A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. I was worried that you guys where going to hate me for killing Charlie like that. Like I said, though, I had my reasons. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy what's to come. It's just getting good.

JASPER

I knew something was wrong the minute I stepped out of the car. The area around the house reeked of Jacob Black. I could tell he had been there within the last couple of hours. However, I couldn't be sure if he was still there. His scent was overpowered by the scent of fresh human blood, lots' of it.

I was pretty sure that it was Charlie's. I just couldn't tell if he was dead or not. All I knew was that he and the dog had been there in the last couple of hours, and Charlie had gotten the worse end of the deal. I couldn't tell how bad it was though.

Bella got out of the car and headed straight for the door. I reached out and grabbed her by the wrist, stopping her in her tracks. She turned to look at me with a curious and worried expression. I simply told her to wait and pulled out my phone. I dialed Carlisle's number and told him that he needed to Charlie's as soon as he could. I explained as quickly as I could and he said that he was on his way.

Bella was still looking at me with that odd mix of confusion and worry. I explained what I smelled and what I thought. I told her that about the blood. However, I left out the fact that it was mostly likely Charlie's. I didn't want to destroy her hope, while there was still a chance. My words just made her more eager to get into the house.

She, somehow, managed to rip her wrsit from my grasp and run to the door with me close behind her. It was unlocked, definitely not a good sign. She wrenched it open and I was immediately hit with a scent worse than outside.

It was so strong that, even though I wasn't breathing, it burned my throat worse than anything I ever felt in my existence. Bella was shocked and scared by what she had seen. I could feel her need to pass out or vomit throwing through to me. This was too much blood for her little human aversion to it.

I wrapped my arm around her waist to keep her upright. I pulled her along following the bloody trail to the kitchen. I had to hold my breath and focus on Bella's emotions to keep myself from licking up the bloody puddles.

We were both sure of what we would find it the kitchen. I could, however, feel the slightest glimmer of hope coming through the shock and pain. Bella was, no doubt, holding on to the slim chance that Charlie was able to fight Jacob off and get away.

The hope was crushed the minute we stepped into the kitchen. Charlie pale and mangled body lie in front of the fridge next to a gigantic puddle of his own blood. I swallowed the venom that was filling my mouth as I looked.

There was a breif flash of overwhelming shock, pain, and anger from Bella before she collasped. Thankfully, my arm had already been around her, because it happened so quickly, I wouldn't have been able to catch her, otherwise, in with my vampiric talents. I lowered her gently to the floor as I felt the odd sense of peace being unconcious gave her.

"Bella!" I whispered trying to shake her awake. "Bella, honey, wake up, please?" I gently slapped her a couple of times but nothing happened. "Bella, it's Jasper, you've gotta wake up, please!" I pleaded a little longer but she still didn't respond.

She had been down for less than a minute before I heard the door open and close. I tensed, prepared to fight whoever it was, until I recognized Carlisle's scent and let out a sigh of relief. I knew there was no way I could fight a wolf and protect Bella in her current state.

"Jasper, where are you?" Carlisle called, panic in his voice. "What happened?"

"In the kitchen." I managed to quickly chock out. The burning was worse when I spoke. "Charlie's dead."

Carlisle was in the kitchen a milisecond later. He spotted Charlie's body in the corner.

"Oh my." he stated shocked. "Jacob did this?"

"I can only assume." I sighed. "However, his scent was mixed with a few of the other wolves. It appeared as though some had already been here in the past few hours."

He nodded. He hadn't really looked at the scene around him until that point and was startled when he took me kneeling next to Bella's unconcious form.

"He didn't get to her, did he?" He asked panicked and came to kneel beside her as well.

'No, I think it's just shock." I replied, however, I could hear the worry in my own voice.

Carlisle immediately set to work, checking her vitals. I kneeled there quietly trying not to breathe.

"Jasper, I need you to call Esme. Tell her what's going on and that I'm going to need he and Alice to come and help me. We need to burn the house and get rid of the evidence before any of the humans get involved." Carlisle told me quickly as he continued looking Bella over.

"What about Emmett and Rosalie?" I asked.

"I'm afraid they won't be able to help." he answered.

"Why? What happened?" I asked feeling the sadness and pain that was radiating off of him.

"Emmett found her. A couple miles from the house, actually." Carlisle replied continuing to examine Bella. "She had been attacked by one of them and it left her nearly dead. Thankfully, Emmett's scent scared him away before he had a chance to finish the job. Rosalie will recover, however, it's going to be a long and painful process, because the venom has to heal her injuries. It'll be like the first all over again for her."

Anger, I couldn't be positive if it was my own or Carlisle's, flashed through me. I turned and put a hole in the nearest wall of the house. How dare they hurt my sister like that? Did they want to die? Because that's exactly what was going to happen now. They were all going to die. They'd taken too much from the ones I loved to be allowed to live.

"Jasper, I know you're angry son. I am too. Angry than I've ever been about anything in my existence. But we have to focus right now. We have to get this covered up and get rid of the evidence. If the humans get involved then it'll be exposure of mass proportions. The Volturi might not even be able to contain it." Carlisle stated.

I knew he was right, however, I couldn't get over the thoughts of Rose in pain and helpless against that kind of pain or even the pain that Bella will no doubt be going through when she woke up.

It made me twice as angry to realize that Bella wasn't even going to be able to have a proper funeral for her father. His body was going to have to be burned, along with the rest of the place. There couldn't be anything left that might expose us. I couldn't imagine having to tell Bella that she was going to be unable to bury her own father. It hurt to think of the kind of pain that she was going to go through, because of this.

"But what about Bella?" I asked unable to stop myself.

"She's going to be fine." Carlisle replied standing up. "She's simply in a form of shock just like you said. She'll be alright when she's wakes up."

For some reason, his words made me angry than I was a second before. Did he really believe that she would be alright? After all of this? There was no way she was going to be alright. Especailly once when she found out we had to do while she was out of it.

"No, Carlisle, she isn't going to be alright when she wakes up! How can you possibly think that? Her best friend murdered her father! And to add insult to injury, she won't even be able to give him a proper funeral or burial! There's no way that she's ever going to be okay with that! It's going to destroy everything that she has left! And you know it!"

"I do, Jasper. And I'm sorry, but Bella's feelings can't be the main priority right now. I wishe they could but they can't. Our secret has to come first and Bella later. She may not like it but she'll understand. Now, I need you to go and call your mother and sister and get them here as soon as they can." Carlisle ordered.

He was right and that killed me. We had to make sure that the humans didn't find out that. It would put us, the wolves - not that we cared anymore- and the humans at a great risk. Hell, it may even land Bella in a mental institution.

It was the thought of Bella in that kinf of place that made me do what Carlisle said. This was, of course, for her safety as much as the rest of ours. There would definitely be consquences for a human who hung out with the monsters of fairy tales. Sadly, the mental institution was the kindest of these consquences.

I had to protect Bella from that as well as the other horrible things the other humans could do to her. She didn't deserve that at all. I was going to do everything that I could to stop it from happening.

The blood was really starting to get to me, so I walked out to the front yard as I dialed Esme number. She answered on the second ring.

"Jasper, oh my god, what's going on?" she asked sounding very pianicked. "Carlisle said that something happened to Charlie and he had to get there quickly."

"Jacob killed Charlie." I replied somberly.

"What?" she gasped in horror.

"The damned mutt killed Charlie." I replied.

"Oh no! Is Bella alright?" she asked.

"I'm not sure. She passed out when she saw the body, Carlisle thinks it's shock. He says that she'll be fine. I just hope she doesn't wake up until we're done at the house."

"What do you mean?"

"We need to burn the house and all the evidence, including the body. You know, to keep the humans from finding out about us. That's why I called, actually. Carlisle needs you and Alice to come here. He says he needs the help, but it's not really that big of a job."

"We'll come anyway. I'll get Alice and we'll be there as soon as we can."

"Okay." I replied.

"See you soon. And son, I love you."

"I love you too, mom." I answered before hanging up the phone.

I went back into the house, to see if Carlisle had needed help. He had finished examining Bella and moved her to lay on the couch. I noticed the overpowering smell of gasoline was covering up the blood- something that made the thirst a little more bearable. I found Carlisle in the kitchen, dosing Charlie's body as well as everything else in gasoline.

"Is there anything that I can do, Carlisle?" I asked.

"No, I think I've got it under control, son. Why don't you just go keep on eye on Bella until I'm done here." He replied.

"Okay." I stated confused. "But, I don't understand, if you can handle this on your own, then why did you need Alice and Esme to come here and help?"

"I didn't ask them to help with this. There's something else, something more important that we have to do tonight. Something that I need as many of you as possible for." he explained.

"And that would be?"

"A meeting with the pack. They have been over stepping their boundaries for a year now. First, Jacob kills one of my sons and almost completely destroys one of my daughters. And his only punishment is exile. An exile that was only put in place so they could put on a face for us. I'm pretty sure they haven't even been sticking by it. Now they not only allowed him to return but aided him in killing an inoccent human, by attacking two of my daughters, nearly killing one. There behavior in this past year is sufficient cause for a war. They have broken the treaty, on several counts tonight. We could attack them at any time if we wanted to. However, I really don't want a war on our hands, so I'm going to give Sam one chance to properly punish Jacob as well as the two who attacked Alice and Rosalie. If he doesn't, then I'm declaring war. And that's all there is to it. I'm hoping it won't be the case, but if it is, I need as many of you there as possible."

"Of course." I agreed.

I couldn't agree more with his feelings at the moment. The pack was seriously out of line for this and we had to do something about it. Or die trying. I wasn't going to let Bella or my family continue suffering and I knew Carlisle wasn't either.

"Okay." Carlisle continued standing up. "I'm just about finished. You should probably take Bella outside, now. I'm going to call and speak with Sam about our meeting, then I'll finish up and join you."

I nodded and went back into the living room. I picked Bella up, gently, from the sofa and headed into the woods in the back of her house. I wasn't standing there for long before the scent of a house burning hit my nose. It wasn't much longer after that did I see flames begin to issue from the house. I prayed that Bella would stay unconcious. She didn't need to see this.

I was standing there for less than a minute before Alice and Esme showed up. Esme stared at the house in complete and utter horror. She let out a tiny gasp and placed her hand in front of her mouth.

Alice looked on in shock as well. She even fell to her knees at one point. I could feel her anguish- much worse than Esme's - rolling off of her in waves. Of all of us, Alice had always been the one closest to Charlie. He was the only one of us Charlie had truly forgiven for what he thought happened to Edward. I sometimes got the impression that Charlie considered her a second daughter. And Alice considered him almost like another father, a human father.

That was completely understandable. I don't think that I had ever seen a better human father than Charlie Swan. He was an amazing man and father who didn't deserve this fate. Those thoughts made me angrier than I had been with Jacob.

I shifted Bella carefully in my arms so I could kneel down and place a comforting hand on Bella's shoulder.

"I don't understand." Alice shook her head. "Jacob loves her. Why is he hurting her like this? I mean Edward was one thing, but her father. I just don't get it. I was always under the impression that the Black's and Swan's were like family. How could Jacob do this to his family? How could he do this to Bella?"

"I don't know, Al." I whispered. "I really don't know."

We were silent for a minute or so before we noticed Carlisle walking toward us from the otherside of the backyard. The was as much anguish coming off of him as there was from everyone else in the woods. The look on his face told me that this was hurting him as much as me. I only prayed that Bella could forgive us for not being able to save Charlie's body.

"I just spoke with Sam." He stated and I could feel the hate and anger radiating off of him as he said it. I was sure I had never felt those emotions to this intensity coming off of him before. I didn't think him capable of these kind of emotions. I supposed you could always push the kind and calmest person too far, though. "He wants to meet with us in an hour. So, Jasper, I want you to take Bella back to the house. Alice, you can cover them, just in case the pack tries to surprise you. Now, Jasper, I'm sorry I have to ask this of you, but I need you to drop Bella off and Leave. I know how badly you're going to want to be there when she wakes up. However, with Rosalie disabled and Emmett's unwillingness to leave her in that condition, I need you, because we're already dowm by by half. If this turns nasty, I'm going to need as many of you as I can get."

"It's alright, Carlisle. I understand." I said and I really did. Bella was going to need me when she woke up. However, I knew my family would need me more when the met with the wolf pack. If things got bad, I had to be there to stop them from getting hurt too much. Bella would be able to survive a few hours without me there. My family needed my immediate attention, though. Besides, I'd jump at any chance to avenge Bella. And it wasn't like she was going to be left alone anyway. "Besides, I know that Emmett will do his best to comfort and care for her in our absence. He won't let anything happen to his baby sister."

"Thank you." Carlisle stated sincerely. "Now, once you guys get Bella home, I want you to go for a hunt, we need all the strength we can get, then meet us at the baseball clearing in forty five minutes."

Alice and I both nodded then took off into the woods. Niether of us said anything as we ran. Our extra sharp senses where in full mode and we didn't want to risk missing anything. I held Bella as tightly to my chest as I could manage without hurting her.

We made it home within five minutes, without an incident. Alice waited in the living room as I, blocking out Rosalie's moans of pain and Emmett soothing words - listening only made me angrier, took Bella to our room.

I land her gently on the bed and covered her up with as many blankets as possible. Guilt trilled through me as I watched her laying there in a peaceful slumber. God, how I wished I could be there when she work. I brushed some hair out of her face and leaned down to her ear. I wasn't positive if she could hear me or not, but I felt I had to say something.

"I'm so sorry for what happened, sweetheart, I really am. I'm sorry that we couldn't give Charlie's body the respect it deserved. And I'm sorry that I won't be here when you wake. Just know that I'm out trying to help keep the family alive and avenge your father's murder in any way I can. I love you and always will. I will do everything in my power to make sure the dog suffers for everything and I swear that he'll never have the chance to hurt you physically or emotionally ever again." I then kissed her forehead and made to leave the room.

Her phone suddenly started blaring out a familiar ring tone, though I couldn't be sure why it was so familiar. I only recognized the song because it was someone who used to call her a lot, but it had been so long, I forgot who it was. I thought breifly about answering it, but since, it wasn't significant enough for me to remember who it was, I figured it was nothing, and simply walked out the door.

ALICE

I was so angered and shocked by what the wolves had done that I could barely think straight. I honestly didn't think that Jacob would go as far as hurt Charlie to get back at Bella. And I definitely didn't think the pack would help Jacob murder a human.

I thought about my fight with Embry. He crossed the line out of nowhere and just came at me. It caught me off guard and I was getting my ass kicked. If Esme hadn't have shown, he probably would've gotten the best of me and probably killed me.

Then there was Rosalie, laying at home going through pain a lot worse than what she did in the transformation. I realized that if Emmett hadn't shown up, Rosalie would've definitely been killed. Just like Charlie had been.

Thinking about it all just made me angrier and angrier. I couldn't believe one person would put someone through so much pain, all in the name of unrequited love. It was ridiculous and made me angrier than I had ever been in my life.

I tried my best to calm myself. I knew being angry and attacking a member of the pack prematurely would be wrong. As much as we wanted our revenge, we didn't want to start a war unless we had to. And attacking them solely for the need of revenge would definitely start a war. I had to find a way to keep myself calm until Carlisle ordered us to attack.

I was thankful that Carlisle had wanted us to hunt before we met them. It helped to cool the anger. Granted, it would've helped more if I didn't have to go after the local deer and other easy pray. However, I put all of my pain and anger into the hunt and just imagined every deer and elk I took down had the head of one of Quiletes or their elders.

It worked so well that by the time Jasper and I went to meet Esme and Carlisle, I was almost completely calm. Almost.

A/N: Sorry for the delay. I had a long day at work on Monday and just went to bed when I came home. Then Tuesday night was Harry Potter night and I didn't have any time. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. Please review.