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Kin and Kindred

Chapter 15

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to my beta animegirlkiki for betaing this despite how sick she is and a big thanks to everyone who reviewed, thank you for being patiant.

Jasper P.O.V

"What is it?" I asked Edward.

"Maria is coming, she isn't alone. She has five other nomads with her, one of them is that Alejandro we met."

"Maria? Isn't that the chick who turned you?" Jack asked.

"Yes," I said. The emotions from the others were of worry, anger, and tinge of fear.

"We'll take her." Brady said.

He, Seth, and Collin stepped forward. I could sense anticipation, eagerness. It wasn't the thought of hunting a vampire. It was the thought of hunting in general. Even in their human form their wolf instincts are strong.

"No, three of you and six of them." I said.

"Then we'll call Jake or Sam and even the odds."

"No. I will deal with her," I said.

"Jasper?" Alice asked.

I took her hand in mine. "She is my maker Alice, I will talk to her and send her away."

I sensed anger and frustration from her. "All these wolves running around is messing with my power, I should have seen her coming but I was to focused on seeing if Jack would be successful or not."

"You can't see everything coming." I projected calm into her and everyone else. I kissed her on the cheek. "I'll be fine. Don't worry."

"If you think for one second I am going to let you meet that psycho alone you are crazy," she said.

"Alice."

I sensed determination and resolve. "No. I'm coming with you Jasper. I am your wife, I am not going to sit back and watch as you go chasing off after you're ex."

"Yeah that's right Alice crack the whip," Jack said.

"You're not helping," I growled at him.

"Well come with you," Seth said, "that will help even the odds."

"Me too. I'm in the mood for a fight," Emmett said.

"Okay, that makes six." I said.

"I'm going too." Jack said.

"No. Absolutely not." I said.

"Oh come on. You need someone there to tip the odds in your favor. Someone like me. I'm sure that Alejandro has told her all about me, if I'm there she won't want to pick a fight with me. No one will."

I sensed eagerness, anticipation. He was like Emmett. Hoping for a fight. But Emmett wanted to just fight, Jack wanted to fight in the hope he could use his power. Something I did not want to happen.

"No," I said firmly. "Between me, Alice and Emmett we will be fine." I said.

"What are we chopped liver?" Brady asked.

"You can't keep me here," he said. Stubbornness.

"I said no and I mean no."

"I'm going."

"No you're not."

"You're not my father."

"You're staying."

"Bite me!"

"Jasper, maybe you should take him," Carlisle said.

I turned to him. "What?"

"Son, like he said, Alejandro will have told Maria about him already. There is no point in keeping him from her. Besides, if he wants to go there is nothing we can do to keep him here."

He gave me a knowing look. He was right, if one of us tried to restrain him he could get angry enough and his power could activate.

"Besides, his presence could keep a fight from happening."

"She just wants to talk to Jasper is all," Edward said.

"Then I am going, I want to see what this chick looks like." Jack said.

"Fine, but do not, I mean do not go picking a fight with her Jack." I said.

"Yes daddy."

God what I wouldn't give to throttle him sometimes.

We left the others behind and we went to meet with Maria. It didn't take long, five minutes later we found her and her group.

"Jasper!" she called delighted to see me. Then she saw who was with me, I saw her eye Emmett. Emmett smiled, thinking she was checking him out, I could sense his pride and ego swelling. Truth was she was inspecting him, judging him, weighing him down. Checking him for any weaknesses, judging how strong he was, how fast, how slow.

Then her eyes moved to the wolves and she did the same thing. I sensed caution, curiosity, calculation. Then her eyes moved to Alice and her eyes narrowed and I sensed a tinge or resentment and anger. I knew she did not like Alice, which was why I did not want Alice here.

Finally her eyes focused on Jack and she did the same to him as she did with the others. But I sensed desire mixed with her emotions. She wanted him bad, Alejandro obviously told her.

Knowing Maria she had already planned all the ways he could be useful to her in a fight. This was one of the things that had attracted me to her in the beginning. Her killer instinct, how she could be so cold and practical. How she paid attention to such little details and added them in to her plans. There were times where I wondered if she had a power. Some sense that made her so good at planning things so well.

I knew she never wasted what she. Everything she took in was dissected with something sharper then the tooth of a vampire, her cunning. Even for a vampire her instincts were finely tuned. It scared me sometimes how sharp she was. At the same time I was in awe of her.

"Jasper, how good to see you again. After all this time. I see you have made some interesting friends." she glanced at the wolves. "You always did find the most interesting company."

"They were found by someone else in the family," I said.

"Yes, it would appear that family has grown." she looked at Jack.

I sensed fear from the vampires with her. They were looking at Jack as well. They knew who he was. They knew what he did to their comrades. One vampire in particular was radiating fear. He had dark skin like Maria. But his bone structure was something more exotic then Maria's, something further down south. This must be Alejandro.

"Jack is new. We saved him from a nomad and took him in." I said.

"Yes I have heard all kinds of interesting stories about Jack," she said with a smile. There was a hunger in her, she really wanted Jack. Of course he was the ultimate weapon. As a fighter and a healer. If you have an army you can send him in to fight, after all how do you fight someone you can't touch? If any of your soldiers are wounded use the same weapon to heal them. If only he had a more submissive temperament, he would be the ultimate weapon.

"Hey Alejandro, what's up?" Jack said.

Alejandro flinched. I sensed a wave of hate mix with the fear. So I had been right. He glared at Jack and Jack just smiled back. Smugness radiated from Jack, he was enjoying Alejandro's reaction.

It was only natural for Jack; he was so young and spent a long time fearing people stronger then himself. People like his own mother. Now to have someone older and stronger than him flinch in his presence was something he took much pleasure in.

"Jack," I said with a chastising tone. "Maria, why are you here? If this is about what happened then I assure you it was purely self defense."

"I am not here about that. I understand what Alejandro and the others did was wrong; I sent them here to find you, not start a fight. No I need to talk to you about something more important. Alone if you don't mind."

"No I don't. Wait here." I said to the others.

"Wait for me and this time don't over step your bounds." Maria said giving Alejandro a nasty look.

"I won't Maria." Alejandro said.

I and Maria walked until we were sure we could not be heard. "You look well," she said.

"What do you want Maria?" I asked.

"Straight to business eh? After all these years no Hi, how are you doing?" she asked.

"I know how you are doing. Alejandro delivered your message."

"Glad to see he is good for something. Then you know I need your help. Bad."

"Since when did you get so low as to beg for help?"

I did not need my power; the anger was clear in her eyes. "Believe me I would not have come unless the situation called for it. But I am running out of options. This new coven has upset the balance. The treaties are over. Now all hell has broken loose, everyone is fighting everyone. The other covens want to wipe out the new guys and claim their territory and are fighting one another for it at the same time."

"Just like before. All for territory, all that death and destruction for nothing."

"We are vampires. It is in our nature to fight each other over territory, bigger territory means more food. Animals do it all the time."

"We are not animals."

"No, but we are not human either. Things are escalating Jasper. I am constantly having to defend my turf every day. I am trying to stay out of it but I am pressed more and more every day, if things keep up then the Volturi will return."

"Not my concern." I said.

"Jasper I need your help. Just for a little while. I need my second in command again. If and when they come I want to show I have been a good little girl and kept my hands clean."

"Then once they take out the other southern coven it will give you all the territory you want."

She smiled. "You know me so well. Problem is it is becoming more and more difficult to just defend myself. Every day I lose more troops and every day I have to make more, you know what a bitch it is to train newborns."

"So you want me to come back and help you kill innocent people?"

"I want you to come down and help me train my newborns; you don't have to kill them. Just help them control their blood lust, teach them to use their strength." she brought her hand up and ran it down my chin. "I could always depend on you Jasper, my Jasper."

I grabbed her hand. "Not yours, not anymore." I shoved her hand away.

I sensed anger and jealousy begin to mix. "How can you love her? All those years you and I shared? All the fights, the battles. I made you from a general to a god, even amongst our own people you were feared, you remember what they called you?"

"How could I forget? They called me death."

"I gave you power and respect, then you meet that pixie and you forgot all about me!" she hissed.

I pumped calm into her. "No, I got tired Maria. So tired. Tired of death, tired of killing, tired of fighting. I fought in the civil war because I thought I was fighting for something. With you I thought I had no choice, I thought it was all I was meant for. Then I left with Peter and Charlotte and I thought maybe if I was away from you then maybe I could find something else, but no matter where I went I was still a killer. Then I met Alice and she gave me the one thing you never could."

"Oh? And what is that?"

"Hope."

"Hope. The power to feel and sense emotions and an army at your call and hope is better then that?"

"Yes, it was the hope that I could be more than a killer, more than a monster. That there was still something good in me, then we found the Cullen's and I learned a better way to live."

"You call living half starved a better life? You are a predator Jasper. You hunt humans, you feed on humans, hell if you find one you like enough you turn them you don't live amongst them."

"I can and I do. It is hard, every time I am around one of them I have to struggle not to kill them, but it is worth it."

"Jasper please, I need you. My way of life is in danger Jasper; you owe this happiness to me. If I hadn't turned you, you wouldn't have this little family of yours."

I was sensing desperation. "Remember what we had? Remember what we did together, you and me. Come back with me Jasper, help me as I once helped you, please."

"What we had lasted only out of necessity because you needed me as your weapon, I needed you because you were all I had. I will not help you Maria. I left that life behind me."

"You're a vampire, you can't just leave behind our life. Death and destruction culminate around us whether we want it to or not."

"Regardless, I will not seek it out. I am happy here; I have made a lot of progress. I will not go back to that."

"Not even for me?"

"No, not even for you Maria."

Anger and stinging betrayal came from her. "Fine, I see this was a waste of time." she turned to walk away.

"Maria, I am sorry." I said.

"Save your apologies for someone who actually cares."

We walked back in silence. I could feel the rage radiating from her. Literally. Our groups were still waiting for us. They were glaring at one another; I instantly let a roll of peace and calm flood out to the others.

"Come on, were going," she said.

"Yes Maria." Alejandro said.

She turned to look at Jack. "You're the one with the killing touch right?"

"That's me." Jack said.

"Quite the power you have there. I could use a man of your talents, you could be great in my coven."

"No thanks." he raised his middle finger at her showing her the ring on it. "I'm a Cullen."

I sensed irritation and anger from her vampires, but from Maria I sensed amusement. "Good attitude, you ever get tired of living with the yellow eyes come down to Mexico."

They left running off into the distance. The others kept a sizable distance from Maria. They must know how she gets when she is in a foul mood.

"Well that was fun," Jack said sounding disappointed, "I was hoping for a fight."

"Dude that part where you flipped her the bird was awesome!" Emmett said bumping his knuckles with Jack's.

We went home and enjoyed the rest of the day. Jack bragged about how multi-talented he was. I was beginning to regret training him as a tracker; it was going to his head.

"Oh Jasper, I'm so happy," Alice said, "Our family is safe; no one is trying to kill us. Everything is going great."

"Will it stay that way?" I asked.

She said nothing for a moment. "Well, we'll just have to wait and see."

6 months later

Jack P.O.V

I walked up to Edward and Bella's cabin and knocked.

Knock, knock.

"Edward?"

Knock, knock.

"Edward?"

Knock, knock.

"Edward?"

Knock, knock.

"Edward?"

Knock, knock.

"Edward?"

I heard a commotion and the door opened a crack, Edward's golden glaring eyes peeked through the crack. "What?" he asked.

"Watch ya doing?" I asked.

"Nothing, go away." he went to close the door but I stuck my foot in so it wouldn't close. "What?" he hissed.

"Can I hang out with you and Bella?" I asked.

"Why? You hate me."

"I don't hate you."

"In the last seven months you have used me in over two thousand emo jokes, ridiculed my behavior for being too prissy and have called me a homosexual numerous times."

"First of I didn't call you a homosexual, I call you a fag. Second I don't hate you; I just have a strong dislike for you."

He glared at me. "Go play with Emmett. I am sure you two can think up of more ways to irritate the family."

It was true, together I and Emmett had committed tricks on everyone in the family except for Alice because she would see us coming and Nessie because...how can you be mean to her? Edward we got a few times. Like when we put that plate on his Volvo that said 'wolves suck'. He had driven down to La Push to pick Nessie up; needless to say his precious Volvo was vandalized a few days later.

"Emmett and Rose are still on their trip in the Caribbean. Which is dumb seeing how they can only come out at night," I said.

"Then go bug Carlisle and Esme."

"Carlisle is still at work and Esme is watching the View. I am not going to waste an hour of my immortal life watching a bunch of menopausal middle aged woman talk about shit their too old to even be caring about."

"Then go do something with Alice and Jasper."

"Alice and Jasper are out hunting in the woods."

"Then go join them."

"I already ate. And before you ask Nessie is in La Push with Jake and we are not allowed in La Push, which by the way sounds French. Please Edward, I'm lonely, please Uncle Edward?" I begged.

He sighed. "Look Jack, I am a little busy right now."

I sniffed the air, the smell of Bella was coming off him, along with the hint of arousal. "Oh, I get it you and Bella are fucking."

"No, we are making love," he said looking outraged.

"Yeah, fucking, same thing," I said.

"You are young, otherwise you would know the difference between making love and...that."

"So you're not having sex?"

"Yes we are trying to," he said giving me a pointed look.

"So basically you're trying to fuck her but I am distracting you right?"

"For the last time we are making love!" he growled.

"So you're not doing it missionary?"

"What?"

"You're not doing it reverse cowgirl?"

"My sex life is not any of your-"

"You're not donkey punching her?"

"What? What in the name of god is donkey punching?" he asked.

"It's when a guy is doing a girl from behind like doggy style then he starts punching her on the back or the head."

"Why in the hell would a man do that to a woman?" he asked looking horrified.

"I don't know, it's supposed to be fun....are you doing her doggy style."

"That's it!" he flung open the door. "I have had it; all I want is to have sex with my wife in peace so would you please leave!"

"Nice underwear." Edward hadn't opened the door fully because he was only in his undies. "Kelvin Kline huh? I figured you were a Victoria's secret kind of guy."

His eyes darkened in anger, I saw from the way his muscles moved he was about to spring. I prepared to run but Bella appeared behind him and grabbed his shoulder, unlike him she wore a robe. (That clung to her curves rather nicely I might add)

"Jack, please, Nessie is out of the house and Edward and I would really appreciate it if you could maybe come back much, much later. Please?" she asked.

I sighed. "Okay."

"Thank you, Edward lets go."

"Yes love," Edward said.

"Oh, so Bella's the top and you're the bottom, Emmett was right."

"Jack!" they both growled.

"Okay, jeesh, for people that have sex all the time you sure are grumpy. One last question."

"What?" they both asked.

"Can I watch?"

Jeesh no one can take a joke these days. Freaking Edward chased me around the house until I got Esme to protect me. Man he was pissed. Though me screaming "Help, a pedophile is trying to rape me." didn't help his temperament.

Hey, when a guy is chasing after you in his underwear you get a little scared.

So after I got chastised by Esme for interrupting Edward and Bella's private time I called Seth up to see what he was up to. Me, Seth, Collin and unfortunately Brady hanged out a lot. Brady and I only hanged out because Seth and Collin hanged out with me.

I met up with them in the woods and we talked. Well they talked for the most part, I just added little quips every so often. I mean I was stuck at the Cullen's. I couldn't go anywhere else. My face had been plastered all over CNN so we couldn't risk someone recognizing me.

I mean I was a lot different now than I had been. My eyes which were now yellow, and my new inhumanly good looks the venom had given me. But even if no one recognized me it wasn't a good idea for me to be around humans. I was to temperamental.

"Dude Kathleen so totally has the hots for you," Collin said to Seth.

"You think?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, she's always smiling when she see's you and blushes when you talk to her."

"Well she is cute. What do you think Brady?"

"Sure, why not. I could ask Becky if she could put in a good word for you," Brady said.

"Who is Becky?" I asked.

"My girlfriend," Brady said with a smile.

"Since when did you get a girlfriend?"

"A few weeks ago. We kiss, we hold hands, all that fun stuff."

"Isn't kind of weird? I mean you guys look like you should be seniors in school."

"Well yeah, nut we are still kids at heart and mind. All the guys are jealous of us, they keep asking me how I got so tall and buff. I tell them I eat my fruits and vegetables," Seth said with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid you'll imprint? I mean what if you find a great girl and your with her for years and then one day you find your imprint. God I can't imagine something like that happening," I said.

All three got these dark looks on their face. Like I had said something that brought back bad memories for them. I wondered if something like that had already happened. I mean there was a lot of wolves, I know a bunch had imprinted already. Maybe one of them already went through that scenario.

"Sorry, didn't mean to ruin the mood," I said.

"It's okay, it's just…" Collin looked at Seth. Was Seth the one? No he didn't have an imprint, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about Kathleen.

"It was my sister, Leah. She and Sam was an item for years, high school sweet hearts," Seth said.

"Then the Cullen's came back and Sam was the first to phase," Brady said giving me a glare.

"Hey, don't glare at me, I'm the new guy remember."

"Doesn't matter, one day in like a century or whatever the Cullen's will come back to Forks and the cycle will start again. Kids will start phasing again. In the old days we just had three at the most, but because of the Cullen's we have more than usual. When they return again we'll have ten. One for each Cullen. I don't like the thought of my grand children going through what I have had to go through because of the Cullen's."

"If I meet your grand kids I'll be sure to tell them what a charming person you are," I said.

He growled at me. "Enough Brady," Collin said.

"So after Sam phased he disappeared for a while, trying to learn how to control what he was. Everyone thought he got involved with drugs and stuff, Leah wouldn't have it, she tried to find him. He returned and wouldn't tell her, he couldn't; only imprints are allowed to know. Then Emily, our cousin came to visit from Makah. Sam saw her and imprinted."

"Shit," I said.

"Yeah, she and Leah were close, like sisters. Emily tried to resist Sam, but that kind of commitment cannot be resisted. Sam broke up with Leah and hooked up with Emily."

"Jesus."

"Leah was devastated. She became real angry, at herself, at Sam and Emily, just angry. We both phased. Her and dad got into this huge fight because she was starting to do bad in school. It got so bad me and mom got in on it and then me and Leah phased. Now it shouldn't have been too much of a surprise I phased. Dad had seen the signs and was ready, but Leah? She is the first she-wolf in history."

"Really? The only one?" I asked.

"Yep. Dad was so shocked; he had a heart attack and died." Seth looked sad now.

"I'm sorry." I knew about his dad dying of a heart attack. He told me after I killed my mom.

"Leah was once again devastated. Blamed herself for causing it. Hated herself for having the last minutes with dad be filled with anger and harsh words. She finally learned why Sam left her, and she understood, but having to hear him think of Emily every day was too much for her, like salt in the wounds."

"For a while she was a huge bitch," Brady said. Seth glared at him. "Sorry Seth, but it's true."

"She was going through a rough time. I am not excusing her but I wish you guys would try to see things from her point of view."

"I understand," I said.

"How could you understand?" Brady scoffed.

"Because I know what it is like to be hurt by someone you love," I said.

An uncomfortable silence filled the air. They knew what mom was like.

"You cannot compare what your mom did to Sam," Brady said. "Imprinting cannot be resisted, why should it? It is love, pure and undeniable."

"Doesn't matter. When someone we love hurts us, whether it is accidental or not it hurts worse than a stranger hurting you. You expect nothing but common curtsy from a stranger so if they hurt you it is not big deal. But someone you love? Someone you have opened your heart to, someone you trusted to share your secrets and inner most thoughts. When they hurt you, its the worst kind of hurt. So to protect yourself you close your heart off from the world, from anyone else."

"Wow, aren't you just a ray of sun shine," Brady said.

"Fuck you Dandy," I said.

"Brady!" he growled.

"Still not bothered," I said.

"So how is your power going?" Seth asked changing the subject.

"Good. Jasper and Alice took me to Alaska to visit Tanya and them. Eleazar helped train me in my tracking abilities. They've been weaning me off of the life force too."

"How did that go?"

"Fucking sucked at first. I was really tempted to run out and find a penguin or something to drain. Freaking Alice and her visions kept me from even trying. It's better now. Eleazar says my power is like drinking blood. I have to desensitize myself to it before I can start taking in such large amounts otherwise I become addicted to it."

"Did you practice any healing?" Collin asked.

"No, nothing to heal."

Wasn't like vampires got hurt. Our skin is tougher then granite and if we are wounded we heal quickly.

Esme who did work at the local humane shelter did bring in some animals for me to work on. I have a soft spot for animals. Cats and dogs especially. It really pisses me off when people abuse of neglect their pets. Broke my heart every time she brought home a cat that was malnourished or a dog that had been beaten. But I used my power and made them better.

It had become easier for me to heal now. My power seemed to know what to do by instinct. It found the wounds, the injuries, filled them in with the life-force I took and turned the weaknesses into strengths. Healing was a high just like killing was. Feeling the power flow from you into another, like having lightning flow from your finger tips, it was gratifying.

"So what are your plans for the summer?" Collin asked.

"Well Jasper and Alice are talking about going to England or South America even Australia for vacation. I'm worried about being around humans but Alice says she has seen me and I am okay around people," I said.

"Wow. Australia sounds really cool. You could go see the coral reef or visit the beeches or visit the giant rock formation out in the desert," Seth said.

"Only problem is we would have to wait until night time and by then we wouldn't be able to see all that when it is really colorful with the sunlight hitting it." I said.

"England would be cool to visit. Lots of places to see there, plus its cloudy and misty there a lot. You could also visit Ireland and Scotland, you could see stone hedge. Don't the Cullen's have some friends there?" Collin asked.

"Yeah the Irish coven," I said. I remembered Maggie, Liam and Siobhan. Truth be told I was a little bit taken with Maggie. She was really pretty. She was a few inches taller than me, she wasn't that much older than me when she was turned. She had to be fourteen or fifteen at the most when she was turned.

She was funny, energetic, her hair was a beautiful shade of red, like fresh blood. I liked her no nonsense attitude and how she called people out when they lied. That was her power, she was a lie detector. With a one hundred percent success rate.

My only problem was the whole drinking human blood. Compared to everything else she has I know it seemed insignificant, but having been on the receiving end of a vampires bite I was a little prejudiced. Not to mention the long distance between Forks and Ireland would make a relationship tough.

Plus her coven mates strike me as the kind of people who would hurt anyone who hurt their little Maggie. I wasn't scared of Liam or Siobhan. They were just very...intimidating. Maggie had said Liam had been very unenthusiastic about her joining their group. But now he treated her like she was his own little girl.

Despite being nomads and human eaters they were surprisingly family like for what a normal coven is like.

I didn't have high hopes on a relationship forming though. She was out going and didn't take anyone's shit, but I was temperamental, pushy, loved to push people's buttons and had a shit load of issues.

It didn't help everyone in this god forsaken state seemed to find their true love. Carlisle/Esme, Emmett/Rose, Jasper/Alice, Bella/Edward, Nessie/Jake. Yet here I was with no one. That was why I enjoyed hanging out with Seth, Collin and by extension Brady. They didn't have a girlfriend or some lovey dovey imprint. Though judging from our conversation that was going to change.

What chance did I have? Really? I mean it took Edward a century before he found Bella. Could I wait that long? I was just starting to get into girls before Jasper popped up and changed me. Now I had eternity as a twelve year old and how many vampires that young out there were there?

I could change a girl I guess. No scratch that I couldn't. How could I condemn someone to a life like this? Who would want me as their mate? Some sad, anguishy little punk ass with a seriously freaky power. My mood started to go black and I wished Jasper was here to make me feel better.

Carlisle did some tests and signs pointed that I was a manic-depressive. Happy as could be one minute, sad and depressed as hell the next.

"Sure, would be nice," I said returning to the conversation.

"Maybe you and Maggie could hook up, she is about your age," Collin said.

"Maybe. I don't like the whole eating humans thing," I said.

"Maybe you could get her to convert and if her family saw how happy she was they would do it too." Seth said.

"I have to admit she is hot," Brady said. We stared at him in shock. "What? Vampires may be leeches but they can be good to look at."

"I don't think it would work. I'm not ready for a relationship yet, I still got a lot of shit I got to deal with before I can even think about having a girlfriend or mate or whatever. I mean I have eternity, if Edward could wait for a century why can't I?"

"Maybe Carlisle knows someone he can hook you up with? He knows tons of vamps," Collin said.

"Yeah but how many of them want to date someone who will be twelve for all time? Unless he knows some she-vamps that take the word cougar into a whole new level."

"Well there is this one creepy girl in the Volturi who I think you would be a good match with," Brady said with a chuckle.

Collin punched him hard on the arm. "Not funny man!"

"Should I be pissed?" I asked.

"The creepy girl he is talking about is Jane. She is really young and really crazy. She is the Volturi's number one weapon along with her brother Alec. She has the power to make a person feel intense pain. She can even bring a vampire to their knees and cry like a baby. But she can only use it on one person at a time, her brother he can strip you of all your senses and he can affect multiple people, but it takes longer to work."

I glared at Brady. "Oh I see, so because I have a power that kills I should be with a girl that loves to torture right?" I was in one of my moods, but I didn't care. That old friend of mine anger was rearing his ugly head.

"Look man I didn't mean to-"

"I mean she likes to kill I have a power that kills so I must like to kill too huh?"

"Calm down Jack he didn't mean anything by it," Seth said trying to calm me down.

It was too late, unless Jasper magically popped out of thin air I was about to explode. I knew I was freaking out over nothing but I was in one of my moods and nothing was going to stop me.

"You know I didn't ask for this. I was okay with my life, sure my mother was a bi-polar drunk but I knew how to handle myself, I knew I still had a future. I didn't ask to be a vampire, I didn't ask for Jasper to bite me, I didn't want to be a freak amongst freaks!"

They stared at me in shock. "What did you say?" Collin asked.

"Jesus fucking Christ are you guys fucking death! I was just bitching about my bad luck an-"

"No, the part where you said Jasper bit you," Brady said his eyes were hard.

Oh fuck! What did I say? Let's see.....shit.

"What? Jasper didn't bite me, a nomad did," I said.

Seth, Collin and Brady had begun to slowly walk towards me. I slowly backed away from them. "You said and I quote ' I didn't ask for Jasper to bite me.'" Brady said.

Fuuuuuuuuck.

"I thought Jasper and the others saved you from a nomad?" Seth said.

My back hit a tree. My vamp instincts were kicking in, I was backed in a corner (or against a tree in this case) by three creatures who I knew could kill me. The only thing that prevented me from flipping out was the knowledge that they would not dare touch me. One good thing about my power, makes people want to touch me less.

"Look I was pissed and I miss pronounced myself I mean I didn't want to be bit by that nomad," I lied.

"You're lying," Collin said.

"No, I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am I bothered?"

"No!" Brady growled. "Don't you dare lie to us about this! Tell us the truth!"

"Fuck you Fido, I ain't lying about nothing."

"Look Jack just tell us the truth okay," Seth said.

"I have nothing to tell."

Except I am the stupidest mother fucker on the planet. What have I done? I know all about the treaty, sure they broke it with Bella but they had permission. But with me? I was the dirty little secret in the family. My very existence risks the treaty between the Cullens and the wolves. A treaty that is rocky at best.

"Fine we'll just tell Sam about our little conversation, I am sure he would just love to know about this," Brady said with a mean smile.

"No please! Look that night did happen, mom got plastered, slapped me so hard I hit my head on the table and got a nasty cut, went running into the woods and Jasper caught my scent. He was out hunting, I had ran so far I was lost, I was lucky I didn't run into a bear. Jasper turned me, not a nomad."

"God damn it!" Brady screamed. "After everything we went through because of them, those Seattle vampires, the Volturi, they even caused our pack to split because of that brat and they screw us over like this!"

"Hey, leave them alone. They didn't mean for this to happen. I shouldn't have been wondering at night in the woods with a cut head," I said defending my new family. "And as to your pack splitting, it was your leader Sam who decided to try and kill Bella when she was still human that caused Jake to leave."

"Why didn't they tell us?" Seth said looking hurt.

I knew by us he meant him and Jake. Seth was odd for a werewolf. He unlike the others trusted the Cullen's and was friendly with them, where the others would rather us never return. Jake was our buddy only because he had imprinted on Nessie.

"Because the pack mind, if you found out then you would have to struggle not to reveal it to the others, and if Sam found out Jake or one of his wolves knew but didn't tell no one they....we didn't want to put any of you in the spotlight like that Seth, I am sorry....please don't tell the others any of you. The Cullen's have done a lot for me. I am happier now then I was as a human, I don't have to worry about them hitting me, I don't have to worry about them getting drunk and telling me how I was a mistake, I don't have to worry about them making me feel like I am worthless."

"No, fuck that!" Brady said, "It's because of them I am a wolf."

"Brady," Collin said trying to calm his friend.

"No, he needs to hear this. My dad was a recovering alcoholic. He was doing good until I turned into a werewolf. Now because his boy is a freak he likes to spend his nights at the bar because he can't stand the sight of me, my own mother looks at me with fear in her eyes. My dad comes home and looks at me with such shame and disappointment all because of you fucking vampires. Now after all this time, after everything that has happened they go and reveal themselves for the monsters really are and you want me to not say anything?"

He began to back up; I knew what he was going to do. I could tell from the look in his eyes. The look of triumph and victory.

"No!"

I know what he is going to do and I go over my options. I could kill him, one touch and he would be dust, but then I would have to turn on Seth and Collin, they would not allow me to kill their friend. That would only make the situation worse.

I lunged at him but he phased. I ran.

I knew what he was going to do, tell Sam the quickest way he could, mind to mind. All I could do now was run home and hope to god I could by us the time we need to pack and run.

I was screaming in my head for Edward as I ran home. I don't know how far his power works; I know it is a few miles.

By the time I got home Esme, Edward and Bella were waiting for me, I quickly told them what happened and they called Carlisle to tell him what had happened. Then they called Jasper and Alice and told them to get home now.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," I repeated over and over again, "I didn't mean to tell it just slipped."

Esme hugged me and for once I didn't draw away, I hugged her back and cried into her shoulder. "It's okay sweetie everything will be okay."

"But they're going to try and kill you. Jasper broke the treaty and I know they want to kill you, you should have seen the look in Brady's face, he is glad this is going to happen, he wants to kill us because he blames us for his dad being a drunk."

"We have been in tighter situations then this," she said.

"Nessie! We have to get Nessie! She's still in La Push!"

"She will be fine, it's against their laws to harm a wolf's imprint."

"But-"

"Do not worry. Jake will not let her be harmed. No matter what."

Jake P.O.V

I was on first beach with Quil. We watched as Nessie made sand castles with Claire. Nessie had grown up so much these last six months it was amazing. Me and Quil watched as Nessie planned how to make a mote and a draw bridge to a stunned Claire who's eyes were big at the idea of a castle with a mote and draw bridge when Seth came running down the beach.

"Jake! We have a problem!"

I and Quil ran to meet him. He was out of breath when we reached him. "Seth what's wrong?" I asked.

"The Cullen's. Jasper he turned Jack not a nomad."

"What?"

He told us about how Jack had let it slip, he also told us how Brady had phased and Sam most likely knew by now.

"Shit!" I cursed. "Why didn't they tell us?"

We all looked over at Claire and Nessie. Claire was watching us, trying to hear what we were saying. I knew Nessie could hear us, her hearing was that good. But she was pointedly ignoring us and working on the sandcastle.

"Quil, go play with Claire," I said. He walked over to the girls. "Nessie."

She looked at me and I knew from the guilt on her face she had known. She walked over. "Yes Jake?"

"I know you heard us. Is it true?" I asked.

She bit her lip nervously, a trait she got from Bella. "A little."

"Nessie," I said firmly.

"It was an accident, uncle Jasper caught his scent while they were hunting, Jack shouldn't have been there and he was bleeding and you know what we get like when we are hunting." her eyes were teary and scared. "Please Jake I am sorry I didn't tell you but I promised and I didn't our families to fight please don't be mad."

I sighed. "I'm not mad."

"You're lying."

"Okay I am a little mad, do you realize what this is going to do? Why didn't you're family tell me, we could have figured something out," I said.

"Jake the only reason Sam and his tolerate us is because you imprinted on me. Plus we didn't want you to bear the burden of this secret, if you're elders and Sam learned you knew all this time and didn't tell them what do you think would have happened? Would you ask your pack to stand by you and protect us against their friends when we broke the treaty?"

"Sam should let this slide, he tried to kill you and your mother, he broke treaty first," I said.

"I'm sorry Jake, but it was too much to risk."

"You should have told me, I would have protected you."

"Against your whole tribe? We could not ask that of you not again."

I ran my hands through my hair. "Alright, you are going home, now."

"Jake please don't be mad." she hugged my leg.

"I have to be a little mad Nessie, if I had been confided in this we could have worked something out. Seth, take her home, I will try and find Sam, wait for me at the Cullen's."

"Okay, Jake. Come on Nessie." Seth took her hand.

"Please don't be mad Jake; we were just trying to prevent a fight from happening."

"I know sweetie, don't worry, everything will be okay."

She hugged me one last time and went with Seth. I walked over to Quil and told him to take Claire home and then to meet back up with me, I had to find Sam, I had to try and smooth his over, because I know something bad is about to happen.

Jasper P.O.V

We ran home as soon as we got the call.

Seth was there, he brought Nessie home, Jake had told him to wait here. That did not fill me with hope. There were a number of reasons Jake would want him here.

"Jasper thank god you are here," Esme said.

"What is wrong?" I asked.

"It's Jack, he has locked himself up in his room and won't come out, I tried to talk to him but he would not let me in," she said.

"He is full of guilt and shame right now." Edward said.

I knew what Edward meant; I could feel Jack's anguish pouring down on me like rain. I went upstairs to Edward's old room and knocked. "Jack it's me." fear and shame mixed with his emotions. I sent a wave of calm and peace at him. "Jack I am coming in."

I thought the door would be locked, but it wasn't. I walked in and found Jack on his bed, his back against the head board, his knees up to his chest. He had his ring off and was rolling it between his fingers.

I sat down on the bed, I saw the tension in his body, like he was waiting for me to strike him or something. I know his mother was abusive, except for a few times where I had to physically restrain him I have never laid a hand on him.

But when you are raised in an environment where violence is a common occurrence it becomes second nature to expect to be hit for any reason.

"Jack, it's okay. Everything will be okay," I said.

"I fucked up, again," he said, "I didn't mean to let it slip, we were talking about girls and Brady made a crack about me hooking up with some crazy bitch from that Volturi group and I blew up and began to rant."

I took his hand in mine. My power worked best if I was physically touching someone. "Don't worry, everything will be okay."

"How can you be so calm about this? Why aren't you yelling or screaming at me? Don't you realize what I have done? Because of me the wolves are going to kill us."

"I am calm because I have been in thousands of situations much worse than this. I am not going to scream or yell at you because I know you feel bad enough without me doing any of that. Yes I realize what you have done but I am more concerned about you."

"Why? I just ruined everything for you and the others were going to have to move."

I sensed curiosity, confusion. He did not understand why I was not angry. "We were going to have to move sooner or later, and Forks is not the only place we can travel too in the world."

"But aren't you scared? What if the wolves decide to attack?"

"Should they decide to attack I am not to worried, I have seen them fight, between me and Edward I am sure if Sam attacks it won't be to hard to fight them."

"I won't let them hurt you Jasper, or anyone else, not because of me."

Certainty, conviction. "I know Jack, but let's wait before we go preparing for a fight."

An hour later and Jake called.

Sam was positively livid when he found out. He had came close to rushing out gathering his pack and coming right here but Jake got to him in time and convinced him to call and inform the elders before he would go and do anything dumb like that.

The elders are not too pleased. The situation is complicated, because of Jake's imprint on Nessie complicates matters. They could banish us but banishing us would banish Nessie and they know Jake would leave with her.

So for right now they were in a meeting discussing what to do. But another hour later it became clear what they decided.

A howl from nearby let us know they were coming, Bella stayed inside with Nessie while the rest of us went outside to wait for the wolves, Carlisle had arrived as soon as he could. The wolves poured out from the woods. Only Sam and Jacob were human. I recognized Jake's pack mixed with Sam's.

"Hello Sam, Jake," Carlisle greeted.

"Carlisle," Jake said.

"You know why we are here Carlisle, we knew this day would come. It was only a matter of time before one of you slipped," Sam said.

"The transgression was mine, not theirs," I said.

"I know. I tried to convince the elders to have your entire coven banished, but because of Jake's imprint too Nessie they could not do that."

"So what have your elders decided?" Carlisle asked.

"That Jasper be put down."

Anger hit me like a whip. But it was not my anger, it was my families. "No!" Alice screamed, "no you can't do this!"

I used my power to send a wave of calm in the area. "No please not that, not my son," Esme pleaded.

"I tried to get them to just banish him," Jake said, "But do to his past and what happened with Jack they think he is too dangerous to be allowed to live, I am sorry," Jake said.

I was not mad, or afraid, I had learned to cultivate calm and peace centuries ago. "Sam please, Jack wasn't killed, just turned," Carlisle begged.

"No, the treaty was not broken because we allowed Bella to be turned."

"But you broke it when you tried to kill my wife and child," Edward said, "Had Jacob not broken off you would have killed two innocent people all for nothing, you owe us this."

"We made up for that by joining you against the Volturi," Sam said.

"You can't do this!" Jack shouted, "I am the one he bit, I am the one he turned, I don't want him to die. If you think he should die because he is dangerous then you should kill me too."

"Jack enough," I said firmly.

"I am sorry you had to be pulled into all this Jack, but Jasper has proven he cannot be trusted. He must be killed," Sam said.

Alice hissed at him, Edward kept a firm hold on her to keep her from propelling herself at Sam. I felt shame that was my own, Sam was right, all these years and I was still unable to control my own blood lust. Just like that night on Bella's birthday, how close had I come to killing her and ruining Edward?

"Stop it Jasper," Edward said.

"Jasper if you are actually thinking about letting them kill you I am going to kick your ass!" Alice snarled at me.

"They out number us Alice, I broke the treaty, what should I do?"

"Fight! For me, for your family!" anger and fear filled her.

Jack stepped forward and I barely got anything from him, he was in his blank static place. "Listen well, if you kill him I will kill you, all of you, do you hear me?" he said his voice was blank and calm.

Sam's eyes narrowed at him, the wolves raised their hackles at him. "We have no quarrel with you Jack, don't pick a fight you cannot win."

Jack laughed and Sam looked at him wearily. "Idiot, I alone could defeat you're whole pack. In case you have forgotten the only way you could kill me is to touch me and we all know what happens then. One touch is all I require and I seriously doubt any of your flunkies are going to want to lay a paw on me and the only way you are going to get to him is through me."

"Jack stop this!"

"No Jasper, I am not going to let you die or sacrifice yourself. After everything you have done for me I refuse to let it end."

"You forget I have twelve in my pack, we out number you," Sam said. "Don't pick a fight you can't win."

"I'm not looking to win. I am telling you, if you or any of your wolves kill Jasper I will hunt every single one of you down and drain you till you crumble to dust."

I knew he would, I could sense it.

"All of us? Just for doing our job? Just for making sure he never did to another person what he did too you."

"Yes."

"Why? He made you into a monster."

"No, life did that. And you forget I have my family behind me who will fight for him as well. You know what we are capable of Sam, don't push us."

Sam's eyes hardened. "I do not back down from a threat."

Jack smiled. "Good"

Before I could stop him he lunged forward and all hell broke loose.

Jack P.O.V

I ran forward as fast as I could, which was very fucking fast seeing how I was quicker then Edward, some of the wolves tried to stop me, snapping at me their jaws, but I was to quick, Sam phased but by the time he was done I was on him.

We rolled around on the ground and I could hear shouting and snarling around me but I was to focused on Sam. I grabbed him around the back, making sure he was unable to grab me in his mouth, my fingers pushed into his fur, looking for skin. As soon as I found it he was mine.

I pushed my power into him and he let out a whine, I wrapped my power around him tight but it was not just his life I now held in my hands, oh no, it was his whole pack, every wolf in their animal form I could feel, through Sam they were all connected, through Sam they were all bound.

Through Sam my power wrapped around them as well. I heard the sound of a dozen wolves crying out in shock and pain. I looked up and saw all the wolves in Sam's pack double over. Only Jake and his pack were unharmed.

Of course, Jake was his own alpha; he had his own pack, separate from Sam's. All the wolves were connected, I thought it was just mere thoughts, but through their master, their alpha the connection was strongest. Through Sam I could reach into all his wolves and hit them as one.

A few minutes ago he had been boasting about how big his pack was; now here I had brought them all down and it was thanks to Sam. I could not do this with any other wolf, it had to be Sam. Their connection to him was the strongest; it was his power to control them that allowed me to do this.

I can't even begin to describe what it was like, to have my power wrap around a dozen lives at once? To hold a dozen lives in my hands and with a mere thought make them whimper in pain. I realized then not only could I drain Sam, I could drain his whole pack, in a single instant twelve people would die and in an instant their life would flow into me.

My body shuddered at the thought, that much power in an instant. So what if they died? They wanted to kill Jasper, they brought this on themselves. "Jack stop!"

Seth was by Collin, or maybe Brady, I couldn't tell. That snapped me back. Brady I could care less for. But Collin had been a friend to me. These last six month's he and Seth had gone out of their way to try and include me in their group. I couldn't kill Collin. Everyone else sure, but not Collin.

I squeezed my power a little and Sam let out a whimper. "I got you, you son of a bitch!" I snarled.

"Now you listen and you listen good, you are not going to kill anyone today. You hear me? You're going to leave and if you do anything to anyone of my family, I'm going to come on down to La Push and finish what I started, got it? Because I will find you, I can do that now, I have your scent in my head, I'll find all of you and kill you."

I looked him in the eye; it was full of fear and anger. He knew I could kill him and his whole pack. He knew I would do it too and I would relish the feeling. I admit it was a little difficult too not drain him or the others.

A really big part of me wanted to just finish them off and take their life-force. But I resisted. My god I had to actually fight myself from killing them.

"He agrees," Edward said.

I let all his wolves go and got off him. He got up and backed away not taking his eyes off me, I did the same. His wolves joined him, not a single one turned their back on me, I could see the fear and hate burning in their eyes. Finally they took off to the woods.

I turned around and faced the others. I took a step forward and they all took a step back. Thats when I snapped. I ran from them all.

I didn't run too where the wolves had, but I was running away from the Cullen's. The look in their eyes as they stepped away from me, they were afraid of me. All of them. After I just saved their lives they were afraid of me.

Of course they are, I am a monster. They saw how ready and willing I was to kill the wolves, many of whom were younger than me and I would have killed them and not cared. I was willing to kill children and not even blink. I was a monster a real monster.

I didn't deserve to be with the Cullens, they were good people, honest people, I came so close to destroying their way of life, hell I came close to killing them a few times, like that time I almost drained Jasper dry. Yet they still kept me around.

I couldn't do this anymore, it was nice of them to try but it was obvious I did not belong here. Not with them. "Jack stop!"

I stopped and Jasper and Alice were there running after me. "What?" I asked. My eyes were burning, if I had been human I would be crying.

"What is wrong? Where are you going?" Alice asked.

"What's wrong is I don't belong here. I just ruined the alliance you and the others worked so hard to form with the wolves, I came this close to killing twelve people and you all think I am a monster."

"That's not true."

"I saw you all back away from me Alice, I know you all fear me I saw it in your faces!" I screamed.

"We just saw you come this close to killing them all of course we were going to be weary Jack," Jasper said. "You can be unpredictable."

"Well I am tired Jasper, I am tired of fighting who I am. I am a monster. Don't try to deny it. All I have done since I joined you all is make a mess of things. How many times have I put you all in danger? How much longer am I going to have to go through so much fucking guilt?"

"Jack please come back. We'll go away somewhere like we planed, you, me and Alice we'll go anywhere in the world you want, please don't run away."

I could feel him trying to work his power on me. "No, get out of my head, everyone get out of my head!" I growled backing up.

"Jack please were a family, we stick together no matter what," Alice said he face full of sorrow.

"I killed my last family Alice, your all better off without me."

I took my ring off my finger and tossed it too Jasper. "I'm leaving, I'm sorry but I can't do this anymore. Don't follow me, just don't, not if you know what's good for you."

I turned around and I ran. I didn't hear them following me. So I ran. I had no idea where I was or where I was going, all I know that I had to get as far away from the Cullen's as I could.

My eyes burned like someone threw pepper into them. Memories of my mother floated around in my head.

"No wonder you have no friends you're a freaking weirdo. Who wants anything to do with a freak?"

"I want a son I can be proud of, someone I can brag about to everyone else but no I got you, you're worthless."

I sobbed as I ran. Even in death her words still haunted me, still make me as alone and bitter as ever. I kept running as fast as my legs could carry me. Where to? I don't know. I was so scared right now, I was lost and alone and I had no one to turn too, no one to help guide me.

"You ever get tired of living with the yellow eyes come down to Mexico."

I stopped running, remembering Maria's words from six months ago made me realize I did have an option. I did have a place where I could be myself and not worry about hurting anyone.

Look out Mexico, here I come.

AN:

AnimeGirlKiki: Gee Seth's crush sounds awfully filmilar…

FusedTwilight: *cough* Really? Heeheee

AnimeGirlKiki: Uh huh.

FusedTwilight: Hey you said you loved Seth!

AnimeGirlKiki: HA! SO YOU DID NAME THAT ONE AFTER ME!

FusedTwilight: Uh, EXIT STAGE RIGHT!

AnimeGirlKiki: *sigh* I was actually flattered. Idiot. Seth IS cute…too bad he's so young...oh well.
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