A/N: Two chapters in One Week. Yippee!! This one is short, but I promise that the action will pick up within the next couple chapters!
Disclaimer: Still not S.M., Sorry.
Look After You
Chapter Nine
Alice's Point of View
It was hard to stay depressed anymore after what Peter had revealed to us. My sadness quickly turned to anger, which gave me the drive to pull myself full force into the planning of Jasper's rescue. I was going to bring my Jasper home or die trying.
After Peter told us the basics of Maria's current army, we all jumped into finding the best solution. The hard thing was, our best military planner was currently M.I.A., but Peter's similar expertise helped us with that. Although Peter was never as into the war efforts as Jasper had been when they had fought with Maria all those years ago, he still made an okay substitute when it came to battle strategies and military tactics.
The most helpful aspect Peter had brought to the group was his ability to know what was happening in Texas at the very time. We could only get glimpses now and again, due to the block Christen was trying to hold steady over us. Nonetheless, every once in a while, she would slip up and he could get a glimpse of Jasper and the rest of the army.
Our first necessary task was to determine when and how we were going to attack. After quickly turning down Emmett's idea of running straight down to Texas and ripping them to pieces (I didn't need my visions to know that this would never work), we decided to get plane tickets for the next day in order to fly down. We were planning on landing south of where Maria currently was, and attacking them from the rear. Due to Peter's power and my visions, we were able to develop a pretty accurate map of Maria's positioning.
After a couple hours of planning, I finally persuaded Peter to tell us exactly what went down on the day Jasper left.
"Well, you see Alice, Maria and her clan were pretty much in it from the beginning," Peter started, as we took a quick break, so that Renesmee and Jacob could get some sleep. "At the original planning of this, Christen had cut me off, which is why I didn't immediately come and warn you all. The next things I saw were visions of Jason. He planted the idea of you going shopping with Emmett and Rose, and also the idea of Jasper staying at home, which gave the perfect window for an attack."
Peter paused his retelling in order to gauge all of our reactions. Even I was surprised by the amount of effort that went into the planning this kidnapping. What also surprised me was the seamlessness of Jason's power. His manipulation worked so well, that nobody in our family was able to realize it was even happening. We all sat around eager for Peter to continue.
"So, after she had you all out of town, she was able to instigate the death of a hiker up near the cliffs at the precise moment that Jasper was hunting; another perfectly constructed plan from Jason. Then all she needed to do was get Jasper to believe he need to leave, and slowly guide him to the south, through really subtle manipulation. It wasn't that hard, seeing as Jasper was more or less driving aimlessly. Whenever he was faced with a choice of which exit to take, or which way to turn, Jason would just guide his thoughts south.
"I was going to come and warn him, but I thought he would be able to figure it all out on his own. I underestimated his reaction to the killing. I kill humans everyday and don't stop to think anything of it. I never realized how much he, and all of you, put into this vegetarian lifestyle."
He paused in order to look sheepishly down at the ground. "Don't worry about it, Peter," said Carlisle as he entered from the kitchen. Although Carlisle was all for getting Jasper back, he preferred not to directly participate in the planning of the rescue. "It seems that in these days, few really do understand why we would take this quiet lifestyle in comparison to one in which you could be fully satisfied."
"Thanks Carlisle," Peter smiled slowly before launching back into his tale. "So, after Jasper arrived in Texas, his own curiosity brought him to the battlefields in which we had a couple of fights back in my day. After hearing the noises of a current battle, he was drawn to the sounds of his past. He conversed with Maria before declining the offer to join her coven once again.
"I was relived to find that his judgment was still intact, but that was before I realized that Jason had not been acting upon him at the time. You see, earlier during the battle, Jason and Maria had disagreed on some tactical points, and Peter was too angry to manipulate Jasper when he first arrived. But soon after Jasper left the battlefield, Jason found the strength to carry him back.
"Jason is an interesting character in these wars. He does not desire to be part of Maria's killing fest, but he really does not know if he could leave from Maria's hold. He reminds me a lot of me and Jasper way back when."
"Anyhow, Jasper came back to the fields and offered to Maria to stay for awhile, which brings us back to the present."
When Peter finished his speech, I immediately turned to Edward, who I knew had the same thought on his mind as I did. In order to escape from Maria, we would have to get through to Jason. But that brought the question, how do we stop him from fighting long enough to sell him a new lifestyle?
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