The next morning after Izzy and I returned from our night out, and before the elimination assessment began, I pulled Jasper and Garrett off to the side and told them about what happened in the city leaving nothing out, not even the details of the impromptu fight with Aro and Felix. They were quiet for the most part, just listening to what I told them as we watched over Izzy as she changed and got ready for her fight against Jasper. Once I was finished, Garrett looked over at me, "I am sorry, old friend, but I just cannot picture the ruling vampire in such a way."

I shrugged, "I wouldn't have believed that either had I not seen it myself, so I don't blame you. It was the strangest shit, too. I can honestly say that the last thing I ever thought I would ever do was get drunk in a bar in Mexico with Aro Volturi. I sooner saw myself back here, than that shit happening."

It was then Miss Giggles made her appearance, latching onto my arm, and wrapping her hot little body around it, "I like him, and I bet, under different circumstances and in a different time, ya'll would too. I really don't doubt that he's not a guy to piss off, but he seems like he's a pretty down to earth guy for the power he has."

I smirked down at her when she turned her head up to look at me, "You just like him cuz he has a little soft spot for you."

She giggled again and shrugged a light shoulder, "it certainly helps, but that's the not the reason. I like him because he seems like a kickass little fucker that knows how to have a good time. Seriously, the bastard has a dirtier mind than you have, Peter. Plus, he's hot as fuck, what's not to like?"

I growled a little at that, liking the fucker a little less than I did a minute ago, as I pressed my forehead to hers, "You're lobbyin' for his death talkin' like that, Sugar."

She scrunched up her nose a little in a light 'grr face', as she calls it, "I said he was hot, not that he's my type. Not nearly enough scars for my tastes, or big enough muscles. He is but a scrawny little fucker, ain't he?"

I snorted quietly and shook my head, nuzzling noses with her in the process, "Nice save, Sugar." She just giggled and pecked a kiss to my lips before I pulled back and turned back to the amused faces of Jasper and Garrett. "So, here's what we're gonna do."

After I laid it all out for them, Jasper cocked a brow at me, "And that convoluted shit is going to work?"

I just smirked at him, "Man up, Major. I remember a time that you lived for my convoluted shit, and loved every second of the mayhem it brought into the lives of thousands."

A very slow smile came to his lips, and a new depth entered his eyes as the memories of past exploits we pulled out of pure boredom surfaced in his mind, a dark chuckle sounded in his throat and he nodded a little, "good times, good times. Alright Captain; I'll follow your lead on this." Then he looked over at my mate and gave her a nasty little smirk, "Hope you're ready to find out just who you're mated to, Youngin, 'cause the laid back son of a bitch you got used to, ain't it."

She just giggled a little more at that, as her grip on my arm tightened and she looked up at me with stars in her eyes, "I cannot wait to see this shit play out." Then she turned a vixen worthy look back on the Major, "that is, after I kick your ass."

He clasped his hands behind his back and bent at the waist until they were eye to eye, "Then let's go, Darlin'. You're up first."

What Jasper didn't know was the last few hours before dawn, I spent some time teaching my Sugar a few things that he didn't know about.

*X*

An hour later the troops were rounded up, and Maria was even present for the face off against my Sugar and the Major. I was standing behind her, helping her put her hair up and out of her way as Jasper was BSing with Garrett, not paying any attention to us. Taking advantage of that, I dipped my head and whispered in her ear, "'member what I taught ya?" I chuckled a little when she nodded. Pressing my lips to my mark on her neck, I whispered, "Have fun, Sugar."

Tightening her tail, I pushed her forward a little into the middle of the pit, and moved off to the side where Garrett joined me and relaxed against the fence as my mate and my brother took up across from each other. It was a high noon, Mexican fucking standoff. Seriously, there was even a gust of wind that blew through the pit making the dust kick up, and their hair flutter a little.

Putting one foot on the bottom section of the fence, I looked at the two combatants, "Ya'll ready?" They both glanced at me before looking back at each other and giving a jerked nod. "Well, git to it." Then I whistled and the fight was on.

Garrett watched them a second before he looked at me and my position, and cocked a brow, "You seem strangely calm right now, Peter."

I smirked and nodded towards the pit, "Just watch. He ain't about to know what hit him."

He blinked at me, but turned back to watch the show just in time for my mate to fake to the right, catching Jasper off guard with the action and twisting away from the very close mock decapitation he almost got. When he pulled off the recovery, Izzy flipped back into a handspring, catching him under the chin knocking him on his back as she lightly landed on her feet.

He rolled to a crouch with a snarl, to which she smirked at, before he lunged at her at the same time she dove at him. I bit my lip a little as I watched her try and get it right and very nearly cheered for her when she executed it perfectly. She shifted her weight and dropped to the ground, sliding into a base slide under him, recovering before he could, and diving again at his back, taking him to the ground face first and pressing her teeth to his neck, ending the fight, before leaping off his back like a spring board, flipping at the summit of her jump and landing in the exact place she started at with her arms crossed, a toothy grin on her face.

Jasper growled as he pushed himself to his feet before he rounded on me with blazing eyes and bared teeth, "You son of a bitch."

I just gave him a shit eating grin, "not the best to start your day there, Major. Might make the kids think you're a pushover."

He got this overly nasty look on his face as he chuckled nice and dark, "Oh, I am going to beat your ass for that."

I just cocked a brow at him as I crooked a finger at Izzy, calling her from the field of battle to my side, where her ass belongs, "You just lost to my 98 pound mate Major, with a move I taught her. I ain't scared." Glancing down at my girl, I smirked at her as she looked up at me with bright eyes, "good job there Sugar. I'm proud of ya." She just giggled as I twirled her around before pulling her back against my chest and setting my chin on the top of her head as Garrett and Jasper switched places and a different officer chose a newborn to go against him.

Jasper took up residence next to me on the fence, crossing his arms and glaring at me, "really, Peter?"

I just shrugged, "you didn't honestly think that I was going to allow her to actually lose that fight, did you? I told you that I honed my shit on my own and you had no idea anymore what I am actually capable of on the battlefield. Seemed like a good time to show you that not everything I say is me talking out my ass. Now, congratulate the lady on a job well fucking done."

He looked down at her and, though it seemed to pain him to do so, he dipped his head, "Good job Darlin. You are the very first newborn to ever win a battle against me."

I winked at her before elbowing Jasper in the ribs, "Told ya you ain't shit without using your gift."

That made him growl at me, "I was using it."

I snickered, "now don't lie; that just makes you look worse."

We spent the next few hours clearing out, and destroying the newborns that weren't worth a shit, some that might have been had they actually listened, and letting the ones that could fight worth a damn go to be trained more extensively in a few days.

Once that was done, I called Izzy over to me, and out of the protection of Jasper, while I finished up my last spar, and pulled her back to my chest and set my hands on her hips and my chin on the top on her head, Jasper coming with her and crossing his arms, "Well, that's that then. When are we going to move on to the next part of the process?"

I hummed a little, "two days. Give the little fuckers a little time to chill the fuck out, and me some time to spend with my girl here before the shit storm really starts."

Jasper opened his mouth to say something, but snapped it shut with a click and rolling his eyes to the sky, a rough growled sigh rumbling his throat before turning the other way, making me lean forward and cock at brow at Maria as she sauntered over to us. I changed my grip on my mate from holding her hips to sliding my arms around her waist and pulling her just a little tighter to me. I knew nothing was about to happen on the Cunt Master General's end, but that didn't at all mean that my mate wasn't still in the mood to cut her down a peg or two.

Maria looked at my mate a moment, eyes contemplative but dismissive. After a moment, she smirked, "such promise you have. I wasn't expecting you to be as valuable as you seem to be." Izzy bared her teeth a little at her but was stopped from saying a word when Maria turned away from her and looking at me , "I will be leaving camp for two days to scout for the replacement soldiers. You are expected to do your job. If I hear a single word that tells me that you have in anyway gone against our agreement... you know the outcome."

It took more control than I thought I had to not roll my eyes at her. If she thought that I was in any way still worried about that shit, she was even more out of her fucking mind than I ever thought. Over half her army was just destroyed and it would be three days, minimum, before there would be more to deal with. By then, it wasn't gonna fucking matter anymore. I didn't know what it was, but something was heading our way, as she stood there staring me down in a pathetic excuse for a challenge. In reality, it was as insulting as her insinuation that I would ever break my word. I might not have liked the fucking situation, but as I had agreed to it, I had every intention of following through on my end.

Though I didn't actually roll my eyes, I did make sure she knew that I wanted to with the look I gave her. Finally, I just gave a jerky nod, "Got it, Cunt Master General. Don't worry your fucked up little head about anything. Everything will be as you left it when you get back."

She hissed at me, "You are treading a thin line, Captain. You really need to be more careful about your words."

I smirked at that, cocking a brow at her, "We both know it is not my words that you need to be concerned about right now, don't we? Take a look around and then decide what you need to be worried about."

She did too, seeing that there was no longer enough manpower left to defend her against any one of us, if we decided that it was time for her to die. When she turned narrowed eyes back on me, I winked at her, "Like I said, don't worry your fucked up little head about anything. We have a deal, and as long as you hold up your end, I'll hold up mine." At this, my face darkened and my voice deepened to match, "Break it though, and we will have a serious fucking problem."

Maria's eyes sparked a bit, but otherwise she said nothing, only nodding once before turning and leaving the pit, stopping only to have a word with one of her actual officers before leaving camp altogether.

Jasper, Garrett, Izzy and I watched her go before looking at each other. Jasper shook his head a little, a small smirk on his face, "You know that she's up to something, right?"

I nodded back at him, "Yeah. The question though, is what the fuck is it?"

He just shrugged, "You know her about as well as I do. Whatever it is she's hiding, more than likely will negate everything you agreed to."

Cocking a brow at him, I grinned wide enough for my teeth to show, "I'm counting on it, Major. Once she gets back, then the fun can really begin."