Chapter Thirty Seven
Jasper
He tailed off here, deep in thought but when I questioned him he just shook his head.
"I need to study this before I say any more. Just make sure you keep what's been said in here a secret, you too Rose."
She nodded looking very concerned,
"Don't tell anyone, even Emmett if you speak to him. I need to spend some time on the internet, we'll talk again soon."
He went out muttering to himself and Rose looked at me shrugging,
"Do you have any idea what he's on about?"
"No, but it must be something important. Do you know where Emmett is?"
She shook her head again,
"No but I can contact him if you like, why?"
"I have a job for our computer Guru. Get him back will you and ask Charlotte to go help Peter."
"Oh she'll love that. She's been dying to give Esme a piece of her mind."
"Tell her to go for it."
Carlisle had his theory and research to do and I had mine but I wasn't a computer whiz like Emmett. He would be much faster and he knew all the short cuts, mainly illegal but who cared. I wanted some facts and he was my best chance of obtaining them.
Emmett
I grabbed my laptop following orders from Rose and as soon as Charlotte arrived to spell me I went to join Jazz. It was strange seeing him playing with a baby, and his own at that. I went over and very carefully touched Jamie on the cheek with one finger, he was so small compared to my hand, although I thought he'd grown already, and he smiled at me.
"Did you see that? He smiled at me"
Jazz smiled too then sat up absently stroking Jamie's bare leg as he did so.
"So Boss, what did you need me to do?"
"Can you access the Volturi computers?"
"Wow! That's serious shit man, what do you want to know?"
"I want you to access Caius personal files"
"Caius? Caius one of the Head Honchos? That Caius?"
He nodded and I blew out my cheeks,
"I guess so but it'll take some time and a few illegal moves. What am I looking for?"
"He's been researching his descendants and I want to know what he found out."
"OK, anything in particular you want?"
"The family tree if possible."
I nodded and booted up, actually I liked a challenge and this would certainly be that.
"Is it OK if I work in here or would you rather be alone?"
"No its fine, just ignore me."
I tried but it was impossible, my eyes were drawn back time and again to him playing with Jamie and then when he lay back, his head next to Bella's on the pillow I saw Jamie wriggle onto his fathers chest and snuggle down there, falling asleep with a smile on his face. It made me envious, he had a family, something that Rose and I could never have and I knew that hurt her but she was great with Jamie, just enjoying having a real baby to interact with. The Volturi computers were even more well secured than I'd imagined and it took several days to get through their firewalls but the latest program I'd written broke through in the end.
"Bingo!"
"You in?"
"Yep, now all I've got to do is hack Caius personal files, piece of cake!"
We both spun on hearing a strange noise from the bed. Jamie was curled up asleep beside Bella but she was becoming restless, we'd heard tiny moans of pain bursting from her lips as her face contorted. Jazz flew back to her side touching her face with his hand as he put the other to his sons cheek. Bella settled almost immediately, it was almost creepy the connection these three had. Bella should be waking soon and I wondered of she would be like any of the stories I'd heard about newborns, the rage, the blood lust, would she be safe with her son? We knew he had blood running through his veins even if it were tainted by venom.
Still for now I had a bigger problem, how to access Caius private files without leaving a trail straight back to us. I really didn't like the idea of those freaks knocking on the door in force to see the hacker. Finding his files wasn't very difficult but the next step was to crack his password. As I didn't know him I just put a code breaking program to work, but it could take weeks if it was really obscure.
"Hows it going?"
"Almost there but cracking his password might take a while considering he's a vampire with a photographic memory, it could be a really long string of numbers and/or letters."
"What are the dates on the files? Can you tell that?"
I tapped speedily on the keys,
"There are two, one's been open for years but the other is more recent"
"How recent?"
"About a year"
"Try a combination of Bella, Charlie, Swan, Helen,13,09,1987,1964."
"Any particular reason why?"
"Just a hunch, I might be way off."
I tapped the numbers and names in as possible combinations and set the program running again.
"You know if he finds out what we're doing we could be toast"
"I don't think so Em, I'm hoping it might help with Jamie."
"Caius has information about Jamie?"
"His forebears yes I think he does."
As we waited Jamie became restless and for the first time let Jazz pick him up and walk away from Bella. We both looked as she began to move very slowly, her hands searching the covers as of looking for something or someone. Jamie made a quiet sound, almost like a word, and Bella sat up blindingly fast her eyes open, scanning the room. I got up and stood in front of Jazz and Jamie ready to intervene if she made any move towards them but her red eyes settled on me and I saw recognition in them, Bella was awake at last. Just then the computer beeped loudly and without thinking I turned fast and yelled
"We're in."
Bella
I had been aware for some time, not able to hear words or fully understand the aroma's around me but I knew it wouldn't be long before I saw my mate and son again. Would they look different through these new eyes of mine? Would Jamie know me? Would he be scared of his mother feeling and smelling so different? The answer to these questions scared me most of all. I felt for the comfort of Jasper's hand or Jamie's warm little body that had been with me as I changed...changed? Why hadn't I been in pain? In torment as the venom burned away the last of my human tissues as it had before I became unconscious? Had it failed? Was I still human after all? Would Jasper turn me later? Would he be disappointed I was still the old me?
I opened my eyes and knew I was different, colors were brighter, textures more defined, sounds clearer. I sat up, or at least I thought about it and my body had reacted before I knew it. I was fast, really fast, and then I recognized Emmett standing there looking at me warily. I could smell Jazz and Jamie but I couldn't see them for his bulk, he was screening them from me. Did he think I was dangerous to my mate and son? As a newborn maybe I was but as I thought this I heard a high insistent beeping noise and my eyes flickered to the computer on the table, a light was flashing, "Access Granted". I waited for Emmett to go to it, eager to see my two loves but he continued to stand there on the balls of his feet, his huge muscles ready to spring forward.
I tried to stand up very slowly but it was hard, my body wanted to move fast.
"Emmett can I see Jazz and Jamie please? I won't hurt them."
He looked at me suspiciously for a moment then I saw a hand touch his shoulder, it was Jasper's and I longed to touch it, moving forward as slowly as I could, concentrating on each step. Emmett moved to one side still ready to act if necessary and I got my first glimpse of my husband holding our son in his arms. They were both so beautiful, Jamie had his fathers features and hair but my eyes and I gasped in delight.
"You are so beautiful,"
I stretched a hand out, taking care, to reach Jasper's cheek with the lightest touch and trailing it across to stroke Jamie's face too. His skin felt warm to me and as my finger touched him he smiled at me and held out his tiny hands. I wasn't sure I was safe to hold him but Jazz nodded and held him out with a smile. Taking him carefully I held him close breathing in his smell. There was a hint of blood but it didn't make me thirsty, instead it filled my chest with a warmth that could only be love. Kissing the top of his head I stepped forward one more pace, into Jasper's outstretched arms, and I was home.