Chapter 11: The Ultimate Fear
Two days later, Alice and Bella had decided to go to Port Angeles for the day, well Alice dragged Bella to Port Angeles for the day. It seemed like another quiet day in the Cullen home, except something felt a bit off for everyone, but they weren't quite sure why.
When evening fell, Edward was starting to call Bella's cell phone. "I'm sure she's fine Eddie," Emmett insisted, wrapping his arm around Rosalie.
"When is it like Bella to not pick up her phone?" Edward pointed out.
Jasper moved his fingers through his hair. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his new cell phone and started calling Alice's phone. "Hey you've reached Alice, I'm not here right now I'm probably out shopping! Leave me your name, number, and brief message and I'll get back to you ASAP," her voicemail played. Jasper closed the phone and tried once again.
After an hour of trying, both vampires were beginning to worry. "Maybe we should…" Jasper stared before a wave of pain rushed through him. He nearly collapsed to the floor from the intensity of the pain. Emmett grabbed Jasper before he hit the ground.
"Jazz what's up?" he asked.
"Pain…someone's in pain, and fear," he replied wincing.
Before they could ask what was going on, there was rapid banging on the door. "Edward!" Bella called out. Running over to the front of the house, Edward opened the door and a bruised and bloodied Bella collapsed into his arms.
"Emmett get Jasper out of here!" Edward called as he lifted Bella up into his arms.
"Ow, ow, ow," she sobbed in pain.
"Sorry, sorry," Edward said quietly.
Carrying Bella into the living room, he looked up when Carlisle ran down the stairs. "What happened?" he asked as he knelt down beside the beaten girl. Not caring about the smell of Bella's blood, Jasper looked toward the girl.
"Where's Alice?" he asked.
Bella let out a small sob as Carlisle checked over her injuries. "Two of her ribs are broken," Carlisle informed.
"Bella, where's Alice?" Jasper asked.
"She's gone," Bella replied tearfully.
"Gone? What do you mean gone? Bella what happened?" Jasper demanded.
Bella gripped Edward's hand. "Who did this love?" Edward asked, kissing her forehead.
"They are here for you," Bella told Jasper.
Jasper stared at the human when it hit him. "No…they're here…they found me," he said quietly.
"Jasper what's going on?" Carlisle asked.
Jasper ran out of the house without answering anyone. "JASPER!" Carlisle shouted.
Jasper ran through the forest as fast as he could. "MARIA!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. Doing everything he could to bypass everything in the forest to keep his speed up when he came to a stop when he caught a familiar scent. Stopping, Jasper turned around. "MARIA! LET THE GIRL GO!" he shouted.
"Well, looks like your tracking skills are good my one time friend," Maria commented.
Turning around, Jasper saw his old coven leader walking down the hill with an evil cackle. "I hope your friends weren't too upset how badly I had the other girl beaten up, but she was getting in the way," she commented.
"How could you she had nothing to do with this!" Jasper exclaimed.
"Just be happy I didn't let my guards drink her blood," she answered nonchalantly.
"Where is Alice?" Jasper demanded.
"Whatever happened to proper manners Jasper? No hello? No how are you?" Maria asked.
"WHERE?!" Jasper shouted.
Maria sighed with a bored expression on her face. "Fredrick, Emilio," she called clapping her hands twice. Jasper spun around when he saw two vampires walk out, dragging Alice with them. Unlike Bella, Alice was unharmed.
"Alice!" he exclaimed hurrying over to her.
He placed his hands on her face. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Bella what about Bella?" she asked tearfully.
"She's fine, Carlisle's taking care of her…" Jasper started when Emilio let Alice go and started dragging Jasper backwards from her.
"Jasper, you have good taste in humans," Fredrick commented.
He dragged his finger along Alice's neck. Jasper felt the venom pooling in his mouth and his fangs began to protrude from his mouth when he saw the vampire threatening Alice's life. Fredrick grinned as he continued touching Alice's neck while moving his hand even lower. "Do you mind if I just have a taste?" he sneered.
"Don't you touch her! Get away from her!" he snapped.
Hissing, Jasper grabbed Emilio's arm, swinging him onto his back. Fredrick ran at him and Jasper was suddenly fighting two vampires at once. He hissed as he dodged Emilio's bite. Grabbing Fredrick's arm, he swung the vampire onto his back, pressing his foot against the vampire's throat while he grabbed a hold of Emilio. He shoved the vampire down to his knees and gripped his head, getting ready to break his head off. "STOP!" Maria shouted. Looking up, Jasper felt his world fall apart when he saw Maria holding onto Alice with her fangs showing. "You know I'll do it," she hissed as she forced Alice's head to the side.
"No please don't!" Jasper exclaimed as he let both vampires go.
The two vampires grabbed a hold of Jasper's arms, shoving him to his knees. "Maria have mercy on the girl, she has nothing to do with this," he insisted.
"Mercy? Why should I have mercy?" she asked.
A grin appeared on the vampire's face as she looked between the two of them. "Of course, just as Fredrick said. She is your human mate," she sneered.
"Maria, I beg you, please don't hurt her," he insisted.
"Now how can I punish you for your disloyalty to the coven?" she asked.
She grinned evilly, her eyes shining. "Come we all will return home," she informed. Fredrick and Emilio lifted Jasper up from the ground. "Take the girl," Maria ordered shoving her over to Emilio. Emilio lifted the girl onto his back and they all disappeared into the forest.
What they didn't know was in the trees, Rosalie had seen everything. Jumping down from the tree, she spun around and ran back towards the Cullen home.
