victoria and took Rose's bullet in his back. His body jerked with the force of the shot and took Victoria to the floor with him.

More gunfire erupted in the room leaving bodies in heaps. Victoria crawled out from under the dead weight of Marcus's body with her gun blasting. Screaming like a banshee she aimed at Jasper again and the scream froze in her throat. A tiny trickle of blood oozed down her brow from the small hole in her forehead; a surprised and stunned look on her face. Behind him Jasper heard Edward's weak voice.

"Go to hell and don't come back, bitch," Edward's breath was strained as he fell into Jasper's arms. "I love you," he whispered into Jasper's ear just before he blacked out again.

Jasper still in shock from what Edward had said as much as what he'd done carried him and set him down by his father. Though both men were weak, Jasper was sure they would make it.

Alice and Rose looked okay but both were in shock as well as they looked over Marcus's body on the floor. Jacob was leaning on Felix. He was bleeding from a wound in his left leg, probably from a bullet.

"Thanks," Jacob said smiling at Felix. "I'm…Jacob."

"Yea, I know. You did a great job in here tonight. That was really cool how you two disguised yourselves as Aro's guards," Felix said blushing slightly under Jacob's gaze.

"We've been in the city for a little over a week. It took some time to figure out but it was worth it in the end. I'm just glad Emmett and the rest of Edward's friends got our message and made it in time," Jacob answered.

"Jasper," Carlisle called to him. "We need to get those injured out of here. Where are Emmett and Riley?"

Another gun shot rang out from below the floor they were on, then several more.

Jasper made to run to the door leading to the floors below but Emmett and Riley appeared before he got to it. Each of them seemed to be bleeding in different parts of their bodies. Rose and Alice rushed to their sides.

"It's just a couple of flesh wounds, Rose. No need to be upset. But we can't stop now, we've got less than two minutes to clear the building," Emmett said grabbing Rose by the hand and heading for the main entrance. The nick on his forehead was still dripping blood but that didn't stop him from picking Edward up gently and laying him over his shoulder. He was mindful of the wound on Edward's shoulder but determined to get him out. He barked orders as he went, "Jasper help Carlisle. Felix help get Jacob out. Rose, help Alice with Riley, he's got a hole in his leg like Jacob."

Once up on his weak legs Carlisle looked to where Marcus still lay. Looking at Jasper he said, "I'm sorry you didn't have time to really get to know him. He was a good man and he was your…".

"Come on! There's less than a minute left," Emmett shouted and Carlisle didn't get to finish his sentence.

Outside and moving as quickly as they could from the Reassignment Building; the sudden explosion shook the ground under their feet. Jacob stumbled but Felix caught him. Riley fell but Alice and Rose helped him up and got him moving again. Edward groaned on Emmett's shoulder then moaned out loud.

"God damn it Emmett! Put me down. I can walk," Edward complained. "My legs are okay, it's my shoulder that's shot."

Emmett set Edward down but watched him carefully. He struggled a little but got his legs under him. Staring at his father and Jasper, Edward smiled.

"Want to trade," he asked playfully. So Emmett hefted Carlisle into his arms laughing while Jasper wrapped a hand around Edward's waist taking his weight willingly.

Everyone walked on for a while in silence. Each lost in their own thoughts until Jasper cursed loudly.

"Shit! Wait! What happened to Aro? I missed him after Edward shot Victoria," Jasper asked the rest of the group.

Emmett laughed loudly. All eyes turning to look at him.

"Let's just say, he was with his army when the building came down," Emmett answered flatly.

AN: Sadly this is the next to last chapter. The last chapter will tie up the story for all the characters and there WILL BE some lemony goodness for several of our couples! How many of you were surprised to see Felix back and what do you think of him and Jacob together? Let me know how you liked it or even if you were disappointed in it, let me know that too. Thanks for reading.