Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

For God And Country

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 11:

Jasper POV

“Emmett! Shut up! He was a good man and I will not have you talking about him like that!” I heard Esme yell from the living room. I walked in to see what stupid thing Emmett said this time.

“I’m just telling the rumors on the net, Esme. I thought you would want to know.”

Must be about Benson. Esme really liked him. She contributed a lot of money to his organization. Now rumors were starting to surface on the Net. Rumors of investigations. Slush funds. Links to terrorists. Esme wasn’t taking it well.

“Esme, we really didn’t know the man that well.” Carlisle pointed out.

“Carlisle we may have been supporting a terrorist!” Esme said.

“The company did a lot of good Esme. Whatever he was doing on the side was not our fault. If what the rumors say are true it just means we will have to be more careful the next time we support a charity.” Carlisle assured her. Poor Esme. She was distraught. She always like to think the best of people. Plus being so close to Bella and not being able to find her now was killing her. Bella hadn’t been on X Box in a few days. Neither had Peter or Garrett. Emmett and I were taking turns staying online hoping to catch one of them on. Hoping she would agree to some sort of contact with us. For Esme and Alice’s sake. Nobody really gave a fuck about Edward. He kept playing that stupid lullaby he composed for her over and over again until Emmett went nuts and smashed the piano.

There was a high level of stress in the household right now. That little brown haired girl causes turmoil whenever she is around us. Life certainly isn’t boring with her around. Garrett is lucky to have her. Edward knows it. And it’s killing him. I found that extremely amusing.

“Go to hell, Jasper.” I heard him whisper. Can’t take, don’t listen Eddy.

“Word on the Sentinel website is that Benson’s death was an assassination.” Emmett said out of nowhere.

“Emmett, maybe you shouldn’t spend so much time reading the writings of a bunch of conspiracy theorists.” Alice mumbled. She was still bummed about Bella brushing her off. It was really no better than what we all deserved. Everyone was aware now that Emmett and I got our asses kicked on a regular basis by her on video games. HellsBells. Appropriate. We had never had the family as interested in our online battles as we had lately. But Bella hasn’t been on. I wonder if she tired of playing with us. Both in games and emotionally.

“He had a heart attack Emmett. I saw the autopsy report myself.” Carlisle said quietly.

“Yeah, but the message boards are saying it was a CIA cocktail.”

“A what?” I asked.

“A CIA cocktail. Some untraceable poison that seems to make death look like natural causes. I mean it’s happened before. It happened all the time during the Cold War.”

“I think you have been reading to many spy novels, baby.” Rose commented.

“Yeah, whatever. I know if it’s true it’s a good thing Bella is dating Garrett.” Emmett mumbled. That caught my attention.

“What did you say Emmett?”

“I’m just saying, that Bella was at our party for work, whether she was dating Garrett or not. Judging by how she and Benson were acting, she probably would have been going home with him if not for Garrett. If she had, and the conspiracy theorists are right, instead of a heart attack I bet Benson and Bella would have been dead from a murder suicide.”

Of course. Bella wasn’t there for work. She didn’t work for an Insurance company. I knew that already. I didn’t know why she was there. “Emmett, what was Garrett doing when you found him in the parking lot? Did he look like he had just parked and was preparing to walk into the party?”

“No. He was just sitting there. Sitting quietly. Frowning. Not doing a thing. Why?”

Of course. Was it possible? Bella Swan? Bella fucking Swan? The girl who used to trip over her own feet walking across a flat surface? It couldn’t be.

“It couldn’t be what?” Edward asked. That was annoying.

“One of these days you are going to look in my head and see my plans to kill you, Edward and there won’t be a fucking thing you can do to stop it.”

“Jasper!” Alice and Esme both shouted. Rose just smirked. Carlisle remained sitting without a word.

“I have to go Alice. I will be back in a few days.” I kissed her and ran out before she could protest. When I was alone with my thoughts I could sit down and think about whether it was possible. I got in my Corvette and headed towards DC. If she was anywhere, it would be near Langley if my theory was even close to correct.

I thought back on how she acted. The way she was dressed. She was at a party she wasn’t invited to under a guise of being something she wasn’t. She was annoyed when she saw us. She stopped flirting with Benson. Garrett ran in. Her words from our last conversation came back to me. She was playing with me. Giving me clues.

I don’t have secrets. At least that I have to hide from you.

Things have come a long way since you were evacuating women and children while your army was running from the big bad Union invasion of Texas.

How would you know about tactics Bella?

I picked up my phone.

You don’t exist Bella.

“Jenks. This is Jasper. I need you to do something for me now.”

“Okay Mr. Hale.”

“Run a database search and see if Bella Swan shows up as a member of the armed forces in the past 6 years.”

“Hold on, sir. I can do that for you right now.”

I waited 5 minutes while he ran his search.

“Nothing sir. No record of a Bella Swan as a member of any military branch.”

“Okay. This is what I want you to do. Go over scanned declassified and public documents related to the Military over the past 6 years. See if you can find her signature on anything. I don’t give a damn if it a purchase receipt for toilet paper. An order for a uniform tag with her name on it. Check everything.”

“Sir, that could take a while. Isn’t this the girl we determined doesn’t exist? We looked everywhere. There is no trace of her.”

“She exists. I went to school with her and I saw her not a month ago. I know her father. Everybody leaves a trace somewhere Jenks. Earn the extravagant amount of money I pay you for your services and find me a signature. A boot camp graduation photo. Something. If she was ever in the military she left a trace.”

“Yes sir.”

“Jenks, also check the tax records of the DC and Maryland areas for any new homes purchases, paid in cash, in the past year that have been purchased under the name Garrett Adams. Also check for Garrett Smith and Garrett Harker. Oh and try Garrett Swan as well.”

“That shouldn’t take too long.”

“Good, text me when you get the info.”

Bella, I am going to find you. I am going to figure out your secret.

I actually think I already had figured out her secret. When you rule out the possible, the impossible, no matter how improbable it may seem, must be the answer. Bella Swan is a killer.

I had to laugh.

This is fucking great!

BPOV

“Oh God baby that feels so good.” I moaned.

“I love you, Bella.”

“Garrett, I love you so much. You are the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I am so glad you stalked me.”

“I’m so glad you finally admit it.” He responded.

“Oh right there. Yes baby. Right there.”

“You like that spot?”

“Yes…” Garrett was currently rubbing my feet with warm lotion. He is so good at this, it ought to be criminal.

My arm had to be in a sling for the next few days. Peter and Charlotte had left to go back to wherever the fuck they lived when we flew in from Munich two weeks ago. I think seeing Garrett lick blood off my barely leather clad body and drink it from my shoulder while a dead chick with a slit throat lay not 6 feet away, freaked him out for some reason. You would think he would be more open minded considering he was a vampire and all.

My shoulder. It hurt like a bitch. I was out of commission for at least two months. Kevin said three. It would take me a month before I could start training my upper body. Two months of training before I was ready to go.

Still though. That kill was so worth it.

Charlotte asked me if I was ever afraid of someone killing me one day. The sweet thing seemed genuinely concerned about my safety. I told her Todd and another guy had already tried and I didn’t hang out in BDSM clubs so I should be covered.

I grabbed the gun I kept under the sofa cushion when I heard a knock at the door. Garrett raised an eyebrow at me.

“Really Bella? I think I can handle whoever is at our door.”

“Sorry baby. Go ahead and answer the door and kill whoever is there.”

“It could be a delivery.”

“I didn’t order anything.” I told him.

“Maybe I did.”

“Did you?”

“No.”

“Then shut the fuck up and go kill whoever is at the door.” I smiled.

I watched him go to the front and missed his hands on my feet already. I was in a pair of his boxers and one of his t shirts since mine were a little too small to go over my bandaged arm and I didn’t feel like wrapping and unwrapping the sling. I guess the gun would do me no good so I slid it under the cushion where it belonged.

“What are you… how did you…” I heard Garrett’s voice from the front door.

“Who is it darling?” I asked. My hand moving back under the sofa cushion. Instead of Garrett walking in I saw a blonde haired slim Texan who had a big smile on his face.

“Hello Bella. Who’s your bitch now?”

Oh that son of a bitch.

I smiled. It was good to see him.

“Took you long enough to find us Hale. Did Peter give in to his Daddy’s demands?”

Jasper came over and sat in our love seat across from me, Garrett following and not looking happy.

“Bella, Bella. Peter seems to be a little afraid of you. The last time I talked to him he called you and I quote, the scariest, human freak he had ever met in his existence. I said, Bella Swan? No, can’t be. That girl is as innocent and pure as freshly fallen snow. But he was insistent. He also refused to tell me where you were. I asked him if he was afraid of Garrett or the human girl. He said that you wouldn’t be human forever and he didn’t want to piss you off.”

I laughed and Garrett grinned.

“Peter is smarter than I give him credit for. So you found me. Have you guessed my secret, Jasper?” I was curious. Tracking us wouldn’t be hard for anyone with half a brain. Garrett bought the house under Garrett Swan. Anyone who knew the both of us wouldn’t take long to figure it out. I’m a little surprised it took Jasper this long.

“You were in the Army, Bella.”

“Yes I was. I never kept that a secret. Everyone who has known me since graduation knows that. Oh wait. You guys haven’t exactly been around, have you?” I smiled at him.

He of course, grinned. I guess he figured out more.

“When you joined Bella what slogan was the Army using? Was it be all you can be or an army of one? Cause I have a pretty good idea you have turned into an army of one.”

“Who, me?”

“Yes you.”

“Little me?” I pointed to myself.

“Yes, little you.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“You sure?”

“Yep.”

“Get out of here. You know I’m just a shy little bookworm.” I told him in the highest voice I could manage. He seemed to find it amusing.

“Fine. You win for once Major. Look, I will let Garrett catch you up to date. I have to fix us dinner. It takes a while with one arm. You two have fun. Garrett, tell the man whatever he wants to know. It took him long enough to find us but he did, so he deserves his prize.”

“You sure Bella?” Garrett asked.

“Of course. I told you he was a nosy bastard we needed to kill but you were all like, no he’s my friend, I don’t want to kill him, Bella. So now you deal with him.”

I got up to walk to the kitchen. This was going to be fun. I didn’t lie. It would take a while to get Garrett’s dinner ready with one arm. I was planning on heating up some leftover chicken from last night for me. I pulled out the needle and vacuum tube. My man was a growing vampire who needed to eat. I didn’t do this often but the look on Jasper’s face would be worth it.

Garrett POV

“She told you to kill me?” Jasper asked.

“Yes, but she was kidding… probably. So you found us. Congratulations.”

“Thank you. Although I have to say I am a bit embarrassed it took me so long.” He replied.

“Imagine if we were really trying to hide from you.” I told him winking.

“Why would Bella want to hide from Alice? Esme? They just want to be friends with her.”

“Bella isn’t hiding from Alice or Esme. The whole damn world doesn’t revolve around your squirrel sucking family. She isn’t hiding from anyone actually. She just doesn’t advertise her whereabouts. As far as Alice and Esme, Bella doesn’t really do friends, Jasper.”

“Bella used to be one of the friendliest people I know. She made friends with everyone. She loved everyone.”

“That was a long time ago Jasper. People change.”

“And she has changed?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t know her then. I know this Bella would never give Edward Cullen the time of day.”

“True. I can tell that just by looking at her.” Jasper responded. Suddenly he was very stiff. His fists were clenched. His face was tight and full of tension. I guess dinner is ready. Yep. I can smell it. I listened to Bella walk in with her fried chicken and my cup of blood. Oh for God’s sake she was wearing a checkered apron. She placed my glass in front of me and kissed my cheek.

“Here you go sweetie. I hope you like the recipe.” Bella sat next to me and smiled at Jasper giving her best impression of a Stepford wife.

“I would offer you some Jasper, but I know you’re on the wagon. Plus, I only let Garrett drink my blood.”

“You… just gave him… your blood?” Jasper whispered, and then proceeded to stop breathing.

Bella smiled at Jasper while I sipped the cup of her blood she had just drawn. She started doing this after we returned from Munich. She told me the idea of me drinking her blood drove her wild. Who was I to tell her no?

“Garrett is the only man I have ever truly loved. I give him everything. My body, my soul, my blood. My life if he wants to take it. So yes. I let him drink my blood.”

“You don’t actually give me all of your body, Bella.” I reminded her.

“You are not fucking my ass with that fucking anaconda you have in your pants, Garrett. Stop bringing it up.” She glared at me. Then her face turned back to Suzy Homemaker when she turned back to Jasper.

Never hurts to try. At least that’s what I keep telling her. She said it could hurt very much. I told her she has ripped two knives out of her body recently. How bad could it be? She told me bad. End of conversation. For now…

“Jasper it would be rude not to offer you something. I think our next door neighbors have some dogs.” Bella asked him, playing the little house wife.

“I don’t understand how you can do it Garrett.” Jasper finally said as I finished sipping and savoring Bella’s blood.

“Do what Jasper?”

“Drink her blood. Have sex with her? How do you do it without killing her?”

That was an easy one to answer.

“I love her.”

Jasper simply stared at me.

“That’s amazing.”

“Garrett is amazing, Jasper.” Bella whispered. Jasper turned her way. He still had that look of shock on his face.

“You’re an assassin, right Bella?”

“Yep. A damn good one too.”

“Your shoulder. What happened?”

“Last job got a little rough. Got stabbed. It happens. Has happened twice now lately. Both times since I met Garrett.” She raised an eyebrow at me I shot the finger at her.

“Not my fault. Neither time happened when I was around. You had to do it on your own. Garrett don’t interfere, blah blah blah. If I hadn’t followed you to Mexico, you would probably still be stuck in that ditch at Cortez’s compound trying to get past that electric fence.”

Jasper was looking at both of us like we were from another planet.

“I’ll give you credit Garrett. You saved my ass on that one.” She kissed me on the cheek.

“Benson. That was you?” Jasper whispered.

“Yep. Very good Jasper. You should be a detective when you graduate high school.” Bella replied.

“How many people have you killed Bella?” Jasper asked quietly.

“However many you think I have, Jasper, it’s more. Probably a lot more.”

‘Why Bella?”

“I was recruited. I was trained to do it. It’s a job. It allows me to do my part to defend the country. Also and most importantly I fucking love to kill people. I felt bad about loving it at first but Garrett has helped me to accept my nature.”

I wish I had a camera for the look on Jasper’s face at that moment.

“You… love to kill?”

“Don’t you?” Bella asked him.

“No. I don’t.” he responded.

“Liar.” Bella responded with a smile. “Garrett loves to kill. Don’t you Garrett?”

“Bella when I fought, I fought because I had no choice.” Jasper responded before I could agree with her.

“Bullshit, Jasper.” I told him. What is it about feeding off animals that puts vampires in such self-denial?

“What the hell are you talking about Garrett?” Jasper glared at me.

“You were the best fighter I ever saw. No one could stop you. You literally spread fear wherever you went. You and Peter always say Maria made you fight those wars. Either of you could have killed that bitch whenever you wanted. You kept her around to manage the details because you enjoyed the fight, the war. I was there. I saw the joy in your eyes in battle. Why do you have to deny who you are? You can lie to the Cullens. I understand you want to be someone different for Alice because you love her. But don’t lie to me Jasper. You fucking love to kill.”

Jasper finally stood up after a few minutes of silence.

“Bella is there anything I can do to convince you to try to be friends with Esme and Alice? I don’t care about the rest. They don’t matter. Just those two?”

“It’s never just those two though is it? You are a coven Jasper. With one comes all. So no. Tell them I don’t hate them. If that makes it any better.” Bella said softly.

“You don’t feel anything for them, do you Bella?”

“Jasper my life is about the man next to me and my next target. I’m happy. Soon, a couple of years at the latest, I will be a vampire. I imagine my life will just be about Garrett and whatever trouble we can get ourselves into. But for right now, I am happy.”

“I understand Bella. I guess I will be leaving.”

“Hey we will still see you on X Box, right Jasper? You and Bearfucker?”I asked. He looked so sad I had to give him something.

“I don’t know Garrett. The family keeps wanting to have contact with Bella and have been watching the X box live accounts. Probably better if we don’t.”

“I agree Jasper. As much as I enjoy kicking you and Emmett’s asses, I think Edward had the right idea. A clean break is best.” Bella said quietly. I don’t think she wanted to hurt his feelings. She really did like him. She had told me that several times.

“You two have a lovely home. Thank you for having me over, even if I did have to track you down and show up uninvited.” Jasper grinned.

“Take care Jasper.” Bella stood up and walked with us to the door. I shook his hand and he left.

I turned to Bella. We had something serious to talk about now.

“We need to talk.”

“I was thinking the same thing. This is a serious issue.”

“How do you want to handle it?” I had an idea but I wanted to make sure she was on board.

“Easy. We make new accounts that have names with no connections to us. Then we find them with a search and enter the game rooms. So long as they are community game rooms they will have no idea it is us killing them.”

“What do you want your name to be?” I asked her.

“Blood donor?”

“May be obvious after what he just saw. That was very naughty of you by the way.” I scolded her. The little vixen.

“I didn’t taste good?” She frowned. I grabbed her and threw her over my shoulder tickling her while I ran her to the bedroom.

Lying her on the bed gently, not to hurt her shoulder I lay down next to her, just like I do every single night. Only this time I wasn’t closing my eyes.

“Baby you know you taste good. Now I want to taste another part of you. But first I have a question. What did you mean when you told Jasper you would give me your life?”

“You are going to take it aren’t you? When you turn me? I will be giving you my life to join you in yours.”

I guess I never thought of it like that. It was true though.

“You want to change me soon, don’t you?” she whispered.

“I will do it anytime you wish.” I told her whispering in her ear.

“That’s not what I asked. You want to turn me now. Right?” She whispered back.

“I have wanted to turn you since the moment I laid eyes on you.”

“Why haven’t you?”

“I want you to want me to do it. When you are ready. I can wait.”

“You worry don’t you?”

“Of course. Just like I am sure your Dad does. At least I get to be with you though.”

“Soon, Garrett. Soon. I promise.”

“Really? I thought you wanted to wait until you were 28?”

“Nah. I’m ready to fuck you as hard as you fuck me baby. But I have a few more missions in me. Let me recover. Let me get back to where I was. Let me finish this on a high note.”

“Okay. You say the word and I will bite the hell out of you Bella.”

She laughed.

“You are such a fucking dork. Get your mouth between my legs. Momma needs some loving.”

“Of course. But Bella there is one thing I would like to do before you are turned.”

“Dammit Garrett, you are not fucking my ass!”

“That’s not it! I… I want to marry you. While you are still human. I met you like this and I want to marry you like this.”

“Really?” she whispered.

“Yes. I bought you a ring and everything. I was waiting for the right time. But then I figured that really wasn’t our style. So how about it?” I don’t know why. I knew she would never leave. I would never leave her. But I was nervous. I knew she hated marriage. She had told me as much in the past.

“No big wedding right? Just me and you and the Justice of the peace?”

“Whatever you want. I was thinking maybe your Mom and Dad as witnesses?” Anything. If she said yes this would be the realization of a plan I put in place since the first time she pulled a gun on me.

“Yeah.” She smiled.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. I’ll marry you. Let me get my arm out of this sling and I will be your blushing bride.”

“Thank you.” I kissed her soft lips. Finally. It has been a long life for me. I didn’t know if I would ever find that one. But now I had.

“Garrett?”

“Yes Bella?”

“Can you stop acting like a girl now and eat my pussy? Please?”

What the lady wants, the lady gets.

BPOV

I have to admit I have never been a wedding kind of girl. I agreed to this to make Garrett happy. But having my Mom and Dad there and seeing their faces and Garrett’s faces made it all worth it. I felt really pretty. I felt happy. I always imagined this life would be short and alone. I was thankfully wrong. All because of a red eyed vampire who wouldn’t take no for an answer. We got married by a minister, which I found ironic as hell. The wedding was at dusk in our back yard facing the river. I wore a pretty white dress. Because why the hell not? I was still a back door virgin and it would remain that way. I can’t get my mouth completely over his cock and that idiot thinks I am letting that anywhere near… never mind. Forget it.

Still the simple ceremony was beautiful. Dad and Mom loved our house. Dad was glad to see Garrett again. Mom thought he was funny and sweet. My parents stayed a few days but Mom had to get back to Phil because he had a broken leg and Dad had to get back to work. Garrett took me to Niagara Falls for our honeymoon. We stayed a week at this hotel with a beautiful view of the Falls. We never left the room. Now we were back home.

I was a few weeks away from being ready to go active again. My rehab was coming along. My shoulder was getting strong again. My shooting wasn’t as affected any longer in my left hand. It was important to be able to shoot just as accurate with both hands since I preferred to carry two weapons when in a firefight.

Our normal lives carried on like normal. We hung out. Fucked. Watched TV. Fucked. Ate dinner. Fucked. Played X Box. Fucked. We did a lot of fucking. I suppose now that we were married it should be called making love. It was pretty… great. He began going to the range with me and he was actually as good as I was at shooting. Barely. Plus he had vampire eyesight so he was technically cheating.

Life was definitely good. I was currently walking to the front to grab the mail. My new issue of Soldier of Fortune Magazine should be in today. My phone buzzed.

I looked down and saw it was Kevin. What the fuck? He told me I wouldn’t be active yet. Was he letting me back sooner than I thought?

“Hello?”

“Oh thank God, kid. Are you okay?”

“What the hell Kevin? Of course I’m okay. I’m just getting the mail. What’s wrong?”

“Bella, tell me your new place is impossible to track?”

“It’s not in my name, Kevin. What the hell is going on?”

I didn’t like this.

“We’ve been burned kid. I got a call a few minutes ago from a friend in operations. He told me your name and photo are out there. Someone has it. Someone is looking for you hard, Bella. But no one knows where you live so you should be safe. Your house isn’t under Isabella or Swan right?”

“Right…” Garrett Swan. Oh shit.

I felt it before I heard it. It felt like the hardest punch I had ever received multiplied by one hundred. My hand went straight to my belly. Gut shot. I fell to my knees. Another shot hit me in the right side on my upper chest. It spun me around and I was face first in the grass, my knees still bent. I closed my eyes and all I felt was pain. Then I couldn’t feel my legs any longer and I was getting very cold. I thought I heard a growl. I may have felt a bite but everything else hurt too much to tell. Then I felt burning. Acid in my veins. Why haven’t I died yet? Is Garrett here? Oh fuck that hurt. My eyes opened and I screamed. I was being carried inside. I heard Garrett’s voice telling me it would be okay. But all I felt was pain. Worse pain than I ever imagined.

“Garrett?” I screamed.

“I’m here Bella. You are turning. I am right here baby.”

I grasped his shirt and before I lost all coherent thought I looked him in the eye.

“I will be okay. Get out there… and get the motherfucker who just shot me. I want to speak to him when I am… am… done.” That was it. I screamed. I couldn’t talk any longer. That took everything I had in me. Garrett was no longer there. Good. I wanted that motherfucker who shot me.

When I was finished going through hell his ass would be telling me what I wanted to know while I tortured him. If I was going to go through three days of Hell so was he.