Chapter 21

Jasper

If only Bella understood what she was doing to me, I had never felt this close to losing control with a woman before and it scared me. I was almost relieved when the plane set down and we walked with Em and a grinning Rose to collect our bags. I scanned arrivals but there was no sign of Peter so we walked out expecting to see him waiting and sure enough there he was, in a Tow Away Zone sweet talking the Airport Security Guard who just happened to be female, and shook my head as she walked away with a smile for him. He waved us over and grabbing the bags threw them in the trunk before turning to look at Bella properly. I could feel she was nervous, but not as nervous as me, Peter was a loose cannon and you never knew what he was going to say. His face broke out in a smile,

"Well hello Bella, you're an improvement on the Cullen bitch"

I groaned but Bella just giggled

"Well thank you. I'll take that as a compliment, and you're slightly better than Edward Cullen"

He laughed,

"You and I are going to be great pals"

He put his arm around her and kissed her cheek,

"Just watch The Major, he can be a bit of an animal"

It was getting worse!

"I do hope so Peter."

I looked at her stunned, but she just smiled and climbed into the back of the car. Bella was going to hold her own with Peter and that was a relief.

Peter

Emmett and Rose got in the front with me while The Major joined Bella in the back. I turned to them,

"No necking, no kissing, no steamy sex, the car is rented and I'm not cleaning it before I take it back"

I closed my eyes ignoring him but Bella hadn't realized that answering him only encouraged him further.

"We'll be careful not to make a mess Peter but you can always tell the hire people that you picked up a member of the cabin crew"

He laughed out loud and drove away from the airport.

"I got a small rental apartment close to the border. They run the drugs once a month using mules most of the time, a couple of respectable married women who do it for the fun, the excitement. One has Diplomatic Immunity so it's a piece of cake"

"When are they due to deliver next?"

"About a week maybe two Major. They come across and go shopping in San Diego then stop off in a high-class Restaurant and deliver the drugs to a female in the Rest Rooms. A go between meets her at a Nightclub later and takes delivery then. He meets up with the major players later and they cut and distribute the drugs to the street dealers. Security is pretty good and they have a couple of the Drug Squad in their pocket so no raids, no busts."

"You seem to know a lot"

"Hey Major I don't hang around, anyway I've been watching this particular crew for some time, it's about time they were stopped, a lot of college kids and fresh-faced Naval Ratings are getting caught up by them."

"Where's Charlotte?"

"She's keeping watch on Dee Dee, that's the one with Diplomatic Immunity, wife of the Colombian Attache. As soon as she moves Char will let us know, you do realize we're awful close to Maria's hunting grounds here? So far there hasn't been any sign of her but she could raid the border any time. Her soldiers still harry the Mexican border towns from time to time."

"Well hopefully we'll be in and out before she knows we're around."

Bella

I'd been listening to the conversation, Peter had a lot of information and I realized they were close to finishing the job already. I would finally be free of the danger from Jacksons son and his soldiers. I wondered what it would feel like to be in the clear again. To be able to live a normal life, would I contact Renee and Phil? Could I finish my College Degree? Would the Cullens disappear from my life again? I squeezed Jasper's hand in fear and his eyes flickered to me,

"You OK Bella? You won't be in any danger I promise."

"I wasn't thinking about that"

"Then what were you scared of?"

"Life after"

"Oh, well I guess you'd better decide what you want to do. Let us know and we'll help you"

He kissed my cheek then turned back to Peter.

"Do we have a plan of action?"

"Hey, I'm just a Foot Soldier and Intelligence Gatherer, you're the brains of the outfit. It's your turn to use the little grey cells Major"

Jasper

When we got to our base Rose took Bella food shopping while I looked at the map Peter had marked with the various locations involved. He pointed out possible ambush sites but I wanted more.

"If we take them out we still have a problem."

"What?"

"There's a mole in the DEA and as long as he or she goes undetected Bella is still in danger."

"I thought it was the Son who threatened her and her Father?"

"It was, but Bella knows there's a mole and whoever it is won't leave her to talk about it, her experiences."

"Why doesn't she go in now and tell them?"

"Who does she tell Peter? When she doesn't know who the mole is?"

"Ah, point taken. How about we take the lot out, they can start again then".

"Let's try not to start a mass slaughter of innocents Peter. We need to capture the Son and find out who the mole is. Then we can deal with him or her"

"Kind of 'Pretty please who's your mole? Tell us before we cut your balls off.'"

"Something like that Peter. Where does the Son live?"

"Heavily fortified compound near the Mexican border with a shit load of armed soldiers."

"So nothing to worry us then?"

"Semi automatic rifles, a minefield, huge pack of monster dogs...no, not really. There is one problem though, he's only there for a week at a time. Other than that he seems to disappear and I haven't been able to trace him once he leaves the compound"

"How come?"

"He doesn't use any of the exits I've been able to discover and I've tried to be circumspect, didn't want to warn him. I have a feeling he crosses the border via a tunnel then leaves in a Private Plane. There are a few Private Airstrips close to the border there."

"Then we take him in the sky. It's probably the best approach in any case. He won't be heavily armed and once airborne he'll be more relaxed"

"We going to shoot him down?"

"No, we want him alive remember"

"Shit. I was hoping for a big bang."

"Once we have the information we want you can create as big a bang as you like"

Peter smiled and nodded

"Great!"

Bella

When we got back Peter was rolling up the map they had been studying.

"Plans all made?"

"Too fucking right. All we need now is the green light from Charlotte and that should come any day now. Hey Bella can I ask you something?"

I nodded hoping I hadn't just let myself in for some personal questions,

"How did you get involved with these scum bags in the first place? A small town Cop and his Daughter?"

"Charlie stumbled on some information at a small drug bust. Information about the bigger fish and he took it to the DEA. Next thing he knew we were targets, they tried to gas us in the house and I was almost snatched from my truck but a Police Cruiser turned up in time. Then we got the threatening letters and a letter bomb which failed to explode. The DEA decided we needed protection and the accident was staged, Charlie and I were whisked out of the country to France and the chase began. We never got more than one step ahead of them because someone was feeding them information about our whereabouts. Then Charlie got sick, he thought I didn't know for a long time. He couldn't get treatment because it would mean we couldn't keep moving so he just soldiered on with the pain killers, trying to keep me safe. When I got the message from Jasper and the others I could hardly believe it."

"And now you're in league with the blood suckers and Charlie's dead!"

"Yes I guess so."

"What is it you want out of all this?"

"To be safe, revenge for Charlie who only tried to do the right thing."

He nodded,

"Good answers. I like you, Char will too and you are certainly good for The Major, he's like a different person."

I smiled wearily,

"Lets hope you feel the same way when you get the bad guys. I understand they are pretty evil"

"So are we, and no one outsmarts Major and Captain Whitlock."

"Captain?"

He tapped his chest,

"The Majors Right Hand Man"