A/N I need to say a huge thanks to OoJasper'sAngeloO who did the beta work on this chapter. Without her this chapter wouldn't be worth reading. Now, we get to find out how Bella reacts to being knocked out, by Jasper. This chapter is kind of sad, and I have a feeling that everyone will feel bad for Jasper. But he is a man, and most men can be totally blind when it comes to women. Hope you enjoy.

I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Jasper's POV

I knew that she was probably going to kick my ass for knocking her out, but she needed to be calm before I could answer her questions. She has had a very emotional and traumatic last few days. I could have given her a quick answer, but in order to really answer her question fully I needed to tell her my history.

Then she would better understand the answer. I also knew that it would be her turn to hear what happened with me after we left her. The pain she was feeling was enough to knock me to my knees, but I had to try to push her emotions down. I needed to be able to help her and I couldn't do that if her emotions were overwhelming me.

Both Peter and Char were sitting in the back and had been quiet. I knew that Peter wasn't going to keep it that way though. After a couple of minutes on the road I was right, "You do realize that when she wakes up she's gonna kick your ass. We might not know her very well, but I know that she hates bein' manipulated. She also seems to have a problem with those who try to decide things for her. You just decided to knock her out. Yep, she's gonna kick your ass for fuckin' sure. I'm gonna have a front row seat for this."

"I know she probably will, but she was being overwhelmed with anger, hurt, grief, and suddenly there was also immense pain, and loneliness. I couldn't explain to her about why I lied to Carlisle and Esme without tellin' her about my past. I will tell her, but I think she needs to rest before goin' into the nightmare that was my life before the Cullens, or Alice for that matter. Somethin' that was said seems to have bothered her more than anything else said. I just don't know what it was. I'm thinkin' that maybe she realizes that she has a chance to get back with Edward. Maybe she's still in love with him and she just realized it."

"I don't know her well enough to say otherwise, but she is your mate. I just can't see her wantin' to go back to the one whom she blames for her life bein' fucked up." Char told me.

"I'll wake her up when we get back to the hotel suite. I'll tell her the truth, that I need to explain my past in order to answer her question about why I lied to Carlisle. I promised her I would never lie to her and I didn't lie to her, I lied to Carlisle. I want her to be calmer before I tell her. I also need for her to explain why she's feelin' alone, and despair is what I was feelin' from her as well." I replied.

"Yeah, but Jasper, don't most humans that have lost a loved one through murder feel despair like that when they're grieving? Especially at the funeral, and shortly after wards. It sounds normal to me." Peter asked.

"Yes, and no. Most humans only feel the kind of despair that she was feelin' when they have lost a spouse or boyfriend. I think she's regrettin' not at least talkin' to Edward. Fuck, she could have realized just like I said, she still loves him and is regrettin' not taking him back. I need her calm so we can talk and I need to find out if she wants him back." I explained.

"Jasper, what are ya gonna do if she does want him back?" Char asked me.

"I'll take her to him, make sure it's what she wants. If it is, I'll find a way to destroy myself. Ya know I couldn't live without her and it would kill me to see her in the arms of another male. I would wait to make sure she was turned first. She might recognize me as her mate once she was turned. If she still wanted Edward, then I would leave her to her happiness." I whispered.

Nothing else was said the rest of the way to the hotel. I was worried, because the more I thought about it, the more it seemed as if she was regrettin' her decision to stay away from Edward. She seemed to be so determined to keep him away from her, and I could feel the hatred she had towards him before. What changed? That's what I kept asking myself.

I decided it was best to wake her up before getting out of the truck and going into the hotel. Once she had eaten then I would tell her about my past and then explain why I lied to Carlisle and Esme. Next, she needed to know what had happened after we left Forks.

One thing's for sure, I would find out if she was regrettin' her decisions. I would probably turn her before takin' her to Edward if that's what she wanted. That way, he wouldn't have to worry about the "taking her soul" shit he always spouted as his excuse to not turn her.

Once she was awake I thought that she would explode, but she did just the opposite, she was quiet. I helped her up to the suite and then called room service and ordered her some dinner. She seemed to be distant and withdrawn. I told her that once she was done that we would be talkin'.

She barely touched her food. When I tried to feed her like I had been, she turned away from me and started to talk to Char. I told her that she needed to hear about my past so that she would better understand why I had to lie to Carlisle and she just nodded.

I just told her the basics, trying to leave out most of the horrible things that I did. I did this for two reasons, first of all I knew she would definitely leave me if she knew everything right away. I just told her that I was the most feared vampire in the south.

Then I explained that I lied to all of the Cullens to keep them safe. If they knew who I really was then there would be a line of vampires showing up to try to take on the Major and prove they could best him in a fight. I wanted the peace that bein' with the family brought me.

She just said she understood and then said she was tired and was going to go lay down. I asked if she wanted me to lay down with her and she just nodded no. I wasn't sure what was going on, but her emotions were almost completely gone. It was like she wasn't feeling anything at all.

This went on for two more days before I had finally had enough of her actin' dead. She would leave the room if I came in, if I talked to her she wouldn't respond. She would talk to Char and even Peter, but she ignored me. I tried to kiss her, and she backed off quickly. She pushed me away more than once and was keeping her distance from me.

I finally asked her if she was wanting to go back to Edward. That set her off and she cussed at me for even suggesting something as stupid as going back to the asshole as she called him. She told me several times to leave her alone. I decided it was time to get to the bottom of what the fuck her problem was.

If she was wanting to go back to Edward then I needed to know so that I could get it over with. I again accused her of wanting to go back to Edward and she started screaming at me to just fucking leave. She yelled that she didn't want to be around me anymore. She was tired of being "the latest distraction for every fucking vampire in the state." Those were her words. Then she told me to go ahead and leave her just like she knew I was already planning.

She refused to even acknowledge that I was there after that. Char finally made both Peter and I leave so that she could try to get Bella to tell her what was really wrong. I knew that she had really seemed to like Char so I was hoping that she would talk to her.

We had just gotten out of the hotel when we ran into Carlisle and Esme. While I was still pissed at them for them believing the shit that Alice was apparently still spewing out of her mouth, I could feel their alarm. They wanted to talk to me. I would have refused except that they both told me of all of the different vampire scents they had come across, mostly around where Bella's old house used to be. One was familiar.

They wanted to know about what was going on. Carlisle reminded me that if things didn't settle down soon that the Volturi might come to stop it and clean things up and unfortunately that could end up involving Bella. Especially since she seems to be the target of the vampire's interest.

If they got wind that everything was happening because of a human, that was for some reason the target, well, that wouldn't go over well. They could and most likely would kill her and while she seems to be hurt and angry with me for some fucking reason, there's no way I could let that happen. Even if she chose Edward over me, I would still protect her with my life.

They both tried to tell me it would be safer for Bella to come back with them. I just couldn't allow that as she seems like she didn't want to even talk to them. I explained to them that it was her choice and I would tell her that she could go with them, but not to expect her to take up their offer.

They told me that they had talked to everyone except for Edward and they were going to be returning to Forks, at least until whatever was going on had been stopped. In other words they were going to help stop whoever this vampire is. They wanted me to pass on this message to Bella to see if she would like to see Emmett and Alice.

While I couldn't really argue against their plans I knew that Bella would probably not want to have anything to do with any of them. I was also having a problem with Alice being around. I promised to relay the message and then I told them everything that I knew and about Bella almost being taken.

Peter's phone went off and it was Char. She was frantic, apparently Bella had gotten a call from one of the wolves. They were on their way and they were out for venom, ours preferably. Peter took off to try to head them off and away from us. Carlisle said that he would call Billy later and talk to him. He wanted the wolves to know that the Cullens were coming back, at least until this threat had been taken care of.

Peter called me a couple of minutes later to tell me that Char had joined him and that one of the wolves was watching Bella. He was trying to talk to the pack, to calm them down and they agreed to talk to them if one of the wolves could watch her while I was busy.

I started to yell at him until he told me it was the female wolf. At least Peter knew not to allow another male to be alone with her. Maybe this would turn out to be a good thing as far as the wolves were concerned. So I decided that maybe Carlisle could be of some good use right now and the three of us headed to where the pack was. I had a feeling that we just might need their help after all and it would be even better if the wolves would join us for now.

Carlisle was good at being a diplomat and that's what was needed right now. We weren't here to start trouble, but we were here to fucking stop it. Once Carlisle had the wolves calmed down, along with my gift of course, it was time to make plans. We needed to get this vampire or vampires under control and stopped before the Volturi showed up.

While I didn't care for the wolves at all really, I knew that if the Volturi showed up it wouldn't just be the vampires they would eliminate, it would be the wolves as well as Bella, and probably the Cullens as well. The Volturi would make sure that everyone involved, good or bad would be destroyed. This is what convinced the wolves to help us.

We were in the middle of making plans to try to follow some of these scents to Seattle when all hell broke loose. Several of the wolves had stayed in their wolf form, and suddenly they were all howling. The sounds they made was as if they were mourning someone. It was chilling and alarming at the same time. Every single one of us that could talk all said the same thing at the same time, "Bella!"

While the wolves couldn't go into the city were the hotel was, the vampires could. I knew that the wolves would follow until right before they got to the edge of the city, then they would phase back. Paul ordered several to patrol around the area of the hotel.

I didn't stop, or even slow down until I got into the hotel. I decided that the stairs would be faster than the elevator. I ran and gratefully never ran into anyone, but as I got closer to the suite, I could smell blood, lots of it. I ran faster now becoming even more alarmed for my mate.

I still hadn't felt anything from her until I was almost on our floor. Then, I felt pain, shock, anger, and fear. It was all coming from my mate. It was the first time I had felt any kind of strong emotions from her since she confronted the Cullens. Up until this moment, she was basically numb. I ran even faster and was there within seconds.

The door, as well as a window was broken. Each suite in this hotel only had two suites to each floor and required a special key to even get up here by elevator, the other suite had been empty the whole time we had been here. The place was torn up, and blood had sprayed one wall.

I looked around and finally saw where the blood had come from. The female wolf was in her human form on the floor. Even a human would know immediately that she was dead. Her neck had been broken and her heart ripped out of her chest. I was relieved that at least the blood hadn't belonged to my mate.

Until I realized that I couldn't hear her heartbeat. I looked around frantically. She was gone. I could smell several vampire scents in the room, including the one that had been in Bella's apartment and at Charlie's. We had been talking and planning for at least twenty minutes. I figured that meant that they had at least a fifteen minute head start. Carlisle and Esme had gone to run a perimeter around the hotel. They lost Bella's scent when they got to the highway. That meant a car.

We had no fucking clue as to which way the car went. I might appear to look calm on the outside, but the rage I was feeling at the thought that someone had my mate and would probably be draining her if they hadn't done so already, made it necessary for me to go deeper into the woods to destroy shit. I needed to find her and quick.

After a short time of venting on anything in the area I was stopped in the middle of throwing another tree. The pain I suddenly felt, actually made me drop the tree in mid-throw. I was on my knees gasping. At first I couldn't understand the pain, but it took me a few moments to realize two things. Part of it was the pain a vampire feels when separated from their mate, the other was the pull. It hurts like a motherfucker if you don't follow it.

It had been there the whole time, but I think that my rage was keeping me from realizing it was there. I then knew what I needed to do. Before I could take off to follow the pull, Peter stopped me. He knew that I would need help in getting to her, because there had been at least five different vampires in the room. While I have and still can fight off more than a few at a time, Peter made a very valid point.

"Major, while I'm certain that you could fight these vampires and win, you have to understand that your mate is still human. While you're fighting them, it would only take one to destroy Bella. You need back up. That includes the two Cullens that are here now. You follow the pull, we'll follow you. Once we know where she's at, we can stake out the area and come up with a plan that will get her out safely." Peter told me.

I turned and told him, "Fine, but the one who dared to touch her is mine. They will beg for death before I'm through with them. If she has been harmed in any way, the death will be longer in comin'. I'm leavin' it up to you to explain to the Cullens that there will be no mercy for the ones who took her. If they dare try to interfere, or stop me, they will die as well."

I turned away but did see Peter speaking with them. I walked around in circles until I got the direction that the pull was tellin' me to go. Then I took off. Hell was about to be unleashed; me. . .

A/N Please let me know your thoughts. Any guesses as to why Bella was acting the way she was towards Jasper? And who took her? You'll find out why she was acting the way she was, and what is going on with her while she's missing in the next chapter, or at least part of it. I'm so sorry for not posting this sooner, but I was in the hospital for 24 hours. I was having chest pains, fortunately, it wasn't a heart attack. Though they don't know what caused the pain, everything seems to be in working order. Maybe next week I can post when I'm supposed to which I'm hoping to do on Mondays with this story. Thanks to all who reviewed, and added this story to their alerts and favorites. Love you guys.