Chapter 25: Ohana (I guess)

JPOV

When we make it back to Cullen house I get a phone call from Rose. I was thinking about letting it ring, but Rose never calls me unless it is something important or if something has happened.

I handed Bella off to Charlotte so that she could get cleaned up.

"Yes Rose what is it?" I answered the call adding deepness to my voice so that she knew I meant business. I hoped whatever she a calling me for was very important or will I have to chew her out very bad.

"Well Jasper we are about 5 minutes away from the old Cullen house and boy do I have things to tell you. Make sure your guard dog doesn't attack us when we come in."

Before I could question her she hung up the phone. I stared at the phone trying to figure out what happened.

"Guard dog!? I am not a frickin' guard dog! I swear that I'd have killed her if I didn't know 'er." Peter huffed.

I looked at him with wide eyes. "Did you- did you just stomp your foot. Did I honestly just witness you, the man that can easily take down an army of bloodthirsty newborns with an arm tied behind y'er back, stompin' your foot like a lil girl?"

Peter cleared his throat as he awkwardly scratched his neck, "Well… that is neither here nor there. We have ta see what blondie and her lap dog have ta say." He quickly straightens his back to look more alert and stiffly walked away.

I just stood back lookin' a little baffled at what had just transpired here.

"Well are ya comin' or are ya just goin to stand there lookin like a lost puppy in tha woods?" I heard Peter shout back at me.

"You betta bite that tongue of yours Cap'n or ya might just lose it." I mumbled as I took off after him. We walked around to the east side of the house where we would wait for Rose and Emmett. I haven't seen them since I left the Cullen house. They've been nothing but loyal to me… ever since the beginning. It wasn't hard to get Rose and Emmett on my side considering how much they hate Edward and Alice. The people that needed the most convincing were Esme and Carlisle because they loved Edward and Alice like the children they could never have together. I never truly got Esme and Carlisle to see things my way, but I got them to agree to some of my more reasonable bidding. For instance, I sent them to Italy to preoccupy the Volturi until the moment I needed them to be here. I knew that Alice would try to use the Volturi's want for me to her advantage. I needed the Volturi out of the picture and off my back and with Carlisle there temporarily doing his old job as mediator should keep them busy and happy until the right moment.

I look up as I hear a rustling in the bushes and I smell Rose as she comes closer and closer.

"Jasper…" in a form of a gasp is all the warning I get before I am attacked by Rose in her form of a bear hug. I take in a deep breath as I take in the essence that makes up Rose. She smells of lilacs and honey. I've missed Rose, she's like the sister I never had… or don't remember having.

"Rosalie", I laugh, "It's nice to see you too." I squeeze her back just as hard. I've missed Rose she was the only person I could freely talk to while I was trapped with the Cullen family. She never made me feel like a monster or someone less than her. If anything she made me feel bad about trying to pity myself.

~.~ FLASHBACK ~.~

Montana 1955

I had once again "fallen off the wagon".

There was a family of 4 hiking in the forest where I was hunting. At first I could ignore the call of their tantalizing blood, but then the little girl scraped her hand as she fell to the ground.

I could feel her pain but she didn't let it show. She just brushed herself off and kept going.

I tried to fight the pull to go have a taste of the blood. A child's blood is the purest blood. There's nothing in their blood that make it taste like nothing but the divine substance it is. Void of any harmful toxins and unaltered by the impurities of the air. It truly was a delicacy.

I had to have it.

I needed to have it.

I craved to have it.

I will have it.

The smell of the blood was getting closer to me. I looked over and the little girl was walking to me.

She couldn't have been no more than 9 or 10 years old.

Knowing that fact made me waver in my resolve; she has her whole life ahead of her and I'm going to slaughter her and her family because I am weak.

"What are you doing here? Are you lost? If you're lost we can help you." So trusting… so naïve.

"Yes, I'm a little lost. I've been lost for a while now. Do you think I'll ever find my way back?"

"Mommy always said if you're lost just ask someone for directions and you should find your way home. Everyone goes home in the end." She was wise for a little girl.

"Do you think you can help me?" I asked her.

She reached and grabbed my hand. She didn't even flinch at the coldness of my hand.

"Wow you have been out here a while. You're really cold."

What happened after is something I would never forgive myself for doing.

I hesitated when it came time to kill her.

Should I kill her first so she doesn't see?

Should I not kill her at all?

I killed her first because I didn't want her to witness the real monster of the world. I wanted her to die only knowing of the monsters under her bed and in her closet, and not the monsters that you help but then they turn on you.

I didn't savor her blood like I thought I would, if anything I wanted it gone as soon as it touched my lips. But I'm a monster; I kept going and hated that I somewhat enjoyed it. Tonight I became the monster I feared that everyone could see. I become the monster I always knew was there.

The blood of her family I used it to wash away the sins I just committed. I bathed in the blood of her family. I used their blood to cover of the scars and the sins. It only made me feel worse but what else could I do in this situation. If vampires could cry I think I would be a blubbering mess.

That was how Rose found me.

Covered in blood and looking off into space at nothing but thinking about everything.

"Jasper" she gasped as she sped towards me. "Oh no, Jasper. How did this happen?" She pushed my blood soaked hair from out of my face.

"Cover the scars. Wash away the sins. That's what I gotta do Rose. Cover the scars. Wash away the sins." The words tumbled out of my mouth in the form of a whisper.

"We gotta get rid of this, okay? The others won't know what happened. I won't let them know what happened, okay?" she scanned the area to see the magnitude of what I've done. I heard her sharp intake of air. "Okay… okay. You stay right here. Don't move at all. I'll be right back."

She quickly got up and started picking up the pieces of the bodies and took them somewhere I didn't know. When she came back from wherever she was she came back covered in dirt and blood.

Come on Jasper we have to get you cleaned up. We have to wash away the blood. There's a river about a mile up. Come on." She picked up my body and balanced it against hers.

We have to go get new clothes if we go back to the others in these clothes then they're gonna smell the blood on us. I'll wash up and speed into town and get something to wear. You just sit in here and wash away all that blood."

I still didn't move I just stood there in the water and watched the water change colors. I can still hear their screams and feel their pain and sadness.

I don't know how long Rose was gone but when she got back I still hadn't moved from my spot.

"Jasper I need you to get clean. These new clothes can't smell like human blood." When she saw I wasn't going to move she moved into the water. "I guess I'll have to bathe you then." And as if I was a child Rose bathe me while I just stood there with the screams of that family running through my mind over and over again in a constant loop.

"Rose…" I whispered after she had me all cleaned and dressed. "I knew it was wrong but I still did it. That little girl she thought… she thought I was lost and wanted to help me but instead I just slaughtered her entire family." I looked up at her into her eyes my eyes no doubt reflecting all the pain and sadness of all my victims. "I want to believe that I'm not a monster but then maybe I am. It's in my nature, it's who I am. There's no way around it."

I felt the shift in Rose's emotions before I ever saw the look in her eyes. I knew Rose was going to put the fear of God in me in about 5 seconds.

"Oh come off it Jasper! So what when you were turned it wasn't all sunshine and freaking roses. So what you had lead freaking newborn armies. So what! Oh you didn't like changing all those people only to have them fight a losing war. Boo freaking hoo. We've been walking on eggshells ever since you got here because that's what Alice told us we had to do because you're so goddamn fragile. I was gang raped before I was changed yes the venom healed the physical scars but not the emotional ones… not the mental ones. Even now, with Emmett I still freeze whenever he comes up from behind to touch me. When he holds my hand, I flinch away at first. I have to spend eternity like this Jasper. You're lucky you don't remember your human life before you were turned because some of us do and it's complete and utter hell. I remember my mother's face and laugh, my brothers, my best friend, the smell of the flowers that were in a bed outside my bedroom window, and regretfully I remember what it felt like for Royce and his friends to rip apart my clothes and treat me like I was nothing. Esme committed suicide before she was turned and she still celebrates her son's birthday and death anniversary. She still remembers what it feels like to jump off that cliff. Emmett was attacked by a bear and he still feels its claws tearing at his flesh ripping him apart."

She flicked me across my forehead. She picked up some of the muddy water by the river and started smearing our bodies with it. "Stop having pity parties because believe me some people have it worse than you and there is nothing they can do about it, but you can get your head out of your ass and stop feeling sorry for yourself. You have a good thing here Jasper; don't screw it up because of what you think you are. You are a vampire, not a monster, not a demon, but a vampire." She looked me in my eyes and he lips quirked up in a smile. "Deal with it blondie."

~.~ END FLASHBACK ~.~

Even now the Cullens still don't know what went down in the woods that day. All they know is that Rose and I came back covered in animal blood and mud with tattered clothes. She never said anything to anyone, not even Emmett.

"See this is what makes me think you guys are having an affair behind me back! She's way too happy to see you Jazzman." Emmett's thunderous voice boomed.

"It's because I'm so ruggedly handsome." I winked at Rose. "Chicks dig scars."

Emmett looked a little upset at that comment and was about to say something either stupid or sarcastic. Rose let out the loudest laugh I have ever heard her release.

Emmett sniffed and said, "Since you made my wife laugh I'll let you off easy but next time I'm taking a finger and hiding it in your ass."

After that comment Emmett and I went back and forth with witty comments and empty threats of stealing limbs and placing them at the bottom of the ocean. We were so caught up in our conversation we didn't hear Bella walk out of the house until it was too late.

We heard Charlotte try and stop her.

"Sug I don't think you should go out there righ' 'bout now."

"You said Jasper's out here. I don't hear growling or snarling so they can't be sparing. Plus I heard a different voice that sounded nothing like Peter." She opened the door. "I just need to talk to him for a minute and then you can take me home."

She walked out of the door and turned her eyes towards me, "Jasper-"and I could see the happiness that would have been for me fade as she saw the person I was talking to.

"Emmett?" she whispered. And she turned and saw Rosalie. "Rosalie?"

We all just stood there and stared at her.

I made a move to go to her, "Darlin'-".

She held up a hand that immediately shut me up.

Her eyes got hard and cold, "On second thought… you can take me home now Char." She turned around to go back inside the house.

I sped in front of her, "Nu huh Darlin' you're getting away from this. Not today. They came to help. All they've been doing is helping."

"I don't care what they're here to do or what they've been doing. I want to go home. I want Charlotte to take me home."

Emmett spoke up, "Bellsy… I –"

She looked him dead in his eyes, "Sorry only family can call me that."

"Bells don't be like that. I'm still your family. You know this."

She crossed her arms, "Do I really know that? Family doesn't leave family begin without saying goodbye." Her voice was full of venom and I say Emmett flinch back. "Speaking of family I got to go find out what happened to mine, so if you'll excuse me." She brushed past me and into the house yelling Charlotte's name.

Emmett looked towards me with worry in his eyes. "What does she mean when says she has to figure out what happened to her family? Did something happen to Charlie? Renee? Phil?"

"No it wasn't them. Charlie, Renee, and Phil are fine."

"It's Bree… isn't it?" he questions.

I looked at him shocked and confused. "How do you know about Bree?"

"We were talking one night and I asked her if she had any other family besides her parents and she told me she had a cousin named Bree. They're basically sisters." His eyes go wide, "We have to find her Jasper… if Bella loses Bree…" his voices trails off.

"Okay, Emmett you go with Charlotte and Bella. We have to hurry before the trial disappears. Rose, Peter and I will meet up with you in Seattle in hour."

"Don't think she wants me there Jazz."

"It doesn't matter just go. We have to find Bree alive."

Emmett gives me a head nod before he speeds off after Charlotte and Bella.

I turn to Rose. We need to get this out of the way before we go to Seattle

"Ok Rose, talk to me."

"No Jasper. We can't talk about this now. We need to find Bree because if we don't Bella will go off the deep end then all of this would have been for nothing. Come on we have to go to Seattle."

We took off towards Seattle.

I hope we find Bree is good condition, meaning we find her alive.

For Bella sakes I hope you're okay Bree.

BPOV (Bree)

There is fire running through my veins.

Lava!

HOT LAVA!

What did I do to deserve this kind of torture? I was also a good girl. I always abided by the laws and my father's rules. I got good grades and stayed in school.

What did I do to deserve this kind of hell?

I thought Riley was friend. He was supposed to be my best friend after Bella, but he did this to me. He put me in this pain.

What is Riley?

How did he do this to me?

Who was this woman he was speaking of that needed me?

Oh no! Bella!

We were supposed to meet in Port Angeles.

How long did she wait?

How will I get myself out of this mess?

Exactly how screwed am I right now?

I hear voices. I can't make out who they are just yet. It could be Riley and the mystery woman considering he took me for her.

"You idiot!" a female voice hissed. "You took the daughter of a policeman! People will be looking for her. People are looking for her. To make matters worse she's related to BELLA SWAN. She basically has an army of vampires behind her! You have no idea what you've just done. My whole plan has gone to shit because of this."

Bella and vampires.

Vampires?

Vampires aren't real, they're a myth.

Why would Bella have an army of fictional vampires behind her?

"I'm sorry Victoria. She's my best friend and I can't do this by myself. I need someone I know and trust to be here with me. I was going crazy doing this alone. I can trust her. I know her. She's good."

The woman, Victoria I assume, released a deep sigh. "Let me ask you a question idiot; when it comes down to it whose side do you think she'll choose, yours or her family's? Think about that while you go find me INCONSPICOUS people to change."

It's quiet again.

A hand strokes my hair.

"I'm so sorry Bree. I'm sorry I did this to you, but it had to be you. The pain will start to subside in about two days and you'll start to feel better. Once you wake up you'll be better, you'll stronger, faster, smarter, and better in every sense of the word." He leaned over and kissed the crown of my head. "Now it's us against the world… forever."

Forever? With Riley?

I thought back on the question Victoria asked Riley.

When it comes down to her making a choice which side do you think she'll choose, yours or her family?

Whose side would I choose?

The fact that I didn't know the answer kinda scared me.

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