A/N- Here's chapter six!!! I would have updated sooner, but work and school and all that other joyous stuff got in the way. Anywho, Enjoy!!! Oh, and reviews would be nice. Reviews would be really nice.
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Look After You
Chapter Six
Jasper's Point of View
I emerged from the room as soon as the sun set bellow the horizon. Not wanting to come face to face with the happy owner of this fine motel, I decided to just jump out the window that was already falling of its hinges. I'd been staring at this battlefield all day, remembering the dark days of my past, my far past, but I had to get closer, just to know that it was real.
I remember the main battle that took place on this field as if it were yesterday. Maria, Nettie, Lucy, Peter, and I had all been leading our small army at the time. The battle took place in those few months that our army dominated; before Peter left and Maria went insane and started to kill the others. We had about twenty newborns on our side, compared to the enemies fifteen. We completely demolished them, with only losing one man.
I remembered the high smoke stacks that could be seen above the battlefield as we burnt the remains of our enemies. And I also remember the smaller stack where we burnt the remains of our fellow; it was no use keeping someone that torn up, and we had to move on quickly. That night the celebration was incredible. We had finally conquered Houston, which was only about five miles away from this point. We were the only army left to feast in that spot. I remember everyone was cheering and happy.
Everyone except Peter. I remember walking over to him late that night as he sat next to the ashes of the small smoke stack that we burnt our soldier.
"What's up Peter," I said to him. "Come join the party. We're planning to go feast soon."
"I'm not thirsty," Peter replied flatly. This confused me. It really didn't matter if you're thirsty or not. It was like a child being offered a big bowl of ice cream; no matter if he was hungry or not, he was going to try and eat it. I could feel Peter; he was regretful, almost grieving.
"What's wrong Peter? We just conquered Houston! Why so glum?" I asked.
"This is wrong Jasper! All of this. These bloodless battles for blood, why are we fighting them? Why do we need these cities? Why are we fighting these wars? We make all this new life, and for what? So we can just sacrifice our newborns, and kill more humans. This is so wrong."
That was the first time I ever heard Peter talk about his dislike for the war. I didn't know what to say to him, so I just left him there and joined back into the celebrations. A week later was when we had to kill of all of the newborns that had reached their year mark, when Peter took Charlotte and disappeared.
I was abruptly pulled out of my reminiscing by the sound of an inhuman ripping noise followed by an inhuman scream. For a minute, I thought it was part of my memories, before realizing that I was hearing it in present time. The wars, they were happening nearby.
I took of like lightening. These wars, they couldn't still be going on, they couldn't still be happening, that was over a hundred years ago. As I got closer though, I was in no doubt that it was a vampire battle. I stayed undetectable in the woods surrounding the clearing where the battle was taking place, and watched it unfold. It all looked so familiar, but at the same time, so foreign. It was like the memories I had about these battles were from a different life; a life before hope, before love.
I watched the whole battle unfold, all of the death, destruction, the burning. I looked on the newborns fighting, and saw the memories mix with the reality. I remember clearly making these newborns and then setting them up for these battles. I watch until the whole battle was over. I watched both sides take heavy damage and then one finally coming out victorious. I still couldn't believe it was happening.
The burning was starting and I really didn't want to stay for someone to detect me, nor did I really enjoy seeing the burning parts. Right when I was about to leave the leader of the winning army stepped out into the clearing and I froze. I recognized her. Oh, did I recognize her. I stepped out into the clearing without thinking. One of the newborns came charging at me and I crouched down in defense.
It was the strangest thing ever. The newborn came within yards of me, and then just turned back. I'd never seen so much control in newborns before.
"What's your business?" yelled the woman, who I knew as Maria, my old leader in these wars.
I straightened up and felt her demeanor change. She went from defense to happiness. "Jasper Whitlock," she said coming closer, "it's been far too long."
"Wish I could say the same," I mumbled, too low for her to hear.
"What brings you to this neck of the woods?" she asked.
"I heard the battle and couldn't believe my ears. You still fighting these wars then?"
"Yep, I control most of the Texas area right now, even bits of Mexico. Well, don't be a stranger, come on in."
I hesitated, and she took noticed. "Don't worry, the newborns won't attack."
"How can you be sure of something like that," I remembered back when I used to look after the newborns. Even with my powers helping, I still couldn't keep them all in check.
"We have our ways," she replied. I was still curious to her means of control, but I didn't ask any further. I trusted that they were under control from her emotions though, so I followed.
She led me to a tent through the woods on the other end of the clearing. I walked inside to see two other vampires sitting in the tent. Knowing the way Maria runs here army, I could tell that these vampires were probably in the same position I was in all those years back. They were vampires that must have shown exceptional power, vampires that Maria kept over the year mark.
"Jasper, this is Christine, and over there, that's Joseph. Christine, Joseph, this is Jasper Whitlock," said Maria.
I appraised the two vampires. Christine was a short blonde, yet still somewhat intimidating. Overall she seemed like a happy person. That is always hard to come across on these battlefields, happiness. I then looked over at Joseph. He was tall, dark haired, and much more reserved. The kind of thing you usually saw here. Maybe the reason Maria kept Christine was because of here drive towards the wars, the happiness for fighting.
I walked over to Christine first to shake her hand. "Nice to meet--," I stopped dead in my tracks. I had the strangest feelings. Like my power to read emotions had just been turned off. I'd never in my life experienced anything like it.
"Christine, stop it!" scolded Maria, and my power turned back on. I looked over at Maria for an explanation. "Sorry about that," she began. "Christine has the power to temporarily cut off people's powers. Nice gift to have when dealing with armies of vampires."
I looked over at the giggling from of Christine. "Yeah, nice gift," I said, still a bit shocked. In all my years as a vampire, I'd never experienced anything like that. It reminded me somewhat of Bell—of my past, my far away past.
I then turned to Joseph. "Hello," I offered.
"Yeah," he replied then got up. "My work is done here, I'm leaving. Call me when were moving on." He then swiftly walked out of the tent. He was much more depressing then any one else I'd come across lately.
Maria turned to me as if to apologize. "Joseph is a bit more regretful in becoming a vampire."
"Then why keep him?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Oh, I have my reason," she replied, almost as if she was plotting. "Boy do I have my reasons."
"What would those be?" I inquired.
"So Jasper, will you be staying with us?" she asked, completely ignoring my question.
"You know what, I probably should be going," I replied, not wanting to get myself involved in these wars again.
"Okay, then," said Maria. I then proceeded to walk out of the tent and back to the motel to collect my things and move on.
About half way back to the motel, I realized something. What really was keeping me from going back to these wars? Just for awhile, I could go back to my past, my far past, before all of the heartache. I quickly turned back and ran to the tent I had just left. I walked inside to see Maria, Christine, and Joseph all sitting around.
"You know, I think I might stay for a bit," I said.
"Excellent," replied Maria.
A/N- So, what'd you think. Review!!!!!
Okay, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I had this huge brain thing, and now I've got this great idea for the rest of the story. (Yippee!!) The bad news is that I have to return to school on Monday and therefore updates will slow down a bit with homework and midterms and all that good stuff getting in the way. (Awww…)
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