Chapter 3

A/N: Alright here is the next chapter, as promised. I hope you all enjoyed last chapter, though it only received 11 reviews. Just so you guys know, the words in italics that aren't labeled –flashback- are Bella's thoughts (:

A flicker of hope

My hands immediately flew up to claw at the hand clamping my mouth shut, desperately trying to break free of the person restraining me.

Why does this keep happening to me today?

Before I could cause too much damage, my capturer leaned down to whisper in my ear "Stop fighting me Isabella. I'm not going to hurt you." Keegan. I instantly redoubled my efforts, attempting to cause him as much pain as possible. "Ow! Fuck! Stop!" I clamped my teeth down hard on his hand and smiled in satisfaction as he pulled it back, mistakenly releasing me.

I spun around and kicked him right in his balls. Hard. "How dare you put your hands on me, you pixy fucking psychopath! I will not hesitate to rip you to shreds if you ever think about touching me again!" I screamed at him. I could feel myself shaking with rage, teetering on the edge of falling into that destructive redness I had sworn to never let control me again.

Think happy thoughts Bella. Happy thoughts.

Quickly I felt the world around me fading as I retreated into the depths of my mind.

o.O.o*JD2*o.O.o

-Flashback-

"COMMON BELLA HURRY THE FIRETRUCK UP!"

I laughed at Emmett's word choice as I made my way into the living room, sitting myself on the couch next to Jasper, snuggling close to his side. I relaxed fully into him as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, placing a kiss on the top of my head.

"You watch too much Smosh dude." Peter commented with a chuckle.

"No such thing as too much Smosh" Emmett shot back. "Now, onto serious business. We need to decide between Insidious and Letters to Juliet. Now I'm not ginna sit through a chick flick, so I vote insidious."

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Of course you would. Well I pick Letters to Juliet." She stated simply.

"Letter's to Juliet" Char said at the same time Peter voted for Insidious. She shot him an evil glare that clearly read 'no sex for a week.' I watched in amusement as Peter's face fell to a look of disappointment.

"I really want to see Insidious." I looked up at Jasper as he spoke.

Well that sucks. I really don't want to watch a horror film and get the crap scared out of me. I mused to myself.

Sensing my emotions Jasper spoke up "Don't worry Darlin', I won't let the ghosts get you." He joked, winking at me.

"Now hold on a second, I haven't even voted yet! Who says I'm going to vote for Insidious?"

Jasper's face fell, and I could tell he really wanted to see this movie. His eyes widened and his lip poked out. Who would have ever thought that 'The God of War' would have been making a puppy dog face over a movie?

"Please babe?" He began to nuzzle my neck, right around the area where he had marked me.

"No Jasper, I don't want to watch a scary movie." My voice sounded strong, but my resolve was weakening as he began to place soft kisses up and down my neck.

"Darlin' don't worry, I'll keep you safe." He moved so his lips were lightly brushing against my ear, sending shivers up and down my side. "I promise I'll make it worth your while tonight." I couldn't help but whimper.

"Okay, we'll watch Insidious." I gave in. Jasper beamed and pulled me close, giving me a short but passionate kiss. "Love you Darlin'"

"Love you too Jasper" I smiled.

Char crossed her arms and looked at Rose. "Yep, Bella's dick whipped."

-End of Flashback-

o.O.o.*JD2*o.O.o

I felt my body slowly relax as I went out of 'attack mode' as Peter called it. Sadly, along with the pain, this was something that also happened often. I was constantly on edge. It was as if I was missing my center, the only thing that kept me sane, and I guess in a way I was. But I could feel it was becoming worse. Every day I could feel the pull of the red haze becoming stronger and the pain intensified. The longer I was away from Jasper, the more my body turned against me. I needed to find him before it was too late.

I took an unnecessary deep breath in an attempt to calm myself, not that it did much good, before I spoke. "What do you want Keegan?" I spat his name out.

I saw him slowly stagger to his feet, clutching his balls in pain. I couldn't help but smirk. "I could hear them fighting from back at the house." His voice was breathy and weak as he nodded to the area where Emmett and Edward were still going at it.

I made to go and try to break up their fight, but Keegan stepped ahead of me. "Don't, I got it. You'll probably just hurt yourself anyways." God why hadn't I killed him yet? He's always so fucking cocky and annoying. "Who is it he's fighting anyways?"

"That's Edward." My tone was short and clipped. The sooner he got out of here the better.

Keegan stopped and turned to look at me. "That's impossible. You're mistaken."

I rolled my eyes. He was always trying to prove me wrong. "I know what I'm talking about! I dated the guy for like a year."

His face changed to a look of confusion "The control I had on him was strong. I completely possessed him. When I left his body he should have died. He is supposed to be dead." I could feel that he was talking more to himself, trying to work out in his head how Edward was still alive.

I took a minuet to think this over. "Wait, didn't Alice tell you he was supposed to be in Italy?" Why didn't she tell him? I couldn't think of a reason for her to keep this from him.

"No. I told her that the control I had on him should have left him dead. Didn't she tell you this?"

Obviously not.

"I wasn't exactly the most welcoming person to her. I wouldn't put it pass her to keep this from me. She's done a lot worse." I gave him a pointed look.

"Common, when are you going to forgive me for that? I've apologized like five hundred times!" He asked with a smile.

I couldn't help but just stare at him. He thought this was a joke? "You plotted against me and tried to kill my mate, who is now missing. I will never forgive you." I said seriously before walking to where the boys were still fighting, Edward still attempting to get into Emmett's head. I heard him sigh and follow me, keeping a safe distance in case I snapped on him.

"Your own mate isn't enough for you is she? Yeah you're already thinking about leaving her. Bella must be pretty good in bed if you're thinking of leaving someone as fucking hot as Rose. A shame I never got to take her, but she was such a priss. But I bet she's fucking awesome in bed. I can just imagine bending her over the couch and pounding into that sweet-"

He was cut off as Keegan walked right up to Edward, ignoring the vicious growls coming from Emmett, grabbed the shorter vampire and turning him around to stare into his eyes.

"Who the fu-" Edward began, but was quickly cut off.

"Silence." Keegan was using a tone I had never heard on him before. It was dark and controlling. I saw the shock register on Edward's face as his mouth quickly snapped shut, leaving him unable to speak. "Sit." Edward complied as if he had no choice. Come to think of it he probably didn't. I had never saw Keegan use his power before, and there was something captivating about watching him use it. He had total control over his victim, he could kill Edward now and there would be nothing anyone could do about it. It was frightening seeing firsthand how much power this vampire I hated possessed.

"How did you survive? You may speak." Keegan's gaze never wavered from Edwards.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Edward sounded like a child refusing to admit he had broken something expensive. Attempting to play the innocence card.

"Do not lie to me. How did you survive?"

"I told you I don't know what you are talking about."

"Then you are of no use to me. I would enjoy locking you up, and studying you to try and figure out how you survived, but it seems as though a small part of my control lingers in you, making you stronger, and crazier. You are a danger to everyone around you. Do you have any final words before I end you?"

An unnerving smile crossed Edward's face. There was seriously something wrong with him. "Go ahead and kill me. Then you'll never find out where Jasper is." With that said he passed out.

No body spoke for several moments, the shock of his words setting in.

He knows. He said he knows.

How reliable is his word?

He's crazy. He shouldn't be trusted.

He knows. He knows where Jasper is. I can't let them kill him!

My thoughts were racing around, trying to decide if he was telling the truth or not. "Is it possible?" My voice was a whisper. "Is it possible he really knows where Jasper is?"

I felt Emmett's arms wrap around my waist as the emotions overcame me, making my knees weak. "I don't know Bells; he could just be spewing more shit." Emmett whispered into my hair, still holding me up. I was grateful for the support. I did not want Keegan to see me weak.

"It is possible that if he was traveling around, he could have heard or saw something. But then again, like Emmett said, he could just be saying it so that I don't kill him." He looked at the passed out vampire in front of him, flipping him on to his back with his shoe.

"What's wrong with him? I didn't think vampires could pass out." Emmett asked the Sandy brown vampire in front of him.

"It's a side effect of the control. When I use it, the victim passes out afterwards. But the part that lingers in him seems like it just randomly takes him over, and then when it's either had enough, or Edward regains control of himself, it disappears."

"So can he like possess other people like you can?" Emmett continued.

"I'm not sure. We'll have to talk to him when he wakes up. That is if he regains consciousness of his former self. "

"What if he doesn't? What if he's just faking this because he doesn't want to be killed?" I asked the question this time.

"I'll have to kill him." Keegan's gold eyes locked on mine.

I felt anger, along with a little fear rise up in me. "No you can't do that. Not if he knows where Jasper is." I shook my head. No way was I letting him kill Edward if there was even the slightest possibility that Jasper was alive. I needed to find him. I had already admitted to myself that I was ready to find my mate no matter the consequence.

"Look, he's starting to wake up." Emmett pointed out.

We all watched as Edward started to move, looking like a human just waking up from a nap. His eyes slowly fluttered before opening, his hands going to rub his face. "Ugh… where am I?" His voice was gravely, like he had just woken up. He looked around slowly, taking in his surroundings. "Bella, Emmett? What's going on?"

"You were being possessed. It has given up control of you for now, it may overtake you at any time, but as for now it seems as though you are back to normal." It was Keegan who answered him.

Edward looked up and locked eyes with the slightly taller vampire. "You!" He jumped to his feet with blinding speed. "You did this to me!" Keegan rolled his eyes. "I have been looking for you. You need to fix this! Fix me!" Edward had moved forward so that he was right in Keegan's face, their chests almost touching.

"You need to tell us something first. I need you to try and remember what just happened." Keegan didn't seem the least bit intimidated by Edward's obvious display of aggression.

Such a cocky bastard. I thought for the second time today.

Edward stepped back slightly, just enough so he wasn't in Keegan's face. "I can't, believe me I've tried to. Whenever this… 'Possession'… takes over me, I try and remember what I have done. But I can't. I can feel the evil things that this part of me has done in the back of my mind and I try, but I can't remember. I'm sorry." Edward looked down, shaking his head. "What did you need to know anyways?"

No one answered him.

I felt my hope falling. The information on Jasper's whereabouts was locked in deep inside of Edward's mind. I could feel the venom well up in my eyes. We had come so close to finding out where my mate was.

So close.

There was silence until Emmett finally spoke up. "Wait, you said the information was locked in your mind right?"

Edward rolled his eyes. "Yes Emmett, I just said that five seconds ago."

"Well that means that at some point you had to of thought it."

Edward nodded, and Emmett continued, an excited look on his face.

"Well then we just need someone who can access your thoughts to unlock it!"

I felt excitement flutter in my chest. What he was saying made sense. "That is a great idea Emmett!" I exclaimed. I stretched up on to my tiptoes to give him a friendly peck on the cheek, not noticing his facial expression.

Edward's face became dark. "Well that's a problem." He must have been responding to Keegan's thoughts. "It seems as though the only other mind ready with those capabilities is Aro of the Volturi.

A/N: Of course there is a cliffhanger! Haha so tell me what you guys thought of this chapter (: Thoughts, ideas and constructive criticism welcome (: -Zee