Author's Note: Thanks for all the awesome reviews :) Also please see the A/N at the bottom, I don't want to give anyone a false impression or have you think that I've changed my ways. I assure you I am still as twisted now as I was when I first started this story. Enjoy :)
JPOV
Seven days. Seven fucking days since Isabella and Charlotte were taken. I didn't even try to reign in my emotions any longer. I was more than pissed and everyone was going to feel it. I needed my Guards to feel my wrath so that they could use it to their advantage once we found whoever took the girls. So far, all we had to go off of was that James was with them, wherever they were and he probably had a coven of nomad vampires that were under his influence. One thing was for certain, I would be the last thing those bastards would see before they met their end.
From the time Peter and I got to Isabella's school that day we have not stopped looking for her. Carlisle and Esme even took a leave of absence from work to join in on the search party. If I thought I was angry about Isabella's kidnapping, Esme's anger was a close second. That was another thing I was learning. You don't fuck with a mother's love for her child. I would be lucky to even get a piece of James once Esme was done with him.
"Maybe we should involve the Brothers in the search, perhaps they can lend us Demetri to help track down whoever took her." Suggested Peter as we once again came to a dead end.
"I don't want to involve Aro just yet, he doesn't know about Isabella, and I wasn't ready for him to know." I replied through my teeth. We had been over this countless times. But Peter had a point. I was The God of War, yes, but I was also the ultimate conquest. For someone to destroy The God of War, that meant that they were in fact stronger, therefore they would take over that title. I couldn't help but think that that had something to do with Isabella's kidnapping.
To let the ruling brothers know that I had finally claimed a mate, hopefully that would give Isabella more protection. I still felt that if they knew that could use that against me though. I wasn't sure what to do about it, but I was going to have to tell them once I got her back. There would be no survivors once I found her, and depending on how many vampires we destroyed, we would have to tell the ruling brothers what happened so that they didn't get suspicious. Not like they would be able to do anything. Them against me and my Guard? They didn't stand a chance. I fucking trained their entire Guard, and I made sure to keep only the best for myself.
Peter and I were standing above my desk looking at a map of the towns surrounding Forks. She was there somewhere I knew it. Question was, where? I was about to point to a spot on the map when my door was swung open.
"Major! We have a lead! About seven hours north from here. We have to move now though. The entire Guard is ready to leave at your command." That was all I needed to hear. "Move it!" I commanded. I ran out of the room with Peter right behind me. As we made it outside I saw every last one of My Guards getting into their designated vehicles. We were finally going to get my Isabella back.
"We're riding with you." Said Carlisle as he and Esme jumped into the back seat of the Mercedes. I didn't even acknowledge them, Peter and I jumped into the front and I sped out of the gate with my Guard on my heels. In total, it took five Suburbans to fit my Guard. There were forty of them in total. Could I give you every single one of their names? Fuck No. Could I tell you without a doubt that they were the best? Fuck Yes.
"According to the map, they circled a small spot in the woods away from Civilization. It looks like we're going to have to run about three miles to get to the place where they have her. I don't know what kind of place it is or how many there are though so we're going to need to scope it out before we attack." Said Peter, the voice of reason. I knew that without him I would just attack without a second thought to get the girls back, but that would not be the best idea, we needed a plan.
"James is mine." I reminded them. Everyone was under strict orders to find him but not harm him. I was going to get the pleasure of ripping him limb for limb. I pushed down on the accelerator hitting 120 MPH, it probably would have been faster to run but once I had Isabella back she was not going to want to sit on my back for three or four hours running.
The rest of the ride was silent as we thought about what laid ahead of us. Five hours later finally Peter spoke. "It's just here Major, take the next right and follow the dirt road, you can see the tire tracks."
I followed the tracks until they stopped and came to black SUV sitting at the end of the trail. We all jumped out of the car and I could hear multiple car doors shutting as my Guard stepped out as well. They came and made a circle around me.
"You four," I said pointing out four members, "Stay here with their SUV, if they try to run back to the car take them out. Anyone that comes near ya'll or is heading your way- take them out. Do NOT leave any survivors." I growled.
I heard a chorus of 'Yes Sirs' as they took their positions around the vehicle.
"I want you ten to go scope out this area, if you find someone dispose of them, NO survivors." I said, pointing to ten other members. I watched them take off into the woods. "The rest of you come with me, we are going to head up to that cabin over there," I said pointing to the small cabin I could just see in the distance, "we'll start there and hopefully find them, if not we'll go from there. If you find the girls, grab them and bring them back here and have someone tell me immediately."
I watched as they all nodded their heads and we took off running in the direction of the cabin. About a mile before we reached our destination Peter touched my arm and cocked his head to the side. I immediately slowed down as did the rest of the Guard. "Major," He said softly so no one else would hear, "We need to get a good idea of numbers here. Then we need a distraction where you can run in and get the girls just in case someone has the bright idea of running with them." Again, the voice of reason. I nodded my head and turned to the others to relay the message.
We walked around the perimeter and could see about ten Guards circling the house, but staying close by. From what I could tell there were about five others inside. Fifteen in total? No contest. I looked at Peter and he nodded. "On my count," I whispered, "I want you ten to go and attack the ones outside. You," I said pointing to a newer member of my Guard, "I want you to start the fire, make it fucking huge. The rest of you are going to run inside ahead of Peter and I and take out the ones there while we go and find the girls." The nodded their heads and got into their ready positions. I looked back towards the house. Ready or not, here we come.
"Go." I whispered, and watched as everyone took off in different directions. Peter, Esme, Carlisle and I took off behind the Guards heading towards the house. All around me I could hear growling and the sounds of metal hitting metal. But it was the sounds of my enemies screaming and pleading for mercy that made me smile. Music to my ears, right before I could hear them being ripped to pieces. It really brought out the fighter in me and if I weren't trying to get to Isabella, I would have joined in.
I saw a door that was meant to blend into the wall and pointed at it to Peter, right before we ran to it, I caught a flash of blond hair out of the corner of my eye. I turned suddenly to see James making a dash for it out the window. "GO!" I yelled to Peter, "Find them." I said right before I took off after James.
He was fast, I had to hand it to him. But I was faster. I caught up to him after a mile and tackeled him to the ground. He slid out from under me and turned to face me crouching down. I got into a defensive stance and hissed at him. Fucker was going to die. He lunged at me but he was too slow. I dodged him easily and grabbed him from behind and pressed my teeth to his neck. "I could fucking tear your head off right now.....but where would the fun in that be?" I growled right before I released him. I wanted answers first and that wasn't going to happen if I killed him first.
He glanced quickly behind him and in that split second I had him pinned against a tree. The tree cracked and I could hear birds taking flight. "What the fuck were you thinking?" I hissed at him, "Did you think you would get away with this shit?! Huh? Did you?" No answer. So he wants to play, I could do that.
"Who else was involved?" I grabbed him by his neck and forced him to his knees in front of me. "I suggest you give me some answers." I said in a deadly voice.
"Fuck you." He spat.
"If that's the way you want it..." I hissed. I grabbed his right hand into mine and made him straighten his fingers. I grabbed his index finger and pulled it back slowly. I saw James eyes get wide as he finally caught on to what I was about to do. I bent it back as far as I could then with one last push I snapped his finger off and threw it behind me. I heard James screams of pain and fury and closed my eyes for the briefest second to revel in it.
"You ready to talk now?" I asked him.
Silence. Ok then.
I grabbed his middle finger and snapped it off like before and once again James let out a terrifying scream. What a girl.
"I have to get to Isabella now," I growled, "I know that you weren't the brains of this operation because you have none, but you were an accomplice and that's just as bad in my books. You shouldn't have fucked with me James."
I didn't have time for this shit. I grabbed his neck in between my hands and slowly twisted it to the right. I could see cracks start to appear along his jaw line. "Last chance James," I said deadly calm, "Any last words before you reach the seventh ring of hell?"
He stayed silent and that was all I needed. With one last twist I ripped his head off his body before quickly doing the same with his other body parts. I was furious, but I needed to know if they found Bella, and I needed to get this piece of shit to the fire. I could smell the burning bodies and it awakened the demon in me. I let out a primal scream and let loose on James' remaining limbs, pulverising them until they were just tiny pieces.
After a few minutes I sensed someone coming up behind me. Unable to keep my demon at bay I lunged at the person, pinning them to the ground. "Easy Jasper, it's just me. Carlisle." He said quickly, holding up his hands.
I growled once more before his words finally registered with me. I jumped off him and tried to take a few un needed deep breaths to calm down. "My apologies Carlisle." I said.
"Not a problem." He said lightly. "But perhaps you should come back with me, we found something that belongs to you." He said with a smile. Isabella! I called for someone to come get the remains of James to burn in the fire before turning back to Carlisle.
I took off running after him and instead of turning right towards the cabin, he took a left towards the cars. As soon as we were in front of the cars I could see Isabella in Esme's arms. Peter had Charlotte in his and was not paying any attention to his surroundings. Esme looked as I came into sight and gently released Isabella, turning her so that she could see me.
I saw her eyes light up as she ran into my waiting arms. I wrapped my arms around her tightly and breathed in her scent. Oddly enough I could only smell Peter and Esme and Carlisle on her. She hadn't had a bath, that much was obvious, but why were there not other scents on her as well?
I didn't really care in that moment though, she was here and she was safe, that was all that mattered.
"Jasper, I missed you so much." She whispered and I could smell her tears. She was crying into my shirt. I lifted up her chin and forced her to look into my eyes. "I am so sorry Isabella." I told her before crashing my lips onto hers. She tasted just as sweet as she always did. I forced my tongue into her mouth and battled with her tongue before she finally submitted to me. I had to feel her for myself to prove that she really was in front of me and that she was not harmed.
If I didn't think it would scar her for life I would have taken her right then and there in front of everyone. She was Mine and this would be a good lesson for those that thought they could take her from me. I know it wasn't her fault but when we got back I was going to show her who she belonged to. I needed the reminder and I needed her to show me that she still knew her place.
BPOV
"You know if you really are a shield you would be one hell of an asset to The Major." Said Charlotte. I rolled my eyes at her before I laid down. I just finished my training for the night and I was mentally exhausted.
I finished telling her how the evil step mother put me through another round with Rick and was pleased that Rick still couldn't get inside my mind. "I don't know Charlotte," I said, "This is really starting to get to me." I told her truthfully. "I am nothing more than an experiment to that sadistic fucker, he doesn't even know what he's doing, AND he keeps going on about how he is going to mate with me! I mean what the fu-" I was in the middle of my rant when Charlotte rudely interrupted me. "Shhh! Bella, listen." She said excitedly. "I can hear something." She whispered.
I shut up instantly, was this good news for us? I couldn't hear anything except for a lot of footsteps above us. It sounded like they were walking really fast. I looked at Charlotte who looked positively gleeful. Guess I was going to have to rely on her hearing on this one. "They're here!" Charlotte squealed. Then I heard his voice. The voice that I had been hearing in my head for seven days now.
"GO!" I heard Jasper yell, "Find them."
"PETER!" Charlotte yelled.
Suddenly the door was flung open and there was Peter standing at the top of the stairs looking down on me and Charlotte. I felt Charlotte grab my hand as Peter picked me up and we were off. I could hear crashing and screaming all around us as Peter ran, but where was Jasper? Was he out fighting? Did they catch the evil step mother? I kept my eyes shut tight and buried my face into Peter's shirt. I didn't want anymore memories of this place.
I felt Peter set me down and I looked up into the golden eyes of my mom. "Esme!" I cried, throwing myself into her arms. "Bella!" She exclaimed holding on tight to me. I didn't know that she would be here though I probably should have guessed.
I felt her release me and turn me the other way where I looked right into the eyes of my God of War. Jasper.
Aro POV
Such a happy reunion. A real Kodak moment. It was sickening. So Isabella got away this time...It would not happen again. But I was right. Jasper was hiding her. She was a shield, I was sure of it. A few more weeks and I would have broken her will, she would have accepted me as her true Master. There was no going back now though, I could only move forward. She would be Mine, I would just have to bide my time until I could get her alone again. I was not lying when I said I was a patient man. I could wait.
Until we meet again. My Isabella.
A/N: I know ya'll are probably getting sick of these, and if that's the case, then don't read this lol Anyways, I've been getting a lot of questions regarding the nature of this story and where it's headed etc.. Do not worry, or in some cases, worry, but I am not deviating from the spankings or the D/s theme of this story. This was more or less just a chance to give Bella's poor bum a rest, while keeping her life still full of drama. It would have been kind of boring to have her sit at home for a few months while her bottom healed wouldn't you agree? She still has like eight months of school left (which means lots and lots of trouble and mayhem for the two troublemakers plus her time as a newborn vamp.) So yes you can expect many spankings in the future for her, unless she all of a sudden just turns into a perfect robot.... Plus Jasper will also still remain the dark and dominant mate ;) That is all. Hope ya'll are enjoying :)
