Jasper opened his eyes.
The pain which he had been in for who knows how long was just starting to get tolerable. The intensity of the pain reminded jasper of when he was first transformed. Jasper squinted trying to extinguish the memories of his past, as he didn't need to add to his ache, the pain at present was bad enough. It took all of Jaspers strength to sit himself up. He hadn't felt so weak in a long time, not since he was human. He found himself gasping for air which he did not need. It always amazed jasper how hard old habits were to break.
Once jasper was sure that he could handle sitting up without too much anguish he looked around the room. The room was dark but thanks to one of the many advantages of being a vampire, Jasper could see like it was in daylight. Jasper found himself in a small cell. The cell was completely empty, no bed, no toilet, no sink, no nothing, but this did not surprise jasper as his captures, being the best vampire hunters around, would know their pray well. His cell walls were made entirely of metal, obviously to prevent the vampires using their incredible strength to escape.
Jasper had to admire the effort these humans had gone through in order to contain him.
Jasper could not contain his sigh as he tried to figure out the fog of thoughts that were running through his head. So many things about his present situation didn't make sense; for one thing Jasper was still alive Jasper knew that these people were vampire hunters but that didn't explain why he was here. Another thing was why had these hunters gone through so much effort in order to prevent him escaping if they intended on eliminating him.
Jasper didn't really care what their intentions were as long as Alice managed to get away safely and unharmed. He frowned at the memory of the day before, seeing the pain in Alice's eyes as she followed his orders and ran into the distance, leaving Jasper alone with Edward.
Jaspers head shot up, suddenly remembering Edwards "unconscious" body. Had they killed him, or was he in a similar state that Jasper was in now? Jasper didn't know which of the two situations he hoped for. It was then that he heard a noise from outside of the cell. It took all of what little energy he had just to pull himself to his feet. He balanced himself on the wall and slowly made his way to the bars of the cell. He tried his best to look and see what was outside his cell, but all he could see was a long corridor of cells that looked just like his.
He stood quietly listening for the sound to come again. Jaspers ears picked up a shuffle coming from the cell next to his. This shuffle was immediately followed by a long groan. Jasper smiled, he would recognise that groan anywhere, after all the fights he had won against his "younger" brother and he had come to know that sound well.
"Now you're just getting cocky", Edwards's voice came much to jaspers relief.
"You know it's the truth" Jasper teased, "How are you feeling".
"Sore" Edward replied, Jasper could hear his attempts to stand.
"I wonder why we're here" Edward spoke probably thinking along the same lines as Jasper.
Before Jasper was able to convey his thoughts, the sound of approaching footsteps silenced them both. The footsteps were coming down the corridor on Edward's side and, judging by the pattern of the steps, only two people were approaching. Jasper stood straight, if his years at war had taught him anything it was to not show weakness, he only hoped that Edward was doing the same. As the footsteps became louder, the voices of the people could be heard.
"We have two which were caught just yesterday sir. They should both be decent at fighting but are no new borns" a rather chirpy male voice stated probably to someone in a higher authority.
"The effects of the darts will still be wearing off so they won't be at full strength for at least two or three more days. Maybe it would be better if you viewed them then Sir?" The voice continued.
"It's fine Calvin," a deeper much more imposing voice stated "I still need to assess what I am working with".
"Yes sir"
The footsteps stopped in front of Edwards cell.
"Who's this?" the deep voice asked.
"Your murderer" Edward replied letting out a low aggressive growl.
"A strong male, physical age: about 17, real age: unknown, no signs of previous battles sir." Calvin continued ignoring Edward's remark.
"Good...Good" Jasper heard the deep voice say evidently satisfied with Edward.
"You said you caught two of them?" the deep voice asked.
"Yes sir the other one is in the next cell".
Jasper smelt them before he saw them. The sweet scents of human blood called for him and remind him just how thirsty he was. It took all his will power to not grab them through the bars. Jasper held his breath hoping to ease the thirst even just slightly.
"And this one" the deep voice asked. Unlike Edward Jasper chose not to speak, instead he took this time to analyse his captures, as he knew this could be key to escape. Jasper saw that the deep voice came from a large middle aged man. This man wore a black suit with a dark purple tie. His hear was combed flat against his large head making his face very circular and pudgy. He looked at Jasper the way a farmer would look at an animal he was thinking of buying. Calvin turned out to be a very average looking man apart from a huge scar that ran down his cheek almost to his chin. Calvin wore loose gray shirt with black pants and looked very underdressed standing next to "Sir".
"Another strong male though doesn't look as strong as the other" Jasper knew Edward would be laughing at this, "physical age: 21 actual age: unknown, many signs of previous battles with hundreds of scars covering the body".
"Hmm he could have great potential if his scars do not lie" Sir said. Jasper did not respond but continued to glare at both Calvin and Sir.
"Right we should let them recover. I want full reports on their progress Calvin" Sir said back in business mode.
"Yes Sir!" Calvin Replied hastily. The two were gone as quickly as they came. Jasper let out his breath confident that he could control himself now.
"What's the situation?" Jasper asked Edward knowing that he would have read all the thoughts both "Sir" and Calvin had during their brief meeting.
"The smaller one...Calvin.. Didn't think much, he only had worried thoughts about the larger man not being impressed with us. The larger man was more interesting, apparently he had needed two new strong vampires for many weeks, something about the old ones getting weak. That was about all I could get, I guess that venom made my ability weaker too" Edward sounded disappointed with himself.
"That's enough information for now" Jasper said not wanting his brother to worry about it. "We need to focus on getting our strength up and getting out of here" Jasper said knowing full well that Edward would already be trying to think of a plan. If only he could talk to Alice, Jasper thought to himself, she would know what was going to happen; she would have warned Jasper when he made a wrong decision. Although Jasper longed for Alice he would never wish for her to be here, he was satisfied knowing that she was safe.
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