JASPER'S POV

I was just finishing my meal when my phone rang. After dropping the body and wiping my mouth I pulled it out of my pocket. Raising a brow at Peter's name on the screen, I flipped it open and brought it to my ear, "Yes?"

"I swear I'm going to kick the shit out of you for this, Jazz."

I blinked, "I beg your pardon?"

"You led the cunt right to my house you stupid son of a bitch."

I took the phone from my ear and looked at it a second before putting it back to my ear, "What are you talking about? Alice was with me when I got there."

He growled at me, "Not the mutant midget ya dumb fuck, Iz's sire. She followed YOUR scent to my house and she brought friends. Now Iz is on her own in the middle of no fucking where, freaking the fuck out because I have to deal with you not using your fucking brain, AGAIN. So guess what, you get to find her and play babysitter until I sort this shit out, and I swear to god, if one hair on her head is out of place when I see her again, I will fucking kill you."

Before I could say a thing back to him, I heard the click that cut off the conversation. Well, if there was a single doubt left that he picked his mate, it was gone now. He wouldn't threaten me like that for just anyone, and I wouldn't allow him to keep his tongue for anything less.

Grabbing the human remains at my feet, I tossed it over my shoulder to drop somewhere else and tore out of the city. Reaching the last point I saw them, I found the most recent scent trail out of the area and followed it, letting the body go about twenty miles away but not pausing my stride. The predators in the area would take care of him eventually so I wasn't worried about wasting time with anything more than that.

Letting my gift go to the furthest reaches I could, I hunted for a single set of emotions, the easiest way to find someone out here when you cannot be sure of where you are. I was within fifteen miles of Peter's place when I found her. Veering off course a little, I picked up her scent and slowed my pace. Since she didn't know me any longer, I knew I had to tread lightly here. She really did have a nasty right hook and I was in no mood to feel it again anytime soon.

When her scent became more concentrated, I stopped and gave the area she was in a once over, a sense of pride filling my gut at her choice of hiding place. It was both good cover and perfectly defensible if it became necessary. Instead of continuing to close the distance and possibly face an attack, I called out, "Iz? You can come out now, Darlin'."

"Jasper?"

I looked up to the trees where her voice sounded to be coming from, squinting my eyes to see though the branches. When I found her, I gave her a slight smile, "Yeah, Darlin. It's me. Peter sent me to keep an eye on you until he gets back. Wanna come on down from there?"

She shook her head, "No. Peter told me not to move until the phone he gave me rang. I'm more inclined to listen to him than you."

I sighed and crossed my arms, newborns. I could understand that though, he has been with her since the beginning and she trusts him so this wasn't unexpected, just really annoying. Giving her a nod, "That's fine, you can stay there."

She gave me a flat look, "Thanks so much for your permission."

Well, she's a randy little bitch these days, ain't she? Swallowing the growl that was threatening to surface, I just leaned against a tree that was next to me and glanced off towards where Peter's house was. Between him and Garrett this shouldn't take too long I don't think. Babysitting an infant that apparently hates my fucking guts for an hour or so shouldn't be too difficult. Not like it's not something I'm not used to. However, knowing that his particular newborn used to star in less than polite daydreams when she was human made it a little awkward for me.

After a few minutes, I looked back up at her, "So, you really don't remember me at all?"

She shrugged, "Nope. I heard what you said before about trying to eat me once and I gotta tell ya, doesn't fill me with the greatest desire to change that either, so stop with the fucking pleasantries. Peter might have asked you to keep an eye on me, but last I checked, eyes don't have mouths."

The more she talked, the less I was inclined to believe my nose that told me this was the human that once fell all over herself to please others. She was a smart mouthed little bitch, and nothing at all like she was before. I understand that she doesn't have her human memories anymore, but even that wouldn't have changed her personality this fucking much. Something happened after we left that did that, and she blocked her memories during her change. The lack of memories was her own doing, known or not, and I want to know why the fuck that was, and what happened.

I pulled out my phone and called Peter, telling him not to destroy the redhead if she was there. I had something I wanted to find out before she fried. Once he agreed and I hung up, I turned back to Iz, "I apologize for trying to snack on you when you were a human. I know you don't remember that day, but there were events and circumstances about it that led to that outcome. It wasn't really my intention to do so."

She cocked her head a little to the side, her lips pursed and eyes narrowed a bit. She was quiet a long moment before she smirked and put her chin in her hand, "You really expect me to believe that? While you might have convinced yourself it was an accident, I highly doubt it was. I was a human, you were a vampire so the outcome was easy to foresee. I would have respected and accepted your apology if had you been honest and said something to the effect of, 'Sorry for trying to eat you, but you know how it is when around a tasty treat. Kinda like cookies, can't resist the call of yummy.'" Then she gave me another flat look, "I want nothing from you, not an apology, not an explanation, nothing. And if you think for one fucking second that your piss poor attempt at an apology is going to change my mind about going halfway around the world to save someone I don't know from being an idiot, you're out of your fucking mind."

With that, she leaned back against the tree truck and crossed her arms, turning away from me and looking out into the distance where Peter's house was; worry and fear leaking back into her emotions. I was about to say something else when her head snapped the other way, eyes narrowed and teeth bared. I didn't even see her move from her position on her ass to being crouched down and in the ready position to pounce or run; two things that I really didn't want to deal with. If she pounced there was the risk she would get hurt and if she ran there was the chance she could get hurt. Knowing Peter as well as I did, he really would try and kill me if she got hurt.

I looked over to where she was and saw Alice walking towards us, a look on her face I knew well and one that set Iz completely on edge. She was smiling when she reached my side and when she looked up at the newborn that looked just about ready to take her head from her shoulders. I had no doubt that she could too. Alice couldn't fight for shit and from the display earlier, I knew that Peter had been working with Bella to defend herself already. Let's add to that that Bella didn't seem to like anyone other than Peter and if a newborn doesn't like you, they will hurt you.

Alice grabbed my arm and smiled wide at me, "This is perfect. Grab her and let go. We still have time to save Edward."

The growl that came from above our heads rattled my bones it was so loud. My head snapped up to look at Bella and I saw the one sight I could have lived the rest of my life without ever seeing again. I locked eyes on to the flat black ones of an infant demon that had JUST fed. Her lips were pulled back to her gums, the setting sun reflecting off the venom on her teeth, making the drips shine as they dropped to the ground. There was no color at all in her eyes, the whites vanishing in the midst of her anger. Her fingers were claws as they dug into the bark of the branch she was crouched on. She was nothing at this point but a wild animal and something that I knew better than to go anywhere near.

Her voice was a snarled growl and only my experience with children her age gave me the ability to understand what she said. "I fucking dare you."

When I didn't move in a timely enough manner for her, Alice huffed and after glaring at me, ran over to the tree Bella was in and kicked it as hard as she could, snapping it like a twig at the base and knocking it down. With a smirk over her shoulder at me, "Now was that really so hard?"

I still hadn't moved from my place against the tree I was leaning on. I just uncrossed an arm and pointed to the sky, drawing her attention to the fact that Bella had jumped from that tree to a different one. If Alice thought that simply knocking down the tree was enough to get her on the ground, she was out of her fucking mind. All she was going to do was piss her off more and a pissed off newborn wasn't something I had any plans on dealing with.

Alice was on her own with that one.

I lifted my eyes to the tree tops and watched as Bella lept to another tree as Alice hit the one she was in again. I wasn't going to interfere in this for one reason; we were not that far from Peter's place and I knew he could hear the trees hitting the ground. If Bella was his like he keeps saying and like I think, he will be more pissed off if I do than if I don't. Plus, Bella was more than capable of handling Alice when she ran out of trees. I wouldn't actually allow the youngin to get into a fight without Peter here, THAT I would stop before it began, but jumping from one tree to the next ain't gonna hurt her none.

I felt Peter's approach and felt I owed Alice a heads up if nothing else. Not bothering to raise my voice, I called out to her, "That really isn't a good idea, Alice. I would suggest leaving her alone."

She whirled around and glared at me, "Shut up Jasper. If you're not going to help me try and save Edward than just keep your mouth shut. She is the only one that can and I have SEEN her going and by God she will."

I didn't have the time to respond before Peter did, "Over my dead fucking body, midget." He looked over at me and I shrugged at him. I wasn't going to stop him from defending his mate if that was what she as to him. I KNEW better than that shit. That was the whole reason we were even in this fucked up position to begin with.

Peter then turned to the trees, "Come here, Sugar."

It was like a fucking switch was flipped in Bella's mind. The moment that she heard Peter's voice, she snapped completely out of it, her eyes flashed back to a bright red of a freshly fed vampire and her body completely relaxed at the sound. She looked over at him a moment before glaring in Alice's direction with a hiss. After a snap of her teeth, she launched herself out of the branches into Peter's arms where he caught her perfectly to slip her behind him, keeping his arm around her back and holding her flush to his. From my vantage point, I saw her grab onto the fabric of his shirt and press her face into it, but still left her eyes uncovered.

Once he had her secured to his liking, he looked back over at me, "Wanna tell me what the fuck that shit was?"

I didn't say a word, hearing Bella tell him EXACTLY what happened, as muffled as it was, and with every word, his eyes darkened taking on that demonic undertone. The last time I saw him this pissed off was nearly ninety years ago in the southern camp when he was punished for something that he didn't do in a way that was meant to break him. Peter doesn't get pissed. He gets annoyed and slightly irritated, but he doesn't get pissed off about anything. He didn't even get pissed off the day he killed Charlotte for what he saw and walked into. He was a giddy fucker that day if I had to name it. This though, this even had me a little on edge because this was something that I haven't encountered but once and that didn't have a pretty outcome.

Once she was done telling him what he walked into, he locked those demonic eyes on mine, "control your whore, Jasper. If she gets within fifty feet of my girl here again, her death will not be slow OR pleasant." Then his eyes slid to Alice, "If you don't believe me, try me."

Alice looked at him for a second before she turned to me, "You're just going to stand there and let him threaten me like that?"

I snorted, "Peter doesn't make threats, Alice. You know that."

If it were possible, her face would be a brighter red than a tomato. She screeched and rounded on Peter and Bella, "God, why are you being such a fucking bitch?" Bella started growling at the challenge in Alice's voice but I doubt Alice knew that since she just kept going. "Edward loved you with everything he had and it wasn't enough for you. Now you're going to let him die because you're a self-serving…"

I watched as Peter let go of the young lady and cross his arms as she lunged for the little sprite. I watched as Bella tackled Alice to the ground, straddle her chest and hulled off and blasted her in the mouth with every ounce of strength she could put into it, wincing a little at the sound of teeth shattering upon impact.

She then grabbed the front of Alice's shirt and pulled her nose to nose with her. Teeth snapping a breath from the tip of it, Bella spoke low and calm for as pissed off as she was, "You wanna know why I refuse to help that slimy little piece of shit you seem to think deserves my interference? I won't help him because he doesn't exist. His last words to me the day he left me in the middle of the fucking woods was I would forget all about him, move on with my life, and he wouldn't exist. He called that shit perfectly. He does not exist to me anymore, as HE wanted. So drop the holier than thou art attitude with me you little fucking imp and save his ass your damn self because I will have NO part in it. I told you I didn't know him so why in the fuck would I risk my life to save him?"

Alice never did know when to keep her mouth shut. Screaming in rage and pain, "Because you're the only one that can."

At this Bella got as close to her face as she could, noses touching and lips nearly brushing with her whispered words, "I don't give a fuck. If he dies that's not my problem. My only problem is you and I don't deal real well with problems these days. The only thing I would do if I went would be to lobby for it to be as PAINFUL as possible. Keep that in mind next time you try something like this ya fucking bitch because I don't play nice, I bite." To emphasize that point, she snapped her teeth again, this time connecting with the tip of Alice's nose eliciting a scream from her and a dark chuckle from Bella.

Peter cleared his throat drawing Bella's attention to him and with one more smirk at Alice, Bella let her go and got off her, returning to Peter's side and taking his arm when he presented it to her. The blackness of his eyes was completely different this time when he looked down at her, backed up with an ass load of lust and desire in his emotions. Yeah, if he didn't know what she was to him at this point, he was an idiot.

I looked at him and he smirked at me, "Told ya she only has two memories. That just happened to be one of 'em."

I nodded and watched as he dipped his head and spoke in Bella's ear, to softly for me to hear but the way her brow slowly slid up her forehead told me that she couldn't believe he was saying it. I saw her eyes dart to me a moment as her lips pursed a little. The brow that had inched up her skull dropped down with a snap as her brow ferried and she was overtaken with complete confusion.

She pulled away from him a little and turned that look on him and shook her head. Before she could say a word, he pulled her back and said something else that she nodded to and then sighed and became resigned. She looked up at him through her lashes and whined, "Are you sure about this?" He cocked a brow at her making her huff and cross her arms, a little pout on her face, "Fine."

He winked at her before pulling her close to his side and looking at me, "Let's head to the house. Time to have a little fun."