Chapter 15

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight, not me. Chapter title is from You vs. Me by HorrorPops.

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Alice sprung herself so powerfully at Maria that they burst through the second story wall and fell to the ground. Both barely noticed slamming onto the ground as they attempted to bite and take snaps out of whatever pieces of flesh they could.

Neither noticed Jasper yelling for them to stop, nor how Derek lay twitching in pain from Alice's venom. The two females were too caught up in the midst of their fight that nothing else mattered.

As they both struggled to dominate over the other, Jasper realized that he could do nothing to stop this fight. Either join in or stay out. He chose the latter, knowing how Maria liked to win her battles alone. But Alice... Poor, defenseless Alice. He immediately regret not teaching her how to fight when she did ask him; was that why she wanted to in the first place? Because she saw intruders coming?

The fury and hate radiating off both the women was so intense that it was pounding Jasper from all directions. Even as he directed a wave of calmness into the air, the anger and resentment quickly overpowered it.

Then his thoughts centered around Derek: Jasper wasn't able to change the emotional climate around him when Derek was strong and healthy, but he was able to use his powers when Derek was weak, powerless from another vampire's venom. Was that his weakness? Unable to protect him and whoever he wanted to when someone's venom was inside his body. It must have been it, or else Jasper would have rid Derek and Maria of their lustful feelings for each other in the bedroom...

A loud snap and a woman's shriek pulled Jasper out of his thoughts. He immediately ripped his gaze toward Alice and Maria; had Alice gotten hurt?

No, it was Maria. Alice was standing over the girl's body, her leg crushing Maria's arm. The Hispanic girl screamed again as more crunching sounds emitted from her body, Alice smirking sadistically.

But she foresaw Maria's next move too late: Alice's body registered the fact that Maria had kicked her ten feet in the air, rocks flying out everywhere as well. The pixie-like vampire twisted her body in mid air, predicting Maria's next move. Alice grabbed the closest stone in mid-air and aimed for Maria's broken arm as she pounced towards Alice.

Maria gave out another cry as the small rock collided on the most painful area of her arm just as Alice landed softly on the ground. Once again, a vision appeared in her head that showed Maria running away. Before Alice would let that happen, she hurled herself at Maria, snarling and exposing her razor-sharp teeth, ready to bite Maria if necessary.

Maria got to her first. Her teeth sunk onto Alice's wrist.

She let out a scream of agony, the venom burning like nothing she ever felt before. The pain was unbearable and Alice's concentration faltered, her eyes slightly unfocused as her body could only register the burn of the bite.

Using this to her advantage, Maria sent Alice flying against the tree.

"Alice!" Jasper's voice whipped, running immediately to her side. "Stop, stop!" He ordered, trying to help her stand up.

But she shoved him off, snarling. "Get off me," she hissed. "Leave me alone!" She yelled, the hate pouring out of those words as well. Jasper immediately felt the hate not only directed towards Maria and Derek, but to him as well. Shocked, he backed away before she would try to attack him.

Staggering forward, Alice struggled to regain her balance.

Once again, Maria used this to her advantage and sent Alice flying into the forest. That was followed by several crashes, the sound of trees falling on top of one another.

"Alice!" Jasper yelled, desperate to see if she was alright.

In less than a second, he was where the trees had collapsed. A small foot popped out from underneath three trees. Before he could lift those off, a body smashed into his, sending him flying into the trees as well.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Maria shouted, anger flashing in her eyes. "Ella es la mia!" Lifting off the trees easily as if they were feathers, she uncovered Alice unmoving on the ground. Alice's body was spastic, her expression distressed and tortured. It pleased Maria how easy it was to hurt Jasper's little 'obsession.' "Now prepare to be torn into pieces, monstruo." Maria flashed a menacing smile, raising her arms to finish Alice off.

Then something small yet hard slammed her onto the ground. Maria's other arm snapped and she screamed in agony. Fists pounded onto her voice; her nose snapped as well. She kicked her legs furiously, attempting to dislodge Alice. But Maria couldn't, the aching on her face and arms too much to bear.

"Stop," she choked out as Alice's hand smashed into her cheek. "Stop!" Maria wheezed, unable to get any other word out of her mouth.

The pounding didn't stop. Neither did the pain.

"Please," she pleaded, her blood-colored eyes boring into Alice's topaz ones.

Fists didn't stop demolishing her face.

Alice yelled in protest as a pair of strong arms ripped her body off Maria's. Jasper held Alice in his arms as she writhed violently. He could feel the abhorrence radiating off her body, the repulsion she held for Maria.

Alice didn't know how to kill a vampire, Jasper realized. She wanted to kill Maria but was unable to. Alice would do anything to see Maria dead and lifeless. But Jasper wouldn't let her, knowing how she would react once the loathing and hatred wore off.

She wouldn't be able to live with herself. For committing murder.

Jasper clutched her tightly in his grasp as he glared daggers at Maria.

"Leave. With your henchman," he ordered strongly, sending fear into her body. "Leave and never come back."

Whimpering, she nodded helplessly.

"I can't get up," Maria croaked. "My arms, I can't feel my arms. Por favor, por favor, me ayuda."

Jasper shrugged. "I hear Derek finally coming to help you. Bitch."

And then he ran off with the girl who was still shaking violently in his arms.

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"Let go of me!" Alice yelled, pounding her fists onto his chest. "I want to kill her!"

Jasper finally let her down in front of their now partly destroyed home.

"Alice, I can't let you do that," he said, shaking his head. "You would regret it. You're too pure to be able to live with that."

Extreme hostility and dislike hit him from her body.

"No," she said harshly, her eyes narrowing. "Because you want her to live. So you can go back to her!" she roared, stomping her foot on the ground. The ground shook several feet around them.

"I don't understand," he replied, confused.

"Don't lie to my face," she said. "I could hear everything." Alice's hand twitched with the urge to slap him in the face.

Jasper noticed and grabbed both of her hands with his. He bent down so they were eye level, his lips grazing over her knuckles. Although he knew she hated for him to influence her own emotions, he twisted the hate and rage into calmness and serenity.

Then something stung his cheek. A small hand.

Alice had ripped her hands out of his, detesting the fact he had tried to calm her despite her telling him not to.

She glared at him, trying to communicate the feeling of disgust and animosity. But all Jasper could feel was hurt, and it was evident in her eyes.

"I hope to God she was worth it," she spat, before running into the house.

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AN: I hope you all liked it! I thought of so many ways to write this. This is the third draft, and I'm really happy with it! So I hope you are too!

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