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Previously on TWIWMTB:

"Edward, please protect her," he pleads with me.

It brings me back to when he and Alice took Bella to Phoenix to hide from James, and I pleaded for them to protect her, but he didn't need to plead with me, Bella may not be mine, but I will always love her.

"With my life Jasper."

He nods, and I take off in the direction of the smoke, Bella's scent still hung in the air, but with her scent was Victoria's. I run faster, scared of what I will find. As I run the the smoke comes closer and with that comes Victoria's scent etched into the smoke, and I'm relieved. When I reach the pile of ashes, I see Bella's lighter that Peter had given her beside the ashes, the lighter almost charred.

Bella's scent takes a swift turn to the right, which confuses me, and I instantly grow concerned when I realized she had gone in the wrong direction. I run chasing her scent like a mad man, after a mile two scents join Bella's and I panic.

I run at full speed trying to find her when suddenly a voice pops into my head.

"Edward, help me please!"

It wasn't any voice, it was Bella's voice. I'm shocked to my core, but shake it off quickly. I run faster than I had ever ran before, I had to save Bella.

Jasper's POV

My thoughts were solely on Bella. She should have been back now, and the purple smoke in the distance had me scared to death. What if Victoria beat her, and now she's nothing more than a pile of ashes? My world would end. I had to trust Edward would find her and protect her, while I took out the bitch of the south.

I run to the west and see Maria running through the trees. I was surreal to see her after all this timeand her presence alone made the monster inside me roar. Her bright red eyes focus in on me, and she approaches. Does she have a death wish?

"Mi amor, you've been missed," she says gazing at me.

She used to be able to control me with that look, but I wasn't the same man from the wars.

"Can't say the same for you, Maria," I say as she approaches me slowly. I'm watching her every move.

"Why are you living this lie, Jasper? Come with me and do what you were created for," I tense as she draws closer, and moves her head toward mine.

"We were great together Jasper, and we could be great again," she whispers into my ear, her voice makes my skin crawl, and I feel my control slipping.

"Never!" I yell.

I use my gift at full force to fill her with fear, causing her to drop to the ground, wide eyed and chin trembling, I grab her by the throat and pin her to the ground.

"Do you feel that Maria? That's the fear a newborn feels as you forced me to kill them, or the innocent humans I watched you kill for your pure enjoyment."

I push some pain at her, the pain of the transformation she caused for thousands, and she cries out, spurring on the Major. I tighten the grip on her throat and lean down to her ear.

"I hope there is an afterlife for you Maria because you deserve to burn in hell," I sneer, and with one swift movement Maria lays underneath me decapitated.

The monster inside me roared with pride, and I felt the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders. She was finally dead, she couldn't harm another human, and no more humans would be changed and forced to fight, for her. I gather her limbs and bring them back to the clearing, by now all the newborns are dead, and the family is surrounding the fire pit. I see bites on a few, but there are no serious injuries for which I'm thankful.

I approach Peter and Charlotte, when they see Maria laying limbless in my arms, their relief is instant. Maria changed all of our lives, I may have sired Peter and Charlotte, which for years bothered me, but I wouldn't have done it if Maria never got me. Her death was a victory for all three of us, and with her gone we could live peacefully, unafraid of her finding us one day. I pass her limbs to Peter and Charlotte, and at the same time the three of us let her join her newborns in the fire.

I'm aware I'm not myself right now, and so is Peter. Fighting brought out the old me, the Major, it was my defense mechanism to keep my sanity in tact and not think of all the pain and fear the newborns felt as I ended their lives, seeing Maria brought that out in me.

I scan the area looking for Bella and Edward and see they are not back yet, I start to panic.

"Where's Bella?"

No one answers me, and none will look at me, before I have the chance to demand answers I see Edward breaking the tree line. All our heads snap to him, and what I see cradled into his arms, destroys me. My beautiful Bella was nothing more than a pile of limbs her head detached from her body. I go to run to them and find out what the hell had happened and why he didn't protect her when Peter grabs me.

"Peter let me go!" I snarl.

"No can do Major. Hurting him will solve nothing," he says keeping his grip tight on me.

I focus on Edward, his emotions are heart breaking, he looks absolutely destroyed, and I'm sure he would be crying if possible.

"What happened?" I growl at him, as he joins the group.

"I followed her scent. Victoria is dead, Bella got her. As I followed her scent again, I heard her thoughts. Her thoughts called out to me, I don't know how she knew I was coming, but she did. As I got there a newborn was about to light her," his voice cracks as he speaks.

It feels as if someone has punched me in the chest, leaving a big gaping hole where my heart use to be. I came so close to losing my beautiful girl, my reason for existing. I felt broken and lost looking at her, but I also became angry. Peter should have protected her-it was the reason they were grouped together.

"You were suppose to protect her," I growl at Peter, turning around inches from his face.

"Calm yourself Major. Bella is a big girl, she was able to handle herself."

I knew he was right, but I was seething, what if Edward didn't get to her in time? What if she was dead right now? That thought caused the hole in my chest to reappear, and I had to stop myself from grabbing my chest and crying out in pain.

"Carlisle, you should take Bella back and start fusing her back together," Peter says, and I growl in response.

"No! She's my mate and I'll do it."

I didn't want anyone to touch her, but me. Even having Edward hold her pieces bothered me, but I let him but only because he found her, and ultimately saved her life.

"Not happening. You need to bring Jasper back before you be with Bella. She needs you to be yourself," Peter says.

Logically I know he's right, being angry wouldn't make things easier, and when Bella came back she would pick up on my emotions, and would disturb her healing process.

"You should go hunt Jasper, your eyes are still black. By the time you come back Bella should be back together, and healing," Charlotte says, trying to help calm me. I nod my head, in agreement.

"Carlisle, please take care of her," I say my voice cracking, as I watch Edward gently placing Bella in Carlisles' arms.

"Of course Jasper. I love her like a daughter, I'll take care of her."

His sincerity makes it easier to walk away, but I feel the hole in my chest spread as I walk. I ran faster than normal wanting to make it back quickly, I didn't want to be away from her long.

….

I arrived back at the house in record time, feeling like myself again. I open the door and walk in to find the family gathered in the living room, minus Carlisle and Edward. Some are treating fresh bites, but luckily there are no other severe injuries, and no fatalities on our side.

I go upstairs not needing to know where she is, but trusting the pull in my heart to lead me. I arrive at the door to the guest room, that Bella and I had been sharing, it's open just a crack, but I can see my Bella now put together laying on the bed motionless and Edward sitting at her side, talking to her.

When I see this I feel like a failure. I should have been the one who found her and saved her, not Edward, and I should be the one sitting there talking to her until she wakes up. I can't help the self-loathing I feel and I hate myself for not protecting her when she needed me.

"Now you know how I felt every time she got hurt, and I couldn't protect her," Edward says obviously hearing my thoughts.

"Yeah, but I'm not going to leave her like you did."

He winces at my words, and I kind of feel bad for throwing that in his face, but I was too upset to care.

"I know and I'll regret that every day of forever. You have to know Jasper, that I didn't want to hurt her, I loved her more than anything. I would've married her if she let me," he says with a small smile, his emotions showing that he's putting on a brave face to hide how he really feels.

"You're not gonna fight me for her are ya? Cause I think I can take you," I say with a small amount of humor.

"No, I'm not going to fight you, and I'm sure you could kick my ass. You two are meant for each other I see that now, and besides Alice is my forever now," he says with a smile, that lights up his face.

"You two are good together," I say and wonder why I never saw it before. Edward moves from Bella's side and walks towards me.

"You know she won't say no. She may not have wanted to marry me, but she can't say no to you," I can't help but smile at his words, and hope that he's right.

"Thank you for saving her," I say honestly. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't get the chance to make her my bride.

"No need for thanks. I'd do anything for her, and you," he says placing his hand on my shoulder.

"Now go spend time with my future sister," Edward cringes as he speaks and I can't help but laugh at his face.

"That's going to take some time to get use to saying," he says shaking his head, but with a smile on his face.

"I'll see you later," he says patting me on my back and walking out.

I slowly approach the bed, the sight of her laying still unmoving reminds me to much of how close I was to loosing her. I lay down beside her, and look at her beautiful peaceful face. I slowly tuck a piece of stray hair behind her ear, slightly brushing my fingers across her cheek, my heart breaking slowly.

"You gotta wake up Darlin'. I need you here with me. You gotta wake up and marry me," I say, my voice cracking, and venom pooling in my eyes. The last time I wanted to cry was saying goodbye to Bella at the graveyard, but before that I hadn't wanted to cry in over a century.

I wrap my arms around her, and tuck her into my side, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"I love you so much beautiful girl, and I'm going to be right here until you open those beautiful eyes again." I place one more kiss to her lips and lay their wrapped around her, waiting until she wakes up.

A/N So what did you all think? I was nervous with this chapter, I can't tell you how many times I re-wrote it so I hope you all enjoyed it.

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