Rain: So, I'm back. I've been sick for a while and haven't been able to write or anything for a long while but I am back with a brand new chapter! So sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

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The Crimson Eyed Drifter: Distance Between Hearts
Chapter Fourteen

Las Vegas - Remy and Ann Marie's Mansion
Jasper Hale Whitlock

"Alright, the scent blocking is up. We only have ten minutes. Be careful, there are many vampires in there. Once my ability dies down, I'll be there to help," Vi told Peter and I, a strained expression on her face. I sniffed Peter, who sniffed me in return and when neither of us smelled the other, we both nodded.

"Just be careful and watch your back," I told the well-dressed woman, who nodded in response. With a nod towards Peter, the two of us quickly dashed away from Vi.

Peter and I darted down the cobblestone sidewalk and while Peter darted to the left, I kept straight and noticed a rather large vampire standing with his back against me.

With a thought, I pushed a huge amount of both lethargy and exhaustion toward the vampire. When I noticed him buckle, I jumped and tackled him off of his feet and onto the ground, where I quickly ripped off his head.

The vampire's eyes widened with shock and while I would instantly burn this head, I decided against it and tossed his head into the bush. I pulled his body into the bush and placed his head on his chest and said,, "Be good now."

I playfully slapped his cheek and darted down the trail to where a female vampire awaited and I quickly jumped up and tackled her to the ground and ripped off her head as well launched it into the very large pool where her body followed moments later with a rather large splash.

I dusted off my hands before I turned my head and jumped onto the wall and climbed up onto a balcony and landed in a crouch. Moments later, Peter came onto the balcony but he was noticeably more scuffed up than I was.

I gave him a questioning look and he rolled his eyes and mouthed, "Too many guards on my end."

I nodded and pushed open the balcony door and together, the two of us slipped inside the mansion and were immediately assaulted by the deep smell of fresh blood.

Peter and I looked at each other then looked down and saw that on the floor below us, three vampires were sitting in a pool of fresh blood and the rage immediately filled my veins.

How many people were killed for this?

Peter seemed to have the same thought and I could tell due to the emotionless look on his normally expressive face. Without a word, the two of us leaped off the floor we were on and landed outside of the pool and I wasted no time in ripping off the heads of the two vampires near me while Peter took off the head of the third vampire.

We tossed the heads out of the window nearby and I mouthed, "This seems to be too easy…"

Peter nodded in agreement and mouthed, "We need to find those two assholes as quickly as possible."

I nodded in agreement before we both eyed the exit door of the room and quickly made our way to it. After a brief look at each other, we opened the dual doors and made our way out of the room, and softly shut the door.

The two of us were now in a long hallway and the smells of blood and many vampires had hit us like a fist to the face but there were only two scents that we finally found.

"Up this hall," I mouthed to Peter, who looked down to the large dual, gold-plated doors and gave a humorous grin.

"Ah, behind the golden doors…How gaudy," Peter mouthed, which caused me to smirk a bit but our faces then became serious. We need to wipe Remy and Ann Marie as fast as possible.

But it was then I caught it.

It was Peter's scent.

Peter must have a caught my scent as well because his eyes widened in surprise.

Ten minutes…It couldn't have passed that quickly!

We could hear the doors around us start to open and that was our cue to run towards the dual golden doors. With a yell, the two of us slammed our shoulders against the doors, causing them to bend and then tear themselves from the wall and onto the ground.

Peter and I skidded to a stop and that's where we saw them.

Sitting on a throne made of golden bones, there was a male vampire with black eyes and crimson irises with short coffee brown hair and he wore a black skin-tight shirt along with black slacks and a brown raincoat.

And the woman sitting beside him had long brown hair that fell into her lap with snow white bangs that framed her heart-shaped face and she wore a black skintight dress with black heels, her own eyes gleaming down at us.

"Well, well, well," Remy started as he stared down at us. "If it ain't-" I wasted no time in leaping towards him and tackled him out of his throne and through the wall behind him, sending us both outside and when we landed, we rolled on the ground until he was on top of me.

I kicked him off of me and flipped to my feet and stared down at him. I could hear Peter and Marie crash outside as well and from the corner of my eyes, I could see Marie kick Peter off of her, which sent him stumbling to my side.

"As I was saying…If it ain't the good Major Jasper Whitlock. And his ever so-loyal right-hand man, Peter Whitlock. It has been so long," Remy said, to the two of us with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"And it's ever so nice to see you two again," Peter responded with a snarky tone before he asked, "How's being Maria's toys going for the two of you?"

"If it gets us these sweet digs, quite well," Ann Marie responded, her southern accent ringing strong in my ears. "And after she finds out that we killed you two, she will honor us even more."

"You can try," I whispered ominously before I launched myself towards Remy and immediately tried to take his head from his shoulders but Remy managed to move his head at the last second, grabbed my jacket, twirled around, and threw me into a marble statue, which shattered upon impacted.

I skidded against the ground and quickly got back onto my feet and noticed that my jacket was now glowing a bright purple. Alarmed, I pulled my jacket off and tossed it into the air, and not a second later, it exploded.

Remy smirked at me and said, "So close Major. You didn't forget about my abilities, did ya?"

I narrowed my eyes at the cocky vampire and rubbed my wrist before I ran towards him and tackled him off of his feet and carried him to his large gate and smashed him through it before slamming him to the ground, which cracked beneath our combined weight.

I lifted my body up and grabbed a tuft full of his hair and ruthlessly punched his face several times before I grabbed his head with both hands and began to tug.

But without warning, I was suddenly thrown off of Remy's body and sent sailing through the air before crashing into the large pool behind me.

I immediately sunk to the bottom of the pool and fell onto my knee.

Deepwater was like a deathtrap to vampires due to our heavy bodies and while I would be able to get out of the pool, I was infinitely thankful it wasn't something like the ocean.

I shuddered at the thought and began to prepare myself to leap out from the water until several splashes caught my attention. Suddenly, five other vampires landed in various spots around.

Fuck.

This was going to make it more difficult.

I cracked my knuckles and waited for the first one to make their move and I didn't have to wait long. A rather beefy vampire ran towards me and thanks to the water, he was moving as slow as a human.

I moved to the side and grabbed his out-stretched left arm, directing him to the pool floor and tugged at his arm hard enough to rip it from his body and used it as a bat against a female vampire, hitting her in the middle of her face.

As she fell, two vampires tried to rush me but I picked up my one-armed friend and threw him towards one of the oncoming vampires before I dashed forward and tackled the vampire to the pool ground and relentlessly punched his face before rolling over his body to avoid the fifth vampire try to hit me from behind.

I rolled onto my feet and did a quick pivot and punched the fifth vampire in the face before letting myself fall down to elbow the fourth vampire's head, causing it to crack the pool floor and then go through it, leaving his head stuck in the hole I caused.

I got back to my feet just to avoid the one-armed vampire's lunge and quickly slammed him against the pool's wall chest first and slammed my elbow against the back of his head, sending him through the wall as well.

I then grabbed his other arm and ripped it off of his body before turning around and slamming it into the gut of the female vampire, which caused her to hunch over, where I then hit her in the back of the head, sending her down.

Keeping the arm, I twisted my body and swung it upwards to catch the third vampire in the chin, which sent him higher up into the water but I then grabbed his leg and pulled him into a hard punch, which sent him flying through the water.

I bent down and used all of my strength and leaped from the bottom of the pool back to the outside world where I then landed behind Peter and Vi before I decked a vampire that had tried to sneak upon him.

"Welcome back Major!" Peter said, with a laugh.

Vi turned around and looked at my wet body and simply said, "Pool?"

I nodded in annoyance and said, "Yeah…" I then took notice of Vi's lack of a suit jacket and her torn button-down shirt and slacks and said, "Seeing your disheveled form, I see you were attacked."

"Yeah…" Vi said, mimicking my annoyed response with her own. "It was just enough for me to lose focus. The minute I dealt with them, I came here to help."

"So…" Peter said, with an airy tone. "Three of us against a large group of vampires…This reminds me of the Wisconsin incident, remember Major?"

I shuddered and replied, "Let's not talk about that one. You two know where Remy and Marie went?"

"No idea. They swamped me with all these vampires before they disappeared…" Peter stated with a scowl on his face.

Damn it!

They got away.

Just the last thing I wanted to happen!

I was just about to speak when I heard the sounds of an engine revving up and a few seconds later, a Silver-White 718 Boxster model Porsche crashed through the garage door and quickly drove off.

As it sloppily turned a corner, I saw Remy and Marie in it, with Remy driving…All with a smirk on his face.

"Screw the small fries!" I shouted but as I ran forward, all of the vampires bared their teeth and charged toward the three of us.

"Major! You go get, we'll hold them off!" Peter exclaimed with Vi backing him up with a nod of agreement.

I was torn.

I couldn't leave these two to die but at the same time, they were getting away.

They had to pay for their sins…But not at the cost of their lives. But it was then I caught it.

The scent of dozens of different vampires coming from all around us. Vi must have seen my confused look because he smirked and answered my unasked question with "What else did you think took me so long?"

He was getting reinforcements…

"Now go Major, we got it taken care of here!" Peter shouted as he gave me a thumbs up. I nodded and quickly jumped over the group of vampires that were in my way and dashed down the street after the car at top speed.

But they had gotten too far at this rate.

I skidded to a stop and noticed a man straddling his Ebony-colored Ducati 1098S and quickly pushed a large amount of weakness, helplessness, and lethargy onto the man. I could see him waiver for a moment before he fell to the ground, unconscious.

I ran to him and grabbed his black motorcycle helmet, his keys, and his leather jacket, which fit me quite well, before I straddled his bike and said, "I'll try to return this in one piece."

With a turn of the key and the roar of the engine, I was off in a heartbeat.

Forks - Swan Residence
Bella Swan

"Are you sure you'll be ok Bella? I can stay over longer if you need me to," Alice told me with a worried frown on her face.

I nodded, my eyes no doubt still red from my crying bout. I have no idea how Alice had gotten here so fast but I was glad to be able to cry with her and spill my guts to her.

She has been a godsend to me since this entire mess began.

"Well if you need anything at all Bells, I'm only a call away," Alice said, with a smile but then it seemed like she realized something and added "Speaking of which. Check your phone girly."

I nodded and shared a quick hug with Alice before she walked to my window and leaped off, leaving me alone once again.

I then turned to my phone, which was sitting on the desk next to my bed, and noticed that there was a green light flashing on and off, which told me I had a text message.

I took my phone off the desk and after unlocking it, I noticed a message from a number I had never seen before. Curious, I opened it and started to read it.

"Yo Little Bunny!" I started before I rolled my eyes and continued.

"You might be wondering who I am and how did I get this number. The answer to those is my name is Peter Whitlock, brother to a certain vampire that has just left you and the Cullens in Forks and I'm a mere simple, humble vampire that just knows shit."

I blinked in confusion at the last name but I no doubt knew who he was referencing, which made me even more curious about this "Peter" character.

"Look, the reason I am contacting you is that Jasper is going to need you. I'm sure you know by now that you two are mates but I don't think he does yet so I'm going to help you out by having him realize this during our trip. That is going to be tough because I know he won't want to think about Forks or you due to his guilt but I will try to make him see reason."

"Now, you might be asking "Oh, you handsome Vampire, why are you helping us?" Well, the answer is simple. The reason I'm helping you guys out is simple. I want to see you both happy. And that ain't gonna happen with you two separated…Well…As far as I know. I mean…I've never been super far from my mate so this is all new for me!"

A look of disbelief appeared on my face at all of this.

How in the hell did these vampires not know how the mating process or the downsides of being without your mate work? I would think that they would know all about this.

Then again, vampires not knowing about this stuff must be a thing because Carlisle made a book about it.

"So with all of that said, I have a road to hit with my brother and wife so if you have any questions, please call me as soon as you can!"

"Love Peter," I said, out loud before I sat there for a moment. Should I call him? Will he be busy? I don't know but he knows Jasper and I.…

I paused.

And "I" what?

Peter said it himself in this text. Jasper wouldn't want to talk to me because of his guilt. Did I just want to know he was safe? Did I want to talk to him? What did I want?

I stared at the phone for a little bit longer before I said, "The hell with it. No sense in being indecisive any longer."

And then I hit the "Call" button.

Las Vegas - Remy and Ann Marie's Mansion
Peter Whitlock

So…Out of the many decades that I've been living, I never figured a full-out Vampire War was going to break out in Vegas of all places.

But here I am, in the middle of tearing off the head of two vampires while my vampire allies battle Remy and Marie's forces.

Has it even been a day since we came to Vegas before we got into this mess?

Eh, it's better than the Wisconsin incident.

I grabbed the heads and slammed one head against the gut of one vampire and slammed the second head to the back of his head, sending the vampire to the ground.

I then threw the two heads at a vampire that was about to strike Vi, who was in the midst of battling with another vampire. I ran forward and leaped off the ground and kicked a vampire in the head.

I got back on my feet and ran forward and slammed my forearm against the neck of another vampire, sending her to the ground before I caught the arm of another vampire that was about to strike me and pulled him down and slammed my elbow into his face.

I got up to my feet and avoid a wild tackle and responded by slamming my knee into the vampire's rather ugly face.

"Will this ever end?" I asked myself in annoyance before I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.

Hoping it was the Major, I slipped my phone out of my pocket without looking at the number and pressed answer before I said, "Major, give me some good news!"

"Who is the Major?" a familiar yet new voice asked, which made my eyes widen in shock.

"Bella?!" I exclaimed as I dashed backward away from three vampires coming toward me. "Not that I'm not glad to hear from you but this is kind of the wrong time!"

"Oh!" Bella said. "I-I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were busy! I should've just waited until tomorrow."

"Don't sweat it! You didn't know that we're going through a vampire war right now," I replied as I leaped over a vampire, grabbed the back of her head elbowed her in the jugular as hard as possible.

"VAMPIRE WAR?!" Bella exclaimed in horror. "Is Jasper ok?! Where is he?! Do you need me to send the Cullens?!"

I mentally sneered at my big mouth and immediately ducked a lunging vampire before I replied, "Don't sweat it, Bella, Its nearly over and he's fine. I'll even take a picture of him when it's all done and no thanks. This is our battle. No sense in getting anyone else in it."

"You better or else I'm not going to be very pleased that my mate perished before he found out I was his mate. Also, how the hell will he realize it?" Bella asked, a tone of voice slightly pessimistic.

I tripped up a vampire that had stumbled near me and slammed my foot on his face and said, "A lot of worse and possibly punches. Now I'll call you when this is all over. I promise you that."

"Ok…" Bella gently responded, "Be safe, all of you."

"Come on, your talking to the brother of the Major. We'll be safe. No worries!" I said, putting on a cheerful tone to take the edge out of her worries. It seemed to work because she let out a small chuckle before the call disconnected.

I slipped the phone into my pocket and said, "I do hope so at least…"

Major better do what he needs to do because things are still dire here.

Las Vegas - Nevada
Jasper Hale Whitlock

I weaved back side to side to avoid crashing into slow-moving cars as I tried to catch up with Remy and Marie's ride which while I was getting closer by the second, was still fairly far off.

I gritted my teeth and amped up my speed to force this motorcycle to go as fast as humanly possible. Soon, the lights all around me began to blur and the sounds began to become muffled as I was going at top speed.

I was lucky that there was not many police around as I blatantly broke the law by going 100 in a 35 but if that was the case, they would have been pulled over a long time ago by the way they were speeding.

This thing was fast, almost too fast because not only did I catch up to them in record time, I actually surpassed them in this bad boy, and knowing that I did, I hit the breaks hard and twisted the bike to the left to fully turn it around before revving it up twice and driving towards them again.

It was a game of chicken at this point.

Who was going to veer off the road, me or them?

Unfortunately for them, I was fully willing to crash into them to stop them. They had done what really not many people had and that pissed me off. It's one thing to come after me but to hunt down my family and not only kill them but desecrate the remains of the already deceased?

I was going to make an example out of them that no one In the vampire world will ever forget.

Once I got close enough, I could feel the fear coming off both of them when they realized that I was not going to stop. I knew that they were going to veer off but I was not going to give them the chance.

Pushing the speed of this bike to its maximum, I gritted my teeth and waited for the perfect opportunity.

Just as Remy began to turn, I lifted my bike onto the back wheel before I hopped off, causing the rider-less bike to slam into the passenger side where Marie sat, causing a very large explosion.

I flew backward and slammed back first into a van, which then tipped over and fell to its side, and for a moment I laid there. Truth be told, this was one of the main reasons that I was glad to be a vampire.

Our bodies are very durable but that stunt could have gone way worst for me had I not abandoned ship sooner. I pulled myself out of the wreck and stood on my two feet and walked to the burning car, which had collided with a pole.

I could see Remy was out of the car and he was only staring into it with an arm in both of his hands. I could only smell his scent so it seemed that my stunt had instantly taken out Marie.

Good.

That made my job so much easier.

"One down," I said, out loud as I cracked my knuckles, taking my time in getting to him.

Remy's head lowered as he gripped the hand, his teeth bared in fury. He then turned to me and it was then a felt a large amount of rage pouring from him. I could have choked on it if I was a lesser vampire but I wasn't.

"Did I do that?" I coldly asked as I stood there, observing the flames roaring in front of the vampire. "It must be cruel…To have your mate snuffed out without warning…unable to do anything…I wonder if your victims felt the same way," I said.

Remy stood up from his spot and sat the arm down before he roared out in fury before he ran towards me at a speed that somewhat surprised me.

I found myself being taken off my feet from his tackle and soon felt my body colliding into a wall, which gave away to allow me to illegally enter the building. Remy slammed me on my back but I placed my foot against his stomach and kicked him off of me, which sent him crashing against the wall.

I got back to my feet and quickly turned around to see him grabbing a large medicine ball and igniting it with energy before he threw it toward me.

I quickly dove over the counter and the minute the ball hit the ground where I was, which caused it to explode on impact.

I found myself flying away from the counter and through the wall to a backroom of some sort. I got back up on my feet and rolled to the side to avoid the several energy-filled weights that were coming my way, each weight exploding upon impact.

I vaulted over the counter and ducked another weight as I ran toward Remy and just as he was about to toss a barbell, I grabbed a large weight from the ground and slammed it in his face, shattering it against his face while sending him through a wall, sending him out into the street.

I jumped out of the hole and ran towards Remy and skidded into a kneeling position while slamming my elbow into his face, sending his head whipping back to the ground.

I then grabbed his arm and pulled on it sharply and just as he was gathering energy into his hand, I was fully able to rip his arm from his body. Remy screamed in agony and rage but I quickly slammed his dismembered arm on his face before I swung to his other arm and pulled it off as well, which caused him to yell louder.

I moved to his legs and lifted his right leg and pressed my foot between his legs and ripped his right leg off and he howled in agony.

I had to admit, I enjoyed his wails far more than I should have but for this asshole…I'm going to savor this moment. Not just for me, but for all of those he had killed following Maria's orders.

"So tell me something Remy," I said, as I knelt down to his head. "How does it feel to get your ass thoroughly kicked like this?"

"Fuck you!" Remy shouted angrily but I merely smirked and walked to his pants and pulled out a cellphone from his pocket and flipped through it before I found the name I was looking for.

I smirked and pressed the call button and it was then I grabbed Remy's limbless body and lifted him off the ground and walked towards the blazing fire when I heard a familiar voice on the other side.

"Remy…I didn't think you'd be calling me again."

I kneeled down on the ground as and sat the phone near his mouth and ripped his left leg off, which caused him to scream in pure torture. I could hear Maria shout "What the hell?!" from the shout and it was then I grabbed the phone and placed it to my ear.

"That was Remy, the one you ordered to kill my family line. I would say that it was hard to render him defeated like this but I would be lying." I then grabbed Remy's head and tossed him into the flames, which caused his screams to get higher.

"I want you to listen to his screams and remember them very well because I will make sure I get to listen to yours," I told her before I threw the phone near his screaming head.

I could hear the sounds of police coming nearby and I said, "I need to get back to the mansion to the others."

Rain: And that is where I will end it. Hope it wasn't too bad for my return to this fic after so long. The next chapter will actually be the legit end to the Vegas stuff along with checking in on another Vampire so until then…

Mario: See you next time!