Well, it's here! Our long awaited confrontation, The Major's Revenge if you will.
As always, I do not own Twilight or its characters.
"Major. Eta five minutes."
Peter's voice rang clear over the radio earpiece, and Jasper felt himself grin as he pushed away from the wall of the hanger.
Already he could see a car pulling up in the distance, and the anticipation fed his bloodlust in a beautiful way.
"Copy. Everyone hold positions. I wanna have a bit of fun first."
There was a palpable uptick in the surrounding emotions at his words, and Jasper could almost picture the smile that was on his mate's face when she heard him over the radio.
It was downright irresponsible how little care the Cullens gave to their surroundings. Jasper watched from the long shadows as they stepped out of the vehicle, more concerned with baggage than anything else.
The coven leader was the first out the car, followed by a small creature that Jasper almost mistook for a child even though he knew better. Yet it wasn't until he saw the redhead gingerly climb out the vehicle that Jasper almost lost himself to the predator inside him.
That was the vampire who harmed his mate.
The mind-reader was a pathetic looking thing, movements stiff speaking of wounds still healing together. He could scarcely be seventeen, and the petulant frown on his face spoke towards his immaturity. Jasper scanned his face, searching for anything that could have endeared his Bella to this vampire; he eventually settled on the fact that it must simply have been the glamouring.
He tore his gaze away from the moody creature, instead watching the small one flit back and forth from the trunk of the vehicle to the airplane, carrying more suitcases than anyone might need.
Convinced that they hadn't a clue of his existence, Jasper decided to play with his prey.
Gently, in an effort to make the emotions seem as natural as possible, Jasper sent waves of irritation towards the group. He watched in dark satisfaction as the small one turned to snap at the mind-reader, the redhead just as quick to snap back. The coven leader, Carlisle, was harder to break. Jasper suspected that he had practice hiding his true thoughts and feelings from the mind-reader over the decades together, so Jasper played into that. He added impatience with the irritation, sending a wave of disappointment and a smidge of anger towards the 'family patriarch' alone.
He was gratified when the blond turned to the other two, snapping at them in a harsh tone that made them both shrink back.
Jasper smirked.
Sometimes people truly were too easy.
Certain now that the Cullens' focus was entirely on their petty scrabbling, Jasper made his move.
"Ya know," He drawled out from his new position by the vehicle behind them, utterly delighted when he saw them flinch. "I don't think it's right for a family to be arguin' like that. Seems like y'all outta be sweeter to each other than this."
The small one had hidden behind the mind-reader, true fear on her face. The mind-reader was just as afraid, yet he hid it under the facade of anger. Yet it was Carlisle's reaction that fascinated Jasper the most. Inwardly he was seething, artificial anger bleeding into true rage, disbelief tinting the edges of the emotion like blood in the water.
But outwardly, outwardly he smiled at Jasper, his arms opening in a parody of welcome.
"Ah, Mr. Whitlock. I'm surprised to see you here! I thought for certain that my friends had...taken care of you at our last meeting." It was pomp and circumstance so similar to how Aro ran the Volturi that Jasper wanted to laugh at the obvious copycat.
"Now Doctor, I thought we established that my title is Major. Seems mighty rude to keep ignorin' it." Jasper tilted his hat up, letting the coven see his ruby red eyes and feeling pleased at the pure revulsion they had at the sight. He watched Carlisle's fake smile drop for a moment before he plastered it on once more.
"Surely there is no reason for you to be here, Major," The title was said through clenched teeth. "You must know we no longer have Isabella. She was who you wanted correct?"
"I get that she smells divine, but is one human really worth your trouble?"
Jasper snarled loudly at Edward's words, around the same time that Carlisle looked over his shoulder and snapped "Edward!"
Edward was properly cowed by the twin displays of aggression, yet he didn't seem to realize the gravity of the situation if his frown was anything to go off of.
Jasper took a cigarette out, and after patting his chest pocket for a moment, pulled out his lighter to light it. Edward turned his nose up at the habit, disgust clearly on his face, turning to whisper something sharp and quick to the small woman clutching onto him.
"Regardless of my son's callousness in answer, surely you see that there is nothing we can help you with now?" Carlisle was still playing the platitude game, yet Jasper could feel that it could all slip away in a moment if he played things right.
He purposely took in a deep drag of smoke, holding it for a moment before letting it curl out from his nostrils. He watched Carlisle's eyebrow twitch, and felt the annoyance and irritation spike up. Careful not to give in to the urge to smile, Jasper gave a short nod towards Carlisle.
"Seems like we've had a misunderstandin'. I ain't here for personal gain." He paused, and took another drag. "Though I won't deny Imma enjoy the outcome."
Smoke created a cloud in front of his face at his words, and Jasper finally let the smirk he was holding back curl up on his lips.
"Nah, Imma here on 'fficial business, ya see?"
The Cullens were getting agitated, he watched them like a cat watches a mouse as they shifted in place, fingers fluttering towards one another and then back again. Spending so much time around humans had given this coven tells like no other, little movements that gave their every intention away. It was a weakness Jasper didn't expect, but he enjoyed watching it play out before him.
"I'm not sure I follow you." The smile had dropped from Carlisle's face, and instead Jasper was looking at a stone mask. He let his smirk widen, feeling the bloodlust under his skin thrum in response. Soon, he told himself, soon you can rip and tear and burn till your heart's content.
"Why, I'm here 'bout your newborn army, of course." He tossed his hat to the side, the signal for everyone to come out of position. "The Volturi send their regards."
Pandemonium, the likes Jasper thrived off of, broke loose as the small one screamed at the sight of nearly fifty vampires filing out of the hangers around them.
"I didn't see them! Why didn't I see them?" She was a distraught mess, and Edward hissed as her actions pulled on his not quite healed arm.
"Alice, Alice quit it!" He hissed at his small mate, trying futilely to hussle her to the plane. "We have to get out of here!"
Jasper's eyes never left Carlisle's, as he was certain that the other two wouldn't get far. Watching as the disturbing honey eyes darkened to black with rage brought a grin to his face.
"You won't get away with this, I'll be on this flight before you can do anything, and my newborns will be here to tear your lot apart." Carlisle snarled, "And if I lose a few? Well, it will be easy enough to rebuild my ranks."
"Newborns?" Jasper drawled, watching as the other two Cullen's were being cornered right before the airplane stairs. "Oh, ya mean the ones in the warehouse on 5th street?"
Panic now in Carlisle's eyes as he heard Edward's pained cry, even when he refused to turn around.
"'M 'fraid that those vampires have a'ready been dealt with, Doc." Jasper grinned crushing his cigarette under the heel of his boot, letting his eyes bleed black in bloodlust, taking a step closer to Cullen. "It's just you and I now."
Carlisle feinted to the left before charging straight at Jasper, his anger crumpling his features into something nearly unrecognizable.
"I'm older than you, boy! I won't let my legacy fall so easily!"
Jasper laughed, dodging Carlisle easily and kicking him the back, using the momentum to launch himself back a few feet.
"Give me a challenge then, if ya think you can!" Jasper called out, before putting a hand up to his earpiece and barking out, "The red-head is mine! Tear 'im apart if you wish, but leave the pieces for me!"
He caught Peter's lazy salute out of the corner of his eye, and then he dedicated himself to the fight with Cullen.
Carlisle was a crafty fighter, peppering his movements with techniques Jasper was certain had to be stolen from others across the years.
Yet he was nothing compared to Jasper.
No one ever truly was, really.
Jasper took his time, drawing out the fight for the enjoyment that Carlisle's frustration gave him. Already the Doctor was missing a hand, and had cracks spanning across his face. Jasper eyed the few bite marks he had managed to sneak in, gratified by the sight of them oozing venom onto what was sure to be expensive clothes.
As for Carlisle's composure, well, it was long gone.
Cullen was a snarling, venom dripping mess; no better than a newborn really. Jasper had toyed with the vampire so long that the only thing coming off of Cullen was pure rage.
Tiring of his little game, Jasper sent Cullen a wave of fear and uncertainty, the cocktail so strong that it had buckled the knees of thousands before him. As expected, Cullen gasped before falling down, his hand a useless claw at his side.
""Nough of this now," Jasper spoke, his voice barely over a whisper. "Ain't no reason to be fightin' this hard still. Ya know you've lost." Jasper motioned over his shoulder where he knew the rest of his people were lounging casually, some going as far as to toss the heads of Edward and Alice like volleyballs.
Carlisle's eyes darted over to look, and a flicker of resignation flashed through him. However, he brought his black eyes right back to Jasper's face and snarled.
"You're an abomination." He spit out in hissed syllables.
Jasper raised one perfect blond eyebrow.
"Well that's a new oneā¦"
A flicker of movement and he was in front of Carlisle, his hands on the Doctor's neck, the marble already cracking under his strength.
"Most just call me Death."
Did we really think the Cullens would pose a true challenge to Jasper and his crew? Really? C'mon, we all knew better. I still had to build up that anticipation though. Next chapter we find out what Jasper did with Edward, as well as how life post-Cullen is treating our favorites.
