When the Southern Major and his mate broke the treeline into a small clearing, they skidded to a stop, the young Sergeant looked around the space and formed her plans in her mind for the shit storm that was about to start raging over their heads. Turning to look at the Major over her shoulder, she bit her lip a little when she saw the look on his face, a look that told her the thunder was rolling and the lighting was getting ready to strike right where they were standing.

"What is it, Jazz?"

The major looked first to the set of two emotions that have been on their tails since they crashed and then to the north where a group was heading right for them, much faster and with a far darker undercurrent. From what he was feeling, they were going to reach them within moments of each other and he wasn't entirely sure which would be first.

Glancing at his mate, Jasper narrowed his eyes, a growl sounding in his throat when he felt the two coming from the side separate and one branch off and redirect to come at them from behind. He grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him, "nothing good. Get ready, Sugar."

Before either one knew what happened, Isabella felt her feet leave the ground and a hand cover her mouth. She didn't have time to struggle before she found herself in a tree, crouched on a branch and tucked under a massive body. She tried to pull the hand from her mouth but couldn't get it to budge.

When she whimpered a little, she heard a soft growl in her ear, very close to what Jasper did when she got freaked out, followed by a voice she had never heard before speak quietly in her ear. "You need to stay silent, Young One, or they will catch us."

Another whimper broke free as she tried to turn her head and see who it was but her eyes fell on someone else first crouched next to them, looking hard to the ground just north of the clearing. It took her a moment before she recognized him but when she did, she renewed her efforts to free herself.

He never moved his eyes from the ground, only softly spoke. "You have nothing to fear from us, Stella, but if you do not calm down and stay still, we will all die."

Not able to take anymore, Isabella bit the hand that covered her mouth, gaining a grunt from the one that still wouldn't release her completely, but did move his hand. Looking at the man next to her. "You're one of them."

A teeth flashing smirk parted the man's lips as he shifted his red eyes to her for a moment. "Am I? Then, tell me why I am trying to save your life at the risk of my own."

Shaking her head hard, "I saw you at the airport."

He just shrugged a little before looking back to the clearing. "Looks, Stella, can be deceiving. Now, hush. They near."

Jasper, who was still in the clearing, looked to the trees where his mate was located, narrowing his eyes to see through the leaves, smirking a grin when he saw who the two emotional signatures belonged to. Mustering up a dose of calm, he sent it up to his mate, feeling a response of 'I don't fucking think so' from her. Shaking his head with a chuckle, he simply crossed his arms, ignoring the three in the tree as the actual threat closed the distance and broke the trees.

A cool and cold looking Aro, followed by Jane and Alec, stepped into the ring of trees, a flash of irritation shooting through his eyes at the sight of only the major and the lack of his mate. A cruel smirk curled his lips as he stared at the surprisingly calm vampire before him, "where is your mate, Major?"

The only way he could think of at this point to keep those two little bastards from looking to closely at the area was to play along and actually indulge the fucker for once. Pressing his lips together, Jasper shrugged. "We got separated after the crash."

Humming in his throat, Aro a false look of sorrow settled on his features. "Such a pitty. I was hoping to extend aid to the both of you when I heard of the unfortunate mayday from your flight. However, never fear. Demetri and Felix are about. I am sure they will have no problems locating and returning her to your side, safe and sound."

Giving him an indecipherable smile in return, "I'm positive you're right."

Narrowing his eyes a little in the face of the overly calm demeanor he was witnessing, Aro growled slightly, "shall we await them in a more comfortable, and less dangerous place? There is a little matter that has come to my attention that needs cleared up."

Jasper, knowing exactly what it was, played dumb, "oh? What would that be?"

Smirking wide, "your previous coven has discovered that two of theirs have been killed and the pry smelled so strongly of you and your mate upon discovery that it would only be logical to assume you were present at the time of their deaths. My dear friend Carlisle wished to know how it came about. He and his lovely mate await us in Volterra for answers."

Sighing a little, Jasper shook his head, "my heart bleeds at the news."

Pursing his lips a little, Aro snorted, "I'm sure." Holding his hand out, Aro grinned, "shall we? It shouldn't take long for my tracker to locate your mate and meet us there."

Chuckling a little, Jasper shrugged, "sure. However, I warn that should she be returned to me in anything less than the pristine condition I last saw her in, you will lose both your tacker and enforcer."

Cocking a brow high on his forehead, Aro snipped a little, "you are not currently in the position to be making threats, Major."

Locking his eyes on the pain in the ass', "you know damn well I don't make threats. That, was a fucking promise."

Face going blank, Aro nodded to him, watching with no emotion as the major dropped to his knees with a grunt as Jane unleashed her gift, "and I do not allow anyone to speak to me in such a manner." Holding a hand up after a minute to call Jane off, Aro looked at Alec, "relieve the major of his senses and let us be on our way. Demetri and Felix should have located the female by now."

*X*

From the tree tops, Isabella was giving Felix one hell of time keeping her still as she tried to help her male out of the situation she had witnessed. Finally, after she almost bit him again, he grabbed her by the chin and forced her to turn away from the sight of Jasper being removed from the clearing and look at him, "knock it off. If you go down there now, we all die. Until Aro has you both, Jasper will be fine."

Trying to pull her face free, Isabella snarled at him, "you fucking call that shit FINE?"

Felix just nodded, "he's in one piece. Yes, I call that fine." Looking over to Demetri, "now what?"

Closing his eyes, Demetri located the next group he was after and jerked his head, "that way. The number one thing we have to do now is get her back to the Captain. He's the only one that can tell us the next phase of this little plan of his."

Head snapping to the side, Isabella gaped at him, "Peter? This shit was HIS idea?"

Demetri shrugged a little before dropping to the ground, Isabella and Felix following suit. "You're going to have to ask him what the hell is going on. I am simply doing as I was told and separating you and the Major."

Growling low and dark, "I intend to."

*X*

It was about thirty minutes after she last saw Jasper that Isabella got out of a car back at the same hotel that she and Jasper had stayed at only instead of going through the lobby, she was taking in through a side door so as to avoid the humans milling about because it had been a while since she fed and she was in an emotional bombardment without Jasper there keeping her in check.

She wasn't used to dealing with them so strong or all at once and it was taking its toll.

Once she was on the elevator, she looked up at the tracker first then the enforcer, "so, you're the ones Jasper was talking about? The ones on the guard but not on the guard?"

Demetri nodded a little as he looked up at the numbers, "two of the twelve that are loyal to the Major over the ruler. Aro likes to think he's infallible but just like anyone else, there are ways around his gift."

Biting her lip a little, she cocked her head, "but what about that one chick I heard of that fucks with your emotional ties?"

Felix clicked his tongue a few times, "Chelsea?" When the young vampire shrugged a little at the name, he shrugged back, "Like Demetri said, there are ways around every vampiric gift there is. All you have to do is figure out the bottom line of how it works and you can beat it. Some are harder than others, but all have a gaping hole in it. With her, all you have to do is have a stronger sense of loyalty than she puts on you. Even the major can be beaten if you know the opposite emotion he makes you feel and can counteract it. He is one of the harder ones though because he can throw a number of things at you at once and change them in a blink. I have only ever heard of one vampire that could do it and he isn't alive anymore." Looking down at the major's mate, "don't ever make the mistake of thinking Jasper's strength comes from his gift, it doesn't. He is just a really fucked up little demon. Most fear him because of the stories alone they have heard when in reality, his gift is the least of your problems if you piss him off enough. He can fuck you up without it."

Isabella just nodded at him. That last part she already knew.

When the elevator doors opened, the first thing she saw was Peter standing there, looking very expectant of the snarl that came out of her mouth. When she went to attack him again however, Felix snatched her off her feet again, holding her off the ground as she snapped her teeth, "you son of a bitch."

Peter just let out a hard sigh and crossed his arms, "knock it off and I'll explain."

"You're goddamn right you will. Do you have any idea what happened to him?"

Grunting a little and nodding his head a bit, "I do, but trust me, he would rather it have been him that was taken than you. He can take care of himself for the time being. The stupid prick wants the pair of you so Jasper is going to be fine." Turning his attention to one of the bedrooms, he called out to Garrett before looking back to Felix, "let her go and get out of the way."

The moment her feet were on the ground, the bedroom door was opened and Garrett shoved a group of humans into the room. Peter, Demetri and Felix lept out of the way when the smell of blood reached the youngest vampire in the room that had never in her life felt the full effect of her bloodlust before.

The three seasoned vampires in the rafters of the room watched as Isabella laid absolute waste to the humans, ripping them apart without meaning too and getting more and more pissed off as blood was wasted.

Felix wrinkled his nose a little at the mess before looking over at Peter, "she's over a year old. How is feeding still this hard for her?"

Peter pressed his lips together as yet another human was decapitated and shook his head, "this is the first time she has ever been out of the range of Jasper's gift. Since the day she woke up, he has been controlling and capping her emotions. She hasn't had to deal with the overload of newborn emotions before so she never had to learn to control them on her own, and because of that, she's doing it now." Looking over at the enforcer, "consider this her very first feeding."

Grunting a little, Felix stuck his tongue out a little and shook his head, "yuck." Looking back down to the room, "is she going to get enough in her to calm down or is there gonna be a really pissed off, half fed little monster to deal with?"

Peter snorted a little as he changed his position a little, "she's only just out of her first year without dealing with the shit that comes with it. She's gonna be a pissed off little monster no matter how much she eats until she's back with Jasper." Dropping to the floor, Peter snatched up a human as he went to run past him with a, "you'll do." Using thumb and pinky, he whistled to catch Isabella's attention. When he had it and she did exactly as she was supposed to and try and attack, he held up a hand and looked her dead in the eyes, "stop."

Once she slid to a halt a foot before colliding with him, he maintained eye contact with her as he racked his finger over the jugular vein of the human in his other hand. Not releasing her eyes, he brought the human between them, holding bleeding side to her, "gently, or you'll bite right through again."

Moving with her so that their eyes didn't detach, Peter dipped his head down until there was a proper feeding bite achieved before handing over her meal, stepping back and letting her eat. Once she dropped the body and was looking at him with red eyes instead of black, Peter cocked a brow, "you good?" When she nodded once, Peter looked up, "you can come down now. We got shit to do."