Chapter Twenty One

Peter

The Doctor had proved easy to find, the prick came out into the Car Park alone swinging his briefcase and I looked at The Major who shook his head indicating I should stay put, he got all the fucking fun! After a very short conversation, well I guess it was very one sided too as The Major had his hand round the Doctors throat the whole time. I saw the guy fly through the air to crash onto the hood of his very expensive Sports Car. He tried to push himself up and I groaned,

"Bad fucking move."

The Major was on him in a second and the guy went flying again, this time he hit the brick wall head first with a wet thump and dropped boneless to the ground. I watched but he didn't move again and from the angle of his head I guessed he'd broken his neck. He really should have been more careful where he walked!

I waited for The Major to saunter over

"I think he got the fucking message. Shame he wont learn by it"

I got an icy glare, and shrugging followed him back to our truck for the drive back to the house.

"Do you think there'll be any problem over his death?"

"It might raise a few eyebrows but I don't think it will cause any problems for us"

"Do you think they might link it with Bella's escape?"

"I don't"

"You don't think it will?"

"I don't think about it Peter so shut up and drive"

"Whoa, tetchy! You need to get laid Major"

"You'll get laid out if you don't shut up."

I knew when to keep quiet, didn't mean I always did it, but just this once...

Jasper

The Doctor had tried to defend his position, he even denied the allegation of touching female patients and that got me mad. Peter didn't get it wrong and he didn't lie. The Doctor might have got away with a few broken bones and bruises but getting up and threatening me was a really bad move on his part, a terminally bad move. On the drive back I thought about Bella and how to explain who I was and why I was here. How to tell her without sounding like a lunatic. Then I thought about her father, I'd sent him a note telling him that Bella was safe and I hoped it might ease his worry.. Once we helped her get the shit out of her system and get her head in the right place she would be fine, never good probably, too much damage done, but good enough to live her life.

Then what did I do? It wasn't right to keep her from going home but knowing what she meant to me I also knew I couldn't live without her. The feelings I had for this fragile human girl took my breath away and muddled my thoughts. Would trying to explain and hope she felt the same way be enough? If not I would have to accept that Edward had ruined my chance and go away, on my own. The one thing that constantly niggled in my brain were Alice's words, that I was "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Would I be able to keep Bella safe from the monster within when even Edward had struggled? I knew this because we got daily updates from Emmett and Rose while we were in Denali.

Peter

I knew The Major was deep in thought and I knew he was thinking about Bella and what that bitch of an ex had told him. Alice Cullen had done everything except cut his balls off. As far as I was concerned she'd done him more harm than Maria ever did. You didn't have to be a fucking Einstein to work out how bitter and guilty he felt about his actions, he didn't even trust himself any more, didn't know who he was. I knew he could put himself in Garrett's position at the Party. He'd even told me he was grateful Alice had taken him away before Bella turned up or he thought it might have been him who attacked her and ruined her life with Edward. What kind of fucking life would she have had with Edward the ass hole?

My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden nasty fucking feeling and I looked over at The Major as I put my foot to the floor and the truck roared in protest. His eyes locked with mine,

"Trouble Major, at the house I think"

We were close and he opened the door and leapt out as I raced along the road to towards the house cursing out loud. I knew he'd beat me there as the last rays of the sun dipped below the horizon.

Jasper

Peters feeling's were never wrong, if he said there was trouble at the house I was acting on it. Jumping from the moving truck I raced through the trees towards the house, cursing the distance as they blurred past. When I got close I slowed down cautiously scanning the area, I couldn't see or hear anything and I realized that included Bella's heartbeat. There were a confusion of scents around the house, Char, Bella and various vampires but one I recognised. Cursing loudly I ran through the house but it was empty, they were gone, both of them. Peter pulled up with a screech of brakes and I saw recognition on his face as he breathed in,

"Fuck, Nathan!"

As I came out of the house he started backtracking the scents towards the trees and the ocean but stopped just as he encountered the path and knelt down touching the ground. He lifted his fingers to his face and I saw him rub them together then look back at me. The wind shifted and I smelled it, Bella's blood. Dropping at his side I saw blood on the grass and some that had soaked into the earth. Not a lot but enough to show she was injured. We looked at each other,

"Maria! What the hell is she doing sending Nathan here? How did she know where we were?"

Then another thought occurred to him,

"Do you think she knows about Bella?"

I shook my head,

"How can she when even Bella doesn't know and I only just found out? Unless..."

I felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach and Peter came to the same conclusion almost at the same,

"Alice fucking Cullen. She's the only one who knows apart from us and Garrett and I don't imagine he's been having a cosy tea time chat with the Mexican bitch."

He looked at me,

"You think so?"

"So do you and when we sort out this mess I think she deserves a visit from the Major and his Captain. After all who else could she be getting her intelligence from?"