A/N: Whew another chapter down. Thank you to all of my reviewers and readers. You are great. Let's find out what happens to Victoria. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Chapter 13 – War on Victoria

"I don't think you understand," Jasper started slowly and then growled out, "You are going to be the only one that pays around here. You will not hurt her!"

Jasper threw Bella towards Rose, trusting the female vampire to catch her and make sure she did not get hurt. He ran to his enemy with every intention of ending Victoria and getting the threat out of Bella's life. Emmett was right behind him to provide back up and to make sure that Victoria did not get past them.

Bella was caught by Rose and dragged to their previous position away from the fight. They were flanked by the wolves and both knew that if it came down to it, the wolves would join the fight to protect Bella. Bella was panicking and tried to run to Jasper. She was calling out for him, but Rose held her firm and prevented her from breaking away.

"Bella, you have to stay here. Jasper will be alright. He has fought her kind and worse in the past and he knows what he is doing. Emmett is with him. I need you to stay here, if you run out there, you may distract him and that could get him hurt or even killed. He needs to concentrate on what he is doing, not worry about you," Rose said trying to reason with the upset girl.

Bella stopped her struggling and looked at Rose in the eyes. She nodded. She didn't need to distract Jasper, she just felt panicked that something could happen to him and take him away from her. She couldn't lose him. She couldn't lose any of them, but he had become very important to her. With tears in her eyes, she looked down at the ground and whispered, "I know you are right, it is just hard."

"I know Bella, but the best thing you can do for him right now is to stay here and let him deal with that bitch. Okay?" Rose said quietly. She was still holding Bella so that she would not bolt, but felt the struggles decrease and her acceptance of the situation. She had never seen Bella look as terrified as she had just now. It wasn't the thought of Victoria doing something to her; it was the thought of losing Jasper. She wondered if Bella realized how strongly she felt for him. She may have not liked Bella at first and really only came around when she went to help Edward in Italy, but she would not stand in the way of the new match. Bella had helped her brother through a lot, and for that she would give her support to Bella if she wanted to be with Jasper. After the way Alice left, Jasper deserved someone that cared about him.

Rose noticed that Bella kept her eyes on the ground and she would flinch every time she heard a noise from Jasper or punch landing on someone. Rosalie kept her hands and eyes on Bella; she didn't want the girl to do something that would distract Emmett or Jasper. The last thing they needed was to worry about someone other than Victoria. Rose could hear better than Bella the fight that was going on behind her, but didn't turn her attention away from her charge to see what was actually happening. She might do something stupid herself with her worry for Emmett.

When Jasper had reached Victoria's location, she had jumped out of the way of his fist and landed behind him. When she looked up, she realized that she was between the two male vampires and that could be detrimental to her health. The only person that was going to for sure die that day was the human, and if these two vampires wanted to get in her way, then they could die also. She saw the big one, Emmett, start forward out of the corner of her eye and she leapt into a tree before he could reach her. She looked to her left and saw her prey being guarded by another vampire and that is when she noticed that there were also a few extra large wolves protecting her also.

Jasper saw Victoria and the direction of her gaze. He didn't need to look to see who or what she was looking at. He knew she was looking at Bella and that set his fury off even more. He couldn't lose control though; he had to be smart about this. Victoria was a master of escape and misdirection. It was one of her gifts. Jasper jumped and caught Victoria's leg and pulled her out of the tree. She landed with an earth shaking crash to the ground. Jasper did not let go of her leg and detached it from her being before she could make another move. She was theirs now or would have been if three more of her minions hadn't shown up and interrupted the fight.

Jasper was thrown before he knew what happened and realized that there were three more vampires that had attacked. One grabbed Victoria and another ran for Emmett. He would not let her get away from him so easily. He punched the third vamp, the one that had thrown him, and his face cracked and broke. He was temporarily down. Before the other vampire could take off with Victoria, Jasper had reached them. "I think you have something I want," he said in his southern drawl.

"I think you will have to physically take her from me before I give up the Mistress!" The vampire yelled back.

Jasper smirked, "Gladly."

Jasper ran and grabbed Victoria's arm and tried to use it to swing her out of the vampire's arms. It only worked to rip the arm off of her. "Well another piece is off of her and I will not stop until she has no more pieces," he thought to himself. He threw the arm a distance away from them and started to advance again. His military training gave him an edge that others did not have and he used everything at his disposal now. He was Major Jasper Whitlock and he was feared for a reason. "Now if I were you, I would give her to me before you join her in Hell," Jasper said coldly.

"You got nothing on me. I am bigger than you and I know I am stronger," the vampire spit out.

"Oh really, then why don't you prove it?" Jasper taunted him. He watched as the vamp tossed his Mistress to the ground and got into an attack crouch. He laughed inwardly as he prepared himself, "Predictable."

The minion attacked first and Jasper was ready for him. At the last second Jasper turned his body and was able to move out of the way before he was hit by the attacker, and when the other vampire realized he missed, Jasper was already behind him with an arm around his neck. His eyes widened with real fear when Jasper whispered, "You lose!" His head was separated from his body in the next second and Jasper threw the head away before turning around and advancing on Victoria.

Victoria had been unable to make her escape while she was missing a leg and an arm. She had to depend on her "helpers" to take care of business for her and she didn't have much faith in them. Not after what happened to her own person. She saw Jasper defeat the vampire that had been holding her and watched as he advanced on her. She knew a fear that she had never known before. The look in his eyes was feral and he would kill her. She decided to try to talk him to her side, "You know you could always help me. Don't you miss human blood, crave it? You can drain Bella dry if you help me. You and I could be an indestructible pair. Think about it. No one could touch us if we paired up. I need a new mate." She gave him a sultry smile as she watched him continue forward towards her. She thought she had won when she saw a slow lazy smile appear on his face.

"No thanks sweetheart. I already have one of those and I don't need a bitch like you in my life again," he laughed at her.

"She is just a fucking human! She is no one!" Victoria yelled as Jasper leaned down and put his foot on her chest and both hands on her head.

"See that is where you are wrong. She is someone. She is mine!" Jasper declared before twisting her head from her body. It was done, she was gone.

Jasper dragged Victoria's body and head to the pile of burning vampire someone had started. He and Emmett then proceeded to find all of the body parts and add them to the flames. These vampires would never bother anyone again.

Rose had heard everything Jasper had said to Victoria and smiled. She wondered if her brother realized what he had said. She looked down at the trembling girl in her arms, "It's over Bella. They are just cleaning up now. He is alright and Victoria is dead."

Bella looked up at her and then took a deep breath before peering over Rose's shoulder. Jasper was dragging Victoria's head and body to a fire that had been started. Sam was in human form standing near the fire watching the proceedings. All of the other wolves were still in wolf form and still on guard. She watched Jasper turn and walk away after he threw Victoria into the fire and was about to yell out for him when he returned carrying an arm and leg. Clean-up is what Rosalie had said, Jasper hadn't left her. He was cleaning up the body parts that were thrown around to make sure everything was burned.

Bella felt Rosalie drop her arms and knew that she was no longer held in place, but she could not make herself move from where she stood. She was rooted to the ground. She could only watch while she tried to calm her erratic heart and make the lingering panic go away.

When the clean-up was done, Jasper looked at Sam across the flames, "Thank you for your help in protecting Bella."

"She is a friend and we will do what we can for her," Sam said plainly. When he saw Jasper nod to him, he got a thoughtful look across his face, "Do you think there are more of them? She had five with her today."

"I honestly don't know, but we should probably assume that there are more and be on the lookout. We cannot let our guard down," Jasper replied. He had wondered the same thing as Sam.

"I will send a patrol through the woods now to see if they find anything," Sam said before walking away. He was stopped when both Jasper and Emmett gave him their thanks. He nodded that he heard and went further into the woods to change and meet with the pack.

Jasper looked at Emmett, "You okay?"

"Yah already healed. They were strong, but not very skilled," Emmett said in return.

Jasper nodded and then looked around. His eyes immediately found Bella and he noticed the tears falling down her cheeks. He went to her immediately and pulled her into his arms, "It's ok now. You are safe and Victoria is gone." He could feel the riotous emotions rolling through her. There was fear, worry, panic, and something that felt like caring but stronger.

"I wasn't worried about me you idiot!" Bella said into his chest as she wrapped her arms around him and held tight, "I was afraid I was going to lose you."

That stopped him for a minute. She really did care about him. She had said she was afraid of losing him, not he and Emmett, him. He smiled, it felt good to hear those words coming out of her mouth and he wasn't sure why. "I am still here. I think you are pretty much stuck with me Darlin'," he tried to joke, but he knew that there was a very big truth to those words. He thought of Alice and knew he should feel guilty for having feelings for someone else, but right now with Bella in his arms, it was hard to feel the guilt.

"I think we should get her home and out of these woods," Rosalie said breaking their moment.

"I agree," Emmett said with his arm around his mate's shoulders. Rose had already looked him over and deemed him intact. He knew she had been worried, but she stayed with Bella and didn't interfere. He was proud of her for that.

Jasper nodded and swept Bella up in his arms bridal style, "Close your eyes Bella." When her eyes were closed and she turned her face into his shoulder, they took off for her house reaching it in a couple minutes. He held onto her as the four of them made their way into the house and he did not let her go until he was placing her on her bed. He watched her open her eyes and was mesmerized by them. As the staring match continued, he noticed her blush and he put his fingers on her cheek to feel the heat. He found himself leaning forward, but stopped when his cell phone started to ring. "Carlisle's timing is perfect," he thought to himself. He wasn't sure if he was cursing him or thanking him for interrupting the moment.

"Rose and Emmett called and told us what happened. Do you think there could be more of them?" Carlisle said as soon as the call was answered.

"I don't know, but I wouldn't put it past her and if there are, they have Bella's scent," Jasper said into the phone as he walked into the hall and out of the room. He needed a little bit of space.

"Ok, well let's stick with what we have been doing then and make sure she stays safe."

"Okay," Jasper murmured. Did he really need to be spending more time with Bella? He almost kissed her just now. He would do what he had to in order to make sure she was unharmed though and he wasn't sure if it was possible to put distance between them now. He cared too much about her. The call was disconnected and Jasper noticed Bella standing in the doorway of her room.

"Hey, do you really think there could be more?" she asked hesitantly.

"I don't know Bells, but it is a possibility that we need to make sure we cover," he replied honestly. He could feel the spike in her fear and tried to calm it.

"Okay, I just want it to be over with."

Jasper pulled her into his arms for a hug, "I know and it will be soon enough."

They stayed like that for a minute before Bella's stomach growled and they made their way downstairs. Rose and Emmett were sitting on the couch watching television. Jasper joined them and Bella made her way into the kitchen to fix something to eat.

When she came out of the kitchen with a sandwich and chips on a plate and a soda in her hand, she stood there in the entrance to the living room and watched her friends on the couch. It seemed so normal, so human. Her eyes wandered to Jasper, she wasn't sure what she was feeling for him, but it was strong and there was no way she could deny it any longer. She cared about him as more than a friend and although she felt a little guilty for betraying her best friend, she didn't regret her feelings. She joined them in the living room grateful to all of them for protecting her and staying with her. She was still a little freaked out, but knowing that they were there made everything bearable.