Chapter 12 – destruction – EPOV

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Maria was smirking at us, I could see she wasn't expecting this but she was quickly prepared when the breeze blow our scent to her.

She began to walk toward Jasper, he didn't move from her but Alice bent into a crouch. She moved the hair from Jasper's eyes and swept her hand across his lips. Alice hissed, spraying the venom from her mouth and Maria's laugh pierced through the woods.

Maria stepped to the side and became stood in front of Alice. She grabbed Alice by the throat forcing her to stand up and moving her head from side to side, taking in her features carefully. Jasper let out a ripping snarl this time, Maria's head whipped round to look at him again.

"Take your hands off of her!" Jasper said, taking her wrist in a firm grip. Maria released her grip on Alice and Jasper threw Maria's arm away from him.

"I'm disappointed in you Jasper, I didn't expect this." Maria said spitting at Alice.

She walked to me next; I wasn't sure how to react. She smiled at me but then remembered Bella. I was confused, until I could feel what she felt, I could see the memories of her watching me with Bella, she couldn't understand why I would spent so much time with a human child. I looked at her, she had a concerned face but I could see it annoyed her.

"She has changed my life, my purpose is to protect her." I explained.

But I love you! You're supposed to want me! Not some disgusting human! She wasn't going to talk aloud which made it awkward.

"But I don't, I need to help Bella. She needs me more than you. You enjoy travelling alone." I was trying my hardest not to get angry and using information that Jasper had been giving me.

"Arrrrgh!" She screamed, Pushing a tree and making it collapse.

Maria was fuming, she couldn't handle it anymore and Jasper's mood control wasn't helping the situation. She ran at Alice, tackling her to the ground and going straight for her neck. Carlisle got her by the neck just in time and flung her against a tree.

She charged at Jasper who wrestled her down securing her there.

"Maria, why are you doing this?!" He asked her firmly.

"I love him, Jaz." He shivered; disgusted by the way she used his nick-name.

"You don't love him!" He shouted. Her eyes turned from angry to fuming.

"Yes I do! How dare you say that." She managed to free one of her hands and slapped him.

She wriggled out of his hold and sprinted to me, forcing me to kiss her.

"What about Paul?!" Jasper called. She broke off from the kiss to listen.

She pictured a dark haired vampire with dark skin, he was sitting next to a lake with her. Next she pictured a roaring fire with thick purple smoke. I was shocked and she looked at me with as much love as she could fake.

"And Fraser?" Jasper said. Again she pictured more red flames but a different male this time. We waited for her to speak, but even in her head she couldn't put the words together.

"Or maybe Peter?" Jasper shouted when she was about to start talking. This time I saw her ripping the limbs off of a blonde man, his large crimson eyes were pleading her to stop.

"Enough!" she screamed.

Jasper walked over to us grabbing her by the back of the neck. He threw her to the ground,

"They aren't your loves, they're your hobby." He spat. "You use them just like you used me!"

She quickly scrambled to her feet, "I always loved you Jasper," she spoke carefully, using her voice as a lullaby. "But you have Alice now, why can't I have someone to love?" she pleaded with child-like eyes.

"Don't even dare." He shouted. Jasper lunged for her but she dodged his missile-like arms and bit his shoulder, leaving him armless. She darted from the scene and Alice moved quickly after her, Carlisle hurried to Jasper's side and I joined Alice in the chase after Maria. I caught up to Alice quickly but it could be impossible to find Maria, she had used her gift to distribute her scent everywhere. We were engulfed in her scent and I couldn't hear the buzz of her thoughts which means she had gotten quite far.

"Alice, we can't let her get any further! I need to protect Bella."

"She's not going anywhere!" Alice replied stopping dead in her tracks, it took me half a second to realise and go back but I still caught he whole vision.

Maria had decided still to go to the volturi but was taking a detour. We had half an hour to beat her there so we phoned Carlisle; Jasper was almost mended so Alice and I started without them.

We made it there in 20 minutes and Carlisle and Jasper in 27, 3 minutes to spare, just enough time to decide that we should just end her completely. It wasn't going to be pretty and we knew she'd put up a good fight but we have to hope Aro doesn't send someone about the commotion. All I had to think was that I was doing this for Bella, I pictured her perfect little face smiling up at me and then Alice's vision of Maria going to the volturi and it was enough to anger me.

Alice predicted another 20 seconds so we lined up in the shadow of the trees to wait for her to pass through the town, doubting that she would know we were here.

20 seconds passed, then 30. I was getting restless and Alice wasn't seeing anything else.

"Who are you waiting for?" her velvet voice asked from behind.

We all turned at the same time to be met by Jane, Alec and Demetri. I was reading Jane's mind, someone had come to Aro to tell him that Carlisle was nearby with his family.

"Aro sent us straight away to get you all, he will be thrilled to see you," She said to us all. "But if you have business here then please carry on, but do drop in when you're finished.

"Of course Jane," Carlisle answered, "we will be delighted to come but we do have some business to take care of so do tell Aro we won't be long." He smiled at her.

They turned to leave and as if on cue Maria walked up to us.

"Hello." She said with an innocent smile. Jane, Alec and Demetri turned back around. Maria had not met them yet and so had devised a plan to impress them and turn us in but I was way ahead of her.

"State you name child." Demetri demanded.

"Maria, sir." She curtsied.

Jane looked at me and raised her eyebrow. 'Do you know her? What is her purpose here' Jane asked.

"Yes she has come to turn herself in, although we did want to finish this one off ourselves." I gave Jane an evil smile. Maria was furious and was spoke to defend herself.

"Quiet!" Jane shouted. Maria fell to the floor, Writhing in pain. "Turn herself in for what?!"

"She created the new-born army in Texas, 1861." Jasper spoke this time. "She created me, kept me hostage to train them, to conquer the other armies."

Jane didn't need to hear anymore and used her gift to make Maria suffer more, then ordered Demetri to finish her.

"Wait, please. Wait. Just let me talk." Maria pleaded with them.

"Did you do it?!" Jane asked.

"Yes but.." Maria tried to explain her real reason here.

"Then we don't give second chances." She looked at Demetri and nodded, her and Alec turned and left. "Will you join us Carlisle?"

"Yes Jane, come on." He ordered us to follow Jane back to Aro.